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the emotion shall be translated nto ac-
tion, and that the action shall be marked
by honesty, sanity and self restraint.
There is mighty little good in a mere
of reform. The reform that counts
is that which comes through steady, con-
tinuous growth: violent emotionalism
leads to exhaustion.
Advocates Inheritance Tax.
It is important to this people to grap-
ple with the problems connected with the
amassing of enormous fortunes, and the
use of those fortunes, both corporate and
individual, in business. We should dis-
eriminate in the sharpest way betvreen
fortunes well won and fortunes iil won;
between those gained in an incident to
performing great services to the com-
muity as a whole, and those gained in
evil fashion by keeping just within the
limits of mere law honesty. Of course,
no amount of charity in spending for-
tunes in any way compensates for mis-
conduct in making them. As a matter
of personal conviction, and without pre-
tending to discuss the details or formu-
late the system, I feel that we shall ultl-
mately have to consider the adoption of
some such scheme as that of a progres-
sive tax on all fortunes, beyond a cer-
tain amount, either given in life or de-
vised or bequeathed upon death to any
individual-a tax so framed as to put
it out of the power of the owner of one
of these enormous fortunes to hand over
more than a certain amount to any one
individual; the tax, of course, to be im-
posed by the national and not the state
government. Such taxation should, of
course, be aimed merely a‘ the inherit-
ance or transmission in their entirety of
these fortunes swollen beyond all healthy
limits.
Again, the national government must
fn some form exercise supervision over
corporations engaged in interstate busi-
ness—and all large corporations are en-
gaged in interstate business—whether by
license or otherwise, so as to permit us
to deal with the far-reaching evils of
over capitalization. This year we are
making a beginning in the direction of
serious effort to settle some of these eco-
nomic problems by the raliway-rate leg-
islation.
The first requisite in the public ser-
vants who are to deal in this shape with
corporations, whether as legisitors or as
executives, is honesty. This honesty can
be no respector of persons. There can be
no such thing as unilateral honesty. The
danger is not really from corrupt corpo-
rations; it springs from the corruption
itself, whether exercised for or against
corporations.
The men of wealth who today are try-
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Bellefonte, Pa. April 20, 1906.
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President Roosevelt Denounces Criticism
of Pablic Officials.
Washington, April 16. — President
Roosevelt, in his speech at the laying
of the corner-stone of the office build-
ing for the house of representatives,
added another number to his program
of reforms by advocating the imposi-
tion of a federal inheritance tax on
“gwollen fortunes.” He also denounced
the detractors of public men in the
course of his talk on the “man with
the muck-rake.” The president's ad-
dress in part was as follows:
Over a century ago Washington laid
the corner stone of the capitol in what
was then little more than a tract of
wooded wilderness here beside the Poto-
mac. We now find it necessary to pro-
vide by great additional buildings for
the business of the government. The
material problems that face us today
are not such as they were in Washing-
tons’ time, but the underlying facts of
human nature are the same now as they
were then. Under altered external form
we war with the same tendencies toward
evil that were evident in Washington's
time, and are helped by the same ten-
dencles for good. It is about some of
these that I wish to say a word.
In Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress you may
recall the description of the man with
the muck-rake, the man who could look
no way but downward, with the muck-rake
in his hand; who was offered a celestial
crown for his muck-rake, but who would
neither look up nor regard the crown
he was offered, but continued to rake to
himself the filth of the floor. There is
filth on the floor, and it must be scraped
up with the muck-rake; and there are
times and places where this service is
the most needed of all the services that
can be performed. But the man who
never does anything else, who hever
thinks or speaks or writes, save of his
feats with the muck-rake, speedily be-
comes, not a help to society, not an in-
citement to good, but one of the most
potent forces for evil.
Liar No Better Than Thief.
They are in the body politic, economic
and social, many and grave evils, and
there is urgent necessity for the stern-
est war upon them. There should be re-
lentless exposure of and attack upon
every evil man, whether politician or
business man, every evil practice, wheth-
er in politics, in business or in social
life. I hail as a benefactor every writer
or speaker, every man who, on the plat-
form or in book, magazine or newspaper,
with merciless severity, makes such at-
tack, provided always that he in his
turn remembers that the attack is of use
only if it is absolutely truthful The
liar is no whit better than the thief, and
if his mendacity takes the form of slan-
der, he may be worse than most thieves.
It puts a premium upon knavery un-
truthfully to attack an honest man, or
even with hysterical exaggeration to as-
sail a bad man with untruth. An epi
demic of indiscriminate assault upon
character does no good, but very great
harm. The soul of every scoundrel is
gladdened whenever an honest man is as-
sailed, or even when a scoundrel Is un-
truthfully assalled.
Now, it is easy to twist out of shape
what I have just said, easy to affect to
misunderstand it, and if it is slurred over
in repetition, not difficult really to misun-
derstand it. Some persons are sincerely
incapable of understanding that to de-
nounce mud slinging does not mean the
indorsement of whitewashing: and both
the Interested individuals who need white-
washing, and those others who practice
mud slinging, like to encourage such con-
fusion of ideas. One of the chief counts
against those who make indiscriminate
assault upon men in business or men in
public life is that they invite a reaction
which is sure to tell powerfully in favor
of the unscrupulous scoundrel who really
ought to be attacked, who ought to be
exposed. who ought, If possible, to be
put in the penitentiary.
Any excess is almost sure to invite a
reaction: and, unfortunately, the reaction.
instead of taking the form of punish-
ment of those gullty of the excess, is very
apt to take the form either of punish-
ment of the unoffending or of giving im-
munity, and even strength, to offenders.
The effort to make financial or political
profit out of the destruction of characte:
can only result in public ealamity. Gross
and reckless assaults on character cre-
ate a morbid and vicious public senti-
ment. and at the same time act as a
profound deterrent to able men of nor-
mal sensitiveness ‘and tend to prevent
them from entering the public service at
any price. As an instance in point, 1
may mention that one serious difficulty
encountered in getting the right type
of men to dig the Panama canal is the
certainty that they will be exposed, both
without and, 1 am sorry to say, some-
times within, congress, to utterly reck-
less assaults on their character and ca-
pacity.
Hunt Down Criminals.
At the risk of repetition, let me say
again that my plea is, not for immunity
to, but for the most unsparing exposure
of the politician who betrays his trust,
of the big business men who makes or
spends his fortune in illegitimate or cor-
rupt ways. There should be a resolute
effort to hunt every such man out of the
position ae has disgraced. Expose the
crime and hunt down the criminal; but
remember that even in the case of crime,
if it is attacked in sensational, lurid and
untruthful fashion, the attack may do
more damage to the public mind than the
crime itself. It is because I feel that
there should be no rest in the endless
war against the forces of evil that I
ask that the war be conducted with san-
ity as well as with resolution. The men
with the muck-rakes are often indis-
pensable to the well being of society;
but only if they know when to stop
raking the muck, and to look upward
to the celestial crown above them, to
the crown of worthy endeavor.
ing to prevent the regulation and control
of their business in the interest of the
public by the proper government author-
ftiez will not succeed, in my judgment,
in checking the progress of the move-
ment. But if they did succeed they
would find that they had sown the wind
and would surely reap the whirlwind, for
they would ultimately provoke the violent
excesses which accompany a reform com-
ing by convulsion Instead of by steady
and natural growth.
On the other hand, the wild preachers
of unrest and discontent, the wild agi-
tators against the entire existing order,
the men who act crookedly, whether be-
cause of sinister design or from mere
puzzle-headedness, the men who preach
destruction without proposing any sub-
stitute for what they intend to destroy,
or who propose a substitute which would
be far worse than the existing evils—all
these men are the most dangerous op-
penents of real reform. If they get their
way they will lead the people into a
deeper pit than any Into which they
could fall under the present system. It
they fail to get their way they will still
do incalculable harm by provoking the
kind of reaction, which in its revolt
against the senseless evil of thelr teach-
ing, would enthrone more securely than
ever the very evils which their misguid-
ed followers believe they are attacking.
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ERRATIC ENGINES.
Locomotives That Act as Though
They Were Bewitched.
You never see a ship launched on a
Friday, and similarly a new locomotive
hardly ever makes a trial trip on that
day or on the 13th of the month. Even
though the superintendent may jeer at
the superstition, yet he knows too well
to set it at naught, for just as sailors
consider that some ships are unlucky
so do train hands credit certain loco-
motives with a sort of demoniacal pos-
session.
1t is certainly very strange the dif-
ference that may be observed between
two locomotives built from the same
plans, at the same time, of similar ma-
terial. One goes on her way quietly
and smoothly, never breaks down, costs
little or nothing for repairs. The oth.r
causes trouble from the very first, runs
off the line, kills the drivers, gets into
accidents of all kinds and generally
acts as though possessed by some evil
spirit.
There was a famous instance some
years ago on the South Florida rail-
way. A locomotive killed so many peo-
ple that she got the name of “the
hearse,’ and no fewer than three en-
gine drivers actually left the employ
of the company rather than continue
driving her. The odd thing was that
she never seemed to injure herself.
Eventually the owners were forced to
break her up, although she was by no
means worn out.
Of actual ghosts in trains or railway
engines one very seldom hears.—New
York Herald. .
The Pepper Vine.
The pepper vine grows best in a
wooded valley where there is plenty of
moisture and abundant foliage to pro-
tect it from the heat of the sun. It is
given a rude sort of cultivation. The
growers plant it, keeping the grass
from its roots, and when the tree near
which it is planted has no lower
branches strings or poles are placed In
proper position to enable the vine to
climb the tree. It needs no further at-
tention.
To assail the great and admitted eviis
of our political and industrial life with
such crude and sweeping generalizations
as to include decent men in the general
condemnation means the searing of the
public conscience. There results a gen-
eral attitude either of cynical bellef in
and indifference to public corruption, or
else of a distrustful inability to discrimi-
nate between the good and the bad.
Either attitude is fraught with untold
damage to the country as a whole.
At this moment we are passing through
a period of great unrest—social, political
and industrial unrest. It is of the utmost
fmportance for our future that this should
prove to be not the unrest of mere re-
belliousness against life, of mere dissat-
fsfaction with the Inevitable inequality
Sarcastic.
“Yes, my dear; I believe in transmi-
gration of souls. I may be a brute in
my next life.”
“Wouldn't that be discouraging—or
don't you care for a change?'—Hous-
ton Post.
In Plain Words.
“What,” asked the judge, “was the
cause of the altercation?”
“I didn’t see anny, yer honor, but it
was him cailin’ me a liar that shtarted
the fight.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
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The Bengal canal, 900 miles in length,
is the longest artificial water course In
the world.
ment of the individual and the nation.
So far as this movement of agitation
throughout the country takes the form
of a fierce discontent with evil, of a dé
termination to punish the authors of
evil, whether in industry or politics, the
feeling 1s to be heartily welcomed as a
sign of healthy life.
It is a prime necessity that if the pres-
ent unrest is to result in permanent good
ve ow ake = ow
VESUVIUS SUBSIDES
Troops Recoverng the Dead From Zone
of Devastation.
Naples, April 16.—The somewhat
threatening condition of Mount Vesu-
vius Saturday night having subsided
with the ejection of enormous clouds
of sand and ashes, the elements have
begun to settle slowly, again envelop
ing the mountain in a thick haze and
cutting off the view from Naples, only
the outline of the base being visible.
The gravity of the situation has now
shifted to Ottajano and San Giuseppe,
where the recovery of the dead from
the debris goes on amid the misery of
thousands of homeless refugees. A
sensational development occurred dur-
ing the work of salvage at Ottajano,
when the searchers unearthed two
aged women, still alive but speechless,
after six days entombment. They were
among the hundreds who were crush-
ed beneath the falling walls during the
rain of stones and ashes last Sunday
and Monday. Hope had been abandon-
ed of finding any of these persons
alive. The women were protected by
the rafters of the house which they
were in and had managed to exist on
a few morsels of food which they had
in their pockets.
The loss to property by the volcanic
outhreak is estimated at $20,000,000,
and it is estimated that 50,000 persons
have been rendered homeless.
Eight Typhoid In Sick Room.
Harrisburg, Pa., April 17. — Dr.
Samuel G. Dixon, state health com-
missioner, impressed with the gravity
of the typhoid fever situation in Pitts-
burg, addressed a letter to the boards
of health in all towns along the Alle-
gheny river above the intake of the
Pittsburg water system which pour
their sewage into the water the Pitts-
burg people drink. Dr. Dixon says in
bis letter that he fully realizes that for
these towns to discontinue discharging
their sewage into the Allegheny river
is impracticable of immediate attain-
ment. “The typhoid baceili contained
in the discharges of the patient can,
however,” says Health Commissioner
Dixon, “be killed before these dis-
charges are carried out of the sick
room. Hence the sick room is the first
place to combat the spread of this
dread disease, and all typhoid dis-
charges should be thorougaly disin-
fected.”
Girl Drowned While Cangging.
Washington, April 14.—Elsie Wood,
25 vears of age, was drowned in the
Potomac river while canoeing with G.
R. Frey, an 18-year-old student at the
Georgetown University, their boat
having been overturned by the swell
of a passing tugboat. The woman sank
before aid could reach her. Frey was
rescued. Miss Wood's body has not
been recovered.
TRAINING DOGS.
Poodles the Easiest to Teach, Dachs-
hunds the Most Difficult.
A poodle is the easiest of all to train,
and the dachshund is the most difficult,
the latter not because he is too stupid,
but because he is too smart. A dachs-
bund readily understands what you
want him to do, and he can do it, but
he thinks he knows a better way, and
he invariably tries his way first. As
a result, he is never trained in any-
thing that is really difficult. A dachs-
hund seems to be always poking fun
at one and getting no little amusement
out of it for himself. Collies are easily
trained, but they are more or less un-
reliable, and they are such flatterers.
They make you think things are all
right and then they run away at the
very first opportunity. In preference
to other dogs, collies are trained al-
most exclusively in the militia of Vi-
enna for carrying, in time of war, mes-
sages and medicine to and from the
camp and the sick soldiers, but they
are chosen more for their speed than
their faithfulness. Fox terriers are
natural acrobats. Within a few weeks
one can be trained to turn a somer-
gault. A few weeks more and he will
do a double turn. ‘To teach him to do
this the trainer calls the animal to him,
and as he comes jumping playfully
against the trainer he is caught and
turned quickly in the air, much to his
surprise. He thinks it is play, and he
comes jumping up again. After each
turn he is given a small piece of meat.
In a few weeks he will run up and try
independently to do the over
the air for the meat, and if he is en-
couraged it will not be long before he
is an accomplished acrobat.—Leslie's
Weekly.
Castoria.
AsIoRIA
The Kind You Have Always Bought has
borne the signature of Chas, H. Wher
ment.
WHAT IS CASTORIA
Camuria isa harmless substitute for Cas.
il, Droge and Soothi
Syrnps, Itis t. It contains on
er Opium, M nor other Narcotic
.
lieves Teeth Tranties, cures Const
tion and aa Ii SE hey ton
Food, yegulales she Stoumch and Bowels,
Elving hy and natural The
{ldren's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
THE KIND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT
Bears the Signature of
CHAS. H. FLETCHER.
In Use For Cver 30 Years,
The Centaur Company, New York City.
51-7-21m
Lite.
Darkness and silence, and against the
dark
A flash—the light of an electric Shas 3
Darkness and silence after, thus it !
Life is a spark "$wixt two eternities.
—— Mamma—*'I thought there was an
e on the sideboard and I was going to
ve it to you, bus it bas disappeared.”
Fred—'‘Well, you can give me some-
thing in the place of it, mamma, ‘cause the
apple waen’t much good, anyway.”
——Take Vin-te-na and the good effect
will be immediate. You will get strong,
you will feel $, fresh and active, you
will feel new, blood cou th bh
your veins. Vin-te-na will act 1i
will put new life in you. If not benefited
money refunded. All druggists.
Business Notice,
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the Signature of
CHAS. H. FLETCHER.
rics TOLD TESTIMONY.
PEOPLE ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN FOR
FELLOW SUFFERERS.
Bellefonte testimony has been published to
prove the merit of Doan’s Kidoey Pills to others
in Bellefonte who suffer from bad backs and kid-
ney ills. Lest any sufferer doubt that the cures
made by Doan's Kidney Pills are thorough and
lasting, we produce confirmed proof—etatements
from Bellefonte people saying that the cures they
told of years ago were permanent. Here's a Belle.
fonte case :
James Rine, nter, of 230 H stree
gaye : “Doan’s Kidne Pills eh me n
1879 and the statement 1 made for publica-
tion ut that time recommending this remedy
was a true statement and stands ood Sodar.
[ therefore have no hesitation in recommend-
ing Dosn's Kidney Pills n. I was so
weak before I took the first dose that I could
not put on my shoes and was hardly able to
drag myself around. There were severe
Jotus ali through my back and down into m
imbe. During all the years since Doan's
Kidney Piils cured me I have not been troub-
led in this way. I bave recommended Doan's
Kidney Pills to a good many sufferers to F.
Potts Green's drug store for their first box.
In no case has the result been other than sat-
isfactory."”
For sale by all dealers, Price 50 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and take no
other. 51-13-¢. 0. Ww. 2m
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Medical.
Pres A cure guaranteed if you use
RUDYS PILE SUPPOSITORY
Graded Schools,
y , ore,
Brven Rock, W. Va., writes: “T ve uni.
versal satisfaction.” Dr. H. D. MeChl Clarks-
burg, Tenn., writes: “In a practice of 23 years
I have found no remedy to equal Joan.
Price, 50 cents. Sam Free. id
and in Bellefonte by C. M.
[omy Free SARTIN RUDY, Lancaster, Pa.
New Advertisements.
ACETYLENE
The Best and Cheapest Light.
COLT ACETYLENE
GENERATORS..........
GIVE
THE LEAST TROUBLE.
THE PUREST GAS,
AND ARE
SAFE
Generators, Supplies
and Fixtures. . . .
JOHN P. LYON.
BUSH ARCADE,
General Agent for Central Pennsylvania
for she J. B. Colt Co.
-.
A GREAT MONEY MAKER—
THE NATIONAL CREAM SEPARATOR
Is the best of its class because it
gets ALL the Cream and does it
EASILY. For price or partion-
Jars write or see
B. F. HOMAN, OAK HALL, PENNA.
Dealer in all Kinds of Farm Implements.
61-2-8m
Groceries.
QECHLER & CO.
Insurance.
I OOK ! READ
e—
JOHN F. GRAY & SON,
(Successors to Grant Hoover.)
FIRE,
LIFE,
AND
ACCIDENT
INSURANCE.
This Agency represents the
Fire Insurance Companies gH
PURE FOOD STORE.
We carry a full line of all goods in the
lice of Foods and Fine Greueries.
MANHATTAN DRIPS
——NO ASSESSMENTS.—~—
A fine Table Syrup in one quart, |
two quart and four quart tin pails, at | your Do 0 ire bh og Reg ig position "vo
120., 250., and 450. per pail; try ie, | "rite 1arse lines at any time. ;
Maple Syrup in glass hottles and tin Office in Crider's Stone Building,
43-181 BELL.
y EFONTE, PA.
EASA TAS
HE PREFERRED ACCIDENT
NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES
The finest new crop New Orleans—a
rich golden yellow and an elegant bak- INSURANCE CO.
er. That is the report our customers spn
bring to us. Fine Sugar Syrupe—no
glucose, THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY
MARBOT WALNUTS. Benefits :
These Nuts are clean and sound, bv Path by ejidcm,
heavy in the meats and in every way a joss of both hands, .
very satisfactory. We have some very 2,500 loss of either hand. one foot
good California Walnuts but not equal 250 Joka of either foot,
to the Marbots, Fine Almonds and 088 0" ONS 0Y9,
2% k, total
Mixed Nuts. 1 time = weeks.) Siauliliey;
week, partial
. Qimit 26 weeks.
EVAPORATED FRUITS. PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR,
Peaches 10o0., 120., 150. and 18¢. per payable quarterly if desired.
pound. Apricots 15c., 180. and 20c. Larger or smaller amounts in pro
per pound. Prunes Se., 8o., 100. and portion. 4 Any person male or female
12. per pound. Raisins 100. aod 120. [§ She housekeeping. over sigh:
per pound, either seeded or unseeded. teen 0
Currants 100. and 12. per pound. physiol condiclon may insure under
Citron, Orange and Lemon Peel. : :
Dates, Figs and fine Table Raisins. FIRE INSURANCE
All these goods are well worth the I invite your attention to my fire :
prices named on them and will give Insurance Agency, the strongest
and Most Extensive Line of Solid ;
good satisfaction.
Companies represented by any
agency in Central Pennsylvania.
MINCE MEAT. H. E. FENLON,
50-21 Agent, Bellefonte, Pa.
raven’
The foundation of our Mince Meat
is good sound lean beef, and all other
ingredients are the highest grade of
goods. Is represents our best effort
and our customers say it is a success,
and at 12}c. per pound is very reason-
able in price.
Saddlery.
10 PER CENT. REDUCTION
ON ALL GOODS SOLD—WHY YOU
SHOULD VISIT THE
COUNTY SEAT
FOREIGN FRUITS.
We are now receiving some of the
finest California Naval Oranges and
Florida bright and sweet fruits. This
fruit is just now reaching its very fin-
est flavor. They are exceptionally fine
and ab reasonable prices. Lovers of
Grape Fruit can be nicely suited on
the fruit we have. Lemons for some — and 1 ie gt yo
time past have been a difficult proposi- for itself. You will save more
tion, but we now have some fine fruit. than your expenses by calling at
SCHOFIELD'S HARNESS FACTORY
and purchase bargains that we
are now offering. All leather
SECHLER & CO. goods are advancing in price.
Pure Food and Fine Groceries. Bin a in pv vy
49-1 BELLEFONTE, PA.
HAND-MADE HARNESS—LIGHT
NH EST,
ay AND HEAVY—
Green's Pharmacy.
at all prices. Our stock of Blan-
kets and fine Robes is complete—
and nicer patterns than we bave
kad for many a year. We can
supply Jou with anything in the
horse line, Axle Grease, Harness
Dressing, ees Soap, Stock
Food, Chicken Food ; the best in
the market. Money refunded on
all goods if not satisfactory.
Very truly yours,
P.EREER
Twelve years ago ground black pep-
per was selling here at 40c. the Ib.—
and not the best at that, We thought
we could save our customers money
by buying in large quantities, direct
from the men who imported and
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: JAMES SCHOFIELD,
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ground it—packing it in pound pack-
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Spring street,
BEDLEFONTE PA.
Flour and Feed.
ages ourselves—we did so, buying
Singapore Pepper, and for five years
sold it to you at 15¢ the Ib.~then itad-
vanced to 20c. For the past three
years we have sold it for 22¢c., itis
sifted free from stems and dirt before
grinding and is just what we repre-
sent it.
sess
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IIIS
ozs Y. WAGNER,
Bsockeruory Minis, Beuuevonrs Pa.
Manufacturer,
and w r
and retailers of
ROLLER FLOUR,
FEED, CORN MEAL, Rte.
Also Dealer in Grain.
Manufactures and has on hand at all
flues the following brands of high grade
WHITE STAR,
OUR BEST.
HIGH GRADE,
VICTORY PATENT,
FANCY PATENT-—formerly Phes-
PURE SINGAPORE PEPPER
The price is still 22¢. the pound-—-we
invite your trade for pure spices.
GREEN'S PHARMACY CO., {
Bush House Block, (
BELLEFONTE, PA. r
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A Bo A BiB Bn ln Bi Bl Me Bo Mea Ae ect Bat, dot Bo. ot ally
YY WY YT YY ed
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nix Mills high grade brand.
Watches, Jewelry &c. oe
The only place in the county where
rl ry
G an fine grade of
Moderate in Price nig Hut cen le
High in Quality ALSO: —
RRL HY FEED NATIONALE :
may at Henry 's or at FP DS,
100 Logan Street. Whole or Manufactured.
Twenty-three years experi- All kinds of Grain bought at office.
ence in Centre County. Exchanges Flour for Wheat.
ALL. REPAIRING WARRANTED.
BA. D. Brown
100 Ib “Svousr,
Bruizroxrs, Pa.