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Bellefonte, Pa., February 14, 1913.
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Warfare that Ended Most Unexpectedly.
“Bggs again?
It was a query, an accusation and a
protest.
“Yep,” sald Tommy Thomas. “Why
‘not? There's more nourishment in a
‘soft-boiled—"
“Feather bed,” interrupted his chum.
“Truth is, you're too lasy to cook any-
thing else.”
“Ooooh, you tell whops! And what,
Mr. Simian Wellington, did YOU
cook last week?”
, Simeon was obliged to take the de-
fensive. av, ut] Sant Patnbol
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corner of the room,
It was an anclent trick, aimost 88 |
old gs the Columbus stunt, and Tomi:
my knew he could not hope to break
the egg in that position with the cir
cular weapon. But he betrayed no
chagrin. He calmly picked up a poker |:
as well as the stove-lid, and proceeded |:
to pry away the partitions forming
began Sim, fearsome for
bill. Then a brilliant
jdea bumped him.
A moist, warm, soft-boiled
egg struck Tommy on his pet cowlick
and the effluvium began to cascade
into his collar, thence to the back of
his vest.
‘ And the battle was on. Tommy
Jumped to the table and com
‘mandeered the plate of cooked eggs.
Bim rifled the cupboard of the half-
bagful of raw ones. Only a baseball
reporter could adequately deal with
the doings of those eggs thereafter.
Presently Sim retreated—or Tommy
thought he did. He ran downstairs
pursued by a “Yah, squealer, come
again!” from the apparent victor.
On the first floor was a grocers
shop. A sign read:
eevee sess
FRESH RANCH EGGS,
85¢ doz.
Sere ssensnnne cee
“Gimme two dozen eggs,” cried Sim.
“Charge it to Mr. Thomas, as usual.”
Ustairs he ‘galloped and began a
fusillade from the doorway. Poor
Tommy dodged behind the bed. Sim
entered and pursued him from his hid-
ing place, punctuating his howls with
fresh ranch eggs. Tommy now fled,
but grabbed the door key as he ran.
Sim understood. Tommy was com-
ing back with ammunition. He moved
bed, oil stove and table against the
The next one decorated his shirt
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Whizz! Pflosh! An egg cleaving
the air and finding its mark.
“Got ye, did I?” yelled Sim, tri
umphantly, emerging from the ram
part with another egg ready for the
throw. “Have another?”
lady's, either. The too-eager
stified the scream. vos
sputtering eggshells with every sylla-
ble. “I called to tell you your aunt—
but I won't.”
~ And the , pretty and all
that—flounced down the stairs. :
+ It was Sim's sweetheart. But Sim
didn’t feel like calling her back.
“Polly!” gasped the gallant warrior
in awe.
bags probably coming to see me this
very day!”
Ng ok oes yg :
“And auntie of the money |‘
SAVES LIFE OF BOY;
WANTS HERO MEDAL
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Yet Cleveland Lad Would Take
“Three Bucks” or Life Sav-
er’s Job Instead.
Cleveland, O.—"Here's my chance |
to be a hero and get a Carnegie med-
al” said Frank Patterson, twelve years
old, as he threw off his coat, jumped
into the Cuyahoga river at the foot of
Main avenue and saved four-year-old |
Willie King from drowning the oth-
er afternoon.
Instead of hurrying home to change |
his clothes after making the rescue,
Frank ran to the West Twenty-ninth '
street station and notified Sergeant
O'Donahue of the accident,
“You're a brave lad,” was O'Dona-
hue's comment, '
“It's a cinch I'm a brave kid, all
right, but Nhsrus my arog med-
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, Saved FourYearOld Willle King.
al?” Frank answered with chattering
teeth. “Don’t I get it?”
O'Donahue then explained that he
would notify the Carnegie hero medal
commission and advised the boy to
hasten home.
“Well, don’t I even get three bucks
for it?” ank asked. “I understand
when a kid saves another kid he gets
three bucks. How about jy m tell
you what,
“You can keep the medal and the
dough if you fix it up for me to be a
regular life-saver, I always wanted
to be a life-saver. I'm a good swime
mer,” he added as he left,
With several companions the King
boy was playing on a sand scow tied
to the Sycamore slip when he lost his
balance and fell overboard, Frank
leaped from the scow and pushed the
boy aboard.
Woman Retallates for Arrest
Chastisement Before Durango,
Colo.,, Pedestrians,
Durango, Colo.~The pedestrians on
the main street of this city, late the
other afternoon, were entertained
with a horsewhipping affair when
former Deputy Shesmiff Frank Wilker
son of La Plata county received a
beating at the hands of Mrs. A. Webb,
a former resident of Animas City, but
now of the Fort Lewis Mesa nea:
this city.
Wilkerson had the woman arrested
on the eharge of having stolen some
implements and clothes. Mrs. Webb
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MATRON LASHES A SHERIFF.
ONE TRUTHFUL AMERICAN.
The incumbent of an old church
in
Wales asked a party of Americans to
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“Iss, sir. 'E was remarkable "cos ’e
| was a 'Merican an’ told the truth.”—
Youth's Companion.
“When some one asked Mrs. Biffers
#f there were any wicked little boys
in her neighborhood she sald there
were four.”
“How many little boys live in her
neighborhood 7”
“Five, but one of them is named
Bobby Biffers.” ga.
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The Bouble Shake.
“Are you aware that merely
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‘ hands a person can acsumu-
1a his 8,000,000,000 deadly
or disagreeable germs?”
“No, I was not aware of that, but
the next time I meet Janice I expect
to accumulate 6,000,000,000 deadly or
disagreeable germs.” -
" Ww. Tiger.
One of the came up to be
named. “BEr—tiger!” announced
Adam.
“Princeton, Tammany or Detroit?"
clamored the reporters, who were, of
course, present.
Whereupon the first father perceived
that he had a task of delicacy cut out
out for him.—Puck.
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improving His Looks.
Bacon—Besides the usual burglar
alarms that protect bank vaults, a
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] | snapshot camera has been introduced.
| Automatically it will take the bur
| glar's picture as he looked while in
the act.
Egbert—What's the matter with
| having a phonograph attachment ask-
| ing him to look pleasant?
Couldnt Afford to Then.
Scribbler—It took gue Dearly write
years to learn that I co
poetry. :
Friend—Gave it up then, did you?
Scribbler—Oh, no. By that time I
had a reputation.—Puck.
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A tree in the orchard begins to droop,
its leaves bogie to wither. There's no
apparent injury to the tree, no visible
a OF to Tt tue Tree
eeps on failing, At armer
digs around it to loosen the soil at the
roots, and in he comes on a t,
flat stone, which had cut the tree off from
proper nourishment. When the stone is
taken away the tree
Beauty ana strengtl
roop sometimes. There's no
cause. They take care of SS. Parent
in spite of all they droop daily. They be-
gin to think the cause must be within
them and hidden. When, in this condi-
tion, they turn to Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, the result is almost always
a complete cure. “Favorite Prescription”
searches out and removes the obstruc-
tions to woman's health. It not only
heals the local organs but enriches the
whole body.
A $25,000.00 Gift.
ear it has cost Dr.
y copies of hs gr
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Common Sense
In the
over $25,
away
The Bright Lote
No odor No soot
Triple refined Reusyi
vania e oil. The
lamp oil Fy
Family Favorite Oil
WAVERLY OIL WORKS CO.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Gasolines Lubricants
Buggies.
New Buggies
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o Fine Job Printing.
FINE JOB PRINTING
o——A SPECIALTY—0
AT THE
WATCHMAN OFFICE
BSE TR
BOOK WORK,
that we car: not do
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Insurance.
EARLE C. TUTEN
(Successor to D. W. Woodring.)
THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY
Benerirs:
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loss of one eve
oer diene.
10 Dime 38 esha) sabiti
PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR,
pavable quarterly if desired.
Larger or
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Rice—If you enjoy a dish of fine
Rice, try our fancy white flinty
whole-grain goods.
SArLMoN—Canned Salmon at 10c,
15¢, 20c and 25¢c. Canned Corn at
V.| 3 for 25¢; 10c; 2 for 25¢, and fancy
Maine Corn at 15c.
CANNED Fruirs—In Canned
Fruits we have Peachesat 18c, 25¢,
3oc and 35¢. Apricots at 25¢ and
3oc. Pineapples at 10c, 25¢ and
30oc. White Cherries 25¢ and 3oc.
CorrErs—Our line of Coffees is
fully up to the usual standard, at
25¢, 28¢, 3oc, 35c and 4oc per lb.
We guarantee to give you better
value than you get elsewhere at the
same price.
OrANGEs—California Navals and
Indian River Florida Oranges,
Grape Fruit, Lemons, Bananas.
EvAPoRATED Fruir—New crop
California Apricots at 16¢, 20c and
25¢ per 1b.
SECHLER &
Bush House Block, - -
Monev to Loan.
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TO LOAN on good security and
ILM
Sl-iély. Pa.
CURTIS Y. WAGNER,
BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of
Roller Flour
Feed
Corn Meal
guarantee that our prices and goods
HAVE BEEN RIGHT
and always give satisfaction. Our
goods in Robes, Blankets and Har-
ness is at the present time the Larg-
est that has ever been placed upon
a Bellefonte market.
You will miss it if you should
fail to call and see us, and examine
our large stock, and get our prices,
as the Tariff is off. This is to your
advantage,
[After Forty-two Years of Honest
Dealing we have earned a place in
the public confidence unquestion-
ed.
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Re re.
James Schofield,
wil 5. SENLON, Pa SpringStreet 553 Bellefonte, Pa
Groceries.
SECHLER & COMPANY.
UNPARED PEACHES—At 12c,
15c and 18c per Ib. Fancy peeled
Peaches at 35c per 1b.
BuckwHEAT—Buckwheat Flour
(guaranteed all buckwheat.) Pre-
pared self-raising buckwheat flour.
Nurs—Fine, bright, new Cali-
fornia Walnuts, Almonds, Pecans,
Brazil Nuts, Filberts, Italian Chest-
nuts and Mixed Nuts.
Fancy EVAPORATED CORN—AL
25c per Ib. This is something es-
pecially fine and less expensive than
a good grade of canned corn.
Tras, Erc—We carry a large
line of fine Teas, Pure Spices in
bulk; we handle no age spices
Burnett's and Knight's flavorings,
Fine Lucca Table Oil, C. & B.
Pickles, Pure Maple Syrup and
Sugar, Raisins, Sauces, Ketchups,
and the finest Cream Cheese ever
sold in Bellefonte.
COMPANY,
57-1
Bellefonte Pa.,
Lime and Crushed Limestone.
We are the
imestone and Lime for all purposes.
AMERICAN LIME &
583-ly
Increase Your Crops
Lime is the life of the soil.
USEICENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LIME
Some Farmers have actually doubled their crops by use of “H. 0.” lime
Drill it for quick results. If you are not getting results use “H. 0.” lime
Manufacturers of Lime in Pennsylvania. Ground
Works st Bellefonte, Frankstown, Spring Meadows, Tyrone Forger and Union Furnace.
Write for literature on lime.
STONE COMPANY.
Offices at TYRONE, PA.
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Automobile Insurance HIGH GRADE Physicians.
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Both Telephones 5627.y BELLEFONTE, PA The only place in the county : qounly where Sl a
Dentists.
JOHN F. GRAY & SON, SPRAY D*! RR Semin
Fire, can be Secure ad feed of & jilonat Stack Pood | ing teeth, 5 Sa EERE
Lifes | eihlkinds o Gran bough at theo Flor HW TATE,
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As in te 4119 MILL AT ROOPBSURG. Em
not fail to usa ion to write —— URANT.
ETE Ed Age . Saddlery. re
Office in TE ore, | vera where
hin BELLEFONTE. PA. Meals are Seiad at All Hours
Harness Blankets & | pos com Sr
The Preferred T 1H. Robes Boars
Accident Fors,
Insurance You are safe when you deal with SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC..
us——42 years in one store room is a s, families and the public gener
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oaty. High St, Bellefonte, Pg,
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Plumbing.
Good Health
Good Plumbing
GO TOGETHER.
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My
poisonos s; your system becomes
ono Bo URE to come.
SANITARY PLUMBING
is the kind It's the
Sush 5 Rave. We don't {rut Ay
LL Our
Material and
Fixtures are the Best
Not a cheap or article in our
A i le
Prices are lower
than many who give you
work and thelowest grade of Gnibings Saari
ARCHIBALD ALLISON,
Bush 56141v. Pa
Coal and Wood.
EDWARD K. RHOADS
Merchant, and Dealer in
ANTHRACITE arp BITUMINOUS
COALS
CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS
and other grains.
Builders’ and Plasterers’ Sand.
KINDLING WOOD
by the bunch or cord as mav suit purchasers,
respectfully solicits the patronage of his
friends and the public, at his Coal Yards
near the Pennsylvania Passenger Station
Telephone Call: {GCs iil omg
Meat Market.
Get the Best Meats.
EL ep Sng po. tn
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
I always have
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Game in season, and any kinds of good
P. L. BEEZER,
High Street. 34-34-1y. Ballefoate, Pa...
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