lUlUFUSSOlt J. SI. MUNYOX. rrntVssiir Mmiyuii it ImiKirctl to day ss tlio lending authority in tlir medical world. 1 1 in now and Immune mt'tlimls ill treatment have swept attny till tho old fushioncd liloa of MoctorniR with piiwinotn drugs th.it create a donon diseasos in tlii c tin it to Ret rid of one. Be does not claim that he ass one remedy that will euro all complaints, but that he has prepared a specific cnr for tieurly every dis ease. He does claim that Munyon's Rheuma tism Core will cure rheumatism ; that Man yea's Hyspupsia Cure is a positive cure for dyspov-in ii ml all stomach troubles; Mun yon's tYinrh Cure unci conhs; Mnnyon'i Catarrh Ki-incdlcs cure catairh; Mmiyon's Kidney Cure cures kidney troubles. The lame may he suid of all Mutiyon's different remedies. . They may be obtained at all drug Stores, mostly at 85 cents a bottle. rersoual letters to Prof. Mnnyon, 1608 A rob street, Phll.idclphia.Ta., answered with free medical advice for an v disease. Candy. Do"-you wish to eat candy that is pure ? IIso,- you should try our new line, we handle A. M. Tenney's chocolates and loti hons, the purest that can bem.ule.- Try a box, you'll want another. HOOKS & BROWN No rt hi Mmr St. FURNITURE. Never li.nl we so largcend beautiful an aasort nicnt ns now, anil In o'tit of value can offer iuti'iHliiiK buyer 1 letter IndHeeinente than over Wt- c.ill your nttentoiKHtr line of PARLOR SUITS -DINING; ROOM SUITS, BEDROOM SUITS; Hi really h tront to see ich KOfMfe ttlttci ri'inarknhU low fnctory prici-a. ONE OK oru- E. BABY COACHES Is a good thing to puMi along. They arc grodut upward to aiiit nny tate. Quality nnd nctunl worth nlone determine the prices, Ottr Stock is Complete. M.Spoont, 11S Bast Centre St. Mbcrton nntl tho Klectrlo ltallirny. .. ,,...!m iiirtiniiroi tneaiiMiiuu Duruimi. Council was held Thursday evening for the purpose of hearing tho Solicitor's views per taining to the arxumeiithetwcen the Traction Company and Horouich Council. Tho ordi nance was read and approved by tho Council and Solicitor. Tho Solicitor was instructed , to enforce the ordinance in regard to macadamizing the track anil eighteen inches each side of it and pay a royalty on their cra running in the borough, as there has becu no royalty paid since the company liab been in ojieration. lie was nlno instructed to force a decision from the referee in regard to the case pending siuce 1805 between Council and the Traction Company. Arrvstml for Impersonation. HollhhiyHburg. Pa., March 13. Jacob Iilttcr, of Ait. Pleasant, Pa., wag ar iest.il here yesterday for impersonat ing on oftieer and attempting to serve a li'.uus uurrant. He was unable to fui nl-h bail, and la now in Jail. Hitter hud in his possession a warrant bear ing the sisnature of Justice S. B. Fish er, (if United, Westmoreland county, nuthoilzlne the wrest of liis'wife, Mrs. Emily Rltter, who resides with her relatives here, for the murder of an mfcirft ehlld. Mrs. Ititter denies the (harge, and says the child is alive. The husband and wife have been es tranged. The Amerloati Silver I'nrty. Chicago, March 13. The Tlmes-IIer-ald publishes the following: "An effort Is to lie made to effect a permanent umulgamation of the factions which were allied in the support of W. J. Brjan. Several conferences have re cently been held In which the situa tion was discussed. The April number of New Occasions, a radical magazine published in Chicago, voices the sen timent of I hose who have been In con ference in an add less which calls for the abandonment of old party liner and a icuirranlzatlnn under the name of II" m :kan Fiiver party" O'HARA'S LIVERY ! BOARDING AND SALES STABLES. Undertaking in - - - - all its Branches. Open Day and Night. COR. WHITE and LLOYD STREETS. t'K IIAVK THK DKMCiNH OK ..OIL CLOTHS IK TOWN. E. B. FOLEY. fVsV. . a.A 4 s Mflspiiiii9flnnssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssm IS V1 f& Ko. 17 Went Centre Htreet.- l'KIWONAI. MKNTIOjr. twis Jones, of Win. I'cnn, Is ou the sick list. Bonj.itnin and Max Inj-.y, of fuiitlcoke, were visitors to titt. last evening. Miss Jenuie Hall, of South White ttree't, is slowly recovering from her lllnin. Miss Ida Iteehncr, of Port Carbon, spent U-dny with her brother at the M. E parsou . A baby hoy arrived at the home of John Rowland, of West Centre strict, yustcnUy, to make things more cheerful. Ml Gertrude Reuse celebrated her birth day nnaivetsiry tat evoning by eutcrtainlng a number of her friends at her home on East Centre street. .Mrs. Jot n Howling lias retumtd homo from Philadelphia, accompanied by her son, Harry, who bad sufficiently recovered from his recent attack or illness to niako tho trip. Mr, and Mrs. M. 1). Malone, and family, of South Jardln street, were attendants at tho funeral of Mrs, Catherine Drennan, of Cen tralis, to-day. Her death Is mourned by a largo concourse of friends and relatives. De ceased was a sister of Mr. Malone. Stlss Sanger at Wusbtngtmi, Visitors to Washington from this eonnty, during the inaugural ceremonies, were pleased to find a Schuylkill countiitti at Hit capital, who shared In the honors of the oc casion. Several ytar ago Miss Dot Sanger, a former resident of Hhenandoah, youngest daughter of the Into Thomas Sanger, who was murdered by tho "Mollies," went to live with her aunt in New Jersey. Decern ing acquainted with the family of Vice President llobart , she subsequently accepted the position of companion to Miss llobart, an invalid. After the death of the latter, about a year ago, the family became so greatly attached to Miss Sanger that she was prevailed upon to remain with them, and she is now enjoying the society of the great people of our land at the nation's capital, a jiosition no other fair daughter of Schuylkill lias yet at tallied. Miss Sanger's mother is now living near Mt Cnrnicl. A Oigantio Oiml Stripping-. A Mahanoy City correspondent writes : A party of P. & It. officials bail an important secret mission in this neighborhood Thurs day. They spent several hours viewing the mountain back of the station to Schuylkill colliery from which it is proposed by a gigan- j tic scheme to strip off coal confined beneath' the surface. The party was composed of I Vice President Theodore Voorhees, General i Superintendent I. A. Sweigard, General Pass-1 cnger Agent K. T. Weeks, Superintendent of Williamsport Division A. T. Dice, and Assis tant Superintendent and General Engineer, A. S. Ward Catholic Missions. j A collection is taken up every year iu the ' various Catholic churches of tho United States to prosecute missionary work among the colored peoplo and the Indians. A financial statement just issued by the com mission for the missions has placed Philadel phia first among tho archdioceses of the county, that diocese contributing $6,045 01. Boston comes next, with New York a close third. The total amount collected in all the dioceses and archdioceses of the country in 1808 was $31,1130.08. The total amount collected in all the dioceses and archdioceses of the country from 1887 to 1890 Inclusive was $872,801.70. Tho collections for the missions fur 1807 is being taken up in many of the Catholic churches in month. this county tin. Saving Vund Slinros. Tho Safe Deposit Building and Saving Associatiou opened n new hories. Subscribe for Hhares with AI. II. Master, 127 North Jardin street. No better investment. Ask. for Information. A large number of shares carried in town. 2-15-lm mi:i). C'OXItY At (thenar dnnb, l'a on tho 12th Inst , Owen Conry, aged 70 rears, l'uneral win ti.a plACC on Monday, lsth fust., from his late residence, 1'17 Houlh Chestnut t-treet. fit tin. in. 1 1 iff f i mass in tlio Annunciation church, ami interment in the parish cemetery. Friends and relatives respectfully invited to uftemt. It ItKPORT OP THK CONDITION OF THE MERCHANTS' NATIONAL BANK, at Slit nanilojili, in the ntnie of Pennsylvania, nt llif clone of Inisine, March 9th, 1MI7: JlKOUItCK8 LoatH ami (HrH'OiintB $185,575 51 IT. H. ItontU to HC'Giire circulation 75,000 00 Premiums on t ft. Itondft 6,500 00 HtockH, stHMirltlea, to 30,GT0 00 llanklnK'houpe. furniture, and flxt 2,159 72 Due from approved reserve agents 06,652 18 Check nnd other cash iteim 750 36 Note of other national hanks 180 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and ient 210 97 Lawful money reserve In bank, xlzt Seoi . 13,410 75 Leutil-teiuler note 5,570 00 U. . eertif 's of deiKHlt for legal tenders 19,060 75 Iledemption fund witli U. 8. treasurer (5 ier cent, circulation) 3,376 00 Total -1888,160 39 LIABILITIES. Capital tdoek paid in $100,000 00 Mnrnltia fund 20,000 00 Undivided profit, em expenses and taxes paid 8,72 57 National lkmk notes ouUtanding 67,500 00 Due to other national banki 12,788 Dun to Ktate hanks and hankers 3.0UH 63 Dividends unpaid 380 00 Individual deposits snhject to cheek.... 171,561 70 Demand oertifloateH of dejiosit 1,194 53 Total $888,160 39 State of Pennsylvania, County of Schuylkill, ss: I, IS. B. Hunter, cashier of the rIkjvc named liftnk, do solwnuly swear that the above state ment Is true to the best of mv knowledge and belief. K. 11. Hunter, Cashier. SulworllMxl and sworn to lief ore me thl 18th day of Iaruh, 1897. J. It. Oovi.k. Xotr Publlo Correct Attest ; 0. W. DlDPALL, "I John 11. Monauhav, Directors. h. J. AVILK1HAOK, ) CLOSING OUT AT AND BELOW COST ! T will ulnae out in 30 days my entire stock of BOOTS AND tfHOES of the best and fiwvmt make. The greater part of this stock U home madc Roods. IteaMon for selllnfc "t I Intend to leave town. Call early And examine the Uxk GEO. MANNING, t SS B. Goal St. NEW SERIES ! SavluK fund stock will he sold by THE MINERS', MECHANICS' AND -LABORERS' B. & L. ASSOCIATION, At tin- ofltce of J. K. Cuylp, Reddall'a l.iiU.llnif, March I7lli, (row t to 3 o'clock p. in. mTmmimmmmnrnnnminiTininnrmii UilllUU uuiuu iiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiniiii, GENUINE 4 IMPORTED 4 BEER Nouri.liiutr and exhilarttUng 5 CENTS PEIJ GLASS Absolutely jmr. tttutly on liitnd t OohIaIiu co Alcohol. Con- JACOB NOLL'S, NO. U NORTH MAIN ST. pithy ponrrn. tttnf tilng Thronghnnt the Conntry Olirunloled tor Hasty Perusal. Kggs are selling at 18 cents in Ashland. Allentown capitalists have bought a site on which to erect large eetnent works. The Htate Hoard of Pardons 1ms postponed until March 84 Its next meeting at llsrris bu rg. The P. tc H. employes iu the Gilberton and St. Nicholas districts received their wages for the last half of February yesterday. A new vein of coal was struck in a long tunnel at the new Big Mountain slope this week. Soon as puiallilo the new discovery will bo worked. Nine years ago to-day occurred the great un iiar (I which blocked railroads and high ways more completely than had ever occurred at ti ls season of the year. The front of Wilkinson's dry goods em porium wi.s adorned this morning by swing ing a new sign to the breeze. It is painted In bright and attractive colors. Pan-Tina I WhatTsltT The greatest core for coughs and colds. At fmihler Bros., drugstore. The liny t'reuetmr will Jto Hero. The services at the P. SI. church to-inor-low shonld be greeted with large andleneee. The pastor, lie v. Moore, lias lieen notified the boy prosoher of Ilrooklyn, X. Y will occupy the pulpit that day. The young loan is but seventeen years of age, and comes well recommended. This it a rare treat and all who have the opportunity of hearing him, shonld take advantage f this. It Hits the Spot That's Right, Wh it r Pan-Tlim for eonghs aud colds. A Clrohler Ilros , drag store. The College Closed. A levy was. made upon the Mt. Cnrmel Business College on Thursday, for rent amounting to 80 00,and itedoors were closed. It was first established by Prof. G. M. Williams, who conducted college at Maha noy City and Wilkesbarro. It is claimed that t-1,000 has becu collected in advance fur scholarships paid by those attending tho school. Pimples, blotches, I'lacWioads, rod, rough, oily, inothy skin, itching, scaly scalp, dry, thin, and falling hair, and baby blemishes prevented by CcxiruRA Soap, tho most effective skin purifying and beautifying soap in the world, ns well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery. Boap 1b boM thronrfiont tho world. Pottb Drvq AC D f H KM. t 01tl.,Snlr 1'fopt., Iioiiton(U. 8. A. sWllow tu Prevent Fce Humors," milUd free. EVERY HUM0RTTM,!; ZsSSssr miimmmmmmnmmm 3 A BEAUTIFUL GIFT IE FOR THE COMING HOLIDAYS. COUPON TO "HERALD" S READERS. 3 Tlie liolilcr of SO Coupons of tlio ; HERALD Is entitled to n llret-clnsa life- 2 bUc, froc-linnd Water Color Portrait - worth $15 00, niailo from any distinct liliotoBraph, liy pnylnj; CB cents at it. - Ilccker' sUidio, 3u8 W. Centre street, 13! Slienandoali, la. ' -3 0PEB SUNDAYS. 3 Z sn? Photograph In immedlatelj- 2 and have coupons ready upon re g; celpt of portrait. 5 ST NO COUPON, NO PORTRAIT. 3 MISCELLANEOUS. WAXTHD.-A first-clans tinsmith, one who 1 1 nndcrstaiida plnmblnrr preferred. Apply to W. 1'. Williams, 10 North White treet. 3-12-tf FOIl RENT. The store room, cellar and ono room on 2nd door now occupied by earlier if desired. Heated by steam. Apply to 3tf N. V,: IteDDAU. 4 GKNTS Fifty cents on each dollar; no IX. ciperience necessary. Vrlto for sample copy. Address The Catholic News, 13 llarclay St., Isow York. 2-18-tt-es FOlt IiRNT. Store room and dwelling at No. 122 North Main street. Contains bath and closet. Good cellar and nice yard room. Size of store room. 16x15 feet, with two large beauti ful show windows, fitted out with counters and shelving ready for business. Wareroom nnd stable can be had with It If desired. Grand location and rent reasonable. Address, C. W. NEWitocsEiiao North Main street. 3-1-tf SPEGIAIi AT wmpisoifs HIS BIG STORE'S UNEQUALLED BARGAINS. CARPETS. We carry a good stock of every worthy make and offer special inducements to buyers ; come and get our prices before buying car pets. DRESS PLAIDS. Perliaps about twenty pieces are left of the hundred pieces of choice plaids at. 6Xc- Per Jrd ! they were made to sell at i2c. YARD WIDE PERCALES. Kqually cheap are the new per cales, sold everywhere at i2)4c.; our price only 8c. BROCADED SILKS. Ulack only, but rich brocade effects would be cheap at 65 our price only 39c. L J.WILKINSON MAIN STREET. LLOYD STREET. (pieura KAHAK0Y 0ITT. The old trucks sast of the fuel station near thejlg house have been jemnreil to pre von t them being carried doWri by a cave-In that Is cipected dally. The store of widow Davidson, at Maiie vllle, was robbed of a enantlty of tobacco and candy a few nichta mo. The Mabanoy Oily relief station will only he open three days text week. Thirty ramtlles were relieved yesterday. Henry Uaideralch, a retired fmroer wlio lives In town, visited Ills old homestead at East Mahanoy tonne) s few days ago and discovered that 80 basket! of fKrtatMs had been stolen from the barn rfnd the hide and horns were all that the rubbers left of a cow. Tlio business net! wCeatre street Ire cir culating subscription ptiers to have prlrale watoiimeu hired. Three Day Nfent Week. . Orders were reoaived h town to-dy for all the 1', ft Tt, C. ii I. Co. collieries to resume operations on MetHliy tnorning and wofR three threeiuarter daysoextweek. llNAWCB AND TBADe7 Tlio Commercial HxsliAnges Ksport Ht. dencrs nf Coming Prosperity. New York, March 13 It. O. Dun & Co.'b weekly, revltw of trade By! tt la a curious Illustration of hurrtan na ture this contlmted dlecouraeTtment even while the Inettase of productive Industries and at Ierttlmate buelne steadily grow. No genuine or lasting Improvement oould come otlierwlee than slowly, and step by step., after' such a depression . as the past four years have witnessed, and the most hopeful feature of the situation Is that the gain Is so nearly devoid of ele ments whleh Involve unsoundness and probable reaction. The first step toward prosperity Is to get the wheels started and the hands employed, and the number of works which have returned or Increased force during the past week seems greater than in any other week Blnce Novem ber. While the start has been secured In many cases by contracts at low prices, involving some reduction of wages, the hands are earning more even so, and aid more the general re covery than It not working at all, and thus far important Istirlkea have been averted In many cases, though some are still threatened. Business failures continue to de crease, the total for the week being 227, against 262 last week, 282 in the corresponding week a j-ear ago, 202 in the week two years ago, and as com pared with 231 In the like week of 1894. In the corresponding period In 1S9G, when trade was of large volume, the total was 221. liradstreets' review says: Contin ued activity In various industrial lines, based on an expanding consumptive demand, fairly steady prices for sta ples, further improvement In railway earnings, and widespread confidence that the volume of business will ex pand materially In tlie near future, conptitute trade features of the week. Spring demand has begun to show it self with retailers. There is a better Inquiry for shoes, hats and clothing, and for light hardware and agricul tural implements west and southwest. Industrial revival has been offset in Instances by the closing of factories and mills, and in others by continued operation dependent upon paying re duced wages. Matthew Met efith Omnely. La Plata, Md March 13. George Matthews, who murdered James J. Ir win at Aliens Fresh, Charles county, Md., last August, was executed in the La Plata jail yard yesterday. The won derful nerve displayed by tlie prison er throughout his trln( and imprison ment continued until the drop fell. A great deal of sympathy was expressed by the sightseers for the condemned man as lie was led to the scaffold, while Mrs. Irwin, who, it is alleged, in cited mm to the crime, was denounced nnd cursed. -AT l. GOLtDI We have just opened one of MAMMOTH Ever displayed in Shenandoah. Our large mammoth store is crowded with bargains in this line. No store in the large cities carry a better assortment or finer grade of- goods than we now offer to our patrons. flfoen's anb Bos' Clothing.- CbUbren's Ittovelties. These goods were purchased for cash, and we will sell them at such low figures that will astonish you. In fact you will be amazed and wonder how such goods can be made up to sell tor such low prices as we have marked them. The people of Shenandoah need not buy shelf-worn suits when they can buy the latest styles, new goods, at our store . for almost nothing. Our mammoth show windows will give you an idea of the hundreds of suits that will greet your eye when you inspect our stock- on the inside. Thousands of different patterns on the inside await your inspection. We invite all to come and see thejje bargains ; if you do you will surely buy. The ladies arti especially invited to inspect the novelty suits for children. ! New stock of Pints for Men and Boys, and Children's Knee Pants all the latest patterns. All the latest styles in Hats, stiff and soft. Wc Give away Express Wagons with Children's Suits. Mammotli Clothing House, VTL. GOLDIN, Prop. 9 and 11 South Main St., Shenandoah, A pleasure to buy goods in such a store as ours with so fine a stock. Teams to Hire 1 If you want to hire a snfeiSBd reliable team for driving or for wording purpose, pay Shields' livery stable a MTt. Tnm constantly on band at reasonable rates. JAMES SHIELDS, 1 Ko. 410 Bast Centre strati. Opposite Heading railroad station. MAKES THE WEAK STRONG ! The Foremost Athletic Trainer in America Recom mends Paine's Celery Compound. John Graham Is tho foremost man In Amer ican athletics. It was ho who managed tho successful team from this country that attracted world-wide attention in tlio recent Olympic games at AtbcnB. Formerly trainer for Columbia college, thon for Princeton and finally for Harvard univer sity, Mr. a raham had much to do with rais ing the standard of collegiate sports. A small army of gentlemen have been guided by him slnco ho left Harvard and took his present position, superintendent of the famous gym nasium of tlio Boston athletic association. Three of liis proteges, White. Blower and McCarthy, havo jtit wou Jhe New England championship at the mile, qtiartcr-milo and five-mile ruu. Ho lm trained Weeks of Browu university, one of the best college sprinters in the country. Many another student of what makes men nnd women strong lias used and has recom mended Paine's celery compound as the best known remedy for those who aro weak and dispirited, the overworked and enfeebled per sons who aro most concerned in tlio gcneial awakening of interest In outdoor exorcise and indoor attcntiou to tho proper rules of health. It was the ablest professor of medicine and j surgery in any collcgo.that giant among men, THE - CLOTHING HOUSE, N, Proprietor. the finest stocks of .1 A genuine welcome waits you at JOE WYATT'S' SALOON, Cor. Main and Coal SU. Finest whiskeys, beers, porter and ale constantly on tap. Ouolce emperaiice drinks and elgnrs. Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. D., LI,. D of Dartmouth college, who after years of patient investigation and study, assisted by nil that was best In the progress of medical science at homo and abroad, first discovered tho wonder ful formula of Paine's celery compound. There waj no doubt of the interest that would bo awakened at onco by the announce ment of any discovery by Prof. Pbolps. The formula from the first was furnished to tho best physicians, and forthwith this remark able Paine's celery compound was personally used and professionally prescribed by them. Tlio result of tho closest Investigation might have been expected. It Boon required a con siderable industry to produce tho remedy.and rapidly but steadily, without ceasinj , tho de mand for "Paino's celery compound has in creased, until to-day there is no other remedy that in comparison begins to hold half the public attention that it holds. In untold number of cases whero every other remedy has been tried and failed, Paino's celery compound has attained tho wished-fur results, making tlio weak strong, purifying the blood, rebuilding tho wornout nervous tissue, curing chronic sickness, prov ing a never-failing and permanent relief for rheumatism, neuralgia, kidney diseases and disorders of the liver, all duo to tlio impair ment of tho person's nervous system, the consequent impoverishment nf tlio blood and 111 Inside of lH! 500 Pairs Is what we are 3333 better come at once 3333 111! And a Half m 40 -o o - mmmmm. 2233 They are all high grade shoes, but the prices wc have put on them are 3333 3333 Checks with every purchase ; 25 worth gets a haiuUpms Parlor Iajup. Factory Shoe Stoffe, BEDDALL BUIlOirSG. A. M0YER, Mgr. - SHOBS AT PACTORY PRICHS. 333 33K 33 33 33 33 3" Bloomsbiirg "-Cure Sanitarium -For Ow of- Licjuor arc Morbh,itQ HaMk Ko detention from nualitsar Address, J. PIERCE ROBERTS, M. D.f SHENANDOAH, I'ENN'A. the breaking down in consequence of somo partleula.r organ-. When Mi. Graham, writing Jan. IS, 1807, said : "I have used Paluo's celery compound to my benefit, aud I have no doubt that nuy person undergoing great physical and mental strain would find it of great service. For stu dents especially it ought to be of great value. When so prominent a student of bodily health, who has no equal, unless, perhaps, one mentions Dr. Sargent of Harvard, with whose ipethods Mr. Graham becamo well ac quainted at Harvard when Mr. Graham says bluntly that after his experience he be lieves others would find Paine's celery com pound of groat sorvice, what man or woman out of perfect health can afibrd to neglect his well considered and expert advico ! Tliero is no doubt that Paino's celery com pound cleans the blood of eczema, salt rheum nnd such humors, not only in the spring, that is so fuvomblo a time, but at any timo during tho year, so thoroughly that nothing further is ever heard of them. Paino's celery compound has been tested, tried, scrutinized and heartily approved by i so many impartial physicians and men and women whoso word iu any matter would not I lie questioned for a moment, that ono must I be stubborn-minded Indeed who prefers to i mope around half sick ins'end of verifying ' these positive, straightforward statements. a Year We've built up the biggest shoe business in town. The growth hasen'tbeenaccidental not by a long shot. We did it only by giving the best shoe value in town, and we are going to -keep up the good work. We've improved our store, we've improved our stock, more and better kinds than ever.land all at the same old prices we've taught you to expect. of Sample Shoes. offering now, and you had before the best are all gone. about half value. -FOR TH1J BEST GROCERIES -AND- . LOWEST PRICES.. -GO TO- Meluskey & Son, ;105 South Main St