THE CENTRE REPORTER, ¥RED KURTZ, . .. Editor. A A ASC 5 Cextee Hann, Pa, Seer. 28, 1885, cp — conn A EXCURSION TICKETS TO PENNSYLVANIA STATE FAIRJAND NOVELTIES' EXHIBITION, ~The annua! fair of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society will be held 1a Phil- adeipbia. from September 23d to October 14, and the Novéities’ Exhibition of the Franklin Institute will be opened on Sept. 15, continuing until October 31st, Both of these exhibitions offer attrace tions of unusual interest. The State Fair, held on the grounds of tlie society near the Germantown Junc- tion station of the Pennsylvania Railroad promises to be the most successful event of the kind ever held in Philadelphia, Thera will be an unusually lexrge display of various products of farm and garden, articles of domestic handiwork, fine stock, cattle and machinery, and trials of speed participated in by gentlemen ri- ders of Philadelphia and vicinity, A special feature is the dog show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, which bids fair to surpass all previous shows in the Lad variety of its exhibits. The novelties’ Exhibition, sa 1s title implies, ie designed to be an exposition of all that is new in the field of me. chanics, electricity, and industrial sole ence, The exhibition will embrace a large and comprehensive display of ma- chinery and appliances, illustraling the progress and advancement in electrical and other sciences, Apart from this, special features, as lectures and practical illustrations of the work, will be intro- duced; and music dispensed by a cele- brated band will form a part of the cer- emonies of each afternoon and evening. The buildings are commeodious, easily accessible to the railroad, as weil as to all portions of the city, For the benefit of visitors the Pennsy - vania Railroad will sell excursion ticks ts from September 23d to October 14th, in- clusive, to Philadelphia from all stat’.ons on the Philad. & Erie Division and trom all stations on the Northern Central I. R. between Hanover Junction and Troy, Pa., both inclusive, at a libera! reduction from the regular rates. Fhe tickets will bear coupons of admission to either of the exhibitions, Special trains will also be run as the amount of travel ware rants. ere nsn “WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH OUR DAUGHTERS 7” This question is asked by a well known lady lecturer. Well, we can do a great many things with them; one thing, we must take good care of their healih, and not let them run down and become en- feebled. For the feminine ailments, which may be summed up in one word— debility, we have a sovereign remedy in Brown's Iron Bitters, which has done much good. Miss Mary Greenfield, of Qlalstia, Ill, writes, “Brown's Iron Bits ters cured me of nervousness, indigestion and general poor health.” Let the other young ladica take a hint, tn ns HY nM msm - A sad affair occurred about one ‘mile south of Ramey, Clearfield county , Pa, Monday afternoon, 14. Two bv thers, Heary and Wm. M’Gowen, in co mpapy with three or four men or lar 0 boys, were discovered in an orchard b eionging to Bsmuel Whiteside. Isaac V/git, who farms for Mr. Whiteside, too’; his rifle and fired at fhe intruders, thr, ball strik- ing Heary M'Gowen, enterir o the) right Bide above the hip bone aw | lodging in his body. The wounded » an was taken to his home in Houtzdale , where he lin- red for a few days win death ended Ty d th ‘olf, who fired the £.tal shot, claims that these other paridee, had been in the habit of stealing his ap ples and claims to have waraed them v,) leave before he fired. His friends say that be also sent his wile to the orcba -d and told her to invite them to the Iv ;use and he would give them all the ap ples they wanted, for which aet of kindo¢ ss she was insalted. This provoked Wo! fand he fired upon them, with the abc ve reenls, Wolf was taken to Clearfield | jaii om Monday night where he awaits trial for his deed of blood, He is spc ken of as being a gooil Citizen, but posse sses a most violent tem- per, - St coc A - A WALIIING SKELETON. Mr. E Bpririger, of Meche nicsburg, Pa. Writes: “1 wus afflicted wich lung fever uid abscess on lungs, and reduced to a walking skeleton. Got a {rial bottle of Dr, King's New Discovery for Consump- tion, which did me #0 muc b good that I bought sdoliar bottle. Af ter using three botsies I found myself onc » more & man, completely restored to health, with a hearty appetite, and a gain in fesh of Lat J, Zeller & Bors drug store, Bellefonte and get a triad bottle of this certain cure for all jung diseases, Large bottles, $1, Sp JL CURTIN M'OLAIN TO HANG. The Board of Pardons met the other tay and 10 Interfere in the case of Curtin M’Clain, so nothing remains now bat for the Governer to mign the death warrant and the doomed man to prepare 10 meet Lis fate, i ———— io oii THOUSANDS HAY 80, Mr, W. T. Atkins, of Girard, Kansas, writes : “I hever hesitate to recommend Electric our — ve entire satisfaction and are rap- id J» Eleotric Bitters uo the pur- ent best medicine kno sud will tively care kidney and liver ‘com- parify the blood and re;guiste the : family can do without th They will save hundreds of doctor's bills , Bold at fifty cents a bottle by 3, Zeller & Son, Bellefonte. ‘A Hon the 's moun a ad one Calvin Bhontz, who has a half a century in a cavern, to bold any commanication wit his fellow men, because in early youth his brother had married the girl whom § “TIE PAYSERVATION OF FORESTS, i Sea— A correspondent suggests that as a message of preserving our trecs the taxes on growing timber land should be reduced or removed entirely, It is doubtfal if this would be practicable, It would be difficult to persuade the Legislature to take any action in this direction, end even if taxes were ro- moved from all growing timber land it would not prevent the destruction of treca, The owners of timber land have been told many times over that the preservation of forests is not only advisa- ble for sanitary purposes, but that timber land is a positive source of income. Dut with an exhibition of ignorance or obstinancy that is surprising, these men seizo the dollar of to«day and throw avny the golden egg of to-morrow. The white pine requires but little soil rnd will grow in any part of the State, Vor tho first fow years of its life its growth is slow axmd it is Hable to be destroved by fopest fires. When about twenty years oldit is often cut down, as it then attains nesize that permits of its use as firewonl: ‘This is a great blunder, for the-whitepine obtains much of its noar- islnent from the air, and after attain. ing.awcertnin sizsedts rete of growth rap- idiy/inereases, andrinthe seoond twenty yenin of Haexistence ita growth is three titres a8 great ss in the proceeding rigs. After a pine forest isthelf a oon- ary old«it-may be decimated anuunily and wilbgivemuch befter income than vounld.ba obtained from any other crop; iwhiladthe heaMhful influence of aiarge track of gtrees, and their prevention of gronglR®s and freshets cannnot be esti- mafed. STRANGE WAGERS TherLondon swells are the mo erato betters in the world. Time hangs 80 heawy on their hands that in the ex- citoment of uncertainty they find a gratefs relief. A curions bet was made in one of*the London-clubs, some yours ago, that will doubtless point a moral It wag that a certain member could not withir. two hours, on London Bridge, sell o1 10 hundred new guineas at a penny apiece. The man took his place on the bridg > with alittle tray on which he had bad 4 he coins. Heinformed the passers byAh at theywweregenuine gold coins for tak ank of England, and that they were ¥obe had for a pemny each. The cart. B ircend LAnves- men sand policemen langhed at him. Whent the time had expired. such is hunms incredulity, that he had sold but two, which a maid servant bonght to amuse her two little charges Amother peculiar bet made in London was by a well-known barrister, for a lnrep amount, that he wonld, at a certain hoor, block Fleet street in the busiest parts of the day, at the narrowest poiut. Half au hour before the ap- posted time ho took his stand on the opposite eide of the street from an insar. ind Made ance office which had a large lion over the