THE SONERSE COUNTY STAR P. L. LivExcoop, Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Postoffice at Elk Lick, Pa. as mail matter of the Second Class. Subscription Rates. THE STAR is published every Thursday, at Salisbury, (Elk Lick, P. 0.) Somerset Coun- ty, Pa. at the following rates: ©ne vear, if paid spot cash in advance.. $1.2 If not paid strictly in advance.... 1.50 Bix months.............. Three months... Single copies tas nai wo JB To avold multiplicity of small accounts, all subscriptions for three months or less must be paid in advance. These rates and germs will be rigidly adhered to. Advertising Rates. Transient Reading Notices, 5 cents a line each insertion. To regular advertisers, 5 cents a line for first insertion and 3 cents a fine for each succeeding insertion. No busi- ness lacals will be mixed with local news items or wditorial matter for less than 10 eents a line for each insertion, except on yearly contracts. Rates for Display Advertisments will be made known on application. Editorial advertising, invariably 10 cents = line. Legal Advertisements at legal rates. Marriage, Birth and Death Notices not exceeding fifteen lines, inserted free. All additional lines, 5 cents each. Cards of Thanks will be published free for prtrons of the paper. Non-patrons will be eharged 10 cents a line. Resolutions of Respect will be published for 5 cents a line. All advertisements willbe run and charg- ed for until ordered discontinued. No advertisement will be taken for less shan 25 cents. L0GAL AND GENERAL NEWS. NEWSY [TEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE, WITH AN OCGASIONAL JOKE ADDED FOR SPICE. I have never been a whaling where the foaming billows sweep; T have never cut the blubber from the monster of the deep; But I’ve tender recollections of those days in boyhood’s spring When mother did the whaling and I the blubbering. —The Lyre. W. D. Thompson and family moved into the Mrs. M. Dively house on Tues- day. Miss Nancy Livengood was on the sick list, this week, but is now reported eonvaleseing. Miss Allle Smith, and her sister, Mrs. €has. Beal, entertained a few friends Fast Saturday evening, in honor of Charley’s birthday. Mrs. Lizzie Kimmel, who has been eonfined to the house for the last four weeks, with a severe attack of grip, is slowly improving. Her: friends hope she will soon be able to be out again. The W. C. T. U. will hold a special meeting at the home of Mrs. James Rayman, Monday evening, March 28, 1904, at 7:30. All members are re- quested to be present at this meeting. Mrs. Simon Tedrow is dangerously. ill with quinsy and other complications. She has been suffering intensely for two weeks or more, and her friends are greatly alarmed over her con- dition. When a Salisbury man told his wife that he greatly admired a steel trap because it sometimes shut up, there was a severe calm, followed by a frost biting enough to destroy the ears and Fimbs of the bronze horse onthe mantel elock. “My son,” said the modern Pelonious, . patting his boy on the head as the Iat- ter went forth to seek his fortune, “never go baek on a rich friend unless Re is busted, and never marry a poor girl unless she has money, and you will succeed in life.”—Ex. Returns of the Assessors show there are 11,507 children of school age in Jomerset county. According to the figures Meyersdale must be recognized as the metropolis of the county, having 857 school children, or seventeen more than Windber. Somerset borough has only 487. Mr. and Mrs. James Harding, the, parents of Mrs. Mort Wagner, were here on a visit during the past two weeks. They were aecompanied by their two sons and their daughter. Mr. Harding and family are about to locate at Boswell, where he has secured a po- sition as pitt boss with the Merchants €oal Company. Married, at Rockville, Md., March 7, 1904, Mr. Charles Kester, late of Niver- ton, Pa., and Miss Nora Stremmel, of Friendasville, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Kester are well known here, and their many friends extend to them their congratu- lations and best wishes. Mr. Kester mow holds a position with the same eompany-that John Rees is engaged with at Thacker, W. Va. John M. Brown, who for many years was a resident of Salixbury, died sud- denly at Listie, Saturday morning, March 12th, aged 47 years, 3 months and 4 days. He died of grip and asthma. The body was brought here for burial. and on Monday the funeral took place from the home of his son Austin, Rev. W. A. Gaunt officiating. The deceased is survived by five sons and two daughters. These Somerset county people have died recently: Elizabeth, widow of Jonathan Koontz, last of Somerset township, aged eighty-two years; Bar- bara, wife of John K. Livingston, at the Livingston home in Conemaugh town- ship, aged forty-two; Ida Pearl Bar- clay, at the home of Mrs. John Wilkin, in Addison, aged sixteen ; Frederick E., son of Mr. and Mrs, Frank Phinicie, of Garrett, aged four years. The Record says the output of the Berlin shoe factory is growing larger every day, and the demand for the goods is exceeding the production by a whole lot. Four more skilled workers have just arrived from Philadelphia. Over 125 pairs of shoes are being made daily, and the reports coming in from the dealers who are handling the goods are very encouraging to the managers of the plant. Word was received here last week announcing the serious iliness of Mrs. Sherman Welfley, of Woodbine, Kaa. The correspondent said that Mrs, Welfiey had but little chance to récov- er. Since then we have heard nothing of her condition, but Mr. and Mrs. Welfley’s many Salisbury friends earn- estly hope that a change for the better has taken place ere this, and that the patient will recover. Joseph Patton, the genial postmaster and grocer at West Salisbury, will sell his household effects and store goods at public sale, beginning at 8:30 a. m,, Wednesday, March 30th. Just what Mr. Patton's future intentions are we do not know, but rumor has it that he will locate in or near Akron, Ohio. We would like to see Mr. Patton and family remain here, but if they move away, our best wishes will go with them. . Editor Livengood is still confined to his room, and is far from being a well man. It is hard to tell just when he will be able to resume his duties at Tue Star office Mrs. Livengood had also been quite ill since Friday, of last week, but she is again able to be up. The editor,s daughter, Florence, who showed symptons of typhoid fever, last week, is still confined to her bed. but her sickness is not typhoid fever. It is pleurisy and a general breaking down. Thomas Eckerd returned from a trip to Kansas City, Mo.. on Wednesday of last week. He had been requested to come and see his son William, who had been there sick in a hospital, according to a message received from the au- thorities. However, before arriving at his destination, the son escaped from the hospital and could not be found. Mr. Eckerd then returned home, but stopped at Pittsburg a few days, where he visited a sister he had not seen for 8 years. Marriage licenses have been issued at Somerset since last report to the following-named couples: V.M. Tyler and Vernie Turner, of Addison; Wil- liam M. Frazee, of Somerfield, and An- nie L. Frazee, of Watsondale; Joseph N. Arbogast, of Mifflintown, and Viola 8. Bell, of Windber ; William Stein and Esther Jones, of Summit; George Re- pive, of Windber, and Clara Penrod, of Paint township; Elmer E. Cramer, of Upper Turkeyfoot township, and Sadie E. Weimer, of Black township. John R. Lichty, of Carleton, Neb, was a pleasant caller at Tne Star ol fice on Monday. We are sorry that he did not get to see the editor, who is still sick at his home and unable to be at his post of duty in the editorial sanctum. Mr. Lichty was once a prom- inent farmer of Summit township, but has been farming near Carleton, Neb, since about 1885, where he is still lo- cated and is doing well. His wife isa daughter of the late Jchn W. Beachy, and with her husband and mother came here on a visit some time ago. Mr. Lichty is one of ¥ditor Livengood’s old Carleton friends and patrons. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has greatly improved the Dequesne Limit- ed, and with new equipment it will be run from Connellsville to New York as a four car train. A new dining car that will seat 30 persons is being built. The dining car is run between Pitts- burg and Connellsville. A combina- tion smoker and baggage car is dis- placing the separate cars, while the coach. that has been added is -of latest design. The equipment will be new, except for the two Pullman cars, which are of the best the company has, so that the Duquesne Limited will not be second to any limited irain in the east, with its new equipment in a few weeks. Mr. William Balliet, of Limestone- birthday anniversary pleasant sociable day was spent. - Mr. Balliet is held in high esteem by those who know him, and they all wish him a continuance of his good health and many years more among them. There were present Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Royer, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lembach and Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Balliet, of Milton; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Balliet and I. A. Esch- bach and son Elmer, of Paradise. Mr. Wm. Balliet 1s the father of our fellow townsman J.C. Balliet, who regrets that he could not be present at the birthday celebration of his aged parent. A monument of coal, towering 109 feet above the ground, will be erected at St. Louis to advertise to the world one of the natural resources of West Virginia. The Black Diamond shaft will represent the 22 workable veins of onl found in the mountains. Each | vein will be the exact thickness of the original vein from which the coal was | taken, and each vein will be placed in its relative order, ville, Pa., celebrated his eighty-third recently. - A At night it will be brilliantly illumi- nated so that it can be seen for a dis- tance of 12 miles. The shaft, together with the lumber exhibit, will. cost $90,- 000. The state appropriated $50.000 and the rest is to be paid by individu- als, mostly coal men. The entire West Virginia exhibit is practically ready for erection. On a crowded Eighth street car, sev- eral days ago, a tired passenger, who was trying to steady himself without holding a strap, fell bockwards at a sudden stopping of the car, and drop- ped into the lap of a young woman. He arose and apologized profusely, and was just turning away from the angry woman when the car stopped again. The man again lurched, and again fell into the woman’s lap. . “What kind of a man are you, any- way?” she snapped at him. “I’m an Irishman,” he replied, “and I’m proud of it.” : “Maybe you are,” retorted the wom- an, “but you act like a Lap-lander.” WORKING OVERTIME. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers—Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Millions are always at work, night and day, curing Indiges- tion, Biliousness, Constipation, Sick Headache and all Stomack, Liver and Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25¢ at E. H. Miller's drug store. 4-1 Meyersdale Widow Gets Big Pension. Congressman A. F. Cooper received word recently from the Pension Com- missioner that a pension had been granted to Lena Seiler, widow, living at Meyersdale, with back pension amounting to about $1,400. The pen- sion rate is $8 a month for herself and $2 for each of three minor dhildren, and the pension period runs back to November 12, 1895. Mrs. Seiler will also get accrued pension for her late husband. IT SAVED HIS LEG. P. A. Danforth, of LaGrange, Ga.. suffered for six months with a fright- ful running sore on his leg; but writes that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. For Ulcers, Wounds, Piles, it’s the best salve in the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 15 cts. Sold by E. H. Miller, druggist. 4-1 Electricity in Thawing Water Pipes, The Paint Township Water Company now employs the latest scientific meth- od of thawing out frozen water pipes, substituting electricity for the much here-to-fore hard work. An electric appliance is hauled to the point where the pipes are frozen, and by a current of electricity which is forced over the pipe the ice in the conduits is melted within a few minutes. This method means the saving of considerable dig- ging and thawing. This is certainly a fast age in which we live.—Windber Era. HAPPY, HEALTHY CHILDREN. Any child can take Little Early Risers with perfect safety. They are harmless, never gripe or sicken, and yet they are so certain in results that robust constitutions requiring drastic means are never disappointed. They cannot fail to perform their mission and every one who uses DeWitt’s Little Early Risers prefers them to all other pills. They cure biliousness. Sold .by E. H. Miller. 4-1 Great Timber Purchase. Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, with others, has purchased what is known as the Blackwater Man- or property, one of the few great tim- ber stretches remaining unbroken. The territory covers 38,000 acres in pine, hemlock and soft wood and runs along the W. Va. Central railroad from Thomas to Hendricks, eleven miles. The price paid is given at $1,080,000 The land lies in Tucker, Randolph and Pendleton counties and is composed of unbroken. forest.—Qakland Democrat. WELL AGAIN. The many friends of John Blount will be pleased to learn that he has en- tirely recovered from his attack of rheumatism. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm cured him after the best doctors in the town (Monon, Ind.) had failed to give relief. The prompt relief from pain which_ ‘this liniment affords ‘is alone worth many times its cost. For sale by E. H. Miller. 4.1 Three More Somerset R. F. D. Routes. The Postoffice Department has noti- fied the postmaster at Somerset that three additional routes will be estab- lished there April 15, 1904, as follows: Route No. 3—Westward on upper Felger road to foot of Laurel Hill at Bakersville and back to Somerset via lower Felger road and Mt. Pleasant pike. Route No.4—Westward on Mt. Pleas- ant pike to Lavansville and Indiantown, returning to Somerset via Trent road and lower Centreville road. Route No. 5—Eastward on Bedford pike via Hunter school to Pugh post- office and Will’s church, returning to Somerset via the Berlin plank road. It will be the largest | ceived. E& WEDDING Invitations at THE STAR office. A nics new stock justre- tt. and most unique exhibit of coal ever | made. The shaft will be 12 feet square. | DAMAGE CASE SETTLED. Edward Keiffer, of Somerset, Gets $3,500 From Railroad Company. Somerset, Pa., March 8.—Cash in the sum of $3,500, an annual pass over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad west of Philadelphia, and an easy position in a freight or passenger office are the terms under which Edward B. Keiffer, of Somerset, a survivor of the Duquesne | limited wreck near Dawson on Decem- ber 23, settled ficials. Keiffer was one of the two survivors of the ill-fated smoking car, the other being Jesse Hines, a negro. Keiffer was frightfully burned about his body and face, scalding steam leaving marks on his face that will disfigure him for life. His face has almost healed over, but he is compelled to wear bandages over his hands and head. It will be some weeks before he is able to accept a position with the company. i ii DO YOU WANT STRENGTH? If you want to increase your strength you must add to and not take from the physical. In other words, the food that you eat must be digested, assimi- lated and appropriated by the nerves blood and tissues, before being expelled from the intestines. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure adds to the physical It gives strength to and builds up strength in the human system. It is pleasant to the taste and palatable, and the only combination of digestants that will di- gest the food and enable the system to with the railroad of- appropriate all of its health and strength-giving qualities. Sold by E. H. Miller. 4-1 Resolutions of Respect. Whereas. it has pleased Almighty God, Supreme Ruler of this Universe, to remove from this earth our beloved District President, Hon. Daniel Young, of Lonaconing, Md.. who departed this life, Monday, February 29, 1904. And while we deplore his death, yet we bow in humble submission to the will of Him that doeth all things well, and therefore be it Resolved: —That Local Union’s No. 888 and 1731, U. M. W, of America,does hereby extend to the bereaved family, our heartfelt sympathy, and commend them to the care of God and His ten- der mercies ; and be it further Resolved: —That the sudden removal of such a life from our midst leaves a vacancy and a shadow that will be deeply realized by all members of Lo- cal Unions 888 and 1731, U. M. W. of America. And be it further Resolved: —That our charter be drap- ed in mourning for a period of ninety days, and a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased, and also to the United Mine Workers’ Journal, and to the local newspapers of District 18, U. M. W. of America, for publication. J. S. SAYLER, C. J. BOWMASTER, DexNis KNEIREIM, E. E. MILLER, JouN MALONEY, James B. CaAMPBEL, Wu. McKiLLop, Committee. READ IT THROUGH. ’TWOULD SPOIL THIS 8TORY TO TELL IT IN THE HEADLINES. To use an eighteenth century phrase, this is an “o’er- true tale.” Having happened in a small Virginia town in the winter of 1902, it is a story very much of the present. Up to a short time ago Mra. John E. Harmon, of Mel- fa Station, Va., had no personal knowl- edge of the rare curative properties of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. “Last January,” she says, “my baby took a dreadful cold and at one time I feared she would have pneumonia, but one of my neighbors told me how this remedy had cured her little boy, and I began giving it to my baby at once and it soon cured her. I heartily thank the manu- facturers of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for placing so great a cure within my reach. Icannot recommend it too highly or say too much in its favor. I hope all who read this will try it and be convinced as I was.” For sale by E. H. Miller. 4-1 A Strange Story of One Effect of the Bradenville Explosion. Joseph Brack, of Bradenville, tells a curious story of the explosion of the Kerbaugh magazine on March 5th. He | was driving to Millwood at the time, and the concussion knocked him from the wagon upon the horse’s back. Up- on recovering his senses, Brack found that every spoke in the wheels of his wagon had been broken, every screw forced out, and the endgate had been thrown over 100 fest. TRAGEDY AVERTED. “Just in the nick of time our little boy was saved,” writes Mrs. W. Wat- kins of Pleasant City, Ohio. “Pneu- monia had played sad havoc with him and a terrible cough set in besides. Doctors treated him, but he grew worse every day. At length we tried Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consump- tion, and our darling was saved. He's now sound, and well” Everybody ought to know, it’s the only sure cure for Coughs, Colds and all Lung dis- eases. Guaranteed by E. H. Miller, the Druggist. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. 4-1 Marx Wineland, President. Marx Wineland, st NATIONA 7 : FROSTBURG, MD. B U.S. DEPOSITORY, | Capital Stock and Surplus Fund.....c..ccnneeeee AN Deposits (over)i......... Assets (OVer)....ccceevenons ---Savings Department. «Three Per Cent. Interest Paid on Deposits.» Drafts on all parts of the world. Accounts of individuals and firms invited. : Deposits sent by mail and all correspondence given: prompt and careful at- tention. This bank is the only United States depository in the George's Creek Valley. Bank open Saturday nights from 7 to 10 o’clock. l OFFICERS: DIRECTORS: Duncan Sinclair, Timothy Griffith, Roberdeau Annan, Cashier. rmeneeeee- $ 100,000.00 Robert R. Henderson. Roberdeau Annan. 5 Men's S Spring Styles now on sale. agents, in Salisbury, for the eelebrate Investigation will satisfy. Come in and see for yourself. All the new styles in HATS AND CAPS for Spring are here. oes! We are sole | J : Il | ' e 4 - ne | » BARCHUS & LIVENGOOD. er. cent. patronage in the year just past, I's for the new year, wishing one an year. Yes, but that is “done gone” now, and Winter Goods is not all gone yet. 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 Men’s 25-cent all wool Socks, now . 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¢. but my stock of Holiday Now, lookout, for these values) now 39c. 19c. Men's colored Cotton Work Shirts, former price 25, 35 and 45c¢., now 19, 29 and 39ec. A 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 defy competition. ’ I have a lot of Men’s best quality Thanking my many friends and I am your friend, nA WILT BULOIG, SHSHRY ELK Loom, | Also alot of Canvas and leather Leggins at a bargain. I am not going to carry goods over from one season to anoth- They must get h hes ! = ust get out to make room for seasonable goods. This IN It will pay you to buy now, even if ? i lL pay ve y if you don’t need the goods My immense 40-foot china and dish ¢ 1st, 1904, be run as a bargain counter, it loaded with bargains in useful and o cent to one dollar in price, but double olicit a continuance of the same d all a happy and prosperous and prices Duck Coats reduced 20 per w I ® J ounter will, after Jan. and you will always find rnamental goods from one that in value. patrons for their liberal (, AGNILT, * | , POR, | . - -~ ’ whe: and X solic 8Sce Gath Weak] Just w a aA BX x cE NAN od Unexcelled wines in the world for the weakly and aged persons, _ @® wo The the itto , tot rich Prog The that ble espe inva and sigh fu di Bru WEP OP LY w SC. oury 9.308 Im. » H rivin Salis hid skis of h ‘us f on, and ug Buf givin tags: avoid Taw | THI Fc ur 0
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