Id VOLUME 6. REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. DKCEM HER 15, IK97. itmi:i;i: 31. Our Educational Column. "Ontlt WIlllM." Editor. Adilti'WHll i'tnmiiiiilrntlim m-IhiIvc In this ili'piittini'ht In Killtnr Kiluriillciiml Column, rim' of Tim Htaii. Hoy und jrlrln, your "uncle" has not talked In you fin- -two wenlcn, on M! oonnt of otlii-f mnllofit. hut vacation Mine In alumni hew and next week tho m-CBBnary, but much dreaded, examina tion will begin. Wo have olmerved that Hflariro number of you have Wn eiitliiiHlantlo f(Hit hull adhereutK, which, wo foar, will ho to your detriment, us It detracted, more orlcfw, from yoiii'WihfMil work. Therefore, we will conduct our talk this week after the manner of afoot ball RBme. You, my boys and iflrln, arc the players on one side and It Is yours to play to win. The frivolous follies of tho world are your opponents. We will lino them upm follows: YOL'HRHt.VKS. (iri'ONHNTH. Self Reliance Idleness Knetvy ISossIp Anihltion IndllTerenco Obedience Iimttention A niil lent Ion I Yitci itHt I nation I'uiiiMuiillty Promptness Indcpendune. Itesolution Truthriilness Activity Dlnolv-dleiiee Turd i news Deceit Slot hfulnesH I miction Carelessness Your school term Is the jjnnie to bn played. The llt-t half of It. Is nearly completed. Uiivo you played a fair honest half thus fur? How many goals or touclulowns have you mmle ' Kileh and every lime ymi perfi-rtn your duly carefully and conscientiously you sctnre a point In this prcat. riiiik?, and each timo you fail your opponents score. Don't allow them In uuln a single inch, but keep I hem back of your i"i ytml lino. Many of yon, we are ufrald, have lost considerable ground during tho llrst half and unless you play the second from the start, with cn.irgy and a de termination to win the goal, what you uro striving for will not bo yours, TJio goal you all re striving for Is u clean, spotless rerxH'd and a high grade of scholarship, and It Is yours If you hut work for It. hold log every Inch of ground you gain in spite of all obstacles. Mass your plays, resort to any strategy whereby to defeat and overcome your opponents; pay strict attention to all the signals given by your captains, the teachers, und implicitly obey each and every oouimaud. Work togetiicr In harmony nd the goal is yours, uod how proud yourself and friends will be when the game Is won und your dcfcHtcd op ponents slink otT tho Held, crushod and humiliated. Hoys and girls Uu export in this great game or be nothing. Do not be BUtihlleil with being btit.it second or u thlnd ruto player or you wiU never juu'cecd: boull or nothing. Yisi caiido it If you will, thou nobly labor nd )ut forth every effort to reach the highest ataDdard and pile up point after point to your score until you cross the line and reach the goul. Then "On In the koiiI. Mvoii 1 (ilory tiwalfH you there. ' PultiiH for ilie victor', lirow AmttiwtM itmt tlieentHiuui-nr'ft irn." HCiKXH.NOTUH. The schools will hold an entertuin incut In Assembly hall ou Friday even ing of this week. The Ideal Literary Club held a social in tho JfoUin block on Saturday evening last. The orchestra has added a '-Viola" to its Instrumentation. . The position of the cunnon balls at present looks as though they had been used in bombiirdinjj Mrs. Uhotuls1 fort ress. But uout of tho fifty yet remain on the terraoe. Mid-term examinations will begin this week. "Are ye ready for tho fray my warriors bold V Farmers' Institute at Aliens MiUa. Nov. 30 and Dee. I witnessed tho pas sing by of another successful institute at Aliens Mills. If anything, this insti tute outdone the ooe of a yoar ago. So ' enthusiastic were those present that' it was found impossible to get through With the programme in the Ave ses- slons there named, and another Bossion was added. - The following five nausea, made our institute u success: 1st, The management of the chair- ' 2nd, The efllciont state speakers. 3rd, The blending together of a good home talent, 4th, : Favorable weather and last, but not least, the sumptuous dinner served by the ladles of the two churches. In the absence of Rev. Huzza, Wm. Buchanan opened the first session with prayer. The address of welcome was given by J. O. Allen and ably responded to by C. L. Peck. Next a paper was read by R. P. MorrlBon, subject, "Home Dairying.' Among other things Mr, Morrison brought out the kind of stock to keep, feed and method of feeding, cleaning and marketing. Mr, Peck und others spoke on the same subject, after which the meeting was adjourned for dinner, AFTERNOON SESSION. The question box was first tnkon up and tho numlier and tone of tho ques tion was an evidence that the people were there to learn. Paper on "Potato Culture" by W. C. Smith. Mr. Smith divided the subject Into four parts, viz: soil, seed, manure and planting and digging. Mr. Smith was followed by other as to size of seed and method of cutting. Next came tho restrt of tho farmers' Congress held at St. Paul. Minn., by MeCurdy Hunter, which wns ono of tho very Interesting things of tho institute. Mr. Pock then took up the subject of "Successful Homo Dairying." He showed that a man in this occupation must take pleasure In his work to bj successful. That the cross between the Holstlno and Jersey whs a failure, bringing forth a cow neither good for butter or beof. That tho dash churn was a loss and u concussion churn the only churn. That every farmer should have a Hancock tester and weed out tho poor cows. Ho nlso touched on our county papers by saying that ho had just looked through one of forty-tight columns and found not one Inch devoted to the farmer. He Insisted on each farmer asking for two columns per week or have his name stricken from the lift. Adjournment. KVKNIN'il SKSSION. The evening session was devoted to education and for entertainment was the banner session of tho Institute. Question box. limitation by T.uini C'siper, subject. Happy Farmer." Kssay, subject. "Flowers." Kli.a Hren holts. Paper, "Make Home Attractive,"' Mrs. Itu..u. "Tho Farmer and tho Public School." In tho uhsencn of Messrs. Illakeslee and Crltchlleld. Mr., Huzza und Mr. Peck discussed the suhji'ct to the editlcatlon of all. Ilecltatlon. entitled. 'Hothchllds." Robert Campbell. Hero Mr. Peck took soma time In ex plaining the Silo, which Is a. subject sof Interest to every farmer of to-day. He showed thut the question of feed was a most important one to tbu farmer: that we could compete with' the wes tern states only by the use of Silo. That one acre of fairly good ground will mako from twelve to fifteen tons of Silage ut a cost of IH..10 per ton. For fifteen tons would ho and is worth to. 00 per ton compared with meadow hay. Two tons of Sllugc. Is equal to one ton of hay: Allowing three tons of buy to the acre, you have too j js'i' aero for buy, and for ensilage otT the same ground, or u gain to the fanner of $l, malting one aero of Sllugo worth live of buy. ! A pleading feature of tlm evening ! session was tho luteivivrsiiig of niusiu j by Mlssco Slinw and Messrs. Macintosh and Longwell. ; . MOK.VINll HKHHION SKf l?Ml DAY. j The meeting was opened by repeating . of lValiii und prayer by I lev. Myors. Question box. 1 An efficient pupur was read by Mr. i Huchanau, on "Soiling CroM," and was followed fcy Mr. Hess, of the Stute col lego. Paper. "Fertilizer, Home and Com mercial," -S. W. Temple. Here Mr. Crltchlleld placed tho Insti tute lit the form of a class, usklng and explaining many Important ijiiostions. Adjournment. - AFTERNOON. The beginning of the afternoon ses sion was devoted to business. A motion to have an evening session was curried. . The Institute of next year was talked over, but no place for hold ing has yet been selected. Paper, "System of the Farm," M. H. Smith. We are sorry that aoore fur rnors could cot have heard this paper or that wo cannot have room to print it. Talk, on "The Most Profitable Stock to Raise," Simon Stahlmat). General review of the Institute, Rov. Mills. Lecture, on "Treatment of Worn-out Soil," N. B. Crlthfleld. Adjournment. j KVENING. A greater part of the evening session was taken up In reviewing the preceding sessions, , A very pleasing paper was read by Mrs. Myers, entitled, "The Burdens We Have to Bear and How to Lighten Them."- JTalk, on "Small Fruits," John Mar shall. A very heated discussion was opened b; r F. M. Keys on the subject, "Are Our F rms Better To-day than They Were Tbh Years Ago?" iWe would add that this meeting was e foundation of the farmers of this tality forming a permanent organiza tion. very instructive program has boon mi de out and a looul institute will be he d at this place Saturday night, Deo. IHt h. The card given us by Mr. Peck we, will ask to have printed at a later date. ' DlLUa ALLEN, Sec, Gome Early We want to forewarn tho Christmas shoppers this year, in time. Last year a multitude of people waited until a few days before Christmas to do their buying at our store, and then found us busy waiting on bargain-seekers, and went away disappointed. Therefore we say, come early. You may say you have not got the money. Don't let that bother you. Pay part on the article; we will deliver it free to any part of town, when yon want it. We do not recall any Christmas season when we carried so large n line. We have everything that is late and new, in the Clothing and Furnishing Goods Line. Our store is now in its Christinas garb. We would like you to come and see us. We would appreciate the favor If yon would bring your friends. We refer to Ladies and Gentlemen, both. MMMMVHVmHrvaaMMMWM(MMVMMRMlaMMVkiaV(ii nwr.ii swsssswsMssssawwwswws"i armmmwm tmmmmmaimmmamAMmrfmm0mm mum. mbiiiim CIIUISTMAS HATS. CHRISTMAS GLOVES. j CHRISTMAS MUFFLERS. Men's nice, new Stiff and Soft For Men's fine Kid Gloves with, fur There is nothing more appnpri- Ilats, ates correct shapes nil col- . W( hav, sr fliKtim;t linefi of ate for a Christmas present than a ors . Whnt man , isn t glad to get a fm() Dwm (llovMfor the nice silk MufHer. We have all the new hat for a Christmas I resent i ,loli(lay tnult, Pl.i(!.H froin to new ",)7 patterns, which suit any Pnces from M)v. to2.fi(). 1.75. Call and examine them. pocket-book. C II R I ST M A X U M R R K L L A S . " j CHRISTMAS SUSPENDERS AND Mens Umbrellas from JiOo. to HANDKERCHIEFS. 8.00. These umbrellas are cov- A large invoice just received ered with finest imported English from the most famous necktie maker i In this department we earnestly Gloria, unequalled for wear, made in New York, consisting of fine Silk ask you to come, see and be con with Paragon frame and some with Puffs, Fancy Silk Rand Rows, vinced that our collection and as steel rod. Plain, Natural Handles, Shield Bows nnd Four-in-hands, and sortment of Suspenders and Hand some with silver mounting. Each all the newest colorings and shapes kerchiefs are superior to all others is a royal Bargain at the price, in the market. for the price. Don't be deceived by the FAKE advertisements which are now filling the columns of the papers, make the proposition for yon to call, see the goods and then make your own conclusions. We Before we close, let us impress upon you the importance of an early call. Although the stock is large at present, it is bound to dwindle down rapidly under the immense demand produced by the exceedingly low prices. MILLIRENS. The Merry Christmas Time! 1 In making a selection of Goods for f. loosen; when our greatest happiness is in making others happy. We are now ready to give you a holi day greeting with a stock of goods suitable for Christ- H mas presents. Holiday Dress Goods ! It is generally conceded that our showing of dress goods is not equaled by any other store in Reyn-oldsville. Fail arid W inter Wear Ladies Coats nil Cages ! Sensible gifts that will go into many homes at prices figured down to the lowest notch. The col lection is new and includes the choicest and latest styles. Handkerchiefs ! Not a tray full, but a' large assortment for men, ladies and children at prices to quickly move the big quantity. I What will you Have ? Gloves, Towels, Umbrellas, Neckwear, Fancy Goods, Silks, Handkerchiefs, Shoes, Hosiery, Table Linens, Men's Clothing, Etc., Etc. . We have them and many other things which space will not permit mentioning. Call and see. A. D. Deemer & Go. N 1 7i It is important that the choice should be made from a thor oughly up-to-date and well assorted stock. Then there is no possibility of getting goods of doubtful style. Our offerings of DRESS GOODS, LADIES' JACKETS AND CAPES Can be accepted as being absolutely correct, care having been taken to secure exclusive, but popular styles. In every department the articles presented will be found of a quality to command approval. Prices are wonderfully small for such value. Such goods as we have will serve better purpose else where than on our shelves, and we sacrifice profits to make quick sales. i
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