MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929 pared by the National Geographic Society, Washington, . C.) O the Lebanon, the great moun- in famous for its cedars, one ay have his choice of travel by il, or by foot and saddle along yorer roads and trails. The rail- eads from Beirut over a pass in hountains to Damascus. It is a Ww gauge rack-and-pinion system, osses the mountains at an ele- of 4,880 feet above sea level. ave any idea that hidden away b the mountains are sights and to excite the admiration of the most disinterested; but, in to see them, the comfort of the has to be left and a number es covered in the saddle. railroad, built by the French, at runs through some very fine y, and the entire journey of 90 is a constant panorama of ain, forest, or plain. lifferent points scattered in the ains are to be found groups of trees which until recent years ed so severely at the hands of htives that they were fast disap- bg; but lately they have been ted. The largest group of these ht and interesting trees is to be at Besherry. Here on an ele- are about 400 trees, the high- which does not exceed 80 feet, some are from 30 to 40 feet in ference. By reason heavy these trees can only be reached fie months of summer "and autumn when crowds of natives merry under the pleasant shade ed by the spreading branches of monarchs of the mountains. e a visit made to the homes of mountain people, there would be of interest, for the raising of kworm and the subsequent silk kt gives occupation to the ma- of the men and women in the villages. Fattening the Sheep. ery home throughout the moun- may be seen women and girls ling an already too satisfied to swallow a little more of the food that has been gathered off ] sides or purchased from some garden or mulberry plantation. pet lamb, subject to frequent bs, is being fatted to provide dishes through the long and winter that faces the native. the month of November the sheep is killed and cut up in- cemeat and melted in its own be used as a relish and sauce ve boiled rice or wheat that the staple dish of these hardy 1d occasion require, the fatted jay be killed to provide a feast ne unusual event, and in this there may be a perpetuation ufatted calf” of the Gospel. are spent by the women and yaxing food down the throats o overfed sheep, and toward <e of their existence they are that they are unable to stand. hme parts of the Lebanon the nds itself to the art of mak- tery, and thousands of the na- et a livelihood by the manu- of all kinds of earthenware .ebanon contains natural beau- Hh wonders that equal if not sur- ose of other lands. There is a able natural bridge that has a 125 feet with a river 75 feet it. This bridge has been by the running of the waters uries from the melting snows ll Sennin, whicn rears its head ct above sea level and is “mon- all it surveys” in the Lebanon. e bridge is a constant stream ic. for it is one of the main through the mountains. The as no eye for its wonder, and veler from the West rarely it. s of Springs and Cascades. jer charm of the Lebanon is ndance of cold, clear spring One is led to wonder why the has been so lavish with the ne fluid in the Lebanon, while earby languish for want of it. re cascades, streams, springs, rfalls abotind, sometimes te extent as to cause serious danger to the native and erty, but the finest fall of wa- mountains is to be seen at away in the east, and re- Scene in the Lebanon Country. quiring a long ride in order to reach it. Out from a huge cavern high up in the cliffs rushes a strong flow of wa- tor, which comes tumbling down over the rocks into the valley below, in its course forming one of the finest water- falls to be seen in all the Orient. In a land where water is so precious, it is no wonder that crowds of people resort there for many weeks during the long, hot months of summer. It may be interesting to those versed in mythology to know that this water- fall and spring are connected with the myth of Venus and Adonis, and on a spot pot far away are the re- mains of a temple to Venus which was destroyed by the emperor Constantine because of the indecencies practiced there. In ascending the Lebanon range on foot a good starting point is the town of Tripoli on the shore of the Medi- terranean. The road strikes through a valley to Bsherreh, where one may spend the night, following the right- hand side of the Wadi Kadisha (Sa- cred Valley). The scenery is most striking. The entire hill sides are carefully terraced and planted with vines, from which in the autumn hang clusters of ripe fruit, uuprotected ex- cept by a low stone wall. As one ascends he continually passes beautifully located villages, most of the houses being of a modern type, large and with hright red im- ~ported tired roofs, while a few are of old style, with low, flat roofs, con- sisting generally of two or three rooms built in a row, with a porch length and surrounded by gardens of mulberry trees, with the leaves of which the silkworms are fed. It is evident that here is a portion of the Lebanon from which the emi- gration has not only been large, but also successful. It shows also how the money gathered in America is brought back here to be enjoyed. The glowing accounts of business success brought back from America enkindle in the young people of this region the ambition to repeat the experiences of their elders. “American Villages.” To those who have seen the miser- able surroundings of some Syrians in their colonies in the large cities of America where they are huddled to- gether in crowded rooms in dilapidat- ed houses, gathering their money by peddling for large profits and spend- ing very little, their stories of their success and importance when there does not greatly appeal. However, the natives look up to them as merchant princes, and their small fortunes avail here for much display. These “American villages” in the Lebanon, as they are sometimes called, are almost bewitching when viewed from a distance, but a nearer inspection brings disillusion. While the houses are- comparatively clean, the streets are dirty and disorderly. From Ain Sindiani the mountain slopes grow very steep and the car- riage road winds up in short turns, so that short cuts are resorted to by pe- destrians and animals. During autumn, the valleys are ob- scured by a haze caused by the heat of the day evaporating the moisture below, but in the cool of the evening, by twilight, climbing the mountains quite a distance above Bsherreh, one comes on to a never-to-be-forgotten view. Here nature seems to have carved out a huge amphitheater, ter- race above terrace, the upper one be- ing that whereon the majestic cedars stand. Below in the bottom of the valley, is a deep ravine, rock-bound by high precipitous cliffs of gray lime- stone, Bsherreh is on the edge of a great cliff almost at the head of the valley, but a little to the left, as one looks down toward the sea. Its water sup- ply is an ice-cold stream flowing down from the region of almost perpetual Snow. If one leaves Bsherreh at dawn and makes all possible haste, he will reach the cedars just as the sun sifts its first rays through the thick foliage— a sight calculated to make any heart beat fastef. The grove numbers about 400 trees. With the exception of a few gragglers, the grove is inclosed by a neat stone wall to protect the small- er trees from goats. In the center is "| OHIO HAS FIRST of p nted arches running the full FLYING SHERIFF Gives Him Edge Over Other Law Officers. Sandusky, Ohio.—When it comes to tracking down criminals and others who run afeul of the law, Sheriff Jack Parker of Erie county has the edge over his contemporaries. In the first place, he can cover more ground. And in double quick time. For he is known as the “Flying Sher- iff.” He took office January 1 and has been awaiting his chance to demon- strate how the law can be enforced in ultramodern style. Before his election as sheriff, Par- ker was engaged in a general com- mercial flying business with a brother, Luther Parker. He has turned the management of the venture over to his brother, but still pursues flying as a hobby. Parker has made one promise which he hopes to fulfill soon. The first prisoner sentenced to the state peni- tentiary who wants to fly to his new “home,” the sheriff said, will get the chance. Residents of Kelley's island, eight miles from the mainland in Lake Erie, find Parker’s plane to be invaluable in an emergency. With navigation closed because of wintry blasts on the lake, no mail was delivered to the island for 11 days last month. When this delay was called to the attention of the “Flying Sheriff,” he told his island deputies: “If you want me for anything, tele- phone and I'll fiy over.” Recently Frank Riedy and John Campbell, residents of the island, came to Sandusky with the mail men. When they started to return it was impos- sible to cross the lake. Riedy appealed to Parker. “Fly us over to the island,” he asked. Half an hour later the two men were home. So pleased were the islanders with the possibility of aerial connection with the mainland that they have es- tablished a landing field. Rich Chemicals Lost When Volcanoes Erupt Washington.—Not all active vol- canoes erupt, as did Mount Etna re- cently, like a boiled-over pot. Many explode, shooting dust and ashes miles into the air. The non-explosive character of Etna is ascribed by vol- canologists te the fact that its lava is a relatively thin liquid which al- lows steam and gas bubbles to escape readily. In explosive volcanoes the lava is thick. It holds back steam and gas stubbornly, causing immense pressure beneath and eventually a vio- lent eruption. Because practically every active vol- cano in the world is located not far from large, bodies of water, the theory is advanced by Dr. William Bovie of the United States coast and geodetic survey, and others, that the knead- ing action of the periodic tides twists the earth, forcing up the lava and causing volcanic activity. Concerning the source of heat that forms molten rock, or magma, one theory is that internal pressure causes it. A second, writes Edwin W. Tealt of the Popular Science Monthly, is that the heat is produced by chem- ical action. Another is that friction of shifting layers of rock generates it. Maj. C. E. Dutton, a geologist of the United States geological survey, has advanced the idea that the real secret is radium! Radioactivity in the rocks, he says, is sufficient to melt them in certain places, forming large subterranean pools of lava. Untold fortunes in gases and chemi- cals. valuable to industry, are wasted in the atmosphere every time a vol- cano lets go. “The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes,” in Alaska, a vol- Mount Katmai in 1912, has been called a gigantic chemical factory. Bake Shop’s New Owner Jersey City, N. J. arm get caught in a bread-mixing ma- work. canic field formed by the eruption of Killed by Bread-Mixer Less than a week after Antone Toprocki, thirty- four, bought a bakery shop he let his chine and was found dead when Fred Batia, an employee, reported for With what police say must have been almost superhuman strength, KEYSTONE MINES W. S. West who began working in his barber shop, April 6, next door to W. I. Dahl’s Bakery, on Market square, is progressing nicely. Wm. Martz and family visited Mrs. Martz’s brother, W. Liphert, at Johnstown, last Sunday. Mrs. C. M. Bittner who visited at Glencoe and vicinity last week, re- turned home, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Fike, son Homer, niece Ruth Shoemaker. and Mrs. C. M. Bittner, visited the former's niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Johnson, of Ridgely, W: Va.. last Saturday and Sunday. J. A. Bittner visited his mother, Mrs. C. M. Bittner, last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Giesbert, visit- ed Mrs. Giesbert’s mother, Mrs. Frank Miller, of Salisbury, las: week. BLOUGH NEWS Mike Stanko has returned from the Mercy Hospital, where he was a patient. Mr. Bond, former Superintendent of the Stonycreek Mine has taken Mr. Leach’s place, Mr, Leach having resign- ed to accept a position in Virginia. Mrs. Goldie King and children, Dor- thy and Geraldine, of Johnstown, are visiting Mrs. King’s sister, Mrs.g Babe Yeanert. 2 Mrs. Irvin Berkebile has been sick for the past two weeks. Miss Mary Berkey is seriously ill, hav- ing a touch of pneumonia and the leak- age of the heart. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Tudor, spent Friday evening with Robert Howell's. The pupils and teacher of the Bow- man School paid a visit to Principal Koontz’s room, on Wednesday of last week. Robert Hotchkiss who is employed at Mine No. 6, spent the week end with his sister, Mrs. Walter Hersh, of Coal Run. Alma Dobbins who is employed at Windber is visiting her parents, of this place. Andrew Hotchkiss who is working here spent the week end with his fam- ily, at Coal Run. 5 Mr. and Mrs. Orange Sprague and daughter, Loretta, attended a dance at Bedford, Pa., on Saturday night. Quite a few people attended the dance held by the Polish Catholic Church at Holsopple, on Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Charles White and chil- dren, of this place, are visiting relatives and friends at South Fork and Portage. Charles Seeders and William Howell spent Saturday evening in Holsopple. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pyle and fam- ily, of Jerome, spent Sunday with Mrs. Pyle’s father, Mr. John Adams. Saturday evening shoppers in Hoov- ersville were: Mr. and Mrs. Babe Yean- ert, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howell, Mrs. Goldie King, Mr. John Adams, Charley Kovach and Florence Blough. SUMMIT MILLS Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hetrick and sons, of Bittinger, Md., spent Sunday with Mrs. Hetrick’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Brenneman. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brenneman and daughter, spent Sunday at L. A. Faid- ley’s. Mrs. Irvin Miller and children, were callers at Milton Firl’s, Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Faidley and children, of St. Paul, were callers at Alex Faidley’s, Sunday. Mrs. David Miller and son, were cal- lers at Urias Firl’s, Wednesday evening. Mrs. Charles Miller, and Mrs. Wal- ter Ashbaugh, and Blaine and Doris McKinzie, who were spending a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Faidley, have returned to Akron, Ohio. The S. M. M. held their monthy meet- ing at the home of David Miller. Mrs. Dallas Hemming held a birthday party, Tuesday, April 16, in honor of her little daughter, Margaret's, second birthday. Those present were: Leona Firl, Grace, Mable and Kathryn Linde- man, Ethel Firl, Ruth Witt, Adelaide and Gerald Firl, Anna Bertha Nichol- son, Elwood Firl. Mr. and Mrs. Preston Lindeman, of Meyersdale, spent Sunday at Olen Het- rick’s. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Pritts and chil- dren, and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Faidley, were callers at Earl Brenneman’s, Sun- day evening. The Summit Mills school celebrated their last day of school by holding a picnic, Tuesday, their teacher being Miss Marie Miller. MARBLEHEAD IS TOWN OF AMERICAN TRADITION One of the most interesting of the older towns in the United States is Marblehead, Mass., celebrated in his- tory, and in song and story. This fishing village looms large in the his- tory of our two wars with England and is noted for its old tales. In an interesting article “Marblehead, Mir- ror of 76” in the current issue of the National Republic, F. M. Van Natter, ers to appear in children’s cradles, curdled cows’ milk and turned butter into blue wool until 1692 some Salem ladies heard about her, cried out against her and had her hanged as a witch on Gallows Hill. “And there is a legend of Marble- head’s screeching woman. One black night a Spanish pirate ship put into Oakum Bay. On board was a beauti- ful lady whom the fiends tortured to death. Her screams, so it is said, have echoed down the corridors of centuries. Justice Joseph Story of the United Otates Supreme Court, stated that he had heard “those ill- omened shrieks again and again in the still hours of the night.” “Then there is the hectic ride Ben- jamin Ireson, captain of the schooner Betty, took and Whittier preserved in the poem ‘Skipper Ireson’s Ride.” The poetry may be good but the actual tale is badly twisted for it was the men, not the women, who tarred and feathered the innocent skipper, then dragged him through the streets in an old dory instead of a cart. Ladies living in Marblehead today tell how their grandmothers rescued the doughty captain and, with brushes and buckets of suds, scrubbed him down. writing of the old traditions says: “Marblehead’s history is not entire- ly war and disaster. There is the celebrated fortune teller, Moll Pitcher (not the artillery woman of the Bat- tle of Monmouth fame), Moll learn- ed the art from her own renowned grandfather, Old Diamond, who on stormy nights sauntered among the tombstones of Burying Hill and or- dered the movements of his phantom fleet at sea. Once when the British were lying in the harbor, Moll Pitcher organized her neighbors behind her house and so effectively beat tin pans that the redcoats, believing it was the boom of guns, hastily stood out to sea. There, too, is Wilmot Read. It was alleged she caused bloody cleav- “For decades the humble have been stirred by the extraordinary romance of Agnes Surriage. A prince charm- ing—a duke to be exact—came riding by, saw her, barefooted, scrubbing the steps of the inn, wooed her and sail- ed away with her to England. His parents forbade their marriage; so he and Agnes sailed on to Spain where she rescued his grace from beneath the fallen ruins of a cathedral and nursed him back to health. Parental objections were withdrawn and the duke married her. “And who has not heard of the Revolutionary patriot, Hon. Azor Orne? This Marbleheader loaned the colonies a barrel of silver dollars and never received a cent in payment.” ALUMINUM-WARE In a Special Selling on the Mezzanine Floor CT CONVEX COVERED KETTLES Toprocki freed his crushed arm from the machine by breaking an iron cast- ing. He crawled upstairs to within a few feet of a telephone, where he was found dead. Toprocki had intended to remove his belongings and his wife from Yonkers, N. Y., to their new home here. "Nn Has Paralytic Stroke, Phone Beyond Reach New York.-40Only a few inches separated Albert E. Davis, sixty- three, Bronx architect, from his ROUND ROASTERS WATER PAILS Your Choice DOUBLE BOILERS 69c telephone. 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