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To THe RepUBLICAN VOTERS OF SoM-
"VOL. XV.
“There, Mr. Man, don't cry!
They have broken your heart, | know,
And the trade that you had, which
made you glad,
Is a thing of the Long Ago.
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But still you can get it back—
There is hope for the man who tries.
To recover your trade you have got to
wade
Right in and ADVERTISE!
WANT COLUMN.
For Sale, For Rent,
Lost, Found, Etc.
ERSET COUNTY.
I hereby announce myself as a Republi-
can candidate for the nominationiof Direc-
tor of the Poor, and respectfully ask the
support of the Republican voters at the
coming Primary Election to be held on
Saturday, June 5th. I filled this office some
years ago, honestlv and conscientiously,
and am willing to be judged by the record
then made. ° JAcoB W. PECK,
Summit Township.
Six ‘Post Cards for bc., at
Egan’s. tf.
Three packages Indian Corn
Flakes, or 3 large bottles Blue-
ing, or 2 large cans Veribest
Pork and Beans for 25c., at
Egan's. tf.
Timothy Seed, $2.00 per
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bushel. Clovor Seed, $6.00 per
bushel. H. C. SHAW.
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Egan sells 2 lbs of good Coffee
for 25¢.. ethos
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Persian Dates, 7c. per lb., at
Egan’s grocery. tf
A B.B.H. Special Watch,
good time-keeper, guaranteed
for one year, only 75¢., at Egan’s
store. tf
Cleaned and stemless Cur-
rants, only 9c. per 1b, at Egan’s
grocery. tf
WANTED !—Rents to collect, Deeds
Mortgages, Pension Vouchers, ete, to
fill out and attest. Satisfaction guar-
anteed. P. L. LivENGoOOD,
tf Star Office.
WANTED, MEN AND WOMEN TO
SWEAR and affirm before the under-
signed, when they have documents to
which lawful affidavitstare required. I
also draw up all manner of deeds,
leases, mortgages, etc., neatly and ac-
curately, according to the reguire-
ments of the law. Typewritten work a
specialty. .
A full line of legal blanks always on
hand. P. L. L1vENGOOD,
Notary Public and Conveyancer.
Star OFFICE, Elk Lick, Pa.. tf
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SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE. PA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 22, 1909.
NO. 15.
MRS. ELIZA GNAGEY DEAD.
Aged Aunt of the Editor of The Star
Dies at Pasadena, Cal., Leaving
Many Relatives and Friends
Here and in Other States.
Another venerable and venerated.
relative of the editor of THE STAR has
crossed. the “Great Divide” Last
week we chronicled the death of our
great uncle; Elias Peck, at Falls City,
Neb, in the 94th year of his age. Now
comes news of the death of our esteem-
ed aunt, Eliza Gnagey, of Pasadena,
Cal. 1ast Sunday, in her 81st year.
“Mother died yesterday. Funeral in
Pasadena, Tuesday aft~+noon,” was the
gimple message that Louveyed the sad
intelligence to her relatives in Saliz-
bury. The telegram was sent by her
eldest datighter, Miss Mary Gnagey, to
Uncle Jere J. Livengood, the oldest
surviving brother of the deceased.
Eliza Gnagey was the widow of the
late Emanuel Gnagey, of Grantsville,
Md. She was born in Elk Lick town-
ghip, Pa., Jan, 22,1829, and was the first
child born to our grandparents, John
C. and Mary (Hershberger) Livengood.
She was reared in Elk Lick township,
but soon after her marriage to Eman-
uel Gnagey removed to Garrett (then
Allegany) county, Maryland, where she
resided until after the death of her
husband nearly 20 years ago. In
Maryland she first resided in “the
Cove.” about three miles east of Ac-
cident, on the farm where the editor of
Tre STAR first say the light of day. In
1861 Emanuel Gnagey bought the old
Joseph Glotfelty farm adjoining the
town of Grantsville,where Aunt Eliza
continued to reside until her removal
to California about 18 years ago.
Her three surviving brothers, Jere J.,
John J. and Peter J. Livengoad, and
two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Kimmel
and Miss Mary Livengood, all reside in
Salisbury. One brother, Samuel J.
Livengood (the editor’s father) and two
sisters, Mrs. Nancy Maust and Mrs.
‘Sarah Yost, preceded her to the grave.
She was the mother of nine children,
seven of whom survive her; the others
died in infancy. The surviving sons
are John. who resides in Ohio; Janas,
of Baltimore, Md., and Lincoln, of
Fruita, Colorado. The daughters: are
Mary and Sarah (both single) of Pasa-
Mrs. Elizabeth Shrock
(widow of Benjamin Shrock) also re-
giding in Pasadena; and Fanny, wife of
Jonas Hershberger, of Waterloo, Iowa.
She also leaves many grandchildren
and several great grandchildren.
Mrs. Gnagey was an almost lifelong
member of the Chureh of the Brethren,
and greatly interested in the welfare
of the church. Largely through her
efforts a church of that denomination
was organized in Pasadena, and a com-
fortable house of worship erected near
the abode of herself and daughters in
the beautiful California city where she
spent the serene autumn of her long
and useful life.
Aunt Eliza was greatly beloved by
her numerous progeny and many
friends. She was a virtual “mether in
Israel” and the friend and coungellor
of all who knew her. She was hale
and hearty almost to the end of her
life, having suffered little sickness un-
til quite recently. Last June she
journeyed with friends from Pasadena,
Cal, to Des Moines. 1a. to attend the
Dutkard ‘annual meeting. She spent
the greater part of the summer with
her youngest daughter, Fanny Hersh-
berger, at Waterloo, Ja., making the
return journey to California, last fall,
unattended: ‘
Except for rheumatism whieh crip-
pled her in the right hip, she was quite
active physically until her 80th year.
She exercised regularly by working in
her garden among the vegetables and
flowers. During the past winter she
suffered from a severe attack of la
grippe. but wrote to her sister, Mrs.
Kimmel, two weeks ago, that she had
recovered from the malady, and except
for her lameness, was feeling quite
well again. The news of her death was
very unexpected here, and will make
many hearts sad, for Aunt Eliza was a
woman of whom it could truthfully be
said =
«None knew her but to love her:
None named her but to praise.”
WORDS TO FREEZE THE SOUL.
«Your son has Consumption. His
case is hopeless.” These appalling
words were spoken to Geo. E. Blevens,
a leading merchant of Springfield, N.
C.,by two expert doctors—one a lung
specialist. Then was shown the won-
derful power of Dr. King’s New Dis-
covery. ‘After three weeks use,”
writes Mr. Blevens, “he was as well as
ever. I would not take all the money
in the world for what it did for my
boy.” Infallible for Coughs and Colds,
it’s the safest, surest cure of desperate
Lung diseases on earth. 50c. and $1.00.
Elk Lick Pharmacy. Guarantee satis-
faction. Trial bottle free. 5-1
SARCASM AND ELOQUENCE.
Dr. Enfield Comments on Editors
and Eloquently tells What He
Would do for The Star Man
if He Could.
BEDFORD, PA., Apr. 12, 1909.
Epitor STar:—I have your valued
letter of the 8th inst., commenting on
my penmanship and hieroglyphics.
When you wrote, you evidently was
not aware that I had just refused the
chair of Penmanship in Duff’s College,
in Pittsburg, and the appointment by
the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, as
an expert in handwriting.
You have placed a sad misinterpreta-
tion on my letter to Mr. Beachy, by
thinking I placed you in the Ananias
class. Editors are all exempt from
that class since the Legislature re-
pealed the Pennypacker law. They
stand ina class by themselves, like
Jacob of old, when he tried to palm
himself oF on: Isaac for his firstborn,
Esau. In fact Holy Writ carries them
back even to the Garden of Eden. At
least I have never heard-of one of them
being classed with Washington, and if
any'of them are, they get out of it as
David’s wife did when Saul was after
her husband. Shakespeare must have
had editors in mind when he wrote,
“They think good thoughts and write
good words, and like good people cry
amen to everything that their spirit
affords, and polish it with well refined
words.”
But be this as it may, “Truth crushed
to earth shall rise again.” I may have
made a mistake to embrace so large a
class, bat “truth is stranger than fic-
tion.” If not so, why complain when
we show things as they are, not as they
seem?
Sam’s taffey arrived all right, and
when I got through distributing it to
the boys and girls, they took up that
old refrain, “Oh! for a thousand
tongues to sing” Samuels name. It
certainly has flavor “to soothe the sav-
age breast,” for I have not noticed any
reference to Lou Smith since the edit-
or of THE STAR was out to Sam’s camp.
All your utterances are more subdued.
The wild. fierce passion in your soul
seems to have been soothed, and is
now at rest. Your readers will be lost
if they cannot hear those rapturous
sounds again. Shall the brazen trump
be silent? Shall the stinging pen be
sheathed? Shall we no longer hear the
echo of glory from Tae STAR'S and
Commercial’s fields gory? Has the
flag of truce been raised on high be-
cause the public began to sigh? Shall
we no longer hear the war cry? Has
pr hibition buried the fighting rye?
If 80, a generous deed has been done.
and to braver battle ever won. Or
does the fighting banner still wave, o’er
the knights of the Casselman and
Flaugherty brave? While these knights
in mortal combat engage, we raise our
pen their anger to assuage. And from
our home so far away, we trust we will
all meet at the Judgment Day. Then
all angry passions will have fled. by
passing through the quick and the
dead. :
May my words touch each heart
tender. May all shower goodness and
splendor. So, dear Editor of THE STAR,
if I could clothe all jeweled thoughts
of language from classics, from nature,
from song, from bowers, from wood-
lands and flowers, if I could sing the
sweet refrains of poets, around thy
noble brow I would cluster all these
jeweled stars from the blossomlit
fields of God. I would pluck the lily
and the rose. If all the caverns of
nature were open to my gaze, I would
pluck the diamonds and the gems and
string ttem in clusters around your
brew.
1f I had the power to stay the hand
of pain or sorrow, I would build your
life to bloom forever. If to me the
power. was given, I would make every
wave on life's stormy sea gleam and
shine like TrE STAR of Salisbury.
So now and then we will exchange a
stray picket shot.
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SWEPT OVER NIAGARA.
This terriable calamity often hap-
pens because a careless boatman ig-
nores the river's warnings—growing
ripples and faster current—Nature’s
warnings are kind. That dull pain or
ache in the back warns you the Kid-
neys need attention if-you would es-
cape fatal maladies—Dropsy, Diabetes
or Bright’s disease, Take Electric Bit-
\
ters at once and see Backache fly and
| all your best feelings return. “After
long suffering from weak - kidneys and
lame back, one $1.00 bottle wholly
cured me,” writes J. R. Blankenship, of
Belk, Tenn. Only 50c. at Elk Lick
Pharmacy. 5-1
OLD PAPERS for sale at THE STAR
| office. They are just the thing for
pantry shelves, wrapping paper and
Five
tf
| cartridge paper for the miners.
| cents buys a large roll of them.
WHY WOOD DECAYS.
Piles driven by the hut-dwellers of
the Baltic, centuries ago, are as sound
today as when first placed. The wood-
en coffins in which the Egyptians
buried their dead are still preserved in
perfect condition, after thousands of
years of service. :
The longevity of timber under these
two extremes of climate and moisture
conditions has naturally made people
ask, What causes wood decay? The
answer is, fungi and bacteria, low
forms of plant life which live in the
wood and draw their nourishment
from it. The little “organisms are so
little that a microscope is required to
see them, yet their work results in the
distruction of billions of feet of timber
each year, and the railroad corpora-
tion with its cross tie bill running up
into seven fizures, and the farmer who
spends a hundred or so dollars a year
for fence posts, are alike drawing upon
the knowledge of experts in all parts
of the world in efforts to learn the
most economical and most satisfactory
method of preserving wood against the
inroads of decay. In studying the
means of preventing decay, wood-
preserving experts have learned many
things about the obnoxious fungi
which sap the life of timber.
The small organisms can grow either
in light or in total darkness; but all of
them require requisite amounts of air,
food, moisture and heat. If one or
more of these essential requirements is
lacking, they can not live, and the de-
cay of timber will not take place.
Wood constantly submerged in water
never rots, simply because there is an
insufficient supply of air. This con-
dition accounts for the soundness of
the old Baltic piles. Ort the other
hand, if wood can be kept air-dry it
will not decay, because there will then
be too little moisture. The timber
used by the Egyptians will last indefi-
nitely, so long as it is bone-dry.
There are a great many cases, how-
ever, where it is impossible to keep
wood submerged in water, or in an ab-
solutely air-dry condition. In fact, a
large percentage of the timber which is
used is exposed to the weather, and is
subjected to decay simply because it
contains enough air and enough water
for the decomposing organisms to get
a foothold. Decay is most serious
where the atmosphere is warm and
damp, because these conditions are
most favorable for its development.
In the coal mines of Pennsylvanie, tim-
ber decays in two or three years, be-
cause the temperature is warm and
constant and the air is damp. And in
the South, the warm, humid atmos-
phere often causes the timber to rapid-
ly decompose.
Decay ‘may be prevented by two
general methods, by treating the wood
with antiseptics, thus poisoning the
food supplyof the organisms which
cause decay. and by treating it with
oils which render it waterproof. A
combination of these two methcds is
most commonly used, as when wood is
treated with creosote, which fills up
the pores in the timber and; keeps out
water, and is also a powerful antisep-
tie. 2
The United States government con-
siders the investigations of the preser-
vative treatment of timber of such im-
portance that the business of one
branch of a bureau in the Department
of Agriculture—the “Office of Wood
Preservation” in the Forest Service at
Washington, is given over entirely to
the work of experiments in co-opera-
tion with railroad companies and in-
dividuals in prolonging the life of rail-
road ties, mine props, bridge timbers,
fence posts and transmission poles.
Advice and practical assistance is fur-
pished all who request this advice of
the Forester. The lengthening of life
of timber means the ‘saving of thou-
sands of dollars annually through doing
away with the heavy expense of labor
and cost of material for renewals.
Three Good Men for Delegates to
State Convention.
James McKelvey, of Somerset, James
McSpadden, of Rockwood, and W. T.
Hoblitzell, of Meyersdale, are all re-
ported to be candidates for delegates
to the Republican State convention.
They are a fine bunch of representative
Republicans and}business men offSom-
erset county, and no better men could
be sent to the State convention than
they are.
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«’D RATHER DIE DOCTOR,
than have my feet cut off,” said M. L.
Bingham, of Princeville, IL, “but you'll
die from gangreen (which had eaten
away eight toes) if you don’t” said all
doctors. Instead—he used Bucklen’s
{ Arnica Salve till wholly cured. Its
| cares of Eczema, Fever Sores,
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| 25¢. at!Elk Lick Pharmacy. 5-1
NEW BORN BABE DESERTED.
Heartless Wreteh Leaves Little
Body on the Street.
| BARTON. MD., April 14, 1909.
A furor of excitement was caused
here by the finding of the body of a
new born babe, in a chip basket, op-
posite the residence of Alexander Lash-
baagh, on Back street, last Thursday
morning.
The body, which was that of a female
infant, was entirely nude, save for a
piece of cloth tied about the loins. It
had been placed in the basket and
covered with an old piece of carpet.
Although the baby had not been wash-
ed after its birth, physicians who view-
ed the/body after its discovery agree
that it was alive when placed in the
basket. It was a fine specimen of
babyhood, and its appearance suggest-
ed health and vitality during the few
short hours it had been ‘permitted to
live. It had a beautiful head of hair.
Wednesday night and the early
hours of Thursday morning were ex-
ceptionally cold and bitter. and a high
wind had prevailed, and the infant had
died from exposure. \
Coroner Martz arrived from Cumber-
land the same day that the body was
discovered, and authorized Undertaker
Boal to prepare it for burial. It was
interred Saturday evening.
Thus far no clue has been forthcom-
ing as to the identity of the fiends who
are responsible for the infant’s death.
At least two persons are guilty of the
foulest of murders. The mother who
brought it into the world only to aban-
don it, and the loathsome wretch who
carried the ‘little mite of breathing
humanity out into the cold street and
left it to die.
The people of Barton feel that the
county authorities should spare neither
time nor expense to apprehend the per-
petrators of this foul crime. Not for
many years have our people been
worked up to such a pitch of excite=
ment, and if the county proves lagging
in its investigation, it is more than
probable that an indignation meeting
will be held, resulting in a signed pe-
tition to the chief executive of the
state, asking that a thorough investiga-
tion be ardered. Crimes of this nature
have occurred elsewhere in Allegany
county, and the guilty persons have
never been apprehended.
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UP BEFORE THE BAR.
N. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pitts-
field, Vt., writes: “We have used Dr.
King’s New Life Pills for years and
find them such a good family medicine
we wouldn’t be without them.” For
Chills, Constipation, Biliousness or Sick
Headache they work wonders. 25c.
Elk Lick Pharmacy. 6-1
SIMPLY MISTAKEN.
Mayor McClellan, of New York, re-
cently gave utterance to this mis-
statement of fact:
“Thereis a general Socialistic ten-
dency abroad in the country, and it
requires all the backbone of govern-
ment and city officials to resist the
pressure”
The figures did not show it in the
last campaign. The vote gave un-
mistakable evidence that Socialism is
decaying. The hard winter gave a
few Weary Willies the bellyache in
New York, but over the country
Socialism is fast dying. Eugene Debs,
who rides around in special cars
which he did not help to build, did
more to kill Socialism than all the
conservative writers in the world
could have done. Insanity will never
be accepted.—The Yellow Jacket.
Some Rules For Health.
Never sleep under an open hydrant.
A bath once or twice a year is re-
garded as beneficial.
Never drink boiling hot lead or
molten iron. It is liable to cool off
going down and leave a stick of iron
or lead in your throat, making it im-
possible to take on any more.
In washing your teeth, never swal-
low any soft soap. The lye in it
might eat out your “inards.” [
If you have the toothache, send
your teeth to the doctor and have
them filled. Do not go yourself, as it
is a very painful operation.
Clean your finger nails once in a
while, saving the dirt to plant toma-
to seed.
Put the cat out at night, and don’t
Boils, | thousand dollars a sitting.
let the dog sleep in the guest chamber,
unless you change the linen twice a
year.
These few simple rules will pro- |
long life. We have a specialist who
| hands this stuff out for us at ten
He knows
| tried all of ‘em.—The Yellow Jacket.
PEAT AS FUEL.
Origin and Character—A Valuable
Resourese. : 3
Peat is partly decomposed vegetable
matter that has formed either where
the ground is saturated with water
most of the time or where itis perma-
nantly covered with water. It isthe
dark-colored or nearly black soil found
in bogs and swamps, commonly known
as muck, although technically. a dis-
tinction is made between peat and
muck, the latter name being restricted
to those forms of swamp deposits that
contain too much mineral matter to
burn freely. Dry peat may be’ very
fibrous and light colored or compact
and structureless and dark brown or
black. It is usually somewhat lighter
in color when dry than when freshly
dug. When wet it contains as a rule
from 80 to 90 per cent. or more of
water; that is, a short ton of wet peat
rarely contains more than 300 pounds
of dry peat, and may yield as little as
100 pounds. In the wet condition it is
entirely non-combustible, and the vari-
ous processes by which it is prepared
for use or market consist principally’
of methods for ridding it of water
quickly and cheaply and for increasing
its fuel efficiency and transportability.
The great peat deposits that are
widely scattered in the northern part
of the United States ha~e at various
times aroused strong public interest.
In the winter of 1902-3, for instance,
when the strike of the coal miners in
the anthracite region of Pennsylvania
brought the country to realize that it
was to a large extent dependent on
these miners and their employers for
an important part of its fuel supply, a
number of writers familiar with the
conditions in the countries of northern
Europe called attention to the fact that
those countries, possessing a climate
much more severe than ours, were us-
ing great quantities of peat for fuel,
while in this country, although'the ma-
terial was abundant, it had only excep-
tionally been prepared for use, and thefi
in the crudest way. During the next
few months many experimental and
speculative plants were. established to:
converte peat into fuel, but unfortu-
nately, many of these attempts were-
financially unsuccesful, and as the
strike was soon over and ceal could
again be had at reasonable prices and
very little peat fuel was put on the
market at any price, interest in peat
waned, and at the present time the
public is almost indifferent to it. In
the few places where it can be pur-
chased, however, it finds a ready sale;
and is thoroughly satisfactory for all
domestic uses.
An interesting account of the nature, .
origin, and uses of peat appears ina
report by E. 8. Bastin and C. A. Davis,
on the peat depdsits of Maine, which
has just been published by the United
States Geological Survey as Bulletin
376. Copies of this bulletin may be -
obtained free of charge by applying to
the Director of the Survey at Wash-
ington, D. C.
FREE SEEDS.
Tue Star has on hand a nice assort-
ment of vegetable seeds to distribute
among its friends and patrons, free of
charge, while they last. For these
seeds we are under obligations to our
most excellent representative in Con-
gress, Hon. Allen F. Cooper.
L& BUT REMEMBER, none of
these seeds will be doled out to chil-
dren, no matter whose children they
are, and for this we have very good
reasons, which need not be stated here.
However, all adult friends and patrons
of this paper can get a share of these
seeds by calling at THE Star office for
them.
Those knowing themselves to be’ in--
debted to this paper, will please bring:
with them some money to apply om:
their subscription.
L& REMEMBER, the seeds are
free to you, but don’t act as though the
paper was also a free gift, for it isn’t,
and we want you to know that we need
our money and expect you to pay up,
if you owe us. tf
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To Keep Birds from Corn.
Crows and blackbirds frequently pull®
up planted corn. The best preventive
is to tar the seed, as follows: Put the
seed into a pail and pour on enough
warm water to cover it. Add a tea-
spoonful of coal tar to a peck, and stir
well. Throw the seed out on a seive or
in a basket to drain, and then stir in a
few handfuls of land plaster (gypsum)
|
or air-slacked lime.—Lincoln Farm Al-
manac.
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 byia man unfit to
| Burns and Piles. astound the world. | what he is talking about, as he has |do business, and a business which
| should be advertised for sale. tt