LOCAL
25 cents a pound
at Habel & Piillps,.
AND
PERSONAL
Olecn.argziive,
Miss Sallie Thomas, who has heen
with friends in Pittsburg and Ohio
returned home on Tuedaye vening.
Mince meat 12) cents per lb
at Hubel & Phillip.
Ross W. Croffoth and A. OC. Geis of
Somerset’; were business callers in
town on Saturday.
Leave) r for vour Xmas turkey
or oysters at Habel & Phillips
Jerry Steyanus made a business
trip to the Handwerk school district
one day last week.
Onur orae
Special prices on candy and nuts to
s chool teachers and sunday. schools
. at Habel & Phillips
Victor and Harvey Handwerk are
taking advantage of the fall of snows
to rush mine props,to Garrett.
Largest stock of candies, nuts and
oranges and lowest prices
at Habel & Phillips
Urias Kensinger, accompanied by
his sister, Lizzie, is enjoying a visit
with their brother, who is a resident
of Ohio.
Largesn stock of Flour & Feed, at
Habel & Phillips.
Menuo Yoder;was a businessvisitor
at Frostburg recently sand returned
with a very fine teamfof horses which
he purchased there, andfnow has two
teamszengeged in hauling coal
Cut or drop mixed Candy, 12 1-2
cents per pound, at Habel & Philiips.
Frauk S. Black of Meyersdale has
taken charge of the work for the At-
lan tic Coal Company, preparatory to
the development of the Lowery coal
tract south of Somerset Borough. A
railroad siding will be extended to the
tipple now building. ;
Beautiful China Dinner Sets, Cut
Glass ware, ete, at Habel & Pmllips.
The session of the Farmers’ Insti-
which will be heldfat Meyersdale on
January 1-2 bids fair to be a success
with a big 8. It is expected that
there will be full attendance of the
farmers from the surrounding ecoun-
try.
The very best boiled cider 50¢c per gal.
at Habel & Phillips
Game Warden;Harvey Bittner has
received from the State Game Com-
mission for distribution in the, wilds
this season 200 rabbits and 204 quail,
and has been informed that ten wild
turkeys will be here this week. This
game, when distributed in the woods |
in different sections of the county,
shduld propogate quite a crop for the
harvest next fall.
Stanton’s pare buckwheat flour
: at Habelj& Phillips
Among our many calirs at the of-
fice this week A. C. Leffley and 8. C.
Beachey of Meyersdale route 2, and we
would remind others that the latch
string to our door always hangs on
the outstde, and you are always
welcome. . 7
Best Kansas or spring’ ont flours at
$10.00 per bbl ;
at Habel & Phillips
The many friends of Justus Walk-
er of Summit township will regret
to learn that he s ont he sck ls:t.
Mr, Walker has withstood the rav-
ages of disease for 87 years and it
is hoped that he will successfully
weather the present one and be
sptred to us for many -years yet.
W. H. Gill, who has been serious-
Jy ill at the Church home and in-
firmary at Baltimore, is very much
improved, much to the gratification
of his friends, and expected to be at
home with his family for Chrismas.
His daughter, Miss Mary, will join
him on Saturday and accompany him
on the return trip.
Mr. and Mrs. ‘William Friedine and
four children. who resided in Sacra-
mento, Cal, arrived in town this
week and are spending the time at
the home of Mr. Friedline’s father,
Mr. D. A. Friedline. Mr. Friedline
was connected with a large lumber
ing concern in the Golden Statte, but
his health became impaired ,and he
expect to remain in this section un-
til he recuperates—he not having
lost faith in the fresh mountain air
and health, giving water of our
mountains as restoration agents.
NEW ELECTRIC SHOE
REPAIR SHOP
P. Pilla, an experienced shoe 7re-
pair shoemaker, has opened up a well-
equipped shop in the Hocking block
on Centre &treet next to the Blake
restaurant. He is prepared to do good
work, in quick time. while you walt
and his rates are reasonable. Give him
some of your patronage . .
Sawmill, Engine, & Boiier for sale.
Outfit ready fer business $550.00 See
H. Phillips. Clay St. Meyersdale, Ps.
Brick Work, Flue Reparing, white
washing and Kaisomiming. Work sat
isfactory, charges Reasonable.
Chas. M. Murphy
Penn’a street
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| signature of
NOTES FROM
HIGH SCHOOL
When did John Meyers learn to tie
ribbons? Perhaps Estella Rowe can
tell you. :
Mr. Arnold: John, how many de-
clensions have we in Latin?
John Boose: Four.
Mr. Arnold: What are they?
John: First, Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth.
Herbert Ringler has become very
quiet in English class the last few
days. He claims he does not have
any one to love himfany more, so we,
suppose he is;theartbroken and bis)
thoughts are far off.
Will Irwin 1n giving a reason that
the earth is round said ‘‘When a ship
is coming into the harbor you can see
the tops of the buildings first.”” Wil-
liam must have got buildings and
ships mixed.
Pearl, Lint, ‘“What is the space back
of Niagara Falls called.”
William Keegan, ‘‘A subway.”’
Clara Guantz: ‘‘Name another rea-
son why the earth is habitable.”
Mary Cover:j§ Convulsions ofgthe
earth.”’
PearljLingsspends_ her spare time in
pulling ties.
Looser of a hair-pin will please ap-
Ply to William Keegan.
Miss Broadhead has been taking
the Freshman in alphabetical order
to teach the class. Be careful Mr.
Weaver and Miss Piersol, you will
loose your position.
In Physical; Geography class Del-
mar Wenzel was asked what were the
conditions of the earth that men
needed to live on. Delmar replied I
don’t konw. Teacher asked him why
he did not study his lesson.
What happened to ‘Unc’? Wiland;
he must have got tired combing his
‘‘side-burns’’ for he got them cut off.
The Commercial seniors find Part
1I of their short hand readers yery
interesting. Being all girls in the
class they liked to study about the
‘““True Gentleman,’” but were very
much surprised to find the next arti-
cle to be ‘What Girls should Study.”’
Why did Miss Lauver look so close-
ly at Margaret Sipple when she said
that in shorthand ‘‘ray’’ follows hay.
Lenore Collins is suffering from
cold hands. 8he recently tried the
old experiment of sitting on them to
warm them, but forgot she was wear-
ing a wrist watch and it is. certainly
an open face wateh ever since.g
The latest reward for being ‘‘shot’’
ont ofgja room was the privilege of
standing on a front seat the remain-
der of the period and copying from an
encyclopedia. John Meyers and
Glenn Blake s pencils: actually got
hot one day last week.
Nell Hady tojg Karl Daugherty:
Karl, what is the matter, you seem
so nervous today?
Karl, ‘Oh, Iam all twisted,
On thefcalendar in room 14 Jan.E19
wasgformerlygmarked ‘‘Holidayg Jun-
ior,” brt now wears crape.ggiAsk the
class of ’18.
‘Who wrotefthe first reference book.
Itgwould be unwise for the author to
disclose his identity.gmiNuf ced.g
We advise OrphaZfMeyersf to tie a
string to her rubbers and wear them
around her neck so that she will not
have so much trouble to keep trace
of them.
Mr. Weaver: Originals are delicious.
Guy Floto: to neighbors, I don’t
like his taste.
We often hear that people tell mqre
truths by singing than by speaking.
Why does Julia Hoblitzel persist in
singing, IT Am Jesus Little Lamb.
SAND SPRING WATER CO.
NOTICE ;-The - annual meeting of
The ‘Stockholders of the Sand Spring
Water Co. of Meyersidale, Pa. wil
beld in ‘the:directors room of the Cit-
izeng National Bank on Monday even-
ing January 8, 1917 at 7.30 P. M.
the purpose of electing directors 1ur
the ensuing year, and the transaciion
of any other business brought before
the meeting.
S. B. Philson,
Secretary,
I ba
for
Ww. T. Hoblitzell,
President,
ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS
—
MEETING
The regular Annual Shareholders
Meeting of the Second National Bank
of Meyersdale, Pa will be held at
their banking house at 2 P, M, on
Tuesday January 9, 1917, for the pur-
pose” of electing Directors for the
coming year and such other business
as may come before the meeting.
J. H. Bowman, Cashier.
CAST
For Infants end Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bear»
ns 7 Zan
(Revolutions of the earth.) |
| mer;
FREE. It costs nothing to join.
for the first week.
week.
In 50 weeks:
QD
You can putin $1.00 or $2
We add 3 per cent mterest.
You c
can
List of Jurors:
Sheriff Lester G. Wagner, Deputy
Sheriff L. Clayon, Berkey and jury
Commissioners J. aq Bender and S. I.
Brubaker. have drawn the following
jurors tag serve at a two weeks’ spe-
cial term of civil court, the Irst week
of which will convene on Monday, Jan.
uary 15th, and the second week on
January, 29th. ©. en
FIRST WEEK, JAN 15th
Benson (Holsopple)—David Blough,
carpenter.
Berlin—D. S. Stephan, minister.
Boswell—Owen Durfinger, black.
smith... Fsty
Black—D. w. Snyder, LR Chas
S.: Weimer, farmer.
Brothersvalley—Htrry M. Altfathesr,
farmer; J: M. Shober, farmer.
Confluerice—Lloyd Kurtz barber.
Elk Lick—William B. Wagner, la-
Greenville—Andrew Baer, farmer.
Hooversville—F. G. Fryburg, sales-
Jefferson—J. M. Knupp, landlord.
Jenner—John Bruntr, farmer; Etrle
P. Berkey, farmer; Joseph Yoder, car
penter; Harvey Spory, laborer; Roy
D. Hostetler, constable; James C.
Shaffer, farmer: BY
Lincoln—Solomon. C. Baker, farm-
er; M. M. Shaulis, farmer.
Meyersdale—W. A. Hay, teacher;
Norman Stahl, dealer; J. H. Bowman,
banker. .
Milford—R. H. Speicher, farmer.
New Baltimore—M. L. Emeigh, re-
tired. ' .
Quemahoning—Philip Berkebile,
farmer; 'H. J. Koontz, farmer.
Rockwood—S. A. Walker, dairy-
man; W. M. G. Day, cashier; W. A.
Hoover carpenter.
Salisbury—N. R. Newman, lumber-
man. :
Shade—M. D. Reel, farmer; Elmer
Zimmerman, farmer.
Shanksville—D. 8. Schrock, farmer. |
Somerset—Henry ‘Coleman, laborer. |
Somerset twp.~—M. L. Shaffer, far-
mer; William" C. Begley, farmer; W.
W. Hoover, carpenter.
Stonycreek—Josiah Trent, farmer;
Arthur Trent, farmer.
Summit—J. C. Engle, farmer.
Upper Turkeyfoot—Norman L. Davis
farmer.
Windber—Robert Snyder, machin-
ist; S. B. Reed, contractor; BI
Rhoades, clerk.
SECOND WEEK, JAN. 29th
Addison. twp.—George F. Wass; far-
mer,
Berlin—William Rubright, miner.
Brothersvalley—Allan Hay, farmer;
Mahlon Hay, farmer,
Casselman—H. TU.
er.
Conemaugh—Samuel A. Eash, far-
Jacob B. Keefer, farmer.
R. Bender, sales-
Kimmell, labor-
3
Confluence—E.
man,
can join our
Xmas Baking Club
. Lome in, ask about it.
Nes, GIRLS or WOMEN, BOYS or MEN can join.
The plan is this: Come in and get a “Christmas Bank Club” book
Deposit 5 or 10 centsor 1 or 2 cents
Then increase your deposit the same amount each
l-cent club pays $ 12.75
2-cent club pays $ 25.50
5.eent club pays $ 63/75
10-cent club, pays $ 127.50
.00 or $5.00 each week, and, in 50
weeks have have $50 or $100 or $250.
start TODAY---START.
Meyersdale, Penna.
Secon VL :
ORs la
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SBCBOORARRCROB0RNs
Elk Lick—John Burkholder, Itborer;
Calvin BE. Tressler, laborer; Irvin P.
Yoder, farmer,
Garrett—John I, Bowlby, carpenter.
“Greenville—Howard Shockey, laboy-
er. : oy
* Hooversvilie—C. C. Ober, plasterer,
Jefferson—Cyrus W. Pile, farmer.
Jenner—J., G. Berkey, farmer.
Lincoln—Charles F. Darr, farmer;
S. V. Swank farmer, ’
Middlecreek—Hiram Beck, farmer.
Meyersdale—J. I.. Miller, laborer;
Charles: Austin, miner; Fred Rowe,
coal operator.
Milford—A. F. Walker, farmer; J.
W. Meyers, farmer.
Paint twp.—Frank Forney, farmer.
Quemahoning—Harry Horner, far:
mer
Salisbury—George M Lowry, eca-
Denter; 8. C. Easton, printer.
* Shade-—O. L. Lohr, farmer; G. H.
Berkebile, teacher; R. L. Small,’ ia-
borer; Joseph H. Koontz, farmer.
Somerset—Hiram A. Treint, deal
er; Adam Buehlman, carpenter.
Somerset twp.—William Lambert-
son, laborer; A. H. Hemminger,
farmer; Russel Young, laborer; C.
W. Coleman, laborer; Alexander
,Launtz, farmer; Jud M. Walker, la-
borer; William H. Stutzman, farm.
er; John Lease, laborer; Ephriam
Coleman, farmer.
Stonycreek—Samuel Yoder, laber-
er, .
Summit—C. C. Shaffer, farmer: F.
J. Fike, teacher; Milton Marker, far
mer; Elias S. Schrock, carpenter;
Federck Walker, farmer; John Burk-
holder, laborer.
Ursina—B. F. Firestone, carptn-
ter.
Windber—S. W. Lawhead, livery-
man; Simon Blackburn, merchant;
Harvey E. Atkinson, resaurateur;
Harry Platt, banker.
as
r. See
maie vou ex
“Does yor vii over
change gocds she buvs and doesn’
like 2"
“She tried that once. and only once
I exchanged a silk dress for a meer
schaum pipe Lonisville Courier
Journal
Bus: Enough.
First Playwright -If that manager
had only had moe time he would have
shown mg¢é all the rare objects in his
studio. Second Playwright—Was he
very busy? First Playwright—Just
had time to show me the door and
nothing else. —Puck,
His Selfish State.
“I live in a state where there arc
absolutely no divorces.”
“Indeed! What state is that?”
C1 n
“The state nolo bhlossedness.
Bosto:: Trin: ip, i
No Stron-e Exps
“Did yon have i 1
minister came to inne
“Dear me,
fry them ctror-e oh
American.
nH: mn-y Toy
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~#ROFESSIONAL CARDS.
FIRE, AUTOMOBILE,
COMPENSATION AND
PLATE GLASS INCURANCS
W. : “00K & SON
Meyersdale, Pa.
W. CURTIS TRUXAL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SCMET FA
{| Prompt attention given to all fega: |
business.
DENTISTRY.
Modern dentistry eliminates the
dread of havng vour teeth extracted
crowned or filled.
work. I also treat and guarantee t«
cure Pyorrhea, Riggs Disease
loose, springy, bleeding gums
not too far advanced.
0;
when
I specialize on Crown and Bridge
H E. GETTY
MEYERSDALE, PA.
MCE. 8
MURRAY AUTO SERVICE.
Runs Twice Daily Between Meyers
dale and Somerset Via. Berlin.
s.0aves Central Hotel Meyersdale a!
ol
a. m, and at 3 p. m.
T.eaves Somerset at
9:20 a. m, . and at 3:20 p. m.
For further particulars Inquire of
MORRIS MURRAY,
Central Hotel — —Meyersdale, Pa
GETTING A HOMESTEAD.
How Government Land Open to Set-
tiers May Be Acquired.
Prospective homesteaders are com-
pelled by the federal government to
take oath that they have informed
themselves of the character and quali-
ty of the lands they desire to enter.
Ordinarily the law limits homestead
entries to 160 acres, but this may be
slightly exceeded under some circum-
stances. Settlement is initiated through
the personal act of the settler in plac-
ing improvements upon the land or es-
tablishing residence thereon.
Those prohibited from homestead en-
tries are persons who have already
made enfxies, except under special con-
ditions—foreign born who have not de-
clared their intentions to become nat-
uralized; those owning more than 160
acres in the United States and, in gen-
eral, persgns under twenty-one who are
not heads of families. A person serv-
ing in the army or the navy may make
a homestead entry if some other mem-
ber of his family is residing on the
land applied for.
Homestead entries are made by pre-
senting to the land office of the district
in which the lands are situated an ap-
plication properly prepared on the pre-
scribed blank forms, which must be ex-
ecuted not more than ten days before its
filing. Residence must be established
upon the tract within six months after
“| the date of entry, unless an extension
of time is allowed, and must be main-
tained for three years, although ab-
sence for a portion or portions of each
year is allowable for not more than
two periods, aggregating as much as
five months, upon proper notice to the
land office of departure and return.
Cultivation of the land is required
for three years. During the second
year not less than one-sixteenth of the
area must be actually cultivated,
which increases afterward until final
proof to one-eighth.
There are at present more than 254,-
000,000 acres of unappropriated and
unreserved lands in the United States
subject to entry. exclusive of the terri-
tory of Alaska, which has 15,000,000
acres.—Thomas F. Logan in Leslie's.
A Common Cause of Failure.
“What happened to Flivver? He
was always full of ambition and just
about to accomplish great things, but
somehow he has failed to achieve any-
thing in particular.”
“Oh, he hitched his wagon to a star
and forgot to fasten the rear end
gate.’—Kansas City Star.
All Depends.
“What shall I charge for fixing up
whiskers?’
“All depends,” answered the boss bar-
ber. “Some I give a bit of a clip for
nothing. Others you want to charge
the same rates a laundry gets for lace
curtains.””—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Why It Worried Him.
“What are you looking so glum about
old man?”
“Somebody stole Dawson's umiwgella.’
“But why shodld that worry you?”
“It was stolen from me”
TTT ———
She Didn't Understand.
“Galahad”~ he began.
“Cut it out,” interposed the
Iasdy. “It's bad form to talk 2
girl you had.”"—TLouisviile Courier-
Journal.
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you
have, spend less.— Dr. Johnson.
Stewards Must Live.
Knicker Smith regards himself as
. the steward of his wealth. Bocker—
just the trouble; he expects tips.
—New York Sun. !
That's
It is well to value people for what
they are without expecting perfection.
Fill
| my labor it was first to do my
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
Whatever Job You Hold to thas
Best of Your Ability.
“In climbing the ladder of success
what have you learned that you could
pass on as aid to other struggling
| young men?” I asked H. P. Davison of
J. P, Morgan & Co. “Did you conceive
any shining goal and bend everything
to getting there?”
“No,” he replied emphatically, “What.
fever job I had was to me always the
| wery best job in the world, and I tried
| to fill it. I made no elaborate plans
[ for the future. If I had any system in
own
work; second, to teach the fellow be-
low me how to take my place; third, to
learn how to fill the position ahead of
me,
“Boys and young men should not im-
agine that their work is so unimpor-
tant that nobody takes note of how
they do it. It does not take long te
find out whether a boy is on his toes
watching how he can best be of help in
a situation or whether he merely sits
down and waits to De told what to do.
The simple virtues of willingness, read-
iness, alertness and courtesy will carry
a boy farther than mere smartness.
“Perhaps it will not be out of place
for me to describe an incident which
may carry a lesson for the young men
you are anxious to help. One day
when I was teller 8 customer offered
me a very fine gold pen. I went right
into the office and asked if this man
had any loan from the bank. I ex-
plained that he had asked me to accept
the gift. The bank promptly acted,
and it was not long before the fellow
was In bankruptcy. The simple course
I took saved the bank a good deal of
money.”—B. C. Forbes in Leslie's,
EQUINE ARTFUL DODGERS.
Deafness and Lameness That Wera
Just Pure Bluff.
We all know, of course, the livery
nag who pretends to be deaf. You
tell him to “get up,” and he getteth not
up; you cluck to him, and he accel-
erateth not his pace. Is he deaf? Not
he. You know, by a certain rolling of
his eye and wiggling of his ears, that he
hears you perfectly well. His deafness
is pure bluff. It is like the lameness
which some shrewd old nags sometimes
put on.
Will a horse pretend to be lame when
he is not? Some horses certainly wilk.
Two or three years ago the Nomad
was driving a livery nag on a road im
Vermont, when the animal suddenly
began to limp terribly; couldn't go off
a slow walk. It was pretty serious,
for a journey of about twenty miles
had just been begun. Knowing a mam
on the road who was a practical horse-
man, the Nomad drove up to his door
and submitted the animal to the ex-
pert’s examination. The man looked at
the horse's feet, examined his legs—
looked him over thoroughly. “Did the -
horse go all right when you started
out?’ he asked. Yes; the horse had
gone all right for three or four miles. .
“Well,” said the expert, “this horse is
shamming; there is nothing the matter
with him.” :
Then he addressed some plain lan-
guage to Dobbin, advising him with:
some sharpness to cut it all out and gov
along as he ought to. The Nomad
touched the horse with the whip, an@
he trotted on to the end of the journey
without the slightest limp. —Nomad im
Boston Trassceiphs )
8wearing on the Bible.
The method of swearing by the Bible
came into use at a very early period,
practically with the establishment of
courts of law in Christian countries.
It was the ordinary method of swear-
ing when America was settled by Bu-
ropeans and was naturally adopted
here. Oaths were common before the
Christian era, and any form may be
used that conforms to the religious be-
lief of the person to be sworn. He-
brews are often sworn on the Penta-
teuch, keeping on their hats, and their
oath ends with the words, “So help me;
Jehovah.” A Mohammedan is sworn on
the Koran.—Philadelphia Press.
He Made the Sale. :
“Yes, the property is cheap enough.
Why do you want to sell it?”
“You wan’t give me away?”
“No.”
“Well, sir, it's because I'm the only
man in this neighborhood that doesn’t
move in high society, and I'm lone-
some.”—Chicago Tribune
Sample.
“George didn’t keep his engagement
with me last night,” said the girl whe
was betrothed to him.
“I'd give him a plece of my mind,”
said her mother.
“Just a little samplé of married life,”
suggested father.—Cleveland Leader.
A Biting Sentiment.
You have to be careful even about
paying compliments. Bill Mixer, whe
used to write ads. for a tobacco house,
got himself in bad when he started
writing copy for a butter concern and
wrote “Guaranteed not to bite the
tongue.”—Boston Globe.
s A Real Autocrat.
“Here’s the photograph of a famous
maitre d’hotel. He has a stern and
haughty look.”
“Hasn't he, though? I dare say that
fellow wouldn't unbend for any tip less
than a $100 bill *—Birmingham Age-
Herald.
Car on the Brain.
“Do you know how to handle an
emergency ?”’
“Is that going to be one of the new
makes?’ —Baltimore American.
The feeble howl with the wolves,
bray with the asses and bleat with
the sheep.—Roland.
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