HE GENTRE REPORTER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1906. ecm im eam CHURCH APPOINTMENTS. Presbyterian—Spring Mills, morning | Centre Hall, afternoon, Reformed ~Qentre Hall, morning ; Tusseyville, afternoon, Lutheran-—Georges Valley, morning ; alternoon ; Centre Hall, evening. Methodist — Spruce town, morning; Hall, afternoon ; Spring Mills, evening. slonary sermon at each appointment. United Evargelical—Centre Hall, morning ; Egg Hill, afternoon ; Tusse; ville, & evening. |Appointments not given here have not been reported to this office. | Union, Centre Mis NALE REGISTEX, Thursday, March 14—D, W. Bradford. James ©. Goodhart, stock sale, March 23. Saturday, SYNDICATE WANN Jul, Postage Hates une-half 7 Per tent on Would and Pay Unpltal, A Chicago syndicate, headed by W, D. Boyce, has mude a proposition to take the entire postal service out of the government's hands. The proposal includes agreement immediately to cat postage rates in half. There could be no deficit unp- der such arrangement for the Goverment to meet, because the cor- poration would have to make ends meet. Mr. Boyce wants the postal corpora- tion under a postal commission which shall be the regulating and supervis- ing agency of the Government. He proposes to pay Uncle Bam rent- al for all postoffice quarters occupied in public buildings, and over sgainst this he designs to charge the Govern- ment regular rates for all services per- formed for it. These Government gervices he now estimates at $25,000, 000 annually. At half the present rates this would he cut to $12,5000,000. Applying business methods to post- office affairs would result in immense economies in iransportation. Mr. Boyce figures that the expenditure for railroad haulage would be cut from $50,000,000 to about one-half that sum. ac fp Hog Weights, Redues Government ull Forty cent corn is producing beavy hogs, to wit: D. K combined weight 1650 ; 610 Alfred Durst, two bogs, 522 and 550. C. D. Bartholomew, 468. W. A. Alex- ander, 442. ec—————— Reduced Kates to Dubols, Pa, Keller, three hogs, heaviest, Via Pennsylvania Railroad, account meeting Penn's State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. Tickets sold Decem- ber 8 to 14, good returning until De cember 17, inel.,, fiom all statious in Penn’a. Cousult neares’ Ticket Ag't. ne ft — Pastor's Family Afflicted, The family of Rev. H. T. and Mrs, Searle, of Logsanton, is sorely affliet- ed, and one daughter, [zora, aged five years, died last week of typhoid fever Ope child just recovered, apother is convalesciug, and a son is still eon- fined to bed, Rev. Searls is pastor of the United Evaogelical church at Loganton. I ——— From North Dakotas, Please find berewith * * * Lot R. Evans, from Moti, Noith Da- kota, November 27th. Continuing be says : The Reporter gives me the latest news from my old birthplace, We are having wintry weather here now, having had a small blizzard, which did some damage to stock. Also had several snows. The thermometer registered at zero several mornings, but mercury rose during the day. e———— a —— Campbell's Holiday Announcement. As the holidays are approaching every person is at a loss to know what to buy for a Christmas or New Year present. Iinvite you to cowe to my store and I will try and help you de- cide, as you will find I carry the largest and best assortment of Rockers, Cham- ber suits, Couches, Side boards, Ex- tension tables, [ron and Brass Beds in fact a general line of furniture and carpets—in the eastern part of the county. 8. M, CAMPBELL, Both phones, sillheim, Pa. ——— A, The Pemsloning of Teachers, The report of Buperintendent Schaef- fer has put new fire into the movement to pension old school teachers, but the state constitution is in the way. That instrument forbids money being ap- propriated for such causes. The only way retired school teachers will be able to obtain a pension is for the teachers to organize and create a fund from their own salaries for such a pur- pose. With this well understood, the question of pensioning retired school teachers would soon be a subject not found agreeable in assemblages of teachers, ————————— ff ——————— Transter of Real Estate Margaret Bradley, et. al,, to John L. Shultz, Oct, 20, 1906 ; premises in Milesburg. $5660, John Q Miles, tremsurer, to Charles Smith, July 28, 1804 ; 443 acres, 1563 perches in Rush twp. $30, Spangler, et. ux, ov. 10, writes to Wm, two fo io pt. n 1908 BO Kenia $37 Christian Armbruster e B, Beller, ov. dr 1906 ; 143 acres, 11 perches in Gregg twp. $2000, IMPOSING UN ROUNG HENS, tifover Mitteriing Discovers How to In. crease the Supply of Eggs, With eggs, no matter as to size, bor- dering at thirty cent« per dozen, one would do almost anything to make the critters lay an egg 8 day, or more, if he could, Drover Will Mitterling has been working a scheme during the past week that has proven wonderfully successful, the only objection being that it takes several hours continuous watching each day. Mr. Mitterling purchased a dozen of fine young leg-born hens, and fed them well, and made a pet of each. For three days he sat in the hen house to catch a young hen on the pest for the first time. Fivally his patience was rewarded by a hen jump ing from his shoulder to a nest. he turned herself around several times and then nestled closely to the straw, In the meantime her keeper had gent- ly slipped bis band under the hen, and when the egg was laid the hand was removed with the egg in it, True to pature the hen gave a jolly cackle, looked for the egg, but on pot seeing it, she again equatied in her siraw pest, and Mitt: rling repeated his part of the program. When the hen had laid her third egg, she looked much fatigued spd so crestfallen that Mit- terling actually took pity on her, and showed up, with the result that the hen went off in a corner and cackled until she went into spasms. Eleven of the twelve birds fooled in this manner, each one show- jog a different disposition upon laying the first egg. Some of the hens be- came visibly angry, and these were dismissed after laying two eggs each, After five hours of patient effort, Mit- terling counted his eggs, and found there were just twenty-nioe eggs in the basket . seven hens had laid three eggs each, and four two eggs each, There was yet a defaulter. Mitler- ling coaxed the largest bird on his kuvee, talked to it about the price of cows, sheep and hogs, and told how these were bought by him and shipped far. far away from their howe, and finally slaughtered. His listener grew squatted in of netuslly shed tears were attentive, hils apron-lers I'he bird was cautiously raised by Mitterliog and slipped toa nest ; but it vever moved, “She's fooling me,” thought Mitterling, “I'm ready for you,” aud acting with his thoughts, his band was thrust under the bird. Boon there was a bit of commotion, the drover withdrew his band with the cupniog of a magician, and there was in it an egg that would not be worth more than at the rate of a dollar for a two- load. Mitteriing was dumb founded when he saw the bird perch on the edge of the nest, sod in the language of a full-fledged cock, burst » blood vo axel in saying “you can’t fool we, Billy ! 7 EE Rebersburg. Edwin Fehl, of Asronsburg, was in town on Friday. Orvis Frank spent a few days visit- ing relatives in town, Edwin Brungart and family spent a few days among relatives here, The faneral of Mrs, Sarah Deibler on Bunday was largely attended Mrs. Forest Emerick spent a few days with her parents at this place, William Shultz, of Sugar Valley, was in town one day last week. Jerry Brungart is unable to work, as he is suftering from a very sore hand Edwin Royer and brother Kline spent their Thanksgiving vacation with their parents, Friday evening William Bair bad = light parsiytic stroke, but at this writing he 18 almost entirely recovered Jacob Gephart sold his farm, one day last week, to Jacob Winkleblech, for $4000. Jared Harper, of Bellefonte, spent a few days Inst week at the home of George Weaver, Samuel Bierly and brother Curtis visited their parents a few days last week. : Ammon Walker, who was accident- ally shot some time ago, went to the Williamsport hospital Monday. Miss Lola Stover, of Aaronsburg, spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Amy Btover, at this piace, Miss Aneada Royer, who is attend- ing the Normal school, at Lock Ha ven, spent last week with her parente. Allen Zeigler, of Hazleton, was the guest of his brother, William, for a few days. lap, st horse Aaronsburg, Paul Bwabb and family were guests of Mrs. Kizzie Bwabb over Bunday. Rev. Dorant will preach a trial ser. mon in the Reformed church, Batur- day evening. Mrs, Nellie Brown and baby, of Ba- lons, sre the guests of her father, James Weaver. Mrs. Mary Yearick Conley, of Lock Haven, ls spending s few weeks at the home of E. Btamp, Mr, snd Mrs. Aaron Bower, of Re novo, ate visiting his father, John Bower, on North 20d street. LOST SIBERIAN RAILWAY, Mow Uirst Steel Road of Northern Asia Mysteriously Disappeared. Near Irkutsk, In central Siberia, Is a series of ruplds on the Angrara river, After many disasters the river trans port companies decided in the early sev entiesof the last century to build a short railroad for transshipment of freight around the rapids. The twelve mile road was probably the first railroad Bullt in Asia outside of Indla, and cer fainly the first one bullt in northern Asia, There was no regular service, about two trips each way being made a week, as cargo offered. With the Improve ment of the roads through this region by the Russian government traffic on this part of the river was gradually abandoned and the railroad finally fell into disuse. The locomotive was ac quired by a farmer to be used once 8 year to drive a thrashing machine, the cars were taken off on barges and towed away and the line abandoned. Some fifteen years later the locating engineers of the Siberian raliroad, en tering this part of Siberia, heard rumors of a railroad which had existed many years previously. This is a vast region of sierra, forest, tundra, steppe and-—-here and there—of rine (untrans latable—literally “quick mud”), and presented great difficulties for railroad construction. News of an abandoned line which had been successfully op erated was, therefore, received with much interest and search was made for the road. The freight sheds were finally discov: ered and then the line of the road marked by the clearing in the forest, but no trace of the rails or roadbed could be found. The right of way was much overgrown with underbrush and bordered with the dense forest and was almost as black and cold as a mountain tunnel, the sun being just visible light ing up the topmost branches of the glant firs. The railroad itself had com- pletely disappeared-—not a rall, not a sleeper, only an occasional suggestion now and then of what had once been rude cross drainage ditches. In an effort to find the track picks were driven as far as they would go into the earth, only to bare masses of tangled roots, The raliroad was lost It could not have been burnt up, be cause there had been no fires, not stolen and carried off plecemesnl, fot the region was totally lacking in popu lation. Moreover, the old freight houses remained with thelr locks In tact and packages of overlooked goods in good condition within them. It is believed to have been a case of gradual subsidence, The unballasted track through the forest, gradually depressed by a few years’ traffic, naturally became a drain. age conduit for the surface water of the forest, rendering in time the sub soll spongy throughout. The sig nificance of the fact that the line was much overgrown is most curious, in that this undergrowth probably owed much of its origin and profusion to the tak ing root of the submerged tree length ties. There was never any ballast and in some unusually warm summer it Is probable that the water soaked tree slo ghted down by the cum brous pig Iron rails, sank beneath the surface and there sprouted.—Electrical Review, pers, wel Trained to See a Joke. Can the seuse of humor be cults vated? I think of a boy with the literal directness of a small Briton, the de spair of his bumorous father. A sys tematic course was begun, in the hope that the child's life might be broad ened and brightened. Each week one or two evenings were devoted to a care ful explanation of the jokes as they appeared in three of the humorous weeklies of the better class, Puns were avoided, as they were more easily de tected and often enjoyed, while the father had no desire for a punster son At first the evenings were strenuous disliked by both; to the humorous side, so potent to the onlooker, father and son alike were oblivious. But at twen ty-five, while he is not an original joker, none can excel this young man in the ease and quickness with which he de tects a hidden meaning. The initiative seems not to be granted him, but 8 fund of enloyment is his which un doubtedly would have been lost but for his consistent training. Good Housekeeping. “Tarn to the Right” Residents of the United Btates are very apt to fall into the error of be leving that it is the custom for drivers and pedestrians the world over to “turn to the right.” That such is far from being the truth is easily proved. In China, “the land of opposites,” everybody turns to the left. The same is true in Persia, Hinfustan and Tar tary. In Turkey and Egypt no general rule is observed. In England and throughout Great Britain the rule is the same as in China-—"turn to the left" and the same is true of the greater portion of Europe in general. Even fn the United States the custom of turning to the right is not universal, for there are many places where the majority of the population are foreign rn, where “turn to the left rule” prevails —~8t. 15uis Republic. The Ideal Ear, An ear to be perfect should be dain tlly and delicately formed, with the curves all artistic and pretty. It should be neither too thin nor too fat, but a pleasing medium between the two. dt should be delicate rose color on the inside and pure white on the outside The lobe of the ear should be small and well shaped and should curve up to ward the cheek, not hang down In an Inartistie manner. A small ear Is usu THE CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA, One uf the Most Darin in the Hevord of Baillding. The Church of St. Sophia at Con- gtantinople ix, next the Pantheon at Dome, the most central and historic edifice | standing erect, It is now in its fourteenth century of continu- ous and unbroken use, and during the whole of the lust epoch it has never ceased to be the imperial fame of the eastern world, nor has it ever, as the Pantheon, been desolate and despolled {ts influence over eastern architecture has been almost as wide as that of the Pantheon over western architec ture, and it has been far more contin- uous. It was one of the most original, daring and triumphant conceptions in the whole record of human building, and Mr. Ferguson declares it to be internally “the most perfect and beau- tiful church ever yet erected by any Christian people.” Its interior is cer- tainly the most harmonious, most com- plete and least faulty of all the great domed and round arched temples. It unites sublimity of construction with grace of detall, splendor of decora- tion with indestructible material. it avolds the conspicuous faults of the great of Rome and of Florence, while it Is far richer in deco- rative eff within than our own St Paul's or the Pantheon of Paris. Its glorious vesture of marble, mosale, cary and cast metal is unsurpassed t of the Gothic cathedrals and is far more enduring. Though twice as old as Westminster abbey, it his 10 ® tonveptlions fo temples ing by the ric hes suffered less dilapidation and will cutlast it. Its constructive mass nal ornamentation far ex dity the sler , the ined glass of the In the masterly is aroused by the in- and it 10% and is in i wider shafts and the sta hes, of the construction, barn onles of and his successors ran » to find the most pre great church. vast pile of ed granite, green ] starred or ith white. The pagan temples ipped of thelr colunns & and cap Monoliths and wiossal slabs id from Minor and th the Pa 1 one exampl white marbles veined rere stiri MKS, black, theon at iver deste the greedy of the cross, al syed by ul the mosaics proph soldiers above, with eta and Christ up but serapbim fH wailes in glory heen Cov. not destroyed by the fierce ohammed.— Fortnightly have Thue Quality There are good sleepers—light sleepers the least li yr sound; who rest « 3 rough a thunder storm. Some fortunate people fall asleep almost as soon as the head rests on the pillow every night; others, less fortunate, must woo sleep patiently. The quality of sleep also varies. The neurasthenic wakes tired after a long night's sleep: the after dinner sleep of undue repletion Is unrefreshing and sometimes stupefying. On the other band, a brief nap may dismiss at once the fatigue and languor of a busy man. The greatest foe of sleep is perhaps terror: suspense and anxiety oome next. Speaking generally, emotional excitement relating to the future and to action is a greater cause of wake- fulness than ariel and regret for the past. Grief, however, often gives rise to protracted sleeplessness indirectly; it affects the digestion, and then dys- pepsia interferes with sleep. When cold feet interefere with sleep, it is by an influence on the cerebral circulation. -London Practitioner of Sleep. and bad disturbed bY heavy sleepers, sleepers The Hunter's Moon. The hunter's moon is the full moon next following the harvest moon, which is itseif the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox. At the period of the hunters moon the full moon {which is necessarily opposite the sun) fs at that point In the ecliptic near enough to Arles to make an extremely small angle with the earth when rising. On that account there are several suc cessive nights during the October full moon when the rising is nearly at the same hour. In some cases the differ ence is only a half hour in four nights, In old times the harvest moon was supposed to be a special provision of the Almighty to allow the husbandman to care for his grain, and when it was noticed that the October moon also gave more than the normal amount of light some one named it the hunter's moon, arguing that it was a special In- terposition of Providence to prolong the day in order that the nimrod could do better execution. Bird Friendship. A curious case of friendship between birds most strangely assorted is report. ed from Rosenberg, in Prussia. A hen had just hatched a single chicken, when one morning, nobody knows how, there appeared In the nest a young sparrow, Just beginning to wear its first fluff of feathers. The chick and the sparrow became fast friends at once, and the parent hen, taking kindly to the change. ling, gave equal care to both alike, the sparrow hopping about the nest at first and the hen never going far away and gheltering both hor young at night, un til, as the sparrow’s wings grew strong. or, he at first indniged in little flights, returning to the sheltering wings at night, and finally disappeared altogeth- or to the sparrosy world, When to Go Home, From the Bluffton, Iod., Banner: “* When tired «ut, go home, When you want consolation, go home. When you want fun, go home, When you have reformed, go home and let your family eet acquainted with the fact, When you want tt; show yourself at viur best go home and do the act there, When you feel like being extra liberal go home and practice on your children first. When you want to shine with extra brilliavey go home and light up ‘he whole house hold,” To which we would add, when you have a baa ¢old go home and take Chamberlain's Cougn Heme- dy and a quick cure is cerinin. For sale by The Btar Store, Centre Hall; F. A Carson, Potters Mills ; C. W., Bwartz, Tussey ville. ——r————— To » ¥mart Property.Owner, Painting is practical work. Bkill wing. It's the same with paint making. You know 4 gallons LL. & M. mixeo with 8 gallons Livsesd Oil makes epough paint for a moderate sized house-—the best paint money can buy —because the L., & M. Zive hardens the L. & M. Whit: Lead and makes the IL & M. Paint wear like iron, Buy L. & M. su’ don’t pay $160 = gallon for Linseed Oil, as you do it ready-for-use paint, but buy oil fre«h from the barrel at 60 cents, and mix with the L. & M. Actual cost I, & M. about §1.20 per gallon. Sold by Rearick Bros , Centre Hall ps A Home made HMappy by Chamberisin's Cough Remedy About two months ago our baby girl had measles which settled on her lungs and at last re-ulted in a severe attack of bronchitis. We had two doe tors but no relief was obtained Everybody thought she would die. i went to eight different stores to find » certain remedy which had been recom- mended to me and failed to get it when one of the storekeepers ivsisted that I try Chamberlain's Cough Rem- eddy. I did so and our baby is mlive and well today.—Geo W. Bpence, Holly Springs, N. C. For sale by Phe Star Store, Centre Hall; F. A Carson, Potters Mills ; ©. W. Swartz, lussey ville, sditss——— i ———— Adverts Buy BUCKEYE Stock and Poultry Food, | Stock Food. Condition Powders. Worm Kill- er. Gall Cure. Louse Killer, Poultry Food and Cow Vigor, The most reliable Stock and Poultry Food on the market. Your money back if results are not satisfactory. Does not cost as much as other foods on the market. Give it a trial and save money. Sold in packages or bulk. S. H. KNEPLEY Blacksmith ... Wood Workar... Attention is here called to the fact that I have located opposite the Scheol House and am prepared todo . . . | GENERAL BLACKSMITH- | ING & WOOD WORK, Special attention given to Satisfactory work is guar- anteed. Call to see me, JOHN R. STRONG TAXIDERMIST POTTERS MILLS, PERN. ready to do all kinds of work his line at moderate prices and TANNING FURS MOUNTING RUGS (Robes made from all Kinds of somely Hull: oo lined. ADDRESS ; 3 oD No. 5." Box This is one reason why Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is so valua- ble in consumption. It stops the wear and tear of uscicss coughing. But it does more —it controls the inflammation, § quiets the fever, soothes, heals. Ask your doctor about this. The best kind of a testimonial — “ Bold 10d for over sixty years.” Made b77.0. Ayer Co. Lowell, Mass. manufacturers of dP SARSAPARILLA. Yyers PILLS. HAIR VIGOR. We have no secrets! We publish the formulss of all our medicines. Hasten recove keeping thc bowels OEY rh Ayer's Pills. H. F. ROSSMAN SPRING MILLS, PA. ,000000000020020000000000090 200000000000 000S 2000000000000000000000000000000000000008C200 | : i i ! j Shoes! My Fall line is com- plete in Leather and Rubber Foot wear, Pleased to have you call before completing your Winter Footwear. I can give you the best rubbergoods on the market, C. A. KRAPE Spring Mills, Pa. : IANOS and ORGANS... The LESTER Piano is a strict- ly high grade instrument endorsed by the New England Conservatory Boston, Mass., Broad Street Con- servatory, Philadelphia, as being unsurpassed for tone, touch and finish. The “Stevens” Reed-Pipe Piano Organ is the new- est_thing on the market, We are also headquarters for the “White” Sewing Machine, Terms to suit the buyer. Ask for Satsiogus snd prio: . C. E. ZEIGLER SPRING MILLS, - - - B00 000000000000 000000050OS DB 280000R8 0 PA. H 8. TAYLOR ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office : House Block PA. 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