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COURT NEWS
Orphans’ Court Proceedings,
Real Estate, Marriage
Licences, Etc.
REAL ESTA1E.
Nancy Shaver’s heirs to Homer A.
Shoemaker. Somerset, $350.
Homer A. Shoemaker to Cyrus M.
Shaver, Somerset, $1.
Michael Russel to Annie Russel,
Windber, $1.
John W. Speicher to'John Gibson,
Jr., Conemaugh twp., $250.
Noah Fry to John Gibson, Jr., Cin.
~Smaugh .twp., $200.
Noah Hoechstetler to John Gibson,
" Jr., Conemaugh twp., $3,500.
Roy &. Mike)" to Harry Foust,
- Windber; $400.
Jacob. G&. Mishler to Bertha Mish- |
ler, Potter, Conemaugh twp., $2,000.
Qentral " Oity Realty Co., to An-
drew Gress, Shade twp., $500.
Clara'J. Lambert to Albert Wright,
Stonycreek twp., $300.
Emma. O. Altfather, to Oatharine
Lambert, Stonycreek twp., $135.
Albert” Wright to J. B. Lambert,
Stonycreek twp., $2,000
James W. Endsley to L. L. Litman,
Addison, $1.
N. H. Diehl, to L. L. Litman, Ad-
dison, $1.
Thomas C. Frazee to L. L. Litman,
Addison, $1.
Maple Ridge Coal Co., to Bethel
Realty Co., Conemaugh twp., $1,500.
Emma J. Raygor, to Franklin P.
Raygor, Upper Turkeyfoot twp., $1.
3 Laurel Hill Lumber Co., to Upper
Tuarkeyfoot twp., School District,
Upper Turkeyfoot twp., $20.
John D. Hable to B. & O. R. R.,
“Larimer twp., $600.
Wm. H. Weigle’s trustee to Albert
8. Stonycreek twp., $1,800.
Aaron N. Lape to W. L. Lape, Cas-
selman, $550. ;
John Enos’ heirs to Ursina & North
Fork Railway Oo., Lower Turkey foot
twp , $200.
H. B. Reed to Benjamin A. Polhe-
_gnus, Brothersvalley twp., $1.
Bertha Walter to Minnie Ss. Burrow,
Addison, $600.
Alexander 0. Moore’s executors to
Amanda Blough to Edmund J.
Haughton, Paint twp., $2,800.
Berry J. Blough to Louis Roth,
Hooversville, $600.
Isaac Denawitz’s trustee to Judas
| Rodstein, Hooversville, $140.
Andrew Pearson to Joseph Whitis,
Shade twp., $70.
J. W. Foster, to W. A Meyers,
Conamaugh twp., $2,300.
Joseph Whitis to Calvert Supply
Co., Shade twp., $71.
Somerset Mining Co., to Nicola
Perei, Quemahoning twp., $800.
Oyrus K. Bruner to J. Wesley
Barkley, Jefferson twp., $1,325.
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
John Martin Stauffer, of Somerset,
and Lenora Jeanne Frazee, of Bos-
well. ;
Charles Nevin Long, and Erma
Catharine Lohr, both of Stoyestown.
_ John Schrock, of Meyersdale, and
Anna Bertha Werner, of Summit twp.
Stany Drabik and Nictoria Naidas,
both of Landstreet.
Michael J. O’Niel, and Lulu L.
Logue, both of Boswell.
George Kaserdo, of Braddock, and
Mpsy Paroknovy, of Brothersyalley
township.
Peter Ufema and Margaret Garbiak,
both of Rillton, - ;
, George W. Lightcap, of Morgan-
town, W. Va., and Elizabeth Dry-
burg, of Jenner twp.
Edward M. Riley, of Garrett
county, Md., and Lucy E. Weyant,
of Humbert.
Harry F. Sausman and Lou Fike,
both of Addison.
Martin Harnichar of Jenner twp.,
and Elizabeth Tobias, of Pittsburgh.
Edwin F. Snyder, of Rockwood, and
Edna H. Oritchfield, of Milford twp.
Charles E. Schlosnagle and Emma
Gumbart, both of Pine Hill.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
Letters of administration have been
issued as follows:
Elmira Shumaker, in the estate of
Edward O. Shumaker, late of Sum-
mit twp. Bond, $5,000
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
in Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
Signature of LZR;
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
FOR RHEUMATISM KIDNEYS AND BLADDER
Simon Lyons, Middlecreek twp., $930 |
LESSON
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
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LESSON FOR AUGUST 30
A DAY OF QUESTIONS.
LESSON TEXT—Matt. 22:15-22,
GOLDEN TEXT-—"They say unto Him,
Caesar’s, ‘Then sald He unto them, ren-
der therefore unto Caesar the things that
are Caesar's; and unto God the things
that are God's.” Matt. 22:21 R. V.
The title of this lesson suggests
‘more than the portion of Scripture se.
lected seems to warrant. We have
seen in previous lessons how the Mas.
ter condemned and denounced the
rulers by his teaching in parables.
This led ‘the Pharisees to take coun-
sel how they might ensnare him (v.
15). Three questions were asked, one
political, one doctrinal and ‘one ethi-
cal. Our next lesson deals with the
third question.
Secret Methods.
I. The First Question, vv. 15-22.
- This parable of the wicked husband-
man (ch. 21) seems to have been
clearly understood by the Pharisees
(v. 45). While it stung it did not
bring them to repentance. The hard-
ening effect of unaccepted truth is one
of its most terrible results upon the
human heart. The record tells us
plainly (ch. 21:46) why these Phari-
sees were withheld from at once put-
ting Jesus out of the way. They
therefore resorted to secret methods
and endeavored to bring him into con-
flict with the Roman government. The
Pharisees entered into this plot to en-
tangle Jesus with their most deter-
mined enemies, the Herodian party
(Mark 12:13). It was a good scheme
from their viewpoint to get Jesus to
utter something treasonable and then
to turn him over to Herod, who was
a puppet of Rome. These Pharisees
scorned to pay taxes to this same gov-
ernment with which they are now con-
niving. They began with words of
smooth flattery (v. 16). The devil is
never so subtile, so dangerous nor so
maliciois as when he flatters. Apart
from Jesus each party would have
given quite a different reply to this
question. In fancy we can see them
as they must have gloatingly ex-
claimed, “Now we will see him en-
trapped.” If Jesus declared it illegal
to pay tribute to Caesar they could at
once formulate a charge of sedition
against him. On the other hand, for
him to declare it proper thus to pay
tribute to a ‘foreign government would
géem to them for him to deny his mes-
slanic claim, according to their under-
standing of the messianic program.
Calling for a Roman denarius, a
legal taxpaying coin worth about 17
cents, he asked, “Whose is this image
and superscription?” “Caesar's,” they
reply, and by those. words they have
caught themselves and not Jesus. His
reply was, in effect, “Very well, you
accept the money of Rome, you must
by that act accept the responsibility
which accompanies it.” Jesus first of
all denounces their hypocrisy and then
exposes the folly of their question.
His Teaching Is Plain.
Il. The Second Question, v. 23-33.
The rationalistic Sadducees, who did
not believe in the resurrection at all,
now try to entrap Jesus by question-
ing him along the line of their particu-
lar doctrine, The teaching of Jesus
is plain and unequivocal as to the res-
urrection of the body and the immor-
tality of the soul. Jesus seems in this
reply rather to ignore the first and
to strike at the second, which is more
fundamental. Their plan of attack
was very scholarly and philosophical
and was designed to show the absurd:
ity of his teaching and thus by ridi.
cule discredit his standing. It is al.
ways a favorite way for those who
quibble to imagine a suppositious case
and then to put a subtile guestion. In
this case our Lord, by one sentence
demolished their well-planned attack.
“Ye do err, not knowing the Scrip~
tures, nor the power of God.”
The Teaching. Jesus here shows us
the true relation of himself and of his
people to political questions. He rec-
ognizes the authority of human gov-
ernment and it is his will that his fol-
lowers shall enjoy the liberties or
privileges which that government has
to offer; at the same time they are to
submit themselves to its requirements
under one clearly stated condition,
viz., God’s supreme will. In so far as
the laws of the state are just and
true and in harmony with the law of
God it is the duty of Christian people
to support and to obey them. Jesus
would ally himself with neither party,
thereby avoiding complicity with any
measure of evil. We may likewise
maintain a similar relationship with
God and speak with authority in the
correction of abuses, and in the direc-
tion of civio and national life.
‘We have purposely included the sec-
ond question inasmuch as the next les.
son concerns the third of this group,
which ought to be studied as a whole.
Jesus was ever ready to meet any
question. He never equivocated, but
lifts his answer out of the realm of
the controversial into that of abiding
prigciples. Jesus denounced the hy-
pocrisy of his assailants, condemned
heir ignorance of the law they so
udly professed to obey and pro-
claimed at the same time the immor-
tality of the soul and the resurrection
of the body. He emphasizes man’s
responsibility to his government.
GERMANS HAVE
TAKEN BRUSSELS
Encr Cif;
treat
and Belgians Re-
{o Aniwerp
CiVIL GUARD IS DISARMED
The Burgomaster is Assured No Harm
Shall Come to the City or Its
People Unless the Inhabit
ants Attempt Resistance.
London, England.—Brussels, which
has been the Belgian capital since
1831, has been occupied by the Ger-
mans. The Belgian troops have been
dislodged from their positions at
Wavre, Tirlemont, Louvain and Ma-
Laes and retreated toward Antwerp.
Official announcements from the war
zone which filtered through the vast
cloak of mystery that the censors
have spread over the field of opera:
: Hons in Belgium bore out this con-
c'usion, and accorded the Kaiser ‘first
honors thus far in the battle of na-
tions that has been raging along a
hundred-mile front with a fierceness
unparalleled in history.
The invaders were met at the city
boundary . by the Burgomeister of
Brussels, garbed in his official robes.
The greeting to the Germans was
friendly. The Burgomeister called at-
tention to the fact that the city had
surrendered to the Germans, that it
was open and undefended, and that on
behalf of its people he demanded the
protection decreed by the principles
of international law.
The German commander-in-chief
said that so long as the people of the
city remained quiet they would be in
no danger. But he made it emphatic-
ally plain that any attempt on the
part of the Belgians to interfere in
any way with the German forces would
be met with suitable reprisals. The
German general and his staff then
proceeded to the city hall where of-
fices were established.
The Kaiser, it is believed, hardly
will attempt to storm Antwerp at
present, but as the city is one of
the most strongly fortified in Europe
and capable of accommodating the
entire Belgian army, he must leave
a strong force before it to prevent
fan attack upon his flank as he turns
south to attempt his real object—the
capture of Paris.
It was admitted by the Belgians
that they were powerless to resist
the grim advance of the Germans on
their capital and the seat of govern-
ment was shifted to Antwerp. About
the last news that came from Brus-
sels before the Germans descended
upon it stated that the civil guard and
the citizens had been disarmed and
everyone warned not to commit any
act that might provoke reprisals from
the invaders.
FORTRESS BLOWN UP TO
PREVENT ITS SEIZURE
Belgian Commander Displays Hero-
ism as Enemy Appears.
Paris, France.—An official state-
ment issued by the ministry of war
says:
“The Chaudefontaine fort at Liege
was the scene of an act of heroism
which brilliantly affirms once more
the valor of the Belgian army.
“Major Nameche commanded the
fort which controls the railway from
Aix-la-Chapelle to Liege, via the Ver-
viers and Chaudefontaine tunnel. The
fort was bombarded very violently
by the Germans.
“When it was only a heap of debris
and the commander judged that re-
sistance was impossible he blockaded
the tunnel by producing collisions
between several locomotives which
had been sent into it. Then he set
fire to the fuses of mines in the
tunnel.
“His task thus done, Major Name-
che did not wish to see the German
flag float even over the ruins of his
fort. He therefore exploded all the
remaining powder and blew up every-
thing, including himself. Such an
act of heroism is beyond all com-
ment.”
To Put Ships Under U. 8. Flags.
Washington, D. C.—The United
States Steel Corporation, the Stand-
ard Oil Company and the United
Fruit Company have notified the gov-
ernment of their intention to put
their fleets under the American flag
under the new law extending home
registry to foreign-built ships.
Tuckerton Wireless Is Warned.
Washington, D. C.—By direction of
President Wilson, Secretary of Com-
merce Redfield informed the officials
of the Tuckerton, N. J., wireless sta-
tion that they are operating illegally
and that their plant is liable to seiz-
ure by the government. The opera-
tors at the Tuckerton station also
have been warned not to receive or
send any more messages of any kind.
Austrian Fleet Sails South.
Rome, Italy.—Semi-official reports
received here from Ancona say that
the Austrian fleet of 40 units, battle-
ships, cruisers and destroyers, has
sailed south from Trieste to give bat-
bombarding Cattaro.
French Cabinet Talks Over War.
Paris, France—The military situa-
tion was discussed at a special meet-
ing of the cabinet at Elysee Palace
presided over by President Poincare.
The deliberations lasted three hours.
tle to thé English and French fleets
JJ
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SHAPE AND VIGOR OF FOWLS
Vitality Should Be First Requisite in
Every Domestic Bird Used for
Breeding Purposes.
(By D. J. LAMBERT, Poultry Instructor,
Rhode Island State College. Copy-
right, 1914.)
Careful selection of breeding stock,
eliminating all those showing traces of
weakness, will insure poultry raisers
against three-fourths of the mortality
of chickenhood.
Abounding vitality should be the
first requisite in every domestic fowl
used for breeding purposes. No mate
ter what class, breed, variety, size or
cost, or how excellent the prize record
or fine the plumage, if the bird is lack-
ing in stamina it should never be used
for reproduction. These rules apply
to all kinds and both sexes. :-
The most vigorous males of common
fowls are invarial' loud crowers,
proud strutters and ready fighters, and
a vigorous male can be detected by
the way he carries himself and by
the way he stands upon his feet and
throws out his chest when he crows.
Other unmistakable signs of vigor are
a straight, upright, bright red comb,
stout beak, broad back and smooth
shanks set well apart.
Hens and pullets of strong vitality
type are generally prolific layers, are
off the roost at dawn and will keep
at work until darkness compels them
to stop. They are always wide awake,
industrious busybodies, and in shape
these hens are broad across the hips,
the tail is carried fairly well up and
their size is near the average for thc
breed.
For breeding purposes hens are gen-
erally preferred to pullets because
they are fully matured and possess
stored up vitality after their annual
molt. Furthermore, their second lay-
ing year they will lay larger eggs
which produce stronger chickens.
A well-matured year-old cockerel is
often a surer stock getter than an
adult cock because the former is-gen-
erally mere active and sprightly. The
number of hens to one male depends
upon how many eggs are desired for
incubation and whether the flock is
confined in a yard or has unlimited
range. It is better to breed only from
the very best than to include inferior
specimens to make up a larger pen.
Four to eight hens, with one cockerel,
is usually better than a large num-
ber, especially when space is limited,
and a vigorous male will take care of
forty or fifty hens on free farm range.
So long as both sexes are stropg and
hardy it is possible to get good results
in breeding from very closely related
stock, which is frequently done by
breeders of show-ring birds.
TO MAKE LIGHT NEST-BOXES
Material Suitable for the Purpose May
Be Obtained From Grocer for
the Mere Asking.
Light handy nests, which can easily.
be taken out and cleaned are made
from grocery boxes which may often
be had for the asking.
Cut a hole (C) in the side of the
box 12 or 15 inches square, and hinge
one end with strap-leather hinges a$
at (B), so that it will open out and
allow for gathering eggs and for clean-
nN
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Box Nest Easily Made.
ing. Two holes in the back of the
box will be quickly made for hanging
the nest on nails driven into the side
of the house.
Nests such as this can be made for
a few cents each, and are convenient
for egg gathering, and sanitary, says
the Wisconsin Agriculturist. Ten of
these box nests may be taken down,
cleaned, sprayed and refilled with
straw, in fifteen minutes. Let the boys
make a set of them. Hens like the
seclusion given by nests of the box
type.
Feed Economically.
Feeding is a very important com-
sideration in any lire of animal hus-
bandry and poultry raising is no ex-
ception. ;, One must know something
of the composition of feeds and be
able to compute a balanced ration
before one can feed economically.
And without economical feeding prof-
its can not be made.
Don’t Sell Doubtful Eggs.
Doubtful eggs should never be mar-
keted under any condition, for one bad
egg may lose the best customer. “Do
unto others as you would like to be
done by,” is an applicable rule.
are fitted with Yale Locks
unless you help.
"Impure blood runs you down—
makes you an easy victi a for disease
For pure blood and sound digestion—
Burdock Blood Bitters. At &ll I rug
Stores. Price $1.00. . au |
—_— ge
State of Ohio, City of Toledo (
Lucas County, Ss
Frank J. Cheney makes oath thai.
he is senior partner of the firm oi
EF. J. Cheney & Co., doing busines:
in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of HALL’S CATARRH
CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscrib-
ed in my presence, this 6th day of
December, A. D. 1886.
A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public. |
Hall’s Oatarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally and acts directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system.
F. J. CHENEY, & Co., Teledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75 cents pur
bottle.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for Con
stipation. .
A —————— eset
Main Street Brethren Church.
On Sunday, August30th both morn-
ing and evening in the Meyersdale
church. Morning seryice at 10:30,
evening at 7:30. Sunday school and
Christian Endeavor at usual hours.
All are cordially invited. H. L.
Goughnpur, pastor.
meme ee renee
Lumber for Sale.’
Buy your lumber from H. Phillips
and save some money. ‘I have a good
supply of frame lumber ready for
prompt delivery. Address,
aug.27-tf Sand Patch, Pa.
reeset ote fp eseesememsrrmeter
ROMANCE IN VARSITY TOWNS
Seems to Be Part of the Atmosphere,
at Least in English Centers
of Learning.
The romantic story of the adoption
of an innkeeper's daughter by a rich
banker, recently unfolded in the law
courts, reminds one that Oxford and
Cambridge are the birthplaces of ro-
mance; for hearts are always young in
the university cities.
Many happy marriages can be
traced to that long standing institu-
tion, the Sunday afternoon tea in North
Oxford and the residential suburbs of
Cambridge, but the greater romances
find their origin in dances at rectory
barns or even in the country inns.
A popular hostess at one of the im-
portant embassies today lived less
than ten years ago at a humble inn
within three miles from one of the
ancient English universities. Her
husband fell in love with her when
she was yet at school. He made no
secret of his affection, but actually
entertained the whole of her school-
fellows to pleasure excursions, mis-
tresses and masters sharing in the
fun.
A similar romance which happened
recently at the sister university would
create a sensation in society circles
and in the family of one of our mer-
chant princes if the facts were known.
The eligible young man, says the Evc-
ning Standard, whose return from dis-
tant parts of the empire society hos-
tesses were keenly awaiting, forsook
single blessedness two or three years
ago, and is now enjoying domestic
bliss with the daughter of local
tradesman.
F you have something lit | 1s
intended for your eyes only, put
it in one of our Safe Deposit Boxes
Fire cannot reach it—burglars cannot get it and you will
have absolute privacy because all our Safe Deposit Boxes
which cannot be opened
These locks have double mechanism
. that requires two different keys to unlock. You have
one key and we hold the other—and both must be
used at the same time or the box cannot be opened.
SECOND NATIONAL BANE
Meyersdale, Penn's.
SEEMS THE MONTH OF WAR
Singular Fact That April Has Seem!
Beginning of Conflicts Involving
United States.
In the spring a nation’s fancy light
ly turns to thoughts of war, at least,
so far as this American nation is con
cerned. May be it is an outward an
visible sign in the mass of the im
terior application of sulphur and me
lasses to the individual. However thagi
may be, this country has usually mam
aged to get into action about the timmy
{he sap is running up the trees ané&
the farmers are putting in their first
vegetables and tubers.
The French and Indian trouble started
in April, 1754, although the clash ak
Great Meadows did not come until the
next month. The battle of Lexingtas,
opening the Revolutionary war—if ons
| ignores the 1770 claim of the battle of®
Alamance to that distinction—was!
fought on April 19, 1776. The Revels
tionary war ended, by the way, Apri
11, 1783. The Black Hawk Indian wars
was also an April proposition and #3
lasted 18 months. The second Creek!
Indian war really began in April, al~
though the first blood was shed ony
May 5, 1836.
The war with Mexico began Apri
24, 1846, and the Civil war began ix;
April, the: first bloodshed being im!
Baltimore on the anniversary of the
battle of Lexington. That war a.
ended in April. In April, 1898, this
country entered on its war with Spain
signs of Spring. 3
“Most any life insurance will uphold
my statement,” said an insurance ex
pert the other day in this city in dis-
cussing one of the sure signs of they
approach of spring. “Of course at ang}
time of the year there is a steady de
mand for loans by policyholders whoses
policies have been in force long:
enough to be worth something. It's!
in the spring, though, that the heaw
iest run comes on the city’s insured:
From March until June I've found the
policyholders go heaviest on borrow
ing. The reason? Why, that’s sim
ple. They've got the suburban spirit
and are either going to build or buy:
in the suburbs or do the same af a
seashore resort.”
To prove his statement the insu
ance man turned to the _ecords of if
persons whose policies were mort
gaged. Out of these 12 had been se-
cured in the spring of one year ox
other.
Varying Weights of Famous Brains.
The weight of the normal, average
brain is 1,300 grams. Turgenieff, the
famous Russian writer, had the heavi-
‘est brain on record—2,012 grams. Dan
jel Webster's brain weighed 1,61¥
grams. That of Doctor Spitzka, whe
died recently, weighed 1,400 grams.
but it was understood that disease haé
reduced it from its normal weight. Ber-
tillon, the famous French detective,
slightly ranked Webster, with a weigafi
of 1,625. Walt Whitman, the Ameri
can poet of nature, forms a curious;
exception. His brain weighed only:
1,282 grams—in other words, less than
the average brain.
Church Primarily for Women.
The first women’s church in Eng
land has just been opened at Wallasey.
Cheshire. “The Church of the New
Ideas,” as it is called, originated im
a discussion among a few women who
felt that the present churches do mot
provide for their requirements in spir-
itual matters. The new church is of
ficered enfirely by women, and only,
women preachers will occupy the pul
pit. The afternoon services will be
limited to women, but the evening
ones will be open to men.
Remarks of the Hippo.
“Oh dear!” sighed the hippopots+
jmus. “I am so tired of this circus!
Had to Have Photograph.
Husband comes in to find his wife
turning everything topsy-turvy. “Gra-
|cious, Isabel! What you doing?” “I
just received a telegram from Aunt
Jane saying she'll be here at 6:30 and
'I can’t find her photograph any-
where.”
life. I wish some nice little box
‘would buy me for a pet. I'd love fe
sit in a little boy's lap and have Ei
ieall me Fido, and let me crawl inte
his bed and bite his toes every mors
ing like a puppy-dog.”
SE Ne pn
wr