J NB a SS ww BO 1 es >. Bled0d Vm Jn j= A efor. Y, be nnect- 8A. M 1PM 1 Ea trave for LS! 2 it re- Toys— d girl. re you DH. VAL VE > ugh, dies. 3 the wels. 0.8.8. Y CO. vie v \ | The Somerset \ County Star. VOL. X. SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1905. NO. 52. ( Merry== Christmas! your selections for your friends will be. look over our line In the Jewelry Neck Chains. cloths, Towels, Pillows and Collars. Rings, Hat and Stock Pins, Bracelets, Watch and Come and of Ties, Handkerchiefs, Table- Department we have Watches, o J. L. BarcHus, President. DIRECTORS :—J. L. Barchus, A.M. Lichty, F. A. Maust, A OF SALISBURY. Capital paid in, $50,000. Surplus & undiyided profits, $9,000. d PER CENT. INTERES] ALBERT REITZ, Cashier. . E. Livengood, L. L. Beachy. BA On Time Deposits. H. H. Mavusr, Vice President. ; : H. H. Maust, Norman D. Hay, Pianos trom $125.00 up. Sewing Machines The asking for a catalogue, getting prices and looking over our stock may mean the saving of a good many dollars. PIANOS. BUSH & GERTS, SUPERB. STRICK & ZEIDLER, VICTOR, HOBERT M. CABLE, KIMBALL, SHUBERT, OXFORD. We have engaged the services of C. E. LIVENGOOD, Piano and Organ Tuner and Repairer, and orders for work in that line left at the music store will receive prompt attention. Somerset County Agents Cecilian Piano Players. REICH & PLOCH, CENTRE STREET, MEYERSDALE, PENNA. LOOK -:- HERE! Organs from $15.00 up. from $10.00 up. Agents for the following makes: ORGANS. FARRAND, ESTEY. KIMBALL. SEWING MACHINES. DAVIS, WHITE, STANDARD, NEW HOME, DAYTONIO. GOLDEN STAR. for Estey Pipe Organs. West Nalishury Fed Cn. LEADERS IN feed And Hor Our goods are bought as low as money can buy them, and they are kept right, clean and fresh, and are sold at a small margin of profit. Highest Market Prices Paid For Country Produce. By generous and honest dealing we hope to be given a fair share of your patronage. Give us a trial. West Salisbury Feed Co., West Salisbury, Pa. fine Groceries. Foley’s Honey ana Tar cures colds, prevents pneumonia. Bhi * Early Risers The famous little pills. OneMinute Gough Cure For Coughs, Colds and Croup. Foley’s Kidney Cure A Happy New Year vy With the close of the fourth year of its life, and the beginning of its fifth under con- ditions of greater strength and promise than ever before in its history, the Elk Lick Drug Store tenders its grateful acknowledgements to its many hundreds of customers, and its sin- cere wishes for a hap- py and prosperous New Year. NEUROPATHIC. TREATMENT WORTH $2.50 POSI- TIVELY SENT FREE. Send Your Symptoms to Dr. Franklin Miles, the Celebrated Specialist, and He Will Send You a Complete Special Treat- ment for Your Case Absolutely Free. Every person who suffers from weak or diseased lungs, heart, liver,stomach, kidneys, general debility, weak brain centers or nerves, short breath, poor circulation, headache, dizziness ; weak, fainting, sinking or smothering spells, pain in head, side. back or bowels, swol- len ankles or limbs, etc., should try Dr. Miles’ Neuropathic Treatment. It is the newest and greatest treatment of the age. The Science of Neuropathy—curing through the brain centers and nerves —is rapidly revolutionizing the pres- Teer tes ae It is the crown- ing result of over a quarter of a cen- tury’s study, research and experience. It often cures after from 5 to 20 phys- icians have failed. Let me send you free, my book on “Neuropathy.” It will interest and surprise you. It shows why so many fail to get cured. It explains how and why the ancients cured by charms, amulets and casting out of devils, why Christian Science is the science of the unscientific; why Homoeopathic pa- tients swallow their charms—sugar pills and infinite dilutions—instead of hanging them about their necks; it ex- plains why allopathic physicians are constantly treating patients for the wrong disease. To prove the truth of these state- ments I will gladly send you a course of my Complete Special Treatment ab- solutely free. All T ask is that you shall send me a complete history of your case. I will send any sick friend my book and free offer. Address, “Franklin Miles, M. D., LL. B,, Dept. N, 418 to 423, Main St., Elkhart, Ind. 1-12 ww The 1 Guitar. It never " " disappoints. We put the choicest jl material and finest workmanship ob- tainable into this instrument. That's Why it Sells. THE SAME with the Waldo Mandolin. Has a tone like a Violin. 0D TREASURES OF THE ROCKIES kF R LE E A beautifully illustrated 32 page booklet will'be mailed absolutely free to every read- er of this paper who is interested in the problem of mining gold for profit. I am seeking this means to get acquainted with vou. Just a postal card is all that is neces- sary. Address makes kidneys and bladder right. G. McCLELLAND, 1083 17th St., Denver, Col. BOROUGH ELECTION. Feb. 8d Last Day for Nomination— Election on Feb. 21st. The borough and township elections of this state will this year be held on Tuesday, Feb. 21st. The last day for making regular party nominations will be Feb. 3d, and the last day for filing nominations made by nomination pa- pers will be Feb. 6th. The municipal elections are in reality the most important of all elections, and if bad or incompetent officials get into office in borough or township, the aver- age citizen and taxpayer feels the curse thereof much more keenly and directly than he feels and suffers from the in- competency of county, state or national officers. Therefore, it behooves all good citizens to be on their guard and not permit themselves to become care- less in the matter of attending borough and township caucuses and elections. To take no part in these important af- fairs is to neglect your most important duty as a citizen; and if by your neg- lect bad and incompetent men get into office, the curse of God and the com- munity is upon you as well as upon those more directly responsible. This year, in our own borough, more so than in any previous year, there seems to be an overwhelming senti- ment among the better class of people in the old political parties to lay poli- tics aside and hold a citezens’ caucus. While the editor of this paper is a staunch Republican, THE STAR is nev- ertheless in favor of a citizens’ caucus, and would not object to being bound by its nomination, providing it is a citizens’ caucus in the true sense of the word. The way to have a real citizens’ cau- cus, is for the Republican committee- man and the Democratic committee- man to jointly issue a call for a caucus of all the citizens, at the same time agreeing that no Republican or Demo- cratic caucus shall be held by the said committeemen in this borough, this year ; but that politics shall be strictly laid aside for the public good, and a ticket be nominated composed of some of the best men of the various political parties of this borough. If such an arrangement can be made, and we believe it can, then THE STAR is for a citezens’ caucus. Bat if it isim- possible to make such an arrangement, and the Republican committeeman sees fit to hold a Republican caucus, then. of course, this paper will support and be bound by the nominations of the Republican party. It is time to act, and we beliave the two committeemen should get together at once and have a conference, consult the leaders of their respective parties, then issue a joint call for a citizens’ caucus or separate calls for party cau- cuses, according to the result of their conference and conelusions arrived at after talking matters over with each other and the leading members of their respective parties. The borough election, this year, will be an exceedingly important one, as we have a Burgess to elect, a Justice of the Peace, several School Directors, Councilmen and other important of- ficers. No party nominations were made in Meyersdale the year J. T. Shipley was elected Burgess of that town, but poli- tics were laid strictly aside, and the result was that Meyersdale got a set of men in office that year that have been worth almost their weight in gold to that enterprising, hustling town. Why can’t we do the same thing here? We can, if we are fair with each other as citizens and have the public good at heart as we should have. CURED HIS MOTHER OF RHEUMATISM. “My mother has been a sufferer for many years from rheumatism,” says W. H. Howard, of Husband, Pennsylvania. “At times she was unable to move at all, while at all times walking was pain- ful. I presented her with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, and after a few applications she decided it was the most wonderful pain reliever she had ever tried, in faet, she is never without it now and is at all times able to walk. An occasional application of Pain Balm keeps away the pain that she was formerly troubled with.” For sale by E. H. Miller. 2-1 EC —— Every farmer subscriber of THE STAr needs a first class agricultural family paper to keep him in touch with all the improved methods of working his farm for the largest possible profit. A special contract with The New-York Tribune Farmer, the most thoroughly practical, helpful, entertaining, agri- cultural publication in the country, enables us to furnish it with THE STAR, both papers, one year, for $1.50. Send your order and money to THE STAR, | Elk Liek, Pa. | People Who Write Anonymous Let- ters and Talk at You. Certain fellows in this town and vi- cinity have acquired the slimy and criminal habit of writing anonymous letters. The editor of this paper, and other citizens of this town, have re- ceived letters of that kind, and the last one received was postmarked 8 a.jn., Jan. 7th. While we cannot prove who wrote it, we feel positively sure that suspicion points to the guilty person, and we believe we could name the guilty sneak on the first guess. We know the suspicioned culprit for years, and this isn’t the first time he has been blamed for writing anonymous letters, It is said that there is no fool like an old fool, and we believe it, for the very stuff contained in the letter was gotten off in some of the stores and other pub- lic places about town from several days to a week previous, by an old gray- haired chap that on several former oc- casions wrote to the editor and signed his name. By comparing former let- ters still in our possession with the one without a signature, we find the spell- ing of certain words identically the same, and, of course, wrong. While the sneak printed his anonymous let- ter with a pencil, with a view to dis- guising it, he has evidently forgotten that in times past he did the same kind of lettering not only in the editor's presence, but in the presence of others who recognized it the minute we ghow- ed it to them in this instance. The poor old fool is in many ways a good fellow, and we used to think a good deal of him, but we always knew that he was exceedingly narrow in mind, as well as in body, and that he was never able to see more than one side of a question at a time. Lately his head has been badly turned and his judg- ment warped by a strike in which he has no direct part or interest. He has been making a sorry spectacle of him- self and throwing former friends away that never did him a wrong. By so doing he is only making a monumental ass of himself and is losing more by his course than any of his former friends are losing. Anyway, tke man who writes anonymous letters is only a contemptible fool and coward, and the loss of such a man’s friendship is a gain to the loser. Another set of cheap lobsters around here delight in standing along the streets and talking at people. Not talking to them, but talking at them— making insulting remarks for passers- by to hear—remarks which they are too cowardly to utter by coming right up to your face and addressing you per- sonally and “open and above board.” When we pass along, they delight to make remarks about the “twinkling STAR,” ete., and when our wife and children pass by them, they often make insulting remarks for them to hear. And so they do with many other people, thereby showing just what a contempt- ible, slimy set of cowards they are who thus loiter about and talk at people. As for THE STAR, the shallow-brained idiots are only helping to advertise our business, and they are welcome to all the satisfaction they can get out of suck silly capers. Twinkle, twinkle, shining Star, You show what slimy fools they are, Who wink and blink and loaf and stink, But haven’t brains enough to think— Who stand along the streets and stare, Wasting words upon the air— Who brag and nag and feed their jag Whenever they can raise the swag. i KEYSTONE MINE STARTED. Another Black Eye for the Long and Hopeless Strike. [Special to THE STAR.] Somerset, Pa., Jan. 9th.—Sherifl Cole- man sent three deputies to the old Keystone mine, near Meyersdale, Thursday last, when said mine resum- ed operations. The deputies were sent over to avoid interference by strikers. The mine is being operated by Eman- uel Statler for the Keystone Coal Com- pany. NO MORE STOMACH TROUBLES. All stomach trouble is removed by the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It gives the stomach perfect rest by di- gesting what you} eat without the stomach’s aid. The food builds up the body, the rest restores the stomach to health. You don’t have to diet your- self when taking Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. J. D. Erskine, of Allenville, Mich., says, “I suffered Heartburn and Stomach trouble for some time. My sister-in-law has had the same trouble and was not able to eat for six weeks. She lived entirely on warm water. After taking two bottles of Kodol Dys- pepsia Cure she was entirely cured. SOME SOUND DOCTRINES. The Catholic Church an Enemy to Race Suicide and Socialism. Cardinal James Gibbons, the pre- mier prelate of the Catholic shureh in America, recently delivered a sermon in the Cathedral at Baltimore, advocat- ing large families for Americans. He denounced scathingly the doctors whe prostitute their profession. The Cath- olic church stands as a foe to loose marriages, divorces and race suicide, and thereby does this great. country a great and good service. The Catholic church is also the greatest foe to social ism and anarchy that we have in this country. for which all good citizens should be devoutly thankful. While there are some things about Cathol- icism that we cannot subscribe to, yet it is but just and fair to give the Cath- olic church credit for much that is good and patriotic. No grander men ever lived than the persecuted English Catholics who colonized Maryland. While the New England skies were lurid from the burning of so-called witches at the hands of the bigoted and stony-hearted old Puritans, the Catho- lic colonizers of Maryland were ex- tending civil and religious liberty te all who located in their territory, re- gardless of race, rank or creed; but with shame be it said that as soon as the liberal-minded and generous-heart- ed Catholics became outnumbered in their own colony, they were persecuted and disfranchised by the very people to whom they had extended full civil and religious liberty. These are facts that history will bear us out in, facts which all men should know. —— We Breathe Easier Now. We have just received a wireless message from Boynton, stating that it was not the intention of the forty des- peradoes who recently threatened to make a raid on THE STAR office. to kill us or do us any great bodily harm. We are now told that all the gang had thought of doing was to take “the durned editor” out into the street, make him kneel down and acknowledge that he*done wrong.” Now we breathe easier. for we were terribly frightened —“nit.” Well, we frankly acknowledge that we have done wrong many, many times. In fact nearly all men do wrong every day, for we are all human. And all of us must suffer for our wrongs. We believe, too, that we must suffer for our wrongs right here in this world, whether we do in the next or not. Itisonly a fool or bigot that will not acknowledge that he has often done wrong, and only such fellows as the Boynton trouble-hunters and others of their unsavory ilk are alwaysgetting entangled in the meshes of the law and in other trouble for “doin’ nothing,” as they always declare. They always try to make themselves believe their own lies, and then always give themselves dead away by setting up a great howl every time THE Star denounces row- dies and thugs. even when no names are mentioned. Their guilty consci- ences are their own accusers, and out of the fullness of their hearts (and sometimes their stomachs) their mouths speak, and unconsciously pro- claim their guilt to the publie. Yes, we do wrong sometimes, just as all men do, but we do no wrong when we denounce crime, deviltry, rowdyism and general and uncalled-for disturb- ances of the peace, such as certain well known characters in Boynton, Salis- bury, West Salisbury, Coal Run and elsewhere are noted for creating with exceeding frequency. And we sare not yet ready to bend the knee to such cattle. We would suffer ourself to be converted into sausage meat rather than to bend the knee at the request of such cowardly poltroons, so full of prunes. And they know better than te try such tactics on a free-born, liberty- loving American. We believe in a free press, and in the language of Patrick Henry, “give us liberty or give us death.” “O Liberty, thou art the god of my idolatry. Thou art the only deity that hates the bended knee. In thy vast and unwalled temple, star-gemmed and luminous with suns, thy worshipers stand erect. They do not bow, nor crawl nor bend their heads to earth. The dust has never borne the impress of their lips. Upon thy sacred altar mothers do not sacrifice their babes nor men their rights. Thou. carest not for forms or mumbled prayers. At thy sacred shrine hypocrisy does not bow ; fear does not crouch ; virtue does not tremble; superstition’s feeble ta- pers do not burn; but reason holds aloft her unextinguishable torch, while on the ever-broadening brow of science falls the ever-coming morning of the better day.” : No, gentlemen, we're not yet bending the knee to a set of poltroons full of She now eats heartily and is in good health. I am glad to say Kodol gave | me instant relief.” Sold by E. H. Mil- | 1 ler. 2-1 | schtiller dote’es nocht.” prunes. We think too much of our liberty. “Des nem ich hoch enocht, bis miner laben’s sun fersink’t im i But please ex- cuse out Somerset county French.
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