THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSDALE, PA.
PHYSICAL CULTURE.
As Good For the Busiress Man as For
the Soldier In Training.
if physical culture is needed for
those who bear arms in defeuse of the
country why should it nct be applied
also to the soldiers of the business and
professional world, the men in the com-
mercial trenches? If a certain number
of our citizens are compelled to go
through a rigid course of physical train-
tng, why should not ali others be called
dpon to follow suit?
The soft muscled clerk, the devital-
jzed student. the overworked husiness
man—they need awakening. Now, in
many instances they are but little
more than human ciphers, 25, 50 or 75
per cent men. With a little properly
directed exercise they could be fitted
for the ranks of the 100 per centers.
Six hours weekly, two hours for
three days each week, would put the
average flabby muscled, sedentary
worker in fine shape. It would square
his shoulders, stiffen his backbone, put
some energy and enthusiasm into his
makeup. It would make a real man of
Lim.
Every man who is not in training
should begin now. If he cannot train
with other men let him follow a system
of home training. Hard muscles,
strong, stable nerves, high grade en-
durance—in short, a physique as ‘hard
as nails’—should be the ambition of
every sensible man.—Physical Culture.
BRIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS.
The Head and Physical Marks of Intel-
ligence In Children.
In summing up his conclusions on
the relationship of intelligence to the
size and shape of the head Karl Pear-
son is quoted in the Journal of Hered-
ity as making these statements about
the intelligence of children:
¢ «To sum up, then, while no charac-
ters in school children so far dealt with
show very high correlation with intelli-
gence, we may yot say that the intelli-
gent boy is markedly conscientious, is
moderately robust, athletic and popu.
lar; he tends rather to quick than to
sullen temper. He is more self con-
scious and quieter than the dull boy:
he has a slightly bigger head and pos- ;
sibly lighter pigmentation than those
of more mediocre intelligence. His hair
has a larger percentage of curliness.
“The intelligent girl is also markedly
conscientious, moderately robust, ath-
letic and popular. She, too, tends to
quick rather than sullen temper. She is
less self conscious than the dull girl
and noisier than the girl of mediocre
intelligence. It is the slow girl who is
quiet and shy. The intelligent girl has
a slightly bigger head than the dull
girl, and her hair is more likely to be
wavy and much less likely to be curly.”
St. Sophia's Palimpsest.
Pravelers who have visited the great
Mohammedan mosque of St. Sophia in
Constantinople tell of the visibility of
inscriptions made in the interior of the
building when (it was a Christian
church. These had been painted over
by the Moslem conquerors, but time
defeated their purpose of total elface-
ment, says the Christian Herald. Over
the entrance is the inscription in Latin,
“I am the door; by me if any man en-
ter in he shall be saved and shall go in
and out, and he shall find pasture.”
The bricks in the great dome in the in:
terior reveal this inscription: “Deus in
medio-eius; non commovehitur. Adiu-
vabit eam Deus vultu suo.” The trans
lation may be found in Psalm xIvi, 5
These facts are of interest in view of
the present tottering condition of the
Moslem power. :
? Presidential Golf.
At the Columbia Country club links
at Washington during one of the
tensest days of the crisis with Ger-
many President Wilson came up to
drive from one of the most difficult
tees. Two members of the club stood
aside to let the president “go through.”
hat’s a way they have at Washington.
Mr. Wilson drove, and his ball shot off
into precisely .the place where he didn’t
want it to go. Experiences of that sort
come even to chief magistrates; golf is
no respecter of persons. The president
turned to the two and remarked, “You
see even out here I can’t keep out of
trouble.” —Argonaut.
Homely Philosophy.
No hustler wants Time to wait for
him. He's on time to meet Time when
the train rolls into. the station.
rouble likes company, in order to
exercise his voice in telling how it hap-
pened.
We'll all need rest when we get
where rest is, and the good thing about
it is there'll be room enough for all.—
Atlanta Constitution.
First Principles.
“Po you think that new recruit will
ever learn to be a soldier?” asked the
commanding officer.
«Well. he’s acquiring the founda-
tions,” responded the drill sergeant.
“He had not been in camp a day be-
fore he was putting up a howl about
the fuod.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Taking Steps.
Redd—He's taking steps to reduce
his flesh.
Greene— What steps is he taking?
«What do you mean—what steps?
He's walking.’—Youkers Statesman.
Old Fashioned.
“He's very old fashioned.”
“That so?"
“yes. [To still shines bis own shoes
and spits on the dauber when he does
jt.”—Detroit ree Press.
The man who is ahways trying to |
eave himself tronhle-is likely to save a
jot more that can take care of --
Youth's Companion.
MOTORCAR ECONCMY.
How to Make a Gallon of Gasoline Go
Further Than It Does.
In the first place, use care in the se-
lection of fuel. Gasoline which does
not vaporize with sufficient readiness
to remain in a gaseous state eventually
condenses in the cylinders and is either
burned or lost without developing its
power. Furthermore, the gasoline must
be pure, with a minimum amount of
residue which will serve to form car
bon.
Secondly, the gasoline must be burn-
ed under the most favorable conditions
conducive to a development of maxi-
mum power following each explosion.
Such conditions require tight piston
rings and valves, which prevent the
leakage of compression or the power of
the explosion; a uniform and quickly
attained engine temperature; a hot, fat
spark occurring as early as is possible
without producing a knock, and a suf-
ficiently flexible carburetor which will
give proper mixtures at all engine
speeds. The above mentioned main-
tenance of engine temperature is an
important consideration, especially in
cold weather.
Thirdly, the earbon should be re-
moved from the engine as soon as an
undue accumulation is indicated. usual-
ly every 500 to 1,000 miles, depending
upon the kind of oil used, the condi-
tion of the rings, the nature of the fuel.
i and the like.
| In the fourth place, the mixture
1 should be set to as lean a point as will
run the motor under normal conditions
| when the engine is warmed to its av-
| erage temperature. * Nearly every car-
| buretor will permit the needle valve
| to be screwed down one or more notch-
| es. In fact, it is well to set the carbu-
| retor to so lean a mixture that the en-
| gine will not pull properly before it is
thoroughly heated. The difficulty thus
EE may be overcome by the
use of the choke or other adjustments
of the carburetor which serve to give a
richer mixture when starting. A lean
mixture may be further assured by the
use of some of the well tried out at-
tachments designed to furnish auxili-
' ary air to the engine under certain con-
ditions. )
i Fifth, the carburetor should be in-
spected by an expert and the strainer
drained frequently to prevent the ac-
cumulation of dirt which may lodge
under the float valve and cause the lat-
ter to leak when the engine is shut
down.
Sixth, the engine should never be left
running while th» car is standing idle.
| If adjustments are properly made
the engine will start easily, and the
current from your starting battery is
cheaper than gasoline. Furthermore.
the engine should not be raced at ran-
dom for testing: purposes unless you
have a definite idea as to just where
the trouble lies. :
Seventh, all brakes should be free so
that they do not drag, bearings should
sure recommended by the manufactur-
er and the whole car so free in its mo-
tion that it can be pushed by hand
without difficulty on a hard level pave-
ment.—H, W. Slauson in Leslie's.
Dynamite Whiskers.
The pame “whiskers” is applied to
feathery crystals which gather upon
the outside of the wrappings of frozen
dynamite. The whiskers” are more
“irritable” than dynamite itself. A case
is on record where sticks of dynamite
had been thawed out in hotgywater and
the can of hot water in which it was
done left in the blacksmith shop with-
of grease and whiskers. The first blow
of the blacksmith’s hammer on a near-
by anvil was sufficient to set off the
“whiskers” by concussion. The can
was blown to pieces, but fortunately
no one was hurt.
Waste From Small Leaks.
The importance of mending the
tiniest leak in a water pipe is shown in
a circular issued by a small city in
which water meters are used. This, as
quoted by Popular Mechanics. states
i that under a pressure of forty pounds
in twenty-four hours 170 gallons of
water will pass through a hole a shade
larger than the period at the end of
this sentence. An orifice the size of a
fairly large pinhead will permit 3.600
gallons to escape in the same time.
Sap of a Tree. i
Sap is pumped up through the wood
in a tree and will even go through dead
medium. Therefore a tree may live
until the roots starve. Sap ascends on
the inside and descends on the out-
side. Therefore the descending sap
alone builds new tissue of wood and
bark.
. Three Legs of a Stool.
Andrew . Carnegie was once askea
which he considered to be the most
important factor in industry —labor.
capital or brains? The canny Scot re-
plied, with a merry twinkle in his eye,
“Which is the most important leg on a
three legged stool?"—-Christian Regis-
ter.
Well Defined.
“Dad,” said little Reginald. “what is
a bucket shop?”
‘A bucket shop. my son.” said the fa-
ther feelingly—“a bucket shop is a mod-
ern cooperage establishment to which
| 2a man takes a barrel and brings back
} the bunghole.”—Puck.
An Ecotist.
Tommy—Pop. what is an egotist?
| Tommy's Pop—An cgotist, my son, is
la man who thinks be can form an
| impartial opinion of himself.—Philadel-
| phia Record.
|
Beware of the man who offers you
| advice at the expense of a mutusl
| friend.
be well oiled. tires inflated to the pres- |
out being emptied of the residual scum,
wood, but will not return by the same.
| BURSTS WITH THE HEAT.
{| 8ad Fate of the Terrashot When It
Enters Death Valley.
That most frightful of deserts, Death
valley, in California, lies between two
lofty ranges, one of which is called the
Funeral mountains.
The higher levels of these mountains
are rather densely forested, with here
and there little meadows and “parks”
(natural clearings), in which dwells a
strange animal known as the terrashot.
So inaccessible are these inhospitable
heights, however, that the creature,
rarely seen, has remained almost un-
known:
Respecting its habits little can be
said. There is no reason for supposing
that it is dangerous to man. Nobody
knows even whether it is carnivorous
or a plant feeder. It has a coffin shap-
ed body, six or seven feet long, with &
sort of shell running the whole length
of its back.
Having, it is presumed, few natural
J enemies, the terrashot increases in
numbers until it is seized with an im-
pulse to migrate, possibly because its
food supply no longer suffices. The
animals then form long processions,
marching down into the desert in sin-
gle file. with the evident intention of
crossing the valley to the mountains on
the other side.
- But none of them ever gets ACross.
As they encounter the hot sands they
rapidly distend with the heat, and one
after ancther they blow up with loud
reports, the places where this happens
being marked by deep, grave shaped
holes.—Philadelphia Record.
SLIPS OF THE PEN.
Even the Best of Writers at Times
Nod While They Work.
Many it not most writers have had to
bewail the occasional freakishmess of
the pen in putting down on paper some-
thing very different from that intended
by its author. ;
Readers: of 8ir George Trevelyan’s
“Life of Macaulay” will recall the his-
torian’s horror when too late he dis-
covered that he had written in the
Edinburgh Review that “it would be
unjust to estimate Goldsmith by ‘The
Vicar of Wakefield or Scott by ‘The
Life of Napoleon’ when he really in-
tended to say that it would be unjust
to estimate Goldsmith by his ‘History
of Greece.” There was, too, an amus
ing slip of the pen perpetrated by the
grave Sir Archibald Alison in includ
ing Sir Peregrine Pickle instead of Sir
Peregrine Maitland among the pall-
bearers at the Duke of Wellington's
funeral.
Another striking instance of the pen
mechanically writing something not in-
tended came under notice the other day
famous book, Jane Porter's “Scottish
Chiefs.” This edition, published some
years ago by a well known London
house. describes Miss Porter as ‘‘au-
thor of ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ ‘Sense
and Sensibility,’ etc. Doubtless the
Christian name of “Jane” induced the
slip. All remember and nearly all—
Charlotte Bronte was one notable ex-
ception—love Jane Austen; not so many
remember Jane Porter.— Westminster
Gazette.
Magic of a Siphon.
letter U. in which the arms are of
equal length, is filled with water and
each end of the pipe is put into a sepa-
rate vessel full of water ‘‘the down-
ward pull” or weight of the liquid in
efich of the two arms will balance the
other, and if the waters at the same’
level in the two vessels it will remain
at that level in Loth vessels, But if the
level of the water in one vessel is lower
than in the other, since the two vessels
are connected with a pipe full of wa-
ter, the water will run down from the
higher level to the lower. This consti-
tutes what is called a siphon. A siphon
itself has no more magic about it than
a pencil has when it falls or than any
other similar phenomenon in nature,
yet some of the siphon's manifestations
seem to be not only magical, but al-
most incredible.—St. Nicholas. :
“Most Perfect Ode.”
One hundred years ago appeared what
Byron called “the most perfect ode in
the language,” ‘The Burial of Sir John
Moore.” It was the Newry Telegraph
which gave to the world this anony-
mous poem of Rev. Charles Wolfe.
which won for its author but a. posthu-
mous fame, for not until his death in
1823 was its real authorship made
known, though various had been the
guesses as to the writer. That obscure
curate of Ballyclog must have felt
proud indeed to find among its putative
Byron.—London Chronicle.
Light of the Firefly.
A scientist says that a temperature
approaching 2,000 degrees F. would be
necessary to make a light equivalent to
that emitted by an ordinary firefly. The
enormous waste of energy in all indus-
trial methods of producing light is a
matter of common knowledge, and the
example of the firefly remains unimi-
tated by man.
Fountain Pen Tests.
Fountain pens are tested by an in-
strument called a micrometer. If one
piece of the mechanism is out even a
six-hundredth part of an inch the mi-
crometer rejects it as faulty.
Tactful.
«Do you think that the lady who is
moving in above you is nice?”
“Qh. dear. yes. Why. she noticed
that baby had two teeth before she had
been in the house two hours.”
The minutes saved by hurry are as
useless as the pennies saved by parsi-
| mony. © B. New
on the title page of a reprint of a once
When a pipe shaped like the inverted |
authors such poets as Campbell and -
BURIED BELLS OF NAKOUS.
Nature’s Curious Freak on the Border
of the Red Sea.
A singular phenomenor occurs on the
porders of the Red sea at a place
called Nakous, where intermittent un-
derground sounds have been heard for
an unknown number of centuries. It
is situated about half a mile distant
from the shore, whence a long reach of
sand ascends rapidly to a height of 300
fect. This reach is about eighty feet
wide, and resembles an amphitheater.
being walled by low rocks. ’
The sounds coming up from the
ground at this place recur at intervals
of about an hour. They at first resem-
ble a low murmur, but ere long there
is heard a loud knocking somewhat like
the strokes of a bell, which at the end
of about five minutes becomes so strong
as to agitate the sand.
The explanation of this curious phe-
nomenon given by the Arabs is that
there is a convent under the ground
here and that these sounds are those of
the bell which the monks ring for pray-
ers. . So they call it Nakous, which
means a bell. The Arabs affirm that
the noise so. frightens their camels
when they hear it as to render them
furious.
Scientists attribute the sound to
suppressed volcanic action, probably to
the bubbling of gas or vapors under
ground,
WHEN WOMEN FISH.
It Makes the Trip Such a Jolly and En-
Ro recently published book: “If a
joyable One.
It does not serve to mellow a man's
disposition to take a woman or two
into the boat when he goes bass fish-
ing. For women always want to fish,
yet never could they or would they
gtiék those horrid, nasty. wriggling
angleworms on the book.
So. between baiting their hooks and
removing the perch and pumpkin seeds
and. straining your spine to keep the
boat from turning turtle and the lines
from getting snarled up. you have a
most enjoyable day's outing, do you
not? Yes, you do not! I'll run the risk
of answering that question for you.
And then, when you finally hook a
five pound bass weighing at least three
pounds and eight ounces by his own
standard scales. and play him for
twenty miunntes against their earnest
entreaties not to bring that big. ugly
thing into the boat or else they'd jump
out—you calmly ease up on the line and
give him back, also his freedom. do
you not? Yes, you do not!
And when the day Is spent they tell
you what a gorgeous time they have
had and make you promise to fetch
them again, and you promise, of course,
do you not?—Cartoons Magazine.
Gasoline Poison.
The poisonous character of the fume-
arising from a gasoline engine may he
appreciated by the foilowing extract
gasoline engine producing five cubie
‘feet of CO per minute were allowed
to' run in a tightly closed garage that
was twelve feet high, fifteen feet long
and fifteen feet wide—that is, having a
capacity of 2.750 cubic feet—it could
produce an atmosphere if the latter
were thoroughly mixed containiny
about 1 per cent CO in about five min
utes. This percentage of CO in airis a
fatal proportion and would probably
kill a person in less than a minute.
In fact. an exposure for as long as
twenty minutes to an air containing as
little as 0.25 per cent CO would niake
most people very ill.”
CONDENSED REPORT OF CONDITION
The Second National Bank
MEYERSDALE, PA,
SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, NINETEEN SEVENTEEN
RESOURCES
Loans and Investments ....... See linens .... $632,801.99
U. S. Bonds and Premium .................. . 75,179.37
Real Estate, Furniture & Fixtures ........... - 64,075.20
Cash and due from Banks - ......... Gil. 129,888.94
Total Resources $ 901,945.50
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid in ............. ahaa: ... $ 65,000.00
Surplus Fund and Profits ............ iti. 65,934.93
Circulation .... ...... Siiirinnes inane ceeee ss 65,000.00
Deposits. ............ ccsisneenin. inna .... 706,010.57
: Total Liabilities $ 901,945.50
Growth as Shown in Following Statements
Made to Comptroller of Currency.
JUNE 20, 1917 - - - $852,498.67
SEPTEMBER 11, 1917 - - $901,945.50
NET GAIN BETWEEN ABOVE STATEMENTS |
$49,446.93 :
APPROXIMATELY SIX PER CENT ;
Burns That Kill.
Burns are generally classified in:
three degrees of severity. First degree |
purns are simple reddening of the skin. |
Second degree burns result in blister- |
ing. Third degree burns are followed
by actual destruction of the skin and |
tissues.
Death is almost certain to result if |
approximately one-third of the body |
surface is burned. Often burns of |
much less extent are fatal. Death may
result from shock, from acute kidney.
liver or blood disease resulting from
the toxins of the burned skin, or the
burns may later become infected and
kill the patient from blood poison.
Educate the People.
literacy is one of the problems with
which the American people are con-
fronted. There should be a pressure
of public opinion and of public effort
brought to bear to wipe out the dis-
grace. Each community should see to
it that every child of school age is un-
der instruction. Increased efforts to in-
duce those of adult gge to enter night
schools should be made.—Mempbis
Commercial Appeal.
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Wild Pigeons.
Until little more than fifty years ago
the most abundant bird in North Amer-
ica was the wild pigeon (Ectopistes mi-
gratorius). It moved in immense flocks
calculated not by thousands, but by
millions. and it is not known today if a
single pair of this native American bird
is alive.
As Man Grows Older.
Another time when a man realize
that he is older than he was comes
when he finds that he doesn’t mind it
at all wien he has to wear spectacles
instead of eyeglasses and doesn’t even
care about tortoise shell rims any more
—Ohio State Journal.
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Help Win the War
Union Patriotic
Mass Meeting
. Amity Hall, Meyersdale
Thursday, November 8th
8:00 p.m.
CLINTON N. HOWARD
Will deliver his famous war lecture
“The World on Fire”
The call to all patriotic citizens will win the war
Hear what it means and what it will cost
Everybody Welcome Admission Free
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Billy Sunday says: “Howard is the one man | could listen to by the
hour and never grow tired.” -
Dr. Gordon, Washington, D. C., where lecture was dalivered three
times, says: ‘Eloquent, patriotic, logical, masterful.”
W. J. Bryan says: “Howard is one of our greatest speakers.”
Rev. I. S. Monn says: “I consider Mr. Howard one of the best orators
on the platformtoday.’
— a in I
Easily Explained.
Mistress—How do you manage to
make such a noise here in the kitchen?
Cook— Well, just you try to break {our
plates without making a noise!—Lon
don Ideas.
Like Unto Like.
“Her new hat becomes her.
“Why. it's a perfect fright!”
a I NII INS AT le eS INNS NINE I dN Nd Nl NN “het”
J. T. Yoder
JOHNSTOWN
Sells the Champion Cream Saver
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