ey CTE I i eR ca « ll fis § fsdiaies NLETY Plead ed IRs 'y Li o') a 4 S [Sr 20-7 -J3-INT-#8 SPELLS STANDARD, SAFETY, and SHOOT STRAIGHT Our RIFLES, PISTOLS AND SHOTGUNS are enerations ex; mental stage, and are ARD HITTING and ACCURATE— ALWAYS! Ask your dealer and Insist OR our populas make. If you cannot we ship HMOOTING, you § direct, carriage charges | ought to have it. Mafled | prepaid, upon receipt of | for four cents in stamps to catalog price. cover Oug attractive three-color Aluminum Hanger will be seat anywhere for 1p cents in stamps. J. STEVENS ARMS AND TOOL CO., P. O. Box 4095 CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS, U.S, A. THE SALISBURY HACK LINE o AND LIVERY. ~~~ C. WW. STATLER, - - Proprietor. E@r=Two hacks daily, except Sunday, be- tween Balisbury and Meyersdale, connect- ing with trains east and west. Schedule: Hack Neo. 1 leaves Salisbury at........ SA. M Hack No.2 leaves Salisbury at........ 1PM Returning, No 1 leaves Meyersdaleat 1 P.M No.2leaves Meoyersdaleat............. P.M E@P=First class rigs for all kinds of trav- «l,at reasonablé prices. KILL COUCH gue CURE ve LUNGS 4 ; " ’ 1 “Br. King's i = New Discovery rom Communes vy | Ci . Free Tat, # Surest and Quickest Cure for all P HROAT and LUNG TROUB- LES, or MONEY BACK. 9 ORIGINAL OS AXATIVE HONEY ano TAR Asn improvement over all Cough, Lung and Bronchial Remedies. Cures Coughs, Strengthens the Lungs, gently moves the Bowels. Pleasant to the taste and good alfke for Young and Old. Prepared by PINEGLE MEDICINE €O.,Chicage, U. 8.4. SOLD BY ELK LICK PHARMACY. TORNADO \Bug Destroyer and Disinfectant. An Exterminator That Exterminates. A Modern Scientific Preparation. A Perfect Insectide, Germicide and Deodorizer. Will positively prevent Contagious Diseases. Positive Death to Ail Insect Lifes And their nits or money refunded. Sold by all druggists or sent by mail, Price 25 Cents. TORNADO MFC. CO., Columbus, Chio. ar 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 great eastern markets at lowest rates. Best church, school and social ad- vantages. For list of farms, excursion rates and what others have accomplished, write to-day to F.H. LABAUME, Agr.and Imd. Agt. Box 61, Roanoke, Va, NORFOLKSWESTERY. Wiaginia and Ohio Line = All kinds of Legal and Commercial Blanks, Judgment Notes, etc., for sale at Tae STAR office. tf Marriage Licenses. Roses Firestone. ..... Lower Turkeyfoot Emma Nedrow...... Lower Turkeyfoot Thomas A. Miller............... Berlin Ella B.Amos...... .........Allegheny William Wise ............ ...... Arrow Edith Winslow................. Arrow Reuben Thomas........... Conemaugh Elia M.Croyle............. Conemaugh Jom P.lohr............. Hooversville Bessie V. Livingston...... Hooversville Frank J. Newman............ Boynton Sallie M, May. .............. Boynton Rev.J.H. Fox........... Dillsburg, Pa Minnie F. Groff........... Confluence Edward Conn.............. Draketown Minnie Hyatt. ..... Lower Turkeyfoot Samuel Ellis Williams. Uniontown, Pa Lillie MeKim Davis...... Somerset bor REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. . Peter J. Blough to John Horner, in Quemahoning, $2800. Boswell Imp. Co. to M. Berney, (2 tracts), in Boswell, $750. Austin and Caroline Walter to J. C. Christner, in Summit, $2000. Catherine Nicola to Samantha Tress- ler, in Summit, $100. A. B. Friedline to H. 8, MeClune, in Confluence, $50. U. B. Church of Somerset to H. J. Menser, in Somerset bor., $600. Josiah Meyers to First Nat. Bank of Benson, in Holsopple, $200. 8. Fullem to Sarah F. Weakland, in Meyersdale, $500. Sam’l Keim to Andrew Kosacs, in Conemaugh. $200. G. L. Countryman to W. F. Country- man, in Somerset twp., $1200. W. F. Countryman to G. L. Country- man, in Somerset twp., $2000. Jacob Koontz to Albert Gohn, in Shade, $4500. N. C. Berkley to Israel Berkley, in Somerset twp., $1000. Israel Berkley to N. OC. Berkley, in Somerset twp., $4000. . : Barbara Long to Jos. Wirick, in Paint twp., 200. Albert Christner to Lewis Christner, in Summit, $2500. R. M. Tubbs to J. B. House, in Som- erset twp., $2500. Ed. Swank to J. H. Wilson, in Somer- get twp., $85. Elizabeth Brant to William Brant, in Brothersvalley, $4000. Chas. A. Mitchell to Lilly N. Louder- milk, in Addison, $1500. Rachel Hitechew to Babcock Lumber Co., in Shade, $1500. E. A. Pyle to Thos. Murrey, in Wind- her, $2500. Norman E. Miller to Jac. Bittner, in Meyaredale, $600. John Hoecking’s heirs to Alice A Cartwright, in Meyersdale. Tae. Hoffman’s heirs to Lemuel E. Shaulig, in Meyersdale. Lena E. Shaulis to Somerset Coal Co., in Jenner, $6000. Jane Fulmer’s Ex’tr. to Harvey Ring- er, in Addison, $367. W. V. Marshallto A. B. Falknor, in Prothersvalley, $400. Frank W. Scheller to Mesman Muh- lenburg et al.. in Northampton, $1000. Henry A. Hoffman to Jogiah J. Long. in Quemahoning, $2375. Jozinh J. Long to Mary Rhaver, in Quemahoning, $7000. Jacob R. Schrock to Bruce Schrock, in Black, $425. J. A. Buterbaugh to Jacob Fox, in Windber, $2500. E. P. Younkin to V. A. Evans, in tock wood, $150. : V. A. Evans to Blanche Evens,.in Rockwood. $500. Wm. Fike to'D. M. Fike, in Summit, $400. D. M. Fike to Howard Fike, in Sum- mit, $5200. Henry E. Ott to Aaron P. Smead. in Paint twp., $50. Amy Beam et vir. to Anora Boyer. in Hooversville, $1. Anora Boyer to I. M. Hoover, in Hooversville, $8. : John Overholzer to Daniel Fisher, in Conemaugh, $200. Christ. Hershberger to Godfry Ansel, in Conemaugh, $200. C. W. Staniford to Wm. M. Schrock, in Somerset bor., $300. Wm. M. Schrock to Eva J. Beachy, in Somerset bor., $2500. Henry Rayman to Sarah Brant, in Brothersvalley, $600. Michael M. Shaulis to Geo. F. Weller, in Somerset twp., $550. Henry Kurtz, Trustee, to Leonard Ferrel, in Confluence, $500. Ciotta Grovanni to Iocca Pasquale, in Windber, $2000. Tocca Pasquale to Ciotta Antonia, in Windber, $2000. A. F. John to A. R. Kreider, in Lari- mer, $800. A. F. John to same, in Larimer, $3200. Preston 8. Warn to Josephine Daugh- erty, in Larimer twp., $2000. Orange M. Shaffer to John Solack, in Somerset twp., $100. Joseph H. Fleegle to John W. Ling, in Shade, $600. 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. 174 How Kansas Recame a Stage. The fight on Kansas’s entranes {n= to the Union was a prelude te the Civil War, which it hastened. The Kansas confifct may be sald to have been begun with the enactment of the territorial erganization b in 1884. Both North and South strove for the possession of the territory, and in the fight John Brown was evoived and got the Incentive which led him to make hia Harper's Ferry rald of 1889, that Intensified the tension between the sections and made the Civil ‘War inevitable. I? there had been no Kansas confilet there would have been no hhn Brown, the Whig party would have remained on the scene a few years longer to make its fesble opposition to the Democracy; the advent of the Republican party would have been delayed; there would have been no Lecompton constitution fight to cut off a segment from the Democratic party; the Democratic split in the Charleston convention of 1860 would have been postponed to 1864 or some other time, and it is possible that the Civil! War would not have occurred yet, and that slavery would still be in existence; though, of course, its doom was certain, soon or late.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ; i ———— Rivals Rockefeller's Wealth. It is bellevd that Sayaji Roo. the rajah of Baroda, is the possesor of wealth equal if not superior to that of J. D. Rockefeller. He was edu- cated in an English university and his people are well governed. Much of his vast riches is in the form of precious stones. His wife owns the most famous diamond necklace in the world. It is worth $12,000,000, and is made up of 200 stones each the size of a hazelnut. She also has a collarette of 500 perfect diamonds, none less than twenty carats. In the treasure chamber is a earpet four square yards in surface, made up en- tirely of ropes of diamonds, pearls and rubies. It required $4,000,000 worth of gems and three years of la- bor. The long corridors of the pal- ace are lined with marble and onyx of incalculable value. The palace is steam heated and electric elevators are placed at frequent intervals. Bronges. paintings, statuary, all im- ported and worth many millions of dollars, are scattered throughout the royal dwelling. Secret Drinking Device. The sanitarium was for women only—women dipsomaniscs. A lux- urious place. The rate was $126 a week. “This,” said the superintendent, “4s our museum. Odd, gratesque, eh?” The museum was a collection of imstruments for secret drinking that had been taken from. female dipsomaniacs. There was a carriage clock with a false back that would hold a half pint of whisky. There was a muff with a round flask of in- dia rubber in its hollow inside. A bottle, was hidden under a rosette. The owner of the muff would press it to her face—a very natural and common movement —and at the same time take a stiff drink. There were a dozen sorts of boanbons, can- dies of all shapes and hues, each containing two or three fingers of brandy. A fan—I{t would not epen— had room for a half a pint {an it. A number of purses were nothing but whisky flasks covered with bead- work or leather, or silver, or gold. There was even a prayer book with a flask inside. . Marriageable Ages in Novels. ““You can tell by the ages of the heroines of the modern novel writers that the marriageable age of women is being extended,” mused the wo- man who @ given to mental observa- tions. ‘“A woman can go pretty far nowadays without being considered an old maid by the novel writers. I remember the heroines of my girl- hood days were all between eighteen and nineteen. It was a somewhat audacious writer who made the beautiful charmer his novel twen- ty-one years old. ut just pick up the modern novels. The authors and authoresses don’t start the heroines on their mad careers until they are over thirty, and by the time they have gotten the girl or woman out in the center of the stage, plunged her off, she is close on to thirty-two or three. I have just completed a most interesting book in which the heroine is forty.” — Philadelphia Record. How Accents Occur. Twelve per cent. of all the acci- dents to people in cities happen on the streets. Statistics show that the average citizen, if he should meet with one hundred serious mis- chances on his walks abroad, would slip on the ice, and fall down under other circumstances, ‘sixty-eight times he would get hurt ten times in boarding or dismounting from cars; he would be knocked down, or other- wise injured by horses and wagons six times; he would be bittep by dogs four times, and he would step disastrously upon banana ' peels twice. The remaining mishaps would be miscellaneous, and might include one or two collisions with motor cars, which have taken the place of bicycles as perils to the pedestrian.—Pearson’s Magazine. Curious Legal Custom. A curious custom is in vogue in many parts of India. If a dispute arises between two landowners two holes are dug close together, in each of which defendant's and plaintiff's lawyers have to place 2 leg. They have to remain thus until either one of them is exhausted or complains of being bitten by , when he is Jullged to De defeated and his em- ployer loses his case. Poculiorities of the Chinese. R Is true that eats, dogs, rats, snakes, eotkroaches are imeluded la the Chinaman®s menu, but they are not staple foods. They are eaten as little, but also as much, Mr. Hardy remarks, as frogs and snalls in France or high game and ‘“walk- ing cheese” in Eggland. Food fash- fons vary, too. “The last time I was ot Canton I saw only one buadle of kippered rats hanging cutside a shop that used to deal largely in them. remarked te my companion that the supply of rats fell off apparently at that seasen. Nearing this, the shop- keeper, who knew some English, in hls kind desire that I should not &lsappointed, went to the back of the shop, produced two dried cats and, throwing them upon the counter be- fore me, sald: “They are eating those now.’ *’ 5 . Another person, traveling in the East, says “Before the Chinese were prohibited fret emigrating to the Philippine islands the fare from Am@y to Manila was for them §75 first class, §15 second. Those in the latter elass had to take a bath before landing, so, In order to escape this terror, many used to travel first elars who would otherwise have gone second. A whole family of Chinese will make their ablutions one after another Mn about a pint of -un- changed water {in the same basin.” Iondon’s River Postmen. It is probable that London has the distinction ef being "the only port where the ships lying at anchor are privileged to have thelr letters de- Hvered to them by river postmen, Hl being customary at other ports for sallers to apply personally for their letters unless the ship is in dock. The Thames is divided into two pos- tal districts, each under the control of a river postman, who delivers let- ters and paresls every morning, in a eraft which resembles a fisher boat more than anything else. Of these districts the first extends from the eustom house to Limehouse, and the second from Limehouse to Black- well. The river postmen start on their rounds punctually at eight - o'dleck every morning, and, needless to say, there is only one delivery a day. The mail bag may include ag many as five ‘hundred letters, buf this number 1s largely increased about Christmas time. As he glides from ship to ship the postman calls out, ‘““Ahoy there!” and hands u the letters attached to a boathook t the waiting crew. It only takes from four to five hours to deliver the mall so that the postman does not wast much time. In foggy weather, how ever, it takes considerably longer, owing to the difficulties of finding the various ships, and of steering be- tween the large vessels as they lie at anchor. t A Japanese Shoe Shop. Iike all other shops in Japan, a ghoe shop opens a broad side to the street. It seems a misnomer to eall ft a shoe shop, a place where you ean only buy sandals or clogs, things we are not accustomed to call shoes. There is a low platform in front, upon which the customer site and drinks tea while making his or her purchases; the shop keeper mean- while squatting on his heels and dis- eussing the news of the day. The sandals worn by the risksha coollies are called warafl; they are woven of rice straw, and are sold for half a cent a pair. They are made in ‘the country villages, .and. the .for- eigner watches the weaving with amused interest. The prehensile dig toe of a Japanese is of great assist- ance, as it is used for catching and holding the straws, leaving the hands free to weave. . Tha pack horse wears straw shoes as well as the farmer who leads him. New pairs are strung around the high saddle, and the slow-moving beast 18 reshod every few miles. In the Japanese shop one will find many varieties of clogs; a few with the caps, others plain. A few years ago the social position of a man, woman or girl was indicated by the kind of clog worn and the decora- tions on it. Pretty Wedding Custom. Among the quaintest of wedding cusoms is that practiced at Kou- manian marriages, where at the ban- quet following the religious cere- mony the bridegroom receives his bride over a bridge of silver. A bag of coins fresh from the mint is pro- duced, and the contents ‘placed in two rows across the table. This done, the father of the bridegroom makes & speech, in the course of which the latter is epjoined to pro- vide always a silver pathway fer his spouse through life. The ydbung man makes a more or less suitable reply, and then the bride is lifted on the table and steps very daintily across on the coins, being very careful not to displace any of them, for that would mean the worst of bad luck. Arrived at the other side of the ta- ble, she leaps lightly into her hus- band’s arms. Barefoot—Boots. A New Mexico paper announces the marriage of Miss S. M. Boots to BE. Barefoot. He now has Boots but she has become Barefoot. Thus it is seen that in entering into a marriage contract the woman is invariably the loser. But there is no denying that the match was one of an afintty of soles.—Los Angeles Times. The Oldest University. The oldest university in the world is at Pekin. It is called the “Scho for the Sons of the Nmpire.” ts an- tiquity is very great, and a grand pegister, consisting of stone col 880 in number, contains the mam of 80,000 graduates.—Exchange. Be AN If You Are In Love 2 with a girl, you may live to rue it. If a girl is in love with you, she may live to rue it. But, if you are in love with nice, neat, clean-cut, tasty ; Job Printing, none of you will ever regret coming to us for it. Our printing pleases everybody, and the prices are always fair. A call convinces all. The Somerset County Star. (. R. HASELBARTH & SON. ®€ Farmers’ Favorite Grain Drills, Corn Drills, 1900 Wash Machines, Syracuse, Perfection, Imperial and Oliver Chill Plows, Garden Tools, Farm Tools, ete., and still offer Seco Burgos n Bugis, Sping Wagons, Ee. } K® Also headquarters for Nutrioton-Ashland Stock Food, and all kinds of Horse and Cattle Powders. Our prices are the lowest. W<E~Buy Laurel; get trading stamps on all goods sold at our store. 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