Buy the celebrated
COLUMBIAN
Stoves mid Ranges
as they are lieyond
The Handsomest,
Most Durable, and
Perfect Working
Stove Manufactured.
EVERY STOVE
GUARANTEED.
If not as represented, money refunded.
Call and see our fine big stock just
received. Beats anything ever shown
in the town.
KEYSTONE HAMABE CO.
Opposite Hotel Belnap.
THE CASH NEW YORK RACKET STORE T?
We are cuttln. dnwn prlres to the very lowest notch and the peoplo are flndlnn It out. Our
holiday trade Immense and rexultod In Icavlntf a lot of odds and ends which we will sell
at a Hacrlflce. Ladles' and Rfiitli-men'a Underwear Is reduced 10 pur cent, below the reKUlur
Kacket price. This Is a (treat chance for you. .
Notice especially that we have reduced the price on men's waterproof Puck Coats to less
than other merchants can purchase at wholesale. This Is no fairy tale for we have the tfooiis
to back up our statement. Our prices are always too lowest tiupvnu upon it
1 Cent Good.
R Slate pencils -
200 Matches ...
16 Hairpins - -
X yards torchon face,
Box of shoe blacking
5c Nlckle ba-k lead pencils,
14 rows of pins,
20 darning needles,
1 doien shirt buttons,
8 cent Goods.
5c. gold collar buttons
200 Yards machine thread
1 Doien bone collar buttons
Bo Box of tack
8 cent Goods.
Fancy hatpins
Jdc package needle
8c to 9c
8c
4 cent Good
10 yds silk thread ...
1 bottle black Ink ...
Fine dish towels -Olurk'sO.
N.T: thread 200ydi -Lamp
chimney No. 1 - -
6 cent Goods.
25 sheets writing paper, 25 envelopes
Scrub brushes . . .
6c box
6c
THE CASH NEW YORK RACKET STORE,
SOU FRIEDMAN, PROP,,
Dr. Murray Building, Main St. Reynoldavllle, Pcnn'i
The
Ballad Hit
of the
Gentupy !
Be sure and get a copy
Arthur H.Haskin'e great
ballad hit, entitled
"Don't Leave
Old Kentucky."
This is positively the best
ballad that has been pub
lished in years, so don't
. fail to secure a copy at
1 . . once. For sale at
'corn's Music Store,
Headquartera for Pianos, Organ, Sheet
Muxio and Mualoal Mercbandlie.
RoynoM.vllle, Peon's.
and run no risk
question
0 dozen clothes plna - -Bo
i.tc linen collars - - w
Lumlerman's sox - - RV
8ftc coffee mills ... 14c
Camel hair underwear all slues, renular
H5c goods, racket price - 44c
Turkey red tablecloths, KOIn wide, some
merchants ask 40e our price 2.V per yd
White linen table cloths, all patterns, reg
ular price HOc goods - - av
8-40II cloth per yd ISc. Perrole - 1.M
iafiies pocket Dooks, all styles - lutoiuc
II umbrella at a bargain. a'.'ii
Men's dress shirt - - 44ctoA4c
liUdlesftdc chatalaln bags our price 2'M:
Mirrors from - -10cupto4'&
16c Mantles, our price .... c
12 cakes of laundry soap . . 25c
fine corsets, racket price - - wM
75c men's sweaters. 40c
w hlte metal knives, regular lac goods.
racket price, . ?c
f 1.00 dress shirts, at - 41c
Ladles' handkerchleves, from lcunto&V
1 set cups and saucers, per set - SOc
1 dinner set decorated dishes 112 Dlecos
to the set 7.00
noys neavy ueece-unea underwear, ail
sizes - . 24c
I3.0P Pants go at aharcaln, - tl.tt
uur une 01 jewelry win surprise you Dotn
In price and quality of goods.
We have a splendid line of China and Enum
eled ware and the price Is right.
Clearance
Sale
At Cost.
A. Katzen,of the People's Bar
gain store, has decidedito make
a clearance sale of clothing for
30,Daya,
He will sell
Mens,' Boys and
Children's Clothing,
including men's pants and hats
at cost.
These goods are all first class
but are to be sold cheap in order
to make room for spring goods.
Call in and see my stock and
be convinced that I am offering
y ou big bargains in clothing.
fl. Katzeowprc.
SLICING A UATTLER.
THE COLORADO WAV OF TURNING
THE DANGEROUS TRICK.
Desterltr and Darin of the Cowboy
In Cnttlng- Off th. Head of the Rep
tile After Its Ineffectual Attempt
to Strike.
"Did you ever see a cow pnncber kill
a rnttlonnko with n knife?" wild a
Colorado citizen now In town. "When
I first went west, I punched cfittlo on
tho Sunset rnncli, ono of the largest In
southern Colorado. I was a tenderfoot,
fresh from tho east, but no swell head
about me. That saved me a lot of
trouble. ,Tho boys were dead willing
to put me next, even to a 14-year-old
broncho never halter broken. Among
other things, I learned how to kill a
rattler with a bowle knife. I killed
one with a knife to mnko my standing
good, but after thnt a gun or a pitch
fork was good enough for me.
"I have seen a plainsman rldo up to
a small sized rattler, jump off his horse,
kick at the waving head, avoid tho
strike and as the reptile camo down
place a heel upon Its neek, coolly tako
a knife from his belt nnil dispatch It
I have also seen a live rattler thrown
up on a haystack machine, and I hnve
seen tho men working on that stack
Jump, roll, tumblo and slide to get
away. They could not see the rattler;
that was all. In the open they would
have played with It.
"A rattlesnake Is harmless out of
coll. For that reason It wastes no time
In getting back Into coll after the
spring. It will not strike unless It Is
perfectly sure It can reach Its object.
Therefore the cowboy must get Into
reach of the snake's spring. It can
spring half Its own length, and some
times more. Of course tho larger the
snake the more colls, and the more
colls the more vicious the strike.
'Dick Ilaynes was a young daro-
devll who would go out of his way to
play with a rattler. I have seen him
kill at least a dozen with a knife, and
I saw htm when he got such a close call
that he dropped the game and used a
gun forever after.
We were out together one Sunday.
It was warm, and as we rode he fnnned
his face with his sombrero. Suddenly
he clapped his hat on his head and
started bis broncho on a lope. 'Wntch
me get that plson,' he shouted.
'Fifty yards to our right was a rat
tler. It was trying to get nwoy, but
we headed It In an Instant and were off
our horses. It Immediately coiled, and
then I saw the biggest snake I have
ever seen. It was a diamond rattler
and about 20 years old. It had the
ugliest head I ever saw, enormous In
size, and with a mouth that reminded
me of a bulldog's Jaw. Dick stopped
just long enough to size up Its length
so as to get an Idea of tts spring, and
then went In on It
"The strike came like a flash of light
ning. The snake struck the ground
with a sound like the cracking of a four
horse whiplash In the hands of an ex
pert Dick Just saved himself by
throwing bis body back full length.
The snake coiled again before Dick
could get to It I got nervous and call
ed to blm to shoot It
" That's the first one that ever struck
at me and got back,' be said, 'and I'm
going to have that pretty bead.'
"The rattler was beside Itself with
rage. It lay, coll upon coll of smooth,
gllBtenlng length, showing the long
reach and powerful spring In reserve.
Out of the colls two feet more of body
and neck rose straight in the air, and
above all that .black, venomous bead,
with glowing eyes and forked tongue,
waved, slightly, warily, to and fro.
"Dick stepped In again, more cau
tiously, lie reached the knife nearer
and yet nearer to that swaying head.
I knew be was getting too close, but I
feared to speak to him. Then came the
strike, with that marvelous dart of
speed. Dick's knife flashed and the
snake lay squirming, a headless thing.
upon the ground.
" 'Let's get to camp.' said Dick. 'It
got me In the tbumo.'
"We Jumped for the saddles and
started on a mad run for home. Dick
rode with bis thumb on the saddle
born and his knife In bis other band.
"'If she begins to swell, off she
comes,' said bo.
"We reached the ranch, and while
Dick poured down whisky we exam'
Ined the thumb. We could find noth
Ing, not the slightest wound. The snake
bad struck the handle of his knife, and
the strength and suddenness of the lm
pact made Dick lose bis nerve. It was
a good thing for blm. lie never went
after a rattler again without a long
'U.' "-New York Sun.
Oolnar All the Tim.
"I see a Wisconsin man claims to
have solved the perpetual motion prob
lem."
"That's nothing. I have a model of
a perpetual motion machine at my
bouse now."
"Does It work successfully V
- "From the standpoint of perpetual
potion, you bet It does."
"Have you given It a name?"
"Sure."
"What do you call It?"
" 'Jlmmle,' and It was 5 yean old Its
lost birthday ."-Chicago Post '
Concession to np.rstltlon.
"Thirteen dollars and a half seems a
btgb price for such a comparatively
short trip," said the man with the
traveling bag In his band.
"We thought people would rather
pay that than $13," replied the agent
of the steamer Une with an explana
tory and apologetic cough. Chicago
Tribune.
"Some people," said Uncle Ebeu,
"doesn't seem to take no special Inter
est In tellln de troof 'cepplo when It's
ampin disagreeable." Washington
Btar. . .
POOR AND BIQ HEARTED.
Specimens of the Hospitality of the
Southern Mountaineer.
The latchstrlng hnugs outside every
cabin door If tho men folk are at home,
but yon must shout "Hello!" always
outside the fence.
"We uus Is pore," you will be told.
"but y'u're welcome cf y'u kin put up
With what we have."
After a stay of a week nt a mountain
cabin a young "furrlncr" asked what
his bill was. The old mountaineer
waved his hand. "Noth In," he snld,
" 'cept come ag'u!"
A belated traveler asked to stay all
night at a cabin. The mountaineer an
swered that his wlfo was sick, and
they were "sorter out of flxln's to ent
but ho reckoned he mought step over
to a neighbor's an borrow some." He
did step over, and be was gone three
hours. He brought bnck a little bag
of meal, and they had corn bread and
potatoes for supper and for brenkfast,
cooked by the mountaineer. The
stranger asked how far away his next
neighbor lived. "A leetlu the rise of
six miles, I reckon," was the answer.
"Which way?"
"Oh, Jes over the mountain thar."
Ho had stepped six miles over tho
mountnln and back for that little bog
of meal, and he would allow his guest
to pay nothing next morning.
I have slept with nine others In a sin
gle room. The host gave up his bed to
two of our party, and he and his wtfo
slept with the rest of us on tho floor.
He gave us supper, kept us nil night,
sent us sway next morning with a
parting draft of moousblno npplejnck,
of his own brewing, by the way, and
would suffer no one to pay a cent for
bis entertainment. That man was a
desperado, an outlaw, a moonshiner
and was running from tho sheriff at
that very time.
Two outlaw sons were supposed to
have been killed by officers. I offered
aid to the father to have them decently
clothed and burled, but the old man,
who wns as bad as his sons, declined It,
left for that, and If not, why, he had.
The Southern Mountaineer," by John
Fox, Jr., In Scrlbuer's.
WASHDAY WISDOM.
A very hot Iron should never be nsed
for flannels or woolens.
Calicoes, ginghams and chintzes
should be Ironed on the wrong side.
Clotheslines are made much more
durable by boiling for ten minutes be
fore they are used.
Table linen should be Ironed when
quite damp and Ironed with a very hot
and very heavy Iron.
Irons should not be allowed to be
come redhot, as they will never retain
the heat properly afterward.
Embroideries should be Ironed on a
thin, smooth surface over thick flannel
and only on the wrong side.
Linen may be made beautifully white
by the use of a little refined borax In
the water Instead of using a washing
fluid.
Wash fabrics that are Inclined to
fado should be soaked and rinsed In
very salt water, to set the color, before
washing In the suds.
Silken fabrics, especially white silk
handkerchiefs, should not be damp
ened, 'but Ironed with a moderately
warm Iron when taken from the Hue.
His Test.
A dealer In pictures who makes It bis
business to find as many new painters
as possible, both In this country and
abroad, was asked In regard to his
methods of selecting pictures to buy,
He was very frank In his talk, and ono
thing which he said Is shrewd enough
to be worth quoting.
"Of course," he said, "with my expe
rience I am able to Judge whether
there Is promise In a painter's work,
but I never buy with any Idea of put
ting the painter on my list until I hnve
seen the man and talked with him my
self. I always watch him closely, and
I never buy his pictures unless his eye
lights up when I talk to him about his
work and about his profession."
Tho artist whose heart was really In
his work could not discuss It without
kindling, and the man who did not
paint from the heart was not the ouo
whose pictures tho dealer wanted.
A Bird of Passage.
"And where, mny I ask, do you gen
erally reside?" tho young man said aft
er all other subjects had been exhaust
ed.
"Oh, I have no fixed abode," Miss
Mobile replied, "but I usually pass tho
greater part of the winter In Reading,
In Lent I find myself attracted to St.
Paul. After Easter I go down to West
Virginia and spend the summer and
part of the autumn In Wheeling."
"And then"
"Then, Mr. Heavy, I find myself ad
mirably prepared for a month or two
of Aiken." New York nerald.
A Good Cricketer.
Dr. W. Q. Grace was once giving a
brilliant batting display at the oval,
and one of the spectators observed to
his friend: "Did you ever see anything
like It? Why, he puts 'em whorever he
likes." "Well," said the other, "it's all
practice he's always at It be doesn't
waste any of bis time over family
prayers." C. W. Alcock's "Cricket Sto
ries."
Not to Blame.
"Delta, this Is no way! The dirt In
this room must have been here a
month."
"Then blame the girl before me,
ma'am. I've only been here three
weeks." Exchange.
Baey to Prore.
If a man wants to know definitely
Just what kind of a pelt be Is square
er round there la only one way he
must get Into a hole. Philadelphia
Press.
BETRAYAL.
(hit el the chilling nln and fof
That hid tha mountain from eer
A dusky cloud cams floating down
At aarly dawn of llf ht.
The cloud dropped softly to the like
Amid a sound of whining wings
And spread Into a graceful line
A hoat of living things.
W hailed thla bunt of Joyous life
Ths sunless day termed dark no more,
When suddenly a shot rang out
And achoed round tha ihora.
The waterfowl wera nature's guests,
fltrt they wera doomed, and all that day
Tha shots pealed forth, and on tha waves
Tha dead and dying lay.
At last Into tha brooding mist
There vanished, tnftly ss It came,
A broken flock, with plumage torn,
After that day of lhame.
-Mary Thacher lllgginton in Youth' Compan
ion. UNINHABITED ISLANDS.
There Are Thousands of Them In tha
Indian Ocean.
If you should want nn Island that Is,
an uninhabited Island for the purpose
of occupying It alone, Robinson Crusoe
like, or to use It for romantic Action or
for any other purpose, to the exclusion
of all others In the world, you need have
no trouble In finding one If you see fit
to make a Journey to tho Indian ocean.
In tho waters between Madagascar and
India you can find more than 15,000 of
them, where there Is not a human be
ing and where you can, If you will, be
monnrch of all you survey.
An English traveler has recently been
among the small Islands that dot the
western end of the Indian' ocean to
mnke an Inventory of them and re
ports that he counted 10,100 nnd found
only about 000 of them inhabited.
Now, there Is a good chanco for any
one who may want nn Island.
These particular Islands are not large,
as Islands go, but very many of them
are sufficient fur the purpose of a Kob-
Inson Crusoe or any other novel hero
or for even a snin.ll colony of ship
wrecked mariners or other persons who
might bo cast on one of them or seek
for the purpose of making a home pret
ty much out of the busy world.
Some of them are only an acre or
two, well elevated above the tide, while
others are OT-nrter of a mile In diam
eter and running from that up to a mile
or two In length and a quarter or less
of the length In breadth. Many of
them are granitic structures that rise
steeply from 20 to 100 feet well cover
ed with rich soil, through which smnll
fresh water streams hurry to the sea,
which they reach after flowing over
beaches of glistening calcareous sand
that are begirt by coral reefs, which
form walls about the Islands.
How He Bared Ills Dinner.
In the little town of Arundel there Is a
taxidermist who Is gifted with won
derful presence of mind. Here Is an
Instance:
Some time ago a gentleman called at
his shop with a1 cock pheasant, which
he desired to have skinned, stating at
the same time that he did not require
the body. This quite suited the taxi
dermist who thought the pheasant
would do for his dinner on the morrow.
However, Inter In the day the gentle
man called again and said that he
would take the body away. The tax
ldcrmlst replied that It was unusual
for customers to take the bodies away,
but that he 'had no objection, nnd be
fetched the bird, which his wife had
put ou a plate and covered with flour,
"Ah!" exclaimed the gentleman. "It
looks very nice. But what Is this white
powder with which it Is covered?"
"Oh, that" replied the taxidermist
quietly, "Is arsenic. I always cover
the bodies with that until I can dis
pose of them."
"Ar-arsenlcl" stammered the gentle
man. "Why, I thought that the bird
would be good tq eat. Thank you, I
wou't trouble to take It away with me.
Good day."
The taxidermist had saved bis din
ner. London Answers.
Hade Jnstlce.
A certain Arizona Justice of the peace,
whose knowledge of tho law was never
gained from books or actual practice
before the bar, was bearing an assault
and battery caso. The lawyer for the
defenso was shouting his arguments
when the court said:
"That will do. Sit down."
He then adjusted his spectacles and
sngely observed:
"Prisoner, sthand upt Accordln tab
th' law an th' evydluce an there Is no
evydlnce 01 found yea guilty, sor, an
folne yes $50. If yes air guilty, faith,
It's a very light sintlnce, an If yez are
not guilty It'll be a mighty good lesson
for yczl" Detroit Free Press.
The Prudent Scotsman.
A cautious Scotsman, 85 years old,
had saved enough to purchase a piece
of freehold land upon which be bad
had his eye for some time, no repair
ed to the freeholder and opened nego
tiatlons for the purchase. Tho free
bolder, however, Informed blm that for
some reason or other he conld not part
with the freehold, but said he would
give htm a lease for 000 years. This,
be was Informed, was practically the
same thing. "No, na," said the aged
ono, shaking his gray head; "time soon
rins awa'." London Outlook.
Tho Only Difference.
Mrs. Bymperly Now that you have
got your divorce and are happy with
Mr. Ranger, life Is real once more.
Isn't It?
Mrs. Ranger Ob, yes; only It's very
much like It UBed to be, except that the
piano Is a different make. Brooklyn
Life.
It Is said that mate, the South Amer
ican tea, will sustain life many days
Without the pangs of hunger.
It's usually wben a man speaks with
out thinking that be says what be
thinks. Philadelphia Record.
Undertaking
and Embalming.
FIRST CLASS WORK
OUARANTEEt).
I nm also headquarters for
PICTURE FRAMING.
can have your picture enlarged
at a reasonable price.
I also
RE-SILVER MIRRORS.
Office and ware room in rear of
G. W. Klepfer's 5 and 10
cent store.
J. H. HUQI16S.
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I GUARANTEE 1
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EVERY PIUZER STOVE IS
to be perfect in Construction, Workmanship,
and Material, and after a fair trial in your own
home to be satisfactory to the purchaser or','
Money Refunded.
SINGLE HEATERS, COOK STOVES,
DOUBLE HEATERS, RANGES.
FOR TWO WEEKS from January 1st we will make a
. . Special
It is a sacrifice, but they must go.
If you want a Stove, come in, look at the Stove and get
our prices.
House Furnishing Store.
Reunoidsvlile Hardware company.
Have you seen our Mew
Automatic Wringer.
Warranted to fit perfectly the smallest article or one whicu
opens the rolls an inch without changing the wheel screw
unduly straining the spring or getting out of gear. . Saves
over 50 per cent in labor and is pronounced by all who have
used it to be much the best wringer on the market. Five
year guarantee with every wringer. For sale by
REYNOLDSVILLE HARDWARE CO.
$15.00 Fall and Winter Opening flRpp
Dundee Woolen Mills Tailoring Co,
THK BIG TAILOES,
40 NORTH BRADY STREET, DU BOI3, PENN'A.
Twentieth Century Methods.
Single Price Single Profit.
Suits or Overcoats to Order $15.00.
We have over 1000 different pattern In elegant Fall and Winter
Suiting and Overcoating to select from. These garments are equal to
any $25 to MO Suit or Overcoat.
All our garment are made by skilled union labor.
Our Raglan Overcoat cannot be excelled.
$15.00 From Mills to Man Direct. $15.00
THE 6 AND 10
VENT STORE OF
G. W. KLEPFER
Main $ Street,
is headquarters for dolls and
toys of every description.
I am closing out Ladies' and
Children's Wool and Heavy
Fleeced Line
Underwear at a Sacrltlce.
Call and see them.
I carry a large line of
Queensware, Glassware,
Notions, Etc
My prices are away down.
G. W. KLEPFER.
GUARANTEED
Low Price. . .
O.R. HALL,
Opposite Postoffice.
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