ip . The omerset County Star. VOLUME II. SALISBURY, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1893. NUMBER 38 Established 1852. P. SS. HAY, —DEALER IN— GENERAL .. MERCHANDISE. The pioneer and leading deneral store in Salis- . bury for nearly a half century. For this Columbian year, 1893, special efforts will be made for a largely increased trade. Unremitting and active in an- ticipating the wants of the people, my stock will be replen- ished from time to time and found complete, and sold at pri- ces as low as possible, consistent with a reasonable business profit. Thanking you for past favors, and soliciting your very valued patronage, I remain- yours truly, P. 5. HAY, Salisbury, Pa., Jan. 2d, 1893. BEACHY BROS, Dealers In H A : ARE, are now before the people with a most complete line of Shelf Hardware, Agricul- tural Implements of all kinds, the Celebrated Staver & Abbott Farm Wag rons, Bug- gies, Carringes and Phaetons. Pa. heav- y for sand ad- We also handle the best of Stoves, Ranges, Cutlery, Silverware, Harness, Saddles, | Meyers- Horse Blankets, Lap Spreads, Tinware, Guns, Revolvers, Pumps, Tubing, Churns, Wash Machines, ete. s, Mucil- erything T es. The prompt- HER. brush up, improve and beautify your buildings. and the best line of Paints, Oils, Varnishes, found at our store. Thanking you for a very liberal patronage in the past, trade, we are, respectfully, BEACHY BROS., Salishury, Pa. Mrs. S. A. Lichliter, CRAIN FLOUR And FEED. CORN, OATS, MIDDLINGS, “RED DOG FLOUR,” FLAXSEED MEAL, in short all kinds of ground feed for stock. “CLIMAX FOOD,” a good medicine for stock. All Grades of Flour, among them *‘Pillsbury’s Best,” the best flour in the world, and Royal. GRAYHAM and BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, Corn Meal, Oat Meal and Lima Beans. All Grades of Sugar, including Maple Sugar, also handle Salt and Potatoes. load lots, and will be sold at lowest prices. STATLER BLOCK, SALISBURY, PA. : LOOK HERE! Read, Ponder, Reflect and Act, de and A IND Act Quickly. Come and SEH whether you can’t buy goods cheaper here than elsewhere in the county. BARGAINS in every department. Do you need a pair of fine shoes? I carry in stock the finest in town. Do you need a pair Bro- gans? I have the best and cheapest in town. Does your wife need a fine dress? It can be bought here very low. You use Groceries, do you? Call; I will be pleased to sub- mit my prices. I keep a full line of such goods as belong to a first-class general merchandise store. fences and general hi Brushes, Lime, etc., can always be JALL \INS. and soliciting your future wn, be- Ave you ns, etc? )s, Ox- Hats. 3 “Vienna,” ‘Irish Patent,” “Sea Foam’ TI also handle “ These goods are principally bought in car Goods delivered to my regular customers. Store in ! rooms, 'indow S ZNOwWn, 0 make ist—the dollar’s ed tick- Tick- ity of a to lay- . ’ ro Clothing, MEN'S CLO THING! ii I desire to close out my stock of Men's clothing. Great 0 buy. A bargains are offered in Suits, Overcoats and Pantaloons. A = “The early bird catches the worm.’ KE os i I would announce to my patrons and prospective patrons DR that I continually keep on hand a full line of the Celebrated f od Walker Boots and Shoes. I also carry a lire of the Fam- ridan s oy t this ous Sweet, Orr & (Co. Goods, Pants, Overalls, Blouses, 3 h § s] : 2 : oo wie : Sa | Shirts, ete: Thanking you for past favors, and soliciting a ments continuance of same, I remain very respectfully 1 eggs. | oy 8 strong. { ; , Li | JL. BARCHIL/S, Salisbury, Fa. First. Ras: Speicher’s Drug Store! Behold We Are Come! Selah! And verily we are here to stay. Immov- able as the Pyramids of Egypt or a grease spot on a pair of ice cream trousers. And we have with us a full stock of the purest and freshest Drugs, Patent Medicines, Druggists Sundries, Soap, Perfumes, Toi- let Articles, choicest ussortment of Stationery and Books in town, Jewelry, Spectacles, etc. Arctic Soda Water and Hire's Root Beer constantly on draught. Ice Cream Soda every Saturday afternoon and evening. Prompt attention and satisfaction guar- anteed. A. F. SPEICHER, Prop. Elk Lick, Pa. 20 Per Cent. Dividend! By having vour money invested, yon will receive an annual dividend of 8 or 10 per cent, but by buying my goods, the money yon save therefrom will be equal to a 20 per cent. dividend; not only annually, but at every daily purchase. You all complain of hard times, but what makes hard times? Paying $1.00 for 80 cents worth of goods. Compare these prices with others: . Sweet Potatoes, 30 cents a peck. Water Melons, 30 cents a piece. Bananas, 3 for 5 cents. Fruit Jars, Dairy Salt, 1 cent a 1b. 75 cents a dozen. Beans, 5 Cantaloupes, 8 to 15 cents. Coal Oil, 12 cents a gall. All other goods in proportion. Iam now taking orders for Sweet Potatoes: anyone not having given me their order will please do 0 at once, as now is the time to buy. Prices range from $2.00 to $2.25 a barrel, deliv- ered. WILLIAM PETRY, STATLER BLOCK, SALISBURY, PA. cents a 1b. Frank Petry, Carpenter And Builder, Elk Lick, Pa. If you waui carpenter work done right, and at prices that are right, give me a call. I also do all kinds of furniture repairing. Bring your work to my shop. ’ 3000 PARCELS OF MAIL" FREE within 30 avs will be for 1 year boldly inted on gummed Only Direc tory guaranteeing 125,00 customers; from "pub- ishers and manufac- ; Al wiht one of v onspries address labels asted there 2 RA! We will also print ny prepay postage on 500 of your label addresses to you; which stick on your envelopes, books, etc., to \ prevent their being lost. J. A. Wa ARE, of Reidsville, N. C., writes: * From my 25 cent I in re Lightning ‘Directory I’ve received my 500 address labels and over 3000 Parcels of i . My addresses you scattered i XE > among publishers and manufacturers, a are arriving daily, on valuable parce li of mail from all parts of the World.” World's Fair Directory Co., 402 Girard and Frankford Avenues, Phila., Pa. BILLMEYER & BALLIET, ELK ILICK, PXNNA., —Manufacturers Of— Pine, Hemlock and Qak Lumber. Having purchased the Beachy tract of timber, adjoining the borough of Salis- bury. we are especially well prepared to furnish first-class Chestnut Fencing Posts, which we will sell at very reasonable prices. Also have about 1000 choice Lo- cust posts for sale. Bill Lumber a Specialty. all's Meat Marke is headquarters for everything usually kept in a first-class meat market. The Best of Everything to be had in the meat line always on hand, in- cluding FRESH and SALT MEATS, BOLOGNA and Fresh Fish, in Season. Come and try my wares. Come and be con- vinced that I handle none but the best of goods. Give me your patronage, and if I don't treat you square and right, there will be nothing to compel you to continue buying of me. You will find that I will at all times try to please you. COME: OI and be convinced that I can do you good and that I am not trying to make a fortune in a day. Thanking the public for a liberal patronage, and soliciting a continuance and increase of the same, I am respectfully, Casper Wahl. WHEELER And WILSON NEW HIGH ARM Duplex Sewing lachine. Sews either Chain or Lock stitch. The lightest running, most durable and most popu- lar machine in the world. Send For Catalogue. Best Goods. Best Terms. Agents Wanted. Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. City Meat Market, N. Brandler, Proprietor. A choice assortment of fresh meat always on hand. If you want good steak, go to Brandler. If you want a good roast, go to Brandler. Brandler guarantees to please the most fastidious. Honest weight and lowest living prices at Brandler’s. HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR HIDES. TO CONSUMPTIVES. T he undersigned having been restored to health by simple means, after suffering for sev- eral vears with a severe iung affection, and that dread disease CONSUMPTION, is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the means of cure. To those who desire it, he will cheerfully send (free of charge) a copy of the prescription used, which they will find a sure cure for CoNsuMPTION, AstiMa, CATARRH, BrRoNcHiTis and all throat and lung MaLapies. He hopes all sufferers will try his remedy, as it is invaluable. Those desir- ing the prescription, which will cost them noth- ing, and may prove a blessing, will please ad- oo 52; . Epwarp A. WiLsoN, Brooklyn, New York. TOPICS find COMMENT. WHEN a Democratic editor hears them grinding coffee, next door, he has in his paper next day, ‘‘Another mill started up.”—Philadelphia Press. DemocraTIC orators cried hard times and general ruin throughout a whole summer of prosperity and them- selves to every crazy financial fad and ism, and did their best, or worst, to shake the confidence of the people, and that was shrewd political strategy. But now hard times have come indeed. The cur- rency question has something to do with that, but that which is of most import- lent ance is the uncertainty as to the basis upon which manufactures are to go on. Therefore you may depend upon it, that until the question is settled, until men know the terms on which they are to compete with foreign competitors, loom will be in motion more than is nec- essary, and no wheel will turn except with the prospect of immediate profit. This may strike a reasonable man as a sensible truth, but according certain would-be directors of public sentiment, it is inexcusable partisanship. They can- not say itis not true, but they think to keep the people from finding it out.— Pittsburg Times. no 0 Do nor let it be forgotten that a little over four years ago Grover Cleveland turned the government over to Mr. Har- rison in a condition so prosperous that one could see disaster ahead. But what a legacy of bankruptcy did Mr. Harrison leave to his successor! If the condition of the country is the fault of Democratic rule, why did not four years of it plunge it into the very depths of woe? Answer us, will you, howlers of calamity ?—Somerset Vedette. As a sample of genuine rot, going from the Vedette There no the fore- is hard to excel. is neither truth nor argument in it. | over For four long years they Mr. Cleveland to Mr. Harrison, did he? And it was in a prosperous condi- tion when he turned it over, was it? That is still more remarkable. Now if Mr. Cleveland turned over the govern- ment to Mr. Harrison, four years ago, according to the Vedette's statement, the country must have been governed by Mr. Cleveland, and Mr. Cleveland must have all the credit for the prosperous condition the country was in at that time. That is the impression that the Vedette evidently wants to make upon its readers, but it ought to know better than to make use of such baby talk. Any 12-year-old school boy could successfully answer all the Vedette’s supposed arguments and not half try. The fact of the matter is the Democrats have never been in power since the war, until the present adminis- tration took hold of the government. It is true, however, that Grover Cleveland was elected President in 1884 and that he served during four prosperous years of the country’s history. But what of that? What had he to do with the country’s prosperity? The Vedette forgot to men- tion that daring those four vears the United States Senate was Republican and stood in the way of Democratic devil- When the Mills bill and other iniquitous Democratic measures were to pass the Senate, the Republicans were in the majority in that body and well! ment, “knocked all such ruinous legislation into a cocked hat.” And thus was the country even though a Democratic President warmed the chair. About all Cleveland could do during his first term was to veto pension bills, saved, and not being content with insulting the maimed veterans of war in that way, be also wanted the Rebel flags returned that were captured in war. But the latter scheme wouldn't work, much to the President's sorrow. The Democrats did not run the country dur- ing those four years. In fact they had little to do with running the machine. and that is why the country remained just as prosperous as it was when Mr. Arthur left the Presidential chair. The Vedette evidently thinks that the Presi- dent makes the laws, or else it takes it for granted that its readers are wofully ignorant. “But what a legacy did Mr. Harrison leave to his successor!” remarks this same Vedette. Well, it is universally conceded that Harrison's administration was one of the most prosperous that the country ever knew. Never before was labor bet- ter paid, and never before would a dol” lar buy so much as daring Mr. Harrison's administration. Confidence was univer- sal and the country’s prosperity was on a basis as solid as the rock-ribbed range of the Rocky mountains. The thousands of factories and workshops were running to their fullest capacity and the wheels and spindles thereof rumbled constantly, day and night. “And things wonld have remained that way. but the people could not stand prosperity and they voted for a change. “And they got it, Yes, they got it. They got it good and strong.” Bat the Vedette says: “If the condi- tion of the country is the fault of Demo- cratic rule, why did not four years of ir plunge it into the very depths of woe? We answered that by showing that the Democrats did not rule during Cleveland's first administration. They couldn’t, on account of a Republi- can Senate being in the way. Do catch on. dear boy? Of course vou do. But the Democrats are now in power for the first time since the war. They the President, the Senate and Congress And beceuse thev have the power, have question you because of the things their platform con- tained, confidence in destroyed, duced and a great panic is upon us. Republican laws under try threatened with repeal. and are to be sue: ceeded measures. The threat- ened tariff reform is alone responsible for the present hard times and business stag- nation. and there is no use in trying tc denv it. The South is in the saddle, even though Grover Cleveland is President, and we predict that the country will be sick enough of the change before the four years will have elapsed. business circles is mills are closed. wages are re- The which the coun was so extremely prosperous, are by new Whose Christian Name Is Hoke. Oh, twas a glorious sight to see, some thirty years ago, When two million freemen marched awav to face their country’s foe. From East to West throughout the North they went at Lincoln's call To rally for the Union and for it fight and fall. Mid comrades’ cheers and mothers’ tears they gayly marched away, And left behind their loved ones all to wait and hope and pray. For they were brave and had not heard, gallant hearts of oak, Of a patriot pure from Georgia, name is Hoke. these whose Christian marched and fought beneath Old Glory’'s Stars, And wrote each name in blood and flame where waved the Stars and Bars. On a hundred fields, on sea and shore, marshy fen, In cold and heat, prison pen, by river's in storm and sleet, in deadly turned the government | Some lost a leg, some lost an arm, some yielded Well, | up their lives, And news came home that broke the hearts of * mothers and of wives. They faced each foe, but never met, in battle's flame and smoke, That patriot pure from Geor-gi-a, whose Chris tian name is Hoke. At Jast the conflict ended and at A ppomatox tree The “Old Commander took the sword of Rebel General Lee. The joyful news spread through the land, and all turned out to greet The boys as to their homes they came with eager, bounding feet. The ranks were thinned, and many a face that loved ones longed to see Was laid away ‘neath Southern soil their valor had made free. “We'll care for you!” the people cried, not know- ing as they spoke, Of that patriot pure from Geor-gi-a whose Chris- tian name is Hoke. The piedge was kept, no soldier old, or wounded, maimed or halt, Heard the wolf of want howl at his door through a careless Nation's fault. And all went well until one day from the Presi- dential chair The voters turned Ben Harrison out and put old Grover there. And when he chose his counsellors, men of pith, He went clear down to Geor-gi a, and took a man named Smith. None knew this man, a stranger he, and many was the joke, For this patriot pure from Geor-gi-a, his Chris- tian name was Hoke. in seeking But, ‘twas no joke: this patriot pure soon scat- tered sorrow ‘round; He scanned the pension lists and swore that many a fraud he found. roll of honor” was there there, of bummer and of beat, And he went to work to clean them out when scarce warm in his seat. Then sorrow’s sigh rose through the land, and many a soldier gray, Saw at his door a fiercer foe than he'd faced in war's stern fray. “We'll hang you first. and try blithely, gayly spoke, This patriot pure from Geor-gi-a, whose Chris- tian name is Hoke. No but names you next!” thus Ah, well! time makes things even, it rolls, And in "96 the Boys in Blue will rally at the polls. They'll all be there, a gallant host, though bent and old and gray, And those who did this dirty work, well may they rue that day. For they'll turn their backs upon the men who saw this great wrong done, And rally with the party that's been with them since 61. And with the ballot potent, life they'll soak That patriot pure from Geor gi-n whose Chris- tian name is Hoke. as slowly on you can bet your —Pittsburg Times. Bucklen's 8 Arnica Salve, THE BEST SALVE in the world for Cuts. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and posi- tively cures Piles. or no pay required. tis guaranteed to give perfect satisfac- tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by A. F. Speicher. grageis. The People’ s Column, What is approved. what condemned and what criticised. $F Note "his column is open to everybody. but it must be borne in mind that no personal quarrels will be allowed to be conducted through it. The objects of this column are for the gener- al good of the town and country at large, but it must be borne in mind that the editor is not re- sponsible for the opinions of contributors. Re- nave | and | member, it is the people's column; the editor shall not write a wi ord for it. it Fhiror Sram: —1 think ie People’s column is a valuable feature of your val- uable paper, and I, for one, wish to ex- | press my thanks for your liberality in | offering it as a medium through which [the public may discuss things for the | public good and advancement of the | community; for by exchanging views | with one another, making criticisms, ad- vancing ideas, etc.. much can be done to benefit us all. Now, here fault with: some, is something that I find of citizens (and too, that ought to know better) are finding fault with our school board for deciding to put steam heat into our school Some | | | | | our | | building, the principal objection being the cost. They argue that if stoves would answer for heating heretofore, they would answer now. They might as well argue that because people used to light their houses with tallow dips. they They seem to forget of progression and best the in any- penny wise as the old addage the identical doctrine advocate. No doubt poor child has had its health permanently injured by being compelled to sit during the whole school term near a blazing hot stove in that old dungen known as our Primary school should do so now. that improvement. cheapest, all things thing. We should and pound foolish, puts it, yet that is that croakers this is an age The is always considered, not be always many a room. Steam heat will do away with that: no more alternate freezing and roasting in our school building. I wish to add that the School Board deserves great credit for pay ing no atten- tion to the croakings of chronics kickers. The of the Board their duty and doing it well. men with the times. principally members are doing They are The kick- have no and some are while at the same time they have scarcely any tax to pay. abreast are men children to send to school, kicking on taxes, ers who JUSTICE.