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TOWN RESENTS
SCHOOL PROBE.
C:a®iisLE, PA., Feb. 8.—It is gener-
sity thought in Carlisle that the inves-
@igastion now on ab the Carlisle Indian
Selool is the result of a plan to force
#he retirement of Superintendent M.
Frimndman and effect the removal of
#he sehool from here.
The joint Senate and House Com-
m¥ssion, after an extended session,
@ped into its work ab the school
yesterday and heard more witnesses.
Clengressman Carver said that the
© mission did nog come to Carlisle
6a prosecute definite charges, but
merely te ascertain if things were g0-
mg ad right. In a statement issued
By Chairman Robinson the latter said
fhxt the investigation was general.
Fhe evidence obtained for the Com-
mission by Inspector J. Linnen cover-
edt the complaints against the school’s
aden inistration, publicly ;,made some
&ims e ago, and which were restated by
£he chairman, President Noble, of
Dickinson College,sDr. Americus,R.
Alien, the Rev. Alexander MacMillan,
J. Webster Handerson and Fiske
Goodyear were heard on behalf of the
standing and eflicieacy ofgtine school. |
; Several of Superintenaent Fried-|
m=n’s iriends said that the charges
were mainly manufactured or serious-
y@werdrawn, and that they knew he
eosdd refute them. The scope of the
day's investigation included gnearly
every phase of school activity from |
the questions of morale to that ofj
Sanz ncial accounts.
HON. W. H, MILLER,O
SENATORIAL FIGHT
The Hon. William H. Miller, ¢of
foyestown, a former Representative
#n the House at Harrisburg, in reply
€o 2 query concerning his candidacy
€or the Senate from the Somerset-
Beadford-Fulton district, Mr. Miller
S233 :
“My many friends believe that I am
entitled to, this nomination} without
e@pposition. Four years ago I made
the fight on a Local Optiongissue and
was defeated by a small majority
$hrough a division among the temper-
ance forces in the district. 1 have
sever changed my views on_ State
Eoeal option by county units and for a
Wational Prohibition Amendment.
-“4] would esteem ,it a great honor
Go represent the disgrict in the Geaer-
a4 Assembly of Pennsylvania and to
east the yote of the district for both
IMI ASUTres.
“That Somerset countygis_ entitled
0 ‘£he senatorship goes without say-
sng, &s Bedford county held the office
for eight years prior to the last ses-
sion, and Somerset furnishes the
wotes. It has more vhandoubled the
smseunt of population. § = *
#1 am more than ever} persuaded
€hat Local Option is the only solution
@f the temperance question in this
&txie. It has beenithe practice of the
warious jurists sittingias license judges
®o ignore allremonstrances. ; gaeneral
amzjority rule is fair. Nothing short
af it will do.”
eee et
Coids.
#A cold is the jmost common trans-
mn issable disease. Ib is by no means
am ailment of the winterjseason alone
afthough conditions] at, that time
favor it.
Colds arelcaused by certain bacteria
which find their way to the muacus
mzembrane and cause an active inflam-
throat and
meation. Most often the
masal passages are affected.
“The coughing, sneezing and accom-
are symptoms
familiar to everyone. It is particular-
Sy important to observe cleanliness
#0 avoid transmitting the infection to
@thers. Sterilized cheese cloth which
ean be burned is an excellent substi-
panying discharges
#ate for the handkerchief.
One is particularly liable to contract
a cold when exhausted and in the
crowded, overheated,
rooms and; cars
manake the tired wogfer susceptible.
@vereating and the use of stimulents
winter time
goorly ventilated
are often predisposing causes.
Rxeess of clothing contrary to popu-
Indeed
enest protectors or similar articles of
@dathing, weakens [the natural resis-
ar belief is not a preventive.
@ance. General care of’the body
daily baths to keep the skin healthy
£rash air, both day and night and the
awgidance of fatigue,are the bestzpre-
. wantives.
-,
“The complicationsIwhichiarejapt to
#5llow a¥severefcold, pneumoniages-
pecially, makes it important towatch
for sggravatedl symptoms. If these
mranifest themselves ! a physician and night.
aod be called promptly. A’'linger-
fm weld may fend in {tuberculosis by
e#mgging up the respiratory tract and |
for
€&mws Furnishing a food supply
@infsercuiesis germs.
CARI
) OF THANKS.
TO DOUBLE-TRACK W. M.
Erie and the Western Maryland rail-
roads are treated to increase their
That the work of double-tracking
the Western Maryland will be begun
early in the spring is indicated by the
fact that 200 carloads of crossties are
BRIDGED THE CHASM
By WILLIAM O. STEVENS.
ready to be treated at the Adelaide
plant of the Pittsburg Wood Preserv-
ing Company as soon as they can be
handled. The ties are stored in the
Dickerson Run yards awaiting their
torn at the plant where all ties now
used by both the Pittsburg & Lake
longevity.
Business on both railroads has been
steadily increasing and the need for
an additional main track between
Dickerson Run and Cumberland is
apparent. The Dickerson Run yards
are badly congested beeause it is im-
possible to keep the freight moving.
During the 24 hours ending last mid-
night 21 erews were run oub and the
yard was so badly congested that
when the fast freight came in there
was no room for it and it had to be
held on the amni line for some time.
Last Monday six extra road jerews
were put on and last night an; extra
crew was worked. Ibis expected that
there will;be a general increase ia the
working force at Dickerson Run in
order to handle the volume of traffic
which now threatens to swamp the
WO. railroads.—Connelisvitle Courier.
TRIPLETS. |
’
The Stork paid a visit to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kocody; at Lis-
tie, las) week, presenting them with
¢riplets—two girls and a boy. The
child: en were stillbora. The mother,
who is twenty-nine years of age, has
given birth to seven children since
her masriage ten vears ago.
TO CELEBRATE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY.
»
Star Lodge 409. K of P, Salisbury,
Pa., will hold public meeting Thurs-
day night, February 19 in commem
oration of their Golden Anniversary
to which we extend you special and
cordial invitation. :
Yours respectfully,
8. R. McKinly. K. R. 8.
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Hotal Aitmilier Ghanges Hands.
|
The liguor license held by John H.
\itmiller for the Hotel Alvmiller, at
Jleyersdale, was transferred last
I'harsday to Arthur O. Lorentz. There
nave been seven transfers of licenses!
in Somerset County Swithin the last
"license year. When the licenses were
granted last year, Judge Ruppel said:
| “The licenses granted at this time are
for a period of one year, and no
license will be transferred during the
| year except upon such as is recog:
pized by the Act of Assembly oi
under very special circumstances.
unless-such transfer is proyided for at
the time of the livease.”
' GOOD SANITATION OF STABLE
If Proper Care Is Given Horses and
{ Their Barns No One Can Object
to Them in Big Cities.
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(By PROF. JOHN WILLARD BOTHE.)
One of the most imperative needs
from the standpoint of health in great
cities, is stable sanitation. Thousands
upon thousands of horses are stabled
in every large city. If proper care
is taken of these horses and their
stables, no one .can object to their
presence, because they ate reasonably
quiet and a properly cared for stable
is practically odorless. You will say
immediately that you never saw a
properly cared for stable, then, and
that is probably right, as there are
very few of them.
The sanitary stable should have
waterproof floors, built of some ma-
terial that will not absorb the liquid
manure, and sloped to drain properly
Cement is undoubtedly the best of
these, and it should be covered with
a slatted board flooring in the stalls
to keep the horses from sleeping on a
cold cement, and to prevent slipping
The question of bedding is very im
portant ‘in mahy ways. Its function ia
to keep the horse off the floor and ta
absorb the liquid manure. It also is
better for the horses’ feet than a hard
floor. Wheat or oat straw is the best
bedding known, &s it is light, dry,
warm, springy and highly absorbtive.
Barley and rye straw would be equally
good if it were not for the “beards”
or barbed tips of the green husk,
which irritates the horse’s skin.
Marsh hay has little value because it
is coarse, flattens down and absorbs
very little. Shavings and tanbark are
poor bedding for the same reason.
Horses should be cleaned very care-
fully in warm weather, and it is an
excellent plan to wash their mouth,
head and legs with cold water at noon
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bloody chasm today.”
the conviviality of the Blue and Gray
fraternization,
thumpingly into a chair at my table
in the Monticello cafe.
of Winslow post up state,” he Tre
sumed, engagingly, “last time I was
down here to Norfolk. .I helped
the fust bridgin’ of the chasm on
record, that's why I come all . the
way to this.”
quiry opened the flood gates wide, and
the story flowed ripplingly.
Jones. Then right off the cap’n of our
comp’ny was pickin’ on me all the
“Yessir, we've been bridgin’ the
Flushed with
a stranger dropped
“Stigging’ my name, I'm c¢’'mander
in
My polite look of in-
“Well, sir, I enlisted 21 November,
’64, gets my bounty and calls myself
time. I stood it patient till one day,
while 1 wag settin’ under a tree on
picket duty, he come by. Then I gets
up easy an’ give him a socker on the
jaw. He didn’t wake up for two
hours.”
Mr. Stiggins paused to ring for an-
other high ball. The place was de-
serted except for a lanky fellow in a
broad felt hat whom I noticed bending
over the hotel register an hour be-
fore, and ‘who now seated himself at
the adjoining table with his paper and
cigar.
“Well, they jugged me for six
months, and that prison was where
we bridged the chasm, like I said. It
was an old stone warehouse made
over, an’ chock full. The room I was
in—'bout ten by twenty—held four
Yankees an’ six rebs, with a guard at
the door. 'Twa’n’t long before we got
real friendly, an’ right off we begun
layin’ plans for escape. We all want-
ed to git out, an’ that was what Car-
roty called our bond of union. Car-
roty—we called him that because he
had flannel-shirt hair—was a real
smart Johnny Reb from a South Caro-
lina regiment sent up with the other
prisoners from Roanoke. He was 2
spy and he was crazy to git out; uster
talk looney ‘bout his wife an’ kids.
“Now, he’d smuggled in a little
Sheffield knife, an’ when he found
that in the scuffle of gitting me in
they’d left my jack knife, he almost
whooped. I give it to him an’ he took
it off in a corner. Then, settin’ my
blade against his blade, he pounded
with a loose brick till he’d saw-edged
his’'n. Next he saws on the iron bar
in the window. It took four days to
git through, an’ while he sawed he had
us all round him singin’ to cover the
squeakin,’ the Rebs whoopin’ Bonnie
Blue Flag an’ we four yellin’ Red,
White an’ Blue. The day guard was
a Dutchman, an’ the noise give him
such fits he kep’ as fur from the door
as he dared an’ plugged his ears.
“Now, I was the strongest in the
bunch by a whole lot, an’ when Car-
gins'—he foun’ Jones wa'n’t my real
name—‘Stigins, we need your biceps
on that bar, an’ only one man can git
a holt to once. The next cloudy
night, when the guard walks up the
corridor, you bend the bar out, and as
I'm the only death sentence here, I'll
skip out first; then you pull it back
co's you can hang a coat over it when
he comes past again. Keep bracin’ it
till you let ’em all out. Yousee, he
cal’lated I'd git out last.
‘Bout two o’clock I gits up puiet an’
takin’ good holt, bent the bar an’
braced it with my foot till I could
jes’ squeeze out aidgewise. Then I
drops onto the flat roof of the nex’
buildin’ an’ makes tracks for Ports-
mouth. Nex’ mornin’ early I jump on
the tail of a train ecarryin’ furlough
men, an’ in four days I was in Pitts-
burgh enlistin’ again an’ gettin’ ‘an-
other bounty.
“Carroty? Oh, early nex’ mornin’
they foun’ me gone an’ the busted
slat in the winder; so they give Car-
roty time to write home an’ shot
him.”
hat, and leaning his hands on our ta-
ble, looked Stiggins in the eye. I no-
ticed then that his hair was bright
red. But Stiggins fell back with wild,
bloodshot eyes. “Carroty,” he whis-
pered hoarsely.
“No, Carroty’s son; stranger,” turn-
ing to me, “for ten years I've attended
encampments looking for this man,
and I reckon Ill take no interfer-
ence. If you don’t get right up,” this
to the shapeless huddle in the chair,
“I'll do the trick right hyah.” A steel
barrel flashed from his pocket. “But
I'd rather not mess up the floor if I
roty gone clean through he says, ‘Stig-
Up rose our neighbor, threw off his
THE WOMENS STORE.
Feb. 16 to 21, 1914.
°
'way less than true values.
ONE WEEK.
Now comes another of the ever popular DAY SALES. Good, reliable, clean merchandise at
Your attendance here this week means dollars saved. :
Pb. 16 to 21, 1914.
1
# Monday
CURTAINS —Full line of
ready-made curtains, ”
One-Fourth
Off
Tuesday
PERCALES—New spring
patterns included. Regu-
‘lar 123c values, :
10c
Wednesday
Apron Gingham
10c Dress Gingham. . . 8c i
4
12¢ Dress Ginghams
3
Thursday *
Lod
Jankets ane Comforts
Entire line,
One-Fourth
Off
Friday
FLANNELETTE WEAR—
Gowns, sleeping gar-
ments, kimonos and yard
goods,
One-Fourth Off
Saturday |
KNIT 600DS—Head-
wear, gloves, sweaters,
underwear,
One-Fourth Off
Hartley Block.
Hartley, Clutton, Co.
THE WOMENS STORE.
Meyersdale. Pa.
Be
|e
\rt
ow
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Cost More—W orth Most
: 33 = :
faverly” Oils and Ga
Gasolines—Illuminants—Lubricants—W ax—Specialties
Waverly Oil Works Co,
Pittsburgh
v
solines
ALBANY, N. Y. — The impeach-
ment triul oi Gov. Sulzer cost New
York State $245,000, according to
compilations made by the State
Comptroller, after ‘the approval by
Attorney - General Carmody of the
claims of counsel, The impeachment
managers’ counsel recieved $60,000 in
fees and Sulzer’s attorneys $40,000,
divided as follows:
Counsel for the Board of Managers,
Ex-Senator E garT. Brackett, $15,000
John R. Stanchtield, $15,000; Ex-Judge
Alton B. Pa ker, $10,000; Isidor J.
Kresel,7,5080; Eugene Lamb Richards,
$7,500,'and Hiram O. Todd, $5,000.
Counsel for Sulzer, Ex-Judge D.
Cady Hericis, $10,500; Louis Mar-
shall, $10,500; Harvey D. Hinman,
$8,000; Austin G. Fox, $6,000; Roger
P. Clark, $2,500, and Charles Herrick,
$2,500. : tho
Ex-Judge irving G. Vann of Sulzer’s
counsel refused to accept any pay.
There is now before the Attorney-
General claims aggregating $30,000
growing out of the trial. An addi-
tional appropriation will probably be
made to take care of these claims.
/
ONLY DEMOCRAT
GETS POSTOFFICE.
The United States Senate, after a
‘Sulzer’s Trial Coats $245,000 |
firmed the
sharp debate, Saturday evening con-
appointment of Henry
Bourne as Postmaster st Ellsworth,
Washington county,
Campbell to the same post ab
Homer City, Indiana county, Pa.
The appointment of Bourne as Post-
master at Ellsworth is one of the
most unique incidents in the history
of American ‘‘political pie’’ distribu-
tion. The town of Ellsworth Col-
leries Company, claims to have but
several
Pa, andof J
can help it.”
“For God’s’sake, man,”
I began
one Democrat among its
nundred citizens and that
There was,
one is
aveord-
" aghast, but he swept me aside men-
acingly. Then he collared his dazed
prisoner and thrust him out into the
midnight.
(Copyright by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
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Book Exhibition.
An international exhibition for the
book industry’ and the graphic arts,
including photography, is to be held
at Leipsic, the book industrial center
of Germany, from May to October,
1914, in celebration of the 150th anni-
versary of the royal academy for
grapic arts and the book industry in
Hog Cholera Serum.
Good clean hog cholera serum usual:
dim light.
more serum than they need and then
wish to know whether it can be safely
-
ly retains its potency for at least a
, year after sealing, if kept cold and in| manufacture of paper,
Farmers frequently order |
that city. The exhibition is to be
organized upon an elaborate scale, in-
cluding among various allied arts the
the develop-
ment of newspapers, and, finally, a
1p devoted to measures for the
tion and welfare of workers.—
ce
ienry Bourne.
ingly,
worth,
officigis.
no
known.
Wm wer
AT ————
‘‘dead ome’.
TAKE NOTICE.
Members of Dale Lodge No. 810, |
much opposition among the
town’s citizen’s to haying the only
Democrat in their ranks selected for
the town’s best official plum.
Bourne recently resigned as mana-
ger of the company store at Ells-
for some unknown reason,
and it is said that among those who
opposed his confirmation as Post-
master were some of the colliery
But Bourne proyed that
he has not yet crossed that bourne
whence no traveller returns—he is
Rourne is widely
put away for future use. When a S field Republican.
r OC. 3 bottle has been opened and Re : | of importance requires your
hank their many Tm eXD( to R », SECO h Money Fails Due Shortly ce. Business Third degree.
s for the kind > hands of a ve nl ang ial and public sery All Odd Fellows are cordially invited
ring the ill- operator, IL ely to be will, it is said, be c | to attend the meetings eyery Thurs-
band and ar foture o meet $300,000,000 in s m | day evening. H. G. WIL,
inazisa. tes before 1914. 4 Secretary.
Electric Sparks.
Wireless makes it possible to signal
moving trains.
The Khedive of Egypt is to have a
gas-electric train.
Several churches in the west are
heated with electricity.
An electric burglar alarm has been
adapted for the chicken coop.
The parcel post is using electric de-
livery trucks in many of the large
cities.
Electric wheel chairs will be in ser-
vice at the Panama-Pacific exposi-
tion.
Telephones are replacing telegraph
systems on several important rail-
roads.
There are nearly a thousand elec-
tric ranges in use in the city of Win-
nepeg.
Electric flatirons are rapidly replac-
ing hand and gas irons in English tail-
or shops.
The electrical equipment of a mod-
ern hotel requires about 20 motors ag-
gregating 165 horse power.
Atchison, Kansas, has a cooking
rate of five cents a kilowatt for those
who want to install electric cooklng
devices in their homes.
The largest coal mine in the world,
at Nokomis, Ill., where 1,000 tons of
cool are taken out every hour, is en-
tirely operated by electricity.
A new hydro-electric power plant
has been opened and placed in service
in Utah where energy is generated
for Salt Lake City, 135 miles away.
Salesman Wanted.
To look after our interest in
Somerset and adjacent counties. Sal-
ary or Commission. Address, The
Victor Oil Company, Cleveland, O.
eee
For Sale.
A four horse power, gasoline engine
in good repair—for sale, cheap, for
cash. Also a ten gallon gasolene tank
Apply, at The Commercial office.
PRIVATE SALE
|
| 200d sized bank barn, dwelling house, machin
| shed, wash house with furnace, blacksmit
| and repair shop, and ali other necessary ou
| buildings.
of never failing water is on th
farm
all on the owner
ApAM D, JOHNSON,
R D. No. 2, Garrett, Pa.
8 desi
ms will ¢
Valuable Real Estate!
Consisting of a 56 acre farm, in Summit
township, Somerset coun'y, Pa.. known as the
Daniel Joonson farm, having thereon erected 2
e
h|
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vel and under good cultivation. |
f selected varieties of fruits, |
will be sold at private sale.
ring to view the farm and |
DON'T ABUSE YOUR EXES.
Are you suffering with headache,
nervousness, indistinct vision, water-
ing of the eyes, inflamed eyes, pains
in the temples, pains on top and back
of head, pains in or around the eyes?
If having any of the above symptoms
or any eye troubles or wearing glasses
that do not fit properly, therefore do
not delay or neglect your eyes and
sight, call and consult vale
M. D. GOLDSTEIN,
Eyesight Specialist...
At Collins’ Drug Store, |Meyersdale, Pa.,
Tuesday, February, 24,
From8 A M,toS5P. M /-
1 devote my entire time, th
and practice to the scientific
ation of the eyes and the fitting of
glasses All examinations made with-
out drugs—the modern instruments I
use making the use of drugs unneces-
sary. Children’s eyes examined and
glasses fitted when necessary.
Glasses feom $2.00 to $8.00. Eyes
examined free of charge. All glasses
guaranteed for two years. Our re-
sponsibility never ceases.
We Are Getting a Carload of
No. 1 Galvanized Roofing.
All these in need of Roofing or
Spouting next summer will save
money by buying now. We also
handle No. 1
BANGOR AND SEA GREEN SLATE
Rubber Roofing, Valleys, Nils
and Ridging.
Riglic 2. Prices.
J. S WENGERD,
Meyersdale, Pa.
H PUBLIC SALE.
C. R. Martens, of two miles north-
o| east of the White Oak Church, will J
{live stock, farm implements and
{ farm produce.
sell, on Wednesday, February 18th, Jif: