LOCAL HAPPENINGS IN NEARBY PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR THE KOST UNION TOWNSHIP. Dou't forget to vote November 8. K. L. Shaffer, ot Pallas, reports Ini'iness improving. John F. Minium was in town one , i, dav last week. John Foltz went to Cabala, Juni-; Rta county, last Saturday. I C. E. Aueker made a business Hip to Sunbury Saturday. John Snyder,-of Shamokin, was here on business last week. Kdwnrd G. Stahl transacted bus-j iness at Ijiuieaster last week Th opunninff season for the law- - n o biding eitizeu opened Monday. Miss Annie E. Spangler had a selected fishing party one (lay last week. Auctioneer I. W. Longacre and family spent Sunday on Chestnut Ridge. The teacher and pupils of Keiser's schobl have papfred the walls of the sohool house. F. F. Xeitz is rebuilding his house. James Rambo, of Xeitz, Yai ley doing the work. Rev. C. C. Miller, accompanied by William Grimm, of Freeburg, preached his first sermon at Keiser's church last Sunday. One of a party from Unvn, while out fishing one night recently, was heard to remark after falling over board, "Don(t jack me, I am no German caro." McCLUKE. Hunting season opened Monday. The farmers are storing away their corn. Four wild turkeys were shot Monday in this section. John H. Dreese is building a stable on his lot in town. J. W. Baker shipped two car "lout's tof staves last .week. Mrs. Ed. Mitchell and daughter, Mrs. Chas. Herbster, spent Sunday at Lewistown. W. J. Treaster and James V. Steely treated Isaac Shirey's house to a coat of paint. The teacher and pupils of the Mc Clure grammar school papered their school room Saturday. Mrs. 11. F. Krebs and children, of Sunbury, were visiting the for mer's parents last week. S. II. Wagner returned home from Huntington county to take a course in the MeClure Grammar school. Don't forget the Republican mass meeting next Tuesday evening. Let us have a good turnout and a hip ! hip ! Hurrah ! for the grand old party. WEST BEAVEK. James Steely is now engaged at the painting business at MeClure for 'Squire Treaster. Viola Steely is living in Adams lnirg as a domestic at the home of William Haines. George Baumgardner ami wife, of lveedsville, paid his brother, Adam, a visit last Saturday. Mrs. Aaron Mover paid her daughter, Mrs. Lash, a visit last week in Klondyke, Mifllin county. Mrs. John Calvin, of Yeager town, Mifllin county, spent a few days here last week visiting friends. Mrs. Levi li. Treaster is spend al i. :.. nr:iu: .. unr mis wcck hi nullum couiiiv as a truest of her dauffhter, Mrs. Samuel , Baumgardner, The farmers and others claim their potato crop is a fourth of a Top and they have commenced to rot in the ground. The much-needed rain came last Saturday evening and Sunday and started the sqiall streams which had tan dry for the past three months. , John H. Herbster, our coachmak- r, has accepted a position in Burn- bam, Mifflin county, to do the wood work for Henry Vv. Kn'epp, black- Smith, James Mann, of Mann's ax fac- torn, near Recdsville, was a Snyder county visitor last week and found j Some jarties who worked in the fac tory years ago, ami whom he was pleased to me?t. .1 i : 4 The shooting along the mountain Mi unlay son mini like a small battle in our civil war. John P. Fisher, rapervitor, is a10"1 through working on his dm-1 for JJ". Others have not been over their division for the first j WJSm Bartholomew, oi Sun-; a hw fop R few (,.,V8 ,his Nm.k uintillK trip He always pays Snyder county a visit in hunting season, West Heaver will shout on the twenty-third. Wearecomiug, Fath- I er 1 1 ii.uii. with a hundred thou- 8Rn strong, t tear the truth of the Republican mass meeting to lie held at MeClure. John 15. Rhellenberger was com pelled to have a well bored at l , mil! tn tiii 'ii-li xvitur In run the mlll t nad u,,n Ending idle for the three or tour months on ac count of the drought : 7 rrr consmnpiioR is, by no means, the dreadful disease it is thought to be in the beginning. It can always be .stopped in the beginning. The trouble is : you don't know you've go: it; you don't believe it; you won't believe it till you arc forced to. Then it is danger ous. Don't be afraid ; but attend to it quick you can do it your self and at home. Take Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, and live care fully every way. This is sound doctrine, whatever you may think or be told ; and, if heeded, will save life. If you have not tried It. send for rree sample, Its acreaable taste will jurprise you. SCOTT Si BOWNE, Chemists, 409 Pearl Street. New York. 50c. and Sl.OO: all drusgists. DI'NDOKK. Carrie Wolf was in town. The political skies are serene. John S. Shafer is on the sick list. I'M. Winner has an abundance of corn now. Sadie Rambo is employed at Porl Treverton. Ignorance of tomorrow makes life enjoyable. E!d. Aueker, of Eclipse, was Been on our streets. W. S. Reichenbach lost one of his fattening hogs. J. F. Wagner picked 15 bushels of winter apples. John W. Witmer is spending a few davs at home. Emanuel Rambo works for Ira I oover on the Island. Uncle Sam sent a check to each of our old soldiers last week. I'. A. Sliafer is taking much tic light in hunting and tithing. .1. F. Wagner hauled 100 bushels of rye to Sclinsgrove market. Sallie Schrey was in town and called on Maria W. Dundore. 1). (i. Witmer butchered a fat heifer and sold it to bis neighbors. The planing mill at Kreamer bought some lumber of X. T. Dun dore. Merchant ( ims of Sliamokin Dam, , , , . 'l : ,ot "f Ptatoea "f Merohan1 ! ' Dundore J. H. Rehrer and wife passed through town to visit their sick grandchild. . V Longacre and C. W. Knights passed through town on the way to tne coumy stai. Frank E. Eyer and his best lady friend, of Camden, N. J., were seen at the aqueduct fishing, Meiser and Weave r bought the heavy timber in N. T. Dundore'a 00 acre acre timber tract. Daniel and George Wolf, who were working on a timber tract near Johnstown, have returned. I. S. Mock, of Lebanon, J 1,. Varuer, of Shamokin, and Grant Shuck, of Sclinsgrove, were in town selling goods. m UY ITS I'dKHSOK COHKESl'ONDENTS SltU . IN Kit. John Cochrcn i- busy limiting. Victor Brouse i- home on a visit. Rev. Shamlwcli is holding revival services at this place. DeWitl Wandli tig, one of the Bloomsburg students, is visiting here. Harvey Slear ami Bower are about to Mi-s Bertha go to the sea snore. George Leitsel says three is a vein of silver in his farm, and is getting ready lor mining. Peter Young's sincere wish is that he will get only potatoes and corn enough for seed. E!d ward Young has enlarged his corn crib for the overwhelming corn crop which is at hand. Abby llanc, Arthur Jarret and Kilcy Kauffmun were to Blooms burg to the tair Thursday. They were all weary from their long and fast bicycle ride. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Heiser wish to return thanks to their friends and neighbors, also to the Sunday school and Christian Endeavor of Shreiner for the kindness shown them dur ing the sickness and death of their son. PORT TREVERTON. Jordan Witmer wenl to Philadel phia. James Hntiser made a trip to Shamokin I lam Sunday. Henry Hoover, nf Herndon, pass ed through town Monday. M. P. Arnold wenl lo York Fri day where he is transacting business. Miss Elsie One! I has pone to a hospital in Philadelphia for treat ment. Harry M ulltier and bride, of Sun bury, spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. Geo. L Flanders. James Hoover and wile, of Beth lehem, visited friend-; and relatives during the past week. Miss Toledo Houtz and little niece, of Shamokin, are visiting un der the parental roof. Mrs II. F.Charles is in Sunbury attending to her niece, May Steffen, I who is SICK with typhoiii lever. James Shaffer, wife and their friend, Miss fzora Bingaman, were out on a business trip Saturday, Franklin B. Houser and Clarence L nig, who are employed at Milton, arc spending several days at home. C. W. Knights and lady friend, Miss Toledo, enjoyed a drive thro' the western part ol the country1 Sunday. Banks Reichenlach, after spend ing Sunday with his sitters, return-! ed to Shamokin accompanied by A.I S. Herrold. Wm. Herrold and family, B. F. Arnold and family, Mrs. Edwin Arnold and children, of Milton, I spent several days with Mrs. M. I'. Arnold. Owing to the inclement weather,' the grand ball, which was to have taken place Saturday night at W. (). (ieist's, was postponed until the coming Saturday. ii ami SCIINKK. David Hoover loaded a car with shingles last Saturday. Mrs. Ella Spotts went (o Liver pool to visit friends last week. F. C. Landis and John A. Kreig- bum were callers at this place last Sunday. Amnion F. Sch nee and Absalom Schnee were to Sunbury to do some business. Many of our spoi ls were out hunt ing Monday, having been the first day for hunting. Our merchant, Henry Harding, starletl for Philadelphia to buy his lull and winter (Poods. CASTOR J A For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho if.yZZT Signature of L4zteCUii SALEM Miss Annie ft. Luck has returned from Milton. Mrs. Minerva Walter is spending the week with Mrs. Matilda Fisher. Mrs. M. Witmer and daugh ter, Eleanor, -pent Wednesday in Freeburg. Benj. Stettlerand wife spent pari of last week visiting relatives in Miillin county. Catechetical services will be held at Erdley's church next Saturday afternoon, October 20, by Rev. H G. Suable. The Lutheran congregation at Erdley's church will hold Harvest Thanksgiving services next Sunday morning, ( October 21 . Mrs. Catherine I5ri.iise.au aged and esteemed lady, died Fridav morning. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon. Rev. Haan officiated, assisted by Rev. Suable. Che pall bearers were Beuj. Stettler, Samuel Sampsel, S. S. Maurer and William B. Gemberling. Mrs. Brouse is survived by lour grand children, and ten great-grand chil dren, four children having preceded her to the eternal world. She was aged 78 years, 0 months and 25 days. Grandmother Brouse was a most genial and accommodating neighbor. She possessed many good qualities and enjoyed the full confi dence and high regard ol all who knew her. Her remains were laid to rct le--ide the bodv of her hus band, who had preceded her to the othei world sixteen years ago to await the resurrection ol the lust. LlfTV J YEARS 1 OLD Why let your neighbors know it? And why cive them a chinco to guess you are even five or ten years more? Better Rive them good reasons for guessing the other way. It is very easy; for nothing tells of ago so quickly as gray hair. Ayer's liir Vigor is a youth-renewer. It hides the age under a luxuriant growth of hair the color of youth. It never fails to restore color to gray hair. It will stop the hair from coming out also. It feeds the hair bulbs. Thin hairbecomesthickhair, and short hair becomes long bair. It cleanses the scalp; re moves all dandruff, and prevents its formation. Wc have a book on the Hair which wo will gladly send you. If yon do not obtain U tha urn. flU JOU ireclcd frutn tho u.r uf tint vv, .r. write tb doctor liut it. rrnbablr thor li toma difflrultr with your emiaral avitam liicu may Da easily ri tno.n "If there is one who believer! the "Gold Standard" IsupMid thing, or that it must be main tained, I warn him a t to eu-l hit vote for me, because I prom ise him it will nof In' malutnln ed in this country any longer than I am able to gel rid uf it." W.J. Bkyan. "For three days mid nights 1 wuf feted agony untold from an attaok of cholera morbus brought on by eiitinK cucumbers,'1 Bays M. E. Lowtni r. clerk of the district court, Centreulle, Iowa. '! tlioucrbt I should surely d-r, and tried a dozen different medicines but all to no pur pose. I sent for a bottlo of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Iteinedv and three doses re lieved me entirely.'' This remedy is for Bale by the Middleburg Drjg Store 4 aVH II, r A M M I n n at 1 1 Man WjTk SNAP SHOTS OFJLIVE ISSUES A Workingman's Camera Plashed on the Political Situation. IniiirrlallHin, Kn Silver mid thi Traata ToMchwd I lion In nn Intrr ratliiK lnniir. Willi n l''cv I'urit Kritiilia Por BaiCfa Fot tli Hurried lt'iitlrr. Hero ure snapshot comments upon some of the live issues of the present presidential situation aa Riven by an intelligent mechanic employed In one of the Industrial establishments in Philadelphia, He is a wage earner who reads and thinks, and who in a clear and conslse manner discusses matters which nre of vital 'merest to every citizen concerned In the welfare of the nation. The toller and student of .iueri can politics writes: i IMPERIALISM This la- declared by Mr. Bryan and other Democratic leaders to be the "paramount issue." In other words, it is the best and most important reason they can offer why the most prosper ous administration tins country has ever known should he turned out, and why they who have no record but as politicians should be placed in control of th') Stupendous interests of tills country. Tho term "Imperialism," .us used by Mr. Bryan In application to tho present administration, has reference to the uses to which the military power of the government has been put dur ing President McKlnley'a administra tion. What are those uses? In 1898 war was declared against Spain by unanimous vote of the con gress of the I'niieii states; and remem ber by "congress" Is meant both Demo cratic and Republlcun representatives ill the house and in (he senate. The Republican administration did not. of course, and could not deelnre war; t nit the under t he const Itul Ion, w hlch atl power to declare war in congi ", the duty of making war, whe. Glared, Is Imposed on the pi and his cabinet, and lie must ol mandate of congress, All the wt : knows the success with which the ... -publican admlnist rat ion carried through the war whh ii drove Spain from thu American continent. Mr. Bryan came forward then ns u patriot and asked for and was appoint ed colonel of a regiment, ready to take his full share of the responsibility in this llrst step toward w hat he now mis names "imperialism." We any first step. Let us look at the second and chief step and his part therein, for It is the basis on which his cry of "Im perialism" must rest, if ii has any basis at nil. When the Spanish war was brought to Its brilliant conclusion It was the same almost unanimous congress, Dem ocrats and Republicans, who Instructed for the terms of peace with Spain and which ratified all the peace condi tions. Including the taking over of the Philippine islands; and again, under tl nsitutlon, the president of the United States bad no recourse but to carry out the terms of this peace treaty Congress has never recalled that Instruction to the president, and he has no alternative hut to proceed with his duty, until congress declares for some other line of action. Where did Mr. Bryan stand nt tho time this treaty of peace was being considered by congress? He made a speeial trip to Washington and did all In Ills power to have the treaty ratified. If It was rislit then it must be riniit now; and it is right now. and no man knows this belter than Mr, Bryan. Lot Mr. Ill van answer w hy he is so greatly moved by the alleged wrongs of the colored race In the Philippines. 7,000 miles away, yet dare not raise bis Voice ill defense of millions of color id American citizens here at home in the southern states, who are refused their rlKhts of Citizenship? Thus it appears that it is the congress of the United States. Democrats and Republicans, and notably Mr. llryan as far as it was In his power, who are responsible for this tiling he now calls "Imperialism," and not President McKlnley, and not his cabinet, except as they did their duly under the constitution, whli h they had sworn to perform. In brief, the "paramount issue' is spurious and is no reason al all. It means false politics, even ns r.r. other Democratic "issue." "free Bllver," means false money; and Mr. llry.in knows that both are spurious. r FREE SILVER Let It be remembered that tlfe cor rect term is "free coinage of silver." There can be no such thing as "f.co silver." Mr. Bryan forced the "free silver" IC to l plank of 1896 on the Kansas City convention. lii all his campaigning speeches be remains silent on this question, except occasionally, where be is fori, d to speak out. One of bis most recent ut terances on the subje t was in Septem ber last. He then Bald on this ques tion: "I stand tod'u' where I stood la 1886." We all know where that la for iu cent dollars. One brief Illustration of one of re many possible wrongs of free cotnag : The deposits in this country last year In the savings banks alone amount l to over two and a quarter blllloi i. This vast sum went into these banks on the basis of bu iciits on tne dollar, The value of the amount of silver In a silver dollar Is about In cents. If Mr. Bryan's free coinage at 16 to 1 goes Into effect every 100 cent doll ir will be reduced iu value to about 10 cents, and every holder of merchandise of all kinds purchased by him on the 100 cents basis' would be compelled to more than double his selling price to protect himself, while the wage earner, who has no merchandise, hut only his labor to soil and his saving in the 6ank, has no escape but to aecept tha 40 cent dollar for his pay. This is but one of the ii. aa workings of frt1" colnaRe. a new form of robbery which Mr. Bryan pn . ..t to legalise. 1 TRUSTS The important point to remember Is that all existing trusts are the ere., doe of state governments, uot in any ia of the federal government. Democrat cy's time honored olatm Is. and ,i.iiy has been, stute sovereignty the itsht of each state to enact such laws as K wills, as within its own borders with out any Interference from the federal government, unti it is an open tjutis tlon whether the federal government can forbid any state the rte,ht to Rive legal existence to corporate bodJfl known aa trusts. There was one ui blaation which the federal government was able to reach, beenusc it came tin der the tiead of "Interstate Conine i t e," namely, that of the railway conii lea. That combination has been dc t royal under federal legislation, given trod to by the decisions of the Unite I S .uos supreme court, that same high court of Justice In the land which Mr Bryaa declares must be discontinued Trusts ns now met with hat uuM Into existence durliiR the la t sfj or elRht years, and in every ease by state creation. Did the Democratic govera ment of Mr. Cleveland do anything to control them? The most active agita tion against trusts baa been during itte last two years inc. inn these two yean the Republican government has been occupied with many great national and international questions. Nevertheless during the last Bcsslon of congn tha Republicans endeavored to pai b con stitutional amendment to make p ble federal legislation for ti tlon of trusts, and thai effort feateil by die Democrats, Th truth beyond contradiction. au i vlcts the Democracy of the groi consistency, if not of a worse often As the matter stands today boi'i ties have promised legislation on d- Ihlr d n tbla ubject. The pie ge of the Ri publican party is backed by the attempt made la tha last ( on,!'i is, its already btuttd. The pledge ol the Demoi rai y is brand ed by their action In defeating the ef fort so mad". This "Issue." then, as against the Republican administration, is another makeshift, outcry co i w-d in untruth and signifying only the dire necessities of a party without ma science and hungry for the suc.'i of office, These three are the chief "issues" on which Democracy Is demanding the control of the government. Indeed, ey are the only reasons (?) they pre t why an administration which ha. I r ;ht the largest measure of pros pi to the country ever known In i' . I ny should be turned out in fa- r o. non Without any record in goT (' ';. "reasons" which arc false pri ensi on their face. Evi j inking man knows that Mr. Bryan taik about n desire on the part of Pr dent McKlnley to become a "dictator" and "emperor" la the BtupM esl nonsense Politicians said tins of the martyred president, Abraham Lin coln, when, after the war. be Lai 400,000 men at his command, for there always have bei politicians who righteous. Today, with a ooo. there is in i nd always will lie Will vllltfy the most population of 78,000 exlstence a I'm.cd States army of about 80,000 men, chief ly volunteers on a limited term of ser vice men of a sloc k not made tor mil itary despotisms. Such talk la an in sult to the Intelligence of tho Ameri can people and dishonors the nun who utter It. FULL DINNER PAIL NOT A SORDID EMBLEM In the course of a recent Interview In favor of tho re-election of Prci Idont McKlnley, former President Harrison, annum other t ii:iiL;:i, said : "His (Bryan's) election would, 1 think, throw governmental business affairs into confusion. Wc should not aid the election of a presld nt who would, atou 'e I ly, if be coul destroy the rc'cJ standard and oth ' things that we value yen more upo the de- if if 0Maf 111 l EX-PRRS1DEMT HARRISON, ceptlve suggestion thai he has been bound- that the Republican party will after defeat siill have strength enough to save the temple. It will be much better not to allow the men with de structive tend, .h ies BO much as to le:in against the pillars. "The economic policies of the Repub lican parly have I ren vindicated by tho remarkable and general prosperity that Has devoloped during Mr, McKlnIeyB administration succeeding a period Of great depression A change of admln ist ration wo il m:. certnlnlj conditions from which we have so hap pily escaped. "The full dinner pail is not a sordid emblem. It has a spiritual Signlfh ance for the spiritually minded. It means more comfort for the man and b.mily, more schooling and less work for the children, ami a margin and saving for sickness and old ag 1." Scnntor Tillman sys the Penneylvar nia uial miners ure "a lot of Ignorant) poor foreigners," and adds that he would ruther be a "southern nlggaf than one of them. The senator has given1 the Pennsylvania miners a r.ither vivid insight of the Democratic opinion of them.