ty ¥ Fp a dogs a ie Somerset . ounty | VOLUME 1V. SALISBURY, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA., FEBRUARY 3, 1898. NUMBER 2. Get It At Jeflfery’s! > When in need of anything in the line of Pure Fresh Groceries, Fancy Confectionery, Marvin's Fresh Bread, Books, Stationery, Notions, etc. CALL AT THE LEADING GROCERY. Space is too limited to enumerate all my. bargains here, Call and be convinced that I sell the best of goods at the lowest living prices. My basiness has grown wonderfully in the past few years for which I heartily thank t he good people of Salisbury and vicinity and shall try harder than ever to merit your future patronage. J. T. Jd HE Opposite PostofTlice. - ~ Oash Prices Tallkl Arbuckle’s Coffee, per lb, .10 18 Ibs. Granulated Sugar, $1.00 4 Rice, 25 15 “ White Hominy; 25 10 “ Navy Beans, 6 “Lima Bans, 7 Cakes Coke Soap, 6 Water Lilly Soap, IR ““ 25 251 25 Oe 4 Respectfully, FFERY, Grant Street. s+ © LOrsme— Best Calico, per yard, .05 Lancaster Ginghams, per yd, .05 Men’s Suits from © $4.00 up. Childrens Suits from 75 up. Special Bed-rock cash prices on Overcoats and all lines of cloth- ing. Bargains in Ladies’ - $1.00 and $1.25. QD) “CEE——— Shoes at ‘For the C_ ASH, we defy all competitors and guarantee to give you substantial value for your money. Respectfully, BARCHUS & 1 IVENGOOD, SAILIAISDIIRY,;, PA. Sugar-Maki ng Utensils! Supply your wants in this lin the least money. e where you can get the goods for © ee, Buckels, Sys, Sur Pu, Sy Cs, i We also carry at all times a large line .of up-to-date =H ARDWAREKE = ov LT ~ Stoves, Tinware, llarness, Coll Qur motto is, “LARGE SAL ars, Paints; Oils, Glass, Etc., Etc. ES and SMALL MARGINS.” LC. R. Haselbarth & Son, ‘Salisbury, Penna. 1 Grain Flour and Heed! 8. A. Lichliter is doing businees at the old stand. With greatly increas- ed stock and facilities for handlin wants of our customers in g goods, we are prepared to meet the ALL KINDS OF STAPLE GROCERIES, Feed, Flour, Corn, Oats, Etc. In short anyihing to feed man or beast. Furthermore, we are JOBBERS OF CARBON OIL and can save merchants money on this line, as we buy car- load lots. Vis.gre also Headquarters hE) We pay cash for good Butter and nice, clean Fresh Eggs. what advantages we offer. or Maple Sweets. Come and see -S. A. LICHLITER, Salisbury, Pa. : "HELP FOR THE HELPLESS! = CoNsuL GENERAL LEE is a man whom Americans delight to honor, regardless of party. He is.the'right man in the right place; a man of wisdom, ability and an American of the highest ‘type, His retention at the important post of- Havana is ample evidence that the day of political narrowmindedness is pass- ing away and that ability and true worth are to be recognized more asciv- ilization advances. PresipeENT McKixLeyY’S late New York speech has given the country to under- stand that the President will try to carry out the issues on which hé was elected. He is being criticised for his utterances. in New York, by Senator Stewart, of the sage brush common- wealth of Nevada, but that. doesn’t amount to much. Let the Republican platform adopted by the St. Louis con- vention be carried out to the letter. A vast majority of the American people voted for that platform and the will of the majority ought to be respected. Whether the platform was wisely or unwisely gotten up, time will tell. Turre are many people who do not know that women are eligible to the office of School Diréctor in Pennsyl- vania. It’is a fact, nevertheless, and it is a great pity that not more women are. elected to this office: An exchange wisely remarks that at least cne good, capable woman qught to be in every school board in the state. No man, we care not who he is, will look as well af- ter the comforts and needs of school children. as a competent woman would. Women are the natural teachers of the race, and most of the teachers in the United States are of the female sex. They are good teachers and would make good directors. In some few localities in Pennsylvania women have been elected to this office and are giving the best of satisfaction. IFor fool: legislation, the anti-lynch law passed by the Ohio legislature is only surpassed by some of the brilliant measures that were passed by the last legislature of our own state. law provides that in the edse of nlynch- ing, the friends of the- person lynched ‘may collect $5,000 from the county in- which the lynching is done. Judge Duston, of the Urbana court, has de- | cided that the law is unconstitutional, and we believe all fair-minded people will concur in this judge’s decision. Why should innocent tax-payers be compelled to pay for a crime committed by a lawloss mob, in open defiance of a state and national law ? We fail to see the point. Those wise Ohio law- makers ought to move to Pennsylvania, where every prospect pleases and only our legislature is vile. Tug Confluence Press remarks that the republicans of that borough are very modest, then adds that while the town is republican’ by about three -or four to one, all or nearly all of the elec- tive offices with pay attached are, and always have been given to the demo- crats. That’s about the way matters stand here, although our town is as strongly republican as Confluence is. There is nothing strange ‘about this, however, for these little picayune bor- ough fand township offices involve no political principles whatever, and have nothing todo with the law-making pow- er of the country at large. Hence party lines are not closely drawn and people vote for whom they think will make the best officers. That is, sometimes they do; but it is more often the case that mixed voting is done to get even with somebody. Politics move in a mysterious way and somebody always gets left. It was ever thus and doubt- less always will be. . . Tne compulsory education law, which went into effect on Jan. 1st, 1898,is a law that has long been needed in-this state and should be enforced to the let- ter. The law provides that mifiors un- der the age of sixteen years, employed lin any manufacturing establishment or 7 Hand and Foot Power Tri d Children. New models will soon be ready. mercantile industry, must be able to The Ohio | nate their candidates for the varieus borough and township offices by hold- ing primary elections, instead of resort-- ing to the old and unfair caucus sys- tem. Salisbury ought to follow suit in this matter, as more interest will then be taken in the nominations, and as a natural result better tickets will be nominated. The great trouble with the old caucus system is the fact that too many people forget all about the cau- cus, consequently do not attend, and in that way a dozen or two of schemers often run a caucus to suit themselves and put up a ticket that is. very dis- tasteful to the majority of the voters. By holding a primary election at the regular polling place, every citizen would be reminded of his duty, as it would be impossible for the event to pass by without every voter in town knowing it. Nominations made by the primary system have a tendency to pro- mote party harmony, as the nomina- tions are made by'the majority of all the voters, which leaves no room for anyone to kick. Rev. TALMAGE, in speaking of debt, says: “Debt ruins as many households and destroys as many fine characters as rum., It is the devils mortgage on the soul, and he is always ready to for- close. Pay all your bills. Look every man in the face; conscious that you owe the world no more than’ it owes you. Be indebted for nothing but love, and even that be sure you pay in kind, and thatpayments are frequent.” Now, if the'great Rev. Talmage will only tell people how to get the money werewith to always pay all their bills, his nice little speech will be of much more value than it is. DBlr. Talmage is a highsalar- ied man and no doubt can and does pay all his bills; but talk is cheap, and a good deal of Rev. Talmage’s talk is more beautiful than it is logical, It is easy to see Mr. Talmage’s ability to pay bills, but how is it in the case of the, toiling,down-trodden millions who have not the ability of this great preacher? How can a common laborer, who has an income of not more than $30 a month, pay house rent, buy food, clothing, med- icine, books and the many other neces-’ saries of life, pay all his bills? Will the “Peverend gentleman please tell. us? “The laborer is worthy of his hire,” and it he would always get the wages he is worthy of, or in other words the just wages he lis cheated out of, he would have no trouble in paying all his bills. But there are thousands of cases where a man cannot pay all his bills, n> matter how honest he is or how hard he may try. Of course we are not referring to the worthless, dishonest people who do not want to pay, and of which class there are altogether too many. ET —— OF all the fool momarchs that rule over civilized countries, Emperor Wil- liam, of Germany, is probably the most narrowminded and most given to idiotic utterances, Fhe fact of the matter is, he has a bad case of swelled head. It is feally ridiculous to read his palaver perers and his absurd utterances as to a monarch and his government bein above criticism. A monarchial form of government is but a relic of barbarism. It dates from the time when might made right and when men were self- sonstituted chiefs by reason of superior brate strength. Emperor “Billy” is now making a royal fool of himself by imprisoning editors for criticising his policy, which is ample evidence that he is anything but a’‘great or a wise man. The Pittsburg Times in speaking on this subject, truthfully remarks : “The muzzling of the press is always the last conflict which despotism wages with the growing spirit of liberty,and in it despotism is always destined to come out second best. In waging a war against this the Emperor is encounter: ing a foe against which all the force of his vast army and all of his munitions of war will be futile. He may success- fully fight and conquer the French, and he moy hold all nations in terror of his power to-strike ; but, though he imn- prison editors and banish them to pes- | known. out either the courts, the police the military or the mob being invoked as a means of settlement by either side. Organized labor-and organized capital found it possible to settle matters of a vast concern to both by simply meeting each other face to face and having a clear and sensible and unimpassioned exchange of views. Tt is vastly to the credit of the. members of the convention that its protracted session should hdve been marked by such general harmony. Both operators and miners to a remark- able degree evinced ‘an earnest desire to arrive at an agreement and were singularly careful to avoid everything ‘calculated to breed ill feeling and a failure tosecure the much-desired unity of action - The lesson taught by this cannot be lost upon the representatives of cdpital and labor everywhere. What has been accomplished in the great bituminous coal mining industry must be possible of achievement in every other great in- dustry. Henceforth there onght to be ,|'a decided decrease in the number of ap- peals to mob law on the one side and to injunction law on the other in the set- tlement of disputes between labor and capital — Pittsburg. Times. : In the Garb of Piety. No fair-minded man will wish to in- terfere in any way with the religious belief of his neighbor, no matter how grotesque or impossible that belief may appear. For no matter how the unbe- liever looks upon‘a doubted faith, there may be in that faith to the believer who understands the’ finer features of it much to elevate and sustain. But when the line between religion and de- ception is crossed, and religion is made a cloak to shield the raseal who prac- ‘tices upon human credulity, no time need be lost in deliberating over the duty of the law. - The detérmination of the Allegheny police to arrest fortune tellers, healers, and that class of frauds who are prac- ticing the rankest kind of deception under the name of religion, cannot be too highly commended. With the ques- tion of spiritualism the department can have no argument. Stirits may be real or they:may not. But it is wholly with-, in the business of the police to save ‘possible victims from men who profess ability to pick out winning lottery tickets, to cause miraculous healings, and otherwise defraud those who pat- ronize them. Religion is one thing, im- position or ignorant violation of na- tural law is another. Medicine is nearly enough an exact science under the de- velopment of modern investigation to make the effects of disease and treat- ment upon the system thoroughly While a man’s creed, no mat- ter what it is, is between him and his Creator, his practices are between him and his fellows, and they have a right to hold him responsible for anything he does that affects them. The preacher, regardless of his belief, who attempts to cross the line that protects about the divine right of kings and emTiQeiety from the ignoraut experimenter ) “fo humbug is a fit subject for the police. 2 — Pittsburg Times. Dolan’s Prediction. : The constituency of President Patrick Dolan, of the United Mine Workers of America, have just achieved a signal victory, and it is natural that he should feel happy and enthusiastic. In this state of mind he predicts a rate of $1 aton for mining in 1899. He may be too hopeful, but it hardly seems more wild than wouldla prediction of the present situation have seemed a few months ago. Tire total advance foots up 17 cents a ton and the agreement upon the eight-hour day, together with # better feeling and understanding be- tween miners and operators than has existed for a long time. It is certain that everybody would be-glad ‘to see such conditions brought about, even earlier than 1899, as would afford the payment to the miners of the sum indi- cated by Mr. Dolan. ~ The condition of the miners of coal their families. It was simply a bonus wrung from unrequited toil. prosperity begins at the foundation,then it is real. The Times ‘sincerely hopes that the conditions may be such as to show that Mr. Dolan is no false prophet. — Pittsburg Tiwes. A Clearfield Degcnerate. Clearfield Republican. hat Senator McCune, of Virginia, has in- troduced a bill in the Legislature mak- ing it illegal to indulge in flirting in tbat commonwealth. Senator McCune is a Clearfield county production; a na- tive of New Washington, and how he ever got tangled up in such cranky no- tions, qgnsidering the wholsome, com- is a mystery. looking, yourg, active and as full of ginger as the average Chest creek man of 38 or 40. In the absence of full par< ticulars it is perhaps best not to ce sare McCune too severely. He maybe a widower and have been jilted lately. Who knows? : - Mental Monstrosities. Boston Giobe. gelist are no langer novelties to the public, There is" hardly a backwoods region in the eonntry which does not boast of one, though it is some consolas tion to know that the career.of these youthful mimickers of their elders is ak Chicago in the preeoeious. aptitude. for medicine which has been shown by a lad of 5, while Kansas boasts of a 7-year- old disciple of Blackstone who can. talk as glibly about fort aid trover as any graduate of a law school. It is-evem said, in the case of the latter prodigy that the Supreme court of Kansas, as- tonished at his wisdom, have formally admitted him to the bar. are very great, however, that neither of these phenomenally acute children wilk carry with them to manhood, if they live to reach that state, a tenth part of lustrating the possibilities of precocious mental development, they are in a way decidedly interesting.” But it ‘is fortu- nate for the world and for humanity that they are “out of the common.” Alk too short is the period of ehildhood un- der normal conditions. Life would be well-nigh intolerable if every othier boy at 7 were a preternaturally able Ti or a surgeon skilled in ‘“earving out” organs made usclessor dangercus by disease. ; A Striking Object Lesson. Pittspurg Times. The residénts of York county, Ne- braska, have requested the managers of’ the Trans-Mississippi exposition, in al- loting spaee to them for an exhibit, to provide walls whieh they ean paper with ecaneelled farm mortgages for 1897. It is stated that the unparalleled pros- perity which has farmers of York county and vieinity has enabled them to pay off a very large proportion of their mortgage indebted- ness. It is therefore deemed appropri- which are of artistie design and in dif- ferent colors, as a walk covering in the manner proposed. This will produee «x novel effect and at the same time prove: a means of attraeting the special atten- the- desirability of York eounty as a place of residence for farm purposes. which ought not to be lost sight of by the people of Nebraska and the whole nation. York county is the next coun- ty but one west of Lapcaster, in whicly liam J. Bryan, who but alittle over n year ago was going through the land declaring. that its farmers could not hope for any prosperity unless the wild But if mon sefise atmosphere he grew up in, If he were old, ugly and: past redemption his course might seem natural; but he isn’t. - He is quite good The boy preacher and the girl evan-" most invariably short lived. A good deal of interest has been aroused in ‘The chances _, the knowledge they now possess. As il- of late visited the - ate to use the caneeled obligations, There is a greater signifieance, how- ever, than this in the proposed exhibit, a is sitoated Lincoln, the home of Wil- - # tion of the visitors to the exposition to: 3 ideas of finance championed by hims cycles for Cripples, Men, Ladies — Send for cata- ogue and full particulars. con ais x : oy THE FAY MFG. CO., Elyria, O. read and write the English language or possess a certificate of having attended during the preceeding year an evening or day school for a period of sixteen weeks duly signed by the teacher or teachers of the school which said minor attended.” The compulsory attendance law compels all unemployed children under sixteen to attend school, but ex- empts from attendance those between thirteen and sixteen who are engaged in some useful employment or service. Some people are opposing this. law, but ‘they know not what they do. Surely when the state supplies all the text books, no man has any excuse for allow- ing his children to grow up in ignor- ance. : : Tr hias become qustomary in most of the boroughs and] townships of Somer- set county for thejRepublicans te-nomi- | not follow, printed sheets and destroy the machin- ery that produces them, the imperial government will eventually have to succumb and finally will be .compelied to guide itself by that voice which it now strives to silence.” A Victory for Peace. : § ‘Aside from the beneficial results in a business way which will flow from the agreement entered into between the representatives of the bituminous coal operators and miners at Chicago are to ba considered the great advantages. to erived from the manner in which that agreement was reached. It did n strikes and violence by interested, or lockouts precipitated by eit, ployers, The agre has lopg been a sore-point-in-this-com 10BE-been PB tilential regions, though he seize the Finunity. It has been one of the ele- ments of weakness in the general situa- iion, not only ‘menacing the general prosperity,-but producing a sense of un- easiness and a feeling of injustice both among the miners themselves and among all who had any knowledge of the situation. If these men, engagedin one of the most dangerous and toilsome of occupations, and in one that was of the ntmost importance to the general | well-being and presperity of the com- | munity, could not be paid living wages § and were to be compelled to live at a rate that could not even be classed as high as a hand-to-mouth . existence, what did our boasted progress and prosperity amount to ? It wasonly ap- parent and not real as long as it was | - the stom- partly obtained by s should be indorsed at the polls by tho people of the nation. Fhe latter em- phatically condemned those ideas, and, nevertheless, we find the farmers of Ne- braska enjoying unparalleled prosperi- ty. When that York county room is papered with those eanceled mortgiges, Mr. Bryan ought te frequently wisit it and there, in sackcloth and ashes, re~ pent of the heresies which the very walls will ery out against him, Gr Fhe Smallest Colt. The smallest living colt ever foaled in the United States made its appear- ance at Hartford City, Ind., in 1889. When two days old, it only measured nine inches {fom the mane to “the root inches high and
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