THE ( CEN TRE REPORT: FE R.
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“The Lary gest r aper in Centre Cow wty.
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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,