Wahl's Meat Market! rin —_—— This place continues to be headquarters for Tender Steak, | Juicy Roasts, Choice Dressed Poultry, Sausage, Pudding and Fresh 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- ing a continuance of the same, I am Respectfully yours, C. WAHL, SAVE MONEY! I have gone to the trouble to 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 I can’t save you some mone. PRICES .OWe a Thanking the the public for a gen- erous patronage and asking a con- tinuance of the same, am yours for bargains, WM. R. HASELBARTH, Salisbury, Pa. Store over Haselbarth’s Hardware. CL STATLER & BRO. - General Merchandise, Salisbury, Pa. - Salisbury, Pa. We carry in stock at all times a complete line of everything usually found in a large general store. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT! Jor Fine Dry Goods, Groceries, No- tions, Country Produce, Miners’ Sup- plies, ete., our place is HreapQUARTERS. | Call and be convinced. C. E. STATLER & BRO. HAY'S HOTEL, Salisbury, Penn'a. This eclegant NEW THREE- STORY HOTEL is one of the best equipped hostelries in Som- erset county. Modern Idquipments of all kinds, such as Steam Heat; Warm and Cold Baths, Tele- phone, Fine Bar, ete. Centrally located with fine sur- roundings. Tables supplieed with the the markets afford. Rates reasonable. C.T.HTAY, Proprietor. best ti=tablished P.S.ITTAY, —DEALER IN— Dry Goods Notions, 15:3. Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE, TOBACCO, CIGARS, ETC. SALISBURY, PA. FRANK PETRY & SONS, CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS, | ELK LICK, PA. racts taken, estimates promptly furn- and neat and substantial work guar- KE Nartice! Frank Petry, Jr, is not included in this firm. B. KRAUSSE, BOOT & SHOEMAKER. SALISBURY, PA. Repairing "a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. : WW. F. GARLITZ, Expressman and Drayman, WEST SALISBURY, PA. inds of hauling and delivering of goods Your patronage is solicited. All k at low prices. For the best tonsorial work go to C. M. MAY, The Leading Barber. Siro NeeesrtE HAY'S HOTEL. Because It’s the Fourth. Gee whiz, What a great big man Uncle Bam is! And what A lot He has done Since he was begun! And why? Beeause it was on the Fourth of July That he began iis plan Of stepping out Without a doubt That if he waded right in He'd win! And by Zucks, so far, Hasn’t he got thar? And that hain’t all; He ain’t small At all, And all Of the western terrestrial ball That ain’t otherwise engaged, he Will look after. See? And some that is; As, for instance, this Spanish biz. And why? Because it’s the Fourth of July! The greatest day On earth; and say, When freedom leads the way, She waves The Fourth of July at slaves, And they shake off the shackles then And become men! And why? , Because it’s the Fourth of July! Gee whiz, : What a great day it is! Sizz! Fizz! Whizz! What a glory day it is! Let the cannon roar From ship and shore; Let the Eagle scream; By lake and stream; Let them march with a tread That will wake the dead! Let the bands play All day; And sweep the sky With the flags on hand! And why? Because it’s the Fourth of July! Gee whiz, What a tremendous, stupendous, Perpetual, perennial, pyrotechnical, inde- structible, Indescribable, ebullient, And enthusiastic day it is! And why? Because it’s the Fourth of July! —W.J. Lampton in The Criterion. inimitable, incandescent, A Warning From the Commission- er of Pensions. Pension Commissioner II. Clay Evans has issued a note of warning which those would do well to heed who have been lax in complying with the requir- ments of law. It relates to the execu- tion of pension vouchers and reads as follows: “Recent investigation had by this Bureau to astertain the methods em- ployed by public officials in executing pension vouchers, has demonstrated an almost total disregard of the laws and regulations governing the subject. It is clearly evidenced that the ille- gal, lax, indifferent and perfunctory procedure now extant has became a menace to the proper and safe conduct of affairs of this Bureau, so far as it re- lates to the payment of pensions, and special efforts are contemplated tocor- rect the existing abuses. While it is believed that many offi- cials who assist in the execution of pension vouchers have no conception of their criminal liability in the premises, it is equally certain that many others to secure an advantage in the number of their clientage, knowingly and wil- fully resort to violations of the law. To the end that the former class may profit by this notice this circular is is- sued. There can be no justification in the prevalent haste and laxity existing in many offices, by which post-dating, false certification, false claim and ‘stock’ witnesses have become a factor in the administration and acknowledge- ment of pension vouchers. It is the intention of this Bureau, where the facts warrant such action, to institute criminal proceedings against the parties who indulge in these illegal and irregular practices and they are warned accordingly. By following strictly the instructions printed on each voucher, the matters complained of may be entirely reme- died.” Personal Feeling In Battle. Writing about the personal feeling of a commander in battle, Gen. Schofield says in his “Forty-six Years In the Army” that in his own experience the greater the actual danger the less it was thought to be. The responsibilicies of a great battle drive out all thoughts except those that are likely to influence the final result. . At the battle of Nashville General Thomas and General Schofield sat to- gether on horseback on ground over- looking nearly the entire field. Oecea- sionally when ashell exploded near and caused Thomas’ horse to make a slight start, the only change visible in that calm, stout,hearted soldier was a slight motion of the bridle hand to check the horse. General Schofield’s own gray charger was fearless, but Thomas never noticed what effect the explosion of a shell produced on either the gray horse or his rider. Thomas would frequently reach for Schofield’s glasses, saying they were the only field glasses he had ever found of much use to him. After looking long and earnestly he would return the glasses with what seemed to be a sign of irritation and impatience. Late in the afternoon, aftér using the glasses for the last time, he said to Schofield with the energy that battle alone could arouse in his calm nature: | BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. “Smith has not reached far enough to right. Put in your troops!” Natural combativeness is so strong in some generals in battle that they regret—General Schofield confesses he did several times—that rank prevents them from using a musket in the ranks. “I have seen this passion so strong,” writes General Schofield, “that a major general commanding an army corps would dismount and: act the part of gunner to a fieldpiece, apparently ob- | livious to the battle raging all along the line of his corps.” Mr. Michael G. Mulhall, the noted English statistician, is clearly of the opinion that no other nation compares with ours in all the essential elements that go to make up the aggregate wealth. He also notes the fact that while most of European countries have attained their growth,the United States is apparently on the threshold of an in- dustrial development which it has never dreamed of before. Mr. Mulhall submits ~the following table of estimates, as being the result of a careful and comprehensive inves- tigation into the sources of national wealth in the several countries: United States Great Britain France Germany 59,030,000,000 47,960,050,000 40,260,000,000 32,125,000,000 22,560,000,000 15,800,000,000 11,300,000,000 These computations are based upon values as shown by real estate records, buildings, merchandise, and railways, as well as the circulating medium in each nation. As will be seen, our wealth is more than seven times great- er than that of Spain, double that of Germany, two and a half times greater than that of Russia, nearly double that of France,equal to the combined wealth of Russia, Italy, Austria and Spain, and $22,720,000,000 larger than that of Great Britain. Honor the Real Hero. Johnstown Tribune. There has been introduced in Con- gress a resolution thanking Commo- dore Schley for the destruction of Cer- vera’s fleet and recognizing him as the true hero of the incident, instead of Sampson, who, reports now indicate, did not arrive on the scene until the enemy’s destruction was practically completed. In spite of the fact that Sampson, though only a Captain, was made Acting Rear Admiral that he might for the time being outrank Com- modore Schley and so command the fleet in West Indian waters, the latter seems to have done the most effective work without any orders from his tem- porary superior. lle got the chance to bottle up Cervera and did it witout waiting to ask any questions, and the action of Sunday morning was on the same order. Sampson seems to have had all the favors from while Schley got opportunities on the scene of action which he knew how to use. Schley’s disfavor at Washington is | said to be due to alleged insubordina- tion, he insisting, it appears, that he had a better chance to know the situa- tion than the officials several hundred | miles away. The oflicials might have had the same trouble with they could have reached him. Schley’s name is not mentioned in Sampson’s dispatch giving an account of the victory, which is very adroitly worded to omit it and yet not claim the honor for himself, except by inference. Nevertheless it is said Sampson is tore- ceive the reward in the shape of a pro- motion to Rear Admiral, while Schley has not been officially mentioned, ex- cept in the resolution above noted. The people, however, will insist on honoring the real hero, whatever Wash- ington officials may do. Almost Equals the Country Editor. John D. Rockefeller’s income is said to average $24,000 per day, or mgre than $9,000,000 a year. Of this sum Mr. Rockefeller spends $500,000 a year in charitable undertakings, employing an expert at a salary of $10,000 a year to disburse the amount. The giant for- tune, which brings to its possessor the wonderful income of nearly $7 a min- ute, is estimated at $200,000,000. If this sum were placed in silver dollars, and these were placed in a row with the edges touching, the row would be long enough to cover the entire bound- ary lines of the United States. Food and Fighting. Gr. B. Shaw, a writer on military die- tetics and numerous other things, says that ninety-nine per cent. of the world’s fighting has been done on farinaceous food. “Compare the Tipperary peasant of the potato and buttermilk days with the modern gentleman who gorges him- self with murdered cow. The Tipperary man never read bloody-minded novels or cheered patriotic musie-hall tableaux but he fought recklessly and wan- tonly. Your carnivorous gentleman is afraid of everything, including doctors, dogs, disease, death and truth-telling.” Judgment Notes and Receipts, put up in neat books, with perforated stubs, for sale at Tink Star office. Prices very low. Washington, | Dewey if 1 J the gross. Excursion to Chautauqua, New York. On Friday, July 15, the Baltimore & Ohio R. R. will sell excursion tickets to Chautauqua, N. Y., and return at fol- | lowing very low rate for the round trip. Tickets good returning leaving Chau- tauqua not earlier than July 25, nor | later than September, 3, 1898: For full particulars call on or address Ticket Agent, B. & O. R. IR. : pe lr re Just received, at Tne Star office, a nice line of Visiting Cards. pus Docked Horses and Dudes. The demand for horses is returning. The armies of the world require them. The price of artillery and cavalry horses has doubled in a few months. The government, by the way, never buys a horse whose tail is docked or otherwise changed from its natural shape; and it has no use for young | men who smoke cigarettes. The dock- | ed horse and the dude are both lacking in the end.—Ex. The Scientific American Navy Sup- plement. The Scientific American, 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- lie. 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. Both 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. It was a happy thought to preface the work with a chapter up- on the classification of warships and in- sert a few diagrams by way of explana- tion of the subtle differences between cruisers, monitors and battleships; for 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 not 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 sectional views of the interior of the turrets of the monitors are excep- tionally fine, as are the large wood en- gravings of the engines of the “Massa- chusettes.” 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, 361 Broadway, New York, for 25 cents. of GREATLY REDUCED RATES. Atlantic City and Seashore Excur- | sion, Thursday, July 14. | The first of the popular seashore ex- cursions, via the Baltimore & Ohio R. | { R., will be ran Thursday, July 14, to | | Atlantic City. Cape May, Sea Isle City, | I Ocean City, N. J., and Ocean City, Md. { Tickets will be good twelve (12) days, including day of sale. Stop-overs will be allowed on return | [trip at Philadelphia, Baltimore and | Washington on tickets sold to New Jer- | | sey resorts, and at Baltimore and | Washington on tickets sold to Des 1 City, Md. | Call on or address nearest Ticket | | Agent, Baltimore & Ohio R. R..for tick- | ets and full information. 7-14 — | | Baptist Young Peoples Union of America, Buffalo, N.. Y, July 14-17, 1898, B. & 0. R. R. For the occasion tickets will be sold | at the low rate of one fare for the round | trip, from points on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Tickets will be good | going July 12th to 15th inclusive, with | | privilege of extension until September | | 1st inclusive, if ticket is deposited with | joint agent at Buffalo on July 17th,18th [ or 19th and payment of fee of 50 cents. | The Royal Blue Line between Wash- ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York are the finest and fastest trains in the world. Call on nearest agent B. & O. RR. R. for routes and de- tailed information. FOR SALE !—Several gross Braham Patent Pens. These pens are a new invention and an excellent thing. By their use blotting is an impossibility ani one penfal of ink will write an or- dinary letter. They save ink, save time and avoid blots. They last twice as long as other pens. 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