THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSDALE, PA. By GEORGE ELMER COBB : : t : : : : FEA LP UP LO LP UP UPPER (Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.) “‘Dynamo-plus !"—that expresses the mew man,” observed the junior part- ner of Farrar & Co., department store, River City. “You mean?” insinua‘ed the more conservative Mr. Robert Farrar, senior partner and founder of the business. “That I have found a man for you who will fill your store, sell your goods and make the ‘square deal’ look like an old three-cent piece.” “A prodigy, eh?” “They say so. He comes high—five thousand a year—but he’s made a for- tune for his old employers.” “What did he leave them for?” “Says he wants to build up, not stand still. They got so big ghey couldn't go any further, so he struck nut for new pastures.” “H’'m!” observed Mr. Farrar. “Let it all be your doing—I don’t know as f approve. And what about young Stevens? He's suited us well enough until you brought home from Chicago these grand expansive ideas of yours.” “Why—er, well, Stevens will have to be subordinate.” “He's not the man to stand it.” “TH8<n let him go.” Just that came about. Advised of the new plans of the house with which he had been for seven years and had helped build up, Roy Stevens courte- ously gave notice of his resignation. Mr. Farrar was growing old, Mr. Robbins had pnt quite some capital into the business and had really done some He Was a Model in the Way of Dress. brilliant things. He was “a live wire” as a buyer. He bought close and his purchases always brought a profit. Mr, Farrar was forced to concede that his junior partner was proving himself a valuable adjunct to the business. “Take your own way,” said the sen- for, with a sigh. “Only—I don’t con- sider this dismissal of Stevens at all fair.” Neither did Roy Stevens, but he said fittle and did not act at all discom- posed. Pretty Leila Farrar, the pet- ted daughter of the old merghant, scolded her father roundly. Then she went to her room and had a good cry over it. For she and Roy had become very close friends.’ The marvelous “Dynamo-plus’” was Guy Vandeventer and he arrived in River City with a vast flourish of trumpets. He was a model in the way of dress, suave, keen of glance, sharp and short as to converse. His first move was to secure the best suite of apartments at the principal hotel, his next to order a showy automobile, his next to go through the extensive de- | partment store and criticize most of its methods. “Front” was his special- ty and he certainly impressed the coms | munity as to appearance and loftiness in that respect. One being in what he secretly dubbed “the half-baked society of a second rate town” appealed to his re- fined taste as full perfection. This was Leila. No wonder of that, for she was the belle of the district and fully deserved the distinction. Again, she was an only child, the. family, coffers were well filled according to local repute, and as Leila was courteous to all and as Vandeventer fancied him- self irresistible, it was soon hinted about that the handsome pair were just as good as engaged. “Booming like a field gun!” was the enthusiastic announcement of Robbins to his partner. “Never so many peo- ple in our store at one time as last Saturday. Vandeventer attended to the advertising and the bands, and ail that. The free dish of ice cream and cakes caught the community.” “Yes, but how about the sales? queried Mr. Farrar, none too greatly impressed by the sensational stunt indicated. “Oh, that will come later. All we expected was to get the crowd coming | oy oup way. Wait till next week—one | first popular bargain sale.” Certainly the “Dynamo-plus” made vast throng. venter had induced Robbins to buy up a great job lot of cheap brooms. The price was low, but the quality of the goods was also. Everybody bought a broom, to discover that they lasted about a week, when the rotten cord securing the wisps broke, letting out the straws promiscuously. It was Vandeventer who had pur chased the brooms. In fact he had in- vaded the department of Robbin. They had become great chums. They went to the buying marts together, and it began to be hinted about town that they were indulging iu some pretty lively doings while away from home eommunity restraint. Mr. Farrar was confined to the house with an injured limb during these business spurts, and Vandeven- ter took advantage of the fact to call frequently, avowedly solicitous for his health, but in reality to get closer to his daughter and ‘heiress. Roy saw little of Leila, although he constantly thought of her. He had no antagonism for his former employers, but in view of some plans he was car-’ rying out Roy deemed it ethical to merely courteously pass the time of day with them as future competitors. For some sudaen fortune had come to Roy. An old aunt, dying, had left him several thousand dollars and Roy proceeded to invest it in a business. He was watching and analyzing Farrar and Company and the Square Deal. Both, he observed, were retrograding as to quality and utility of the mer- chandise they carried. When one store got up a special bargain sale, their rival put forward one better. Farrar and Company made a vast flare on tack hammers. The Square Deal came forward with a patent bread knife. The tack hammer broke very readily and the break knife bent, and the de- luded public began to weary of these bargain delusions. Then one day Farrar and Company and the Square Deal sat up and took notice. Behold! in the same square an empty store suddenly bloomed forth into merchandise plentitude and freshly painted sign read: “Roy Stevens and Quality, Inc.” Neat posters placed all about town announced: the estab- lishment of a store Where, no matter how low priced an article offered might be, its quality would be always of the best of its class, with a distinct line drawn at the shoddy and useless grade. Roy Stevens and Quality, Inc., went with a boom. The “live wire” tactics of the “Dynamo-plus” specialist went stale. Mr. Farrar, conservative old line merchant that he was, fumed and fretted in his invalidism over the pres- tige fast departing from business he had founded, for the new store throve and as it won its established clientele it held it. “Got to do scmething to get the crowd away from Stevens,” said Van- deventer to Robbins one day, and forthwith hired a wandering circus troupe and announced free tickets for every person purchasing up to a dollar from Farrar and Company. Vandeventer had been paying at- tentive court to Leila, little dreaming that her thoughts were faithfully cen- tered on the only man she really loved. Leila was at the circus its first performance. A violent storm came up. Vanderventer, at her side, made good his own escape as a baby cyclone blew down the canvas. Roy sprang to her rescue, saved her from being crushed by a heavy pole by holding it across his shoulders until assistance came. The story of Vande- venter’s base desertion of Miss Farrar in a moment of peril got out. e faded from town, for Mr. Farrar, call- ing his sensational partner to the car- pet, insisted on a resumption of the old standard ways. “I knew that you would win out!” declared Leila to Roy two months later, and she glanced proudly at the engagement ring on her finger and smiled loyally at the new partner in Farrar and Company. “ln God We Trust.” In 1861, when Salmon P. Chase was secretary of the treasury, he received a letter from a farmer in Maryland suggesting that a religious motto be placed on the coins. Mr. Chase re- ferred the letter to James Pollock, di- rector of the mint at Philadelphia, and in his next annual report Mr. Pollock approved of the suggestion. In 1864, congress authorized the coinage of a new 2-cent piece bearing the words, “In Go We Trust” and in 1865 it en- to the devices of other coins “when- ever practicable.” It is from the “Star-Spangled Banner :” “Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, And this be our motto, ‘In God is our trust.’ ” Honduras a Lumber Treasury. It is estimated that there are in the Mosquitia territory, Honduras, 90,000,- 000 pine trees, more than 45,000,000 cedar and mahogany trees, and about 14,000,000 trees of miscellaneous va- rieties. Valuing the pine trees at 25 cents United States gold each, or $22,500, 000; the cedar and mahogany trees at $5 each, or $225,000,000, and the mis- cellaneous trees at 10 cents each, or $1,400,000 gives an estimate forestal value of $248,900,000 for the territory alone. Club Rates. “My wife and myself are trying to get up a list of club magazines. By taking three you get a discount.” “How are you making out?” “Well, we can get one that I don’t want, and one that she doesn’t want, 2 great deal of noise, spread printer’s ink out everywhere and attracted al and one that neither of us wants, for $2.25.”—Farm Life, It appeared that Vande i For Those Who Journey Southward acted that the motto should be added’ The modern woman may not know just where she is going but she is most earnestly on her way. She chooses to add to her natural vocation of home- making, the pursuit of art or business, politics or charity. One might think she would have no time left to devote to clothing herself beautifully. But whatever the direction in which she Is going—it is not away from lovely apparel. Specialists design styles for her, she chooses with discrimination, and fashions are made. Above is one of the new lingerie dresses and a hat and parasol for those who will soon be journeying South. But the dress is interesting to everyone because it is good style for dinner or evening wear anywhere and it anti- cipates what is coming next summer. The skirt is made with a pointed tunic that is shortened at each side; display- ing five flounces on the underskirt. Each flounce is edged with val lace. The tunic is beautifully decorated with needlework in a delicate embroid- ery that outlines a border edged with val lace. The same decoration ap- pears on the bodice which is gathered over a plain net foundation. It has a round neck and long sleeves that ta- per to the wrist. Deep cuffs fasten with small crochet buttons on the un- derside and are edged with lace wheré they fall over the hands. They are joined to the sleeves very prettily with a band of ribbon above a ruffle of lace. A small cape collar, edged with lace, is gathered into the neck and the girdle is of net bordered with ribbon. The dress is entirely in white. Pack in Paper Bags. In traveling you can pack the great. est quantity of things in the heavy pa- per envelopes used by the stores in delivering veils, ribbons, lace and so on. Save all the available ones, and when preparing for a trip pack and label these envelopes for stockings, gloves, handkerchiefs and the like, Things packed in this way can be readily found whengwanted. New Silks. For the woman in search of an un. usual silk for her gown or a distinctive lining for her handsome winter coat (and linings are important this sea. son) there are now pussy-willow taffe tas which will just serve the purpose. The designs are queer and oriental— delightfully unusual. The colorings are delightful, and as the silks are 40 inches wide they will cut to advantage. Hats Committed to Sports Wear Someone who knows says that the restless American never stays in one spot longer than two hours. Now how is the lady who is liable to be snatched away at any moment, in one direction or another, going to provide herself with hats suited to all climes? Day after tomorrow she may find herself in the Isle of Pines, or possibly she may be watching winter sports in Canada. Those clever milliners who do so much thinking for the lady of fashion have seized upon the sports hat to help solve the problem. Three superb answers to the question of where- withal shall we clothe our heads are shown in the picture above. They are made of matefals that are worn every- where and are therefore noncommittal as to climate, but they leave no room for doubt as to their indorsement of sports. They were made with an eye to the southward, but yeu may go where you will in any of them. There is a hat of black patent leath- er (or something that looks like it) in a narrow-brimmed sailor shape, with a soft top crown. It has a band of black and white checked silk about the side crown and a vivid red rose at the front. This rose can defy the fsost, for its petals are protected with trans- parent celluloid. A white satin hat avows its devotion to the business of being amused, for it forms a background for two cards done in silk embroidery on the side crown The third hat is covered with Tokyo crepe and a band of uncut velvet stops before it reaches quite around the crown to make way for little straw buttons which hint of spring. Lg Serge Frocks Are Popular. The separate frock of navy serge will not lose any of its popularity. It is to be found mostly in princess styles or made on lines that give the shoul: der-to-hem effect. Jumper frocks of serge to be worn with separate blouses of Georgette crepe are very handsome, One buttons down the back with black bone ‘buttons. It has a guimpe of terra cotta georgette crepe and stiff flaps extend outward over the hips, heavily embroidered with terra cotts silk. The corselet effect is gained bj pointed yokes on these serge frocks ! which point upward on the blouse and downward on the full circular skirt. Blue and Gray. Gray chenille embroidery on mid- night blue charmeuse is a fetching ver sion of the blue-and-gray vogue. WOUNDS OF HORSES Lacerated and Contused Hurts, Bruises, Harness Galls. MAY BE DESCRIBED TOGETHER Many Animals Die From Septic Infec- tion or Mortification as Result of These Injuries—Abscesses May Result. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ‘ ment of Agriculture.) Lacergted 'and contused wounds of horses may be described together, al- though there is, of course, this differ- ence, that in contused wounds there is no break or laceration of the skin. Lacerated wounds, however, are, as a rule, also contused—the surrounding tissues are bruised to a greater or lesser extent. While at first sight such wounds may not appear to be as seri- ous as incised wounds, they are com- monly very much more so. Lacera- tions and contusions, when extensive, are always to be regarded as danger- ous. Many horses die from septic in- fection or mortification as a result of these injuries. In severe contusions there is an infiltration of blood into the surrounding tissues; disorganiza- tion and mortification follow, and in- volve often the deeper-seated struc- tures. Abscesses, single or multiple, may also result and call for special treatment. In wounds that are lacerated the amount of hemorrhage generally is in- considerable; even very large ‘blood vessels may be torn apart without causing a fatal result. The edges of the wound are ragged and uneven. These wounds are produced by barbed wire or some blunt object, as when a horse runs against fences, board piles, the corners of buildings, or when he is struck by the pole or shafts of another team, falling on rough, irregular stones, etc. Contused wounds are caused by blunt instruments moving with suffi- cient velocity to bruise and crush the tissues, as kicks, running against ob- jects, or falling on large, hard masses. Treatment. In lacerated wounds great care must at first be exercised in examining or probing to the very bottom of the rent or tear, to see whether any foreign body is present. Very often splinters of wood or bits of stone or dirt are present, and unless removed prevent the wound from healing; or if it should heal, the wound soon opens again, discharging a thin, gluey mat- ter that is characteristic of the pres- 2nee of some object in the part. After a thorough exploration these wounds shauld be fomented carefully and pa- tiently with warm water, to which has deen added carbolic acid in the propor- don of 1 part to 100 of water. Rare- Yy, if ever, insert stitches in lacerated wounds. The surrounding tissues and skin are so weakened in vitality and structure by the contusions that stitches will not hold; they only irri- :ate the parts. It is better to endeavor ‘0 join the edges of the wound by neans of bandages, plasters, or col- odion. One essential in the treatment »f lacerated wounds is to provide a 'ree exit for the pus. 4f the orifice of ‘he wound is too high, or if pus is ‘ound to be burrowing in the tissues yeneath the opening, make a counter )pening as low as possible. This will 1idmit of the wound being thoroughly washed out, at first with warm water, ind afterwards injected with some nild astringent and antiseptic wash, as chloride of zinc, one dram to a pint )f water. A dependent opening must )e maintained until the wound ceases :0 discharge. Repeated hot fomenta- :ions over the region of lacerated wounds afford much relief and should Je persisted in. Bruises. Bruises are nothing but contused wounds where the skin has not been ruptured. There is often considerable solution of continuity of the parts un- ler the skin, subcutaneous hemorrhage, ste.,, which may result in mortification and slough of the bruised parts. If the bruise or contusion is not so se- rere, many cases are cured quickly by lor from two to four hours. The wa- ter should be allowed about this time to become cool gradually and then old. Cold fomentation must then be zept up for another hour or two. The parts should be dried thoroughly and quickly and bathed freely with cam- phor one ounce, sweet oil eight ounces, or with equal parts of lead water and l[audanum. A dry, light bandage should then be applied, the horse al- lowed to rest, and if necessany the treatment may be repeated each day for two or three days. If, however, the wound is so severe that sloughing . must ensue, it should be encouraged | by pouitices made of linseed meal, | wheat bran, turnips, onions, bread and | milk, or hops. Sprinkle charcoal over the surface of the poultice when the wound is bad smelling. After the slough has fallen off dress the wound with. warm antiseptic washes of car- bolic acid, chlofide of zine, permanga- nate of potash, etc. If granulating (filling up) too fast, use burnt alum or air-slaked lime. Besides this local treatment, the constitutional symp- toms of fever and inflammation eall for measures tc prevent or control them. This is best done by placing the injured animal on soft or green feed. A physic of Barbados aloes, one ounce should be given as soon as possible after the accident. Sedatives, :onstant fomentation with hot water |™ 3 such as tincture of aconite root, 15 drops, three times a day, or ounce doses of saltpeter every four hours, may also be administered. When the symptoms of fever are abated, and if the discharges from the wound are abundant, the strength of the patient must be supported by good feed and tonics. A tonic may be prepared as follows: Powdered sulphate of iron, powdered gentian, and powdered gin- ger, of each four ounces.. Mix thor- oughly and give a heaping tablespoon- ful twice a day, on the feed. Harness Galls (Sitfasts). Wounds or abrasions of the skin of work horses are frequently caused by ill-fitting harness or saddles. When a horse has been resting from steady work for some time, particularly after being idle in a stable on a scanty al- lowance of grain, as i. winter, he ig soft and tender and sweats easily, and is liable to chafe under the harness, especially if it is hard and poorly fitted. This chafing is likely to cause abrasions of the skin, and thus pave the way for an abscess or for 38 chronic blemish, unless attended to very promptly. Besides causing the animal considerable pain, chafing, if long continued, leads to the formation of a callosity. This may be super: ficial, involving only the skin, or® it may be deep-seated, involving the sub- cutaneous fibrous tissue and sometimes the muscles and even the bone. This causes a dry slough to form, which is both inconvenient and unsightly. Sloughs of this kind are commonly called “sitfasts* and, awhile they occur in other places, are most frequently found under the saddle. _ Treatment. Chafing is best prevented by bring- ing the animal gradually into working shape after it has had a prolonged rest, in order that the muscles may be hard and the skin tough. The harness should be well fitted, neither too large nor too small, and it should be cleaned and oiled to remove all dirt and to make it soft and pliable. Saddlcy should be properly fitted so as to pre- vent direct pressure on the spine, and the saddle blankets should be clean and dry. Parts of the horse where chafing is likely to occur, as on the back under the saddle, should be cleaned and brushed free of dirt. The remedies for simple harness galls are numerous. Among them may be mentioned alcohol, one pint, in which are well shaken the whites of two eggs; a solution of nitrate of sil- ver, ten grains to the ounce of water: sugar of lead or sulphate of zine, 20 grains to an ounce of water; carbolic acid, one part in 15 parts of glycerin. Any simple astringent wash or powder will effect a cure, provided the sores are not irritated by friction. If a sitfast has developed, the dead hornlike slough must be carefully cut out and the wound treated carefully with antiseptics. During treatment it is always best to allow the animal to rest, but if this is inconvenient care™ should be taken to prevent injury to the wounded surface by padding the harness so that chafing cannot occur. Grow some rhubarb in the cellar this winter. It is easily done. * Xk * TIMELY roy ney ae DON'TS Don’t forest 10 to leave honey enough in the hive to. winter the bees through. Don’t put your honey down cellar but keep it in the warm- est room. Don’t use sugar in cooking anything that you want kept + moist, but use honey instead. Don’t fail to keep a can of ex- tracted honey in the house for the little folks. The hen that hustles lays the eggs. * * * A mare that fails to produce a colt is worth no more than a gelding. * * * Currying the cow with a milk stod does not increase the milk flow. * * * Apples picked carefully from the tree and wrapped in paper keep well. * * * Potatoes prepared for exhibition should not be washed, but wiped clean, * * *® Nothing tends to keep a horse in better condition than proper attention to his teeth. ®t =z = Milk at 10 cents a quart is cheaper food than lean meat at 25 cents or even 20 cents a pound. * * * To give us the milk and cream ang butter we use in the United States, 21, A400 ,000 cows are required. * A quiet voice of approval and a gen. tle pat occasionally make the horse more tractable and Serviceabie} * + Watch the TN Ein carefully for dectying tubers. Some fields contained a good many decaying tubers this win ter. *® *® * It is estimated that it costs the farmer more to haul a bushel of grain than it does a railroad to haul a ton of it. ® ®* * Farmers who have a g00d, pure type of any of the standard varieties of corn would do well to save all the first- class seed possible for sale. op | Land Bec: n The more today ; insiste after the fa ing in becom more try de feeding Canad; within stress into to such t rest ug for so this re making mands inexha be ma ¢ eulty b 000 me old wo! 75 per drawn fore ne merly Much tated c end to bring i capacit Inste ducing, making been le ficult o 1 to the] 3 there i : The mi 3 combin cost, bt fact th supply, * price. grains- high fo that h again f After not alo poses, t of BEurc tors ar product by the settlers have wc upon. tl quired 1 ing a h that no that wil one of In takin | ing the but to t an 16 compan: ‘whom 1 sonable secured agent, elsewhe ment. a | More smoke 4 ever be 3 ready h: first of cigarett slice wi bacco b smoke i of cours Brew CASTO] for infa Bears Signatui In Esc Childre Missot which adults ir Ignora did net wise.
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