THE SOMERSET COUNTY STAR
P. L. Livexcoop, Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the Postoffice at Elk Lick, Pa.
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LGAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
'NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE,
WITH AN OGGASIONAL JOKE ADDED FOR SPICE.
John B. Wagner was a business visi-
or in Somerset, Wednesday.
Albert Petry went to Casselman,
Wednesday, to visit his friend Stewart
Bmith.
Casper Wahl and J.T. Smearman
went to Pittsburg, Wednesday, on
‘business.
Here’s our prediction for next Tues-
day’s election: Some candidates will
‘be elected, others defeated.
Hugh McMullen, one of the few sur-
viving veterans of the Mexican war,
died recently at bis home in Frostburg,
Md.
The W. C. T. U. will hold a memorial
service, in honor of Miss Frances E.
"Willard, at 8t. John’s Reformed church,
Feb. 17, 1904, at 7:15 p. m. All are
cordially invited to attend.
Representative Cooper, of Uniontown,
thas presented petitions to the postof-
fice department asking for the estab-
lishment of two rural free delivery
routes from the Berlin postoffice.
We are all anxiously waiting for new
amaple sugar and syrup. Some of the
farmers have their vessels ready and
waiting for the first flow of sap. We
hope to see a better season than last
_year.
Boswell, the new coal town in the
north of the county, is taking steps’ to
ibe incorporated as a borough. At the
present time the town has a population
.of about 1,200, and it bids fair to be a
* close rival of Windber.
H.C. Farner, the genial and popular
Sand Patch hotel man, was a business
.caller at THE Star office on Wednesday.
Mr. Farner is enthusiastic over the
prospects of the Piney Run Oil and
«Gas Company, of which he is a member.
Squire Levi Lichliter spent Tuesday
iin Baltimore in company with R. 8.
«Garrett, viewing the destruction
‘wrought by the great fire of Sunday
and Monday. Mr. Lichliter says a
:more desolate sight would be hard to
imagine.
Next Tuesday our borough election
will take place. Go to the polls and
vote your sentiments, and be thankful
that you live in a country where you
have that privilege. But do a little
thinking before you vote, and don’t
vote blindly.
The Pittsburg Times last week con-
tained an item to the effect that the
strike in this region is broken. The
news caused Chris Lichliter to slop
over with joy. Now, if the so-called
citizens’ ticket is pretty generally elect-
ed, next Tuesday, Chris will go out
-and hug himself.
Urias Hutzel, who some years ago
«married one of Salisbury’s prettiest
.girls and emigrated to Nebraska,
where he has been engaged in farming
.ever since, has our thanks for a $3.00
remittance to apply on subscription to
Tux Star. He says: “We are all well
and hope you are the same.”
The scratch of a pin may cause the
10ss of a limb or even death when blood
poisoning results from the injury. All
danger of this may be avoided, how-
ever, by promptly applying Chamber-
lain’s Pain Balm. It is an antiseptic
and quick healing liniment for cuts,
bruises and barns. For sale by E. H.
Miller. 3-1
Louis Yommer and Jesse Butler, of
Jennings, Md., were pleasant callers at
our sanctum today. They report the
openings of several fine veins of coal at
Jennings, one of which is about 4}2
feet thick. Jennings is bound to be-
come a coal town as well as a great
lumber center, and the people up that
way may well consider themselves for-
tunafe.
Qur calendars are going like hot
cakes, and our readers all over the
United States are delighted with them.
Those of our readers who are not yet
supplied, but want calendars, should
lose no time in complying with the
terms necessary to procure them, as
the supply will soon be exhausted.
But don’t do like a fellow over in West
Salisbury did several days ago—pay
nothing on your subscription for sev-
eral years, then have the impudence to
send a child to our office to buy a cal-
endar for 10 cents. Pay yoursubscrip-
tions and get your calendars free.
The Japanese dentist does not fright-
en his patient with an_array of steel
instruments. All his operations in
tooth drawing are performed by the
thumb and forefinger of one hand.
‘The skill necessary to do this is ae-
quired. only after long practice, but
when ones it is obtained, the operator
is able to extract half a dozen teeth in
about thirty seconds, without once re-
moving his fingers from the patient’s
mouth. The dentist’s education com-
mences with the pulling out of plugs
which have been pressed into soft
wood; it ends with the drawing of
hard pegs which have been driven into
an oak plank with a heavy mallet.
There is nothing new in the smallpox
situation’in th’s vicinity, and it now
looks as though the authorities have,
by prompt action, succeeded in wiping
out the disease. The family of Harry
Knepper were discharged from quar-
antine this morning, and as there have
been no more cases in the Murray fam-
ily, they will soon be ready to be re-
leased. Of course they will be kept in
quarantine the time alloted by law,
but the period that any of those who
were in the house with the case that
died, for inoculation has now passed,
and our people all trust that no more
of the family may be afflicted. In the
township there have been no new cases,
and Mrs. Perry Miller and the Mognet
family will be released in a few days.
—Meyersdale Republican.
RELIEF IN ONE MINTTE.
One Minute Cough Cure gives re-
lief in one minute, because it kills the
microbe which tickles the mucous
membrane, causing the cough, and at
the same time clears the phlegm, draws
out the inflammation and heals and
soothes the affected parts. One Minute
Cough Cure strengthens the lungs,
wards off pneumonia and is a harmless
and never failing cure in all curable
cases of Coughs, Colds and Croup.
One Minute Cough Cure is pleasant to
take, harmless and good alike for young
and old. Sold by E. H. Miller. 3-1
Program for W.C. T. U.
Thé W.C.T. U. will meet at the
home of Mrs. Perry, Feb. 15, 1804. at
7:3 p. m. Following is the program:
Singing—"My Country, "Tis of Thee.”
Scripture reading by the President.
Reading—Mrs. J. T. Jeffery.
Recitation—Charlotte Cochrane.
Singing—" Yield not to Temptation”
Reading—Mrs. H. S. May.
Piano Solo—Miss Perry.
Roll Call.
Reading of minutes.
Business.
Adjournment. COoMMITTE.
BETTER THAN GOLD.
“I was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion and nervous
debility,” writes F. J. Green, of Lancas-
ter, N. H. “No remedy helped me un-
til I began using Electric Bitters, which
did me more good than all the medi-
cines I ever used. They have also kept
my wife in excellent health for years.
She says Electric Bitters are just splen-
did for female troubles; that they are
a grand tonic and invigorator for weak,
run down women. No other medicine
can take its place in our family.” Try
them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaran-
teed by E. H. Miller. 3-1
A Strange Malady.
A Stanton’s Mill correspondent sends
an account of the death of young John
Weighley, son of Mr. and Mrs, Sadie
Weighley, which was caused by a yery
strange affliction. For a week or more
the child had a rash resembling meas-
els, and when that partly healed, his
throat and gums turned black. Wher-
ever he would bump his head and body
it would turn black. Something strange
about the case was that the child did
not complain much of being sick, but
ran around and played until within
about eighteen hours of bisdeath. For
several mornings before he died, when
he awoke his mouth and nostrils were
filled with blood. The community
from which this news comes is in the
north of Somerset county.
ESCAPED AN AWFUL FATE.
Mr. H. Haggins, of Melbourne, Fla,
writes, “My doctor told me I had Con-
sumption and nothing could be done
forme. I was given up to die. The
offer of a free trial bottle of Dr. King’s
New Discovery for Consumption, in-
duced me totryit. Results werestart-
ling. I am now on theroad to recovery
and owe all to Dr. King’s New Discov-
ery. It surely saved my life.” This
great cure is g''aranteed for all throat
and lung diseases by E. H. Miller,
Druggist. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial
| Bottles free. 3-1
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FOLEYSHONEY~~TAR
| stops thecough and healslungs
A Brothersvalley Curiosity.
Last Thursday night a cow on the
farm of Peter M. Cober, about a mile
south of town along the Plank road,
gave birth to a five-legged calf. The
fifth limb comes out the base of the
neck between the shoulders. It has a
well developed foot, and is the same as
the other, with the exception that the
hoof is not cloven, being solid like that
of a horse. The calf is well developed
and healthy. E. M. Knepper, the stock
dealer of Brothersvalley, bought the
cow from Mr. Cober not long since, and
is thus also the owner of the curiosity.
Mr. Knepper will exhibit the calf at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to
be held at St. Louis, next summer.—
Berlin Record.
HAVE YOU INDIGESTION?
If you have Indigestion, Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure will cure you. It has cured
thousands. It is curing people every
day—every hour. You owe it to your-
self to give it a trial. You will con-
tinue to suffer until you do try it.
There is no other combination of di-
gestants that digest and rebuild at the
same time. Kodol does both. Kodol
cures, strengthens and rebuilds. Sold
by E. H. Miller. 3-1
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Draketown Items.
Feb. 8th.—James and George Tanne-
hill, our hustling merchants, are doing
a rushing business.
Joseph Kreger is preparing to build
a fine large barn the coming summer.
One of J. B. Colborn’s children is
very ill with pneumonia.
The writer does not know in which
J. T. Huff, superintendent of the Ursina
Coal Mining Company, is the most in-
terested, coal production or polities,
but probably in the latter. Say, J. T.,
velt, you or Johnny B. M.?
both of you will climb the tree.
The Republicans have a very good
ticket, this year, in this township, ali
the way through, and especially for as-
sessor. Whoop her up, boys, to get
another assessor as good as the old one
was. Our candidate is a good, honest,
hard-working man. Don’t let the
tricksters fool you into casting your
ballots for a humpty-dumpty and too-
slow-to-catch-cold Democrat. This is
Presidential year, and right now is the
time for Republicans to begin stand-
ing firmly together. Go to the polls
when they open and stay right with the
game till they close.
A Goop REPUALICAN.
TENDENCY OF THE TIMES.
The tendency of medical science is
toward preventive measures. The best
thought of the world is being given to
the subject. It is easier and better to
prevent than to cure. It has been ful-
ly demonstrated that pneumonia, one
of the most dangerous diseases that
medical men have to contend with, can
be prevented by the use of Chamber-
lain’s Cough Remedy. Pneumonia al-
ways results from a cold or from.an at-
tack of influenza (grip), and it has been
observed that this remedy counteracts
any tendency of these diseases toward
pneumonia. This has been fully prov-
en in many thousands of cases in which
this remedy has been used during the
great prevalence of colds and grip in
recent years, and can be relied upon
with implicit confidence. Pneumonia
often results from a slight cold when
no danger is apprehended until it is
suddenly discovered that there is fever
and difficulty in breathing and pains in
the chest, then it is announced that the
patient has pneumonia.” Be on the safe
side and take Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy as soon as the cold is contract-
ed. It always cures. For sale by E.
H. Miller. 3-1
Punctuate a Little, Anyhow.
It might be well for some of the
teachers of Somerset county to take a
course in punctuation. Several times
the Gazette has received articles from
teachers without the proper use of a
single punctuation mark or capital
letter, and in some cases the spelling is
noticeably bad. Any primary or inter
mediate grammar teaches the funda-
mentals of correct punctuation, and
one should be capable of easily learn-
ing and applying in some intelligent
degree these principles. Yet we are
familiar with the work of teachers
where the period, or full point as the
printers term it, is habitually where
the comma should be, and as for in-
terrogations, exclamations, semicolons
and colons, they are absolutely expung-
ed from the work of many so-called
teachers. There is no rigid rule for
punctuation, but there should be suf-
ficient knowledge of the use of marks
so that anyone who can read intelligibly
or intelligently can make use of them
with sufficient force to make his own
composition understandable. Very
many times punctuation may be made
so as to entirely change the sense of a
composition ; so it is plain to be seen
that only the author of an article is
capable of correctly punctuating his
own work.—Rockwood Gazette.
YES, WE CAN |—We can supply cuts
suitable for any and all kinds of ad-
vertisements and job printing. Call at
THE STAR office and see our large as-
sortment of specimens. We can show
you cuts of nearly everything that ex-
ists and many things that do not exist
No matter what kind of a cut you want
we can supply it at a very low price.
who will be candidate against Roose- |
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Real Estate Transfers.
A. F. Speicher to John Meager, in:
Salisbury, $1,150.
S. P. Maust te Wm. W. Miller, in Elk
Lick, $9,500.
Geo. M. Feig to Norman May, in
Boynton, $150.
Dorsey Wolford to Ida M. Miller, in:
Davidsville, $750.
F. B. Granger to E. O. Houpt, in Som--
erset borough, $100.
John Beachy’s heirs to Wm. Rad--
cliffe, in Elk LLiek, $85.
David Keim to D. H Bender, in Elk
Lick. $285.
J. N. Tannehill to Effie A. Fike, im
Confluence; $400.
Ed. N. Emert to Henry Durst, in
Lincoln, $282
Henry Durst to John H. Uhl,
Lincoln, $250.
Perry C. Miller 10 David Adams, in
Summit, $200.
Henry Critzee to George Rhea,
Quemahoning, $400. -
Jacob Friedline to Wm. Dickey, in
Jenner: $3,000.
LeRoy Forquer to J. C. McGrew,
Ursina,, $4,850.
LeRoy Forquer to Elizabeth Alcott»
in Ursina, $200.
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AN EARLY RISER.
A strong, healthy, active constibugion
depends largely on the condition. of the
liver. The famous little pills known as
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers not only
cleanse the system, but they strengthen
the action of the liver and rebuild the
tissues supporting that organ. Little
Early Risers are easy to act, they never
gripe and yet they are absolutely eer-
tain to produce results that are satis-
factory in all cases. Sold by E. H.
Miller. 3-1
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Sehool Directors’ Convention.
The School Directors’ Assoeiation of
Somerset County met in its 14th annual
convention in the Court House, Somer-
set, Feb. 4th and 5th, convening at 1:30
p. m. on the former, and closing at 3:00
p. m. on the latter day, embracing three
sessions. Live and timely subjects
were ably and interestingly discussed
at each session, and in point of attend
ance and enthusiasm, this convention
of the public custodians and conserva-
tors of our common school system, the
first held under the provisions of the
new law establishing school directors’
associations in Pennsylvania, approved
April 21st, 19083, is said to have surpass-
ed all former conventions.
Honors are equal between Summit
and Paint districts for largest repre-
sentation at the convention, each hav-
ing five directors present; Rockwood
and Conemaugh standing next with
four representatives present. A num-
ber of boards sent three representa-
tives, a considerable number two, and
a few one. The total attendance per
session approximately ranged from 60
to 90 directors. :
Organization was affected as follows
for the ensuing year: President, L C.
Williams, of Jefferson ; Secretary, U. 8.
Werner, of Rockwood ; Treasurer, I. P.
Dull, of Hooversville ; Vice Presidents,
Geo. Lenhart, of Addison, and H. C.
Werner, of Summit. Delegates to the
State convention to be held at Harris-
burg, February 10th and 11th, 8. G.
Shaffer, ef Quemahoning; C. C. Heckle,
of Summit, and U. 8S. Werner, of Rock-
wood.
A resolution authorizing the Secre-
tary of the County Association to re-
quest school districts of Somerset
county to contribute $2.00 each toward
defraying the expenses of delegates to
the State convention was unanimously
adopted, and a call for this purpose
will be issued in the near future.
Ex-County Superintendent Cessna,
of Altoona, rendered invaluable service
at each session in the way of interest
ing and instructive addresses.
Our Calendars.
As per announcement of Jan. 28th
Tue Star has issued an additional sup-
gly of handsome art calendars. They
are in two designs, one showing a hand-
some street scene of our own town, the
other a handsome picture of the old
stone bridge one mile east of Grants-
ville, Md. We printed no calendars
showing Tab Mill Run Falls, as we had
intended, owing to the fact that the
cut we intended to use did not give
satisfaction.
Our calendars are fine works of art,
and they are for distribution among
Star subseribers only. The conditions
upon which they can be obtained were
stated in our issue of Jan. 28th, but we
have since decided to modify the con-
ditions somewhat, as follows: Every
subscriber whose subscription is paid
to date is entitled to one calendar.
Subscribers in arrears must pay at
least $1.00 on account in order to get
one, and new subscribers must pay at
least 50 cents for a three-month sub-
scription. Subscribers who cannot call
at our office for their calendars, must
remit 5 cents to pay pcstage,or 10 cents
if a copy of both calendars is wanted.
Subscribers desiring more than one
calendar, will be required to pay 10
cents for each extra copy, besides the
postage, if calendars are to be sent by
mail. tf
OLD PAPERS for sale at Tae Star
office. They are just the thing for
pantry shelves, wrapping paper and
cartridge paper for the miners. Five
cents buys a large roll of them. tf
ST NATIONAL
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U.S. DEPOSITORY.
Capital Stock and Surplus Fuad. .......... emmmaneee ss $ 100,000.00
I DEPOBIE (OVE)... .... oc. cewie mueissaurasrrsrssareses "960,000.00
{Assets (OVer)............ 1,120,000.00
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«_Three Per Cent. Interest Paid om: Deposits.»
Drafts on all parts of the weld.
Accounts of individuals andl firms invited.
. Deposits sent by mail and! all eorrespondence given promaps and careful at.
ention.
This bank is the only United States depository in the Geonge’s Creek Valley.
Bank open Saturday niglits from 7 to 10 o'clock.
OFFICERS:
Marx Wineland, President. Roberdeau Amnan, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
Marx Wineland, IDwmncan Sinclair, Robert R. Henderson.
Timothy Griffith, Roberdeau Annan.
of NATIONAL BANK
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Capital stock, $51,000. Surplus and umdiwided profits, $8,000.
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J. L. BARCH®S, President. H. H.. AUST, Vice President:.
ALBERT REITZ, Cashier.
With ample capital and perfect facilities, we solicit the accoumts
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J. L. Barchus, H.H.Maust, NormanD. Hay,
F. A.Maust, A. E Livengood,
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Yes, but that is “done gone” now, but my stoek of Holiday
and Winter Goods is not all gone yet. Now, lookout, for these
prices will make them go, you bet:
Men’s 25-cent Fleece-lined Undershirts, while they last, at
19 cents.
Men’s 50-cent Flece-lined Overshirts, while they last, at 39c.
Men’s 50-cent Winter Caps (good values) now 39c.
Men’s 25-cent all wool Socks, now 19c.
Men’s $1.69 and $1.48 Wool Sweaters, good quality, now 1.53
and 1.34.
Boys’ 89c. Wool Sweaters, good quality, now 79c.
Boys’ 25¢c. Cotton Sweaters, little beauties, now 19¢.
Men's colored Cotton Work Shirts, former price 25, 35 and
45¢., now 19, 29 and 39c. :
Boys’ colored Cotton Every-day Shirts, price 25¢.§now 19e¢.
Children’s fancy Headwear, reduced 10 per cent.
Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Knit Goods, reduced 10 per
cent.
Iron and Wood Toys reduced 10 per cent.
All other lines kept up to the standard and lowest cash prices.
My lines of Glass and Queensware are complete, and prices
defy competition.
I have a lot of Men’s best quality Duck Coats reduced 20 per
cent. Also a lot of Canvas and leather Leggins at a bargain.
I am not going to carry goods over from one season to anoth-
er. They must get out to make room for seasonable goods. This
is why I am
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It will pay you to buy now, even if you don’t need the goods
until next winter.
My immense 40-foot china and dish counter will, after Jan.
1st, 1904, be run as a bargain counter, and you will always find
it loaded with bargains in useful and ornamental goods from one
cent to one dollar in price, but double that in value.
Thanking my many ‘friends and patrons for their liberal
patronage in the year just past, Isolicit a continuance of the same
for the new year, wishing one and all a happy and prosperous
b. A. WILT,
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