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...YOU CAN GET... 



A $75 Bicycle for 75 yearly subscrip- 

 tions to Recreation* 



A $35 Hammerless Breech - Loading 



Shot Gun for 35 yearly subscriptions. 



A $40 Camera for 25 subscriptions. 



A $20 Gold Watch for 20 subscriptions. 



A $20 Repeating Rifle for 20 sub- 

 scriptions. 



A Good Single Barrel Shot Gun for 

 \ 5 subscriptions. 



A Single Shot Rifle, or 

 A Bristol Steel Fishing Rod, or 

 An Automatic Reel, or 

 A Kenwood Sleeping Bag 

 For JO subscriptions. 



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High 

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, for Men, Women,Girls & 

 'Boys. Complete line at 

 llowest prices ever quoted, 

 l$100 l Oal; wood' for$45.00 

 '$85 'Arlington' " $37.50 

 $55 " " $25.00 



$20 Bicycle « $10.75 



$75 'Maywood' Simplest, Strongest Bicycle on Earth " $32.00 

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THE NEW EXCELSIOR. 



One morning at the break of day 

 A languid stroller made his way, 

 And at each turn he paused to say: — 

 " Is't hot enough for you? " 



As on he pressed with weary trot, 

 A maiden cried: — " Why leave this spot? " 

 " For me," he said, " it's much too hot — 

 " Is't hot enough for you? " 



" Oh, stay," the old man said, " and quaff 

 A glass or two of 'alf an' 'alf. 

 The youth replied with bitter laugh: 

 " Is't hot enough for you? " 



At eventide they found the wight 

 Prone on the highway, cold and tight, 

 He lay and snored the question trite: 

 " Iz zotty 'nuff f'r yoo-o-o? " 



— Cleveland Plain Dealer. 



IN A CIRCLE. 



" Dere's no good of it anyhow!" ex- 

 claimed Meandering Mike, after a long 

 silence. 



" Of what? " inquired Plodding Pete. 



" Thinkin'. Ye think an' think, an' de 

 first t'ing ye knows ye've got right back ter 

 where ye started from! " 



"What's agitatin' ye?" 



" Anarchists. I wus reflectin' on de way 

 dem fellers labors for nuttin', studyin' up 

 on explosives. It takes an anarchist ter 

 make a good bomb. An' purty soon I 

 worked aroun' ter de fact dat it takes a 

 bum ter make a good anarchist, an' den 

 I says ter myself, Wot's der use? I'm goin' 

 ter sleep." — Washington Star. 



G-ame in this county (Blair) was not as plentiful as usual 

 last fall, but rabbits, pheasants, and squirrels were killed 

 in fair numbers. Few trout have been taken this season 

 considering the number of anglers who have been out. 

 D. Duncan, Holidaysburg t> ~ 



