THE SOMERSET COUNTY STAR
P. L. Livexcoopn, Editor and Publisher.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
If you feel ill and need a pill
Why not purchase the best ?
DeWitt’s Early Risers
Are little surprisers,
Take one—they do the rest.
W. H. Howell, Houston. Tex., writes—I
have used Little Early Riser Pills in
my family for constipation, sick head--
ache, ete. To their use I am indebted
for the health of my family. E. H.
Miller. 12-25
We have an interesting California
letter on file for next week’s Star.
There are a good many cases of
diphtheria in Cumberland. Md.
How does this old-fashioned winter:
strike you? It appears that the snow
didn’t all come down: last winter.
A kidney or blander trouble can al-
ways be cured by using Foley’s Kidney
Cure in time. E. H. Miller. 12-25
The man who wrote “The Mocking
Bird” is dead. He got $35 for the song.
‘The publishers made $3,000,000 out of it.
He has been sufficiently punished. —Ex.
Our greatly esteemed friend Ernest
Livengood, who is now in the west, is
expected home about the Holidays.
He. will visit Oklahoma before re-
turning.
Foley’s Honey and Tar positively
cures all throat and lung diseases. Re-
fuse substitutes. E. H. Miller. 12-25
Siekly screaming babies are not
pretty. If you want a sweet child and
a. happy home, keep Victor Infants’
Relief and Victor Liver Syrup on hand
for baby. 1t.
Ed. Livengood has been capturing
some very large racoons during the
past two weeks, and a good many of
them, too. He caught one last week
that weighed 22 pounds.
Don’t be imposed upon by taking
substitutes offered for Foley’s Honey
and Tar. E. H. Miller. - 12-25
Mr. and Mrs. Ephriam Peck, of Falls
City, Neb., landed in Meyersdale on
Wednesday of last week and will visit
friends in Somerset county for several
weeks before returning home.
Advertisers who desire a change of
copy should always haveit in our hands
not later in the week than Tuesday
roon. Otherwise we are frequently
put to much inconvenience.
Wash day. Mother scalds her hands
Baby plays with fire and gets burned.
What a time! There is where Victor
Liniment is needed. Excellent for
sealds and burns.
The Salisbury Orchestra, which is
but a few weeks old, is making splendid
progress. The new organization is in
good finaneial condition and is bound
to become famous.
“Hello Certral!” “Well?” “Please
give me phone line for Vietor Liver
Syrup. It is a sovereign Remedy for
Colds, Qonstipation, Indigestion and
Headaches.” 1t
ichard Beachy disposed of his per-
sonal effects at Burr Oak, Kans. last
Saturday. We are informed that he is
thinking of locating in Illinois.—
Carleton, (Neb.) Leader.
We are always glad to get all the
news we can about the friends who
are visiting at your home, the party or
reception you have held or anything
else that will make the paper interest-
ing to its readers. Bring it in—send it
in—ic will be thankfully received.
Last week’s Carleton (Neb.) Leader,
announces that Milton J, Beachy and
wife and Richard Beachy and wife
are visiting friends at that place.
It also says that Eld. Jonathan Kelso,
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Last Saturday Harvey Fogle and the | with its straight and regular lines of
editor went out gunning for rabits and
| pheasants. We believe there is a law
| against selling game, but if anybody is
out of meat, call and be supplied free
of charge. We still have about 500
rabbits and pheasants out freezing.
Deacou Brown, of ‘the Kingwood
Argus, in speaking of the Brown family
in general, says: “Some of the Browns
are Republicgns and some are Demo-
crats. Those born in the light of the
moon are Democrats, and those born
in the dark of the moon are Republi-
We arrived during the full of
the moon and hate. been trying to live
up to it ever, since.”
bought a carload of apples in Bedford
county for a city commission merchant.
About the time the car was loaded, the
commission merchant decided that he
didn’t want the apples. Mr. Lichliter
then did the next best thing and had
the apples shipped here and unloaded.
The transaction is quite a loss to him,
we are informed.
The Pennsylvania railroad has order-
ed 15,000 cars from the Pressed Steel
Car Co. These cars will increase the
capacity of the Pennsylvania equip-
ment by 750,000 tons and will cost
about $15,000,000. The entire product
of the car company from December 1,
until June 1, will be taken to fill the
order. The output of the company
is over 100 cars a day.
Mr. Casper Dull, a promineni Harris-
burg capitalist who owns several
thousand acres of Negro Mountain
land west of Salisbury, was in town
Wst week, looking after his interests
There are somé rumors in the air con-
cerning developments to be made on
the Dull tract, for which John N. Davis
is agent, but we have nothing for pub-
lication yet along that line.
The Meyersdale Republican and the
Rockwood Gazette are beginning to
make very wry faces at each other.
Last week the Gazette jumped onto the
Republican all spraddled out. Brethren,
why get on the outs on account of
differences. opinion as to the change
of the course of the B. & O. railroad?
Keep cool, boys, keep cool, and give the
railroad people a chance to do some-
thing.
A Wayne township farmer, according
to the Dayton News, tried the follow-
ing ingenious plan for shaking a hickory
nut tree. He tied'a long rope to the
top of the tree and hitched a horse to
the other end of the rope. He started
up the horse, and when the tree began
to bend he suddenly cut the rope. The
animial turned a series of somersaults
and the nuts flew into another town-
ship.
Reports from Washington seem to
indicate that Somerset will not be
chosen as one of the great military
eamp sites soon to be established in
various parts of the country. The
Conewago valley site in Lebanon,
Dauphin and Lancaster counties has
been recommended by the board of
officers. and their recommendation has
been approved by Secretary of War
Root, says the Pittsburg Gazette.
Philip Rhoads, the deputy sheriff who
shot and killed Robert Maurer, of
Lincoln township, Iast summer, while
the latter was irying to escape from
being arrested, has been refused a new
trial by Judge Kooser. Rhoads was
found guilty of manslaughter at the
preceeding term of court, and last
week he was sentenced to 18 months in
the penitentiary. lis attorneys have
appealed the case and will carry the
matter to the Superior court.
Our friend Milton J. Beachy, vice-
president of the State Bank of Esbon,
Kan, in remitting for Tue Star, says:
“Our business is progressing beyond
our expectations. As the farmers gain
confidence in us they dig their coin and
musty greenbacks out of the ground
for deposit. Tue Star in our home is
always sought after first among all the
periodicals. Thus, you see, we cannot
be. without it. We are all enjoying
excellent health.”
Mary had a little lamb; that time has
passed away. No lamb could follow up
the gait that Mary goes today. For
now she rides on air-shod wheels in
skirts too short by half; no lambkin
shares her airy flight, but you can see
her calf. But who is there that can
complain or cry in woe, “alas!” So
long as Mary’s calf’s all right the lamb
can go to grass. So all the men delight
to gaze. their joy ‘is not a sham, for
while the other critter’s out they have
no use for lamb.
We call your attention to the large
advertisement of the Elk Lick drug
store, on first page. Mr. Miller, the
proprietor, is one of our most progres-
sive business men, and there is almost
no end to the.desirable holiday goods
he has in stock this year. .Then; too,
| whatever you buy at the Elk Lick drug
store is just what it is represented to
be, while the prices are very reasonable.
No one’ can afford to make holiday
purchases this year without first seeing
Mr. Miller's very fine and up-to-date
formerly of Elk Lick, is taking medical
treatment at a Kansas hospital. |
A Timely Topic. |
At this season of coughs and colds it
is well to know that Foley’s Honey and | |
Tar is the greatest throat and lung
remedy. It curesquickly and prevents
serious results from a eold. E. H.
Miller.
line of goods. No store in Somerset
county can surpass the Elk Lick drug
store for fine goods and a large variety
of them.
The Rockwood Gazettesays: “Hum-
bert, a town of 106 dwellings and busi-
ness places, certainly presents a novel
appearance as one enters the town on
the Ursina & Norfolk railroad, and
Seme time: ago Esquire Levi Lichliter |
safe to take.
mam.
buildings and streets reminds one very
much of an Ohio village. The large
company store is a model of complete-
ness. A large hotel of modern design
and plan will be opened for business
about December 15th. Everywhere
there is evidence of growth for
some time yet. John Van Sickel,
of Ursina, represents the Ursina Mine
Company at Humbert in the capacity
of building inspector.”
It will be good news to the mothers
of small children to learn that croup
can be prevented. The first sign of
croup is hoarseness. A day or two be-
fore the.attack the child becomes
hoarse.
culiar rough cough. Give Chamber-
lain’s Cough Remedy freely as soon as
-the child becomes hoarse, or even after
the rough cough appears, and it will
dispel all symptoms of croup. In this
way all danger and anxiety may be
avoided. This remedy is used by many
thousands of mothers and has never
been known to fail. Itis,in fact, the
only remedy that can always be de-
pended upon and that is pleasant and
For sale by E. H. Miller.
’ 12-25
The Meyersdale Republican seems to
be death afraid that somebody will be-
lieve that Sand Patch tunnel is to be
abandoned and leave the ex-metropolis
on a stub road. In fact it even gets a
little abusive on this topic 4t times.
Why all this nonsense? If nobody is
losing any sieep over the much talked
of change, there is no reason why the
Meyersdale papers should be so tickleish
on this subject. It looks as though the
Meyersdale papers anticipate the
change themselves, judging from the
way they slop over about it sometimes
and abuse other people who believe
that the change will be made. The
people who believe that the course of
the Pittsburg division will be changed
do not wish ‘it to Meyersdale, as the
papers of that town try sometimes to
have aright to believe what they please.
The grigin of the term Indian sum-
mer has not been definitely deter-
mined. Several explanations have been
offered which refer to Indian traditions.
One of these alludes to their great god
Sowwaniu, who dwelt in the Southwest
from whence their most prized winds
blew. ‘Another fiction-has it that the
Indian god Nanahbozhoo, who dwells
in the North previous to falling asleep
for the winter, fills his great pipe and
smokes for several days, and it is
smoke arising from his pipe that causes
the hazy weather. Professor Cleveland
Abbe suggests that some early traveler
in India, who had experienced the dry,
hazy weather of the Indian plains,
recognized nearly the same kind of sky
in the American Indian summer, and so
named it. Still another suggestion is
that it may have been some reference
to that season when the Indians, during
the early settlement of the country,
visited the forts and blockhouses before
diving into the wilderness for the
winter, as was their custom, says an
exchange.
This is the season of the year when
the prudent and careful housewife re-
plenishes her supply of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy. - It is certain to be
needed before rhe winter is over, and
results are much more prompt and sat-
isfactory when it is kept at hand and
given as soon as the cold is contracted
and before it has become settled in the
system. In almost every instance a
severe cold may be warded off by tak-
ing this remedy freely as soon as the
first indication of the cold appears.
There is no danger in giving it to chil-
dren for it contains no harmfal sub-
stance. It is pleasant to take—both
adults and children like it. Buy it and
you will get the best. It always cures.
For sale by E. H. Miller. 12-25
in spite of the rough weather, poles
are being erected for the new telephone
line that is to connect Salisbury, Poca-
hontas and Sand Pateh with Finzel,
Garrett county, Md. The company
ereciing ihe new line is known as the
Economy Telephone Company and is
composed principally Greenville
township farmers. The new line will
be a great convenience to the entire
territory it passes through, and it will
be the third telephone company to
enter Salisbury. When completed we
will have the Somerset county line, the
Mutual line and the Economy line.
Next. we will want the Bell long-
distance telephone, electric cars, water
works, electric light and the Wabash
railroad. We will have them all; by
and by, as well as other things we will
announce later. Don’t get it into your
cranium that Salisbury has seen her
best days, for she hasn’t. Even the
coal industry is just in its infancy in
this locality. There will be some
developments in the next few years
that will surprise most people. As old
“Mouutian John” Ringler used to say,
“Salisbury will be a seaport yet.”
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Foils a Deadly Attack.
“My wife was so ill that good physi-
cians were unable to help her,” writes
M. M. Austin, of Winchester, Ind., “but
was completely cured by Dr. King’s
New Life Pills.” They work wonders
in stomach .and liver troubles, Cure
constipation, sick headache. 25c¢ at
Miller’s drug store.
This is soon followed by a pe-
make it appear, but nevertheless they |
A Million Voices.
Could hardly express the thanks qf-
Homer Hall, of West Point, Ia. Lis-
ten why: A severe cold had settled on
his lungs, causing a most. obstinate
cough. Several physicians said he had
consumption, but could not help him.
When all thought he was doomed he
began to use Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption, and writes—*it com-
pletely cured me and saved my life. I
now weigh 227 Ibs.” It’s positively guar-
anteed for Coughs, Colds and Lung
troubles. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial
bottles free at E. H. Millers drug store.
Mr. Ernest Livengood, of Salisbury
Pa, arrived here, Wednesday, ta visit.
with his relatives for a week or ten
days. Mr. Livengcod is one of Somerset
county’s young capitalists and he has
several large business "estiblishments
in the state of Kansas, besides his vast
interests in the east.—Carleton, (Neb.)
Leader.
Saved At Grave's Brink.
“I know I would long ago have been
in my grave “writes Mrs. 8. H. Newsom
of Decatur. Ala., “if it had not been
for Electric Bitters. For three years
I suffered untold agony from the worst
forms of Indigestion, waterbrash,Stom-
ach and bowel dyspepsia. But this ex-
cellent medicine did me a world of
good. Since using it I can eat heartily
and have gaired 35 pounds.”
gestion, loss of appetite, Stomach, liver
and kidney troubles Electric Bitters
are a positive guaranteed cure. Only
50c at Miller’ 8 drug store.
An engineering crew in charge of H.
, Shirley surveyed the streets of
Berlin, last week, for the purpose of
making a map of the place. The party
is a part of B. & O. Engineers, F. L.
Stewart’s force, who are now located at
Somerset. The B. & O. company is
mepping the principal places along the
proposed new route and recently
surveyed the streets of Garrett.—
Berlin Record.
Coughs, Colds and Constipation.
Few people realize when taking
cough medicines other than Foley's
Honey and Tar, that they contain
opiates which are constipating besides
being unsafe, particularly for children.
Foley’s Honey and Tar contains no
opiates, is safe and sure and will not
constipate. H. Miller.
It was a Missouri man who went to
Washington. D. C., to sell horses and
reports his luck as follows: “The
people travel there on cars run by
electricity and do not need draught or
roadsters; they ride on bicycles and
automobiles and don’t need fast trot-
ters; they gamble by wire and don’t
need race horses, and the government
is run entirely by jackasses, so there
you are.”—Ex.
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A Thousand Dollar's Worth of Good.
A. H. Thurnes, a well known coal
operator of Buffalo, O., writes: “I
have been afflicted with kidney and
bladder trouble for years, passing
gravel or stones with excruciating pain.
I got no relief from medicines until I
began taking Foley’s Kidney Cure,
then the result was surprising. A few
doses started the brick dust like fine
stones and now I have no pain across
my kidneys and I feel like a new man.
It has done me a $1,000 worth of good.
E. H. Miller.
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No doubt the teachers who were at
Somerset last week could tell some in-
teresting stories of school life if they
could be induced to “cut loose” One
of them, a young lady, in relating some
of her school room experiences to a
party of friends, remarked that one of
the directors in her district could
neither read nor write, yet he made oc-
casional visits to her school, and inva-
riable smoked his pipe while there.—
Somerset Standard.
The Bell telephone Company is now
reaching after business in Somerset
county and we have been informed by
one of its represensatives that new
business is coming to them daily.
The lines will be extended to several
points in Somerset county, so as tobe in
communication with the different coal
operations, and with that object in view
the company has appropriated $12,000
for the extension of its lines in this
county Standard.
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Better Than a Plaster.
A piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and bound
on the affected parts, is better than a
plaster for a lame back and for pains
in the side or chest. Pain Balm has no
superior as a liniment for the relief of
deep seated, muscular and rheumatic
pains. For sale by E. H. Miller.
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According to the Jamestown Journal,
Albert G. Johnson, of Orchard Grove
farm, Busti, “had a turnip and it grew
and it grew” until it weighed 26 pounds
when dug. This mammoth can now be
seen in the Journal office. Its present
weight is 25 pounds and it measures 39
inches in circumference. Mr. Johnson
had 1,800 bushels of turnips and in the
lot were probably 200 specimens that
would each weigh 20 pounds or more.— |
Sharpville Advertiser.
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Drafts on all parts of the world.
Accounts of individuals and firms invited.
Deposits sent ‘By-mail and all- -correspondenee given prompi.and careful abr :
tention.
This bank is the only United States depository in the Gaorge’s Creek Valley.
Bank open Saturday nights from 7 to 10 o'clock.
MARX WINELAND, PPESIDENT.
ROBERDEAU ANNAN, CASHIER.
Suits And
the fit andsuperior tail-
oring of our clothing and
every Suit and Over-
coat is fully guaranteed
to give satisfaction.
Our prices arealways
right.
Barchus & Livengood,
Hand Made
Overcoats.
Overcoats!
Our new clothing
room is filled ‘with a
complete new stock of
Men's and Boy's Cloth-
ing. We are sole agents
for the celebrated
KIRSCHBAUM,
VITALS BRAND
You'll be pleased with
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
Digests all classes of food, tones and
strengthens the stomach and digestive
organs. Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Stomach Troubles, and makes rich red
blood, health dnd strength. Kodol re-
builds worn out tissues, purifies
| strengthens and sweetens the stomach.
Gov. G. W. Atkinson, of W. Va., says:
I have used a number of bottles of Ko-
dol and have found it to be a very
effective and, indeed, a powerful reme-
dy for stomach ailments. I recommend
it to my friends. E. H. Miller.
The lady (?) who yesterday called the
attention of another to our patched
breeches, whereat both laughed so
heartily, is informed that a new pair
will be purchased when her husband’s
bill is settled. It has been due nearly
a year. Don’t criticise a printer's
dress too closely while you are wearing
silk with money due us. Tell your
husband to send us $40.78 and save the
cost of a law suit. We need another
pair of pants.—Shreve News.
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What's in a Name?
Everything is in the name when it
comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E.C. De-
Witt & Co., of Chicago, discovered,
some years ago, how to make a salve
from Witch Hazel that is a specific for
Piles. For blind, bleeding, itzhing and
protruding Piles, eczema, cuts, burns,
bruises and »1l skin diseases DeWitt’s
Salve has no equal. This has given
rise to numerous worthless counter-
feits. Ask for DeWitt’s—the genuine
E. H. Miller.
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An advertisement continues to get
its work in until the last copy of the
paper containing it is destroyed. The
energy and enterprise of a business
man may be measured by his advertis-
ing. If he be timid, puerile or slow-
going he will not utilize the power of
the press; but on the contrary, if he be
a man of nerve, purpose, energy and
push, he avails himself of every
legitimate means to advertise his busi-
ness.
business men of the country and you
repeat the names of those who have
advertised freely.—Ex.
Boy’s Life Saved from Membranous Group.
C. W. Lynch, a prominent citizen of
Winchester, Ind., writes, “My little boy
bad a severe attack of membranous
croup, and only got relief after taking
Foley’s Honey and Tar. He got relief
after one dose and I feel that it saved
the life of my boy.” Refuse substitutes.
E. H. Miller.
Name the successful and opulent |
The Baltimore & Ohio stockholders
re-elected the following Board of
Directors at the annual meeting, Mon-
day last: Edward H. Harriman, James
McCrea, 8. M. Prevost, S. Rea, Norman
B. Ream, Jacob H. Schiff, Charles
Steele and James Stillman. The Penn-
sylvania interest in the Baltimore &
Ohio is represented by Greene, Pravost
and Rea, Vice’ Presidents of the Penn-
sylvania railroad lines west of Pitts-
burg. The other Directors’ excepting
Judge Cowen, former president, rep-
resent various New York and
Chicago railroad interests.—Connells-
ville Courier.
: The Pride of Heroes,
Many soldiers in the last war wrote
to say that for Scratches, Bruises, Cuts,
Wounds, Corns, Sore Feet and Stiff
Joints, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is the
best in the world. Same for Burns,
Scalds, Beils, Ulcers, Skin Eruptions
and Piles. It cures or no pay. Only
25¢ at Miller’s drug store.
The only business that can stand the
test of time and circumstances is the
ownership of a free and clear farm. A
man may work at a manufacturing
business half his lifetime, and suddenly
a better invention may shut up his
works. _A man may spend his life as a
merchant in a city, local misfortune
beyond his control may put him
through the bankruptcy court. A man
may work as an employee of a business
half a lifetime and be a competent,
faithful servant to his employer, and
suddenly he is “fired,” because his
company has consolidated with another.
‘The owner of a free and clear farm is
unassailable. He may not have all the
luxuries of life; but he is dead sure to
obtain the necessaries, #nd he cannot
be Yschargad or Tiined —Ex.
The taking “of of passenger trains
Nos. 13 and 16, by the Baltimore & Ohio,
is proving of more inconvenience than
was first anticipated by patrons of the
road. No. 47 runs so late that it does
not make connections at Rockwood
| with train on the Somerset and Cambria
branch, nor at Garrett with the Berlin
rain, so that if any one wishes to go to
either of these places they must go the
night before and stay over night, or in
other words spend a day in going and
and a day coming. This is not very
good accommodations to the traveling
public. If the company would start a
passenger train from Cumberland each
day on No. 47’s time, it would not be
quite as bad as it now is. This week
and last when so many of our people
have had business in Somerset, the full
force of these chapges have been felt.—
Meyersdale Republican.
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