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Published Every Thursday Maralng
ISO. W. WAQBN3KLL1K A. It BDITOIl AND OWKIR.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
1.00 per year paid In kdvanes. l.8 pr )w if Dot paid
In adnnoe. Hln-I copls. FIy leaks.
A4vrtllnc Rtr. u cento par liaa, nonpareil maaanre
stent, for flrst iusertlnr. and M rtnto par Una lor aacb tubas
quent iniartion. IVOFKICB. Naartba County Court Houss
between tua Klrsr National Bank and the OnuntyJalL.
Vol. xxxix. Jan. 13, 1902.
Js L'MHKR 4
A RELIABLE SEED FIRM.
A combination of reputations, if the rcputa
tions are good, is better than coindinations of
capital. We are in receipt of D. Ijandrcth it
Sons' Mail Order Catalogue, and notice that Mr.
James Vick, son of the original Mail Order
Seedniaii of JliM-hesler, X. Y., is now in charge
of the Mail Order Department of I). Ijandrcth
& Sons, the fir t Seed House ever established in
the United Statis; so old is this house, that they
"jK)ir.t with pridt" to the fact that George
Washington at Mt. Vernon and Thomas Jeft'er
son at Moiiticcllo, were patrons of Jjandrcths'
Seeds, and we presume that if Father Adam had
not died so ytumj.'-, he too, would have been, and
the (iarden of Eden would have been planted
with Iiandreths' Seeds.
The Landrcth Catalogue is the handsomest
and the most complete that the firm has ever
issued; it abounds in all the good things of the
Garden, Farm and Orchard, Flowers, Plantsand
Grasses in their line.
They oiler tempting inducements for prize
Winners, consisting of one thousand dollars to
the hustlers after club orders; IJooks for the
school teacher and student, and watches for the
lxys and girls real watches, with a ten year
guarantee.
This Catalogue can be had free for the asking;
send a jnistal with your address to I). Landreth
tfc Sons; Mail Order Dept., Philadelphia, Pcnna.,
and you will get one by return mail, with a
memorandum entitling you to 10 per cent oil on
seeds, if you mention this paper. We might
add, this Iwok should ! called the Common
Sense Catalogue, as everything is so easily found
under in admirably arrangement
THE NEWSPAPER AS A BUSINESS.-
The rural newspaper of today isr in
advance of what it was ten yean ago. The tone
of the editorial management has vastly improved.
The character of the editorial writer, bo far as
manifested in the products of his brain, has been
elevated, and he has acquired intelligence and
dignity. Very often today the weekly news
paper is the medium through which are express
ed some of the wisest conclusions upon policies
of the iay, some of the shrewdest suggestions
for men at the centre of influence and power,
The improvement which has marked the news
paper profession in the last decade is cause for
highest gratification to those who have long been
connected with this medium of public education.
And the newspaper fraternity has good reason
to congratulate itself, as well as the public at
large, that men who conducted newspapers, L.rge
and small, are for the most part learning the
dignity of their calling and are making strenuous
eflorts to place it where in Iwlongs among the
liest agencies which are helping to develop civi
lization. ACREEMEXT OX ARBITRATION'.
"TMIK Pan-American Congress had vindicat
cd the confidence of its friends and has
grievously disappointed its foes. We need not
now again rehearse the tale of evil prophecies
concerning it that it would never meet, that it
would break up immediately after organizing,
that the delegates of this, that or the other
country would withdraw, that there would never
be agreement upon the paramount issue of arbi
tration, et cetera, ad nauseam. There were at
times, no doubt, some unpleasant symptoms, and
we cannot say that all the countries in the con
gress acted at all times as reasonably as might
have lec!i wished. Nevertheless, we have never
lost hope that in the end "the common sense of
most" would assert itself and would prevail, for
the good of all concerned. To-day that hope
scms to lie realized. Largely, as it apjears,
through the diplomatic agency of one of the
United States delegates, a modus vivendi has been
reached, and a working agreement has been
concluded between the two differing parties upon
the crucial issue of arbitration.
Details aside, two salient facts dominate the
case. .IBM) u that KJhiu has receded from ber
ill 'taken ground of opposition to any practical
and free consideration of arbitration. We were
never fully prepared to believe that so enlight
ened and ? powerful a state could act so un-
wortuily as to run away before a dicussion of
arbitration or as to insist upon the gagging of a
deliberative assembly of ts. As a matter of
fact, arbitration has, because of such tentative
opposition as Chili manifested, actually been
more discussed than it would otherwise have
been. And Chili has apparently yielded the
one point upon which she was supposed to be
most resolute. For the Couvention of The
Hague is not sicklied o'er with the pale cast of
postponement It does not of course, call for
"retroactive " arbitration. No man in South
America or elsewhere. But neither are its
beneficent applications restricted to what Lowell
aptly termed the "paulo-po6t-future." It is
emphatically a thing of present utility, appli
cable to controversies now existing. Thus, to
make a concrete example, the arbitration to
which Chili now assents could not reopen the
(definite settlements which were made years ago,
at the close of the war with Peru. It could
not challenge the validity of the Treaty of
A neon. But it could operate for the determi
nation of any controversies as yet unsettled, or
for the interpretation of any provisions of the
Treaty of Ancon which may yet remain unful
filled. The other salient fact is that the American
republics have not only agreed among them
selres, but have also placee themselves exactly
in line with the great powers of Europe which
have been wont to regard them superciliously,
if not contemptuously. Too often our European
friends have referred to the Central and South
American peoples as " lesser breeds, wtthout the
law," who lived in jwrpetual fightings, and to
whom arbitration and the laws of nations were
unknown. But there these states are adopting
literally that Convention of The Hague which
is supposed to embody the best sweetness and
light of Euroe in the nineteenth century. Yes,
they adopt it, bays the cynic, but will they act
upon it? Probab'ly about as well as the Euro
pean powers have done so. Thus far, we be
lieve, not a single European controversy has
len leferred to the tribunal of The Hague,
though there have been and are enough of them
to keep a dozen courts busy. Meantime, out
side of the Hague Convention, vai ions South
and Central American states have been and are
referring their disputes to arbitration. It may
be that Mexico will prove not unworty to rank
by the 6ide of The Hague.
CANDIDATES' ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ram
Te tha Republican of Snyder Count t
I respectlullj aubanit myself aa a candidate
lor tbe county nomination for 1'ninianiiia
Promising;, if nominated, to make a irons flint
for the district nomination. I solicit tha voice
of all Ke publics ne. A. M. ft tflTH.
Aaaraabljr
To tha Republican voter of Snyder County :
I hereby announce myself a a candidate
for Assembly subject to tbe rule of the Re
publican Primary. kindly oollclltne; your
rote and the benefit of your inttaeace. 1 am
very tiacerely your.
F. C. B0WER80X.
Mlddleburg, Pa.
EUtor Post. Please announce our names a
candidate for Stale Delegate.
JAOOU H. N HO ADS,
Sbamokin Dam.
IRWIN OKAYBILU
fazton villa. Pa..
Editor Port Plea announce my name at a
candidate for State Uelrgate.
UK. B. W. TOOL.
Freeburt, Pa.
Nherin
Editor ror, Pleaee announce my name as a
candidate fur the Kepublican nomination for
Sheriff. 1 vu dafeuted before for this prise
and am still a loyal Republican and always
will he, no matter wnat happens. I kindly ask
all Republican for their faithful support at the
Republican primary, r'eb. lft.
CtlAS. E.8AMPSELL.
I'ennscreek, Pa.
t'nnnty Treasurer
To the Rcpubllcon voters of Snyder County:
I am candidate for the nomination of Coun
ty Treasurer and solicit your support at the
cumiiiK primary election nn Feb. 1..
W. 11. RlhULE.
Sprint Township.
Totlie Republicans of Snyder County:
I wish to announce myself as a candidate
for the noniinntion for Treasurer, promising, if
noml tutted and elec-tnl, to faithfully discharge
the dutiesof the orrlue. I ask for loyal support
of all Republicans. I. NORMAN AiV.
Monroe Twp.
County t'oiuinimlouer.
Editor Pout,
I desire you to announce my name
through your worthy paper as a candidate for
County Commissioner. 1 have been a voter In
this county for the past thirty four years and
have always been a staunch hcpubllcan. I have
never been a candidate for a county office be
fore, and if the people see Hit to elect me, I
would assure them that I would do all in my
power to carry out their wishes.
Respectfully yours,
JONATUaN RKlCaKNBACH
8bsdle, re., Dec. 16. luvl.
Fditor Poht, Please announce my name as a
candidate for County Cniiiniisnioiir. I am wil
ling to stand upon my past record as Commis
sioner and solicit your votes.
JOHN P. WETZEL,
Ueavertown, Pa.
Editor Pour, Please announce my name as a
candidate for the Republican nomination as
L-'omiuisNioncr subject to the rules governing
the primary election.
HARRISON MOVER.
Middleburg, Pa.
Editor PolT, Please announce my nomc as a
candidate for nomination of County Commis
sioner. Monroe has not had a commissioner
for 15 years. I respectfully solicit the votes of
all republican. IIENJAMIN HUMMEL, SR.
Monroe Twp., Jan. 13, ltug.
County Andltor
Editor PcwT.-I am a candidate for the nomi
nation for County Auditni.
CHARLES ARBOGAST.
Ricliffeld, Pa.
Drvorca Note.-
To John F. Stank, lata of Sbamokin, Pa. .
Whbbba, MfIIb V- Steak, your wife. J
Sled a hbal in tbe t our of lomiaoo PkaJ
Border County WDerember Tym II n), J
trains you, now yoa are aerrht aotlnad J
required to appear la said court on or brlo.1
-"""ji me uy oi rrorur', ' I next J
wkmmmm Ik. ..m..lkt... 1 . i. ci. . i ,
" . . -p . ... VB a w Mliq TOVlia 1
Htank. and in default of such umsrstj. ..
will be liable to bare a divorce granted in roJ
Sheriff of Snyder Count
Bsiuaieourgn, ra, Jan. 14, itfct. , 4L
FACTS FOR PHILATELISTS.
aa omciai recognition ox pnuatthg
corridor of th Bruiuel post offic.
representing grandfather and (franc
children looking over a stamp album.
There are now 72,000 post offices i-
the United States. This is more tha-.
any other nation has; but if Grn
Britain and her colonies were tak-
as a whole the United States wou-j
occupy aecond place in number
post offlcea.
The contention that the term phi'.
ately was not intended to include fiv.
cal stamps is met with the arcumi-r,
that the derivation of the word is frri
roots that mean primarily a fondue
for exemption from tax, or stamps !
notintr that the no t a ire or tax !)'
been paid. And this i in accordant!
with the philatelic lexicon of to-daj
Collectors often fjrowl'ahout Uniu
States stamps being heavily cancels
but the Australian collectors havr ,
hard time to secure high value recen:l
issues in used conditions in a fit shnp.
for preservation. A paper of remnr, L
strance has been signed by promin"n'
Australian collectors and sent to thfl
post office officials, and it is hopefl
there will be a beneficial change it!
the manner of cancellation.
The smallest postage stamp ever in.
sued appears to be the one-quarti-r
sehiHing of Mecklenburg-Schwerir
which measures ten by ten mm. or 1(V
square mm. It is run ralher close h
the first issue for Bolivar, both vahif.
oijwhich teneents'andlpenny meas
ure only 10 by 12 mm. each. For tip
sake of comparison, It may be men-!
iuuv ioc currenv ia. Jjriuin
tamp measures 18y, by 22 mm.
Mew Century Oontrorf .
Millions are daily finding a world
of comfort in BuckUn's Arnica
Salve. It kills nain frcm Bums
Sculds, C u t p. JBruiues;' conquers
Ulcers, aad Fever 801 es; cures
Eruptions. Salt Rheum. Boils and
Felons; removes Corns and Warts,
Beht Hil cure on earth. Only 2V
at Middleburc Drug Co , Graybill,
Garman & Co., Kichfield. Pa., Or.JJ.
VV, Sampsell, Peunscreek. Pa.
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S. MEIS
1902
30th ANMI VERS AR Y 8 ALE
We believe this will be tbe greatest
buying opportunity ever offered to tbe
people of this section.
If yoa buy one Dollar's woitb of goods,
you will save 20 cents. If you buy ten
dollars, you will save two dollars.
A straight 20 per cent. Discount on
every dollar's worth of
W-M-M -l"! i"I-:-I-I"H-l-l-I-H-H-H"H4.
Corsets,
Carpet?,
Window Shades,
Watches,
Cloth, Calicos,
Sheetings,
Yams, T
White Good,
1 1 oi scry, X
j- Oil Cloth,
j- Jewelry, X
J. YAc, etc.
X'HHH"S-H-!-;";-H"i-i"i'-i"i'';'i;"i"i-i"i-$
We begin 30th year of our
business with a Grreat Sale
A sale so far reaching in its money saving im-
portance that it will appeal to the ecomony of our
buying public for miles around.
To make this sale all tbat it pretends to be, we shall
offer a straight Discount of 20 percent, on everv Dollar's
T worth of goods in the store.
This is to be a SPOT CASH SALE and every cus
tomer, who visits our stoTe during the period of the sale
and buys one Dollar's worth of goods or over, will be en
titled to a diciount of 20 percent. All purchases under
one Dollar will be at regular prices.
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There will be nothing reserved;.
jThe entire stock is at your disposal.
This Sale will begin Saturday morning, January 18th, and end on
the following Saturday night, January 25th.
Make out your lists and come prepare
to buy liberally, as these chances don't
often come your way.
Again we would emphasize that this sale
is strictly for CASH and the discount
only on a continuous sale of one Dollar
and over.
A straight 20 per cent. Discount on
every dollar's worth of
imim iiiiiimnwi
Drees Goods,
Ginghams,
Linings,
Embroideries,
Kid Gloves,
Blankets,
Linoleums,
Silverware.
Silks,
Muslins,
Uuderwear,
Laces,
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