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THE EMPTY STOCKING.
It is not your own little loved one,or
our neighbor’s darling, or the child of
ny of your acquaintances, which
~rouches dead-eyed and hungry-heart-
-d before its empty stocking, while all
he rest of the world is flooded with
«*hristmas gladness.
No; it is the child of the very poor,
he fatherless, the outcast, the forgot-
cen child of the dark alley that joy
ever enters, and the heartless hovels
hat shut out cheer and hope.
Where in all humanity is there great-
-r longing, dearer expectation, sweeter
ope than in the heart of a child on
«Jhristmas morn?
In all the earth there is no look so
sad, no sob so stabbing as are called
forth by the empty stocking.
In our Christmas joy let us not for-
zet why Christ was born. Let us’ not
forget the poor and friendless whom he
:ommends to our loving care. Let us
not forget that on this day heaven as
well as earth should have some share
of joy.
BE A MAN.
Young men and old men, how do you
sxpect to spend Christmas? Have you
yrdered a jug of whiskey and invited a
half dozen of your friends to spend
Jhristmas with you in drinking, curs-
ing and whooping like a gang of In-
tians, or do you aim to get your wife
und children some nice little presents
and take the little fellows on your
knee and tell them about the good old
Santa Claus, and about Jesus, whose
hirth we celebrate? Men, don’t spend
Jhrist’s birthday in drinking and curs-
ng. Make this the happiest Christmas
hat your wife and children ever spent.
Young man, don’t keep your mother in
‘rouble during this Christmas. Make
t pleasant for her. When you leave
ome tell her where you are going and
vhen you are coming back, and then
sou will leave her with a smile, instead
f eyes red from weeping and uneasi-
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THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS,
Of all the year’s festival days, Christ-
nas is peculiarly the festival of love.
Jaster commemorates the resurrection
f Jesus. It is our festival of life, di-
sine and immortal ; for the power that
‘aised Christ from the dead has passed
.nto the lives of the millions. It comes
with peculiar appropriateness at the
season of the year when nature is
awakening to spring, and everywhere
.re waem winds, sunshine, growth and
“eauty.
Thanksgiving is our festival of divine
‘rovidence, celebrating the loving care
f God over all that He has made. It
:omes at the time when, in agricultural
~ommunities, the earth’s fruitage has
een garnered and the year’s work
iraws to a close. It is a good time in
Il pursuits to close the books with
od, and to bring to him the only pos-
ible return for his beneficence, the
<ratitude and appreciation of our
~earts. s y
But Christmas is the climax of the
“‘hristian year. It is our festival of
ove, and as such is it not beautifully
itting that the day should be celebrat-
-d by the bestowment of gifts? Itis as
atural for love to give as for birds to
-ing and for flowers to grow.
The spirit of Christmas is the spirit |
i giving. This spirit takes hold upon | t© De in no way affected by the lack of
i1 classes of people, carrying into
very soul the sweetness and purity of | =
| secticides and stop the work of the
| wood-borers.
we’s ministry. It lavishes gifts in
womes of wealth, and it finds a way in
he direst poverty.
Christmas was the day when God
ave His richest gift to man—Jesus the
‘hrist—and that marvelous gift of the
ay and given birth to the spirit of
;iving among men. And for this rea-
‘on let us give remembrances to just as
xnany people as we can afford to give,
o those of our own homes, to our
riends and to the poor. It doesn’t
~eed to be much, so that it is a token
if friendship. Remember particularly
he lives that are cast in hard places.
~ift a mortgage, pay a debt, send a
heck to a brave woman who is bravely
ighting for her children. Bring the
joung man or woman who is away
‘rom home to your own fireside. Send
« Christmas dinner where you are sure
‘here would be a scant one if you did
not send it. :
But this spirit of Christmas which is
to find its expression in the gift of lov-
‘ng service, is not the spirit of mere
senevolence. Kindness that is not in-
spired by comradeship is not beautiful
at all. It may be pity from a proud
heart, but that is not the deep brother-
ly love of Christianity. Men need friends
more than they need alms. - We all
need each other’s friendships. We are
inseparable, bound together as men of
one race and men of all races. The
powerful need the sympathy and rec-
ognition of the humble, the rich of the
poor, the cultured of the unrefined, and
for this reason the life which finds its
~xpression in unaffected and universal
iriendship is the life which has most
nearly caught the spirit of Christ and
of Christmas. Let us give gifts, and
among them that larger gift of living
service. Thus will the spirit of Christ-
mas be shed abroad and make the
world brighter and better.
FAMILY GATHERINGS.
As far as possible let there be family
gatherings and reunions during the ap-
proaching holidays. Bringthe children
and grandchildren and other loved
ones together. Let them assemble
once more around the family board to
partake of the joyful feast, after which
let there be pleasant and innocent rec-
reation and enjoyment. Tell the little
ones of Bethlehemn’s manger and its
illustrious occupant—why it occurred
and in what way they can be benefited
by it. Such scenes and experiences
will help to smooth away many of your
cares and refresh your memories with
incidents of other days now long past.
Some will not be with you at this gath-
ering who were with you a year ago.
Some are far from home, in distant
lands, perhaps, and among strangers,
but they will think of you and the old
home and its happy Christmas gather-
ings and greetings, and you will think
of them and miss them, while some
have passed to their reward. Above
all, let it be a season of peace and
good will. If there be any difference,
and misunderstandings, any estrange-
ments existing, or any unkind feelings,
or harsh thoughts, now is the time to
make up.
PROLONGING THE LIFE OF MINE
PROPS.
An Enormous Saving in the Cost of
Coal Mining Can Be Effected by
the Use of Preservative
Treatments.
One of the biggest expenses connect-
ed with coal mining is found in the
mine timbers used to support the va-
rious gangways. Their destruction by
decay and breaking costs many hune
dreds of thousands of dollars annually,
and in some cases the loss of human
life. Mine operators are fully familiar
with these losses. They know also that
the seasoning and the preservative
treatment of timber add to ite life in
service in the mine. But it has only
recently been established by experi-
ment that effective seasoning and treat-
ing with creosote, carbolinium, and
zine chlorid as Wood preservatives can
be secured at a cost so slight in pro-
portion to the greatly increased life of
the props as to effect a material saying.
The experiment carried on during the
past few months by the Philadelphia
and Reading Coai and Iron Company,
at its collieries near Pottsville, Pa.,
under the direction of a member of the
Forest Service, has resulted in an
economy which demonstrates that the
preservation of mine props can be put
on a firm commercial basis.
In the loss of mine timbers at least
60 per cent. are destroyed by decay,
and the remainder by crush. The par-
centage charged to decay should be
even higher, because many of the tim-
bers which break have already been
weakened by decay. Decay is probably
the cause of 75 per cent. of all failures
in mine timbers.
Insects play a very considerable part
in the destruction of mine timber.
Many forms are found, including bark
borers, ants, and timber worms. Their
presence may be due to allowing loge
to lie unpeeled for a considerable time
after felling. Insect-infested timber is
frequently overlooked by the inspee-
tors and allowed to go inside the mines.
Ants and cerambycid borers may at-
tack props after they go in the mine.
: There decay spreads rapidly, and the
destructive work of the insects appears
light or by presence of gases. Creo-
sote and carbolinium are effective in-
Various materials and mothods for
preservative treatment have been tried,
and vp to the present time all have
proved efficient. Only time will show
which are the most satisfactory from
the practical point of view. Applied
with a brush, creosote and cdrbolinium
give an excellent penetration in solid
wood. frequently averaging from one-
fourth to one-half an inch. Little dif-
ference in penetration has as yet been
noted between creosote and carbolin-
ium, though the latter seems better on
absolutely green timber. All brush
treatments were applied hot and in two
coats. The second coat absorbed prac-
tically as much oil as the first.
Open-tank treatment has succeeded
beyond all expectations. This consists
of an immersion of the timbers for sev-
eral hours in preservative and then al-
lowing them to cool to atmospheric
temperature. While the feasibility of
the open-tank treatment has been dem-
onstrated, there is much yet to be
learned. The cost may be reduced by
shortening the immersion and thus
consuming less fluid. A very heavy
treatment is not necessary. The best
preservatives approximately double the
serviceable life of railway ties, and may
be counted on to do the same or better
for mine props. Seasqned and treated
props, which were put in alongside of
the old-style props, unseasoned and un-
peeled, are as sound as ever, while the
others are already showing signs of
fungous growth and decay.
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PENNSYLVANIA SERPENTS.
Department of Agriculture Issues
Interesting Volume.
A book of over 200 pages on the
snakes of Pennsylvania has been is-
sued by the state department of agri-
culture, the author being, Prof. H. A.
Surface. A part of the Bulletin treats
of the myths, fallacies, and folklore of
serpents, current in the state. Follow-
ing are some of the editor’s observa-
tions:
Snakes are not blind once a month,
nor regularly during “dog days.”
Snakes do not moult or shed their
skin each month.
Serpents cannot blgw out or spit
poison.
Snakes do not chase and attack peo-
ple without provacation. ”
Serpents and other reptiles are not
slimy.
No certain kinds of snakes milk or
suck cows.
1t isn’t true that when snakes are
killed their tails do not die until the
sun goes down or until it thunders.
To kill a snake and turn it over will
not bring rain.
Snakes do not
tongues.
Snakes do not charm birds and peo-
ple. .
The green serpents are not venomous
There is no such creature as a hoop
snake, which rolls like a hoop.
There is no horned snake with a ven-
omous horn at the end of its tail.
During the past year the following
from Bedford and Somerset counties
have sent specimens to the state de-
partment: Common garter snake—J.
E Suhrie, Crumb; W. H. Hunter, Bed-
ford; R. B. Walls, Saxton. Pilot snake
—8. W. Williams, Everett. Grass snake
—J. E. Subrie. Black snake—J. E.
Suhrie. Ring necked snake—Frank
Beemiller, Bedford; J. E. Suhrie.
House snake—L. 8. Williams, Everett;
J. E. Suhrie. Viper—R.B. Walls. Cop-
perhead—Rev. W. E. Kams, Hopewell.
The state economic zoologist desires
other specimens and notes of observa-
tions.
sting with their
DR. DAVIS’ PRESCRIPTION FOR
HEADACHES.
When we recommend and guarantee
Ake-In-The-Head tablets for headaches
and neuralgia it is because we know
you must obtain relief or we stand
ready to pay your ten cents back.
Safe, sure, and always cure. E. H.
Miller. 1-1
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LARGEST 0X EVER KNOWN.
Somerset County, Pa., Has the Hon-
or of Leading the World in Big
Cattle.
The “Centennial ox,” bred by Samuel
Barclay, of Somerset county, Pa., was
the largest specimen of the bovine the
world has ever seen. He weighed
4900 pounds the day he arrived in
Philadelphia. This mountain of beef
was of mixed stock, being Short-Horn,
“Native Scrub” and Ayrshire, the
Short-Horn predominating. After the
Centennial exhibition was ended, the
giant ox was butchered and exhibited
as “show beef” in Philadelphia during
the Holidays of 1876.
A Short-Horn steer weighing 4,100
pounds was slaughtered at Detroit,
Mich., in 1874.
A. N. Meal, of Moberly, Mo., formerly
owned the largest cow in the world.
Mr. Meal disposed of her in 1883, the
Cole Circus Company being the pur-
chasers. She weighed, on the day of sale,
3,206 pounds.
John Pratt, of Chase county, Kan.-|
of a cow |
was formerly the owner
weighing 3,200 pounds. She was of the
common ‘*‘Serub” stock, and stood
nineteen hands high.
These facts are contained in the
Little Giant Cyclopedia of Ready Rel-
erence, by B. L. Armstrong, and are
thoroughly reliable.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
We call your attention to the fact that
Dermakola ointment is a positive cure
for Eczema, ulcers, wounds, piles, and
every kind of skin or scalp trouble. It
costs 25 cents if it cures. If it don’t we
return your money. E. H. Miller. 1-1
Railway News.
The latest from Cumberland via Con-
nellsville is—the B. & O. R. R. will
carry freight only over the lower-grade,
short-route line via Frostburg.
All passengers will be carried, a
now, over the longer and more dan-
gerous route, via Sand Patch—this in
order tnat all can stop and see what a
tremendous town Cumberland is going
to be.
This “differential” will give freight
the safer as well as shorter haul at
freight rates.
Passengers will get not only the
longer but the more dangerous haul at
rates much higher than freight.
Other news not so roundabout af-
fords assurance that the Wabash will
carry both freight and passengers via
Frostburg.
The B. & O. engineers drove stakes,
Wednesday, across the upper end of the
C. and P. R.’s covered walk.—Frost-
burg Mining Journal.
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WHEN A MAN TELLS YOU it does
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mitting that he is conducting a busi-
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THROAT and LUNG TROUB-
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oo AND LIVERY. ™~
C. W. STATLER, - - Proprietor.
H@-Two hacks daily, except Sunday, be-
tween Salisbury and Meyersdale, connect-
ing with trains east and west.
Schedule:
Hack No.1 leaves Salisbury at........ 8A. M
Hack No. 2 leaves Salisbury at........ 1P.M
Returning, No 1 leaves Meyersdaleat] P.M
No.2leaves Meyersdaleat............. 6 P.M
H@F-First class rigs for all kinds of trav-
el,at reasonable prices.
Murphy Bros.
RESTAURANT!
ZAIN
Headquarters for best Oysters, Ice
Cream, Lunches, Soft Drinks, ete.
Try our Short-Order Meals—Beef-
steak, Ham and Eggs, Sausage, Hot
Coffee, etc.
Meals to Order at All
Ame. Hours! eam
We also handle a line of Groceries,
Confectionery, Tobacco, Cigars, ete.
We try to please our patrons, and we
would thank you for a share of your
buying.
MURPHY BROTHERS,
McKINLEY BLOCK, SALISBURY, PA,
THE SALISBURY HACK LINE
Balsam.
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Our White Pine Cough Balsam with tar touches the tickle.
i Cough
It is very unwise to let it run on. Many times a cough is nothing
more than a slight cold, and can be stopped by the use of our Pine
This is just the season of the year when tke cool, blustering wind
and nipping air are making coughs and colds pretty fast. If you are
’ one of the victims, you need something, and we have that something.
We are pretty positive about that.
City Drug Store, £
Paul H. Gross, Deutsche Apotheke, &
Meyersdale, Pa.
ID&F Use Beachy’s Tonic Powder for horses and cattle.
For sale at Lichliter’s store.
keep you i
awake?
where
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ENGINES
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power Is required.
fectly Safe. Strictly High Grade.
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We operate a lant and every en
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full in free.
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Buffalo, N. Y.
Horizontal Type 5 to 100 H. P.
Give more power, last longer and < cost less to operate. They are
in
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, electric lighting,
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URE HOME GROUND GHOP!
That’s what we are making a specialty of.
pure and fresh—the very best grades of corn and oats that can be obtained.
We always keep our chop clean and fresh. One sack will convince you that
no Western feed equals our own home-ground feeds.
Our prices are cheap, considering the quality of grain that we use.
Great Shirt Bargains!
We have on hand about 500 nice Dress Shirts that we are offering at sacrifice
prices, some for less than cost. One-dollar Shirts, 76c. Fifty-cent Shirts, 40c.
Purest (Groceries!
Our Groceries are ofgthe purest and best, and we are sole agents for the fa-
mous Laurel Flour, ongwhich we have built up a large trade.
best meets the demand of the people.
We also handle a good line of Every-Day Working Trousers and Gloves.
We solicit your patronage and invite you to our store.
stay, and we solicit a liberal share of your patronage.
West Salisbury Feed Co.
We grind grain that is always
It is the flour that
Once tried, always used.
We have come to’
Heart Strength
Heart Strength, or Heart Weakness, means Nerve
| Btrength, or Nerve Weakness—nothing more. Pos-
| itively, not one weak heart in a hundred is, in it-
| self, actually diseased. It is almost always a
|‘ hidden tiny little. nerve that really is all at fault.
: ¥his obscure nerve—the Cardiac, or Heart Nerve
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stability, more “controlling, more governing
| strength. Without that the Heart must continue
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| ¢hese same controlling nerves.
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2 P. M. Leave Meyersdale in forenoon im-
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