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The secret of President Wilson's
° “mysterious Mexican policy is out at
.- The explanation comes, not
from any formal announcement upon
e carefully typewritten authority of
® White House; not through the
on pronouncement of a Presiden-
‘tial message to the assembled Con-
* gress from the rostrum of the House
of Representatives; not from a stern
mation over the signature of
Woodrow Wilson and under the great
seal of the United States; not Smog
trumpet call to the nation from the
re > er-in-Chief, notifying the
foroes that at last he has determined
to'act. No, not through any of these
‘honorable courses has the secret,
guarded so carefully for these many
weary and disheartening months, at
length espaped. It has been per-
mitted to leak cut through the very
policy of inaction which is the one
~ yery distinctive 1eature of the Wil:
son-Bryan management of our foreign
affairs.
PEACE AT ANY PRICE.
That is the secret. That, is the true
meaning hidden under the filiterative
felicity of President Wilson’s ‘‘watch-
fulwaiting.”” The dreadful tale of
outrage, pillage and murder that
comes in daily increasing burden over
‘the wires from the bandit-ridden land
syond cur southern border touches
o sympathetic chord in the American
government. No heart is fired, no
red blood stirred in the Waite House
Es or State Department. Here is no
| room for honest wrath or righteous
§ indignation. Here is no place for just
resentment at untold villainy or in-
conceivable affront. What boots it
to this bloodless, heartless govern-
ment that men, women and children
of our race are enduring every day
the terrors and the tortures of an un-
checked reign of savagery, and find-
“ing by the bitter test of previous ex-
perience that the pledge and the faith
of our government to insure them
protection are a worthless pledge and
a broken faith.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger,
~ which has often given a left-handed
support: to the Penrose machine in
Pennsylvania, is now imploring the
Republican party to chose exceptional
candidates for the approaching cam-
paign.
“No make-shift will serve, ’ says
the Ledger. ‘‘The candidate must be
able and above suspician.”’
Now, if the Ledger will inform the
pe of Pennsylvania how any can-
didate on the Penrose ticket can be
“above suspicion’ it will have per-
rmed a genuine and lasting service
its Republican friends in that
state.
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Don’t diy Engage in Orcha:d
Business.
Emphatic advice is given by the
State agricultural officials agaii st un-
skilled ', "ssons idly engaging in the
. fruit-growing industry, for, contrary
to a ‘common belief, orcharding is
such an intricate business that no one
need expect success in going at in a
hap-hazerd way. In writing to a
Greensburg banker who asked about
the subject, State Economic Zoolo-
gist Surface, Harrisburg, said :
+ ‘1 think what we need is better
i J fruits and more productive trees,
| (5 td rather than more trees and plants.
The country has been well over-plant-
ed already, but the expense and skill
of taking care of them had been more
than. planters have counted on, and,
consequently, fruits of high quality
are not being produced in the in-
creased ratio that planting is going
on.
“I anticipate that there will be no
end of poor orchards for sale cheap
in this State and others in the future.
Money is to be lost in orchards by
persons who do not know the busi-
ness. To succeed one should know
ib the same as any other business.
Therefore, I recommend a person to
go slowly and plant comparatively a
2B small area in size, and grow with the
trees, and learn to manage them be-
fore going into more extensive plant-
4. ving.”?
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BRINGS SUIT
FOR DAMAGE.
The value of licensed hotel property
in Somerset county is revealed in a
$10,000 damage suit brought thisafter-
noon in the court of common pleas 1n
which the plaintiff is ex-Sheriff Peter
A Johns, of Uniontown, Pa., and the
defendants are Sheriff Charles F.
Hochard, Nora A. Winters, and
George P. Stein, of Somerset.
The suit also involves a novel point
of law concerning business relations
between landlord and tenant.
Sheriff Johns says that on January
30, 1914, he owned the furnishi gs of
the Hotel Vannear in Somerset. Back
of the damage suit is the following
interesting history:
On July 30, 1907, Ferdinand L.
at | Snyder leased from Jacob B. Winters
the Hotel Vannear to April 1, 1910, at
$3,600 per year, payable monthly,
with an option to re-rent for an ad-
ditional period’ of five years, which
option was exercised. It is alleged
that Snyder also agreed to buy from
Winters the furnishings of the hotel
on monthly payments, for which Johns
became surety for Snyder. After a
lapse of several months Snyder could
not make the payments, it is alleged,
and Johns paid Winters for the same
with an agreement with Snyder that
the furnishings from that time would
belong to the plaintiff, and with the
consent of the parties the property
was left in the Hotel Vannear.
On June 1, 1909, itis averred, Snyder
sold his hotel business to Harry G.
Spitznogle, who paid rent to Johns
for the use of the personal property
and rent to the owners for the use of
the building. It is also alleged that
Snyder paid his rent under the lease
a considerable time after it was due
1 monthly, and this custom of delayed
payments continued atter the lease
was transferred to Spitznogle.
Title to the hotel property passed
to - Winters’ sister-in-law, Bertha
Stein, and later on April 1, 1912, to
Winters’ wife, Mrs. Nora A. Winters,
and she is said to have sanctioned the
belated payments of rent and com-
pliance with the terms of payment in
the lease was not demanded or re-
quired, but was waived by Mrs. Win-
ters.
On January 30, 1914, there was due
$649.98 rent, it seems, and on that
day a check signed by Peter A. Johns
for that amount was handed to Mrs.
Winters who refused to accept it, and
immediately thereafter the amount in
cash was tehdered her but she again
declined, demanding rent for the full
term of the lease, which expires April
1, 1915, amounting to $5,024.96. Sub-
sequently Winters issued a landlord’s
warrant for the latter sum and placed
the same in the hands of Charles F.
Hochard for execution, who distrain-
ed the goods of the plaintiff and on
January 13, 1914, sold the same to
Attorney W. Curtis Truxal for $1,050.
Johns claims that the demand for
rent for the whole term of the lease
and the sale of the goods were illegal,
and that Hochard, who executed the
warrant; Mrs. Winters, who issued
the warrant, and her brother, George
P. Stein, who, ‘‘acting with them,
aiding and abetting them, controlling
and managing them,’’ were transgres-
sors, and therefore are liable to the
plaintiff for $5,000, the yalue of the
goods.
Johns asserts that the sale of his
goods was illegal because there was
no rent in arrears at the time of the
sale, and for this reason sues for dou-
ble damages in the sum of $5,000.
Plaintiff further claims that the land-
lord’s right, if any she had, to demand
payment of rent to April, 1, 1915, was
waived by her action in regard to the
collection from and payment of the
rent by the tenant.
Johns further alleges that the de-
fendants were trespassers and are lia-
ble for the payment of damages to the
plaintiff for the reason that there was
no right in Mrs. Winters to declare a
forfeiture of the lease and demand
payment of the rent to April 1, 1915,
there being no covenant with her in
the lease to give her such right.
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Real Presence of Mind.
An efficiency engineer was talking
about presence of mind.
“For presence of mind.” he said, “no-
body can equal John X.”
“When John X. lived in Cleveland
his next door neighbor said to him ou
morning:
* ‘Smith's cow got in my garden ves
terday and ate a lot of grass and
flowers.’ .
**Yes.’ said John X., ‘it got in m:
garden, I milked it to the valu
of the d ne, and then drove i:
out.” "—W 1 Star.
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAYS (CTio0L
LESSON
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR MARCH 15
LAWFUL USE OF THE SABBATH.
—
LESSON TEXT—Lule 13:10-17; 14:1-6.
GOLDEN TEXT—'The Sabbath was
made for man and not man for the Sab-
bath.” —Mark 2:27.
These two sections of scripture
have been chosen that we might em-
phasize the truth of the golden text
which can correctly be translated,
“The Sabbath was brought into being
on account of man, and not man on
account of the Sabbath.”
There are two extremes of thought
and action as regards the Christian
Sabbath. Ome is to make it a heli-
day, the other to make it a holy-day,
to worship the day as though it pos-
sessed some secret sacredness there-
by forgetting the author of the day.
A study of what Jesus taught will
check laxity on the one hand and cor-
rect fanatical error on the other.
Contrast Shown.
I. Jesus loosing the woman, 13:10
17. THis incident is a strong contrast
between God's mercy and man’s lack
of mercy. Satan was to blame for the
woman’s illness (v. 16) and at the
same time for the hardness of the
hearts of these men. The incident
occurred in a synagogue and displeas-
ed the leaders. As if to rebuke them
Jesus not only spoke the word of
relief but also touched her, causing
an instantaneous and a complete cure.
Her response was to glorify God. The
sight of this satanic captive acted in
contrast upon Jesus and the ruled of
the synagogue. Compassion and an
utter lack of sympathy. More care
for legalism than for the relief of one
created in God's image. Jesus seems
to have acted speedily and is today
calling the unfortunate to him to be
healed and comforted, Matt. 11:28-30.
Jesus could have healed by a word
only, John 5:40-43, but there is power
also in the loving touch, which in this
case quickened her faith (v. 13). The
record does not suggest that her cure
was In response to her faith as was
the case in other cures, Matt. 8:10;
15:28. If the ruler had had a heart
of compassion he too would have re-
Joiced at the cure, but he cared more
for ceremonial ecclesiasticism than
for the good of the worshipers and
his emotion was that of indignation
rather than that of joy. A religion
that is more concerned with bondage
to the beggarly elements, the observ-
ance of days (Gal. 4:9-11) is here de-
nounced as hypocrisy (vv. 15, 16). It
is to have more interest in property
than in human souls. Ofttimes hatred
for those who do not agree with us is
covered up by a false fanatical pre-
tended jealousy for the law of God.
Love's Attribute.
Il. Jesus healing the man, 4:1-6. In
this incident the question of the Sab-
bath is raised by Jesus himself, evi-
dently in answer to their mental at-
titude, for “they watched him” (v. 1).
Receiving no reply, Jesus first healed
the man and then again reminded
them of the care they gave their cat-
tle. Jesus plainly implies that if they
give care to an ox or an ass on the
Sabbath, how can it possibly be wrong
to relieve humanity on the Sabbath?
Mercy and love are superior to cere-
monies though these be of divine ap-
pointment. The reasoning .is clear.
Love is an attribute of God's ¢harac-
ter, I. John 4:8, and therefore his own
ceremonies must give way before the
activities and energies of his being.
Thus to act upon the principles that
“concern the valuerof an “or or an ass”
is to allow the lower to control the
higher, for a man is of more value
than the ox. These Pharisees were
exceedingly religious, great for the
“letter of the law,” but they were
dried up at heart, and consequently
far worse off than the man with the
dropsy. It is small wonder then that
the master’s reply should silence them
50 “they could not answer him.”
The Teaching.—It is true that fun-
damentally the Sabbath idea is one
of worship and rest, but the reason
for its existence is because of man’s
need of that rest. That true rest can
be found only in a true and intelli-
gent spiritual fellowship with God
Anything, therefore, that interferes
with or hinders rest breaks the Sab
bath and should be reinoved in order
that the Sabbath intention may be ob-
served. These men were justified in
leading an ox or an ass to water on
the Sabbath or to rescue one in peril.
On the same principle any work
which enables men to enter into a
Sabbath rest ig not suly justifiable but
necessary in the interest of the Sab-
bath itself. They cared for cattle on-
ly as cattle, their property; we must
care for mer for their own sakes and
in his interest and behalf.
The Sabbath must never be dese-
crated by being made an instrument
of harm to man. It is always dese-
crated when, in the presence of hu-
man need, we decline to render serv-
ice on the plea of the sanctity of the
day. «A false ceremonial sanctity of
any particalar day must never be per-
initieq to destroy the underlying, the
truly essential sanction and author- |
fty for a 3zbbath rest. Physically we
do not each night fully regain our |
lost eneryy and need the seventh dav
to balance the account. Spir tually
ve need he strength that comes from
he Ss th day's rest. Isa. 80:15
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For Her Convenience
Just inside our entrance is a room for the especial comfort and convenience of’
our lady customers, and, as ladies have proven themselves shrewd buyers, they can®
greatly aid themselves by having an account of their own.
your bills by check gives you positive protection and an exact record, whic
useful as a protectograph against little extravagances.
The very act f paying
is very
MEYERSDALE, PA.
SECOND NATIONAL BANK,
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CHURCH SERVICES.
Methodist Episcopal church ser
vice, Rev. G. A. Neeld pastor—Ser
vices at10:30 a. m. Sunday schcol 9:30
a. m. Epworth League at 6:45 p. m
Evening service at 7:30.
SS. Philip and James Oatholic
church, Rev. J.J. Brady, pastor.—
Church of the Brethren—Preaching |
10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday |
School, 9:30 a. m. Christian Worker
Meeting at 6:30 p. m. Bible Class
Saturday evening, 7:30 p. m. Teache:
Training classes meet Monday evening
7 and 8 o’clock, respectively. Sunday
8chool Workers Meeting, Friday
evening, 30th inst., at 7:30.
Brethren Church, H. L. Goughnour
pastor—Services on Sunday, March 15
morning and evening in Meyersdale
chrreb. Sunday School and Christ
ian Endeavor at usual hours. All
are cordially invited.
PREACHING SERVICES AT SHAW MINES.
On next Sunday afternoon, imme-
diately following the Sunday school
session, Rev. G. A. Neeld will preach
in the school house at Shaw Mines.
All the people of that vicinity are
arged to come to the service.
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: Precocity.
Little Willie is really too precocious.
I met him the other day with his
school bag under his arm.
“Well, well.” said I, “and so you go
to school now, eh?”
“Sure, Mike!” said little Willie.
“Ain’t I over six?”
“And do you love your teacher?” 1
asked. .
“Aber nit!" said little Willie. “The
old hen's too old for me.” Washington
Star.
Adam’s Apple.
The projection in the front of the
throat in men, denoting the position of
the thyroid cartilage, is styled “Adam's
apple.” It develops rapidly usually
when the voice “breaks,” lieing com-
paratively small in both children and
women. The name arose from the tra-
dition that when Adam attempted to
swallow the apple in paradise it stuck
in his throat, giving rise to the swell-
ing since seen in all his adult male de-
scendants.
Quite a Difference.
First Comedian—What's the differ-
ence between a beautiful young girl
and a codfish? Second Comedian—
Give it up. First Comedian—One has
a chance to become a fall bride and
the other to become a ball fried.—
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Connection.
Scott—] remember reading of a very
rich man who said he’d sooner be
poor. Mott—Yes, and probably you re-
member reading somewhere that all
men are liars.—Boston Transeript.
Foolish.
It’s a foolish man what sits down
ter count his troubles, kaez dat only
gives ‘em another chance ter swat him.
—Atlanta Constitution.
One pound of learning requires ten
pounds of common sense to apply it.—
Persian Proverb.
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Truth That's Worth
Money.
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| Menomonie, Wis., says: ‘Iam fex-
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1se substitutes.
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re.
Mass next Sunday 9 and 11 a. m !
Vespers and Benediction at 7:30 p. m. |
Fashions and Fads.
Black tulle is a pretty touch on any
color.
The sleeveless jacket is growing in | {not to wait until the fly is flying to
| swat him, but to swat him indirectly i,
Cost More— Worth pia
Gasolines—Il'uminants — al net —Specialti § :
Waverly Oil Works Co. SITE olbi ae :
favor.
White continues among the smart |
colors.
Three-piece suits of taffeta are the
| 1atest.
The suede glove is superseding the
| glace glove.
| Girdles and sashes are still an im
| portant item.
are fashionable.
Parasols of white moire have a
black satin border.
The new skirts still preserve the
peg-top silhouette.
Serges of brilliant coloring will be
fashionable this spring.
Colored tulle is being combined
with the corsage bouquet.
All manner of bindings are making
their appearance in connection with
dresses, suits, and coats.
The newest fur trimming is monkey
fur. It makes charming revers to a
coat, for it is long and silky.
Gloves are more or less somber,
but ail the natural tan and kindred
tints are worn as much as white.
The narrow ruffles so much appre-
ciated by our grandmothers are here
again and they are made of tulle.
Have the new spring tailored coat
and skirt made of the new diagonal
duvetyn or the new corded duvetyn.
The corduroy suit made Russian
blouse style and trimmed with fur is
emivetly becoming to the slender
figure.
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Here at Home,
Meyersdale Citizens Testify and Con-
fidently Recommend Doan’s Kid-
dey Pills.
It is testimony like the following
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Mrs. Joseph Quinn, of 37 Broad-
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troubled by severe pains in the small
of his back. It was hard for him to
stoop over or do any lifting. He
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him that Doan’s Kidvey Pills are a
wonderful kidney remedy. Now
whenever he is attacked by back-
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always recommends them to his
friends.”’
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remem.
The Perfect Day.
There is. perhaps, one such day in
every one's life. It is seldom more—
when the whole world seems to hang
in a nebulous light, when nothing is
quite real or quite certain, when the
entire universe might be a bubble to
break with touching. when one is be-
yond one's body, all pure soul, when
everything—even the birds in their
bursts of song and sudden silences, the
flowers, the clouds—conspires for per
fection. Such inoments come only
when one human spirit first touches
another and vanish, or at least are
transmuted. with the first kiss, the
first spoken word of love.—From “Simp-
son,” by Elinor Mordaunt.
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Spring gowns made of black silks |
| by destroying his bree ding places.
| A Bucks county woman received thi
following advice when she wrote to
State Kconomic Zoologist Surface,
| Harrisburg, about the matter, and
every fariner, as well as city dweller, ~
will find himself able to help in the
| war of rmination by following:
the sugges ions: .
“Reply ing to your inquiry as to the:
proper method of combatting flies, ©
| can say that
“Swat The Fly.”
Get ready now to swat the fly ime
1914. The most approved method is
I earnestly recommend
this be done by destroying ti oe 3
breeding places. They breed or mi
tiply in filth, such as the cleanin Fog:
from poultry. houses and stables. If
stables are kept th ioroughly clean ande®
the manure dusted occasionally with
ground phosphate rock the flies will ® -
not breed in it This will also greatly:
improve the fertilizing qualities $f
the manure for the soil and will mora
than justify the effort from this stand.
point. The rule is one pound of:
ground phosphate rock for each 1,000¢ ©
pounds of animal in the stable, scat-
tered daily over the droppings. ind
persons would look carefully after
the stables, the pig stys, and poultry
houses, etec., there would be no diffi
culty in Eecping down the flies. :
‘‘While a few flies will hibernate op
pass the winter in the adult stage, §
many more are in the chrysalis stag’
in places of protection near wherg
they fed as larvae. Ido not think a.
reward for fly gathering now would:
do much good, as most of them args
where they can not be reached.”
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Ants Don’t Harm Trees.
r
#
pe.
It is a common false impression that
black ants running over sweet cherry i
trees are responsibie for leayes curling
up. The real cause of the curling leaves
however, are minute plant lice, or
aphids. State Economic Zoologist H..
A. Surface, Harrisburg, has writtem
the following advice to an in quirer-
who lives near Philadelphia:
‘These plant lice give out a sweet
juice on which the ants feed. It would
not do your tree any good if you would
keep the ants off of it. The thing to do»
is to kill the plant lice. The method
of doing this depends upon the size of
the trees. If it is a small tree, so yow'
can reach the branches and bend then»
down into a pan of liquid, there is noe
trouble about destroying the pests.
Make up a strong solution of soap teil
add a few drops of amonia, or make a.
strong tobacco decoction and bend
the twigs down and dip the infestect
ends into either of these liquids held
in the pan.
‘If it is a large tree you should
apply the liquid with a spray pump,
doing this, if possible, before the
leaves curl, and repeating it as ofter.
as you see the pests present.
‘‘Use one pound of tobacco dust or
leaves in one gallon of water, and
steep it for two hours; or make a soap
solution by using one pound of Whale
Oil ‘Soap in about three gallons of
water; or one pound of ordinary soft
soap or brown laundry soap in three
gallons, and add to this a few spoon-
fulls of ammonia.”
Special ‘‘Health Warning” for
March,
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very young and for elderly people.
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pneumonia are to be feared and
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