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Railroads Always Expanding. | men who built the railroads in the
first place had possessed the imagin-
ation to build them big enough for the
future they would not have found the
money; nor could they have made if
pay.
The New York Times Annalist, a
leading financial magazine, published
an article which described the improve-
ments which have been made to the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad during the
last three years in order to enable the
rqad to handle its growing traffic effi-
ciently and economically, providing
at the same time the highest standard
of service for the communities reach-
ed by its lines. In reviewing the pro-
gram of improvements the publicati-
on analyzed the betterments with re-
spect to the economy in the cost of
handling tonnage which has been ef-
fected by so large an expenditure of
capital.
The writer compared the science of
railzad today with the transpor-
tation problems of past times and
traced the evolution of the American
railroads by the changes which have
come about on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad during the various epochs of
has generally gone bankrupt. The Bal-
timore & Ohio once did. Money is in -
patient. It musthave its hire. A rail-
may borrow it only as fast as it can
hope to make it profitable. Thus; a
railroad is being continually rebuilt
for larger needs a piece at a time,and
so far as one can see, the process will
have to go on for Very many years.
The Willard achievement of making
of apparent demands. The new double
track tunnels at the summits of the
Alleghenies and the additional tracks
and big Mallet engines which événthe
tailroad men still stop to gaze npon—
all of these facilities in. hv years
its operation. would be as inadequate as those which
“When you see $75,000 worth of live | Mr. Willard found, unless they had
growling motive power pick up 1,500
tons of West Virginia soft coal in $37,-
000 worth of modern steel equipment?’
says the Annalist, “wiggle it to the
summit of the Alleghenies and roll it
over the top toward the Atlantic sea-
board, you begin to perceive how
¥
been continually increased and im-
proved. It cannot stop. A railroad
is never finished. Some are much less
so than others, owing to special con-
ditions.
‘John F. Stevens says: ‘My early
largely man’s work consists in moving | we were always looking forward to}:
things from where they are to where |the time when the country should
he meeds them. He needs his coal at
Baltimore. Nature left it in the moun-
tains. Therefore, you see the great
Baltimore & Ohio locomotives toiling
with it up the western side of the Al-
leghenies day and might, without end
«or rest. :
‘It is impressive. It gives you a
sensation of pride in the mechamical
and engineering skill of your coumtry.
Railroading, you say, is a wonderful
business. You feel, without thinking
that it must have been going @n like
this for a very deng time, because it
seems 50 well established andithat the
means are now highly perfected.
Continuing, the Annalist said in part
“It is not so much a question of put-
ting coal down to seaboard at a lower
cost as a question of putting it there
at all in the gmantities reguiired. When
Daniel Willard became President of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad a com-
mittee of West Virginia coal produ-
cers interviewed him. There was no
limit to the amount of coal they could |
produce; neither was there any limit)
to the ultimate demand for coal in the
East. But the limit of the facilities of
the Baltimore & Ohio for lifting it
over the top of the Alleghenies and
rolling it down to seaboard have been |
reached, and the ecal hauling capa-
city of the railroad 30 per cent. Heis
doing it. In three years, to increase
the capacity of the B. & O. to move,
things from where #hey are to where
they ought to be, he had spent $60,-
000,000.
«When Thomas ‘Swann, as Presi-
dent of the Baltimore & Ohio that ran
only from Baltimere to Cumberland,
promised his shareholders that he
would carry their iroad to the Ohio
River, it seemed & tremendous thing
to promise. He did:it. That was heroic
Later John W.. «Garrett promised to
take it to Chicago, and did, and he is
famous. Neither spent one-third as
much as $60,0804000 in three years.
To say that one built the road from
Cumberland to the Ohio River and
that the other bailt it to Chicago is to
allocate to each an achieyement in|
physical proportions that everyone,
knows. But to ibe able to say that be-,
tween Little Cacapon and Orleans.
Road, Daniel Willard eliminated a 1.05
per cent helper grade, established a]
continuous eastbound grade of only.
0.1 per cent, and put four tracks where |
there were but two before—that does
not appeal irresistibly to the imagin-
ation. Only am engineer can fully
appreciate it. This is now the biggest
piece of improvement work doing on
the Baltimore &:@hio. It is known as
the Magnolia Cut+®ff and will cost $6,-
000,000. It extends over a distance of
11 miles.
«In two years it will be finished and
will cost $6,000,000.and the ruling grade
between little Cacapon and Orleans
‘Road will average eastbound to be 0.1
per cent, instead of @.3 per cent. A
.grade of 0.3 per cent is a little less
than 16 feet rise in amile; a grade of
«0.1 per cent is a little over 5 feet rise
in the mile. The difference is, say,10
and one-half feet in a mile. That is
enough nearly to double the load a
Wiocomotive can pull, which means, of
comrse, more cars in the coal train,
and by reason of four tracks where
theme were two before a capacity of
more trains and that is a matter then
of more coal from West Virginia to
the Atlantic seaboard.
«You begin to see the difference be-
tween the work of a railroad man to-
day and that of the Swanns and Gar-
grow up to the railroads, gave me the
idea that the Eastern roads had passed
the summit of their traffic develop-
ment. The fact is, with the Baltimore
& Ohio at least, that the traffic is still
increasing on a lange scale, and must
continue to do so as far as any one
can see in the fubere. .The Baltimore
& Ohio is primarily a coal carrier.
Its extraordinary position is such that
it serves eight er nine coal regions,
not one of which has reached its max-
imum producive capacity. All of them
can produce a6 the present or a great-
er rate for an indefinite time—I sup-
pose for the next fourteen gemers-
tions.”
tents seems este
(Cant look well, eat well, or ¥eel
well with impure blood. Keep the
blood pure with Burdock Blood Bi~
ters. Eat simply, take exercise, keep
cleam and good health is pretty sure
to follow. $1.00 a bottle. ad
PLUM POCKETS.
A wery peculiar disease is ovoasion-
ally found in plum trees in this State.
Where iit is present in a braach the.
or swollen, light in color, soft:and
inflated. The seeds fail to develop,
andthe fruit is like light green airy
disease is called Plum Pockets. It is
mot common, but it is of sufficiently
fregaent occurrence to justify any
person who owns a plum tree tebe on
guard against it, and watch foriits oc-
currence and get rid of it as promptly
a8 possible.
No one knows just how combagious
ig .this disease, but it evidembly does
spread to some extent from free to
tree, and may prove seriousiif per-
mitted to remain. A peculiar fact is
that this disease is often comfined to
«certain branches on a tree, amd these
fwranches will produce the diseased
fruits as described above, while others
will produce normal or healthy fruits.
"This, of course, is analogoustto di -
ease such as Peach Yellows, Pear
Blight, Fire Blight of apple, ete.,
which are often severe om (certain
branches and absent from others, even
on the same tree.
HAs it is a disease internal .in the
wood, there is no possibility ofireach-
img: it by means of spraying. Wash-
ing and external applications will do
mo good for it. The only wemedy
which is efficient and satisfaetory, if
diseased parts as soon as they :show,,
and burn them, so as to prewent its
spreading to other parts of the tree,
orto other trees in the same region.
The .cut should be made below the
lowest fruit showing the disease, in
order to be sure to get rid of it, as in
eutliing out a disease like Pear Alight.
If faithful attention is given to the
removal of the diseased branches as
soon as they are shown to be thus in-
fected, by the deformed fruits that
they bear, there will be no difficulty
in holding this disease in check ; but
if it ie allowed to remain year after
year, it will be found that these dis-
eased branches will always bear neth-
ing but diseased fruits, and thus be
unprofitable, and also be a menace to
healthy branches on the same tree, or
healthy frees in the same vicinity.
It should not be necessary to ecail
attention to the importance of steril-
izing pruning implements in cutting
out diseased tissue of any kind. The
pruners should be sterilized by wash-
“Wherever a road has been built
much beyond its present and big|:
enough for somewhat of its future it|
INIEDNATIONAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
(By BE. O. SELLERS, Director of Even-|
ing Department The Moody Bible In-|
stitute of Chicago.)
the Baltimore & Ohio over in large]:
units will only bring faci.ities abreast | ¢
per.
first in the previous eating (12:18)
experience on Western roads where |
4ruit ‘becomes consicerably enlarged :
i sure and we are to tell others .of our
| imarvelous deliverance. Peter 1:2:34.
bladders or pockets, and .hence ithe |:
properly applied, is to cut out all the |:
"LESSON FOR AUGUST 10
THE PASSOVER.
—
LESSON TEXT-—Ex. 12:21-8L
GOLDEN TEXT—'The Son of man
to be ministered unto, but to
and to giye His life a ransom
There was a two-fold preparation be-
fore partaking of the passover sup-
The lamb had to be properly se-
lected and definitely kept a period of
‘fofir days, Ex. 12:86. Then those who
ate bad to make proper prep
‘and second in the dress they were
'to wear while partaking of the féast
.(v. 11). Everywhere throughout the
subsequent references the Passover
lamb is used as a type of the Christ.
“We have chosen to add vases 3130
and to make a four-fold division of the
lesson.
2 Without Blemish.
1. instruction, vv. 21-23. This. Pass-
‘over month was henceforth to be he
‘beginning of the year. It is even s0
with us that being redeemed by the
shed blood "all things become mew,”
‘we begin over again, the past is as
‘though it were not, 2 Cor. 5:17. In
'v. 3, we read that the “lamb was for
mam household” (R. V.) and if the
household be too little, then shall he
and his neighbor next door be 1in-
‘Wited to the feast. Christ is for the
‘home, but others should be invited, be-
ginning next door; there is an abun-
dance for all in him. It will be noted
that the lamb was to be held four
.days, so Christ was set mpart before
‘the time of his actual sacrifice (I Pet.
21:20). Salvation through the shed
‘blood of Jesus Christ was not there
‘édy of an emergency, an ater hong
of God to meet an mmexpected ¢
itingency. The lamb must be without
{blemish (I. Peter 1:19; Heb. 9:14; 2
{Cor. 5:21), and the fact of it being a
_iyear old (v. 5) suggests the perfection
of strength which is in Christ.
+ 1. Inspiration, vw. 24-27. God seeing
‘the blood gave them security; they
{seeing the blood were given assurance.
In the days to come, when they ‘had
entered into their promised posses-
jsion, they were to be inspired wo .obe-
idience as with gratitude they remem-
[bered the merciful provision of God.
iEven so the testimony of God's Word
{about the blood of Christ makes us
! Symbol! of Faith.
‘enough merely to shed the blood, it
‘must be applied according to instruc
‘tions or else there was no security,
vv. 7 and 22. Hyssop is symbolic of
‘faith. Have we, hy faith, applied the
iblood? See Rom, 3:25; I. John 1:9;
Rom. 10:10. Notice, also, ne ‘blood was
,to touch the threshold. See Heb. 10:
29. No Israelite was to neglect to eat
‘of the feast (mor should any Chris
‘tian neglect the Lord’s supper where
‘by he is to feed upon Christ) and fur
‘ther, none but those behind the blood
‘were to eat of the feast. It is quite
suggestive that the Israelites “went
and did so as the Lord had command-
ed,” v. 28. God's warning received
‘no such obedience from Pharaoh and
‘the Egyptians, and hence the terrible
‘Judgment executed.
IV. Expulsion, vv. 31:36. Pharaoh
,could not wait till morning to get rid
iof Moses and the Israelites (v. 31).
‘His former dilatoriness stands out
iin strong contrast now ‘that he has
{drunk the cup to the bitter dregs. He
iis insistently urgent and the Hgyp-
‘tians with him, for, said they, “we be
fall dead men.” The Israelites “asked”
((v. 35) of the Egyptians jwels of sil-
ver and gold and fine raiment. When
‘orientals go to their sacred festivals
they always put on their best jewels.
Summary. The preeminent value
of this feast of the Passover was that
ft created for the Israelites an op-
‘portunity to tel their children the
‘story of how they became a nation.
Like as they partook of it within the
‘houses protected by the blood upon
‘the doorposts and lintels and girded
‘for immediate departure so we can be
‘protected by the bloow of our Lamb.
‘As they obeyed they were saved. In
‘close connection with this feast was
‘the feast of unleavened bread, signifi
scant of the fact that their redemption
‘by God wae to be manifested by them
in the separation from every corrupt-
ing influence. This feast was to be
‘equally perpetual as a memorial of
their new bondage to the law 6 of
‘their god. Every subsequent refer
ence to these events by prophet,
‘priest or rabbi emphasized the funda-
mental fact that it was Jehovah who
redeemed them and that in that re-
idemption was the foundation of their
national life.
| The Golden Text.—Paul was brought
‘up in the strictest sect of the Jews
‘to observe, punctiliously, all the de-
tails of the Hebrew religion. He
ing with an antiseptic solution like
lime-sulfur solution or corrosive sub-
limate, or by passing quickly through
a hot flame, such as is made by burn-
rets. They were intent upon pushing
their rails on to new places; the prob-
lem today is to rebuild mileage on low-
er grades and pub down two,and three
and four tracks where one was before.
They were for conquering distance,
today the work is intensive,and a rail-
road man dreams not of extending his
~ line so much as revising his grades,
ducing curvature and weighting
track with good ti ch rock.
“It could not ytherwise.
rm—— a ——————
“My child was burned terribly |
about the face, neck and chest. Iap-|
his pain ceased and the child sank into a
| restful sleep,’’ Mrs. Nancy M. Ham- |
If the’ burg, N. Y.
ad!
ing a small bunch of straw or paper.
|
re- | plied Dr. Thomas’ Electrie Oil. The It
{found in Christ the fulfillment of all
{its suggestions. It took ages to
teach the full meaning of the sacri-
111. Execution, vv. 28-30. It ‘was not
Second
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MEYERSDALE,
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For Good Roads.
Insufficent State revenue, due to
the large excess of appropriations
over the income of Pennsylvania for
the next two years on the part of the
Legislature, has resulted in a heavy
reduction in the appropriations in aid
of theimprovement of township high-
ways or ‘‘dirt roads.” These high-
ways, embracing about 75,000 miles,
have just been brought under the
supervision of the State Highway de-
partment by the approval of the new
township road act, but their develop-
ment will be more or less retarded by
the inability of the State to furnish
the means.
Appropriations made for the build-
ing of main highways and for State-
aid construction, as well as for repair
and maintenance of the State system,
were all heavily cut, and the same
fate has befallen the bills which were
drawn to pay townships the fifty per
cent bonus on the cash road tax. The
‘State has been remiss in this direc-
tion and despite the passage of laws
binding it to the policy of aiding
townships that abolish the work tax
it still owes these townships for a
couple of years. The Governor ap-
proved in its entirety the bill carry-
ing $1,000,000 to meet the deficiency
in the payments of 1911 and 1912, but
was foreed to cut the bill providing
for 1913 and 1914 to $250,000, which
will give only a fraction to the town-
ships. Nothing could be voted by
the Legislature to meet the deficiency
existing in the accounts of some
years ago.
These acts of the Governor, taken
after thorough study of the revenue
situation, bring home rather forcibly
the situation in which Pennsylvania
{finds itself in regard to its public
| works. Owing to the demands of the
charities and the failure to provide
new sources of revenue the only
means to secure the money necessary
for the systematic development of
the highways is through the proposed
$50,000,000 bond issue. The constitu-
tional amendment providing for this
issue will be voted upon in November
and should it fail the State will have
to be content for at least five years
with road development entirely tos
small to meet the public demand.
eee eee.
DOUBLY PROVEN.
MEYERSDALE READERS CAN NO LONG-
ER DOUBT THE EVIDENCE.
This grateful citizen testified long
ago.
Told of quick relief—of undoubted
benefit.
The facts are now confirmed.
Such testimony is complete—the
evidence conclusive.
It forms convincing proof of merit.
Samuel Beltz, George street, Hynd-
man, Pa., says: ‘I suffered from
back ache and other symptons of
kidney complaint for a long time and
when I saw Doan’s Kidney Pills ad-
vertised, I procured a supply. One
box completely cured me and today
I am free from kidney complaint. I
do not hesitate one moment in giv-
ing Doan’s Kidney Pills my en-
dorsement. The cure Doan’s Kindey
Pills made has been permanent and
I no longer have backache or pains in
my loins.
You are welcome to use my state-
ment at any time you desire.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and
take no others. ad
MUST WAIT FOR BEER.
Manager N. B. Kyle has given the
{ictal lamb, but when its interest was | word at the Windber Brewery and all
manifested it was Paul, “the Hebrew | i; pystle and stir there. The place
'of the Hebrews,” who said, “for our
Passover also hath been
| even Christ.”
Tell this story to the children in its
simplicity, keeping back nothing, and
{point out plainly that we are a people
ransomed by the Lord.
sacrificed, |
{layed until the
was put shipshape some time ago,
and proyisional orders placed for
hops, malt, ete., shipment to be de-
license was finally
granted.
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CHURCH SERVICES. ~
Evangelical church, L. B. Ritten-
house, pastor—Sunday school at 2:00
p- m. Preaching at 7:45 p. m.
Methodist Episcopal church ser-
vice, Rev. G. A. Neeld pastor—Ser-
vices at10:30 a. m. Sunday school9:30
a. m. Epworth League at 6:45 p. m.
Evening service at 7:30.
Church of the Brethren—Preaching
10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School, 9:30 a. m. Christian Workers |
Meeting at 6:30 p. m. Bible Class,
Saturday evening, 7:30 p. m. Teacher
Training classes meet Monday evening
7 and 8 o’clock, respectively. Sunday
School Workers’ Meeting, Friday
evening, 30th inst., at 7:30.
At the A. M. E. Zion church Sun- |
day School at 3:00 p. m. Preaching |
at 11 a. m. Christian Endeavor_at |
7:45 p. m.
Evangelical Lutheran church, J. A.
Yount, pastor— Sunday school next
Sunday at 9:30 a. m. Morning ser-
vice 10:30, Evening services 7:30.
Luther League, 6:45p. m. Mid-
88. Philip and James
Mass next Sunday 8:30 and 10 a. m.
Services in the Brethren church at
Summit Mills on Sunday morning,
August 10th, Sunday school at 9:30.
Preaching at 10:30 by Jobn A. Mil-
ler. Subject—Loss and Gain.
teem
Chicken Pudding
Southern Style.
Singe and clean two small chickens
and joint them as for fricassee. Pub
them in a saucepan, add just enough
boiling water to cover and one scant
teaspoonful of salt. Put at the side
of the fire and simmer gently for an
hour, then take out the chicken and
set the broth aside. Make a smooth
batter with one quart of flour, one
teaspoonful of salt, one quart of milk
and six well-beaten eggs. Grease a
deep earthen dish and put in the bat-
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When harvest is over you will be
entitled to a little rest before seed
ing time. Get yourself a
TALKING MACHINE
and see how immensely the whole;
family will enjoy the fine music.
Have a regular concert at home.
You get one with the purchase of §
$25.00 worth of merchandise, such
as you need every day.
Everything in
GROCERIES
Choice California Peaches, 20c
Peas, Corn, Sauer Kraut, 10c
Baked Beans, per can, 10c to 15¢ ¢
Bacon, per 1b., 20¢; Ham, per 1b.,21c
4 1-2 pounds choice H. P. Navy
Beans, 25¢
nse
Ladies’ Hose, per pair, 7c to 25¢
Children’s Hose, 10c, 3 for 25¢
Boys’ Shirts, 25¢ to 45¢
Boys’ Knee Pants, 40c to 50c ,
Men’s Work and Dress Shirts, 45¢:
to $1.00.
Star Overalls and Jumpers.
Tablets and Box Paper.
Pencils, lc to.10¢ 5 ;
Pearl Buttons 2c and 3c per divzer.
Safety Pins, 2¢ per dozen. #
We have more different kinds of
Tobacco and ‘Tobies than any two
stores in the town.
Wagons for the boys and girls.
Binder Twine, best standard.
Come in, we can save you some
money on your purchases.
Green Trading Stamps.
BIDDLE’S.
URSINA, PA,
|
STEWART’S HEALING POWDER
for barbed-wire cuts and sores on animals.
Superior to T= Ca or liniment. Feels
good, Beals Ynickly, keeps away flies.
Red cans 25 and 50 cents,
At drug or harness stores.
F.G. Stewart & Co., Chicagu.
ter and chicken in layers, having the
seasoning the chicken well. Bake in
an hour, according to the thickness
of the pudding. When almost done
reheat the broth and season rather
highly; draw to the side of the fire
and add the beaten yolks of two eggs
mixed with two tablespoonfuls of
cream; take from the fire as soon as
it thickensand serve with the pudding.
er rami omienlimre reed
Don’t use harsh physics. The re-
action weakens the bowels, leads to
chronic constipatton. Get Doan’s
Regulets. They operate easily. 25¢
at all stores. ad
LONG OUT ON BAIL.
At a habeas corpus hearing Judge
Ruppel released Josiah D. Long,
charged with murder, from jail under
$10,000 bail. Bond was furnished by
the prisoner’s father and uncle, Daniel
E. and Calvin J. Long.
It is alleged Long killed Carl Phil-
lips, an Italian and a former employe,
in a revolver duel at Ralphton
for having alleged improper rela-
tions with Long’s pretty young
wife. It is alleged that while Long
was away from home delivering milk
Phillips entertained her with beer and
wine and drugged her. Phillips was
slain on his way to the Long home.
JS. WENGERD
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Felt Nails,
Valleys,
It will be October before |
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' sufficiently for use. |
Ridging and
Spouting.
Stock always on hand at Meyersdale and
at my mill in Elk Lick Township.
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