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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Below will be found the names of the
various county and district officials.
Unless otherwise indicated, their ad-
dresses are, Somerset, Pa.
President Judge—Francis J. Kooser.
Member of Congress—A. F. Cooper,
Uniontown
State Senator—William C. Miller,
Bedford, Pa.
Members of the Assembly—J. W.
Endsley, Somerfield; A. W. Knepper.
Sheriff —William C. Begley.
Prothonotary—Chas. 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, Kant-
ner; Chas. F. Zimmerman, Stoyestown ;
Robert Augustine, Somerfield. Soliei-
tor—Berkey & Shaver.
Jury Commissioners—Geo.J.Schrock ;
J. C. Harding. Windber.
Directors of the Poor—J. F. Reiman,
J. B. Mosholder, Somerset ; and Aaron
F. Swank, Davidsville. Attorney for
Directors, Tl. .¥. Yost; Clerk, C. L.
Shaver. ‘
County Auditors—W.
Yockwood ; J. S. Miller, Friedens;
Steinbaugh, Stoyestown.
Superintendent of Schools—D. W.
Seibert.
County Surveyor—A. E. Rayman.
Chairmen Political Organizations—N.
B. McGriff, Republican ; Alex. B. Grof,
Democratic; R. M. Walker, Berlin,
Prohibition: O. P. Shaver, Friedens,
Lincoln.
H. H. Baker,
Geo.
BOUNDARIES IN THE UNITED
STATES AND SOME OF THEIR
PECULIARITIES.
A little girl ¢ w ho was taking her first
lesson in geography, inquired of her
mother: “What makes the lines be-
tween the states so crooked? Why are
some states shaped so oddly? No
wonder that the mother had to get help
to explain. There are few grown-ups
who could answer these questions sat-
isfactorily. Our forefathers used such
crude methods of defining many of the
state divisions, that some boundary
lines are as hard to decipher as a maze
in a king’s garden.
Take the old eastern boundary of
New York for an example. The line
was described as starting at
the ancient road or winding place in
Bryam River,” following a direction
that would lead by a ‘bunch of horn-
beam saplings “and a tree which was
either “a red or a white oak.”
touching another tree on the “land oe-
cupied by William Wilsey in 1814,”
and finally falling in with a certain
farm fence. l.and was so plentiful in
those old days that a few miles one
way or another did not make much dif-
ference. The line separating Tennes-
see from Georgia, which was surveyed
in 1619, was defined as lucidly. This
was eaid to begin at a rock due south
of the old Indian town of Nickajack,”
passing due east in such a manner as
to “leave old D. Ross two miles and
eighteen yards in the state of Tennes-
zee.”
onk
A tiny parcel of land in southwest
Massachusetts was given to New York
in 1855. It was a small cove that wis
practically inaccessible from the east,
it became a most
The
and because of this
desirable place for prize fights.
offenders being able to slip back into
New York easier than the officers could
get in from Massachusetts. So to
break up this interesting game of hide-
and-seek between the law-breakers and
the law-enforcers, the bit of land was
the state that could best
given to
police it.
Unted
natural boun-
In the earlier surveys of the
States, rivers and like
daries were pressed into service to de-
termine the limits of the different ter-
ritories or grants, and much trouble
has resulted from the shifting habits of
these kinds of boundaries. Had not
the commission that fixed the division
between the United States and Mexico
decided upon a certain channel of the
Rio Grande where the river is used as
the line, the citizens in that part of the
world would have a hard time deciding
whether they are Americans or Mexi-
cans, because the river changes its
course so often.
The people of California and Nevada
may still be living in one another’s
territory, for all they know, as the
boundary line was hard to establish,
and may very half a mile. Just where
the elbowlike bend comes in the line
is Lake Tahoe, and it is almost in the
exact middle of that lake that the
principal measurement to the angle of
the turn had to be taken. While the
boundary thus established has been
recepted, and is generally recognized
as being correct, there may be a dis-
pute over its exactness, some day.
For many years the northwest boun-
dary line of the United States was just
about as easy to locate as the famous
“Seven Cities of Cibola,” for which the
early explorers searched so futilely.
The old treaty states that the line
should be “due west from the Lake of
the Woods to the Mississippi.” This
might have been fairly approximated
if the Mississippi had lived up to the
expectations of the treaty-makers, but
it continued to wander through the
state after its own independent fashion,
fully two counties to the southeast of
“a rock in |
the lake. In a half century or so the
line wane made more definite, though
the point finally chosen as the “north-
western point” is now well under the
waters of the lake.
It was not until 1842 that Main knew
just how much territory she had in her
northeast corner. The old treaty of
1781 defined the boundry as “following
the St. Croix River to its source,”
thence north to the Highlands that
divided the waters fo the Atlantic from
those of the St. Lawrence. As no one
knew which of the two rivers emptying
fifty miles apart was the St. Croix, or
which set of highlands was meant, or
whether the Bay of Fundy might be
considered an arm of the Atlantic,
early Maine geography was rather
mixed. When Lord Ashburton and
Daniel Webster straightened the mat-
ter out, fifty-nine years later, they gave
seven-twelths of the disputed land to
the United States and five-twelths to
England.—Frederick J. Haskin in
Washington Herald.
“PNEUMONIA’S DEADLY WORK
has so seriously affected my right
lung,” writes Mrs. Fannie Connor, of
Rural Route 1, Georgetown. Tenn.,
“that I coughed continuously night and
day and the neighbors’ prediction—
consumption—seemed inevitable, until
my husband brought home a bottle of
Dr. King’s New Discovery, which in my
case proved to be the only REAL cough
cure and restorer of weak, sore lungs.”
When all other remedies utterly fail
you may still win in the battle against
lung and throat troubles with New
Discovery, the REAL cure. -Guarauteed
by E. H. Miller, Aruggist. 50c. and
$1 00. Trial bottle free. 5-1
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Hanson Brown Soon to be Here
With His Bride.
Our friend Hanson Brown, of Farm-
ington, Pa., who has always been very
prompt in responding to statements
calling for money due on subscription,
was one of the first in a large list to
respond to statements sent out a few
days ago. He not only sent the price
of a year’s subscription, but also sent
the glad tidings that he will soon be in
Salisbury with his bride. He writes as
follows:
“I will be in Salisbury in May with
my beautiful bride. Her name is Mat-
tie. She is one of the sweetest little
woman on earth.” :
Good for Hanson! A beautiful bride
or some other streak of good fortune.s
always in store for the man who
promptly pays for the newspapers he
reads. THE Star sends its best wishes
and congratulations to the happy
couple.
WHOOPING COUGH.
I have used Chamberlain’s ‘Cough
Remedy in my family in cases of
whooping cough, and want to tell you
that it is the best medicine I have ever
used.—W. F. Gasrux, Posco, Ga. This
remedy is safe and sure. For sale at
Miller’s Drug Store. 5-1
New ‘“Jamestown’’ Postage Stamps.
The Postoffice Department announecs
that the special series of stamps, in
three denominations, to commemorate
the founding of Jamestown, will be is-
sued, beginning April 15, for sale to the
public during the term of the James-
town Exposition, from April 26 to No-
vember 30, 1907. The stamps are rec-
tangular in shape, and of three denom
inations—1-cent, 2-cent and 5-cent.
The 1-cent stamp contains, in a semi-
circular frame, a portrait of Capt. John
Smith. In the upper corners are me-
dallions of Pocahontas and Powhatan,
Upon a scroll is the legend, “Founding
of Jamestown, 1607;” on the base,
“Capt. John Smith,” with the years of
his birth and death—1580-1631.
The 2-cent stamp contains a picture
depicting the landing of the settlers at
Jamestown in 1607. On one side is a
tobacco plant, and on the other a stalk
of Indian corn. Underneath, on a
scroll, are the words, “Founding of
Jamestown, 1607.’
~The 5-cent stamp contaihs a portrait
in an oval frame of Pocahontas, and
gives the years of birth and death—
1595-1647.
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THE NEW PURE FOOD AND DRUG
LAW,
We are pleased to announce that Fo-
ley’s Honey and Tar for coughs, colds
and lung troubles is not affected by the
National Pure Food and Drug law, as it
contains no opiates or other harmful
drugs, snd we recommend it as a safe
remedy for children and adults. Sold
by all Droge 5-1
Willie’s Excuse.
“Please excuse Willie,” wrote Wil-
lie’s ma to his teacher. “He fell
against a wire fence and tore his knick-
erbockers. By doing the same you
will oblige—His Mother "—Ex.
HOW TO AVOID APPENDICITIS.
Most victims of appendicitis are those
who are habitually constipated. Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic
constipation by stimulating the liver
and bowels and restores the natural
action of the bowels. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or gripe
and is mild and pleasant to take. Re-
fuse substitutes. Sold by all Drug-
gists. 5-1
By special arrangement of Congress:
man Cooper, the U. 8. Department of
Agriculture has forwarded to Tur
STAR a large mail bag filled with veg-
etable seeds-for frée distribution.
As long as they last, these seeds will
be handed out in packages to all who
apply for them, except to children.
Therefore, don’t send your child for
seeds, but come yourself or send some
adult friend. , We poditively refuse to
be annoyed by caro this seed
distribution, 88 we have been in the
past, for the youngsters uged to come
in droves, the same ones frequently
coming several times a day, and often
the packages were torn open and the
seeds thrown at people on the streets.
For that reason we will no longer hand
seeds to children, no matter whose
children they are.
All grown people, however, are wel-
come to the seeds, and each and all are
requested to call and get a package,
together with the compliments of
“Uncle Sam,” Congressman Cooper and
TaE STAR.
Where the Change Has Come.
We often: hear some neighbor say
“Things were not that way when I was
young.” But they were. It is not the
things that have changed, but our-
selves. Our prim and precise aunt
may make a fuss because niece strolls
down to Lover’s lane in the summer
twilight, but, all the same, she would
have jumped at a chance to. do the
same thing, 30 years ago. When he
came along she went. Mother grum-
bles because we sit out on the porch
and talk a little late, but she forgets
how the old man used to call her down
good and hard because dad stayed
pretty late when he was sparking her.
We think the circuses are bummer
than they used to be, and the clowns
are not half as funny. But they are.
The winters get just as cold and the
summers just as hot. The flies are as
thick and the mosquitoes bite just as
hard. About the only difference is
that in the flowery days of our youth
we didn’t have troubles. Now we do.
—Osborne (Kan.) Farmer.
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Knew Her Father’s War Record.
Pension day nearly always brings a
tale from some of the old coffee-coolers
worth telling again. One of them who
served three years, and saw a plenty of
the late unpleasantness, was in the
mood to “chin whack” when he came to
get his papers made out, last week, and
was lamenting the lack of interest
shown by the rising generation in mat-
ters pertaining to the war. “Why”
said he. “the half of them can’t tell
what regiment or company their fathers
or brothers belonged to, and I made
up my mind that I would see if my
daughter was as ignorant as the rest of
them, so the other day I asked her if
she knew what regiment I belonged to.
She said, ‘Certainly; the Eighty-sev-
enth.” ‘What company? I asked, and
she promptly replied, ‘Company Q,
which was correct, and feeling good
over the prompt answers, I thought I
would still further test her knowledge,
and said :
“Now, can you tell me where I was
most of the time while T was in the
service? 'Well, she said, ‘from what I
have heard you and the old fellows tell,
I think you must have been in the
guard house.” That closed the investi-
gation.”—Freeport. Journal.
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Poor Fido!
The honeymoon was over, and the
husband, returning from business, was
grieved 10 find his little wife crying
bitterly.
“Oh,
dreadful thing has happened. I
made a beautiful pie all myself,
Fido went and ate it!”
“Well, never mind. my
said, cheerfully, “we can
another dog.”—Ex.
“such. a
had
and
George.” she sobbed.
dear,” Le
easily buy
His “Character.”
There is a story of a Scotch gentle-
man who had to dismiss his gardener
for dishonesty. For the sake of the
man’s wife and family, however, hé gave
him a “character,” and framed it in this
way: “I hereby certify that A. B. has
been my gardener for over two years,
and that during that time he got more
out of the garden than any man 1 ever
employed.”
He Would Lose AuyWoy.
There is a young physician who has
never been able to smoke a cigar.
“Just one poisons me,” says the youth-
ful doctor.
Recently the doctor was invited to a
large dinner-party. When the women
had left the table, cigars were accepted
by all the men except the physician.
Seeing his friend refuse the cigar, the
host in astonishment exclaimed :
“What, not smoking? Why, my dear
fellow, you lose half your dinner!”
“Yes, I know I do,” meekly replied
the doctor,"but if T smoked one I
should lose the whole of it!”
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have the agency for the famous Laurel brand of flour.
We will have on hand a High Grade Fertilizer for
the spring crops, and expect to keep a supply of it on
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