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.”
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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.
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Has Paralytic Stroke,
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New York.-40Only a few inches
separated Albert E. Davis, sixty-
three, Bronx architect, from his
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He had a paralytic stroke at
6 p. m. in the office he has
maintained for 42 years.
His family finally called the
police and at 4 a. m. a patrol-
man found him with his left
side completely and his right
side partially paralyzed. His
condition is serious.
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