© the week, leaving a young preacher at Rev. Sleighing is real good. Miss Mary Brouse hus goue to Altoona to | spend the winter. | Wedding bells will chime during the Holi- | days just west of town. | Tuesday Harry Walker flitted to the Wm. | Keller home ou Main street. The venerable David Lohr is spendinga month among his friends in the Mountain city. From the appearance of the Everts wine dows joyous Christmas season will soon be | here. Mrs. A. B. Struble, of Tyrone, is visiting her aged mother, Mrs. Jemima Fye, who is quite ill. Clem Fortney, of Altoona, cireniated among the farmers last week in quest of fresh cows. Our mutual friend, John Reynolds, is recovering from a bad tumble and will soon be on the road again. Norman King,of the Harrisburg Vaudeville company, has been greeting his old chums hereabout this week. Mrs. Sadie Shaffer came up from Beliefonte to take a hand at making sausage on Monday at Newt Hess' butchering. Mr. and Mrs. John Rishel, and Mrs. F. Payne, of Spring Mills, came up to see Mrs. J. A. Decker, who is much better. Rev. C. T. Aiken, president of the Sus- quebanna University, with his good wife were here Tuesday greeting old friends. Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Mingle, of Hollidays- burg, came down last week to see their aged mother at the Elder home in the Glades. 0. Breckenridge Krebs, who is in the ereamery and milk business in Altoona, was down last Friday stirring liver wurst at the old home. Mark Porter, one of Shavers Creek's pro- gressive young farmers. spent several days among friends here with headquarters at Oliver Bloom's home. Last week the weather man was giving all kinds of weather in one day—rain and freez. ing weather followed and winter set in in earnest. Mother Earth is decked in six inches | of white robe and sledding is excellent. The stork was busy in the beginning of H. E. McKelvey’s home. Grandpa Herman's face is a wreath of smiles over a ten pound | grandson, who arrived recently. Its name will be Jacob Herman Noll. CENTRAL BANK HIS REMEDY Comptroller Ridgely’'s Plan to Check | Panics. Washington, Dec. 17.—The report of the comptroller of the currency for the | year ended October 31, 1907, which was sent to congress, contains, be- sides the usual recommendations for egislation by congress and a detailed history of the causes and events of | the late panic, a strong plea for the | establishment of a national central | bank of issue and reserve, with such | alteraticns in the currency system of the government as shall bring about | a greater elasticity in the issuance’ and retirement of bank notes. It is’ pointed out by Mr. Ridgely that the present reserve system has the seri: | ous fault that in times of emergency the funas deposited in the reserve and | central reserve cities are not always | available for the very purpose for which they were designed. ! In the plan of the comptroller the | central bank should have government control as an essential feature, with the great bulk of shares owned by the | other national banks, which would be allowed to subscribe for them in fixed proportion to their capital. The profits | of the undertaking would go to the goverrment after a certain sum had been set aside for surplus and divi | dends of 3 and 4 per cent. Directors | under this plan would be chosen in| the proportion of two-thirds by the | stockholders and one-third by the gov- | ernment. The bank would not be allowed to do a general or commercial business, but “would be confined to the trans- actions of government business, the issue of credit notes, receiving reserve deposits from other banks, the dis count cf their paper on approved r~ curity, or rediscounting notes of their customers for other banks. It would have such authority for dealing in for- eign exchange as would enable it to accumulate gold credits abroad and to import gold and bullion when need- ed for its reserves.” Mouth Serves Boy Instead of Ears. Trenton, N. J, Dec. 17—John Het- gel, a 10-year-old boy, sent from Jer- sey City to the New Jersey State Home for Deaf Hutes here, has aston- ished tae physicians who have exam- ined hin. The boy has no ears, only lobes about the size of gold dollars, with no openings. But he hears what is said to him and understands. The boy keeps his mouth open, and it is thought that he hears through it. Mitchell’s Successor Chosen. New York, Dec. 17.—John Mitchell, president of the Mine Workers’ Un- fon, who is here attending the meeting of the National Civic Federation, in speaking of his resignation from the Miners’ Union, said that his successor had already been chosen. The name, however, he said, was withheld for the present. Suffered Death to Keep Secret. Bristol, Va., Dec. 14—Refusing to the last minute to divulge a secret, which he said if he had revealed at the trial would have set him free, Noah Fulton, 21 years old, paid the death penalty at Abington for the murder of his companion, John John- son, near Greendale last February. King Leopold Injured. Brussels, Dec. 17.—It is rumored here that King Leopold received a se- vere burr on the leg while undergoing a heat bath treatment in Paris re cently. The king's private physician | stove, was excellent. has been summoned to that city. Miss Ackermann’s Christmas. By Mrs. MOSES P. HANDY. ISS ACKERMANN opened her eyes to the sunshine with a startled feeling of having overslept herself, then closed them again at the sound of the chimes from the church around the corner, for it was Christmas day, the one day, barring Sundays, in the year which she could really and truly call her own. She was that overworked individual, a popular dressmaker, going out by the day, and she sometimes wished, with E. FP. Roe’s old doctor, that people would send for somebody else some- times and let her rest. On the last Fourth of July she had been In the country sewing for dear life in order to finish a belated bridal trousseau, and on Thanksgiving she had worked until dark to accommodate a customer who wished to outshine her sisters-in- law at a family gathering at the house of her husband's futher, but on Christ- mas day not even the most exacting customer could ask her services, And yet—was she glad it was Christ- mas? The associations which cluster around the season make it a sorrowful one to those who have nothing left of home excepting its memories, and, sav- ing for one brother, Miss Ackermann was alone in the world. Really, Miss Ackermann told herself, she had no business to be low spirited; she was a very fortunate person; think how many people were starving for lack of .work, and all that, she conclud- ed vaguely as she finished her break- fast. The tea, which she made in her room, heating the water on a swall gas She was finicky SLL TIE SHE FOUND HERSELF FACE TO FACE WITH A BRONZED AND BEARDED MAN. about tea, and she felt better after drinking it. Altogether she was in quite a cheerful mood when the little daughter of her landlord came to wish her a merry Christinag and bring an invitation from her mother to eat her Christmas dinner with them. Dinner would be at half past 2. Miss Acker- mann thanked them very much and would dine with them with pleasure. Then she gave the little girl the pres- ent she had ready for her, a stylish young lady doll dressed in the latest fashion, with coat and hat complete, a gift which made its recipient radiant, and sent her off to exhibit it at once. The sermon “God's Christmas Gifts,” fromm the text “Wait upon the Lord, and he shall give thee the desire of thy heart,” made her homesick again, the desire of her heart seemed so ex- ceedingly far off. Miss Ackermann was not one of those who forget, hard as she had tried not to remember. She found her thought straying back ten years to the seaside, to her old home and Jack. Their parents were neigh- bors. Her father and mother lived in the little fishing town and took board- ers in the season. His father was the farmer who supplied them with vege- tables and fruit. Jack drove the wagon which brought the dally supply to the cottages. They would have known each other in any case, but the morn- ing Interviews over lettuce and straw- berries, melons and tomatoes brought them closer together. Every one approved of their engage- ment, and the day was set, when a great misfortun® happened—her moth- er and oldest sister were killed in a buggy which they were driving by a train at a railroad crossing. This was bad enough surely, but “troubles hunt in couples,” and the blow seemed to af- fect her father's mind. He became al- most childish, took to his bed and would have no one but her wait upon him. To complete the roll of disaster her brother suddenly brought home as his wife a girl whom none of his friends would have chosen, and the old man would not let his daughter-in- law come near him. To tell the truth, ghe had no desire to help Miss Acker- mann in her duties. She had married for a step up and sald plainly that she did not mean to slave to please any- body. “You see how it Is, Jack,” Miss Ack- ermann said, with streaming eyes. “I cannot leave father, even for you.” “Bring him to our house with you,” replied Jack. “There is plenty of room, and father and mother won't mind:” “No, Jack: thanks ever so much, but that wouldn't do any good. Father wouldn't be satisfied. Besides. he takes up so much of my time that 1 couldn't do my duty by you." And Jack had to submit with the best grace he could muster. Unfortunately he cousulted the doc- tor who atiended Mr. Ackermann as to the probable duration of the old man's iliness. The doctor assured him that the trouble was chiefly hypochondria and that he might live for years in the same state or might possibly recover es suddenly as he had collapsed. Atall veins the patient was in no immed) ie danger, The inquiry would have done no harin had it not been that the doctor had a talking wife, to whom he told everything, so before long the whole neighborhood was saying that Jack Ralston had been asking how long old man Ackermann could live. Of course the story emme to Miss Ackermann’s enrs, to her intense indignation and still greater grief. Jack could not deny it in toto, and short of positive denial she would listen to no explanation. There was a quarrel, a broken engage- ment, and Jack Ralston went west, leaving his sweetheart well nigh bro- ken hearted, with only duty to cousole her, and sometimes duty is the best consolation one can have. If he had been less impatient there would have been no trouble. Dr. Bland did not understand the effect which a broken heart sometimes produces upon the body. Mr. Ackermann died before the winter was over. Jack Ralston came home as soon as he heard the news, but Miss Ackermann had gone to the efty with a cousin of her mother and was obdurate. Her fillal affection found satisfaction In refusing to for give the lover who had desired her fa ther's death. She wonld not even see him, and so the affair ended. Well, It was too late now, and she | wax a fool to he dreaming of it. The | sermon was ended, and the music of the organ roused her to the conscious ness of things present and to cowe. She took part with the congregation in | the rest of the service and then hur- ried home to make a hasty toilet for dinner. There was only a quiet family gath- ering. The fiance of the oldest daugh- ter, a traveling salesman in the em- ploy of a wholesale house, was the life of the party. He was considered a very bright young man and a good talker. He was at his best today and kept them all amused with stories of his travels, so that Miss Ackermann had only to listen with a semblauce of interest. “By the way, Miss Ackermann,” he said presently, “lI met an old friend of yours on this last trip. Ralston was the name--J. W. Ralston. It was in Idaho, Boise City. He Is doing well in mines out there and is quite chum- my with one of my best customers, who has some money in his business. The two were together at my rooms in the hotel, and he saw Min's picture on the bureau. I always carry it around to keep me out of temptation—guard- fan angel business, you know, Min— and he saw it. You know people say you two look alike, and the likeness comes out strong in that photo. It struck him all of a heap. ‘Excuse me,’ he said, ‘but will you tell me whose picture that is? It looks very much like some one 1 knew ten years ago.’ “Certainly,” sald I. ‘That is my best girl. She Is thought very much like a lady who lives in the same house, Miss Ackermann, from New Jer- sey." Well, it turned out to be the very same. He asked lots of questions about you, especially whether you were married. [ gave you a good character. and I guess you'll be hearing from him before long. Ross says he is a bache- lor.” Miss Ackermann controlled herself sufficiently to smile. “Thank you, we were friends and neighbors when 1 was a girl,” she replied, and in a mo- ment more they were all laughing at a comical anecdote which the drummer was telling in his best style. It was no wonder he sold goods. When the dinner was over the host- ess excused herself soon upon the plea of domestic duties, leaving Miss Acker- mann with the young people. Bo, knowing herself in the way, she lin- gered but a few minutes. Back In her room she gave way and took refuge in that last solace of her sex, a good cry. Her overwrought nerves demanded re- lief and would not be denied. She was stil! huddled, a disconsolate heap, on the lounge when there came a tap at the door which she recognized as that of her little friend. She sat up and hurriedly straightened her hair, trusting that in the dim light of the fast falling twilight the child would notice nothing amiss, sharp as she was. “Come In,” she called as the knock was repeated. “Here's a gentleman to see you,” the child sald, with the air of a person who confers a favor. “He says he is an old friend, so I brought him right up.” Miss Ackermann remembered that, It being Christmas day, the maid would be out and that consequently the little girl would answer the door. “Thank you,” she said, “you may go.” Then she found herself face to face with a bronzed and bearded man whose eyes only were familiar, “Well, Annie,” he said in a voice she knew so well, “here I am once more.” She held out both hands with an eager gesture. “Oh, Jack, Jack!” she cried. A moment more and she was sob- bing on his shoulder while his arms held her as though they would never let go. New Advertisements. Pool R SALE.—Pinely equi oro Stats College. Two and Billiard at ° 1 tables, one J table. Well ronized the 800 students shd general public. Terms ht. Apply to W. W. STEPHENS, 52-94 State Col | 1 Gephart's Music Store. WILLIAMSPORT COMMERCIAL R SALE.—A good Single Barrel Shot COLLEGE, — Eighty calls for book- Gan, 12 guage, with ease, will sell for $5.00 . L 2 k aud received sinee eash. inquire at this office or A. B. Youse. Buying a Piano for Christmas. tember first. Winter term begins J y ‘Trial lessons and e free. We also teach by mail, A2-50-1t — ARM FOR RENT.—Near in Clearfield county. For M=zs. DORA ITTANY IRON COMPANY 6'S. | Care of the Parkside, -. 7 a undersigned, pursuant to the provisions of | sulars IRSH, Girard Ave. Philadelphia, Pa Our large and varied stock of High Grade Pianos, at the Lowest Possible t Nittany Iron Company, dated ber 16th, 1904, desires to purchase | In uy fgimarket, out «yf the of sale of a / part real estate hound by said mort, four thousand dollars, ($4,000.00), Nittan Company 6 per Seid, bunds. ised ul mortagage, an ue September 14 4. To that en, for the sale of said bonds will be received by the undersigned until four »'clock | p. m., January 6th, 1968. Proposals should be sealed and marked “Proposals for the sale of Nittany Iron Company 6's. The right is reserved to reject any or all ! posals 1 whole OF In part. y po | everything else. Latter preferred- Address, CYRUS GORDON, wage: WY ANTED.—Tenant on Gordon farm said | at Hecla Park. To farm on shares, eith- er for three-fifth and tenant find every- thing and pay taxes, or one-half and ten- ant furnish labor, and each ome half of Prices, invites your inspection. If you are thinking of giving your wile or daughter a presents of a piano for Christmas yon should certainly be looking around now. Youa’ll surely find what you want here. Best makes all, including Hallet & Davis, Behr Bros., Kohler & Campbell and others. Fine oase desigus and COMMONWEALTH TRUST CO., T | 52-48-41 Clearfield, Pa. £2.50 2t er, Pa. | greas range of prices. -— : Our prices are not startling, and onr TT i easy payment plan will appeal to you Pennsylvania Railroad Announ ent. if you do not bave the ready cash. m—— mm —— —— = Upright pianos, slightly osed, at bargain prices. We carry a full line of sheets musio, BULLETIN, from the best publishers in the coun- THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS ON THE RAILS. At no other period of the year does home-hunger grip the human The lasting memories of the old homestead, the tender welcome of the older and the merry greeting of the younger dear ones, the happy reunion about the festal board, the pungent odor of the cedar, the witchery of the holly, the lurking sentiment of the mistletoe, all combine to make a heart with such an eager yearning as at Christmas time. lure well nigh irresistible. It is the season of reunions and foregatherings, of meeting and parting. The zest of travel is rife, for apart from the home-goings and social exchanges it 1s a holiday time for many and there are pleasant excursions to be made, where sightseeing has an added relish from the prevalent gaiety and good cheer. The Pennsylvania Railroad is always popular at holiday times. Its system is so far-reaching, and at the same time so closely inter- woven with the needs of the traveler ; its trains are so numerous and so well equipped for the accommodation of every class of travel, and its ticketing arrangements so satisfying that it might be termed the Santa Claus route. Its Limited trains carrying the highest grade of travelers, com- pletely appointed in every detail, offer exceptional advantages to the children going home from school for the Christmas vacation. The boys naturally gravitate to such trains; the girls will find every com fort and safeguard, as well as a maid at their command. No matter whither bound it is wise to consult a Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agent as to trains, and rates. He can start you right ; the rest will be easy. §2-49-2t ” wo na Wall Paper, Paints, m— Etc. try. Received monthly. 25 cents We invite you to call. M. C. GEPHART, 20 8. Allegheny Ss., Bellefonte, Pa. Prices 15 10 52-49-of E WANT YOUNG MEN! The Canada Life Assurance Company, with an unparalleled record for sixty years, wants you. Our agents earn thousands, it all depends on the man. There is a bright future for yeu in this Company. We will help you. Apply at once, CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY Box 170, Harrisburg, Pa. 52-4-tf AND FOR SALE.—The Nittany Iron Company, having reserved from its sale of its Gatesbu: g and Taylor ore properties, 15 ACRES OF LAND situated along the Zion pike, at Gatesburg, offers the same for sale at a very low price. Every fool of this land is In excellent condition for cultiva- tion and contains a GOOD HOUSE, ORCHARD AND WELL. W. A. Moose 52-4-t1. President. Cam OF $123.46 FOR SALE! DO YOU WANY IT? This office offers to the highest bidder an nn. paid balance against the estate of the late Gover. nor D. H. HASTINGS, amounting to ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS | and thirty three cents, less $1287, for which jadcment has been obtained. The claim is an onest and undisputed account for advertising, job work and subscription to this pauper. There 1 i | PAINT YOUR HOUSE In attractive colors and it will stand out from its neighbors. OUR EXPERIENCE In combining colors harmoniously is at your serv- ice, with Pure White Lead and Oil to back us up. | THE NEW WALL PAPERS We have can be made to give many novel forms of decoration. We'd be glad to suggest original treatment for your house—They need not be ex- pensive. Wall papers, Window Shades, Curtain Poles, Paints, Oil, Glass, &c., at ECKENROTH BROTHERS, Bush Arcade, Bellefonte, Pa. 52-9-tf m— Montgomery & Co., Clothing. are no allegations that any of the items are over- charged, nor is there any plea that the work was not ordered done, or not done. So that svery charge in the entire account will be guaran correct. It is due, however, to those who may be inclin- ed to become bidders, that they should know that while the justness and correctness of this claim | is admitted and the estate alleged to be worth any smonnt from ns quarter to a half-million of \ dollars yet the adm nistrators—who are also its ! heirs and beneficiaries, —have refused Joxment, ! simply because they could plead the Timitation and thus avoid the payment of an honest debt, The above amount may not be worth much as & cash asset. 1t may be of some value, perchance, as a reminder that there are others than the ore dinary “dead beat” and ‘‘debt jumpers,” who seek the technicalities of the law to save the pay- ment of just obligations, No bond will be asked from bidders. Any “old thing,” will be considered good when compared with & wealthy estate *hat wont pay a just debt, ddress, 52-20-41 WATCHMAN, Bellefonte, Pa. river SALE OF FARM SUPPLIES The undersigned will sell at private sale the following valuable and useful { articles for farmers and dairymen. 12 HORSES, 10 COWS, YOUNG STOCK AND PIGS, ew ev ee \ Geiser Grain Separator, 2 Desks, No. 2 Vietor Churn, Butcher Block, Dairy Vietor Churn, Lot of Pipe 3410 2, Boston Bottie Filer, Machinery Repairs, Single Bottle Washer, shafting, Double Bottle Washer, Pulleys, Galvanized Bottle Boxes, Shaft. Hangers, Milk Cans, Edison 5-cell Batteries, Milk Bottles, lee Chests, Six Roll Allis Feed Mill, Refrigerators, 2 Hand Grain Cleaner, Drugs, Power Corn Sheller, Dehorner Warehouse Elevator, Pray Ice Plow, Railroad Iron 3 Ice Saws, Lot 1 foch Tee iron, 12e Tongs Lot 1 inch Angle [ron Serew Jacks, 400 feet 1 inch Chain, 1 Rotary Poem ps, Cow and Calf Chains, Jewel Water Heater, 2 Cars No. 5 Tire Bender, Beales Tire Shrinker, 5-ton Wagon Scale, Foot Vise, 3 600 1b Platform Scales, Set Serew Plates, National Cash Register, Set Pipe Plates, Money Drawers, 2 Pipe Cutters, HOLIDAY GIFTS AT THE OLD PRICES. NO ADVANCE PRICES HERE. Suit Cases and Bags—all sizes. Trunks—Ilarge sizes and Steamers. Pajamas and Night Robes—cotton and domets. Shirts—with and without cuffs, white or fan- cies. Handkerchiefs—cotton, linen and silk, .initial, Umbrellas—cotton, gloria and silk. Neckwear—in the greatest wariety. Gloves—the best made, mocha, kid, fur, and wool, for Men, Women and Children. Hats-soft and Stiff. CLOTHING FOR MEN, BOYS AND CHILDREN. Pennants—State, High School and Academy. Hos- iery—for Men, Women and Children in wool and silk. Cuff Buttons, Studs, Collar Buttons, Ingersoll fr.co Watches and $1.00 Chains, Sweaters—big neck; V neck and button. REMEMBER NO ADVANCE IN PRICES- MONTGOMERY & COMPANY, Criders’ Exchange. 52-36tf Bellefonte, Pa. m— | 2 Cheese Cases, Pipe Vise, Upright Drill, Evans Potato Planter, ower, Spike tooth Harrow, Anvil 4 Oliver Plows, Bolt Clippers, Evans Corn Planter, 3 Coal Uil Stoves, 2 Superior Drills, . 9% 2horse Bob 8, 1 Egg Stoves, Sled Sleigh, 2 one-horse Bob Sleds, Huck board, Two 10 foot 3 Buggies Saw and 2 Dairy Wagons, Fead Cutter, 2 Grocery Wagons, Extension Ladders, Hay Stacker Outfit, Iron Wheel Barrows, Hay Ropes and Pulleys, 2 Steam Furnaces, Side Delivery Hay Rake, Hammers, Hay loader, Hay Rakes, Hay Ladders, Forks Reaper, Land Plaster, Roller, Phosphate, Friek 10 horse power Portable Engine . s-horse power Upright Engine, 2.horse power Lambert Gasoline Engine, 12 horse power Upcight Boiler, Aeme DeLaval Beit Separator, Triumph Corn and Cob Crusher, No. 4 Monitor Grain Cleaner, Grain Elevators and Carriers, Dormant Warehouse Seal Dairy. 8 nx Balance es, Mai nter Show Cases, Fie Fittings and Valves, Belting—leather and canvas, Frivaty Tele a e Outfit complete, eterinary Instrumen Horse, Hog and Cattle Condition Powder, 2 London Manure Carriers, National Manure Spreader, Blacksmith Tools and Supplies, Combi Anvil Reno No, 108 Ensilage Shredder and Cutter, Ohio No. 13 Ensilage Cutter and Blower, 3 Kramer Wagons, 4 inch tire, Weber Wagon, 4 inch tire, Low Lown Wagon, uch tire, ‘Two-horse G 44on, 2 Milk Route or Huckster Wagons, Stack and Wagon Covers, Deering 12 foot Hay Rake, Two 6 foot Deering Mowers, Aspinwall Potat er, ggers, 3 2 Deering Grain Binders, 2 Deering Corn Binders’ Dayton putin e, Standard Computing Scales, For particulars inquire of J BARRIS HOY, Centre Co. 247.4 Rochview,
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