[ SOMERSET COUNTY STAR . L. Livexsoon, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Postoflice nt Blk Lick, Pa as mail matter of Lhe Second class. Subscription Rates. THE STAR is published every Thursday, at Elk Lick, Somerset, Co, Pa. at the follow- ing rate “One your, if pad within 30 days..... ov. 3 If not paid within 30 days ‘ vais D0 Six months, if paid within 30 ditys. If not paid within 30 days.. Thi ree months, cash in advance. le copies w avoid multip lic ity of small accounts, all su ibs riptions for three months or less must he paid in advance. These rates and terms will be rigidly adhered to. Advertising Rates. TRANSI Y line for first insertion; vach succeeding insertion. vertisers, 5H cents a line straight ness loeals will he mixed with local news items or editorial matter for less than 10 cents a line for each insertion, except on yearly contracts. YATES FOR DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS will be made know on application. PAID EDITORIAL PUIFKS, invariably cents a line. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS at legal rates, MARRIAGE, BIRTH AND DEATH NOTICES, not cxceeding fifte en lines, inserted free. All additional lin cents a line for To regular ad- No busi- 5 cents each. Caps or THANKS will be published free for pi trons of the paper. Non-patrons will raed 10 cents a ling SOLUTIONS OF REsprer list:ed for 3 cents a line. All advertisements willbe runand charged sforantil ordered discontinued. Do advertisement will be taken for less 1an 25 cents, OUR LINE OF — will be pub- MEN'S FINR SHORS T= Are Strong Ase “SAMPSON,” We reputation not by gained our war, but by selling the BENT AND CHEAPEST up-to-date shoes in the country. We cali Ce ———E. =) to Heavy Sole Cordo- Box-Calf and Enamel Shoes. attention our van, These shoes are all made the latest lasts look at dressy. on 2 ana and lig Popular Shoe Dealers, Meyersdale, Pa. ne Call 2s see som LOCAL AND G ENERAL NE ¥3 Buckwheat cakes will seon be ripe. Mrs. Eva Williams, we are sorry to say, is reported quite ill A good many of our citizens are at- tending court, this week. Street Commissioner Eckerd is mak- ing some very good improvements on our streets, this week. Private Charles Cochrane is expected home next Wednesday, from the 4ireensburg hospital. If the sun was to be divided into -smaller planets it would make 1,310,000, «ach the size of the earth. There is an underlying motive in all political schemes, with the accent on the lying, says an exchange. Col. George A. Pearre, of Cumber- iand, Md,, has been nominated for Con- gress by the Republicans of his dis- trict. He who kisses a maid kisses a miss, and he who kisses another man’s wife kisses amiss; so the only thing left for a man is a widows. “Rough Rider,” Roosevelt has been nominated for Governor of New York, on the Republican ticket. May he ride smoothly into office. I. M. Hoover, of Hooversville, this 65 ( Mrs. John J. = | spread. YEADING NOTICES, 10 cents a | 10 | pecial,, | ed for sale. sounty, has the empty honor of being the Democratic candidate for State Senator in this district. Correspondents will please take no- tice that all items sent to Tne Star for publication must be written on one | side of their paper only. D. I. Hay is fitting np the basement of the a pool, billiard and lunch room. about ready for business now. to Johns- sick Engle went town, Tuesday, to her | Corporal Irvin Engle, of Co. 1, who is still sick in Memorial hospital. visit son, Star continues to subseribers en- there will The light of Tue Lots of new | rolled since last issue, and be more added before our next issue. Mrs. I. J. Kooser, of Somerset, to Lexington, Ky., Jast Saturday, where went [ she will remain at the bedside of her | son. Capt. E. O. Kooser, until he is able to return home. Sarah, widow of Peter Ringler, | Coal Run, has been granted a pension of $8 per month, dating from Dec. | 1896, with $2 per month for each child | under the legal age. Married, at the. Brethren parsonage, | Meyersdale, Pa., Sept. 22nd, Rev. John II. Knepper, Mr. Walker, of Garrett, Pa.,, and Miss i nie M. Landis, of Berlin, Pa. Mrs. Joseph J. Stutzman, the highly { esteemed wife of our venerable and be- [loved “Uncle Joe,” 73 years. Much sympathy her aged husband and other relatives. According to an old saying: quette is a rose from which every lover | picks a leaf, and the thorns are reserved for her husband,” and there { truth than poetry in it. Girls, | coquettish. is felt for “A co- is Calvin Engle, one of our soldier boys, has been quite unwell, at his home, dur- ing the past week. His father inform- | ed Tite STAR On Tuesday evening, how- ever, that he improving, are glad to note. is Some of our old “vets” A. R. pienie, at Rockwood, last Fri- | day. The weather was bad for the oc- casion, however, and the affair was not as largely attended would have been as Men are at work on Negro Mountain, west of Salisbury, exposing the mineral of that region. An expert geologist from the city aud it is likely that J. N soon make some big deals. Davis will has a brother in the regiment, at Manila. | West Salisbury, IYirst Nebreska the “Frosty Sons of Thunder A correspondent wants to know the origin of the phrase, “he isn’t in it.” used by an editor who died Heaven, and looked was first land went to for | the man who took his paper for five | vears and then refused to pay for it. of for a evening two our and One Saturday engaged flowed freely. Last citizens in battle, | time blood of the participants had his shoulder dislocdted | rand his head badly cut with a file, which the other fellow struck him with. Harvey Kiem has decided to build a | large double tenement house on a lot north end of Grant street. has the proper idea. There is good, big money to be made in this locality by building houses for rent. Soldier Geo. S. Scully, who spent part of his furlough in Salisbury, returned [to Pittsburg on Monday. He here again in a week or two, by which time he expects to be able to tell whether he will go to Porto Rico or somewhere else with the army. Mrs. Ilarrison Keim and Mrs. Keim, guests of A. H. Shumaker and family, of West Salisbury, this week. Joseph latter the widow of the late Joseph A report reached here. last the effect that Bruce Mitchell, I, had died in a Lexington, al. W the report was untre, but sorry to state that young Mitchell is still very He is a son of Charles Mitchell, of Ad- dison. of Co. Ky., Our borough schools which open on Monday morning last, will not open until next Monday, owing to the death of a brother of Principal V. RR. Saylor. the Saylor family during their sad be- reavement. Don’t forget the public sale to be held on Saturday. Oct. 1st, at the late residence of Mrs. 8S. J. Livengood, de- ceased, in this borough. Alot of house- several nice building lots will be offer- o'clock, p. m Our excellent cornet hand bought a new silver plated tuba and bass drum that are as fine as silk. the other instruments have been sent people will hear some of the best music | ever rendered in Somerset county. The Internal Revenue department decides that the holder of an unstamp- Johnson & MecCulloh block, for | He is | of | Ist. } 1898, by ! James B. | An- | died last week, aged | mourning more | don’t be | which we | attended the | it otherwise | is taking observations, | Our genial friend A. H. Shumaker, of | Wherever good men are required by | the nation you will always find some of | Iti | he purchased from M. J. Beachy, at the | Mr. Keim | will be | of Thayer county, Neb., are the | The | former is a sister of Mr. Shumaker, the | Keim, formerly of Elk Lick township. | week, to | hospit- | > are glad to say. however, that | sick. | were to | Mr. Saylor’s assistant teachers | and friends extend their sympathy to | hold effects, a good six-room house and | The sale will begin at 2] A ‘number of | | to the factory to be plated and repair- ed, and when they are returned, the | ed check may stamp it and cancel, the stamp, that the check need not be “sent back to the maker to be stamped. This is common sense. The purpose of the stamp is the collection of revenue. The | object of cancellation is to prevent re- use of the stamp.—Oalkland Journal. An outraged Irishman gave vent to the following: “Gintlemen, I would loike to ask them Americans one thing. | Who works the mines of the country | but Who dug the canals but furriners? Who built the railroads ! but farriners? Who does the votin’ for the country but furriners, and who in the divil discoovered the country but furriners? An East St. furriners? Louis girl went up in a | { baloon to bring a recalcitrant sweet- | | heart “to time.” In order to heighten | the effect she put on a pair of red tights | {and sailed away toward the When the young man saw the perilous position of his *‘onliest,” he collapsed, a I reconciiiation followed the dued lover murmured “you areonauty and | . ’s f girl.” | A preacher in a nearby town is said | to have announced that he would dis- | cuss a family scandal from the pulpit, clouds. | {of innocence and polutes the face of | sub- | | , chains of gold. land, the uncrowned king of the com- | in his store. “Why are you here?” he asked, “You know this is no place for a donkey.” “I'am here,” said the donk- ey, “because I saw your advertisement on the fence that surrounds my ture. I knew that you donkey, advertisement in where it would be donkeys. Being pas- too a live lonesome on you.”—Ex. W. C. Brann, the Iconoclast, Waco, Texas, with the following: “The dollar deed almighty. It is the Archimedian lever that lifts ill-bred select society and places the ignorant shaphead in the United States senate; it makes presidents of stuffed prophets, governors of intellectual geese, philoso- phers of fools and gilds supernatural glory. It late editor is is in- the man into wrecks the people, breaks the sword of justice and binds the goddess of liberty with Tt the is lord { mouwealth.” 1 | and as a result every seat in the chareh | was filled long before the time for ser- many standing in the aisles, a look of satisfaction the | the entire congregation. The shrewd master of the flock then proceeded to | discourse on Adam and Eve. vices, on Steal. Drink and Swear.” © When you lie, let it ‘be down to pleasant dreams. When you steal, let it away from immoral associates. it be nothing but pure you swear, swear that ronize your home paper, and not send r#T.ie, you drink, let water. When will pat pay your subscription your: job work away from home. you be | When ! and ! faces of | and my step-daughter my mother, | cause she An exchange says let your motto be: | | A bashful young man in Morgantown while attending a revival meeting, was approached by a very earnest young { lady who said to him: “My dear young | friend, it would do my heart good to [lead you to the altar.” The | the honor, but as he was already 5 | modate her at { nel. present.—(/rafton Senti- | great railroad | contractor who constructed Sand Pateh [ tunnel, died at Bellefonte, Pa., Sunday, aged 7 Mr. Thomas Coiling, the 5 years. Collins | his time, but was quite wealthy at the time of death. Ie | completed many large railroad con- his | tracts in this county, large contract in Brazil, South Ameri- | | ea, some years ago. been the murder had just in. “Your said rising and addressing demand a trial”? what grounds?” asked the judge. I the grounds that some a ars of jury verdict. A verdict of | brought honor,” prisoner, court, new are incompetent Among them are four under- takers a rope manufacturer, a and two dealers in mourning goods.” A new trial was granted. A EXC has had an experience writes: hange says that a farmer “Every | year 1 { whole orchards, and there is more easily destroyed. T bore a hole gaged to two girls, he could not accom- | Metohant Coal | Merchan oal Company. | Another fellow | hesitatingly replied that he appreciated for : J on} his valuable lot on the corner of Grant { According to this fellow’s statement he is his own grandfather: had a daughter.: My visited our house. and fell in and married my step-daughter Thus my father became my son-in-law a widow who father love be- wife. My He was, was my father’s step-daughter had also a son. of course, my brother, and at time my grandchild, for he was the son of my daughter. My wife was grandmother, because mother’s mother. band and and as the husband of a person’s grand- mother is his grandfather, I own grandfather.” my my s hus- she was [ was my wife’: grandchild at the same time, was my | IMPORTANT REAL ESTATE DEAL. Immense Business Block to be Erected in Salisbury. On Tuesday morning I. Boswell, of the The exact price paid is private for the present, but it is said to be somewhere between and Ord streets to Mr. ex [$1,500 and $1,800 last | .> | which is one of the made and lost several large fortunes in in the town, | the successfully | | a mammoth and he also had a | The purchasers will pull down the old rickety building now on the corner, oldest landmarks and will erect in its place most gigantic business block in Salisbury, the same to be occupied by department store that to eclipse anything else of the kind in is | fomerset county. I old building I structure within the ! “On | “On | the | to render a just | ! which his blacksmith florist, | [altogether who | The puarchasers will pull down the and begin the the large new next few weeks, or just as soon as the occupants of the old move into. Mr. Boyer ner at the house can secure other quarters to has reserved a small cor- northeast end of the lot, shop stands; that he wiil much on but it follow blacksmithing rumor has not longer, so it is probable that the old shop will also be removed from its present | location at no very distant day. hear of caterpillars destroying | nothing | | abatement. | into the trunk of a tree deep enough to | then plug it up. The result is magical. The saptakes up the sulphur to every { branch and twig and the caterpillar dies. I have never known a tree to be reach the sap, fill it with sulphur and | | “Metropolis” Our town is evidently on the boom, and there sign of the Salisbury is getting to be a closer rival of the “Metropolis” every day. and a few years may be the itself. There is no deny- is no boom’s in | ing that Salisbury has greater resources than any other town in the county, and injured by it and I have used the meth- | od for years.” The following from an exchange, ap- {plies to every community: “When a stranger enters our town, treat him 'well; he is entitled to your respect. [ IIe may gain such a good impression of | your town through your kind tresftment that will some time help you and your to wonderful extent. town a Know him so. | there | Witeh Hazel Salve. PWitt’s don’t accept counterfeits or it begins to look as though our re- sources are to be speedily and fully de- veloped. —- > -_ For burns, broken surfaces, sores, insect bites and especially piles renredy, DeWitt’s When you call for De- dise: reliable skin is 1SeS one frauds. | You will not be disappointed with DeWitt’s Don’t treat him like a deadbeat until you | Do unto others, ete, is | yn, Now Develophionts. but Import- | a good rule that if practiced by some | them much, but their town also.” The membered their pastor, Dr. J. C. Mack- | ey, on Saturday, the anniversary of his | birthday, with a written address, most beautifully composed, and a roll of United States bank notes of liberal de- I nominations. 1t was late in the eve- ning when the bearer of the gift and | present, and happy dress to his people on last Sabbath. large congregation attended the ser- | vice. Mr. Isaac Turney, who had been liv- ing on the Orth farm, west of town, died very suddenly on Monday morn- ing, and on Tuesday afternoon his re ! mains were laid to rest at St. Paul, where the funeral service was held at I.utheran church, conducted by E. 8S. Johnston. Deceased is sur- vived by a wife and one child. He had {the Rev. just recently recovered from a seige of | typhoid fever, when heart trouble set in and resulted in his death. Mr. Tur- ney was a good citizen and will be miss- ed in the community. He was 32 years old. A donkey stepped into a store one day and asked for the proprietor, who walked out of his private office to meet him, but was surprised to see a donkey of our home people wauld not only help | 3rethren church of this town re- | | are Witch Hazel Salve. P. — CONCERNING THE BAKER ESTATE. Ss. Hay, Elk Lick, ant Reports Expected Soon. SOMERSET, PAL, 26, 1898. Through Tue Star I will inform the Baker heirs, for their satisfaction, that nothing new has developed of late, but we are daily expecting some report of proceedure. All necessary prepara- tions are being made for the return of our attorneys to Philadelphia, and we expecting to meet them this SEPT. in county in the near future. i message arrived at the parsonage, so | Dr. Mackey acknowledged the generous | words, in an ad-| | A | rand its merit has led dishonest people to at- | ALEX. CASEBEER. .. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve has the larg- est sale of any Salve in the world. This fact tempt to counterfeit it. Look out for the man who attempts to deceive vou when you call for DeWitt’'s Witch great pile cure. P.S. Hay, Elk Lick. i 2 = Stopped © A certain benedict was in the habit of troubling his father-in-law complaints about his wife’s behavior. “Really, this is too bad,” cried the irascible hearing of some of his daughter’s de- linquencies. “If I hear any more com- plaints I will disinherit her.” There were no more. — a —_— One Minute Cough Cure surprises people | by its quick cures and children may take it in large quantities without the least dan- | ger. It has won for itself the best reputa- tion of any preparation used to-day for colds, croup, tickling in the throat or obsti- nate coughs. P. 8S. Hay, Elk Lick. must be a | or you would have placed: the | newspaper, | read by people, not | to-day, 1 | thought I would be neighborly and call | of the | credited | Land W. W. | Witt and M. 3, infamy with | altars | of the | “I married | the same | potatoes | sick for several {be held on Tuesday, Sept. 2 C. Boyersold | be Hazel Salve, the | with | old gentleman one day on | | THE Elk Lick Institute. Program for first local institute Elk Lick school district, to be held St. Paul school house, Raturday, Oct. 1, { 1898, commencing at 1 o’clock p. mn Calling to order and opening remarks by president SR, Miller. Singing. Organization. of School Board, Remarks by newly elected president, | I had my eyes fitted by T. W. Gurs ley, with hig Refenctomoter. Other opt feinns fatled=I can recommend piri] to Mr Gurley if you wish your CNes property titted and ir you fail- ed to.gel satisfaction ols owhere, ADAM MILLER. | Try a pairof my £0 eo spectacles wlnsses, TT. W. nt or eye GURLEY, Pa. ry X NX The Cash Store Meyersdaio, Oa Address of welcome—D>Miss Compton. | Response—>Miss Dom. Ninging. Meyersdale, Pa. Appointment of program committee, Debate—"“Resolved that the United States should annex the entire Philip- THE BARGAIN STORE pine Islands.”—Aflirmative, M. Welfley | Nicholson; Maust. Negative, Singing. Essay—Miss Alexander. Recitation—Wn. Engle. Address on school government and | discipline—Alf. Broadwater and Chas. Hartge. Singing. Address—Prof. V. R. Saplor. Question box—Rev. E. 8. Ilassler. Ringing. Adjournment. : i. You invite disappointment when nt. DeWitt's Little Early Risers pleasant, easy little cure constipation and stek he adache sure as you take them. Po S. Hay, i Mountain View Ttaits 26.—1 armers perime are . thorough pills. just as Sept. are and doing other fall work. The cool and windy weather, togeth- | and | er with the chestnuts tinted leaves, show that autumn is here. ripening The scholars turned out well on the first day of school, all being their hope, with the intention anxious to greet new teacher, and, let us of | months of good work. Miss Pelly Slaubaugh, who had “been months, died on - Sun- day evening, at the residence of Daniel Hostetler. The funeral service is 7th, at near Niverion, by NS. Beachy: the and Yoder Amish church, conducted and D. Revs. Moses Kretchman, away from Keim post-office on Monday, 19th. Wm. charge of the post-oflice. Samuel Esq, Sept. Nicholson More than twenty million free samples DeWitt’s Witch I1azel Salve have beon dis- tributed by the manufacturers. ter proof of in it’s merits do you want? It cures piles, burns, space of time. their confidence sealds, sores, in the shortest Pr. Hay, Elk Lick. Inducements. The following advertisement is land : “To Let—A house in Mellville street, situated plum garden, from which an abundant supply of the most delicious fruit Rent low, immediately may be stolen during the season. and the greater part taken in plums.” - DoW cure, 1 call tor t pile Don’ When you the thing clse. a substitute for pil P. Sc Hay, Elk Salve, aren don’t accept talked accepting sores, for burns.— t he into ws, for Lick. - Moral Staion, Old Gentleman—Do you mean to say | that your teachers never thrash you? Little Boy—Never! suasion at our school. 0ld Gentleman—\What is that? Little Boy—Oh, we get kep’ stood up in corners, and locked out, and locked in, and made to write one word a thousand times, and scowled at, | and jawed at, and that’s all. —- A stubbornecoughor ticklingin the throat { yields to One Minute less in efleet, touches the ble and just what is wanted. P. 8S. Hay, FKlk Lick = — ~~ Realism. Cough Cure. Harm- } right spot, relfa- It acts at once. During a sham fight an old general | came unawares upon a soldier who was | lying fast asleep in a field among the | corn. “Is this your post?” general, rousing him with exclaimed the full tention of making an example of him. | The soldier, thus suddenly out of lis slumber, rubbed his eyes,and on recognizing the oflicer, sprang to his feet, presented arms, and said: “I beg your pardon, general, but we were going through a sham fight, and in order to make the illusion more com- | plete I was just pretending to be dead.” | The general could not suppress a smile, promptly forgave the witty fel- low. - — > Truth wears well. People havo learned that DeWitt's Little Early Risers are liable little pills for regulating the bowels, curing constipation and sick headache. They don’t gripe. P. 8S. Hay, Elk Lick. ——— po The Power of a Mother’s Voice. re- A mother sang to her child one day A song of the beautiful home above. Sang it as only a woman sings ‘Whose heart is full of a mother’s love. And manya time in the years that came, He heard the souni of that low, sweet song; It took him back to his childhood days; It kept his feet from the paths of wrong. —Exchange. i One Minute Cough Cure, cures. That is what iz was made for. HF SCALP BLANKS for sale at StaR office. S.C They | Elk Lick. | busy digging | doing six | to! 10 | moved now has | What bet-! Sd from a paper published in the north of Eng- | alongside of al itt’'s Witch Hazel | any-| We have moral | in, and | the | started | r—ti(Y Foes Somerset County. Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Carpets, Wall Paper, cte. 100k To Your Own Mnlere Buy where you can buy the least make i! best the vill Our for We you. coods You ex- | money. it pay + 1 STOCK is large. Truly, >. C. Hartley. Yours HE EGA BUSINESS KENTION, WARTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, LEGAL ARD SPECIAL NOTIGES. Public Notice Notice is hereby given to all persons { not to purchase from Harvey J. Baugh- | man, or any other person, any property {now my ‘upied or used by said Ifarvey J. Baughman, in Brothers- valley Somerset county, Pa and any person purchasing the same or on farms oe tow So) nship ship, any part thereof will do so at his peril. tf J. FEF FOUN Gi. GARDILL. —-- NDI—A key to a fine lock. Owner ean get same at Star oflice by paying for this Wf | proving property and advertisement. AGF TOR of | SALE !—A fine Guitar and | a good Bicycle. Will sell cheap. In- quire at Star office. 10-6 Ask your merchants | trade. LETC FOR SALE! I have for sale a lot of nice Chester pigs, 4 weeks old, which I am selling for only $1.00 per head. Be quick if you want to buy. 10-6 M.J. Beacny. for tokens of tf EE merchants tokens tf Ask your for trade. . Rs NOTICE. —Lstate ot ised plotters of nd- state ol Jacob UO. Mill- . nl hin, Somerset nted to ADPNMINISTRAYT Jacoby 1. Miller niniste tion ont 5 oy it, will pres hi ih the Lite ros Saturday, the I't FINE ES PY Ie demand ti le: of d de Ith day of Octo- a7 oN: MILLER, I IHLLER, hE, 10-13 I Tn \y \ Pa. INOS. { P or ahontas, cpt. Sth, -—s merchants for tokens of tf Ask your trade. —~ > FEF FOR SALE! lon, iron safe, two show | one store truck. at Tre Stan office. io merchants A one-horse wag- cases and IFor particulars apply tf one for tokens of tf Ask your trade. - WANTED: — Traveling General | Agents, Nor to travel from town to town and employ agents | for a RELIABLE FIRM. $600.00 per year with all traveling and living expenses PAYABLE WEEKLY. Address, Joux: ©. WinsToN' & Co., 718.:to 724 Arch St; | Philadelphia, Pa. : tf. TO CANVASS, but —-— YES, WE CAN !—We can supply cuts any and all kinds of ad- | vertisements and job printing. Call at Pree Srik office and sce our large as- sortment of specimens. We | you cuts of nearly everything that ex- | ists and many things that do not exist. No matter what kind of a cut you want, | we can supply it at a very low price. suitable for can show -— Notice to Exchanges. Some of Tue Star's exchanges will i please take notice that our post-oflice | address is Elk Lick. Some of our ex- | changes are not being received regular- ly, on account of being addressed *‘Sal- isbury.” tf FEF SUMMONS BLANKS for sale i at THE Star orice. THE SrtARr, the Nickell Magazine and i the New York Weekly 7ribune, all one year for only $2.00, cash with order. By this arrangement you get a good coun- ty paper, a good city paper and a first- class illustrated magazine all at a trif- ling expense. Address all orders to | THE STAR, ¥l k Lick, Pa. CARTRIDGE TAPER !—The miners can-get enough Cartridge Paper for a | few cents, at Tie Star office, to last { | them for several months. One Minute Cough Cure, cures. That 1s what it was made for.
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