usmyoIs A\ Ps] CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. REPUBLICAN AUTHORITY the Western Farmer by Prosperity How Came LARGE CROPS THE REASON Farmers are Making Money and Spend. it for Pruducts Manufactured in the World's \¢ N i East-— Prices Regulated by the Supply and Demand. Prosperity is the favorite the » of our epublican contemporaries. They even claim to have a monopoly on the whole subject, and will censure the man, who isnot a worshipper of McKinley, for ven. turing opinions upon this subject, but as there is some freedom of thought, and some people are not swayed by their prejudices, the following clippings are published : ‘The government estimate places total winter wheat of the try at about 275,000,000 bushels. ent reports from the spring at sections indicate an equal pro- m, making the total wheat crop year about 550,000,000 bush. with a fair surplus carried over ast year. This means that we have wheat enough for home un ption and a goodly surpl neighbors, if t TO! Crop 4 n the r prospers he erything the Eq from grand pianos chaiis to shaw! straps.’ 0 order ¢ ifactures, awn ey Depew seems to strike the the head when he says the west they have farmers, when money, buy everything the eastern manufacturer makes-from a grand piano to a shaw! Taat is condensed, the whole truth in a nut. boiled Upon the prosperity of the down, and frankly told farmer depends the welfare of all other classes. The prosperity of the farmer, in turn, principally depends upon favor. able seasons with an abundance of rain and sunshine, Then again it must be remembered that the price the farmer receives also determines his degree of prosperity, The price he receives for his crovs is regulated almost entirely by the quotations every day from Liverpool, England, which market is regulated by the supply and demand of the entive These are things that the aver. age republican tries to avoid when he boasts about prosperity. They have the faculty of claiming everything good that is in sight, and putting everything that goes wrong oun poor Billy Bryan, In closing this brief discourse on pros. perity we will refrain from telling our readers who brought prosperity, prefer. worid. | was taken to Bellefonte {ail ring to leave that to their own intelli their may be gence, as we have confidence in judgment, But at this point it appropriate to quote from the republican catechism Q-What « £ lots of money sti threshing northwest Howard, machine 1 afternoon, of last week, | stopped suddenly and when he to discover the cause he found the mang led body of his little son Guy fastene« the jack. Mr. Confer was using the old fashion. | ed horse power machine, and taking turns at driving g rod he { been over the tm: » have tripped and stumbled into jack, the fly wheel rushio iis head and ngled hi Spokes « of his face and ie fellow was Ca hastened Guy had | of which caught him, | BELLEFONTE, PA. INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION Mammoth Products in Philadelphia Display of American | EXHIBIT OF 1on of the Exposit Buildings This Pury an Exhibit and Erected for Ameri Been an every manufac the city of Phi.ade | November eminent m it complete displ ISSR Ea was damaged several hundred dollar HORE ERSEY The cigar factory of D. ID. Mick Jersey Shore, was struck by a lightning boit and Miss Iisther Ganoe, an employe was 50 severely shocked that she was unconscious for over three hours TORA The tobacco shed of Simmons Brothers HOLE ENOCKED IN O SIED Pine Creek township, had a hole knocked in its roof by lightning and a horse was stunned. — Lock Haven Demo crat .— Thiet Caught George Roop, of Pottersdale, to be the individual who stole the by Wm. Wamer, of which had been left standing in front of owned Adam Mayer's store while the owner was inside transacting business took the wheel to Karthus and sold it G. Hoffman little engineering to locate Roop, but he was finally found at Lilly's Station, Cambria county, by Constable Millward, He pleaded guilty at a hearing before Squire LaPote and in default of bail was Friday John It required some morniog. «Philipsburg Journal, proved | wheel | Munson, | Roop | to nspect every ly derive much profit through the ducts being advertised in the form object lesson among the people parts of the land It is the design of the management to ol products which secure the HEDIAaY Of every line American manufactured fin demand abroad, or for which a reign market may be created In this mam de partment, which the of American manufacturers to supply the world with will demonstrate ability every article needed, the greatest care is being taken to secure only the best products, there being no idea of This and classified, and therein will any local competition department will be thoroughly systematically be exhibited in its proper place everything which hy study of the requirements of foreign peoples, may be made knowu to and! popuiar with them GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS The Exposition grounds are admire ably situated, being easily accessible | from all parts of the city both by electric | | China far the purpose, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24. 1800. and steam lines car the bank within ten grounds are on west Schuylkill of the ( able tract of river, Hall land, fifty-s | ity and | tent, Maseums by and another | MANUFACTURIES | over the mam entrang hariot the juadriga-—a horses, carrying Progress w hose ooks with calm the future IR LICHTER Hghter side of the 1 neglected, and those mere pleasure bent w find fu as hit ous patron from foreign lands, absorbed mu y Occupy them as the more set in its indastrial side. The management will provide such attractions as will tend to interest the general public and insure a large and constant attendance Good music will be one of the leading features of the this character will be a Chineese Village, a Pekin populated with 4% One leading attractions o counterpart of a street in ot Shanghai, and men, women children, brought The business, industries and home life of the Chincese, from | and their native trades and industries, will be completely illustrated Continued on page 4 The of the THE CURTIN MONUMENT |" >= Considerable Interest is Revived in the Project SOLDIERS MONUMENT WANT'D f Assembly By an Act of any county can appropriate § towards the erection of a soldier ment That is a handsome nucleus f beginning in addition to the above great many other subscr and even more could be individuals in this communit movement once assu 1 a definite me Then every Grand Army Post it could be about $1ox have coumty upon each and many, we are to tenders for Without mid eas made such Aa Cartin monJyment any doult this amount ¢ increased to sey eral thousand dolls ‘ bacrip tions Gen, Hastings recently made the offer 1o make a persoaal subscription as IArge as all Vewerans combined. for the tion of this monument, which should ! ncentive for a double this committee 10 get to work al once, if they intend to do anything in this matter At this time, when money is circulat. ing more freely, it would be a favorable opportunity to raise funds than for some years. Why then should not this committee get to work, at once, since more Continued on page 8 YOL. 21, XO. FACT, FUN AND FANCY 1g Paragraphs— Selected and iginal form with ber Sirat get time to bid luctor 1 dor you been mars H who come Iw it is the noblemen over here give themselves so . is MX many a ‘Oh 1 suppose it's because we give them $0 many heiress os - Cut Postmasters Salary The Ty Tone, has been cut from £2 300, 10 $f: 600, and postmasters salary at it is sald will soon receive another redu tion of $100. The receipts of the office there have been falling off rapidly of late on account of several institutions, which were a great source of revenue having closed down. The citizens have become much alarmed over the intima. tion that the free mail delivery may be taken from them unless the receipts at the postoffice soon show a decided in. Crease
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