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MULES CHEW TOBACCO.
Those Used In a Mine Wilf Resort to,
Tricks to Get the Weed.
Nevada City, Cal.—The miners at the
Champion mine in this city have
+ faught the mules that haul the ore cars
hundreds of feet below the surface to
ehew tobacco, and these animals are
regular fiends after the weed.
Some of the miners whose work
throws them more in contact with the
mules than the others say that the
mules will resort to tricks in order to
get tobacco and that one instance is
yhere a miner had his pants
tom hv, a mule who observed where
s0acco plug was placed in the
man’s pockets and attempted to pull it
out through the cloth.
Recently when a mule from the
Champion mine was lost it was finally
captured through the lure of chewing
tobacco. It would not permit any one
to come near it on the road, although
ordinarily it was very docile. When
Foreman Thomas Gill approached the
animal with a piece of tobacco in his
hand the old mule quietly flapped his
long ears and came forward and per-
mitted himself to be led gently home.
CONFESSES OLD CRIME.
Killed Soldier Near Manila In 1903.
Hasn't Had Luck Since,
San Francisco.—Confessing that he
bad killed his tentmate near Manila
gver twelve years ago and that he
wished now to surrender and atone for
his crime, W. A. Ojeda, an ex-soldler,
(&ave himself up to the police.
Ojeda says the man he killed was
@eorge D. Miller, who enlisted in the
army from Omaha under the name of
George Moore, and that the crime oc-
eurred in the camp about four miles
out of Manila, during the night of June
$7, 1903. He declared he shot him for
self protection.
“I have never had any luck since
then,” he continued, “and, although I
have married and raised three chil-
dren, everything has gone wrong. I
want to square myself on this thing
and then start over again.”
Ojeda says his family is now at Ce-
dar Hill, Tex. He claims to have been
raised at Hollister, Cal,
TRAGES HIS FAMILY
BACK TO YEAR 416
Kansas Couple Gelehrate Six-
tisth Wedding Anniversary.
Abilene, Kan.—The passing of their
sixtieth year of wedded life was quiet-
1y celebrated recently by Mr. ‘Mrs.
Mason Seelye of this city, when a few
of the children gathered for the occa-
fon. The illness of Mr. :Seelye pre-
‘vented any. elaburateness,
GLENCOE
Our district Telephone Company put
thru two sessions last week. The men
think the “Infant Telephone will soon
be able te walk for which all are well
pleased.
Leah Leydig spent the week-end
with Katharine Leonard of Meyers-
dale during which time the January
showers brought forth all manner of
kettles and linens.
Bessie Martz, our Post master was
a week-end guest at the John Waga-
man domicile in Meyersdale.
Mrs. C. H. Snyder of Stoyestown
Sundayed with her folks-in-law of our
Burg.
Harry Love and family of Cleveland,
arrived Saturday to spend a week
. with Mrs. Love’s parents.
George Cook, Sr. and wife were
called to Bedford County Mcuday last
to the funeral of their son-in-law, Mr.
Hiller. They were accompanied home
by their son, Charles, of Pittsburg.
S. J.-Tayman and Babe Leydig were
Cumberland visitors on Sunday.
Mesdames B. F Bittner and N. B.
Poorbaugh spent a few days of last
week with Mrs. Elmer McKenzie of
Mt. Savage. The women were anxious
to see the new Master McKenzie
Mrs. A. A. Sharp and daughter
Blanche, of Sand Patch, were Sunday
guests at the Hotel
Leah Webreck attended the edu-
cational meet at Witt School on Fri-
day “And Johnnie came marching
home again. Hurrah!”
Emma Tayman of Railroad St. de-
lightfully entertained at Sunday night
dinner a crowd of rustics and Glen-
coe City folks.
J. L. Snyder is about to be hung on
the Western Union lines. Don’t fail
to ask him the where-abouts of all
light engines or the B. & O. will con-
sider us noninterested folk.
'
BERLIN
Mrs. Robert Baker and daughter, of
Indianapolis, Ind., are visiting the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
Lape.
Mrs. A. W. Bauman of Somerset, and
Mrs. R. W. Caddell of Plymoth, N. C,,
passed several days at the home of
their sister, Mrs. P. T. Miller, last
week.
A Chautauqua course of its own is
being organized by Berlin.
The Berlin blacksmiths have raised
their prices for horseshoeing. owing
to the increased price they must pay
for new shoes.
. Asa Engle, for some time a brake-
man on the Berlin branch, has been
transferred to. the 8. & C. branch with
Somerset for headquarters.
While in. attendance at the Board
of: trade banguet an official ‘of the B.
: & 'O. said that his company is trying
Mr. and Mrs. Seelye are respectively ’ to devise a plan which will give bet-
eighty-six and seventy-eight years of
age, and in his illness he is cared for
wholly by his wife.
They came to Kansas in 1856, locat-
fog in Marshall county, and for thirty-
four years underwent the hardships of
& pioneer and homesteader’ s life. Re-
Hiring, they came to Abflene in 1890
and have resided here since.
Mr. Seelye, who is a giant of a man,
bas only been in failing health the past
two years. Mrs. Seelye is exceptionally
active and alert for a woman of her
age. Of a family of five children all
are Hving.
Mr. Seelye takes great pride in his
genealogical record, which he traces
back 1,500 years.
$400 FOR OLD, BOTTLES.
Gross Also Makes Money Out of Oid
Grain Bags and Other Junk.
‘Hood River, Ore.—With Oregon dry
it is safe to predict that history will
not repeat in the case of one crop har-
vested in the Hood river valley when
H. Gross, local purchaser of junk, col-
lected and sold 2,000 dozen whisky and
‘heer bottles. The bottles were sold for
an average of 20 cents a dozen and
brought the junkman $469.
Other junk collected and sold by
Gross the past year were 50,000 old
grain bags, 10,000 used automobile
tires, 8,000 old rubber shoes, 8,000
pounds of brass, copper and other met-
als, 6,000 pounds of rags, 80,000 pounds
ef scrap iron, 2,000 pounds of green
hides, 2,000 pounds of wool and 1,500
pounds of pelts.
BEAR CAUGHT IN CITY.
He Was Fine and und Fat, and a Butcher
Bought Him For $20.
! Beattie, Wash.—A «fat black bear
weighing nearly 400 pounds was trap-
ped and killed on the edge of ‘the city
Hmits, near Cowen park and about one
and a half miles from the university.
The downfall of bruin was brought
about by two unknown men who sold
ghe bear while it was in the trap to A.
Lampaert, a butcher of Redmond, -for
£30. According to the men who trap-
ped the animal, it had established its
headquarters on the hill near the Cow-
en park ravine and had apparently de-
elded to spend the rest of the winter
there.
The bear was in prime condition and
fad evidently found the back yards of
Cowen park residents fine foraging
grounds.
Brought In 165 Hides.
Twin Fails, Id ~ Bounty in tne
sum of $412. has been paid to Z. J.
of Miln who brought in on
f > and three wild
Lynch in a gro;
ter passenger facilities between Ber-
lin and Somerset. The plans would
necessitate the employment of an ad-
ditional crew. It is reprted that the
proposition provides for a train from
Somerset to Berlin and return, which
would accommodate passengers from
the south of the county who desire to
visit the County Seat. Passengers
from Meyersdale and Salisbury could
take the trolley to Garrett and get the
train there.
Fred Groff was a recent visitor in
Baltimore.
Mrs. Alex Johnson and three chil:
dren, of Meyersdale have been visit-
ing a week at the home of Mrs. John-
son’s mother, Mrs. Mary Tremel.
Miss Anna Kline, of Latrobe is the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Samuel Knep-
per, .of High street. ,
Mrs. Kate Colwell of Nebrska, is
visiting for several months with her
sister, Mrs. Lewis Hskene.
Mrs. Rose Pollard, of Garrett, visit-
ed for several days with her mother,
Mrs. Edward McQuade.
ROCKWOOD
Miss Mary Miller spent several
days last week with Meyersdale
friends.
The funeral of Harry Gardner, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gardner, was
held Thursday interment taking place
in Odd Fellows cemetery here.
Engineer Burasworth has resumed
his duties at Cumberland.
Walter Day, who was operated on
at the West Penn Hospital, Pittsburg,
is reported to be improving.
Mr. and Mrs, J. D. Snyder and
daughter, Emeline, of Main street at-
tended a banquet at Somerset held by
the Eastern Star lodge.
Mrs. C. E. Miller and daughter,
Edna, of Cumberland are visiting Mrs.
Miller's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abe
Hay.
A small blaze broke out at Dr.
Speicher’s residenee on Main street
Friday morning. The fire was extin-
guished by the neighbors, the dam-
age being slight.
Hillory S. Coughwour, formerly of
this place, but now of Pittsburg, is
visiting relatives and friends here.
Mrs. J. B. Snyder and daughter
, Carrie, who had been visiting rela
"tives in Pittsburg, have returned
home.
Bridagum
the Memorial
is recovering | 1
FEET FROZEN, WALKS FA
Western Man Travels a Hundred Miles
"and Goes to Hospital In Seattle.
| Seattle, WaSh—Andrew HUl's feet
were frozen recently while he was
sleeping in a box car a short distance
from Cle Elum. Suffering intense pain,
Hill, who is thirty-four years old, set
out early the next morning for Seattle
afoot, and despite the 100 miles that
separated him from this city, he ar-
rived here. He is in the city hospital,
and fear was entertained for his left
foot.
Hill started for Seattle from a farm
near Cle Elum, where he had been
working for several months, Not hav-
ing sufficient money to pay his way on
the train, Hill walked. In the moun-
tains he climbed into a box car for the
night. He awakened the next morning
with severe pains in his feet and legs.
Believing the pain would disappear
with exercise, Hill resumed his jour-
ney. For a long time he kept up a slow
run, he says. The following night he
found a haymow and protected him-
self from the cold by crawling into the
loft and burrowing into the hay.
When he arrived at the city hospital
examination showed that the toes of
both his feet were gangrenous.
GEM IN CHICKEN’S CRAW.
Colwyn (Pa.) Woman Found There a
Diamond Worth More Than $100.
Colwyn, Pa.—Whether there is a dia-
mond mine in Philadelphia or in Dela-
ware county Mrs. Otto Woerner of 50
South Third street, Colwyn, is not sure,
but she. know that the chicken
that she /recently purchased from a
Baltimore avenue (Hast Lansdowne)
dealer was a. most valuable bird and
incidentally proved the best imvest-
ment she ever made.
When Mrs. Woerner opened the
chicken and cut open its craw she saw
something sparkle and on eloser exam-
ination was surprised and delighted to
find that it was a pure blue-white dia-
‘mond of the first water.
Having it appraised by an expert, she
was told that it was worth consider-
ably more than $100. Since the an-
nouncement of this discovery was made |
.he dealer has had a run on chickens.
SHE THOUGHT AI ANGELS
HAD SPY EN 10 HER
Hears Music Mor Tw nty-sey- |
en Years of Deaigess.
Newport, Ky.—Here isthe
venture:
It is to hear mus. when one hasn't
heard a sound in a lifetime of twenty-
seven years.
To Mrs. Ilild: kanke! of this place
it was as though angels had spoken.
Until recently Mrs.
she is twenty-seven.
Recently she vas paying a visit to
her downstairs mc reighbiors, the Catillas.
John Catilla had fashioned a home-
made violin out of = cizar box. It was
a fairly good violin at that. It is goed
enough to produce “My Old Kentucky
Home.” And that was what Catilla
was playing at the moment of the
miracle.
Mrs. Runkel was seated. But sud-
denly she arose. In her eyes was a
look of one to whom had been given a
reat revelation.! She lifted her hand
to her right ear, and then she pointed |
to the violin and then again to her ear.
And thus she made it known that she
had heard.
Each day since her hearing has im-
proved. ' She is now learning to make
the sounds she hears. In seven days
she: mastered fifty-two words. Mrs.
Catilla is her teacher. i
“Mother” was her first word, and
“father” was the second.
The words came painfully like those
of a baby learning to talk,
ENGRAVINGS ON OLD NUT.
Virginian . Made ths Pictures Years
Ago, and Georgia Woman Has It.
Alpharetta, Ga.—Miss Mary Hock has
a large hickory nut which has been a
cherished possession’ of her family for |
six generations. It is covered with en-
gravings made with a pocketknife in
1731.
The work was (done by one of her an-
cestors, William Kendrick, a civil en-
gineeer and schoolteacher. The en-
gravings are perfect pictures, although
so small that the aid of a glass is re-
quired to see them:
In addition to the initials W. K. and
the date 1781 the pictures are a hickory
nut tree, a hog, a cormorant, a fox, an
eagle and a squirrel with its tail curv-
ed over its back and a nut in its paws.
This was done in Virginia.
Farmer Buried Alive.
Warsaw, Ind.—Martin Greenbaum, a
farmer, narrowly escaped death under
a strawstack. Cattle had burrowed in
the stack so that it threatened to top-
ple over. Greenbaum attempted to
prop up the stack and was caught un-
der it when it collapsed. He was dug
out two hours later by relatives who
missed him and who had found him
under the straw after a long hunt. He
was almost suffocated when rescued.
Has Eight Grandparents.
Bastford, Conn.—What other infant
can make the claim of Beatrice, the
new daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
H. Buell of this town? The yy ha
two hers, two g 1dfathears
thers and one
grandmot re
Runkel neither |
heard a sound noir spoke a word. And
ITS OVER COURT
AT TWENTY-SIX
Probate Judge of Tribunal He
First Saw as Orphan.
eee.
WAS SENT TO INSTITUTION.
Fred M. Breen of Michigan, Believed to
Be Youngest Probate Judge In United
States, Received 25 Cents a Day For
First Job—Worked Diligently and
Gives Recipe For Success.
Cadillac, Mich.—Sixteen years ago
Wexford county’s probate judge dis-
posed of Fred M. Breen, a ten-year-old
boy, whose greatest misfortune had
been the death of his parents, leaving
him without home or funds. ’
The same youth, now a young man,
recently took the oath of office as judge
of the same court that just a few years
ago sent him to a state institution, he
being the youngest probate judge in
the United States, it is believed.
A year following his disposition by
the court he returned to
a hae a aout
and a chance.
He worked in factories, studying
nights, desiring to show his apprecia-
tion to the man who had picked him
up His wages were small-but 25
cents a day—and the work of carrying
water to several hundred “mill hands
was not as pleasant as might be.
By doing chores for anybody who
would hire him, he completed the pub-
le school course, graduating as class
valedictorian.
Not being satisfied with a high school
education, he took a course at a busi-
ness college at Big Rapids. Securing a
, position as stenographer in a lawyer's
| office, he began to study law in his
spare time, finally passing the exam-
ination for admission to the bar, with
papers so good he was excused from
. the oral examination. He was elected
| circuit court commissioner and ap-
| pointed United States commissioner.
| Mr. Breen handled his own campaign.
He did not berate his opponenis, one
being anothér attorney and one the
sheriff.
| Walking through the county,
he
he ate but two meals a day, and some-
times he slept in barns,
For three months he campaigned,
and when the primary vote was count-
ed he had 1,100 votes more than his
Tferaet opponent and was elected by
a comfortable majority.
Judge Breen’s recipe for success such
as his has been is a simple one: “Mind
your own business, let people talk, hear
when you listen, see when yeu look
and stick to a thing until you get
there.”
PAROLED MAN’S TRAVELS.
| Went All Over, but He ‘Never Failed to
Be Report Each Month,
Salem, Ore.—Although he has trav-
eled to nearly every part of the world
since his parole a year ago by Circuit
Judge Percy R. Kelly of this district,
John Schulz, convicted of attacking
George Brown, a Newberg farmer, has
faithfully reported his whereabouts
each month.
In a letter received Schulz says he is
“somewhere in France” and on his
way to London. A few months age
Schulz reported from Canada, where
#® he said be had been arrested as a Ger- |
| man spy. He was released later, and :
to avoid further difficulties in his next
letter he signed the name John Wil-
son... ;
WOMEN FARM EXHIBITORS.
About Twenty Counties In Oklahoma
Have Them as Demonstrators.
: Muskogee, Okla.—The board of coun-
. ty commissioners has voted to employ
for four months 4 woman farm demon-
strator, half the. expense to.be paid by
the federal government.
“Women ,demonstrators;’. said State
Demonstration Agent Bentley, “do a
. great deal of farm ‘work better than
men. It is their special province to or-
ganize: canning ‘clubs: among the girls,
to assist in domestic science and home
work. . About twenty coumties in Okla-
homa have such demonstration work
by women.” ) ria
Over Seventy Years In Ministry.
New London, Coun.—The Rev. Jo
geph P.. Brown of this eity celebrated
his ninety-fifth birthday on Oct. 27 last.
He then said that during the past year
he bad officiated at fifty-three funergls
apd, fifty-seven . weddings. Elder
Brown, as he is called, has not missed
a meeting of the New London Baptist
association or of the state convention
in forty years. He has been over sev-
enty years:in the ministry. ©
Forty Miles For a Bath.
QOatman, Ariz.—How would you like
to walk forty miles every time you took
a bdth? That's what the citizens of
this place have to do. The mining boom
is making the town grow at the rate
of about 100 persons a day. The local
water supply has to be teamed from
Needles, Cal.. forty miles away.
Chicken Has Four Legs.
Escanaba. Mich.—A most unusua
exhibit was shown at the Delta poul-
try shew here. in a four legged ehick-
en, perfectly pr yrtioned and in {
normal in
use. All four legs are
Every Farmer with two or more
COWS needs a
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NOW HE KNOWS REASON.
Rat Runs Up His Leg, and He Screams
Like Any Woman.
Duluth, Minn.—Fred McGrath now
knows why women run when they see
a mouse or & rat. He learned the rea-
son recently at Third Avenue East and
Superior street.
The rat first scampered over the
snow, taking refuge in a rubbish pile.’
With a stick McGrath persuaded it to
e¢ome into view again and caught it by
the tail as it ran out.
- Several women on the fire escape of
a nearby building watched develop-
ments. McGrath held up the rat by
the tail, to the dismay of the women,
and one or two screamed. even if they
were at a safe distance.
Wriggling loose, the rat fell, but no
sooner had it struck the ground than
ft. began a journey up McGrath's leg.
He began a most interesting dance,
with a discordant vocal accompani-
ment, and had to be rescued by spec-
tators. In the rescue work it was
necessary to break McGrath's suspend-
ers. The women retreated.
IN PRISON FOR: BIGAMY.
Pitcher, Who Has Enlisted In Canada,
8aid to Have Wedded Eight.
Milwaukee, — Charles , Orvel Pitcher
has been sentenced to_four years in
the state prison after having admitted
that he had been married to eight dif-
ferent women.
- Pitcher was convicted of having been
married to Mrs. Anna Poppert. of ;Mil-
waukee, who was referred to as wife
No..8, and to Mrs. Bertha Rasmussen
of Sioux City, Ia. without being di-
vorced from either woman.’ He mar-’
riled Mrs. Rasmussen April 9, 1908, and
Mrs. Poppert on'Juné 15, 1913, it was
sald. .
.&fter deserting Mrs. Poppert Pitcher
went - to ;,Manitowog, where. he is al-
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