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THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL
NOVEL IDEA IN WILL MAKING
Prench Farmer Had Little Money te
Leave, but at Least He Could
Show His Good Will
‘ Two New York business men were
®ne day discussing the purchase by
ene of them of a certain, mercantile
ooncern with which, the buyer ex-
plained, had come the “good will.”
“I hope this ‘good will,’ ” said the
friend, “is greater than that of the old
French farmer.”
“I never heard the story.”
“Here it is: The farmer was dying
and he sent for the notary to make out
the will. Propped up in bed, he dio
Rated:
“ ‘To Jean Marcel our superb coif-
gour, 10,000 francs.
“1 bequeath 15,000 francs to the
fearless Alphonse Bayard, that he may
continue his valuable aeronautical ex-
periments.
“To Plerre Deschamps, chemist,
20,000 francs as a mark of affection.
““To my physician, Monsieur Le-
elair, 15,000 francs.
“To our eloquent pastor, 25,000
francs, to continue the restoration
of—'
“ ‘But, my dear sir,’ interrupted the
notary, ‘I don’t believe you have all
that money to leave. .
“I know very well I haven't, said
the farmer, calmly, ‘but I want to show
them my good will.’ "—Youth’s Com
panion.
Cottages.
“Cottage accommodation,” in the
sense in which Mr. Runchiman’s bill
deals with it, is a phase that would
hardly be understood in the United
States. Professors Greenough and
Kittredge of Harvard, in their book
on the ways of English words, points
out that “cottage,” in the strict sense
of a laborers dwelling, has never been
adopted into popular American use,
because America has never really had
the thing. The word over there has
elways had literary and sentimental
associations, and finally has come to
be used for the most magnificent sum-
mer residences. This has gone much
farther than the use of the word in
England to mean a villa. In Amer
fca a ‘“‘cottager’ definitely signifies a
person who is above staying at a
boarding house or hotel, and has his
own summer home.—London Chroni-
cle.
New Conundrum.
Here is a conundrum which your
greatgrandfathers asked each other
when they were little boys:
“How many legs has a dog if you
call his tail a leg?”
“Five!” shouted the little
granddad of Mr. A.
“Wrong,” corrected the diminutive
greatgranddad of Mr. B. “Because
calling his tail a leg doesn’t make it a
1 am reminded of this venerable
brain twister of youth by the follow-
§ng lines in the Clayton anti-business
bill:
“The District of Columbia shall be
deemed a state within the meaning of
this law.”
So I shall modernize that ancient
query by propounding the following:
“How many states in the United States
if you call the District of Columbia a
state?” — Girard, in Philadelphia
Ledger.
great-
Evil in Nervous Excitement.
Professor von Pfungen of Vienna is
conducting some interesting experi-
ments which bear upon the relation of
the state of the nervous system to the
electric resistance of the skin, and he
claims that nervous excitement of any
kind lowers the protecting power of
the skin to quite a marked extent.
A ragtime philosopher says that
some men are inclined to blow out
their brains because they haven’t any.
The mule that gets in the first kick
usually wins the scrap.
FOUND OUT.
4A Tralned Nurse Discovered Its Effect.
{ No one is in better position to know
the value of food and drink than e
trained nurse.
Speaking of coffee, a nurse in Pa,
writes: “I used to drink strong cof-
fee myself, and suffered greatly from
feadaches and indigestion.
“While on a visit to my brothers I
had a good chance to try Postum, for
they drank it altogether in place of
coffee. After using Postum two weeks
I found I was much benefited and
finally my headaches disappeared and
also the Indigestion.
« “Naturally I have since used Postuia
among my patients, and have noticed
= marked benefit where coffee hus
been left off and Postum used.
{ “I observe a curious fact about
Postum when used by mothers. It
greatly helps the flow of milk in cases
where coffee is inclined to dry fit
up, and where tea causes nervousness.
“Y find trouble in getting servants
to make Postum properly. But when
ft is prepared according to directions
on package and served hot with
eream, it is certainly a delicious bev-
erage.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum—must be .well
boiled. 16c and 20c packages.
instant Postum—Is a soluble powder.
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a
cup of hot water and, with cream and
sugar, made a delicious beverage In-
stantly. 30c and 50c tits
The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
“There's & Reason” for Postum.
gold by Grocers.
WHY PINCHOT WILL WIN
The solid Washington Party vote is behind him.
200,000 members of church and good government leagues,
representing all political parties, have unanimously
endorsed Pinchot. i
Anti-saloon forces throughout the state in convention at
Harrisburg overwhelming endorsed Pinchot.
National Republicans such as Harry L. Stimson, Secre-
tary of War under President Taft; Herbert Knox
Smith, formerly United States Commissioner of Cor
porations; Congressman William Kent of California,
five years; Herbert Parsons of New York and other
leaders have called on the Republicans of Pennsylva-
nia for the sake of their own party to defeat Penrose
and elect Gifford Pinchot.
Powerful Republican newspapers, such as the New York
Tribune, the historic mouthpiece of the Republican
party, call on the Republicans of Pennsylvania for
Pinchot.
Leading National Democrats, such as Herbert Quick,
Farmers’ Union, an organi-
Pennsylvania.
Labor
of the state James H
with Pinchot.
GIFFORD PINCHOT
Washington Party Candidate for
U. S. Senator. to withdraw.
Norristown, unanimously endorsed Pinchot.
The East Pennsylvania conference of the United Breth.
ren church unanimously endorsed Pinchot.
The Pennsylvania Sabbath School Association gives Pin-
Senator.”’
Pinchot.
The East Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran church
endorses Pinchot.
County good government leagues, county ministerial
Associations, county local option leagues, county
anti-saloon leagues, county ‘‘Billy’’ Sunday associa-
tions, have endorsed Pinchot all over the state.
THE WEAKNESS OF MR. PALMER
Palmer cannot even poll the full Democratic votes. The
Donnelly-Ryan ‘Old Guard’’ Democrats of Philadel
phia are for Penrose.
The Duffy ‘‘Old Guard’’ Democrats of Pittsburgh are
against Palmer and for Penrose.
The Old Guard Democrats of the coal regions have re-
pudiated Palmer’s leadership and will stand with
the Donnelly-Ryan crowd of Philadelphia against
Palmer.
The J. K. P. Hall ‘Old Guard’ Democrats of Elk county
are against Palmer.
The good government forces of the state in convention
at Harrisburg have asked Palmer to quit the race
because Pinchot is the stronger man.
Voters allied with good government leagues, anti-saloon
leagues, church associations and other good govern-
ment forces have joined their state body in asking
Palmer to quit in favor of Gifford Pinchot, who is
a stronger man. : ;
Voters of Warren county, Philadelphia county, Hunting-
don county, and other counties who want to see Pen-
rose beaten, have adopted resolutions asking Palmer
to quit, so that all the forces of good government
can center on Gifford Pinchot and make the defeat
of Penrose absolutely sure.
DON'T WASTE YOUR VOTE
VOTE FOR PINCHOT
AND MAKE IT COUNT
EVIL INTERESTS WANT who wanted to grab the public re-
TO DEFEAT PINCHOT | sources.
Penrose was on the side of these
grabbers and still is.
The decent citizens of the state are! The fight of Pinchot is more than
rallying to Pinchot. a local fight: it is a conflict where the
After a career spent in the public forces of evil are trying to keep from
service he was fired from his job by |an important post the man who they
President Taft because he fought for | know will fight forever against them
the people against the Morgans, the and their: policy of grabbing the na-
Rockefellers and the Grggenheims |tional resources.
Lawrence 0. Murray, Controller of the Currency for |
their party’s sake to defeat Penrose and elect
leader of the Country Life movement; Dr. Harvey
W. Wiley, head of the Pure Food movement; Charles
S. Barrett, president of the
zation of 3,000,000 farmers,
and Herbert S. Bigelow have
endorsed Pinchot, and de- .
clared that he is the one
man who should be elected
United States Senator from
Pinchot. Inthe western part! any provisional
Maurer, president of the fallentes.
The annual convention of the Epworth League of the
Northwestern district of Pennsylvania, meeting at
chot great ovation and hails him as ‘‘Our next
The Pittsburgh M. E. conference unanimously endorsed
CORPORAL O'BRIEN
who took part in the memorable
charge of the Ninth British lancers
under Captain Grenfell at Mons. He
was wounded and sent home, and is
shown here appealing to the men of
Great Britain to enlist. His two
brothers were killed within a hundred
yards of him. a
VILLA PLEDGES SUPPORT
Addresses Aguas Calientes Convention
and Says War Is Ended.
Washington, D. C.—General Villa
has informed the United States gov-
ernment that, unless something un-
leaders endorse : forseen occurs, hostilities in Mexico
are at an end, and he will support
government set up
| by the National convention at Aguas
Villa said he would not
accept Carranza as Provisional Pres-
State Federation of ‘Labor, | ident, but was satisfied he would not
spoke from the platform
be chosen. It is understood Car-
| ranza does not desire to be Provisi-
| stones President, wishing to be free
Representative citizens of | to enter the Presidential race at the
Huntingdon and other coun: |
ties unanimously endorsed | State Department describe the visit
Pinchot and asked Palmer
on,
The latest official reports to the
of General Villa to the convention at
Aguas Calientes. When the com-
nander of the Division of the North
rived, suspicions were awakened as
0 his purpose, but when he address-
ed the convention all doubt was re-
moved. General Villa said he came
to pledge his support to the acts of
the convention and to take the oath
and that he wanted to go on record
80 that no one could ever say that
he was unpatriotic. He was received
with storms of applause. Later he
embraced General Obregon, over whom
Villa’s break with Carranza occurred
recently.
As the two generals greeted each
other effusively, the convention went
wild with joy.
Haitien Rebels Take Capital.
Cape Haitien, Haiti.——The Haitien
rebels have captured Port-au-Prince,
the capital, after defeating the gov-
ernment troops, according to an offi-
cial message received here. Ameri-
can marines have been landed at Port-
au-Prince to protect the lives and
property of foreigners.
STEFANSSON EXPEDITION SAFE
Dr. Anderson's Party Will
Near Cockburn Point.
Ottawa, Ont—LThe southern wing of
the Stefansson expidition, under Dr.
Anderson, is in good condition and
will winter near Cockburn Point, ac-
cording to a report received by the
Naval Service Department, dated at
Bailie Island, August 21, brought out
by the schooner Teddy Bear, which
has been in the” Arctic for two years
trading with the Eskimos. The An-
derson party has been busy with
scientific work throughout the sum-
mer.
Winter
New Treatment for Leprosy.
Washington, D. C.—Treatment of
leprosy in the Philippines by the hy-
podermic use of a chaumoegra oil mix-
ture has shown favorable results, ac
cording to a report by Dr. Victor G.
Heiser, director of health for the
Philippine Islands, who says in 12
cases of leprosy at San Lazare hospi
tal, Manila, treated with it there were
apparent cures 11.11 per cent; ap-
parent clinical recoveries, 44.44 per
cent; showing marked improvement,
33.333 per cent; showing only slight
evidence of improvement, 11.00 per
cent.
Coal Needed in Chile,
Pittsburgh, Pa.—Specifications on a
three-year contract calling for 300,000
metric tons of coal for the railroads
of Chile were received by the Pitts-
surgh Foreign Trade commission,
wzrough the department of commerce
in Washington.
STEAMER FOUNDERS
Freighter Strikes the Liner Metapan
in New York Harbor.
New York.—The steamer Metapan,
coming in from Colon, foundered in
the lower harbor after a collision with
the freighter Iowan, leaving port for
San Francisco. All her 77 passengers
and her crew were rescued. The
Iowan, less serious damaged, stood by
and her boats took abroad two of the
Metapan’s passengers. The remaind-
er were transferred to rescuing craft,
and landed in New York.
Corporal O'Brien is one of the men |
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