VOLUME 1V.
WD OVWOoVODTD 2
We are now better preprared to
meet the wants of our customers
than at any time before, as we have
on hand a complete stock of every-
thing belonging to a first-class
Furniture Store.
EMEMBER, »
on-hand |
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No old shop-worn o
had goods. Everything now and |
up-to-date. |
5 Ng TN —\ — |
SPECIALTIESL.,
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Couches, $5.75; rideboards, S10.-
$518.00;
always
00; Parlor Suites,
sold at prices that
our customers.
TRY US and be your own judge,
and let us C U B A customer of
Ours.
Johnson & McCualloh,
FLK LICK, PENNA.
LEW GOODS —
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Chairs |
pleases |
[ nia than any other state.
‘ported the whole Republican ticket if
Rev. Dr. LyMax Apporr, owing to
failing health, resigned his charge as
pastor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn,
last Sunday. Abbott was the ( bo.
or of the eloquent, Ienry Ward Beech-
er. and like Beecher he has ever been
a very liberal-minded man. He
has always been outspoken against
narrow-minded prejudice, and to such
men belongs the credit of making
the world better and more enlightened.
The world will advance and become
su ASS -
better as intolerance bigotry and super- |
stition is blotted out.
Tur League of American ‘\sheelmen
now has more members in Pennsylva-
For a long
time New York was the banner I. A.
{ coming century.
W. state, but Pennsylvania, according |
to Secretary Bassett’s last report, now |
leads the Empire state by 115 mem- |
bers. One of the principal objects of |
the I.. A. W. is to secure legislation for |
the building and maintaining « f od |
and substantial roads. Along this line |
the organization has been doing much |
good in some of the states,and nowhere
is there more room for road improve- |
ment than in Pennsylvania. The L. A.
W. is a good thing; help it along.
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Tie Somerset Herald last week tried |
to make people believe that the old |
{ Scull gang voted solidly for Hicks, two
| years ago, and that the anti-Scull fac-
tion voted solidly for Thropp. What a
fool The ma-
jority of both factions voted for Hicks, !
two years ago, as “Timmie” well knows. |
“Timmie” is, anyhow!
{ But this year it was different, and at !
| the last election
Mr. Thropp had the
solid support of the anti-Scull faction,
| while many of the old Scull gang voted |
| for and worked for the Democratic can- |
| didate.
I heelers were working for the Democrat- |
| ic candidate all day in Salisbury and
| Elk Lick, as all men Lere know, and it
18 believed that they did so under pri- | ing business conditions, the revolutions |
| vate instructions from their boss. “Tim- |
A number of the old Scull |
mie” Scull can pretend that he sup-
lire wants to, but the people will believe
as much of it as they please. “Tim-
mie” is a great pretender, but his ae- |
tions do not accord with his words. |
There is such a thing as pretending to
{be loyal to a candidate and secretly |
We have largely increased our stock of goads and
-are better prepared than ever to
ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC.
We want vour trade and we will do our best to
make it profitable and interesting for you to do
business with us. 3
Our. Shoe.” Department
is full of MEN'S; LADIE’S, CHILDREN’S and
SCHOOL SHOES; MENS’, LADIE’S and CHIL-
DREN’S RUBBERS and ARCTICS.
UNDERWEAR
for everybody and a full line of MEN'S and BOYS’
FALL and WINTER CLOTHING.
Very Respectfully,
Barchus& 1 avengood,
Salisburv, Penna.
WATCHES! ~
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The Cook Jewelery store has the
largest line of Watches in the
county, in all sizes and makes,
from the five-year to the thirty-
year cases.
Should You Desire
a high grade movement, I call your attention to the
new Hamilton R. R. movement, 17-jeweled, adjusted
to heat and cold 18 and 16 sizes. Finest and cheap-
est line of STERLING SILVER NOVELTIES.
- Rings, Chains, Bracelets,
Guards, Pins, ete. We have the finest display of ribgs
for ladies and gentlemen (Opals) and can furnish Dfa-
monds at a big discount.
H. M. Cook,
Jeweler and Graduate Opteian,
MEY ERSDALE, PA.
Center St.,
{and
contest the election. | It
i that the anti-Quay condidates were the
i tion.
| ordered in a supply of Barker liniment,
| Just
supporting him with a knife, and “Tim- |
mie” knows how it is done.
MacuiNe exhibits have been billed
for Chester, Lackawanna, Montgomery, !
Blair and other counties,with the open-
{ing in Chester. There a majority of the
voters elected
the
anti-Quay
machine
legislators,
determined to
not denied
has
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choice of the people, but the Quayites |
claim the people had no right to vote |
for men whose names were on the bal-
lots more than twice, and that when
they were voted for the election offi-
cers had no right to aggregate their
votes. In other words they claim that
the people had no right to elect anti-
Quay legislators when Quay was a can-
didate for the Senate, and this is Quay-
ism pure and simple. The Chester coun-
ty machinists are not so resourceful as
those of Somerset county, else they
would have nipped the will of the peo-
ple in the bud by calling off the elec-
If they had done this and then
they would have had the’ pesky anti-
Quayites foul, and they would have
been spared the present exhibition.
what effect this liniment would |
have where only a part of the people |
are to be disfranchised we do not know, |
but for wholesale purposes it has a repu-
tation.—Somerset Standard.
A Century of Development.
Pittsburg Times.
The Twentieth century would be the
one to live in if it were possible for the
individual to have a pick. The world
has moved ahead just far enough that
civilization and_development can now
begin in earnest. It is to be the cen-
tury of great things and of new forces.
The Siberian railroad which Russia is
already constructing through Asia is
one of the big engineering schemes
that will mark the beginning of the
century. The French cabinet has just
authorized a loan of 160,000,000 francs
to establish an Indo-Chinese system of
railroads that shall connect with the
Chinese roads. In Africa, Great Brit-
ain is pushing her railroad system
northward from the Cape, until it is
nearly in the heart of the continent
now, while France, to hold her grip on
the vast new field, is projecting an east
and west railroad through the middle
of the Soudan. Already American
capital has been associated with a long
railroad in the eastern part.of China.
The Nicaragua ofinal is among the
probabilities of the new century, while
i ture.
I complishing good
| right, and everything will depend upon |
the organization of the next House of |
in the United States Navy,according to |
| would be surely averted
the canals that are to be built in Eu-
rope will make navigation possible in
the heart of Russia.
The territory that will be opened to
commerce and development by the
schemes already outlined will be be-
yond conception, as the results will
also. And what is the most remarkable
is that some of the projected railroads
will be built. It is doubtful if any sec-
tion of the globe will be inaccessible in |
50 years more, and when distance shall
be thus annihilated nothing is too won- |
1898.
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leaders to an organization of the body
in the interest of the people. They
cannot do it by passive opposition or
perfunctory protest. They can do it
only by declaring that if the Republi-
can party will not organize the House
[in the interest of reform, the reform
{ members of the House of every politi-
| cal faith must do it themselves. The
only way to plant the next Legislature
i squarely on the basis af respect for the
popular will, is to start right.
derful to predict for the first half of the |
Treachery Exposed.
Philadelphia Press.
The figures showing the vote for Gov-
ernor and for Congress in the Twenty- |
W. | Ee he :
| condition to“relinquish Cuba and to !
| cede Porto Rico, Galtm and the Philip- |
not |
protests, but because |
next |
step will be to adjust other questions, |
| such as the acquisition of a naval sta- |
seventh Distriet, where Charles
Stone was defeated by the demagogue
Sibley, are most significant.
it by counties: —
Governor.
WW. A Ch
Congress.
NM
A. ; |
Counties... Stone. Jenks. Stone. Sibley. |
H30
2425
5098
4518
10071
849
3546
3969
3434
Hb
3906
3498
Cameron
EcKean........337
Warren......... 3933
Venanfifo ......4091
Totals. ,... 12151 11793 1403
While W. A. Stone. for Governor, had
a plurality in the district of 2080, C.W.
Stone, for Congress, was beaten by 2236.
| This is a conspicuous display of treach-
ery that will be long remembered.
START RIGHT AT HARRISBURG.
High Compliment to One of the As-
semblymen-elect from Somer-
set County.
| Philadelphia Times.
While scores of thousands of Penn-
| sylvania Republicans voted the party.
| State ticket from necessity rather than
| from choice, because of fear of disturb-
wrought in many of the Legislative
districts clearly indicate that the peo-
i ple ot this State demand thorough and
practical reform from the next Legisla-
How is it to be accomplished?
The way to make a certainty of ac-
results is to start
Representatives. Tf it shall be organ-
ized in the interest of faction or of in-
dividual
power, the discreditable rec-
ord of the last Legislature would more
than likely be repeated. If
organized squarely in the interest of
reform, unwise or profligate legislation
The people
are in earnest on this issue, and if the
Legislature shall fail to meet their
wishes the Republican party must suf- |
fer immeasurably.
The best way to organize the IHouse
would be for the Republican leaders of |
i all shades to select a member who com-
bines the highest character and ability
to fill the Speaker’s chair. Who that
man is could not be a matter of dispute.
William HH. Koontz of Somerset, is un-
questionably the foremost man of the |
body. He is not only without "his peer
in intellectual force,but hiswell-known
integrity and courage would at once
settle all doubts as to an honest organ-
ization of the committees, on the basis
of the respective merits of the mem-
bers, and thus assure prompt and faith-
ful action on every question brought
before the body.
General Koontz is a Republican elee- |
ted on the regular Republican ticket to |
which he gave his support from Gov-
ernor to Auditor, and it should be the
pride of the Republican leaders to de-
ganize the House on a basis that could
not fail to command the confidence of
every good citizen.
If the Republican leaders shall re-
fuse to organize the louse by the dis-
tinet recognition of ability, integrity
and devotion to reform, the friends of
reform should organize the House
themselves The Republican leaders
have every opportunity to do it, and if
they shall refuse, it would be a chal-
lenge to the reform sentiment of the
State to meet the issue in the crucial
battle for the control of the House in
‘ the interests of machine politics or in
the interests of the people.
If the Democrats are to be a respect-
ed party with any hope of successful
battles in the future, they must stand
as solid as the walls of Gibraltar in
favor of State reform and be ready to
give a solid vote to attain the result.
If they are to be mere hewers of wood
and drawers of water for machine lead-
[ ers, as were many of the Democrats in
the last Legislature, they must end all
claim to popular respect for the Demo-
cratic organization of the State.
We believe that there are quite
Happy the child who |
| is young enough to live io see what this |
| period hasin store.
We give |
6069 !
it shall be |
SPAIN YIELDS.
{ All of “Uncle Sam’s” Demands Com-
plied With.
The treaty of peace with Spain is now
completed.
I Sam's” offer of $20,000,000,and at a joint
| session of the Peace (Commissions, last
Monday afternoon, consented without
pine Islands:
made
The concession
without
{Spain can fight no longer.
was
The
| tion in the Caroline Islands, ete.
Now that it is all over, one can not
help but feel a certain amount of pity
| for the poor deluded people of old tot-
tering, staggering Spain. - It was a
| spectacle for gods and men to see such
| a puny, ignorant, superstitious nation |
to resist by force of arms the just de-
| mands of a great nation like the Uni- |
Spain’s honor, which the |
ted States.
Dons imagined they had to defend, was
only imaginary hoaor, for that coun- |
try never kncw what real honor meant. |
Anglo-Saxon people are revolu- |
tionizing the world, and to this people |
debt of |
Before this people supersti- |
The
the world owes its
| gratitude.
greatest
tion, tyranny, ignorance and intoler-
ance have been melting away as snow
beneath the rays of the noontide sun.
Anglo-Saxon blood is the enlightening
force of the world, and to have this
blood in your veins is more to be de-
sired than to occupy a throne and tyr-
anize over an ignorant people like the
Spanish.
Somerset County Mcn Honored.
a late Washington dispateh two Somer-
set county men were among those hon-
ored by promotion, as follows:
Captain Henry F. Picking from Cap-
tain to Commodore, and Chester MM,
Knepper from a‘Junior Lieutenant to
Lieutenant
Somerset county is honored by these
promotions, and in behalf of the county |
Tie Star extends congratulations.
An Electric Man.
Wyalsuing Rocket.
Near Vestal there lives a remarkable
| freak, Henry Longman. Three years |
| ago, during a storm, he was engaged in
| gathering tan-bark, when the tree from
| :
lightning, Longman receiving a severe
{ shock. It transformed him into a gen-
| uine eleetric man. Anyone who shakes
{ hands with him now receives a noticea- |
[ :
| ble shock.By passing the blade of a knife |
| between his thumb and finger during
| the progress of a storm he charges the
| metal so strongly that heavy weights
{ can be lifted.
him they drop dead, and when he is in
like incandescent
{and his shine
lights.
eyes
electricity. and is dangerous to touch.
Ile claims to feel no inconvenience, ex-
{ cept that he will not go near a moving
locomotive for fear of being drawn
against it and Killed.
Engin: 717 Elopes.
B. & O. engine No. 717 needs watch-
ing. She has a habit of running off
without her master that gets her into
{ trouble, and sometimes into the river.
This happened Sunday night. While
| sbe was standing on the ash siding in
the lower yards near the Sodom shops,
| she suddenly took it into her head to
| get a move on, and she did. She pulled
| out, and before any person could get
| on board, she headed straight for the
end of the siding, which terminates on
jn little bluff, twelve feet above the
{ Youghiogheny river. With a devilish
{ tilt of her tender she leaped off the end
|
Connellsville Courier.
|
|
|
| of the siding down into the water and |
at the bot- |
tom. The coal continued to run down |
into her fire box from the tilted tender, |
buried her nose in the mud
|
making her Steve Brodie leap. Work-
| men have been getting “No. 717, Elop-
| er,” back on the track in pieces.
That is what it was made for.
Spain has accepted “Uncle |
Among the promotions recently made |
which he was taking it was struck by |
When flies alight upon |
a dark room sparks flash from his flesh |
Whenever a storm approaches, |
{ Longman becomes highly charged with |
mand for State reform by making Gen- |
eral Koontz the nominee of the Repub- |
i lican eaucus for Speaker and thus or:
and she didn’t want to stop even after |
NUMBER 45.
How to Tell an Oyster’s
Age.
Fishing Gazette.
He who wishes may find out the exact
age of an oyster, though he has not the
telltale evidence in teeth. The lines in
the groove of the hinge of the shell tell
the whole story, each line representing
a year. An eyster is of age at four
years—that is, he is old enough to vote.
take care of a family and go to market.
Going to market is a disastrous under-
taking, for a four-year old oyster is
particularly palatable. By this it must
not be supposed that after an oystér has
passed the four-layer period, and has
five, six or even 10 wrinkles on his
shell, he is a back number. Indeed,
there are records of oysters being eat-
{en just after celebrating their 30th
birthday, and in most cas~s they form-
ed a delicious meal. Thirty is an un-
usual®age for an oyster to attain, be-
cause few are given an opportunity to
live fo long. If left to anjoy life in his
own way, it is quite probable that the
oyster would become an octogenarian
or even a centenarian. Capt. Coch-
rane on his last trip to Fulton market,
| New York, brought in an oyster found
| is believed to be at
in his beds that
| least 35 years old.
| Law Governing Hunting and Gun-
ning in Maryland.
As there are many Pennsylvanians
who hunt game in Maryland and are
not familiar with the Maryland laws,
we reproduce the following from the
Acts of 1892, pages 874-875. :
Srerioy 136.—Every person who shall
upon any pretense whatever, come te
hunt with gun or dog upon the lands of
another, without leave ‘or license from
the owner or possessor thereof first had
and obtained, shall for every such of-
fense, forfeit and pay to the party ag-
grieved the sum of $5,to be recovered
before a justice of the peace in the
name of the State; and in default of
payment of fine, shall be committed to
the county jail for not more then twen-
[ty days, nor less than one day. this sec-
{ tion not to apply to Dorcester, Harford
| and Talbot eounties.
How to Cure Meats.
t E.M. Todd, of Virginian, whose cured
| hams have given his product a reputa-
tion that sells them whenever offered,
| gives the following description of his
| method of curing.
1. The hams are placed in a tray of
{ fine Liverpool salt, then the flesh sur-
{ face is sprinkled with finely ground,
| erude saltpetre, until the hams are so
white as though covered with moderate
| frost—or say use three or four pounds
of the powdered satpetre to the thou-
sand pounds of green hams.
| 2. After applying the saltpetre, im-
| mediately salt with the Liverpool fine
i salt, covering well the entire surface
Now pack the hams in bulk, but not in
i pile more than three feet high. In or-
|dinary weather the hams should re-
main thus for three days.
3. Then break bulk and resalt with
fine The hams thus salted and
resalted should now remain in salt in
bulk one day for each and every pound
each ham weighs; that is, a ten-pound
salt.
“ham should remain ten days, and in
['such proportion of time for larger and
smaller sizes.
4. Next you wash it in tepid water
funtil the hams are thoroughly cleaned,
and, after partially drying, rub the en-
{tire surface with finely ground black
pepper.
5. Now the hams should be hung in
the smoke house, and this important
"operation begun. The smoking should
be very gradually and slowly done,
| lasting thirty or forty days.
After the hams are cured and
smoked, they shold he repeppered to
guard against vermin, and then bag-
ged. These hams are improved with
age, and the Todd hams are in perfec-
tion when one year old. —Ex.
.
- Then and Now.
Country Publisher.
Newspapers are a great convenience
to men and women. Formerly when
an article was wanted a trip to the
store was necessary in order to ascer-
‘tain if the commodity was in stock and
if the price was suitable. Now a glance
at the advertising columns direct a man
where to make his purchases and he
loses no time in finding a merchant to
supply his wants. At one time men
came to ask of a merchant what he had,
but now a‘merchant must tell the peo-
ple what he has. This has been ac-
complished by the newspaper, it being
| the best means of communication.
CARTRIDGE I APER !'—The miners
can get enough Cartridge Paper for a
few cents, at Tue Star office, to last
them for several months.