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This opportunity is offered until the 1st day of February, 1899. TEACHERS INSTITUTE. Continued from page 1. success to their winning personality. He concluded by making a strong plea for pure men and women as teachers in our schools. That evening Hon. Wallace Bruce, of Brooklyn, former U. S. consul at Edin- burg, Scotland, lectured on “Wit and Humor.” The court house was filied and the lecturer entertained his audience well, but his efforts to draw a distinction between wit and humor were mere words that few, if any, of his hearers could interpret into an explanation of the real relation of the oue to the other. A LARGE ATTENDANCE ON WEDNESDAY. Wednesday was full of interest to those who attended institute. The court house was crowded both morning and afternoon and entertaining talks were the order. The morning session was called to order at 9:00 o'clock hy! president Gramley. After prayer and a service of song the sub- ject, ‘What and How to Teach the Chart Class?” was discussed. The following teachers took part: Miss Anna Johnson, H. W. Hosterman, Rufus Strohm, Helen Bartholomew, J. C. Morris, J. F. Harris and D. O. Etters. Prof. W. W. Deatrick then gave an instructive talk on ‘‘The Length of Day and Night.’ Prof. A. T. Smith, professor of Pedagogy, West Chester, Pa., followed with a talk on ‘Human Imagination.’ Prof. John DeMotte closed the session with a short talk on “The Five Points Es- sential to Happiness.’ Daring the afternoon the speakers con- tinued the subjects that had been begun in the morning. THE DeMOTTE LECTURE. Wednesday night's lecture by Prof. John B. DeMott, of Bryn Mawr, on “The Secret of Character Building’ was such a treat as is seldom afforded the people of this community. It wasso opportune and so impressive a presentation of the develop- ment of the morals in man that none who were there could help being benefited by it. To a body of public school teachers it was made to be one of the most beneficial themes we have ever heard. THE WORK DONE YESTERDAY. The sessions yesterday had the largest attendance of the week, hecause of its being Directors’ day. The morning opened with a discussion of ‘Do You Favor the Display of School Work at County Institute ? If 80, How Conduct it?’ It was taken up by T. M. Barnhart, Bessie Dorworth, Jennie Morrison, J. Frark McCormick, W. Pp. Hosterman and Prof. D. M. Wolf. The regular speakers were : Prof. De- Motte, Dr. Smith, Miss Lelia Patridge, of Lansdowne, Pa., and Hon. John I. Stew- art, deputy state superintendent of instruc- tion. Miss Patridge’s talks were the ones that held the attention of the sessions most successfully. She is the author of “Quincy Methods”’ of instruction and is one of the prominent child educators of the country. Miss Patridge will talk again this morning before adjournment, which will he made at noon in time for the teachers to take afternoon trains for their homes. ‘“THE LAST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACY.’ The court house was crowded last night to hear Gen. John B. Gordon, ex United States Senator from Georgia, in his famous lecture ‘The Last Days of the Confeder- acy.”’ While everyone was delighted with the famous orator’s story of the sad ending of the southern hope, yet he is not as force- inl as he was in the days when he had more physical vigor. THE MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS’ ASSO- CIATION. The regular annual meeting of the school inthe W. C. T. | change. ———— | the county were present. i commenced at 9:30 o’clock and in the ab- 8 sident Md. A. ig- | : : Series Of the President, Cap's = A ix | stoves in good order and your roof tight. Secretary W. B. | W. H. The first session | ley, Cap’t. C. T. Fryberger, | temporarily preside. Rankin called the roll and read the min- | utes of the last meeting, the latter being | approved as read. = | The treasurer’s report showed a balance i in the hands of the treasurer of $101.91, | At this juncture Cap’t. Quigley arrived | and officially presided. His first act was | to appoint Senator W. C. Heinle, John P. | Harris and John H. Beck a committee on | the nomination of officers for the ensuing JA year. | The first speech of the day was by D. F. | Fortney Esq., president of the Bellefonte | school board, on the subject, “The kind of | men to select for school directors at the | coming spring elections.”” Following Mr. | Fortney, Hon. John I. Stewart, deputy | superintendent of public instruction, was | introduced and spoke very briefly. Other | papers read were as follows: | “Are we making proper use of the in- creased state appropriation?’’ by John H. Beck, of Walker township. “A model country school house,” Dr. W. U. Irvin, Unionville. | director’s association was held yesterday U. rooms, in Criders’ Ex- About 150 of the 204 directors in | i | { | | | rr rT rr killed 150 pheasants d uring the season just closed. ip Lh ——For the cold weather you want your Miller is the man to go to to get either fixed up. There is no use of talking Dr. Wil- liams pink pills are wonders. They have xed up several Bellefonte women and made them really young again. They will do as much for you. . *oo0 — If you need coal or wood to keep you | warm, if you need grain for your chickens or your horse or your cow and don’t know where to go for it let us tell you that Ed. K. Rhoads is waiting to serve you, with good quality and promptly delivering teams. °oe The holiday season without meat or poultry is no holiday season at all. The poorest of us try to have something extra for Christmas at least. But both rich and poor can find tender, juicy cuts of all | try school director,” by Prof. J. Price | broiler, at P. L. Beezer’s. Jackson, of State College, and B. F.| — 1 | | ! Two papers on ““The duties of the coun- kinds of meats and poultry, ready for the | Thompson, of Marion. ‘Purchasing school supplies and equip- ments,”” Dr. W. S. Glenn, State College. { A communication from Mr. W. E. Irvin, | of Philipsburg, was read urging more lib- | eral visitation at schools on the part of | directors. | A resolution offered by Prof. Jackson was adopted that the State Legislature be | appealed to for the enactment of a law making it obligatory either on the State or | | districts to defray the expenses of directors | | in attendance at all meetings of the asso- | ciation. The committee on the nomination of of- ficers for the ensuing year reported as fol- lows: | President-—Cap’t. | Blanchard. | Vice Presidents-—Cap’t. C. T. Fryberger, Philipsburg; John H. Beck, Nittany. Secretary—Treasurer—W. B. Rankin, Bellefonte. Executive Committee—A. QC. Musser, Millheim; J. R. Heckman, Spring Mills; i Joseph H. Hoy, Pine Grove Mills; J. J. | Fisher, Loveville; George G. Fink, Martha. Delegates to the state convention—Chas. W. Slack, Centre Hall; W. B. Haines, Wolf’s Store; T. W. Weber, Boalsburg; D. F. Fortney, Bellefonte. The nomina- tions were unanimously confirmed. At 2:30 p. m. the directors adjourned to the court house where the institute was in session and listened to the add there. James A. Quigley, | | ADDITIONAL LOCALS. ——The McLeod Co., comes to Gar- man’s, Saturday night, Dec. 31st, in the **Bachelor’s Honeymoon.’ —— oe —If you have taken a few tumbles on Bellefonte’s icy pavements you are Francisco would be you to insure in. —— ete ——Charles S. Beaver, who has heen ap- Cuba, is a cousin of Gen’l James A. Beav- er, of this place. Milton at one time. es ose a If you eat so ing the holiday season that your system getsall out of order and your blood needs a toning up remember that you have the fall back on. ns ES —— ——The largest line of Christmas decorations in town at Sourbeck’s. the youngsters. Toys, nuts, fruit and promptly seek and find relief in. ooo ——The Powers shoe company is merel y the new blood infused into an old concern and the effect has heen wonderful. would scarcely believe what hustling young trade there, but nobby foot wear, prices and courteous treatment are do- ing it. ——Don’t have your water pipes, your steam pipes or your gas fixtures out of kelter for Christmas. You will lose your temper and all the enjoyment of the season if you do. Better send for Schad’s men and have everything fixed up in apple pie order, 50 you can have a peaceful frame of mind, at least. *oe - —— McCalmont & Co., are showing a line of sleighs, robes, bells and sundry supplies for winter that is enough to supply the wants of all buyers. Their business is so extensive that it covers a great many branches and if it is things with wheels that you are after they can show anything from a four-horse wagon down to a bicycle or sewing machine. ——We always pity a man who has no home to go to when meal time comes, but in Bellefonte such an one is not so bad off, for there is Anderson’s restaurant where any- one can get anything to eat at any hour in the day. It is cheerful in there and there is no chance to get homesick. Some day when you are in town try a meal at Ander- son’s. ganizing a company for the manufacture of what is known as the Houser springless lock in this place. It is a lock which Mr. Houser, of Coleville, has patented and works by a series of tumblers, so that no spring is needed. The device is simple and calculated to last forever. It is hoped that $5,000 worth of stock will be subscribed, then manufacturing will be begun on a small scale and increased as the business warrants it. i —A full line of all kind of fruits and nnts at Sourbeck’s. | | —-Judge Savidge, of Northumberland county. must have been troubled with a torpid liver while holding court at Sun- bury last week. On Tuesday he fined a juror $2 for being fifteen minutes late to court and on Thursday he fined lawyer S. B. Boyer $5 and gave him a severe repri- manding for saying that the judge knew too much. rede ——There is nothing quite as disagree- able as a grumpy man or woman, one of the kind who are in such a condition that they are always complaining about their backs. They are mn no shape to bea pleas- ure to themselves or anyone else during the festive holiday season and ought to take some of Doan’s kidney pills at once. *0e — | ——Lyon & Co’s store is so full of things suitable for the holiday’s that we scarcely know what to advise you to get. The best way is to go there and see for yourself. It costs nothing to look and often times you find the very things you are after at times tree h rr a ——The Christmas tide is a hard time on | men are doing toward building up a large | | things for men. when you least expect to procure them. | Prices are always low at Lyon ’s, so if you | see what you want you can rest assured resses made | YOU can buy it at the right figure. ede ——There is real, genuine comfort in the | kind of sleighs that McQuistion and com- i pany have at their shops on Thomas street. Great wide, high-backed, comfortably up- | holstered seats and paint that will stick as long as there is anything to stick to. The winter has just begun and you will about | find it a time of discontent for sure if youn ripe for an accident insurance policy. The | don’t have one of McQuistion’s sleighs in Fidelity mutual aid association of San | which to make merry what will otherwise a good company for | he many a dull hour. ete i { ——The line of neck-wear and novelties [in men’s apparel is greater than ever at pointed the first postmaster at Havana, i Montgomery's. Everything that a man or boy could want to make them both com- He was a resident of | fortable and natty for winter is to be had { there. Lots of things that would make | . 1 i; : ; | us : 1 as smart canes, silk many good things dur- | useful presents: Such as smart ca , umbrellas, mufflers, sweaters, full dress shields and lots that you don’t know are necessaries for a well equipped man until . : 3 + 1y x0 there and discover how necessary infallible remedy, Hood’s Sarsaparilla, to | you go the ” | they are. ede ——The largest stock of candies we ever ad and lower prices. Special price to churches and schools at Sourbeck’s. —— RT ——It it is real toothsome, healthful, pure paint off their new sleds are liable to have Christmas candies that you are looking for a bad effect on their health. Nowadays | Coader's Is the place toget them. Tp Yere mothers don’t worry much about such ! everything 350 good that Such 2 thing he things, for Castoria is the panacea they | mistake in buying is an impossibility. | Then, too, those delicious ices and cakes | that Ceader makes for the holiday season have a real Christmas taste that puts you {in a once tried them always have them You | frame of mind, There is no need of send- { ing to Huyler’s or any out of town place for box candies. At Ceader’s you can get the right | finest hon bons and chocolates put up in any size boxes. mn | —The big clothing store in Bellefonte to-day is Fauble’s. There they have a stock of clothing for men, boys and little children, so complete that most anything You ask for is promptly shown you. And in such great variety that any fancy can be catered to. The farnishing goods depart- ment is full to overflowing with attractive Neck-wear, linen, um- brellas, smoking jackets, bath robes, and everything to be thought of for men are to be had at Faubles. Such a business as they have been doing this season. It beats all previous records; probably because prices are lower than ever and goods are better. ——We don’t know exactly how many years Schofield has been in the harness busi- ness in Bellefonte, but it has been a great many. The fact that he is still here and doing more than ever is assurance that the people know him and are satisfied with his methods and work. His store on Spring street is the Mecca to which everyone in need of good warm robes or blankets’ for themselves and coverings for their horses travels. He has a fine line of winter sup- plies for the horse trade and if you can’t get what yon want there don’t waste time looking for it elsewhere. a —At Santa Claus headquarters things have had a real Christmas appearance for several weeks. Crowds of shoppers, great quantities of supplies and a general holiday air makes the Globe a popularstore. Then there are the window attractions, the artistic old wind mill of handkerchiefs in the one and an attractive Santa Claus scene in the other. The latter pleases the little folks and keeps a crowd about the place from morning until night. The Globe is a comparatively new store in Bellefonte and like the proverbial new broom it started to sweep clean and has heen keeping it up ever since. i : | —— The Harter Bros., of Woodward, ——Margaret Davis, of Philipsburg, has been granted a pension of $3 per month. ~e — A. A. Miller, of State College, so says the Zimes, is going to be a candidate for sheriff. —R. D. Musser, of Spring Mills, has been appointed mercantile appraiser for Centre county. LIBS und ——A valuable horse owned by Cap’t. Agnew Sellers, of Patton township, died with lock jaw on Wednesday. Ode re: | ——W. Harrison Waiker Esq. got an at- tack of chicken pox just in time to save him from the designs of the horde of won- en teachers in town. *bo = Yesterday morning Mr. Frank Davis, who is in the employ of the Stand- ard scale and supply Co., in this place, re- ceived the sad news of the death of his father which ocenrred at the National military home at Dayton, Ohio, on that day. SOP ——While walking out into his yard, on Wednesday evening, the venerable John | Campbell, of Julian, slipped and fell back- wards. As he is 84 years old the shock was a very serious one and it is feared that he has sustained internal injuries from which he can’t recover. *de mas night, during the service. regular evening SL —The Christmas entertainment for the Forge Sunday school is to be given next Tuesday night. They are to have a tree and a candy treat out there. ee ——The Christmas entertainment for the members of the Methodist Sunday school will be given to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. There will be literary numbers ! and light refreshments for all. ——At St. John’s Episcopalian church choir master W. B. Reeve has prepared a fine program for both morning and even- ing services. The entertainment for the children will be held on Wednesday night, Dec. 28th. *de will have fitting services for Christmas. The church is being artistically decorated and at the evening service the Sunday school will render the oratorio of ‘“The Angel of Peace.”’ EE MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR EMANUEL MARRLE.—On Sunday evening at 6 o’clock there will be a memorial service for the late Emanuel Markle, held in the Metho- dist Sunday school room in this place. It will be conducted by the Epworth League and all friends of the deceased are invited to attend. ——The Christmas services in the Luth- eran church will be of special interest on Sanday. In the morning the pastor will preach an appropriate sermon. In the evening the Sunday school, with the congregation, will render a beautiful serv- ice, ‘“The Angel of Peace.”” The church will be handsomely decorated. All are cordially invited. — ovo FINE Music For CHRISTMAS. —Christ- mas day services in the Reformed church promise to be exceptionally interesting and devotional. A departure from the usual year will he observed in celebrating the nativity of Christ in hymns, anthems and chorus as the angels sang o’er the plains of Bethlehem. At 10:30 a. m. the sacred cantata ‘The Coming of the King,”” one of Dudley Buck’s most beautiful productions, will be rendered by a full choir of twelve voices, accompanied by the organist, Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes. The choir has been under the special di- rection of Mr. Chas. M. Guthrie, organist of Franklin and Marshall college and leader of the famous glee club of that in- stitution. The cantata is rich with solos, duets, male and female choruses and the entire service is one in which the advent of the Saviour is beautifully de- picted in harmony and devotional sing- ing. The regular leader of the choir is Mr. A. H. Lukenbach and the following mem- bership: Miss Lulu Harper, soprano soloist; Mrs. J. W. Kurtz, Miss Nellie Anderson, Miss Aurora Moore, alto soloist; Mrs. H. E. Jenkins, Mr. J. E. Lawrence, tenor soloist and Mr. Fisher. They will be ably assisted by Miss Twit- mire, Miss Miller, of Lock Haven; Mr. Hard P. Harris aud the pastor. The order of worship in full, copies of which will be distributed at the church, is given below. In the evening at 7 o’clock the Sunday school will continue the celebration of Christmas in a beautiful service. The public, as well as the congregation, are most cordially invited to attend and enjoy these services. The cantata, ‘‘The Coming of the King,” will be repeated on New Year's night. A silver offering will be taken. ORDER OF WORSHIP. I. Organ Prelude, Noel. Invocation. I. Soprano Solo, Prophecy. IIL Corus, IV. Alto Solo, Annunciation. V. Tenor Solo, Gabriel's Song. Praver. VI. Male Chorus, The Magi. VII. Baritone Solo, Holy Night. VIII. Female Chorus, IX. Tenor Solo, X. Soprano and Baritone Duet, Hark, Hark, My Soul. Plains of Bethlehem. Gabriel's Song. XI. Bass Solo, The Magi. XII. Soprano Solo, The Herald, XIII. Congregational Hymn, Christians Awake! XIV. Alto Solo, The Holy Babe. XV, OFFERTORY XVI. Soprano Solo, Departure of Magi, XVII. Congregational Hymn, Adeste Fideles, BexNEDICTION, XVIII. Organ Postlude. ——The Lutheran church in this place | DIED IN THE WEST PENN HOSPITAL IN PITTSBURG.—A death that caused sin- cere regret among those who knew him in this place was that of Emanuel Markle, which occurred in the West Penn hospital, in Pittshurg, on Saturday night. He had been in the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad company at Pitcairn, since leaving here last summer, and when stricken with typhoid fever he was sent at once to the Pittsburg hospital where he received every attention, but without avail. The body was brought to this place at noon on Monday and taken to the home of James Seibert, on east Bishop street. Serv- ices were held there that evening by co- workers of the young man in the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday morning he was taken to Hublersburg for burial. Rev. Dr. WwW. A. Stevens, of the Methodist church, Belle- fonte, and Dr. J. W. Rue, Methodist church Harrisburg, officiated. : Deceased was born at Hublersburg, Feb- ruary 2nd, 1874. He was a son of Elias Markle, of that village. Several years ago he came to Bellefonte and eutered the Jen- kins & Lingle machine shops as an appren- tice. At that time he made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walkey, on Logan street. His perseverance and natural apti- tude for things mechanical accomplished ——The treat for the children of the i Reformed church will be given on Christ- | ed a superior mechanic. the end he sought and when he had com- i pleted his apprenticeship he was consider- During the won- | derful revival that Leonard Weaver con- | ducted here Emanuel was gloriously con- verted. A firm foundation for a true christ- ian experience had been previously laid by his connection with the local Y. M.C. A. in which he took an active interest. After his conversion he connected himself with the Methodist church and was one of the collectors until he left here for Pitcairn. Probably as a Y. M. C. A. worker his humble efforts hore theig best fruits. Hav- ing started on the way to God through that organization he lost no opportunity to work for others that they might profit as he had done. He went with the christian young men to various parts of the county to hold Sunday night meetings and was ever ready | to testify for his Saviour. He was quite an athlete and those who saw his great feats of strength at the enter- tainment given for the Y. M. C. A. last spring have marveled, since hearing of his death, thatsuch a rugged man, in the pink | of health, should die so suddenly. Emanuel | Markle was a young man whose death this community has reason to mourn. There are not so many of his kind that one can he spared without deep regret. I I I THE EDITOR OF THE MILLHEIM JOUR- NAL 1S DEAD.—R. A. Bumiller died at his home on Penn street, in Millheim, about three o'clock Sanday afternoon. He had been ill since July, when he was stricken with typhoid fever. He had about recovered from the fever attack and was able to be about, when he suffered a stroke of paralysis and lay in a helpless condition until the time of his death. Deceased was horn in Munich, Bavaria, Jan. 1st, 1855. His early education was carefully looked after, so that when he ar- rived in this country, in 1873, he was quite well prepared to enter the journalis- tic profession, which he did by engaging to | | work for Geo. W. Foote, who was then | publishing the Centre Berichter in Millheim. order of worship for this season of the | The years of 1874 and 1875 he spent in this place, working in the Republican office, to learn more of the business and when he 1e- turned to Millheim it was to take editorial control of the German half of the Berichter, which was published both in English and German. In 1880 the paper passed into an entirely English sheet and Mr. Bumiller bought a half interest in it. Three years later he secured the entire plant and has since built up a very creditable country newspaper, in addition to having a job office, the equal of which is seldom found in so small a town. Mr. Bumiller was married to Miss Ella Deininger, a daughter of B. O. Deininger Esq., of Millheim, on April 4th, 1876. She survives him with two daughters. Funeral services were held at his late home yesterday morning at 10 o’clock and interment was made in Fairview cemetery. The burial was conducted by the Millheim lodge of Odd Fellows of which he was a member I ll I DEATH oF MRS. JOHN MULFINGER.— The death of Mrs. John C. Mulfinger, which occurred at her home at Pleasant Gap, early last Friday morning, was a par- ticularly sad one, since her illness was so short that few realized her condition until she had gone and a young husband with a family of eight children are left without the tender, ever watchful presence of wife and mother. Mrs. Mulfinger was ill only four days with pneumonia and brain fever. All that medical skill and a trained nurse could do was done to save her life, but to no avail. Her maiden name was Katharine Mun- drich. She was born in Schuylkill Haven, on Feb. 18th, 1863, her mother having been a sister of Mrs. Gottlieb Haag, of this place. Her mother died early in life, leaving a family of four small children who made their home with Mr. and Mrs. Haag for about a year, when Mr. Mundrich remarried and made a home for them in Williams- port. It was in that city that Mr. and Mrs. Mulfinger were married and then came to make their home at Pleasant Gap, where they have lived ever since. Burial was made in the Lutheran ceme- tery at Pleasant Gap on Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. Black officiated. I I ll ——William H. Smith, the first colored boy to graduate from the Altoona High school, died in the hospital in that oity, on Sunday, from the effects of an operation for appendicitis. A RARE OLD May GONE. —The vener- able David Gearhart, of Chester Hill, Clearfield county, died on Monday after- noon, the robust man who had seen the roughest days in that region worn out by four score years and six of life. He was born on New Year's Day, 1812, in Half Moon, Centre coanty. His grand- father, John Gearhart, was a native of Germany, and came to America and settled in Centre county early in the eighteenth century. David’s father, whose name was John, also, was horn in Centre county in 1879. In 1820 with his wife and children he moved to Decatur township, Clearfield county. At that time David was eight years of age. There he passed his boy- hood, attending school in Philipsburg for a few months during the winter seasons. In 1833 deceased was married to Sara Kephart, a native of Philipsburg and they lived happily together for sixty-three years. Their union was blessed with eleven chil- dren. Deceased was a staunch Democrat and had voted in Decatur township for 66 years. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. Interment was made in the Philipsburg cemetery. fl I I THE MOTHER or J. A. AIKEN .—Mus. Jane Aiken, widow of the late Hugh Aik- en, died suddenly Thursday night at the home of her son in Juniata. She had re- tired in apparently good health, hut heart failure had evidently affected her for when her daughter-in-law went to her room at six o'clock Friday morning she found her cold in death. Deceased was born in Earleystown, near Potters Mills, this county, September 25th, 1812. She was married to Hugh Aiken, and from here removed to Milroy, where she resided until she went to Altoona to make her home. Since that time she has resided with her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Moore, of Altoona, and W. H. Aiken, at whose home she died. The following chil- drensurvive: Mrs. C. W. Moore, of Altoona; W. H: Aiken, of Juniata; J. A. Aiken, of Bellefonte, and Mrs. Jennie Harey, of Belleview, O. The deceased was a member of the Milroy Presbyterian church. Fuuer- al services were held in Milroy Monday af- ternoon; interment in Milroy, I li I -——Mrs. Mary J. Llewl yn, aged 70 years, died at her home in Mill Hall on Saturday night. She was the widow of an old vet- eran. —Christmas greens. Laurel by the yard, holly-wreathsland our- ote —It is not unusual that the oldest grocery in the town should be the place where the newest and freshest products are handled. Sechler & Co., bave been so long established here that they have, hoth by ex- perience and acquaintance with the trade, been able to cater to it most satisfactorily. Their goods are always bright and fresh because they handle lots of them and they handle lots of them because they sell at prices to suit the trade. Christmas buyers will find it to their especial advantage to shop at Sechler’s, where the finest canned goods, nuts, candies, crackers, canned meats and soups, dried fruits and the num- berless other suppliesin a large grocery can be had at prices that suit the season. EE — ——For fine chocolates, bon bons and fine box candies we lead them all. A Sourbeck’s. —It was thought by some early in the Season that silver novelties would not prove as popular for Christmas remembrances as they were last year, but they are selling faster than ever and that is sufficient evi- dence of there increased popularity. There isno place in town where a finer line is be- ing shown than at F. C. Richard’s sons, on High street, where the excellent taste of their buyers has secured a fine stock of the daintiest and most useful things. Some are inexpensive, others are, like anything else that is high class, more costly, but taken as a whole the stock is so judiciously se- lected that anyone can be suited with a Christmas gift that is both useful and orna- mental. Seeiiiiol THE SAFE BLowN Ur.—Early Tuesday morning burglars cracked the safe in the Bald Eagle valley rail-road station at Mill Hall. They secured entrance to the baild- ing by opening a window in the passenger waiting room, then went into the office where they went to work on the big 1,800 pound safe. They then filled all the cracks on the outside of the safe with soap, so as to dead- en as much as possible the noise of the ex- plosion. The first effort to crack the safe was made hy placing dynamite in the lower hinge. The cavity made in the safe door by the first explosion was again filled with dynamite, and this time the explo- sion had the effect of blowing off the outer sheet of steel of the door. A large quanti- ty of filling that was in the outer door also fell to the floor. Although the big safe was badly shattered and cracked, the two explosions had failed to remove the door in its entirety. As there were about 18 inches of steel and composition yet to be removed before the money drawer could be tapped, the burglars either hecame dis- couraged or else had exhausted their stock of explosives, as the interior of the safe was not reached. Both explosions were heard by residents near the station. The interior of the place was somewhat shattered, though not to any great extent. The burglars carried away a suit of clothes, a bottle of whiskey and an Arbuckle prize package that were in the office to be expressed. *de —-We make all our own clear toys and candies. They are pure and fresh at Sour- beck’s.
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