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The Somerset
Gountp Star.
VOL. XII.
SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE. PA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1906.
NO. 49.
TTT TZ TTY
A Merry
Christmas!
The time to buy your
Christmas.” Presents
is early in the season, thereby getting
the first choice and best selections.
Before making your purchases you
should see our line of Gold and Silver
Novelties in Toilet Articles, Watches,
Chains and Rings, also our grand dis-
play of hand decorated Japanese Chi-
naware. It surpasses anything else of
the kind shown.
Elk Lick Supply Co.
AMATI AAMT
OF SALISBURY.
Capital paid in, $50,000. Surplus & undiyided profiits, $15,000. ¢
Assets over $300,000.
On Time
d DER CENT. INTEREST epese.
J. L. BarcHus, President. . H.H. Maus, Vice President
ALBerT REITZ, Cashier.
DIRECTORS :—J. L. Barchus, H. H. Maust, Norman D. Hay, A. M.
Lichty, F. A. Maust, A. E. hZivengons, L. L. Beachy.
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ALL PRICES,
ALL KINDS.
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Don’t miss seeing our line before making your Xmas @2
y purchases. Special bargains to churches and teachers.
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BEERS
~_Salisbury, Pa—~&
Foreign and Domestie "Co
(GOODS,
Finest of Groceries, Hardware, Miners’
Supplies, Shoes, Clothing, Ete. The
best Powder and Squibs a Specialty.
d Mi For Butter
And Eggs.
RERKEY & SHAVER,
Attorneys-at-Juaw,
SOMERSET, PA,
Coffroth & Ruppel Building.
ERNEST 0. KOOSER,
Attorney-At-Law,
SOMERSET, PA.
R.E. MEYERS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Attorney-at-Liaw,
SOMERSET, PA.
Office in Court House.
W. H. KOONTZ.
KOONTZ & OGLE
Attorneys-At-L.aw,
SOMERSET, PENN’A
J. G. OGLE
Office opposite Court House.
VIRGIL R. SAYLOR,
Attorney-at-Liaw,
SOMERSET, PA.
Office in Mammoth Block.
DR.PETER L. SWANK,
Physician and Surgeon,
ELK LICK, PA.
Successor to Dr. E. H. Perry.
Don’t let beer get the
best of you.
Get the best of it—
Monastery,
brewed at Latrobe, Pa.,
and recognized by chemists and
judges of a good article as a pure,
wholesome, beverage. :
Delicious! Refreshing!
Sold at the West Salisbury
Hotel, West Salisbury, Pa.
CHAS. PASCHKE, Propr.
New Firm!
G. G. De Lozier,
GROCER AND CONFEGTIONER.
Having purchased the well known Jeffery
grocery opposite the postoffice, I want the
public to know that I will add greatly to
the stock and improve the store in every
way. Itis my aim to conduct a first class
grocery and confectionery store,and to give
Big Value For Cash.
I solicit a fair share of your patronage,
and I promise a square deal and courteous
treatment to all customers. My line will
consist ' of ;; Staple and Fancy Groceries
Choice Confectionery, Country Produce,
Cigars, Tobacco, etc.
OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE,
SALISBURY, PA.
eefmmcssoesmm
®
¢ A Handsome
: Calendar
Should find a place in every
home.
The Pittsburgh Bank for
Savings, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
will mail our readers on re-
quest a copy of their 1907 Art §
Calendar—one of the most |
beautiful calendar concep-
tions of the year
BREE eR
painting “Rhoda,
ebrated American artist Jas.
Fagan. The painting is faith- #&
fully reproduced by the Three &
Color process, preserving all
the rich, yet delicate, coloring &
tints and flesh tones of the or- |
iginal, and delineates a very
attractive type of womanly
® beauty. Asa work of art and
a fine example of the Art Pre-
servative, it is unsurpassed.
The picture is not defaced
by any advertisement. It is
mounted on a beveled board
11x14 inches, &nd supplied with
a silk hanging cord. Send
Four cents in stamps to pre-
ay - postage. Sent, postage
paid, to those having accounts
with’ the bank by giving ac-
count No.
If interested in money sav-
ing and profitable invest-
ments, do not fail to request
the bank to also mail yo
free copy of their A aes
Booklet E. L.
BEBE,
All kinds of Legal and Commercial
Blanks, Judgment Notes, ete., for sale
at THR STAR office. tf
Wagner's
RESTAURANT,
Ellis Wagner, Prop., Salisbury.
(Successor to F. A. Thompson.)
OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE
Also headquarters for Ice Cream,
Fresh Fish, Lunches, Confectionery, ete
A share of your patronage solicited.
Satisfaction guaranteed. :
TuEy are telling of a negro whom
the Republicans took from the Preston
county jail for the purpose of voting
him, after which he was taken back to
serve out the remainder of his sen-
tence. Reminds us of when the Demo-
crats were ip power in this state, and
when they practiced the discharging of
inmates from the Hospital for the In-
sane, permitting them to vote, provided
they were far enough gone intellectu-
ally to vote the Democratic ticket, and
then swear out new lunacy warrants
for their recommital.— Weston (W. Va.)
Independent.
Tae Prohibition State Committee
spent about $13,000 in the recent cam-
paign, or a little more than fifty cents
for every vote cast for its candidate for
Governor. The Democratic State Com-
mittee disbursed a little over $18,800,
or about six cents for every Democratic
vote given to Emery. The Prohibi-
tionists were plutocrats by comparison
with the Democrats, says the Somerset
Democrat, but our esteemed contem-
porary forgot to add that Democratic
whisky costs only about six cents per
pint, and a pint apiece usually brings
out the Democratic vote pretty well.
The Democratic State Committee evi-
dentiy knew their people,
THERE are 159, 000 Democrats i in Penn-
sylvania who are for the party three
hundred and sixty-four days in the
year, including Sundays, and who turn
up among the missing on the only day
of the year on which there is need of
their democracy. says the Somerset
Democrat. Well, that is no loss to the
country, Alex., no loss whatever. There
isn’t much harm in being a Democrat
if a fellow don’t vote. Just think what
a good thing it would have been for
this great country if there hail only
been enough stay-at-home Democrats
to defeat Grover Cleveland in 1882.
Had several hundred thousand Demo-
crats refused to vote at that election, a
Republican President would have been
elected, and one of the worst panics in
the history of the country would have
been averted. The non-voting Demo-
crat is the best Democrat on earth.
DR. DAVIS’ PRESCRIPTION FOR
HEADACHES.
When we recommend and guarantee
Ake-In-The-Head tablets for headaches
and neuralgia it is because we know
you must obtain relief or we stand
ready to pay your ten cents back.
Safe, sure, and always cure. E. H.
Miller. a a 1-1
CHRISTMAS.
The glad, joyous, festal time draws
near, and unnumbered hearts are beat-
ing in delightful anticipation. Store
windows are decked in holiday attire.
The holly and evergreen hang in fes-
toons, and the wonderful Christmas
| tree is gradually putting in appearance.
Cheery voices ring out in rehearsals of
song and chorus for celebration night.
Merry Christmas will soon be here, and
Christmas songs are songs of peace.
Christmas greetings are greetings of
good will. Hew they soften hard
hearts, purify base desires, sweeten
bitter thoughts, and ;make every deed
purer and holier ; every wish kind and
tender. Let hearts expand, sympathies
enlarge, and good will reign. Let ben-
edictions drop from lips, and substan-
tial gifts fall from overflowing hands.
Make cheerless homes radiant, and
hopeless hearts to thrill with unspeak-
able gladness. Forgive your enemies.
Bury the past. Rise above the mean
and petty resentments which you may
have harbored against those who have
not used you well. Be generous. Get
ready to start the new year with more
kindly feelings and more noble am-
bitions. Make the Christmas of this
year a day to which you can always
look back with pleasure and gratitude.
Peace and good will unto you, dear
reader, and a merry, merry Christmas
to all.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
We call your attention to the fact that
Dermakola ointment is a positive cure
for Eczema, ulcers, wounds, piles, and
every kind of skin or scalp trouble. It
costs 25 cents if it cures. If it don’t we
return your money. E. H. Miller. 1-1
A CHEERFUL GIVER.
receive,” are faithful sayings, and
worthy of all acceptation. Give where
your gift is needed, where it brings joy
and gladness, and your own heart will
swell with real pleasure. To lavish
gifts upon the rich, the strong, the
powerful, in the hope that you may re-
ceive in turn, is mean, groveling and
pitiful. Don’t belittle yourself that
way. Give freely only where love
prompts, or better yet. go cut among
God’s poor, hunt out those less, favored
or less fortunate and do acts that will
brighten human lives, and the bright-
ness will come, back into your own
heart by reflection.
The great and noble characters of
the world, the men in all ages who
have been admired and loved have
been the generous men. The shunned
and hated and despised creatures of
the human race have always been the
misers, the stingy, grasping, hoarding
pinching wretches who valued money
above human souls, and hugged their
wealth in the face of misery. The
world shouts and laughs when such
men die, but it follows the generous
man to his grave with tears and real
SOrrow.
NEW CURE FOR EPILEPSY.
J. B. Waterman, of Watertown, O.,
Rural free delivery, writes: “My
daughter, afflicted for years with epi-
lepsy, was cured by Dr. King’s New
Life Pills. She has not had an attack
for over two years.” Best body cleans-
ers and life-giving tonic pills on earth:
25c. at E. H. Miller's drug store, 1-1
DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS IN 1906.
The destructive floods that occurred
in the United States during 1905 are
described by Mr. Edward Charles
Murphy and other hydrographers of
the United States Geological Survey in
a recent publication of that bureau,
which is listed as Water-Supply’ and
Irrigation Paper No. 162. The very
destructive floods of that year were
few. The most remarkable flood or
series of floods of the year were those
in Gila River Basin in Arizona. From
January 16 to April 30 occurred a se-
ries of 7 floods—almost a continuous
flood—remarkable for the total volume
of low. In November there was in
this basin another flood, which was
notable for its magnitude, being the
largest on record on Salt River. The
other large floods of the year occurred
on comparatively small streams. Few
lives were lost and the damage was
small compared with that of some pre-
vious years.
Among the floods described in this
paper are those on Poquonnock River,
Connecticut, on Sixmile Creek and
Cayuga Inlet, New York, on the Una-
dilla and Chenango rivers, New York,
on Allegheny River, Pennsylvania-New
York, on Devils Creek, Iowa, on Pur-
gatory River, Colorado, on Pecos
River, New Mexico-Texas, on Hondo
River, New Mexico, on Rio Grande,
New Mexico-Texas, in Colorado River
basin and in Gila basin.
A discussion of the flood discharge
and the frequency of floods in the
United States together with an index
to the literature of American floods
adds to the value of this paper. Maps
and views to the number of fifteen are
included. Besides Mr. Murphy. the
chief contributors to the paper are
Messrs. T. W. Norcross, R. E. Horton,
C. C. Covert, and F. W. Hanna. It is
published for free distribution, and ap-
plication for it should be made to The
Director of the United States Geolog-
ical Survey, Washington, D.C.
LONG ‘TENN NESSE E FIGHT.
For twenty years, W.
Bells, Tenn., fought nasal catarrh. He
writes:
side my nose was fearful, till 1 began
applying Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to the
turn.” Best salve in existence.
at E. H. Miller’s drug store. 1-1
Goods.
favorable comment.
justice. The store
see.
joists of the third floor.
worth your
whether you wish to buy or not.
"The Lord loveth a cheerful giver,”
and “It is more blessed to give than to
IL. Rawls, of
“The swelling and soreness in-
sore surface ; this caused the soreness
and swelling to disappear, never to re-
25¢.
Wonderful Display of Christmas
Just now C. T. Hay’s big department
store is coming in for a large share of
To look over Mr.
Hay’s stock one is almost forced to be-
lieve that old Santa Claus has turned
over everything in his possession to
Mr. Hay. And the store decorations—
well, we can’t find words to do them
is a marvel of
beauty, and it is worth going miles to
There is nothing to excel it in all
Somerset county, and it is stocked with
good goods (everything, in fact), and
good bargains from cellar to the very
It will be
while to see this store
while dressed in its holiday attire,
A CLEVER IMPOSTOR.
A clever imposter and forger has
been operating in some parts of the
country, victimizing farmers and
others. Sheriff Begley has received
notice of $300 reward for his capture,
also a request to warn farmers of Som-
erset county against him, as he is likely
to turn up with his game in any part of
the country.
The fellow last worked near Quincy,
Ills., in Adams county. He has several
working names, among them being
John L. Butler, John Hoover, John H.
Kline, and others. Sheriff Edward P.
Smith, of Quiney, is looking for the
fellow who is wanted in many other
parts of the country.
His plan is to go into a strange com-
munity, representing that he is in
search of a farm to purchase for his
son or another relative with whom he
intends to make his home. He visits
the farmer, talks the matter over and
induces the farmer and his wife to
loan him an abstract of title. He alse
gets them to go before a notary public
and sign an agreement to sell him the
farm at a certain price, usually a good
one, and this agreement is acknowledg-,
ed by the farmer and his wife before
the notary, who also signsit and places
his seal thereon. The sharper now has
an abstract of title, signatures of the
farmer and his wife, the notary and
the seal of the notary. He then visits
a lawyer, explains that he is contem-
plating the purchsse of the farm, and,
if necessary, takes the farmer and his
wife along to verify his statements.
He asks the lawyer to look over the ab-
stract, and after a few days of negotia-
tion returns and requests the lawyer to
draw up a deed. He asks to carry this
deed to the farmer for signatures, and
in some cases has allowed tha lawyer
to ‘mail it to the farmer. In the latter
case he secures possession of it on some
pretext or other, retires to his hotel,
cleverly forges the signature of the
farmer and his wife and the notary.
In the meantime he has made an ex-
act duplicate of the notary seal whick
he secured with the agreement relative
to the sale of the farm, and this he
places on the deed. The letter, bear-
ing all the marks of genuineness, he
takes to the lawyer and explains that
he has paid cash down for the farm,
and is therefore a little short of funds,
and as he will need considerable
money to make contemplated improve-
ments and bear expenses of moving, he
requests a loan on the farm. As he
has a deed apparently properly signed,
he usually gets money without diffi-
culty, readily giving a first mortgage
on the property. The mortgage with
the forged deed is recorded, and the
sharper, with the money in his pocket,
disappears. It is usually some time
before the farmer discovers that a
deed for his property is on record, and
in the meantime the impostor has made
good his escape.
This scheme has been worked in
many parts of the country. While the
one who lends the money is out of
pocket, the farmer is subjected to the
annoyance of having the deed declared
a forgery and removed from record.—
Somerset Democrat.
OUTWITS THE SURGEON.
A complication of female troubles.
with catarrh of the stomach and bow- .
els, had reduced Mrs, Thos S. Austin,
of Leavenworth, Ind. to sucha deplor-
able condition, that her doctor advised
an operation; but her husband fearing
fatal results, postponed this to try
Electric Bitters; and tothe amazement
of all who knew her, this medicine
completely cured her. Guaranteed
cure for torpid liver, kidney diseas=,
biliousness, jaundice, chills and fever,
general debility, nervousness and blood
poisoning. Best tonic made, Price
50c. at E. H. Miller’s drug store. Try
it. 1-1
THE OLD DANCE TUNE.
Sonny, fetch dat fiddle down
An’ play a tune—jes’ one.
I likes to hear dat music soun’
When daytime’s gone an’ done.
I want a quick an’ lively dance;
You know de one I means.
Good gracious! How dese feet could
prance
When I was in my ’teens,
I half way shets my eyes an’ sees
Yoh mammy by my side,
A-danecin’, too, wif graceful ease,
Dat made me smile wif pride.
Dem days when I were in my prime
I used to dance for sho’,
An’ she dance wif me ev’y time
Dat I stepped on de flo’,
She was my partner in my joy,
An’ when de trouble came,
She was, I wants to tell you, boy,
partner jes’ de same.
play dat old quadrille once mo’,
Gi sort o’ soothes my pain,
To dream we’s in de long ago,
A-touchin’ hands again.
—Washington Star