HE VER Fain { Fr of Bede ¢ bates in the house General B. F. But- “Woman. ~ghe dead body of J. Wilkes Booth were “@ver made public it would disclose the . pay more attention to pairing them up cigarette of “Bull” Durham and join tained in any other way. FRE An Nasmsd Book- et, sh, how;ne correct Own" Gi Ts toa 5 »” ettes, cigar YR No pares, ‘an bol th be mailed, Sesto to any address in U. S. on re t. IE Duta, THE AMERICAN TOBACCO 00. | the natural thing. | | | a i TRY —— "BEN BUTLER’S BLUFF. it Was Well Worked and Completely Fooled General Bingham. General John A. Bingham was a member of the military tribunal that tried Mrs. Surratt and the Lincoln as- -gassination conspirators. After the trial in the subsequent de: der frequently charged that the com- ‘gnission had arrived at an unjust ver dict and had convicted an innocent In a memorable debate he ®oldly proclaimed that if the contents of a diary which had been found on fact that it contained the proof of Mrs. Swratt’s innocence, which proof had ‘been infamously suppressed by the <ommission. When General Bingham made a move ment as though he would repel suck an accusation Butler dramatically drew 4a memorandum book from his breast pocket and held it aloft, but did not utter a word. Bingham naturally sup- posed that Butler had a copy of a diary such as he had spoken of. As a matter of fact the book contained mothing but blank leaves. General Butler was just bluffing. The diary was in possession of Sec- getary Stanton, but President Johnson finally demanded it. It was an inten esting book, but it threw no light upon the great conspiracy. Squeaky Soles In Tune. Manufacturers of shoes who make a @pecialty of the squeaky variety should in harmonisus duets. The squeak, squeak of the hired girl's high heeled bronzed number tens would drive a @aint to cuss words. But we must not heap our displeasure upon the poor girl. She is not the author. She is only the reproducer. She merely acts the part that the wax cylinder per- forms for the phonograph. There is Just as great a necessity for a musical director in an up to date shoe factory @s there 'is in grand opera, and no workman should be permitted to build 4 pair of squeaky suoes unless he can 8s a severe test in harmony.—Car- ns Magazine. Horses In Trousers. When the horses in Nice, France, ave hitched to tar spreading carts they wear trousers to protect their legs from the hot tar. A further pro- tection for them consists ¢f a curtain suspended between the cart and the horse. The trousers are what lend distinction to the horse, however. The knees are a bit baggy, but the horse doesn’t seam #p care.—Popular fRcience Monthly. i In repudiation of Congressman Bailey’s telegraphed message to Pres- $dent Wilson, declaring Johnstown and vicinity solidly against war on any eondition, fifty business men signed & telegram sent to the president, saying The Brisk Smoke—*Bull”” Durham sentence with a puff of “Bull” Durham. responds to the freshness that’s in the taste of it, and his senses are quickened by its unique aroma.. A Durham just fits in with keen thinking and forceful action. GENUINE ‘BuLL DURHAM SMOKING TOBACCO Made of “bright” Virginia-North Carolina leaf, “Bull” Durham is rich, fragrant, mellow-sweet—the mildest, most enjoyable of smokes. “Roll your own” with “Bull” EN e army of smokers who have found that so good a cigarette cannot be ob- EN k: : | £ the city will be behind the president ‘fm any action he might take. The nurses im the state health department began their training in| first aid emergency work, which Com- missioner Samuel G. Dixon is arrang ( ing n | line wit} e of fitting ! the d: t sO as possible to meet ar oY war measures wiich may Arise. ™ THE MZIYERSDALE COMMIRTIAL, 417313)... 3, When you see an alert-looking young man in a lively argument roll a “Bull” Durham cigarette—it's He likes to punctuate a crisp His mind Ask for FREE package of ‘papers’ witheach5c sack GENUINE vn DURHAM | Smoking Tabacco : | 0] LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN Butter—Prints, 41@42c. 421, @43c; Eggs—TFresh, 57c. Pittsburgh, Jan. 23. Cattle—Prime, $10.50@11.25; good, $9.76@10.50; tidy butchers, $9@9.50; fair, $8@9; common, $6.50@7.50; heif- ers, $6@9.50; common to good fat bulls, $5@8.50; common to good fat cows, $4@8; fresh cows and spring ers, $40@86. : : Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers, $10.50@11; good mixed, $9.50@10.25; fair mixed, $8@9; culls and common, $4.60@6; heavy ewes, $6@9; spring lambs, $10@14.65; veal calves, $14.50 @15; heavy and thin calves, $7.60 @10. © Hogs—Prime heavy, $11.70@11.76; heavy mixed, $11.656@11.70; mediums tubs. and heavy Yorkers, $11.60@11.65; light Yorkers, $10.90@11.15; pigs. $10.50@11.15; roughs, $10.50@10.75; stags, $9@9.26. Cleveland, Jan. 23. Hogs—Heavies, $11.30@11.35; medi- ums, $11.35; Yorkers, $11.25; pigs, $10.60; roughs, $10; stags, $9. Cattle—Choice fat steers, $9@9.75; good to choice steers, $8.60@9; fair to good steers, $8@8.50; fair steers, $7.60@8; common and light steers, $6 @7; good to choice heifers, $7@8; fair heifers, $6.50@7; choice fat bulls, $7@8; bologna bulls, $6.25@86.75; choice fat cows, $6.50@6.50; fair to good cows, $5.50@6.26; common grades, $4@5; old rimmers, $3.75@ 8.26; good to choice milchers and springers, $50 @ 80. Sheep and Lambs—Good to choice spring lambs, $14@14.25; fair to good, $12@13; culls and common, $9@11.50; good to choice wethers, $8.50@9.50; good to choice ewes, $850@9.50; mixed ewes and wethers, $8.50@9.50; culls, $6@7. ! Chicago, Jan. 23. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $10.60@ 11.10; gooa neavy, $10.75@11; rough heavy, $10.66@11.80; light, $10.45@11; pigs, $8.25@%0.10. Cattle—Beaves, $7.70@11.85; cows and healers, $4.75@10.10; Stockers and feeders, $5.76@8.90; Texans, $8.60@ 9.40; calves, $10.25@14.75. . Wheat—May, $1.867%. Corn—May, $1.013;. Oats—May, 68%ec, Why He Got “Licked.” “I understand you were punished in school yesterday, Thomas,” said Mr. Bacon to his twelve-year-old boy. “Yes, sir,” promptly replied the truth- ful Thomas. “It was for telling the truth, sir.” “Your teacher said it was for some reflection on her age.” “That's the way she took it, father. You see, she drew a picture of a basket of eggs on the blackboard, and while she was out of the room I just wrote under them, “The hen that made these eggs isn't any chicken.’ ”—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Only Way to Know Dogs. The only true and thorough straight way to know the dog is to own one. A common residence under the same roof- tree, be it animals or humans, is the sure test of personality. To own the dog is to comprehend him in his faults and virtues, to protect his weaknesses, be anxious at his vagrancies, to catch the contagion of 1 if it so be that he die—Our D tmals. Ride = F : oH Fraigter Aziss 7.38: U-Boat Uff Frencn Guaoi NUMBER OF SEAMEN MISSIKG Vessel Carried Crew of Thirty-nine, Sixteen of Them Americans—8hip Torpedoed During Night. The American steamer Aztec has been sunk by a submarine near an island off Brest. Some of the crew were rescued and are being brought into Brest, says a Paris report. A number of the men are missing ! and little hope is held that they can is love and to agonize | be saved, as the steamer was tor- pedoed at night while a heavy sea was running. William Graves Sharp, the Ameri- can ambassador, was informed by the French government of the torpedoing of the Aztec and immediately cabled the state department. Represeniatives of the American government will proceed to Brest to take the depositions of survivors of the disaster. Crew’s Fate Not Known. The Aztec, owned by the Orien- tal Navigation company, the first armed ship to sail from an American port, was sunk by a German subma- rine, according to advices received in New York by the company from the United States consul at Brest, France. The cable message gave ne infor- WARNING The annual warning of the approach of the spring forest fire season v as is- sued today by Commissioner of For- estry Robert S. Conklin. Reports from tke northern counties state that but iittle snow remains in the woods except on the north sideg of the hilis, and in the southern part of the State the dead leaves are practically bare. two weeks more of dry wather will usher in the series or conflagfations which disgrace Pennsylvania every year. No fire warden system or method of Wrotectior ean reform the burp xr Who 10rgets his fire, says the Commis. sioner. His change of heart must Come within. Pure carelessness caus- ed the burning of 150,000 acres of for- est last year in Pennsylvania, and over 300,000 acres ‘in 1915; “Our working force 1s well prepar- #d as it can be with the small amount of money left from last year,” said the Commissioner, “but unless we get the active help of every man who vis- its or liveg near the forests we can ex- DPect nothing better than a repetition of last year’s record, which was above the average. The men who take most from the forest often give least in re- turn, as witness the fact that the heav- iest fires usually occur during trout fishing and hunting seasons. A man who would not think of burning his neighbor’s barn will thoughtlessly allow his brush fire te escape asd burn over his neighbor's woodlot, which may contain in embryo building ma- , terial for a hundred barns. mation as to the fate of the crew, ! There were thirty-nine men aboard the vessel, sixteen of them Americans. The Aztec sailed from New York March 18, For Havre. She was com- manded by Captain Walter O’Brien. Sixteen members of the crew were native-born Americans. The Oriental Navigation company, owner of the Aztec, also owns the Or- leans, one of the first American ves- sels to run successfully Germany’s submarine blockade. ~The Aztec carried a cargo of food- stuffs and general supplies valued at more than $500,000. The Aztec was armed with two five- inch guns, one forward and one aft. The crew of naval gunners on board was in command of a warrant officer. LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN { Butter—Prints, 44@44%ec; tubs, 48 @43%c. Eggs—Fresh, 34c. Cattle—Prime, $11.60@12; good, $10.50@11.25; tidy butchers, $10@ 10.60; fair, $9@9.75; common, $7.60@ 8.60; heifers, $7@10.50; common to good fat bulls, $6@10; common to good fat cows, $4.75@9.60; fresh cows and springers, $40@86. Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers, $10@10.50; good mixed, $9.25@9.75; fair mixed, $8.24 9; culls and com- mon, $4.50@6.50; Lyin, $S@12.75; spring lambs, $17.22; veal calves, $15 @15.50, heavy and thin calves, $6@11. Hogs—Prime heavy, $1565@15.70: heavy mixed, $15.60@15.65; mediums, $16.56@15.60; heavy Yorkers, $15.25@ 16.60; light Yorkers, $13.50@14.25; pigs, $12@12.26; roughs, $14@14.25, stags, $12@12.25. Cleveland, April 3. Hogs—Heavies and mediums, $15.40; Yorkers, $15.26; pigs, $12.50; roughs, $13.85; stags, $12.25. Cattle—Choice fat steers, $11@ 11.50; good to choice steers, $10@ 10.75; fair to good steers, $9@10; fair steers, $8.26@9.26; common and light | steers, $7@7.560; good to choice heif: ers, $9@10.26; fair heifers, $6.50@ 8.60; choice fat bulls, $8.60@9.50; bologna bulls, $7@8.25; choice fat cows, $8@9.50; fair to good ‘ cows, $6.50@7.75; good to choice milchers and springers, $60@90. Sheep and Lambs—Fair to choice lambs, $14.50@15; fair to good clipped, $11.50@12; good to choice ewes, $10.50 @11.50; good to choice wethers, $11@ 12; culls, $9@9.60. ; Chicago, April 3. Hogs—Bulk, $15.10@16.30; light, $14.50@15.30; © mixed, $14.76@15.35; heavy, $14.60@15.40; roughs, $14.60@ 14.76; pigs, $10.60@14.10. : Cattle—Native beef cattle, $9.10@ 12.80; stockers and feeders, $7@9.8C; cows and heifers, $5.60@10.76; calves, $9.50@14. ‘Wheat—May, $1.993%. $1.22. Qats—May, 637%ec. Corn—May, Release Men Who Balk at Oath. - The war department has ordered II- linois officials to release all national guardsmen who decline to take the federal oath. This order intended to prevent conflict between the national and state laws, will probably be ex: tended to all states. Few guardsmen are Tefusing it to take the federal oath. 1917 APRIL 1917 [SUN] MON] TUE [WED] THUJ FRI] SAT] Pittsburgh, April 8. | The usual warning notices are be- ing posted on the State Forests, and the following suggestions are offered to those who are willing to help con- serve what remains of Pennsylvania’s | forests: (1.) If you see a fire, try to put t out. If you can’t pwr it out, immedi- ately motify the nearest forest fire warden. His name will be published in this paper within the next two weeks, (2., Break your match in two be- fore you throw it away. If you are one of those who “can’t see no sense in that,” try it. (3) Bury your pipe ashes and cigar or cigarette stubs, or else throw them into a stream. (4) Have a cleared spot of at least ten feet in diameter around your camp fire, and then be dead sure the fire is out before you leave it. (8) If you own or use engines, put spark plug arresters on them. It may save you costs and damages later on. (6) Don’t burn your brush on a dry windy day. If in doubt, ask your fire warden, (7) The Department of Forestry is glad to have you report on the con- duct of its officers, but your report will be immeasurably strengthened if it can be established that you have done your own duty in preventing and extinguishing fires. Meeting of Livestock Men of Somer- set County. At a recnt meeting of the Directors of the Farm Bureau It was decided that a project for the development of more and better livestock should he carried on for Somerset county. In order that we may meet the desires and demands of the farmers and se- cure their co-operation, a meeting has ‘been called to make some arrange- ments for the producing, securing and developing of good livestock for Somerset county. This meeting will be held in the Assembly Room of the Court House, Saturday, March the 31st at 10:30 a. m. land 1:30 p.m. Dr. H. H..Havener of the Extension’ Department of Pennsylvania State College and C. G. McBride, Farm Bu- reau Agent of Mercer county will be here to address the meeting. Eyery one ig invited. Will you not coma and. show your Interest in bet- ter livestock by your presence at this meeting? Heat at the Persian Gulf. The Persian gulf and its coasts are In summer about the hottest place on earth’s surface, a temperature of 120 degrees in the shade being not un- commen, while a black bulb solar ther- mometer has registered 187 degrees in the sun. When she remembers that the hot- test room in a Turkish bath is usually kept at about 160 degrees the appalling nature of this Persian heat will be better realized. The greatest heat ever known in England was on Aug. 18, 1893, when a shade temperature of 95 degrees was registered. But on this day the sun temperature did not quite equal that of July®2S8, 1885, when 162 degrees F. was registered in the sun. When you consider facts like these it is difficult to believe that our planet receives only one two-thousand-mil- Yionth part of the rays flung out by the sun.—London Telegraph. Woodmen Gro A steam operated 1 machine fells more trees in an eight hour dav than thirty wooden. It works close te the ground and leaves no stumps | standing.—Popular Science Maonthly. | THE TEETH AND HEALTH (By Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, M. D.) We frequently hear specialists de- | claring that the health or mankind de- pends upon ‘the proper care of that portion of the body upon which they specialize. * Now, the human orgaan- organism is so complicated an affair that nobody is sate in putting such a sweeping responsibility upon any one organ; yet there are may who say the dental surgeon, when ne mahes his claum that defective teeth have more to do with physical degen- eraticu in cumankind any other mem. ber gone wrong, has more behind biin than some of hig brother specialists. His is a claim that cannot be check- ed off with exactness, but we do know through gcientific investigation, as well as from experience in practice, that defective teeth cause a great deal of ill health; and I am one of those who will go as far as to say that care of the teeth from infancy onwards brings certainly as great, and possi- bly greater, rewards than like care of any other one organ. It is a wonder men and women do not take better care of their teeth not because of the benefit to health, because that seems to be the last thing we could hope to have any influence, but because there is nothing that adds more to the persenal appearance of man or woman than a beautiful set of teeth. If for instance, some wo- men would pay as mucn attention to their teeth as they do to putting splotches of paint on their faces, they would not only be more attractive personally but would enjoy better health. The mouth and nose are the busi- est ports of entry for disease in the human body. The mouth,” particular- ly when the teeth are defective, re- taing many germs that would produce diseases, and the environment will furnish. that which promotes their multiplication. The mucous membrane of the mouth is in itself quite resistful to disease germs, yet at times it becomes in- fected and the pus-forming germs bore their way into ‘the bones of the face, producing long suffering, disfig- urement and sometimes even proceed until they destroy the life of the in- dividual. Pyorrhea encourages the growth of pus-producing organisms, which form their purulent matter around the teeth. This is discharged into the mouth with every act of mastication, thus often helping to cause stomach and intestinal diseases. Through. the poisons that are pro- duced by the absorption from these centers of pus, the vital organs of the body are frequently disturbed. Disease of the intestinal tract, which is often secondary to infected teeth, even in its early stages ig very dis- tressing and has a terribly depressing’ effect on the sufferer. It has been said that no man dies a heroic death who has a disease of the stomach or intestinal tract.’ The formation of ithe pus in the mouth is often long’ neglected, whera- as if a small scratch on the finger be- comes infected and pus forms, the doctor is gemerally called in con- sultation immediately because of the fear of blood poisoning. ,Long life, happiness and prosperity depend much upon a clean mouth full of healthy teeth. This talk is only to warn those who have not stopped to think of what evils come from neglecting the teeth. Dc not forget the baby’s first dentition, as its entire life may be effected by the habits that are formed at that time STATE AGRICULTURE NOTES Poultrymen report breeding cocker- els very scarce this spring owing to the large number which were killed off during the falland winter on ac- count of the high cost of feed. Pennsylvania ranked third in the production of potatoes during the past year, but only thirty-second in the average number of bushels produced io an acre. Estimates show that seventy-five per cent. of the farmers of the State use commercial fertilizers and that a total of 325,500 tons was used on the farms during the past year. The average amuont of commercial fertilizer used to an acre by the far- mers of the State is 235 pounds‘and each farmer purchases each an aver- age of about two tons. SPRING COLDS ARE DANGEROUS Sudden changes of temperature and underwear bring spring colds with stuedffed up heads, sore throat and general cold symptoms. A dose of Dr. King’s New Discovery is sure re- lief, ths happy * combination of anti- septic balsams clears the head, sooth- es the irritated membranes and what what might have been a lingering cold is broken up. Don’t stop treatmen when relief is first felt as a half cold ig dangerous. Take Dr. King's New Discovery till your cold is gone. | —— [aNOLD TIME FAR And the Methods That Were In Use In the Year 1840, DAYS OF THE SIMPLE LIFE. When All Kinds of Clothing Were Made at Home, When Eggs Sold For a Shilling a Dozen and the High Cost of Living Was Not a Big Problem. In view of the modern day high cost of living and of the many wonderful advances made in the last century—the railroad, telegraph, the ocean cable, the telephone, the automobile and farm and labor saving machinery of all kinds and the amazing changes these inventions have necessarily wrought in all directions in almost every walk of life—it may be of interest to recall liv- ing conditions on a farm in the year 1840. The farm I have in mind consisted of 200 acres. The stock was fifteen cows, a yoke of oxen, twenty sheep, an old white horse, a dozen pigs, fifty hens, ten geese, a few ducks and a flock of turkeys. The farm produced practically every- thing the family consumed, both cloth- ing and food. The sheep furnished the wool, which was carded at a ‘“fulling” mill and made into rolls for spinning. At home it was spun into yarn and woven on a hand loom. For beds it - was left white: for clothing it was dyed any color desired. A competent housewife could make dyes of logwood, indigo or cochineal. The white and black wool were mixed to produce a gray like the Confederate uniform. There were no ready made clothes; sll clothes were made in the home. There was no woven underwear. Stock- ings were knitted at home as well as mittens and tippets. Caps with ear laps were of rabbit skin. There were no shoes. In the winter boots came up to the knees. Several cows were killed each year. There was .a tannery near by, where tbe skins were tanned. A shoemaker made our boots. They were usually too small and gave much trouble and pain, The flax, cut and laid down until the fiber loosened from the woody part, was put through a heckle worked by hand and then spun and woven. ' This strong linen cloth was used for sum- mer clothing, towels, etc. The seed was saved to make flaxseed tea (a med- icipe) or poultice for bruises, Por food we had everything needed— tresh meat, potatoes, beets, cabbages, parsnips, pumpkins for ples, apples, which lasted from fall to spring; cider, which gave us vinegar or produced a cider champagne. Half a dozen pigs killed in the fall gave us plenty of ham and bacon, lard, sausages and salt pork. The hams and / bacon were hung up in the smokehouse, a small building with no opening ex- cept the door. A small fire produced more smoke than heat, but gave the hams and bacon a very delicious flavor. There were plenty of chickens for roasting and potples and eggs, turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas, occa- sionally a roast goose with apple sauce. From the cows’ milk we made both butter and cheese. What butter and cheese the family did not consume was sold in a nearby village. Butter usual- ly brought 1275 cents a pound. Cheese was also made at home, as there were neither creameries nor cheese facto- ries. Cheese was sold at 5 to 6 cents a pound. All eggs not used went to the village store and brought 10 cents to 12 cents a dozen. Who Owns the Falkland Islands? Few people are aware to this day ‘| that the Falkland islands are marked in all Argentine maps and geographies as “unlawfully retained by Great Brit- ain.” The origin of the dispute was that -England after abandoning the Islands in 1774 resumed possession in 1829, The Argentine government pro- tested and, as A. Stuart Pennington points out in his book on the country, is ever today “careful to do nothing which could even apparently recognize the rights of the present possessors.” It was for that reason that it declined a proposal a few years ago to run a line of Argentine ships to the islands. Beautiful Bridges. Popular love of art may be carried too far. The author of “Charles Bour- bon, Constable.of France,” tells us that on the occasion of the sack of Rome the citizens refused to secure their safety by taking the advice of their captain, Reuzo da Ceri, and cutting the bridges Ponte Quattro Capi and Ponte Sisto. The people declined on the ground that they were “toe bean- tiful.” An Ox Hide. “Thomas,” sald the professor to a pupil in the junior class in chemistry, “mention an oxide.” “Leather,” replied Thomas, “What is leather an oxide of P* asked the professor. “An oxide of beef,” answered the bright youngster.—Chicage News. Was Coming Back “Seemed to sadden old Geldbox when his new son-in-law said geodby after the wedding. Is he so feod of Rim?’ “Well, not exactly. You see, the new son-in-law didn't say goodby; he said ‘Au revoir.’ "—Browning’s Magasine. Feilad. “Dearest, 1 ordered t® be sent Ben today a most beautiful bat fer on'v $30. It's a perfect lovel® “My dari your lovg wil bs re turmed.™ Pwd, o
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