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PERSONAL AND LOCAL COLUMN.
Mrs. Laura Wagner is visiting Cum-
berland friends.
Mrs. James May visited Rockwood
relatives, Sunday.
Thomas Cumiskey, of Martinsburg,
was a recent visitor.
Mrs. Charles Walters, of Connells-
. ville, visited relatives here recently.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Reich spent Sun-
day with relatives at Salisbury.
. Leo Derry visited Smithfield rela-
tives a few days ago.
Mrs. E. J. Leonard visited with Ber-
lin friends one day last week.
Mrs. James Kerrigan, of Sand Patch
was a business visitor here Friday.
W. H. Rutter, of Somerset, Sunday-
ed here with his family.
A. A. Bolton, of Cumberland spent
last Sunday with Meyersdale friends.
Miss Edith Just visited relatives and
friends a part of this week.
Dr. A. E. Truxal was a Hyndman
caller on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Brant, of Macdon-
alton, were town visitors on Tuesday.
Mrs. James Wilson and Mrs. Jas.
Gordon spent Monday with friends
at Glencoe .
Mr. J. 8. Large, father of Dr. C. P.
Large returned home on Sunday from
his former home at Buckingham, Pa.
Postmaster Naugle spent several ,
days of the present week im Conn-
ellsville and Pittsburg.
Mrs. Wm. Seggie and Mrs. Geo.
Stein were Cumberland wisitors
Thursday.
Mrs. Frderick Knieriem, of Cumber-
land, spent Sunday at the H. C. Knier
iem home on Broadway.
Mrs. Lucente and children returned |
home on Monday from a visit with rel-
atives in West Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs, Edward Boyer, of Gar-
rett, were town visitors om Saturday
last. 3
“The Mountain City News” is the
name of a new Semi-Weekly paper
just launched at Frostburg.
Mrs. Chas. Bender and daughter,
of Grantsville, on Saturday were in
Meyersdale.
Moss Lucil: - Lyut 1s visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Walter Ebaugh at Hancock
in Maryland.
Mrs. A.'F. Darrah and children spent
Sunday with her parents, near Sand
Patch.
Mrs. Martha Douglas, of Rockwood,
spent Sunday here with relatives,
Arthur Scott’s, Main street.
Miss Ellen Lint one of our teachers,
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
home folks in Larimer township.
Mrs. Morris Mosholder fell on an
icy walk near the new bridge a few
days ago breaking her left arm.
Mr. J. N. Cover attended to business
matters a part of the present week at
Stoyestown and Johnstown. od :
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stotler left on
Sunday, taking No. 6 train for a visit
‘at Baltimore and New York.
Wm. Knecht, of West Salisbury en-
joyed last Sunday with friends in this
place, .
-Mr. David Cronin, of Confluence was
here with Meyersdale friends on Sun-
day last. ;
B.J. Lynch, the town engineer, has
been transacting business in Balti-
more a part of the present week.
Mrs. Wm. Younkin, of the South Sde,
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Hibner at Mt. Braddock.
Mrs. B. B. Collins is spending the
week ‘with her friends, Dr. and Mrs.
P. P. Ritter at Boswell.
Miss Grace Weller visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark at
Garrett over Sunday.
J. A. Schlight, the efficient agent of
the B. & O. at this place, was in Con-
nellsville, one day last week.
J. W. Haley, proprietor of the Union
hotel, has been suffering with rheu-
matism.
William Yoste and family, of Mey-!
ersdale have moved this week to
Garrett.
Miss Mayme Forquer,
grade teachers, spent the week-end
with Ursina friends.
Mrs. A. W. Poorbaugh has returned
from Johnstown, where she had been
visiting for a week.
Miss Clara Rowe very pleasantly
entertained ahalf dozen of her High
school friends Wednesday evening.
Misses Mary and Sara Smith, of
Pittsburgh, are guests at the home
of their brother-in-law, J. F. Reich
Miss Elizabeth Irwin very pleasant-
ly entertained a number of her
friends, Friday evening.
Mrs. Frederick Yougkin, of Ursina
is spending a few days with her rel-
atives, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Dull. of
the South Side.
John Maul, of Maul Bros. has retur-
d from Milwaukee, where he spent
« week at the convention of the Inter
national Custom Cutters’ Association.
Mrs. Frederick Younkin, of Ursina,
spent Saturday and Sunday here at
the home of her relatives, Mr. and
Mrs. Ward Dull, of Beachley street.
Mrs. Mira Pfahler is breaking up
housekeeping in order to make her
home with her son, Ralph D. Pfahler,
whose wife recently died.
Mrs. Spence, who has rooms at the
home of Mrs. J. J. Stotler, was taken
one of our
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on Tuesday, to the Markleton sanita-
rium for treatment.
Miss Nellie Weimer, daughter of Mr.
U. M. Weimer, has gone to Washing-
ton, D. C,, to take a course as a nurse
in the Children’s hospital.
Mrs. Scott Hartline and four chil-
dren who had been here the past
month with relatives returned to her
home the latter part of the week.
Mrs. Philip Reich and children
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Beachy at West Salis-
bury. {
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Miss Tina Collins returned home on ;
Thursday last from a two-weeks’ vis-'
it with Mr. and Mrs. H. Albright at
Berlin.
Karl Pfahler has gone to resume his
work of assisting in laying out cross-
country auto roads. His work will
now be in the state of Illinois.
Mrs. E. R. Floto, of Connellsville
visited here at the home of her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Shipley on My-
ers avenue Tueseday of this week.
Miss Margaret Hartle, a graduate
nurse, who had been attending a pa-
_ tient during the past month near Rock-
‘wood, has returned
Salisbury street.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Klingaman,
daughter Dorothy and Miss Sallie
Stratton spent Sunday with Mrs. Kin-
gaman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Wilhelm near Berkley.
Mrs. Perry Strump and daughter,
Miss Anmie, of Columbus, Ohio, who
| had been visiting friends here for the
: past two weeks have gone to visit
friends at Lonaconing in Md.
Mr. I. Weinstein has gone to Pitts-
burg, Philadelphia and New York to
ilay in a supply of the latest in the
| clothing line for men’s furnishings for
his new store next to the postoffice.
Miss Lula Hocking was called on
Saturdayto the home of her sister,
Mrs William Sturgis, at Oakland, Md.
by the latter’s llmess: She is now im-
proving. :
Flour has risen to about nine dol-
lars per barrel in this vicinity owing
to the high prices of wheat, but the
local bakers have not yet made an in-
crease in their rates. ’
Mr. W. H. Habel, a layman of the
Amity Reformed church of this place
gave an address before that congrega-
tion on Sumiay might that has mer-
ited a good deal of favorable com-
ment this week.
Mrs. Paul Horning and family who
had been residing at Friedens arrived
here last week and spent several
days at the home of the former's sis-
ter, Mrs. John ‘Stein before going to
Shaw Mines where they will now live.
Mrs. EHzabeth Weyh, who had been
spending several . months with rela-
“tiwes im New York City has returned
to the home «of her daughter, Mrs.
Mrs. Henry Schwarner on Meyers av-
to her home on
ters at Somerset, employed on the
Somerset and Cambria branch with
headquarters at ‘Somerset, spent Sun-
day in this place with his family on
Salisbury street. :
Homer Collins, son of Merchant Geo.
Collins, came home last week suff-
from a slight concussion of the brain
received while playing basket ball at
Richmond Medical College,
where he is a student. He was able
to return on Tuesday.
Fred Vannear is lying in a serious
condition at his home near Somerset
him Friday night at Boswell by two
strange men, who after robbing him
of his gold watch and a sum of mon-
ey, made their escape.
“Billy” the two-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Clutton, had the up-
per half of the middle finger of his
right hand badly crushed Monday, by
being caught in a clothes wringer. It
is thought that the charming little
fellow’s finger may not be perma-
nently injured.
B. F. Smith, who for a number of
yearsc conducted a butter and egg
establishment on Meyers avenue, near
the B. & O. station,has retired from
the business and on Saturday in com-
pany with his-daughter, Mrs. Florence
Turner, left for New York, their for-
mer home. »
R. E. Meyers, for several years
the store manager for the Dull Mer-
cantile Company at the Wilson Creek
mines, has resigned and will be suc-
ceeded by Frank Hood, of West Vir-
ginia. Mr. Meyers has purchased the
Wilson Creek meatmarket, formerly
owned by his brother A. C. Meyers.
According to a decision from Har-
risburg, commission merchants and
wholesale grocers must mark all pota-
to and apple sacks with their proper
weight in sending them out to retail-
ers. It is not necessary for interstate
shipments to be so marked, the ruling
declares.
A birthday surprise in honor of the
sixtieth birthday anniversary of Mrs.
H. J. Ebbecka was held last Thursday
evening at her home on North street.
. The guests assembled early in the ev-
! ening and were received by the Misses
| Daise and Sanna Ebbecka. At ten o’-
! clock a dainty luncheon was served.
|
i: Horse and Mule feed made from corn
! oats and alfalfa $1.76 per hundred at
| Habel & Phillips.
Bmgimeer Jacob Opel, with headquar: |
Va., i
as the result of an attack made on
PREVENT 0G CHOLERA
Every Precaution Should Be
Taken ta Check Disease.
Stray Pigs Should Be Looked Upon
With Suspicicn—Carcasses of Dead
Animals Must Ze Burned With-
out Delay.
Because hog cholera is so readily
carried from one farm to another
every precaution should be taken
against its spread when it appears in a
community. In Germany and other
countries where animal diseasés have
Len well held in check, quarantine is
strict for hog cholera and other pre |
ventive measures are largely used. i
These different steps should be
taken when hog cholera appears:
Sick and exposed hogs must be kept
confined or isolated on the premises
where they belong. Strav pigs should
be looked upon with suspicion. When
pigs are shipped into a herd there
should be certainty that they come
from uninfected premises and that
they have not been exposed in ship
ment in cars or public stockyards.
burned or buried without delay. Litter
and manure must be disposed of in
a like way or thoroughly disinfected.
All implements or wagons or carts used
in handling sick or dead animals must
be disinfected. Pens and yards must
h2 similarly treated whether serum
; has been used or not.
Promiscuous traveling back and
forth from infected premises should
pigs With Strong Constitutions Resist
Attacks of Cholera.
be discouraged. After men and horses
have been in infected pens or yards,
their shoes :and feet should be cleaned
and even disinfected before going upon
the highways or healthful premises.
Straying animals, like dogs and cats,
ought ' to be looked on as danger
sources. Hogs should be kept away
from streams that may run from in-
fected yards.
These and other precautions that
are suggested by the extreme wviru-
lence of the cholera germ should be
taken. They may seem rather far-
fetched at times, but they are mone
ve ess espential, Through wholly un-
expected means the ‘disease is trans-
commumity as something of a mystery.
The presence of cholera always means
that it has been carried there. st
Ome : general suggestion may be.
made: Good health and strong comsti-
. tutions. help in fighting all animal dis-
‘eases, cholera as well as others.-
CULLING THE POULTRY FLOCK
Many Farmers Are Keeping Hens Long
Past Their Period of Usefulness—
: Give Plenty of Room.
(By J. G. HALPIN.)
A great deal is being said about the
! advisability of keeping all of the stock
; that a farm .can possibly hold. I think,
! however, that this advice is wrong.
and that we should encourage our
farmers to cull more closely than
usual.
On a large proportion of our farms
there are old hens that are long past
their period of usefulness, many of
these hens with long toe nails show-
ing that they have not worked for
months. There are also many crow-
headed, thin-breasted, weak-consti-
tutioned heirs that will never be good
egg producers. Also, there are many
farms with little late-hatched chicks
that will not be a paying investment.
All of these culls should be disposed
of as quickly as possible and the feed
given to the better individuals. I ad-
mit that the price of eggs will be high,
but with our present feed prices one
cannot afford to feed the hens that
show from their general make-up that
they are likely to be poor producers.
On many farms there are 200 chick-
ens with only housing room for a hun-
dred. If the flock is reduced down to
the burdrad best ones, the result will
be meny more eggs in the winter and
a much lower feed bill.
Keeps Hocs Well.
Less grain, more pasture, less con-
fnement and more exercise in the
pure air of the alfalfa, clover or blue-
grass fields will tone up the system
so that disease is not readily contract-
ed. Yet with the best of care and feed
disease in new forms will appear to
baffle us, and when it comes, it is not
safe to dally with it, especially if it
seems infectious. Letting sick hogs
have the run of the herd is sure to
spread disease, therefore it is a safe
rule to lose no time in removing the
first sick hog to some remote lot where
it cannot infect the herd as its dis-
ease progresses.
Potato Culture.
Some of the things that cause the
faflure of potato hills are poor soil,
improper preparation, poor seed, ir-
regular planting, poor cultivation,
bugs, diseases and poor weather.
Many of these conditions are con-
trollable; all of them may be influ-
Carcasses of cholera hogs must be;
mitted and makes its appearance ia a"
{| and liberty, and that he wouldn’t give
| was playing he might have been clam.
| but, alas, she was too candid, and the |
JEMIMA 4:0 BILLY
By KATHRYN HOWARD.
“Poor Jemima,” sighed the Brunette,
“she certainly does seem to have bad
fuck.”
“What is the
matter now?”
asked the Blonde,
giving half her at
tention to the
Brunette’s remark
and half to the
question whether
it would be safe
to eat oysters sg
early in the sea
son.
“She has los!
her latest,” alliter
atively replied the
Brunette. “Billy
has departed and she is now alone.”
“What a pity,” remarked the Girl
With the Auburn Hair.
“Yes, it is a pity,” agreed the Bru
nette, ‘and she had marked Billy for
her own. I don’t understand it.”
The Girl With the Auburn Hair
laughed.
“But Billy did,” she announced.
“Understand what?” questioned the
Blonde. ’
“That Jemima had marked him for
her own,” replied the Girl With the
Auburn Hair. “That is the reason he
flitted.”
“But he was devoted to Jemima,’
objected the Brunette. “I would have
fancied him a willing victim.”
“At your age, too,” almost sneered
the Girl With the Auburn Hair. “Don’t
you know that a man is never a will
ing victim—he always likes to vic
timize, and if he can’t do that he just |
won't play.
“The trouble about poor Jemima wag
that she took it for granted that Billy
was willing, not te marry her, but that
she would marry him, for a girl of
Jemima's temperament always mar
ries somebody—and there's both a
distinction and a difference Now she
had decided that Billy was an eligible
party—he is handsome and clever and
agreeable, and is, in fact, everything
that is desirable in a husband. He
liked Jemima very much, and if she
had not let ‘him see that she intended
to select him from the world of men
to love, honor and obey her for the
rest of their days, she might have
been wearing a solitaire now—instead
of playing solitaire. But she assumed
a proprietary manner, gave Billy the
impression that she depended upon
bim and didn’t have another admirer
in the world and took him to task
‘when he did not do just what pleased
her. :
“Billy is the sort of a man who likes
to think that he is taking the fhnitia:
tive, and the glory of winning instead
of being won, appeals to him. But
poor Jemima didn’t realize that and
she made the siege that she inaugu-
rated for his heart and hand too ap
parent. =e :
“I have an idea that Billy woke up
one fine morning with the realization
that Jemima had designs upon his life
up that liberty for a million dollars.
If she hadn’t shown him the game she
oring for her to make him a prisoner,
liberty-loving Billy decided that to run
away was the only safe thing to ‘do.
So he ran and he has ‘been so busy
with engagements with other girls and
has flitted and fluttered about like a |
dizzy whirling dervish just to show
to himself and others that he is still
in full possession of that liberty which
had been seriously threatened.”
The Blonde sighed, as the Girl With
the Auburn Hair paused to give some
attention to her chicken salad
“It is a pity that women can never,
never be candid and show their true
feelings,” she remarked.
“Isn’t it?” agreed the Brunette. “We
are blamed for being deceitful, yet if
we are not always acting we never suc-
ceed.”
“Yes, subterfuge becomes our sec:
ond nature,” said the Girl With the
Auburn Hair, ‘but, ‘after all, if it
pleases a man to think that he is the
great arbiter of fate, it doesn’t really
do us any harm. In fact, if to fulfill the
mission laid down for us by one
George Bernard Shaw, of being the
pursuers instead of the pursued, re-
quires a little art and finesse we should
enjoy it more. After all, we don’t re-
spect the man who is captured by ob-
vious methods; we call him gullible,
«nd simple, and pass along to the difii-
cult man.”
“But thi; doesn’t make it any easier
tor Jemima, said the Blonde, “and she
really feels very sorry because she
has lost Billy.”
“But she’ll get over it,” cheeringly
prophesied the Brunette. “She will
grieve for Billy a little while and then
she will realize that there are other
Billies in the world and perhaps this
experience will teach her to be more
subtle.”
“Let us hope so,” said the Girl With
the Auburn Hair, and she prepared to
pay the check and the Lunch club ad
journed.
The Next Step.
“I am tremendously interested in
this votes-for-women proposition,”
said Mr. Meekton.
“Of course, you expect that women
will vote.”
“I haven't a doubt of it. What I
AID IN WALL CONSTRUCTION
Object of St. Paul Inventor Is to Elimi-
nate All Planes of Weakness
and Permeability.
In speaking of the objects of an in-
vention of A. F. Meyer of 1001 Germa-
nia building, St. Paul, Minn., the Sci-
entific American says:
“Among the several important ob-
jects of this invention is the provision
of a wall construction designed to
eliminate all planes of weakness and
permeability resulting from the depo-
sition of concrete in successive hori-
rontal layers and to make possible and
Wall Construction.
practicable the production of a pleas
Ing and durable finish by means of
brushing and washing the partially
hardened concrete. Further, to pro-
vide a corstruction which embodies
the assembling of a framework disclos- |
ing window openings and ordinary
panels for the walls, the last being
filled with concrete or other cast ma-
terial, each panel being cast as an in-
tegral block.” '
NOISE IS QUITE EXPENSIVE |
Din Caused by Use of Stamps as
Crushing Machines is Responsible
for Misunderstood Orders.
In’ a recent eonversation the super-
intendent of a large stamp mill made
the observation that ‘noise costs
money.” ‘We had been discussing the
use of stamps as crushing machines
and the comparative merits of various
devices for crushing ore. One of the
arguments advanced by this superin-
tendent against the use of stamps was
the tremendous and ‘never ending
noise produced by the falling weights.
Tn Wis opinion the din was responsible
for many misunderstood = directions
and orders to employes, resulting in
sonfusion, loss of time and expensive
mistakes. The point is readily per-
anxious to give the impression that
he understands the boss’ orders, and:
rather than ask a question for fur-
ther information, he will sometimes
pretend to understand and then go
and seek advice from a fellow work-
man. The order may be wrongly exe:
cuted or not at all. The noise of the
stamps contributes greatly to this
condition, makes it dificult to give and
receive orders, and undoubtedly
causes many mistakes. The cost of
noise may not be estimated exactly,
but it is a real factor—Metallurgical
and Chemical Engineering.
NEW TOOL FOR CARPENTERS
Beveling Saw Guide Is Adapted to All
Purposes for Which a Miter
Box Ils Employed.
A new type of beveling saw guide
recently placed on the market is also
adapted to all the purposes for which
Beveling Saw Guide for Carpenters.
a miter box is employed and can be
used on lumber of any width. The
illustration shows its operation clearly.
Available Water Power.
The geological survey has estimated
the available water power of the
United States from 36,000,000 to 65,-
500,000 horsepower, not including the
power that could be conserved by
reservoirs.
Carrying Barrels.
For carrying barrels there has been
Invented a four-deck wagon, barrels
being hoisted in an elevator to the top
one and rolling from one to another
until they reach the bottom, where
they are unloaded.
Varnishing Furniture.
By the application of an electric
am interested in is seeing how Hen-
rietta will manage to take the vote |
away from the women of whom she |
particularly disapproves.”
enced by proper methods of culture.
Yom sn ——————. wore 0
{ of. varnishes on
+ wood as
heater to the air tube the spraying
furniture has been
possible, the heat preventing
nick turning white on the
would if celd
made
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CUT FLOWERS
FOR
Valentine Day
Better order now
Violets --
5
Roses --
_ Carnations
Collins” Drug Store
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The oxall sere
J
Hartley Bloek,
FOR A FIRST-CLASS
GALVANIZED OR
SLATE ROOF,
P.T ON COMPLETE & REASONABLE
Write to
v» S. WENGERD
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MEYERSDALE, t= _. PENNA.
as we are getting a car load of
Galvanized Roof early and can
save you money if you order
soon on account of the galvan-
ized spelter raising in price.
All Work Guaranteed and
Done, to Order.
TIVEFIECE IS QUITE HANDY
venience and Safety—Watch
=. Can Be Seen at Glance.
In ‘a. great many places where it is
necessary to know the time at any
moment, a watch is a very convenient
guide. If the watch is placed flat on
the table or desk, it is not always eas
celved. The average mill employe is-{ {ly seen and them, too, it'is liable to
be pushed off and broken. The sketch
shows a desk block ‘which was used
with a great deal of satisfaction.
The recess in the top of the block
is for the chain, which need not be
taken from the watch.
The slight
Desk Block for a Watch.
angle of the block, which is hollowed
out to receive the watch, makes the
dial clearly visible from aimost any
point of view. For convenience and
safety in connection with the come
tinual use of a timepiece this sugges-
tion is hard to excel, says Popular
Mechanics. The block is easily made
and finished to present a pleasing ap-
pearance on any desk.
A frame has been invented to hold
an ice cream box secure while it is
being filled.
* » *
Oxygen and alcohol vapor are being
used tc stimulate the heart by English
physicians.
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Mufflers to silence the motors of
their dirigible baloons are being tried
by German army officers.
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The Russian government has of
dered ten aeroplanes of a type to
carry 11 persons in addition to the
pilot.
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The normal human eye is blue, say
scientists, other colors being caused
by the presence of different pigments
in the iris. k
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It has been contended by a French
scientist that ultraviolet rays aid di
gestion in persons suffering from weak
stomachs.
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Of the 43 airmen in the 'world whe
have looped the loop, France has 26,
| England 6, America 1 and Russia and
| Italy 2 each.
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Desk Block Is Recommended for Con
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