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Joseph Mosholder, ‘of this place,
who started: on Sunday one week
ago with friends in au auto for
Waterloo, Iowa, has informed his
friends in this place by mail that he
covered the distance, 976 miles with
out any mishap, having arrived there
in about five days.
Miss Mame Plath, who had been
spending the summer with her broth-
er-in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs.
Harry May, ab Johnstown, arrived
here the last of the week to take up
her duties as a grade teacher in the
Meyersdale Public School, which
opened here on Monday.
PERSONALZAND LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Items Pertaining to the Town in General and
: Prepared for the Readers By
Our Busy Staff.
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of Windber, i8 2a Miss Beatrice Truxal will leave
Bowman Kyle, !
town visitor this week. next week to resume her studies at
Hollins College, Va.
Henry Wagner, of Johnstown, is :
spending the week here with ¢riends. | The hoisting machine for the erec-
-==== | 1:on of the stone bridge across Flaugh-
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Adams,_of ]
. ndman, are visiting their son, J. O. erty creek, at Centre street is on the
3 : ground for action. a
Adams.
i Rev. Sewell Roswell Kresge, pastor
September 99nd will be observed by
the Dred people in many places as of the Reformed church ab Hyndman,
Emancipation Day spent a day this week with his father,
Mrs. George Hensel, of Friedens, Rev. A. 8. Kresge, ? this es .
is spending a few days of this week Rev. A. G. Mead, pastor O e
Evangelical church, 1s attending the
here with relatives. ight.of J annual conference at Cumberland,
Miss Elizabeth Cartright sof erome, | nr3 Bishop Long is the presiding
is the guest of her friend, Miss Grace bishop.
Pfeiffer, of Olinger street. :
i left here Monda The Very Rey. J. N. Codori of
Wiss 14s Prabler, 15 y Johnstown, and Rev. James Cocoran
ning for Confluence, where she 0
will SE apioyed as a milliner. of Spangler, Pa., came over Jester
Mrs. Daniel Getty, and little ugh! re i, a few days with Rev.
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ter] nas reterined Dome Miss Katie Ramer of Martinsburg,
isi i i t Somerset. S
visly with te]pliyes » turned home W. Va., arrived Monday and will be
Miss Ethel Ritter, return the guest for several weeks of her
Saturday -evening from vigk with brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
friends at Pittsburgh an onne Mrs. -P. A. Ramer, of the Colonial
&. The seventy sixth annual conven-
tion of the Allegheny conference of
{ho United Brethren church, will be
held from September 16th to 21st, in
the United Brethren church at Ty-
rone.=Delegates will be sent_to the
conference by the several charges of
that denomination in Some: set, county.
fjLevi Beal, a prosperous and up-to-
date farmer of Wellersburg, was a
visitor to town on Wednesday. He
has made quite a success in the direct
raising of onions from the seed plant-
od in the spring. He has about 75
bushels of onions some of jwhic are
about one foot in circumference. ey Te
Beal has not limited his energy to
what is regarded as the small thing
Sethe farm for he has about sixty
head of cattle. Hl PE =
Michael Zorn of Braddock, is the
guest of his nephew, A. H. Johnson.
i Mr. Zorn is a veteran drummer of the
ville. z Hotel. mS
Mr. and” Mrs. George Collins, and war, and to show That he had not for-
We are making arrangements for
our subscribers to obtain a fine farm
weekly and woman’s paper in com-
bination with The Commercial for
just a trifle more than the price -of
our paper.
Mr. and Mrs. George Blake, return-
gotten how, a drum was given him,
but the sticks bad bardly dipped into
the rhythmic beab before the pareh-
m-nt broke. Perhaps the drummer
boy of the long ago had been reinvi-
gorated in the man neering the four-
score mark, and the drum got more
ed home Saturday evening from Cor- | of a beating than it had expected and
nellsville, where they attended the |atf once capitulated. ¥
wedding of the latter’s niece, Miss| ' Adyices trom New York say that
Clara Long, which took place there the Consolidation Coal Company has
that morning.
gecured immense orders for South
After October first, the Pennsylvar American ~trade. {The Consolidation
nia railroad company will charge two
makes most of its contragts through
and one-fourth cents a mile for pas-| the New York office and then allots
sengers traveling on mileage book. | the points of! ‘export. as’ best serves
This will be an increase of a quarter | the company’s interests. The out-
of a cent a mile. - |iook for busy times'in the coal cen-
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cavanaugh,
and Miss Pearl parker of Reading,
tres of Somerset county was never
more promising than now; and mine
Pa., are the guests of Miss Sue Maul, operators are reported to be prepar-
The ladies are daughters of the late | ed to greatly increase their output
James Parker, who with the family |on short notice. The first effect of
resided here some years ago. the war was to greatly reduce the
Miss Rebekah Truxal, who had demand for fuel for Trans-Atlantic
been spending the summer here with | liners and for the export trade, but
her parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. EB. now that the German fleet has been
Truzal, of Centre street, left Sunday driven from the Atlantic the marked
tor Pittsburgh, where she will teach | 8 strengthening every day. :
in the Bellevue High School.
_ Miss Regina Reich, left here Sun-
day evening for-Johnstown, and Miss
‘Alta Siehl left Monday morning for
two children: of Berlin, ‘are spending
the week here with relatives and
friends.
Thomas Qarey, of Somerset, spent
Thursday last-bere with his, parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. Carey; of Meyers
avenue. a Maas
Oz Septembet 11th Mr. and Mrs.
Jobn Lilly, of New Baltimore, wil
celebrate their fiftieth wedding an-
niversary. ;
Mrs. Samuel Geese, of Heverly, Pa. |
is a guest at the home of her parents, |
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Deeter, of
Mrs. H. C. Weimer, of Carleton,
Neb., has been visiting her davghter,
Mrs. C. P. Large, of the South Side,
for several weeks.
John Liebau, and his mother, Mrs.
Ed. Miller, and Miss Florence Fullem
were Sunday visitors in Cumberland,
Md., visiting friends. ;
Wm. P. Couleban, of, Pittsourgh,
arrived here on Monday to spend the
week with his sisters; The Misses
Oonleban, of North street. *
Miss Florence Saylor, who is em-
ployed ab Boswell, is spending the
week here with her patents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Saylor, of Broadway. :
Mrs. Samuel Hershberger, of Hoov-
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ersville, and Mrs. Charles Darr, of the same place #34 £018 Taate {ney ; ;
Lincoln township, were two residents | Went to Indiana, Pa., where they | (11544 of yellow free stone peaches
of the county, who died recently. will attend Indiana State BO
i i i i D. E Folk, a motor car con uctor
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happenings to The Commercial. We 1? Pittsburg, who is making a nice
expect in time to baye all of the salary and is provident of the future,
county represented in our columns, | a17ived on the W.M, on Wednesday |
Mr. and Mrs, Charles Lepley of to take in the fair and to spend sever-
Someta De aot of the home of al weeks with’ relatives here and at}
me. . s ab bl
: ¥ Salisbury.
i . and Mrs. James :
thom selatives, I toect, Fred Just, and his danghter Miss
arn ’
South Side. 0
. | Nellie Just, of Akron, Ohio, who
| Miss Anna Stein, of Somerset, Vis- | | .q peen spending the past week
ited here ab the home of her grand- here with their relatives Mr. and
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stein, of lay oyrus Just, and The Misses Just,
North street, daring the past Week: | of Main street, seturned to their home
| Mrs. Florerce Turner, a daughter | on Sunday. :
of Mr. B. F. Smith, is back home
following a Visit of three months
with friends in Brooklyn and New
York.
Miss Elizabeth Holtzhour, of Con-
nellsyille, is spending the week here
at the home of her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. K. M. New-
comer.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bush, and son
Charles of Bloomington, W. Va., are
guests at the home oftheir friend,
Mrs. Lydia Countryman, of Olinger
street.
Rev. J. T. Burns of Connellsville,
and Rev. J. J. Graney of Leisenring,
spent Tuesday here with Rev. J. J.
Brady, at the Catholic parsonage on
High street.
Mrs. William Gorman, and two
children of Johnstown, are spending
the week here with her brothers J. F.,
and Philip Reich and familes, of
Broadway street.
Mrs. Edward Grant, and children
of Pittsburgh, are spending the week
here with her sister, Miss Margaret
Smith, of Main street, and with other
relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Crowe, spent
Sunday with relatives near Frost-
burg, Md. The former’s father, Mr.
George Crowe, accompanied them
home and will spend the week here.
Mrs. Harry Burkhardt, who had
been spending several weeks here|
at the home of her father, Mr. Wm. tween the European nations to the
Hittie, of,Centre street, left Snnday | utmost.
on No. 15, for her home in Akron, |
Ohio.
About 150 persons enjoyed the fifth
annual corn roast of the Pike County
Club, near Mt. Pleasant, Saturday
evening. The Scottdale band furnish-
Seventy-five chickens
and 400 ears of corn were Some of
the enjoyable viands.
coming Wednesday of next week, at
_Habel & Phillips. (
HORSE NOT
STOLEN
AFTER ALL.
A large section of Somerset county
buggy belonging: to Dorsey Barron,
of near Friedens, which ‘was alleged
to have been stolen. from a lot: in
Somerset. The case baffled Mr.
Barron and a posse of friends and
officers of the law for 24 hours or
. s : . _{more. The harder they attempted to
Clothier Louis Cohen is back ab|irace the missing horse the more the
his store in this place, he “having incident became a mystery. Finally
spent the past few weeks at his other | gounty Detective Lester G. Wagner
store at Doe Gulley, W. Va. Mr.| ooo notified and he promptly found a
‘Oohen purposes spending the most of solution of the alleged theft.
his time at business here during the :
fall months. Barron went to town Monday after-
noon and hitched his ‘horse on the
Simpson lot, which is used for this
purpose daily by ‘scores of people.
Late that night he was about to start
A. H. Siehl, who liyes on Lincoln
avenue, while employed at the Elk
Lick mine, No. 1, on Saturday af-
ternoon in placing some timber slip-| home when he discovered that his
ped and dislocated his loft collar bone. | horse and buggy were missing. He
Dr. Lichty gave him the necessary jsoon arrived at the conclusion that
sargical attention. it was stolen and notified a number of
¥ : friends and officers of the law. A
Miss Fannie Thomas, who had been | hosse was quickly organized and the
spending the summer here with her|garious roads from Somerset were
sisters, The Misses Thomas’ of the | searched in all directions by automo-
South Side, left on Monday for Chi-ipjje parties. Every farmer who has
cago, 111, where she will take up her } 5 telephone within a radius of twenty
duties as school teacher, where she | hiles of the county seat was notified
has taught for a number of years. and a large section of the county was
on the look-out. The searching
parties were mystified, being unable
to secure any trace of the rig.
Baffled in every way he turned for
assistance, Barron finally sought the
services of County Detective Wagner,
who has made quite a reputation as a
sleuth. Detective Wagner worked
systematically, however, and in a few
hours located the. ‘‘stolen’’ horse in
the Landis livery stable, where he
was taken the preceding night by
1
On Sunday about 7:30 p. m., while
alighting from the trolley, Mrs. Toma-
sine E. McDowell of Salisbury, fell
and injured her neck and left shoulder
quite badly besides being dazed from
the shock. Dr. McKinley was called
from church to render medical as-
sistance.
Somerset relatives of Captain C. M.
Knepper, U. 8. N., retired, who was
in Paris when war was declared, have
received word from him that he is in
Switzerland and is enjoying the ex- .
citement of the titanic struggle be- untied along the street when he Was
going home.. Ab the Landis stables
nobody knew-to whom the horse be-
longed and it was held awaiting the
H. B. Kooser, of 8. Louis, General | owner to claim it. Detective War
Manager of the Tnans-Continental | lost no time in apprising Barron of
Refrigerator company, on his return | the fact that no theft had been com-
from a business trip to New York, | mitted, and the searching parties
stopped over last Friday with his | were called off.
brother-in-law and sister, Dr. and — ee
Mrs. A. E. Truxal. From here he| Bay mare for sale. Eight years old,
went to Somerset and left there on | weight about 1,400, sound and gentle,
| Monday for his home. | at Habel & Phillips. ad
was searched Monday for a horse and’
‘out in indignation:
John Bundy, who found the animal :
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BUSINESS
LACK JIM li" s NNOUNCEMENT.
THE CONVICT
By M. QUAD The new management of the Com- !
Copyrisht 1514, by Associated Lit- mercial desires to inform the public
t " erory Press: hat all outstanding subscriptions, job
work and adyertising accounts have
been purchased from Mr. A. M. Schaff-
ner and settlement is to be made with _
the presentfowner. 8 sua - Yoni
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The wan known as «Black Jim” had
been sent out to the penal colony 01
Australia for forgery.
They sent him up to Woona Wally
after his first two years of imprison-
ment, and he fell into the hands of
George Stebbins. In those days ar
Australian convict was bid off—that is,
a se®ler in want of help would bid a
price for so many men, and they were
turned over to him for a certain length
of time. He was responsible for their
feed and care. and his word was law.
He could work them as hard and as
long as he wished. He could starve
and beat them and there was no one to
come between. In case of insubordina-
tion be could shoot them down, and
the government simply accepted his”
statement of the affair. All convicts
were glad enough to get away from
prison and out upon the ranches, and
in most cases they found good masters
and were decently treated. AAs a mem
ber of the mounted police 1 knew that
Stebbins was a hard man to get along
with. He had been a tavern keeper
and a bully in England, and his wife
pad committed suicide, and his two
sons had been taken away from him by
the law on account of his cruelty.
Black Jim came up to Woona Wally
with six other men, and the gang were
up at police headquarters for the night.
It fell to us to take their pedigrees and
post them as to their new master and
what would be expected of them. Im
our district we always gave a convict
a fair start. He was told what would
be required of him, advised to do his
best to please his master and given to
understand that if he went straight we
would see that he had fair usage. 1
was interested in Black Jim ‘at once
The law had made a convict of him.
but it hadn't degraded him.
1 had an idea that Stebbins “would
be down on him from the first because
of his superior 100ks, aud I’'went pret”
ty thoroughly {ato details. When 1
bad finished the prisonersaid: =
“1 thank you, sir, and” shall 'do=my
best to please.” i :
. Things. came ‘about ‘asl feared: AS‘|
Stebbins inspected his“gang he picked
Black Jim out for special attention.
He had little to say to the others be-
yond making bloodcurdling threats of
what would happen if they didn’t toe
the mark, but to Jim he said:
«So they have sent me 2 gentle:
many have they? They thought I need-
ed somebody to teach me manners per
haps Mebbe the idea was for you to
sit on the veranda and give me daily
lessons. | Well; you've cole to the
‘wrong shop. Look, pow. I'm goin’
to keep. an. eye on you! You think
yourself head and <houlders above the
crowd, but I'l take the conceit out of
you!” : : :
Not one convict in a thousand would
jave stood the insults and degradation
put upon Black Jim the next year
1 know he tried his best. ‘but there
was no. pleasing Stebbins. ‘He was
always boasting that he had a gentle-
man convict and that he was “bound
to “break” him. and be spent a ‘good
ghare of tis time worrying ‘the’ msdn:
One day, as 1 was returning with the
troop after hunting downia false alarm
of bushrangers. my horse shied. and.
threw me almost In ‘front ef Stebbins’:
house, and as I struek:on a, stone and:
had several ribs broken 1 was, carried.
in. He was not glad to see me, but -
mms © EDUCTION, TO PAY UP. {rua |
jLThat the{subscription list ofthe |
Commercial may be more of an ad-
vance payment list, up to November,
all settlements for arrearages or future
payments will be made on the basis
of $1.25 per year. For many people
this would mean putting out their’
money at 20 per cent; surely this is
worth considering by the Commercial
subscribers, and those who purpose !
becoming such.
Big stock of grain, chop, middling :
bran, salt, flour. etc.,, and lowest,
prices, at Habel &ZPhillips. ad
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~ NOTICE—BIDS WAN ED.
_ Bids are wanted to lay sidewalk,
either concrete, brick or flag-stone, |
on Sherman street, in front of the M.
H. Boucher property. Sidewalk to be
put down according to. the Borough
Ordinance. ‘fa. Kid el
Bids also wanted on furnishingg650
to 950 feet of 15-inch tile, to be de-
livered on West: Main street. fc, 4
E All bids to be in tbe hands of the
Secretary of the Council on or before
the 15th day of September, 1914. _
By order of the Council.
C. H. Dia, E. J. DICKEY,
President. Secretary.
BILLS RECENTLY
PAID BY COUNCIL.
At the last meeting of council, the
following bills having been audited
were ordered to be paid:
Street labor for month of August:
tis | Conrad Saylox, $39.61; John Austin,
Sa $38.50;.B. H. Weimer, 40.08; M. C.
$17.25; J. O. Weller, street commi -
sioner, $52.00; J. J. Hammers, $14 85;
$38; J. W. Peck. §5.26; Chas. Weimer,
Hare, police, $65; Urban Fuller, po-
lice, $55; R. H. Philson, use B. J.
Lynch, $203; B J. Lynch, $184 97;
$97.01; W. H. Klingaman, health
duties, $7.25; Meyersdale ‘Planing
Mill, $650; Lime and Ballast Co.,
$288.88; Beal & Weimer,
steps, $22.50; C. Sides, extra postage,
$12; J. O. Adams, smithing, $6 80;
Meyersdale Electric Light Co., for
two months, $298.25; Simon 8S. Hos-
tetter, inspection of wires, $11.05;
Baer & 00., tiling $18 82; E. J. Dick-
ey, salary ‘and postage, $4 60; P. J.
Cover & Sen, cément, $1.99; M. F.
Baer, tax collector, $83.50
NEW B. & O. STATION
SOON AT SOMERSET
Work on the new B. &O. station
| with the good and respectable.
| had given me the name of H. Jones-
Kiingaman, $39.06; Oarl Davgherty, } than 1
Gideon Ringler, $11.73; Geo. Ickes, |
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$14.23; J. H. Lindeman, $35; Fred |
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anaesthetic, and it was a success.
Peter Albright, $1 20; B. & O. freight, |
concrete |
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THE MAN UP
“A TREE
By M. QUAD
Copyright by
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Associated Literary
Press.
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1 am something of a reformer not
only in theory. but in practice, and
when 1 discovered the mun up a tree,
1 determined to try my hand at ele
vating his moral standard.
1 had extended sympathy and more
or less financial aid to this map up *
tree. In a burst of confidence he had
confessed to me that he had been :t
swindler, a gambler, a confidence tam
and a great deal more. He had come
to me as a man who had at least seen
the error of his ways and sighed to
tnke another track and be counted!
He,
Jones. When he threw himself upon’
my mercy. as it were— when be wade
a clean breast of his wicked career
and added that if any one would aid’
him he would turn into honest paths
and travel on without a limp—1 agreed
to take him in band. 1 gave him mom-
ey for a week's vacation from crime
and when the vacation was over was
to see what further could be done. L
took my week off at the same time
and brought up amid the fresh butter-
milk and dew kissed goldenrod of the
country.
On the second night of my stay. as
1 sat by my open window at midnight
to finish the last of my cigar and won-
der if my Jones-Jones had kept
straight during the last forty-eight
hours, 1 suddenly caught sight of him
on the ground below. It was a farm-
house hotel at which 1 was stopping.
1 had a corner room, and at that cor-
ner of the bouse stood a large apple
tree. 1 had observed that a big Hmb
branched out so close to my window
that .1 could have descended by It
AWhat you can descend by you can also
ascend by. ‘1 had no sooner caught
sight of Jones-Jones at the foot of the
tree at an hour when everybody was
supposed to be in bed than 1 under-
stood that he intended to pay me &
secret visit. Mr. Jones-Jones had be
sooner begun to climb tbat apple tree
made ready to receive him
due hospitality. There was
room. but the water
the night
with all
no club in the
pitcher had heen tilled for
and made a good weapon. '
1 waited with patience until he had
reached a particular position and then
brought the pitcher down upon his
head. The idea was to administer as
He
pitched forward into the room with a
long drawn sigh. Then 1 forced bran-
dy between his teeth and bathed Bis
face with water, and in the course of &
quarter of an hour my midnight visitor
had so far recovered his senses that &
ventured to remark: :
“Well, -Jones-Jones, why didn’t you
tell me that you were coming, that E
might be on the lookout for you?”
«Sir, ny name is Brown-Brown, and
1 don’t exactly understand the situa-
tion! Am 1 in your room, or are you
in mine?
_ “I believe it’s my room,” 1 replied. ;
“Now, then, Mr. Ashmere, as to the
business in hand,” said Brown-Brown
to me. “If you think you can advance
sme $500 I am sure I can make a go
of it.” 2 p §
_ It took me a little while to catch oun,
but by and by I discovered that Jones-
Jones had been knocked out and
Brown-Brown had taken his place.
under the circumstances Was obliged |
to give me a bed. On the fourth night
of my accident four men and three
women arrived for an evening visit.
When dinner had been finished and
the drink had gone around Stebbins
sent for Black Jim and ordered him to-
dance for the amusement of the com-.
pany. The convict respectfully but
firmly refused, and his master cried
at Somerset 1s expected to be started
before long. The specifications call
for an expenditure of $80,000.
The present unsightly structure will
be‘ replaced by an up-to-date one of
brick, steel and tile, 25x150 feet. The
plans call for-the removal of the side-
tracks west of the station house and
for the adornment of the plot with
flower beds. The building will have
a spacious general waiting room,
ladies’ waiting room and a men’s
smoking room, ete. Erle «.< seems
«You won't dance, eh? Too much
of a gentleman to give us a hornpipe!
Mebbe this company isn’t swagger
enough for the likes of a bloomin’
murderer!”
«The charge against me was forgery,
sir,” quietly replied the man. :
«1 don’t care what it was. You are
insubordinate, and, up you .g0 by the
thumbs! After hangin’ till daylight
you'll probably be a little more hum-
ble.” :
The man had been hanging ten min-
utes ané the agony had almost
brought unconsciousness when the
door was kicked open and bushrangers
crowded in. It was a complete sur-
prise. The women screamed out and
began to cry, but the men, with the
exception of Stebbins, took it rather
coolly. The bully and coward went
white as dedth and fell into a chair,
and it was almost pitiful to hear him
beg for his life.
The next instant Stebbins toppled out
of his chair with a bullet in bis head,
‘and the leader said:
«Sorry we have interrupted the fes-
tivities, but it was our calling night.
We were after Stebbins alone, and the
rest of you need not fear. Come, Jim,
we want you.”
Pwo of them helped the forger-con-
vict out of the house and upon a horse,
and that was the making of the most
notorious bushranger in all Australia.
He had a career of five years and then
dled from a bullet, and it was two
years after his death before it became
publicly known that he had let the
law make a convict of him in order to
shield a brother. 1 had always be
lieved him innocent of the crime, and,
| knowing how he had been persecuted
| and abused by Stebbins, 1 almost re-
ciced when the bushrangers carried
him off to make a leader of him.
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For SALE.—Fine new roller-top
desk, used lightly but three months
Call at Commercial. ad
FIRST TRADE EXPO
FOR JOHNSTOWN.
Johnstown’s Trade Expo and Fal
Fashionable Festival, the first of its
kind in the annals of the city, will be
inaugurated next week in a blaze of
color and beauty which will set at
defiance any gloom of the weather.
Show windows, stores and streets will
be more beautifully decorated than
ever before and the entire downtown
district will have an atmosphere of
fashion and elegance. Every corner
of the earth that can be reached at
present has been ransacked by the
Johnstown merchants and they are
inviting the people to come and be
their guests for five days.
“Merchants, jobbers and manufac-
turers have all united and hundreds
of dollars is being spent to entertain
the people. Beautiful women, living
models secured from New York City
and Chicago, will display the women’s
styles. The latest models in men’s
clothing will be exhibited. The mer-
chants whose business is in the more
prosaic lines, such as furniture, hard-
ware, household equipment, ete.,
have had special displays of the latest
things in their lines arranged. It is
to be an Exposition of the newest
| things to wear, use and eat.
Jones-Jones was & crook who wanted
to reform. Brown was a poor but bon-| :
est man who wanted to go into the
making of shirts. .
1 had turned Jones-Jones the crook
back into Brown-Brown the honest
man by a knock on the head. Whea-
my week was up we went back to
town together, and I gave Brown-
Brown money enough to set up in shirt:
making. §
My man prospered wonderfully welt
People said he was 2 little eccentric,
but he was honest and a hard worker,
In one year he had paid me back half
my money and built up a good busi
‘ness. One day a dggective entered the |
store to make a purchase. He- bad
known Jones-Jones as a crook. He
knew that Jones-Jones had ‘a crooked
finger on his right hand and a mole
on his left cheek. When he discovered
that Brown-Brown had these same
identification marks he began to look
at him more closely, and by and oy §
he made up his mind that the old crook
stood before him. He was so sure of;
it that he set out to make an arrest.’
Brown-Brown was an honest man, bat]
in his surprise he started to make a!
| bolt of it. As he ran out of his shop
and down the street pursued by the de-
tective he encountered. a policeman,
who tapped him on the head with his
club. Brown-Brown went down like
1 was present when his senses retura-
ed, and you can jmagine my feelings
when he sat up and said:
“Well, you've got me at last, but I!
gave you a run for it. You fellers ain't
half sharp!”
“You are Jones-Jones the crook,” s2id .
the sergeant. :
«Qf course I am and the slickest!
crook in the country. Is it that bani;
business you want me for this time?" «
«Mp. Brown-Brown”— I began 8s £<
stepped forward, but the crook stopped |
me with: ¢
s*Who in blank is Brown-Brown?” i
“Then I realized how it was I had?
stashed Jones-Jones the crook over
the head with a water pitcher and
changed him into Brown-Brown fhe
honest shirt constructor. The police
man had smashed Brown-Brown wit
his club and changed him back inte
| Jones-Jones the crook
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a log and was carted off to the station)
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