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MAPLETON DEPOT, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1890.
NO. 25
BUSINESS   CARDS.
T   G. SPANGLEB, M. D.,
—PHYSICIAN & 8UBGKO¥,~
^•©"Office on Main Street, near Juniata
ftovme.  ,
A   W. SWOPE,
—JUSTICE OF T"SB PEACE.—
All business entrusted with him will receive
proper attention. Collections made and immediate returns given. Legal writing promptly executed.
,jr_~Oflicc on Main street.
T   E. SIMPSON,
Huntingdon, Pa.
FIBE .AND LIFE INSURANCE,
IN SOLID BELIABLE COMPANIES.
zJs^Call at office, or send for circulars.
•BET   H. & J. S. WOODS,
iATTOBNEYS-AT-LAW,
Wo. 837 Penn- Street.   Opposite First National
B«nk.
Huntingdon, Pa.
.T  P. "WILSON,
t^—D_M__   IK—
•a_NTHBACITE, BfTUMlNOUS**'
CANNELCOAL, & CONNELLfs-
VILLE CBUSHED COKE.
^_"AU orders promptly filled at the lowest
.prices possib.e.
toT?.OT*UBBS,
—CARPET WEAVER.— '
and dealer in all kindsv„f Carpet Chain and
Materials.
.  Prompt attention to business and satisfaction guaranteed.   Charges reasonable.
G.M.Green,   H.E.Green.   W.D.F.Green.
G. M,Green & Sons,
. BEALEES IN
All Kinds of Lumber,
and Manufacturers,of
Flooring, Doors, Sash,
Frames, Lath,
Shingles, &c., &c.
"Bill Stuff Cut to Order.
5_f"All Bills Promptly _*illed._gl
ADDBESS,
G. M. GREEN & SONS,
•CASSVILLE. PENN'A.
A Census Problem.
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ANTHRACITE
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TWILL All orders for Anthracite Coal, delivered off the
•car, until a change of price at .the
-mines, at the following prices:
Nut, (Net Tons)       $4 40
•Stove,        I     " $4.40
No. 4, I     " §4.65
.Leave your orders at the office.
Main Street Near Depot.
Heavy Hauling.
• The undersigned, having two Heavy
Four-horse Teams, solicits heavy
hauling.
H. It. MX.
New Stage Route
 BETWEEN———
Mapleton & Cassville.
Tri-weekly—Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday. Leave Cassville, en each
of the above named days, at 7.80
o'clock, a. m., arriving at Mapleton
at 11 o'clock, a. m. Returning, leave
Mapleton at any time to tuit convenience of passengers. Fare, 50-cents.
Merchandise carried at reasonable
rates. W. A. HIQ&t.
Cassville, Pa., July 3,1889.-tf.
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In the United States one hundred years ago the proportion of
persons living in cities to those
living in the country was as one to
twenty-five. The reoent census
shows that the present proportion
is one to three. This decrease in
the rural population ia general
throughout the country, and has
given rise to various theories touching the cause. It is an interesting
questions Public attention is directed largely at present to social
and economic problems, and their
consideration is enlisting careful
and earnest thoughts It is not always possible to determine the
reason from the result, bat consensus of intelligent opinion on any
question aids in reaching a logical
conclusion.
Tbe growing disproportion be-,
tween the urban and the rural population of the United States may
be attributed to a variety of causes.
It has been accounted for by some
of the most careful students of sociology upon the ground that the
social instincts of men draw them
together into communities and that
the tendency to desert the farm
and to seek homes in the towns
and cities is due to the distaste for
solitude which is common to tbe
human race. This will not entirely explain the phenomenon, although it is doubtless true that it
is one of the motives which has
helped to bring about the present
conditions. Economic influences
have also played an important part
in causing the change which -is so
rapidly equalizing the census in
the country and the cities. Labor-
saving machinery makes it as easy
now for one man to produce a
thousand bushels as it was formerly to produce one hundred bushels.
The railroad has become the wagoner of the farmer, and the necessity of employing men to haul the
products of the soil to market has
been practically done away  with.
The packing houses now do the
most of the butchering for the
farmers, the creameries make the
batter whioh he consumes, the canning factory aud evaporator work
up bis fruit, and thus in almost
every direction the demand for
labor has been curtailed and the
work of the farm narrowed down.
The vast production of agricultural
machinery has drawn the young
men from the farm to the manufacturing centers. Tbe multiplication
of schools and, colleges has attracted the well-to-do farmers to the
towns and cities to educate their
families. The decreased profits of agricultnre have induced
many people to abandon farming
for more lucrative pursuits. The
railroads have brought the rural
population Within easy touch of the
world, aud 'the oity, which was
once so remote, is now easily accessible, with all of its charms aud
attractions. These* are among the
reasons which are assigned for the
exodus from the coun try to the city
Whatever may be the true cause of
its decline, the spirit of contentment
which once prevailed among the
farmers no longer exists. Whether
the old conditions of happiness and
prosperity which once made agriculture an inviting pursuit will
ever return, is a problem which is
yet to be solved, and it is a question which may well awaken serious concern.
The brawn and the brain of this*
in shaping the destinies of the re-
nation have come chiefly from the
rural districts. The bone and sinew of the country is not derived, as
a rule, from the great cities. The
most illustrious names in American
history are associated with the
farm. Washington, Jefferson, Webster, Glay, Lincoln, Grant, and a
host of other great men who aided
public came from the country. The
nation cannot View with1 indifference the influences which may impair the source from which its most
sturdy population, mentally and
physically, has proceeded. Is there
any just ground! for the fear that the
movement from 'the country to the
towns will long maintain its present volume t Does not the logic of
events point to an early -reaction ?
The towns and cities cannot remain
crowded beyond their capacity to
afford a livelihood to their population. When that point is reached
there must be a receding wave, and
the movement of population will be
in the other direction. There is a
basis for tbe belief that the equilibrium will be restored by the law
which makes agriculture tlie essential source of prosperity and the
foundation upon whieh the commercial interests of the country rest.—
Kansas City Star.
HER FIRST CAIala,
The Pitiful Story  of  an  Old England Woman.
A Check is Nat rash Payment.
The Supreme Court of Minnesota has lately rendered a decision of
muoh interest to the business community in declaring that bank
checks are not' cash,1 and do not
possess legal Value ad money until
cashed. In other words, the giving of a check on a ban k is not a
payment when passed between
debtor and creditor, but only becomes so when tho -money is received on it,
The court -holds that in accepting a check from a debtor there is
no legal presumption that the creditor takes it in absolute payment,
bnt only conditionally, or as a written acknowledgment of the debt.
Where goods are sold for cash on
delivery, and the purchaser tenders payment in a check or draft
ou his banker, such payment is
only conditional; and the delivery
of tbe goods, if made, is also conditional. If the check is dishonored on presentation, the seller
may retake tbe goods for tbe purchase money, even from the possession of a third innocent party,
unless it can be shown-that the
seller has been guilty of such negligence as would estop him from
recovering in equity.
This decision is among the first
rendered by higher courts that is
so far-reaching, and if supported
by other high tribunals, will settle
a mooted question in commercial
circles. The same principle has
been applied to unpaid notes by
one or two courts, which have held
that the seller does not lose his lien,
for purchase money, on goods sold,
nntil be receives the actual cash,
and may retake at any time prior
thereto if the indebtedness be not
met at maturity.
Remedy for Roaches.
Take three pounds of oatmeal, or
meal of Indian corn, and mix it
With a pound of white lead; moist,
en with treacle so as to form a good ]
paste, and pot a portion down at
night in the infested building. Repeat for a few nights alternately,
and in the morning remove the
paste and the corpses to a "con-
1 venient place.
Some years ago Amelia Simpson,
a maiden lady of mature years,
moved into a 'New -England village
to take charge of small property
that had been left her by a deceased'uncle.
Miss Simpson was a city spinster, and it happened that while
moving into her new home she had
made some derisive remarks about
the village, which reached the ears
of the Villagers. It was before tbe
days of boycotting, but the spirit
of that method existed, and so
unanimous were the feelings excited against the new-comer that not
a soul in the village called upon
her.
The lady herself was unconscious
that she had offended, and made
several advances'in the direction
of forming an acquaintance with
her neighbors, but was met with a
cool non-recognition every time.
Then she withdraw herself from
a«y communication with the people, bought all supplies at a neighboring town, and lived alone with
a fern ile servant for a score of
years. At the end of that time
she was taken very ill. Adoctorwas
summoned from a distance by her
faithful 'attendant, and he soon
knew tbat all remedies were -useless, and it only remained for him
to tell poor Miss Simpson that-her
earthly pilgrimage was nearly over.
This he did itl his -own way. He
was a doctor of the old school, and
he approached the subject courteously.
-'Madam," he said, in a grave,
deliberate voioe, "I have done all
that I possibly can do in your case
to insure return to health but without avail. It only remains for me
to inform you that death has
called."
Poor Miss Simpson raised herself on her pillow with a smile of
satisfaction.
"Show him np," she said, with
shining eyes. "I have lived in this
inhospitable place for tweuty years
and he is the first caller I ever
had."
And she sank back with a peaceful look on her composed features.
—fietiroit Free Press.
Things   Worth   Knowing.
To learn to think and act for
yourself.
To respect gray hairs,'especially
your -own.
To waste nothing, neither money, time nor talent.
If you have a place of business,
to be found there when wanted.
To spare when you are young
that yen may spend when you are
old.
To bear little trials patiently
that you may learn how to bear
great ones.
To. be self-reliant and not take
too much advice, but rather depend on yourself.
To keep alive in yonr breast that
little spark of celestial flre called
conscience.
To learn to say no; it will be of
more servioe to you than to be able
to read Latin.
To do all the good yon etui ia
the world and make as little noise
about it as possible.
To stick to yonr own opinion if
you have one, allow others, of
course, the same liberty to stick to
theirs.
Good Advice From A Humorist.
To-young men, Bob Bnrdette
says: You take a basin of water,
place yonr finger in it for twenty-
five or thirty seconds, take it out
and look at tbe hole it left. The
size of that hole represents about
the impression that adviemakes on,
a young man's mind.
Don't depend too much on your
family—the dead part, I 'mean*
The "world wants live men; it hat'!!
no use for dead ones. Queen Victoria can trace her ancestors -back
in a direct line to William the'Con-
queror. If you cannot get farther
back than yonr father you are better off. Yonr father was a better
man in his time than old William.
He had better clothes to wear, better food to eat, and was better
housed.
If you are a diamond, be sure
you are found ont. Cheek, brass
or gall never gets ahead of merit,
, I love a yonbg man who is
straightforward. Ask for what yon
want. If yon want to marry a rich
man's daughter, or borrow 9000,
•from him, ask him for it; it'amounts
to the same thing in the''!___. _t I
is always better to astonish a man
than to bore him.
Remember that in the morning
of life comes the hard working*-*
days. Bard work never killed a
man. It's fan, recreation, relaxation, holidays that kill. The fan
that results in a nead next morn-
so big that a tnb could hardly cover ft is what kills. Hard work never does.
Those who come after us'have"te
work just as hard as we do. When
I shoveled enow off my sidewalk,
if perchance, I take a three-quarter
piece off my -neighbor's walk, I put
it back, because if I don't I should
be doing him an injustice-
You can't afford to do anything
bnt what is good. You are on
dress parade all the time.
Don't be afraid of pounding persistently at one thing. Don't be
afraid of being ealled a one-idea
man, or a crank. If you have one
idea, you have one more than most
men have. It takes a smart man
to be a crank.
Getting; And Saving Money.
Some men have the money-tret*
ting, others the money-saving, faculty; very few have both. Those endowed with tbe former in its pleni-
tube, and who exercise it to the
utmost, often become rich while indulging in all the expensive luxuries wbich sumptuous tastes can
suggest; bat tbe colossal figure of
finance, the giants of the "banknote world," by whose side the
half-million and million fellows are
-merely respectable dwarfs, are gen-1
erally rigid economists in their
personal expenditures, and some
people are discourteous enough to
call them --screws."
Upon the whole, it is much easier
to make money than to save it, and
although we wonld not advise any
one to be miserly, it is certainly the
part of wisdom and prudence to
set aside a considerable portion of
a large income as a provision for
the future, aud so to invest this reserve fond as to place it, "if possible, beyond the reaoh of all the ordinary contingencies of business*
It is a pleasant thing, daring one
of those financial cyclones which
every, now and then make ship- I
wreck of innumerable fortunes, to
feel that one has anchor to windward that will not drag. Therefore, while you are making money,
sare it; and as yon save it, put it
where no monetary convulsions can
bnug your "nobles to niuepenee.''
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