tT * 0,000.00 0,000.00 0,000.00 ) o at 5 -* eful at- ley. ier. TSOM. K, PA. i oa 18,000. ident. d wccounts a urteous Lichty, y. Le Holiday for these ¢ last, at st, at 39c. ,now 1.563 : '. 5, 35 and Jnow 19c. ed 10 per ish prices. and prices ced 20 per rgain. n to anoth- ods. This 6. | the goods after Jan. lways find s from one eir liberal Hf the same prosperous fWILI, Toprefor, 4 wad tw a as ~ Ladies, here is your opportu- nity. A representative of one of the leading Eastern manufac- turers of Ladies Nur and MK will be at our store on My, Mar, Where he will be pleased to show the ladies the very latest in Suits and Skirts. Here is an unequaled opportunity for you to make a selection and to get just what you want in this line of goods. 0. MARILE Scene in Speer’s Vineyards, AT PASSAIC, N. 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The Port Wine is nine years old and the Burgundy, a rich dry wine night years old. : ‘I'he “Claret equals the finest French Panes ruggists and Grocers Seli 1%, STEVENS A “You :annot nse too much care in the selection of & FIREARM. Our 39 years’ reputation speaks for STANDARD, ACCURATE, RELIABLE me a2 Ye, +” RIFLES, from“ Y. $3.00 to $150.00 PISTOLS, from . . 2.30t0 50.00 SHOTGUNS, from . 7.50 to’ 30.00 Ask your dealer for our ARMS, If he cannot fur- direct nish them we will ship upon receipt of price. Onur catalog will interest you. Mailed free upon request. + J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co., P. O. BOX 3091 CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS, Meats, Poultry, Fresh Fish, etc. | Meat es Market! Take notice that 1 have opened a new and up-to-date meat market in Salis- bury, one door south of Lichliter’s store. Everything is new, neat and clean, and it is a model in every respect. I deal in all kinds of Fresh and Salt ' I pay highest cash prices for Fat Cat- tle, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry, Hides, | CARANTEE 10 PLERSE YOU and want you to call and be con- vinced that I can best supply your wants in the meat line. CASPER WAHL, The 01d Reliable Butcher. ‘NOT MADEBYA TRUST. CRYSTAL The materials used in manufacturing this Baking Powder are guaranteed pure and wholesome. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back by your dealer. TAKE NOSUBSTITUTE insist on having UTICA GAS and GasolineEngines Always ready for use. Safe, Reliable, Economical, Noiseless. Positively Safe. Made In Every sizes from Engine 3-4t0 35 H.P. Warranted. For Farmers, Printers, Millers, Man- ufacturers, Miners, Bakers, Thresher- men, Carpenters, Hay Balers, Grain Elevators, Pumping, Saws, etc., etc. Send for catalogue and price list. UTICA CAS ENCINE WORKS, ; Utica, N. Y. em Salisbury Hack l.ine, SCHRAMM BROS, Proprietors. 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The Penn Chemical Werks, Philadelphia CASTLE, WITH SECRET Near the border of two Scottish'} counties, set in the middle of a broad |: .and fertile strath, and protected from! , the northern blasts by a ‘range of lofty mountains, there stands, and has steod for generations, am feudal castle. ; - Although the oldest wing dates frem the . thirteenth century, the greater part of it was built in Jacob- ean days, and with its numerous tur- rets, battlements, corbels, and pinna- cles recalls the glories of Chantilly and other great Fremch chateaux of the same period. It belongs, together. with the surrounding estate, to a wealthy peer, whose grandfather mar- ried a north of England heiress with a dowry of over a million sterling. ‘During the greater part of the year the castle is untenanted save by a few servants and caretakers; for the owner spends his winters abread and $is summers in the English seat brought into the family by the above- mentioned heiress, But during the autumn months it is full of life and gayety; for its kindly lord and lady, who have many children and grand- children, and a host of friends, keep open house then in their old Scottish home, and its halls and corridors, narrow passages, and winding stair- cases echo with the sound of merry voices and the tread of youthful feet from morning till night. Cheerful, however, as the invited guest finds the old castle, and warm a8 is ‘the welcome extended to him within its walls, he must be posses- ed of a little curiosity and less imag- ination if he does not feel his pulse somewhat quickened amd his sleep somewhat broken during the period of his residence there. Kor he has probably heard already something of the weird associations which cling to the house and its owners, and of the mysterious secret said to be known only to the head of the family, to his heir, and to one other person—a secret so grim and terrible as to af- fect the whole lives of those who learn it, and make them different from other men. No clue to the mystery has ever been given by any one of the three depositaries of it; but popular belief has long connected it with a secret chamber in the castle, which rumor assigns as the habitation of a strange half-human creature of terrifying aspect and fabulous age, the incarnate embodiment of the curse which rests upon the house. In the gayest mo- ments enjoyed by those who during the bright days of early autumn throng the guest chambers of the cas- tle, there is always an indefinable feeling of some weird presence with- in its walls. “My dear young lady,” were the words of the host to one who was paying him her first visit, as he bade her good night, “it is, 1 know, the custom of ladies to sit up late in one another's rooms, chatting .and so. oD. Now, that is not allowed here. ‘When you go to your room to-night, remain in it, and lock the door.” A-young medical man was not long ago staying at the castle, by invita- tion of its owner, who had -made his acquaintance abroad, and, being some- thing of an invalid, had asked him to come and take a few weeks’ holiday in Scotland, and at the same time to give him the benefit of his profes- gional skill... A room Was assigned to him in ome of the towers, and he was in the full enjoymeat of his visit, when it was suddenly brought to an end in strange fashion. ua ; early one afternoon from shooting (leaving most of his fellow guests still in the stubbles), and mounting to his turret chamber, he noticed a singular cir- cumstance. A stain which he had the window wae mow visible exactly at the oposite cerner of the room, showing that during his few heurs’ sbsence the whole of the furniture must have been moved out of the “apartment and the carpet taken up. The impulse came upon him to re peat the process. Out into the pas- sage, accordingly, went bed, chairs, tables, wardrobe, and everything else; up came the carpet, and there, in the centre of the floor, was the inevitable trap door. Lifting it, ‘he 'descried ‘a steep flight of steps, which he descend- ed, lighted candle in hand, and found at the bottom a narrow winding pas- sage, along which he cautiously. made his way. Suddenly he was. brought up short by a dead white plastered wall, barring his further advance; and put- ting out his hand to touch it, his fin- ger went half an inch into the plas- ter, which was soft, wet, and evident- ly quite newly laid on.” Smoothing it over as best he could (not an easy task without a proper implement), he quietly retraced his steps to his room, rearranged carpet and furniture ex- actly as he bad found them, and went down to tea, keeping his own counsel, and saying mothing to any one of his adventure. Next morning, while he was still in bed, a note was brought him from his host's lawyer, who was staying in the castle. It inclosed a check, and brief- ly informed him that his services were no longer required, and that a carriage would be in readiness to take him to the railway station at the earliest hour convenient to himself.— London Mail. Increase in Sugar Trade. One effect of the acquisition of the | pew insular possessions of the United | States is shown in the enormous in- | crease in the sugar trade. In the last fiscal year we imported more than 5, 000,000,000 pounds of the commodity, of a valuation of over $100,000,000.— American Exporter. often observed im the carpet under |’ fan beating a tattoo en her NO HOPE FOR. SUCH AS NE. 4 Futile Attempt of a Wiid-Eyed Man.-t4 ““ ° "Solve a Problem.” The next case on the docket was a small man with a nerveus aspect and a rolling eye, who clutched com: vulsively in his hand a large bundle ancient | of papers and muttered to himself. “What's the case against this man?’ asked the judge. “We have not decided, your Honor. He was found last night wandering around aimlessly in a side street, ap parently in an irresponsible condition, talking in a strange tongue, inter- twined with some famillar phrases.” “Prisoner,” said the judge, severe: ly, “what were you saying?” “I was saying,’ remarked the pris- oner, ag he looked wildly about him, “that passemonterie is all right with renaissance, when it is cut bias, but what is the use of an organdie trim- med with accordion pleats? Is 8 straight front worth $25 equal to a sheer fluted edged num’'s veiling, and why show... two dozen hemstitched handkerchiefs be made up with flounces down the side and pointed edges extending in a line to the hips? A flock of white duck skirts is all right, but I'll be hanged if I see the value in a pongee kimono with a corded back, and who would care to trim an acre of hats with only two crates of material, what—" The judge, examining the papers that the man had held, gazed at him pityingly. _ “Take him away to the asylum,” he sald to the officer. “Don’t you see that this miserable wretch has been ass enough to try to solve the mys- tery of his wife's personal bills for the last month?’—Tom Mason, in Life. _— WILL IT COME TO THIS? A Motoring Father's Advice to His : Spendthrift Son. In a contemporary a motoring pa- terfamilias gives some imaginary ad- vice to his son which will cause all lovers of their mother tongue to shud- der in apprehension. “My son,’ said the father to the young man, who was spending too much money at college, «do not make the mistake of over- estimating the horse power of my in- come, I am an ordinary, well-to-do twelve-horse-power parent. I belong in the touring category. Evidently you think I am a ninety-horse racer, to judge from your bills. Get that idea out of your mind. Shut off the power a little. Go slower. Come off the top speed and burn less fuei. Stop in your garage a little more, and don’t try to keep up with young men of greater horse-power than yourself. You cannot do it. Just remember that you are a twelve-horse-power person and keep in your class, and you'll be much happier and have few- er accidents.” Miss Flannigan—I will give yez me answer in a month, Pat. : He—That's right, me darlint; tek plinty av time to think it over. But tell me wan thing now—will it be yes or no?—Illustrated Bits. ——— iia ———— Mer Old Sweetheart. A young man aid 2 young woman Jean over the froni gate. They are Jovers. It is moonlight. He is loth to leave, as the parting is the last. He is about to go away. She is reluctant to let him depart. They swing on the gate, “and if death should claim me, Jy last thought will be of you.” “I'll"be true to you,” she sobs. I'll never see anybody else or love them as long as I live.” They part. Six years later he re- turns. , His sweetheart of former years has married. They meet at a party. She has changed greatly; be- 1 A chou oF HEREDITY. A ' ———— A The Kind of Lirige She Had Seen Ueed To. “THe other dy & benevolent oid gen- tleman beheld as little six-year-old girl walking gravely along with a basket on her arm. Patting the chub- by tot under the chin, he said: “An? where are you going, my pret- ty maid?’ ’ “Give thee good-day, graybeard,” replied the midget. “My father bade me to the shambles hie for a fat "haunch.” “W-w-what?” party. . “Happy thou knowest him—the good man Skidmore ” inquired the tiny dame. “No-0-0,”” sald the gentleman, very much puzzled. “You are a rather quaint little thing. Come with me and I'll buy you some chocolate.” “Alack, I am forbid to tarry, gen- tle sir. I need be blythe. Their pa- tience stays upon my coming.” “Good-bye, then,” said the old gen- tleman. ' “Rest you, merry master,” and, dropping a little curtsy, the mite trot- ted off. “Bless me, what an extraordinary child!” said the gentleman to a by- stander. “Qh, that’s nothing,” replied the other. “You see, she’s the daughter of the heavy tragedian at Morosco’s Theatre, and I suppose they talk so much of that kind of lingo in the fam- ily that it comes natural to her. Don’t hear anything else, you see.”—Tit- Bits.’ ejaculated the old A Pair of 'Em. Pickaxe—I notice you are continual 1y knocking, Mr. Hammer. Hammer—Oh, well, you are always picking yourself.—New York Times. Why He Would Not Pay. A few weeks ago a Scotchman came to consult a Wimpole street doctor and began relating the symptoms of his ailment. When he had concluded the physician said: “The first thing you must do is to stop smoking and the next is to cut off your liquor, and then there must be no more midnight suppers.” “Humph!” ejaculated the Scot. “1 dinna like that.” “Wel,” said the physician, relent- ing, ‘If you must have something to eat at night take a few biscuits and a glass of warm milk abeut an hour before retiring; but no liquor, remem- ber.” : «and is thet all?’ asked the Scotch- man, as he arose gravely from his chair. «1 think so,” sald the doctor. “Of course, 1 want you to come in to see me again in about a week.” ‘Well, good-day to ye, doctor,” said the patient, as he stepped toward the door. “Qk, 1 beg your pardon, my usual fee is £2 2s.” sald the physician, as he picked up the note of introduction from his desk. “Two guineas, and fer what?’ ask- ed the Scotchman. “yor my advice,” sician. “Then,” replied the Highlander, Il naw pay ye a penny.” ’ “And why not, pray?’ asked the &octor. “Because,” replied the Scotchman, «1 dinna intend to tak’ your advice.” ~Tit-Bits. rete Then Gubbins Gasped for Air. The scene was a hairdresser’s shop, and when Theobald Gubbins (im: whose Christian name his facetious. friends usually eliminated the o) en- tered there was a gleam in his eye which seemed to portend trouble. “You remember selling me some hair restorer when I called the other day to get shaved, you hoary-headed old thief?” he said. “You sold it umn- replied the phy- tween the dances the recognition takes place. “Let me see,” she muses, with her pretty hand, “was it you er your brother who was my old sweetheart?” “Really 1 don’t know,” he “Probably my father.” says. Offending Nature. There is an excellent old lady, who lives in Germantown and is a strong advocate of the enforcement of the blue laws. But she is very fond of the good things of the table, and for this reasen she delights in doing her own. marketing. The other Monday morning found her, bright and early, selecting some fine pears from her marketman. “Are you sure,’ she asked, “that these pears were not picked Sunday?” «1 don’t know about that,” said the man with a grin, ‘but I do know they growed Sunday.” Philadelphia Ledger. Seek to mingle gentleness in all your rebukes; bear with the infirmi- ties of others; make allowances for constitutional frailties; never say harsh things if kind things wil? do as well. der false pretenses, sir! You said it would restore my head to its original condition.” «Well, didn’t it work?’ asked the barber.’ ; «work? No! It's taken off what little hair I used to have, and I am as bald as the pavement now!” “That's quite right, sir. No false pretenses about that. I said it would restore our head to its original con- dition, and you know, sir, most of us are born bald!” aie iv Another Brute. Mrs. Pretty—Isn't it strange? Mrs. Beauti has not put on mourning for her husband. Mr. Pretty—I understand that her late husband particularly requested that she should not. \ Mrs. Pretty—The brute! I suppose he knew how lovely she would look in {t.—Pick-Me-Up. : —i————i— | “] suppose you met an old friend | you hadn’t seen for years, as usua 2 “N’t ’all, m’dear. Met ‘nol’ fr'nd I nev’r met before.” (hic). | | erally under The ‘neces es of life,” as gens stood, consists chiefly of | things we could do without.—Puck. PARMS 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 actes, 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. L® 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 county. Main street, Meyersdal€, Pa. tf —— tt. FOR SALE!—A fine Bay Mare, quiet and gentle.. A good family animal for buggy and light farm work. Apply to Mrs. M. B. Turner, Elk Lick, Pa. 3-10 ——— A BARGAIN FOR FARMERS. The New-York Tribune Farmer, na- tional illustrated agricultural weekly of twenty Inrge pages, has no superior as a thoroughly ‘practical and helpful publication for the farmer and every member of his family, and the publish- ers are determined to give it a circula- tion unequalled by any paper of its class in the United States. Knowing that every enterprising, up- to-date farmer always reads his own local weekly newspaper, The New- York Tribune Farmer has made an ex- ceedingly liberal arrangement which enables us to offer the two papers at 80 low a price that no farmer can afford to lose the opportunity. : The price of The New-York Tribune Farmer is $1.00 a year and THE SOMER- ser County STAR is $1.50 a year, but both papers will be sent for a full year if you forward $1.50 te THE Star, Elk Lick, Pa. Send your name and address to The New-York Tribune Farmer, New York City. nnd a specimen copy of that paper will be mailed to you. tf ee Our Calendars. . As per announcement of Jan. 28th, Tye 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 Tub Mill Run Falls, as we had intended. wing 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 Srak subscribers 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 tn date is entitled to one ealendar. Subscribers in arrears must pay at least $1.00 on account in order to get one, nnd new subscribers must pay at least 50 cents for a three-month sub- ~cription. Subscribers who cannot call at our office for their calendars, must remit cents to pay pcstage, or 10 eents if » copy of both calendars is wanted. Subscribers desiring more than one calendar, will be required te pay 10° canis for snch extra copy, besides the postage, if ealandars are to be sent by math tf re ei : OLD PAPERS for sale at Tue Star office. Thay are just the thing for pantry shelves, wrapping paper and cartridge paper for the miners. Five ceni~ buys a large roll of them. tt —— : A GOODJCOMBINATION, DIRT CHEAP. ——enrs Until further notice we will give you Tug STAR and the New York Tribune Farmer, both one year, for only $1.50 cash. This offer is good to all new subscribers, also to all old ones who pay all arrears and a year in advance. The Tribune Farmer easily stands at the head of the hst of agrienltural pa- pers. It is large, finely illustrated and ;-ublished every week. Address all or- ders to TE STAR, Elk Lick, Pa. —— eer 8 CLOCK REPAIRING, Gun- smithing and many other kinds of re- pair work done neatly, promptly and substantially. All work left at the Theoph. Wagner residence will be promptly attended to, at reasonable prices, by the undersigned. BEN. WAGNER, Salisbury, Pa. A————l————— HOW TO MAKE MONEY. 114 rere Agents of either sex should to-day write Marsh Manufacturing Co., 538 Lake Street, Chicago, for cuts and par- ticularsof 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. $1! prize for cvery agent. Mention this paper. 8-11 Foley’s Kidney Cure | makes kidneys and bladder right.
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