50,000.00 60,000.00 60,000.00 88,000.00 3ST OSITS. reful at- alley. hier. erson. GE! ceipt of satisfied sonable QUEEZ- ces, like coarsest wd see Ww room , will be obtain the town. $96.00. 6Y 00., " dletown,0. CATR, CATION school. 1 College ng, Short- DLLEGE, redale, Pa, » A ——— SESE ——————t ol, OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Below will be found the names of the various county and district offictals. Un- less otherwise indicated, their addresses are, Somerset, Pa. President Judge—Francis J. Kooser, Member of Congress—A. F. Cooper, Union- town, Pa. State Senator— William C. Miller, Bedford, Pa. Members of the Assembly—J. W. Endsley, Somerfield; L. C. Lambert, Lambertsville. Sheriff —William C. Begley. Prothonotary—Charles C. Shafer. Register—Chas. F. Cook. : Recorder—John R. Boose. Clerk of Courts—Milton H. Fike. Treasurer—Peter Hoffman. District Attorney—R. E. Meyers. Coroner—Dr. 8S. J. H. Louther. Commissioners—Josiah Specht Kantner; Chas. F. Zimmerman, Stoyestown; Robert Augustine, Somerfleld. Solicitor—Berkey & Shaver. Jury Commissioners—C. R. McMillan, Lis- tonburg; W. J. R. Hay, Lavansville. Directors of the Poor—Chauncey F. Dick- ey; Aaron F. Swank, Davidsville; William Brant, Somerset, R. F. D. No. 6. Attorney for Directors, H. F. Yost; Clerk, C. L. Shav- er. Superintendent of Schools—D. W. Seibert. Chairmen Political Organizations—F.M. Forney, Republican; Alex. B. Grof, Demo- cratic; R. M. Walker, Berlin, Prohibition; J. C. Lowry, Orphans. ~<a. Market! NN cat Take notice that I 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 Meats, Poultry, Fresh Fish, ete. I pay highest cash prices for Fat Cat- tle, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Poultry, Hides, ete. | GUARANTEE 10 PLEASE YOU and want you to call and be con- vinced that I can best supply your wants in the meat line. es : CASPER WAHL, The 01d Reliable Butcher. 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HaY’s DEPARTMENT STORE. tf Chest Protectors from 25c¢c. up to $2.00, at the Elk Lick Drug Store. tf Crude | A Column Thoughts Home | Dedicated As They : to Tired Fall Circle | Mothers From the As They Editorial Join the Pen:— Depart- | Home pleasant Susie at vening ; vening Reveries. ment. | Tide. AS FAR AS I KNOW. “As far as I know,” said a person one night, “There is naught in this world but what is just right; I have all I want to both eat and wear, The flowers I gather are fragrant and fair, : “nm The birds in the trees always sing a glad song, And as far as I know there is nothing: wrong. “All people I know are loyal and kind, And I am contented in body and mind; I read about folks who are awfully bad, About souls that are weary and hearts that are sad, - About children that quarrel and people who fight, But as far as I know everything is all right. “I read there are people who do many things That on them the worst kind of suffer- ing brings, That women are wicked and men are untrue,” And sinfulness runneth society thro’, But as far as I know—as far as I know— I cannot affirm that these stories are true.” The person that said this as far as she knew Was a child of six years, and to her it was true; 0, what would we give could we all say tonight, There is naught in this world but what is just right! That we have all we want to eat and to wear, And that justice and goodness abound everywhere. Every child has a right to a happy childhood. The recollection of a sunny childhood is an auspicious inheritance and a splendid preparation for the strain and burden of life. In China the first four or five years of a girl's life are a continual agony. All the chil- dren in India are born old. Go among the submerged masses in any of our great cities and you will find childhood barren and desolate beyond description, To have this joy crushed out of a little life is a sorrowful tragedy that will shadow all its future. Gray skies will often weep above them in the after years ; see to it that, so far as possible, these early years are unclouded. Let them have their childhood. DIGNITY OF LABOR. We believe the friends of this depart- ment, and if we feel the pulse of our readers correctly, that means all our subseribers, will read with relish a few thoughts on woman’s; werkjland com- pensation for the same. One of the fashionable sins of the present time is the sin of idleness. This may not apply to the “club ladies” of our town, but this evil exists to an alarming extent, especially so in larger cities, where competent ladies flit away time as if there were no claims upon them in the busy marts of life. There are persons whom the stress of circum- stances compel to work, but dhe work is too often done under protest. There is a growing distaste for house-keeping. While all honest labor is honorable, there is nothing more so than the care of a home. The wages of women were never so high as now, yet it is almost impossible to procure the services of a good wom- an at any price, for the reason that la- bor is looked upon as degrading. Young women turn to all sorts of of- fice work, where snares and tempta- tions beset them, because they can dress better and keep their hands whiter than they can when doing kitchen work. : . The wives and mothers of a century ago were proud to exhibit the result of their industry in the manufacture of cloth and the making of garments for their families. There is no call for such work in our day, yet there sre enough calls to duty in every home to employ the house-keeper. Home to many women means nothing more than a laundry where they take their clothes to be washed and ironed; to the man a place to eat and sleep, their evenings being largely spent at clubs or billiard halls. The old-fashioned home-keepers have become almost a lost quantity. Societies of various kinds occupy much of their time. The children are sent to school at the age of six, and the moth- ers are at liberty to flit about until | they return at noon, when the lunch of food, prepared outside the home, is placed before the family, and the duties until high twelve are discharged. The afternoons and evenings are given to society work. Of course this does not apply to all homes, but there is a gen- eral tendency to neglect the claims of the family for outside pleasure. We have met some women, who, when asked if they keep house, blushingly reply, “We do light house-keeping, be- cause we dislike boarding.” : It is the person rather than the oc- cupation that adds dignity to labor. There are those who can beautify the most menial occupation or service, and there are others who can degrade the most honorable calling. The busy men and women of the world are they who have attained to greatness. Many such have endured hardships and practiced rigid economy to enable them to meet the demands of a large family, and the greatest men this country has produced have been men who have labored with hands and brain, after acquiring a competency, remembering the years that are gone, admit that their working years were their happiést years. Honest poverty should ‘be respected and not scorned. It was in the homes of the lowly that we oftenest find Christ when upon the earth, and in our day it can be truthfully said that we meet Him there oftener than elsewhere. Work is a moral and physical uplift- er; it is a panacea for sorrow ; idleness brings moral decay and furnishes an incentive to crime. The avalanche of crime that is sweeping over our beauti- ful land is largely due to the fact that too many would rather steal than work. The life of duty, not the life of mere ease or mere pleasure, is the kind of life which makes the great men and women. The best prize that life offers is the chance to work at work worth doing. A FRIEND THAT WAS A FRIEND. Don’t frown—look pleasant. If you are suffering from indigestion or sour stomach, take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Hon. Jake Moore, of Atlanta, Ga., says: “1 suffered more than 20 years with in- digestion. A friend recommended Ko- dol. It relieved me in one day and I now enjoy better health than for many years.” Kodol digests what you est, relieves sour stomach, gas on stomach, belching,ete. Sold by E. H, Miller. 4-1 ett Texas Police Court News. There were only a few lumps sent through the hopper at the misery mill, Saturday morning. The Big Knowl- edge evidently had a date in the other end of the village, and turned on the juice to the last notch. One of the members of the Amalgamated Order of the Never-sweats was there on a charge of begging alms. He had a hard-luck story that was a four-exer for fair; a stranded trooper, who had entered Fort Worth via the side door route, and a hungry bluecoat soused him, and the presiding judiciary of the court of the municipality had sent him to the mines for 25 days—in Fort Worth, too. This appeal might have converted flint rock into molten lava, but the Big Knowledge stood pat, and snatched Hooly loose from 10 more days of freedom. Two young tourists were hauled out of a box car while en route through the city from Holly Springs, Miss, to Itaska, Texas. They had no bill of lading, and their routing was mightily to the bad, but they beg- ged hard for a chance to burn the grit. The Stern Visage informed them that Dallas is a swell proposition for any- thing but hoboes, and chalked them “Twenty-three Skidoo.” Others also ran.—Dallas Times-Her- ald. New Policeman Hired. The Town Council met in special session, last Friday evening, for the purpose of hiring a chief of police. The applicants for the position were M. D. Thomas, J. R. Joy. Frank Wagner, T. F. Daugherty and W. N. Lenhart. The position was given to Frank Wag- ner, the lowest bidder, at $44 per month. It took five or six ballots to make the choice, as three of the councilmen voted for M. D. Thomas from start to finish, while'the vote of the other four was divided between Joy and Wagner, until finally the Joy supporters voted for Wagner-and elected him. Of course the selection does not please everybody, and neither would everybody be pleased if either of the other applicants would have been se- lected. The thing to do now is for all good citizens to stand by the officer in the discharge of his duties, but the people will expect the officer to do his part, also, and do it well. All good citizens should insist upon that, no matter wko is police, and eternal watchfulness and proper action should be exercised by the people and officer alike, at all times. No one can find any fault with a councilman for supporting a man’ of his own choice for policeman, but no man has a moral right to promise one man his support, or to talk up his good qualities or good record to others,then, Judaslike, betray him, as at least two members of the council did with M. D. Thomas. : It isn’t right, gentlemen, and such “chickens always come home to roost.” 3 No wonder some of the councilmen wanted a secret ballot. But their de- ceit is fully known, just the same, and we thoroughly agree with Burgess Me- Kinley in the matter of protesting against that manner of balloting, which we are told he objected to. We are told that the Burgess said the proper way to ballot is by open vote, and have the same recorded on the minutes. If the Burgess said that, we thoroughly agree with him, no matter if we do disagree with him on matters generally. Another thing, the people have a right at-all times to know what the Council is doing, and the minutes of each and every Council meeting should be pub- lished in the local paper, as a matter of public information, and such service Tue Star is willing to give to the citi- zens of this borough free of charge. TORTURE BY SAVAGES. “Speaking of the torture to. which some of the savage tribes in the Philip- pines subject their captives, reminds me of the intense suffering I endured for three months from inflammation of the Kidneys,” says W. M. Sherman, of Cushing, Me , “Nothing helped me un- til I tried Electric Bitters, three bot- tles of which completely cured me.” Cures Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Blood disorders and Malaria; and re- stores the weak and nervous to robust health. Guaranteed by E. H. Miller. druggist. Price 50c. 4-1 Mixed Wives. In the early part of the last century there lived in an old New England town a Mr. Church, who in the course of his earthly life was bereft of four wives, all of whom were buried in the same lot. In his old age it became necessary to remove the remains to a new cemetery. This he undertook himself, but in the process the bones became hopelessly mixed. His “New England conscience” would not allow him, under the painful circumstances, to use the original headstones, so he procured new ones, one of which bore the following inscription: “Here lies Hannah Church and prob- ably a portion of Emily.” Another: “Sacred to the Memory of Emily Church who seems to be mixed with Matilda.” Then followed these lines: “Stranger, pause and drop a tear, For Emily Church lies buried here, Mixed in some perplexing manner With Mary, Matilda and probably Han- nah.” —Harper’s Weekly. Yet We Take Them. If you are superstitious about the number 13, you ought not to carry in your pocket or use in any way a silver quarter dollar. Do you happen to have one about you now? If so, take it out and see how it teems with 13s. For instance, it has 13 stars, 13 letters on the scroll of the eagle’s beak, 13 feath- ers in the eagle’s wing, 13 parallel bars on the shield, 18 horizontal stripes, 13 eaves on the olive branch, 13 arrows heads and 13 letters in the word “quar- ter dollar.” Ducks Roasted on the Fly. “Tt is an ill wind that blows nobody any good,” say the residents in the vicinity of the burning gas well at Caney, and well they may, for as long as the well burns and ducks con- tinue to fly, they are prospering over others’ misfortune. The heat rising from the fire extends to a great height, and since the beginning wild ducks have played the game of the moth and flame, much to their sorrow and dis- tress. No sooner does a duck fly across the forbidden territory than it is caught and baked by the torrid winds. The neighbors have caught onto the fact, and near meal time gather near the well and wait for the fall of the baked duck, which, of course, saves a great deal of time and trouble other- wise necessary jn the kitchen. Examinations for Graduation. The examinations for graduation in the course of study prescribed for the schools of Somerset county will be held Saturday, March 31, 1906. The places for holding the examina- tions, and the committees in the sever- al districts, are as follaws: g For Allegheny, at Mt. Zion. Com- mittee—J. A. Hillegass, Geo. Tayman, RB. S. Harkins, Annie Sane, Harry Gless- ner. For Beneon, at Holsopple. Commit- tee—H. H. Cassler, Lewis Helsel, Edna Spangler, Maud Johns, G. C. Walker. For Black, at Laurel Run school house. Committee—J. F. Altmiller, Eli A. Snyder, I. P. Wilt, J. R. Shanks. Elis M. Young. For Boswell, at Boswell Committee —Dr. J. P. Shaffer, Dr. C. F. Livengood, Nellie Berkey, Olive Gore, Walker Trexel. - For Brothersvalley, at Fairview. Committee—Jerome Dickey, J. H. Gumbert, J. L, Bowman, W..W. Blough, Leora M. Hay. For Conemaugh, at Miller school house. Committee—Sem K. Johns, L. L. Yoder, Alice McAuliff, Elma An- stead, J. E. Williamson. For Elk Lick. at West Salisbury. Committee—J. H. Bender, Wm. H. Engle, Chas. E. Butler, Pela Kutz, Anna O. McKinley. For Garrett, at Garrett. Committee —W. L. Brant, L. A: Maust, Blanche Smith, Chas. Flowers, M. C. Haer. | For Hooversville, at Hooversville. Committee—Daniel Shaffer, Telford Lewis, J. O. Spangler, Howard Lam- bert, Blanch Hamer. For Jenner, at Jenners. Committee —A. E. Fritz, W. A. Bell, J. M. Daniels, Grace Korns, E. L.. Horner. For Lincoln, at Sipesville. Commit- tee—H. H. Swank, Chas. F. Darr, Park Berkey, Pierce Miller, Carrie Beam. For Middlecreek, at Trent. Com- mittee—Levi Long, Wesley J. Pile, Ada Shultz, Mary E. Dull, C. M. Putman. For Milford, at Gebharts. Commit- tee—J. W. Wegley, Cliff Will, Elsie Stahl, W. G. Saylor, H. G. Walker. For New Baltimore, at New Balti- more. Committee—John M. Topper, George Straub, L. A. Will, Myrtle Fel- ton, Bessie Shaffer. For Northampton, at Bridegum. Com- mittee—William Huges, J. H. Miller, M. W. Webreck, Oscar Poorbaugh, Ora M. Bauman. For Paint, at Cross Roads. Commit- tee—Samuel Knavel, S. B. Lehman, Chas. Knavel, Franklin Weaver, J." H. Lehman. . For Quemahoning, at Stoyestown. Committee—J. A. Ringler, J. C. Ober: F. B. Ream, Olive Miller, Mary M. Smith. : For Somerset township, at Somerset. Committee—J. O. Kimmell, Joseph Auman, H. L. Young, A. F. Heiple, W. R. Barron. For Stonycreek, at Shanksville. Com- mittee—E. H. Miller, H. L. Spangler, M. R. Schrock, J. M. Custer, E. G. Ross. For Summit, at Peck school house. ° Committee—A. W. Bittner, Albert Faidley, F. G. Horner, Emma Schrock, John Kretchman. The examinations will begin prompt- ly at 9 o'clock a. m. It is expected that all who desire to take the examin- ation, and have previously been. rec- ommended, will be present at that hour. Instructions regarding the man- ner of conducting the examinations, to- gether with all the questions to be sub- mitted to the applicants, will be mailed to some member of each committee. D. W. SEIBERT, County Superintendent. He Was a Sticker. The Hagerstown Mail tells the fol- lowing amusing incident: “Saturday night William Smith went down to Shadygrove and invested 10 cents in a bottle of Royal Glue, put it in his coattail pocket and went to see Ella James, one of the fair sex resid- ing a few miles distant. He ensconced himself near her on an old-fashioned hard-seated rocking chair, and poured sweet words of love into her ears for a period of several hours. After quite an interesting session to him, a motion to adjourn was made. About that time her father’s foot- steps were heard on the upper floor, making preparation for his descent in order to build the fire to get breakfast, ete. William made an effort to move, and then discovered himself immovable. He had broken the pesky bottle of glue in his pecket, and it had soaked through his Sunday pants and stuck him fast to the chair. He pulled, but to no avail. The young lady lent her assistance— but in vain, and after a frantic strug- gle he had to give it up. The young man did not care to take the rocker home with him, and, while his lady friend had adjourned to another room to get a pair of her father’s pants, the gallant William drew a penknife from his pocket and cut out a circle of the portion of his breeches that was fast- ened, and left it on the chair,and made the lightning change when the extra pair was thrown in the room to him.” IF YOUR BUSINESS will not stand advertising, advertise it for sale. You cannot afford to follow a business that will "1 t stand advertising. MDF" The Pittsburg Daily Times and THE STAR, both one year for only $3.75 eash in advance. Send all orders to Taz SrAR, Elk Lick. P tf
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