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Nines ds. xcellence. requent racking Ss in I'rance, Chateau oo s a limited sup- of Private Stock t ninctoen yeurs besides Jur- dy and Claret ot ly the same age, Speer Port, ever, nine years as well as Burgundy, ot and Sherry, +h class wines. 2 * % Climax ndy 1s 18 years All are preferred re known by the ical profession uperior to any can be had, for lids, the weakly rn New Jersey 's grape for Port er's winery and ted States; only Portugal ; while a single Oporto 10 imported the 5s of Portugal. ould do toward years for them grape; during >s, when those yers were made It has proven ines until they the water and e grapes is the v far THE wine nments, rs. r a 2 % fd Good Advertising Medium. ~ @ount p Star, Fine Job Printing a Specialty. VOLUME VI. HEADQUARTERS FOR Christmas { Presents! The time is here when every man, woman and child is looking for Christmas presents, and the question is—Where is the best place to go for best selections and lowest prices? AVSIT TOUR > STORE WILL CONVINCE YOU that we are headquarters for good and useful pres- ents for the holidays. In the line of Fancy Lamps, Fancy Glassware with Sterling Silver Mounting, Fancy China and Porcelain Dishes, Dinner Sets, Chamber Sets, Novelty Dishes, Fancy Manicure Sets, Toilet Sets, Shaving Sets, Glove and Hand- kerchiet 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, Forks and Carvers, Pearl-handle Pocket Knives, Razors, etc., will be sure to please you, as will also the prices. OUR JEWELRY LINE consists of Ladies’ and Gentlenman’s Gold Watches, Boys’ Silver 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 useful presents in the way of Fancy Towels, Napkins, Tablecloths, Silent Cloth for Tables, Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Neckwear, as well as an entire stock of Shoes, Hats and Clothing. In our Grocery line we have many good things that go to make up a good Christmas dinner. «7 DONT FORGET THE 9 TEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT on Clothing, Overcoats, Ladies’ and Children’s Wraps that we are giving you the benefit of during this month. kl Lick Supp A) WHERE? Barehus & Livenoood s ~=(JF COURSE! An immense stock of Men's, Boys’ Clothing. ored, made in New York, and will compare favorably and Children’s A fine assortment of Trousers, elegantly tail- with those you buy from the best tailors. them to fit. 0 | They consist of Men's Winter Tans, Patent Leather, Patent Enamel, Box Calf, Willow Calf, Vici Kid, ete. We guarantee 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. SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27 W. H. KOONTZ. KOONTZ & OGLE, Attorneys-At-Law, SOMERSET, PENN’A. Office opposite Court House. J. G. OGLE Fraxcis J. KoOSER. KOOSER & KOOSER, Attorneys-At-Law, SOMERSET, PA. ERNEST 0. KOOSER. J. A. BERKEY Attorney-at-l.aw, SOMERSET, PA. Oflice over Post Office. R. E. MEY ERS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Attorney-at-T.aw, SOMERSET, PA. Office opposite Cook & Beerits’ Store. A. M. LICHTY, Physician and Surgeon, SALIS3URY, PENN'A. Office one door east of P. 8S. ITay’s store. A. F. SPEICHER, Physician and Surgeon, SALISBURY, PENN’A. Office corner Grant and Union Streets. Spectacles for 50 ets ITave your eyes correctly fitted by a practical optician, wide experiece. PP. W.GURILREY, The Jeweler and Optician. Meyersdale, Pa. O.E. 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Let us send you literature on TU a We are seacia kis S in the treatment of diseases of nsul! n FREE oe Rocuesren THE ROCHESTER LAMP Go., os Park Place & 38 Barclay St., New York. IEA present duty: STAR, Subscribe for THE Wah! § Meat Market! to be Steak, shoice * Dressed This a continues headquarters for Tender Juicy Roasts, Poultry, Sausage, Pudding and Ys 5 > Fresh Fish in Season. I aim to serve my patrons with the best in my line that the market affords. Thanking the public for a lib- eral patronage, and solicit- ing a continuance of the same, I am Respectfully yours, C. WAHL, Salisbury, Pa. alrite CUPID OIL % % POLISH Sr ldiualuial AAA AP AA ASAIN Try it before you buy, For polishing, preventing cracking and water-proofing shoes it is superior to any. We guar- antee that your shoes will last twice as long by using Cupid Oil Polish. Best dealers sell it or by mail, 1 5¢ CONGO BLACKING M'F'G GO. 83 Oliver St., Boston, Mass. a Bciiliratintliectintiibeutioativatoatiattissstiedndbed lt diabetics ~~ B. &0.R.R. SCHEDULE. WINTER ARRANGEMEN DAY, NOV. r,—IN EF 1900. Under the po schedule there will be ten daily ger trains on the Pittsburg Division, d > at Meyersdale as follows: ECT SUN- +s *=1-05 2ST BOUND. 9—Night Express. * * * d * * Regular iy + No stop. g Stops to take on passengers for Wash- ington and points beyond. d Btops to take on passengers for Pitts- burg and wes x Flag stop. J. C. CORRIGAN, Agent. WAR REMINISCENCES. A former Citzen of Salisbury Writes Entertainingly on Fighting During the Great Rebellion. CuaMBERSBURG, PA. Dee. 14, 1900. Eprror Srar:—I promised you at Gettysburg, last July, to write an article on the war, and as I always took pride in keeping a promise, I will proceed to make good my word. I will therefore blow my horn, although there are many who say they don’t believe any- thing an old soldier says. Several years ago I wrote several articles for your most valuable paper, and I would take up the theme where I left off, if I knew just at what part of my army life I discontinued my let- ters. As Iam not clear on that, I will tell you something of my experience during the last few days of the war. On the 2nd of April, 1865, our grand old 6th corps was selected to storm the fortifications in front of Petersburg, Va. The grand assault was to be made early in the morning. The works in front of Petersburg were no ordinary affair. They had been for many months an impregnable barrier to the Union army, erected scientifically under the supervision of the best topographical engineer of the day. They had been strengthened as opportunity offered until they were regarded by both sides as almost invulnerable. « The signal for the attack was to be a gun fired at dawn of day, the exact hour and minute having been deter- mined upon. The corps was formed as near as I could surmise in three col- umns, divisions front. We had been apprised of the forlorn hope we were assigned to the evening previous, and while a goodly number ot us was at- tending a religious meeting in the | Christian Commission tent (a teut large enough to seat 500 people) an or- derly came to the door and sung out that doleful command—*Pack up!” In a second every man was on his feet and making a run for the door. Rev. George A. Hall, of New York, had charge of the Christian Commission work of our corps, and mounting a bench he called the boys to order, re- questing all to knell down while he of- fered np a parting prayer in our be- half. We did so,and I never heard such a prayer before or since. He prayed that victory might be inscribed on our banners, that we would drive the enemy of freedom as chaff before the wind, and that withcut the loss of one man, The prayer was answered, except as to the loss of men. But our loss was very light, compared with what we had to go througn, and it was not expected that wo would storm those works withoat the shedding of blood. In fact little good was. ever accomplished for man’s freedom without the shedding of blood. Long after midnight we were march- ed out of camp and formed in line of battle, my division in front. Every- thing was quiet as death. All field oflicers dismounted, and the command was passed along in a whisper. The ground where we formed was damp, but not muddy, and sloped down to- ward the Rebel works from an eleva- tion of about 30 degrees, which was to our advantage, providing we made a quick forward movement. The signal gun was fired at the ap- pointed time, and when we arose from our slumbering position (it was a com- mon thing for us old “vets” to fall asleep ia line of battle) the sound was similar to that of a large flock of birds rising. We made a wild, fearful dash for the works. The first to check us was-the line of abattis which we tore away in a very short time. There were three lines of abattis. The first was made of limbs of trees trimmed up and planted in the ground. The second was made of small poles planted in the ground and pointed towards us at an elevation of about 45 degrees. The third was made of heavy timber placted in a similar way, and through ull three we swept before the Rebels knew we were upon them. The last object in the way was an 8-foot ditch with about 3 feet of water in it. I don’t know how the rest of the boys got over, but I cleared the ditch, ram- ming my bayonet in the side of the works to hold me from falling back. 1 made steps with my heel to get on top, gritted my teeth with fear and expect- ed every second to be shot down or thrust through with a bayonet. When I finally reached the top I saw the Rebels running away. I was so over- joyed that I cried like a baby and cheered myself hoarse. Twenty-five of us got over about the same time, and seeing a wagon train about a half mile off pulling out of a woods, we ran across a field to capture it. The drivers seeing us coming, each one of them cut a horse loose and made their escape. I looked in one of the wagons and found it loaded with cloth- ing and hospital goods. We left the wagons stand and followed the fleeing Rebels for about a mile, when we came to a house which was used as head- quarters by some general, I opened the back door, passed through the kitchen into the dining-room, and in the dining-room was a table set with a partly devoured meal. Behind the door was a 6-gallon demijon over half full of applejack. I took the butt of my musket and broke it to pieces just as a big sergent came in. He was so angry at me for breaking the dewijon that he threatened to hit me over the head with his gun. I said perhapsthere was poison put in it, or if not it is no time to indulge in such stuff, for if we ever wanted a steady head it was that day. TI just then began to realize that we were all out of line of duty, and I struck back to find my company and regiment. I got back just in time to see General Grant jump the ditch and ride along the line. Up to this time we were going southward, but when Grant came he ordered a change of front, and we faced due west in the direction of Petersburg. This was to lielp the 9th corps which was struggling hard to get over the works to our right. In this way we got on their flank and rear and compelled them to retreat. In that way we saved the 9th corps. We received a very heavy artillery fire for about two hours, when we at last got below them, and their guns were unable to bear upon us. We kept up the chase away into the night, when we lay down in a corn field to rest. While lying here T gathered some corn stalks and made a small fire, wrote a note to Rev. Geo. A. Hall, telling him his prayer was answered. About midnight we were awakened by a terrible explosion,and the country around was lit up by flames of burning building in Petersburg. There was no more sleep for us that night, and we all went to work and made coffee and got an early breakfast, after which we were ready to follow up the retreating Rebels. B. F. Jouxs, Co. A, 49th Pa. Vols, 3d Brigade, 1st Div., 6th Corps. (Zo be Continued.) $1000 Worth of Good. A. H. Thurness, of Wills Creek Coal Co., Buffalo, O., writes: “I have been afflicted with kilney and bladder trou- ble for years, passing gravel or stones, with excruciating pain. Other medi: cines only gave relief. After taking ‘oLey’s Kipxey Cure the result was surprising. A few doses started the brick dust, like fine stones, ete., and now I have no pain across my kidneys and I feel like a new man. FoLey’s Kipxey Crre has done me $1000 worth of good. Take no substitute. Miller & Shaler. ee A Tribute to the Dunkard or Ger- man Baptist Church. Not more than a year ago we read an able article in some newspaper on the shortcomings of some of the professors of Christianity. The writer said: “The world is in need of a religion that will make a man pay his debts if he is able to pay them. Do not be deluded with the idea that Jesus paid it all, for Jesus never did nor never will pay a debt which you owe and are able to pay yourself.” The writer then goes on to say that churches in general do not seem to put enough stress on honesty. He gives it as his opinion that in most churches a man can cheat, victimize and defraud to a great extent without being called to account by his church, so long as he pays his dues to the church and is a regular attendant at services. In other words, the writer from whose article we quote seems to be of the opinion that the average church member is allowed to be as dis- honest as he pleases, so long as he pays bis dues to the church. Now, while we are of the opinion that the writer referred to takes an exag- gerated view of this matter,it neverthe- less seems to be self-evident to busi- ness men that some Christian denomi- nations put much more stress upon honesty than others. For example, we will cite any business man of this com- munity to his dealings with the Dunk- ards and the Amish. Mr. Business Man, no matter who you are, how many bad book accounts can you show against the Duukards or the Amish? We mean Dunkards and Amish who are in full fellowship and good stand- ing in the church, not those who have been firied out for dishonesty and other offenses. We heard a prominent business man of Salisbury remark a few days ago that he never lost a penny by giving credit to a Dunkard or an Amishman. As for Tue Star, we can say the same. The Dunkards, especially, are great news- paper readers, and out of the many of them that are subseribers to this paper, each and every one pays his subserip- tion. We have never lost a cent by trusting a Dunkard or an Amishman. This is indeed a high tribute to those two denominations, and this seems to indicate that they have a religion that requires and leads them to pay their debts. A great man once said: “An honest man is the noblest work of God.” There is more truth than poetry in that say- ing, and the man whose religion leads him to pay his debts is the professor of a pretty good religion. A man’s hon- esty is the best criterion to go by to ascertain his true worth. What we have said along this line has not been said from any prejudiced feeling, for the editor of this journal is not a member nor adherent of any par- ticular denomination. We believe there are many good, and some bad people in all churches, but we feel that we owe the Dunkards and the Amish a special compliment for the honesty that seems to be such a strong characteristic of of the two sects. In some other im- portant requirements we hardly think they rank as well as some other denom- inations; but be that as it may, an honest man is admired the world over, and the fact still remains that an hon- est man is the noblest work of God. Church member or no church member, every man should strive to be honest, for that is an infallible test of his man- hood, and honesty at all times is the best policy. A deadbeat is dispised the world over, especially when he pro- fesses religion while carrying on his distionesty. The Best Salve in the World is BANNER SaLve. It is made from a prescription by a widely know skin specialist and positively is the most healing salve for piles, burns, scalds, ulcers, running sores and skin diseases. There is nothing so good. Miller & Shaler. RLSRC Reformed Church Services. Sunday school next Sunday morning at 930. Divine services in the evening at 7 o'clock. This is the last Sunday in the century and the sermon will be ap- propriate to the occasion. All are invited to be present. Homer 8S. May, Pastor. _ —_—————— BANNER SALVE, tnemost healing salve in the world. HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN. Christmas Eve Noted for Its Fights and General Carousal. Probably never in the history of Sal- isbury was there more profanity, foul talk and general carousal in this town | than on last Monday evening. As is usually the case on Holiday occasions, a lot of our local toughs, as well as some from West Salisbury and Boyn- ton, were roaring around the town and looking for trouble. Of course they found it, for when two or more are looking for troubleit is always sure to take place. The first battle was between Charles Meager and some of the West Salis- bury and Boynton gangs. It is said that Meager was double-teamed, and _f course was soon polished off, which might easily have happened if he had been attacked singly. If reports are true, Meager was assailed in a very dirty manner, but no dirtier than he has on several occasions assailed oth- ers, for we have heard his associates bragging on at least two occasions how the festive and frisky Charles did his man with steel knuckles. Neither of the combatants in this instance deserve any sympathy or congratulations. We are informed that several arrests have been made as a result of this fight, and that Meager’s assailants may be re- quired to appear before his honor Judge Longenecker. We opine that if it comes to this all parties will be sor- ry for it,both the plaintiffs and the defendants, for things will likely be brought out that will make it go hard with these people all around. Later in the evening another fight occurred in D. I. Hay’s pool room and restaurant. This fight was the out- growth of the Meager, May, Harding and Brogan fight, and appears to have been caused by “Junk” Harding, who entered the pool room and started to make himself generally offensive. In a short time Frank Brogan was ready to do battle royal with Arthur Emer- ick, who was accused of being a friend, aider and abettor of young Meager. These two young bucks forthwith lock- ed horus and proceeded to raise more racket than the traditional bull in the China shop. In an instant a general fight was on, some rushing in to help one combatant, some to help the other, some to get a crack at anybody in reach, and others to make peace. But peace was a stranger until Constables Snyder and Krausse entered the place and stopped the mill. Even then peace was not restored, even though every- thing became quiet. Several fellows were still unsatisfied, and they loitered around waiting for a favorabla oppor- tunity to resume hostilities. The last battle occurred an hour or so later, when Wm. Harding halted Harry Livengood on the pavement in front of Hay’s hotel. Tle accused Harry of sledging him several times without cause during the fight in the pool room, and we are told by some who claim to have been standing by at the time, that while Harry was standing with his hands in his overcoat pockets, Harding knocked him down and proceeded to pommel him. We do not know how this is, for we did not see it, but we know that Harry was pretty badly done up, and he claims that he was struck by more than one person during the scufile, and this is corroborated by others. Be tht is it may, the chances are that the end is not yet, and it is evident that these carousals will con- tinue from time to time until the per- sons responsible for them find them- selves behind prison bars. On information of D. I. Hay, “Junk” Harding was arrested the next day for causing all the trouble in the pool room, and after a hearing before Bur- gess Livengood, the accused was fined $5.00 and costs, or $7.37 in all. We think it would be but just and right for all other participants in these fights to be arrested and fined also, and they will be, if information is made against. them. What we need in this town is a good policeman to be on duty continually, with extra policemen to aid him when occasion demands it. We need an of- ficer who will nip all trouble in the bud, one who will use his mace vigor- ously on all who resist arrest or try to hinder arrest. SHOOTING AFFRAY. Two Men Shot in Salisbury, Last Saturday Evening. That this town is a close rival of Windber, for general rowdyism, is be- coming more in evidence every day. With no police protection the place is practically at the mercy of unprinci- pled thugs, and they are not slow to take advantage of it. About one half of all the young men in and about town are guilty of the cowardly prac- tice of carrying steel knuckles, not so much for defensive as for offensive purposes, thus rendering themselves liable to terms in the penitentiary, where a lot of them ought to be now. Revolvers are also carried by many, and last Saturday evening several per- sons might have been killed by their use. Two men whose names no one seems to be certain about, got into a dispute over a jug of alcohol. Two other per- sons, we are informed. were also in the mix-up, and before it was all over two shots were fired by the same person. One man was shot through the hand and another through the arm, the lat- ter producing quite an ugly wound. One of the men shot was either a step brother or a half brother of the man who did the shooting, we are informed. Waybright is reported to be the name of one of these men, but whether he did the shooting or was the man that was shot no one seems to know. Both are Virginians, we understand, and re- side at Niverton or Coal Run. No arrests have been made, but it is likely that there will be if the combat- ants are still in this vicinity. » 1900. Dad Marshall’s Views on the Me- tropolis Question. Reasons for being a metropolis are unique and easy to find, these days. tropolis because it is the oldest town; because it is the counfy seat. scale, and the Meyersdale ‘ted into a borough. Great are the me- tropolisites. By same mould of dia- grammi: ug Garrett is the metropolis be- cause it’s the liveliest railroad June- tion,or Shanksville is the metropolis be- cause it has no railroad at all. New Baltimore is the metropolis because it lies in a valley, or Stoyestown is the metropolis because it sits upon a hill. —Berlin Record. Brother Marshall, there is something in what you say, but we must call you down on one thing. Garrett is not the liveliest railroad junction in Somerset county by a long way. That honor be- longs to Salisbury Junction, which, of course, according to customary argu- ments on this topie, makes Salisbury Junction the metropolis of the county, while Meyersdale is only one of its suburbs. This question is now settled, so let Meyersdale come off of her high perch. Missionaries Roasted by Andrew Carnegie. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese envoy extra- ordinary and minister plenipotentiary, was the guest of honor at a dinner giv- en by the Lotus club, New York City, recently, at which General Miles, An- drew Carnegie, Chas. R. Flint, Felix Adler, Rear Admiral Barker, General Stewart L. Woodford, Dr. W. W. Walk- er, Wayne McVeagh, Almon Goodwin and a number of other distinguished gentlemen were present. After talks by Minister Wu and Messrs. Adler, McVeagh and others, Mr. Carnegie spoke about the troubles in China. He said that he had spent much time in China and had been hos- pitably entertained. There was one side of the missionary trouble which people in this country did not appreci- ate because it had never been inflicted upon them as it had been inflicted upon the people of China. He told of an experience in China when his host, a Chinese nobleman, came to him in the morning in tears, and upon being questioned said that he had been sitting up all night with his wife, who was in a serious condition from grief and worry. She was pros- trated, Mr. Carnegie said, because she had found that a missionary had ob- tained control over her eldest son, and was teaching him to despise his ances- tors and defile his family, and do all things that are repugnant to self-re- specting Chinese. “Now,” said Mr. Carnegie, “who hss been doing this thing? Dr. Harper has been doing it. He was there in that city, living there with eight seryants— the man who had not been able to keep one servant when he was in Pittsburg; it was a wonder to me that he was even able to support himself—and he was there trying to teach religion to a Chi- nese whose ancesters had been civil- ized when his people were eating one another. Confucius teaches that no matter in what form worship may be offered, and no matter to what god, if it is honestly made, it will reach the Supreme being. Let us let these peo- ple alone.” Mr. Carnegie said that in general places he agreed with our ex-Presi- dents rather than with our President. He was with Harrison and Cleveland in most of his opinions rather than with McKinley. But he did believe that Mr. I{ay and Mr. McKinley de- served the everlasting gratitude of the Nation for the wisdom and the human- ity which they had exerted in their treatment of the Chinese question. An Old Newspaper. From the Meyersdale Republican. Through the courtesy of J. H. Lep- ley, of Deal, we were favored with look- ing over a copy of “The Somerset Whig,” published by John Patton, at Somerset, Pa. Thursday, May 7, 1818. It isa four column folio paper and it’s appearance is very funny to a newspaper man of today. Aside from some legal notices and sale of lands, it has no advertising patronage. The paper contains some family names that are still to be found in this county, i. e.,, Ogle, Coffroth. Philson, Dively, Scott and others. Alex- ander Ogle, Jr.,, was prothonotary at that time and many notices are signed by him. One piece of news is that Spain has offered to give up the Floridas to the United States upon a payment of $5,- 000,000. Another item says that Con- gress had appropriated $260,000 to meet the demands that may be made on ex- isting contracts for finishing the Na- tional Pike from Cumberland to the Ohio river. Another article says that the editor of the York Gazette has just completed a list of all the papers printed in Penn- sylvania, with their polities. There were 84 in all, 42 of which were Feder- al, and 42 Democratic. Smull’s hand book for 1900 gives a list of 1006 news- papers, 75 of which are published in Philadelphia alone, and this list does not include the magazines or trade’s papers published in the state. One very funny advertisement is where one George Graham, of Stoyes- town, offers a reward of six cents for the arrest of one James Burns, an ap- prentice to the hatting business, who had run away, The Somerset Herald is the out- growth of this old ewspoper. Many persons have had the exper. ience of Mo Stratford, N. H. I suffered torture from chronic indi- gestion, but Kodol Dyspepsia made a well man of me.” dyspepsia and every form of stomach trouble. It gives relief at once even in you goods Miller & Shaler. claimant sets up that Berlin is the me- another that Somerset bags the honor A third would award the distinetion to Salis- bury, because she was the first to dis- cover coal mining pursued on a large Republican files a caveat in favor of its town, be- cause the census enumerator made his rounds before Windber was incorpora- Peter Sherman, of North , who says, “For years Cure It digests what you eat and is a certain cure for the worst cases, and can’t help but do | 1 NO. +®, SENTENCED FOR FRAUD. ae Forgers of Railroad Passes Get In- | determinate Terms. Two swindlers of railroad companies by means of forged passes, and” one swindler of manufactures by the use of the mails, were sentenced to the penitentiary from Chicago yesterday. Gilbert E. Meiers and John HH! Jones, the wholsale f ways passes, who were arrested when about to leave Chicago a few pleaded guilty of forgery before Judge Tuley, and a few minuteslater were sentenced to Joliet for an indeferminate term. Although the men were glad to. plead guilty without troubling. the prose- cution to present its evidence, they were not willing to tell the extent to which they nad defrauded the rail- roads. A few facts about their operations were drawn from the men, but no con- nected story was told by them. The amounts of which the railroads have been defrauded by them run into the thousands of dollars, and railroads throughout the country have been vie- timized, but no definite idea of the ex- tent of the operations can be secured. In addition to the forgeing and sell- ing of employes’ pa for which the men were arrested, they had another methed of obtaining transportation. They would present to the passenger agent of a railroad a forged letter from the head of another road, asking for rip passes for two employes of the for- eign road. When this letter was hon- ored by the issuance of the requested passes, the pasteboards would be promptly sold to a scalper. Meiers told of getting six return passes to im- portant western points in this manner. They were sold to Bill Nye, a Chicago scalper, for $210, and were recovered from him, after the arrest of Meiers and Jones, by the railroads interested. Meiers and Jones worked in one city after another through the country, and it was due to the vigilance of Central Passenger Association officials, whe were on the lookout for them. that they were caught when they appeared here. They ordered bogus autograph stamps from A. W. Martin & Co., makers of rabber stamps, who reported the order to the Passenger Association. The forg- ers depended on the possession of false stamps and of paper and passes printed by themselves for their success- —Chicago Inter- -Ocean, Nov. 28, 1900. -— For Hoarsenees. Benj. Ingerson, of Hutton, Ind. says he had not spoken a word above a whisper for months, and one bottle of ForLey’s Hoxey axp Tar restored his voice. It is used largely by speakers and singers. Take no substitute. Mill- er & Shaler. - = ie i List of Petit Torers, For special term of Court to convene January 21,1901: Allegheny—Henry Foehtman, Adam Deener, John C. Geler. Jerlin—Jacob Beach, Quade. Black—Hiram Walker. Jrothersvalley—C. T. Bittner. Conemaugh—Henry Smith. Elk Lick—John Rodamer, Fred Ben- der, C. J. Yoder, H. W. Christner. Fairhope—T. A. Menges. Greenville—Fred Durr, Frank Murry, Hooversville—W. A. Meyers. Jefferson—Robert T. Hull, Barron. Jenner—S. I. Korns. Lincoln—E. P. Adams, del. Middlecreek— Wilson Geary. Milford—Jas. W. Seibert. Meyersdale—H. I, Stahl, sel. Northampton—Ephriam Broadwater. Shade—Philip Berkeybile, D.C. Lam- bert. Somerset boro.—Henry T. Edw wl] Hoover, D. W. Saylor. Somusiiagt twp,—Josinh Gdod. Southan? Wp X 2. P. Martz. Summit—Dani ~. G. 1. tin. ; Stoyestown—Francis Tay o U. Turkeyfoot—Cornelius Burket. Ursina—H. W. Colborn, Aaron Shan- non. rgers of re weeks ago, Charles - Me- Wilson Noah Bren- U. M. Hou- J | Menser, Mar- Bark Pays 3 per cent. Interest. The First National Bank of Frost- burg, Maryland, which is a designated Depository of the United States Govern- ment, pays three (8) per cent. interest on money left with them for deposit. tf. Boston Diction. Teacher (of English )—*Michael,when I have finished you may repeat what IT have read in your own words. ‘Seethe cow. Isn't she a pretty cow? Can the cow run? Yes, the cow can run. Can she run as fast as the horse? No, she cannot run as fast as the horse.” Future Mayor (of Boston )—“Git onto de cow. Aint she a beaut? Kin de cow git a gain on her? Sure. Kin de cow hump it wid de h Nit—de cow ain't in it wid de horse.”—Judge. — —— Details of a diabolieal plot have just come to light. Several months ago, presumably in the darkness of night, some evil-minded Republican, secret- ly, and with malice aforethought, re- moved the rosettes from the bridles of Hon. J. N. Barndt’s driving team, and in-their places substituted medallions of McKinley and Roosevelt almost as large as saucers. Mr. Barndt is chair- man of the Democratic county central committee, and in the interests of his office, drove that team with its shining head-gear from one end of the county to the other and never discovered the trick that had been played on him. is believed that the effective advertis ing thus given the head of {he Repub- lican ticket had much to do with its success in this count When the mat- ter was called to Jaek’s attention a ds or two after election it made him si and be has been in bed every n since. As a reward for inforn that will ler ad to the convi miscre: ant he offer 3 .anark postofl orse?
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