PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE
Admits He Undertock to Buy Land,
But, Discovering Fraud, Exposed the
Scheme—Deciares President Used
All His Power to Destroy Him, But
He Is Still Unscathed—Promises to
Expose Mr. Roosevelt Later In the
Session.
Washington, Jan. 12. — Declaring
that the president had been actuated
by motives of malice and revenge in
attacking his course in connection with
the Coos Bay (Oregon) land grant,
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
from his seat in the senate made reply
to the accusations of the chief execu-
tive. His speech was read from manu-
script and was a characteristic mix-
ture of argument and invective. The
senate chamber was packed with spec-
tators to hear him.
In opening, Mr. Tillman said that
for the first time a senator had been
brought before the bar of public opin-
fon on an indictment presented by the
president of the United States, in this
case the chief executive was animated
by malice, a desire for revenge, and an
endeavor to destroy him.
The president, he said, was an adept
at advertising, and had used the Amer-
fcan press with more skill than any
man in American politics. Realizing
the importance of getting in the first
blow the president hit him below the
belt on Saturday. The attack on him,
Mr. Tillman declared, was primarily
for the purpose of distracting the at-
tention of the public from the main
issue. which was between the house
of representatives and President
Roosevelt. In preparing the indict-
ment the president had exhibited the
utmost skill and in it the utmogt cun-
ning, considering that he had been in
possession. of all the facts since last
July.
Mr. Tillman said he had made no
secret of his desire to buy the lands
in Oregon if they were as represented,
and had talked to the attorney general
and lawyers of the land office about it
in his quest for information as to the
legal status of the titles. In the pecu-
liar circumstances which caused him
to denounce Dorr (an Oregon real es- |
tate agent), not knowing that he was
connected in the land business with
the attorneys with whom Senator Till
man was negotiating, the senator said
that perhaps he had been disingenu-
ous, but no honest minded man would
consider that he had meant to be un-
truthful or to conceal anything. The
senator pointed to his long service as
a public servant, and asked if there
wae anything in his career that justi-
fied ill opinion of his character. In
great detail he gave the circumstances
of the transactions with Reeder & Wat. |
kins, contending that they never went
beyond the stage of inquiry, and then,
he said, his exposure of the land
swindlers in the senate, which the
president said had been done to cover
up his own business had broken up
the swindle.”
In addition to his speech, which had
been printed in advance, Mr. Tillman
had prepared other brief remarks,
which he read. He said:
“The president lives in a glass house
with even a glass floor in it and should
remember the old adage. He has ex-
erted all the power of the government
to destroy me, but [ feel that I stand
unscathed, because if al! other argu-
ments fali to convince men, the char.
acter for rectitude, truthfulness and
honesty which I have builded in the
sixty-one years of my life would at
least be my bulwark. Men who have
always been clean and honorable do
not suddenly become liars and hypo-
erites at sixty-one without any neces-
sity.
“Later on in this session it is my
purpose to devote some time to bring-
ing Theodore Roosevelt face to face
with his true self and let the people
of the United States see what charac-
ter of man they have been so bowed
down to.”
When Mr. Tillman concluded his re-
marks there was no outbreak of ap-
plause, the vice president having ad-
monished the occupants of the galler-
les against making such demonstra-
tions.
CHARGES AGAINST TILLMAN
President Tells Senate He Was Con-
nected With Alleged Land Grab.
President Roosevelt made public the
details of an investigation by postoffice
inspectors and secret service agents of
Benator Tillman's connection with an
alleged “land grab” in Oregon. As he
presents the evidence to Senator Hale,
in response to the latter's request to
the heads of the various executive de-
partments for a statement of the oper.
ations of the secret service, the presi-
dent undertakes to show:
That Mr. Tillman used his influence
as a senator in an effort to force the
government to compel a railroad cor-
poration to relinquish its control of
land grants from the United States in
order that he and his family and hia
secretary, J. B. Knight, might profit
through the purchase of some of the
land. That the senator used his gov.
ernment franking privilege in numer
ous Instances for the conduct of pri
vate business.
The first exhibit contained in the
communication is Senator Tillman's
personal explanation, made upon the
floor of the senate on Feb. 19, 1908, in
which he complained of an alleged un-
authorized use of his name in a cir
cular issued by Bryan R. Door, presi
dent of the St. Paul and Pacific Tim-
ber syndicate, of Portland. This circu:
lar says that Senator Tillman was in-
terested in an action to compel the
Southern Oregon company to s'il to
applicants about 100,000 acres «f tin.
ber lands, which had been gia 1+ ©
the Coos Bay Wagon Road com any
on condition that it should be soll in
quarter sections for a price not ex.
ceeding $2.50 per acre. In that state
ment Senator Tillman denied that he
bad bought any land anywhere in the
west, and he declared further that he
had not undertaken to buy any.
U. S. WARSHIPS AT NAPLES
Will Acsist In Distributing Relief to
Earthquake Victims.
Naples, Jan. 12.—The United States
battleships Connecticut, Kansas, Min-
nesota and Vermont, under Rear Ad-
mirai Sperry, the commander of the
Atlantic fleet, arrived here Sunday,
anchoring between the Italian battle-
ship Bendetto Brin and the cruiser
San Giorgio. .
At Messina the living are still be-
ing taken out of the ruins. Days
ago it was thought that all buried un-
der the masses of wreckage must have
perished, but several persons taken
out on Saturday were found to be in
extraordinarily good condition. A party
of sharpshooters rescued an old man.
Their attention was called to the place
where he was lying by the whining of
a little dog. They succeeded in remov-
ing a great quantity of debris, and
sthere they came upon the dog's mas-
ter, alive but unconscious. They car-
ried the suffered to the hospital, and
the officer in command of the party
took the dog under his immediate
care.
An undulatory earthquake shock at
Messina caused great panic among the
rescuers and the few survivors of the
recent catastrophe who remain there.
This shock and the series of quakes
Thursday were predicted by the ob-
server at Mount Etna, and the fulfii-
ment of these predictions has im-
pressed the rescuers with the con-
stant danger, thereby adding to the
alarm.
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Beautit Park is Scheme of
Speaker Gannon,
Washington, Jan. 12.—A memorial |
to Abraham Lincoln, costing in the!
neighborhood of $5,000,000, and fash- |
foned after general plans that have |
been formulated for the beautification
of Washington will be authorized at,
this session of congress, according to
statements made by Speaker Cannon
and others interested.
The Lincoln memorial will take the |
form of a park, comprising about
thirty acres of land, lying between tae |
capitol grounds and the plaza (ronting
the $6,000,000 Union station, which is
now practically completed. It is po}
posed to erect in this park a $1,000.
G00 statue of Lincoln. The park and
statue, it is estimated, will invoive an |
ultimate expenditure of $5.000,000, as |
the lands are occcupied by buildings |
which have to be purchased.
It is planned to pass the bill author-
izing the Lincoln memorial in time to
have it signed by the president on
Egb. 12, the 100th anniversary of Lin-
¢Bln’s birth.
SLAIN MAN'S BODY FOUND
Missing Peddler Fcund Under Floor of
Chicken Brooder.
Allentown, Pa.. Jan. 12.—~The body
of Leopold Ermann, the Philadelphia
jewelry peddler, who has been missing |
since Nov. 18, and who was last seen
on George N. Schaeffer's premises
rear Schencksville, was found buried
under the concete floor of a chicken
brooder that Schaeffer built since the
man's disappearance. Schaeffer was
arrested and confined here last week
or suspicion of having robbed and
murdered Ermann.
The body was very badly decom-
posed and was entirely dismembered.
The head, arms and legs were cut off.
Undertaker Eugene Schiaughs, who
was given charge of the body, was un-
able to tell, because of its condition,
how Ermann was killed. A double-
barreled shotgun was found in the
attic with one barrel empty, and the
officers believe this was used.
The remains were found by Detec-
tive John Reese, who had arrested
Schaeffer; Willlam Stengel and
Michael Zeimet, of this city, who dup
up the concrete floor of the brooder
house, which Schaeffer built after Er-
mann disappeared. Ermann’s satchel,
with its jewelry and other effects, was
found near the body.
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Ran on Tracks to Save Woman; Killed
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 12.—M. J. Duffy,
stationmaster of the Lackawanna rail
road at Hallstead, was run down and
killed by flyer No. 6 just in front of
the station, when he ran out cn the
tracks to save a woman who was in
danger of being run down by another
train going in an opposite direction.
First “Sound” Telegrapher Dead.
Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. 12.—Otis Eddy
Wood, who took the first telegraph
message by sound, died at his home
in Etna, mear here, aged seventy-seven
years.
Slayer of Grandfather Must Die.
Guilty in the first degree was the
verdict found by the jury in the case
of Walter Zeller, charged with the
murder of his grandfather, William
Read, at Bridgeton, N. J. He will be
sentenced on Jan. 18.
$145 In Bank For Every Kansan.
The Kansas state bank commission-
er's report shows $145 on deposit in
Kansas banks for every individual
The increase in one vear is $20,000,
000. The total deposits are $160,000,
000.
Killed Stepfather For Beating Mcther.
Claude Presseley, aged eleven years,
at Anniston, Ala., shot and killed b's
stepfather, Dave Christopher, for be t-
Ing the boy's mother. Justifiable homi-
' him and he fell.
tide was Coroner Murphy's decisicn.
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Preacher's Letter Cays Crowning Ex-
erted Hypnotic Inilucnce Over Him
and He Slew Him In Ccii-Defense.
Describes Terrific Struggle For Life
In Little Michigan Church and How
He Dismembered the Body and Buri.
ed It In the Stove,
Carthage, Ill, Jan. 12.—Rev. John
H. Carmichael, pasior of three Meth-
odist churches in and near Adair,
Mich., confessed slayer of Gideon
Browning, a neighbor, whom he slew
with a hatchet and cremated in Rattle
Run church, committed suicide in the
toiletrogm of Miss Miranda Hughes’
boardinghouse by cutting his throat
with a pocketknife.
The preacher left a letter to the
sheriff of Adair, Mich., giving details
of the murder, dismembering and in-
cineration of Browning, and ascribing
the act to self-defense and moral cow-
ardice because of the bypnotic influ
ence that browning, an illiterate car-
penter, held over him. Some of the
letter creates the impression he was
of unsound mind.
The preacher does not explain satis-
factorily how he and Browning came
to go to the Rattle Run church, or
why both seemed bent in keeping their
presence there secret, except to say
that Browning wanted the preacher to
officiate at Browning's wedding that
night. This account does not explain
the fact that the preacher evidently
knew that Browning already had one
wife, if not two. It is said Browning
had a wife living in New York state,
In his letier Carmichael tells how
Browning by his hypnotic power com-
pelled him to do his will. He says
Browning engaged him to marry him,
and they went to the church to meet
the rest of the party. He then tells of
building fires in the two stoves and
passing the wood through the church
window to Browning. The letter then
says:
Knocked Victim Down With Hatchet.
“1 then leaned over to see if any
one might be on the road, when he
began to laugh, and I saw that he was
holding a weapon of some sort up his
sleeve. Instantly 1 made a grab for
it and got the hatchet from him and
asked what he meant to do with that.
He said ‘I'll show you,” and from his
overcoat pocket drew out a knife in
each hand. He came at me, striking
with both hands, while I backed acro:s
the church down the side aisle and
across the front, but I did not dare to
turn about to open the iront door.
Then 1 threw the hatchet and struck
1 then turned to ojen
the door, when he grabbed me by the
leg and threw me down where my
| hands came upon the hatchet. There
| was a desperate struggle, «mn which [
| used the hatchet until he laid quiet
and still. 1 cannot tell all that hap-
pened after that.
Cut Body to Picces.
“1 was wild to dispose of the body. I
began pulling off his garments that I
might drag the body away somewhere
and hide it. Then, when my eyes fell
upon one of those knives, I flew into
| a rage and began to cut it, when he
| woke up and grabbed me again. Then
for awhile I used that hatchet until |
was sure he was dead. Then ! zaw that
the fire was hot encugh ‘vo make the
| stovepipe red nearly to the eibow, so
I grabbed him by the fect and dragged
him down there and cut him to pieces,
putting in each part as it was dismem-
bered. Then I began to put the gar-
ments into the front stove, when I
remembered that it had a poor draft
and the things might not burn. Then
I saw that my clothing was torn and
bloody, while some of his were yet
whole, and 1 exchanged and then took
all but a few of mine and piled them
in along with the body. My big coat
hid my torn and bloody garments until
1 got to Chicago, where I purchased
others. 1 am tired of trying to hide,
though I have succeeded in eluding
the detectives so far. If you get this
while { am yet alive, come and get me.
1 shall not be far from Carthage, IIL.”
KNOCKED OUT BY CORPSE
Undertaker Felled as He Turned Over
Iron Worker's Body.
Youngstown, O., Jan. 12.—While Don
McVean, an undertaker, was embzlm-
ing the body of a muscular iron work-
er he got the biggest jolt of his life.
In turning the body the muscles of
the right arm relaxed and the fist
caught McVean syuarely on the jaw,
knocking him down and out for a few
seconds. He was found on the floor by
some of the employes. He did not fin-
ish the job.
Differences With Canada Settled.
Washington, Jan. 12. — Secretary
Root and Ambassador Bryce, of Great
Britain, signed a treaty for the settle-
ment of differences between the Unit-
ed States and Canada, popularly
known as the waterways treaty.
Two Killed By Fall of Coal.
Shenandeah, Pa., Jan. 12.—By a fall
of coal at the Locust Gap colliery of
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and
Iron company Thomas Williams and
Thomas Madden were instantly killed.
Brakeman Met Horrible Death.
Edward Stivers, of Pittston, aged
twenty-two years, a brakeman on the
Lehigh alley railroad, met with a hor
rible death at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He
attempted to jump upon a moving ca-
boose in the Coxton yards, and in do-
ing so he fell and rolled under the car.
The brake beams struck him, and
when removed every bone in his body
was broken.
Real Estate Transfers
The following real estate trausfers were
recorded during the past week by Recorder
William H. Brown.
Katharine MeKiiney to DL. Confer,
Jao, 11 1008 ove of fand in Howard
Boro., consideration £150.
J. B. Hebesliug e8. ux. 10 William Dale, |
Jan. 11 1909, tract of land in Fergusou |
twp; consideration $4000.
William Foster et. al. to David F. Smith,
tract of land in College twp; consideration
Wm. J. Dale to Harvey J. Markle Nov.
25 1908, tract of land in Spring twp; con-
sideration $2706,
George W. McG fey et. ux. to Austin
C. Harper, Dec. 28, 1908. Planving Mill
property ; consideration $6000.
Mrs. Josephine K. Harkins to Edva A.
Dinges, Jan. 2, 1909, hoose and lot in
Philipsburg; consideration $1000.
William L. Foster et. al. to J. W. Mey-
er, Jan. 9, 1909, lot of ground in Coliege
twp; consideration $1350.
John H. Thompson et. nx. to Geo. W.
Woodring, Jan. 12, 1909, tract of land in
Worth twp; consideration $150.
Dr. Thos. 8. Christ et. al. to Lloyd L.
Houtz, Jan. 11, 1909, tract of land in Col-
lege twp; cousnleration $67 50.
New Advertisements.
| NOTICE.—
Frank H. Yonng) Io the Court of Common Pleas
vs, of Centre county. No. 197 De-
Mattie C. Young J cember ‘Term, 1908, In Divorce
To all Parties Concerned :—
You are hereby notified that the Court of
Common Pleas has issued a commission to the
undersigned to take testimony in the above stat-
edease, The Comniisioner will meet at the of
fice of Gettig, Bower & Zerby, in Eag'e Block,
Bellefonte, Pa., 'nesday, February the 9th, 1909,
at ten a, m., for the pofacue
all witnesses as provided b,
Witness my hand and seal this 14th day of
January, A. D. 1
JOHN J. BOWER,
mmissioner,
of hearing any and
Ww
sham
PHOLSTERING.—Have yon Sofas,
Chairs, Mattresses or an¥Inig in that line
10 repair. If you have, eall H, M. Bidwell on
Commercial ‘phone. He will come to see you
about it. -6m *
OTICE —The annual meeting of the
stockholders of Whiteroek Quarries will
be held at the offices of the compauy in Belle-
fonte, Pu., on Monday, January 25th, 1900, at ten
o'clock a. m., for the election of directors for the
ensuing year and to transact such other business
a% may properly come before such meeting.
. A. SCHAEFFER,
Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 6, 1909, Secretary.
532
R SALE.—Fifiy.five acres of the
Hamilton farm at Pleasant Gap station.
Inquire of
Bellefonte, Pa.
Also, Ninety six acres of the same farm for
sale,
54 2441
Inquire ot
MRS. SARAH SATTERFIELD,
Bellefonte, Pa.
MALL FARM FOR SALE. — The
subscriber, on account of the loss of his
eyesight, offers for sale his
HOME AND FARM
situnied near Runville station on the Snow Shoe
railroad, consisting of three acres of land with
y In
900.
Co!
53-4
ary
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MRS. 8, H, WILLIAMS,
Announcements. New Advertisements.
We wre puthotised to sonounce William H, =
" ov
pn. of dunt Sisal, 4518 satididne | Jor SALE —Two houses on Reynolds
tions of the Democratic party. 53-45 venue. lunquire 5. H WILLIAMS,
Mr. T. R. Hamilton, of the North ward of Sz ; sie Bellefonte, Pa.
Bellefonte, announces himself as an aspirant for lad al wo Rios oops!
-re - —_—ry
the nomination for tax coliector, subject to t
Democratic borough primaries "to held ”
February. NOTICE IN DIVORCE
Sarah Marsden =) In the Court of Common’
ve Pleas of Centre county, Ne.
Milfred Marsden J 14, May, Term 1908,
Notice is hereby given that a hearing, in avove
ease, will be held at the office of the nndersigaed
in Bellefonte, Pa, on January 22nd, 1909, at 10
New Advertisements.
OTICE.—The annual meeting of the
board of directors of the Nittany Iron | ©'clock a. m., of which all parsons therein iuters
company will be held in the office of the eompany ested are hereby notified.
at Bellefonte, Pa., on Monday, January 25, 1909, : E. R. CHAMBERS,
a 54-1-3t
W. W, WADDLE, Secretary. Bellefonte, Pa.
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Clearance Sale of Pianos and Organs.
VaAVATAVATYadFasaVvavaew
THESE ARE THE FACTS:
PLEASE INVESTIGATE,
Just PONDER.
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OUR ONCE-A-YEAR
—) CLEARANCE SALE (—
CONTINUES DURING JANUARY.
a
Progress our Motto.
In order to make room for a new and larger consignment of pianos
ever brought to Bellefonte, we shall devote the month of January in
which to complete our well begun work.
. 17 Pianos Unsold
will be sold during the next 10 days. They consist mostly of fine new
up-to-date Pianos, standard makes, in transit when our sale began.
These are now on the floor, the latest designs, Wal & Maliveneers;
others just returned frem rent, with others received in exchange on
fine pianos Sold during the past ten days, Uprights, Squares and
Grands, all in good condition. All told, an unequaled collection of
Fine Pianos, fully guaranteed. Every Piano a sterling bargain, will
be sold during this month. This sale affords an unequaled oppor-
tunity to purchase the piano of your choice at a low price. We have
many inquiries and have no difficulty in selling every piano at the
prices we ask.
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SUCCESSFUL SALE.
Many Fine Pianos and Organs sold during this sale thus far.
who purchased our fice pianos are as follows :
Mrs. Jacob Webber, David 8. Bechdel, Mrs. Alice Miller,
F. Giffrich, F. MeKillip, Player, Annie Miller, Piano.
HOME PATRONAGE—These and many more are evidences of the great saving
shey have made, and the real values we are giving during this sale. We earn-
estly desire that every one in Bellefonte and Centre Co, see and appreciate the
extensive line of fine pianos and music merchandise we carry, a8 well as the mod-
ern Music House we are endeavoring to establish and maintain right here as
home in Beliefonte and Centre Co. We heartily thank all of our patrons for
their patronage in the past, assuring the music loving public that we sball pus
forth a strenuous effort to serve thew in the lature in our line to the best pos-
eible advantage in price and quality and that by and with their continued pas-
ronage to wake this store a better, larger, stronger—modera Mesic House for
Bellefonte and Centre County,
We cordially invite one aud all to visit our store and see our display of hean-
tiful toned and heausiful cased designed pianos daring January.
Some of those
good Jase, bara and aLbiniidings, all in ex: —
cellent repair, enty of fruit of all kinds, ann
an excellent supply of never failing water. It
a omartala ate in a good nelghborhood, M. C. GEPHART, :
close to chureh and schools and will be soli Altoona. Bite BELLEFONTE. Huntingdon.
cheap. Apply to
MICHAEL SENNET,
5320-tf Runville, Pa. .
Buildin,
UDITOR'S NOTICE.—In the O:- ug Lots For Sale
phans' Court of Centre county. In the
mutter of the estate of Clement Beckwith, Iate of
Worth township, dece; A
Having been appointed by said Courtto re state
the acconnt of the Trustee, dispose of the excep-
tions thereto tor the amount of sala trost fund,
and make distribution of the fund so found to be
in the hands of said Trustee, herahy gives noti
that he will attend to the duties of his appoint
ment ai his office in the borough of Bellefonte, on
Thursday, the 14th day of Junuary A. D. 1908, at
10 o'clock a. m., when and where all parties inter.
ested May appear,
HENRY C. QUIGLEY,
53 49 6t Auditor.
—FLORIDA—-
WINTER TOURS
VIA
Pennsylvania Railroad
February 9 and 23, and March
oth, 1909.
ROUND TRIP $49.60 FROM
Bellefonte.
Special Pullman Trains
Iudependent Travel in Florida.
For detailed [tineraries and full informa.
ton, consult nearest Ticket Agent.
GET MORE EGGS.
CONKEY'S LAYING TONIC
WILL
MAKE YOUR HENS LAY.
You can have a FREE SAMPLE aod
valuable Book on Poultyy by ealling at
David Miller's Store, Bush Adidiuon,
Bellefonte, Pa.
While here if there is anything you are in
need of, state your wants, we can supply
them, Look at our Shoes, it wiil cost yon
nothing to see them, we are here to show
our goods, it is no trouble for us: our recom
in sitll, we have muny articles we cannot
WBAT YOU DON'T SEE ASK FOR,
we have it. Winter is here, keep your
feet dry by wearing Royal Bine Rubbers—
none better. If you cannot come to our
Store, Phove in your order, don’t nek if we
ve
JUST GIVE IN YOUB ORDER, WE WILL RE,
TURN IT PROMPTLY.
We also have a full line of Sely Shoe;
thoy make your feet Fiad—try # pair an
convince yaurself, [tis now time to =e
lect buy Xmas Presents—you can se-
lect from our stock a suttable Present for
old or young, large or small, Come in and
ee w you or not.
DAVID MILLER,
53-50-2m. Bush Addition, Bellefante,
TAT BSC MNT
Would You Like Your Money fo Earn Twenty Per Cent?
Such a question is almost superfluous. All you naturally want to know
is how and where you can get the twenty on your surplus capital.
The Opportunity is Here
We have just purchased 98 more Building Lots in connection with
the Hamilton farm. The fact that we own and control a large number
of building lots in this prosperous town places us in a position to offer
the best proposition in real estate that has ever been offered in this state.
Lots on Easy Terms
There is a great demand for homes and rooms at State College.
Houses rent from $25 to $ioo per month. Russell Sage said,
“Your REAL Estate WiLL Make Your OLp AGE COMFORTABLE.’
State College has the brightest future of any town in central Pa.
Call and see our proposition, and select for yourself one of the
choicest lots. THE BesT INVESTMENT ON EARTH 1S IN THE EARTH.
Flee Tranportaion to fny One Buping a Lot During the Next 30 Dags.
CALL OR WRITE
LEATHERS BROTHERS,
116 College Ave. Commercial ’phone. State College, Pa
Wall Paper, Paints, Etc.
J
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 cn 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.
52.40.11
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