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PERSONAL AND LOCAL.
R. Roy West, of Gray, Pa, spent
Sunday with his wife'in Meyensd ale.
/ Miss Clara Stacer has relarned
from a si¥ ‘weeks’ visit in Rockwood.
A recent visitor at the A. G. Smith
home was Miss Grace Maxwell, of
Cumberland.
Emmett Matthews of Washington,
D. C. spent last week here with his
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Burton Jones had come to. the
Crossing fresh from his post-graduate
course in college. He was only twen-
ty-four, but in his big, rather loosely
jointed frame, in his kindly, large, ex-
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grandmother, Mrs. Annie Matthews.
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Rylnd have
been entertaining the latter's sister,
pressive features, and in his direct de-
cisive way of -saying things, he
seemed much older. The day after
Commercial-Tribune states.
in the subscription school at Green:
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RILEY HAD 10 WRITE JINGLES
Former Sclkool leachef Recalls Days
Wher the l.oved Poet Was
Her Pugil.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.
FOR SALE—One Pool Table, 2 Heat-
ing Stoves, Lot of Sooemaker’s tools.
-Apply to Chas. PIlitt. 12-8tf
“Jingles” and not regular studie’ oc
cupied the school hours of Js ies
Whitcomb Riley, the noted Koosif
poet. according to Mrs. “Tibby” :i-
rey, seventy-three years old, of At. aur,
Tenn., who is visiting with Mrs. §! A.
Rice of Covington, Ky., the Cincinnati
“In the year 1860-61, when 1 taught
BARGAINS ON ROBES AND BLAN-
KETS at WEISEL'S HARNESS
SHOP, CENTRE ST.
PDIP
FOR RENT—Near the Centre of the |
IIIS
town, 2 4-room houses. Cheap. Apply
at this office. 10—21 ¢f. ~~ ~~
Mrs. Getty, of Lonaconing.
his home ih Salisbury, N. C..
town, is
relatives in Meyersdale.
Johnstown.
ry L. Bittner.
C.. Price.
is slowly recovering,
rious illness of her father.
town relatives.
give a tea on Feb.
room of the Methodist chuch. Don
forget the date.
After a visit of some length in Mey-
ersdale, A. H. Boose has returned to
Miss Roberta Robertson, of Johns
spending 2a week with
Miss Velma Stein spent part of last
week with relatives and friends in
Miss Annie Stump of Columbus, 0.
iis the guest of her sister, Mrs. Har-
George Green of Painesville, O.,
is spending a week here visiting a-
mong relatives and friend friends.
Mrs. H. F. VanHorn of Scottdale,
is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W.
Mrs. 1. J. Stotler, who has been on
the sick list for the past two weeks,
Miss Gertrude Hibner was called
to Mt. Braddock recently by the se- i
Mis Ida Baldwin, daughter of Prof.
C. W. Baldwin, is the guest of Stoyes-
George and Martha Washington will j¢,
22, in the social
his arrival at the boarding house
he had noticed Madge.
Burton soon found out about Madge.
Everyone in Silver Cliff Crossings
knew about the Lathrops. She was
the secretary of the manager of the
works and supported herself and her
invalid brother on her hard-earned
‘wages,
Burton's first feeling for the inva-
14d was one of great sympathy, and,
as he looked at the large, well-propor-
tioned figure spread out in the sun:
light on the veranda of fhe boarding
house on Sunday morning, he felt a
great pity for the man who was forced
to live on his sister’s earnings.
Before long, Burton became friend-
of helping Madge he spent hours with
Hardy, talking to him and cheering
him. Often Madge had to work
evenings with the mine manager, and
then she would knock at Burton’s
door and ask him to come and spend
the evening with Hardy.
It was spring, and Hardy was show-
. ing marked signs of improvement, and
with the let-up in anxiety, Madge’s
rerve was being shaken. Yes, Burton
could do it now. He would have to do
It was killing him to see Madge
slaving any longer.
't Purposely he walked toward the of-
| fice of the mine works the next day,
in order to walk home with Madge.
ly with the Lathrops, and as a means |
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leby of Phila.
delphia are spending a few weeks
hore visiting among friends and rela-
tives.
Miss Sarah Smith, of Pittsburg, is
visiting at the home of her brother |
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. TF.
Reich.
Mrs. Ramer of the Colonial, has re:
turned from a visit to Martinsburg,
W. Va. here she had been visiting
relatives for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Claire H. Brown, of
Wilkinsburg were visiting the lat-
ter’s parents, Mr. and Mis. Philip Im-
hoff. i ih Hog
‘Miss Emma Gress, who spent part
“of ‘the hotiday euson With ‘her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs; Valentine Gress
has returned to Stoyestown. 3
Mr. Wm. Gray and son, Archie, have
returned to Ralpliton after spending
the holidays at their home on North
street. bi
Mr. Wm. Gray, his son, Alex. and
daughter, Mary, spent part of last
week with Mr. Gray’s parents at Mos
cow, Md, and with Lonaconing
friends. '
Mrs. George Folk ' spent part” of
last week with her husband and other
relatives in Akron, Ohio, where Mr.
Folk has been employed in the Good:
year Rubber works for two months.
Mrs. Mae Maidens of Washington,
D. C. is visiting her’ parents, Mr. ‘and
Mirs. Theodore Mervine. The latter
ibd been quite ill, but has improved
considerable the past few days. .
Miss Jennie Montgomery of Fair-
mont, W. Va., spent a few days with
friends recently. Miss Montgomery
was formerly head of the Miller
& Collins suf départinent is-now em:
poyed in the Hartley store at Fair-
mont. FALE: Cad dine,
Miss Roberta Reger returned Sun-
day to Wheeling, W. Va..where she
is instructor in Englieh in the High
ool, after spending ithe holiday
‘whek with her brother-in-law and sis
tor, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Philson. ¢
ry BS hoe oF
CL 'sumMIT TOWNSHIR |
7:30-oclock.
Mr. and Mrs. James Beal were wel-
come callges at the home of H. E.
Hershberger and family last Sunday.
J. C. Kretchman spent a few days
of last week on business at the County
seat. 5 :
W. H. Herwig who had sale on Wed-
nesday of this weeks will soon, depart
for Akron Ohio. We are sorry to lose
Mr. Herwig because he is a useful
neighbor and good .citizen. His sister
who lately married Mr. William Hay
will move to Mr. Hays farm near Hays
Church in Brothersvalley Township.
Elmer Matthias who had been liv-
ing in the J. J.'Yoder tenant house for
the past two years moved last week
to Summit Miils in the property of W.
J. Miller.
. Many people are suffering from the
grippe and bad colds at present.
Miss FHdna Miller of Greenville
township spent last week visiting her
sisters Mrs. Quinter Gnagey and Mrs.
Melvin Lindeman.
william =~ Manges of Berlin spent
Sunday at the home of J. A. Opels.
Bdward : Suder ‘is. working for Wil-
{ provement.
£®
There will be held a Local /Educa-
tional meeting at the Peck school
house on Friday evening Jannary 3 at
At first they talked of Hardy's im-
“You have been so good, Burton,”
she said, letting her hand rest, lightly
on his arm for a second. !
Burton for an instant felt contempt
or the helpless brother. He longed
fo shield Madge, to take her away
from the mine works forever.
“Qome time, perhaps, I will tell
you about Hardy, and then you will
know how hard it is—" ”
Burton felt no desire to talk about
Hardy, and he looked away from
Madge as she spoke. :
“Some time, some time,” began Bur-
ton, “Ill tell you why 1 have done
what I have done for Hardy.” He
‘turned to her almost brutally, “You
know, Madge.”
{pf many plants.
field, Ind., Riley was one of my pupils,
and, although he was a good student,
he never carried off the honors of his
class.
“His chief delight was to hide be-
hind some other pupil and compose
‘jingles,’ as he called them, and when
caught in the act always explained
that he = :d to write, as the verses
were always going through his mind.
“Composition came natura! tc him
and he would stop in the midst of a
task to jot dewn some little verse.
When he was about eighteen years old
he ran away with a traveling medicine
show and later painted signs on fences,
put would stop work suddenly to
sprawl out on the grass by the road-
side and jingle.”
Mrs. Ulrey attended the celebration
ia honor of the poet which was recent-
ly held in Indianapolis and she and her
former pupil spent several hours to-
gether recalling the old schooldays.
SNAIL A VALUABLE FOOD
Edible and Nutritious, Is the Verdict
That Has Been Arrived At by
" Those. Who Know.
“All snails are edible aud nutri
tious,” says Canon Horsley in a book
on British land and fresh water mol-
luscs, just published. He goes on to
say that even the common. or garden
snail, though insipid, is as nourishing
as: calf’s-foot jelly.
There is a large white shelled snail
called Helix pomatia that is commonl
eaten by connoisseurs in the south o
England, while all over France, Ital
and Spain sever-! species are used as
food. In France there are many snail
farms, which yield a good profit to
their owners. In the French and Ita-
lian quarters of New York
be bought, either alive or cooked;
at most of the French restaurants
they are served, “‘escargots farcis” be-
ing the most usual form of the dish.
Snails are easy to raise in large
guantities. They need lime for mak-
ing their shells, but they do not have
to be fed, as they can find their own
food, which is exclusively the leaves
They are most deli
It was dusk in the valley, and Bur-
| ton seized Madge's wrists tightly in
his hands and pressed down upon
them as he looked in her face. “Madge
you know I—” \
"Madge freed herself, but not angri-
ly. “Burton, don’t. How can you?’
And then she ran on alone up the
road toward the boarding house.
The next day Burton met Madge
again. She had regained her compos-
ure, and so had Burton.
‘ready to make clear to her that he
could support Hardy until he was
better if she would but marry him. He
started to explain. Ta
Madge touched his arm ever SO
lightly. “Burton,” she said, and her
voice had never sounded so sweet, a
am sorry I didn’t tell you sooner. But
1 had no idea that you would think of
saying what you have: Burton, didn’t
you know, haven't you guessed, that
Hardy ‘isn’t my brother?” id
The explanation followed in mong;
syllables. - it was harder than Madge
had expected to explain that Hardy
and she had been: friends in the Hast
“and had hécome engaged. Hardy had
no morney-and no family, only his own
fession Then his illness had come,
the illness that would eventually have
killed him in the Hast. He had been
ordered West. She had decided: ¥&
‘go with ‘him, to work for. Mim and‘to
nurse him as a sister would have
done. » Yes, they might have been
"till he’ kmew he would recover. Of
course, her friends had objected; but
she had come anyway, and Hardy, be-
ing helpless, had had to vconmsent
They had passed ‘as brother and sis-
ter.
most accomplished. ‘There was RO
doubt of its completeness. In a few
mote month he would be able to be-
gin work. In the autumn they would
be married. mo
free?” Biron was almost jubilant.
“Madge; you must love me.
you do.”
Burton held her hands to his lips
and she maile no resistance. “Madge,
you do love me. I know it.”
face. Si
world. You are strong.
young, you have all
before you.
the
he has had to let me do this?
meade it possible.
tion justifiable.
understand.”
ur general. mer-
gon Saylc
{ last t
He was |]
wits to push his way in his law Pré*|is on ‘salesmanship, "aid it
Now Hardy's recovery was al-
“But you are not married? You are.
Madge,
She stopped in the half darkness;
and looked steadily in his young
. “Yes, Burton, I do love you. I love
you better than anyone else im. the
You are
world
Hardy has nothing but
me. Don’t:you see how hard it has
been for him—how it has galled him
—how he has hated himself because
But I
am the woman he loves, the woman
who promised to marry him. That
That made our ac-
Burton, tell me you
And as Burton left Madge that eve-
ning at the threshold of the boarding
house he took her hand in his for the
cious when properly prepared and
cooked and, as Canon Horsley says,
as nourishing as calf’s-foot jelly.
High School of Commerce.
In 1914 the city of Worcester, Mass.,
an important business center, estab-
lished a high school of commerce.
When the school opened in Septem-
ber; 1914, 1,235 pupils were enrolled,
and in February, 1915, 48 per cent of
the pupils entering the high
schools of the city elected the high
school of commerce. The present en-
rollment of this school is nearly 1,
500. i .
It is the policy of the school to offer
sourses of studies holding a mutual
ground between the purely cultural
and the strictly vocational, and in
these ¢ourses are, ‘English, Latin,
french, Gerthan and Spanish. There
are, of: course, several sciences, and
there are commercial history, civics
| ind ‘commereial geography, to the lat:
ier two years-being devoted. There
are: also included. stenography, book-
Keeping, typewriting," hanking, com:
| mercial Taw, accountitig nd penman-
ship. A course under considération
hoped
soon to introduce the teaching of ad-
vertisiig and window dressing.
Where War Has Abolished Poverty.
One passes: through fields either
groaning vainly for the harvester or
relieved but By the efforts of the
married, but Hardy did fiot wish“it'} yomen whom*the war has left behind
|:nd men over forty-seven.” There ‘is
Wio poverty; partly because the con
dict has created many charities and.an
:ause the previously poor:are fighting
iti ¢hé trenches; but the smallest vil-
“gges re crowded with girls: who sell
tor the Red Cross, for this warineed or
shat, patriotic medals; flags, even ar
Yifictal “flowers. . There: is notalk, no
»} “hought. no life except such are con-
neeted:: with this war, and. most
iphraBes seem to. begin: “Since the
war: Christian Herald.
3 Our Able: Citizen,
Hudson Maxim is best known for
his work in high explosives and their
application to modern ordpance. It
was in 1890 that he developed and
manufactured the first smokeless pow-
jer to be adopted by the. United
States. government. Following ex-
haustive experiments at Sandy Hook,
ne .sold our government in .1901 the
secret of his high explosive maximite.
He has been president of the Aero-
nautical Society of America, the s80-
ziety which. is doing so much toward
iwakening the country to the need of
an increase in our aerial defense.
For Sanitary Tenemeénts.
Philadelphia authorities are enforce
ng the new iaw intended to eliminate
nsanitary tenement houses. The act
srovides that these places shall be
‘House for sale or for rent, centrally
located—North street. 8 rooms. Apply
at this office.
Semen ~~ ~~
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iF W. PLOCK
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS OF
_ THE SAND SPRING WATER CO
The stockholders of the Sand
Spring Water Company, of Meyers
dalé Penna. .will meet in the .direc-
ors room of theCitizensNational Bank
Monday evening, January 10, 1916 at
7 p- m. for the purpose of slgating |
nine directors for the ensuing ye:
and the transaction of any otter ot
iness properly brought before the
meeting..
W. T. HOBLITZELL, Pres.
8. B, PHILSCN, Sec
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
Notice is hereby given that a meet-
ing of th shareholders of The First
National Bank of Confluence, Pa,
will b held at its banking house on
Tuesday, January 11, 1916 betwesn
mom
‘Wish to thank: their many patrons and general public
or the liberal patronage extended during the past sea- :
son 13 ) :
For the benefit of prospec
CENTRE
~The Meyersdale Auto Co.
Of Meyersdale, Pa
DISTRIBUTORS OF
: FT :
FRANKLIN. HUPMOBILE, BUICK §&
anno MAXWELL CARS
urge the early placing of orders to insure prompt de-
livery. Never in the History of the Automobile Busi-
ness has shortage of deliveries been so pronounced
MEYERSDALE AUTO CO.
TD PDD
OSCAR GURLEY
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tive purchasers. we would
STREET
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the hours of two and three o'clock P.
M. for the purpose ofelecting a
board of directors for the ensuing
year and such other business as may
proprly come before them.
i cfs Township, .Somers
.| Hope went to- Meyersdale recently to
Tyverabundance of work; partly. be:
D. L. MILLER, Cashier.
ADMINISTRATORED W'S ne
Edlate’ of Margaret ‘Wright, ie.
\'Gdunty, State of Pennsylvania, De-
ce sed. ,
etters of administration in the a-
we pamed estate, having been issu-
ed to the undersigned, notice is hereby
e
and those having claims against said
estate may present them for settle-
ment to the undersigned at the office
of Albert B. Lowry, Bsa. Salisbury,
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, on |
Wednesday, February 9th, 1916 at one
o'clock in the afternoon. ’
‘OSCAR WRIGHT, Administrator
12-23-6¢ - Boswell, Pa.
’ FAIR HOPE.
{ We all had a happy New Year day.
| Dewey Richey, the’ 15-year-old boy
who shot himself Christmas eve, is
not able to come home yet from the
t+ Mrs: A, F. “Berkley 1s" spending a
pouple weeks in Somerset with ‘her:
gon; B.C. Berkley: s
have the children chritend and -Fath-
er Brady being absent visited their
Ee Aare. Anak anal
Holzhi rR
Mrs, “Bill” Smith says it used to.
take hey one half hour to walk from
is grandma she can walk it in 10 min-
utes. : ;
."Jesse Dearmer is not improving.
L. N. Lowrey is among the sick.
Mrs. M. Holzshu and daughter, Mrs
J. Laugerbaugh, of Meyersdale were
visiting’ the former's daughter, Mrs. A
F. Berkley at this place.
‘Mrs. M Holzshu and Mrs J. Lauger-
baugh were called last Sunday to Gar-
retit by the death of their cousin, Mrs
1 John Hertzog. This is the third of the
relatives to die in the last seven weeks.
Look out, boys! This is leap year.
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Founded in 1815
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slean and perfect in plumbing before
ary Farmer with two or more |
gien to all persons indebted to said ot
ate to make immediate payment,
Cook's Jewelry store.
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‘grandmother and audi, Mis. Mindat
her home to Fair Hope but since she |:
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Full line of Jewelry Cancted 1
the patronage of our old
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Commissariat Dep .:iiment of the Brit-
_ish Army Will Have to ‘Move to
Keep Up With Them.
"Prom close observation of the habits’
of the young Maori men in training in
Auckland "(New Zealand) for active
service, it appears that the modern
Maori has. inherited, almiost unim-
paired, the genius for practical forag-
ing which was one of the vital qualifi-
cations of his forefathers in the stren-
uous struggle for existence, They have
| J. N. Lowry and family’ of Fair{scoured the country in the neighbor-
hood of the camp and won eels by the
‘score. from: places where the’ white
man never dreamed there was any edi-
ble wealth at all. ao
“The ability of the sturdy Maori re
cruits to assimilate comestibles 18.8
brethren. 8%; £7 Vi vy 2%
The camp rations are admittedly
generous and sufficient in their. way,
‘but the canteen is a pleasure resort,
and is patronized as such. Supper’is
an institution, not a meal. Here is
“one warrior’s effort at 8:30 p. m.: Two
bottles of raspberry, a tin of sardines
and a big lobster. This is a typical -
stance, and yet everyone is up. merry
and bright, for physical drill at half-
past six in the morning.
Up to the Scratch.
wviator, sometimes advertised as the
‘human bird.” As he was preparing
'or one of his flights, a large colored
woman in a stifly starched white
3st spectators.
don.
‘arough the crowd.
yroadly.
| MARKET
“Say, woman, dat Beachey
Why. dat me
iomea hi
HEARTY EATERS ARE THESE
‘sonstant source of wonder to his pale:
After the flight, the colored woman
jtood looking at her soiled dress, with
\n expression of regret oddly tinged | $2,800;
with pride that ‘she had been the re- A Wendel,
sipient of such distinguished -atten-
“What you tink of dat bird man, |
3ister Jones?” inquired ,an acquaint
ance, who had just edged her way
Sister Jones looked up and smiled
am Sure |
7 REAL ESTATE.
| John N. Cover to M. E. Church
| Trustees,” Meyersdale, $300; Jacob
| Folk = to Valentine -Beder, Hiklick
Township, $445 ; G. G. Groff to Calvin
Grofff, Lower, .Turkeyfoot Township,
$3,250; Charles: F.~Uhl to Somerset
Coal Company, Jenner Tc wuship, $1;
William H. Koontz'’s Executor to Ir-
vin. Wolf, Blak Twp., $10,837; Irvin
$5,418, Oscar J. Coleman. to Frank C.
Rhoades, Somerset Twp., $1. Jno. H.
Seibert’s Trustee to. A. Kent Miller,
Sotnerset Borough, $200; Somerset
Automobile Co. to A. Kent Miller,
Somerset Boro, $2,000 Lizzie Rodg-
ers to U. 8. Manges, Puint Borough,
$570; Dennis ~~ Wishler to Harvey E.
Bittner, Meyersdale,’ $1; Harvey. E.
Bittner to Dennis Wisbler, Meyersdale
$15 J. H. Augustine to Jacob Wilhelm,
' Addison Township, $127; George W.
Felk to Harry B. Gilbert, Somerset
Lloyr, Somerset Township $50; Lewis
H. Miller to Henry ‘W. Baer, Somen
set Borough, $3,600; ©. B. Statler to
{ Mike Usac, Shade Township, $100;
Levi J. Kaufme _ to Mahlon J. Kauf
man, Conemaugh Townshrip, $12;
Ross F. Hammer “to Quemahoning
Branch , Railroad, Jenner Township
One of the attractions at the Iowa | $126 ; John J. Darr to Catharine Emert
state fair last year was Beachey, the gomerset Township, $103; John J
Darr to Eli Emert, Lincoln Township,
$13; Herman Stahl, to Eugene Stall,
Somerset Township, $2,800; Mary K.
iress stood outside the racetrack i Weimer to John H. Shaffer, Rockwood
lence, about forty yards behind the ' $150; Cyrus W. Shaifer to Theodore
weroplane. When the propellers start-
3d, they created a small whirlwind,
1nd sent back a cloud of dust and peb- $2,400!
sles that blinded and pelted the near- =~.
E. Rhodes, Somerset Township, $200;
Sarah Smith to Mary Smith, Berlin.
Scott Fulmer to Schuylkill
| Land Improvement Company, Summit
| Township, $4,500; Thomas J. Moyer
| to Edwin M. Brickell, Black Township,
Ida Kaufman to Matilda J.
Somerset Township, $745;
N. F. Berkley to William S. Kimmell,
Somerset Township, $700.
Mr. and Mrs. Nevin Smith and son,
{ Carl, of Acosta, ist visiting the for-
| mer’s parents, Mr. end Mrs. Smith
{of Beachley street. .
Wolf to Edwin E. Miller, Black Twp... .
Township, $900; Sadie Seese to Ralph
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