lie REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1906. NUMBER 28. VOLUME 15. SHIOK & WAGNER ' THE BIG STORE Christmas Welcome This store is ready to welcome you in holiday tone. Every effort has been exerted to make the time you spend here profitable to you. Of course we shall bejcrowded, more so every day, but you can influence that more than we. It is a satisfactory plan to buy early -mutually satisfactory for yourself arid the "Big Store." More and more each year there is a tendency on the part of the American people to buy wisely in the selection of Xmas gifts of usefulness as well as ornamental. In keeping with this we might suggest the following as a few of the many good and useful things we have to oner you. Linens. We have the most complete assortment of Table Linens and Art Linens that we have ever been able to show. Table Damask 60 inches wide, 25c and 35c. Table Damask 65 inches wide, 50 cents. Table Damask 72 inches wide, 59 to $2.50. Napkins to match and many special numbers separate 1.00 to $5.00 a dozen. The Table Linens and Napkins in the better grade are all very fine bleached pure linen carefully selected with reference to quality ana pattern. Art Linens We have been unable to find anything to equal the JapaneselHand-drawn Lunch Cloths, Squares, Scarfs, and Doilies which have become so popular in the last year or two. We are showing this year the most complete line of Japanese Drawn Work obtainable. u&fli J Doilies 10c to $2.50. Squares and Lunch cloths 25c to $4.50. Scarfs 25c to $3.50. Umbrellas We do not know what we could suggest to you that would make a.more appropriate and useful gift than one of our beautiful gold trimmed handle umbrellas or a nice plain Congo handle silk umbrella. Gold Handle Umbrella 2.00 to $7.50. Plain Handle Umbrella 65c to $2.50. Plain Handle mercerized 50c. Neckwear We have just received a beautiful line of neckwear especially for the Xmas shopping. Fancy collars in all colors and styles, 25 and 50 cents. Silk Scarfs in Wash silk, silk Crepe de chene in all colors 1.00 to $3.50. Belts and Ribbons We nre showing all the new plaid and fancy Belts and Kibbons for neckwear and belts. Baltii 25 and 50 cents. Waoh Ribbons and plain Taffetas and satlnB all Drices. Gloves We have a complete line of cloves and can fit any one of the family babies, children, Misses and ladles. Golf gloves and mittens for babies and children 10c to 25 cents. Golf Gloves an Mittens for Misses and ladles 23 and 50 cents. Kid and Mocha Gloves all colors 1.00 and $1.50. Ladies Elbow Length Silk Gloves 1.00 and $1.50. Ladies Elbow Length Kid gloves 2 50 and $3.00, - Handkerchiefs Nothing new to give a handkerchief for a Xmas gift, because over since we remember anything we recall the enormous demand for hand kerchiefs at XruBS time. All we can do Is to g.it the bsst-llne of ihand kerchiefs that, we could possibly get the line that ploases everybody in quality, pattern and prioe. We kindly nsk your inspection of a line which contains good substantial Linen in all grades and cambric and very fine sheer swlss. All prices 5c to 50 cents. Towels We are just In receipt of a nice new day Hand Towe's and line lineu useful scarfs 2io to $1 , 50 a pair. Childrens Dresses Wo nre showing a complete lino of children' dresses in colors. These come in worsted all wool and ootten in plaid oolored cashmeres and fancies. All sizes, from 50c to $2.40. Suitable for school dresses and cheaper than you can buy the material. We have also a good line of Babies White in long and short dresses all prices. Furs Cold weather will come and you will need a fur. The line is never quite so strong as at this time. We are showing every thing in the line of furs. We advise you to secure your fur before the line is broken. Purs from 75o to $25.00. Cloaks, Suits and Skirts Do not wait too long for a coat for yourself or children. Line will sooi be broken in size, etc. The season is the biggest on record for coats and suits. We have aUo a strong line of skirts, from 5.00 to $10.00. - Waists t A nlca Snappy line of ladlea waists. ' Try oae or our Lungerie waists a new matorlol heavy enough for winter wear 50c to $2.50. lin of T-wel In Mi -ilaln every for bed r.KiiinToftfi- and bureau PETTICOATS Our line of the High Art Petti coat the best silk-underskirt made is now complete in all colors 4 00 to $10.00. XMAS NOVELTIES Toilet sets; Baby's knife, Fork and Spoon set in german silver and sterling silver; and an abun dance of small sterling silver novelties. There is such a variety of these things that space will not permit mention of them then you will have to see them to appreciate them. There is bIbo a nice line of cuehions, laundry bags, etc. Call early and select your Xmas presents.- Beur in mind also that the lines mention ed above have all been selected wiib the idea of usefulness and we aro eel I ins: them to you at regular every dsy prices and not at Xmas prle-.'S. SHIOK & WAGNER The Big Store- Corner Main and Fifth StreetB. REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. g WHEff VACCINATION FAILS TO TAKE Health Commissioner Dixon Ex plains Provision That Is Made la Such Cases So That Children May Not Be Debarred From School. WHEN CLAIM 13 MADE THAT "CHILD 13 UNFIT" In Exceptional Cases, Where Careful Investigation By Local or State Health Authorities Justifies Admis sion to School, It Is Authorized. "After three carefully performed but unsuccessful attempts to vaccinate a child have failed, that child should not be debarred from school privileges, but should be admitted, and the Depart ment of Health has provided for this," aid State Health Commissioner Sam uel Q. Dixon In an Interview. "The Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia." continued Dr. Dixon, "called at tention In the recent opinion it handed down reaffirming the validity of the so called vaccination law of June 18, 1895, to the hardship involved In the twelfth section of that act when it Is beyond the power of children of school age to be vaccinated, although they may not previously have had smallpox nor pre viously been vaccinated, and even re peated attempts to perform the oper ation upon such children are without effect and vaccination will not take. In such cases, as the court pointed out, the physician cannot certify that such child has been successfully vac cinated so as to meet the requirement of admission to school. The court's de cision tuggested the possibility of the nealtb authorities, state or local, mak ing a Regulation setting forth the con dition! under which a child upon whom vaccination will not take, may be per mitted to go to school. The court also suggests that the health authorities would have to consider whether such a regulation would be undesirable as affording opportunity for the evasion of the statute. "The Department ol Health," con tinued Health Commissioner Dixon, "has taken this tendency to evade the law into consideration, as it was obliged to, and yet we have endeav ored to see that those children who could not be vaccinated should be ad mitted to school. Our method of ac complishing this from the first has been as follows: "When the cases that we received inquiry about were within the limits of a borough or city having a Board of Health of Its own, we suggested that after two unsuccessful attempts to vac cinate a child, the third attempt be made by or in the presence of the physician of the Board of Health. It this attempt failed, then the physician of the board, acting in his official ca pacity, should authorize the admission of the child. "In the rural districts, where there are no Boards of Health to pass upon such cases, I have always asked that after three unsuccessful attempts to vaccinate a child have been made, the name of the child and the physician who made the attempts be referred Im mediately to the State Department of Health. The cases have then been at once investigated by our County Medi cal Inspectors or some one deputized by them, so that the child might not unjustly be debarred from school privi leges. These methods of dealing with the situation have been In conformity with the Supreme Court's suggestion that the health authorities assume the responsibility of authorizing the ad mission to school of children upon whom, after a reasonable number of attempts, vaccination does not take. "Taking advantage of the spirit of this part of the Supreme Court's opin ion, we have also endeavored to deal with the caBes of children where there was reason to believe that the child's physical condition did not make vac cination at the present time advisable. The Attorney General of the State had given an opinion that a teacher was not authorized to accept a certificate from a physician stating that the child was not in a physical condition to be vaccinated. It is reasonable to be lieve, however, that although the sim ple giving of such a certificate by the family physician would not be suffi cient, the spirit of the Supreme Court's opinion would permit the recognized health authorities throughout the state, after careful Investigation, to pass upon such cases. "Therefore when Buch cases are now brought to the attention of our depart ment, we have suggested that Inside borough or city limits, the local Board of Health, through Its physician, de cide whether the child is well enongh to attend school and yet not In a fit condition to be vaccinated. In the dis tricts where there are no Boards of Health we are having such cases in vestigated and passed upon by our regular County Medical Inspectors. "ft will thuB be seen," concluded Dr. Dixon, "that the State Department of Health is doing everything possible to prevent any child from being unjustly deprived of its schooling. If the par ent or guardian, however, refuses to permit a ciiii:; it; vaccinated simply urougn prejudice, tno neattn autnori ties certainly have no power to Inter fere with the operation of the law. In such cases we have done everything we could to overcome this prejudice by education, so that the Innocent child might not be made to suffer be cause the parent desired to leave it exposed to the ravages of smallpox rather than undergo vaccination, which the Legislature of Pennsylvania, In the exercise of its police power, has made one of the requisite school," of admission to. rilny'n Jewel Stories. Pliny declares thnt a diamond was so hard thnt If placed on an anvil and struck with n sledge hammer It would give back a blow of such force as to shiver both unvll and hammer to pieces. Another of his wonderful tales states that "on the shore of the Island of Cyprus there was a stone lion hav ing eyes formed of emeralds, which shone so brightly thnt all the fishes were Inglorlously frightened away. The fishermen accordingly pulled the emer alds out and put In glass eyes Instead, whereupon the wise fishes became bolder and returned to their accustom ed nets." A Mean Insinuation. "Very gratifying!" said a young and conceited novelist. "A gentleman writes me thnt he took a copy of my lust work to rend during a railway Journey, and as a result suddenly dis covered he had gone twenty miles be yond his destination." "Dear me," commented the young luthor's friend; "sleeping in traius Is a bad habit!" Hon II Wai Done. "Oh, remarked the first fox hunter, "you should have seen Mr. Nurltch take that high hedge!" "Yon surprise me," exclaimed the other. "I thought the horse be rode wasn't much of a Jumper." "Oh, the horse didn't take the hedge I Mr. Nurltch did It alone."-Philadel-phla Press. The Facts. The One And you soy this horse hasn't any faults? The Other Not a single fault. The One But he ap pears to be blind in his right eye. The Other-Well, that's not his fault; It's his misfortune. Chicago News. HI Mterarr Uent. "Father, when I leave school I am going to follow my literary bent and write for money." "Humph! My son, you ought to be successful. That's all you've done since you've been at school." The Gerntnn I and Yon. It is surprising when any oue takes the trouble to notice how many letters begin with the pronoun "I." To Ger mans this in egotistical, and their eti quette In letter writing forbids It. It is probably on the, - tine principle tbnt they write I (Ich) always with a small letter and you (Sie) with a capital, i verslng the English custom. " Character. The first thing thnt u human being should recognize about himself Is that his character Is bis distinguishing fea ture. It Is not the amount of money, the amount of power, the uriount of brains, that a man has, but his char acter. Strelln. She (sentimentally) How like life are the waves of the sea! He You bet Come to the shore In great style and e awav broke. Detroit News. Running For Exercise. A professional runner gives the fol lowing suggestions for exercise: Rise at 6:30 a. m. Put ou old clothing, easy shoes and a sweater. Time for dress ing, five minutes. Walk one-fourth of a mile; time, five minutes. Then run a mile at a dog trot iu eight minutes, arranging your circuit of n mile and; a quarter so thnt you will finish at: your door thirteen minutes after sturt-j lng. That exercise will expand your; lungs and stimulate your heart action; and laud you at your doorstep at (1:49: a. in. panting for breath, thoroughly! exhausted and perspiring ht every pore. You are then ready for your bath and shave nnd breakfast and for the nat ural routine of the day. The man of sedentary habits who patiently pur sues this exercise may kiss all drugs goodby. How He Learned Engrllsh. Carl Scburz once told a friend some thing of his early struggles with the English language. He knew it about as American college boys know their German that Is to say, barely at all. One day. "deciding such nonsense must end," he entered a bookstore and asked for the classic of the English language. A wise clerk gave him "The Vicar of Wakefield." He carefully translated It Into German and put bis work away for six weeks. At the eud of that time he translated his translation back Into English and then made a searching comparison between his version and that of Goldsmith's original. "After that," he said, "I knew English." Six Flnvcred Monkeys. In several places In Cape Colony and the Orange Free State of South Africa caves have been discovered which yielded hundreds of mummified re malns of a queer species of six fingered monkeys. All of the full grown spec imens of tills remarkable race have; the tall situated high up on the back from three to five Inches further up than on the modern monkey and other distinguishing marks, such as two sets of canine teeth, beards on the males, etc. . Municipal Kewapaper. Dresden Is one of the few cities pos sessing u municipal newspaper, and this was bequeathed to the city by the lute Dr. ftunt The bequest Is a very valuable property and consists of a dally newspaper, which In consequence fff Its extensive circulation Is the prin cipal advertising medium In the neigh borhood. The profits are applied to the beautifying and Improvement of ha citv nnd to charity. Letter List. List of unclaimed bitters remaining in post office at Reynoldsvlllo, Pa., for week ending Dec. 8. 1900: A. Clifford Hoover. I. F. McCannio, Mrs. Bertha Snyder. Foreign. Leporat Grovonnl, Gannllla Lorenzo. Say advertised and give date of list when calling for above. . K C. Burns P. In. House coats for Xmas at MUlirens. Caps for Xmas at Millirens. jySSOLUTION NOTICE. Not Ire Is hereby fflven that, tlie partnership heretofore existing bet ween I). L. Henry and B. C. Henry, under the firm name of 1). L. A . V Henry, m dissolved on the tilth day of Nov.lWHI, by mutual consent, Tho business will hereafter be conducted by 8. L. Henry, to whom all bills owln late Arm are duo and payable, and to whom all claims and de mands on said Arm are to be presented for payment. D. L. Hrsry 8. U. tlEHHY Reynoldsvllle, Nov. 28, 1606. ESTABLISHED IN 1875 Capital and Profits $115,000.00 :: Assets, $450,000.00 THE Peoples National Bank ' REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. Has a record for strength, courtesy and "square" dealing extending over a quarter of a century. Your business is respeetfully solicited. j j & J OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS 7.30 TO 8.30. THE FOIST NATIONAL Ml OF REYNOLDSVILLE. Capital and Surplus . $165,000.00 Resources . . $550,000.00 John II. Kadoiibk, Pres. John H. Kaucher Henry C. Dulble OFFICERS J. O. Kino, Vice-Pros, DIRECTORS J.O.'.KIuir Daniel Nolan J. H. Hammond K. C. Schuckeus, Caaliler John It. Corhett U. H. W Use n Every Accommodation Consistent with Careful Banking