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PRESIDENTIAL SUFFRAGE.
Harrisburg, Pa., May 17--
Defeated in their attempt to
have the Legislature give the
voters of the state an oppor-
tunity to decide the question
of woman suffrage, women of
Pennsylvania are again before
the House asking the members
to give them directtly as
much suffrage, or the right
to vote for all Presidential can-
didates.
A bill
roduced la pr {
30), by Represcn.ative Lex N,
Mitchell of Jefferson county.
who has sponcered several pro-
hition bills this session.
Following the boasts of
liquor organization lobbyists |
that thev] feated the pre-
vius suffrage bill, the suffre.
gists of the state also aligned
against the dominance of li-
quor in Pennsylvania politics,
and announce themselves par-
ticularly elated in having se- |
cured Representative Mitchell
to introduce their bill.
The authority under which
women ask the Pennsylvania
legislature to grant them Pres-
idential suffrage is set forth in
Article II, Section 2, of the
Constitution of the United
States, which provides that
“Each state SHALL AP-
POINT IN SUCH ANNER
AS THE LEGISLATURES
THEREOF MAY DIRECT,
the number of electors, equal
to the whole number of Senat-
ors and Representatives, to
which the State may be entitl-
which the State may be entitl-
ed in the Congress,, etc.
The women seeking Presi-
dential shffrage further de-
clare that it has been ruled in
other states where Presiden-
tial suffrage has been granted
to women “The source of this
power of the state legislatures
being the United States Con-
stitution, the word ‘male’ de-
fining the qualification of the
usual electors of the state
does not preclude the vote for
Presidential electors being ex-
tended to women, becuse, ac-
cording to Article VI, Section
92 of the Constitution of the
United States, that Constitu-
tion shall be ‘the supreme Law
of the Land, anything in the
Constitution or laws of any
state to the contrary notwith-
1a Gc
standing.
This the suffragisfs and
their advisors say, answers
that argument which oppon-
ents already have raised,
namely that the Legislature
already has defined the quali-
fication of electors.
Jacob Hammerer.
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Jacob Hammerer died at
his home in Johnstown on
Wednesday, May 8, 1917, aged
75 years.
He was born in Fair Hope
township and followed farming
there for a number of years.
He left the farm and went to
Cumberland where he was em-
ployed by a lumber company
until about four years ago
when he suffered a stroke of
paralysis. After he retired
from the service of the lumber
company he removed to Johns-
town, where he continued to
reside until his death.
He is survived by one son,
Charles, who resides at Semer-
set and five daughters; Mrs
Lucretia Wisner, of West Vir-
ginia; Mrs Sada Tressler, of
Johnstown; Mrs. Emma Burk-
hart, Cumberland, and Misses
Margaret and Elizabeth at
home. He was united in mar-
riage with Miss Elizabeth
Johns, of Westmoreland coun-
ty, who survives him.
vives him.
Mrs. H. G. Leppley, of St.
Paul, now deceased, was also
a daughter. :
Funeral services were con-
ducted at Fair Church in Fair
Hope township, followed by
interment in Fair Cemetery.
LADIES: I am giving away a
fire Morris Rocker for dis-
tributing 4 dozen pkgs. of
Cream of Rice. Write at once
to D. Robinson, 2307 Archer
Ave., Chicago, Ill
10 1b. bags pure Graham Flour |
for 60c at Habel & Phillips.
NOTES FROM.
HIGH SCHOOL
EDITOR
Lenore Colilng a?
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Gregg Darrow 18
REPORTERS
Harry Aurandt '20.
Irene AuStin '20.
Ruth: Bowmaster "19.
Clara Rowe '18.
Edna Zinn "17.
Margaret Damico '17.
The following are some ex-
tracts from the letter sent by
the Junior class to Olive Linde-
man, who has been in the Cum-
land Hospital for several
weeks.
Dear Olive:
Sure was glad to hear |
that your old soul is. getting’
patched up again and can
hardly wait until you are re-
( stored to us with a whole giz- |
| zard and a liver without holes |
| even though your measley ap-
pendix is gone. Hope to see
you in school soon.
Your beloved,
Guy Floto.
Friend Olive:
I was glad to hear from
you. I hope you will be back
home and in school again soon
as we miss you very much. You
cannot realize how much I am
suffering from your absence.
With a bucket full of love,
Oscar.
Dear lamb o’ lasses sugar plum
Hope you are getting a
long without your appendix.
Did you put it in alchohol or
are you going to frame it for
a remembrance of the days
you spent in so much luxury
and happiness? (Nit)
With love,
Helen Bolden.
Monday morning the class
received a card from Olive,
saying that she is getting along
very nicely, and that she has
improved ten fold since read-
ing the Juniors’ letter.
Gregg Darrow constructin
a figure in Geometry: “I want
a ruler.”
Harvey Meyers: “Which one
George the 111 or Henry the
eighth?”
Has any one noticed the diff-
erent moods Clara Rowe was
in this week? During the for-
mer part of the week, she wore
a frown and a scowl all the
time, but on Friday the object
of her anxiety returned and
she smiled at everyone all day.
Miss Beck: “Trace the pro-
gress of Sir Roger's love suit?”
Edward Crowe:“Is a love suit
anything like a pinch-back
suit?”
Eddie the only difference
between a love suit and a
pinch-back suit, is that in the
one you only get pinched in
the back but in the other you
get pinched on all sides.
“The sun shines on the moon
the moon shines on us and we
shine on the earth,” was Clar-
ence Seihl’s way of telling how
the moon receives it’s light.
Violet Johnson in English
class asked Miss Burk what
the duties of a Lieutenant
were. We. supposed Violet
was thinking of her soldier she
captured the night before.
Miss Brodhead: “How is Sum-
mit township governed?”
Oscar Austin: “By Garrett.”
Carrie Nation (Clara Gauntz)
is continuing her profession
as an antisaloonist. She sud-
denly stood up in Latin class
and said: “Boys, touch not
wine.”
Mr. Arnold was so impress.
ed that he told all the boys to
take heed.
Miss Beck, in discussing the
Sir Roger de Coverley Papers
asked :“Who is the Spectator?’
Helen Bolden: “A tater (pota-
to) with specks in it.”
Prof. Kretchman: “How
many of you have planted
something that will be of bene-
fit to the nation in war time?”
Nell Boucher: “O I have, 1
have planted sweet peas to
decorate the graves of the
dead soldiers.”
Would you believe it; Bill
McMillan was tardy last Fri-|
day morning?
ble doesn’t it?
Seems impossi-
Miss Beck: “What kind of
humor do your call that pos-
sessed by Addison.
Mary Siehl: “Vitrius humor.
Lost: A button. Finder |
please return to Joseph Bolden
— |
Dr. Large: “What is your |
age?”
George May: “Fifty-three.”
George has grown old sud-
denly.
George May, you will have
to stop throwing notes across
i the room to Mary. Griffith
| They might fall on some other
| girl’s desk.
Dr. Large spent several days
of last week in examining the
High School.
George Griffith: “What
tense, person, and number is
Antwortete?” i
“Fourth
William McMillan:
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| FOR FLETCHER'S
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SUN BROTHERS
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| Not content with giving the
| American public one of the
| best all around performances
each season, the Sun Brothers’
Shows have recently added to
plete trained wild animal tour-
ney. This comprises a score
of amazing dumb actors of all
kinds, including elephants
lions, tigers, kangaroos, ba-
boons, leopards, camels, drom-
edaries, sea lions, ete. No
woman, man or child can af-
ford to miss this wonderful
display of animal subjugation
These animals are wonder-
fully trained and the power of
kindness was never mere sure-
ly or splendidly illustrated.
The Sun Brothers’ Shows
will exhibit at Meyersdale on
Tuesday, May 29th, giving
two complete performances,
afternoon and night. The
much advertised exhibitions
will be offered for review on
the show grounds at 12:30
P-M.
Don’t Let Your Cough Hang
On. 4
A cough that racks and
weakens is dangerous, it un-
dermines your health and
thrives on neglect. Relieve it
at once with Dr. King’s New
Discovery. his soothing bal-
sam remedy heals the throat,
loosens the phlegm. its aanti-
| septic properties kill the germ
and the cold is quickly broken
up. Children and grown-ups
alike find Dr. Kings New Dis-
covery pleasant to take as
well as effective. Have a bot-
tle handy in your medicine
chest for grippe, croup and all
bronchial affections. At
druggists, 50.
Children Cry
- tober is worthy of notice; as on that
Hex? +wo individuals, though |
their already flne show. a coma];
Familiar, but Unseem
Things we see but don’t notice were
gnder discussion at the clab luncheon
sable.” This was the oppottunity of
the member who took pride in his su-
perlative powers of observation. Tak-
ing from his note case a crisp one
pound note, he laid it on a plate and
offered its equivalent to every mem-
ber at the table who could answer
correctly the following simple every:
day questicns: (1) On looking at the
face of a penny with the dated site
toward you and the date at the Lol
tom, does the head of the imate o
the coin face toward your lefi houd or
toward your right? (2) Dow wun:
ribs are there in tie cover of un
brella? (3) In a pack of « 3
the kings has oaly vine ¢j
that is, his profile only is poriva;
Which of the kings is it? (1)
way do the seeds in the core of 21 :
ple point, toward the stem or op. site
to it? The ome pound note did not
change hands.—London Standard.
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A Once Legal Fiction.
In the legal calendar the 24th of Oc-
day, in
snaify known te no one and enjoy-
ing an extensive reputation among law
yers, ceased to exist in England. These
persons were John Doe and Richara
Roe, and no two persons were more fre- |
quently referred to in legal documents. |
In every process of ejectment, instead |
of the real parties to the suit being
e, plaintiff, sued Rich
an
ted in criminal proceedings.
Thiz fiction was introduced *into Eng-
lish legal practice in the time of Ed-
sard IIL., in consequence, it was said,
on in Magna Charta which
equired the production of witnesses
pefore every criminal trial, and hence-
forth John Doe and Richard Roe were
inserte< as the names of the alleged
witne.s, a custom which was carrie¢
across the Atlantic to this country.—
Indianapolis News.
A Well Hated Landlord.
The most hated landlord in Irelamd
for the last 100 years, a miser known
as “the parsimenious peer,” was Hu
bert George de Burgh Canning, mar
quis of Clanricarde. He was unmar-
ried, and with his death the marquis
ate became extinct. His Irish estate
extended from Athenry, in- Galway, to
Woodford, twenty miles southeast, and
it was said that anywhere along this
route could be obtained a story of trag-
edy in the land war. Time and again
the aid of the forces of the crown in
evicting tenants had been refused. He
was never seen in a vehicle. He took
daily walks to Regent's park. There,
on a public seat, not one of the chairs,
for which he would have been charged
a small fee, would sit this owner of
80,000 acres watching the squirrels. He
was a noted collector of china and pic
tures, of which he was a wise buyer.—
Chicago Journal.
According to Degree. .
Horse breeding is an occupation
which requires much learning, and a
certain English farmer has a gréat rep
utation for his skill.
A neighbor of his who sought seme
advice on the cheap, asked the herse
breeder’s son one day:
“I say, Tommy, when one of your fe-
ther’s horses is ill what does he do?”
“Do you mean just slightly ill or real
bad?” was the lad’s cautious counter-
question. -
“Oh, seriously ill.”
“Well,” said the boy, “if a horse is
only just a little iil, dad gives it some
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA |
Good loose Coffee 18c per lb.,
at Habel & Phillips.
Worms Handicap Your Child
Worms drain the strength
and vitality of children, mak-
ing them dull and listless.
Their power to resist more se-
rious diseases is reduced and
energy and interest in play is
lacking. Kickapoe Worm
Killer is a mildly laxative re-
medy in candy tablet form
that children like to take. It
kills and removes the worms
and lets your child grow strong
and healthy like other child-
ren. Don’t let your child be
dragged down by worms. Full
directions on the box. At all
druggists, 25 cents. -
Pratts Baby Chick Food is
great for young chicks—
at Habel & Phillips.
Clear Away the Waste
Bowel regularity is the se-
cret of good health, bright
eyes, clea rcomplexions, and
Dr. King’s New Life Pills are a
mild and gentle laxative that
regulates the bowels and re-
lieves the congested intestines
by removing the accumulated
wastes without griping. Take
a pill before retiring and that
heavy head that dull spring
fever feeling disappeares. Get
Dr. King,s New Life Pills at
your druggists25cents.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
| Always bears
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Signature of 2 y
medicine, but if it is seriously ill he
sells it.” :
Sacrificed Their Hats.
Many years ago the master butchers
of Washington market, in New York
city, used to kick their hats about the
market at the close of business on Sat:
urday night. Under the custom in the
market it was considered a slighting of
the profession for any butcher not to
appear behind his counter with a high
hat, and it was thought bad taste if the
meat seller at the end of a prosperous
week failed to destroy the hat. The
apprentice butchers couldn’t afford silk
headgear and so used to gather up the
proken hats and repair them for their
own use.
All Pervasive.
The teacher's last question was
meant to be a scientific poser.
“What is that which pervades all
space,” she said, “which no wall or
door or other substance can shut out?”
No one had an answer ready but
Freddy Sharpe.
“The smell of onions, miss,” he said
promptly.—New York Times.
A Ready Sealer.
For traveling carry a8 candle with
you, and when about to make a jump,
as the theatrical people say, seal your
bottles with it. It takes only a minute
to light the candle, turn it upside down
and let the tallow drip around the
cork of a bottle, but it insures perfect
carriage of the fluid content.
Told Him Truly.
“Johnnie, how do you spell nickel?”
the proud father asked.
“N-i-k-l1-e,”” responded Johnnie.
“Phat is not the way the dictionary
spells it,” said the father.
«youn didn’t ask me that. You asked
me how ] spelled it.” —Exchange.
Heartless.
“Why didn’t Rastus marry dat Coo
pah gal?’
“Qh, she dun flunk at de last minute
—wouldn’t lend him a collah foh t’ gi’
de license .wii.’—Boston Transcript.
A slanderer and ake of deadly
poison each have two tongues.—Tamll
Proverb.
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t. Their names were ,
Ey En TC
WH RERSRRARLRLRLRLALA
perienced Optometrist.
done on them
from others. A trial will
Your Eyes-—Your Spectacles.
If your eyes trouble you in any way you should
have them carefully examined by a competent, ex
If your SPECTACLES need changing you
should use good judgment and have expert work
Our methods are different in many respects
Call in to see me about your Case.
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convince you 2bsolutely.
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CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
OF MEYERSDALE, PA.
At Close of Business May 1st, 1917
RESOURCES
Loans and Investments...............cooeieennn. $802,589, 96
U.S. Bonds........ccc0ev cv rirnnarinacacees, 70,000.00
Banking HOUSE........covovneenener cnrancenn-nn 30,200.00
Due from Banks and Reserve Agents..... ....... 313,887.79
Cash... ... oi. a iss i tsinnsnsneninnnrinnsn 58,792.54
Total.... $1,275,470.29
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock. ........coovvvie ivnnnn. ..« ne. $ 65,000.00
Surplusand Profits. ...... ..c.cooviiiininiiinnn. 146.787.88
Ciremlation .. .c:. ccairiie ceriar inline 65,000.00
Deposits ............ooee- dis via dies 998,692.41
You get two kinds of Interest at this bank
PERSONAL
COMPOUND
We Give One and Pay the Other.
Statement
Total. ... $1,275,470.29
The Citizens National Bank
«The Bank With The Clock With The Million"
LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN
Pittsburgh, Jan. 16.
Butter—Prints, 421% @43c; tubs.
41@42c. Eggs—Fresh, 59c.
Cattle — Prime, $10.50@11; good,
$9.50@10.25; tidy butchers, $8.76@
9.50; fair, $7.50@8.50; common, $6.50
@7.50; heifers, $5.50@9.25; common
to good fat bulls, $5@8; common to
good fat cows, $4@7.75; fresh cows
and springers, $40@85.
Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers,
$10@10.50; good mixed, $9@9.75; fair
mixed, $7.560@8.50; culls and common,
$450@6; heavy ewes, $5.50@8.50;
spring lambs, $9.60@14.40; veal calves,
$14.50@15; heavy and thin calves,
$7.50@10.
Hogs—Prime, $11.45@11.55; heavy
mixed and ‘mediums, .$11.40@11.45;
heavy Yorkers, $11.25@11.40; light
Yorkers, $10.65@10.75; pigs, $10.25@
10.40; roughs, $10@10.60; stags, $8@9.
Cleveland, Jan. 16.
Cattle—Choice fat steers, $9.26@
9.50; good to choice butcher steers,
$8.50@9; fair to good butcher steers,
$8@8.50; common and. light steers,
$6@7; choice heifers, $7.76@8; fair
to good heifers,. $6.26@7.25; good to
choice butcher bulls, $7@7.50; bologna
bulls, $6@6.50; good to choice cows
$6.756@7; fair to good cows, $5.50@6;
soramon cows, $4@4.50.
Calves—Good to choice, $13.60@14;
fair to good, $12@13; heavy to com-
mon, $6@89.
Hogs—Mediums and heavies, $10.90;
mixed, $10.80@10.90; Yorkers, $10.80;
pigs, $9.85; roughs, $9.76; stags, $8.60
@8.76.
Sheep and Lambs—Good to choice
spring lambs, $13.786@14; fair to good.
$183@13.50; culls and common, $9@
11.50; “good to choice wethers, $8.50@
9.25; good to choice ewes, $8@8.50;
mixed ewes and wethers, $7.50@8:
culls, $6@7.
Chicago, Jan. 186.
Hogs—Bulk, $10@10.80; light, $10.10
@10.80; mixed, $10.46@10.90; heavy,
$10.50@10.95; roughs, $10.50@10.60;
pigs, $7.86@9.75.
Cattle—Native beef cattle, $7.78@
11.80; western steers, $7.50@10; stock-
ers and feeders, $5.50@8.85; cows and
heifers, $4.45@10: calves, $9.76@11.25,
Sheep — Wethers, $9.60@10.70;
lambs, $11.60@14 15.
Wheat—May, $1.84%.
9814¢c. Oats—May, B7e
Corn—May,
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Preparing For Patches.
When making kitchen aprons leave |
the strings longer and wider than is |
necessary, then when a patch is needed
cut off a plece of the apron’string for |
this purpose. This is better than using
& new piece, as the string has faded
with the apron.—Mothers’ Magazine.
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Coming In Qut of the Wet. «
There is an amusing story by Athe-
naeus which suggests the possible ori-
gin of the phrase “He does not know
enough to come in out of the wet.” Ac~
cording to the entertaining grammarian.
referred ‘to, a town in Greece under
stress of evil circumstances borrowed
money from a rich man, who took as-
security for the loan a mortgage on the .
handsome portico which surrounded
the market place. He was not an un-
generous creditor, for when it rained
he caused the town criers to announce-
that the citizens had permission to
take refuge under the colonnade.
Strangers visiting the town who fafl-
ed to have the matter properly explain-
ed to them were so impressed by the-!
extraordinary circumstances that they
spread abroad the report that the peo-
ple were so stupid that they had to be-
told when to come in out of the wet.
Early Insurance. 4
William Gibbons of London is said.
to have been the first man to have his
Hfe insured. On June 18, 1853, he-
signed a contract with eight men by |
the terms of which he was to have his-
life insured for £283 for one year for 8-
per cent of this amount. In 185%
a resident of a Connecticut city was: |
traveling in England and became in-'
terested in the workings of accident.
insurance for travelers. So he came-,
home and promoted the first accident:
insurance company in this country.
His first client was a resident of Hart- »
ford, whom he insured for $5,000-
against injury in his stroll from the-
postoffice to his home. Marine insur-
ance goes back to the early part of the-
fourteenth century and comes from
Belgium.
Curious Death Custom In Fiji. .
The Fijians believe that in case ®.
marriageable youth or maiden dies
without having gone through with the
elaborate nuptial knot tying ceremony '
of the islands his or her soul is doom-
ed to wander about forever in an in-
Series fs region between heaven and:
d
When any one dies—man, woman of
child—a whale’s tooth is placed in the
hand of the corpse, the missile to be
thrown at the tree which stands as a
guidepost to point out the road that
leads to heaven ang the one that leads
to hell. —London Mail.
It Was Going Toe.
Bill-Where are you off to? 1
Jill — I'm going 4 e
jewelers, > downtown te th
“What for?"
“To have my watch fixed.”
“Isn’t your watch going?”
“Sure! I'm taking it al
me.” —St. Louis P v yy slong. With
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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