2av- for nd ad- eyers- Mucil- ything The -ompt- ER. \LL NS. 1, be- e you , etc? Ox- its. ng » lay- gold ease, ness. Live. buy. YODER veral price, e no with with T sale u see m, at town, AR Of- can’t ents a make paper inder le at The omerset County Star. VOLUME II. SALISBURY, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1893. NUMBER 41. Established 1852. .'S. HAY, 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. S. HAY, Salisbury, Pa., Jan. 2d, 1893. BEACHY BROS. Dealers In ol ARDWARE, are now before the people with a most complete line of Shelf Hardware, Agricul- tural Implements of all kinds, the Celebrated Staver & Abbott Farm Wagons, Bug- gies, Carriages and Phaetons. We also handle the best of Stoves, Ranges, Cutlery, Silverware, Harness, Saddles, Horse Blankets, Lap Spreads, Tinware, Guns, Revolvers, Pumps, Tubing, Churns, Was Madina oor Me TINE I PA NT OW brush up, improve and beautify your buildings. fences and general surroundings, and the best line of Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, Lime, etc., can always be found at our store. . Thanking you for a very liberal patronage in the past, and soliciting your future trade, we are, respectfully, BEACHY BROS., Salisbury, Pa. Mrs. S. 4. Lichliter, GRAIN. FLOUR And FEED. 1 CORN, OATS, MIDDLINGS, “RED DOG FLOUR,” FLAXSEED MEAL, in short all kinds of i 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, “Vienna,” ‘Irish Patent,” “Sea Foam" | and Royal. GRAYHAM and BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, Corn Meal, Oat Meal and Lima Beans. I also handle a All Grades of Sugar, including Maple Sugar, also handle Salt and Potatoes. load lots, and will be sold at lowest prices. These goods are principally bought in car Goods delivered to my regular customers. Store in STATLER BLOCK, SALISBURY, PA. LOOK HERE! Read, Ponder, Reflect and Act, A IND Act Quickly. Come and S BEE whether yow can’t buy doods 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- vans? 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. \ Clothing, MEN'S CLOTHING! Hi I desire to close out my stock of Men's clothing. Great b bargains are offered in Suits, Overcoats and Pantaloons. ** The early bird catches the worm.” I would announce to my patrons and prospective patrons that I continually keep on hand a full line of the Celebrated Walker Boots and Shoes. I also carry a lire of the Fam- 18 Sweet, Orr & Co. Goods, Pants, Overalls, Blouses, “hirts, ete. Thanking you for past favors, and soliciting a " ntinuance of same, I remain very respectfully 24. BARCHUS, Salisbury, Fa. : 9 Speicher’s Drug Store! Behold We Are Come! Selah! And verily we are here to stay. Immovo- 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 assortment 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. Frank Petry, Carpenter And Builder, Elk Lick, Pa. If you want 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. gturers you'll receive, iil probably, thousands of lif valuable ks, papers, samples, magazines,etc. S free and each parcel with one of your printed address labels pasted thereon. EXTRA! e will also print and prepay postage on 500 ot your label addresses to you; which stick on your envelopes, books, etc., to Q\ prevent their being lost. J. A. WARE, of Reidsville, N. C,, writes: ‘From my 25 cent address in Four Lightning “Directory I've received my 500 addres; labels and over 3000 Parcels o Mail. y addresses you scattered among publishers and manufacturers, are arriving daily, on valuable parcels of mail from all parts of the World.” World’s Fair Directory Co., 402 Girard and Frankford Avenues, Phila., Pa. BEN HUR, Best Value for the Money. Strong and Durable. 13-Inch Cushion Tire, $75.00. Pueumatic Tire, $100.00. Central Cycle Mfg. Co., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. THE CENTRAL, HIGHEST GRADE, $135. CATALOGUE FREE. P. L. LIVENGOOD, Agt. at Elk Lick, Pa. TO CONSUMPTIVES. The undersigned having been restored to health by simple means, after suffering for sev- eral years with a severe lung 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, ASTHMA, CATARRH, BroNcHiTis and all throat and lung Marapies. He hopes all sufferers will try his remedy, as it is invaluable. Those desir- ing INS presoribtion: which will. cost them noth- ing, and may prove a blessing, will please ad- dress. : REV. EDWARD A. WILSON, Brooklyn, New York. The People’s Column, What is approved. what condemned and what criticised. FF Nore:—This 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- member, it is the people’s column; the editor shall not write a word for it. EDITOR STAR: —A great deal of praise has lately been heaped upon the Salisbury school board, through the People’s column in Tare STAR. Some of this doubtless merited, but while I have no great amount of fault to find with the Board, yet I can not see that it is made up of such exceptionally brilliant and wise men as some of the contributors to the People’s column would have us be- lieve. In fact I think our school direct- praise is ors are a very ordinary set of fellows and make about as many blunders as the most of them. They are average direct- ors and that is all. In the matter of hir- ing teachers they did not look upon qual- ifications in every case, as they should have done, but like all directors do, they hired some teachers, or at least one, out of pure sympathy and a plea of poverty. They cannot successfully deny this and they ought to be ashamed of themselves. : VIGILANCE. * Bx % v EDITOR STAR: —AS a citizen of Salis- bury and. a reader of all our county pa- pers, I wish to compliment THE STAR on being as good or better than any other newspaper ever published in this county. It is a paper that everv citizen of our town and county can justly be proud of. But no paper is perfect, neither is any individaal; and I have to criticise THE STAR in one respect. I have no fanlt to find with the Editorial department, for that is represented by a great deal more and better brain than can be found under my hat. The fault I find with the paper is in publishing the fool stuff and idle gush that some of your country corre- spondents send in from time to time. I like to read the mews from the country, but when it comes to seeing some of the same kind of silly twaddle in your valu- able paper that 1 have for years been be- holding in one of your near-by contem- poraries, in the shape of country corve- spondence, it gives me a pain and makes me feel exceedingly weary. My opinion in this matter may not be worth a straw, but I can not help cherishing it. Some of your correspondence is first-class and some is not worth the ink it takes to print it. In conclusion I must compliment you Mr. Editor, on the class of matter that has been appearing in the People’s col- umn, although this communication may add nothing to its value, and if such is your opinion of it, just cast it into the waste basket. But I must say, while 1 do not agree with all the opinions and ideas that have been expressed in the People’s column, everything that has thus far appeared in it was well worth reading and pondering over. Your Peo- ple’s column is. a valuable feature of your paper, instead of being filled with cheap, clap-trap, nonsensical, dudish stuff. such as is largely contained in a so-called people’s column in one of your Somerset contemporaries. CLOSE OBSERVER. This is the second valuable communi: cation from ‘“‘Close Observer,” and he is invited to come again, even if he did tramp on the editor's corns to some ex- tent. He is exactly right in what he says concerning country correspondence, and THE STAR must request some of its cor- respondents to send in more actual news and less ‘“‘tomfoolery.” Our itemizers are all good fellows, and we would like to retain their services, but really, some of them have been sending in stuff that is neither news, wit nor common sense. Be more careful, boys, and learn to know news items from trash. Tare EDITOR. TOPICS find COMMENT. Iris difficult to the Hawaiian question of comic opera features. divest BrsMARCK certainly cannot be accused of over-exerting himself to make friends with the Kaiser. TaE man who was arrested for burglary as soon as he was released from prison, where he served a term for bigamy, has a right to be afraid of b's. Ir railroad emploves are to shoot to kill, train robbers will find it safer and more profitable to go over to South Amer- ica and organize a revolution. THE fool-killer appears to be taking an unusually long vacation this year. He will have to overtime when he strikes the editorial departments of some of the big Democratic dailies. work Toe extreme depression in Pittsburg is indicated by the fact that the consumption of tobies has fallen off 10,000,000 a month. When Pittsburg has to give up the tobie it has to give up hope.—Philadelphia Press. THE Mayor of Roanoke, Va., who or- dered the military to fire on the mob which tried to break into the jail to lynch a prisoner, would have got more glory of the affair had he remained at his post instead of running away. SENATOR VoORHESs wisely declines to use his bead as a battering ram. This doesn’t meet the approval of everybody, but most men under similar circumstan- ces would do likewise. ‘‘'Self-preserva- tion is the first law of nature.” It is somewhat doubtful what effect Congressman Holman’s bill, requiring ev- ery man elected to any office to swear that he did not pay money or make prom- ises of patronage or other things of value to secure his nomination or election, would have, if enacted into a law. It might reform some politicians, and then again it might only increase the crime of perjury. Ly~NcHING, the chief industry of the South, will not be effected by free trade. For that reason TuE STAR does not be- lieve that the Southern brigadiers. in whose hands the Democratic machine is. will be afraid to tamper with the tariff. The South is in the saddle and wants both free trade and free lynching. They will have it, too, unless the Northern Democrats vote with the Republicans. Loursiana and West Virginia Demo- crats are arguing for the retention of sugar bounties and coal duties. This is nonsense. The only arguments which really count on this issue were cast and counted in November, 1892, and in both these states tney favored the abolition of sugar bounties and of the duties on coal. The voters of both these states chose the Democratic bed, and in it they must lie until their voters learn better.—Philadel- phia Press. Since the Cambria Irom Company be- gan curtailing its force, some very origin- al remarks have been made among the workmen. A week ago men were engaged in handling some met- al, when one of them, a Democrat, re- marked that daring the panic in the sev- enties, the workmen were not laid off, hut were kept busy piling up rails. The retort was, “But you didn’t have the same platform to pile them on.” There were no further remarks.—Johnstown Sunday Item. or two several WHATEVER may have been the cause of his getting the nomination, it has be- come so clear that he is unfitted to be U. 5S. Ambassador to Italy, that the Senate should not hesitate to reject Mr. J. J. Van Alen’s nomination to that position. We had far better have no representative in Italy than one whois ashamed to be called an American. It is charged by the Dem- ocratic N. Y. World that Van Alen once said: ‘*‘America is no fit place for ladies and gentlemen to live in.” Can that be the reason he is to be sent abroad? Two mucH credit and deserving praise cannot be bestowed upon the Junior Or- der United American Mechanics for pa- triotism in distributing national flags to the public schools of the state. On Tues- day last, the anniversary of the battle of North Point, this organization presented ten flags to as many public schools in Baltimore. The presentation ceremonies were interesting and appropriate and the story of the ‘‘Star Spangled Banner” was told in prose and sung in poetry. The exercises alone were indeed patriotic, and historical for the children.—Lona- coning Review. AN Towa editor hits it about right in this way: ‘‘The press endures the afflic- tion of deadheadism from the bar, stage, society, individuals and corporations. It is expected to give strength to the weak, eyes to the blind, clothes to the naked, bread to the hungry, ete. It is asked to cover up infirmities, hide weak- ness, wink at quacks, bolster up all dull; sap-headed politicians and flatter the vain. It is, in short, to be all things to men: and if it looks for any reward it is denounced as mean and sordid. There is no interest under the whole heavens that is expected to give so much to socie- ty without pay or thanks as the press.” see that Wm. McKinley will be elected governor of Ohio by an overwhelming majority, but the funny part of it is that they pretend to be glad of it. This is the way they argue his case: ‘‘As a pri- vate citizen or a member of Congress he could have a large influence on tariff leg- In his chair at Columbus he is unimportant in that direction.” Rats! If he is elected governor of Ohio, this fall, it will have a greater effect on tariff legislation than anything else possibly could have. His election will sound the death knell of the Democratic party, un- less it casts aside its fool free trade ideas. islation. TaE Pittsburg Post tries to show up that the Republicans have from time to time tinkered more with the tariff than the Democratic party ever has, and adds that inasmuch as the business interests of the country were not frightened by Republican tariff tinkering, it can not be said that threatened Democratic tariff tinkering has anything to do with the present hard times. The Post might have scored a point, had it not added that every time the Republicans tinkered with the tariff they wanted more of it. And | there’s where the rub comes in. If the | Democrats were after more protection, there would be no business stagnation; in fact there would be more stir in busi- ness circles than ever before; but the trouble lies in the fact that the protective tariff system that has made this nation so great and prosperous is now threatened FarMmERs have reason to congratulate themselves upon the scarcity of failures awong them. Hardly three per cent. of the farmers fail, while only about three per cent. of the merchants. according to statistics compiled by Secretary Morton, escape failure. Mr. Morton further as- serts that there is no farmer of good sense and good health who can not make a good living for himself and family, and that is as well as the majority of men are doing in other pursuits. The man who owns a farm and sticks to it is sure to profit by it in the future. There is practically no more land to be added to the area of cultivation. The supply of agricuitural products has reached its limit in the United States, and must now re- main stationary, while the demand will go on increasing every year. This im- plies a gradual improvement in prices, and a steady appreciation of the value of farming land. —Ex. CONFEDERATE DAY. An Unseemly Proposal That the World's Fair Managers Should Not Have Consented To. To the Editor of The Philadelphia Press. Sir: —I invite your attention to the fol- lowing dispatch published in various pa- pers: “NEW ORLEANS. LA., Sept. 11.—The general commanding the United Confederate Veterans has issued an order fixing the date of the nnveil- ing of the Confederate monument at Chicago for Saturday, October 8. This is final and no other change or postponement will be made. At Chi- cago Hon. W. P. C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, will be the orator of the day, and General J. B. Gordon, of Georgia, will preside on the occasion as commander-in-chief of the United Confeder- ate Veterans.” What is the meaning of this? Does the nation actually intend to honor the “lost cause?" In that State, too, made sacred by the ushes of the immortal Lin- coln? Let the South, as a part of the Union, have a hundred days at the fair, and let the North give them the warmest wel- come; but let no monuments be set up nor day set apart to do homage to the principles of treason and rebellion. It is unseemly, but in keeping with the present Administration to honor those who would have rent our country’s ban- ner in twafh while the battle-scarred *‘boys in blue,” who risked their lives ‘to preserve the old flag whole,” are treated as “frauds and paupers.” It is time the gush and sentiment to- ward rebels had ceased, or the next gen- eration will be apt to regard the men who tried to destroy our country as the real heroes. Why not have an ‘‘Arnold day” and a “Wilkes Booth day” too? If Confederate day must be observed, let it be on the 8th of November instead of October, as it would celebrate the an- niversary of the South’s great victory of "92. LoyarL. Marlton, N. J., Sept. 13, 1893. THE BANK DIDN'T FAIL, The “Arizona Kicker’ Takes a Hand in the * Affairs of a Leading Financial Institution, On Tuesday of this week there were rumors around town that our local bank was on the eve of closing its doors. Tt is an institution which began business here three years ago and has enjoved the full confidence of the public from the very start. It is needless to observe that bank- ing business in the great and glorious West differs considerably from banking business in the contracted and effete East. The boys rather left the matter in our hands, and our first move was to picket all the roads leading out of town, with orders to capture any bank official deac or alive who should attempt to skip. We then stationed a man in the alley in rear of the bank and another in front of the house of the President. Then, tak- ing five eminent citizens with us, we called at the bank and asked for a state- ment. The genial President at first in- formed us that the liabilities were $32,- 000 and the assets only $6,000, and that failure was certain, but a few minutes’ conversation changed everything about. His second statement showed assets at $18,000 and liabilities nothing. We per- sonally assisted to count the money and figure up the collateral, and when this task had been completed the genial Pres- ident decided not to announce a suspen- sion. We have over $2,000 on deposit, but are not in the least anxious. Not one of the people connected with the bank can get out of this town without flying through the air. If there is any suspension under present assets and lia- bilities, the President and Cashier will be promptly lynched and the Secretary or- dered to go ahead and open for business as usual. As a community we are peace- ful and law-abiding, but we have our idioms. One of them is to do business on the square. When a concern in this town goes up the spout, the boys feel that it is their inherent right to look around for assets and liabilities. There has got to be an eternal fitness of things, or some one is sure to get hurt. The Kicker assures its readers that the Cascade bank is perfectly sound and deserving of confidence, and now that its officials thoroughly understand the situation they will probably issue a daily statement and esteem it an act of courtesy, if a dozen or so of our people will drop in and loaf with destruction. around during business hours.
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