THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSDALE, PA. RR imme WEDDING RINGS. Their Descent From the Ancient Sig- net Rings of Egypt. It was under the shadow of the pyra- mids that brides first wore rings as symbols of wedlock. In the early Egyptian the custom of the wife to keep all of her jars, closets and storerooms sealed. A different seal ordinarily was used for every door or jars containing cer tain foods. Preserved sweets, for in- stance, would be sealed with one de- vice and some sharp appetizer with another. So the course of time brought the Egyptian woman a goodly number of seals, the special mark of her wife | hood. . Then it became & custom for the bridegroom on his wedding day to present the future homemaker with a little string of seals. In the beginning they usually were suspended from an ornamental chain about her neck, but afterward it became the custom to car- ry the keys on an ornamental cord around the wrist. And finally the keys were attached to a woman's finger by means of a cord: or Bold wire. This naturally meant reduction in the num ber of seals, and Some genius of the days of old hit upon the idea of com bining the seat and the wire together. from which we gét the signet ring Such a ring was refiilarly presented to ¢he bride on her wedding day. Things had reached this state of progress when key# seem to have been first used in Egypt te any great extent The coming of locks did away with the wifely seals and hep peculiar mark of sovereignty in the otiie. By degrees the signet ring welll, Out of fashion as the special prerogitive of the bride and was succeeded by a piain band ring such as every youilg lady of today é%pects to wear. Numbers of these plain and signet rings have been found in the old tombs of northern Africa. mute evidéiice of loves long «nce dead and gone. HARD WORK FOR CUPID. | foumanian Farmers Try to Keep Their Sons From Wedlock. The Roumanian fariner doesn’t think much of matrimony: A bachelor hasn't missed much, in His opinion. And wheti his son gets the marrying bee buzzing in his bosom the Roumania dad is apt to take a Hickory club and beat it out of the young man’s system That's why the Roumanian youth when he is in love never confides the happy secret to his father. He goes and tells his mother, for women still believe in love and marriage, although they lead from the altar to the wash tub.’ But the father has ‘faced the mul heels and the plow handles so long in his hard struggle to feed the hungry mouths opened to him by marriage that he has forgotten he was once a lover sighing lover's tales. He is about as much in favor of state wide matri- mony as a sick boy is in favor of cas- tor oil So the son tells his mother. The mother feeds father the best dinner she can cook, and when the old man is in a mellow mood she breaks the gad news about their: boy. If she is skillful enough she wins his grouchy consent, and he calls in his two best men friends. These two £0 with his son to the girl's home. Perhaps she bas heard nothing of the love affair, but when she sees them coming she guesses what's u tains the visitors, and if he lets the home it was fire go out it means he has taken this method to turn them down cold. Roumanian wives all have silk dresses Their husbands do not buy the silk for them; the women raise or gilk shawls. it themselves.—Exchange. Teeth Gritting a Symptom. When children grit their teeth, either pit when awake, it is generally a sign that they have asleep or as a ha adenoid growths back of their noses and need the attention of a physician. Dr. C. BE. Benjamins tells in a journal of Amsterdam of his experience with, 1,544 cases of adenoids, in which about 87 per cent of the children were teeth gritters, and in most of the cases the gritting ceased when the adenoids were removed. Among 115 teeth grit ters he examined for troubles other than adenoids all but two were found to have adenoids. Art In America. The first school of painting to estab- Hish itself on American soil was that of Spain, following in the train of vice- roys and prelates after the Indian com- monwealths had been subjected and Spanish towns had been built. To the present day there exists in the City of Mexico the oldest academy of the fine arts in the western world, the Academy of San Carlos. It is nearly as old as the Royal Academy, London. Fogs Are Valuable. It has been discovered that fogs, especially ocean fogs. are valuable. Fogs are the principal fertilizers of the great bean fields of California. The fields are dry farmed. Rain means ruin. Yet moisture is a necessity. This is furnished in just the right degree by fogs.—Detroit Free Press. He Told Her. It was the first ball game she had ever attended. “Why do they call that thing the plate?” was her forty-seventh question. «Why—er—because that’ gtrain.—Boston Transcript. This Life. There is only one way to get read for immortality. life’ and live it as bravely an Iv and faithfully as We 8B. TRICKING THE CREDULOUS. Lures of Gold Brick Schemes For the Small Investors. Will persons with money never learn how to take care of it? Will they never guard themselves against the horde of tricksters who make a busi- ness of taking advantage of the cred- ulous and especially of credulous wo- men? Bear in mind that no one will make money for you when he.can make it well-known germ, we often have a right to be suspicious of its coming from want of proper nourishment. This would seem to be a forerunner of the true disease of tuberculosis. accounted for in several ways. TUBERCULOSIS AND PROPER | NOURISHMENT. By Samuel G. Dixon, M. D. While tuberculosis is caused by a This want of nourishment is to be The : p coming. produce and pay clothing, shoes, an for his wares and coughs up for his together. WE ALL GET IT. mmm— Yes, we all get it, both going and i } big prices for his | ff ones for his | The farmer.gets s sti d implements. The manufacturer gets high mark lively eats and his other necessities. od wages and ul and body The laborer gets go ays it all out to keep so the key to wealth, suspect him, for such keys are kept by their possessors and are not given away to strangers. for himself. If he offers to give you p. Her father enter- The postoffice a year or two ago showed that over $150,000,000 had been lost by persons who listened to the gold brick schemers, but the game still goes on despite the vigilance of the postofice department and the passage of protective measures, known as “blue sky laws,” by many states. \ Will the people never learn to dis count the alluring literature which these shysters send out and which is written for them by some of the sharp- est and brightest writers of our day. whose services can be easily obtained for a few dollars? 1 advise my readers who pecelve | these tempting propositions to send them at once to the postmaster gen- | eral at Washington for investigation. That is the business of the postoffipe department, and it will be only too happy to take up such matters. Small ifvestors are particularly the victims of these bunko. schemes, for the false notion prevails that a mat or woman with a small amount of money cannot buy high class lnvest ment securities such as successful in vestors prefer. This is erroneous. An investment can now be made in thé best of paying securities with as Siall an amount as $10 through the partial payment plan. which is readily under- stood. though the term may goufitl formidable. - Leslie's Weekly. i A LITTLE PIECE OF LEAD. The Costliest ‘Thing This World of Ours Has Ever Known. Just think of one small piece of lead, probably weighing less than at ounce, that cost the world sore $100,000,000,- 000 in money, probably $100,000,000,000 in property, more than 11,000.000 lives and individual suffering and lcss im- possible of computation—a bit of lead that embroiled in war Germany, Aus- tria:Flungary. Britain, Frauce, Belgi- um, the United States, Turkey, Siberia. will often arrest digestion. digestive system may be naturally weak, that is, born weak; it may have been strong in early life but abused by the use of alcohol, eating rapidly when physically or mentally tired or by gulping food without proper chewing or mastication. A plunge bath just after eating The drinking of ice water during a meal, or iced tea or coffee will reduce the temperature of the stomach so that the natural process of digestion is interferred with. As a result the food is not properly prepared for the organs to absorb it. Therefore, it is not taken up by the blood stream as it travels through the system of arteries to build up the different tis-. sues of the body. The increase of ° tuberculosis of late in Belgium, in France, and other warring countries is largely due to the want of the things that Nature demands for building up healthy bodies. We must have some nitro- gen in the form of meat or eggs or beans. We must have some fats. And we must have some starches. Otherwise the body will be partly starved 4nd disease germs will thrive in the diferent tissues. T' - occurs more often in the lungs than anywhere else, but there is hardly an organ in the body that will not, under certain conditions, become tu- berculous. te It is to be hoped that here in America where we have such a var- jety of climates and of soil we shall be able to keep up a general food supply and shall not be restricted in any of those things which Nature requires. They will reduce our pow- er to produce foodstuffs, ‘nunitions of war, and all of those things that are essential for our living. One great drawback in fighting the battle against tuberculosis is that Italy, Montenegro, Roumania, Bulga- ria, Albania, Egypt, Canada, Australia, China, Japan, South Africa, India and Russia and brought every other nation to the brink of internal trouble or out- ward disaster, the consequences of which are being felt by every human being, civilized or uncivilized, white. black, yellow or brown! . That small piece of lead was fired from a pistol in the hands of a crack brained youth of Servian nativity into the body of the heir to the Austrian throne. The troubles arising from this mad act and its punishment set fire to the powder trains in Europe and led to hostile act after hostile act and final ly and suddenly to open war in 1914. That little piece of lead should be preserved as a memorial to all future generations and as the costliest thing mankind has ever known. It would become the greatest silent teacher the world has ever seen. It would teach restraint for the weak minded and vio- lent; it would teach the importance of minor acts and things; it would teach peace as no. costly monument, no book of horrors. no painting of tragedy could ever teach it.—Detroit Free Press. Ox Bones. _ Ox bones have a considerable value. The four feet of an ordinary OX will make a pint of neat’s foot oil. The thigh bone is the most valuable, being : and finds many cases that are sent s where the drops from the pitcher are caught,” he replied, his reason cracking under the useful for cutting into toothbrush han- dles. The fore leg bones are made into collar buttons and parasol handles. The water in which the bones are boil- ed is reduced to glue, while the dust which comes from sawing the bones is turned into food for cattle and poul try.—Exchange. Fine Canali Locks. Some of the locks in the New York barge canal are the finest in the world, the five at Waterford being the great est series of high lift locks in existence. They have a combined lift of 169 feet, one foot less than the total lift of every lock in the Panama canal. The upper gates weigh forty tons and the lower about 100 tons. Dislocation of the Hip Joint. In demonstrating his now famous method of replacing in its socket a hip that has been dislocated since birth Dr. John Ridlon of the Presbyterian hospital, Chicago, said most of these cases were girls and in most of them it was the left hip. He could not offer any suggestion as to why this should be so. : Duets Popular. Patience— What kind of singing do you prefer, solos or duets? Patrice—Oh, duets, by all means. the parrot going at the same time.”— Yonkers Statesman. Natural Tendency . diseases?” “So they say. son.” “yell, come over to the house some time and I'l start the phonograph and «pop, do all trades have their own . «phen is it only carpenters that have it is not recognized early enough for | us to combat it successfully. The for everything he gets an the neck at every dig. Borough of Meyersdale, are hereby notified that they must comply with : the Law in regard to pens and other | regulations of the Health Board, | otherwise they will not be permitted | to be kept in the Borough. 30-31 grow mightily under provocation, several hundred thousand emergency Quakers have sprung up in this coun- try since the draft was announced. knees. ‘ water usually becomes more or less limited in quantity. Sand Spring Water their patrons attention to the neces- sity of seeing that all forms of waste is prevented on their premises. er’s premises once ‘each month during ; the remainder of 1917 and is author- | water off when waste upon. the usual rate $3.00 per year. digs down like hell : d gets it in | And the editor Some getting, that.—EX. NOTICE TO HOG OY HERS. | All owners of hogs within the | i W. H. Clingaman, ANNOUNCEMENT During the remainder of this month we will continue the DRY GOODS CLOSING-OUT SALE Our Buyers leave for the eastern markets next week - to buy ready-to-wear for the W omen'’s Specialty Store, and the dry goods must be cleaned out in order to make room for this enlarged stock. Thee are lots of bargains in piece goods yet, and are. being offered at prices ‘way below actual cost today. Supply your wants now for the FALL and WINTER. SETTER, Hartley, Clutton Co. «The Womlen’s Store” Health Officer. “um Emergency Quakers. Just to show that a religion can Their quaking is mostly in the Notice to Water Consumers. The time of year is at hand when Therefore the Co., hereby call | The Supt. will visit every consum- t6 shut all ' ized by the. company is insisted ! I | Persons using hose without pay- i ing for same will be charged for at If not paid water will be shut off. Sand Spring Water Co. 28-29 State Health Department of Pennsyl- vania is examining about ten thous- and people a day for this disease ! to our Dispensaries too late for us to guarantee a cure. Yet we may, even in some of those cases, ar¥est the disease and discharge a patient with enough good lung tissue left to en- able him to lead a comfortabie and useful life. pr The recognition of tuberculosis re- quires a special medical training. Here in Pennsylvania we have tuber- culosis cases, finding their way into Federal service through various paths. This’ is because we are con- fronted with a great necessity to, form an army and navy in a short space of time and those responsible for this onerous work are unable to Salisbury’s New Shoe Shop I wish to announce to the citizens of Salisbury ana vicinity that I have opened a new Shoe Shop in the MeKinley Bailding and placed it in charge of Sylvester Koontz, wher all work will receive prompt at- tention and will be done in | a workmanlike manner. ! Please Give Him a Call. ‘JOHN SHERMAN get special training in diagnosing this wide-spread disease. He We who are unable to go to t= front because of being too young or too old, or physically defective, will have to take the responsibility of keeping up the home conditions. We must see that foodstuffs are pro- duced for all, not only at home but for the faithful and brave who have | gone to the front to risk their lives for the continued freedom of America. Those about to be drafted have a duty too. They must make it'a rule never to try to deceive the Federal forces engaged in forming the army and navy. When they come before them for medical examination they must be absolutely honest. They must not tell part of the truth but the whole.truth. Thus they will as- sist the examiners in their great, im- portant and necessarily hurried scientific work. POLITICAL CALENDAR FOR 1917 Fall Primary Election, Wednesday, September 19th. - 2 General Election, Thursday, Nov- ember 6th. The first day for securing signa- tures to petitions to file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth was Monday, July 2. The last day to file Petitions of Nomination with the Secretary of Commonwealth for the Primary is Friday, August 10th. The first day to secure signatures on Petitions to be filed with the County Commissioner was Friday, July 13. The last day for Wednesday, August 22. The last day to be assessed | boroughs and townships for the Nov- ember Elections are: Tuesday an \ Wednesday, September these days. The last day to pay day, October 6. filing Petitions with the County Commissioners is in d| 4 and 5. i Assessors sit at polling places oD: tax to qualify for the November Election is Satur- and that is to love shingles ?’—Baltimore American. y Ha Gossipy- “Mrs. Gasley is a gre “Yes. She has a gO( | mor.” — Puck. d at gossip.” yd sense of Iu The last day when whose Petitions are fill Secretary of the C may withdraw before Friday, August 17, up ¥ ronwealth | candidates, ed with the rimary, 18 ‘Baltimore & Ohio $12 Niagara Falls And Return AUGUST 3, 17 and 31, SEPTEMBER 14 and 28 and OCTOBER 12, 1917. TICKETS GOOD 15 DAYS ATTRACTIVE —SIDE TRIPS— Consult Ticket Agent for Full Particulars. 304 $1.50 rounn TRIP Popular Excursion —T PITTSBURGH Stopping at McKeesport, Braddock and Homestead Sunday, August 12 SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVES MEYERSDALE AT 8:35 A. M. ——— Returning leaves Pittsburg 7:00 p. m., arrives Meyersdale 10:24 p. m. Low round trip fares from inter- mediate stations. See flyers. Consult Ticket Agent. WESTERN MARYLAND RY. 30-31 ———— { 1 ? We have the following Face Powders 'Odorono Taloum Powders Perfumes Toilet Waters Mum Spiro Powder § Eversweet | Face Creams and Lotions F. B. THOMAS LEADING DRUGGIST MEYERSDALE, PENNA These hot days and evenings call at my Cafe and ENJOY DELICIOUS ICE CREAM ... SODA WATER ar atatale tata tu ata atu lul alu uI ERIE EE . HARTLEY & BALDWIN “V0 ES HARTLEY & BALDWIN. have received large | shipments this week of HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING Also KNOX HATS COME IN AND SEE THE NEW STYLES. 2 80 3 RCROREORRR0 CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS. Meyersdale, Pa. The Creat of 4ll Ire Creams- Jce Cream Cones Get our prices on Job Work. Subscribe for THE COMM
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