r Fat Cat- ry, Hides, SEYO0 be con- our wants AKL, ateher. & 3 sm ——— have con- kK. i t of Bealv- | of Rady. 1 at the Smith, of 0. Stone, were Six ere Reys. on, A. 0. Davis ahd RTING. ig effects lve, when oils, ete. ly. This tion, re- rubefac- d through. g or aid- move the , H. Mil- 2-1 fy > held at the Elk |.» s Blough. acher—J. cher lack . R.John- shberger. : Resolved ave done ¢ schools ness. Af- and Mr. yman and chool di- ring thelr RE, emedy ib e Honey re. Ic & etter, be. ak lungs, n Croup yugh, ete . H, Mil a | 1 € g oY; =GIG TIC—= =House Camel SALE= =Still Going is still room for hundreds more. DON'T DELAY! get the best selections. Hundreds of | people have visited -our store nr. ing this great sale, and have carried away large quantities of merchandise at low prices. DoN'T DELAY, ‘Come with the first crowd and This is the greatest op- portunity offered to get first-class and seasonable clothing for men, women and children at sacrifice prices. | We will pay Railroad Yard i i all Out-of-Town Pur- Onl—=1§ There chasers who buy $10.00 worth or more. (.R. IASELBARTH & SON Farmers’ Favorite Grain Drills, Corn Drills, 1900 Wash Machines, Syracuse, Perfection, Imperial and Oliver Chill Plows, Garden Tools, Harm Tools, etc.,, and still offer & Spel Burains In Buggies, Surg Wagons, EG. = Also headquarters for Nutrioton-Ashland Stock & Food, and all kinds of Horse and Cattle Powders. Our prices are the lowest. VIRGINIA FARMS | As low as $5 per Acre with improvements. Much land now being worked has paid a profit greater than the purchase price. the first year. Long Summers, mild Winters. Best shipping fa- cilities to grent eastern markets at lowest rates. Best church, school and social ad- vantages. For list of farms,excursionrates and what others have accomplished, write to-day to F.H.LABAUME, Agr.and Imd. Agt., Box 61, Roanoke, Va- NW UL AE LEER TRIE. Bl nd Ohio Lie Cape And Bu Weaving I still have my loom in operation and do all kinds of Carpet and Rug Weaving, also fancy weaving on Shawls, Mufflers, etc. RUGS, CARPET AND CARPET CHAIN IN STOCK. Our weaving is its own best recommendation. Call and ex- amine the goods for yourself. We guarantee satisfaction or re- fund your money. Our prices are very reasonable. Mail orders Mis. J. D, Miller, Salisbury, Pa. ~ Reaping % Big Benefits! That’s what all are doing who are buying at the Big « ClearanceSale now in progress AT HAY'S DEPARTMENT STORE LASTING ONLY TILL FEB. 1. You can’t afford to miss all the big bargains in seasonable ar- ticles at the cut prices now prevailing at our store. C. T. HAY, Manager. THE “HOME RULE® a " 0il and Gasoline Can. SAFE-DLEAN- NEAT-CONVENIENT. SIZE, 5 GALS. Lamps are filled directly by the Taste 3 returned to the can. evaporation tight. This is the only Ideal Family Can and is needed in every home ig Oll or Gasoline 3 does a with the objection of lifting and pour- ing from large Cans, 23d the an- that leak and waste contents. This is truly the HOUSEKEEPER’S FRIEND. EVERY HOUSEWIFE SHOULD BEAD “ The Joy of Home Making.” Send to us for a free copy at once. THE WINFIELD MANFS. 60., Warren, 0. SUBSTITUTES. PO NOT ACCEPT Administrator’s Notice. Estate of Abraham J. Folk, late of Elk Lick, | township, Somerset Co., Pa. de- cease Letters of administration on tho above estate having been granted to the under- signed, by the proper authority, notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to said estate to make immediate payment, and those having claims against the same to present them duly authenticated for settle- ment, on Friday, the 2nd day of February, 1906, at the late residence of deceased. EL BAKER, Administrator, Elk Lick, Pa. erset, Pa. 1-25 Cover PROCLAMATION. Zug Ww Ris the Hox. FRANCIS J. KOOS P, Judge of e Court of Conon on of if the Coun Bs oso being the h Judicial district, and Justice of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and Genera! Jail Delivefy, for the trial of all capital al her offenders fh the ssid Jistriet, and iy A.F. DICKEY, Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Justice of the Court of Oyer and Termine: Jail Oliver, for the trial of all capital and other offenders in the County of merset, ve issued their precepts, and io Tr Sessio Peace and (General ail iveraions Courts of Oyer and Terminer at Somerset, on MONDAY, FEB. 26, 1906. NoTICE is hereby given to all the Justices of the Peace, the Coroner and Constables er remem Seancestodo t ose things which to their in R shat behal appefiain to be they who will prosecute “the A i) that Do or shall be in mi of Somerset County, to be then and there to prosecute against them as shall be jus! WILLIAM C. BEGLEY + heriff. Bh Risers The famous plite. *s Laxative Honey and Tar Cures all Coughs, and expels Colds from the system by gently meviag the bowels. Op Risers The famous little pllis. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. A Present Need. Frost Cream for Chapped Hands, Faceand Lips; 15 and 25c. bottles at the Elk Lick Drug Store. tf PIANO LESSONS !—Pupils taken by Miss Linna M. Perry, graduate in music. Theory and harmony taught. Grant street, Salisbury, Pa. tf Ask for Free Calendars and Alma- necs at the Elk Lick Drug Store. tf This year we have added new interest to the Annual White Sale. The new Spring Waists at the same low prices that pre- vail at the White Sale. MiLLER'& COLLINS. Hot Water Bottles of all kinds, from $1.00 up, at the Elk Lick Drug Store. tf The White Sale of Under- muslins is of special interest to economical buyers. Remember the dates—Jan. 23d to 27th. om . MiLLER & COLLINS. Chest Protectors from 25c¢. up to $2.00, at the Elk Lick Drug Store. tf WANTED AT ONCE |—Two good girls, either white or color- ed, for kitchen work, at Hay’s Hotel. Address D. I. Hay, Elk Lick, Pa. tf Headley’s s Choice Chocalates and Bon Bons in 14, ¥4 and 1-1b. boxes, always on hand, and fresh, at the Elk Lick} Drug Store. Lo tf Jan. 23d to 27th we have the annual sale of White Under- muslins, Bedding and White Waists. Better values, better styles than ever before. MiLLERr & CoLLINS. College of Musie. For instruction in Music, and well cared for, go to THE CoLLEGE oF Music at Freeburg, Snyder County, Pa. Pu- pils from the beginner to the advanced are admitted. Terms begin May 7, June 12 and July 24. For catalogue, address. Hexry B. MoYER. 2-8 FOR SALE !—A very desirable Resi- dence Property rear Salisbury, together with 714 acres of land. Ideal place for Truck and Poultry. For terms and particvlars, address HENRY SoMERVILLE, Boynton, Pa. White Goods can be bought for less money than you can buy the material for, at Miller & Collins’ annual White Sale, Jan. 23d to 27th. SALESMEN WANTED to look after our interest in Somerset and adjacent counties. Salary or commission. Ad- dress THE HARVEY OIL CO. Cleve- land, O WHEN A MAN TELLS YOU it does not pay to advertise, he is simply ad- mitting that he is conducting a busi- ness that is not worth advertising, a business conducted by a man unfit to do business, and a business which should be advertised for sale. tf i Card of Thanks. Mrs. J. F. Perry and family take this means of returning thanks tothe many kind friends and neighbors who render- ed assistance and sympathy to them during the sickness and death of the late Rev. J. F. Perry. Mgrs. J.F.P RRY. ner and General |. ‘answered—became the THE DECEIT OF DAVID SORWOOD APTI Laurestina Villas represented the last werd of that building syndicate which had of late devoted so much of its attention to the development of that thriving suburb, Clayden. The row stood in the midst of a flat expanse of doomed fleld land. It was for this reason, perhaps, that the gardens back and front exceeded ro ro Nor Noo, 4 .in length those of similar villas in Clayden itself. This advantage, a compensation doubtless for the path- less loam and rubble that served for a road was largely neutralized by the absence of any indication of bar- rier between the respective garden plots beyond that which a few score of dying and dead privet Yyghes af- forded. Ome of the more recently arrived families, possessed of a discontented spirit, had with the utmost hardi- hood applied to the syndicate for the protection of a fence. The ar- rival of the secretary of the syndi- cate himself formed the sequel! to the petition. When he had diluted upon the abnormal length of the and had gazed reproachfully from the dying twigs of privet to the coun- tenances of the néwcomers it was generally conceded by the remaining inhabitants of Laurstina Villas that an uncalled for attempt at ‘‘bluff” on the part of the Pagleys had met with well deserved failure. Besides, the secretary enjoyed the unstinted support of Mrs. Hodden. The question—oft repeated, never acknowl- edged elegy of the Pagleys’ reputa- tion. It was shortly after the committal of this dubious act of theirs that the last board in the terrace fell. The sole remaining unlet villa became tenanted by a bachelor of middle age. For neighbors he had the Pag- leys on his right hand Mrs. Hodden on his left. As’ David Sorwood remained at home when others hurried station- wards and his rare saunterings to the place occurred at an hour at which no other male of the vicinity had ever set eyes upon the building, except perhaps on a Sabbath, it was category of ‘‘retired.” But from what had he retired wondered Mrs. ‘Hodden? The lady’s disposition did not long permit her to postpone an attempt Z g T -p ? —y x el ‘ ARE § Lak, 20 Supe 2 ig 7 —_ 04, = 2 Wr Ion, “J thought I'd better tell you.” at discovery. She was hanging some linen upon a line stretched between two posts when she caught sight of the doubtful perscnality of her new neighbor. He was smoking a pipe hard by his back door. “You must find this life a bit dif- ferent from what you've been ac- custormed to ?’’ suggested Mrs. Hod- den as she attached a garment by means of a peg to the line. ‘“That .s s0”’ admitted David Sor- wood. Mrs. Hodden, in the act of sort- ing the bundle she held, drew a little nearer. “When my deceased would be in the mood for discussin’ such matters he used to say, ‘There’s a time com- in’, you mark my word, when [I'll say goodby to greengroceries and take my bitter and my pipe like a gentleman.”” Mrs Hodden paused. “He died first,” she continued im- pressively; “you was more lucky.” David Sorwood was gazing at the clothes prop nearest him “Perhaps you haven’t noticed as that prop’s on my side of the ground,” he remarked. Mrs. Hodden gazed in evident an- noyance from the speaker to the pole. “Bless the man," “well—so it is.” “Will you have it moved now or later?” asked David Sorwood. _ I'll let you know in good time,” said Mrs. Hodden as she retreated she exclaimed, 1 in a huff. Her feelings were not the less rufiied by an unpleasant discovery. Her neighbor was becoming on friendly terms with the Pagleys. “Them Pagleys isn’t thought a re- markable deal of,” the widow con- fided to him, walking to where he was standing and to his intense sur- prise taking his hand. “I thought, being a neighbor, I'd better tell you in case they took upon themselves to de too familiar and pushing. Some folk know their place; others dom’. You catch my naenlngl’ It was after this that the. wilon kept an eagle eye upon the doings the Pagleys. “I saw that Mrs. Pagley in at your window this m she told her neighbor a week later. “Of course, she might just have been keeping a look out to see what was going on, same as I might. I'd lock up that drawer where them two cruets is if I were you though,” she advised darkly. “Ah,” said David Sorwood, “I'm looking into the matter of the fence. It’s going to be a high one,” he add- .ed after a pause. “You’ll find nails on top tears almost as well as glass,” she repiled with an encouraging nod. “Talking of hot weather,” re- marked Sorwood as they parted, “how did you come to find out about those cruets?” “That was one day that I looked in to see the place was all right, you being out,” explained Mrs. Hodden. The next morning, summoned by a knock, he found David Sorwood upon her doorstep. “Seeing that I've got the loan of a horse and trap,” he said with dif- dence, “I thought that if you’ve got no other engagements you might en- joy a bit of a drive.” The widow's heart fluttered wildly as she bustied upstairs in order to dress for the occasion. A little later she was seated in the by his side. Her black, jet lad mantle was relieved by s verdant green bom- net. 3 “First bit of real color as I've worn since I was left lonesome,” she confided to her companion. “I hope it won’t be the last,” re- torted David Sorwood. A thrill passed through the widow as she heard the words. They drove Londonwards. On arrival at a haven in the neighbor- hood of the borough they partook of meat pies and beer. " ‘I'm getting that fence put up to- day,” her companion confided in the midst of the repast. Mrs. Hodden was feeling dreamily comfortable. “And a good job t0o,” she said. As they drove homeward the dusk had already fallen. “It's been a lovely day,” sighed Mrs. Hodden. ‘It’s these sorts of ex- periments that bring up pore women nearer to heaven.” For an hour after her return Mrs. Hodden sat buried in thought, her hand pressing—as lightly as a mem- ber of its weight could—upon her bosom. Then sne rose. She took some wax flowers from a vase, and, en- tering the kitchen, arranged them within the whitest hued cabbage leaf she could find. “I'll make the day seem sacred lke to him,” she murmured, as she stepped from the back door into darkness of the night. As she came to the spot where she knew the privet twigs to be she raised her skirts It was at that very moment she collided severely with an unseen barrier. As her eyes grew more accustomed to the light she could see that it was a lofty fence that rose before her. In amazement she placed her hand up- on its top, thn withdrew it with a cry of pain. She had pricked her hand upon a nail. 3 “Mr. Sorwood,” she called. “Mr. Sorwood.” From the other side came no re- sponse. ‘““Mr. Sorwood!” she screamed this time. She heard first the opening of a door, then footsteps that ap- proached “Mr. Sorwood!’”’ she cried in de- spair. “Do you see what they have done? They’ve put it in the wrong place.” “Ah,” came David Sorwood’s voice, ‘‘the carelessness of some of these workpeople is downright funny. As she heard the equable tones she wondered if Delilah had in truth been a woman.—London Tatler. Quebec’s Enormous Birth Rate. Dr. Osler says you can’t diminish the birth rate of Quebec. In the year 1890 the late Hon. H. Mercier, then Prime Minister of the province, had a law pasded by the Provincial Legislature granting one hundred acres of the public lands to each father and mother of twelve living children. and last year a return was made to the Hous” or those who had “aken advantage of this act. This return shows that there were more than 3,490 families of twelve living children in the province, while some were boasted of 17. 18, 19, and one even ran up to 23. According to the last report of the Provincial compiler of vital sta- tistics, that is to say, for 1903, 60,- 419 births were registered, which give a birth rate of 36.75 .per 1,000 of the population. Cuba’s Shells and Sponges. The value of shells, tortoise and’ others, gathered in Cuba during the past year amounted tc about $75,- 000, and of sponges, $500,000. Of the latter the States received about 35 per cent. and Europe the remain- der, France being the principal buyer. England and the Dentist. So many people have had bad teeth. In due course England will lose her proud position as the great- est nation in the world, simply be- cause England would not go to the dentist, which is a curious neglect for a people whose morning tud is much less likely to ba neglected than morning prayers. habe Aer 2 » 1 a Hanley Sen “VE
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