NEWS IN GENERAL New York is the largest city in the world, London by reason of losses oc- casioned by the war and because of a the population must now admit that the American metropolis is the bigger by about a quarter of a million people. The New York Board of Health has announced that after January first, horse meat in that city. Hereafter, old hors- their gigantic mistake in estimating it will be permissable to sell es, instead of being sold for bones, which are worth little or noth- ing, will be fattened and disposed of for meat. Austria’s reply to the note from this country regarding the sinking of the ' Ancona not only meets the cardinal | points of the American demands, but | gives assurances for the future that | are considered more satisfactory in their extont than those whch were giv- en by Germany. The liner Persia, with 160 passen- gers and a crew of 300 aboard was torpedoed and sunk off' the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday. At least two United States citizens were passengers. Their fate is not known. One was Robert N. Mec- Neely, American consul at Aden, who was on his way to his post. The loss '" of life is placed at360, only four boats ! ! getting away before the vessel sank. The remarkédble transformation of West Virginia from extraordinary alcoholic humidity to the most arid spot in the United States has been | accomplished l second time. by check. Preparedness-Frotection Every one believes in protecting their own interests. A bank check is a protection against paying a bill a You can be prepared by merely opening a check account with this bank and pay your bills during 1916 We do the work, you get the benefit. Citizens National Bank “The Bank with the Clock” Meyersdale, Pa.{ 3 MEMBER BANK UNDER FEDERAL RESERVE ACT ’ Jan. 1916. layf _asguor 1 for a number of years: under Joeal option laws. Crabbe, State Superintendent of the ‘W. Va. Anti-Saloon League. The Yost law, he said, is more rigid than any other Prohibition law written on the statutes of any American Common- wealth. Mr. Crabbe declares West Virginia to be the dryest state in the United States. Count Friedrich Von Westarp, re- porting on the proceedings of the chief committee of the Reichstag, an- nounces that the food resources of Germany are sufficient to feed her population however long the war may last. Count Westarp says that the Government by taking efficient meas- ures has suceeded in keeping prices below the level of both neutral and enenyy, countries, especially that of Great Britain, Statewide ‘prohibition of the sale “utagturg ‘of intoxicating lig- “Mffective in seven states Briday, sputting out of u 3,000 saloons, a “vies, wholesale ties in @%l of | o. _.uve prohibited. the West Virginia's pure seeds law ‘went into effect on last Saturday, Jan. 1. The law. requires dealers to have all packages of seeds labeled as: ' to contents. It is also necessary w marked, on. each package the. name and ‘address of the seedsman, agent, importer or dealer and a statement of purity of the seeds offered for sale, | with a statement, also showing the | ge ig power of the seeds, as well ag an indication of wirere the, seeds’ were: grown; - ‘- oo gy deer CONFLUENCE i“ Mrs. S. T. Downs, who has beeh |’ very ‘ill for several days, is repoiied |; improved. ° Revival ‘meetings are being held in| the Methodist church, Rev. L. W. Le- Page, pastor. Mrs. W. J. Murphy Pcently receiv- ed word of the very sudden death of her - brother, Charles Andrews, in ‘Washington, D C. > William A. Frey, of Somerfield, was § recent business visiter. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hyatt, of Stap Junction, have returned home after.a| visit here with relatives. Thomas McCullough of Friends- ville; Md., was a business visifor a few days ago. Miss Gertrude Show has gone to Fairmont, W. Va., to visit her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. O F Mattox.. Amos Reckner, of Bittinger, Md. has been visiting relatives, at John- son's Chapel. JOHN ADAMS, John Adams of Connellsville, son of Mrs. Emma Horns Adams of Som- erset, died suddenly on Christmas morning at Uniontown. Chronic heart |. trouble was the cause of his death, «he body was taken to Conellsville %or interment. Requiem high mass was celebrated on Monday morning by Rev. Fr. Wm. Merzz. The decedent was 2 son of M. J. Adams, the former B. & 0. man who fell dead of heart trouble in Johnstown a few months ago. Surviving Mr. Adams are his wife, and three children, his mether according to G. Ww. STEEL HOUSES FOR “SOLDIERS. The allied governments are con- templating the purchase and manu- facture of an immense number of portable steel houses for their troops at the front. The original plan for frame structures was abandoned when it developed that the cost would be excessive. A uniform steel con- struction can be turned out in great numbers at a minimum cost. The houses will be made on the take down principle to move from Dlace to place and set up quickly. The dimensions will be 12X24 feet, divid- ed into two rooms, each of which is thus 12 feet square. The height is nine feet. Each house will contain a- bout a ton of steel. Since the French government alone contemplates the purchase of 100,000 such structures ‘egion dh oa . shai a AY- van oBS, | AR TAX CONTINUED. The Emergency Revenue Act of October 22, 1914 has been extended by Congress until December 21 1916] “Collector Llewellyn has notified his deputies. All taxes provided for in said act will remain in force until that date, unless otherwise, o:dered by Congress. Some of the taxes provided for in said act are as follows “!amp tax on wines, champagne, liguers, cordials and similar c¢:m- buir as, Stamp tax: on instruments of writ- ing such as- original issues of certifi cates of stock and the transfer. there- of, bonds, notes,:bills of lading, cer tificates, deeds, insurance: policies, powers of attorney, proxies, telegraph and telephone messages etc. provided ‘for in Schedule“A” of the act - for ‘which documentary stamps are now required. _ Stamp tax on perfumery, cosmetics and similar articles, chewing gum etc. provided for in Schedule “B” of the act for which proprietary stamps are now. required. In short, all taxes po- vided for in said Emergency Revenue Act will remain in force until Decem- ber 31, 1916. Agents of the Allies recently have been in Somerset. County tempting the ewners of the . Twentieth Century Manufacturing Company at Boynton, near this place, .shraprel, in addition to the road ma- chines and traction engines which it is thought the company has the assur-f ed ‘orders of the proper authorities in Russia. M. Knecht & Sons, owners of foundry and machine works at Salis ‘bury have been asked to do the same thing. The owners of the two con- ‘cerns, da mot like the idea of manu- ‘facturing materials to destroy human ‘life ‘and therefore may not accept the order. State Highway Commissioner Cun- ningham again gives notice that auto- mobiles must. bear the 1916 license tags after January 1, or the owners are liable .to arrest.fi. The Department has given ample notice, and all per- sons who violate the law cannot justly complain of the consequences. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oatmen, of Paint Borough, awoke 2 few mornings and three brothers, T. A. Adams, M. A. Adams, and Roy Adams of Somer | get ‘and two sisters, Mrs. Vincent Cal- | lahan of Lemont and Mrs. James | Landis of Somerset. ago, to find, their six- months-old infant | dead. The child had been apparently in best of health and death was prob- ' ably due to suffocation. & the immense amount of steel gegiced is evident. ‘ ¢ The wi will be, used not opty 8 but “arly ee to equip Jitheir plant for. the manufacture of THIS PARROT SAID TOO MUCH Proved to Have V of Human Actor Armoyed,. A woman with a ‘pa the Punch and Judy theater and up- en He ls set ‘the lentils, as the anagement ex- pressed it. Polite phfasing of things was in order .after 8 parrot had spoken’ its bit and went away fur fled. bot ¥ i 5 Advertisements for a PaITotte: take Island” were inserted in the _newspa- ' Charles Hop the theater, havin high time a bird be “All the parrot ha “Pie of eight” the 4 3! re Captain Fl Long John et in Robert ‘Stevenson’s ta Job venture, The radia Punch office was spit i Gh woman who Phe Rt fg | cage, cove red with on the foor, a tiny’ gan playing ont why oe the * sputters oy wa wad the” ae TNE * th mg Na : Pract cally | chase. 5 parrot around’ its cage. First the parroty screaming, cen- demned the radiator to torment even more heated than its own. Then in a harsh volley of consonants it went into the graceless sumyey of the mode of life of its enemy, paid heed to its ancestry in ironical cackles and at last turned into a long mumbled jumble of epithets that would easily be rec- ognized as insulting in the scullery of a longshoreman’s home. 4 - The owner was informed that the management had already another par- rot in mind.—New York Herald. Life of an Electric Plant. “The electric plant in the Hoffman aouse now being torn down cost $16; 200 seven years ago. It was sold a few weeks ago fer $1,060. And this was an exceptionally good price, as the plant had been so well cared for that it'was in unusually good condition. The value of the plant as scrap was $1,360. Which leads the Edison Monthly to some re- marks about allowances made by builders for depreciation. They usual- depreciation per ahniim, but this plant, swhich wag ‘far better cared for than most machinery, shows sc @nnual dé preciation of approximately 12% per cent. - According to Albert A. Volk; head’ of the wrecking company that ‘tric’ plant’ depreciates to scrap value in ten years, instead of ‘the 20. gen- erally allowed, and ‘even then the scrap value is usually less than eight per. cent. of ‘the original cost. Reasons for the Dentist’s Bill. The dentist who told the common ‘sergeant at the Old Bailey that at one time his profession brought him «in | £10,000 a’ year would find it difficult to: make that: ainount nowadays, re- marks the London :.Chréniele. The cost of materials has gone up and den- tists have. been unable to. increase their charges. proportionately. : Where: asa few years ago platinum could be fibw costs not less thdn £9 10s ounce. A dentist's chair with modern improvements nbw costs at least £35 price: of drills, reflectors and steriliz~ ers, whieh all have to: be bought bef fore the somilat cna tart saying: little wider, Plog). to hurt vou.” A healthy man is a king in his ow® right; an unhealthy man an wnhappy slave. For impure blood and sivggish liver use Burdeck Blood Bitters. &w the Markel 38 FHS $1.60 por hotles Oxu:ldren Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA bulary Worthy. 3 ot went {ato part in the production of “Treasure h for carrying Here is respectively. 25¢ and 50c. correct sum. Something More th It’s a Practical, Pro Worked Out for You ts ‘Hire the man with a plan, of a large American manufacturing concern. men around him who had more than advice. National Bank ed, practical savings plan adopted by men and wome boys and girls of Meyersdale wishing money for Christmas. The Ghristmas Money Glub Joined by Hundreds in Meuersdale. There are several divisions in the club. you join will petermine the amount you save. Divisions 1, 2 and 5, provide $12.50, $25.50 and $63.75 \ ” ordered out the savings idea the ‘“The Bank on the Corner.” anYtheory There are loads of advice in this world tellin}. save; but it is seldom somebody gives you a defin§ plan provided for you by the SS nd It is especially for thos Itis a t§ The division 4 ‘You may begin weekly deposits. with le, 2¢, 5c, \ The bank gives you a check about December 15th for the It iz your Christmas money. —JOIN TODAY —— Call at the Bank for Descriptive Circular. SECOND NATIONAL BANK MEYERSDALE, PENN’A. ly, it seems, calculate on five per cent. |. demolished the Hoffman house, aii elec- |: bought at 28 shillings an ounce, ft | and there has algo been a rise in the” ug > 1 am not going Pipe Smoking - Tobacco rime favorite with printers and all’ live, hustling heboys who know na Ble a smoke or a chew of eal man’s tabaceo. And FIVE BROTHERS is always the ra BROTHERS oa of the factory until the tobacco has been so ‘that wo. that ol of "its em Kentucky leaf is’ at its best. ~~ When you're tobacco hungry, you want clean, honest, juicy with some backbone to it. You never see'a FIVE BROTHERS user switch to some other brand. He knows nothing can compare with FIVE BROTHERS for downright satisfaction. A week's trial of FIVE Ba prove this to Jos ail akéyou a perma- nentuser of FIVEBROTHERS. Get a package today — sold: everywhere. THE AMERICAN : TOBACCO COMPANY NEW STAMP TO BE ISSUED. The postoffice department has: noti- fied postmasters that it is about to is- sue stamped envelopes bearing an em- bossed two-cent postage stamp of new design. The new stamp is ‘printed in red ink and: is in