I. Y. } 100,000.00 960,000.00 1,120,000.00 i Its.» careful at- Valley. ~ ashier. derson. N LICK, PA. aK : a ~ , $8,000. esident. e accounts: courteous: » est € its. M. Lichty, chy. 1 -~ %. ® ¢ of Holiday ,. for these ey last, at fast, at 39c. Je. ty, now 1.53 ! { De. e 25, 35 and : gnow 19c. 1ced 10 per cash prices. and prices fF luced 20 per bargain. on to anoth- roods. This hers ed the goods 11, after Jan. always find yds from one their liberal 0 of the same 1 prosperous or - LL DIOR, i, 0. oA x 5 I =H a : un (ES RR 4 LS nd a, | RED TICE! +0. b. HAIL —TENTH ANNUAL— RED LETTER SALE! Commences February 4, contin- The people know what this means. ues until February 29. Hundreds of special bargains. Scene in the Valley de- Mendiz, Portugal. . Group of Girls Carrying Welghty Baskets ¥ull of Grapes to the Winery to be Crushed and IMade into Wino, nN Fr he, APA The Speer Wine Company, Passaic N. J., have their vineyards stocked of the same grape, the only vineyard of the kind in this country, the vines were imported and planted here over forty years ago. The Speer Port wine and Burgundy are now regarded the finest in the world, their rich, full body and High character is wunexcelled. n- valids; weakly persons, especially females, and the aged are made strong and vigorous by itsuse, as a medicinal wine it has no equal; asa family:wine it-has no super- jor. First class physiciansall over the country, here and in Eur who have tried them recommen them as the best. A close study by physicians on the cffect of different brands of wines on the system convinces them of the superiority of the Speer Passaic wines for their patients. Sold by Druggists and Grocers. When in the heart of the woods you must have a reliable FIREARM if you would land your game. For over 39 years STEVENS FIREA. have been recognized as: STANDARD FOR ACCURACY AND DURABILITY Ve manufacture a large and varied line consisting of RIFLES, from $3.00 to $150.00 PISTOLS, from . 2.50 to 50.00 SHOTGUNS, from 7.50 to 30.00 We will ship our goods (express prepaid) on recaipt of price if you cannot secure them from your J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co., P. O. BOX 3091 S CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS. Salisbury Hack lane, SCHRAMM BROS. Proprietors. SCHEDULE: —Hack No. 1 leaves Salis- oury at 8 a. m., arriving at Meyersdale at 9.308. m. Returning leaves Meyersdale atl P- mi, arriving at Sa isbury at 230 p.m. ‘HACK No.2 leaves Salisbury at 1 p. m.,ar- riving at Meyersdale at 2.30 p. m. eturn- ing ledves Meyersdale at 8 p. m. arriving at Salisbury at 7.80 p. m. BJ. B. WILLIAMS GO. FROSTBURG, MD. 3 Ch.apest place to buy (MONUMENTS ; HEADSTONES AND IRON FENCING Si Send for prices SY $y Foley's Honey ana Tar heals lungs and stops the cough. en Foley’s Honey ena Tar cures colds, prevents pneumonia. COUNTY AUDITORS REPORT. The Recelpis and Expenditures of Somersel Gounly, Pa., from the First Monday of January, 1903. 10 the First Nonday of January, 1904. W. 5. Muilnews, Esq., Treasurer of Somersel County, in Account wilh Said Gouny. RECEIPTS—DR. Taxes received from the collectors of County, State and Dog Taxes for the years 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903. For 1900. County State Do $3 6297 5 52 23 156 10 81 126 25 725 10 75 21 78 18 93 38 65 370 55 27 82 73 09 9 44 731 200 250 00 gle 50 49 5 65 Somerset Bor. 234 18 28 13 26 67 Somerset Twp 34 34 18 84 18 60 Sing .... coon eerie 43 86 3 5 80 Wellersburg........ 73 238 For 1902. Addison ............ 54 67 372 30 04 Allegheny ......... 97 18 19 68 ern. cvrsrsnnrcare 367 09 51 62 8 00 Jack ....cco0ar nine 300 Brothersvalley .... 1000 00 3476 85 59 Casselman.......... 76 6 54 5 80 Confluence .. ...... 189 42 63 29 92 Elk Lick............ 1628 14 64 35 102 15 Fairbhope............ 295 & 27 37 41 63 Garrett.............. 240 00 Greenville... 50 00 12 50 Hooversville 48 44 21 82 6 65 Jefferson .. 3 88 24 71 Jenner.. 43 85 92 08 Jennerto 7 02 2 00 Larimer . 20 84 95 00 New Baltimore.... 47 92 11 69 193 Lincoln ............ 50 09 471 7 40 Lower Turkeyfoot. 268 51 3 66 12 99 Meyersdale......... 1253 84 27 96 49 36 Middlecreek wo 2126.00 85 00 Milford...... oe: 520.15 13 76 New Baltimore.... 47 92 11 69 193 New Centerville... 38 98 724 21 Northampton...... 34 80 Ogle ........:.. . 701 55 165 19 00 Paint Bor. 820 70 140 31 38 00 Paint Twp.... 622 26 724 45 50 Quemahoning 250 00 19 02 Rockwood 94 63 6 85 Salisbury 186 02 23 03 shade..... v 4 14 Somerfield.. .. 149 00 190 Somerset Bor...... 400 00 Somerset Twp...... 1546 80 12 15 Southampton...... 125 00 25 30 Stonycreek......... 386 41 32 40 Stoystown.... . 25 00 Summit ............ 216 27 213 Upper Turkeyfoot. 565 82 32 15 Ursin -..........s. 50 43 7A Wellersburg ....... 81 49 726 17 10 windber............ 950 00 10 00 40 00 For 1903. Addison ............ 1653 59 205 86 73 05 Allegheny .......... 547 00 17 57 Benson Bor........ 250 00 10 00 Berlin........c.ceeue 1378 68 654 73 32 4 Casselman.. 102 24 82 28 8 73 Conemaugh 3218 03 613 00 20 23 Confluence, 1162 75 64 46 15 50 lack ... 924 41 39 10 38 00 Brothers 3600 00 215 00 85 00 Elk Lick.. 2888 94 10 74 Fairhope. 160 13 15 65 17 10 Greenville.... 538 27 68 52 39 00 Hooversville. 416 35 30 00 4 00 Jefferson ........... 1527 94 75 00 50 00 Jenner.............. 4641 84 621 62 113 Jennertown........ 159 65 67 18 Larimer............. 170 00 23 00 Lincoln ............. 1984 23 291 02 73 00 Lower Turkeyfoot 857 72 22 64 10 73 2084 35 601 57 40 V4 1200 81 1631 95 144 58 39 65 140 00 41 00 2 00 35 52 19% 278 76 917 241 8 45 80 187 00 21 00 242 00 66 00 100 00 34 23 2 8 2621. 71 30 00 344 00° 50.00 60 74 62 00 siavy 682 92 138 00 75 85 72 00 5 00 Windber... 5 00 = Total............$83364 66 $10117 76 $ 2472 : Amount State Tax brought over....$10117 76 ‘Amount County Tax brought over. .3$83364 66 Total Taxes Collected 1908........ $95954 70 RECKIPTS FROM OTIIER SOURCES Unseated land taxes received......$ 148371 County’s share of liquor license.... 1330 00 Fines 68 State tax refunded.......... 9174 49 Forest fire tax refunded..... 193 36 From Commissioners’ ledger. 170 23 Hunting license.............. 10 00 Automobile co. oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaains 15 00 Cash in hands of treasurer Jan. 1st, 1903 23782 63 Total receipts. .......ocoeceiieiens EXPENDITURES—CR. Assessors’ pay ..3 4740 2 50 00 Pa Auditing public accounts Boarding jurors 14 3 Bridges (new)... 868137 75 Bridges (repairs). 63 Clothing prisoner oe 147 84 Commissioners’ attorney............ 300 00 Commissioners’ salaries— Horner 924 00 Poorbaugh 885 50 . Miller 854 00 Commissioners’ clerks— BOOBS ...cc0nreceteresannsiraetiense 900 00 HOIDOT osc iccveetnssnsssncnrrssne 660 00 Commissioners’ traveling expenses 179 28 Computation court.................. 8 00 Clerk of courts........ 628 78 Commonwealth costs. . 2077 ¢ Clerk of Orphan’s cour 218 75 Constables’ returns. . 681 80 County auditors and ¢ 64 Court stenographer. 4 15 Court house and jail 914 07 Court officers......... 558 District attorney.. 713 00 Election expenses. 3359 76 Electric light...... 484 91 Forest fires........... 426 13 Forest fire detectors.. 225 00 El, ca ieee naar ees 267 79 Fire department....... 200 Furniture............. 253 50 Inquests ...... ........ 112 80 Janitor and fireman 600 Jail physician.............. 125 00 Jury commissioners 407 62 Jurors (grand) 994 72 Jurors (petit) 4738 20 Law library 149 15 Livery hire. eee smssle 80 Maintenance Huntingden... 317 70 Maintenance MoOrganza...... aoe 252 Maintenance Wernersville.......... 52 14 Maintenance Western Penitenti- BEY .ceeanrcossanssassrnscsnsnssananes 1248 00 Maintenance Dixmont.............. 91 25 Maintenance Indiand.......cco..... 20 11 Medical aid to miners ........ 28 25 Printing and advertising. 1434 00 Poor board estimate... 1230. 00 Prothonotary’s fees. 00 Records .......... 501 99 Recorder’s fees.. 97 30 Re-indexing reco . 1288 40 Rebate on timber. - 38 19 Road damages..... teaes 208 23 Sheep and cattle damage. .......... 2474.66 Superintendent of bridges.......... 320° 60 Sheriffs’ fees..........ccovcescecccnccns M3 TT Soldier’s burials.......c.cccceeeeenneees 270 00 Supplies ....ceeevceicenn 101 18 Stationery and postage 218 43 Teachers’ institutes........ 200 00 Treasurer's fees on state tax. 123 56 Telephone rent....ccc.ceeesee 140 70 Taxes refunded to collector 226 10 Taxes refunded to schools 1473 56 Unseated taxes refunded 122 Viewers’ pay...... 1054 70 Water rent........ 225 00 Orders for 1902 paid. 168 11 Total orders paid......coeieen.a.n 93723 72 By treasurer’s commission on $93, 2 600.16 at 2 por CONb..ccverertvnanne 1872 00 By unseated land taxes paid . 1401 31 By state tax paid......cocceecennaceas 12232 65 By money in hands treasurer Jan- uary 1st, 1904... .coc cove niniinnan ee 23150 44 TOtAl..cceeuacas sorsasssnsnerasaas 32 2 We, the undersigned auditors of the County of Somerset, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that in pursuance of the 47th section of the act en- titled, “An Act relating to counties, town- ships, ete., passed the 15th day of April, 1834, we met at the seat of Justice in the county of Somerset on the 5th day of January, A. D., 1904, and after bein duly sworn did au- dit, add, settle and adjust the several ac- counts required by the law agreeably to the several acts of Assembly, and the supple- ments thereto, according to the best of our judgment, ability and knowledge, and the foregoing is a true and correct statement of all the accounts. Witness our hands and seals this the 2ith day of January, A. D.,1 GEO. STEINBAUGH, JOHN A. BRANT FRANK 8. GILBERT. Attest— C. H.SCHMUCKER, Clerk. We, the undersigned, county commission- ers, of the County of Somerset, do certify that the foregoing is 8 true and correct statement of the accounts of the County of Somerset for the year ending January 5th 8. W. POORBAUGH, JOSEPH HORNER, JOSEPH B. MILLER. Attest— E. H. HORNER, Clerk. Public Sale Valuable Real Estate! By virtue of an order of sale issued out of the Orphans Court of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, to the undersigned, the following described valuable real estate of the late Howard M. Stanton, deceased, will be offered at public sale, at the late place of business of the deceased, in Elk Lick town- ship, Somerset county, Pa., on tract No. 2 described below. sale to take place on SATURDAY, MARCH 12TH, 1904, AT 9:30 O'CLOCK, A. M. No.1. All the surface soil of a piece of land in Elk Lick township, Somerset coun- ty, Pa., adjoining public road leading to Chestnut Springs, adjoining Christian S. Beachy’s estate and others; containing one (1A) acre and sixty-five (65p) perches, more or less; title to which became vested in the said Howard M. Stanton, deceased, by deed of C. F. Lee and wife, dated 13th June, 1899, Rec. Vol. 98, p. 300; and from Eli Stanton and wife, dated 24th December, 1902. The minerals and mining rights are re- served as per conveyances to Howard M. Stanton. Having thereon erected a new two-story, eicht-roomed frame dwelling house, with cellar; drilled well,a new two-story stable for three horses, and a new buggy shed and ice house, and other out buildings, all in good condition. No.2. All the surface soil of all that cer- tain parcel and lot of ground in Elk Lick township, said county, adjoining Penn Mar Coal Company,land of Christian F. Lee, and pbblic road leading to Maryland; contain- ing sixty-seven one-hundredths of an acre (.67TA); title to which became vested in Howard M. Stanton, by deed of Christian F. Lee and wife, dated 8th August, 1898, Rec. Vol. 95 P.78; and by deed of Eli Stanton and wife, and William E. Stanton and wife, dated 24th December, 1902. Excepting and reserving all the coal, limestone and other minerals as per said deeds to Howard M. Stanton. Having thereon erected a grain elevator, or grist and feed mill, being a two-story frame building, 25x45 ft., with store room, boiler house, engine room, elevator capacity of 4000 bushels, ware room, etc., together with the boiler and engine, scales, rollers and fixtures There will be no dower in these premises. The widow has released her claim to dower in both parcels. TERMS:—104 cash on day of sale, and the balance of 14 on confirmation; J4 in 1 year; and the relnaining 34 in 2 years there- after, with interest on de erred paymentsat 5 per cent.,deferred payments to be secured by mortgage upon the premises to approval of administrators. ELI STANTON, Grantsville, Md., HARVEY H. MavusT, Elk Lick, Pa, Administrators. N.B. The administrators of the above named estate will also sell a large lot of valuable personal property of the deceased, at same place and date as given above. ELECTION NOTICE. Notice is hereny given that the school directors of the school district of Salisbury Borough, of Somerset County, Pa. have by resolution of the board decided to submit to the electors of said school district a propo- sition to increase the indebtedness of said school district. Therefore, in pursuance of the Act of Assembly, an election will be held at the election house in said borough, on Saturday, March 26th, A. D. 1904, Between the Hours of 7 o’elock A. M. and 7 o’clock P. M., for the purpose of obtaining the assent of the electors thereto, and the following in- formation is given: Amount of the last assessed valuation of she taxable property in said district, $195,000. ‘Amount of existing debt, none. Amount of proposed increase of debt, $13,000. Percent- age of proposed increase,7 percentum. Pur- pose for which the indebtedness is to be in- creased, erection of a new school house. By order of the board. A. M. LICHTY, Prest. C. 8S. LICHLITER, Sec. 8-27 KEEP POSTED ABOUT U. S. Steel Corporation. The White & Kemble Atlas Map and Volume of Statistics should be in the hands of every stockholder. Nowhere else is the same amount of information accessible to the public. This volume shows by a five-color-map the location of plants, ore lands, railroad and steam- ship lines, and gives official statements of earnings, distribution of capital, di- vision of securities, incorporation cer- tificate, full text of bylaws, complete legal digest of mortgages, etc., ete.,cor- rected to October, 1903. Price $5 net, to accompany each order FOR SALE ONLY BY DOW, JONES & CO. 44 Broad St., New York. The oldest News Agency of Wall Street, and Publishers of The Wall Street Journal INVESTORS READ THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. HOW TO MAKE MONEY. Agents of either sex should to-day Lake Street, Chicago, for cuts and par- ticulars of their handsome Aluminum Card Case with your name engraved on it and filled with 100 Calling or Busi- ness Cards. Everybody orders them. Sample Case and 100 Cards, postpaid, 50c. This Case and 100 Cards retail at 75 cents. You have only to show sample to secure an order. Send 50¢ at once for case and 100 cards, or send 30c. for 100 cards without case. $10 prize for every agent. Mention this paper. 8-11 | Foley’s Kidney Cure | makes kidneys and bladder right. write Marsh Manufacturing” Co., 538 City Meat Marke I Headquarters for Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Sausage, Pudding, etc. HIGHEST GASH PRICES PAID for Fat Cattle, Pork. Veal, Mutton, Poultry, Hides, etc. LOWEST PRICES prevail when selling to our customers, and we keep our shop SCROPULOUSLY GLEAN! Your patronage is respectfully solicited. H. MCGULLOH, Proprelor Wines are nature’s best remedies and so pleasant. But ne sure they are Pure, for safety always buy SEVERNE WINES For Medicinal and Family use. Our 240 acre vineyard produces every year sev- eral hundred tons of the choicest grapes that everi grew, and every grape} goes into Severne Wines. Champagne, Brandy, Port, Sherry, Claret, Whiskey, Unfermented Grape Juice, &ec., &c. ) gts If your dealer don’t have ¥ them write us direct. SEVERNE WINE CO., Himrod, N. Y. . SEND US A GOW, Steer, Bull or Horse hide, Calf skin, Dog skin, or any other kind of hide or skin, and let us tan it with the hair on, soft, light, odorless and moth-proof, for robe, rug, coat or gloves. But get our Catalogue ving ord 's, and our i 2 instructions, so as to void takes. We also buy w furg‘and ginseng. EER THE CROSBY FRISIAN FU MPA 116 Mill Street, NR nr FARMS FOR SALE! Two first class Farms in Elk Lick Township. One containing 280 acres, with Brick House and large Barn, also Tenement House and Barn. One containing 168 acres, with good House, Barn and Tenement House. Also about 80 acres of Unim- proved Land. For further in- formation apply to R. S. GARRETT, tf Elk Lick, Pa. Mr. H. C. White, Merchant Tailor and Clother, Cham- bersburg, Pa., will be in Salis- bury on or about March 7th, with avery choice line of Fash- ionable Spring Suitings for the coming season. Exclusive styles are shown at reasonable prices. 2-25 O&F GOTO WM.G. HILLER for fine tailoring and suits that fit perfectly. We guarantee satisfaction. That’s why we are the leading tailors of Somerset Sounty, Main street, Meyersdale, a. tf A Physician Healed. Dr. Geo. Ewing, a practicing physi- cian of Smith’s Grove, Ky., for over thirty years, writes his personal ex- perience with Foley’s Kidney Cure: “For years I had been greatly bothered with kidney and bladder trouble and enlarged prostate gland. I used every- thing known to the profession without relief, until I commenced to use Foley's Kidney Cure. After taking three bot- tles I was entirely relieved and cured. I prescribe it now daily in my practice and heartily recommend its use to all physicians for such troubles. I have prescribed it in hundreds of cases with porter success.” Sold by E. H. To er. 5 & OUR GREATEST BARGAIN! —We will send you this paper and the Philadelphia Daily North American, both papers for a whole year, for only A GHOST’S POINT : OF VIEW “Phew!” gasped the Spectre, collap- sing into a chair at my bedside, “you did give me a start.” “If it comes to that” I replied se- verely—for the first intimation I had had of his presence had been the touch of an icy finger on my forehead while I was asleep—*“if it comes to that, you gave me a start; you nearly frighten- ed me into a fit. I wish you would learn to be more careful what you do with your hands.” The Spectre eyed me doubtfully. “Do you mean to tell me,” he said, “that human beings are frightened when they see ghosts?” “Did you think they were amused ” 4] always imagined that they took a purely scientific interest in the mat- ter. Of course, we are simply terrified when we see you—" “what! A ghost is frightened when he sees a human being?” “Out of his wits. Did you not know that? Dear me. Well, well, we live and learn.” “But, surely,” I said, interested by this time, “I should have thought that you so constantly saw us—” “Ah, but that is not the case. We see you as seldom as—apparently— you see us. Why it is I don’t know. There are fellows at the club who could explain it to you. It is some- thing to do with planes or dimensions or something. I remember that, be- cause we were discussing it only the other evening. Jones—I don’t know if you have ever met him; tall, hand- some man with a dagger sticking in his chest—maintained that there were no such things as human beings; said they didn’t exist, don’t you know. He paid that the cases cited where ghosts had actually seen them were in reality pure hysteria. A ghost goes into a house which he knows is haunted and naturally he imagines that every shadow is a human being. Jones is a thorough sceptic—hard-headed man, you know; won't believe a thing till he sees it. Smith, on the other hand— i think you must have met Smith, or at any rate heard him. You would know him by his get-up. He is a dandy, is Smith. Faultless winding sheet, chains on his legs and so on; carries his head in his right hand and groans.” “AR” groans.” “Yes, I thought you must have done. He's always practicing; groans bass in pur choir, you know. Well, Smith maintained that some of the hundreds of cases queted must be authentic. How, for instance, did Jones account for the haunted room" at Blamis Cas- Castle?” ‘What was that?’ I asked. “©h, it was rather a painful affair. The castle was sald to be haunted, and a young spectre, who scoffed at the jdea, offered to walk the night there. They allowed him to go, stipulating, however, that directly he saw any- thing supernatural he should ring the bell.” “Qh,” 1 interrupted, can ring bells?” “My dear sir,” said the Spectre a little testily, “we have many limita- tions, but we can do a simple thing like that. You might just as well ask, if a ghost can wind up a night watch or write a dead letter. Well, at the stroke of midnight a violent peal was heard. They rushed to the room, and there lay the poor young fellow sense- Jess. Some time after he had emters ed, it seemed, he had suddenly be- come aware—how, he could not say— that he was not alone, and, looking: round, he saw a man, standing in the doorway. The apparition advanced slowly, and, to his unspeakable hor ror, walked straight through him. Then he fainted, and knew no more until he found himself being given spirits in a spoon by his friends. He was never quite himself after that.” “And did that convince Jones?’ “Not a bit. He simply said thst owing to the stories connected wit the place it had been hypotically sug- gested to the young fellow that there was a human being in that particular room, and the rest had followed na- turally. But I know what would set- tle him.” “Yes?” «1f I could bring him here and show you to him. Could you excuse me for one minute?” “Certainly.” «Then I'll just run and fetch him.” And he disappeared. I think some- thing must have gone wrong with the dimensions, for though I waited long he never returned, and to this day I have not seen him again.—Punca. a A Famous Dessert Service. The famous Sevres dessert service which is kept in cabinets in the green drawing room at Windsor, and in which President Loubet was most in- terested, is probably worth about £80,- 000. The service Was bought bY George 1V, when Prince of Wales, for quite a sum. It passed on his death, in accordance with his will, to Wil- liam IV, who generously made it over to the crown instead of keeping it as Bis own private property, which he could have done if so disposed.— ‘Springfield Republican. I said, “I have heard the “then ghosts Bees as Messengers. A French apiculturist has discover- ed that bees can be trained as mes- sengers. Some of these winged letter carriers, with tiny scrolls of closely ‘written paper tied toc their bodies by means of fine wire, have been known to travel a distance of four miles dr more in about twenty minutes. They have, it seems, an unerring instinct for their hives, and can find them in any sort of weather, even when car- ried to a distance in tightly closed $3.75. Subscribe now, and address all orders to THE STAR, Elk Lick, Pa. tf boxes.—Golden Penny. 5 Special Tours To Hor. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD VIA WASHINGTON ——AT VERY LOW RATES,—— JANUARY 26—VIA SEABOARD AIR LINE. Tickets including, in addition to round trip railroad fare, sleeping car accommodations and meals en-route Washington to Jacksonville and return. Returning, leave Jacksonyille February 10. FEARUARY 8—vIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Tickets including, in addition to round trip railroad fare, sleeping car accommodations and meals en-route Washington to Jacksonville. Return- ing, leave Jacksonville February 24. MARCH 8—VIA ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Tickets including, in addition to round trip railroad fare, sleeping car accommodations and meals en-route Washington to Jacksonville, but not for the return. Returning, tickets will be good on any regular train until May 31, 1904. For detailed information call upon Baltimore & Ohio Ticket Agents. ren s Children in Peril. Some of the most anxious hours of a mother’s life are those when the little ones have the croup. Foley’s Honsy and Tar is a safe and effective remedy that never fails. “My boy would have died from membraneous croup if it had not been for Foley’s Honey and Tar) writes: C. W. Lynch, of Winchester Ind. Sold by E. H. Miller. 3-1 Good Rezolushuns for the Year. That i wont borry nor lend—espeshily lend. That i will liv within mi inkum, if i hav tew git trusted tew do it. That i wont advise ennyboddy, until i kno the kind ov advise they are anx- ious tew follow. That i wont wear enny more tite boots if i hav tew go barefoot tew do it. That i wont swop dogs with no man, unless i kan swop two for one. That i wont sware enny, unless i am put under oath. That the world owes me a living— provided i earn it. That i will stick tew mi taylor az long az he wlll stick tew mae. That no man shall beat me 1n po- liteness, not so long az politeness con- tinues to be az cheap az it iz now. That if a lovely woman smacks me on one cheek, i will turn her the other also. That if a man kalls me a phool, i wont ask him to prove it. That if a man tells me a mule wont kik, i will beleave what he sez without trieing it. That one ov the riskyest things tew s'raddle is the bak ov a 60 day note. That the best time tew repent of a blunder iz just before the blunder is made. That i beleave real good lies are git- ting skarser and skarser every day. That i will respekt public opinyun just az long az i kan respekt myself in doing it. That when i hear a man bragging on hiz ancestors, i won’t envy him, but i will pity the ancestors. That i wont bet on nothing, for things that require betting on lak sumthing. That i wont be surprised at enny- thing. not even tew be told that Ben Franklin waz a spendthrift, or that l.nzarus died ritech. That i wont hanker for happiness; but if i see enny thatithink iz a bargin, i will shut up one eye and go for it. That i will laff every good chance i kan git, whether it makes me gro phatt or not.—Josh Billings. A Bit of the Tragic History of Old Fort Phil Kearney. In the March Tearson’s is the first of its promised series of articles by Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady dealing with the thrilling and romantic incidents of Indian wars on our frontier. This first paper takes up the tragedy of Fort Phil Kearney, describing General Carring- ton’s perilous adventures in the estab- lishment of this Post, which, during its stormy existence of some two years, was constantly in peril from attacks of hostile Indians by whom it was sur- rounded. The horrors of savage war- fare. illustrated by the story of the an- nihilation of the command under Cap- tain Fetterman that was sent out to the rescue of a wood train attacked by Indians less than two miles from the Fort, are portrayed with the vivid touch characteristic of Dr. Brady, and if the rest of the series comes up to the standard set by this opening chapter the articles will form a valuable con- tribution to frontier history. a ne Spring Fever. A weakness, lassitude, weary feeling that attacks people during the trans- ition from cold winter to hot summer iz distressing to everybody in the eli- mate of this latitude, more especially to people who have to work for their living. Speer’s Port Grape Wine is found to be by moderate use the best preventa- tive and remedy known. It is invigor- ating, blood-purifying and muscle- making. 1t & WEDDING Invitations at THE Star office. A nice new stock just re- ceived. tf. ra AR ¢ i
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