o o taote THeabs We have a Job lot of note Uds on hand. They must go We bought a large con signment of envelopes Having bought so many we secured a rock bottom figure. Send for samples and prices. . tick. The price will do It. bmples and prices for the ask- ip We furnish them printed r less than you can buy them Jthout printing. ...... L W. Wapaacilcr, Miter and PrtprlcUr. A Family Jraraat, Dcrettd to News, Scteas Art, MlUcat Ectoay aid Camat Litcratarc Envelopes $ Rat Oat Dollar Per Aannm. la Adr.ar. OL. XXXIX ' . ; MIDDLEBUEGH SNYDER COTJiTTY PENNA. MAR 20 1902 TTTVrTT7T- a r I .........v.;-..-..-.iv-'..j... i LUCID LOCAL LACONICS IA earth seems to be well-soaked water. Tim rain sunaay snowed ferly. ...... k reported that 4 Inches of snow Sunbury Tuesday morning. None tre, but it was quite breery. county commissioners will have UK for the repairs to Maurer'i b in Jackson township Monday, It 31st. Ire will be coram union services at Sunday morning, ' March 81st, reparatory services in connection he other services. Absolom Snyder property on Market Street, Middleburg, was Kate A. Manbeck of Franklin lliip last Friday for $1300. icf, I Lave juat received a new f most beautiful Spring goods for -Trimmed and untrlmmed hate, , wrappers, notions, etc Mbs. E. C Aurand. llothemiel of Tort Treverton -i hotel stand and 8 acres of land inlay to Geo. 13. IUne for (2300 '. 11. Daubert, the present hotel rented the hotel property on lie day for three years. It went ir Dub to see the hotel go. But Daubert is his brother-in-law II make bis homo with him. Ue there around and about the be hud been for the lost 15 COl'RT H0TSE CHIPS. Deeds Entered for Record. . Grimm and wife to Daniel of burial lot In Evergreen ry at Freeburg, for $10. JCIutclIus, ctal to IL II. Grimm round in cemetery at Middle- $0. II. and Jas. W. liendricka to tli fititneline. lot No. 9 in Bov- litinn In Vikur-ttivKv (i!ft yer, executor of Henry Boyer, 1, to Rachel Bover and EIIza- er, 150 acres in Centre twp., toush and Louisa . Roush to piollinger, 17 acres and 2 per- masblngtoutwp., for $1098. II. Roush and wife to Boush 22 acres and 155 perches in fcton twp., for $307.21. Letters Granted. esuite of Cyrus Walter, late of ownship, Snyder Co., Pa.. Iters of administration were lo Clara Walter, the widow. Marriage Licenses. 'ark: ftpltnafrrntra Iiuiheiser, Shamokin Dam. 'it If ri.it.. t . " . ... wis, weaver op rings, fVEST BEA.VEK. Kuepp of Lewistown was . . . fl Week linv-inr on n f Mil-law's household goods. 1 1 uti mgaruner of Burnham Slllldav to nwnt .1.... , J'-" " MIC UJJf illllll , icasior is visitine friends j w - Hgion county. W. Trcastcr of Lewi- a bllsinnca I - Bast week. 'flips and Ed. Rn.,,. kka trin t.i I iflU'iafntitn "as been rcnortml ihDD g to North Dakota .S arming busiuess. 'Wly lias been Sllflforlnrr Jumps for the II lullips weut to Clear- 'til his mint our pulJic schoola "will "ill term Fri,b, rt factory be si ipplU l"e help they awA HI ladies turned out in y one Uay ast Wcck to I.n :ig at Mrs. Sarah 7 chum thev -'D full bbL" L,,r"' pother side dishes, cakp. numerous to mention. JW Snook was buried' at nere last Thnrs- fl81"' Miffu he had been living THE LESSON OF A LIFE. AdTrrtldng- World. Last month there died in Newark N. J-i millionaire whose features were more widely known thau any other mortal on the globe Gerhard Mennen Gerhard Mennen Not a reader of The Advertiaiug World but -has seen that name coupled with the words, " iterated Talcum Toilet Powder" in hundred puces, and always accom panied by the trade mark of the owner' face. He was the most ubiquitous of advertisers. Fifteen years ago, Gerhard Mennen was runnning a drugstore In Newark working fifteen hours a day and seven days in the week to keep things to gether, for the drug business was being decidedly overdone. Mennen was man of greater Ideas than the average druggist and soon originated a "on night corn cure"and boomed It mod estly into quite a brisk selling article, The reign of corns, however, was do parting with the advent of the modern well-fitting shoe, and he turned his at tention to discovering something of universal demand. He found it in "Baby Powdei" useful alike for Infants and adults of either sex. Gerhard Mennen did not make the first baby powder, for druggists the world over were making the article, but be did produce a superior grade of baby iow der, and, here Is the meat of the ar ticleadvertised it The writer does not believe that Ger hard Mennen fjresaw the extent to which his baby powder business would grow at the time, but the rrjn was evi dently deeply Imbued Yjr the wis dom or coustaut public ..ml re ol ved wguw tue uouoiu oi iuo theory "ad verttoe to the limit; the returns come." wennen wisely stuck to his drug store, which was now paying well. Every Saturday night he paid off his help, settled his bills and. set. apart a modest living expense and everv cent of money left over he spent in advertis ing Talcum Powder. This continued for raonths.with but moderate results and finally Mennen resolved to test the the theory to the full and began to "plunge." In his selection of advertising me diums he was shrewd. The "plunge" began by the taking of one whole page one bunday in the New York Herald at cost of live hundred dollars. Then followed syndicate advertising through the best papers in the country, and systematic magazine exploitation. it was a crucial time. Every cent that the man had was going into the the hopper and the sale of Talcum Powder was not responding in propor tion. Talcum Powder was literuliy "a drug on the market," for in expectation of vast sales enormous quantities had been manufactured. The bills for ad vertising kept piling up and according to Mr. Mennen himself, ran up to three hundred dollars a day a sum which wus suuKing me me out or nls re sources. "I could not sleep nights," said Mr. Mennen afterwards to a friend, refer ring to that time. "Ruin was staring me in the race and I walked the streets pondering how to meet my bills and trying to prepare for the crush which seemed Inevitable. Then, suddenly and witliou warning, the tide turned and the whole country, North, East, South and West, seemingly went nind over my Baby Powder. In a single week my large stock melted away and the orders pouring in kept us hustling we could not begin to fill them. In 1001, the proprietor of the Baby Powder spent a quarter of a million dollars in advertising. All the sure mediums of publicity, newspapers, ma gazines and bill boards were used to the limit. Five thousand dollars for one page in a magazine was nothing the results were promptly forthcoming. 'ine lesson to be drawn from the ex perience of this shrewd busluess man. cutofffromllfeby pneumonia at the age of forty-five dying a millionaire- Is simple. Concentrate on a single ar ticle or merit, and advertise It with bulldog tenacity and the results will come as sure as Spring follows Winter. Gerhard Mennen's experience is that of every successful advertiser to-day. It Is up to every reader of the Advertising worm w --go tnou and do likewise." . ' ' Eixiar D. Price, Irvington, N. J. Jacob raskut of New York la Iff town this week. N . - Mr. Shambach moved to Jacob Her; man's place north-cast of town. ,' f lira. Gee. E. Specht Mrs. Rosa Specht, daughter of Jacob Smith, waa born Nov. 29, 1S44. was j married by Rev. J. P. Shlndel March is, isuu to ueorge K. Bpecht of this place and died Thursday Mar. 13, 1902, ngea 67 years, 4 months and 16 day She was the mother of four sons and one daughter. The sons are Harry E Francis M Charles (now deceased BEST OF TWEXTY-X1XE. C. G. Bingamau visited his parenti and Frank V. The daughter is Flora in Centre township over Bunday. . SpechU Mr. Hpecbt is a sister of James vm.u. uowellor Paxton villa was P. Smith and Mrs. Snyder of this place, at the county seat last Saturday after- Ura. David Keller of Selinsgrove and noou Rev. -Jacob Smith of Lebanon. The Mrs. D. E. McLaiu of Liberty spent ftmeral took plaje 8unday morning in a Tew days visiting her many friends in " B. church of this place. this place. . r - ' , . - Mariln Mensth. James Avres and wife who Brent th winterln Wllllamsport, are expected ' JSZTI "ensch brother of Mrs. G. home to day ' - A,tod Schoch and futher of Charles J Mensch of this place, died at his home vr. j. w. and Mm. Orwlg spent the one and one-half miles south of Mifflin eany pari or mis week with relatives urg last Thursday morning. Mr, in Union county. LMeusc U had been sick for the past lew Lev! ltamer of Palls and Peter fmontL88uffurlnRwlth kidney trouble Rauch ol Shadel were visitors at this dropsy which was the cause of his place Saturday. I tb. He was about 55 years of aire, Rev. C. C. Basom spent several days ?e 8urvlved by u,a wit oneson and last week with his sister, Mrs. J. N. l.;7 - Broslus at th is ulace. ' I Mr- Me"ch was one of the most prom , T, . .1 nnt men of his section and a devot- x u.. nvrii.un, i-.x-couiuy i;ommiS- 1 m,,u,, t n..f. i ! i. sloner, was greeting his friends at the Mlfflinburg. couUVJr aw lasi mursuay. Th. flllll.rill . . , , ,.,. ,,. n i. .- rr ... n ... I. vAiuuiy ireaurer uannevnie Bnilth lngat uiueo'clock spent several days last week with his brother, Adam, at Berwick. John W. Howell of Sunbury spent a few days in town last week. He re ports Suubury a very wet town. Anion L. Spangler has been assigned to New Baltimore, Somerset county Penna., i s a storekeeper and gauger. Harvey Moyer of Beaver township. dropped iu to see us Wednesday of last week. He is well pleased with his Bald. Mr. Shrewder of Port Treverton and $ 1 Quarterly Conference. ine nrst quarterly conference for the present year of Mlddlel.urg cir cuit, U. Ev. church, will convene at Kreamer, Saturday, March 22, 1902, at o'clock p. m. There will be communion services as follows : fKrcamer, Saturday at 7 p. in. . Middleburg, Sunday at 10 a. m. PaxtouvlUe, Sunday at 7 p. m. Rev. E. Crumbling, P. E., of Centre S. A. L.Strawser of VerdUla were cU-1 Dl-cjL will offloiate at all the ser- ers at inis oince eatuioay morning, i vices. j. bhambach, Pastor. Judge McCIure became sick .while holding court in Lewisburg last week. Court was susnended for several davs. Irwin I. Napp and Melvln A. Napp n"n"n? u,p ,lue f oia nf papers, they of this county left Monday for Belle- " l"e.tol Ul iw i rnar am ntiuuin iswki mi nin nr. Old Copies of the Post Wanted. While the subscribers of the Post are yue, Ohio. They will read the Tost while out there. Uriah Bailey of Freeburg. Isaiah WailerofCenter-townshlpand Jonath an Relchenbuch were county seat visit ors lost Thursday. that are missing from our files. We will pay lilierally for a copy of each of the following datos : July 8, Bcpt. 6, 1809; Apr. 6, Oct. 13, 1879; Jan. 20, 1871; Apr. 17, 1873; Nov, 4, Dec. 23, 1875; Mar. 7, 1878; May 15, 1879; March 10, May 5, 1871; April 20, May 0, Oct 18, Dec. 23, 1880; Dec. 29, 1887. tf. V m ' j. a. Lumoaroana wile or Selins- 1883; Mar. 27, June 12, Oct. 30. 1884: grove came up last mursday to help Kept. 17, Dec. 3, 10, 17,24, 1885; Jan. 28, uo justice to a icast at w, x. rotters, given to a number of friends. Albert and Jonathan Gelnett of Aline were In this place Tuesday: They will take charge of the Wittenmyer store April 1st. We wish the young men abundant success. Letter to Reno Walter, MiDDi.Kiiuuoir, Pa. Dear Sir: John Acklcy's house In Cairo (Catsklll Mountains), N. Y., a 8. RBenuer, the popular aucUonccr c?"8l,iCUOU8 n the Iuldst of tlie of New Berlin, dropped in to pay his Vllmgt' Wtt8l,tt,nlcu " ye" ogo with sudscription Wednesday of last week, 'o; has uot been painted since: and He has been kept busy having sales u,cPainl 18 ln Eu troimiuon to day. eyer since New Year. 11W 18 80in8 10 ruuui uut mere s really t t, tt tr i. no meessity or It, ness College, Lewisburg, was at Middle- burgh Wednesday of last week in the interest of the iustitution over which he presides. He left an order with us for 8000 folders. In the last six months 114 students were enrolled. The New Berlin "Reporter" of last week says : H. M. Owens, of Lewis- Devoe has been sold in Cuiro IS years. OuragentlsGastou Wynkoop. House owners there wantDevoe, and painters there raiut Devoo. It would be a hard job to persuade a Cairo man to paint lead and oil of course a painter paints whatever his customers wants, even if It's buttermilk, Marian Vun Hoesen, a Cairo painter, has painted Dcvoe for .. .1 r Tt - m ...... I lvwu, uuu ueorge weaver, oi Middle- M3 yCars. Thcrearc two or three others uurg, reprcseiuauves or tno leering all for Devoe, we are told-don't know Harvesting Machine Co., were in town their names. on Monday to set up a binder for Nor- it's tho snV whorvor n,.v,,n in. ton Yoder, local agent for this vicinity, to a town: It stays there and owns the We are pleased to note that Rev. whole business. Joshua Shambach has been returned by Evangelical conference to Middleburg charge for another year. N. J. Dubs Is stationed at Ccntrevlllo; A. D. Gramley atMcdure; II. T. Searle at Port Tre- crton and W. N. Walls at New Berlin. Yours Truly, F. W. Devoe & Co. The Locust are Coming-. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Mar tin says that the seventeen-year locust is due this summer ln Cumberland, Franklin, Dauphin, and other counties Many of Gallon A. E. Soles in his new shar ing and hair cutting parlor for your head cleaned with a refreshing sham poo and a clean towel to each patron on the north side of Market square op posite Central Hotel Satisfaction guaranteed.-'' ':v - it. Buds All Right so Far. - While it Is a little early to predict in southern Pennsylvania, whnt the fruit yield will be the next fruit growers ln that section arc annre- season, as there may be several cold hensiveof Berious damago by these in snaps between this time and the spring sects, and have deferred plantingyoung uiuuiub, yei ii is graurying to Know trees until next spring, that so far the buds of all fruit trees are Mr. Martin looks for the locust to promising. The severe winter weather make its appearauce in July or August has not as yet damaged them In the and says there is no known preven least. A well-known peach grower tive for It These insects cause great near here states that after making an damage to young growing fruit trees examination of the buds he learns that and the tender branches of larger trees, cherries, peaches and apples, and ln While the Deputy Secretary pre- iiH.i-wvwr iruua, wiu do plentiful scriDea certain localities for the ravages next summer, if nothing lnterfers to J of the locust, It is likely that every seo- woo Frst Place in the nth Week of Ad Contest. Printers' Ink, the best advertising journal in America, in its issue of March 19th says : "lu the 1902 Printers' Ink ad comp tltlon twenty-niue competing adver tisements were received In time for consideration and report iu this issue or the Little School master. Of these, the one reproduced on the opposite page is thought to bo the beet Hubmit td during the respective week. This advertisement was constructed by Geo. V. Wngenselkr, editor and publisher of the Middleburgh (Pa.) Post, and it appeared in that paper ot March 0, 1902. In accordance with the original offer, a coupon entitling the holder to a paid- in-advance subscription to Printers' Ink, good for one year from date of presentation, was sent to Mr. Wageu seller when the marked copy of the paper was received. Two additional coupons, one to Mr. Wagenseller and one to the advertising manager of the Post, were sent in accordance with the terms of the competition when a selec tion of the l)CHt ad for the eleventh week had been made. Mr. Wngcnseller's advertisement will now be placed on file, and it will have further consideration later on, as speci fically provided iu the regulations which govern the contest. Each of the twenty-eight iinsueecss ful competitors for the honors of the eleventh week received a coupon good for one year's subscription to Printers' Ink, as a partial consideration for their elforts in accordance with the terms of the contest. 1 he eleventh week has again been conspicuous for the large number of ads submitted and the superior quality of many of them. Couutry editors are the natural pion eers for spreding good advertising Ideas among a class of merchants which can not well afford the hire of experts." In view of the fact that among the 28 unsuccessful contestants, there were soino of the ablest ad writers of the country, we have no reason to be ashamed of tho result. The readers of the Post, who are interested in know ing what ad won the first place in the contest, are referred to the last page of this paper. AD W1UTINC1 SCHOOL NKWS. We nave received so many requests from our readers for the outline of the course in Advertising Instruction and we will give the titles of the first lessons or half of the course. There are 2 lessons In all. Students ure supposed to work out two Icksohs a week or more if they have the time. Taking two les sons a week, the course can be com pleted In six mouths. The text of each esson contains about one thousand words and is printed on sheets of uni form size, so that they can be bound! Into a book when the course is coni- leted. There is a problem or two with nch lesson lor the student to work out. .'he student works out tho lesson and sends them in for criticism, after w hich they are returned to the student to file for reference. MUST HALF OF TIIK COL'ltKl The subjects of the first 20 lessons arc as follows : 1 irst month 1. Introductory. 2. The Correct Theory. 3. Principles of Ad- ertising. 4. Newspaper Advertising. Supplementary Advertising. 6. Get- ling tho Data. 7. Description & Trices, Technique of Ad writing. becond month 9. Some Salient Points. 10. Miscellaneous Require- ments. 11. Laying out tho Ad. 12. Ma gazine Advertisements. 13. Booklets, Catalogues. 15. Trade Paper Ad- ertising. 10. Billboards. 17. Street Car Advertising. Third month 18. Facts about Type, 19. Correcting Proof. 20. The Typo to Use. 21. The Effect of Type Upon the Reader. 22. The Character of Printing, 23. Taste In Type Display. 24. Estimatr ng the Cost 25. Strength of Type Ar rangement 20. Mid Course Review, The last half of the course will be given in detail later. It will treat of Illustrations and engravings, card systems, follow-up systems, manage- in e n t, appropriations, advertising agency, etc, etc KUEAMEK Mrs. Miigce was to Selinsgrove Monday. Mrs. John Dicmer visited her sou and grandson of Swinnford. J. J. Mitchell made a business trip to Hcrndoii Friday and Satur day. Mrs. Icvi Artley and Iaora Smith attended Clms. (Jemberling's sale at Salem. N. C. Ciutclius and daughter, Mabel, attended the debate at Selins grove Friday night, between the Sc linsgrovcaml Sunbury High Schools. John Field was to Kvcndule Fri day. W. II. (lordon gave a carpet rag party Friday evening. Ceo. J. Iloush went up th coun try for a horse, but cume Iwck a foot apparently not obtaining what he sought. , Mrs. Anion Genrliart of West Milton is visiting licr parents, Iajvi Artlcy's. Wm. (Jcmberling of Salem at tended Mrs. Jacob Walter's sale Thursday. Mrs. A. W. Smith and daughter. visiieu .Mrs. it. Walter, the Edna spent several J. Shambach former's mother, last week. N. C. (iiitclius and wife attended the funeral of Martin Mcuscli of Mifllinburg Monday. Frank Mitchell, who is working at Lewistown, spent Sunday with his family. Miss I zora Smith days with Mrs. ltev. at the Frank Hummel' liou$' lire Saturday and wm not discoft until it had burned the furniture of one bedroom. Then after using con siderable water they managed to ex tinguish the fne. Mrs. A. C. Smith visited licr sis ter, Mrs. S. A. App of Selinsgrove. Frank Thomas of Sunbury was through here buying tip cattle last week. S. G rover Smith was to Scl grove Monday. us- uuw men giuwia. i Baby Cahriaok fob Sale. A baby carriage In excellent condition, used tion of the State will feel the effects of hit advent if he comes at all. : BUM ad Urlaullac Halt but very little, has rubber Urea and a Devoe Lead and Zlne Paint wr tori. lace parasoi, will be told very cheap, at long as lead and oil mixed by hand AddreaiBoxlHMMdlebarftftL 11-21-ly. , With the course are crlven a Tviw Foundry Sneclmen Rook. "Points for Printers," Book on Engravings, Busi ness Systems, Printers Magazine and Advertisers' Magazine, TO CURE A COLD IX OJIE DAT. Take Laxative Bromo-Quinlne Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. . W. Grove's signature Is on each box. 25 MT. PLEASANT MILLS. Dr.U.O. Siunjrlur's Indian Mcd- dieine Co. which exhibited in town week leforo last, left for Union (own Tuesday. C. A. Iiciihciibacli, who iswork ng for Henry Dietrich, spent Suu lay at home. Grant Mcngtl, 1J. ?rucc Garman and Jacob Miller left last Monday for Ik'llcuvc, Ohio, to work. licv. J. K. Kcllcy, the U. IJ. minister, preached his sermon at this place Saturday evening. The sale of II. J. Swartzlander Friday, was pretty well attended and things brought reasonable prices. J. A. Kreig'.ibum expects to spend Saturday and Sunday in Lewistown. Tnc schools of this place are practicing for an entertainment at the close of the term. James Fisher will movelo Kantz on a farm,iu April. John A. Mengel will move to Middleburg, Thursday. Our enterprising furniture dealer, A. G. Garman, received a lot of furniture last week. Ije wis Minium sold two horses, one to Kiley Kepler and one to John Kepler. He will quit farm ing. Mrs. E. S. Aiu'kcr aud daughter of Verdi 11a were guests of Absalom Roush last week one day. Jonathan Troup bought a danqy horse at U. Jiai ley's sale last week at Red Bank. Bjr BMbliiK Ihr Nrrvf with opium a cough may be stopped temporarily, but the inflammation of the cough is a symptom goes from bad to worse. Do not waste time and money on " cough mixture," Remember that Allen's Lung Balsam docs not merely put the nerve to sleep. It gets right down to the root of the trouble and so cures even deep-seated affections of the throat and lungs. d C
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