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 :