— PEAR. That Sink rly. ~ York city 8 disappeay > year, Soon they ache of the > stilled. It ~ Temaining 2 girls who ve will not know that the great | rnished by | show that | each year. | A greater ung girls. L ‘Up Sooner he girls, as laving cut s, having’ ind them, ndon usu-1 returning ers of the once were truggle on —Memphis LAND. t Acts as , as a, stitution, . reaps a nation’s 1id to the nagement d in 1906 £325 per e of £100 ove this 1t money England re has to der sign. gned by 0 be for. | auditor, audit de-§ er hands horizing§ the ex- account ) makes! various utinizes | hat the ordance —West- ners for 2 island e entire s which battle- g from th they e on a ers and e exer- aiming yas if 1. Theil d from ; lectric] A real: jectile § , while [ steel | sition i ne of >—had | ers in | m at- ‘them | stood 1uzzle | Once, time | d his | to be hrew ! floor | aids, | cold ; ically went : arge, k. i et in hand uspi. - was | the cul- | she y the ‘ace, ear- ir?” vith —-al- thes oth ”_ hat yet »” the an RE — es SRY REE THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSDALE, PA. The Fireless Cooker. i The fireless cooker has come to stay. | Its usefulness is no longer a question, ' but a fact. It is one of the modern con- veniences and, unlike many of them, it does not keep running up bills after it is installed. Buy it. and the cost is ended. It does not get out of repair un- less greatly abused. It does save fuel | bills and labor. It cooks many things better than they can be cooked in any other way. There are many kinds of fireless cook- ers on the market. In choosing among them one may select the kind best adapted for the particular conditions it is to meet, and the space in the kitchen which it is to occupy. Of course a fac- tory made ccoker is best, but any one who cannot afford to buy one will find §t worth while to use a home made one. A person with only a little mechanical skill, by following the directions which can be procured from the depart- ment of agriculture at Washington, can make a cooker that will fulfill most of the needs.—Womau'’s Home Compan- ion. Kissing the Black Stone. As well die a Jew or a Christian as pot make the pilgrimage to Mecea, sald Mobainmed, and no obligation of Islam is more piously discharged. [It is be. Heved that the ritual connected with the visit to the Ka'aba-—the ‘square pbuilding” —and the kissing of the black stone go back to days of idolatry, the “time of ignorance” before the new faith bloomed. : The black stone, which measures about six inches hy eight, is bélieved to have fallen from paradise, to been guarded during the deluge and handed to Abraham by Gabriel when the Ka’aba was built. Certain parts of the ceremonial—the throwing of stones at the devil and the imitation of Ha- gar’s distracted wanderings in the des- ert—are supposed to have had signifi- cance for the pre-Mohammedan times as well as for Islam.—London Chron- icle. Awful Thought. “And you ought to be made to eat humble pie.” “But don’t you try to make it your- gelf, dear. Spare me that.”—8¢t Louis Post-Dispatch. ; ‘ J. Plummer Pisor, aged thirty-four, a son of Pr. O. P. Pisor, of L=mont, Cal, was drowmed while bat'i gz in Slippery Rock Creek, about fifteca mites rorth of Putler. Pisor had ae- companied » party of friends on a ni nic, and was attacked by cramps whi. swimming 1% deep water. He went down before assistance could reach him. Value of Cinders. Not so many years ago great heaps of cinders were piled up, often dump- ed into low places where new earth was needed. - Manufacturing concerns were glad to get rid of the accumula- tions. But now the cinders are in great demand for use in the foundation for cement and concrete work. They form a perfect drainage material, and it has been found that frost acts very lightly on them. Furthermore, con- crete work in which cinders are used Is said to be of extreme durability. When cinders are ground and mixe with cement the mass becomes vei hard. 7 Old Age on Saturn. : We are reminded that if human be- ings lived on the planet Saturn they would be old at three years of age--not that life is any swifter or the cares of maturity any more pressing. It is merely because Saturn is so far from tiie sun they it takes nearly thirty years, according to the earth’s meas: urement of time, to travel in its orbit round the sun. Bt Odd Bits From Novels. “He fixed the jury with his eye,” says a novelist. A poor thing to fix a jury with, truly. - “He stood as if carved from stone,” says another writer. No wonder! He had just been chiseled out of his rocks. —Boston Transcript. Actions. Every man’s actions form a center of influence upon others, and every deed, however trivial, hds some weight in determining the future destiny of the world. 0000000000000 00O0C PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. The Wrong Way to Eat. Hurried eating is" a common contributing cause of constipa- tion as well as other ills. When the food is not properly masti- cated more energy is required in the upper part of the alimentary canal to reduce it to the condi- tion necessary for complete di- gestion, and in cases in which the vitality is depleted this may 80 seriously cripple the activity of the lower part of the alimen- tary canal as to contribute large- ly to the atonic condition, which is a large factor in such cases. When the food is not fully mas- . ticated it is held back in the small intestine as well as in the stomach, and this also has a tend- ency to establish a sluggish ac- tion, which contributes to the condition favorable to constipa- tion. While thorough mastica- tion will not cure those cases which may be largely due to bad mental condition, excessive mix- ing of food, lack of exercise, overwork, too concentrated food or some physical defect of the intestine, it is an important fac- tor, and more careful mastica- tion will contribute to improve- ment in all cases. 00000000000000000000000000000000000000 “yond which it was not siife to do this have @ 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 BANKS AND- BANKNOTES. England’s First Papar Money Was le- sued by the Goldsmiths. With the almost entire use of paper currency at the present time the his- tory of its origin may not be uninter- esting. In the days of the Stuarts mer- chants used to lodge their reserves of gold in the Tower, and when one day Charles I., in a thoughtless moment, annexed a large sum lodged in that way and forgot to put. it back the merchants decided that henceforth they would put no more trust in princes, but would look to the gold- smiths. The goldsmiths thereby became the first bankers, and the first goldsmith who hit upon the novel idea of giving a note, not only to the person who deposited gold, but also to the person who came to borrow, founded modern banking with an original deposit of £5,000. ; The banker gave promise te pay up to, say, £25,000, and as long as there was no immediate demand on the part of the persons holding these promises to pay to have that promise converted into cash business proceeded merrill. but necessarily there was a limit be- kind of business, and it wae always possible that something unforeseen might happen that would bring an un- usual number of notes for presentation. As a matter of fact, this did happen frequently in the early days, and final- ly the government stepped in and grant. ed the almost entire monopoly of issu- ing notes to the Bank of England.— London Standard. TEST YOUR LUNGS. A Simple Method by Which One May Measure His Development. People often suffer from weak, un developed lungs without suspecting it. True, small, feeble lungs are usually associated with a small, narrow or sunken chest, but not invariably. By means of the misuse of physical cul- ture it is 'possible to develop large chest muscles, thus acquiring a big chest measurement, while the lungs remain small and ill nourished. Again, lung mischief is often so slow and insidious in tts approach that the trouble is not discovered until it is firmly established. Here, however, is a simple test which will tell you whether your lungs are healthy’ or not: Take as deep a breath as you can, and then, In a slow but distinct voice count from one onward as far as you ean without taking in more breath. The number of seconds you can con- tinue counting is a pretty reliable in- dex to the state of your lungs, so you should have some one to time you. If your lungs are sound and normal: ly developed your range will be be- tween twenty and thirty-five seconds. If your limit 1s between ten and twen- ty seconds there is no need to be alarmed; probably your lungs are merely in need of exercise, to be read- fly obtained by regular deep breathing in pure air. A range less than ten sec- onds, however, points to more or less mischief, and you should not delay in having your lungs examined by a med- fcal man. True In Every Language. Tennyson once attended a dinner where G. L. Craik proposed “The La- dies.” In doing so he recalled the cynical advice given by a brother Scot . oil and stearine, the former used as a Not Even a Hair of Him Is Wasted by the Big Packers. GOOD PROFIT IN THE OFFAL It Yields as Great a Financial Return as Do the Main Food Products of the Carcass—How the Various Parts of the Animal Are Utilized. There is a use for everything that is removed from a hog. After years of experimenting packers have reduced their business to such a system that they realize as much profit from the offal as they do from the main car- cass. . The meat of a hog is from 70 to 80 per cent of the live weight. The 20 to 80 per cent that is classed as offal makes the money for the packers. Ex- clusive of condemnations by govern- ment inspectors. about 17 per cent of each carcass is lost at various stages of dressing and by evaporation in processing and curing, so that really only about 60 per cent actually goes into cuts to be retailed to the con- sumer. The various cuts—hams, ba- con, loins, spareribs and pork sides— are the main products. £ Among the edible byproducts is pep- sin, which is derived from the stomach of the hog. The liver is used for food as it is taken from the body. and it is also made into liver sausage. Brains are prepared in many ways. Tongues find their way into the making of can- ned and pickled meats.” Hearts are used in sausage. Tails. snouts and ears are rich in gelatin or glue, but most of them are sold for boiling with kraut and other vegetables and are much in favor with lovers of boiled meals. Kidneys enter into the fresh meat trade or when the supply is too large are frozen or can- ned. ¢ : Neutral is a specially prepared lard, largely used abroad, and in this coun- try an important ingredient in the man- ufacture of oleomargarine. Lard prop- er is not commonly called a byproduct of the hog; it is one of. the primary products. About 15 per cent of the average hog goes into the making of lard. The demand for lard has. in- creased greatly during the past few years. It is now used commonly in cooking in place of butter. Part of the lard is further processed into lard lubricant and for illuminating pur poses, the latter entering into the man ufacture of lard.compounds, chewing gum, soft candies, fancy toilet soaps and other toilet preparations. Small quantities of blood are used in the making of blood puddings, most of it is dried and ground into blood meal, a popular ration with poul- try raisers as well as a feed for calves that are being fed on skimmilk. Stomachs are used as sausage con- tainers, the lining first being removed and used as a source of pepsin, The “black” or curly intestines of the hog are carefully cleaned, processed and made into chitterlings, an inexpensive food that is fried like oysters, much in favor with colored people. to his children: “Tak my advice and dinna marry for siller. You can bor- row cheaper.” Scme time later Tennyson at his own table repeated Mr. Crgjk’s story. but expressed the idea without attempt ing dialect. His son, Hallam, remark- ed, “Surely, father, Craik did not use those words.” “No. he did not; but, then, Craik is a Scotchman, and I am afraid to ven- ture on repeating hin exactly. Heow- ever, it’s almost as good in English as in Scotch, and it's tremendously true ia bo 2 Why the Widew Got Him, The folks were talking gossip with some neighbors who were making a social call. They were discussing a certain man that everybody agreed was such a fine man and wondering how ever it was that a rather gay grass widow had succeeded in Yeading him to the altar. “Well, I kin tell ye,” said Uncle Ebenezer, who had contin- ued to smoke his pipe without taking part in the discussion, “he had no chance.”—Exchange. Half Truths. Half truths are often more calumni- ‘ous than whole falsehoods. Nota word may be uttéred, but a half suppressed innuendo, a dropped lip, an arched eye brow, a shrugged shoulder, 8 signifi cant look; an incredulous expression of countenance—nay, even an emphatic silence—may do the injurious work. Highty Estimable. «Half a loaf is better than no bread,” said the philosopher. wThere’s -no doubt about the respect to which half a loaf is entitled,” re- pled the plain person. “It costs as much as a whole loaf used to.”—Wash- ington Star. The Kind Wren. The house wren is charitable enougn to take care of the young of other spe- eles. One has been known to feed and rear four young robins whose parents had met with disaster. Musical Note. “Didn't her constant ginging ta the fiat annoy you? “Not so much as the constant fiat in ber ginging.”"—Puck. Ne great thing is created suddenly any mere than a bunch of grapes er © fg Epictetus. ATER ab ientnin hc “Re. o Seven per cent of the weight of the i hog is represented in nonedible byprod- _ ucts in the raw state, which are after- : ward manufactured into glue. soap. ; glycerin, bloud meal, tankage, curled hair and fertilizer. In the finished { state these products represent about | $a per cent of the hog's weight, the ; balance being lost in evaporation. | The rinds from skinned hams and ba- i con, as well as the back skin of the hog, are saved. Pigskin is used in athletic goods. Hair enters into many lines of man- ufacture. A large part is used in the making of brushes, and the finer the bristle the higher priced brush is pro- duced. upholstering. The waste waters are evaporated to a thick brown wax known as “stick” because of its adhesive properties. It is used in the manufacture of fertilizer. as it has a high nitrogen content. Bones are used in making phosphates for baking powder and other com- pounds. They are also ground into poultry feed, and a large tonnage finds its way into the fertilizer trade Bones are also burned for charcoal for use in the purification of sirups in the manu- facture of sugar. Bone ash is used in making crucibles for glassmaking.and metal refining. Tankage is a bone and tissue sub- stance that is taken from the tanks after the different parts are rendered for grease. It is used chiefly in stock and poultry feed.—Joseph M. Carroll in Country Gentleman. : Nicely Put. “John,” whispered his wife, “I'm thoroughly convinced that there is a burglar downstairs.” “Well, my dear,” replied her husband sleepily, “I hope you don’t expect me to have the courage of your convic- tions.””—Boston Transcript. / The Bunko Game. “You can’t fool all the people all the time.” “You don’t need to. If you can fool half of the people some of the time you can make a good living.” Proving lt. An editor said of a certaim local pol fitician: “We will not call him an ass We will print his speech.” i Do all the good you can and no harm USING UP THE HOG | ties must be performed while that ele- but | It is also curled and used for. THE MILITARY AVIATOR. He Must Be a Soldier, a Mechanic and Absolutely Fearless. It takes nine months to make a mili- tary aviator: The professiom makes the severest possible demand upon the ' resources of the individual. It requires a combination of physique, of courage, of nerve poise, to make the expert flier, while to do the work of an aviator in war involves “technical skill that can | hardly be characterized as short of sci- entific. 2 The military flier must be a soldier, a mechaui¢ and a daredevil. Besides sailing his eraft and fighting his ene- mies. he must be mathematician enough to make his observations, artist enough to take photographs, telegrapher enough to operate his wireless, navigator enough. to. pick his. way by means of map and compass over unfamiliar land- scapes and resourceful enough to con- tend with fog, with cloud and with the thousand and one contingencies which the hazards of the air involve. Further- more, his most difficult technical du- CONDENSED REPORT OF CONDITION The Second National Bank 'MEYERSDALE, PA. JUNE TWENTIETH, NINETEEN SEVENTEEN RESOURCES ment of the death constant with which he always rides is augmented by the nasty rattle of aerial machine gui around and above hin aud the yap oi bursiine anti-aircraft shells which pur. sue him from below. No man with the eficcts of dissipation vitiating his blood and unsettling his nerves can be trusted with the issues of the air.— Peter Clark Macfarlane in Collier's Weekly. LIVING IN JAPAN. Hard Work For the Middle Classes to Make Both Ends Meet. Dr, Takata, Japanese minister of ed ucation, has recently published a hook concerning economic conditions in Ja pan. The piuch comes harder upon the middle classes than upon the lower classes since the former must not only live, but must keep up a respectable appearance on salaries no greater than those that men who work at trades receive, For example, according to Dr. Taka ta, a primary school -teacher earns $15.50 a month, but his lowest budget for a family of four reaches $17.33 His wife must do work at home to earn the deficit. and writer who has a wife, two chil on household sundries. are irregular, but always below his ex- penses. He has been compelled to Lor row money from his wife's’ relatives. and her trousseau is mpt unknown to the pawnshops. The learned author states that two ‘more than $30 a month. Obviously the grip of conditions that are far from en- viable, : . « +..Washington Monument. * The cornerstone of the Washington monument. was laid on its fine site, which overlooks Washington, George- town, Arlington and Mount Vernon, by President Polk July 4, 1848. Its mar- adorned simplicity to the height of 555 feet square. and it gradually tapers until at the 500 foot point it has dimin- ished to less than thirty-tive feet. This monument is said to contain: 18.0: blocks of marble, each two feet thick They Were lifted on an elevator run by work of iron, which was built up at in- tervals, thirty or forty feet at a time. in advance of the surrounding masonry. The aluminum capstone, nine inches thirty-six years and a half after the cornerstone was laid. Nature Teaches Inventors. “We get our hints from nature,” the inventor said. “Take, for instance, the hollow pillar, which is stronger than the solid one. The wheat straw show- ed us the superior strength of the hol- low pillar. Solid, the wheat straw would be unable to support its head of grain. Where did man get his idea for carriage springs? From the hoofs of the horse, which, like the springs de- rived from them, are made from paral. lel plates. Scissors we get from the jaws of the tortoise, which are natural scissors; chisels from the squirrel, who carries them in his mouth; adzes from the hippopotamus, whose lvories are adzes of the best design; the plane from from the bee’s jaws; the tripham- mer from the woodpecker.” Homespun Philosophy. Don’t wear out shoe leather seekin’ trouble, for it’s all time huntin” you and wondering why you live so far. The fields will answer the world’s prayer for its daily bread if it's in ear- nest with the handlin’ of the hoe. Some folks ask neither poverty nor riches, but only middlin’ ground and Constitution, Minimum of Waste. all gotta help.” “You attend to your own business,” snapped ma with some acerbity. “The leaves and eggshells.”—Kansas City Journal. Meager Achievement. “Methuselah was the oldest man.” “Yes,” replied Mr. Groucher. “But time strictly to growing old and never attempt anything else.”—Washington Star. Quick to Hear. Wifey—That Mrs. Brown must be an awful gossip. I never can tell her any- thing but what she’s heard it before.— where you cannot do good. a feondon Answers. rem—— i NET GAIN BETWEEN ABOVE STATEMENTS A magazine editor dren and a maid spends $32.75 monthly ! His earnings | thirds of the Tokyo doctors earn no | professional classes of Japan are in the : ble shaft rises in all the dignity of un- : feet. The base of the shaft is fifty-five steam, suspended in an inper frame- high, was set in position Dec. 6, 1884, | somebody to till it for 'em.—Atlanta “No waste, now, ma; no waste. We . only things I' throw away are tea | go far as I've been able to find out he | was one of those men who devote their | Loans and Investments ..... .... ....... <.-.. $592,905.60 U.S: Bondsand Premium .................000 70,179.87 Rea! Estate, Fucniture & Fixtures .............. 64,075.20 Cash and due from Banks ......... ......... 125,338.50 * Total Resources $ 852,498.67 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in ............. vo wie aes $ 65,000.00 Surplus Fund and Profits ...... . Seas woke, 65,621.83 Cireillation”....”".............; Sh aa a 64,400.00 Deposits.» .... .........0 0... os .... 657.476 84 T ta: Liavilities $ 852.498.67 Growth as Shown i1 Following Statements Made to Comptroller of Currency. JULY 15, 1908 - - - $262,014.92 ONE QUARTER MILLION JUNE 20, 1917 - 5 - $852,498.67 OVER THREE QUARTER MILLION $590,483.75 —OVER ONE-HALF MILLION— J. T. Yoder JOHNSTOWN Sells the Champion Cream Saver HE NEW DE LAVAL ID you know that while other manufacturers are raising théle D rices to meet the soaring cost of materials, The De Laval tor y is putting out at no increase in price a bigger and better cream separator than ever before—a separator with a self-centering bowl, a bell speed-indicator : that insures operation at the proper speed, and many other important improvements ? The NEW Da Laval awbofiss the greet struction én the last 30 years. oon The NEW De Laval has greater capacity. skims The NEW De Laval even closer. The NEW De Laval is even simpler in construction. : * The NEW De Laval is even more sanitary. And you all improvements gd inorease in To. ) » The first time Cross-section of New Bowl p in and see ’ one of these new machines. We know you will be interested in the new self-centering bow! the new milk-distributing device, the im; discs, the bell speed-indicator, and the im- automatic oiling fea~ . oe found only in the NEW are foun De Laval. : : You can buy a De Laval from us on such terms that it will pay for itself while you are using it. But even if you are not ready to buy yet, come in and look the - machine over. It will be worth your while. The “warning signal” that insures portion at proper speed. EE "| When Women are Weak \ } Women who feel weak, languid and. depressed — who look pale and dull-eyed, and have lost appe- tite and fresh looks—need a tonic that will purify. the blood, help the organs of digestion, regulate the liver and bowels, and strengthen the systern. It long has been known that |' Beecham Pull v are a blessing to weak women, for they quickly correct womanly ailments, improve the appetite, purify the blood and re-establish healthy conditions. They are safe to take as they are purely vegetable and without any harmful drug. A few doses will bring better spirits, improved health, a feeling of fitness and Give Renewed Stren Directions of Special Value to Women are with Every Box Sold by druggists throughout the world. In boxes. 10c., 25¢c. i Inconsistent Teachers. “And how do you find school, Har- old?” | Unkind Wit. | The desire to shine by delivering him. | self of a crushing repartee all too often “Rather difficult, sir. leads the witty individual into excesses | aro inconsistent. that seriously offend charity and not | | rarely justice as well, A wit that is unkind is not a gift to | be proud of It usually beloncs to a discontented and spiteful person who The teachers In English composi- tion we are told to be original. In arithmetic we are all expected to get the same answer.” —Louisville Courier- | Journal. { apart from these failings would be a | The Sama A | very nice friend, but the biting wit on .| og rgument. | “I don’t s hy » i which he prides himself keeps every- t see why you complain about either.”—Detroit Free Press. +3 5 IN" ant n | body at a distance. While ene dislikes | me eth ne aig doctor, | the person who is ready to agree to been.” : gar KE NS ve anything one may say, it is rather bet- | “That's all right” i : { ter to have that than continual disa- | “1 Wart aa dl k ’ EShiied the man greement and stinging wit.—Exchange. : S sick as I could have been | SR TO et Pm 0 re
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