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SHORT CIRCUITS.
The importation of India rubber in-
to the United States during the year
ending June 30, 1913, amounting to
113,000,000 pounds, which sets a new
record for quantity, although the val-
ue, $101,000,000, was somewhat less
than for the previous year.
The passage of an electric current
‘over a wire always results in some
heat. On ordinary circuits this heat
is very small and easily radiates away.
In electaic cooking and heating appa-
ratus special heat producing wires are
used to change the electricity into
heat.
The cable between the United States
and Honolulu cost $20,000,000. The
two stations could be connected by
wireless for $500,000 or one-fortieth as
much. The cost of operating and up-
keep is about the same in either case.
This illustrates the economy of wire-
less for all marine work.
The second hydro-electric plant of
the Tennessee Power Company, the
principal operating subsidary of the
Tennesse Railroad, Light & Power
Company, was placed in operation on
October 23. The construction of the
plant was done by the J. G. White
Eagineering Corporation and, together
with the first plant, will ultimately
produce 68,000 horse power. The total
«cost of the two plants has been about
$5,000,000.
the new plant is 20,000 horse power
and the current is transmitted over.a|
high tension line to Nashville.
The proposed imposition of a tax on
the importation of bananas has served
to draw attention to the remarkable
organization of the business of trans-
porting bananas. The fruit is packed
while green and rushed thousands of
miles in .a.few years before it ripens.
So careful is this business of transpor-
tation organized that millions. of ban-
anas are brought from the tropics and
sold 80. cheaply as to be within the
reach of all. As a precaution against
loss due to the ripening of the fruit
beeuuse of delay in transportation,
every fruit vessel is eguipped with a
wireless plant. If a fruit vessel be de-
layed, a wireless call is quickly sent
out. for help and assistance .is rushed
to the assistarce of the disabled ves-
861, so that the shipment is-expedited
in every way.
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For Information on Pests.
A great many persons who write to
| State Zoologist H. A. Surface, at Har-
i risburg, making the request for infor-
? mation in such a general way that
B® Prof. Surface finds it impossible to
{give the definite information that is
lL needed
i special effort to request corresdond-
He has, therefore, made a
ents to be specific or detailed as possi-
ble in describing conditions, and es-
pecially to be careful to send speci-
mines with inquiries.
The process of prescribing for a dis-
eased or infested tree is closely allied
to that of a physican in preseribing
for a patient. It is necessary for him
to know every detail possible in.arder
to accurately diagnose the case. The
following is an example of a reply that
can not be very helpful to the inquirer
becausefhis inquiry was too general to
indicate any particular pest; It is in
reply to a letter by an attorney in
Scranton: A :
‘I am sending you some literature
oR the treatment of maple and elm
pests, but do not know for just what
pest you wish te spray. If you can
kindly let me know what you wish to
treat, I’should be pleased to give you
more definite directions. As a rule
I would not say that your maple, elm
or any other tree should be spraved
excepting for definite pests which are
Present, orgabout to appear.
‘‘Therefore, if you will kindly send
me specimines of such pests, and of
the injury done by them when they
first appear, I should be glad to ex-
aminegthem promptly and reply im-
mediately, giving definite information
applicable to each respectively. This
would be the best means for you to
obtain the definite information that
B. & 0. News.
Officials in charge of Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad circles look back over
the records of business during 1913
with a feeling of satisfaction at the
results during part of the twelve-month
period, while at the same time they
share the trepidation which pervades
business circles as the year draws to
a close.
Railroad men are optimists in the
last analysis, and, with the ascending
of some of the clouds which settled
upon business during the last quarter
of the year the Baltimore and Ohio
officials are hopeful as to the returns
in 1914.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
being one of the largest trunk line
systems, it typifies the railroad situ-
ation as a whole, operating as it does
through the most prosperous section |
of the country east of the Mississippi
river. Its conditions are representa-
tive of the eastern railroads, so that
the results of its year’s operations may
be regarded as barometric.
During the first half of the year the
Baltimore and Ohio, in common with
other American railroad systems,
showed large gains in gross earnings
and material increases in the volume
of ‘traffic which it handled. While
these steady increases were being re-
The present capacity of,
Y4u need concerning such pests and
their treatment.”
-adized, the expenses incident to oper-
ating the property showed inclining
%endencies, so that whilesthe company
was actually earning more money
than at any time during its history,
the net results of operation were not
in keeping. The margin between earn-
ings and exepnses net of which net
earnings are calculated grew smaller;
as the year drew te a close, until!
November, ithe latest; period for which
earnings and expemses and earnings
have beem made public, there was a
big drop ‘which, should it continue,
would bedisastrous.
The falling off in railroad earnimgs
during the last quarter of the year
greatly.impaired the credit of the com-
panies, emphasizing at the same time
the urgent need for an increase in
freight rates which the eastern rail-
roads have applied to the Interstate
‘Commerce Commission to grant as a
-meaps. of providing relief for the situ
ation. Two potent arguments advan-
-ced by the railroads in presenting their
claims to the government tribunal
were that the additional revenues
‘which would be derived from the
small increase in rates are needed to
maintain the proper credit of the car-
riers before the investing public and
to enable the roads to put aside suffi-
cient surplus to insure their being able
-to raise the money needed to expand
facilities in keeping with the growing
needs of eommerce.
The railroads explain the rise in ex-
penses.is.due to the higher cost of
living, generally speaking, as experi-
enced through higher prices far sup-
plies and material of all kinds, new
equipment, higher rates to pay em-
_Ployes, increased taxes and other costs
It was testified by the Baltimore and
Ohio.anthority on wage matters that
the.increases to employes has eost the
roads concerned in the rate mowement
$48,618,970 more to do business in 1913
than in 1910, the Baltimore and Ohio’s
proportion of this expense having been
$4,000,000.
The latest complication of mileage
statistics of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad show the first track mileage
to be 4,373.37 miles; second track, 1,-
188.37 miles; third track, 168.48.miles;
fourth track, 40.43 miles, making a
total mileage of 5,770.65. There are
also 2,902.08 miles of siding owned by
the company, making a grand tetal of
mileage operated 8,672.68 miles.
The records show that during the
new equipment placed in service con-
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LESSON FOR JANUARY 4
JESUS AND THE CHILDREN.
LESSON TEXT—Mark 9:80-41; 10:13-16.
GOLDEN TEXT—*“Gird yourselves with
humility, to serve one another; for God
resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to
the humble.”—I Pet. 5:5.
We now return to the New Testa-
ment, and during this year finish those
studies on the life of Christ which
were followed during the year 1912.
Almost as though it were an answer
«0 the question, “who are for him, . .d
who are against him?” that was asked
have presented for our study today,
the relations of Jesus with children. In
his teachimgs about children, as about
So many other things, Jesus stands
The events of this lesson occurred
during the summer of A. D. 29, dur-
ing the time of his Perean ministry,
which extended from his final depart-
ure frora Galilee until his triumphal
entry into Jerusalem.
Lust for Power.
1. /A ‘Wayside Dispute, vv. 30-37.—As
though by way of contrast, the lesson
committee has given us this side-light
as to ‘the effect, up to this time, upon
the ‘hearts of the disciples of those
great truths Jesus had been teaching
them, about the method whereby he
‘was to establish his kingdom. The
disciples lusted for power, a wrangling
‘which had not yet ceased. Jesus wait-
‘ed until they had arrived at Caper-
‘naum, and ther heat had cooled some-
‘what before taking any notice of the
‘dispute. In response to his question-
ing they held their peace, for, after
reflection, they were ashamed of what
had taken place, v. 34. Jesus then pre-
sented to them a concrete example of
what is to be required of all of those
who shall seek to enter into this mew
kingdom. That was a more pertinent
question than the one they had just
been discussing. (Luke 18:15-17) tells
us that these disciples desired to send
the children away, hence the words,
Suffer them to come.” Ever after,
when this mean, low, ambition to be
“the greatest” came up, there must
‘have arisen before them, in memory,
this picture. His appeal to children
meets a well nigh universal Tesponse
in the hearts of men. The fact that
the child was so near at hand is sug-
gestive of the attractiveness of Jesus.
The disciples were seemingly afraid
of him (v. 32), not so, however, the
child. For us to receive one who per-
fectly trusts him is to receive Jesus
himself, and to receive Jesus is to re-
‘ceive the Father, for he came as the
representative of the Father, the full
revelation of God, Col. 2:9. To en-
ter the kingdom is of course prelim-
inary to any question of precedence
in that kingdom. Jesus taught these
disciples that as a little child is
teachable (Matt. 18:3), so must all be
who are to follow him, ;
Thus Jesus contrasts the spirit of
humility with that of pride which they
had just shown. The lower we put
ourselves the higher God will exalt us,
Phil. 2:6-11. Jesus rebuked his disei-
ples and taught them that rather than
seek the place of authority and leader
a child, that they may be taught and
be ruled. .
Il. Authority Denied, vv. 3841. The
spirit manifested by these disciples
(v. 38) is far from having been re-
moved from the earth after all of these
years. The ability tu cast out devils
in the name of Jesus was evidence
enough in his mind that such persons
were for, and not against, him, vv. 39,
40. It is not, however, the ability to
sists of 3,822 freight cars, 111 passen-
ger ears and 150 locomotives.
The freight cars were of the hopper
and gondola types, of 100,000 pounds
capacity. Thirty of the new engines
were of the Pacific type for passenger
service, 110 Mikado type for road ser-
vice on freight trains and 10 Mallet
locomotives, used as helpers and as
road engines in freight service.
Of the passenger cars, there were
added to the service 40 coaches, 40
baggage cars, 15 postal cars, 5 bag-
gage and mail cars and 4 dining cars,
all the cars being of steel.
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Intelligent peeple realize that com-
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take, checks a cold and stops the
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Wonks Both Ways.
Possibly, as the saw says, faint
heart never won fair lady. But, on
the other hand, it may have kept a
man from getting away.—Atchison
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‘‘Suffered day and night the tor-
ment of itching piles. Nothing helped
me untjl I wsed Doan’s Ointment.
The result was lasting’”’—Hcn. John
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cast out the devils, but rather the
fact that a service had been perform:
ed “in his name,” which bulked large
in his mind. Such is the service that
has its reward, v. 41 and Matt. 12:30.
Set Good Example. .
Ill. Angels in Disguise, 10:13-16.
This attitude of Jesus towards those
children about him (9:36) led others
to bring their children to him, and
among these were the babies, Luke
18:15. Try and picture the scene as
Jesus extended his hands in blessed
benediction. What effect this blessing
may have had upon a baby’s heart we
are not told, but we can imagine
that a sense of responsibility for Chris-
tian nurture must have remained with
ithese parents, Eph. 6:4. Those in
«charge of these children have set us
a good example in bringing them thus
early to Jesus. To allow children to
reach the “years of undertanding” be-
fore teaching them the way of life,
is as unreasonable as is neglect teach-
ing children the habits of physical
cleanliness, until they are old enough
to understand sanitation, hygiene, or
the laws of medical science.
As we look back over these inci-
dents we are impressed by the fact
that those who engage in such a silly,
nay, even wicked a discussion as to
the matter of pre-eminence—whether
it be that they had a spiritual or tem-
poral idea of that kingdom—stood
dumb before him when called upon to
justify themselves. Those who fain
would send the children away are re-
buked, and it is revealed to them that
these stoo1 nearer to the Christ than
did the disciples themselves. Even
those not socially nor personally at-
tractive may be received “in my
name,” i. e., for his sake.
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GAME WARDENS MAKE
SUCCESSFUL CATCHES.
During the past few days deputy
game wardens representing the United
States government and the states of
Pennsylvania and Maryland have been
making investigations and raids on
the public highways near Cumberland
inside the state of Maryland, on huck-
sters, farmers and others who live just
over the Maryland line in the state of
Pennsylvania who have been bringing
game into Cumberland and selling the
same in violation of the federal and
state statutes. Monday and Tuesday
of this week a large number of vend
dors of game were held up on four
roads which lead out of Cumberjand
into ihe state of Pennsylvania. The
wagons. and these ' vendors were
searched.
Their namesfwere [ascertained and
after inspecting their wagons, they
were allowed to procced to Cumber-
land. Proceedings will be instituted
against all those found in these raids
with game in their possession. Those
found with game in their possession
will soon be placed under arrest by
the state and federal authorities, Some
of these cases will likely be set for
trial inthe federal courts, while others
will be tried in the county court.
EXCITING RAID.
The .deputy game wardens who
planned these raids are Harry Haller,
of Handcock, Md.; J. C. Turner, of
Cumberland ; Joseph Barrier, repre-
senting the United States government,
Harrisburg, Pa., and Lemuel C. Ale,
of Bellwcod, Pa., who also represents
{thefederal government. These officers
were assisted by others in watching
the public highways leading from Cum-
{berland into Pennsylvania.
Yesterday an exciting raid was made
on a huckster who was coming into
{Cumberland over one of the roads
leading from Pennsylvania into this
state. The man was ordered to stop
{ striking his horses with awhip urged
them into a‘jgallop.g The man, how-
ever, was forced to stop after running
his horses a couple of hundred yards
by the cfficers, who drew their guns
and threatened him.
PENALTY FOR VIOLATING LAW.
The penalty fer violating the United
States game laws is a $200 fine for
each offense. The penalty for violat-
ing thh Marylane game laws is a fine
of $50, while thel Pennsylvania game
laws incurs?a fine $10 for each piece of
gameiillegally offered for sale, or tn
the possession of any person.
It isfithe determination of J. O.
Turner,tlocal deputy state game war-
| den, to break up the illegal possession
{and traffic in game in Cumberland.
Because of the tact that this city is
the best shipping point in all this ter-
ritory, as it lies only a short distance
from two statesgfwhich adjoin Mary-
land] makes it a convenient point for
the operation of illegal handlers of
game. It was due to Deputy Game
WardenfTurner’s energy in this mat-
ter that thelraids this week were suc-
cessfully made.
Deputy Game Warden Turner re-
quested these officers to come to Cum-
berland and assist him in making the
raids. The officers arrived here Sun-
day evening.j They stopped at the
Terminal{Hotel, but kept themselves
well ‘‘under cover’’ in order that their
plans might not be frustrated by un-
timely publicity. They left the city
this morning to spend Christmas.
In thejopinion of the officers who
were engaged in this work, there
shouldbe laws passed in the states of
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Mary-
land, prohibiting the killing of game
and thefsale of it for at least two
Years. These officers say that unless
something is done by these states to
preventi they wholesale slaughter of
i game which is going on, soon certain
kinds of fwinged game will be wiped
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RECENT MARRIAGES
IN THE COUNTY.
Miss Edna Rachael Spangler of
Holsopple, and Frank James Glunt of
Meyersdale, were married at Hols-
opple by Rev. A. Davidson.
Miss Edith Pearle Harding, and
Benjamin F. Friedline, both of Jen-
ner township, were married at the
parsonage of the Jennertown Re-
formed church, by Rev. John W.
Albertson.
MAUST ENGLE—AG¢ the Reformed
Church Paronage, St. Paul. by Rev.
E. 8. Hassler, on Thursday afternoon,
December 18th, 1913. Homer M. Maust
of Elk Lick township, and Miss Maud
Engle, of Summit township.
WISE-ENGLE—At the Reformed
Church Parsonage, St. Paul, by Rev.
E. 8. Hassler, on Sunday evening,
December 21st, 1913, James M. Wise
and Miss Lulu E. Davis, both of Elk
Liek township.
MENHORN-ENGLE—A#® the Refor-
med Church Parsonage, St. Paul, by
the Rev. E. S. Hassler, on Christmas
Day, Elmer G. Mekhorn and Miss
Emma Engle, both of Elk Lick town-
ship.
Miss Mabel E. Adams of Somerset
township, and Clyde 8. Lint of Som.
erset, were married at the parsonage
‘of the Husband United Evangelical
church, by Rev. P. L. Berkey.
Miss Malissa J. Will of Somerset,
and John W. Altfather of Denton,
Md., were married at Somerset, by
Rev. Dr. Hiram King.
Miss Jennie Florence Landis and
Peter H. Miller, both of Stonycreek
township, were married at Shanks-
ville, by Rev. M. L. Schmucker.
Miss Lillian M. Ringler of Roxbury,
ship, they ought to take the place of | IP the road. He refused to do so and |3Dd George D. Walker of Shanks.
ville. were married at the parsonage
of the Shanksville Lutheran church,
by Rev. M. L. Schmucker:
Miss Mary Krissinger and Willard
D. Glessner, both of Berlin, were
married at Berlin, by Rev. D. S.
Stephan, pastor of the Berlin Reform-
ed church.
Miss Lydia Louisa Bowmbn of Berk-
ley Mills, and William H. Griffith of
Meyersdale, were married at Salis-
bury, by Rev. J. C. Beahm.
Miss Pearl Garber of Jenner town-
| ship, and Ira B. Blough of Jerome,
| were married at the home of the
| officiating clergyman, Rev. S. P.
| Zimmerman, in Coremaugh township.
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BIDDLE'S, Ursina,
FRANCIS JOHN DYER,
Christmas brought the country aur
new financial system which everyone -»
seems to feel will bring renewed se~..
curity and prosperity to the business: -
world. The suspense over the nature.
that the new law would take being -
ended, there is general satisfaction,
and critics of the Administration ap—- -
pear willing to let the situation work
itself out, while the advocates of the...
new banking and currency law see im
it nothing. but good for the whoi& ~.
people.
The year 1913 will go down into his. — .
tory as the year in which the Demo —-
cratic party was returned to powerand
revised the tariff and the fiscal systems...
The year 1914, just drawing, will bes -
notable for the opening to commeres-, -
of the great highway between thas -
Occident and the Orient, the Panam: 2.
Canal, and the celebration of thag:
event by two expositions, both in Cai. =.
ifornia. Since the Centennial Expom. —
sition in Philadelphia in 1876, therasz
have been many affairs called by tha =
name of exposition, in all parts of thes
world, but there has never been ona
which has been so worthy of notice as «
that to be held in 1914 in San Diego
the first pert of entry on Americans:
soil for vessels passing through the--
| Canal westward bound. For centuries.
the harbor of San Diego has beem=x
celebrated for its beauty and its safetwx
It is a land-locked harbor, with ampli:
depth of water and room to shelter
the shipping of the entire nation. Nowe.
that the isthmus has been eut thronghy:
it is springing into great prominence;
and it was entirely suitable that hers -.
should be located a great internation...
exposition to celebrated the consurms.
mation of that dream which has poss.
sessed the world since the early Span-
ish explorers first discovered that only
a narrow neck of land separated tha
Atlantic from the Pacific.
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