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WANTED.-A good and reliable
irl for doing general house work,
amily small, wages $500, Address
OLUMBIAN.
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Peerless Tacoma pISS pISgss sus SpsnS X. T. sa,s es
IRE. Vast resources. Daily inflow OF men WITH
money. STEADY rise IN values. Better prof!tss
10 saO'OO Rent paying property. IS MONTH.
~ ior our lots earns you much more money
tnan savings banks Sure 70 to 100 per cent
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SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue OF sundry writs OF FL Fa. issued out
OF the Court OF Common Pleas OF Col. Co., Pa,
and TO me directed, there will be sold In the
Sherins oflce. in the Court House, Bloomsbury,
Pa, on
SATURDAY, JULY IS, 1891,
at 10 o'clock a. M, the following:
All that certain piece or parcel OF land situate
In the town OF bloomsbury, Pa. bounded on the
north by Fifth street, on the east by East St,
on the south bv Henry Kesty and on the west
by an alley, being twenty-five and a half feet
on East ST., and one hundred and ninety-eight
feet deep and sixty feet on an alley, whereol
are erected two story frame store building,
Dwelling House and outbuildings.
Seized, taken into execution at the suit Of
VIM. Krickbaum and Sarah A. Decker's use
versus John Sickle, and to be sold as the pro
perty OF John Sickle.
VANDERSLICE, JOHN b. CASEY,
Atty. Sheriff.
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REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE IN
BLOOMSBURY.

Main Sreet.-Desirable building lot 5Oxsla
price $500.
First Sneet-Frame house, 8 rooms, lot 5Oxg4
price s1050.
Fourth Street-Large frame house, rooms los
100 feet front on street, price s225O.
FiJth Street-Large frame dwelling house,
rooms, out-kitchen, barn, fine fruit, &C., lot ~
200 price $780,
Main Street-Large store building, with dwell
Ing house on same lot, corner lot fronting os
two Streets price si0O0
1htrd &reet.-Large room house, lot 6ix2ls
Price s27OO.
Second Street, East or Penl.-Corner lot, 80 Il
front. Price $500.
Second Street-Fine large residence, II roous
fe'fp Rodd,-Two story house, lot 400 feet
deep, price $500.
exclusive OF bath room. Steam, gas, sewer'
water and all modern improvements.
Tenant houses and number OF vacant lots In
other parts OF the town, all OF which are for sale
on easy terms. For further particulars inquire
flne Brick Residence in Espy Pa, Lot 92 feet
'front.' 10 room house, everything in good repair
recently papered and painted, well at door, els
tern' good stable and outbuildings, fruit OF al
kinds. Price $1,000.
IFon street, near Finh--Two story frame
mouse, 10 rooms, bathroom, water-closet, hot
ana cold water upstairs and down, seweE
steam heat, electric light, and stationary range
all In splendid condition. Large new stable on
lot, room for three horses. Terms easy and
price low
OF WINTERsrEES, BEcKLEY MkILLF. !.
First National Bank Building,
IT, bloomsbury, Pa
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Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
DIR. @. G. OsGooD,
lowell Mass
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CHEAP EXCURSIONS

VIII be run by the Philadelphia & Reading and
the pennsylvania Railroads. And railroads
Aappllcation for same should be made In good
time,
AN ELECTRIC LIGHT Plant WILL ILLUMINATE
THEPARK AT NIGHT.
No intoxicating liquors allowed on the grounds.
For space, tents and information regarding
exhibition apply to II. A. CORRELI, General
Manager Harrisburg, Pa,
For rates and general information apply to -
NED IRISH, r. b. GORDON,
'ehi' supt' Genl Pass. Agent.
CORNWALL LEBANON X. II. Co.,
LEBANON, PA.
June o6 om
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FOR THE PUBLIC,

An instructive and entertaining program,
musical and literary, with addresses by eminent
Agriculturists and Political Economists Will be
provided each day OF Encampment,
A large number OF wall tents will be erected
W the PARK Tor the accommodation OF those de-
string TO remain the entire week !; and meals can
be procured on the grounds at reasonable rates.
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"Castoria Is the best remedy for children OF
which am acquainted. l hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
stead Of the variousquack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DR.. ]. +. KrScHKLoE,
Conway, Ark.
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Castoria.

"Castoria Is 30 well adapted to children that
recommend IL as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
II. A. ARcHkR, II. D.,
III So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly Of their exper.
ence in their outside practice with Castoria
and although we only have among Our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we arc free to confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DisPENsARr,
Boston, Mass
ALLEN G. Smith, Pres,
,rray Street, New York City.
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MT. CRETNA
Farmers Encampment,
AUGUST is TO 22

The Encampment Will open SUNDAY, August
10th, with Religious Services and sermon by one
or the most distinguished divines In the country
in the immense Auditorium seating $500 pconle
EXHIBITION
OF Agricultural Implements, Musical Instru-
ments, House Furnishing Goods, Farm Products,
horticulture and Live Stock from the 18th TO the
ed inclusive.
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Company, n Murray Street New York City.
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FOREIGN MISSIONS.

Rev. James X. Hazen. D. D., Secretary
and Treasurer, Richmond Va
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A Foolish Bow.

Nellie came running to me the
other day, her eyes big with sur
prise, and exclaimed;
80 auntie, what do you think ?
You know BERTHE, who lives down
the street-that little bit of boy
well he smokes cigarettes, and he is
awful little"
"Then he will make little man
very likely if he has begnn so early"
l replied.
"Yes, that is what Gertie SAYS.
He steals off by himself behind the
back fence and then smokes"
"Then he must know he is doing
wrong and is ashamed to be seen.
What do you suppose he does it
for?"
81 guess he thinks it will make
him look big. He wants to be a
man, and he is always telling us
girls what he'll do when he gets
big" said Nellie.
He has begun the wrong way if
he wants to grow. Tobacco will
hurt his heart and his nerves. If
he lives to be a man he will be
nervous, his heart will be weak, and
he will not be the strong man that
he might be if he had not begun
this bad habit.
A school-boy died in Brooklyn
only little while ago, because he
had smoked so many cigarettes. His
whole body was sick; the poison in
the tobacco had gone all through
him. His skin was yellow, his
nerves were weak, and he was so
sick he had to go to the hospital.
But the doctors could not help him.
He said just before he died:
80 if all the boys could see me
now, and see how l suffer, they
would never smoke"
If you would not be smoker
don't begin-Water-LiIy
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hard lesson to learn, this lesson of
self-denial, but it is as we'll for you
to learn it first as last, and you will
be better off in the end without all
this fun and idling and getting your
head full of always having ga good
time" for do you know, my little
girl, it is not to have good time
that we are put in this world, and
the sooner we learn to ''endure hard
ness" the better. And you wonder
why Aunt Kate has so little money
to spare. Don't you remember Miss
Greyson who went out to Alaska last
spring, and how Aunt Kate prom
ised to help her mission as much as
possible, You know all about the
aprons that have been made and
the stockings that have been knit.
but you don't known how Aunt Kate
has saved every penny and denied
herself things which was really
necessary, for this good work. This
is the reason that there is no money
for new frocks and sea-shore frolics.
And, Dora, when you think it over,
you will be willing to give up some
thing to help along this work, I am
sure, and you can help most by
staying at home cheerfully. viii
you do it?"
81 will try" said Dora, getting up
and kissing the old man on the
forehead. L. J. DENNIS.
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that it ought to be the foundation. s"
She put her hand on his SHOULDER
and looked up into his eyes"
tom" she said, 81 want you for
Christ. Not for religion, but for
Christ. Other foundation can no
man lay | want you to get that
first, and then build all the strength
and beauty on it that you can"
81 don't want to be hypocrite,
Aunt Louise, and l don't feel sure of
myself, but ever since you came I've
been wondering what made you
think so much of being Christian.
| see now It's under everything
you do. l meant to be Chris
tan, too, some day, but now l think
I'd better get the right foundation
under before l do any more build
ing"
SO Tom, whom his aunt had felt
most fear about, was won, and he,
like Andrew, went and found his
brother, and now in both their lives
Christ is the corner-stone.-Congre-
gdtiOnalist.
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How to Be Happy.

Once upon a time there was a
king who had little boy whom he
loved very much, and so he took a
great deal of pains to make him
happy. He gave him beautiful
rooms to live in, and pictures and
toys and books without number.
He gave him a graceful, gentle pony
that he might ride just where he
pleased, and rowbOat on lovely
lake, and servants to wait on him
wherever he went. He also pro-
vided teachers, who were to give
him the knowledge of things that
would make him good and great
but, for all this, the young prince was
unhappy. He wore a frown wher-
ever he went, and was always wish
ing for something he did not have.
At length, one day a magician came
to the court. He saw the scowl on
the boys face, and said to the king:
81 can make your son happy, and
turn his frowns into smiles, but you
must pay me a great price for tell
ing him this secret"
"All right" said the king; what
ever you ask l Will give"
So the price was agreed upon and
paid, and the magician took the
boy into a private room. He wrote
something with a white substance
upon piece of paper. Next he
gave the boy candle, and told him
to light it and hold it under the
paper, and then see what he could
read. Then he went away. Tie
boy did as he had been told, apd
the white letters turned into a bea1
tiful blue. They formed these
words:
do a kindness to some one every
day"
The prince made use of the Sc
cret, and became the happiest boy
in the realm-ChHdren'8 Record.
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The Skeptic and the Italian
Girl.

She sat behind her neatly ar
ranged fruit-stand-a girl of four
teen-absorbed in reading her Bible.
She did not hear the footsteps of a
gentleman who was passing by; and
was startled by his question, "NVhat
are you reading that interests you so
much?'
She timidly replied "The word
of God, sir"
"Who told you that the Bible is
the word of God?" be inquired.
God told me HIMSELF" she re-
piled, with childlike innocence.
Good told youl ImpossibleI How
did He tell you? You have never
seen Him, nor talked with Him.
How then could He tell you that the
Bible is His word?"
For a few seconds the girl SEEM
ed confused and was silent. The
man, who was a skeptic, and took
delight in undermining the faith of
people in the Scriptures, felt con-
fident that he had COMPOUNDED the
supplemented girl. She soon re.
covered herself, and her ready wit
came to her aid. There was a flash
in her dark eyes as she asked "Sir.
who told you there is a sun yonder
in the blue sky above us?"
"Who told me2" said the man,
smiling somewhat contemptuously,
for he fanced that the girl was try
ing to hid her ignorance under an
irrelevant question "Who told me?
Nobody ] don't need to be told.
The sun tells this about itself. It
warns me, and / love it's light.
That is telling enough"
"Sir,' cried the girl, with intense
earnestness, as she stood before him
with clasped hands, "you have put
it right for both Bible and sun.
That is the way God tell, me thisis
His book. I read it, and it warns
my heart and gives me light. L
love its light, and no one but God
can give such light and warmth
through the pages of a book. It
must be His. don't want more
tellingj that's telling enough, sir.
AS sure as the sun is in heaven, so
sure is God shining through this
book"
The skeptic was abasbed. The
earnest faith of the young fruit
seller amazed him. He could adroit-
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-posite wall. He was asked why he
did this. "Aweel, miss, that'll do
to hang the picture on when yell
have come roond to Master Willie's
opeenion." The family generally
did come round to Williams opin-
ion, for the resources of his tongue
fencing were wonderful, and his
father, who admired a clever feint
as much as a straight thrust, never
failed to encourage him by saying:
"Hear, hear! Well said! Well put.
Willie" if the young debater bore
himself we'll in the encounter.
Chicago JuveRHe.
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GEORGE N. WOODBRIDGE. Cashier

BOARD OF DWEcToRs George l.. Chris
tian, o. O. Owens, r. Whitlock, IT. The
odore EllysOn, w. II. Zimmerman, b.
Alsop, ID. o. Davis IT. b. Talfaferro,
NJ. NJ Gillian, l.. u. Morris, John Pope.
Fritz oitterding John II. Dinnecn, John
w. Gordon, N. ID. Hargrove, Henry Bode-
kerr T.. y. Tatum, IT. Swineford' James
Lyons, G. G. Valentine, r. Seldom Taylor.
Hermann Schmidt r. r. Johnston, and r
A. Patterson
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A Wise Mother.

There were four boys in family
whose activity was exhausting.
The mother was a wise little wo-
man, who believed that much ILL
directed force might be utilized by
iudicious division of labor, which
would spare her nerves and increase
the family comfort.
So the oldest boy washed dishes
when he was just tall enough to
wear his mothers apron tied around
his neck. He swept, busted, and
even cooked a little. If storms or
sickness kept then in the house they
we're given needles, thread and
himbles, and taught to replace but
ions, and set at other slight repair
ing which they learned to do quite
skilfully.
When the third brother (who is
the hero of this story had grown
70 fit the apron, the first was honor
ably released. His deft-handed
successor, more ambitious or more
teachable, became that rarest of
artists-a good plain cook, who
was welcome at campings-out and
other festivities of 6 Bohemian
character. He was undaunted by
biscuit and triumphant over steak.
This "third brother" could also
mend neatly, and even made his
own neckties to afford himself more
variety.
a time came when this training
was worth small salary. He found
himself with an invalid wife, a boy
of three years, and hand so badly
injured that he was obliged to
change his employment. Something
suited to his altered circumstances
was not easily or quickly found
out the man who had washed dishes
had other resources.
He did not, as weIl-meaning
friends advised, give up his home
and waste his substance on hired
nurses and boarding-houses.
Through a whole discouraging
year of waiting, he nursed the sick
wife, cooked for the small family,
and kept the house bright and tidy
with an occasional days help. When
the right position was offered at
last, and the housekeeping fell again
into natural channels, it was evil
dent that man could assist his
own family without loss of dignity
and at the same time avoid the dis
comfort, and perhaps debt, caused
by additional cares while the real
care-taker was unable to meet them.
In partnership each member of
the firm should be able to perform,
or at least direct, the others work !;
and there is no reason why man
should not understand some of the
details Of housekeeping, or a woman
learn to drive a nail straight and
use a saw if necessary Wide
AlrqLp.
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Rev. NJ. II. Houston, ID. D., Secretary,
Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. d. 9. Rankin Treasurer, box 324,
Nashville, Tenn
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Before selecting your route, write to one
of the Agents named below for full informa-
ton; you will save money, and avoid fire.
quent and unpleasant changes of cars.
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Gladstone as a Boy.

John Gladstone, the father of the
present Premier Of Great Britain,
liked that his children should exer-
else their judgment by stating the
why and wherefore of every opinion
they offered, and a college friend of
Williams who visited him during
the summer of 1929, furnishes anus
ing pictures of the family customs
in. that house, "where the children
and their parents argued upon every
thing" They would debate as to
whether the trout should be boiled
or broiled, whether a window should
be opened, and whether it was likely
to be fine or wet next day. 1t was
always perfectly good-humored, but
curious to stranger because of the
care which all of the disputants
took to advance no propositions,
even as to the prospects of rain.
rashly.
One day Thomas Gladstone, as
the story is told, knocked down a
wasp with a handkerchief, and was
about to crush it on the table, when
the father started the question as to
whether he had the right to kill the
insect and this point was discussed
with as much seriousness as if a HUI
man life had been at stake. When
at last it was adiudged that death
was deserved because it was tres
passer i'm the drawing-room. a com
mon enemy and a danger there, it
was found that the insect had
crawled from under the handker-
chief, and was flying away with a
staggering sort Of buzz, as if to mock
them ALL
On another occasion William
Gladstone and his sister Mary dis
puted as to where certain picture
ought to be hung An old Scotch
servant came i'm with ladder, and
stood irresolute while the argument
progressed; but, as Miss Mary
would not yield, William CALAMITY
ceased from speech, though uncon-
WINGED of course. The servant then
hung UP the picture where the
young lady ordered, but when he
had done this he crossed the room
and hammered a nail into the OPP
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HOME AND YOUNG FOLKS.
A Little Word Lost.

A Little Word Lost.
lost very little word
Only the other day;
A very naughty little word
had not meant to say.
If. only it were really lost,
l should not mind bit;
think should deserve a prize
For really losing it.
For if no one could ever find
Again that little word,
So that no more from any lips
Could it be ever heard,
I'm sure we all of us should say
That it was something fine
With such completeness to have lost
That naughty word of mine.
But then it wasn't really lost
When from my lips it flew;
My little brother picked it up,
And now he says it too.
Mamma said that the worst would be
could not get it back
But the worst of it now seems to me,
I'm always on its track.
Mamma is sad; papa looks grieved;
Johnnie has said it twice;
OF course it is no use for me
To tell him it's not nice
When you lose other things they're lost
But lose a naughty word,
And for every time twas heard before
Now twenty times tbs heard.
If it were only really lostl
o then 1 should be glad
l let it fall so carelessly
The day that got mad
Lose other things, you never seem
To come upon their track;
But lose naughty little word,
It's always coming back.
Exchange
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For the Central Presbyterian.
To Point a. Moral.

Dora stood in the kitchen door
twisting the corner of her apron
round her finger, and looking out
over the big wheat field. Something
was always wrong when Dora
twisted her apron, and Uncle Nat
coming in with pail of milk, recog-
nized the never-failing sign.
We'll, Dora, what is it?" he said
cheerfully, setting down his pail.
Dora turned round, and there was
little lighting of her countenance.
Uncle Nat always had a remedy for
every evil, and Dora was sure that
he would offer comfort in her pre-
sent woe.
go, Uncle Nat, there is to be a
picnic next week, and all the girls
have new dresses and hats to wear,
and [ suppose it is silly to care, but
Aunt Kate says that l will have to
wear my old spring muslin, because
she says that there have been such
unexpected demands for money,
that she wont be able to get me
single new dress this summer"
swell, we'll, that is too had |
suppose your old frock is in very
bad repair, Dora?"
"Well, no, Uncle Nat, it is a very
good dress, of course, but then, every
one else Will have new one. And
that isn't all, Miss Grey has invited
all the girls in our class to 90 over
to the shore with her for a week,
and Aunt Kate says that she is
afraid it will cost too much for me
to 90" and Dora choked back a sob.
"Humph !" said Uncle Nat. "You
are not feeling i'll or i'm need of sea
air, are you, Dora"
so, of course not, but it seems
dreadful to stay here while the
other girls are all off at the shore
enjoying themselves. With this
great big farm, ! should think that
we should have money enough to
spend the whole summer at the
shore if we chose" said the little
girl, pettishly.
Dora, " said Uncle Nat, ''there is a
homely old fable which suits your
case exactly, and if you will sit
down on the doorstep minute, !
will tell it to you" "a certain
young mastiff being near dogs
estate, his master judged best to
trim and shorten his ears. This,
the mastiff thought hard, and com
planned accordingly. But as he
grew up, and met dogs of various
tempers, he was often obliged to
fight for himself and his rights.
Then his short ears gave great adj
vantage for they furnished no hold
for the enemies teeth, while the
long-eared dogs whom he formerly
envied, came from the fray torn
and suffering "Ahl' SAID the mas
tiff, "my master knew better than 7
what was good for me-"
"Now Dora, you are something
like that mastin. Tt seems hard to
you to stay at home and wear an old
frock, while your friends go away to
the shore and enjoy themselves IN
all the furbelows and fnery that
money can buy; but believe me,
little girl, 1T is the best thing for
you We want you to grow up
strong in mind and body. You win
have to fight your way In this world,
we all do, and when the time comes
we want you to be ready to- show
true grit and bravery enough to
deny yourself cheerfully. 1T is al
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ly insinuate doubts into the minds
of those who have only given an in
tellectual assent to the truth that
the Bible is Gods book, but the
girls heart-experience of the power
of Gods word was an evidence he
could not shake.-MesSjab's Herald.