Public Nofice of Application for Charfer. In the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset ounty. THE SOHERSE? COUNTY JR P.1.1a hereby vExGoop, Editor and Publisher. | i { given that an applica- | . said Court on the February, 1800, at 10 o'clock, &. under the “Act to provide for the inc or Elk Lick, Pa. Rates. «very Thursday, s Pa. at the foliow- | ion Subscript po tion to be C: Union, N¢ "oc he ne “of Windb ip, So merset county, Pennsy ct of which i in dys ance ir families, in ¢ of sick- Lio pnbold, preserve in tact altiphi ity of sinall aceon {rine of the Holy 1s for three x ths t these pur- yo 1 11 the CBERKEY, Solicitor. Administratrix’ s Notiee. n, late of Lari- wunty, Pa., de- ith Li news | e ag h ably 10 Lk know on 3p HR end AL PUFFS, tion. inv by given to all persons indebted tos to make immed wing claims inst the same to pay you to visit our Clearance § ued. 1 | buy at reduced prics. ent will be taken for less of Eirx Lick Sceeny Co. The S for only $1 90, cash in advance. ~~ cash in For only $2 .00, only $1.90, cash with order. three times a week is better average daily newspaper. orders to Tur Srar. Elk Lick, EE CONCERT !—The Musical Con vention at the Reformed Church num 0lsl< > Pa. During the February we offer-our en- tire line of Coats at one- Cr =) Concert in the church, on month of of Prof. GC. C. Care. children 15 cents. fF 0UR OFFER this week on * ® Coats and Capes dies’ Coat Suits Admission, cents; 1t half price, as follows: kersey Coats, lined - ~- ~ . i 1 throughout, former price | Miners Wanted! ps and many little articles o price °S, L.K Lick Screrny Co, Hat Black and blue kersey | fered tf Coats, seams, elegantly at reduced strapped lined, former oi be. run on February and thinness of hull, stands at the head of them all’ Price per bushel, 60 cents. 10 bushels or more, 5 Anyone desiring c these oats at S. A. also have Two A 1 » Meyersdale, Pa. n see a Licliliter’s N. B. Ke, Elk Lick, WONDERFUL SOUVENIRS FREE. This place continues to be | 2.03 Pa. headquarters for Tender Steak, of nex Respectfully C. WALL, yours, ER s tively illustrated booklet of size; co ining the gre story ever written by Salisbury, Pa. Q elec tiv : (zaborlau. bright boy to write for the agency. 1 « ss than Iv | . nati for de i o 1 ers of adminis tration on the above es- ont : { tate haviy wen ted to the under RAT rs Fo DISPLAY ADVER rs | hed by the proper hour notice d | aged nearly 63 years. 1te payment, and Sale and Semi- Weekly Detroit Free Press, and Tue Star—both papers one year— t advance, you ——— Tne Star and the Thrice-a-Week New York Werld, both one year for The World than the Address all bers 60 voices, and will give a grand Saturday night of this week, under the dire ction C 7 - - Houses to Rent! % 50 we BOF Wanted by the Continental Coa ¢.0U, NOW o.( 0 Comy a number of good miners. : We also “have a number of comfortabl Ladies’ tan and blue | houses to rept) 2 miners. Address ‘oats. brai rimmed. W. W. Spawnax, t oats, bi id (38 ed Supt. Continental Coal Co., - former price 8.00, now tf Meyersdale, Pa. 4.00. FA ALWAYS REMNANTS, Shoes, ( Wid-Winter Excursions to Wash- 15th and Apri the White Shonen In lots of cents per bushel. ample of in attrac- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson, of Meyersdale, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Jeffery, last Sunday. Messrs. J. I. Barchus and J. L. Beachy are enjoying a visit from a | number of their McKeesport friends, | this week. | Miss Cora Keim, who for several weeks had been visiting friends at Elk- ins and Burlington, W. Va., returned home last Saturday. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is un- | equ aled for piles, injuries and skin dis- eases. It is the original Witeh Hazel I: Salve. Beware of all counterfeits. Sold | by medicine dealers. | Next Tuesday our borough election | taKes place. Republicans, do your i: duty, and don’t pay any attention to he soreheads who are out year rying to defeat the most parts of your ticket. { every t important Moses Trent, a well known resident of Somerset, died last Friday evening, Mr. Trent was an old soldier, having been a member Sents'n line. . | ent then duly authenticated for settle- 5.5 ; ) ) 2g t S f the famous 54th regiment of Penn- ¥ AL Al Ta MENTS 1 Js gal rat | ment at late re 4 \f decensed, on Sat- ( 1 : 8 hot ex . | urday, Febru i¢ sylvania volunteers. AL additio = ELIZABETH BAUGHMAN, z CARDS oF THANKS will he aplishod free Administratrix, Geo. Barbe, Mendota, Va. says Hor patrons of the Non-patrons will r= mest EL “Nothing did me so much good as Ko- . £21F YOU ARE IN NEED of a| dol Dyspepsia Cure. One dose reliev- pecT Will be pub- | Q iETr Clothes or an Overcoat, it will | ed me, a few bottles cured me.” It di- and always cures medicine dealers. gests what you eat dyspepsia. Sold by The Hyndman Bulletin says: Pros- pectors have struck a rich vein of coal 4 miles from Wellersburg, at Gladdens, Somerset county, which measures five feet four inches. In consequence the dianapolis, Ind., where she had been in a hospital taking treatment for some stomach trouble. We have not learned whether she was benefited by treat- ment, but hope that she was. WW. 8. Philpot, Albany, Ga, says, “De- Witt’s Little Early Risers did me more good than any pills T ever took.” The - | famous little pills for constipation, bil- iousness and liver and bowel trouble. Sold by medicine dealers. Sl = san get the New York Thrice-a-Week people in that section are much elated. Trbans, and Tun Sth oper The wife of Mr. Amos W. Knepper, of or one year—by remitting to Tne | Sr Sol tena a . : : Star. Elk Lick. Pa. Somerset, recently returned from In i The miners of the Elk Lick region hold a mass meeting in Hay’s opera house, this evening, which all miners and mine laborers are expected will i good one. Don’t fail to see them and | to attend, as there will be business of Ladies’ blue and black | Tearn how cheap Shey are sold. rreat importance at this meeting. Ad- I g I g Coats, former price $ tf . LK tls tek Sverry Co. dresses will be delivered by District : ‘ ational jcers now 2.50. ES The Pitts or q re Daiy Times and | and National officers. Tie Star, both one year for only $325] A Detroit clergyman advances the al 3 3 2 Ladies’ blue and black gash in ee. Send all orders to | novel proposition that “If Adam had HE STAR, a. | worked three hundred days each year from the day he was created to the 1 | present time, at a salary of $50 a day, | he would not have earned by this time e | as much property as is owned by Rocke- feller or Vanderbilt.” Saturday afternoon, W. 8. Lichty, the real estate man, drove out to Wm. Zinn’s with a livery rig and tied one of ” the horses to the wind mill tower. The team broke loose and ran away, demol- the buggy, while one of the horses got its leg broke and had to be killed. —Strang ( Neb.) Reporter. ishing price 10.00, now 5.00. ington Vary Low Rates Mrs. J. K. Miller, Newton Hamilton Baliimers & Ohio R. R. ‘a. writes. Tok it's Witeh > x : Pa., writes, “I think DeWitt’s Witch Blue, Castor, and black The Baltimore and Ohio Railro: i has | Hazel Saly © the grandest salve made.” . ‘oats, sati line he Bade arrangements for a series of pop- | It cures piles and heals ev erything. All . 0 at 3 Bon ed, i lar Mid- Winter Excursions to Wash- | fraudulent imitations are worthless. former price 12.00, now on, at one fare for the round trip. | Sold by medicine dealers. Tm “AR allowing ten day limit on tickets, in- re = 5 : ‘3: > 6.00. Juding dat e of These excursions Mr. David Glotfelty, one of Salis- il] | bury’s oldest citizens, died yesterday row ack. \ / : 3rown, black, and blue | 12, Tickets will be good going | morning, aged almost 86 years. De- Coats, the best the sea- oD T¢ gular trains of the above dates | ceased w the father of Tunisen, ] , ! and 20 d to return on regular t | Arar Richard, Gurney, 8: 1 1 |0N produced, form e r | within ten days, ir eluding ds ate of 2 Brion, Me lard, Gurney, samue; anc " + 16.00 sw 8.00 Do not miss these splendid pporiun George Glotfelty. He was also the i price was {6.U0), NOW 5. UY. tional C Apis al dt fine father of Mrs. Nelson Garlitz and Mrs. 4 Fes =. Call on ML Nevin Newman. The fu ill tak : : ccoe’ Yonic GiZOR a : Nevin Ne an. The funeral will tal Misses’ blue ( cats,sizes Riley Agent B. & O. R. R.. for full in- e o . 3 12 al will take 12 to 18 years, formerly formation 4.12 | place at 2 o'clock, to-morrow afternoon. : 2 to 13 years, ‘merly . a * sold for 1.00, now 2.00; L&- GREAT OFFER!—Tur Stan A recently wedded Coudersport coup- : 2 and the Philadelphia Weekly Press le sent out a large number of wedding ‘Misses’ Coats, double both one year for only $1.77 5 cash. The | invitations, among which was one to faced covert cloth were Pres is he br bt city ky in ihe an old lady. The cards were swell af- ace mn > Fer whole nited States. nee a reader, 1... a & incon 2.00. now 4.00 always a reader. in and iE bore he i . 3 Xe . 5 i ion: '% ren not expected. Alter Misses’ oxira fine ker HEE COME to the Conundrum Sup- | adjusting her “specs” and scanning the 2 a S : So ee er- por sua Apron aoe Poy wy k 2 Je, card closely, the old lady said: “That’s sev Coats, in black, brown | on the evening of the 22nd, (Washing- | Tesh ol 115 : 2} J ei ? -| ton’s Birthday) and the evening of the all Hignh bat theyll come just the and blue, sold at 9.00, | 23rd, given under the direction of the | Same. : S.C. E. of the Brethren church, in “1 had dys in f rears. N adi new 4.50. Ch 1ad dyspepsia for years. No medi- the MeKinley Building 2-22 cine was so effective as Kodol Dys rine was s t s yspep- ‘hildren’s ante : -— sin Cure. It gave immediate relief. iildren’s Coats, ages | wp; C lren’s ats, age White Shone.: Seed Oats For Sale. | Two bottles produced marvelous re- 2 to 12 years, we are sell- Entire new oats in this country. So | J writes L. Hl. Warren, Albany, : ine at greatly reduced | full of vigor and pr stat ivencss at no Wis. It digests what you eat and can- ; < ef - . ap. g a C 288 & 2 - odiel . Wi 5 ¥ farmer should be without them. 1 not, 1 1 to cure. Sold by medicine prices. seeded 12 acres, last season, with 20 | GEa‘€rs. busiiels of these oats sent to me from Mr. M. D. Thomas, who had intended i hauls Mp: s and the r resale was 1 to leave this section of the country, has glhs Wo rhe pound sowed, or 78 5 purchased the Ambrose Deal farm, in . . bushels to the acre, which was a very | 11 ¥ ! small yield for White Shonen Oats, be- Greenville township, and will move on 1 - ing an enormous stooler. Prof. W. A. | it in the near future. We are all glad Bens of the W rooney Ppa that Mr. Thomas has decided to re- § tation, says of these vats in ulletin main in this locality. Mr. Deal has “For productiveness stiffness of straw purchased Samuel D. Glotfelty’s farm, but we have not yet learned what Mr. Glotfelty’s next move will be. An exchange says that merchants who want newspaper men to roast gro- cery peddlers, cheap John stores and the like would make newspaper men iM ronear | feel more like doing so if they quit us T ’ 1 1 both 6 years old. A Sorrel that weighs | } ree noe 2 e ong £ ne ey qn 0 > A 6 Q A { A ( k {! 1,300, a good le-line horse, and a | ing free letter heads of soap firms and dl 3 | £a 4; al ¢ » Roan that weig 50, also well tity | wholesale gargling oil envelopes, bak- oo en. These horses will be sold on a | ing powder statements, sidewalk ad- = guarantee if desired. | vertisements and rubber stamps, and | patronize home printing offices. John Dirr, Poseyville, Ind, says, “1 | never used anything as good as One Juicy Roasts, Choice Dressed — Minute Cou Cure. We are never ; "| Remarkable Gifts to Everybody by | Without it.” Quickly breaks up coughs | Poultry, Sausage, Pudding and the Great Philadelphia “Sun- | Rnd golds, ponte ol Ahrens od Lune | day Press.” | sumption Pleasant to take. Sold by | Fresh Fish 1 in Ses 1SO11. Announcement is made by the pub- | medicine dealers. : lishers that every res der of the great The Somerset Democrat was last . I aim to serve my patrons with Fhiladeiphis Syhing Pross Lr | week sold to Mr. A. F. John, who will | the best in my line that lately free two souveni ter | install Mr Alex. Grof, Jr.,as editor and | i and value far beyond ything hereto- manager. It is a sad thing indeed to the market affords. fore offered by u newspaper. One will { see a young Prohibitionist like Mr. | = 5 Cn ramos 1 by | Grof go over to the Demosracy, soul | Thanking the public for a 1ib-| painter, entitled © A Yard of Roses Ii and body. Nevertheless, we wish Mr. eral patrenage and solieit- is twice z y pic ever | Grof a successful business career, and ? given an at it | may the Lord have mercy on him for ing a continuance of the act that c from te joining the Democratic party for “pie.” same, I am f 2 But, in Mrs. Elma M. Preston, State Super- the Loyal Temperance Legion. was here, Tuesday of last week, and after giving a talk to the children, at four o'clock, she organized t | intendent of e short it hy want these splendid gifts you | a Jocal Loyal Legion of about sixty had better order next “Su . CANE a 1 50 YEARS’ at once, as warning is given members. In the evening she spoke to EXPERIENCE supply will be limited. Tf there Is no | 2 large audience concerning the work S 2 news agent in your vicinity get some | of the Woman’s Christian Temperance t| Union. The Loyal Legion of this place (ERA LOCAL AND ( JEN L NEWS. TrapE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Mrs. J. WV. "Scientific lena, Fedisidentiy ie wht A handsomely illus Sulation of a: er has been quite ill Aryone sending a sketch and description may for some time, we are informed. uickly ascertain hou LiL Soe er is 1! Ate! 2 rons . . Ls Dy Ly Handbook on Patents Preac 1 the Brethren arch, sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Sabbath eve . » bv the ra 0 akon oent a & Co. receive i ath v by ¢, without charge, in pastor. ounts in this { th day of modern journalism, and the pub- ors 3 Jour maopths, $1. Sol ea lisher who commands a sufficient Co. 26 10rontar, New York amount of it is bound to succeed. — neh Office. 625 F St, Washington, D. Ne rr i Newspapei will meet every Friday evening at four o'clock, in the Lutheran chureh, until further notice. “I had bronchitis every ars and no medicine gave nent relief till I began to take One winter for Ll ve me per- 1 Minute Cough Cure. 1 know itis the best cough medicine made,” says J Koontz, Corry, Pa. It quickly cures coughs, colds, croup, asthma, grippe and throat and lung troubles. Tt is the ldren’s favorite remedy. Cures juickly. Five y while, we know, and in that time some may move and Sold by medicine dealers. ars is a good the Farm Journal will eome just the same te every one who takes advantage of the clubbing offer which Tie Star has with its publishers. Just think of “FROSTY SONS OF THUNDER.” Pittsburg ** Dispateh” Tells About Two of Them. itr ‘mai > 90 it? The remainder of 1509, and all of | Two well-known “Frosty Sons of 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904. Nearly a five | Thunder,” as “the boys’ from Somerset hunder,” as s § S years’ subseription to the Ia Journal | . ae . Je ubseriy Hon 10 Hie Farm Journal county are known, were visiting in the to every one who will pay up at once city vesterday In the sons of ti to Tue Star; both papers at the price J Ey oy Parsons io : i 1 ? ® i Hon. W. H. Koontz and the Hon. D. J. ol ours only. - . . . : Horner. Mr. Koontz is a widely known Our old friend, “Senator” John J. | an(i-Qunay politician. He has a silver 8 doa as Blake, of Boynton, has a very graceful tongue and two legs. Mr. Horner has | way of renewing his subscription to | a silver tongue and one leg. The miss- Cie Sran. He valked into the sane- | ing one he left in 1862 on the battle- tum. yesterday, and after planking | field of Fredericksburg. That is a long down the price for a year’s subserip- tion in advance, he modestly handed | § while ago, nearly 40 years, but Mr. lorner is still full of manly vigor and the editor a good 5-cent eigar and a | shows few of the evidences of age. Mr. matek, after which he uttered a few | f{orner volunteered no information words of good cheer and departed. We like the Blake way of renewing, and we hope it will become more general. “After doctors failed to cure me of pneumonia, 1 used One Minute Cough | Cure and three bottles of it cured me. It is also the best remedy on earth for whooping cough. It cured my grand- children of the worst cases,” writes Jno. Berry, Loganton, Pa. It is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Cures coughs, colds, croup and throat and lung troubles. It prevents consumption. Children always like it. Mothers endorse it. Sold by medicine dealers. Our Town Council last week voted in favor of granting a franchise to Mr. 8, D. Livengood, of Meyersdale, to light our town with electricity. Mr. Liven- good will meet the Council tomorrow evening, when a contract will be signed and the matter made ready for busi- providing, of ccurse, that terms agreed upon. Oar Council is ness, can be expected to be reasonable in the mat- ter, but Mr. Livengood is also expected to be reasonable. We are opposed to the Council guaranteeing the sale of any certain number of lights to private parties. Just why some horse owners persist in punishing their dumb animals by reining them up so that their heads point out like finger boards and their eyes stand up to be blinded by the sun, is beyond comprehension. How can a horse travel and the clods and holes and stones with its gaze forced towards the sky, how obey a driver when made half crazy from the severity of a cutt ing bit? What have some peo- ple their dumb animals any- way? s a question asked by the Berlin Record, and it is a question that is strictly in order, too. miss Last Saturday night there was anoth- er hot time in the old town. Some fighting was going on, but great deal wind, profanity obscene language on the streets than actual bloodshed. To be sure there were a few bloody noses and skinned faces, but the actual damage to faces was not half as bad as the disgrace to the town.” Is it not about time for this borough to hire a regular policeman to keep order? We think it is, but peop!2 no doubt would set up the plea that such a course would be interfer- ing with personal liberty, or that it would be too expensive. Some people have queer ideas. there was a more and some There have been poultry books print- ed costing fifteen dollars and more, but there has not been one at any price with more beautiful colored productions of poultry, than those found in Biggle Poultry Book, an announcement of which appears in another column. The paintings were made from best birds of the different breeds, and the coloring and characteristic shape of each breed are perfect. As for the text, there never was a book printed con- taining practical, level headed information. Its chapters include, direct more ‘Eggs for Hatching,” “Hatching the Eggs,” “Care of Chicks with Hens and Brood- 2 “The Successful Care of Incub: tors,” “The Farmer's Flock Vil- lage Henery;” chapterson “Breeds,” on “Fattening and Marketing,” and “Dis- with the old and new school metho One man wrote the publishers that, “The mottoes alone at each chapter heading worth the cost of the book.” and Remedies,” ds of treatment. ea were Twenty thousand copies of this admir- able work have been printed. The price is 50 cents, free by mail; address the | publishers, Wilmer Atkinson Co., Phil- | adelphia. nt | - Te — | Dr. Delozier hanks the Lying | a Mr. Eprror:—Inasmuch as certain | malicious, lying persons who should | sweep before their own doors have | lately been trying to create the im- pression in this communi that I am a great ladies’ man, 1 desire to thank the lying public, through your paper: for the prominence they have given me. I always hankered after promi- nence, and I always admired thrift and industry, Hence, my thanks and ad- miration are due the thrifty and indus- trious liars of this community. Of course, the prominence i have given me may not be relished by my family, but they will just have to put up with it, for while the devil's agents are maligning me without cause, they may be kept from doing much more harm to some one else who would be less able to bear up under the burden | of their slande H. W. De —- LOZIER. | Meyersdale Items. Business in real estate is on the boom here. Yesterday Mr. H. J. Wil- | moth bought the Meyers property, on | Main street, occupied by Charles Plitt’s | store and the Meyers residence. | Miss M. E. Campbell purchased of Maul & Son the store room on Center street occupied by Mrs. Platt. Maul & Son are going to front in their’ room. Hartley will also put a new his clothing department. It is ramored that another story is to be added to the Collins block. The prospects are good for this being for Meyersdale Rumor has it that about 100 new houses will be built in our town during the coming summer. Minstrel show in night. put a new Mr. 5. C. front in store a good business year town, Wednesday —- Mr. Moody’s Singer Here. Prof. C. C. Case, t musical convention here this week, has been Mr. Moody's some 12 years. He was with Mr. Moody he broke down, last fall; in Kansas City Mr. Case is author of a score « popular church music books. Cc Saturday night, and he conductor of the singer for wher the me fe the concert, hear some pass over to the great beyond, but Ro Mr. Case sing. porter the extraordinary information that he the month, of the 14th I managed to get a little to eat. | of any kind did 1 get until the 20th, when I was discovered by one of our medical Stoystown. to the hospital, where I might either leg. S:onyereek ships, and the residents of that vicinity are in high spirits over the expected twelve corps; aries and making maps of the field, and engineers a cently bought about his experiences during the war, but with the help of Mr. Koontz the re- managed to extraet from him ay wounded and helpless for a week on the open battlefield before he was found and taken to a hospital. “J was shot in the leg on the 13th of > he said. “On the morning Not another bite or serap of food staff, Dr. Bennett, now of 1 begged him to take me recover or die in peace. He did so,and the next day they chopped off my right I got well and have been stump- ing Somerset county ever since.” “Yes,” added Mr. Koontz, “and he is a good stumper at that—better than many men with both legs.”—Pittsburg Dispatch, W ednesdny, ae — Surveyors Running Lines. Twelve corps of civil engineers have been at work for several days in Shade, and Quemahoning town- e-ly opening of operations in the coal fields, hundreds of acres having recently been bought up by persons supposed to be representing a syndicate of capital- 1 g a sy ists. surveyors in the are locating bound- sixty they There are farmers of the vicinity believe that the re also looking for a suita- an opening to the field. Keim, of Johnstown, re- five hundred and two acres of coal from Mr. and Mrs. Pear- son Ling, for $8,600. This land is situ- ated in Shade township, and the mon- ey was paid over when the deed was delivered. Mr. Keim secured also the deed to four hundred and nine acres of coal i Shade township. from Mrs. Mary Um- berger, for $8,200. Payments on both this tract and the Ling coal were spot cash. —DBerlin Record. —— i An Old Document. While cleaning up his office a short time ago, Register and Recorder Ed- gar R. llorne, of Bedford, discovered a very old document that attracted con- siderable attention. It is an immense sheet of heavy linen paper and was ex- ecuted at Canterbury, England, March 30, 1791, and filed May 14,1796. It is beautifully penned in old English, and is headed, “Certificate from the Arch Bishop of Centerbury of Englard, Pri- mate of all England and Metroplitan of the Will of Sir Frederick Haldiman, Knight of the Order of Bath and Gen- eral of the Services of his Britanie Maj- The document bears the seal of parliament in the shape of a large circle, with Christ on the throne in the center and a disciple on either side. this is a five pound English is fastened to the docu- ment by a large piece of German sil- ver. The document is excellently pre- served.— Everett Republican, Enough Heaven. An editor who died of starvation was being escorted to Heaven by an angel who bad been sent out for that pur- pose. “May I look at the other place before we ascend to etern;l happiness?” “Certainly,” said the angel. So they went below ard skirmished around, taking in the sights. The an- gel lost track of the editor and went around Hades to hunt him up. He found him sitting by a furnace, fanning himself and gazing with rapture upon a lot of people who were in the fire. There was a sign on the furnace which read: “Delinquent Subscribers.” “Come,” said the angel, “we must be going.” ble place for Mr. MW, esty.” Below stamp whie “Oh, you go on,” said the editor, “I’m not coming. This is Heaven enough for me.—Ex. .. — Postaze Stain: in Book Form. Postmaster-General Smith and Third Assistant Postmaster-General Madden have been perfecting a plan to sell postage stamps in book form. It is proposed to offer for sale two-cent stamps in books of twelve stamps at a cost of 25 cents each. The books will be of a size convenient to slip into the with wax paper between and with the division of mail matters into classes, the rates of postage and other kindred information printed on the outside. The one cent charged for the binding and wax paper will net the Government a profit of $6 for each 1,060 books soid. 1fone eighth of the two-cent stamps used are sold in such books, the net profit to the De- partment would be not less than $230,- 000 annually. vest pocket, the stamps, Late Areienls, At the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Statler, a baby girl. Same at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Simpkins. t the homes of Mr. and Mrs. James Mr. and Mrs. Port Hartline, Jasper Kimmell they and Mrs. all rejoicing over the arrival of a Rayman, Mr. are boy. No doubt there are a number of others that we know not of, but the \bove mentioned are suflicient to show that the population of our town is rap- idly increasing. a Order Tie Star sent to your friends tbroad. It will be like a letter {rom he old home to them and they will ap- yreciate your kindness. : - -— CARTRIDGE I'APER !—The miners enough Cartridge Paper for a {ew at Tue Star office, to last an get cents, | tate, late EXECUTOR'S SALE REAL ESTATE! 3y virtue of an order of sale issued out of the Orphans’ of Somerset county, ha fn, itomed I will of- fer for s the following ed real es- »f Russell Martz ceased, on Friday, Febr'y 23, 1900, AT TEN O'CLOCK, A. M., residence of the decedent, in township, in rid county, : is more Particularly ae- at the late Southampton which real es seribed as foliows: No. }: farm containing one hundred 2d three (103) acres, situate in Southamp Hon township, beginning ¢ ner marked ood tree and stones, being the ¢ ES os rner between the ls ands hereinafter described, and the lands Ja- and the Richard Mar y Rie hard cust, thence AH perc hes, to stones, Kennell [forme 1-2 degrees, west rees, thence by land c Jonn Hoyman] south 83 to a walnut, est 52 2 perches toa white oak, Fund of the Richard Martz heirs north 250 degrees s, west 96 pr estoaw Lite onk, thence E {rormnay rly 1 ar owthajiding us; = said tract underlaid with Jods ein of bituminous coal, acres o : said tract are cle cultivation, ba nee well timbe Ba \o 9 A cer ct of land situate in au. a. Bone towns omerset county, Pa, bounded and describ gi fol- lows: Beginning at a che: stnut, hey common corner with No. : 2 de- scribed, and the Nord or the jie Ee et Maris thence by the lands of Richard ’s heirs south 36 degrees, east 91 pe reh i Std Sr z's heirs hi rehes to a hickor Tena Bur Te [forme SR be al] south 34 degr perches to: a post, thence th bs ogre o a chestnut oak, south 40 the nce Ty the lands of Wallace and Patri [formerly Charles Gaumer] and No. inafte r described, north 203 perches toa co after scribed, fi I Tare SAT; with a vein of sila conl. \o 3 Beginning ata cornerdesignateds AUC 9. marked by stump n the banks of Gladdens Run, heing the with the ay No.5, tb P degrees, Li st 10.6 Si es a by inns of He nry Petenbrink south : st 2, containing y-nine {69 fo ‘res being cleared LER the on: No. 4 “tal: nee A tain tract of land situate i South amj ton tow nship, Some . bounded and d Beinn: Llo mon corner Nha Ne ed, and the 1 thence by 2 pere he certain tract of land situate in ithampt township, Somerset county, and ¢ 1 as fo lows: Svhite oak] then inbefore desc 100 perches to a post i of J.R. B ches toa St I north od timbered and is under coal. No. 6 A certain tract of land situate in + Soutd mpton township, Somerset county 1 d and described as fol- ato corner common with o.1 north HM degrees, east thence oiomon jows B Sai h S to a pe br ink south stones, sout bn 7 the plac seven (3 measure. underlaid with a vein of bituminous coal. TERMS: Ten per ce oe of ihe pt me pa money to be paid on the sale, and the balance up- on the OTL Sa tion of the sale by the Court and the delivery of the i. CH ALL ES C. MARTZ, ix ece utor. J. A. BERK vy, Attorney. The New York World, Thrice-a-Week Edition. ALMOST A DAILY—AT THE PRICE OF A BeeReyY yY The most widely crentnt “weekl newspaper in America is the Thrice-a- Week edition of The New Yerk World, and with the Presidential campaign now at hand you cannot do without it. Here are some of the reasons why it is easily the leader in dollar a year jour- nalism. : It is issued every other day, and is to all purposes a daily. 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