Wall's Meat Marke! This continues to be headquarters for Tender Steak, Choice Poultry, Sausage, Pudding and place Juicy Roasts, Dressed Tresh Fish in Season. I aim to serve my patrons with the best in my line that the market affords. Thanking the public for a lib- eral patronage, and solicit- of the ing a continuance same, I am = Respectfully vours, C. WAHL, SAVE MONEY! I have gone to the trouble tg add to Salisbury’s business interests a | well selected and complete stock of FURNITURE. = =< When in need of anything in this line call and examine my goods and get my prices. See if 1 can’t save you some mone. PRICES LOWe- a= Thanking the the public for a gen- erous patronage and asking a con- tinuance of the same, I am yours for bargains, WM. R. HASELBARTH, Salisbury, Pa. Store over IHaselbarth’s Hardware. C.E. STATLER & BRO. General Merchandise, Salisbury, Pa. We carry in stock at nll times a | complete line of everything usually | found in a large general store. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT! For Fine Drv Goods, Groceries, No- tions, Country Produce, Miners’ Sup- plies, ete., our place is HEADQUARTERS. (all and be convinced. C.E. STATLER & BRO. HAYS HOTEL, Salisbury, Penn’a. This elegant NEW THREE- STORY HOTEL of the best equipped hostelries in Som- erset county. is one Modern Iiquipments of all kinds, such as Steam Heat, Warm and Cold Baths, Tele- phone, I'iae Bar, ete. Centrally located with fine sur- roundings. Tables supplieed with the best the markets afford. Rates reasonable. YT ITATY, Proprietor. Hi=tabliched 1=5:3 P.S.ITAY ; —DEALER IN— a XX Tr 4 - 55 z “4 Dry Goods Notions, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE, A TOBACCO, CIGARS, ETC. SALISBURY, PA. FRANK PETRY. & SONS, CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS, | ELK LICK, P.. Contracts taken,estimates promptly furn- ished and neat and substantial work guar- anteed. TAKE NoTICE! included in this firm. B. KRAUSSE, BOUT & SHOEMAKER. SALISBURY, PB Repairing a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. VW, Expressman and Drayman, WEST SALISBURY, PA. F. GARLITZ, All kinds of hauling and delivering of goods al low prices. Your patronage is solicited. Salisbury, Pa. | * | eruisers, monitors and battleships; for Frank Petry, Jr, is not | I'oe the best tonsorial work go to {. M. MAY, The Leading Barber. Siuopr OprosiTEHAY’S HOTEL. OUR DEBTTO BUwmBLE-BoES. The Part They Play in the Fertili- zation of Flowers. Barney Hoskiu Standish writes an article on “The Bumble-Bee” for the June St. Nicholas. Mr. Standish says: “The work of the bumble-bee in bring- ing about the cross-fertilization of flow- ers is as important as that of the hon- ey-bee, and these two stand at the head of the list of insects useful in this respect. Each has its flowers which it alone visits, but there are many flowers on neutral ground, visit- ed by both. So we may say of the bum- le-bee, as of the honey-bee, the more bumble-bees the more seed; the more | seeds the more flowers—especially wild | flowers, as the tall bell-flower, touch- | me-not, Solomon’s seal gentian, Dutch- | men’s-breeches and turtle-head. But | : | probably the most important work this insect does for agriculture is upon the fields of red clover. There is abandant | prool that this plant will not produce | bumble-bee. It is impossible for the | wind to bring about the fertilization of | the seed, as it may do in the case of | | Indian corn, grain and some forest | trecs. The tube of red clover blossoms | too, is so long that other insects (in- cluding the honey-bee) are not regular visitants. Here is proof that this plant must have visits from the bumble-bee. This insect is not a native of Australia, and red clover failed to produce seed there until bumble-bees were imported. As soon as they became numerous the plant could be depended upon for seed. Again, the blossoms of the first crop of the ‘medium red clover’ of our own country are just as perfect as those of the second crop, but there are too few bumble-bees in the field, so early in the season, to produce fertilization; hence little or no seed in this crop. If bumble-bees were sufliciently numer- ous there is no reason why much larger yields of clover seed might not be ex- pected than at present.” Here is what a well informed farmer says about it: “It was formerly thought that the world rested on the shoulders of Atlas. I can prove that its prosperity rests on the shoulders of the bumble-bee. The ! world cannot prosper without the farm- | ers’ product. The farm will not be pro- ductive without’ clover. We cannot raise clover without seed, and we can- not have clover seed without the bum- ble-bee, because it is this insect that { carries-the pollen from flower to flow- er, securing its development and con- tinuance. Let us learn to know and protect our friends.” a Navy Sup- plement. The Scientific lmerican, which has al- ways been identified itself very closely with the interests of the Navy, is to be congratulated on the extremely hand- some and valuable “Navy Supplement” which it has lately put before the pub- lic. We think that,if the average read- er had been asked beforehand what kind of a work he would prefer upon the Navy, he would have asked for just such an issue as this. Joth the illustrations and the read- ing matter are of the straightforward | explanatory kind which is necessary to [ put a technical subject clearly before the lay mind. Tt was a happy thought to preface the work with a chapter up- on the classification of warships and in- | sort a few diagrams by way of explana- {tion of the subtle differences between | after digesting this chapter one is pre- pared to follow intelligently the detail- ed descriptions of the various ships which make up the bulk of the issue. | One of the best things about this num- | ber is that it does 10! merely give an external illustration of each ship, but | it takes the reader down below decks, and initiates him into the mysteries of the magazines, handling rooms, ammu- nition hoists and motive machinery. The scetional views of the interior of the turrets of the monitors are excep- tionally fine, ns are the large wood en- | gravings of the engines of the “Massa- | ehusettes.” The last page of the num- ber contains complete tables of the new Navy, the auxiliary fleet and the various naval guns. A handsome col- ored map of Cuba and the West Indies is furnished with this issue. We extend our congratulations to our contempo- rary on the production of a work which is well conceived and admirably car- ried out. This work is published by Munn & Co., of 361 Broadway, New York, for 25 cents. : —— — FROM CALIFORNIA. "A Letter From the Editor’s Brother. Los ANGELES, CaL., June 15, ’98. Dear Broruer:—I notice by THE Star received to-day that mother is growing very feeble. I have about | made up my mind to make » supreme effort to see Lier before it is too late. If my plans do not misearry, I expect to start east not later than July 1st. Please let her know at once that it is my intention to come to see her as {soon as I can, as the prospect of the vicit may help to buoy her up. If, on | the other hand, she should pass away before I get started, please telegraph | tie fact, as in that event 1 wonld aban- i seed without the co-operation of the | | éon the trip. I would like very much to come to vieit you all. I feel, Row) ever, like making the sacritice of a year’s savings in order to see mother once more before she dies, and.f she is spared a few weeks longer I expect to gee her. My fan.ily will probably ac- company me as far only as Chicago, and my visit to the old home will have to be brief, as I must return to my work here as soon as possible. I congratulate you on the splendid victory you won at the late primaries. The three K’s—Koontz, Kooser and Kendall—are all heart, and I was glad to see them win. I think Somerset county is very fortu- nate to get a man of Gen. Koontz’s calibre to run for the Assembly. I was | ; surprised that he would consent to stand for the nomination, and I dare | say he entered the race ouly from mo- | tives of patriotism. The editor of our paper, the Ios An- geles Times, Gen. II. G. made commander of one of the brigades Otis, has been going to the Philippines, and most of | the members of the Times staff are anx- ious to go:with him, but so far only a few have succeeded in getting in any- where. would try to get in the service somne- where, most likely in the engineer corps _| but I am afraid T would be rejected on the physical examination, inasmuch as | I am at least ten pounds underweight for my height. Knowing that there are so many better men physically than myself anxious to take a hand in the war, I have made no serious effort to enlist. However, I believe I would have enough patriotism to offer my services, if I thought I was needed and there was a probability of being ac- cepted. Hoping to see you soon, or to hear from you in the near future, I remain Very truly your brother, W. S. LivexGoonb. A Ranch Girl’s Choice.’ Folks shuck their ‘round, In rather of a sneerin’ way, That I was crazy, when they found Me goin’ to marry Tommy Gray, They hinted that I'd best be dead Than hitched for life to such as he, But I jes’ let ’em talk, and said They didn’t know him as well as me, Fur, though he might be wild at times, He never did no ser’us crimes. heads, an’ whispered When I declined young Silas Pope, Who slung at me his ranch and herd, An’ put the rowels to his hope Without a super-flu-ous word, An’ offered Tom encouragement— A cowboy working for his hire— he neighbors ’round us nearly went In spasms, an’ they used to tire Me half to death asayin’ I Would take a tumble by and ny. An’ pa an’ ma both of ’em roared Like Texas bulls, they got so wild, An’ said they wisht the blessed Lord Had tuk me when I was a caild; They said if 1 would marry Si 'T’d make big folks of all of us, But as fur Tom, they knowed ’at I Would find he was a worthless cuss, I1told ’em plain Gsabe My heart was doin’ it, not me. An’ all the same, I married Tom, An’ you jes’ ort to seed em stare To see him settle down an’ come Right to the front, an’ every care I ever had jes’ oozed away Like smoke before the prairie breeze, An’ we're as happy as the day Is long, an’ also, if you please, There ain’t a neighbor, left or right, But thinks my Tom is out o’ sighs. An’ sometimes when I set an’ peep At that fat baby lyin’ there Curled in its little crib asleep Resemblin’ Tom right to a hair, An’ hear its pa in the corral A singin’ tunes in his delight, An’ whis’lin’ dancin’ music—well, I think I hit it mighty right, An’ as fur Si, I shed no tears— He's gone to jall fur stealing steers. —Denver Evening Post. ile One Minute Cough Cure, cures. That is what it was made for. i Tue Star and the Thrice-a-Week New York World, both one year for | The World | only $1.90, cash with order. three times a week is better than the average daily newspaper. Address all orders to Tuk Star, Elk Lick, Pa. - - -—al One Minute Cough Cure, cures. That is what it was made for. Salisbury Hack Iuine, SCHRAMM BROS, Proprietors. ScHEDULE:—Hnck No.1 leaves Salisbury at 8 A.M, arriving at Meyersdale at 10 A. M. Returning leaves Meyersdale at 1 p. M., ar- riving at Salisbury at 3 p. M. 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Bishop Wilmer | had gone to a northern city to ask aid | for a Confederate ophans’ home he was | interested in. He hadn’t been north i for several years, and his old friends gave him a hearty welcome. There was a dinner in his ltonor, and after dinner the bishop was begged to tell a story or two. The bishop said he hadn’t a story. “But,” he added, “I’ve got a conun- (drum. Why wd southerners like Lazarus?” The guests—they were all Union | men, by the way—suggested many an- swers. The southerners were like Laz- | | | are | arus because: they were poor, because | they ate of the crumbs from the rich man’s table; because—because of every | thing anybody could guess. “No,” said the { wrong. Were like Lazarus because,” | been licked by dogs.” { A roar of laughter went around: at I at that, for the bishop’s utter unrecon- was always one iis | structedness of | eharms. bishop, “you’re all | and he smiled blandly, “because we've The Everybody laughed but one | mottle-faced man, who became very | irdignant. “Well” he snorted, “if you —for the money of dogs?” The bishop chuckled. That’s why I’ve come.” Ci —— Notice to Exchanges. please take notice that our post-ofiice address is Elk Lick. Some of our ex- changes are not being received regular- ly, on account of being addressed “*Sal- isbury.” tf GREATEST LIGHT» ~0ON WHEELS! Twentieth Century icycle Headlight we ANT... B Driving Lamp. | Can-be attached to any bieyele or other vehicle and is as far ahead of most other Tamps as electric light is ahead of a tallow- dip. It is made of brass, finely nickle plated and polished. 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