SALI ISBU RY, Johns <OT1 House Fur nis 1CTS 3 Ay ve We have on hand a stock of Furniture and other Household Decorations wliich excel anything you have ever seen in this Especially Sirs, Rockers, Efe. & Me C cick, county, either in style, quality or price. Co. —y 1 ° Eo 7 q4= ~~ inte: Parlo: Bed Room Nuits, Bed Lounges, Couches, A large stock from which you may select everything be- longing to a first-class furniture store. You will find here everything new and up-to-date. No old styles or shop- worn goods. Undertaking=+~and=e~Embalming Promptly Attended To. ELK LICK, PENNA. Hisher's Book Store, SOMERSET, PA. WHOLESLAE AND RETAIL! DVDODDOJDOIOVEOT OW This large and pushing establishment sells at wholesale to | 90 town and country merchants in this and adjoining counties. | Its wholesale trade extends into Maryland and West Virginia. We ave at all times prepared to compete in prices with the city | markets. At this season we are specially pushirg School Books Our stock of full complete, and the prices lowest wholesale. and School Supplies. these goods is large, Special attention is also being given to Base Ball Goods. We are also domg a nice trade in Miscellaneous and Doll Carriages. | . . vo A . | in stock a full line of Staple and Fancy Station- | | | Constantly. and Harmonicas. Merchants and others can buy of us to ad- Tablets, Pencils Bill Books and Legal Cap Papers, Fountain Pens, Plank Books, Judgment Notes, ory vantace, Inks, Pens, , Envelopes, teceipt Books, School Books and | 3ooks and Baby | and Supplies, Miscellaneous Books | and such oter goods as are usually for sale in an up-to-date Book, | News and Stationery Store. { ‘has, 1-1. Jowest P Arbuckle’s and Enterprise Coffee, per pound only 10 cents. 4 Ibs. Best Rice. : JUIbs. Navy Beans... C0 00 coe 15 Ibs. White Hominy 7 Cakes Coke Soap 6 Cakes Waterlily H Ibs. Good Hintsins. & Men's Suits from $4.00 up. up. coats, overalls, cte., at prices away down. <n. (GREAT BARGAINS IN SHOES! ——s® We carry an immense line of SHOES and buy direet turers—Rice & Hutchins, Walker and bers? prices. We warrant these shoes in every part. Carlisle and Evitt Ladies’ Shoes. Hisher. He. e Lancaster Ginghams........5 Very best Cotton Bats. Good Calico... Best (Calico. Good 7-cent is .dcents per yard. ras hin reduced to » rp Children’s Suits from 75 cts. Boys’ Knee Pants from 25 cts. up. Men's working from the celebrated manufac- Douglus—thereby saving fully 25 per cent. We are also agents for the famous REMEMBER, THE ABOVE ARE CASH PRICES. Barchus& ILavengood, Salisburv, Penna. S. A. Lichliter is doing business at the old stand.” With greatly increas- ed stock and facilities for handling goods, we are prepared to meet the wants of our customers in ALL KINDS OF STAPLE GROCERIES Feed, Flour, Corn, Oats, I te. we are JOBBERS OF CARBON OIL and can save merchants money on this line, as we buy car- In short anything to feed man or beast. Furthermore, load lots. We ure also Headquarters For Maple Sweets. We pay cash for good Butter and nice, clean Fresh Eggs. Come and see what advautages we offer. S. A. LICHLITER, Salisbury, Pa. IN THE KOONTZ BUILDING! Having interested. known as THE KOONTZ MARBLE WORKS. I'am prepared as never before to offer to all those in need of Monumental work, from small Ileadstones to Granite Monuments. PRICES HERETOFORE UNHEARD OF. None but the best of Marble and Granite, and workmanship the finest. 1 Call and | some time ago purchased the Koontz property, all those in Monumental work will find me in what was once make Granite work a specialty. You will be surprised at my prices. Sacus ALBERT J, HILLEGASS, Berlin, Pa. rices In Town! cents per yard. | (rood Cashmeres from ........ 12 1=2 cents up, | .4 cents per yard. | | Thropp, pants, | of job- | REPUBLICAN TICKET. STATE. » Governor, Wa. A. Of Allegheny County. STONE, » Lieutenant Governor,— J.P. S. Gopix, Of Lebanon County. For Judge of Superior Court,— W. W. PoRrrER, Of Philadelphia. Ww. DD, PorTER, Of Philadelphia. * Secretary of Internal Affairs,— JAMES WV. Lavra, Of Philadelphia. Congressmen-at- Large,— GaLusna A. Grow, Of Susgehanna County. |. S.A. DAVENPORT, : Of Erie County. COUNTY » State Senator, — Joux 8S. WELLER, Of Bedford County. ~ Congress, — Josep KE. Tirrorr. Of Bedford County. Assembly, — W. H. Koo~rz, Of Somerset Borough. S.A KexparLy, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA, [ walking and one of the organizers of the Amer- ican Protective Tariff League, of which useful organization he is vice presi- det. He is the owner of the large blast furnace at Everett, Bedford county,and of the coal and coke works at Kearney, together with a quarry and ore mine. As an employer of labor, he keeps himself in close touch with his men, and it has always been a rule, that if any man feels that he has a just griev- ance that he can speak to Mr. Thropp and have a careful hearing. In public affairs, he believes in the principles of the Republican party. but | never been a factionist. Because of hisstrength of character,he possesses | the confidence of prominent men in all factions and is especially gratified at | the friendly feeling which has always been shown him by many Democrats. Mr. Thropp was recently heard to say: has are necessary. They should act as wholesome checks upon each other, but their members should remember their first duty is always to be good citizens and broadly patriotic.” At Lis attractive Everett home he finds his greatest pleasure in the pres- | ence of his family and friends, and it is | not an unusual sight to see Mr. Thropp | 5 their beauties to some of his empolyes {or their families. Of Meyersaale Borough. | * Associate Judge, — A. BE. Dickey, Of Somerset Township. » District Rurus BE. Of Somerset Borough. Attorney, — MEYERS, » Poor Director, Apan NS. Mivner, ' represented when he is sent [own Ir. J Ite have theCongressman, and Of Lincoln Township..| | Wednesuay evening, Sept. | 87th ballot. county, of a farm, store and factory. | for college ~q ° Z — ™N ; a pir : T = N ; e i High CGarain Hlour and Heed! | Pennsylvania Polytechnic College. | immediately | Thropp east, and he then OUR NEXT CONGRESSMAN. Josep E. THRopPP. The man who will in all probability trict of Pennsylvania in Congress, after the 4th next March, Joseph E. of Bedford county, who was nominated by the Republican gressional conference, at of is 21st, on Joseph FE. Thropp, Thropp than Mr. Kooser | Three cheers for the candidate! agement | Chickamauga, where his regiment was | | stationed. | missary, departments { | continued : represent the 20th Congressional dis- | cents. | In public life he is a forceful speaker, fighter and a steadfast The district will be faithfully to Wash- a vigorous friend. ington. Much asthe Republicans of Somerset county would have liked to see their ional nomination, they nevertheless agree that it is Bedford county’s turn Re- publicans the whole district will more loyally and ardently support Mr. and his [riends. no in Ie is all right and will get the vote of every { loyal re A CHAPLAIN’S CRITiCISM, | Rev. Cyrde T. Brady. of the First | Pennsylvania, Censures Chickamauga Camp Manage- ment. Philadelphia, Sept. T. Brady, archdeacon of the Protestant Iipiscopal diocese of Eastern Pennsyi- vania, and chaplain of the regi- ment, Pennsylvania volunteers, in a ser- mon today severely criticised the man- of the camp 26.—Rev. [First volunteer at He said the medical, quartermaster were all to blame, “I personally saw men left in hospitals for 36 hours without any med- Con- | Johnstown, | 0, committed to the care of the | the Republican | nominee for Congress in this district, | was born at Valley Forge, Chester where his father was the owner edueated at the public schools until thirteen years of age, then prepared at the Friends’ School, Philadelphia, and He went and entered the service of one of the Minnesota rail- road companies, and though the young- west rank of Division advancement during due to his of the the months was having himself one most The death of his mother gaged in the iron business in Kill Valley. Within eighteen Schuyl- months ical attendance. I saw in those hospitals suffering from fever with the rain beating down upon them. men I saw unskill- ed attendants when it was absolutely impossible for them to receive anything | like the attention they deserved. men suffering trom fever, lying with their mouths open, and their mouths {filled with flies. He was! | is much more Central | later | | graduated as a civil engineer from the | (the {est civil engineer on the line, rapidly ! | rose to the | His Engineer. | sixteen | proven | industrious | land able of the young me2n in the ser- | | vice. | . government service, say “1 wonder if I dare, being still in the more. There be told if it When 1 that might were proper for me to tell it, think that these things have taken place | in this, the richest, greatest and pre- sumably the most advanced nation on face of the earth, IT cannot hold my peace.” Hastings’ Plan. Pittsburg Times. Amid all the talk concerning the re- tention of many of the volunteers in the army after the active campaign has | closed, perhaps nothing offers a belter [ solution than the plan suggested by called Mr. | became en- | I such he was offered a position as partner in | the firm with which 2 was engaged. work for three The excessive "which he went cars impaired his under- | Death and he was ordered by his physi- | {during which time they could be called across the ocean for Noon after his return he was asked to | be a candidate for State Senator and later for Congress, both declined. A few years later he was again asked to be a eandidate for Con- gress, and subsequently (1882) was the | youngest of the many fore the Congressional conference in i Montgomery Though. voted for by more | delegates, he on no one ballot received a majority. Ile was finally defeated | ian to go rest. county. by a.combination of some of the older | the garrison work. Mr. Thropp was a mem- | serve the country in the capacity of | illustrated ber of the Eastern Pig Iron Association, regulars in. the army, and. be glad .of. Wheeler.and Shafter.. During the Re! candidates. Gov. Hastings in recent interview. It is that the regular recruited to the necessary strength for duties followed the volunteers a army should be as are presenting them- by the after it is certain selves, they will not be needed. To provide forany possible contingency months could be given the volunteers, out again for active service if neces- i sary. of which he | {the | position. candidates be- than a majority of the | defend in a critical their and would went out to it was The volunteers country when They sacrificed affairs without complaint, stay yet willingly it But now that no grave crisis such a costly sacrifice, there is no rea- own were necessary. warrants son for keeping the volunteers in the | camps when the regular army can be recruited to a suflieient T HU RS D. AY, SEPTEMBER ‘Rival parties and party organizations | about among the flowers and | shrubs on a Sunday evening, showin a | . Kooser secure the Congress- | s the | Cyrus- { when he gathers his crop. com- | and | the | Isaw | discharge of | a furlough of three | number to do | Plenty of men will | Tiar time works changes is well | | an who in her day knew how to make» 29, 1898. the stoids and acceptable employment it furnishes. The men who volunteer- ed for war have not volunteered for police patrol duty, and it is not fair to ask them to do that kind of work. If it must be done by men who are capa- ble of earning better salaries while serving in private life let it he done then by men who are paid in propor- tion to their sacrifices. The volunteer will always drop everything to fly to the defense of the country if he is sure { that when the task is finished he will [ be permitted to go about his own busi- i But garrison work should never | be forced upon the volunteers, for such la course is not necessary. The ness. ; bellion, S was captured by Wheeler's cavalry and sent to Libby prison. No one thought at that time that Wheeler would be serving under Shafter, thirty-six years iater, yet that is just what happened! during the war with Spain, ee Tue report is current that Germany is secretly conveying arms and muni- tions of war to the Philippine imsurg- ents, and also instructing them to re- sist the American forces in those is- lands. Tt is hardly possible that ther | is any truth in thess reports, but it will best | | plan is to recruit the regular army, en- | | listing men who are willing to under- | take the permanent job of the regular jet back to their stations in be well to keep a close watch on Ger- many, and if the reports prove to be true, Emperor William should be promptly bent over “Uncle Sam’s” | knee and gently caressed with a barrel { soldier, and permit the volunteers to | private | | life, where they can do better for them- | selves and the community and the Na- tion than in the camps and garrison posts. The following from the Hebron ( Neb.) { Journal contains a great deal of good sense. Tie Star endorses every word of it and especially recommends that ! certain people in this vicinity read the same and profit thereby. “A man ealled at this office, | week, in the interest of an insurance | company which he represents, with a | ou - | Somcthing for Nothing. stave with a few nails in it. teeter: Shafter; who was then a major... Ovr government has given notice to- | Spain that the evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish forces must begin not later than Oct. Dec. 31st, 1898. | government will object to the Spanish removing the remains of Christopher | Columbus and his monument from Fa- vana this | to Spain. This is right. The Dons should be given no time for par- leying, and as to the remains of Colum- bus, the Spanish should not be allowed to retain them, for the reason that they | placed the great discoverer in chains | testimoni: al written by a man whose | insurance had been paid him for loss | | by fire, highly recommending the com- | | pany and their methods [ liable, prompt, ete. as honest, re- He asked us if we would publish the | article without pay, purely item. We replied as the item was an advertisement, written with a view of getting more business for the insur- ance company, could not print it except at our advertised rates; with the Journal it is not a question of finding matter with which to fill up we as a news | | minister agreed | contain little or no true that | the paper, but rather a question of find- | ing room for all the actual news which we wish to insert. Ie replied that his was a “mutual” company, and that the officers did not | fovor advertising. No, not when they pay for it, but they would secure busi- ness through the paper, and for the ured the "demand their own business thus se- would not fail salaries and com- oflicers niis=ions, This man was a farmer. We remind- led im that he invests his capital in horses and farm machinery, pecting to receive pay for his labors Just so with the newspaper; the proprietor’s capital in type, , seed eX- [is invested stock, paper, labor, with the of re- | ceiving reasonable réturns.” | for expectation El Our down a request made by a private com- | pany for an electric light franchise. [ One of the councilmen informed Tie Star the chief impediment in the way ectrie Light Turned Down. Tie Star is of efforts of the news- | {lowing is a sample from an English. to! ma- | : j ehinery.insurance and money paid out end ordinance | Town Council recently turned | | dignant at this s { was the question of borough ownership. | the opinion that some | | people are pretending to be in favor of | borough ownership who are not in fav- | at all., The amounts to this: or of electric light | ticn just {ity of the people of Salisbury electric light, and if no franchise is to be granted to a private company, then own plant. The people do not care so i much who owns the plant, just so the service is satisfactory and the light is given us. ahead and put in a plant, or else quii If the enterprise enough light enterprise [sitting on the tail of progress. borough hasn’t got to put in electric ppeople who have the the money zo ahead. an Now that the wrecked Spanish cruis- er, the Maria and is now afloat. it is to He hoped that she will do better service for the best United States of Teresa, has been of all countries—the America. REED “our wise fore- were opposed to territorial ex- pansion. There were, however, enough of our forefathers suthieiently idiotic to Florida, Louisiana, Texas and and Mr. Reed isn’t much fun at them, either.——Ex. SPEAKER Says fathers” annex Alaska, if has satisHed Now, ceived peace commissioners promptly proceed her honor, let the to satisfy your “Uncle Samuel’s” honor. Tie Srar that it will able than a good licking to satisfy gives due notice, however, take something more desir- cle Ram.” | case of Generals in the Ling. | read the poking the good licking Spain re- | “Un- | ques- | The major- | want | { tian | { let the boroagh go ahead and put in its | Let the borough either go! plant, let | and | raised | and caused him to die a broken-hearted old man, after having been the greatest benefactor to the world of his time. We have some rather poor stuff in American hymnals and Sunday school music books, and discussing merits of certain hymns, a short time ago, with one of our local ministers the that of the the hymnal Christian sen- are nothing but in many hymns found in average timent, while others senseless drivel and little short of slangy trash, utterly inappropriate to be used in the worship of God. Fol- Sunday school hymn book, which is sufficient evidence that sacred in that country could also be improved upon, as well as here in America: “Yes, ves, 0 yess Jesus died for little ones like me. You say how do I know it? John 3:16 will show it. That biz word ‘whosover’ just means But it is not necessary to go to Eng- land te find such clumsy religious worship. hymns in We hi are ¢ books of Ve lots of them in America that ven worse, in a Western city, the editor saw a band of Salvation Army people holding services on the street. After a discourse by the cap- tain of the band, a hymn Some years ago, while music was then: 15th and be completed by It is also said that our: the met: sung, the refrain of which ran some-- thing like this: : “There are no flics on Jesus, Oh, no, no!” Some of the church people were in ong, and the aid of the municipal authorities was invoked tc stop it, which should have been done, However, a few years nent Presbyterian divine showed that there are some hynny certain church hymnals that than some of by the Salvation ago, an e¢imni- in in are | the doggerel Army, better at times ) Pittsburg - ttle - sung He Cg referred to hymn after hymn, showing ® how utterly devoid of sense and Chris- sentiment they are, and at the. same time urged a revision of some of ° the hymnals in use. tainly enough and hymns in existence for any and all re- li worship, Tie Star of the good rious is As there are cer-- appropriate + opinion that the Pittsburg preacher’s: suggested revision should be promptly acted upon. A Sharp Newsboy. New York has produced a newsbhoy - | whose methods would probably meet One afternoon with success elsewhere.” he appeared on thie boulevard with his arms filled with evening papers, and | | from his neck hung a board on whicl: : was printed: “ilush! Noise is a nui- sance. Buy of me and prevent shout- ? The word “Hush?!” printed in large, black letters, at onee attracted the attention of passers-by ld tc which was and almost every man who stopp bought a paper courage the silent newsboy. sign The Rare Woman. to en. I'was out in the cemetery last Run-- day ex not because 1 had any busi ess there, but kind of hankering and to tell the truth I de to go again Despite the is full 1 ening, to he alone; not hanker soon. the 1 neglected cemetery never see fact that graves, | in this forgotten spot lies the rare wom- | good. apple dumplings. — Arkansaw- Thomas Cat... of. a weed-- covered one without thrilling with in-- | dignation at the thought that perhaps :
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