NEWS IN GENERAL
Tens of thousands of natives are
estimated to have been drowned by
the floods in the Chinese provinces
of Kwangtung, Kwangsi and Kiang-
si and the desolation of the devasta-
ted districts is terrible according to
the latest accounts. No Americans
are reported lost.
Five persons are dead, scores in-
jured and more than $2,000,000 worth
of property damaged as the result of
the flood throughout Central Ohio.
Hundreds of acres of land were under
water and vast areas imperiled by
weak levees and embankments. At
Lima more than 300 homes were un-
der water and the crops ruined in the
whole section.
The German and Austrian armies
have been victorious all along the
whole 1,000 mile Russian line and the
fall of Warsaw is expected at any
time. Lubin is on the point of capture
by the German and Austrian armies.
The Russian oommander-in-chief has
jssued an order that in case of retreat
the male population of the city is to
attach itself to the end .of the retiring
army.
The Ford Automobile Company
last week announced a refund of
about $15,000,000 to Ford owners of
autos who have purchased their
machines since August 1, 1914, On
that date, the company announced
that if 300,000 machines were sold
during the ensuing year each pur-
chaser would receive a refund of from
$40 to $60. The mark set out to be
reached was attained a few days ago.
The company says that the refund
is strictly in the nature of the profit
distribution policy of the company.
Ready for her trial trip the battle-
ship Oklahoma was seriously damag-
ed by fire of a mysterious origin on
Monday night. The newest and most
powerful of the United States
dreadnoughts caught fire a few min-
utes after workmen had left her
decks as she lay at the yards of the
New York Shipbuilding Company in
Camden, N. J. The fire discovered
about six o'clock, was under control
at 9 after two companies of Cam-
den firemen had pumped the com-
partment under current No. 1 half
full of water. A second blaze was dis-
covered 15 minutes later, but was
soon overcome.
Chester Lee French, superintend-
ent of the Cumberland Division of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, who had
been suffering from a disease of the
blood, and who three times submitted
to transfusion of blood from relatives
and from railroad employees who
volunteered their assistance freely,
died Saturday at midnight at Atlan-
tic City, N. J. whre he had been tak-
en after treatment at the Church
Home and Infirmary, Baltimore. Mr.
French was aged 42 years and was a
son of the late Capt. Robert French
a former superintendent of the Balti
more railroad at Cumberland. He was
a splendid Christian man and highly
esteemed.
A West Virginia manufacturers’ As-
sociation which has already a mem-
bership of 300 among the large man-
ufacturers of the state is being or-
ganized for the purpose of bringing
out more scientific development of
the resources of the state. A perma-
nent orgaization will be formed at
a meeting in August . With oil, gas,
practically an unlimited supply of
coal, lumber and iron within easy
reach, good railroad facilities and the
Ohio river for cheap transportation
of both raw and finished material, a
campaign will be waged to make
West Virginia the leading manufac-
turing centre of the United States if
not of the world.
Harry K. Thaw, who shot and kill-
ed Stanford White on the night of
June 26, 1906, walked from the court-
room in New York, a fre: man Fri:
day noon. Justice Hendrick accepted
the finding of the jury that declared
Thaw sane and immediately after an-
nouncing his decision admitted Thaw
to $35,000 bail. ‘Nerned by deputy
marshals the big crowd in the court
room attempted no demonstration.
Thaw himself sat unmoved by the de
cision. When the court overruled the
state’s attempt to block his release
on bail he turned on Deputy Attorney
General Cook a quiet smile of triumph.
His nine year fight for freedom had
been won but Thaw was the most un-
demonstrtive person in the great
crowd in and around the Supreme
Court bulding. The state at once en-
tered an appeal. Thaw returned to
the home of his mother in Pittsburg,
who worked so heroically for his re-
lease.
A German submarine attempted to
torpedo the Cunard Liner Ordunal
shortly after she had left Liverpool,
according to Baron Rosenkrantz, of
Denmark, one of the passengers a-
aboard the big steamer which reach-
ed New York a few days ago. The
submarine was sighted at 6 o'clock
on the morning of July 9th, the Baron
said and chased the Orduna for near-
ly an hour, attempting to get close |
enough to fire a torpedo. Seeing that
she nced, the U boat
was outdist
Song and
SIOrY. veer.
SWEETHEARTS.
I'll bet my mother’s glad that she
Has got vacation days and me,
Vacation days, and when it’s hot
I'm at home here all day long;
It helps to fill her days with song
When she ain't never left alone;
And she buys me an ice cream cone,
And she makes me the nicest tarts,
And she says us two is sweethearts.
And she lets me squirt with the hose,
And she don’t care when I muss my
clothes;
And even when I slam the door,
And when I muddy up the floor,
She doesn’t say a word to me
But seems as pleased as she can be;
And when I stand beside her chair
She hugs me and she smooths my hair
And seems to get a heap of joy
From knowin’ that I am her boy.
Another feller that I knowed,
That lived the other side the road,
Caught something bad and went and
died;
And when he did my mother cried
And hugged me right up to her tight,
An’ made me sleep with her that
night;
And now she doesn’t ever scold
And she makes me some dandy tarts;
And I am glad that we're sweethearts.
—Houston Post.
Anticipating.
The Justice—Ten for exceeding the
speed limit. Comin’ back this way?
The Victim—No.
The Justice—Then it’s twenty.
Cheap at the Price.
A stalwart young fellow applied for
a position on a farm. As he walked in-
to the barn he addressed the frmer:
“Hey, mister, will you job me?”
“will I what?”
“Wil you job me? make me work
yet?”
“Oh, I see. You want a job,” sald
the farmer. “Well, how much do you
want a month?”
“I tell you. If you eat me on der
farm I come for fife dollars, but for
twenty-fife dollars I eat myself at
8chmidt’'s.— National Food Magazine.
Too Much to Swallow.
Virginia, at five was devoted to
Bible stories. She knew about Joseph,
and grandmother was preparing her
for the Exodus. “You see Jacob,
whose other name was Israel, went
down to Egypt with his children and
his grandchildren, and they married
nd had childrn, and they kept on in-
creasing until there were hundreds
and hundreds of them. And they were
all called the ‘chilren of Isreal.”
At this point Virginia interrupted
politely: “Grandmother, if you say
this is true I will believe it; but very
few people have hundreds of child-
ren.”
A beautiful girl had a fiance named
Jones. She had also a little brother,
named Willie. One morning Willie
was thoughtfully sitting at the break-
fast table, when he suddenly turned
to his father.
“Say father,” said he, “I don’t think
that Mr. Jones will make a very good
husband for Sis.”
“You don’t, eh?” was the indulgent
response of thes miling parent.“What
makes you think so?”
“Because,” was the prompt reply
of Willie, “he has been coming here
a year now, and in all that time he
has given me only 17 cents.”
Cain Question Settled.
“] never discuss marriage,” sald
the late General Gereral Fitzhugh
Lee, “without thinking of an old col-
ored preacher in my state who was
addressing his dark-skinned congrega-
tion when a white man arose in the
back of the building. “Mr. Preacher,”
said the white man, “you are talking
about Cain, and you say he got mar-
ried in the Ind of Nod, after he killed
Abel. But the Bible only mentions
Adam and Eve as being on Earth at
that time. Who, then did Cain mar
ry?’ The colored preached snorted
with unfeigned contempt. “Huh!” he
said, “you hear dat, bredren and sis-
terin? You hear dat fool question I
fired six shells at the liner, but none | as
am axed? Cain he went to the land
o’ Nod just as de good Book tells us,
! an’ in de land o’ Nod Cain gits so la-
zy an’ so shiftless dat he up an’ mar-
ries a gal o’ one o’ dem no’ count pore
white trash families dat de inspired
'postle didn’t consider fittin’ to men-
tion in de Holy Word.”
of them took effect. On her last trip
from New York the Orduna carried
a large cargo of war munitions for
the allies. It was reported that her
departure had been “tipped” and
that German submersibles were ly-
ing in wait for her. Only the brilliant
manner in which Capt. Taylor ma-
| noeuvered his ship prevented the
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Marvelous Aeroscope at the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition, San Francisco,
Raises Amazed Visitors 264 Feet
mechanical achievement, the aeroscope, on the Zone, Panama-Pacific
International Exposition, San Francisco. The aeroscope is built on the
order of a giant crane of a novel and intricate design, with a seating
capacity of 100 and standing room for twenty more. The car is perfectly bal
anced, and perfect safety and a jarless ride of ten minutes are assured to pas
sengers who enjoy this trip of 264 feet into the clouds. This is four feet
higher than the Ferris wheel. Two motors control the ascent and descent in
conjunction with the counterbalance of this huge car, and when {it reaches its
extreme height it begins to swing slowly around on the series of wheels at its
FF: the seeker of amusement there is opportunity a-plenty in the great
base, giving the passenger a view of the surrounding country from every point.
Loans and Investments. .
U. S. Bonds
Banking House
Due from Banks and Reserve Agents
Capital Stock
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Deposites
RESOURCES
Condensed Statement |
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
OF MEYERSDALE, PA.
At Close of Cusiness June 23rd, 1915.
$681,064.41
75,000.00
29,300.00
126,594.25
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100.000.00
25,323.01
63,800.00
732,574.41
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TROUBLE FOR AUTO
LAW VIOLATORS.
Persistent violators of the state au-
tomobile laws will be drastically
dealt with. Announcement was made
at the office of State Highway Com-
missioner Cunningham, in Harris-
burg, Tuesday, that offenders will not
hereafter be given a ‘third chance”
but that a second report of viola-
tion by any individual will result in
{ssue of a summons for the individ-
ual to appear before the commissioner
and tell why his license should not be
revoked. About twelve complaints
are made daily to the state authori-
ties,
An estimate of a wheat crop of 21-
254,400 bushels is made by theBureau
of Statistics of the State Department
of Agriculture in its summary of the
crop conditions of the State as the re:
sult of reports from 654 districts
throughout the farming counties. The
wheat crop at the beginning of the
harvest was estimated to be 94 per
eent of an average for ten years. This
means
about 16.2 bushels. Last year the
average production was 18.5 bushels
and the total production 24,272,000
bushels.
Singular Services of Sheep.
In the northern part of India sheep
are made to serve as beasts of burden.
The mountain paths along the foothills
of the Himalayas are so precipitous
that the sheep. more sure footed than
larger beasts. are preferred as burden
carriers. The load for each sheep is
from sixteen to twenty pounds. The
sheep are driven from village to vil-
lage, with the wool still growing, and
in each town the farmer shears as
much wool as he can sell there and
loads the sheep with the grain which
he receives in exchange. After the
flock has been sheared he turns it
homeward, each sheep having on its
back a small bag containing the pur
chased grain.
Too Much
An East Cleveland man oo
tinker about his Lote paler away th
steps to his side door st Saturda,
and took them into the cacage, were
he added sundry nails to their makeup.
He was lugging them hack when his
next door neighbor looked over the
fence and said:
“Hello, Brown. what you doing?
Repairing your house?”
“I'm taking steps in that direction,”
Brown replied.
He was so much pleased with his
wit that he forgot his caution, tripped
on a croquet wicket and, falling over
the steps, cut his nose on the scraper.
cr = ne. pling,
hho hikes 1
that the production will be,
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