THE SOMERSET COUNTY STAR P. L. Livexcoon, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Postoflice at Elk Lick, Pa. ns mail matter of the Second class. TTT TT Subscrivtion Rates. THE STAR is published every Thursday, at Elk Lick, Somerset, Co., Pa., at the follow- ing rates: One year. if paid within 30 days If not paid within 30 days... .. Bix months, if paid within 30 da) If not paid within 30 days....... Fhree months, eash in advance Single copies Pade od To avoid multiplicity of small accounts, all subscriptions for three months or less must be paid in advance. These rates and rerms will be rigidly adhered to. Advertising Rates. TRANSIENT READING NOTICES, 10 conts a tine for first insertion; 5 cents a line for vach succeeding insertion. To regular ad- vertisers, 5 cents a line straight. No busi- ness locals will be mixed with local news items or editorial matter for less than 10 cents a line for each insertion, except on yearly contracts. RATES FOR DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS will be made know on application. PAID EDITORIAL PUFFS, invariably cents a line. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS at legal rates. MARRI..GE, BIRTH AND DEATII NOTICES, not exceeding fifteen lines, inserted free. All additional lines, 5 cents each. ; CARDS OF THANKS will be published free for natrons of the paper. Non-patrons will be charged 10 cents a line. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT will be pub- lished for 3 cents a line. All advertisements willbe runand charged tor until ordered discontinued. No advertisement w’ll be taken for less than 25 cents. 10 MNATLADN Is convinced that the best place to secure your presents for your friends is Miller & Collis. Neckwear, Collars, Cuffs, Sus- penders, Gloves, Mufflers, Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs, Collar Cuff Shirts, Buttons, Buttons, Hosiery, Umbrellas, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Satchels, and Slip- Men, High Soft-sole Ties, Capes, Shoes pers of all kinds, for Women and Children, Buttoned Overshoes, Shoes for Infants, ete. Give us a call. er & Collis, Leaders in Clothing, Meyersdale, Pa. LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. This is a regular old-fashioned win ter. The snow is deep and sleighing was never better. Dec. 27th there will be a total eclipse of the moon, but Tie SoMErseET County Star, will shine on, just the same. One of the strangest announcements ever printed in a newspaper appears in a Loaidon daily: “False teeth lent by the day, week or month.” Notices are up at Flog Pond warning all persons not to haul any ice from there without authority from M. II. Wagner, the owner’s agent. Three things too much and three too little are pernicious to man—to speak much and know little, to spend much and have little, to presume much and be worth little—Cervantes. teacher: “What is the lesson we draw from this war with Spain?” Little Willie Wiek- lemeper: “They ain't no lesson init fer us. © We're teachin’ Spain a lesson.’— Cleveland Leader. Sunday school are lo D. i. Ilay greets our readers with a | ad,” this week. lu new Mr. Hay reports a nice lunch and fresh oyster trade. but is after stil viz, he like all other hustlers he more business, aud like o'hers whe Fire Sr with get it. gdierii-e in { | Tne STAR'S editorial staff, | { | { ren Mr. J. H. Yost, of Roanoke; Va. ar- rived in Salisbury, Inst week. He wa on his way to see his mother, Mrs Henry Yost, of Garrett county, Md. who is very ill. Mrs. Yost is afflicted with dropsy, and it is feared that she is beyond recovery. Frank Wagner moved to Niverton, yesterday, where he will conduct’ a boarding house. We have not lesrned who will take his place as borough policeman, but we would recommend John O. Jonston, the fighting editor of Peter Meyers, the Garrett murderer, will be placed on trial in Somerset, next week, for the murder of Michael Carney and John Lenbart. Meyers has no hope of being acquitted, but spending his time reading the Bible and preparing to meet his God. Mr. T. W. Gurley, the well known Meyersdale jeweler, greets our readers with a large new “ad,” this week. Gurley carries an immense stock of jewelry and has also embarked in the book and stationery business. Mr. Gurley declares that he will not be un- dersold by anyone. is The Pittsburg special, a fast train on the Pennsylvania railroad, is hauled | by the heaviest fast passenger engine in the world. of the class L type, weighs 147,000 lbs.. has 80-inch drive wheels and on some stretches of road runs at an average of 70 miles an hour. R. M. Linton, editor of the Somerset Democrat, has been very ill for some time, suffering at intervals with hem- orrhages of the lungs. Last week it was feared that he would not recover; hut more favorable reports of his con- dition have since been given out. We wish Editor Linton a speedy recovery. John Rarden, of Philadelphia, com- pleted his week’s hunting trip with Levi Devore, on Saturday. Mr. Sarden iook with him to Philadelphia thirty pheasants, thirty-three rabbits, three gray squirrels and a gray fox. There seems to be game in this section—if you only know where.—Iyndman Bul- letin. A discovery has just been made which yearly will place millions in the pock- ets of the farmers of this country. The outer coat or shive of the cornstalk has veen made to produce a fine quality of paper and other printing stock, and the Marsden Development Co., of Rock- ford, I1l., is now engaged in putting the same on the market. above Iair- The build- point by the Railroad Company was a very wise act, as it not only shortened the distance and eliminated a bad curve, but pre- vented a great disaster which mighi have occurred during the use of the old eut.— Hyndman Bulletin. The cut on the B. & O. hope collapsed, last week. ing of the tunnel at that Thomas Fink, of Lawrence county. recently purchased some German hares and will undertake them for the market. Amishmen of Washing on township, in the same county, have raised hares for several years and fina ihe industry quite profitable. The: are larger and the meat is more palata ble than rabbit.—CGreenville Progress. to raise A young woman, but recently mar- ‘ied, found it necessary,a few days ago ‘0 purchase a sewing machine. She ‘ecollected that for years she had seen « machine advertised in the Ladies’ Tome Journal, to the pages of whicl he now turned and forthwith ordereu he machine. Keep everlastingly at it, ind returns are certain to come from judicious advertising. —Ix. The Brethren church has leased the “rank Wagner property for their par- sonage until April Ist, 1900. Dr. Mack- ey will remove the remainder of his household goods to the parsonage, to- morrow, and occupy the whole house. Jr. Mackey has agreed to remain with he Salisbury charge for the ecclesias- tical year ending April 1st, 1900. He was unanimously re-elected pastor, last Sabbath. The editor of the Hyndman Balletin wisely remarks that he could judge better of the weight of son.e of the porkers killed in that vicinity by see- ing some of the sausage. Our brother in Hyndman is right, and those who report the weight of their big hogs to the loeal editor ought always send a good mess of sausage along with the report ; not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. It should be remembered that every newspaper treasures up in its memory The monster engine is | the names of its friends and likewise of its enemies. It seldom if ever over- | looks an opportunity to assist the for- mer, but fever goes out of its way Lo | boost the later. Human nature pretty much the same everywhere People who show the newspaper men | kindness make a better invest- ment that more surely pays them a hundred fold sooner or later. — Fairbury (Neb) Enterprise. is never or one It seems to be a very general rule | with newspapers to capitaiiZe the word | “lieaven,” while its anthithesis, “hell,” | There | appears to be some philosophy under- | lying this. the newspaper | man thinks it best to leave the capital- | He many go there some time—on a visi, I | is writtengwith a’ small letter. Perhaps ization of the lower regions alone. | mean—and be able to capitalize the | . - ol whole ou: fit with dues collected from | elin quent subscribers, who have tak- heir abode there—J. M. Knight. up [& | tween Our genial friend John W. Ringler who has been advertising in Tug Sra ‘or several months, says his corl hau! ing trade has grown xo large that he was obliged to take.a partner into th business in order to supply the trad: I'he firm is now Ringler & Glotfeliy. and Tug Star will vouch for it thai they will serve their numerous custo mers promptly and satisfactorily. See their new “ad,” which appears where in this issue. They are hustlers and are noted for giving good measure. else- Constable Gilbert, of Somerset, last week went to Niverton and arrested two men on the charge of appropriat- ing another man’s clothing to theirown use. The men arrested came to Ni- verton from Listie, where the alleged theft was committed, and they claimed that when they left their boarding house they were under the influence of | spiritous, vinous and malt liquors, and that they packed a fellow boarder’s clothes in mistake. They promptly settled the matter and ere released from custody. Bob Burdettesays: “There are young men who do not work, my son, but the world is not pr ud of them. It does not know their names, even; it simply speaks of them as Old So-and-so’s boys Nobody likes them, nobody hates them ; the great busy world doesn’t even know that they are there. So find out what you want to be and do, and take off your coat and make a dust in the world. The busier you are the lessdeviltry you | will be apt to get into, the sweeter will be your sleep, the brighter and happier your holidays, and the better satisfied will the world be with you.” “May fire and tempest destroy our abiding place and robbers carry away our substance ; may plagues reduce our frame and Jersey ’skeeters suck our | blood ; may our cattle perish in a bliz- zard and our mules fall into a fit; may the tax-collector sell our swine and the | doctor fill us with calomel; may our daughters ran away with book agents and our sons be sent to the Legislature. Suffer all these things to come upon me, but O, Lord! deliver us from the slanderous tongue of a gossiping wom- an,” says Rispah, the Somerset Stand- ard’s Stoystown correspondent. It is said that no person need die of loekjaw if these directions are properly followed as soon the characteristic symptoms appear: Put hot wood ashes into water as hot as the patient can bear, and put the injured member into it. If the part injured cannot be put into the water, wet cloths in the water and apply them quickly. At the same time bathe the spine from the neck down with cayenne pepper and water, or with mustard and vinegar—any good laxative stimulant. It shonld be hot as the patient can bear it. Don’t stop work until the jaws relax, and don’t lose any time in getting to work when the first indications are noted. as as ~~ Constipation prevents the body from rid- ding itself of waste matter. De Witt’s ILiit- tle Barly Risers will remove the trouble and cure sick headache, biliousness, inac- tive liver and clear the complexion. Small, sugar coated, don’t gripe or cause nausea, P. S. Hay, Elk Lick, Pa. a Joneerning he Late Andrew Mull. The accounts of the finding of the ‘lead body of Mr. Andrew Mull, as they appeared in the various county papers, last. week, differ greatly, but we are pleased to note that one of Mr. Mulls ons told the editor of Thr Star that this paper’s account was nearer correct ‘han that of any other paper. The son also handed us the following data con- cerning the deceased and his family: Andrew Mull was the father of eight children, seven of whom are living. Ile had 31 grandchildren, of whom 23 are living, and 31 great grandchildren, of whom 21 are livitg His childrin are George, Henry and John Mull, of Coal Run; Peter, of Sand Patch; Mrs. R. A. Winter and Mrs. Staub, of Coal Run, and Mrs. Bittner, of Garrett. Deceased was upwards of 75 years old and served three years, 10 months and 17 days as a Union soldier in the war of the Rebellion. survives him. RT When vou ask for De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve don’t aceept a counterfeit or imita- tion. There are more cases of Piles being cured by this, than all others combined. IP. 8S. Hay, Elk Lick, Pa. — Brakeman R. K. Showalter Killed. Robert K. Showalter, who for a leng time had been in the employ of the B. O. railroad as brakeman, running most of the time on the branch, was given a run last Friday be- Salisbury Junction snd Cuam- berland. He was making his first trip ton the new run, last I‘riday, and when descending the Patch, coupling Showalter was on of Mr. section of steep grade east broke. the rear Sand a the train at the time, and as the engine slowed up the front section, but had no sooner landed than the jar knocked him from the top of a car to the ground, killing | At any rate this is the | affair as reported to! him instantly. account. of THE Srar. The body was sent to Salisbury for the burial, and on Sunday the funeral ser-! vices were held at St. John’s Lutheran | | ehurch, conducted by Rev. Collins, of Meyersdale, and the remains of poor His aged wife | Salisbury | to cateh it, he jumped to | ‘Bob” were Inid to rest in the Odd Fel- Lavs’ eemetery. Deceased leaves a wife and one voung laughter to mourn their loss. The af- one, and the be- reaved friends and relatives have the vmpathy of all. Mr. Showalter was thout 88 years of age and was married o Mary, the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs. Henry DeHaven, of this bor- ough “air was indeed a sad i Soothing healing, cleansing, De Witt’ Witeh Hazel Salve is the implacable ene- my of sores, burns and wounds. [It never fils to cure piles. PLS. Hay, Elk Lick, Pa. = Se Good Showing for the Knights of the Maceabees. Pennsylvania Taswurance Department, Harriseora, Dee. 3, 1898. | The Knights of the Maccabees of the { World, located at Port Huron, Mich- igan, is registered in this office | fraternal beneficial society. Its report Ito the Department for 1897 shows: Total income, $1,476.517.76. Expenditures, $£1.341,071.15, of which $1.135,886.36 was paid to mem- | bers in claims. Total admitted assets,.. Liabilities, Surplus Dec. 30, 1897... .. Respectfully, Jas. IT. LAMBERT, Insurance Commissioner. i — as a $ 577.0285 195,651.65, 381,376.87. A cough is not like a fever. have to run a certain course. Cure it quick- lv and effectually with One Cure, the best remedy for all ages and for the most severe cases. We recommend it because it’s good. P. S. Hay, Elk Lick, Pa. — > Miner Killed at Niverton. Michael Muha, a native of Austria, who worked on the night shift at | Niverton mine, was instantly killed by | a fall of roof coal, last Saturday night, near the mid-night hour. Deceased was about 32 years of age, married, and a wifa and one child in his The funeral took nlaco on Monday, at St. Michael’s Catholic church, in West Salisbury. RE - because of the failure to keep on hand a safe nnd absolutely certain cure for croup, such as One Minute Cough Cure. See tbat your little ones are protected against emer- gency. ‘1%. 8S. Hay, Elk Lick, Pa. - ~~ Farmers’ Institute. Dee. 13th, 14th and 15th a farmers’ Dee. 15th, 16th and 17th sessions of the same kind will be held at Tlooversville. These institutes will be held under the auspices of the State Department of interesting programs will be rendered. Able speakers will be present and many subjects will be thoroughly and ably discussed. Late to bed and early to rise, prepares a man for his home in the But early to bed and a Little Karly Riser, the pill that makes life longer and better and wiser. P. 8S. Hay, Elk Lick, Pa. Sl ee SCHOOLS OF THE STATE. Supt. N. C. Schaeffer Reports on the Progress of Public Instrue- tion. In his annual report to Governor Hastings, Professor N. (. Schaeffer, superintendent of public instruction, says the statistics indicate healthy growth in the Pennsylvania system of i public schools. Comparatively few dis- | tricts have availed themselves of the re- skies. cent library legislation. Voluntary eon- ing interest in good literature on the gret is indirectly expressed that, in spite of the liberality of the State, in the cause of elementary and higher ed- ucation, no appropriations have been made to foster township high schools. With regard to the new method of dis- tributing the school appropriation of $5,5000,000 annually, the superintend- ent says: “In most cases the increase in the amount received” occurred in which the average per school (not school house) was and stilltis lower than in the districts which suffered a decrease. Moreover, the average cost per pupil is still larger than in the dis- | tricts which heretofore profited so ! largely from the State’s bounty. The northern tier of counties has I distribution. Tt still gives the more per teacher than the rural dis- tricts, and thus continues to favor the | tion requires an annual increase in the ' number of teachers and the erection | poses.” the schools is predicted as the result of | the law making attendance compulsory | {upto the age of 16 in the case of the | unemployed, and in the case of others up to the age of 13. giene to be taught with special refer- { ence to the influence of stimulants and | “The great- | narcotics is commended. est enemy of boyhood,” says Professor of intemperance which burt childhood most are intemperance in eating, in | taste. It does not | Minute Cough | | hunter. | his native | country are left to mourn his death. | Many a houschold is saddened by death | institute will be held at Ursina, and on Agriculture, and at both places very | tributions, however, answer the same | purpose as taxes and indicate a grow- | patrons and friends of the schools. Re- | been greatly helped by the new method of | cities | communities whose increase in popula- | { mains were sent to his home in The law requiring physiology and hy- | Schaeffer, “is the cigarette.” The forms | playing, in working, océnsionally in resting. Hence. while instruction given on the effects of strong drink temperance in all things shonld be a fundamental law of hy- is taught “as giene.” - Overcome evil with good. coughs and colds with One Minute Couch Care. It is so good children cry for it. It cures croup, bronchitis, pneumonia, grippe and all throat and lung disease, 1. 8, lk Lick, Pa. — > Have Reason to Feel Proud. Berlin Record. One of the men who is going to com- | mand a leading influence when the lLeg- | H. | convenes is our William This is evidenced by the fact that he is looked upon one of the ablest men in the State that his name figures a great deal in the spee- ulation, with the for Speaker of the at islature Koontz. as and to House reference us at Washington. Somerset countians may feel proud of having to represent them a man of the strength resent | and ability of Gen. Koontz. i A The sooner a couch or cold is cured with- [out harm to the sufferer the hetter, Linger- ing colds are dangerous, Hacking cough is distressing. One Minute Cough (lure quick- | ly cures it. Why suffer when cure is within reach? It is pleasant P. 8. Hay, Elk Lick, Pa. Ri ie dd An Aged Nimrod. Huntingdon Globe. Daniel Africa is Huntingdon’s oldest He is past 86 years of age and | | has been a successful hunter and trap- | | per all his life. ling : | tramped to the top of Warrior ridge, the | he shouldered his trasty gun, and before noon was again in Hunting- don with an immense wild turkey on back, which about five miles from The aged nimrod went. out hunting alone, and the trip, he says, did not tire him in the least. he shot town. tm ~ cure, cures. mode {or. One Minute Cough That is what vas An English Curiosity. | Hull (Eng.) Publicity. The following funeral eard was issued | at Retford. INTERRED AT RETFORD CEMETERY, September 7, 1908. HERE lies, in a horizontal position, the out-. side case of : CHARLES HUDSON, (lock and Watch Maker, who departed this life, wound up in hand by his Maker, and being thoroughly clean- ed, repaired, and world to On the 4th day of September, 1893, In the 73d year of his age. hone of being taken in set agoing in the come ——— Minute €ough Cure, cure t tat iy what it was made for. — = a. = Forgot His Acquired Language. Pittsburg Times. Christian Kolhauss, a German, of Bessemer terrace, North Braddock, could speak and write both German and English a few months ago. Now he not only knows nothing of English, but he has forgotten that he ever did understand it. Ie received a blow on the head some months ago by being struck by a bicyele in Iarris- burg. Except for his loss of English, he is mentally apparently as well as ever. Ilis right arm has, however, be- come useless. a DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles, Scalds, Burns. . Sa Process for Coloring Eyes. New York Sun. A process has been invented by which eyes may be colored to suit the taste of their owner. The result is accomplish- ed by the injection of some liquid into i the eye, behind the pupil, and it is said ae that the operation is absolutely harm- in distriets | less. The experiment has been tried in Paris, and pale blue eyes were trans- formed to deep violet orbs in asecond’s time, with no apparent injury to the patient. SE DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, The famous tir tle pills. Boynton. Dec. 5th.—Mr. William Doney is erect- ing a tenement house on Side street. Mrs. Edward Atkinson, of Greens- burg, Pa., attended the funeral of her | brother, 12. K. Showalter. | of additional- edifices for school pur- | Mrs. Clevenger, of Meyersdale, was : : | the guest of her sister, Mrs. A.J. Thom- Better representation of children at | | | as, over Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Robert Engle, who was employed in the Rowe mine, was killed instantly last week, by fall Ilis re- Vest- a of coal. moreland county. Mr. W. IH. Engle has returned from Somerset, where he was attending the Teachers’ Institute. Mr. and Mrs. IY. O. Livengood, who spent several weeks on their farm at Boynton, have returned to their home | in Somerset. Tom Boy. y | Overcome your! choice | Harris- | burg and United States Senator to rep- | such n couch | to the Last Saturday morn- | severe | laine $3.00 Solid Silver Watches, ——i01 $1.00 Solid Gold Rings, 50 t cent Spectacles and 25-cent Sterling Silver Noveliies, TOW. GU RLY, | Meversdale, Pa. i Ladies Hay, | Wraps and Dress Goods can be bought cheaper than anvwhere else in the county at Harr- LEY'S REeviasre Cas STORY, MEYERSDALL,. Penna. Men and Boys can buy Overcoats and Suits cheaper at Hart- ley’s Reliable: Cash Store -than any place else in the county. An immense stock to lect from. = Lverybodyz= se- | an buy everything in | the line of Fine Drv Goods at astonishingly | low prices at HARTLEY s REL1ABLE CASH STORE, MEYERSDALE, PENNA. / 3 FTP A BIG CLUB. I Cut this out and return to us with $1.00 and we'll send the following postage prepaid. VERMONT FARM JOURNAL YR. NEW YORK WEFRKLY TRIBUNE AMERICAN POULTRY ADVOCATE THE GENTLEWONMANI YR. f MARION HARLANID'S COOK BOOK. | TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM. |All For $1. Regular Cost $4.00. {| This combination fills a family need. Two | farm papers for the men—The *Goentlewornn- an” an Jdeal paper for the ladics—N. Y. | Weekly Tmibune for all—Marion Harland’s I Cook Book with 300 pages and 1.0600 practical | recipes for the wife, and the hook, “Ten Nights ina Bar Room.” the grentest tem- i perance novel of the age. A two cent stamp brings samples of papers and our great clubbing list. IN. v IYR. Vermont Farm Journal, Y¥, 1. PAC Ty 668 Main St. UBL SHH 1 WILMING ONIN, \ Ar Public Notice. Notice is hereby given to all persons not to purchase from Harvey J. Baugh- i man, or any other person, any property now on my farms occupied or used by said Harvey J. Baughisan, in Brothers- { valley township, Somerset county, Pa., { and any person purchasing the same or Lany part thereof will do so at his peril. fe J. Gi. Garvie. | i. | H&F Jarrett, the Jeweler, is a thor- { ough master of his trade. him a trinl. Located at the Racket Store. 12-8 Give Plaining Mill For Rent. I hereby offer my »laning mill for rent. It is the only pining mill in the thriving town of Salisbury. A good chance for the right party. Call on or address, H. Il. Rerrz, 12-8. Elk Lick, Pa. M&F Call on Jarrett, the jeweler, at the Racket Store. Ile wants your trade. 12-8 Ll -—~ Notice to Exchanges. | Some of Tue Star's exchanges will I - . + | please take notice that our post-oftice | address is Elk Lick. Some of our ex- | changes are not being received regular- ly, on account of being addressed *“Sal- isbury.” tf M&F Jarrett, the Jeweler, guarantees {all his work. Call gn him at the Rack- et Store. 12-8 I M&F SUMMONS BLANKS for sale at Tne Star office. — > | FOR SALE !—Several gross Braham Patent Pens. These pens are a new invention and an excellent thing. By their use blctting is an impossibility ani one penful of ink will write an or- dinary letter. They save ink, save time and avoid blots. They last twice as { long as other pens. We have them in stubs and all other styles. Will close them out at 15 cents per dozen. Reg- ular price is 25 cents per dozen. Try them and you will use no other. Law- yers, ministers and clerks buy them by i the gross. You can get them at Tue Star office. — Tie Star, the Nickell Magazine and the New York Weekly Tribune, 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 Tue Star, Elk Lick, Pa. i Ture Star and the Nickell Magazine, both one year for only $1.50, eash with order. fully illustrated, and its contributors are among the best writers in the coun- try. Address all orders to Tue Stan, Elk Lick, Pa. | | The Nickell Magazine is beauti- et AGENTS ON SALARY OR COMMIS- SION: The greatest agents’ seller ever pro- duced; every user of pen and ink buys it on sight; 200 to S00 per cent. profit; one agent’s sales amounted to $620 in six days; another $32 in two hours. If looking for profitable business write at. once. Mouroec Mfg. Co. La Crosse, Wis LLraser
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