(— IH SUNERSET COUNTY STAR .L. Livexaoon, Editor and Publisher. Entered nt the Postoflice as mail matter of the Second Class. = - em eee meme Subscription Rates. THE STAR is published every Thursday, at Satishus v, (BIK Lick, P. 0.) Somerset Coun- , Pa. at the following rates: $id year, if paid spot cash in advance. If not paid strictly in Savane Six months...... AUER Three months. Single copies To avoid multiplicity all subscriptions for three months or less must be paid in advance. These rates and terms will be rigidly adhered to. 3 of small ace ounts at Elk Lick, Pa. | With thanks the editor of this paper acknowledges a complimentary ticket to the evening entertainments of the (ireat Grangers’ Picnic Exhibition, at Williams Grove, Pa.; Aug. 26 to 3lst, 1907. Some men point out the silver lining in a cloud, then borrow your umbrella before the rain starts, says an ex- change. Yes, and they usually bor row it without asking, and generally fail to return it. Mr. and Mrs. C. WW. Stotler went to Johnstown, Pa, last Thursday, on bus- iness. The train they were riding on struck Hiram Blough, an aged farmer, at Holsopple. injuring him so badly Advertising Rates. Transient Reading Notices, 5 cents a line gach insertion. To regular cents a line for first insertion and 3 cents a line for each succeeding insertion. No busi- ness lacals will be mixed with local news items or editorial matter for cents a line for each insertion, except on yearly contracts. Rates for Display made known on application. Editorial advertising a line. Legal Advertisements at legal ratess Marriage, Birth and De: ath Notices not exceeding fifteen lines, inserted free. additional lines, 5 ce nts e ach. Cards of Thanks will he published free fou prtrons of the paper.” Non-patrons will be charged 10 cents a line. Resolutions of Respect will be published for 5 cents a line. All advertisements willbe run and charg- ed for until ordered discontinued. No advertisement will be taken for than 2) cents. advertisers, 5 less than 10 Advertisments will be , invariably 10 cents Alls less | | that he died the same day. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup sold under a positive guarantee to cure con- stipation, sick headache, stomach trouble, or any form of indigestion. If it fails, the manufacturers refund your money. What more can any one do. Sold by all Druggists. 9-1 Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Haselbarth, Miss Hattie Haselbarth and Miss Lottie Boy- er went to the Chautauqua, at Mt. Lake | Park, Md., last Thursday, to remain a week. Mrs. Haselbarth took a is her husband returned home. One hundred and seventy-six thous- and farmers in. the northwest have When the Hair Falls pledged themselves to sell wheat at oe less than $1 a bushel. When | price drops below that figure they will | store their wheat in steel bins, erected | on their farms, each holding 2,000 bushels. | If parents would keep their children | off the streets late at night, they would feel better satisfied, and it would be a good thing for the boys and girls. Then it’s time to act! No time to study, to read, to experi- ment! You want to save your hair, and save it quickly, too! So make up your mind this very minute that if your hair ever comes out you will use Avyer’s Hair Vigor. It makes the scalp healthy. The hair stays in. It cannot do any- thing else. It’s nature’s way. The best kind of a testimonial — ¢8old for over sixty years.” Made by J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. Also manufacturers of J SARSAPARILLA. Yyers:: Chik PECTORAL. street education will never fit young | America for a place of trust and re- | sponsibility, wisely remarks an observ- | ing exchange Don’t accept a cough-cure that you | may be told is just as good as Ken- | nedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup, because it isn’t just as good—there is quite a difference. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough colds. It promptly relieves inflamma- tion of the throat and allays irritation. Sold by E, H. Miller. 9-1. On Monday Frank Maust, E. H. Mil- ler, John T.. Beachy and Harvey went to the somewhere low Cumberland, to fish for bass. We haven’t learned whether they took Overholt, Topper or just plain red eye along for bait. Well, we wish them Patomac, 0 good catch, anyway. LOCAL ND GENERAL NEW. HEWSY [TENS GATHERED HERE AND THERE, WITH AN OGGRSIONAL JOKE ADE D FOR SPICE. 1 The workman who is ing himself out of a in doing so. Miss Alice Beal went Tuesday, for a week's tives at that place. A Methodist reunion will be held at Rockwood, next Thursday. The Re- formed reunion is held there today. Mrs. J. I.. Beachy, of McKeesport, Pa.; and Mr. Griffin, Pa; are visiting Salisbury this week. job often to visit with rela- if of Glassport, friends, Miss Ada Beachley, of Johnstown, Pa.. arrived here last week for a wisit with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Keim, had Morgantown, ome in Salis- Miss Berta Baumgardner, who been teaching school in W. Va, arrived at her ! bury, last Friday. Col.) Light lodge The Leesville the members “turned out funeral of a tells how of a at Leesville enthusiastically” lodge al n brother. There is no liar on earth equal to the man ends that mind being bow-legged or says the Hyndman Bu On Wednesday the Misses Adaline and Elsie Boucher went to Milton, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Billmeyer, ughter. \V. L.. Blocher more, recently, Kk. H. Miller's remain for Mr. and Mrs. D. C., arrived for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. other friends. doesn’t red-haired, who pret he illetin. of last week to visit and da Balti- is again elerking in drug store, where he will weeks only returned from ana a couple of Zobel, here Mrs. R. of Washington, ral Zobel = Haselbarth, eve Piles get quick certain. relief from Dr.’ Shoop’s Ointment. Please note it is made alone for Piles, and its action is positive. and Itching, painiul, p! iing or blind piles disappe ar lik >. by ‘its use. Large nickel-capi Pek ulass jars 50 cents. Sold by Elk Lick Pharmacy. 9-1 George returned Pitts- burg, last Sunday, to _re:ume Work at carpentering. Ile came home with ty- phoid fever, some time ago, but it didn’t take him long to recover. and Moa gie >: ‘ Arausse io 8 An English daily had the following | advertisement: man to undertake medicine. it will be profitable to the undertaker.” “Wanted—A gentle- Ernest Livengood has just returned | from a trip to Franklin and Oil City, | Pa., where he went with Hon. Ira Mill- | ordinary stamps on a letter, in addition | the way first. iron, last week, in the latter’s bile. trip. Ernest reports a very pleasant | afraid of work- succeeds Confluence, days ago | parents, | and | certain. | the sale of a patent | The advertiser guarantees | We acknowledge with thanks the licity staff of the Maryland Home- Coming Association, of which Governor Warfield, of Maryland, chairman, We greatly appreciate the honor, and is tive state. a “SAYS: prominent dealer of Vining, Ia have been selling DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills for about a year and they give better satis- faction than any pill I'ever sold. There are a dozen people here who have used them and they give perfect satisfaction in every case. I have used them my- self with tine results.” Sold by E. H. Miller. 9-1 The Farm Journal says: “Encour- age the country merchant, stand by all the village artifices, back up every neighborhood enterprise, keep the cash at home and in circulation at home, maintain all village life in full vigor, and so promote your individual wel fare and that of the community in which you live.” A Grantsville young lady had a quarrel with her beau, turned to him all the letters and little gifts she had received from him during their courtship. Ile, not tobe outdone, half-dozen of face powder, and with them a note explan- ing that he had probably carried that much away on his coat collar. John Riah, recently sent her a boxes Those who have stomach trouble, no matter how slight, should give every possible help to the digestive organs, so that the food may be digested with the least effort. This may be done by taking something that contains natural digestive properties—something like Kodol For Indigestion and Dyspepsia. Kodol is a preparation of vegetable acids and contains the very same juices found in a healthy stomach. Tt digests what you eat. Sold by E. H. Miller: 9-1 Remember the Lutheran Reunion at Edgewood Grove, Somerset. on Tues- day. Aug. 27th. Fine speeches by Revs. I... B. Wolf, D. D.; of India.- Chas. P. MacLaughlin, of Meyersdale, and Hen derson N. Miller, Ph. D., ¢f Columbus, Ohio. Berlin’s famous band will fur- nish music. Extra coaches Berlin, Confluence and on from Johns- town. According to a recent rumor, a mean man lives in Meyersdale. At a dance he spied a girl put her chewing gum under a chair when she started to | waltz. Taking the gum he spread it out, inserted a piece of tobacco, rolled the gum up again, and stuck it under the chair. dance any more. People who wish to take advantage | of the new postal law regarding special | delivery by placing ten cents worth of | automo- | to the regular postage, must not fail to lantic City, Philadelphia, Elizabeth, N ts { somewhere on the face of the envelope, | other interesting places during the write the words: “Special delivery” bad | cold, however, and on Monday she and | the | Al Syrup acts gently upon the bowels and | clears the whole system of coughs and | Fogle | be- | honor of being appointed on the pub- | will do all we can to make the occasion | one to the credit of Maryiand, our na- | and re-’ ~» Reitz trains | very | When she put the gum in | | her mouth again and the tobacco be- | gan to work, she was too homesick to | otherwise their ten cents is thrown away, the letter being delivered in the ordinary way and not by special de- livery as intended. who mail placed matter Seventy-five persons writing in Fourth class Attorney Dunkle, in Pittsburg, in one week. Coupon fiends are the offenders. In sending coupons to companies that give prizes, directions are invariably placed in the packages. Do not write Postoffice department is keeping close wateh on mail of that class. “We never repent of eating too lit- Thomas Jefferson, president of the every one without exception during this hot weather, because it is hard for food, even in small quantities, to be di- perature. At this season eat sparingly and properly. also help the stomach as much as possi- digestion and Dyspepsia, which will itself. Sold by E. H. Miller. 9-1 community by the newspapers it sup- ports. well edited, filled with live advertisements, your able. in such a community. shabby-looking sheet, “ads” and interesting matter, must be a serious lack of the. elements that go to make a place worth living in. —Ex. Wm. P. Cochrane and D. I. Hay have returned from Kentucky, where they had been to take a look at a coal min- ing property. they. are interested | They report themselves with the property, and they also like | the country. W. S. Martin and Port | Hartline, who went with them, remain- ed. Mr. Cochrane will also return to the Blue (Grass state in the near future | We understand he and Martin will supervise the running of the mine and | greatly increase its output. There must be some-live. people Bat if: it minus is After all that has been said or can | be said about the big mail order houses, the simple fact remains that they get the by and persistent advertising, cuts of goods aud giving business prices. © If come to them. A man we know cently made up a list of tools and hard- | ware from one of the mail order cata- | . Y | logs and took it. to a home dealer to | He was surprised to find | at | | home for less money, save the express | { i | charges, and also see the goods he was | g get prices. | that he could get the same articles buying. — Ex. Exaggeration and misstatement of | facts are the evils of the day. It habit with some people; they do it consciously. This habit is not confined to the people of any particular age or urn- class. became so accustomed to exaggeration and misstatement that ly annoyed by the unfortunate reputa- tion she was acquiring. One afternoon ber mother said to her: ‘Now, listen, Lillian, and heed my words. pen to another; you know what hap- pened to Ananias and Sapphira, don’t you?” “Yes'm, Ido; they fell dead on a street corner; I saw them carried into a drug store.” William A. Gibson, the CC. '& P. Telephone Co., Monday came into pos- session of a paper dollar with the fol- inscription written in of lowing and signed na- sand dollar fortune left me,” “Kid” Sullivan. Kid Sullivan is I tive of Washington, and at times has fought for the championship in the prize ring. said that Sullivan was left the amount of money, and that the dollar bill referred to represents the tail end of that fortune. Mr. ( will the money same dollar bill was in this city, a It it is said, The three iibson, have framed. possession of C. A. land Evening Times. Mr. C. Were Rumiser and Miss recently married residence of Mr. and Mrs. in Pittsburg. The bride is a { of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. | place, and it can be truthfully i her that she is one of Salisbury’s best oung women. The groom was and reared near Berlin, but he is well known in Salisbury, having worked | here for several years. lle is an excel- | lent young man, and now holds a good | position with a plumbing firm in Du- Pa., where he went to learn his | trade a couple of years ago. Mr. and Irs. Rumiser have our best wishes for a long, pleasant and prosperous matri- monial career. They were here on visit for a few days, but are now ing at the groom’s home, KE: at Kann, daughter this of John Reitz, of said gquesne, visit- near Berlin. Considerable news matter must go | by the board, this week, owing to the | fact that the editor and his eldest daughter start for the seashore. this | morning, and there has been much job printing and other work to get out of We expect to visit At- New York, Boston, Albany and tle,” was one of the ten rules of life of | United States, and the rule applies to | gested when the blood is at high tem- | we should | We should | rest the stomach by digesting the food | There is nothing unfair in judging a | When you find a country paper | neatly printed and well first impression of that place is favor- a | news, | there | in. | well pleased | thorough showing home merchants would take the same | methods, much of the trade now going | to the mail order houses in cities would | re- | ie nl The story is told of a girl who | nobody could | believe her, and her parents were great- | various | lightweight | is | ai | | | | | ST NATIONAL rrosTBurRG. mp. BAN K were fined $10 each by United States | [. DEA TORY. . THREE PER CEN on that class of mail mrtter, as the | " SAVINGS DEPARTNE Drafts on all parts of the world. - Japital stock. .$ Surplus fund. Deposit s (over) 1,000,000.00 Assets (over)... 1,200,000.00 INTEREST PAT x ON DEPOSITS. Accounts of individuals and firms invited. Deposits sent by mail and all correspondence given prompt and careful at- tention. Roberdeau Annan, ble by the use of a little Kodol For In- President. Bank open Saturday nights from 7 to 10 o’clock. mee. OF FICERS: mm, Olin Beall. Cashier. a DIRECTORS: Robert R. Henderson. Daniel Annan. Duncan Sinclair, Roberdeau Annan. Timothy Grriftith, 50,000.00 70,000.00 | MY 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, etic, | CURRANTEE TO PLEASE YOU and want you to call and be con- vinced that I can best supply your wants in the meat line. CASPER WAHL, The Old Reliable Butcher. ® Clearance Salel} & dates. into this. Aug. 15th to 3lst. Clothing, and Children's Hats, will be ocardless of OST, liwill pay vou bigto look Remember the Barchus & Livengood. Ladies 8 Ox forts closed nae Men's & rG= BUY AT GOST What has | happened to one sinner may easily hap- | This 1s thing you need in the general merchandise line, | We ~~ ||! ei your golden opportunity to lay in fol 1s0 quickly, we will, from “This is the last dollar of a fifty-thou- | And Save All Dealers’ Profits! . C v supply of every- at actual cost. must reduce our immense stock of goods, and in order to do Aug. 16th to 31st, both dates inclusive, sell anything in our big store at first cost. above | REMEMBER, we do not ‘2oods, which are now about out of seasrn, but to EVERYTHING. years ago, at which time it was in the | Smeltz.—Cumber- | have reference only to Summer Our stock consists of Dry Goods of all kinds and descriptions, Ella | the | Men's, Women's in fact, born | The EK Lick V { next ten days. The paper will be {in charge of our eflicient assistant, | John O. Johnston, who will do the best left | as he may have to do. Do too much of him, for he will have much to do; but make his editorship as easy | as possible by reporting to him such | [news as you | We will also help him some at long | | range, and in that way we think the { paper can be kept, pretty close up to its usual standard; Chamberlain's s Cough Remedy Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough. and Children’s Mr. he can during our absence to give you! { | | the local news and do such other work not expect | happen to come across, | almost everyihing. Arey More, Shoes, Hats LW omen’s Furnishings, Notions, Queensware, and Caps, Men's and “ancy Articles, and, C. 1. HAY, Manager. (— Vermin. Perfectly Harmless: fect fowls, cattle and all live stock. After using this exterminator according provement in all your stock. or your grocer’s or hardware dealer’s name. "DR. WILLIAMS’ FLY AND INSECT DESTROYER Protects Horses and Cattle from Fly Pests and Guaranteed to Kill the Flies. and Easily Applied. It is possible to have positive freedom from flies, lice and vermin which usually ef- This is the first’ preparation which actually does all that’sclaimed for it. Farmers, who have spent many weary summers fighting flies and in- sects, and the following winters endeavoring to be rid of lice, and vermin, in poultry houses, will find Dr. Williams’ Fly and Insect Destroyer their * ere no agency has been appointed a sample tin free THE F. WILLIAMS COMPANY, Madrid, N. VY. S A Grand Disinfectant right-hand man.” to directions you will notice a decided im- ce
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