IDEAL NEWSPAPERS.
THEY EXIST FOR ALL CLASSES OF SO
CIETY AND NOT FOR ONE.
TOterFin I.Im the Fault or Mint Intrlll-
gent CrlttcUm nf t1t Modern KnwRpn
peraaml Tholr Mrttimla of fintherlna; Mid J
Preaentlng tli. New. .
Thfl Mn,"mplm,'r,tM SocWjr For tho I
Promotion of Good Citizenship una Into-
ly boon addressed by ovornl distinguish- I
cd gcntlonion in n "cries nf lecture upon
tho fmhjeet of journalism, and tho ro
snlt should be a olenr nnderstnnding of j
what Is necessary to constitute tho idcnl j
newspaper. L nfortnnntvly, however,
theao philosophers nro nt hopeless con
traries. No two of them ntfree upon
any essential point. Tlioy have conflict
ing viows not only as to tho casual fen
tares of tho ca?o, but hIso as to the
fundamental facts. What one consid
ers a drawback another declares to bo
an advantago. Their methods of anal
ysis and Judgment differ as widely as if
they were designed simply to bewilder
the average mind. They nro in harmony
only npon tho proposition that there Is
great room for improvement in the daily
press.
When It comes to telling how tho Im
provement shonld lie mado, they have
their Individual notions fTnd nro unable
to make the same recommendation in a
Binglo rospect. They would each have a
newspaper suited to his special prefer
ences and prejudices without regard to
the tastes and wants of tho rest of tho
world. It does not seem to occur to
them that journalism appeals to a mis
cellaneous audience, nnd that it must
adapt itself to the demands of tho many
Instead of tho wishes of the few, or it will
lose its occupation. They would have
it cater to a select constituency, forget
ting that if it had to depend, upon a se
lect constituency for support it would
soon cease to exist.
It is truoof most criticism of the news
papers that it is thus nnrrow and nn
rcasonnblo. Any intelligent man can
easily map out a model journal from his
point of view, but his point of view does
not include the wholo field. At tho most
it only rolates to tho opinions and tend
encies of a class, whereas a cominnnity
is composed of many classes, all having
different dosires nnd interests. Tho ed
itor who knows his business seeks to
please the majority nnd not the minori
ty. Ho knows that his paper must have
more patrons than any one class can
fnrnish if it is to thrive and keep pace
with the progress of the age.
It is not to be supposed that he regards
his position as that of a man with a
solemn mission for the dispensation of
wisdom and virtuo, whatever the
pecuniary results may bo. Ho cannot
afford to take himself so seriously. His
functions, as ho understands them, are
of a more practical nature, and experi
ence teaches him that success lies in the
direction of recognizing and gratifying
a variety of tastes.
In that way only can he secure the
number of readers necessary to pay tho
iarge and constantly increasing expense
if gathering the news from all parts of
he globe and presenting all current in
ormation about the affairs of mankind,
tt is quite likely that he often prints
Clatter of a superficial and transiont or
der, but it has its value to those who
want it, and that is its justification so
long as reasonable discrimination is used
In selecting and apportioning it. Those
Who do not care for it are at liberty to
skip it and read only what they like,
which may be equally distasteful to
others.
There wonld be a great deal less of this
tfcllc about the ideal newspaper if the
critics would stop to think that we are
not yet living in an ideal world. The
press, like every othor public institution,
is subject to existing conditions and in
fluences and cannot dictate the terms of
its own service and prosperity. It has
come to its present state of usefulness
and importance through a process of
gradual evolution. There has beon a
systematic improvement in its character
and its proceedings. It grows more cred
itable every year as its opportunities ex
tend and its popularity increases.
To say that it is not perfect is only to
say that it shares the prevailing short
comings of human nature and is gov
erned by the law of environment. It be
gan by boing a luxury, and it has be
come a necessity. This could not have
happened if it had not vindicated its
right to such consideration. Things do
not become indispensable unless they
have definite and practical value. It is
not possible to conceive how we could
get along without newspapors. They oc
cupy a larger place in the system of mod
ern civilization than any other one agen
cy of general convenience and advan
tage. The people appreciate them, notwith
standing the efforts of certain carpers to
disparage and discredit them. It is not
true that their faults exceed their vir
tues. They perform their appointed
Srork with diligence, discretion and a
ue sense of responsibility . The worst
that can be said of them is that they are
not better than the world in which they
are published. But they are unquestion
ably twice as good as the world which
makes them whut they are, and when it
reaches the ideal standard they will get
'there also. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
, Texas' Stats CapltuL
The state copitol of Texas is the larg
est state building in the United States
and the seventh in size among the build
ings of the world. It is a vast Greek
cross of red Te granite, with a cen
tral rotunda covered by a dome 811 feet
high. It was begun in 1881 and finished
in 1868, having cost about $3,000,000.
It was paid for with 8,000,000 acres of
jpublio land deeded to the capitalists who
(executed the work. Exchange,
Fim Within jlaaoh.
"Going to be famous, that man? Well,
I guess he willl"
"What has he doner
"invented a now literary gymnastio
which takes even less brain to write than
patWL' "Truth.
WILLING TO MAKE ALLOWANCES.
A Rind neartod Parmer Who Raid Par
napt the Fnrrowa Were Sun Warped.
A certain eminent clergyman, who is
greatly loved for his gentleness nnd for
bearance with offenders, recently told a
man that an experience of his own in
years long gone by taught him the grace
of ready excusing. When he was a boy,
ho was a very poor boy, but he had al
ready a strong theological bent and was
studying hard during til? winter nnd
working even harder during the summer
trying to get a preparation for college.
Ho wanted to be a preacher, and the fact
that he didn't seem to le good for any
thing else tended to convince him that
ho bad not mistaken his calling.
One spring he was entirely out of
money and had to get out of school and
go to work. Not being able to find any
thing to do in the small college town
where he had been studying, the youth
call him Richard Vernon went out
among the farmers to see if he could get
work from them. He found a man who
was very busy with his spring's work
Bnd in a hurry to get the furrows plowed
in a big field for potato planting. The
weather was favorable for planting: the
farmer's boys would be home from school
the next day, which was Saturdatf. to do
the dropping and covering. He told
Richard that he might mark ont the
field with the plow for the planting, and
if he suited he might be hired for two or
three months. Meantime tho farmer
saw that the boy was very anxious to
stay, and that he had evidently a very
good disposition.
So the young theologian went to work
with tremendous vigor. He did not stop
to take breath until he had marked off a
largo tract of ground with deep furrows.
Then came his employer from his work
in another part of the farm and looked at
tho boy's work and leaned np against the
fence and laughed until he shook. The
potato field had been scraped and scal
loped all over with the ridiculously ir
regular and wabbly little ditches which
Richard had turned. There was not a
clean, straight furrow in the lot. The
ground looked as if an insane elephant
had tossed up tho earth. The furrows
were of all depths and nt all distances
from one another, for Richard had driven
the horso most of tho time at a 'smart
walk, and he had been too much occupied
with keeping up and maintaining a pre
carious grasp upon the plow handles to
be able to pay any attention to the regu
larity or evenness of his work.
Richard Vernon laughed, too, as he
stood and looked over the field. He
wiped the sweat from his brow and
looked very anxiously at his employer.
There was no chance for regular work
there, that was evident. His laughter
faded away, and there was a certain
faint twitch in tho corners of his month
as the boy said:
"I guess you don't want any more of
my work, sir?"
"Oh, yes yes, I do," said the farmer.
"Maybe 'tain't your fault that the fur
rows are crooked. You see, the sun's
pretty hot today, and I reckon tho heat
warped 'eml" Boston Transcript.
Only a Little Thing.
A hospital for incurables is a very
noble and worthy chnrity, and I am glad
that no prominent city is without a pro
vision for this class of sufferors. I wish,
however, that the brutally descriptivo
name of such institutions could be so
modified as not to contain the death war
rant of every person received within
their doors. "A place to die in" is not a
cheerful title for one's lost earthly homo,
and the omission of this reminder from
the official name could so easily be sup
plied in the rules for admittance that to
parade it seems worse than useless. It
is wonderful how a little consideration
Bweetens the bread of charity.
I once visited a home for broken down
gentlefolks, presided over by a woman
who made giving and receiving alike
blessed. I alluded thoughtlessly to the
old people as "inmates." "We never
call them 'inmates,' " said she in a tone
of gentle reproof. "I always have them
spoken of as 'guests.' It makes so little
difference to us and so much to them."
Kate Field's Washington.
Koah Left the Ark on April 99.
Saturday, April 29, is the day marked
in all ancient calendars as being the
ono upon which Noah and his family
quitted the ark after having withstood
the siege of the great dolugo. The day
is marked in all ancient calendars, espe
cially British, as egrossus Noae de area,
the 17th of March, the day npon which
Noah, his family and thoir great floating
collection of natural history specimens
set sail, boing designated in the same
class of early printed literature as in
troitus Noae in area, "the day of Noah's
entrance into the ark." Why these days
were chosen as the ones upon which tho
supposed embarkation and debarkation
were made are enigmas which the anti
quarians have not yet solved. St. Louis
Republic,
A Comforting Auuranoe.
Mrs. Placey, an old lady who had been
dying for the last 10 years, was drawing
npon little Robbie's sympathy one day
by telling him she wouldn't be here
much longer and he must think of her
often. "Never mind, Mrs. Placey," said
Robbie, who had just been taking part
in the Decoration day exercises; "I'll
put flowers on your grave every Satur
day and a United States flag." Spring
field Homestead.
Sweet Revenge.
M. Colombles, a merchant of Paris,
had his revenge on a former sweetheart,
a lady of Rouen, when he loft her by
will a legacy of $0,000 for having, some
SO years before, refused to marry him,
"through which," states the will, "I
was enabled to live independently and
happily as a bachelor." San Francisco
Argonaut.
Dajfi of Grace Abollihed.
In California, Vermont, Oregon, Idaho,
Utah and Wisconsin days of grace on
maturing notes, drafts, acceptances and
bills of exchange have been abolished,
unless there is express stipulation to the
contrary, Dstjoit Free Press. . . .
AYER'S
Sarsaparilla
Y-our best remedy for
E-ryslpelas, Catarrh
R-heumatism, and
S-crofula.
Salt-Rheum, Gore Cyes
A-bscesses, Tumors
R-unnlng Sores
S-curvy, Humors, Itch
A-nemla, Indigestion
P-imples, Blotches
A-nd Carbuncles
R-lngworm, Rashes
l-mpure Blood
L-anguldness, Dropsy
L-iver Complaint
A-ll cured by
AVER'S
Sarsaparilla
rrcimrrd by Hr. .1.0. Ayer fc l"o., t.nwill, M.
t4i.li) by all lriiKiinn. I'rlco t t ' boilliw, ''.
Cures others, will cure you
The Percheron Stallion.
SULTAN!
Will stand for niaivs at tho following
Dlnces: .1. K. Mulhollnnd, near 1'anic,
on Monday nnd balance of each week at
owners ham in J'nrnutw settlement.
Description. Sultan is a brljrht dap
ple rrav. H year old. 1H4 hands high
and weighs 1700 pounds: has good stylo
nnd tine netion, nnd a good disposition.
Will show for himself.
1 Vdiirivo. Sultan was sired by Old
Sultan, imported from France by V. T,
Walters, nf Hultimoiv, Md. First dam
Ole ('olio, by l'rineo Napoleon, also inv
ported from France: xeeond dam, by Old
Xiggi'r, imported: third dam, ax
work, imported.
Tonus. (Ci.00 for tho season, payable
with tho first service of the horse: il.OO
to insure ninre with foal, payable as
soon as mare Is known to no with foal
or tx.m to insure livinir foal on foot
l'urtinir with nn Insured mare before
known to lie with foal forfeits the insur
ance. All reasonable care taken, but
not accountable for accidents.
"Nomas Reynolds, jr.. Owner.
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(UN.IOTAR.AN.)
NO PAPER LIKE IT ON EARTH
Unique not Fccentric.
Wmy not Funny.
Religious not I'iotn.
Not (or Sect but for Souls.
WHOLE 6ERMON3 IN A 6ENTENCK.
Send a dime In stamps for three yecks trial.
THE RAM'S HORN,
$1.60 WOMAN'S TCMPLK, Ri
Per Year. CHICAGO It once,
ONLY PAPER THAT EVERYBODY LIKE
Grocery Boomers
W
BUY WHERE YOU CAN
(JET ANYTHING
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iFLOTJK,
Salt Meats,
Smoked Meats,
CANNED GOODS,
H
TEAS, COFFEES
U
AND AIX KINDS OF
Country Produce
FRUITS.
CONFECTIONERY,
TOBACCO.
AND CIGARS,
Everything in tho lino of
&
Fresh Groceries, Feed
Btc.
UtHitl tlcllrevetl free any
pi tire in Town.
Cull on vh a ud yet prleeH,
O
N
W. C. Sclmltz & Son
UlU'S
System Renovator
CURES ALL
Liver, Kidney L
Stomach
IT DISEASES.
Bystem Renovator i tha only remedy In the
world that truly purine, the blood and acta up
on the kidney., liver and bowel, without making
them weak. Most medicine undertake to
cleanse wltnout building up. una i. wron)
and It weakens the oriiuua. Reuovatnr build
tip while It 1 cleansing iue aystem. Price, 1-00
per Dottle, or aix tor is.oo.
After veura of aucce. at hi. office. Dr. Bur
goon has concluded to put up hi. tape worm
remear in .ucn niauner iiiav paueius yau
treat memseive. at tueir own uonwa. i uia i i
bleued boon to sufferers from this terrible aflllo-
tint! whn IIva at a rilutunnA. Write.
Dr. Bartooa'g Hotanioal Cmteer Care
ha. no equal on the face of the earth. It
positively cures all kind of cancers-Internal
and external, without the uaeof Iheknlfe scro
fula, aypbllla, and all aorta of blood poisons and
humors. Tills remedy la In the reach of all. A
W-ounce bottle, au a-weeke' treatment, for S800.
These medicine, are fully endorsed by the beat
phyalclaua. With each of them there I. s guar
ante to cure or money refunded. If your drug
gist doe. uot keep theui, lualat that he duel, ot
order them from
DB J. A. BURUOON,
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Bend stamp lor book of instruction...
Vf'l'ot Bale at H. Ale Btoke's drug store.
Town Talk!
Bargains !
The general topic of the
icople b
Where llicy get
liarffliiiis.
Their reply re-echoes from
the woodland and the valleys:
-T THE-
RACKET STORE.
You know they are always
busy in every town where
there is one.
Why?
B6CailS6 prices are the same
to all.
" goods are of lst-class
quality.
" money is always re
refunded if not
satisfactory.
" an apportionment of
of goods ishandk'd
that is in daily use
" they buy for cash
and sell for cash,
which enables you to get
UOCK BOTTOM .'KICKS,
and you do.
Yours Respectfully,
M. J. Gouie,
REYNOLDSVIIXE, I'A.
We are o
Headquarters
Full Line In
EVERY DEPARTMENT.
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EED. GOODER,
The Jeweler, - Main Street
Just in
THE IKjgp
CLEAN- PBNv
LINESS OF JHrUwga
if sspiP f
LABOR
AND $
THEIR
ECONOMY
saves I7m.;!I'
YOU
MONEY. "L
AND SEE " ' , 1
OUR aw I
ST0VES,&i in
In fact anything you may desire in our line will be' found
in our mammoth store. ) -t
The Reynolds ville Hardware! Go;
N. HANAU.
1 Fan Prices,
Though quality if tho best.
We make the ptntement for
the benefit of those who are
not our customers, and so
may not lnov it: Ont cricks
MAKK CCSTd.MKKS OK ALL WHO
COMK.
A full line of
Dress Goods,
The l?est and Cheapest ever
brought to Ueynoldsville.
A full line of Henrietta at
25c. in all shades, 40c, 50c,
and SI. 00.
Silk warp Henriettas.
Summer Silks for 50c. per
yard.
Ladies Coats and Capes tho
finest and cheapest in town.
A nice line of Children's
Jackets from 2 to 12 years.
Giotniiio.
Men's suits the best and
cheapest you ever saw for
the money. We don't say so
except we can convince you
Men's Suits, four button
cutaway from 10, 12 to 15,
worth 14, Ki and 18.
Men's straight cut worsted
for 10 to 12.50, worth 1(5,
to 18.
Children's Suits 2.75, are
worth a. 50 to 5.00.
A fine line of Hoys' and
Men's Negligee Shirts.
N. Hanau.
Season !
IT WILL
RAY
YOU TO
EXAMINE
OUR
LINE OP
STOVES
BEFORE
BUYING
ELSEWHERE
AS WE
CARRY THE
LARGEST
AND
BEST LINE
IN THE
COUNTY.
i -
. 'Jewelry.
Av
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ASK FOR
u
FINE
CANDIES.
IN SEALED PACKAGES
AT
H. JILEX, BTOKE'S.
T1IK LKADIXG DULXUIIST,
rtcynoldavllle, ra.
Gentlemen i
I am positive that I hnve somcthlnir
rich in Ktirt fur you If you will call at
my tnilnr nhop. I have received an ex
cellent selection of .
Spring and
Summer Goods.
I can show you the finest selection of
pooils in this city. All fltn guaranteed
to no jH-neet. wno trial or the excel
lent jfooils and work is convincing for
all. Hoping that I may receive a call,
I remain
Your ohudlunt servant,
J. G. FR0EHU1GH,
Rrynoldmvllle, Pa,
yNcxt door to Hotel McConnell.
Gitu Meat Market
I buy the best of cattle and
keep the choicest kinds
of meats, such as
MUTTON, PORK
VEAL AND
HEEF, SAUSAGE. J
Everything kept neat and
clean, Your patronage
solicited.
E. J. Sehultze, Prop'r.
J. S. MORROW.
TiF.AMCIt IN
Dry Goods,
Notions,
Boots, and
Shoes,
Fresh Groceries
Flour and
Feed. ;
GOODS DELIVERED FREE.
OPERA HOUSE BLOCK
rioyiiolilsville, Pa.
LOOK!
FOR THE
People's
Bajjiistcfe.
Quick Sales and
Small Profits, v
General stock of Ladies'
and Gentlemen's Furnishing'
Gooda and Shoes.
. A. KATZEN, f
Proprietor
Subscribe for
"Ipar;
$h&r per year.
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