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Send ten 2-cent stamps for a deck of Monarch Playing Cards illustrating Lillian Russell, Tom Cooper,Lee Richardson and Walter Jones. town. Estate. )} —In Preys July connection with the report that $10,000,000 is ready to be distributed among the Baker heirs, the following abstract from the adverse report made to the Beaver, Pa., contingent of the “Bakers’ Heirs’ asso- ciation” will be of interest. The report made by W. H. 8. Thompson and Charles R. Eckert, who spent considerable time in Philadelphia investigating the matter. The report says “In connection and co-operation with Attorneys E. M. Stoner and R. M. Ew- ing, of Pittsburg, representing {certain of the Baker heirs. we made a very suc- cessful search of all the records in the county of Philadelphia which might in any way throw light upon the estate in question. We were greatly assisted by H. J. Miller, an attorney of Chicago, who cliams himself tobe in the line of inheritance, and who for a money con- sideration, which we paid him, laid be- fore us the result of his search, extend- ing over many months. We were directed by you to turn our attention more particularly to an estate in lands which was said to be held under lease for 99 years, which lease not long ago expired, and also to an alleged fund held somewhere in trust for the Baker heirs and which has accumulated for a long period of time. As to the letter we may say that we find no reference of record anywhere indicating the creation or existence of any such trust fund. Since our return from Philadelphia we learned from Mr. Miller that certain old mortgages held by Henry Baker had been paid into court to await the satisfaction of the heirs. The Messrs. Stoner and Ewing have since gone to Philadelphia to investi- gate this particular matter, and find that, instead of the money having been paid into court, the mortgages were satisfied by proceedings under the act of assembly to have them legally satis- fied of record. As to the alleged lease, there is no lease of lands in any of the banks’ names justifying in any way the nu- merous reports which have been pub- lished in relation thereto.” The Baker heirs are scattered all over the United States and Canada and considerable interest is everywhere manifested in the course of investiga- tion. The conclusions of the Messrs. Thompson, Eckert, Stoner and Ewing, co-operating in the investigation, but proceeding on idependent lines in the matter of their establishment, practic- ally establishes the fact that a num- ber of persons scattered over this broad land are harboring a delusion in the matter of coming into possession of a considerable section of the city of Brotherly Love or fingering millions of its dollars. BURG, is EECA SU) “I think DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is the finest preparation on the market for piles.” So writes John ¢. Dunn, of Wheel- ng, W. Va. Try it and you will think the same. It also cures eczema and all skin diseases, PS. Hay, Elk Lick. CC. A. Bender & Bre, gmntsvifle. - What Does It Mean? Oakland Journal. Since the disastrous fire in our town, persons have been speculating as tothe probability of rebuilding and the dispo- sition of the vacancy made by the fire in the best business portion of our Several of the parties who lost their buildings have made some prepa- rations to rebuild, but it is now rumor- ed that the Baltimor2 & Ohio R. R. Co. have notified the owners of property in the burnt district, that condemnation proceedings will be instituted and the property is to be acquired by the rail- road company, and the question now arises as to what the with this property, as their yards at the depot are ample for present Uses. The most reasonable solution of the question that we have heard advanced is, that the company with the reorgan- ization which is now in progress, will complete the line of the Confluence & Oakland road up the Yough river and make the terminus Oakland and use the property acquired here for terminal facilities, depot, turn table, ete. All efforts to get information from officials of the company has proven futile, and the solution of their acts as above giv- en seems to be the most probable, we have heard. Z El : Bob Moore, of Lafayette, Ind. says that for constipation he has found DeWitt’s Lit- tle Early Risers to be perfeet. They never gripe. Try them for stomach and troubles. P. 8S. lay, Elk Lick. CC. A. Ben- der & Bro, Grantsville. tl Westmoreland Snake Story. A huge snake that escaped from a menagerie at Freeport, four weeks ago, has turned up in Wild Cat Hollow, in Allegheny township, Westmoreland county, and is creating quite a scare in that section. sons of unquestioned veracity and is believed to be a boa constrictor, about 15 feet long. Notice to Exchanges. Some of Tue please take notice that our post-office address is Elk liek. Some of our ex-! { changes are not being received regular- | ly, on account of being addressed *“Sal- | isbury.” tf = ea Jne Minute Cough Cure, cures. That is what it was madc for. Star's exchanges will | company wants | liver ! | and some tobacco. It has been seen by per- | | | POSTAGE DUE STAM PS. No Longer will be Attached to Let- ters or Other Mail Matter. By a new regulation which went in- to effect July 1st, no more due stamps can be legally used by the postmaster; and no mail is allowed to be delivered unless full postage is paid by the send- er.. In case the letter or package is mailed lacking sufficient postage, and delivered to the city where it is ad- dressed, the receiving postmaster must notify the postmaster in the town whence it was mailed. and it is at his option to notify the person to whom the letter or package is addressed. The regulation hitherto governing in the matter was to place due stamps on the package mailed and deliver it to the person addressed. This is consid- ered by the Government an unneces- sary expense, and hence the new law. | The public generally are not yet ap- prised of the new regulation, and there are many applicants daily looking for mail and surprised that it has not been delivered. An order issued from the Postoffice Department directing all postmasters to sell out their stock of periodical stamps at the face value, to collectors and others who desire to pur- chase them. These stamps are very fine and have never been allowed in the | hands of any person outside the postal service. When newspapers or periodi- cals of any kind were deposited in the postoffice, the stamps were canceled and attached to a book, and each month these canceled stamps were re- turned to the department, so that they never got out into the eolleesors! hands. tr is to be Should Take a Paper. A preacher of this section, now de- seased, used to tell the following: Ile said be was in a neighboring county preaching on one when he stopped at a farm house to get his din- ner. While eating, the lady of the | house inquired his business, and he re- plied: “I am hunting the lost sheep of | Israel.” * ; She left the room and ina few min- | utes returned with her husband, she said: “This man is hunting sheep, and I bet that been around here is his’n.” “No sister, you don’t understand me, | I am hunting sinners, those for whom | Christ died.” ! “And is he dead?” she inquired. “Yes,” replied the man of God, as- tonished at her ignorance. “And buried, too, I reckon?” “Oh, yes, long ago.” “There now, old man, I told you we’d die in ignorance for not taking a news- paper.” occasion when ! some stray | oid ram that’s a The Parson was Mixed. San Francisco Examiner. The minister had reached the critical point in his “missionary” sermon. lle had finished his firstlies and sccondlies, and with one neat figure would link them to an appeal that would strike his congregation’s hearts, and make their tears flow like water. “If,” he declaimed, “it has truly been said that he who makes two glades of brass to grow where one—" : The puzzled look on the face of a deaf old member in a front pew led him to pruse and repeat : “That he is a benefactor who two grades of blass—" Smiles throughout the house, and his own sense showed him there was some- thing wrong, but, with an attemp! at lightness he said, airily: “As I meant, two braids of glass.” The choir was now keen-eared, and the pastor felt as if he had met Dewey. So he shouted: “Two blods of grace.” Then the senior deacon had pity on him and arose. “My brethren,” he spoke, “our pastor has been upset by the intensity of his emotions, and has tripped on two blades of grass.” impasioned makes A Pretty Cool Private, Daniel Davis, of the Sixth United States infantry, is at his home in Allen- town, Pa., on a furlough. He partici- pated in the fighting before Santiago and among other stories, relates this instance of the cool daring of the mem- bers of his regiment: “I was lying in one of the trenches. About eight feet to my left was u I'rench military attache. In front of the mili- tary attache and myself was a member of my company. Disdaing to lie down GetIt At Jeiic: yy tli When in need of anything in the line of Pure Groceries, Fancy Confectionery, Fresh Bread, Books, Stationery, .Y Thompson’s Notions, ete. 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 gonds at the lowest living prices. My business has grown wonderfully in the past few years, for which I heartily thatuk the good people of Salisbury and vicinity and shall try harder than ever'to merit your future patronage. Respectfully, J. T. TJ EF FHRERY, Opposite Po=totlice. - Grant Strood and hungry for a smoke, he reached in- to his pocket and took out a clay pipe | He had just lighted | the pipe and taken a few whiffs when a Mauser bullet clipped the stem close to his mouth. Looking down and seeing that the bowl was not broken and that sufficient stem remained to afford a purchase for his lips, he picked up the pipe, filled it with tobacco, again lit it, and proceeded to smoke. Thé I'rench attache’s eyes gleamed with admiration as he exclaimed: “What stuff are you Americans made of, anyway?” eps Tue Star, the Nickell Magazine and the New York Weekly 7ribuune, all one | year for only $2.00, cash with order. By | | this arrangement you get a goed coun- | | ty paper, a good city paper and a first- | | class illustrated magazine all at a trif- ling expense. Address all orders to | Tue STAR, Elk Lick, Pa. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles, Scalds, Burns. { no heavy freight charges INTHE KOONTZ BUILDING! ho interested in Monumental work will find me in what was on known as THE KOONTZ MARBLE WORKS. I am prepared as never before to offer to all those in need of Monumental work, from small Headstones to Granite Monuments. PRICES HERETOFORE None but the best of Marble make Granite specialty. Boe mes ALBERT J. HILLEGASS, Berlin, Pa. Having some time ago purchased the Koontz property, all t UNHEARD OF. and Granite, and workmanship the finest. | Call and work a You will be surprised at my prices. Thousands upon Thousands fell victims to the ravages of the recent plague, famine and e: wrthquake in India. a8 resuit there are now over twenty thousand orphans. greatly in need of funds to support them, so we As The various missionaries are ave publishod a new book, entitled INDIA, | the Horror- Stricken Empire and have i or trsolves to donate a liberal share of our p India relief fund. Th! S hook gives an accurate and authentic calamity, also the sures taken to bring relief, and is em balf-tone illustrations ih actual photographs. There is No Other Book Like it The proprietor of one of the largest religious papers in the country realize of this book and asiied for a number of “ages in it to advertise his med. of this book is rot to promote selfish interests but to give to the P ie report ana create a relief fund. It s having an enormous sale. WE WANT A EVERYWHERE Ev ry purchaser becomes. a contributor. Will you help us to increase our donation by increasing the sales of this book? Prospecioy is now ready. Vi it } ODCO for our Libera! Terms to Agents. Mennonite Publishing Co..: Elkhart,” Ind. s on the same to the otion of the gr lished with over 6 ed oe v aluo W. H. KooNTZ. J. G. OGLE. KOONTZ & OGLE, Attorneys=-At-T.w SOMERSET, PENX’A. ‘N utrioton: 1 A pure and safe restorative-io: muals—a Nutrient Tonic, Nid tones the stomach, purifies th vents and cures all diven and can be Office opposite Court House. - . > poison FRANCIS J. KOOSER. ERNEST QO. KOOSER. : | a, kinds of stock. PAYS KOOSER & KOOSER, 100 Attorney == AXt-Liaw, SOMERSET, PA. J. A. BERKEY Attorner-: I 4A NOM ERSET, Office over Fish Kk Store, A.M. LICHTY: Physician ane Sarceon, SALIS3URY, P'E: Office one door east of 2.8. Hayy's store. FREE Ml) Tl 1 ie POWER CYCLE C ins hn tr ity fs a hustler... 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Soea— Weare therefore in a position to give the public better service inour line than ever before, and we are still doing busi- ness at the old stand. Thanking the public for their patronage, and solicit- ing a continuance of the same, we re- main KR. J.owry & Son, - Nei Brick And Tile Works [ have erected WEST SALIS- BURY a steam plant for the manufae-- ture of BRICK and DRAIN TILE and wish to inform the public that I ean Fill Orders Promptly. for this bisi- ill Salisbury, Pa. AN IDEAL LAaXA NIld, agreeable to never NO La us: D3 rr in Dimi 1IRING. Cures Bilicusacss, Const . = I have the best of clay ness, as a trial of my product vinee you. The people of thiz lnesality can save money by getting their PRICE and TILE at my WOR} con- PRICE fl i Fi + 35 bis, 3 LH Gi x =f : KS, aa there nis fopay. BLY Add 7 OF MP AND SAVE MONLY. JOHN A. KNECHT, ELK LICK, sR, 3 28 CHiCAUD * « . eve = dt Nei A Bee Wella Le lt if ~~ PP a TT Rp a” rg my 24. r
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