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VOLUME V1.
SALISBU
URY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER
20, 1900.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Christmas Vy Presents!
* The time is here when every man, and
child is looking for Christmas presents, and the
woman
question is—Where is the hes: place to go for best
selec tions and lowest prices?
<A VISIT T0 OUR
STORE WILL CONVINCE YOU
that we are headquarters for good and useful pres-
ents for the holidays. In the line of Fancy Lamps,
with Sterling Silver Mounting,
Fancy China and Porcelain Dishes, Dinner Sets,
Chamber Sets, Novelty Dishes, Fancy Manicure
Sets, Toilet Scts, Shaving Sets, Glove and Hand-
kerchief Boxes, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Dolls, Me-
dallions and Trinket Sets we can delight you.
Our Table and Pocket Cutlery, Rogers’ Silver
Knives, Forks and Spoons, Bone and Stag-handle
Knives, >earl-handle Pocket
Knives, Razors, ete., will be sure to please you, as
will also the prices.
OUR JEWELRY LIN
Gentleman's Gold Watches,
Clocks, Rings, Charms, Brooches, Collar and Cuff
Buttons. Scarf Pins, Chains, Ladies’ Gold and Silk
Guards, Fountain Pens, Pearl-handle Pens, ete.
NOTIONS #: AND #: GROCERIES.
Our Notion line consists of many
Fancy Glassware
Forks and Carvers,
3 consists of Ladies’ and
Joys’ Silver Watches,
useful presents
in the way of Fancy Towels, Napkins, Tablecloths,
Silent Cloth Tables, Handkerchiefs, Gloves,
Neckwear, as well as an entire stock of Shoes, Hats
and Clothing.
In our Grocery line we have many
that go to
<= DONT FORGET THE >
PER CENT. DISCOUNT
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on Clothing, Ladies’ and Children’s
Wraps that we are giving you ‘the benefit of during
for
good things
make up a good Christmas dinner.
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Overcoats,
Elk Lick >
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An immense stock oft Men's,
Clothing.
ored, made in New York, and will compare favorably
Boys’ and Children’s
A fine assortment of Trousers, clegantly tail-
with those you buy from the best tailors. We guarantee
them to fit.
0 POSE 116 MOI
They consist of Men's Winter Tans, Patent Leather,
Patent Enamel, Box Calf, Willow Calf, Viei Kid, etc.
At the same store is where the best Men’s Working
Shoes are bought, also the best shoes for women. We
have them in all the best, fanciest and most subtantial
makes.
Here is where the school children like to have their
shoes bought. “They are the real thing,” is what the
boys and girls say.
LIS nN PA.
We are always LE KE DIKG the new styles.
Our new Catalog for 1901,
containing i illustra-
tions now re
e will 7) T teased tosend
you for the asking.
Our motto is
STYLE, ELEGANCE,
DURABILITY, PROMPT-
NESS, ACCURACY,
QUALITY.
Capacity 16,000 vehicles
annually.
This is a leader for 1901.
It will pay you to write for price.
Elmwood Place, Ohio.
THE HIGHLAND BUGHY ¢0.,
For HOLIDAY PRESENTS—fr EVERY DAY USE
The Lamp of Steady Habits
wy tamp that doesn’t flare up or smoke, or cause you
use bad language ; the lamp that looks good when
bo, get it and stays good ; the lamp that you never wili-
ingly part with, once you have it ; that's
be New Rochester.
Other lamps may be offered you as ‘just as good "—
in some respects, bug for all around good-
ness, there's only one. The New Rochester. To make
surd the lamp offered you is cenuine, look for the name
on it ; every lamp has it. (300 Varieties.)
old Lamps Made New
We can fill every lamp want. No matter whether you
\ wanta new lamp or stove, an old one repaired or réfin-
ished, a vase mounted or other make of lamp [rusty
p/ ed into a New Rochester. we can do Let
send you literature on the subjec
We are APPEAL in the t
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ow Rocwesres. THE ROCHESTER LAMP 60., 38 Park pl & 88 Barclay St., New York.
treatment i diseases 0§\Z/ i
m= A present duty: Subscribe for THE
STAR.
W. H. KOONTZ.
KOONTZ & OGLE,
Attorneys=s-At-Liaw,
SOMERSET, PENN’A.
Office opposite Court House.
J. G. OGLE
Francis J. KooSER.
KOOSER & KOOSER,
Attorneys-At-T.aw,
SOMERSET, PA.
J. A. BERKEY
Attorney-at-T.aw,
SOMERSET, PA.
Office over Post Office.
ERNEST O. KOOSER.
R. E. MEYERS,
Attorney-at-Tuiaw,
SOMERSET, PA,
Office opposite Cook & Beerits' Store.
A. M. LICHTY,
Physician and Surgeon,
SALISBURY, PENNA.
Office one door east of P. 8. Hay’s store.
A. F. SPEICHER,
Physician and Surgeon,
SALISBURY, PENXN'A.
Office corner Grant and Union Streets.
Spectacles for 50 els
Have your eyes
correctly fitted by a
practical optician,
> wide experiece.
TT. W.GURLIKY,
The Jeweler and Optician. Meyersdale, Pa.
FE. JARRETT,
LEADING WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
Salisbury, Pa.
All work neatly and substantially done
on short notice.
Salisbury Hack T.ine,
SCHRAMM BROS, Piupriotoms
SCIHEDUL t
bury at 8 a
0.30 2 R
50 YEARS’
EXpanisNo
TRADE ‘WiARKS
DESIGNS
COPYRIGHTS &c.
Aryone sending a sketch and de: Sorp
quickly Sri our opinion free w
in Ein is ably patentable.
tons strictly Soniidontial. Handbook on Patents
agency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Munn 1 § “Co.
special notice, without charge, in he
"Scientific American.
A handsomely illustrated weekly. T.argest Sr
culation of any scientific Somat, Ti rms, $3 a
year; four months, $1. by all newsdealers.
MUNK 00, apres. New York
Wall's M i Market!
This place to be
Tender Steak,
Dressed
Pudding and
receive
continues
headquarters for
Juicy Roasts, Choice
Poultry, Sausage,
Fresh Fish
I aim to serve my patrons with
the best in my line that
the market affords.
in Season.
Thanking the publi for a lib-
eral patronage, and solicit-
ing a continuance of the
same, I am
Respectfully yours,
£. WAHL Salisbury, Pa.
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CUPID
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ne
Try it before you buy. For
polishing, preventing cracking
and water-proofing shoes it is
superior to any. We guat-
antee that your shoes will last
twice as long by using Cupid
Oil Polish.
Best dealers seli it
or by rail, 1 5¢
CONGO BLAGKIHG WHE GO.
83 Qiliver St., Boston, Mass.
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B. & 0.R.R. SCHEDULE.
WINTER ARRANC
DAY, NOV
',—IN EFFECT SUN-
. 25, 1800.
Under the new schedule there will be ten
daily passenger trains on the Pittsburg
Division, due at Meyersdale as follows:
E jee BOUND.
0. 16
. +18 P. >
* Regular
r Stops to take on
ington and points bey
stop.
passengers -for
yond.
Wash-
d Stops to take
burg and west.
on passengers for Pitts-
J. C.CORRIG Agront.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
ROGSEVELT SAYS
z
Denies Another Story Manufac-
tured by the State
Machine.
00L.GUFFEY ALSO DENIES ASTORY
The Machine Is Now So IIard Pressed
That It Will Claim Anything—Al-
leges It Has Enough Democrats Se-
cured to Re-elect the Boss, and Yet
All Along Has Declared It Had
cnough Republicans For That Pur-
pase.
(Irom Our Own Correspondent.)
Harrisburg, Dec. 18.—Fresh evi-
dence is accumulating daily of the
straits in which the Quay managers
find themselves in their efforts to make
the people 7 the state at large be-
lieve that M. S. Quay has encugh votes
to elect him, and further . he has
the support of the leading Republicans
of the country. The Philadelphia Press
of last Sunday exposed one of these at-
tempts in a manner that reflects credit
upon that sturdy Republican journal.
The following extract from The Press
of Sunday last will enlighten the gen-
eral public upon this subject in rather
startling fashion. The Press said:
“In pursuance of its effort to pro-
mote the interests of the Quay machine
regardless of facts, The Inquirer, in its
is%nte of yesterday, printed. what was
alleged to be a declaration by Col.
Roos~velt in favor of the candidacy
of Mr. Quay for senator and reflecting
upon the Republicans who are opposed
to the re-election of the ex-senator.
“The text of what Col. Roosevelt was
alleged to have said was telegraphed
the vice president-elect by The Press
yesterday afternocn.
ABSOLUTLY FABRICATION.
“The alleged statement from Col.
Roosevelt printed in the Philadelph 2
Inquirer, which the vice
characterized as an absolute Sh
tion, was as follows:
“ ‘After the results in Pennsylvania,
in which Col. Quay was undoubtedly
an issue, I cannot see how any person
alling himself a Republican can stand
i and vote azainst him for United
States senator if he is the nominee of
the regular Republican caucus. I am
convinced that fully 90 per cent, if not
more, Republicans support his leader-
ship and voted in the last election in
favor of his election to the United
States senate.
“I am decidedly in favor of the re-
election of Col. Quay because I think
he is the choice of an overwhelming
majority of the Republicans of Penn-
sylvania. That is American doctrine.
It is the foundation of American insti-
tutions.
“ ‘Col. Onay would have all the sup-
port I could cive him if I were a Penn-
sylvanian. Col. Quay will be returned
to the senate. It cannot be otherw
and be good for obstruecters of the will
se
Side nt-elect Roosevelt de-
clares the Philndeiphin Inq
guilty of an ‘absolute fabrication’ when
it quotes an as favoring the re-elee-
tion of M. S. Quay to the United States
-senate, as Bo following telegram indi-
cates:
ROOSEVELT DENIES IT.
« «Oyster Bay. L. I., Dec. 15.
“ ‘Managing Editor The Press:
“ ‘Have had no interview of any kind
with any one on Pennsylvania senator-
ship. The interview you quote is an
absolute fabrication.
‘THEODORE ROOSEVELT."”
The for ying telegram a Vice
President-elect Roosevelt was in an-
swer to a request from The Fress to the
New York governor to state whether or
not he had advocated the re-ciection of
Mr. Quay, as stated by The Inquirer.
In an editorial on this same subject
The Press adds:
“The Quay faction in this state pro-
fess great admiration for Governor
Roosevelt. This does credit to their
discernment, though their admiration
is of very recent growth and we fear
will not long survive. The alleged
Roosevelt interview, though an inven-
tion out of the whole cloth, suggests
the inquiry, what would probably be
Mr. Quay’s attitude toward Mr. Roose-
velt were these two colonels both eciti-
zens of this commonwealth.
ROOSEVELT NOT QUAY’'S KIND.
“Is the self willed, self owning, im-
petuous Roosevelt the kind of a man
"Mr. Quay would have picked ont for his
governor instead of the docile, humble-
minded Stone? Would Quay have
taken up the civil service reformer
Roosevelt and seat him to the senate
four years ago instead of his own pu-
pil, Boise Penrose? If Theodore Roose-
velt lived in Pennsylvania would BM.
S. Quay be now listening to Roose-
velt’s counsel and be influenced by
Roosevelt’s principles inst of hav-
ing his mind warped and vision cloud-
ed by the selfish and shortsighted ad-
vice of Andrews, Reeder, Durham and
Elkin?
“It is FPennsylvania’s misfortune if
the accident of Rwosevelt's birth and
residence prevents Mr. Quay from hav-
ing here at home one high class, esti-
mable and respected counselor and
friend. But we are of the opinion that
providence was kinder to Mr. Roose-
velt and the country by keeping the
former in New York state. Had Mr.
Roosevelt been a Pennsylvanian we do
not believe that he would have been
found among the supporters of Mr.
Quay. If he were, his support would
have counted only as that of a private
individual and the writer of interesting
books. Men of high character and in-
dependence of will are not in favor
with Mr. Quay or his machine 1n this
state, and they reach nolitical distinc-
tion, if at all, only by opposition to
them.”
Part and parcel of this same policy
of deception and the attempt to drag
to its unwilling support men whose
names are prominent in the history of
Republicanism was the recent effort to
make the people of Pennsylvania be-
lieve that ex-Senator Quay had his
grip so firmly fixed upon the legislature
that nothing could prevent his re-elec-
tion. Last week the report was sent
broadcast that everything was over, sc
far as Mr. Quay's re-election was con-
cerned, except the shouting.
GUFFEY ALSO DENIES.
Nothing has been farther from ihe
truth. Mr. Quay’s friends know this.
HE'S NOT FOR QUAY
KNOWS A GOOD THING.
Col. James M. Guffey, national Dem-
| ocratic committeeman, is the recog-
| nized head of his party in this state.
Col. Guffey has the Democratic situa- |
tion at his fingers’ ends. No later than |
last week, in an interview in Pittsburg, |
Col. Guffey declared that he knew of no
J! Democrat who would vote to re-elect
Senator Quay, and more than that, he
knew of no Demoecrat, senator or mem-
ber, who would assist the Quay ma-
chine in organizing house or senate.
This disposes of another futile
claim of the Quay machine. These
peated claims and the expc
falsity would have a deter
in putting out any other sim
upon anybody except members
machine. Their policy is
everything, and they will
length in this respect.
The sum and substance of it all i3
that the machine is doing everything
to make people believe that Mr. Quay
has his fight won. But as fast as these
claims are made just as fast are they
disproved, and the people are convinced
that there is no truth in 22 of them.
———
presses its Opinion on The Star
as an Advertising Medium.
For more than three months the First
National Ba Frostburg, Md., R.
Annan cashier, has been advertising
this paper. Last week
ealling for the amount
rendered.
nk of
extensively in
ill
us to date
we
| due
sent a
re- for services
It is needless to say that we promptly
received draft for the fall
and with it came the following reply
from Mr. Annan, the cashier
‘We enclose you draft for advertis-
| ing. You may continue advertisement
for six months.
fa amount,
S the
to claim
go to any |
We have had good
sults from this advertisemet, and cheer-
fully pay your bill. Render me bills
every six months, and oblige.”
This is a fine testimonial to the value
of printers’ ink, and especially to Tue
STAR Mr.
Annan knows a good advertising me-
dium when he tries it,
re-
A few from the Somerset Standard. as an advertising medium.
Superintendent E. E. Pritts is again
confined to his home by illness, and |
will probably be unable for several
weeks to resume his visits tothe schools.
only one who has from time to time
complimented Tur Srar as an adver-
| tising medium. There are several
things that make Tue Star a good ad-
vertising medium.
First, it has a good circulation, and
its advertising rates are reasonable.
Second, it circulates among a very
desirable class of people.
There will be a special term of court |
for the trial of civil eases, beginning on
the twenty-first day of January, and
the civil week will precede the ecrimi-
nal at the February term, as it did this
month.
Third, Tie Star is noted for its origi-
nality and honest editorial sentiment,
which result in its being closer read
than any other paper published in this
county. It’s friends swear by it, and
its enemies swear at it,but they read it
oot the same. You see they can’t help
: , for no matter what is going on, or
obert Meyers, formerly of Brothers- | ini topic is before the people, every-
valley township, has joined the editor- body wants to read what Tue STAR
inl fraternity, having purchased the | says about it.
Leader, at Carleton, Nebraska. Mr. |
Meyers is a son of David Meyers. lle
left for the West shortly after complet-
ing the work of taking the census at
Berlin. He was a clerk at the Somer-
set house for several about a
year ago.
It is reliably reported that Stoys-
town wil have a national bank. Suf-
ficient stock has been subscribed to as-
sure its establishment, and a charter
will be applied tor within the next few
weeks. It will be styled“The First Na-
tional Bank of Stoyston,” with a capital
of $25,000. We are told the new bank
will open its doors tothe public as soon
as necessary changes can be made in
the building which it will
which will be about April 1st.
Mr. J. A. Berkey has purchased the
Coffroth & Ruppel office building on
Main Cross street, the consideration
being $5,000. Messrs. Coffroth & Rup-
pel have a lease on the rooms on the
first floor for ten years, and Mr. Ber-
key will occupy the oflices on the sec-
ond floor after April first. Some im-
provements that will greatly add to the
comfort of the occupants of the build-
ing are now being made. An addition
making a room about eight by eighteen
is being built to the rear of the second
floor.
In order that worthy aplicants may
not be deprived ot the privilege of vot-
ing at the spring election the Court
has fixed the cleventh day of January,
at ten o'clock a. m., as a time for hear- |
ing applications for naturalization pa- |
pers.
Fourth, while our list is large, still
growing and made up principally of
more than average good people, nearly
all of our subscribers have subscribed
without being Subscribers
that have to be coaxed into subscribing
solicited.
months
for a paper are seldom close readers of
a newspaper, and are therefore of little
value to an advertiser.
Fifth, Tne never afraid to
say what it means, and it always means
what it says. Furthermore, it prints
the news, interspersed with an occas-
ional joke, but devotes no attention to
publishing mere gush that is neither
wit, wisdom nor news.
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Star
Sixth, this paper is true to its friends
and patrons, never losing an opportun-
ity todo them a good turn whenever
possible,
oceupy,
There are many other reasons why
Tue Srar is a good advertising medi-
um, but we have neither the time nor
the space to mention them now.
Any business man who advertises
regularly in this paper will soon find
that it pays him to do so, unless he is
most wofully dull of eompishansion.
~~
A Novel Will.
New York Herald.
From the
One of the wealthiest land proprie-
tors near Smolensk, in Russia, died a
few months ago, and after the funeral
his heirs and attorneys began to look
for his will. They fancied that his task
would be merely perfunctory, and that
the document would be found among
the other family papers, but, much to
their surprise, they were unable to find
the slightest trace of it. Every room
and article of furniture in the house
was then earefully searched, but the
result was the same, and the only con-
clusion at which the heirs could arrive
was either that no will had ever been
made or that if one had been made it
was destroyed before their kinsman’s
death.
The missing document. however, was
found a few days ago and in the strang-
est place imaginable. A young man
was rambling through the house, and
happening to see a graphophone on a
table in the library, he examined it to
see il it was in working order,and find-
ing that it was he pat a record in it,
which he supposed was that of some
popular Russian song. What was his
amazement, however, when instead of
a song he heard the dead man’s voice
slowly recite the words of the missing
will!
The heirs were promptly notified of
this discovery and they lost no time in
carefully examining the record con-
taining the will. It was found to be
flawless, and the question then arose
whether such a will would be deemed
valid by the courts or not. This ques-
Yor several years there has been
more or less dissatisfaction among the
voters of Somerset township by reason
of the inconvenience to a large number
in having to come to Somerset
and at the argument court on
ber 21st a petition was presented to the
court praying for a division of the
township for election purposes. The
petition was signed by over three hun-
dred citizens of the township, and the
court granted it.
as follows:
to vote,
Novem-
The division made is
Beginning at the Lincoln
township line, where it is intersected
by the Johnstown pike, thence along
the pike south to the Somerset borough
line; thence by the eastern boundary
of Somerset borough to the Bedford
pike; thence along said pike and the
Plank Road tothe Brothersvalley town-
ship line. The western portion of the
township is designated as No. 1, and
the polling place has been fixed at the
Union School House on the pike one
mile west of Somerset. The eastern
portion is designated as No. 2, and the
polling place fixed at the Grange Hall
at Listie. The petition is accompanied
by a map showing the boundaries of
the two precincts. The western pre-
cincet contains about 1,500 acres more
territory than the eastern, and will
poll about 350 votes, while the eastern
will poll about 450 votes.
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Nuts.
Did I ever tell you about the Knutt
and he is not the |
family?
You see, my friend Tom Knutt mar-
ried Major IHickory’s oldest daughter,
Hazel. The marriage notice read some-
thing like this: “Hickory—Knutt, in
this city, Nov. 17th, united under one
shell, Tom Knutt and Hazel Knutt (nee
Hickory.)
In about a year their union was bless-
ed by alittle son, whom they named
Walter— Walter Knutt, but every body
called him Wal-knutt for short. When
be grew up he became a kernel (colon-
el), but was dismissed from the army
for trying to work a shell game, thus
showing that he wasn’t what he was
cracked up to be.
Their second son was named Chester
—Chester Knutt, although every body
called him Ches-knutt for short. He
went to work in an oflice. 1 suppose
that’s why folks used to say he was of-
fice (off his) Knutt.
They had one daughter, a girl with
lovely almond eyes, who was christen-
ed Hazel, in honor of her mother Ha-
zel Knutt. Of course that caused a
slight confusion of names, for when
anybody called at the house and asked
Mr. Quay knows it himself.
It was stated that enough Demo-
cratic votes had been secured to make
Quay’s election a fact. In this state-
ment the Quay managers unconscious-
ly stamped their previous assertions as
e. Heretofore they had declared
y¥ that Quay Yad enough Re-
publican votes to elect him on the
first ballot. Now they confess, or did
last week, that he cannot be re-elected
without the aid of Democratic’ mem-
bers. Now the question is will the
1
Democrats vote for Quav?
for Hazel a voice would shout down
from up-stairs: “Which hazel?” (witch
hazel). In fact
in a drug store.—0. P. News.
-—
Tre Srar and the Thrice-a-Week
New York 1Vorld,
only $1.90, cash with order.
average daily newspaper.
orders to Tug Stag, Elk Lick, Pa.
you’d think you were]
both one year for
The World
three times a week is better than the
Address al] | larger town than Meyersdale, is in
i reality much smaller
tion is now being discussed in the Su-
preme Court at St. Petersburg and the
case is interesting all lawyers who have
heard it. Many think that the will
will be pronounced entirely valid, and
if so it may become a common practice
for persons to use graphophones for the
purpose of raking their wills.
~~ ——
$1000 Worth of Good.
A. H. Thurness, of Wills Creek Coal
o., Buffalo, O., writes: “I have been
afflicted with kidney and bladder trou-
ble for years, passing gravel or stones,
with exeruciating pain. Other medi-
cines only gave relief. After taking
Forey’s Kioxey Cure the result was
Sr A few doses started the
brick dust, like fine stones, ete., and
now I have no pain across my kidneys
and 1 feel like a new man. FoLey’s
Kinpxey Cure has done me $1000 worth
| A Frostburg Business House Ex- |
| German Arion Band, the finest mu
2 (194
5,024.
people as against Meyersdale’s
Frostburg, however, still has a co:
erable lead on Meyersdale,
| as modern a town by a long
all things considered, it is a back num-
| ber compared to Meyersdale. But
Frostburg is great in two respects al
least. It isthe home of the Frostburg
Mining Journal, one of the ablest pa-
pers, editorially, in several
and it the home
id-
bat it is not
w
counties,
the great
is also of
organization within a radius of 100
miles.
—
The Best Salve in the World
is BANNER SaLv
. from a
prescription by a
know skin
It is made
widely
healing salve for piles, burns, scalds,
ulcers, running sores and skin disease
There is nothing so good. Miller ¢
of good. Take no substitute. Miller &
Shaler.
RR —.
Some Census Figures.
The population of some Maryland
cities as announced by the census bu-
reau are as follows:
Cumberland, 17,128; Annapolis, 8,402;
Burnswick, 2471; Cambridge, 5,747;
Chestertown, 3,008; Crisfield, 3,165;
Laurel, 2,079; Lonaconing, 2,181; Poco-
moke City, 2,124; Salisbury, 4,277 ; West-
inser, 3,199; Easton, 3,074; Elkton,
2, 542; Frederick, 9,296; Frostburg, 5,-
274: Hagerstown, 13591; Harve de
| Grace, 3,423.
It turns out that Lonaconing, which
had always been considered a much
, having but 2,121
Shaler.
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Difference of Some Importance.
In looking over the minutes in the !
Commissioners’ office this week the |
writer noticed a record of the payment |
of two bills that will call to the mind
of taxpayers—the people who foot the
bills—the election proclamation of 1896, |
for the publication of which the Coun- |
ty Commissioners were asked to pay the
enormous sum of $1.701.00.
The two printing bills referred to,
which were paid by the County Com-
missioners within the last two weeks,
were those of the Somerset Democrat
and the Meyersdale Commercial. for
the publication of the election procla-
mation last month. These bills were
for $117 each, and the bill of the Seull-
paper added makes a total of $351.00.
In 1896 Edward Hoover was the
sheriff of this county, and his attorney
was George R. Scull. When the time
came for publishing the election proc-
lamation Mr. Hoover, at his own in-
stance or at the suggestion of someone i
else, directed that it should be publish-
ed in three newspapers—the least |
number required by law. Then came
the question as to what form should be |
used in the publication of the procla- |
mation. Here is where Mr.Scull figured.
He directed that the proclamation
should be published as near as possible
in the form in which it would appear |
on the ballot, notwithstanding the fact | {
that the law did not require this blank- !
et ballot form of publication.
It was soon learned that neither of
the three newspapers named had
enough material to set such a form but
the scheme had to be carried out, and
Mr. Scull! overcame the difficulty by
ordering new material and setting in
his office the form with which the proe-
lamation for the three papers was
printed. The form of the Commercial
was changed to suit the occasion, and
for two weeks it was printed in the of-
fice of the Scullpaper, while the form
for the proclamation was loaned to the
Democrat. Each of the three papers
presented a bill for $567.00, making a
total of $1,701.00. It will be seen from
this that a print-shop with a sheriff ’s
office annex makes a pretty neat com-
bination against the taxpayer.
The amount of matter in the procla-
mation this year is practically the same
as that of 1896, but the 1896
was
outrage
not repeated this year, and the
charge of the three papers for the same
publication is $351.00, or $1,350.00 less
than in 1896.—Somerset Standard.
Yor Hoarseness.
Benj. Ingerson, of Hutton, Ind. says
he had not spoken a word above a
w hisper for months, and one bottle of
Forey’s Ho AND Tar restored his
voice. It is used largely by spenkers
and singers. Take no substitute. Mill-
er & Shaler.
Improved Order of Red len Insti-
tute a Tribe in Salisbury.
Last Saturday evening Thomas K.
Donley, Great Chief Recorder, of Phila-
delphia, Pa., assisted by an initiating |
team from Allegany Tribe, Frostburg, |
Md., and Tioga Tribe, of Midland, Md.,
instituted a tribe of the Improved Or-
der of Red Men in Salisbury. Mr, H.
H. Engle was the organizer.
The new tribe will be known as Que-
mahoning Tribe, No. 401. and the initi-
ated members already number sixty,
while there are already 36 more enroll-
ed to be initiated. We believe this is
now the strongest secret order in the
town, and of one thing we feel sure,and
that is, there are none better.
Twenty-one Red Men from
burg, and nine from Midland were
present at the institution.. After the
ceremonies all repaired to the Joy
house, where a most splendid supper
was served to more than one hundred
people. The supper was a grand affair,
and no better meal was ever served in
this town.
Trost-
We cannot now recall the names of
all the officers elected to preside over
the new tribe, but suffice it to say that
everything is in good working order,
and the prospects are that Quemahon-
ing Tribe, No. 401, will flourish like a
green bay tree. Long live this noble
order, and may it continue to relieve
human suffering, want and woe in the
future as it has done in the past.
le
For Prsemonts ls
Dr. C. J. Bishop, Apne, Mieh., says: |
“1 have used Forey IoNxEY axp Tai |
in three very severe ‘cases of pneumo-
nia with good results in every case
There is nothing so good. Miller &
Shaler.
We have newspapers in this State
that openly oppose the necessity and
binding force of a legislative caucus.—
Punasutawney Spirit.
Not only newspapers, esteed contem-
porary, but machine bosses who oppose
the binding force of a Legislative cau-
cus. It was Colonel Quay himself who,
in 1895, ordered his followers in the
Legislature to bolt the agreement of
the caucus to pass an apportionment
bill, and by combining with the Demo-
crats they .defeated any reapportion-
ment. By Celonel Quay’s
of the caucus action
repudiation
the county in
which our esteemed contemporary is |
printed was deprived of an additional
specialist and positively is the most |
| ersdale
{ railroads:
member of the Legislature to w
was entitled. Can any Republica
who follows sueh distinguish-
the thought.—
ish
United Mine Workers Meet.
The United Mine Workers of the Elk
Lick coal region had a very enthusias-
Meyersdale, last Satur-
1g W called to order by
Williams, Secretary-Treasur-
istrict No. 16, who nominated
ex-president of the distriet, Mr.
len Ea rber, to preside over the meet-
addressed the meet-
speech, then introduced
| District President Young, of Lonacon-
| ing, Md., who delivered an ad-
as
ins Mr. Barber
ing in a neat
also
| dress.
Other speake
A. Kendall, E
rs present were Hon. 8B,
or Bishop, of the Mey-
Republican, and Vice Presi-
dent W. G. Brown.
Committees were appointed to more
thoroughly organize the lower end of
the and this we think was a
step in the right direction. We be-
lieve, and have always believed, that
when the miners are once thoroughly
organized, that great good will result
to both the operators and the miners.
Last week Serectary-Treasurer Will-
iams, President Young and Distriet
Organizer Walker were in the Berlin
region, where they organized one of
the strongest local unions in the coun-
ty. These gentlemen report a hearty
welcome accorded to them in Berlin,
and they say they were never better
treated anywhere.
There are now in District No.16 about
16,000 miners, proportioned about as
folows: Georges Creek region, 5,000;
Somerset county regions, 4,000; Broad
Top region, 6,000.. Everyone of these
men should belong to the organization,
region,
| and if that time ever comes, there will
be fewer strikes and more money for
the employers, for the employes and
for all of the mining and mining com-
munities in the distriet.
———
gy Rate Abolished.
Dec. 8.—Full rates must
be paid by clergymen who travel on the
railroads after Jan. 1, 1900. The half-
rate fare, which was in vogue for years,
has been abolished by the Passenger
Committee of the Trunk Line Associa-
tion. The decision effects at least 75,
000 persons, including ministers, mis-
sionaries, members of Salvation Army
and all officers of religious bodies.
The full fare will be exacted from
this class of travelers by the following
Baltimore & Ohio, Penn-
Deleware, Lackawana and
Western, Lehigh Valley, New York
Central, Central of New Jersey, Phila-#
delpliia and Reading, West Shore, Erie,
New York, Ontario & Western, Chesa-
peake and Ohio.
As the call for half-rate fares increas-
ed many efforts were made to either
abolish the system or limit its abuses.
No line dared make a move, fearing its
competitors would not withdraw the
privilege and would thus obtain the
clergy travel, which paid at even half-
rate fares.
When the lines united in the Trunk
Line {freight rates were
first attended to. This question hav-
ing been solved, the half-rate farc was
considered at the last meeting, and the
system wiped out.
Clore
Baltimore,
sylvania,
Association,
Railroad men say the clergy should
pay as high fares as ordinary citizens.
Their incomes are as large and they
have no more need to travel. When
the half-rate system went into effect,
ministers were poorly paid, and their
traveling expenses were not paid by
gangregntions or out of special funds,
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Death’s Harvest.
JAMES B. CROSS.
This community was greatly shocked
on Monday to learn of the sudden
death of James~3. Cross, who died
about 2 o’clock on the morning of that
day. Mrs. Cross had been in cirureh,
Sunday evening, her husband remgine"
ing at home in charge of the children.
When she returned home after Services
she found her husband a in
good spirits, but some timey after retir-
ing he was taken suddenly ill, the
trouble being with his heart. He soon
recovered, however, and in a little
while was resting easy; but later in the
night he was visited by a second at-
tack of the trouble, and his wife awoke
just as he was breathing his last.
The funeral took place on Tuesday
afternoon, at the Brethren church, of
which the deceased had been a faithful
member. . L.. A. Hazlett conduect-
ed the service, and a large audience
filled the church.
Mr. Cross was twice marrivd. First
to a daughter of Hon. Hiram! Findlay,
and second to a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Livengood. The first wife
died about 20 years ago. His second
wife and a large family of children sur-
vive him. Tothese we extend our sym-
pathy in their sad bereavment.
The deceased was a quie,tkindly dis-
posed person, and during his residence
in and around Salisbury made many
friends. He was aged nearly 66 years.
lev
MRS. LUCY DURST.
Mrs. Luey Durst, widow of the late
Phineas Durst, died on Monday of this
week after a long and painful illness.
She was aged about 70 years, and for
many years resided on the old Durst
homestead near the Maryland line,
about two miles south of Salisbury.
The deceased was a woman of model
Christian character, and nearly all her
life was a faithful member of the Re-
formed church. Several grown up
children mourn her departure, and te
| them we extend our sympathy.
The funeral took place at 10 a. m,
yesterday, conducted by Rex. H. S.
May, at the Reformed church.
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