Tul MU, Pnct I lit MiuuiwuurjjM i rul. -lieu everv Thiirmlit.v. Geo W Wagenstlier. ;;,litor inn Proprietor Su M iition 551.50 per year. WtlMblUl M l"l' 'I' "Ivaliii- Ul-n Wilt OH'-! itui uouoty.) I F0 Of ADVERTISING. . ,, ...Iv.TII. "ll.-'lltH not ottMfwlae III. I l. L' 1 ,. ,. 1,. I'liurKiMi at iiir niU'oi u eeuU Pri 1 iimuuarivi measure) ior m hmii Hon in! in .'fin p-r urn-ior I'very mihw'iueiit i&Mrtkm 1 lion aim iiimrtlon Itrtllh Rg0M , .-' . fret , oblfvlry fmtrt j ;i!il tf rrrj.rct. lie. thrrr cent a iin In.rMlay, Dec, 21, 1S9! ! late of the National Kepub- The lican Convention having Iweu fixed for June 19. all Btate ventions f. - must behekl earlier than usual and count,' primaries will be called earlier so as to select delegates to the state and national convention II. ....... i l IJLi.lv tli.- kVuuMican ...it.. . . m .... j .... - . .. .. .1 primary will be held earner wis year than last year. We congratulate ihe peopu PhiladclDhia and also the people "I Pennsylvania on havivg Becured tin National Republican Convention. It will meet June 19, to renotn- inate President McKinley who will lie the lirst I'rsident t the Twentieth Centurv. There were four contest ants, New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Philadelphia. Pennsyl- . ... .'11 I I! vania is the tatner 01 ivepmmcun majorities and it is fitting that the ing present. .. .Ltist Wednesday ev next National Convention should be ening the members and sweethearts held within its borders. oftheG. A. R. Tost of McClure held an oyster supper in the Hall The Lewisburg Snturday Atws says that Union County will have a full-fledged candidate for State Senator. Tin -remark was made by our much esteemed contemporary ill reply to the Post's statement thai Union County would probably nol ask for it owing to the fact that ex Representative Focht would ask to I... roliii'lim I In the lower house at that 1 Harrisburg. It appears now- the Hon. Bcnj. K. Focht has lieen called by the powers that be and lie w ill sti n forth to become a candidate (Sir Htatn Spimtnr. lie is the oih ,, or. He is the one . jiji ful -Hediied candidate . 8 u i or next vear. Bnyder who will be a for State Senator County will 1h asked to give Union County the State Senatorslnp next vear and the President Judge in t ic rrenueni duuin m . 0 . ul ., ' J . ... 1 T . (Joss, over Suudav. .. .Samuel Shil l nion County does, not want I .. . 1901. much. They might ask for the con gressman, too. Encourage a 1 1 improvements. Help all industries that give em ployment to those who need it. Se iinsgrove and Middleburg both have secured new industries lately. There are other towns in the county that should have a place to employ their idle men, boys and jirls. Every improvement has a beneficial influ ence. An idle man has no place in this world, and enforced idleness is due to the fact that unemployed tapital is not properly used. Vol untary idleness is an inactivity of quite another character. It neither receives urn- deserves encourage ment, but there is enough 6f enforced idleness to demand the attention of every business man and capitalist in every village and hamlet in Snyder ( iounty. Winn iH'art eM UilDk, or tongue express, Tii imrni ibtt growetb o( Idleness." John 1 1 iywooo 1 bum The principal of the Middleburg public schools rightfully alludes to the English language .-is a living language. It must be so of necessity owing to the progtess of the age. The words "gramophone" a 11 d "phonograph" are new in our Ian uage owing to the recent discovery of the articles to w hich they refer. Lexicographers will not be slow to accept such words and philologists will be prompt ill endorsing them because every new article for con venience must have a name. The liest English writers of the day will USe them, but bow is it with words that are coined by novices to substi tute for good established words? BS not ttM MrM by whom the new are tried. Nor tt tbo last to lay the old aside." I'OMC EhAY OSI CSITII'IMM. A tvro shows exceedingly bad taste, first to use words before they are accepted by the very best writers and secondly lie assumes a still more nonsensical jtosition in making a puerile attempt to justify the use of such words. The newspaper writers who have a sufficient reputation to justify the use of new words in our lane-nacre are exeeedintMy rare Charles A. Dana in bis time might have done it: Alexander McClure might not be criticised if heattempt- ed to introduce a good word, but we doubt whether either of these Kent le men ever thought of risking their reputation in using a word before it loand a, ,lv in the dictionary, ,x- t j caaeofu word 19 apply in i 1 1 v-ctit i 111 itr discoverv. 1 rot. Killiuu's articles mi Language are I I well worthy of consideration and shouldlie most oarei'ully studied I where they olttuin theii )iil)licity. MoOLU HE. ... . l'.ilwam Kitiiii'V OI MIX place If! 1)OW mght oH'rator at MlddleDUrg . . 1 . 1 1 i 1 1 ...:il the tivangeucai minuay bcikhmwwi hold an eDtertainmenton Christmas evening. . .Don't forget your good friends on Christmas Our old veteran, Israel Young, killed a pork er last week weighing 482 lbs. . . . . H . M 1 1 . 1 .loll!) stuck sjient Bunuay unaer uie parental root Mrs. specht 01 Beavertown deserves ninth credit for the grand musical concert render- et to ns by herself, and class of this place last Thursday evening....! had tin i) ensure ot erasoins the 1 1 ' , 1 1.1 I'D....-1 1.... w; 1 1 5 s w nana oj hij wmci, ........... .inunenuau 01 1 a.iouiue wuu u ivcred an able address at the Q1U810- f'al inceti . . Isaac Dreese and Andy Odoncllare busily eumured in shipp ing poles and prop timber Hurley liomijr, wife and daughter, Margaret, ( Adamsbiirg spent a few days at tlii place. . . Mrs. H. V Krebsand two daughters of Snn- bury are visiting friends at this place it present .. The teachers' institute lieldal the Ridge shool was a great success, all the teachers hut one ln- ami report bavin time. had a irood old MIDDLECREEK Quite a number of our people at tended court last week II. I. Swartc, who had Urn sick tor the past eight weeks, is up and around airain. . . . Protracted meeting is in Progrt!88 ' Man beck's church. May much l'i nkI result therefrom . . . .Ed- ward Heimbachand wife and Master Ernie and W, H. Heimbach and wife were visiting Al. Heimbach in wile were visiunir iieuniaic " .5 1 l Union County a few days. . . . J! , . Zeiber and wife of Hurnham . . . . t arry were the guests of her father, Jesse Knepp, on Monday. . . Galen Goss and wife were the iruesta of his brother. E. P. o ' linff and wife made a husinc to Lewistown Monday. .. .rainier I Musser was a Sunday visitor in our section, attracted here by some of the i j fair sex. ..Adam Thomas and Henry Gross left for Lewistown on Monday to work for the Sprint; Telephone ( 'oinpany .... Edward Mitchell and wife visited Klias Furhman on Sunday Mrs. Wilson Mattern and daughter Grace were the guests of T. A. Ewig on Sunday. lid 900 see a snow Storm in Summer? We never did ; but we have seen the clothing st this time nf the vear an covered with dandruff that it looked as if it had been out in t regular snow storm. No need of this snowstorm. As the summer sun would melt the falling snow so will melt these flakes of dandruff In the scalp. It goes further than this: it prevents their formation. It has still other properties : it will restore color to gray hair in just tea times out of every ten cases. And it does even more: it feeds and nourishes the roots of the hsir. Thin hair becomes thick hsir; snd short bair be comes long bsir. have a book en the Hsir and Scalp. It is yeurs, for the askint. If yon to sMste tts bspsSts you frB th. MO Ik Tlftrr, wt. i. " Atlk. umm. Hsss. ;p " USEFUL II! mn V1 8LED8, SKATES, POCKET KNIVES, P( K'KET BX)KS, Clothes Wringers CLOTHES WASHERS, OA RPET RWRKPRWR I PURSES, HORSE BLANKETS, CAB I RIAGE ROBES, Scissors and Shears i T A I'd. E K X I V ES A: F( )R KS I i T A I ' I jE A X 1 ) T KA SIX K)XS, H Kitchen Utensils in (iranite, m Delft and Nickel-Copper ware, a Always the lowest prices on H Hardware and HouseFurnish- II ing goods. I It will pay you to buy at G.W.Hackett's, m oJ.i Market St., Nunlniry, lJa. m m ul a: m m m Give me everybody on the line, and 1 will in form them that having remodeled m r store room I am now prepared to accommodate my eus tomers better than ever before in all kinds of at rock bottom prices. Call and lie convinced that you can BUY LARD .CANS cheaper than factory price. 1 olso have telephone ex change a pay station in my store. DO NOT FORGET THE PLACE. J.L.VARNER, Hardware Sealer, Fremont, Fa at . . Special . . Announcement 4- I x Glassware. " " I have just received a fine J . ... . ... ....V... w. ..... T sisting of Cake Dishes, Fruit iuui iit it) oil r 1 t ir I iucvt-i rt nrll ! Stands, ( elery 1 rays, Hutter Dishes, Pitchers, Spoon Hold X ers, A'c, Ac. at prices ranging from f to 15 cents. Peerless Jinking Powderi one pound cans, 8c. Axle Grease, 1 He. cans at 10e., 25c buckets at 15c. l-'ine Gloves and heavy Men's Mitts. S. B. SIMONTON. I In all its Branches, i WE HAVE PEOCURED A COMPLETE DPHOLB TERING OUTFIT AND WE ABE PREPARED TO DO WORK ON SHORT NOTICE. WE WILL KEEP CX)N STANTLY ON HAND HAIR, TOW, HUSK AND COTTON FOR MATTRESSES, AND SPRINGS FOR I Sofas and Lnunges. WrE GUARANTEE OUR I WORK TO BE FIRST- t CLASS. CALLON ElTHtK i OF US AT AiN i luar.. A.J.Gposgrove. ft. E. Walter. I nnninmu i n firm 1 Tin n I flmann jMUiblilllll, Hardware, Tin anfl &raDitp,ware 111 KNSE " M L JU W IX UJv JUT us n Have Been Coming From All Directions and Have All Been Greatly Benefitted at Brosious Bros., WEWILLPAYTODRFARE 4 - i - w - m W e Will guai ttuicc iy jr jr wu vw your purchase amounts to $10.00 or more and if you ft JUtui a vnHins nf twfintv-five miles. We will also guarantee to sell you goods far superior to what has i i .. Pawa Viro.frfrivA nxr nth r stores. It is aiwayb Ucca uuuxou uviv uv-vw j OU" Ciesil c xxxo. :: Man's Cheviot Suits, 8t90 to $15. Men's ( 'assiinere Suits, ffi to SIS. Men's Worsted Suits, $6.60 to $30. Youtlis' Cheviot Suits,f3.48 to $10. Youths' ( 'assiinereSuit.s$4..r)0to $1 2 Youths' WorstedSuit8,$3.9St()$15. Boys' Suits, 7fc. to $S.50. CMldrens' Suits, 75c to $0.o0. " Vestee Suit-, 98c to $6.o0. Men's Overcoats, $3.(55 to $33. Youths' Overcoats, $2.50 to $15. Men's heavy Ski'tin Coats, $3.50. Children's Overcoats, $1.48 to $5. Men's Canvass Coats, $1 .00. W1 ltXAVnw lae a. n hp- i T 11 U II I 3 BROSIOUS BROTHERS, Blly RFI IARI F CISi?,N I lie 1T1V47 a aaasijaiaji . t - w - i - h - i - h - i - i - :h - i - I- I-M-l 1 1 ll - mm CLOTHING SALE The Greatest Sale ever known in this section of PENNSYLVANIA. Head over This List and Learn Prices. s.jbs7m iff-,, t.,f. H'M - I - M - r II vm i Men's Mackintoshes, $3.50 to $10. Boys' Mackintoshes, $3.50. Men's Underwear, 39c. to $5. Men's Shirts (colored) 50c. to $1.50. Men's White Shirts, 50c. to $1.50. Men's Gloves, 25o. to $2. Men's Umbrellas, 50c to $7.00. Iiadies' Umbrellas, 50c. to $7.50. Children's Umbrellas, 50c,. 75c, $1. Trunks, $1.25 to $12. Suit Cases, $1.39 to $8.00. Hate, Caps, Ac, 25c to $5. Handkerchiefs, 5c. to $1.50. Ties, 5c. to $1. SHNBIIR V. PAl ' . m - -w; . - j
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