————————— A A { NIVERTON. Exeéursion to the Penn-Mar Coal Compédny’s New Town And { News of that place, Mr. Musselman re- lates an awful experience he had on the evening of the arrival at Panama Park. The story, in substance, is as A A Narrop Escape. Somerset Standard. A peculiar accident happened at Ro- sensteel siding, two miles east of Rock- THE NEW." YORK. WORLD, Things Pertaining Thereto. follows: wood, on Tuesday, last week. At that. THRICE-A-WKEK EDITION. War With Spain! «o [HE NEW-YORK Re liable War Ney N THE GREAT Notional Family Ne CWSpaper. OI 1C- the tr Furnished by Special C spondent= at WEEKLY will contain all important war news of the daily edition. Special dispatches up to the hour of publication. 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T.argest cir- " TREp Vi boo $ { 1 i : Te ts as a sa mple. a Ry “or 8old by all newsdealers. MONB& Co, reresavr New York POWER CYCLE 00, INDIANAPGLIN i t ine Coppor tunity for paiticu- The new town built by the Penn-Mar Coal Co., at the terminus of the Salis- WwW S bury railroad, has been named Niver- This is official, as Tne Star has it {direct from Supt. Dixon, who always { knows what he is talking about. Just why some people insist on calling the new town Hastings, Mr. Dixon says he | does not know, Niverton is the name adopted, and a post-office by that name [is expected to be established there at an early date. ILast Saturday there was a free ex- cursion from West Salisbury to Niver- ton, and probably no less than 1,000 | peorle { The editor was among the excursionists, and truly he was amazed at the great- ness of the coal mining plant at this | new town. It is doubtful whether i there is a mine in the entire George’s { Creek region that has im- provements about it as the big opening at Niverton. The dump is all under roof, and cars, tipple and all are of the | most modern and convenient coustrue- tion. The cars dump themselves, then | run straight ahead to a slight eleva- tion in the track, where a self operat- switch turns them to another track, on which they run back to a con- | venient place for the drivers. At present the hauling out of coal is | done with horses, but Supt. Dixon in- formed us that later on, when the dis- | tance for hauling grows longer,the coal { will be drawn out either by means of electricity or compressed air. A large compressed air plant is already erected, from which looms up a smoke stack 60 i feet high and 4 feet in diameter. This | gigantic plant will operate mining ma- chines, which are to be put in at an early date. At present there are twenty { miners at work in the new mine, and i more are being put in as fast as rooms can be broken off for them. Supt. Dix- on stated they expect to employ about 150 miners, and that these 150 miners, as many ling some work of 250 miners working the old way. Surely this is a great mining plant and a credit to the Elk Lick region. The town has probably twenty good, substantial buildings, and more are to be erected. There is a large store there, operated. by W. K. Niver & Co., and it is a store that would be a credit to any town. , The other buildings are principally double residences. The superintendent’s house is a magnifi- cent structure, fitted up with modern conveniences of all kinds, and just west of it & large artificial lake is being censtructed. Mr. Eli Stanton, of Grantsville, the wall completed for a large grain elevator and shipping warehouse at this place, and that the location is a good one cannot be denied. Indeed it looks as though Niverton is bound to forge ahead and become a trading point of considerable magnitude, in which event it will doubtless cripple the business interests of West Salisbury and the village of Chestnut Spring to a great extent. Niverton is situated about midway between Salisbury and Grantsville. The location is beautiful and the town bids fair to grow and prosper. : The excursionists were all delighted, last Saturday, os the coal company gave them a royal reception, free lunch, free lemonade and a good time in gener- == al. All the officers of§ the company, from the least to the greatest, did | themselves proud in entertaining the [ people. The editor of Tue Stak is un- has and Mr. Marey Price for courtesies ex- tended to him during his first visit to Niverton. . ot A stubborn cough or tickling in the throat vields to One Minute Cough Cure. Harm- less in effect, touches the right spot, relia- { ble and just what is wanted. It act: {Po S: Hay, Elk Lick, F. B. Thomas & | Meyersdale, - a Elk Liek Teachers. The following named ‘teachers have {been employed to teach the coming school term in Elk Lick township : West Salisbury Grammar, M. Welf- ley; - West Salisbury Primary, C. E. Butler; Chestnut Spring, Nellie Dom; Mountain View, Sherman’ Davis; DI. | Hay school, Chas. Hartge; Lichty, M. 8. Maust; Lowry, E. E. Barclay; Pleasant Hill; Wm. Engle; Thomas, E. J. Egan; Cross Roads, M. E. Hersh- berger; St. Paul, Malissa Compton; Peck, Alfred - Broadwater; Coal Run , Grammar, 8. C. Witt; Coal Run Pri- { mary, W. W. Nicholson; Sand Flat, W. Boynton, Aleda Alexan- at once. Bro, | B. Stevanus; Wages range from $2450 to $39.00 per | month, according to certificate. Only | one teacher was employed at less than | $30.50 per month. { This item was handed to Tug [ too late for publication in last week’s issuk. Star ers = An Awful Experience. | Somerset Standard. Clarence Musselman, a young man of Falls City, Nebraska, and a grand- son of Mrs. Illiza Musselman, of Somer- set, is a member of a company of vol- unteers now in camp at Panama Park, | Florida. In a letter to his sister at LIN, IND. | Falls City, which is published. in the shark’s { One of these, { had been torn { With another terrible shriek the body { again disappeared. with the digging machines, will do the. +4 spoke.” | der special obligations to Supt. Dixon | g Disregarding the warning to keep his eve “peeled” for sharks, he went swim- ming in the St. John’s river. Swim- ming nearly across the river he discov- ered three dead sharks lying on the shore, and the sight caused the chills to make a race-track of his spinal col- umn, He had to re-cross the river to reach his clothes and camp, and the thooght almost paralyzed him. But he started, and at every surge forward he expected to feel the vise-like clasp of a jaws about his ankles. Almost fainting from fright he swam | ahead, and finally noticed three of the took advantage’ of the same, | Rough Riders, who had evidently seen meet him. who was some distance ahead of the others, and about fifteen feet from Musselman,suddenly threw up his hands, and with a piercing cry and great splashing of water disappear- ed. In afew seconds his body again rose to the surface and Musselman saw that one of the Rough Rider’s arms off at the shoulder. his danger, swimming to A shark had taken it. and it has not been seen since. Musselman and the other Rough Riders, horrified by what they had seen, struck out for shore, expecting at each stroke to meet the fate of their comrade, but they reached shore in safety. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles; Scalds, Burns. sand Flat Items. Aug. 16th.—We are glad to note that indications are for a change in the weather, for if there is no change soon farmers will have a very difficult task to harvest their oats and sow wheat. Several of the young folks attended the picnic, on Saturday evening, at the new town, Niverton, and report a lively time. The busy season for the huckleberry pickers is nearly over. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kiem are bless- | ed with an addition to their family in { the person of little girl. The teachers of this vicinity were successful in getting schools, but they have been changed about and each one has a different school than that taught last term. Well, the war is apparently over and Spain no doubt is very “sorry that she She also must have changed her notion about President McKinley being a mere politician dallying with jingoes, as her minister to the United States said when he wrote that letter to a friend. ———— DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, The famous little pills, SE me Increased School Anprovtistion” The following table compiled by the State Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion gives the amount of increase to the various school districts in this coun- ty under the new method of distribut- ing the State school appropriation. Only those districts are given which will receive a greater amount than they did for the school year 1897: DISTRICTS." | 5 Z Increase. - Addison. $1688 Alle ahony.. Sp 1407 Benson Tense HTL 256 8 Berlin. 1051 © Blaek ©... 0) Lrothersvalley y Casselman. Conemaugh... Confluence Klik Lick. .... : Eairhope....... Greenville... Jefferson. ......... Jenner Jennertown Loo. Larimer . Lower Turkeyfoot. J.incoln.. Sh Middleereek .. Alilford ........ Meversdale. Neb Baltimore. wo Centerville Northampton. Quem: thoning. Rockwood Salisbury Shade... Somerset township - Southampton. Stonyereck Stoyestewn, summit... } Upper Turkey foot. “oil Ursina.. 367 38 F10987 01 re One Minute Cough Cure, cures. That is what it was made for. —— Anti- Bhenmatie Potato Outlived Her. Baltimore American. Last week a woman residing in the country near Parkersburg, W. Va. died and was buried. During her lifetime suffered with rheumatism, and among the various other cures recommended she carried a potato in her pocket. For 14 years she carried the same potato, until it had grown black and shriveled with age, and had become as light as cork. After the funeral the clothing of the departed one was hung out to air. During the “hanging out” it rained. This necessitated a further drying and airing, but when the down to be put away it was discovered that the potato was still in the pocket of the dress, and during the airing pro- cess had put forth several green sprouts. The circumstance was related by a near relative of the old lady, who vouches for its truthfulness. dress was taken | : | addressing the agent point a bridge spanned the Casselman river, over which lumber cut on one side of the river was trucked to the other. On the day named Harvey Deal was passing over this bridge with a truck drawn by a mule. When they were about the middle of the bridge the structure gave way and fell into the river with a crash. Deal was thrown into the water, and having been ren- dered unconscious, by striking some- thing in his fall, he was almost drowned | when rescued by workmen who saw the accident and hurried to his assistance. When taken from the river it was found that one of his arms was broken. In the fall the mule was thrown upon the middle pier of the bridge. and it | was necessary to throw it into the wa- | ter before it could be recovered. is recovering from his injury. ——— lee Ll BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. Atlantic City and Seashore Excur- sion, Thursday, August 25.— Greatly Reduced Rates. The last popular seashore excursion, via the Baltimore & Ohio R. R., will be run Thursday, August 25, to Atlantic | City, Cape May, Sea Isle City, Ocean City, N. J., and Ocean City, Md. Tick- ets will be good twelve (12) days, in- cluding 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 Wash- ington on tickets sold to Ocean City, Md. ° Call on or address nearest Agent Baltimore & Ohio R. R. ets and full information. Ticket for tick- eh When to Cut Timber. A timber cut for purpose where dura- bility is a consideration is worth from two to four times as much if cut be- tween July 15 and August 15, as the Deal | | | same would if cut in January to April. | If a tree is cut after the starch which | enters into its chemical has changed to sugar, the worms, sweet, become destructive to the wood : but if cut in July, after the completion of the spring growth, there is no sugar in the sap or wood and they seek some more savory food. Another reason is because if cut when the sap is rich in sugar the fermentive process changes the sugar into an acid, which is the very first stage of decay, and if decay is thus early initiated, is it any wonder that posts and ties do not last as they would if cut when these conditions could not possibly exist? In 1860 a fence was set with posts split from an oak cut when the leaves were of full size and vigor. Twenty-two years afterward this fence was reset with posts cut in August. The posts taken up were reset elsewhere, and most of them are doing duty yet. Three of the posts set in 1860 are in good condition. after doing good service for thirty-six years. Asa rule, a post cut in March, when full of sugar sap, will last only ten years. Tt costs just as much to replace a tie or post that will last, say, ten years as to replace one that will last three or four times that long. This is quite a considera- tion when we consider that our forests are fast disappearing—much faster than they are reproduced. Timber land cut off in from January to April will sprout and grow again, because the sap at this season of the year is rich is sugar, to reproduce the leaves, whieh are the lungs as well as digestive organs of vegetation, but if cut the last of July or the first half of August dies because deprived of both. This idea is valuable to those who wish to destroy certain kinds of trees or to clean up brush land. —Ex. - tn say in March, The Mountain Chautauqua. The sixteenth annual session of this famous Chautauqua will be held Au- gust 4th to 26th. .It is the most and sensible summer resort in America. 2.800 feet the picturesque B. & O. and scenery are all that could be desired and 000 have been spent in improvements. Mountain Lake Park is furnished with electric lights, and water works are now being put in. Five splendid hotels and two hundred and fifty cottages, of which receive boarders, open their doors at to The charming lake furnishes excellent boating and fishing. The Chautauqua Summer Schools are in session for four weeks. They include thirty ments of important study under the care of enthusiastic and capable teach- ers out of leading American colleges. The Chautauqua program with three entertainments daily {furnishes the best thing in lectures, entertainments and music w! ey procure. The beautiful detailed illustrated program can be secured by of ite B. & OG, Mountain Lake Park, Md. 8-25 —-— above sea level on the line of The climate surroundings $2) Toll, - and social many reasonable rates tourists. Judgment Notes and Receipts, put up in neat books, with perforated stubs, for sale at THE STAR office. Prices very low. ~ superb | depart-. rich genius can devise or mon- | composition | © being very fond of this | a Week. 156 Papers a Year. FORONE DOL.1.A 11. Published every Alternate Day Zx- 18 Pages cept Sundar: The Thrice-a-Week Edition of 7% New. York World is first among u “weekly” papers in size, frequency of publication, and the freshness, aceur icy and variety of its contents. it ha { all the merits of a great $6 daily at ths price of a dollar weekly. Tts news is prompt, complete, and impartial all its readers wiil testify. It is against the and for the people. It prints the news of all the world { having special correspondence from all important news pointson the globe. T¢ has brilliant illustrations, great authors, a capital humor page complete markets, departments for th household and women’s work and other special departments of unusual interest We offer this unequaled newsp and THE SOMERSET COUNTY STAR together, one year for $1.90. The regular subseription price of the two papers is 22.50. Address orders to THE STAR, Elk Lick, politieud accurate as monopolies glo stories Ly BURY ture of BRICK and steam wish to inform the publi and TITLE at no heavy frei Or ME ND HONE oe JOHN A. KN ECH i" ELEN LIN, W. H. KOONTZ. KOONTZ & OGLE; Attorneys-At-T.iaw, Offtee opposite Court FRANCIS J. KOoosER, ERNEST OC KOOSER & KOOSER, Adtornevs-At-Tunwe J-A. BERKLEY Attorney-nt-1 Office over Fislier'= Book Store AX. ML ICHTY, Physician: oflice one *r ent G 23d National Encamnm . Cincinnati, Ohio, September 5th to 10th. 1598. B. & 0. R.R. For this occasion tickets at the low rate of one round trip from QO. R. Rk ea and Wheeling, September 3d and 4th. ing earlier than nor than Sept all points =t of Pittsburg. } inclusive, gad ander not later by depositing Sept ember cept ticket Agent at and Cineinnat ber Hth Oth, inclusive, al ment of fee 25 cents, whet may be extended to leave to and including October & Owing to the great the country great interest sweeping t th time, will be nan at this of elegant coaches, meeting. Solid vestibut cars, observation car vice. ily from New imore and Pittsburg. dining Ser trains da phia, Ba two from Get - full Agent, BL & particulars 0. BR. R. Sa Dare Not Tell the Truth. A preacher came toa newspape: in this You editors dare tell the truth; if you did you ¢ would way: live, your newspaper ure.” The editor replied: right, and the minister who will times and under : the alive or dead, will not occupy his pulpii one will find it necessary to leave town in a ” whole truth about his members- more than Sunday, and then he hurry.” Fhe press and the pulpit go hand in hand with and pleasant words, mughifying virtues into big ones. The pulpit, the pen and the grave stone are the making¢riumvirate —Ex. whitewash brosies greats ‘suint-
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