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Vol. x x vii.
Nl M BER 46,
" liil Cnaritv prevail, the Pre--, would prove
vehicle of Virtue. Truth and Love." Oowpbe.
CURRENT COMMENT.
There is only tins to be raid of Captain Hart's
death: He took up the cause of the Cubans long
before the rest of us, and suffered because lit- did.
PltESIDEKT McKlKLEY is at work on the out
lines of'liis annual message. Naturally it will
bean able state paper, patriotic and lull of wisdom.
Unci: again there are renewed rumors of Boer
activity, a certain indication, to our way of think
ing, that the Boer war hasn't reached a conclus
ion vet.
0
Colonel Quay goes to his Florida tepee know
ing that when the Legislature meets in January it
will only be a question of how large his majority
for United States Senator will be. His calling
and election are sure.
President McKinley has considerately re
lieved the voluntary cabinet-makers ofthe difficult
task they undertook by asking the members of the
present Cabiuel to continue in office during his
second administration.
Govenor Stoke having issued bis Thanks
giving proclamation and called upon all citizens
to rejoice and give thanks over the general pros
perity and good limes that have come upon the
State of 1 'ennsylvania.it behooves every body to be
ready tor a glorious time of thanksgiving and
praise on the 29th of this month.
Inasmuch as Bryan and his friends, according
to the very latest accounts from the vicinity of
the Platte, have determined to keep up the fight four
years more, we lieg leave to propose three cheers
for Brvau. Twice he has been beaten, and he was
weaker this year than four years ago. And mean
while he can "lecture" at the same olJ price.
In Lincoln, Nebraska, Bryan lost his home
precinct by a vote of almost two to one, and the
same was also the ease in JSInomingtou, Illinois,
where A dial Stevenson voted. But McKiuley
and Roosevelt not on carried their towns by
hands'. in. mnjnrV.im, Sv-y ran away ".head oftbe
ticket, all of which goes to show that the liest
gnage of a man i. the regard in which his neigh
Ixjrs hold him.
The ChineseGovernmentis having pretty hard
lines nowdays. The powers have not only de
manded indemnity, but insist that the Chinese
must erect monuments to the memory of the Christ
ians who were socruelly massacred, and the ( 'bin
ese peace commissioners have balked at that prop
osition. But China will take her medicine just
the same.
The New York Presbytery, the Philadelphia
Presbytery and the Carlisle Presbytery have all
decided against revision, and that the Westminster
Confession, with its doctrine of predestination, is
good enough to remain as the Creed ofthe Pres
byterian Church. The revision scheme does not
seem to have mel with much favor amoung the
older Presbyteries probably because they believe
in letting well enough alone.
Senator-elect Focht, of Union county, pays
his resiects to the party ofinsurgents who invaded
his bailiwick during the last campaign, and under
the guise of Republicans endeavored to encompass
his defeat for Senator. As a consequence, Senator-
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' . 1 u"1 "," ""u Itweeu L88U and 180 which was 146 and 100
party ol destroyers, but he pours hot shot into them i for each of the ten years and adding to the above
11 'Mil uie hi'iii u, aim lie r- nui i'i lie niaillieil lor
being warm. The people of the districts are to be
High Masonic Bodies
WILLIAMSPOUT will, in a very short
time, have become a prominent center of
Masonic activity. Iast January a Iodge of Per
fection, Scottish Kite, was instituted there, and has
had such a successful career that the higher Mas-
Onlc authorities Were moved to hxik with favor
upon a request preferred that stil I higher functions
be conferred uhii the Williamsport organization. 1
It is now offically announced that it has been de
cided to grant dispensation to the lodge to confer,
in addition to the degrees from 1 to 14, the de
grees conferred by a council, 15 and L6; thorn con
ferred by a chapter, 17 and IS; anil those con
ferred by a consistory, 11) to 32, inclusive. There
is but one higher degree, the thirty-third, which
is conferred only by the national organization.
In due time, it is expected; these dispensations
will be supplemented by charters, creating a
council, chapter, and consistory there, to exist per
manently. The importance that attaches to these
bodies in Masonic circles is evident at n glance,
and cannot fail to make Williamsport conspicu
ous in more than one direction, to the decided ad
vantage of the town. At present there arc live
consistories in the State at Pittsburg, Philadel
phia, Harrisburg, Bloomsburg, and Coudersport.
no NOT FORGET THE LAW
UNDER" a recent law of Pennsylvania,
teachers ofthe public schools are charged
with the performance of a public duty not even
second to that of education of their pupils.
Knowing their opportunities and believing in their
intelligence and public Bpirit, a sovereign Legisla
ture ban instructed them to act in harmony with
the local Hoards of Health in the quick sup
pression of all contagious diseaces,
This duty may briefly be told. In the per-
fomance of their tegular work the teachers fre
quently obtain first information of the outbreak
of contigious diseases in their respective com
munities. Instances an; upon record in which
they were aware ofthe prevalence of diphtheria
many days before, the fact was reported to be the
Boards of Health. Either through carelessness,
favoritism or other cause, the attending phvsicians
tailed to report the cases, although they were a
matter f school gossip. The request of the State
is that teachers shall themselves notify the several
boards of the existence of such diseases the instant
that knowledge becomes theirs.
Surely there is nothing unreaonable in that re
quest. The teachers, no less thau other citizens,
desire the t 'notion ofthe public healtli,aml le
ing a position where they can often ascertain the
facts before any one, ought to take it as one
of the highest duties of their profession to com
ply with the provisions ofthe law.
TI KN THE TIDE OF HUMANITY
TT ISA MATTER of sore regret that this
week the news columns of the Post are
compelled to note the fact that the population
of Snvder County has decreased during the last
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ten years, yea for the last 20 years. The reports
of births and deaths published in the Post from!
time to time show that the number of births ex
ceed the number of deaths every year by about
100 persons. Hence the loss is due to emigration, j
Why can not these people be kept here? This'
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is a prooiem we wisn 10 pill to to everv thinking
man in Snyder county.
In 1860 the population of Snvder County was
16,035; 1870, 15,(100; in 1880, 17,797j 1800,
17,651; and 1900, 17.304. Since 1880 the pop
ulation has been on the decrease. We have lost
347 persons the last ten years, and figuring that
we have had 100 more births than deaths each
year, we must conclude that our total loss has
been 1,347 in ten years and countin the loss be-
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PRISTINE THOUGHTS
SELECTED GEMS
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THE SYBIL. ANC'INT AND MODERN
4 A PROPHECY
Tin-OA Y, pmeceiIii:K from thL' aries
R I oftiu- Beat, resounds a voice, but Europe, In her
mail course towards iliealiyss, heeds it not. Kv-
erything n'ts ready tor the great struggle be
tween these two moat; the haughty science of the
West has denied her direct sire, Eastern occultism I
The current is becoming Irreaistlbh For the villa
ger, the workman at ilie mill, the fatal day is hstap
preaching when the gigantic machine, exhausted,
and tired of work, w ill stop its wheels, leaving a for
midable Industrial army thirsting for life. What an
swer is our modem sc ience now prepared to give it:
aye that science nlw a v pre-occiipicd with the discov
ery of new means to destroy one's neighbor? It is
then that will appear In their majesty the Sybils of
our race, who will teach through the REVEALED sci
ence and the sacred oracles, the elements necessary
for the restoration of Humanity to its proper groove.
-The Theomphitt, Pol V.
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REINCARNATION
ROBERT FRANCIS
I , i..r: llr. II. ll.-l I'ltf,
Nil now tiiicj.a w, it parted apher.
Hvvulvcn IhriiiiKli icons, centuries, year,
Poi all Immortal Qod and mortal Mun,
K a km , the Ijiw, forever (tends
The Iji if Juitica rasord kaepi
01 every deed ; nl BJri t" Ibee,
'Ah ye hIiuM sow. su ihall reap :"
Ami umiKiit can change the Uiw'a decree.
So, winy tiiy wiiv again to earth,
Immortal Boul, to mortal birth;
Take on, aealn, the oloah of iy,
And u.iii.r u am, and live, and pray.
Incarnate lite onoa thou lmt known,
RBIHCARNATIOM in now lliy l"urne.
On earth Ihou planted'el deep the seed
of mortal life and mortal deed ,
So Niith the Ijiv : It ye muet keep,
And Hike back witli tlice, unto man,
Thla pure religion, eimple, grand.
Teach through the eai lb, from land to land.
From tribe to trilie, from elan to elun ;
To earth and tea, and ihora, and tadn,
The eternal BROTBKBHOOD O Max
The k'reut, the email, the rich, the poor,
The white, the black, the diwky Moor,
Haaeelman. Chrlatian, Buddhlet; .lew.
Prom one root-etoek, one father grew ;
Piem the vroinb of one mother sprang
That i auntleee legion, the race of Man.
Insured Jewelea Bgim or WaU-
am nam movement, in e
genuine ooia nueacaae,
Kuarantaed for luyears.
Nearly HO0 Btyles ol
Watches and all the lat
est things In reliable
Jewelry, are sold by us
at 4S9 below retail
price.
HOLIDAY SUGGESTIONS.
Artists Materials, Ill
cycles, nookcases. Buf
fets, Cablneta, Candy,
China. China Closets.
OPtH FACt. 97.25 Clears, Clocks, Com
modes, Couches, Dolls, Easy Chairs, Fountain
Pens Games, OraDhaphones, Groceries. Hand
kerchiefs, Enlres, Lamps, Mufflers, Musical la
Btruments, Fedestals, l'lctures. Pipes, Purses,
Rockers, Sewing Machines, Sporting Goods,
Table Silverware, Toys, Umbrellas, Writing
Desks, are a few of the thousands of suitable
articles we sell for Christmas presents, in addU
tlon, we are head-to-foot nut fin rs tor Men, Wo
men and Children, sell Everything to Eat, and
to Use. All information Is contained in our No.
Of Illustrated catalogue, each copy welching SK
lbs. as an evidence of Interest, send usioo. to
help pay postage. These 10c. too ninrcr raosi
tocb FiBST obokr of SI. It quotes wholeiiulo
prices to consumers.
IOLU)niOClTUWDlS Tin DrttlGtodtBtoliletwItl,
ampn from lit. to $1 50 wt pay trantpvrtathn.
Madrto-ordtr Mtn $ Clothing Catalnamwlth lampfn
M pay Ctpmiaa and auaranft to fit. LHhogttpnti
catalQgun af Oarptit, Ruin, Drapttlu, ltd mowing
goods In tholr rial culan. Wo ay trilultt and uw Cat
Ptttfru. Why pay retail prices T Which catalogue do
iou want r Address this way :
JUtS NINES ft SON. tALTINORE. D.. Dtot. 909.
iiniriit K. Brdiey
Qod commissioned hi death angel
to enter upon the threshold tf Rebecca
anil Robert Brdiey to claim their bright
daughter, Robert Celesta, aged 6 yean
and '1 w eeks. She was sick three days
with membranous croup, iller body
was placed in a handsome casket fur
nished by Undertaker ptehrader. The
funeral was well attended. Rev. 8. 8,
Kohler officiated.
Tub Up-to-date Miootant
. ...Snoa iis.vi.kb
While In town, call In to at ah I
tick. Wa can give you ,,
low a
ONE DOLLAR
8L
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Hut the very best Shoe
cheapest.
We offer the
VERY LATEST STYLEil
o f Miaset,' Ganta' and (MiluJ
V Show.
I warm FEHr shoe!
Thli Ih aomathlnf entirely , J
altraeta the attention of thon ,
appreciate a good article.
EMBEDS
V art) now offering shiiift!, .
In BUBBBB8. Tk XHmim
the istivinj Rubber.
frn nnd dlMOlort, to tec niy !
fttlist. tsMnol.
MIDDLEBURGH, PENNAl
THE WATCHWORD
llnvf y'H 1 1 : i h ktndneM boo
PMR it on.
'Twm nol dono for you pvloae-
Pmh it on.
hti I tripe Another! tert
Let it travel down tl"' yt urs.
Till In HcnvenH ppert
pMi it on '
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loss for the last decade, makes a total loss for 20
vears of 2403 nersnns Wleit Anna tUia ..,...,
i . i .. . 1-. i . i ,. , , I ....... mwiui
wugratuiaKu . .. nr. roenrs election, ana tliey Thinking people, more especially, business men,
will have the benefit ol his ripe experience and does not this appeal to you for a remedy for this
ability at a time when they are needed in the State. : wholesale einir,tinn? fh r L,
O avawvq 1 I III
a re,. i. v i v- nrvpnii !.-..-.-, .t I euy uuu invites U1SCUS81UU,
.i I 'l.'-i' i UC1..C1UAL. i .i.iv i sums o 1 1 t ne en
tire senatorial situation when he say s: "The Quay
It is the most natural taste of mankind to
re-
people are satisfied with the result and know that I main 1K"ir the scenes of his childhood, even if re-
tkcv bave enough votes in the Legislature to elect numeration is less than elsewhere, but if lie has
Col. Quay. The anti-Quay people are whistling 00 employment and no means of support, he will
through the graveyard to keep up their spirits, go where he can provide the necessaries of life.
but their whistle will die away long before Leg- Let us establish more industries anil build more
i. i .1 mi p i .1 . .i 6 i i: i it i j i
islature meets and they will find that they are
hopelessly in the minority. But they .seem to be
content, and they are welcome to all happiness
they can find in the last election." And that ex
presses the views of every friend of Senator Quay
who knows that he is certain to be re-elected when
the Legislature meets.
The far reaching effects of a single kind re
mark or an act which denotes sympathy, apprec
iation and a desire to assist and encourage are sel
dom realized at the time the words are spoken or
the deed done. Yet it is true that lives, doubt
less many of them, have been lastingly influenced
for good and stimulated to eager and persistent
effort to achieve a worthy success by such words
and deeds. It is the loving commendation of par
ent of teacher that reaches anil moves the cur
rents of desire atiil determination in the child.
And that spirit needs to le manifested toward mas
ses of adults, who are still children in moral at
tainment. Univcrmlist Leader.
houses. Middleburg needs more houses now
Why do not the capitalists put them up? Give
the people employment and they will stay here.
Industries should be established all over the
county. What are the mooted men going to do
about it?
AMONG the applications for advice and assist
ance ill managing Woodlands which have recent
ly received by the Division of Forestry of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture is one from
the (Jreat Northern Paper Company of Maine.
This company owns a tract of 300,000 acres on
tile Penobscot and Kenebec rivers, chiefly spruce
land. It is undertaking to lumber in such a
manner that the same acres can be cut over re
peatedly with good profit, and is making use of
flw. mil .in, I n.K.ww. - - Im I
..... mw wii.uvui Li.uuuvj npniiaajaip in uiuer
that its estimates and the plans anil methods
which it adopts may lie reliable and best adapt
ed to the ends in view. The surveys and meas
urements on which the Division of Forestry will
base the working plan to be submitted to the
company will probably be begun next spring.
TRUE HAPPINESS
TRANSLATED FROM THE SANSCRIT
Full of Love for all th'uiKs In the world, pruetie
Ug virtue in order to benefit others this man only
is happy.
On first awakening from my sleep, I should pray
that every breathing thing may Wstke to saving wis
dom, vast as the wide and boundless universe.
Here is a beautiful description of dawn and Un
moral deduced therefrom: "The water-lllly has lost
its beauty. The lotus tlowersnic Ik ginning to appear
pleasant. The owl has become silent. The ruddy
goose is happy. The moon sets. Thesunrises. Ah!
Karma, under the bands of heavy fate, bears fruit in
different wavs." SimimknrUia, Cunto II, Shka sixty-
fur. This may ! considered heavy rending, but it
is readily undent 1 by those who can read between
the lines. It was written by Mafjhii, a prince-poet-philosopher,
whodied in greni Hverty, about Iheend
ofthe tenth century, after giviug bin vast fortune of
Untold millions to r lleve the starving people of In
dia, his native land, during a long-continued famine,
similar to that now pn valing there. EplTOB Tost.
THERE IS NO DEATH
SIR BULWER LYTTON
fe.pt!. H.li"t h, rr ,
There in no death I The marn (O down
To rine upon tome f.uer nhore,
And bright, in beaven'a jeweled crown,
They shine fori veriuore.
f There is no death) 1 ho dust we tread
shall ehange, beneath the Bummer showers,
To (olden grain, or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
There is no death I The leaves limy fall
Anil Sowars may fade and ss away;
They only wall through wintry hours,
The coming of the May.
There is no death I An angel form
Walks o'er the earth with with silent trejill;
He lears our lu st loved things ways,
Anil then we call them Bead.
lie leaves our hearts all desolate
lie plucks our fairest, sweeten! flowers
Transplanted into bliss, they now
Adorn Immorlul boWSM.
The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones
Made glad these seem s of tin and strife,
Sing's now nu everlasting song
Around the tree of life.
Where'er he bees a Btnilfl too hright,
Or heart too pure fur taint or vice.
He hears it to that world of Light,
To dwell in l urodisc.
Horn unto thai dying life,
They leave us hut to come again,
With joy we welcuue them, the same,
Except the sin ami pain.
And ever near us, though nnaaani
The denr, iinmortul spirits tread
Fur all the boundless univemc
la Life, tberoee no dead.
UNCLE EPH-THE PHILOSOPHER
NOT COPY-RIOHTE6
No sun, no moon, to sturs, no cash, no cider, November, dear
Capt lug John.
Borrowed trubbll has lor be paid bBCk wla a big Intrust, Miss
Arrcthu-zsh.
Now, dnt de Toctlon Is over, Deacon Showdown rises ter cn
quare how do Democratic renaissance Is u-zulne to retuwee '
I has been young an now I am old, ylt I has never seed a pus
son whut wuz real loud uv green perslmmotiB, Miss Marggeroat.
Most folks .mint satisfied ter go trow dls world az de good
Lawd mado em. 1 1ms often thought ef 1 cood Jest git up sum de
oozshun to curl whit folk ha'r an take kinks mitten a blgger's
I cood shake my hoary locks at de gaunt wolf uv tburst an hun
ger all de rost uv my buvvn days ; but bit Jest calnt be did, Hiss
Jo Aon de Ark Angel oake Parrenu Uandershanks no indeed;.
An' hits sech a grate p't'y ter j u . u i to, n otner other folks,
an especially ter me. Jaatown Corker.
M-K-W-I1 M'-t-I-W-K-K-l- !"l H-I-t-l' t"MM''i"l"l'I"Mu '1 1 1 i i u..
ENTERPRISE MEAT CUTTFRS
AND SAUSAGE STTJFFKR
t m,
Y 1 nere are no mueliiuca ifiuf will do the work so well. You km
whut the KNTERPUISE are. You should know that
t can buy t!iem r.t the VERY LOWEST PRICES at;
! store. A ! o mnwy ofthe repairs always kept on hand.
t FIFTY POUND LARD GANS
v )' ;!i plain ai.d p..:. :!. Good, heavy cans for the price,
: tin. 1
Hood handle .'
i ..BUTCHERS' KNIVES AND SAWS
T butchers Cleavers, ( '(aver Knives, Butchers' Scales, 4
t Utams, Hop i-erapirs, Skimmers and Ladles, Iron Km
T "nu Hiveryliiuijj tor Btitehering tune.
GEO. W. HACKETT
X 325 Market Siree',
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Sunbury,
Ladies' Coats and Hau
Ladies' Fine Tailor
Suits at Kemarkably
Prices.
' Ladies', Misses' and Obildi
COATS AM CAPI
$2.50 and u
OUR STOCK IS LAI
Ready-to-wear Felts j
Velvet Head-wear fr
men and Children.
0VTING HATS
ENTIRELY K
Our Stock is enormous
our PRICES are correetl
popular, as usual, lower!
elsewhere.
1
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!A RARE CHAN
TO BUY A
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GOOD GUN CHEN
I AT ACTUAL COST
Will elose my entire stoek of GUNS out at A(
COST. Must
the room f ol
IMMENSj
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A Lot of Good Guns at Sacrifice Pr
a
? 7.00 Guns now at $5.00 $ 8.00 Guns now at
i 12.00 " " " 9.00 14.00 " "
$25.00 Gans now at $21.
o It will pay you to come many miles to get these
sa . . t . ii
o prices mat i now ouei.
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