THE ( CEN TRE REPORT: FE R. A a A ae a a ———— “The Lary gest r aper in Centre Cow wty. ph A FAMINE OF PREACHERS, The Danger that Threatens the Pes = byterian Church in America, THE BEST TONIC. Saratoga, N. Y., May 17.—The ninety- Oures Complotaly Dyspeputa; [11 ntl Asinbly uf dhe Trsbyic Indigestion, Malaria, Liver and | 1° : : eA coven fidney Complaints, Druggists d to-day in the First Presbyterian and Physicians endorse it. Church. The re tiring 1 Moderator, Hev, Dr. i . Use only Brown's Iron Bitters made by Herrick Johnson, of Chicago, delivered } Browm 40 Bemis gc by Dilimere, the annual sermon, in which, speaking of the dangers to Presbyterianism in this country, he said that the church is rap- idly appro: whing a calamity. It is threat- ened with a famine of preachers. “Our Church numbers 5741 congregations. I'ake in every steady supply and still 500 churches are pastorless.” The preacher could find no grounds of hope for relief ons in the colleges and the thrice semi- pe The place to buy your best“@@ |naries. The trend is constantly the — a >t 3s {wrong way. Of the students in twelve »and chaanes . Ka fou E&~and cheapest Building Mate colleges in the last decade only nineteen BE rial is of per cent. entered or FOpose dtoenter the Jas. 8. Krape & Co. ministry. The loss has gone too far not Spring Mills, Pa., to injure the ( ‘hurch. Unless it be re- trieved disaster follows, He said the cause was the peril of a perversion of the eep all kinds of FLOORING, John Wanamakei starts the May and June Sales with te unheard-of aggre= gate stock of Two and a Half Millions $2,600,000, . . . and nowhere in the United States is there so large a stock at retail to which City and Country People have access alike, with prices marked plainly, so that All pay the sane at John Wanamaker’s. The certainty that besides numerous bargains dail y spread on the counters the Big Store 1s now known to fix the Market Prices of all the t » the BEST PI.ACE “John Blank?” 4 - pm 4 > furnished on short nos “Vhell, der poys call me Shon.” I OR Lice. “Can I speak to you in private, Mr. Blank?” “You can speal pody is aroundt oxcs i doan’ hear us.” a] thought it would be better to sit down at a table and talk over our glass of beer.” “I guess not. 1 can shtand oop und hear all you say. n “We 1, Mr. ink, 1 hb tized to ask you if you w didate for Mayor $e Met *Yes. You are said to be one of the most popular men in Detroit. You are rich, popular, liberal, and could be elected by a large majority.” The saloonist locked at him for a long minute and then asked: ‘Are you dry? Plaini ing Mi Mill truth. “We have tried to make preach- ers ; have we asked God to make them? We have applied the rule of supply and demand of street traffic to sacred minis- terial functions. We have looked tod much to metropolitan pulpits and neg- lected such ministry as that to which St, Paul and St. Barnabas were sent.” Ef A rm Had a Better Thing. It was real funny to see him brace up as he turned the corner, button his threadbare black coat, adjust his hat, shove a pencil over his ear, and try to disguise himself. When he had fixed BLINDS himself he passed down the street, en- wmeeemen | {BTR 8 Shion and walking straight up to the bar he asked: “Is your nanie Biank:"’ “I expect it is '’ was the reply. who k GERMAN, & SPLIT SIDING, SU R "AC A BOARDS, w INDOW SASHES, 1 &e., &eo., &e. things dealt in, settles conclusively that + STRANGERS to deal. Anything wanted nol ready MATERIAL OF ALL KINDS AL WAYS KEPT ON HAND. Tmay ly PAYNE'S 10 Horse Spark. -Arresting Portable Bungie has cut 10,000 ft, of Michigan Pino A ard in 10 hours, burning slabs trom the saw iu eight foot lengths. ondt here. No- y poy, und he richt . ga [hoss who do not care to stop over night at a hotel, can check bags, coats, umbrellas and packages at the store door sad ve been depu- wuld be a can- get a lunch mn the bulldiog, ext yer er. The few items below show how things are going just now. We Cuaraniee to furnish power sort of Hemlock boards in 10 hours, id cut 104 x0 Jeet in same time, ur Engin GUABANTERD xish a ho ree - power on fuel aod waster than " ey ef o¥ oy Sagi > ut Or “Never was so dry in my life. if ¥o un want a Stationary or With a pe rfec tly pl lacid cou: ite nance ortable Engine, Boller, Cir- | Mr, Blank fi led a ‘schooner’ with in i Shafting or ate 1, 3 3 J and looked st ar Meddsry's | Water, placed it on the b ar, iron Pulley, | the man sqm 1are in the eve as he said: Beep Beet TL Bnd and times obleeged to splendid lotslof Dress Goods, ali ug, N. X. Dox a4 | GOT poys, at 1 can’t occept dot of- told about two hundred full pieces, Sap ad & 2 that were not ready for delivery lapgron can't? Don't you wan i until long after the time, and on Mayor of Detroit?” 4 an “No, my friends. I $4 account, thereof were reduced 2 better ash dot. per cent. all around. This makes some famous bars gains : 41-inch : all § wool Beige, 45¢. 43 inch, all .wool Urepe Beige, 60c. Far under value. a 45-inch Cashmere Beige, 60c. Far under value, 42-inch all wool Check, 50c. Far under value. 42 inch all wool Albatross, 60c. Far under value. 42-inch all wool Albatross, 70. Far under value, Send postal card for samples. Linnen Sheeting, 2! yds wide, value, 90¢, now 65¢c; value $1 00, now 7c; value $1 20, now 85. 45-inch Pillow Linnea, 374, H4<inch do d H0e, 40-inch Butcher's Linea, 22¢. 9-4 Drawer Linen, 18, 22, 25, 28 and 8le. Fine Cream Damask, $1 25; re. duced to 1 dollar. Table Cloths, 2§x2}, 2ix3, 24 4%, 24x) yards. Towel, 22x43 inches, weighing 4 und, 25c. Damask Towel, 23x48 inches, good sad heavy, price now at first hands, 374¢ ; our price 3lec. Soma lots of Buttons nd Dress Trimmings at pominal prices as long as they last. New importas I tion of Paris Buttons open. Children’s and Misses Trimmed Hats, ready to put ou for $1 50 to $1 75 and 2 dollars and upwards, These come from our own work rooms. Ladics’ Rough-and-Ready Bon- nets and Hata, all colors and black, for & Ze oe . 173 dozen of sprays of fine flow- ers ai 2c a spray, for millinery and corsage. These are about half price. There is a new counter for 9 and 12¢ Batin and Gros Grain Ribbons of which we have all colors, STI IR BIT From one of the largest and best Paris houses we have some Se haf sometings 1 vhas roing to run for Governor next time! Come in real of- { ten und dhrink to my success!" — Defroit | Free Press, A Plate of Baked Beans, { A wellknown individual of Poston | went on an excursion to Nantasket, and i at noontime went into one of the fash- ionable restaurants for dinner. Unfor- i tunately for him, hiscompanion was an | irrepressible ractical joker. As they were seated Ed said to Charley: “Are ! | you going to have a re gular dinner or -) | {onl ly a lunch?’ ‘Well,” said Charley, wr gti | «] don’t believe I'l i pay for a regular i ¥ § ATE dinner; 1 guess I'll have a plate of THRE GT NE. | baked beans.’ Accordingly the order | | Illuminated Ladies’ English solid color bril- The following lots are very de- liant Lisle Hose, 60e. sirable : Ladies’ colored Hose 124¢, hither- 40-inch ali wool French Shooda, to 25ec. 50¢. Ladies’ long Balbriggan, French The new Waukenphast Shoe is 42- ich all wool French Shosda, foot 20¢, hitherto Blo. about the best thing yet that has Ladies’ fancy Hose, a fifty cent done for men, if comfort for the Head quality for 2c. feet is considered. Only first class Check, 60, Men's full regular made, (Ger workmen can make them, and, as 31-inch Nun's Veiling (creams), man) browa mixed 12%. yet, we have not been able to 30e. Men's English Striped, full regu- make sufficient quantities to get The steady iocrease of our lar made, 18¢, the price lower than 7 dollars ; but Dress Goods Department must be Children's full regular made, at this is a dollar less than, we are owing to the constant watch to 15, 20, 30, 36¢c, worth double. keep our prices the lowest. We could not afford to cut off dress patterns and take them back, as our rules compel, when others sold at lower rates, 50 We are on the alert all the time to protect ourselves by marking the lowest figures going. CER SSL a ANRC. 5 RU GROEN ei ven a... os 1 was given to the waiter, and an clegant THE BES dinner was sot be fore Ed, while Char- OoLD WHEEL MILL BUILT! ley contented himself with a plate of ELF GOV ERNING | baked beans and a cup of coffee. When Si MPLE Persie} in Cons TRUG the checks were laid down Ed slyly i itv TION | slipped | hi .“ " : " pped his, marked “$1.25,” over to WILL STAND ANY WIND | Charley, who was all unconscious, and sim, bn ' ept the one marked *25 cents” him. S jt Fog ILL LUSTRATED CATAL yt | sel. When they had finished and had : {walked up to the counter to settle, Fi iM iT, Wy a LLING 8 Ga, Charley for the first time looked at his @ i ENDAL LVILLE, -— IND. i check, "$1.25, and turned aghast to — BRANGH HOUSE LAFAIZTTE,ND. —J| his companion, exclaiming, “Good Heavens! what kind of a place is this where they charge $1.25 for a plate of baked beans?” 42. ch all wool Pins AT EW GROCERY N lar ~COBURN, "PENN’A.— — — “That's all right!” re- turned Ed. “My check is just the 2 Wasa Nt ans same.” They charge so much for the R ¥. Vonada wiil Resp staple | Fmc you know, and you order what groceries, pare and fresh, and low in| yoy Jike. You might have had just the price. same as I did, but you chose baked beans. You'll have to pay it, as there UPS, TEA! is po way of backing out.” And pay it CANNED GOODS: T he did, all unconscious of the wicked DI a DAIS pep Joke; but as he walked out ho ex- COAL OIL, claimed, “Well, I've learned one thing, FISH. SALT and that is never to order baked beans BEST OYSTERS again in a high-toned hotel.” CRACKERS, Lo. &e. 0) — A ——— gen. All kinds of Country Produce] The Springfield Repullican tolls how wanted, and highest market pri| 8 gentleman took from bis pocket after . said for it 11jantf dinner a pair of solitaires, and passed cea Pe ' them to his wife. “Humph,” she said, DMISISTRATOR'S OTIC E=Lette ™ of ad ‘prize package, I suppose?’ and passed Feliz Burkhioiac akiation Wg o: Potter them on to h r %ou. “Dollar store, township, having been lawfully granted to the| eh?’ commented the youth. Papa nndersigned, he would Jespoctiuly duce a smiled, and silently replaced the card in pemons kom iig tC iate. payment, and those | his pocket. A few buy 5 later mamma having claims Again the sine to prescut them sds “Where did you £3 thot ear- duly anthenticated for, settler ngs you showed us “Well, » man 3 IOLDER, Adm'r ¥. ML NUERRO Centre I Yeo, Pa, Submited hom, io mo at the store. eg ——— ly $950, but you are such ifere At Last, 8Y Wert on At " Long and Weary Waiting Relief is oo fudge while yoy Boy & roughst to Those 0 Need ii. | ouch “Well, Pat,” sald an Orange county p Phpuie ian io ¥y mse titans a rom plicated Irish patient some years ago, “for Hd aot Toy of teadors wanking 8 nice and pak on 8 mi Vi E and lat stylo suit for » little boy, let y WA ad * minnte of anything better. And by the Ty them call at the Philad, Branch where is 15.yard lengths of Eummer Silks, 30 to 65e. Glace Changeable Silks, 65c. New India Silks, black grounds, small white figures, very The Madras, N oltingham, An- tique and Tamboured Curtains are in Jus) abundance. - urniture Covering being at 124c a yard, and some of our Cre- handsome, at §1 50. . tonne are the cheapest we have evs A fair Black Silk is going now er bad. for 76e, and quite a good one for a Handsome Antique Curtains, Dollar. : If you will $1 50, we have a 32 CX as quality of . eg make that we recommend, and will ask you to recommend after wearing it. COFFEES. SUGARS, SYLUPS, TEAS, A magnificent lot of newly im- ported £ ons Black Grenadines, warranted all silk. The designs are rich and beautiful. Two qual ities, 81 25 and $1 50, which is said to be less than balf of the cost of importation. Before the Four styles Gentlemen's Sus- oods reached the counters twenty penders, made in our work rooms resses were sold by sample pieces at tt Onk Hall, 15 15, 25, 40 and 50¢. that customers saw in ng. We Underwear, 374e; have some other Black Goods at ar io 50c. Good Night half price. Shirt, 75. 20<inch Black Satin Parasol lined in various colors, tem gilt ribs, handsome natural uli. Spanish lace trimmed. Price, 3 Dollars. JOHN WANAMAKER. Tray et 1Tinay es ded the doctor terning os a body would invent a Teal Piastor—somet ing aotnally helpful for such cases as Pat's, Maybe they whl sometime when its 100 late for me to use “nen RENSON'E CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER ais placed on market abou ten in yes ago the doctors hope became 8 of the medicinal Yistues In inherent in b Dr aiid girs wuro results, the yt OW 1 fms ta wiidh 8 i laser peer op + ine.” gd wid 0 Tolunson, Chemists, N.Y. to be found the choicest selection in the county, especially Purchased with a view to please, and very nable in ioe. Go and seo the So enits at the Phi Brauch, Sm snp i A SGI Wl AAI r. WillT. Monjstius, Mt Carmel, Pa hd “1 was entirely cured of dyspepsia gonoral debility and loss of appetite by using Brown's Iron Bitters,
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