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THE SOMERSET COUNTY STAR
P. L. Livexcoop, Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the Postoflice at Elk Lick, Pa.
as mail matter of the Second Class.
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Salisbury, (Elk Lick, P. 0.) Somerset Coun-
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t will be published
Leap year is having its effect in Sal-
isbury. A young man called on a girl,
the other evening, and she compliment-
ed him on his nice suit, and finished by
saying, “It looks like a wedding suit.”
“Oh. no,” lie replied, “this is a business
suit.” “Well,” came the answer, as
though it had been rehearsed,*I mean
business.”
Frank Petry and wife moved into
their handsome new Grant street resi-
dence, Monday last. Their residence is
one of the handsomest and most con-
venient in this locality. It has all
modern conveniences, and when Frank
gets everything completed about as he
wants things, his home will have cost
him about $4,000.
It may be interesting to some who
have slipped in “just a few words” of
writing in a package of paper or mer-
chandise mailed at the lower rates to
their friends. that the abuse has be-
come so common that postmasters have
been instructed to examine such pack-
ages and report, if writing be found, to
the department officials. The next
the sender knows will be a visit from
a deputy United States marshal with a
warrant of arrest, with the result of
having to pay a fine of $25 and the cost
of action.
Karl Linstrom. a farmer near Wil-
All advertisements will be run and charg-
ed for until ordered discontinued.
No advertisement will be taken for less
than 25 cents.
LOCAL IND GENERAL NEWS.
NENSY ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE,
WITH AN OCCASIONAL JOKE ADDED FOR SPICE.
“The poor benighted ITindoo
He does the best he kin do;
He sticks to his caste from first to last,
And for pants be makes his skin do.”
—Ex.
Dr. E. H. Perry went to Pittsburg,
this week, on business.
As we go to press the editor’s wife is
eonfined to her bed with grippe.
George Haselbarth went to Wash-
ington, D. C.. last week, to visit his sis-
ter, Mrs. Zobel. :
Miss Lulu Baumgardner, of Gibbons
Glade, Pa., is the guest of C. R. Hasel-
barth and family.
Mrs. Albert Reitz, who went to Iowa,
some time ago, to visit her sick mother,
returned home on Wednesday.
Scott Hartline, who is railroading
and has his headquarters at Connells-
ville, was visiting Salisbury friends,
this week.
Harvey Diehl, the genial stenogra-
pher and typewriter of the Merchants
Cosl Company, is spending a vacation
at his home in Greencastle, Pa.
Charley Crossen was seen buying a
lock for his hen coop, Tuesday, which
is a sure sign that the sugar season has,
or is about to open in his neighborhood.
The weather continues changeable
and unhealthy. So far the maple sap
has been doing no dropping, but the
average nose has been doing quite well
in that respect.
The W. C. T. U. will meet at the
home of Mrs. James Rayman, Monday
evening, Feb. 28th, 1904, at 7:30. All
members come prepared to take part
in the program.
The Somerset papers have it that
Lester Boucher was elected school di-
rector in this borough at the last elec-
tion. It’s not correct, gentlemen, as
Asa B. Newman and Dr. A. M. Lichty
are the directors elected.
Mrs. 8. C. Keim has been in very
poor health for some time. In fact
there has been a great deal of sick-
ness in Salisbury during the past few
weeks, principally grippe and compli-
eations arising therefrom.
About two hundred and fifty persons
visited the Mifflin jail on visitors’ day.
It is the duty of the sheriff to search
all visitors, and in doing so three gal-
Jons of whiskey, besides knives and re-
volvers, were found in the pockets of
the visitors.
The many friends of N.G. Keim were
sorely grieved to learn that his eldest
son, a lad aged about 11 years, died at
the home of the family, at Elkins, W.
Va., last Friday. This is the third
death in that family within a few years,
and the bereaved have the sympathy
of their many Salisbury friends.
John K. Courter, whose home is in
Clinton county, says he has solved the
secret of tempering copper. He has a
sample plate which he bas sharpened
to an edge that will cut wood. He says
that he nlso has a knife blade of cop-
per with which he can shave. He also
has a hatchet-and several chisels.
The condition of Deputy George Say-
lor, of Somerset, who was shot in the
breast in the Boswell riot, some weeks
=go, and who has since been -confined
to the Keane Hotel, is improving slow-
ly. His condition is such, however,
that he cannot be moved to Somerset
for soma time, says the Somerset Dem-
acrat.
The scratch of a pin may cause the
loss 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.
and quick healing liniment for cuts,
i es and burns. For sale by E. H.
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It is an antiseptic |
| specting publis
linmsfield, Mich., has doubt as to the
economy of hiring cheap city boys to
| workin the farm. Karl engaged an
inexperienced youth to help about the
place, and one morning told the lad to
“galt the calf down in the pasture.”
| The boy took a quart of salt and rub-
| bed it into the calf’s hair. Some colts
| scented the salt, and before long had
| nearly licked off the creature’s hide. |
| Then the farmer tried to catch and |
| wash the ealf, but it apparently thought
| he wanted to lick, too, and there was a
time before it was captured and put in
| a safe place. —Ex. |
| A fakir with n brand new graft has |
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been exposed by an exchange He
strikes a town and locates the best st- |
tended church. On Sunday morning |
he attends church services, and as soon
as the pastor pronounces the benedic-
tion he falls over in a fit. This enlists
the sympathy of the church people
On the inside of his coat is pinned
his name and the home of his relatives,
with the injunction that if he should
die in one of these fits the people
should have his body shipped home:
He finally recovers and pulls the leg of
the congregation for enough of money
to get back home on. He nearly al-
ways gets that much each Sunday.
Then he pulls for another town to have
a fit the next Sunday.
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Though there are a number of dif-
ferent kinds of wood, ebony, ironwood,
eto., of such close, hard fiber that even
the flarcest fire hes difficulty in ‘‘get-
ting hold” of it, there isonly one sort,
so far as now known, that is practically
fire-proof. This is a small, scraggy
tree, a native of South America, called
the shopala, with thick, tough, stringy
bark full of a sort of fire-resisting sap.
This curious shrub grows largely on
the great, grassy savannas, which sre
swept by fire almost every year during
the heat of the summer. There it
thrives splendidly, for the annual
scourge only kills off its bigger and
hardier competitors and leaves the
ground free for the growth of this veg-
etable asbestos.—Ex.
Mr. Chas. H. Bill, of Racine, Wiz,
and his sister, Mrs. J. A. Fraser, of
Chicago, stopped in Salisbury long
enough to exchange greetings with the
editor. Wednesday afternoon. These
people were playmates of ours in the
days of childhood, the happiest of all
days, which in our case were spent
principally in the dear old village of
Grantsville. Mr. Bill and Mrs. Fraser
were on the return to their western
homes, after a short but sad visit to
Grantsville, where they arrived last
week, just in time to see their dear old
mother smile upon them once more be-
fore closing ber eyes upon earth’s fit-
ful scenes forever. We were very
much pleased to see and greet our
faiends of long ago, but very sorry that
their visit east was fraught with so
much sadness. A notice of tke death
of Mrs. Bill appears elsewhere in this
issue.
On Monday last David Lichty. agent
for the Michael Hay heirs, sold to
Frank A. Maust the well known Mich-
ael Hay residence on the corner of
Grant and Ord streets, together with
all the ground belonging thereto, for
$3,000 cash. The house is a fine old
brick structure, and in years gone by
was known far and wide as the Mont
Evieu hotel. Mr. Maust will transfer
the property to E. H. Miller, our en-
terprising druggist, who will thorough-
1y remodel the place and fit it up for a
drug store that will eclipse anything of
the kind in Somerset county. The
floors will be lowered, so that one can
walk in on a level with the pavement,
and on each corner there will be a
plate glass front of large proportions.
The finest of architecture will be em-
ployed in remodeling the place, and
when all the improvements are com-
pleted, the old house will take its place
among the finest business structures in
the county.
A newspaper without enemies is
| scarcely deserving of friends. The
swine on the place had 14 pigs in one
litter, and another had 15.
| vicious and lawless never like a bold, |
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fearless newspaper, and every self-re- |
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her should be proud of |
their enmity. There are newspaper
foes, however, who are far more
troublesome and more to be feared.
First and foremost is the man who
owes a newspaper an honest debt and
will not pay it. Then there is the am-
bitious mortal who wants an office and
complains because the newspaper can-
not consistently champion his cause;
he is very likely to become an enemy.
The man who wants to shape the policy
of a paper and is not allowed to .do so,
is a sure enemy. But the meanest
enemy is the man whom the newspaper
has befriended, and who deliberately
condems the sheet after securing from
it all the assistance he possibly can.
The newspaper can, to some extent,
respect an open and avowed enemy,
but an ingrate under any circumstan-
ces, is beneath contempt.
NEARLY FORFEITS HIS LIFE.
A runaway almost ended fatally.
starting a horrible ulcer on the leg of
J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove, Ill. For
four years it defied all doctors and all
remedies. But Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
had no trouble to cure him. Equally
good for Burns, Bruises, Skin Eruptions
and Piles. 25c at Miller's Drug Store.
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Prolific Porkers.
The farm ot J. B. Keim, about half of
a mile from Salisbury, is noted for pro-
lific porkers. Last year, while Charley
Snyder operated the farm, one of the
This year,
however, Mr. Keim reports a litter of
18 pigs born to one sow. For prolific
porkers the J. B. Keim farm easily
takes the lead, and the old with
SOW
the eighteen pigs deserves a silk dress,
a gold watch and one of these nice hats
covered with stuffed birds and dead
minks that some of the women wear.
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.
One was pale and sallow and the
other fresh and rosy. Whence the dif-
ference? She who is blushing with
health uses Dr. King’s New Life Pills
to maintain it. By gently arousing
the lazy organs they compel good di-
gestion and head off constipation. Try
them. Only 25¢, at Miller’s Drug Store.
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Death of Mrs. Charles Bill.
The subject of this sketch, one of the
oldest and most respected women in
Grantsville, Md., died at her home in
that village, Friday, Feb. 19th, 1904, at
the ripe age of 76 years, 11 months and
14 days. All who knew her recognized
in her at all times a most devout
Christian and a person of great moral
worth. She was noted for her kind-
ness of heart and the many other good
qunlities pertaining to true woman-
hood and motherhood, and she was
greatly beloved and esteemed in the
community where she lived continu-
ously since 1858 and reared her family.
The deceased was born in Bavaria,
Germany, in 1827, but came to America
when yet a young woman. She was
married to Charles Bill, in Cumber-
land, Md., April 19th, 1853. To their
union there were born seven sons and
two daughters, of which four sons and
two daughters are living, namely, John,
of Keyser, W. Va., Frank, of Lonacon-
ing, Md., Louise, of Grantsville, Md,
Chas. H., of Racine, Wis., Henry G., of
Wheeling, W. Va, and Mrs. J. A.
Fraser, of Chicago, 111. Mrs. Bill is
also survived by ber aged husband.
The funeral took place on Monday of
this week, conducted by Rev. E. 8.
Johnston, D. D., pastor of the Ev.
Lutheran church, of which the deceas-
ed was a faithful and zealous member.
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THE BLANKS WE KEEP.
The following blanks can be obtained
at all times at Tue Star office: Leases,
Mortgages, Deeds, Judgment Bonds,
Common Bonds, Judgment Notes, Re-
ceipt Books, Landlord s Notice to Ten-
ants, Constable Sale Blanks, Summons,
Execution for Debt, Notice of Claims
for Collection, Commitments, Subpoe-
nas, Criminal Warrants, ete. tf
Kiss of Somerset Girl Saves Her
Lover from Grave.
Binghamton, N. Y,, Feb. 16.—A fare-
well kiss given by his sweetheart, Miss
Hattie Curran, aroused Thomas L.
Carter, a Pittsburg glass worker, from
a trance and saved him from burial
alive. Carter had come to this section
to obtain employment in the Bingham-
ton glass works. He was engaged to
be married to Miss Curran, and was
visiting at her parents’ home in Somer-
set, Pa., when he was stricken with
typhoid fever. The fever ran its
course, and it was thought he was re-
covering when he suddenly, while here,
sank in a stupor, and when the phy-
sician arrived he pronounced him dead.
The relatives were notified, and ar-
rangements made for the funeral
When the undertaker arrived, Miss
Curran begged for one last look before
he was turned over to the hands of
that individual. It was noticeable
that the pallor of death had not spread
over his face, and as she stooped and
kissed his lips, an eyelid fluttered. Im-
mediately steps were taken to resuseci-
tate him, and it is now thought he will
recover. Had he passed intothe hands
of the undertaker, embalming fluid
would have been injected with inevit-
able fatal results.
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FROM THE RECORDS.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Ross O. Byle.............. Middleereek
Edna V.Spangler..............Milford
David R.Spence........... Meyersdale
Sadie Swearman.. ........ Meyersdale
Ross Kemp..... Cena Fayette, Co, Pa.
Bertha Burnworth ....Fayette €o., Pa.
Geo. Cunningham... Westmoreland Ce
Ada B. Hines...... ....Berlin
George Meyers....../ Alleghemy €o., Pa
Elsie S. Younkin............Rockwood
REAL ESTATE TRANSFRES.
Ehzabeth Johnson to Mary Skyles et
al., Berlin, $833.
Baltimore, $10.
H. 8. Schell to Susan S. Niehel, in|
Somerset Bor., $3333.
H. M Altfather to Elizabeth Beal, in
Brothersvalley, $85.
E. L. Beal to Calwim Beal, in Broth-
ersvalley, $55.
Almira McCreary to Abbie Kimmell,
in Quemahoning, $1000.
Sabina Flannigan to: D. Hi. Horton, in
Confluence, $1800.
Jedi Show to same, in Confluenee,
$125.
James Anspach to Mary A. Wilhelmi,
in Salisbury, $350.
T. F. Livengood to H. G. Wilhelmi,
in Salisbury, $70.
H. W. Lape to Samuel Knepper, in
Brothersvalley, $150.
H. W. Lape to C. W. Geary,in PBroth-
ersvalley,. $150.
J. FF. Dively to same, in Brothersval-
ley, $1500:
Hiram Romesburg to J. W. Burk-
holder, in Lower Turkeyfoot, $275.
Joswell Imp. Co. to Justus Volk, in
Jenner, $780.
N. F. Berkey to H.
Somerset Bor., $3500.
W. W. Blair to Jonathan Shawley, in
Jefferson, $550.
F. Coleman, in
TENDENCY OF THE TIMES.
The tendency of medical science is
toward preventive measures. The best
thought of the world is being given to
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-
lnin’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 paius in
the chest, then it is announced that the
patient has pneumonias. Beon 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
Action.
Some men go through life so afraid
that they will do something wrong
that they do nothing at all. They get
advice from all sources, and finding
considerable variation therein, if they
get up nerve enough to do anything,
they follow the advice that recom-
mends least action, and, as a rule, pro-
duces least result.
Look the situation over carefully,
think about it; then act on your own
judgment. If you cannot succeed on
that, no amount of advice will be much
good, and you’ll be a failure, anyway,
until you accumulate sense enough to
succeed.
Sense is pretty generally picked up
as a result of action. Keep hustling,
and pretty soon you’ll catch yourself
thinking. Then you’ll be a success, for
it’s hustle and thought that wins.
AN EARLY RISER.
A strong, healthy, active constitution
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 cer-
tain to produce results that are satis-
factory in all cases.
. Miller. 3-1
Artillery in Virginia.
Richmond, Vs., Feb. 22.—Sounds as
though a bombardment on a small
scale was in progress drew W. P. Turn-
stall, a well-known farmer of New
Kent county, to his henhouse, yester-
day. On the floor he found several
fowls mutilated and dying, and as he
was speculating on the cause, he heard
a similar explosion, and a hen fell dying
from her nest.
Investigating, Mr. Turnstall ascer-
tained that the severe cold weather
had frozen the eggs, and when they be-
gan to thaw from the warmth of the
hens, they exploded. The fowls were
dressed for the table, and in the pro-
cess pieces of egg shell were found
through their bodies, where they had
been driven by the force of the explo-
sion.
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Marx Wineland, President.
Marx Wineland,
Timothy Griffith,
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Accounts of individuals and firms-inmibed..
Deposits sent by mail and all correspondence give prompt and careful at-
This bank is the only United States-depository in the: George’s Creek Valley.
Bank open Saturday nights from 7 to 10- o’cloek..
OFFICERS:
Roberdeau Annan, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
Duncan Sinclair,
Robert R. Henderson.
Roberdeau Annan.
NATIONAL BANK
Of Salisbury,
Capital stock, $50,000.. Surplus and undivided profits, $8,000.
ELK LICK, PA.
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A Million Dollars.
J. L. BARCHUS, President.
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J. L. Barchus, KH. H. Maust,
F. A. Baust,
H. H. MAUST, Vice President.
ALBERT REITZ, Cashier.
With ample capital and perfect facilities, we solicit the accounts
of corporations, firms and individuals, and guarantee courteous:
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Per Cent. Interest
DIRECTORS:
A. E. Livengood,
On Time Deposits.
Norman D. Hay, A. M. Liclity,
L. L. Beachy.
19 cents.
and 1.34.
45¢., now 19, 29 and 39c.
cent.
defy competition.
cent.
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is why I am
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until next winter.
year.
I am your friend,
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Yes, but that is “done gone” now, but my stock of Holiday
and Winter Goods is not all gone yet.
prices will make them go, you bet :
Now, lookout, for these
Men’s 25-cent Fleece-lined Undershirts, while they last, at
Men’s 50-cent Flece-lined Overshirts, while they last, at 39c.
Men’s 50-cent Winter Caps (good values) now 39¢.
Men’s 25-cent all wool Socks, now 19c.
Men’s $1.69 and $1.48 Wool Sweaters, good quality, now 1.53
Boys’ 89c. Wool Sweaters, good quality, now 79.
Boys’ 25¢. Cotton Sweaters, little beauties, now 19e¢.
Men's colored Cotton Work Shirts, former price 25, 35 and
Boys’ colored Cotton Every-day Shirts, price 25¢..Jnow 19c.
Children’s fancy Headwear, reduced 10 per cent.
Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Knit Goods, reduced 10 per
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
I have a lot of Men’s best quality Duck Coatsreduced 20 per
Also a lot of Canvas and leather Leggins at a bargain.
I am not going to carry goods over from one season to anoth-
They must get out to make room for seasonable goods. This
Hk.
It will pay you to buy now, even if you don’t need the goods
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,
for the new year, wishing one and all a happy and prosperous
6A WILT, *
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