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SEEK INSURANCE
AGAIRST ILLNESS
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Movement Started to Proteet
Workers in Stale.
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WANTS MATTER INVESTIGATED
Bill Presented for Appointment of a
Commission to Look Into Feasibility
of Question—Notes of Doings Among
Lawmakers.
Harrisburg, Pa., June b5.—For the
purpose of studying the possible work-
ings of a system of health insurance
in Pennsylvania, Representative Vick-
erman, of Allegheny county, has intro- |
duced a bill calling for the appoint-
ment of a state commission to investi-
gate the feasibility of a plan to meet
the ordinary illnesses and disabilities
of Pennsylvania workers as the com-
pensation law aids them to bear the
burdens of accidental injuries or
deaths, They would investigate the |
amount of sickness among the workers
of the state, the loss to the individu-
als and to the public through time lost
during illness. The adequacy of the
present methods of treatment and care
of sickness would be studied, the ex-
tent to which mutual, fraternal or in-
surance companies aid employes to
sustain the losses caused thereby and
the lessened efficiency of
caused by the avoidable ailments.
BO a ee. i AMAR
HON. WILLIAM C. SPROUL,
Dean of Senate, Who Was Tendered a
Big Dinner Recently.
But in addition to gathering com-
plete data and information on the
above points, the commission will also
be charged with the duty of recom-
mending ways and means for the bet-
ter protection of employes from acci-
dents as well, and In their report,
which is to be made in 1919, they will
be called upon to advise whether the
time is ripe for Pennsylvania to adopt
health insurance.
Bill Would Establish System.
Another bill in the legislature, how-
ever, aimg toward establishing such a
gystem of compensation immediately,
by insuring all wage-earners making
less than $100 a month to the extent of |
two-thirds their wage, the compensa-
tion fund being obtained through a
two-fifths contribution by both tl:e em-
ploye and employer and one-fifth con-
tribution from the state.
,Many members of the medical pro-
fession favor health insurance as a
means to the more scientific co-opera-
tion of the public and private agencies
concerned with promoting the health
of the worker. Whether the latter re-
sult is attained to any great extent is
problematical, but the system hag at
least the merit of teaching the value
of thrift to thase whose improvidence
and lack of foresight prevent their ac-
cumulation of any reserve fund to
meet the workers’ rainy day. But at
the present stage of the legislation it
looks as if the investigation would
precede the establishment of a system
of state insurance against sickness to
take its place alongside the state’s sys-
tem of insurance against accidents.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
There will be a hearing early next
week on the pure macaroni bill.
The governor hag vetoed the Catlin
bill placing boxing under state regula-
tion.
Pinal adjournment is not expected
before the latter part of June or early
in July.
No session was held on Conscription
day and legislators “did their bit” in
rounding up eligiiles to register.
The senate Insurance committee
gave a hearing last week to the Crow
bill placing non-secret insurance lodges
under the state Insurance department.
There was considerable argument for
and against the measure,
After much cutting and changing
generally, the house appropriation
committee reported out the following
amounts for the big colleges: Unlver-
sity of Pennsylvania, $1,000,000; State
College, $1,500,000; University of Pitts-
durgh, $750,000; Temple University,
$200,000.
A dinner was tendered Senator
8proul on Tuesday evening of last
week at the Harrisburg club by Sena-
tor Vare and other members of the
upper branch. It proved one ef the
Biggest soclal affairs held in the capi-
tal city. All senators and officials
were present.
workers
BOTH BRANCHES
PASS GAME GODE'
Only Thing Remains is Signa-
ture of Governor. |
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MOST PROGRESSIVE MEASURE
Amendments Inserted That Restricte
Bag Limits and Prevents Sale of
Feathers and the Killing of Game
Birds in December.
Harrisburg, Pa. June 5.—~The new
game code is now up to the governor
for approval or disapproval. By a big
majority the house last week concur-
red in the amendments made by the
senate. As it was finally passed the
new code is the best and most com- :
plete game law ever adopted for the :
commonwealth. It comprises within ;
the one act all the important and es-
sential points of some fifteen separate
game laws that formerly ornamented
the statute books of the state, and
sets forth completely the methods
which shall be used, the legal seasons,
the bag limits, the restrictions on
transportation and sale of game and
all other points of interest to the
hunter.
The amendments restricting the bag !
limits and preventing the sale of feath-
ers and the Killing of game birds in
December were put in by the senate
at the insistence of the organized :
sportsmen under the leadership of the |
| Wild Life League of Pennsylvania, as
| were also other protective features.
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Open Seasons.
The new game code fixes the open
| season for game as follows:
| Woodcock, quail, ruffed grouse,
j ring-neck pheasant, Hungarian quail,
‘gray, black, red and fox squirrels,
\ from October 20 to November 30.
Wild turkeys, November 15 to No-
vember 30.
Rabbits and hares, November 1 to
! December 15.
| Bear, October 20 to December 15.
| Deer, December 1 to December 15.
Raccoon, September 1 to December
81.
| Upland or grass plover, August 1 to
November 30.
|. Rails, coots, mud-hens, jack-snipe,
! blackbirds, and all shore birds except
woodcock, September 1 to November
i 80.
AN varieties of wild waterfowl,
from September 15 to January 31.
The bag limits are fixed in the bill
as follows:
Day Season
Limit. Limit.
WIG Turkey ...o0ees 1 1
EET... csi 1
(Which in all cases must be a
male deer with horns not less than
two inches above the hair.)
{ Ruffed Grouse ....... 4 24
i Quail (Virginia Part-
| ridzeY <.. oi. 0.0 8 25
bio Wdodeoek . aL 10 20
: Ringneck Pheasants. 4 10
Hungarian Quail ..... 4 10
Squirrels (of all varie-
ties combined ..... 6 20
: Rabbits, cottontail.... 10 60
: Hares ............ ie 3 15
| Bear ................ 1 1
It will be noted that the new coe
gives the red squirrel a season, short-
ens the season for squirrels and game
birds five days, lengthens the rabbit
season fifteen days, lengthens the ra~-
coon season and changes its dates and
‘makes general reductions in the bag
limits except for rabbits, hares, deer,
bear and wild turkeys.
Strengthens Ferret Law.
The provision forbidding the owner-
ship or sale of ferrets, except under
license from the game commission has
been strengthened. >
A camp limit of six deer has heen
established.
Taxidermists are placed under ef-
fective but reasonable control.
Game propagation is encouraged by
provisions for licensing propagatine
. plants.
All birds excepting game birds are
absolutely protected, with the excenu-
tion of the following: Blue-jay, Eng-
; lish sparrow, European starling, king
; fisher, buzzard, goshawk, red-choulder-
. ed hawk, Cooper's hawk, broad-winged
i hawk, marsh hawk, rough-legged hawk,
t duck hawk, pigeon hawk, barred owl,
; great gray owl, great horned owl,
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‘showy owl, hawk owl, raven, crow,
! blue heron, green heron and night
heron. Traffic in the plumage or skins
of all these birds as well as other
birds is prohibited.
All persons who knowingly use game,
or aids in the hiding of game illegal
ly killed is liable for the same pen-
alty as if he had done the killing.
The game commission is given full
authority to remove any game birds
or animals that prove destructive to
property and the property owner may
pursue and kill a bear that attacks
‘person or property and may kill a deer
of any sex that is actually engaged at
the time in destruction of crops or
trees on his property.
It is unlawful to hunt for or to kil’
any game bird or animal exceptine
raccoon between sunset and sunrise.
and to shoot at or kill any game bird
or animal in any other way than with
a gun such as is fired from the shoul
der or a pistol or revolver which is
not automatic. Boys under fourteen
may take rabbits in box traps on the
lands on which they are resident, but
all other trapping of game birds or
animals is forbidden.
: feelers.
. ing the lead. So it is with the tubular
, horse and then pulls back on them.
| The barbs hold, and the fly's tongue is
. er going through the matrimonial fur-
The Length: of Revolutions. i
Fer its size auc sizuificance the Rus-
sian revolution 2 vue of the quickest
and least sanzui record. Six
days practically of it,
whereas more then three rears clapsed
between tHe stovming of the Bastille
and the proclamation cf the French re-
ary on
saw the cid
public. It took six days of barricade
fighting in 1830 to persuade Charles X. i
to abdicate, but Louis I’hilippe fied in
1848 after only tv-o, though the subse-
quent state of- siege lasted four ;
months. :
England was ten years in establish-
ing a commonwealth, and five weeks |
sufficed to convince James II. that |
French soil was healthier for him than
English. The Italian wars of libera- |
tion occupied most of 1860, and the in-
surrection in which the Greeks de-
posed King Otho in 1862 was over in
fourteen days. The quickest revolution
on record was that of Portugal in 1910,
which was over in a day.—London Ob-
server. -
How the Horsefly Bites.
When a horsefly alights on a horse
he walks around looking for a tender
spot, and this he finds with his hairy
Then he cuts a hole with the
scissors on each side of his central tu-
bular tongue. ~
An ordinary lead pencil cannot be
sharpened to a point without sharpen-
end of this tongue-like extension of the
horsefly, says the Popular Science
Monthly. Nature has provided it with
barbed, piercing “derrick ropes.” The
fly inserts these sharp points into the
forced down into the horse’s flesh. But
if the hole has already been made then
it is not necessary for these elaborate
tools to be taken from the sheath in
which they are placed within the
tongue or proboscis. The blood is
sucked up by the tongue in practically
the same way as by other forms of flies.
Inequality of Punishment by Fine.
An anomaly in our jurisprudence,
limited, however, to the administration
of criminal law, is the evil of allowing
the purchase of immunity from punish-
ment, writes Franklin Taylor in Case
and Comment. A penalty is imposed
with the alternative of paying a fine.
The rich man pays and goes free. The
poor man is imprisoned for not having
the money. And even among those
who can afford to thus purchase im-
munity the result is most unfair, be-
cause the punishment, instead of be-
ing commensurate with the degree of
the offense, meets its severity accord-
ing to the size of the defendant's
pocketbook. To one man the amount
is of no consequence,is not even a pun-
ishment. To another, because of his
lowly position, a similar amount may
mean weeks of toil, hardship, priva-
tion and suffering to himself and his
dependents. Tha
China and the Tartars.
The Manchu Tartars, who conquered
the early Chinese, have left the impress
of their former manner of life upon
many styles seen today in Chinese fash-:
jons of clothiug. For instance, the offi-
cial coats, a= seen in China at the pres.
ent tine, aie nace With very peculiar
sleeves, shaped i horse's leg and
ending in what is ‘an uumistakable
hoof, completely covering the hand.
These are kiiown 2s horsoshoe. sleeves,
This is own to the intense love of the
early Martars for horses, from whom
they were practically inseparable dur-
ing their generations of wild wander-
ing before settling down in China prop-
er. The old cue is also said to have
been worn in imitation of the horse's
tail and also as a useful halter to tie
about the horse when the Tartar curled
up beside his beloved dumb friend for
a sleep.
Walrus of Alaska.
The Alaska walrus are enormous.
The average one is as big as an 0x,
and it often weighs more than a ton.
‘A walrus was recently killed by some
whalers near Point Barrow, whose
head weighed eighty pounds, and skin,
including * flippers, 500 pounds. That
animal had a girth of fourteen feel,
and its weight was over 2,000 pounds.
The skin was from half an inch to
three inches in thickness, and the blub-
per weighed 500 pounds.
Air In the Lungs.
In one minute, in a state of rest, the
average man takes into his lungs about
48.8 cubic inches of air. In walking
he needs 97.6 cubic inches; in climb-
ing, 140.3 cubic inches; in riding at a
trot, 201.3 cubic inches, and in long dis-
tance running, 347.7 cubic inches.
Enigmatical.
“Bluffly certainly speeded some in
his new automobile before the cops got
him. The machine attracted lots of
attention.” =
“Yes, I noticed a great many persons
were struck by it.”—Baltimore Ameri-
can,
Almost Unforgivable.
“I asked Arthur how old he thought
I was, and he guessed right the very
first time.”
“Have you made up yet?’—London
Stray Stories.
Reduced to Nothing.
Boy—What is “slag,” papa? Dad—
The residuum of a man’s iron will aft-
nace!—Town Topics.
Planting Potatoes.
Twelve to fifteen bushels of potatoes
are required to plant an acre when
the potatoes are cut two eyes to a
piece.
One learns from time an amiable lat
itude with regard to beliefs and tastes.
—Justice Holmes.
Meyersdale Auto Co,
A Full Line of
~ Accessories, Oils and Supplies,
Godyear United States and Kelly-Springfield Tires
We expect to open our Steam Vulcanizing Plant on or about May 1st.
On
account of the vast increase in the price of tires, ‘it will pay you to take good
care of your tires and have all cuts and bruises Vulcanized at once --You know
[A Stitch in Time]
‘All Work Guaranteed.
WEDNESDAY
BRE in the midst of everything—a sudden thought:
“Wonder how the fire is?”
sweeping, run downstairs, rake and shake, shovel coal and 0
trudge back again. Wouldn't it be fine to go right ahead and
forget about the kitchen? It certainly would! And you can.
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have brought a new kind of sweeping day—a new kind of
every day to thousands of busy housewives.
A Perfection Oil Cook Stove will come into your kitchen
and lighten your burdens. All you do is strike a match and
“put on the things.”
You can regulate the heat exactly as you want it. It stays
that way without watching. You'll be specially interested in
the fireless cooker and the separate oven.
dealer near you who sells Perfection Oil Cook Stoves.
THE ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
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Another important thing is that
Perfection Oil Cook Stoves burn the
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There’s a difference in kerosenes
—not a price, but a quality. To be
sure of getting perfect results, ask
for Rayolight Oil. It’s so highly
refined and scientifically purified
that it always gives an even, intense
heat without sputter, smoke or
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The Practical Girl.
He-You are the prettiest girl I ever
saw. She—That sounds all right, but
I don’t know how much the compli-
ment is worth until you tell me how
many pretty girls you have seen.
Sad Fate.
“I hear Adele has gone into comic
opera.”
“There was always something su-
premely sad about the girl.”—Life.
FLL L LEI LL ELLE TILLEY
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Heartburn.
Heartburn is due to hyperacid-
ity or excess of acid secretion
in the stomach. This interferes
with digestion by preventing the
proper digestion of starch, and
in this condition acid foods and
sugar are especially irritating.
It can be relieved, but not cor-
rected, by the use of alkaline
drugs. Bicarbonate of soda and
similar remedies may be taken
for temporary relief. Acid foods
should be avoided. Baked pota-
to is alkaline and is usually ac-
ceptable in such cases. The food
should be thoroughly mixed with
saliva and should be confined for
a time to stale bread, potatoes
and a small amount of beans in
some cases. The mental state is
frequently an important factor in
the cause and correction of the
malady, but lack of proper exer-
cise is the principal cause. Sys-
tematic exercise, including walk-
frig, should be adopted gradually
and followed regularly. The sim-
pler the diet the better.
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Sells the ‘Champion Cream Saver
—TENEW DE LAVAL
HERE is no machine made in which proper lubrication is more
vitally important than it is in a cream separator. A separator
that is not properly oiled will turn hard and soon wear out.
The old-fashioned method of oiling through a number of little
holes with a squirt-can was unsatisfactory for the reason that some
users would oil too much and too often, while others would not oil
often enough.
The NEW De Laval is
automatically oiled
You don’t have to fuss around a NEW De Laval
with a squirt-can. Simply keep the sight-feed lubri-
cator on top filled with oil and the automatic oiling
system see that every gear and bearing in the
Iadine has Just the right amount of fresh, clean
imes.
The automatic oiling system saves time and
saves trouble, makes the machine run easier
and adds years to its life.
The De Laval oiling system has been great-
ly improved by the addition in the NEW De
Laval of an automatically oiled neck bearing
and the consequent elimination of the tube
oe ren carried oil to this most import-
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There has never been a cream separator that
Smbodied 80 many improvements p: the NEW
The new self-centering bowl with its im-
proved milk-distributing device, and the bell
speed-indicator which insures operation at the
proper speed, are two of the greatest improve-
ments that have ever been made in cream i :
separator construction. r =
Come in and see the NEW De Laval Showing automatic oiling
of NEW De Laval.