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LEGISLATURE
COMES TO CLOSE
Final Day Marked hy Rejection
of Appointments.
NOT
EIGHT CONFIRMED
Among Last Acts of Lawmaking Body
Was Passage of an Omnibus Road
Bill, Changing a Number of Routes
on Highway System.
Harrisburg, Pa., July 8.—Nearly thir-
teen hours after the hour set for ad-
Sournment of the legislature, both
branches of the general assembly fi-
mally closed their shutters and the
A917 session p-ssed into history.
The outstanding feature of the fi~al
éday’s work was the action of the sen-
ate in refusinz to confirm eight of the
governor's appointees. They were:
Robert K. Young, Wellsboro, for pub-
lic service commissioner, to succee’l
the late Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker.
Daniel F. Lafean, York, for comm’s-
sioner of banking.
Charles E. Patton, Clearfield county,
for secretary of agriculture.
James W. Leech, Ebensburz, for
workmen’s compensation board.
D. Edward Long, Chambersburg, for
superintendent of printing and bind-
ng.
N. R. Baller, Wayne county, for
eommissioner of fisheries.
‘William Young, Philadelphia, for in-
dustrial board.
B. Frank Nead, Harrisburg, for board
of examiners of accountants.
Lafean and Buller received the
strongest support of those who fai‘el
of confirmation, each receiving twen-
ty-nine votes. [It required two-thirds,
or thirty-two, to confirm. Patton re-
ceived twenty-three votes and Young
mineteen.
The delay in adjournment sine die
was due to a wrangle over the general
appropriation bill. Cuts made b~ the
@enate in the agriculture and labor
and industry departments were object-
ed to by the house, and for many hours
There was a see-saw between the lower
branch and the conference committee
representing the two sides. Finally
the matter was satisfactorily adjusted
and the bill went through without a
dissenting vote.
Routes Are Changed.
The legislature showed. its general
disapproval of the proposition of add-
ing new routes to the 10,200 miles of
Boroul roads on the state highway sys-
tem by dropping several score of pro-
posed new roads from the calendar,
but on the last day of the session the
senate and house passed an omnibus
road bil, which made chanzes in twen-
ty-five routes. Tn several instances
additional miles were added, but i» the ;
aggregate the mileage was redq-ed
about sixty-five miles. The highwav
department gave the omnibu= bill its
approval, because the changes were
for the benefit of the property owrers
throneh which the highwavs pass.
FILLING OUT A CHECK.
it Is a Good Rule Always to Write the
Stub First.
In a big store a woman was paying
with a check for some goods she had
just bought, and she was carefully fill-
ing in the stub of her check book first.
“Oh, don’t stop for that!” urged her
shopping companion, who was in a
hurry. “You can do that when you
get home.” ’
Unmoved, the careful woman fin-
ished the stub with special care, then
wrote the check, gave it to the sales-
man and said to ber impatient friend:
“Before I was married I took care of
some of my father's accounts. The
first time he ever asked me to fill out
a set of blank checks for him so he
could sign them he told me: ‘One rule
you must always observe—write the
stub first. Make a vow to yourself,
like unto the vow of Jephthah, that
you will never write a check until the
stub is filled, If for any reason you
should fall later to write the check it
would be a simple matter to cancel
the stub, but if you write a check and
leave the stub blank you open the
door to a hundred chances of mistake.
No one’s memory can be trusted on
that subject. Never try to trust yours.
Let the law of “the stub first” be to
you as the law of the Medes and the
Pcrsians.’ 1 have always found it per-
factly easy to follow that rule, and
that is one reason I have a bank ac-
count today. My husband is never
afraid I will make him any trouble
with it.”
HEED BAD ODORS.
They May Warn You of Places Where
Disease Germs Lurk.
Even a bad odor has its uses. Sci-
entists say that the offensive smell
which comes from decaying and dis-
ease breeding matter is in reality one
of nature's measures of preparedness
and of prevention.
Offensive odors indirectly prevent the
spread of epidemics by calling atten:
tion to the breeding place of the dis
ease. "They give warning that some.
thing is wrong, and they persist in this
warning by becoming mcre and more
offensive until the wrong is righted.
The odor does not convey the germ
or communicate the disease, becausc
in most cases direct contact is neces
sary to do this, or the infection is
communicated by some substance tak-
en into or brought in contact with the
body. But it does tell where the dis-
ease exists or is likely to exist. It also
gives warning of tainted or unfit focd,
as the nose is intended by nature to
be one of man’s chief allies in the fight
for health.
Some have even gone so far as to
state that mothers should not dis.
courage or forbid children smelling
their food before they eat it. The
tendency to do this is sald to be a
natural one. The nose is not placed
above the mouth by accident. It was
designed in primitive man as a guide-
post for his stomach, and it is still
a good guide.—Louisville Courler-Jour-
nal.
The Looking Glass In Fiction.
All nations have shown by their sto-
ries how the looking glass is regarded
' as ministering to vanity. The ancient
Perhaps the most important change
wag fhat
from tr-
which cute fifteen mi'es
distance hetween Phil del-
phia and Pittsburgh on the William |
Penn highway. This change occurs b--
tween Clarks Fervy, Dauphin» ccu-ty.
and Newport, Perry co r'y, Tie Wl
Mam Penn tighway until this t‘me
passed through Liverpool, after leavi-g
Clark's Ferry, and thence to Millers-
town. As the mew road will be bui't
the road will be direct from the’ Ferry
fo Newport, and then to Millerstown.
Among changes made which will be
eneficial to agriculturists are the fol-
@owing: Tn McKean county, on route
3100, Smethport to Emporium, hilly
roads eliminated; on route 28, Middle-
burg to Lewistown, two grade cross-
ings eliminated; route 54, Ebensburg
to Indiana, road changed from unpopu-
dated section so as to pass through sev-
eral mining towns; route 20, farming
¥and in Bradford county opened up;
woute 47, Bedford to Hollidaysburg,
ong and bad hill eliminated; route 50,
spur from Somerfield to Maryland line,
where new Maryland roads are met;
route 222, Bedford to Johnstown, hills
@liminated.
The twenty-five routes in which
£hanges are made connect Clark's
erry and Newport, Emporium and
Smethport, Pottsville and Afllentown,
Philadelphia through Red Lion to the |
Wew Jersey line at a point near Tren-
fon, Indiana to Brookville, Greensburg
#0 Waynesburg, New Bloomfield to
Middleburg, Easton to Mauch Chunk,
Wilkes-Barre to Laporte, Ebensburg to
Indiana, Middleburg to Lewistown,
Bellefonte to Huntingdon, Coudersport
#o Williamsport, Coudersport to the
Wew York line near Ceres, Montrose
¢o the New York line near Oakland,
Williamsport to the New York line at
a point near Fassett, Wellsboro to To-
" wanda, Bedford to Hollidaysburg, Bed-
ford to Johnstown, Somerset to Union-
town, Emporium to Lock Haven, Wash-
dngton to Waynesburg, McConnells-
burg to the Maryland line, Towanda to
Montrose, Tunkhannock to Towanda.
To Get Detalls.
It is impossible in this article to
give the extent or details of all these
ehanges. Those interested in the
foutes named should get in touch with
¢helr representative or senator and
fearn just what new places are now
touched by the state highway system
@s woll ag the villages or sections
@ltminated.
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Wea TTT
Greeks depicted Venus with a mirror
and even described her chamber as
lined all over with mirrors, so that
whichever way her eyes turned she
could behold her beautiful self. But
Minerva never used a mirror. Pass tc
West Africa and we find a native story
which begins with a magic mirror that
possessed the power of speech and al-
ways sald, ‘‘Mistress, there is none,”
when its owner, a woman called Ma-
ria, asked it, “My mirror. is there any
other beautiful woman like myself?”
But one day Maria's daughter entered
the forbidden room where it was kept,
asked a similar question and got a
similar answer. A tale of maternal
Jealousy and vengeance follows.—Lon-
don Spectator.
Sunlight and Germs.
Here is an instructive experiment
made by scientists to show the effects
of sunlight. Some germs of the terri-
ble disease anthrax were sown on two
plates of gelatin, and while one plate
was kept in the dark the other was
placed in the sunlight. The germs
grew, and at the end of ten minutes
there were 360 colonies or groups in
the sunshine plate and 400 colonies in
the dark plate.
One hour later the result was: In the
sunshine plate, none; in the dark plate,
2,620. No disease germ thrives in sun-
light.
Early Opportunity.
“We came to this country and took
the innocent red man’s land away
from him.”
“Yes,” replied the man who has been
having trouble with real estate, “and
in some cases the innocent red man
was lucky to unload just when he did.”
—Washington Star.
A Classy Youth.
“What classes is your boy in at col-
lege?”
“He’s in the .300 class at baseball.”
“Yes »
“And also in the ten second class in
the 100 yard dash.”—Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal
Boring Wells.
The art of boring wells was prac
ticed in the east more than 4,000 years
ago. Abraham’s servant encountered
Rebekah at a well in 1859 B. C.
Improve the Setting.
Howell—How can a man get his wife
in a pleasant frame of mind? Powell—
Just see that the frame is gilded.—
Town Topics.
MODEL DOG LAW
WITH GOVERNOR
Legislature Puts Through Meas-
ure of Protection,
ER —-—
LIGENSE FEE FOR CANINES
Proposed Act Wag Passed For Pur
pose of Giving Protection to Wool
Growers—Owners of Dogs Upon Pay-
Ing License Will be Given Protection.
Harrisburg, Pa. July 3.—With the
house concurring in the senate amend-
ments to the new dog license law,
which aims to protect and yurage
the sheep growing industry by insur-
ing the destruction of unlicensed and
night-running dogs, the legislaiure has
succeeded in evolving what is termed
the model dog law of the country and
one which while affording more protec-
tion to the owner of the licensed dog
thun has ever before been given, at
the same time meets all the cardinal
points raised by the wool growers. °
The bill, which was introduced b:
Representative Lehr, puts it up to the
owner of any dog over six months old
to secure a license or pay a fine. Pro-
vision ig made by which the temporary
transfer of a dog for hunting, breed-
ing, trial or show will not necessitate
a new license in the county to which |
it is transferred, while a dog licensed
in one county may be given a new li
cense in another county when perman
ently transferred for the sum of
twenty-five cents. The county commi -
sioners of the various counties are em-
powered to fix the license fee for male
dogs at not over $2 nor less than $1
and for female dogs at mot over $4
nor less than $2. Owners of kennels
of ten dogs may secure a kennel li-
cense for $5.
Through a hard fight, a provision
was inserted forbidding the imposition
of any further license or taxes by any
county or municipality, and the regu-
lation and control of dogs in cities of
the first and second classes, together
with the collection of licenses, etc.
was vested in the city councils.
Must Seek License.
On the transfer of a dog the new
owner must apply for a license and
set forth the details of the previous
ownership, which is a great safeguard
against the professional dog thieves
who infest the larger communities. A
full description of the dog must also
be given.
The dut- of taking up licensed dogs,
illegally at large, and of taking up and
disposing of ualicensed dogs is vested
in the police officials of the townships,
boroughs and cities, who may, how-
ever, appoint persons to do this work.
Reasonable detention fees may be
charged and for disposing of unclaim-
ed dcgs a compensation of $1 each is
provided.
Any person may kill any dog which
he sees in the act of pursuing or
wounding livestock or attacking a hu:
man being, whether the dog be licens-
ed or not, but this does not anp'y to
dogs attacking poultry. An unlicensed
dog that enters any field is termed a
nuisance and may be killed by the
owner, tenant or agent. Licensed dogs
when accompanied by their owners or
handlers are exempt from the provis-
fons of this entire section, unless ac-
tually attacking livestock or human
beings.
All licensed dogs are declared per-
sonal property and subjects of larceny,
and it is made illegal for anv person
to kill any such dog or to attempt to
poison or injure any such dog, except
when attacking livestock or human
beings.
It 1s made unlawful for any person
to place poison either on his own prem-
ises or those of others, where it may
easily be found by dogs, or to re-
move the collar or license tag from
any dog. The game protectors are
permitted to place poison for the de-
struction of vermin in accordance with
the game laws, but any other placing
of poison where a dog might find it
is punishable ty a fine of $100.
Sunset and Sunrise.
Owners of dogs are required at all
times between sunset and sunrise to
keep them either confined within an
enclosure, firmly secured by means of
a collar or chain or other effective
device so that they cannot stray, or
under the reasonable control of some
person, accompanied by an owner or
handler when engaged in lawful! hunt-
Ing. This last exemption was secured
in behalf of the coon and fox hunters.
After setting forth the ways in which
damages for livestock or poultry killed
shall be claimed and prowen, the act
makes the dog owner liable for the
damage unless the offending dog is
killed and provides that the county
shall fer the damage if the owner
fails to do <0. and m2yv recover from
the owner but if the doz is killed.
v of the owner ends
The Wild Tife League, which strong-
ly supported the bill, secured the in-
sertion of a provise by which the own-
of a dog illegally killed by any per
Son may prove and collect damages
from the county, if the slayer falls tc
pay the same,
! aeroplane.
~ROFESSIONAL CARDS.
FIRE, AUTOMOBILE,
COMPENSATION AND
PLATE GLASS INCURANE:
W. : “00K & SON
Meyersdale, Pa.
W. CURTIS TRUXxAL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
SOMERSET, PA.
Prompt attention given to air rey
business.
WANTED—OId papers, magazines !
rubbers and shoes.
J. D. DONER,
12-16
Vetenarian :
8S. P. Fritz, veteaar-an, castradag
a speciality. P. 0. Address, Pia:
Hill, Pa. Economy Pioupe, Gumbert
store, et nat A wa
[a nS, : RR
Joseph 1. Tresster
Paneral Wiret + and Bubalmer
Meyersdale, Penna.
Residence:
309 Nort Nereef
raged Cou.
Office :
229 Genter : tree
Both vhones.
Em
Baltimore & Ohio’
RAILROAD
SPRING TOURS TO
WASHINGTON
AND
BALTIMORE
MARGH 3! AND JUNE 1
$6.45 ROUND TRIP F4OM
MEYERSDALE
Tickets valid for all refular trains and good
returning 10 days including date of sae.
Tickets including 5 days board in Washing
ton, side trips. ete., may be secured upon
payment of $20.50 addizional
SECURE FULL INFORMATION
FROM TICKET AGENT
Driving It Home]
Let us drive home to you
the fact that no washwo-
man can wash clothes in
as sanitary 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 is simply a matter of having i
proper facilities. 3
Meyersdale Steam Laundry
TRAVEL IN THE AIR.
The Safety That Goes With Transpor-
tation by Aeroplane.
It is 8 new idea that the aeroplane
is a safe means of transportation in
safe hands, yet it is an idea that we
must firmly get into the popular mind.
The average citizen is still frightened
at the prospect of leaving the ground
and having no support except the air
itself. Yet at the speed which we ex-
pect an aeroplane to maintain—seventy
or eighty miles an hour—there is no
means of transportation that is so safe.
The obstructions that cause accel
dents with trains and automobiles dc
not exist for flying craft. A locomo-
tive has to follow a definite track,
which may cause a frightful calamity.
The aeroplane is not so circumscribed.
Its tracks are wherever it wishes to
go. There are no obstructions in the’
air—unless we regard “air pockets” as
such—no, bridges to cross, no moun-
taing to penetrate, no signals to run
by and no switches to be misplaced.
Or compere this new craft with the
rough road of the automobile. The
slightest mistake or even inattention
on the part of the driver, going, say,
forty or fifty miles an hour, may hurl
the machine over a precipice or over-
turn it on an embankment. But such
a lapse on the part of an aviator has
no such deplorable results. There are
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The Brisk Smoke—“Bull” Durham
When you see an alert-looking young man in a
lively argument roll a “Bull” Durham cigarette—it's
the natural thing, He likes to punctuate a crisp
sentence with a puff of “Bull” Durham. His mind
responds to the freshness that’s in the taste of it, and
his senses are quickened by its unique aroma. A
cigarette of “Bull” Durham just fits in with keen
thinking and forceful action.
GENUINE
‘BULL DURHAM
SMOKING TOBACCO
Made of “bright” Virginia-North
Ask for FREE package of
“papers” witheachbc sack
Carolina leaf, “Bull” Durham is
rich, fragrant, mellow-sweet—the
mildest, most enjoyable of smokes.
“Roll your own” with
Durham and join
Bull”
the army of
smokers who have found that so
good a cigarette cannot
tained in any other way.
An [ustrated Bock-
let, showing correct
: =) way Io “Roll Your
Cigarettes, a package of
En os pe
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"Durham, Durham, GC
be ob-
plumbing is.
him quickly.
For prompt service and
Meycrsdale
Prompt Plumbing Service
“The time that good plumbing equip-
ment is most appreciated is usually when
the equipment is temporarily out of order. —C0——
Then we see how necessary good _
-
Then you want a plumber and want ~~
tures, the “Standard” make, call on us.
BAER & CO.
rtp
ot
quality fix-
PA.
“PrRng
no precipices to fall from and no ob-
structions to collide with. :
The aeroplane is even safer than
some forms of water travel. The mo-
torboat, going at a speed of forty miles
an hour ‘or even slower, is a more
risky form of transportation than an |
If such a boat strikes even
a small obstruction, such as a floating
| plank, its side is punctured and it sinks |
i guch ‘dangers in the ain = Orville
in a few seconds. But there are no
Wright in Harpee’s,
readndnes=
loa? suitier
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Long
hours, close and
tedious work are very
DR. MILES’
Pain away, and
the Nerve Strain.
TQ BENEFIT YOU,
WiLL BE REFUNDED:
to result in Headaches or
other Pains. Don’t suffer.
ANTI-PAIN PILLS
will quickly drive your
Dr. Miles’ Neryine
will assist you by relieving
IF FIRST BOX, OR BOTTLE, FAILS
YOUR MONEY
apt
DIZZY SPELLS.
“My nerves became all
worn out. I had bad head-
aches and severe dizzy
spells. I could not sleep
and my appetite was poor.
I began using Dr. Miles’
Anti-Pain Pills and they
always gave me instant re.
lief no matter what the
pain. Then I used Dr,
Miles’ : Nervine regularly
and was soon in perfect
health again.”
MRS. S. L. YOUNG,
324 Pittsburg St.,
Newcastle, Penn.
—_
War and Human Nature.
Referring to the oft repeated elaim
that there can be no such thing as uni-
versal peace, because war is a phase of
human nature—that men always have
and always will fight, Dr. Frank Crane
thus speaks: “War, human nature!
Yes, as leprosy is human nature, or tu-
berculosis, or epilepsy, or homicidal
madness! As demons in hell, in human
shape, are human beings.” The idea
that men of sense will justify war be-
cause it is human nature would fit them
for the lunatic asylum. And then the
doctor goes on to say: “Give human na-
ture a chance. Let the people manage
their governments and war will speed-
ily ceake forever.”
And that’s true too. It is despicable
the way some people will blame human
mature for war. By that argument ev-
ery crime could be justified. — Ohio
Stats Journal.
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Abolish Fahrenheit?
There is a growing crusade against
the Fahrenheit thermometer used in all
English speaking countries, and the
plea is made that the Centigrade ther-
mometer be employed in its Place. The
Centigrade is used for nearly all scien-
tific purposes and is decidedly superior
to the Fahrenheit, but the latter is in
familiar use among the great mass of
people who use heat measuring instru-
ments.
Practically all English speaking peo-
ple use the Fahrenheit scale, even with
all its inconveniences, and people who
imagine that they can effect a change
by an act of congress reckon without
authority. Nothing is more difficult than
to change the established habits of a
people, a truth which will slowly dawn
upon the enthusiast who undertakes
to change the meteorology of a nation.
—Locomotive Engineering.
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