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VOLUME 7.
KKVNOLDSVILLE, L'KNN'A., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 30, l0.
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insiioes
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I also have a large stock of overshoes.
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Handy Tools
Reunoidsville Hardware Co.
A, D. DEEMER & CO,
Dress Goods
Our line of Dress Goods
have without doubt the
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Novelties from 12 i to 60c. per yard.
Fine Black Crepon from $1.00 to $2.00.
42-Inch Serge at 25c. per yard.
A beautiful line of all-wool Poplins in all shades.
A fine line of Dress Patterns Dress Trimmings to
. match.
Call and see our Silk
$1.25 per yard.
A complete line of Taffetas.
Fur Collarettes
something you need tor
our $1.79 Collarettes. We have a few left; we ex
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Ladies Misses and Children's
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Ladies' plain cloth Capes, Kersey and Bouclays,
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Ladies' plain and crushed plush fur-trimmed Collar
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' See our WOOL BLANKETS from 2.50 to $4.00 per
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I am now cloning out my stock of
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2.25, and Men'e Box Calf, Coin
Toe, 2.2.r Shoes, for $1.75, These
shoes are first-class and a big bar
gain for the people who buy them.
are more than convenient;
they're necessary. You want
tools, and you want good
ones, too. In our stock of
hardware we carry the best
tools made in this or any
other country. It's a maxim
In hardware that the better
the article th better It pays
to buy it. There's value in
such goods and you want
value for your money. To
insure that we confine our
stock to top grade. Don't
go elsewhere for something
that's too poor even for a
gift.
surpasses all others. We
largest and most complete
Waist Patterns from 85c. to
cool evenings. Ask to see
to $1.25; Haps from 75c.
or. all Kinds.
D861W ft CO.
THANKSGIVING SERMON
PREACHED BY REV. A. E. HOOPER
IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
On Thursday, November 4(h, 1898, to an
Appreciatlva Congregation.
Trit! Psnlms 147: 20 lip hntlt nut dealt no
llh Ktijr mil lull.
To a devout fwrHclitn there was no
more Inspiring theme Ihiin a review of
bin nation' history and Mh nation's
grcalnes. And well ho might; for ho
would bo recreant to the principles which
worn held by the founders of fcla nnllon
diil In) not rejoice In the fact that Israel
was peculiarly (lod'g nat ion,! hat his peo
ple were antdect people, that God Indeed
worked mightily In bringing bin people
from a condition of bondage to that of
liberty and honor and power and glory.
Hut David only echoed the thoughts
of M irnep. when he composed thin beauti
ful psalm. Long before the Psalmist's
day Moses had sung of (iod's wonderful
mercy and power:
"For nsk now of the duvs that are
past which were before thee, since the
day that find created man upon the
earth, and ask from the one sldo of
heaven unto, the other, v-hother thero
hath been any such thing as this great
thing is, or huth been heard like it!
"I)W ever people hoar the voice of
God speaking out of the midst of the
Hie, as thou hast heard, and live?
"Or hath God assayed to go ait and
take 'him a nation from the midst of
nnntfcer nation by temptations, by signs,
and y wonders, and by war. atal by a
mighty hand and by a stretched out
arm, und by great terrors according to
all that the Lord your God did for you
111 n.gypt before your eyes.' Ueut. 4:
',i'l-'M.
O happy nation, to be the special ob
ject of the divine watchfulness, beneath
whose wings Israel might nestle with
the happy consciousness that though
the heathen might rage, threaten and
assault, yet no harm could esmo to the
loved ones as long as they remained un
der that protection.
It Is my purpose to bring before you
to-day certain formative elements In
preparation and growth ff American
nationality that ought to bring forth
thanksgiving from every truly loyal
heart. The hand of God to evident In
American history. Equally, though In
different way, America, with Israel,
is a chosen nation. There are a great
many things that show uathat God did
really Intend that America should bring
forth fruits of a peculiar Irind.
J. Tho very position of the country,
Isolated as it la In its situation, shows
that Ho who created the land and tho
oa must have placed America where he
did for a grand purpose. To the East
and to the West there extend vast bod
les of water that formed an Impassable
barrier to the navigators of the early
times. Their ships were Incapable of
combating with the mountain waves of
tbe furious ocean. 80 the people wore
confined to the lands then known until
they had fought out the battles neces
sary to prepare them for the new tand
beyond the aea. Invention was tn its
Infancy. Their ships were of such a
kind that they could not venture far
from the land. When nation was pit
ted against nation and people against
people It was very necessary that the
veil of mystery be drawn over this new
land 'until men had come to recognize
those hlghor principles of brotherhood
and lovo that ought to govern the ac
thins of mankind. If these elements of
strife were transported across the ocean
the condition of things would 'have been
the same as they were In the lands from
which they came. But America, from
Its very Isolation and distance, was pre
served for scenes of a different kind, for
people of a different nature and people
with a different purpose.
Ought we not to thank God even for
our loneliness sometimes. We know
not what Ho Is preparing for us, we
know not wbat grand purpose He has
In view for us In the future. If our
loneliness teach us the value of His
friendship, years are not waited in wait
ing; for we know that from the sad
silence of years shall rise tho glad hills
of our land of promise beckoning us on
ward with the hand of hope to the
enjoyment that is made all the more de
licious for the waiting and the silence
more harmonious in contrast to the
strains of heaven's musio. There were
green fields and delicious fruit In Amer
ica that might have been enjoyed long
years before thoy wero, but God bad a
purpose In drawing the veil over this
unknown land until, In the fulness of
time, His purposes were brought to
pass.
II. God's remarkable dealings with
this country may be seen also from the
noble men that God brought over as
pioneers Into this country. ,
It is impossible to estimate the Influ
enoe that a country's position has In de
termlnlng the character of its people.
Any one looking over tbe map of Europe
can see how true this is. At tbe North
are the sturdy, snergetlo, active and
trustworthy Teutonic tribes; at the
South are tbe Romania tribes; the Span-
turds and the Portuguese especially
!iiugli!,V, cruel, with a great lust fur gain.
Tho very struggle for existence In the
eoldersectlonsof the world nessita tea ac
tivity, demands economy and a morn
temperate mode of living.
The position of Europe as rotated to
America must also be kept In mind.
The Influence of tho gulf stream makes
the clltniito of Northern Europe much
warmer than the ame latitude In
America.
Have you evor asked yourself the
quest Inn what would have been the
condition of this country If the Span-
liirds Instead of tho English had gotten
possession of this new lands? But Col
umbus sailed from Spain when he dis
covered America. If ho had sailed
straight West from Lisbon ho would
have struck tho const about on tho lati
tude of Philadelphia, but, evidently, God
did not mean that the Spaniard should
gnln possession of North America and as
Columbus was nearlng the new land a
very simple occurrence, we would call
It. changed his course further South.
He notleed a flock of birds holding their
course In a South-westerly direction
and these birds decided whether North
America should or ohould not lie colo
nized by the treacherous Spaniard.
Here God Interposed In the very begin
ning of our history. Are men chosen
for a great work by God because of their
national character? Undoubtedly they
are. Tho Spaniards were cruel, selfish,
murderous and they wore not the men
that God intended to place as tho guar
dians of this great continent and nation.
The truth Is that the men who should
come here were not yet prepared for
colonizing this country. God Himself
selected a f eople for this great work.
But trials and persecution were neces
sary to fit them for His purposes. 80 wo
see the oppressor's hand laid hard upon
them until they cried out In anguish
for some land where they could worship
(Jod according to the dictates of their
consciences. When charaoter brought
forth frait in settled conviction and de
termination to serve God though all the
world were against them, then God
allowed these brightest gems of all tho
nation at England to depart and form
home and community where nothing
should impede the natural outgoings of
the heart to God. Surely then God had
a purpose in planting hero the North
man, the energetic, brave Englishman,
Instead of the oruel, lustful Spaniard.
God not only selected the people, but
he selected the time also In which they
should como here. As we look back
upon it now we can see that no other
years eould have produced such colo
nists as those that came during the
twenty years following 1(120. Then per
secution was at Its height; then relig
ious enthusiasm and dauntless religious
courage more pronounced than at any
other time. The religion that con Id bold
its own in such a time as that was worth
a great deal In the eyes of God. "Among
those 20,000 Englishmen who took up
their abode on the rocky coast of New
England were men of the highest char
acter -and education. Of their eighty
ministers one-half were graduates of
Cambridge or Oxford and no wonder
these men were moved to establish the
New Cambridge College on this side of
the sea when Boston was only six years
old."
Such was the race chosen of God to
colonise this great North American
continent; such were the men chosen
out of this race In order that there
might be established a nobler element
of manhood, a firm foundation on which
the future of this nation should bo
built. Well might William Staughton
In 1688 say: "God sifted a whole nation
that he might send choice grain into
the wilderness."
III. God baa dealt marvelously with
this nation In the people's preparation
for their form of government. It was
not from hatred of tbe form of govern
ment in England that a republlo was
formed here, because many of the ele
meats of English rule were transported
to this country. But the Pilgrims did
not come direct from England to the
coast of Massachusetts. Across the En'
gllsh Channel there was a small country
in oontaot with whloh it was very
necessary that these pioneers of the
forest primaeval should come. This was
the Dutch Republic. The reformation
which began In Switzerland and the
interior of Germany naturally flowed
downward with the commerce of these
nations to the seaboard. Holland itself
was thus prepared by the influence of
tbe reformation for the reception and
education of this people. Here they
Imbibed those ideas of representation
and government that bore fruit when
they landed on the American coast.
We have only to look at the present
condition of Afrloa in order to judge
as to what would have been the condi
tion of this country if monarchal, in
stead of republican, views had been
brought by these early settlers. To-day
America would, have been split up ba
i tweeo the different nations, each one in
niitngonlsm to tho other. If tho Dutch
Republic, ut historians say, was Impos
sible without tho reformation, we may
truly say tho American Republic was
Impossible without the influence of the
Dutch Republic. It Is only an illustra
tion of the marvellous way In which
God works In order to bring about His
purposes. That small bund of Pilgrims
seem to have been guided by the hBnrt
of God as plainly as tho Israelites wero
conducted through the wilderness Into
the Promised Land.
If God had a purpose In directing
such mon to this country, Imbibed with
such Ideas, we must conclude that
America was entrusted with the work
ing out of a problem thnt wns prrelous
In God's sight.
In conclusion we can readily soo that
God has a mission for America.
Whether men will recognize It or not,
the nations of tho earth lire In tho
hands of God to work out His purposes,
and happy Is that nation and bright
her future thnt recognizes God In her
affairs nnd strives to do His will.
Eneh nation has a mission. Though
composed of Individuals, each with his
own individuality, yet each man has
something that he can add to the com
mon fund. I have seen a football tcum
working with such precision and success
that It was evident to everyone thnt
each man was Intent on ono object, that
all their wills were blended in to one great
will; so in the nation there Is a colossal
will that acts and Is moved towards one
great ohject. For tho exercise of that
will the nation will ba hold responsible
before God. God does not coerce the
will of the nation any more than he
does the will of the Indlvldunl; but if
tbe nation rebels against tho manifest
will of God nothing is left to her but
the fate of those nations thnt have been
entrusted with missions In the pant, and,
because of their unfaithfulness, have
now only shadows of their former
greatness.
What wore the principles that made
this nation great?
Wo go back to the Revolution and see
tho noblo men who valued liberty more
than life, who poured out their life's
blood that their sons and daughters
might become inheritors of this prloo-
less legacy. What nobler passion could
stir the human breast! Who are more
worthy of honor than the men who
counted not their lives doar unto them
selves for the sako of liberty! What
nation Is more worthy to live than that
one which gives her best sons and her
richest treasures for something moro
enviable than jewels, before which tho
clink of gold and silver seems like the
shackles that bind sordid slaves to the
dungeon of their own selfishness! When
we consider what aro tho fundamental
principles which ought to guldo the
transactions of this nation wo cannot
come to the conclusion thnt our first
thoughts should bo contercd upon gold
or even the building up of commerce
with tho whole world. What Is true of
the Individual Is true also of a nation.
It must "seek first thu kingdom of God
and His righteousness" and trust that
all these things shall be added unto us.
It was for freedom of person, freedom
of thought and freedom to worship God
according to religious conviction that
brought the Pilgrims to the wintry
coast of Massachusetts. God and liber
ty were first In their thoughts and first
in thoir government. That same Idea
found fruit In the heart of Washing
ton and that thought nerved tho arm of
every soldier in his army. These aro
theaontimentsand principles that make
noble men. These are tho sentiments
that tinvo always brought victory and
liberty. I verily believe that God has
raised up such mon as Washington and
Lincoln as object lessons for the United
States, warning the nation that If she
depart from the lofty principles on
which she has been founded there re'
mains nothing but shipwreck. We may
say with the poet of old,
"Leavw to the soft Camnanlan
Ills linths and his perfumes;
Leav to the sordid race of Tyre
Their dying-vats and looms;
Leave to the sons of Carthage
The rudder and the oar;
Leave to the Greek his mnrhlo nymphs
And w-rolla of wordy loin;" .
but for us, the ohildren of a purer civ-
lllzatlon, the pioneers of a noble future,
It is for us to found a Capitol whose
corner stone is Justice, and whose top
stone Is Freedom. It Is ours to hold
aloft tho lamp of liberty, proclaim'
ing freedom to the slavo and tho op
pressed. It is our mission to bless tho
world with tbe cheering rays of the
lamp of life.
A Common Danger.
- If you have ever had a oold which you
permitted to "wear away" it may in
terest you to know that it was a danger
ous proceeding. Every cold and cough
whloh is neglected paves the way for
consumption, bronobitls, asthma or
catarrh. Otto's Cure, the famous
German throat and lung remedy, will
cure any cough or oold and save you
from consumption. Call on H. Alex.
Stoke and get a sample bottle free.
Large slse 25c. and fiOo.
HIqH Scliool Bulletin.
rnmmiAt.sTArr:
MlUr-le-Okltf, Hirrr Itrpl, '00.
Ait't UlWr, flat Xjrin, '01.
Lm1 IlllR, Lydla Mtllltf r, '00.
Few of the people of our country
thought that by doing a humane act,
similar to that of freeing the slaves,
their would bo thrust upon u one of
the greatest questions thnt could come
before a nation, and especially a repub
lic which previously had but little
studied the matter. Our navy and our
army settled the question of superiority
In the war wo have finished and thoy
settled It In a way thnt only Americans
eould settle It. But the great and dif
ficult problem that arose from tho strug
gle remains for our statesmen to solve.
This great question Is Imjierialism, or
territorial expnnslon. Possessions scat
tered ull over the globe, somo say, nro
a benefit; some say not. Nations having
foreign possessions are continually hart
rassed by wars arising directly or indi
rectly from thorn. More than half the
wars of countries having them origina
ted through causes trucenble to these.
The Anglo-Egyptian exedltion. is an
example of this, as are many others.
Tho peoplo of the United States abhor
war. It ciuises loss of life. Tho people
have to defray tho expenses Incurred
by war. Neither do they favor a large
standing army which is necessary In
tho case of Imperialism. This will not
bo the republic of the present if we fol
low the example of tho greedy, land
grabbing nations. Some say, "Wo have
spent millions of dollars In this war,
why not get a recompense?" Wo start
ed the war In tho cause of Immunity and
not for conquest. Besides, it will- cost
us many millions to retain tho vast
amount of territory which might be
seized. Coaling stations are acquired
by having foreign possessions, but coal
ing stations are m cessnry - only In case
of war.
Let It not be forgotten that our nation
Is a republic, and a model one. Do we
want to be an Imperial power and exor
cise sovereignty like an empire. No,
the peoplo do not wish this. Our coun
try is large. It has the greatest re
sources, as a nation, in the world. It
Is unnecessary to reach out and grasp
every little Island that wo can. It is
not our place to do it. We can profit
by the fates of other nations who have
tried this policy.
Let not our noble nation mar her thus
far brilliant record, so resplendent with
glorious achievements both in war and
peace, tho most renowned tho world has
ever bid to look upon; but may she con
tinue in ber victorious career, triumph
ant In the arts of peace instead of con
quest; prosperity instead of expansion;
and above all preserve an undying faith
in tho principles which have been in
strumental In elevating her Into those
higher realms of statehood which it has
been her privilege and pride to enjoy. j
LOCAL.
The Senior class took dinner with.
Prof. Lenkerd at the Imperial or
Thanksgiving.
Some Seniors, when In pleasant corns
puny soem to think the longest way la,
the sweetest way to school.
Miss Lois Robinson, of the Junior
claiH, Is on the sick list.
Miss Ella Lenkerd spent Thanksgiv
ing at her home near DuBols.
Miss Molly McDondald was In DuBols
over Sunday.
William Smith missed his Thanks
giving dinner by going to Brookville to,
referee for the football team.
James Pentz spent Sunday in DuBols.
Miss Gertrude Dolble entertained the
Senior class at her home Saturday even
ing. Jr. No. 2 need not think he Is the
tallest log in the saw mill.
Which girl wishes to learn to play
the baton In tbe orchestra? -
The prices on watches at Gooder's are
trade winners.
Headache for Forty Years.
For forty years I suffered from sick
headache. About year ago I began
using Celery King. The result was
gratifying and surprising, my headaches
leaving at once. The headaches used
to return every seventh day, but thanks
to Celory King, I have had but one
headache in tho last eleven months. I
know that what cured me will help
others. Mrs. John D. VanKeuren,
Saugerties, N. Y. Celery King for the
Nerves, Stomach, Liver and Kidneys is
sold in 50c. and 2Tc. packages by H
Alex. Stoke.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for outs,
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corns and all skin eruptions, and posi
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It is guaranteed to give perfect satis
faction or money refunded. Prion 25
cents per box. For sale by H. Alex.
Stoke.