i i ¥ 2 ¥ “FORT CUMBERLAND” BLACK ELASTIC Roof and Meial ' WON'T COMEZ OFF AND'S JUST AS BLACK A high e Paint for Roofing and all orks Foy . BLACK, GLOSSY AND ELASTIO. not crack, peal or blister. It will make an old and worthless roof practically ind 28 new. . ost Elastic Paint on the market today: 5 Made from various Mineral Pigments, Ru métals. bers, Oils and Che Guaranteed for ears. If your Dealer caunot supply you, ac- i no other, but write us IT same will receive prompt attention. FORT CUMBERLAND PAINT MFG. COMPANY, Cumberland, Md. Wagner's LIVERY, Salisbury, Penna. Frank Wagner, Propr. Harvey Wagner, Mgr. Good horses, and good rigs of all kinds. Special attention to the needs of traveling men, and extra good equipments for pic- nicking and sleighing parties. Horses well fed and cared for, at reasonable rates. Somerset County telephone: FOLEY’ KIDNEY GURE WILL CURE YOU of any case of Kidney or Bladder disease that is not beyond the reach of medi- tine. Take it at once. Do not risk having Bright's Dis- ease or Diabetes. There is nothing gained by delay. 50c. and $1.00 Bottles. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. SOLD BY ELK LICK PHARMACY. HHRE INSURANCE <- Can you afford to have your dwelling or household goods go up in smoke without a cent of in- surance with which to cover your loss? Do It Now! Call on E. H. Miller, at the Elk Lick drug store, and have him # show you how small the cost would be to have a polacy written insuring you against such losses. EH. Miler, ~Saishuy, Agent for Baltimore & Ohio R. R. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY 17, 1908. MEYERSDALE. *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. ¢§Sunday only. @ONNELLSVILLE & PITTSBURG. De- art *5.44 a. m., 6.36 p. m. (local) *2.46 p. m. Yess p.m. (local). Arrive *10.55a. m. (local) *]1.24 a. m.,*4.50 p. m., $6.50 p. m. *9.20 p. m. ©€HICAGO, Depart *6.36 p.m. Arrive*11.24 a. m., *4.50 p. m. WASH. BALTO., PHILA, & NEW YORK, Depart *11.24 a. m., *450 p. w., 0.20 p. m. Arrive *5.44 a. m., *2:46 p. m., 6.36 p. m. MBERLAND, Depart *10.55 a. m. (local), i a. m., *4.50 p. m., +6.50 p. m. (local), *0.20 p.m. Arrive *5.44 a. m, 17.52 a. m. (local), *2.46 p. m., #434 p. m. (local), 6.36 p. m, JOHNSTOWN and Way Stations, Depart #6.30 8. m., 17.5628. m.,*4.34 p. m. Arrive 10.55 a. m., +4.50 p. m.,*7.05 p. m. NOT GUILTY. LOVE YouR NEIGHRONS S. S. Teacher—Johnny, what was it that so severely tried the patience of Job? Johnny—*Yo’ can search me. I b'n sick wid th’ measules fer tree weeks an’ ain't bin out wid th’ fel lers THE LAST TIME. “Rose, dear, this is the fifteenth, and positively the last time; will you marry me?” “You are positive it is the last time, Jack?” “Positive.” “Then, dear, of course you know, I'll have to say ‘yes.”” INCONVENIENT. Donald McKay (living six miles out)—to the clerk of whom he bought matches—There be yer matches! I'll no have them! They'll no light! Clerk (striking one on the seat of his trousers) —You see how well they l'ght if you know how. { D. M. (indignantly)—D’ye think I'm sick a fule as to travel twelve miles to strike a match on yer breeks every time I want a light? PREMATURE QUESTION. Bully—*‘Feller’s fell off the Aerial Building! Cim’ on!” Fritz—‘“Cracky! Kilt yit?” Blly—!Dunno; ain’t lit yit.’> DEEP. May—I bet I know how deep ihe lake is! Jessie—How deep is the lake, smartie? Smartie—A stone’s throw! Spoils of Austrian Court. Court etiquette in Austria is more stringent than in other European courts. The attendents come in for large perquisities as comestible articles are never allowed to appear twice on the royal tables. It must be a good thing to be one of these atten- dants, as to one man falls all the wine left in the glasses, and the game, fish and sweets are equally divided in the same way. Each morning a market is held tn the basement of the palace, where the Vinnese come to purchase the remains of the banquet. This custom is a revival of one that obtained great favor in the Mid- dle Ages. Then the great lords of the land were not above accepting the remains of a feast and the Lord Chancellor was entitled to the ends of one large candle and forty small ones each day. He in turn made capital of this perquisite and undoubtedly his ex- chequer was greatly increased by fit at the end of the year. World of the Solid. We live amid matter in three characteristic states—solid, liquid and gaseous. But since hydrogen has been both liquefied and solidified, the investigator is introduced into a world of solid bodies. With the aid of the cold furnished by liquid hydrogen, every gaseous substance at present definitely known to the chemist, with the single exception of helium can be solidified. Even hel- ium, Professor Dewar hopes, may yield to the processes now being em- ployed by scientists throughout the: world. Liquid hydrogen is so light that the only solid substance that will float upon it is pith. Solid hydro- gen has a temperature 436 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. When ex- posed to the cold vapor arising from liquid hydrogen, air is instantly turn- ed solid, falls like a miniature snow storm into the vessel containing the hydrogen, and sinks to the bottom. Selected His Prize. A husband was offered as a prize in a cooking school competition of recent date in a Kansas town. A young merchant offered himself for the prize. Thirty or forty fair com- petitors entered the race, but the judges who rendered the decision de- cided in favor of a widow, whose cooking seemed to deserve the re- ward because of its superior quality. The widow did not meet with appro- val in the eyes of the young mer- chant, however, and he reversed the decision of the judges by eloping with the youngest and prettiest of the competitors. The Jewish Population. A statistical report recently pub- lished by the British Government shows that there are 20,000 Jews in Cape Colony, 18,000 in India, 17,- 000 in Australia, 16,000 in Canada and 4000 in Ireland. A Yiddish paver commenting on the report says: ‘‘These figures look large, but they become small when compared with New York, where there are in two wards more American Jews than there are British Jews all over the world. Prohibiting Smoking. In the Italian public service smok- ing is prohibited during business by off cials whose duties bring them into contact with the public. For those whose duties do not, it is left to the discretion of heads of departments to allow or forbid smoking. But their discretion is limited to the cig- ar and cigarette. The pipe may not, under any circumstances be permit- ted. Typhoid Vanquished. Professor Chantemesse, the emin- ent French bacteriologist, to whom wn owe the serum against typhoid fever, has laid the world under an- other obligation by a second im- portant discovery in the same field, whereby the disease may be detect- ed from {its first symptoms. This is done by means of a typhic applica- tion under the eyelid. Improving on Standard Rail. The recognized standard rall now in use has been discarded for a heav- ier one and one made of better ma- terial. This improved standard re- quires that a very large percentage of the ingot shall be rejected so as tc obtain a purer metal. Two rail- roads have recently ordered 40,000 tons of these rails. Nets Used in Fishing. About 100,000 rots are in use during the herring searon by the 800 fishing smacks of the Nether- lands. A net lasts about three sea- sons but owing to loses from storms and other causes between 40,000 and 50,000 new nets are purchased annually. The Ambidextrous Craze. A learned man of London, in attacking the recurring ambidexter- ity eraze, says that this accomplish- - ment is quite common among idiots and that it 1s quite natural that well- belanced persons should use one limb more than the other. Artificial Leg for Horse. Amputating a horse’s leg at the fetlock joint, Professor Udriski of the veterinary school at Bucharest has replaced the lost portion with a leather artificial leg that e: ables the animal to walk about and take exercise. BACK ACTION CURE. . Henpecque—The doctor .. me I must go away to the country Cid he say anything to you about it Nviolet. Mr. Henpectque—Yes, my dear, hq said I needed a rest. THE TORRID NORTH. [FIT Tg 3 o 3 Rl 1] TR © © 3 “I hear you are leaving soon fot the North.” “Yes; my doctor advises me to go to a warmer climate for my heaith. RUNS IN THE FAMILY. Fitz—How did you learn to two- step? Startz—Well, you see I have two step-sisters. A SHADY REP, “I understand you and Buzzo- graph had some words.” “We did; he accused me of hav- ing a black record.” THE GUARDIAN OF THE GODS. White for Mourning. Black mourning has had its day. We are henceforth, comme les reines blanches of the early Renaissance, to wear white mourning. This is not so much a reversion as a further imitation of the victorious Japanese. A black hat, feathers and gloves, with a white dress, are to pass for le dernier cri de Fame en deuil. It will do well to be entirely in white, or perhaps better; unbroken white- ness is so blank, so fade as to be al- most penitential. The widow of royal line 400 years ago was in white from top to toe. La Marguer- ite des Marguerites, who had iost her husband at the battle of Pavia, went to Madrid to visit her captive brother habited in white—wimple, riding habit and all #n white, in | sign of widowhood. Black mourn- ing came in from Florence with Cath- erine de Medici. Violet mourning for the head of the State went out with the Revolution. M. Felix Fau- re thought the black that replaced is more suitable to the croque-mort, and wished for reversion to regal Smallest of Vertebrates. Hitherto the United States has had the distinction of possessing both the remains of the largest land ‘ver- tebrates ever known’ to have ex- isted and giant dinosaurs of the West and the smallest living vertebrates of either land or sea, certain cyprin- odont fishes of the Florida and South Carolina coasts. But the United States Fish Com- mission has recently received from the Philippine Islands specimens of a new species of fish, belonging to the goby family, which are smaller than any other vetrebrate animals yet known. They vary from less than 10 up to about 15 millimetres in length. Their numbers are so enormous that they form an important article of diet for some of the natives, who catch them in close-woven nets. It is proposed to call this new fish my- stichtys, from twe Greek words mean- ing smallest fish. Gem Detectives. According to Dr. Chaymet, of the French Academy of Seiences, who has been experimenting on the sub- ject for some years past, the violet rays of the spectrum are of great practical value in the jewelry trade because they easily distinguish the qualities of various gems. The fluoresence that they impart to dia- monds offers a trustworthy diagnosis of the excellence of the stones. They are equally effective with rubies. The rubies of Burma have a higher value than those of Siam, but experts are sometimes deceived in judging them by the ordinary methods. With the ald of the violet rays, however, the Burmese gems can always be diff- erentiated from the less precious varieties. 2 Flower Colors and Odor. One of Uncle Sam’s botanists at Washington is said to have discover- ed that out of 4300 species of flow- ers cultivated in this country and in Europe only 420 possess an agree- able perfume. Flowers with white or cream-col- ored petals are more frequently odoriferous than others, Next in order come the yellow flowers, then the red, after them the blue and finally the violet, of’ which only 13 varieties out of 308 give off a pleasing perfume. In the whole list 3880 varieties are offensive in odor and 2300 have no perceptible smell, either good or bad. The Ostrich in Madagascar. Ralsing ostriches is a growing in- dustry in various parts of the world, so that there appears to be no dan- ger of a famine in the ostrich plume market. In 1902 the ostrich was introduced into the French colony of Madagascar, and during last win- ter a public sale of plumes was held in order to awaken interest in the new industry. The feathers were of fine quality, and the huge birds are said to flourish well in their island home. Wasn't Asking Much. A florist of Philadelphia was one day making the rounds of his pro- perties near that city, when he was approached by a young man, who applied to him for work. “1 am sorry,” said the florist, “but have all the help I need, I have noth- ing for you to de.” “Sir,” said the young man, with a polite bow, “if you only knew how very little work it would take to ooc- cupy me!’’-——Success Magazine. Traits of the Laconians. Laconians, whose chief city was Sparta, were famous in ancient Greece not only for their success in war, but for their scorn of luxuries and their brevity of speech. When King Philip of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great, threatened them, saying, “If I enter Laconia I will level your city to the dust,” they sent back the reply, “If!” Their short answers give to the English language the word “laconic.” Promoting Raflway Building. The representative of a British gyndicate is in Peking offering to lend to the Yuchuan-Pei a large sum of money to build railways. Beyond demanding the sole right to contract for the construction materials and to provide the engineers to build them, the syndicate will not inter- fere in any way with the control and policy of the railways. R.E.MEYERS, Attorney-at-Law, SOM®RSET, PA. Office in Court House. W. H. KOONTZ. { KOONTZ & OGLE Attorneys-At-Law, J. G.0GLE \ SOMERSET, PENN’A Office opposite Court House. DR.PETER L. SWANK, Physician and Surgeon, ‘ELK LICK,.Pa. Successor to Dr. E. H. Perry. i RERKEY & SHAVER, | © Attorneys-at-Liaw. SOMERSET, PA. dbfroth & Ruppel Building. ERNEST 0. KOOSER, Attorney-At-Law, SOMERSET, PA. E.C.SAYLOR, D. D. S., SALISBURY, PA. Office Corner Union St. and Smith Ave. : Special attention given to the preserva- tion of the natural teeth. Artificial sets in- serted in the best possible manner. W. 8. WELLER, C7 FAL unnn, Makes a specialty of Farm Bales, Live Stock, Merchandise and Real Estate. GRADUATE OF MISSOURI AUCTION SCHOOL. Terms reasonable and satisfaction guar- anteed. R. F.D. No.2, MEYERSDALE, PA. W. A. CLARKE, FOR— UndertakinG, MEYERSDALE, PENNA. STEVENS ARMS are for sale by all progressive. Hardware and Sporting. Goods Merchants : and | DAN BEARDS splendid effort —*“ GUNS AND GUNNING ’— will be mailed postpaid to any applicant by J, STEVENS ARMS & Toor Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass., upon receipt of price.. §- For paper cover edi- & tion forward 20cents; § for cloth bound book: send 80 cents.. Written forandpub-- lished by- J. STEVENS: ARMS & TOOL CO. P. 0. Box 4099 Chicopee Falls, Mass. €.6. ele ‘Murphy Bros. RESTAURANT! STS Headquarters for best Oysters, Ice Cream, Lunches, Soft Drinks, ete. Try our Short-Order Meals—Beef- steak, Ham and Eggs, Sausage, Hot Coffee, ete. Meals to Order at All Ae. Hours! sm We also handle a line of Groeeries, Confectionery, Tobacco, Cigars, ete. We try to please our patrons, and we would thank you for a share of your buying. MURPHY BROTHERS, Joy BUILDING, SALISBURY, Pa. 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