there larger to the ’e ave- only a addi- eet on > I re- ve was pt. 23, ed the I will s such clerks From on a from times year. of the ers on 1 from Mexi- my ad m the Inde- busi- to 500 J. Ed. ing to: per to ¥ St. notor- ad to,. , Very I am or the: I like: d the come ITZ. Cer-- Cer- lecid- rma- y lst, rami- d an- hould nmit- cants. ches: 'y ee. some 18x22 iece,. e we riber- least . All sh on 1902, t we: can- shed. want e all tf and $3.25. 's to The Somerset 3 NOL. VIII. pln » §. ert SS ~Com— > ee —— > ties, > * | . Blouse and Vest Suits, also the 2 and 3- | piece Knee Pant Suits, at from «A A full line of Men's and Boys’ extra | pants. We invite your, inspection. ) ~~ 4 - "CLOTHING! Just received a fine line of Men's Suits in Blue and Black Serge, Fancy Worsted, = $310 1500 Youths’ Suits, 14 to 19 years, in hand- 4 some Gray, Brown and Green, Blue and Black Serge and Worsted. They are beau- |. $5t0 $10.00. Boys’ Suits in the Norfolk Jacket, Roman sk Lick Supply Co. 9 0F SALISBURY. <= CAPITAL, $50,000. Modern fire and burglar proof safe and v absolute security. Offers every accommodat with safe and prudent banking. President; Albert Reitz, Cashier. Fi We Solicit Your Business OrricErs :—J. I. Barchus, President; H. H. Maust, Vice THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ion consistent : No. 6106. 5 ault, affording Dirscrors:—J. L. Barchus, L. L. Beachy, H. H. Maust, A. F. Speicher, A. M. Lichty, A. E. Livengood, F. A. Maust. : i RR ee “ER I a 4 \ purchase in that line. | 11 MAY BE. <= It may be, Mr. Farmer, that you will need some new i Harvesting Machinery, this year. It may be that you f want the very best Mower or Reaper on the market. It may be that you don’t know where you can make the best "Look Around And See! If you will look to your own best interests, you will in- Yes, He “Was Hornswoggled.” Saylor was “hornswoggled,” in speak- ing of the County Superintendent’s election. Of course he was “horn- swoggled ;” it could not well have been otherwise. So much boodle was used to buy votes for Saylor, and so many “horns” of whiskey were given for Say- lor votes that it was impossible for.that candidate to avoid being “hornswog- gled.” “Smiling Virgil” came to Salisbury a few days after the convention, and he, too, seemed to be somewhat “horn- swoggled.” as is customary with him. He came here for consolation, for Sal- isbury, you know, is about the only place in Somerset county where “horn- swoggled” school teachers can find any sympathy. Virgil stated while here that his brother was defeated on his (Virgil’s) account, and no doubt that is true to a certain extent. A “hornswoggled” brother is sometimes a dangerous thing. \ But just wait until “Lucifer” lays “the facts in the case” before the State Superintendent. Then what? Why, then Mr. Saylor will be “horns woggled” worse than ever. Mr. Seibert and his friends are ready for the investigation. but the friends of the “hornswoggled” candidate know better than to institute a contest. We only wish they would, but they know better. No matter what Lucifer’s “directors returning from the convention” assert, their asserting does not cut much ice. The directors doing the asserting and the belly-aching are only fellow who happened to be with the losing side, and they are not so very many, and furthermore, are made of only a very ordinary quality of the mud of crea- tion. It will be remembered that about six years ago the Meyersdale Commercial and a cheap “sissy” known as Prof. Speicher made some very ugly insinua- tions against one John Pacer Vogel. “Pacer” was charged with attempting to bribe a certain “slimjim” school di- rector, and the heavenly twins down in Meyersdale were making all kinds of threats as to what they were going to do. But they didn’t do a thing’ to “Pa- cer.” Why? Because they found that several directors had been in a certain bar room, and while all were indulging freely in spirituous, vinous and malt liquors, the conversation turned to the election of a County Superintendent. Then a “slimjim” director remarked that he was out for boodle for his vote, and by that time another director jokingly remarked that he had boodle to dispense for votes for a certain can- didate. It was believed by all present that both men were only joking, but the one joker and his friends at once tried. to make campaign thunder out of it for Prof. Speicher and get the other joker into trouble. Itwasa contempti- bly mean trick, but it came to naught, for tke heavenly twins in Meyersdale found that they couldn’t get one of the jokers into trouble without also giving the other joker a lot of unsavory no- toriety. Plots hatched in bar rooms generally come to grief, But “Lucifer” and other “hornswog- gled” people are sore. They even kick because Judge Kooser presided over the convention of school directors. They say it has lowered the Judge in their estimation, but neither the Judge nor the majority of the people of Som- erset county will lose any sleep on that account. The fact remains that Judge Kooser was a school director, that the office is no tincompatible with that of Judge of the Courts, the law allowing bim to hold both at the same time, and the people elected him to both and de- manded that he. serve them in each capacity. Besides, a very large major- ity of the directors in ‘tHe convention wanted Judge Kooser to preside, and without a majority he could not have presided. 1f Judge Kooser had been a Saylor man, would any of the Saylor adberents have objected to him as chairman of the convention? No, not one, and they know it. Every man has a right to howl when he’s licked, but the directors who are now howling need not think for a mo- In his last week’s Commercial our dear old friend “Lucifer” Smith says vest in the Light Running, Correctly Built and Perfectly Working Osborne Machinery. There is none better. I think there is none quite as good. I would like to sell to ( you, feeling sure that if you buy from me you will think as I do. Give me a call when you are ready for that new Mower | or Reaper that you are thinking of buying. It will be to yo your advantage to see me before buying. DENNIS WAGNER, AGENT, ELK LICK, PA. ment that one politic of County But who i other than machine. but ridicule for themselves. shout political jobbery bribery or what- ever they please, but they cannot add one cubit to their influence nor turn That there is politics in the election they are creating anything They may al hair white or black. Superintendents is no joke. 8 responsible for it? None the defunct Scull political It used to be that no man ISA present duty: Subscribe for THE could be elected to the aforesaid office unless he was a valuable political chat- tel of the Scull machine. The people got tired of the machine, finally, and ? STAR. it is today. took the matter into their hands, where 1 pre es oe Ea Se em Sr @ountp Star, SALISBURY, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA. THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1902. NO. 17. chine’s politicians can no longer be elevated to that office. “It used to be the fashion, but it don’t go now.” Even Harvey M. Berkley’s jackassic- al speech, when he nominated Mr. Saylor, could not fool a majority of the convention. Berkley’s fool utterances only lost Mr. Saylor some votes. Any- way, Harvey M. is a very awkward jay when up before an audience trying to make a speech. But, as Tue Star said last week, Profs. Seibert and Saylor are both able men, and, so far as we know, are both honorable men. They are men of about equal educational qualifications, one being a graduate of the California State Normal and the other a graduate of the Millersville State Normal. Mr. Saylor should not be held accountable for the actions of a few political fool friends who defeated him. If they could have bought enough votes, he would have been elected. Yes, Mr. Saylor was “hornswoggled.” Beware of tho Bears. Mrs. Chas. Miller recently saw two large black bears near what is known as Dog spring, in the mountains near Berlin. They were going in a souther- ly direction, and it is belived that they are now prowling around in the jungles of Meyersdale borough, near the Com- mercial hog wallow, where animal freaks of all kinds abound. The freak known as Lucifer should at once don a lion’s skin. Lucifer, be keerful where you roam about; Don the lion’s skin and put the bears to rout, Fer them self same bears ’ll git you, 1f . you don’t look out. A Revelation. If you will make inquiry it will be a revelation to you how many succumb to kidney or bladder troubles in one form or another. If the patient is not beyond medical aid, Foley's Kidney Cure will cure. It never disappoints. Sold by E. H. Miller. Last week “Lucifer” Smith’s “judge up a tree” had a good deal to say about the postmastership of Meyersdale, but even on that subject,as well as all oth- ers he touches on from time to time, he exposes only his ignorance. For the enlightenment of the said “judge up a tree,” Tug STAR will call bis attention to the following fucts: Within the past few months three postmasters were re-appointed to office in Somerset county, and all of them were Presi- dential appointments. It may be news to ignoramuses like the “judge up a tree,” that all Presidential appoint- ments for post-offices must be confirm- ed by the U. S. Senate. It may also be news to the self-styled judge to learn that only one of the aforesaid three ap- pointments has been confirmed by the Senate, and that was the appointment of the postmaster at Windber. The appointments of the Meyersdale and Berlin postmasters have not yet been confirmed, and it all depends on cir- cumstances as to whether they will be confirmed. There is a reason, and a good one, too, why two of the three ap- pointments mentioned are not confirm- ed. Can the “judge up a tree” state the reasons? Of course he can’t; but we know who could. The postmaster of Windber is a loyal Republican. He uoted the whole Republican ticket, last fall, as usual. But how about the Mey- ersdale P. M. and the Berlin P. M.? Now, while Tue Star hasn’t got a thing in the world against the Meyers- dale P. M., we would caution him to be- ware of such fool friends as “Lucifer” Smith’s “judge up a tree.” In our opinion Pogtmaster Naugle has always been a pretty good fellow, but we can- not endorse his disloyalty to the Re- publican party at the last general elec- tion. However, we do not care who is postmaster of Meyersdale, but we merely drop these few hints to let Mr. Naugle know that some of his fool friends will be to blame if he is kicked out of office. didates who bolted the Republican |$ vote on county superintendent, we im- | p agine it will cause a chill to chase up and down their spinal columns. The directors represent precisely the polit- |p ical standing of each district. were in convention one hundred and | n seventy-seven Republicans; of these |h twenty-three, and Mr. Saylor, the Stal- | d wart candidate, fifty-two. Of the sixty- four Democrats in convention, Mr, Sei- bert received eight, and Mr. Saylor | y fifty-six. Thus it will be seen that the of the Democrats.—Somerset Standard. ee eee That’s why the Scull ma- quarto. A new cylinder press has late- ly been procured, and many other im- proved facilities have been added. Edi- tor Livengood seems to be abreast with the times.— Fayette Republican. ly doubled size by adopting a six-col- umn, eight-page form. fast press, and a disposition to keep its enemies in hot water, Tug StAR’s pros- perity, by refraction, looks like a pur- pose on its part to establish a perma- nent slump among the organs and or- ganettes of “the other faction.”— Frost- burg Mining Journal. STAR reaches our table greatly improv- ed in appearance. umn quarto, and it is certainly a far more preferable size than was the old blanket sheet form. Things must be moving along in a financial way that pleases our friend up the region, or he would not be making the many im- provements that he has lately made in that print shop. Success to Tue Stir and its editor.—Meyersdale Republican. John Wanamaker’s Great Adver- has closed a contract with the New York Journal for a four-page adyer- —_————— tisement for one year, and that the WEN some of the prospective can- | contract calls for the expenditure of ticket, last fall, come to analyze the | contract ever placed with a daily news- is said to be the largest contract ever There | country—$385,000 to the Philadelphia Mr. Seibert received one hundred and $112,500 for a single page in the Phila- cost to get the last page in the Ladies Home Journal, just one time. successful business men, those who ad- Stalwart strength almost equals that | vertise or those who don’t? This Man Got the Right Kine of Religion. A stranger called at the office of Col- onel Moses Dillon, Monday. He linger- ed about the office a little while, and finally mustered up the courage to speak to the colonel. He told him that twenty-three years ago he had cheated the colonel out of ten bushels of corn, and stated further that he had lately gotten religion and was trying to live a better life. He told Mr. Dillon that he wanted to settle with him for the corn, and then he would straighten up the matter with the Lord. He said the cheating had always bothered him more or less, but that it was not until he became converted that it bothered him so he couldn’t sleep. The corn was settled for, and the two men—the col- onel and the stranger—parted the best of friends. This is the kind of case one often reads about, but it is one of the first kind to happen in this city.—Ster- ling (I1l.) Standard. There are people right here in Salis- bury who profess religion, but who owe debts that they never intend to pay. They can be seen in church and Sun- day school every Sunday. They never stay away from the Holy Communion table, but they are also regular at- tendants and patrons of the saloons. Some of them want to carry their noses pretty high, notwithstanding that they’ owe nearly every business man in town. They sing “Jesus paid it all, all the debt I owe,” but Jesus hasn’t done anything of the kind, and in some cases we can prove it by our own books. Jesus will do the paying for that class of so- called Christians in the next world ; and it will be a very warm pay day,too. When a man gets a brand of religion that will not make him pay his debts, if he can pay them, he doesn’t get any- thing but a spurious brand; but a spurious brand of religion is the only kind some people want—just so they can fool the people with it. But they can’t fool the Almighty. The Speer Brand of Brandy. It is a guarantee of excellence. The #¥* Climax Brandy from grape in 1878 is absolutely pure. For sickness do not use any but the old, and strictly pure Brandy from grape. Speer’s Cli- max Brandy is entirely from the grape, a Notiee Taken of Our Improvement The lntest improvement adopled by editor Livengood ot the Salisbury Sra, is a change of his paper from the ¢-page to an 8-page form. Tae STAr is rolled out upon a cylinder press recently in- stalled and is evidently cantering along at a “liven-good” gait.—Berlin Record. Tar Sowrrser CounNty Stir has abandoned the old eight-column folio style and now appears as a six-column The Salisbury (Pa.) Star has recent- With a pew, Pete Livengood’s Somerskr County It is now a six-col- —_———— tising Contract. It is reported that John Wanamaker 150,000. This is said to be the largest aper in this country. Last year Mr. Wanamaker paid what laced with a daily newspaper in this ewspapers, and he is not the only eavy advertiser. Lit Brothers pay elphia Record, and $10,000 is what it Among our acquaintances, who are the most eee &&F The Pittsburg Daily Times and heals lungs and stops the cough. Foley's Honey and Tar Tir STAR, both one year for only $3.25 cash in Tue Star, Elk Lick, Pa. tf advance. Send all orders to FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN. What the Great Gould Railway Sys- tem is Coming To. The great Gould railway system, which will likely enter the coal fields of Somerset county within the next year or two, will likely be the first con- cern to have in operation a system un- der one management that will extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. The following particulars are taken from a late issue of the Pittsburg Post: " Gould’s dream of an outlet to the Eastern seaboard is apparently about to be realized. For years the Gould system has depended upon connection to reach tidewater at either the Pacific or Atlantic oceans. Until the recent mergers this was a very satisfactory arrangement. With such roads as the Baltimore & Ohio, the Chesapeake & Ohio, and the Norfolk & Western as independent properties, connections to the East were all that could be desired. Likewise there were independent roads in the West by which the sunset coast ‘could be reached. The efforts of the Goulds were confined to the develop- ment of a large inland system. But with the cutting off all outlets by the big consolidations of the last few years, the Goulds were forced eith- er to sell to these interests or to adopt an aggressive policy of expansion. The latter alternative was chosen, and George Gould and his associates have so far succeeded that they have about approached the transcontinental goal. This was done without exciting much public interest until recently. Under the new policy, surplus earnings were devoted to improvements. With the purchase of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, one more step eastward was taken. Following closely came the decison to build into Pittsburg to secure a share of the freight traffic of this industrial center. The West Virginia Central and the Little Kanawa roads were then purchased. Western Maryland to the Gould in- terests, represented by the Fuller syn- dicate, closed one of the most inter- esting railroad deals of recent years. Now it is announced that contracts ag- gregating nearly $10,000,000 for con- structing links in the proposed Wabash seaboard line will be let in the course of the next tw months, The line from Pittsburg to Baltimoté will be about 400 miles, and the Ogden- Los Angeles line over 1,000 miles. This completes the first line from ocean to ocean, under one ownership, ever per- fected. The Goulds until two years 230 were considered second-raters among the railroad financial giants, but now have come out as the first house confessing to own an ocean-to- ocean line. This is obtained in the following manner: Beginning at tide- water with the Western Maryland; a proposed link connecting that with the Wheeling & Lake Erie at Zanesville: the Wabash from the Western ter- minus of the Wheeling & Lake Erie at Toledo to Kansas City; the Missouri Pacific to Denver; the Denver & Rio Grande and the Rio Grande & Western: to Salt Lake City; and Senator Clark’s line from there to Los Angeles, the lat- ter now being in process of construc- tion. With the next change of time the Wabash will formally open its new line from Toledo to Chicago. This has been completed for some time, but when the spring time card goes into effect, a through passenger and freight service will be put on. All these late anditions will bring tLe total length of the allied lines un- der the Gould system up to 16,000 miles. Extending on a straight line, the main tracks of-the Gould system, when com- pleted, would go nearly two-thirds of the way around the world. With the sidings, terminals and belt lines domi- nated by the Gould system, the entire globe could be bound. by a single track. School Money for the Year. After the first Monday in June the department of public instruction will begin to pay out money appropriated for school purposes for the year eom- mencing June, 1902. The basis of dis- tribution is on the number of teachers. resident taxables and children between 6 and 18 years old who attend school. The appropriation for the year was originally $5,500,000, but $200,000 of this was taken for State normal schools and $25,000 for township high schools, leav- ing but $5,275,000 for the schools. Somerset county’s share of the ap- propriation is $49,420.26. Wants Others to Know. “I have used DeWitt’s Risers for constipation and torpid liver, and they are all right. I am glad to indorse them, for I think when we find a good thing we ought to let ethers know it,” writes Alfred Heinze, Quiney. Little Early Ill. They never gripe or distress. Sure. safe pill. E. H. Miller. 3 The recent sale of the gf vt
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