THE SONERSET COUNTY STAR P. L. Livenacoon, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Postoflice at Elk Lick, Pa., as mall matter of the Second class. Subscrintion Rates. THE STAR is published every Thursday, at Elk Lick, Somerset, Co., Pa., ut the follow- ing rates: une year, if paid within 30 days. If not paid within 80 days. Nix months, if paid within 30 days....... If not paid within 80 days. ... Three months, cash in advance Single copies. 05 To avoid multiplicity of small accounts, all subscriptions for three months or less must be paid in advance. These rates and terms ili rigidly adhered to. Advertising Rates. TRANSIENT READING NOTICES, 10 cents a line for first insertion; 5 cents a line for each succeeding insertion. To regular ud- vertisers, 5 Soil a line straight. No busi- ness locals will be mixed with local news items or editorial matter for less than 10 cents a line for each insertion, except on yearly contracts. RATES FOR DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS will be made know on application. PAID EDITORIAL PUFFS, invariably 10 cents a line. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS at legal rates. MARRIAGE, BIRTH AND DEATH NOTICES, not exceeding fifteen lines, inserted free. All additional lines, d cents each. CARDS OF THANKS will be published free for patrons of the paper. Non-patrons will be charged 10 cents a line. ! RESOLUTIONS oF RESPECT will be pub- lished for 3 cents a line. All advertisements will he runand charged for until ordered discontinued. No advertisement will be taken for less than 25 cents. ~~ 5 0 B.& 0.R.R. SCHEDULE. Until further notice passenger trains will arrive at Meyersdale as follows: EAST BOUND. No. 34, Daily, . 46, Daily. . 6, Daily.. 14, Daily... No. 9, Dally. No. 47, Daily.. wi No. IL, Daly... sessions 3:2 Salisbury Hack Line, SCHRAMM BROS, Proprietors. ScepULE:—Hack No.1 leaves Salisbury at 8 A. Mm, arriving at Meyersdale at 10 A. M. Returning leaves Meyersdaleat 1 P.M, ar- riving at Salisbury at 3 p. mM. HACK No. 2 leaves Salisbury at 1 p. »M., ar- riving nt Meyersdale at 3 P.M. Returning Jeaves Meyersdale at 6 pM, arriving at Sal- isbury at 8 p. M. GENERAL NEWS. LOCAL AND Our gunners had some rare sport, this week, shooting ducks on the river. Johnson & McCulloh offer another astonishing bargain in furniture. Read their new “ad.” C. T. Hay has completed the wall for a large warehouse addition to his mam- moth business block. There are some new business locals in this issue that will greatly interest the buying public. Look them up. Miss Della Beal continues very ill. That there may be speedy improve- ment in her condition is the wish of all. The Mutual Telephone Company ex- tended its line from Chestnut Spring to Grantsville, last week, we are in- formed. C. T. Hay has received some magnifi- cent scenery” for his handsome new opera house, which will soon be put in position. Salisbury’s house famine still con- tinues. Verily, “the son of man hath not where to Iny his head in this grow- ing town. Mr. P. A. Beachy, of Lincoln, Neb., in remitting for THE STAR, says: “I am glad you have revived the paper. May you prosper, is my sincere wish.” E. J. Egan, Albert Reitz and Abram Livengood took their departure, Mon- day morning, for Huntingdon, Pa.,where they will take acourse at Juniata Col- lege. J. I'. Klare, an insurance known in this vicinity, was married to Eva Kemp, of Meyersdale, in Greens- burg, last week, says the Greensburg Record. P. E. Kimmel, the founder of the Confluence Press, made THE STAR a fraternal visit, this week. Mr. Kimmel ‘will take the road in the interest of TRE SrAR. N. George Keim, of Elkins, W. Va., was in town this week, paying a visit to the old home. George is looking exceedingly well and shows every indi- cation of prosperity. = Edward Haselbarth last week start- ed on a trip to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. Tue Star hopes he is enjoying the trip, which is certo nly full of interest. Miizon C. Flickinger, son of 8S. 8, Iliekiiger, formerly of Elk Lick town- ship, us recently married in Galves- ton, i-xas, to Miss Myrtle Applegate, says ‘io Carleton (Neb.) Leader. Mi-: Uora Keim, who for some time has Lin attending college at Hunting- don, -iturned home, last Friday, to “celeb ie her 21st birthday. She went to Hu iingdon again on Tuesday. Marriad, Wednesday evening of this week. a: the britle’s home in Salisbury, by Rv. D.H. Bender, of Tub, Mr. Jacob Bend: of Garrett county, Md., and Miss « arrie Fogle, daughter of Adam Fogle B. shoeri «! south of agent well ~rausse, our genial and expert or, moved into his new shop, the Reformed church, this week. fe will be pleased to welcome Lis cusiomers at the new stand and save (cir soles. R. J lirwood, who last week exhibit- ed witli un Edison vitascope,in the Sal- i » isbury Opera house, gave a most excel- lent show. The house was crowded to its utmost capacity and the audi¢nce went wild with delight. A Georgia man who went to Alaska to dig gold writes home from Dawson City: “You may expeet me in Georgia as soon as my clothes thaw enough for me to get my hands in my pockets and reach the money to pay for my ticket.” Our new job press is kept busy right along, turning out the neatest and most artistic job printing in Somerset coun- ty. Our job department is being well partonized by both Salisbury and Mey- ersdale, for which we are duly thank- ful. Henry Loechel has torn down the old stable that stood on the west end of his lot, which is a decided improvement to the appearance of the place. There are some other old stables in this town that ought to be pulled down. Say, Joe Hay, can’t you follow suit for a starter? W. IH. Weldemere, of Rockwood, rep- resenting the Merchants’ Library As- sociation, was in town last week on business. Mr. Weldemere is represent- ing a most excellent scheme to promote the cash system. He claims to be the originator of the Merchants’ Library Association. Alexander Casebeer, of this place, sixty-eight years old, was but a short time ago announced to be the father of a bouncing boy. As long as we have patriotic citizens of Mr. Casebeer’s age we can snap our fingers at the Span- iards and the balance of the world. — Somerset Democrat. The members of the. United Evangel- ical congregation, of this place,are con- templating the erection of a parsonage on their church lot. These people have a snug new church, a very popular and able preacher, and they ought also to have a good parsonage. THE STAR hopes they will be able to build. Jas. M. Stewart, of the Pittsburg Dis- patch, is in town booming the circula- tion of his paper. He has gained many new subscribers here. The Dispatch is bright and well deserves its popularity. It gives all the news in the most com- plete manner. Its market reports, and general news of the day can not be ex- celled by any. It gives from thirty to forty columns more of reading matter than any other Pittsburg paper. Died, Monday, March 28th, 1898, Miss Eva Stanton, of near Bittinger, Md. Deceased was sick but a short time and died very unexpectedly. Her age was 17 years, 8 months and 22 days. Miss Stanton had been attending school at Grantsville and died at the home of her uncle, Mr. William Broadwater. She was a daughter of Thomas Stanton, who died a few years ago. The remains were iterred near the Lutheran church, at Bittinger, her pastor, Rev. E. 8S. Johnston, conducting the services. Some people know how to be real mean. A story is going the rounds about a man whose wife had gone visit- ing and would not listen to his appeals to come home before rer visit was out. He took a copy of his home paper and carefully clipped out just one item, then sent the paper to-her. She wrote and asked what the item was about and he refused to tell her. The scheme worked admirably, and in lese than a week she was at home to find out what had happened that her husband did not want her to know about, The new county scheme, by which it is proposed to slice up Westmoreland, Somerset, Indiana and Cambria coun- ties. and make Johnstown the new county-seat, has taken on a serious phase within the past few days. Ef- fective work, pushed by Johnstown en- thusiasts, has been going on quietly in the Eastern end of Westmoreland coun- ty, and some of the most active in op- position to the scheme believe that the new county promoters will be sucecess- ful unless vigorous measures are adopt- ed at once.—Eierette Republican. The Meyersdale Commercial accuses us of being jealous of its prosperity. Prosperity, indeed! We fail to see where the prosperity comes in. As oft- en as Editor Smith has failed in busi- ness, and the plant he operates to-day being owned by a stock company, after all his years in the journalistic field, the Commercial has had anything but prosperty. It has progressed crawfish fashion. It has had a glorious oppor- tunity to prosper, but owing to its crooked politics and double-dealing, it has a hard struggle for existence, for which no one is to blame but its editor. No, no, old man, we are not in the least jealous of you. Our prosperity is sey- eral laps ahead of yours. We wish to call thespecial attention of our readers to the new advertise- ment of the 20th Century driving lamp and bicycle headlight, which appears in this issue.. This lamp is designated by expert lamp authority as the great- est light on wheels, and as its name im- plies, it is considerably in advance of 19th century mechanism. All drivers of vehicles should send for one of these lamps, instead of fooling away time with the old dash lantern, which is more expensive to use and does not give half the light. All bicycle riders should have one, as those who use them will have no other at any price. About next week one of these lamps cam be seen and examined at Tur Star office, Wh at a howl would go up if newspa- pers were to criticise the individual as freely as many people criticise the newspapers. Every issue of a live and reputable newspaper'is a mantle of charity, and the matter left out would often more than equal in volumn the matter published. If .an editor could get out acold-fact edition of his paper some day, and then get up a tall tree and watch the results, what a picnic he would have. Yet, people pever take these things into consideration when something chances to get into 'the pa- pers that happens to pinch a little bit. They don’t stop to think that the editor is not different from other people, is liable to err. Instead of condemning the newspaper for what it does publish, they ought to return thanks every day for: what it does not publish.—E.r. Candidate for Assembly. Ebpitor Star :—I wish to announce to the Republican voters of Somerset county, through the columns of your paper. that I will be a candidate for the Assembly, at the regular Republican primary election, and will register my name for announcement with the Coun- ty Chairman in due time. Very Respectfully, E. D. MILLER, March 21, 1898. Rockwood, Pa. Thétrs are three little things which do more work than any other three Tittle things created—they are the ant, the bee and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the last being the famous little pills for stomach and liveritroubles. P. 8. Hay, Elk Lick. C. A. Bender & Bro., Grantsville. Thomas S. Williams Dead. Thomas 8. Williams, che owner of the large West Salisbury hotel, died early yesterday morning, after a long spell of ill health. Mr. Williams figured prominently in the mineral develop- ment of this county and was the first operator to ship coal from Salisbury. He was engaged in this business for a number of years, but later he embarked in the hotel-business in West Salisbury. He was a man of considerable wealth and business abilty, as well as a hard worker. He was a native of Wales, but came to Somerset county from Eastern Pennsylvania. He leaves a daughter ‘and three sons to mourn his departure —Mrs. Ben Jones, Abram and Morgan, of this vicinity, and William, of Mey- ersdale. At the time of going to press the funeral arrangements have not yet been decided upon. SE a WA thrill of terror is experienced when a brassy cough of eroup sounds through the house at night. But the terror soon changes to relief after One Minute Cough Cure has been administered. Safe and harmless for children. P. 8. Hay, Elk Lick. C. A. Ben- der & Bro., Grantsville. Dr. Carr Dead. Dr. M. A. R. FF. Carr, a once promi- nent physician of Salisbury, died at his residence in Cumberland, Md., last Thursday, after an illness of several months. Dr. Carr was born August 30th, 1830, in Frederick county, Va., and was a son of Dr. Watson Carr, also a Virginian. Forty-seven years of his active and useful professional life were spent in Garrett and Allegany counties. Md., and several years in Salisbury, Pa. Deceased was a man of fine ability and he had a large circle of admiring friends. He was twice married. First to a daughter of Elijah Wagner, of this place, who died after one child was born to them. His second wife,who is child- less, still resides in Cumberland. Md., and his daughter, Mrs. Evora N. Smith, is a resident of Salisbury. Dr. Carr was a member of the Pro- testant Episcopal church. He was a man highly esteemed by all who knew him, and it is with much sorrow that his old-time patrons and friends learn of his death. The funeral took place last S8aturday, in Cumberland, and the remains were followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of people. Children and adults tortured by burns, scalds, injuries, eczema or skin diseases may secure instant rellef by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It is the great Pile remedy. I’. 8. Hay, Elk Lick. C. A. Bender & Bro., Grantsville. Boynton. March 28th.—Mr. Robert Grooms,who had spent the winter with his mother, Mrs. A.J. Thomas, has gone to Stan- ton, Va., where he expects to make his future home. Mr. M. 8. Maust left Sunday last for ‘Huntingdon, where he expects to at- tend school this term. Arthur Robertson smokes two-for- fives since it.is son No.3. Also, W. H. Baker is happy over the arrival of a daughter. Mrs. Chauncey Bowman was called to the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Tracy Rhodes, whois seriously ill at Mt. Lake, Md. : Tox Boy. WANTED: — Traveling General Agents, not to canvass, but to travel from town to town and employ agents for a reliable publishing house. $600.00 per year with all traveling and living expenses paid. Address, Jonx C. WiNs- Ton & Co., 718 fo 724 Arch St., Philadel- phia, Pa. tf. ee te After years of untold suffering from piles, | B. W. Pursell of Knitnersville, Pa., was cur- ed by using a single box of DeWitts Witch Hazel Balve. Skin diseases such as eczema | rash, pimples and obstinate sores are read- ily cured by this famous remedy. P.S. Hay, Elk Lick. C. A. Bender & Bro, Grantsville. | Painful Accident. Luther Anderson, of West Salisbury, met with a very painful accident a few days ago. He was handling a dynamite cap, when all of a sudden it exploded, badly lacerating one of his hands. Tne Star is informed that the accident caused the loss of a couple of fingers. ee Don’t annoy others by your coughing,and risk your life by neglecting a cold. One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs, colds, croup, grippe and all throat and lung trou- bles. P. 8S. Hay, Elk Lick. C. A. Bender & Bro., Grantsvllle. etl ren A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE Paid the National Educational As- sociation by the B. & 0. The March number of the “Book of the Royal Blue,” issued by the Passen- ger department of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad is dedicated to the teach- ers of the United States, on account of their annual meeting to be teld at Washington, next July. This issue con- tains twenty-five superb half tones from recent views of the National capi- tal, with valuable suggestions to visit- ors intending to go to Washington. There is also a special illustrated article on the Congressional library. Thisedi- tion is made doubly interesting, as it contains a descriptive article on the battleship— Maine; furnished by the Navy department and illustrated with official photographs of the ill-fated ves- sel before she went to Havana, and also the morning after the explosion. The latter photograph was bought by Lieu- tenant Hood, of the Maine, the day af- ter the disaster, and it was sent by Ad- miral Sicard to Secretary Long. This book should be in every teach- gets the trade, er’s hands aud it will be cheerfully furnished free of cost to principals or | superintendents of schools who will | leave the number required with any | agent of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Individual requests will be promptly answered upon receipt of six cents in postage stamps to the Advertising De- partment, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore, Md. What pleasure is there in life with a head- ache, constipation and billiousness? Thous- ands experience them who could become perfectly healthy by using DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous little pills. DP. S. | Hay, Elk Lick. C. A. Bender & Bro, Grants- ville. reine af trem WHO MUST GO TO WAR. Able-Bodied Citizens Between 21 and 45 Years Must be Enrolled. The laws of Pannsylvania -declare that every able-bodied male citizen, be- tween the ages of 21 and 45 years, must be enrolled in the militia subject to ac- tive duty in case of war, invasion, the prevention of invasion, the suppression of riots and to aid civil officers in the execution of the laws of the common- wealth ; and the Governor, who is com- mander-in-chief of the militia, shall order out for actual service, by draft and otherwise as many of the militia as necessity demands. Such is the law, and under it all able- bodied citizens are liable, but there are | exemptions. Those whom the state discards absolutely from its military | service are; idots, lunatics, common drunkards, vagabonds, paupers and per- | sons convicted of any infamous erimes; | also those non-liable to enrollment in the milita are: Members of the legis- lature and officers thereof ; the secre- tary of the commonwealth, attorney | general. state treasurer, surveyor gen- | . . . | eral, auditor general, state librarian; i 4 superintendent of common schools, all the judges of all the courts, sheriff, re- | corder of deeds, register of wills, pro- | thonotary, district attorney and clerk of the courts. An estimate furnished the United States authorities makes 850,000 men available in this state. Whooping cough'is the most distressing malady; but its duration can be cut short by the use of One Minute Cough Cure, which is also the best known ‘remedy for croup and all lung and bronchial troubles. P. 8S. Hay, Elk Lick. C. A. Bender & Bro, Grants- ville. SLE Swindlers in a New Role. One of the'latest wandering schemers in the swindling line is the farmer.look- ing chap who travels around with ears of corn in his pocket. The ears are from three to six times the size of or- dinary ears of corn. He raised the corn from seed sent him by his brother from somewhere. He'd sell you 100 grains for 25 cents, or a whole ear for $2. It is nothing but ordinary corn. a number of ears dexterously cut and the sec- tions glued together to form one large ear. He looks like a granger, his clothes are rough and there is a trace of hayseed on his abundant stock of hair, but. he is a slick swindler, and he deserves-a warm and violent reception. Think They Can Liek Us. Washington Post. “There was a group in the accustom- ed corner at Chamberlin’s, and much war talk was going on. It was a con- sensus of opinion, as voiced by Sanborn Hopkins, Rye, et al., that if the call to arms was made—and they believed it was coming—the United States would cause Spain to look like 85 cents in a remarkably short space of time. Some l'of them thought, however, that Spain herself imagined she was fully able to cope with this nation. “That’s true,” said Hon. Marcus A. Smith. “I have no doubt that the Span- {ally built in 1851, iards deem themselves in every way our equal. In this respect they remind me strongly of what a courtly old Mex- ican onee said to me. He was in dead earnest, too, but ever =o polite. “‘S8enor, said he, ‘do not think that in the event of trouble between your country and mine there would be any cause for fear of the result by our peo- ple. Mexico is amply able to take care of herself in any emergency. The truth is, that if it wasn’t for Texas we could come across the Rio Grande