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the fact that no washwoman
can wash clothes in as sani-
tary a manner as that in
which the” work is done at
our laundry.
We use much more water,
change the water many more
times, use purer and more
costly soap, and keep all the
_ clothes in constant motion
during the entire process.
It's simply a matter of
having proper facilities.
Meyersdale Steam Lanndy
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Funeral Director and Embalmer
Meyersdale, Penna.
Residence: Office:
2 309 North Street 229 Conter Mtree
8 Economy Phone. Both Phones.
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| funeral and said of it:
.we fail to secure victory.
-1 think it necessary that I should say
= RUSSIA REJECTS CRY MEASURE
"OFFER OF PEACE. LP IY CONGRESS
Duma Unanimously Approves
Resolution Against Move |
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Pres'dent Wilson and Cabinet Hold
Three-Hour Session Discussing
Peace Proposals and Its Possibilities
The Russian duma has unanimously
passed a resolution against the ac
ceptance c¢f the German peace pro
posals, after a spirited speech by the
minister of foreign affairs. :
The text of the resolution, as re-
ceived here follows:
“The duma, having heard the state-
ment by the minister of foreign af-
fairs, unanimously favors a categori-
cal refusal by the allied governments
to enter, under present conditions.
into any peace negotiations whatever
“It considers that the German pro
posals are nothing more than fresh
proof of the weakness of the enemy
and a hypocritical act from which the
enemy expects no real success, but by
which it seeks to throw upon others
the responsibility for the war and for
what happened during it, and to eXx-
culpate itself before public opinion in
Germany.”
Washington to Keep Silence.
It was officially announced at the
White House that the United States
would not accompany the central
powers’ peace proposals with any ex-
pression of its own when they are
sent forward and that it*had not been
decided what steps would be taken.
It also was officially stated that
physical difficulties were the only
reason for delay and that the notes
would be sent forward to the entente
capitals as soon as all were in uni-
form condition.
In a session lasting three hours—
the longest in many months—Presi-
dent Wilson and the cabinet discussed
Germany's proposals for perce and the
attitude to be taken by the United
States in transmitting them to the
entente belligerents.
Allies Will Demand Reparation.
That the entente allies will require
adequate reparation for the past and
adequate security for the future, was
made known by Andrew Bonar Law,
chancellor of the exchequer, in the
house of commons.
The chancellor said: “Financially
we cannot hope to go on indefinitely
on the present scale, but we can go
on long enough to make sure that it
will not be from financial causes if
«Something has happened of which
a word,” Mr. Bonar Law continued.
“Naturally the papers are full of the
peace proposals from Berlin. Until
now no proposal has reached his
majesty’s government.
that under these circumstances no
member of the government can make
any statement on.the subject and in
my view, it would be better that very
‘ little should be said in the house of
| commons.
Piants That Give Heat.
We do not, as a rule, think of plants
as giving out heat, yet at certain tines
some flowers show an astonishing rise
of temperature. Most remarkable in
this respect are certain kinds of Arum.
Just at the opening of the flower in
these cases there is a great liberation
of heat. This is due to the fact that
the respiration, or breathing, is at
guch times very vigorous. Some very
interesting experiments have been car-
ried out in connection with these
Arums by means of placing a ther-
mometer just inside the spathe. One
of the most remarkable cases was that
of a specles growing on the Mediter-
ranean coast and known as Arum
Italicum. The temperature of the air
was 60 degrees at the time of the ex-
periment. That inside the spathe was
110 degrees. At that time the blos- |
soms, which when expanded are prac- |
tically scentless, gave out a fragrance |
suggestive of wine. It i: said that
plants of this type are particularly
common in Mexico.—St. Nicholas.
John Adams’ inauguration.
John Adams, the second president.
saw more persons weeping at his inau-
guration than he had ever seen at any
«Whether it was because of the loss
of a beloved president or the accession
of an unpopular one, I cannot say.”
Looallty.
“Some expert says that it takes fully
fifteen minutes to shear a sheep by
hand.” .
“Not if the operation is performed
in Wall street.”—Baltimore American.
Quite Different.
Miss Oldgirl (simpering)—That nice
—3e meant you were a wallfiowes, all |
right~—Baltimore American. 4
young man said I wat ult 4 Apna )
ecoration of the occasion. Miss
«There is one thing which even at
this stage I think it necessary to say,
in moving the last vote of credit, the
late premier in a peroration which
moved the house and the nation, used
these words: ‘They (the allies) re-
quired that there should be adequate
reparation for the past and adequate
security for the future.’ ”
Fighting Need Not Stop, Says Kaiser.
Telegraphing from Copenhagen, the
correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph company quotes the Frankfurter
- Zeitung as saying:
“Germany does not want a cessation
of fighting, but merely a conference
at which all the belligerents shall op-
enly state their peace proposals.
“A conference will be held at The
Hague about Jan. 15. While the con-
ference is in session all the Dbellig-
erents will be allowed to continue mil-
itary operations.”
Some sectiens of the foreign press,
and especially newspapers in hos-
tile countries, says the Overseas
News agency in Berlin, having de
clared that the central powers ought
to have added definite peace proposals
to their’ peace’ offér, the ' Overseas
News agency usked a distinguished
German diplomat ‘for his opinion on
this point.. His answer was: '*
"®The @erman note ‘to the entente
governments contains a very definite
@emmunication as to the spirit of the
peaes conditions ‘which the central
powers would bring ‘to the proposed
fegotidtions. ;
«The central powers base’ their pro-
on the conviction that their
own rights and. just claims today are
in contradiction to the rights of
or nations. In addition, the cen-
val powers declare they do not want
9 annihilate or destroy anybody and
i the peace proposals will be of
sued & nature as to guarantee the es:
tab ent of a lasting peace. ’
emo go further in outlining the
Forgetful.
Caretaker—Sir Walter Scott spent a
night in this room. ‘Ere we ’ave a
complete set of ’'is works. Intelligent
Sightseer—Left 'em be’ind, I suppose?
—PEsiice rn
What is experience? A poor little
hut constructed from the ruins of the
palace of gold and marble called our
{llusions.
peace conditions ‘would have meant a
handicap to the central powers in case
(Sontrary to what some newspapers in |
hostile countriés have declared), the
hostile governments decided to enter |
{nto negotiations or discussions. It is
a self-evident truth that nobody could
come to such negotiations with tied
hands while the hands of the other
party were completely free.”
TEE A RETIN
, amended t 0
Tt 13 obvious | ended in the senate now goes t
House Committas Votes fo
Recommend - Prohidition
imm.gration Bill Passes Senate by
Overw. elming Vote; Measure Con-
tains Restrictive Literacy Test.
Nationwide prohibition took a long
stride toward congressional considera- |
|
tion when the house judiciary commit- |
tee unexpectedly voted to recommend |
adoption of the resolution to submit a |
constitutional amendment forbidding i
the manufaciure and sale of liquor. for
beverage purposes in the United States. |
Even the most enthusiastic champions |
of the amendment had not expected |
favorable action so soon from the
committee, which at the last session
voted to postpone its consideration in-
definitely.
Coincident with the committee's ac-
tion on the amendment, the prohibi-
tion issue was brought directly to the
attention of the senate when the Shep-
pard bill to prohibit the manufacture
and sale of liquor in the District of
Columbia became the unfinished busi-
ness to be kept before the senate until
disposed of. As an amendment to
this: bill Senator Underwood has pro-
posed a referendum to the male
voters to the district. Senator Kern
of Indiana has added a proposal that
women also should participate in the
referendum. 4
Seven members of the judiciary
committee voted against reporting the
prohibition amendment. They were
Gard of Ohio, Dyer and Igoe of Mis-
souri, Graham and Steele of Penn-
sylvania, Walsh of Massachusetts and
Danforth cf New York. Representa-
tives Elza Williams of Illinois and
Carlin of Virginia, who were opposed
to the resolution at the last session,
voted this time to recommend its
adoption.
Woman suffrage advocates won a
partial victory in their long fight to
have the Susan B. Anthony federal
amendment voted: on in congress,
when the house judiciary committee
reported the measure for considera-
tion without recommendation. A cam-
paign now will be launched to get a
special rule to bring the amendment
before the house for action, probably
some time in January.
Both suffragists and anti-suffragists
expressed satisfaction over today’s de-
velopment and are confident of vic-
tory on the floor. The vote in favor
of reporting the resolution, 11 to 8,
does not represent the sentiment of
the committee on the issue.
The immigration bill, with the re-
strictive literacy test for aliens’ admis-
sion, which caused three presidents to
veto such a measure, was passed by
the senate, 64 to 7. The bill as
conference. It passed the house last
session.
Unexpected opposition was voted
down and Senator Willard Saulsbury
of Delaware was elected pro tempore
of the senate, succeeding the late
James P. Clarke.
LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN
Pittsburgh, Dec. 19.
Butter—Prints, 42% @43c; tubs,
4114, @42c. Eggs—Fresh, 48@60c.
Cattle—Prime heavy, $10@10.50;
good, $9.50@10; tidy butchers, $8.60
@9.25; fair, $7.560@8.26; common, $6
@1; heifers, $5@8.85; common to good
fat bulls, $4.50@7.50; common to good
fat cows, $4@7.60; fresh cows and
springers, $40@85.
Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers,
$8.90@9.26; good mixed, $8.26 @8.75;
fair mixed, $7@8; culls and common,
$4@85.50; heavy ewes, $6@7.50; spring
lambs, $9@13.75; veal calves, $13.50
@14; heavy and thin calves, $6 @9.
Hogs—Prime heavy, $10.66@10.75;
heavy mixed, $10.60@10.65; mediums
and heavy Yorkers, $10.46@10.50; light
Yorkers, $9.90@10.15; pigs, $9.25@
9.50; roughs, $9.60@10; stags, $8.26
@8.560. '
Cleveland, Dec. 19.
Cattle—Choice fat steers, $9@9.25;
good to choice butcher steers, $8@
8.75; fair to good butcher steers, $7.50
@7.75; common and light steers, $6.50
@6.50; choice heifers, $8@8.25; fair
to good heifers, $6.60@7.60; good to
choice butcher bulls, $7@7.60; bologna
bulls, $6@6.25; good te choice cows,
$6.60@7; fair to good cows, $5@6;
common cows, $4@6. z
Sheep and Lambs—Good to choice
spring lambs, $13@13.10; fair to good,
$11@1260; culls and common, $8@
10; good to choice wethers, $8@8.60;
good to choice ewes, $8@8.25; mixed
ewes and wethers, $8@8.25; culls, $5
@6. i
Hogs—Heavies, $10.25@10.30; medi-
ums, $10.26@10.30; mixed, $10.16@
10.26; York $10@10.05; pigs, $9;
roughs, $9.15; stags, $8.28.
Chicago, Dec. 19.
Hogs—Bulk, $0.76@10.10; light, $8.20
@10; mixed, $9.55@10.20; heavy, $9.65
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Night Scenes In Yokohama. : ; 2
In most oriental countries sunset GOOD END BAD MANNERS.
brings quiet to the streets and there is
lttle night life. But on Theater street, | And the Brand Used In the Privacy of
Yokohama, 11 o'clock at night sees’ the the Home Circle.
great crowds leaving the movies, which There are three sorts of manners—
are close together, and the resulting | good, bad and the sort that are used
scene is one never to be forgotten. | in the privacy of the home circle. The
Humanity packed too close for com- | last named sort are usually the worst.
fort surges in an unbroken tide from Good manners seldom come naturally
one énd of the street to the other. Add |to any male. This is proved by the
to this mass of many hued forms the | fact that they must generally be hame
taking down of the highly colored ban- | mered into small boys with a large, ro-
“ners and you have a scene that makes | bust cane, the flat of the hand or the
the dropping of the big top at home | rear side of a hairbrush. As the boy
.parrow streets hurling the sheets to
look like a side show.
‘Sometimes the lights on the water
produce an effect almost Venetian in
chdrm, but the bulky canal boat lacks
the artistic lines of the gondola, and
the water sends forth a scent which
might be called by a plainer name.
The newspaper boy rushes through the
right and left as he runs and ringing
the bells at his waist to announce his
arrival.—Christian Herald. .
Burdette and the Towel.
The story of how Bob Burdette be-
gan to write for publication is rather
interesting. His wife was an invalid,
and most of his verse and short stuff
were written solely for her entertain-
ment. One day he was talking to Frank
Hatton, who later became postmaster
general under Arthur. Hatton was
then editing the Burlington Hawkeye.
“Bob,” said Hatton, “when you get
through reading your stuff to your
wife hand it over to me and I'll
print it.”
One of the first things he turned over
was his famous ode to the printing of-
fice towel. This is part of it:
Over end under was blacker than thunder
And daily put on a more inkier hue
Until one windy morning without any
warning
It x on the floor and was broken in
WO.
—Charles B. Lewis (M. Quad) in New
York Sun.
Germany's Intensive Farming.
Germany has an area equal only to
the three states of Minnesota, Iowa
and Missouri. Yet Germany produces
three-fifths as much oats, four-fifths
as much barley, six times as many
potatoes and nine times as much rye
as we produce in the whole United
States. In the last thirty years Ger-
man rye production per acre increased
87 per cent, while the United States
increased 10 per cent; German wheat
increased 58 per cent, ours only -14
per cent; German barley 60 per cent.
the United States 10 per cent; German
oats 85 per cent, our own 6 per cent;
German potatoes 80 per cent, ours 7
per cent. , It is a motable achievement
for a nation whose soil resources are
poor and which for the last thirty
years has been thought to be special-
on industrial development.—New
ork Mail. ; .
Not What She Expected.
Maria was a ten sentimental lt-
tle thing, but, to put i mildly, hardly a
beauty. She was very fond of hubby,
but exacted from him rather an undue
amount of attention and service.
«Qh; George,” she complained one
night, “I don't believe you really love
te! Tell me, would you feel it, dear.
{2 wo were parted ?’
© “Bhi what's ' that?’ sald George:
brightening op.
“1 nieaii ii sume one were to como
©@10.298; roughs;,’ $9.66@9.80; ‘pigs,
$7.35@9.10.
Cattle—Native beef cattle, $7@
11.65; western steers, $7@10.10;
stockers and feeders, $5@8.10; cows
and heifers, $3.85@10; calves, $8.50
@12.
Sheep—Wethers, $8.85@9.70; lambs,
| $11@13.26.
Wheat—Dec., $1.53%.
9834c. Oats—Dec., 49%¢c.
Corn—Dec.,
anid offer to take me away, give me a
beautiful home and every loving care
and all the Lest that money could buy.
how would you feel?”
“It won’t happen,” he answered, re
lapsing into moody silence.— Pittsburgh
grows to manhood he displays his na-
| tive bad manners. by telling his wife
what he'd like to say to the tiresome
folk who come to call and the people
who give parties which he is
to attend. His early training, how-
ever, prevents him from exhibiting his
bad manners in public. Occasionally a
male child is blessed with good man-
ners from birth, but he usually expires -
with exceptional thoroughness shortly
before or immeédiately after his fifth
birthday. 2
Men with bad manners are generally
very successful in life because thelr
competitors and opponents lose thelr
tempers, thus making it easy for the
persons with the bad manners to ‘de-
feat them. Before a bad mannered per-
son becomes wealthy he is known as a
selfish boor. Afterward he is sald to
be eccentric.
There is grave danger that while a
bad mannered person is still in the
boor class some strong minded and
strong muscled individual may resent
his bad manners and spread his fea-
tures hither and yon over his face with
a few brisk and well directed blows of
a pair of No. 11 fists. If one cares to
run the risk, bad manners are great
things on which to gamble.—Kenneth
L. Roberts in Life.
HIS SMUGGLING TRICK.
A Mexican Trader's Way of Evading
the Customs Inspectors.
There are ways of evading duty
down on the Rio Grande impossible to
the port of New York. The Mexican
found a way. He was a merchant just
on the other side of the Mexican
der. He had two vases which had
caught the fancy of an American cus-
tomer, but they were dear, and with
the duty added—not to be thought of.
The customer told the Mexican so. The
Mexican fell $5. But the price was
still too dear. The Mexican fell again.
But still there was the duty siaring
the customer in the face. Then -
denly, without explaining how, the
Mexican guaranteed that the vases
should be delivered free of duty on. the
other side of the Rio Grande—next
morning at breakfast time. weit
#And,” the Mexican add in a ehar-
acteristic manner, “I will be there to
collect.” -
At breakfast next morning, .as the
gustomer was eating leisurely, the Mi
{ean appeared. fue
“Where are the vases?” the customer
inquired.
“In the next room, senor,” replied the
Mexican, smiling blandly.
SAnd the duty?’
“There is no duty, senor”
“How in thunder did you manage it
asked the American, amazed.
“I paid a greaser a dollar, senor.
With the vases strapped to his back,
he swam the Rio Grande. See, senor”
—hurrying to bring in a vase from the
next room and touching it gently with
his fingers—“they are whole, per-fect.”
—New York Post.
How About the Hearers?
Certain musical compositions have
been found to be nerve poisons that
Chronicle-Telegraph.
derange the minds of those who play
them.—Kar-~« (itv Star.
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