4 a THE ‘CENTRE REPORTER ee —— A ——— THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1906. CHURCH APPOINTMENTS. Retormed-—-Union, morning. Presbyterian—Centre Hall, Mills, afternoon. Latheran-—_Tumeyyille, morning ; Centre Hall, afternoon ; Spring Mills, evening. [Appointments not given here have not been reported to this office. | morning ; Spring SALE REGISTER, DECEMBER 21, 12.30—Thomas Trutt, one-half mile east of Centre Hall, adjoining Koch proper: ty : Household goods, apples, potatoes, dried and canned fruit, jellies, aie butter, flour, corn, hay, ete. Thursday, March 14—-D, W, Bradford. James C. Goodhsart, stock sale, March 28. Saturday, Quarterly Conference, There will be a meeting of the Quar- terly Conference of the United Evan- gelical church, Saturday afternocn, at Centre Hall. Communion services Sunday evening, conducted by Pre siding Elder 8. P. Reamer. emem——r—r— Cam pbell’s Holliday Announcement. As the holidays are approaching every person is at a loss to know what to buy for a Christmas or New Year present. I invite you to come to my store and I will try and help you de- cide, 8s you will find I carry the largest and best assortment of Rockers, Cham- ber suits, Couches, Bide boards, Ex- tension tables, Iron and Brass Beds— in fact a general live of furniture and carpets—in the part of the county eastern 8. M., CAMPBELL, Both phones. Millheim, Pa. Oak Hall, Miss Claudia Wieland has been ill of tonsilitis. C. H. Kline and wife, of State Col- lege, were in town Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Shutt, of Bellefonte, were guests at the Dernar home re- cently. Mrs. B. E. Stamm and daughter, of Altoona, are visiting friends in this vicinity. Mrs. Ross Lowder is entertaining her mother, Mrs. Thomas Gramley, of Altoona. Miss Mary Homan visited ber uncle, George Homan, near Pine Hall, last week. Miss Laura Benner returned Thurs- day from a week’s visit in Ferguson township. A number of people froma this place went to Boalsburg Sunday afternoon to hear Rev. Groh, of Carlisle, Mrs. E. B. Peters and son Luther spent several days last week at the home of James Peters, at Rock Springs. S———— A ——————— LOCALS, The diphtheria epidemic in Tyrone is abating. The borough schools will be closed during Christmas week. Miss Apna Bhoop is back from Beaverdale, Altoona and other points, William Wolf, the bricklayer, of Bellefonte, recently fell from a scaf- fold and broke several ribs. The weather program for Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday was snowy and cold, rain and mud. The members of the Reformed Bun- day school will hold their Christmas service Sunday evening, 30th inst, Senator Dimeling and a number of Clearfield friends spent a few days last week at the Nittany Club House, After about a month’s stay in Phila- delphia, Mrs. W. B. Mingle and moth- er, Mrs. Phoebe Yearick, returned to Centre Hall Saturday. The widow of Elias Vonada, Mrs, Catharine J. Vonada, of Zion, will make her home in Valley Falls, Kan- sas, having gone to that place recently. A revival meeting has been in prog- ress for the past ten days in the Meth- odist church, Millheim. The services are being conducted by the pastor, Rev. G. W. Mclinay. The Penns Valley Banking Compa- ny is putting out a very pretty souve- nir in the form of a color barometer, Like the institution it represents, it is of service at all times, Samuel E. Weber, of Boalsburg, the junior member of the firm of Weber Brothers, doing business at both Cen- tre Hall and Oak Hall Station, was in Centre Hall Monday, having come here to transact business. The pastors of the several denowmi- nations represented in Centre Hall met at the home of Rev. J. M. Rearick Monday to arrange for a week of prayer, the services to begin Bunday evening, January 6th. The program will appear later, It is a little early to measure next year's wheat crop, but still it is encour- ing to learn that the agricultural boon has not begun to subside. The area sown to winter wheat is larger than a year ago, and the condition is as high as it was then and higher than for an average of nine years, Harry Royer, of Altoons, was u call er Tuesday on his way from Burnham to Madisonburg, where he expects to remain for s short time. Mr. Royer informs the Reporter that Tuesday morning, without previous notice, two hundred and fifty men were dis Shatyud from the Logan Iron Works one of them. He wal oh . the and sy v FIRE HOSE NEEDED, | The Supply on Hand Praotionlly Useless Largely Dus to Lack of Usre, About seven hundred feet of fire hose are needed by the local fire com- pany to put them in position to be of service in case of fire. The borough now owns approximately that many feet of hose, but they are of no prac- tical value, due largely to the lack of care given them since purchasing them. No provision was made for the care of hose, except to reel them on a cart, and under such conditions their usefulness ceased some years ago. The purchasing of new hose, not less than six or seven hundred feet, is be- ing generally agitated. There is alo a demand for a Lose tower in which hose may be properly dried and con- veniently stored. W. B. Mingle, Eeq., has offered a tower site to the rear of the Penns Valley Banking Company's building. The location is ideal, being central and within easy access, This offer has been open for several years, and should be accepted. The purchasing of fire hose at 75 cents to $1.00 per foot would be a waste of good money and lack of judgment unless ample provision, outside of a hose cart stored in an out of the way place, is made for their keeping. While the council has pot taken action, it is reasonable to presume that the folly of permitting several hun- dred feet of fire | ose to decay will not be repeated, especially so when citi zens who pay the bills are agitating the erection of a tower, and a site for it is offered gratis. Money expended for reasonable fire protection will yield large returns. The end accomplished recently by the use of the absolutely unfit and rotten hose was marvelous. [f the tax-payers are willing to pay for apparatuses to protect sgainst the ob their property by fire they should have it, snd immediately Such are the unmistakable condi- tions, and the Reporter believes that the members of the borough council will be guided by that sentiment |, J Loenl lostitute, ressonsbly litersntion of The local institute in the first dis. trict will be held at Asronsburg, Sat- urday, 15th inst. There will be two gessions—morning and afternoon, The district is composed of Miles, Penn, Haines, Gregg townships and Mill- heim borough. The program commit- tee is as follows: R. U. Wasson, H. N. Meyer, M. C, Haines, J. N. Moyer, M. T. Zabler. THE PROGRAM. Devotional exercises— Rev. B. R. M, Bheeder. Discussion—** What Should be the motive in Teaching History 7" R. U. Wasson. Round Table Conferences — (a) “ Teachers’ Meetings.” (b) “What Steps Should be Taken to Bupport the Township High School? Readiog—Miss Bertha Duck, Discussion—** Practical Arithmetic.” R. U. Bitoper. Discussion—** Language and Com- position.” Miss Eva Moyer. Reading —Miss Alice Robinson, Discussion (1) —* Preparation of Lessons at Home.” B. G. Walker. Discussion (2) — “The Reserve Forces of a Teacher.” John Wetzel. Reading—Miss Bara Meyer. Discussion—*' Proper Inceatives to Study.” TI. A. Auman. ——————— A ————— Aaronsburg, Miss Jennie Hull returned home, after a month's stay in Huntingdon. Miss Minnie Grimes, of Coburn, has come to spend the winter months at J, M. Btover's. Miss Mabel Bower, of Northumber- land, is the guest of her Grandmother Bower. Charles Acker, who is employed in Altoona, is spending some time under the parental roof, W. C. Mingle and sister, Misa Nellie, were home from Potters Mills 'o help butcher on Saturday. The Teachers’ Local Institute will be held in the Reformed church Batur- day forenoon and afterpoon. Mrs. Lydia Meyer and Mrs. W, H. Puilips have gone to Philadelphia to spend the winter with friends. Mrs. Bertha Lane has returned to her home at Tyson, after a few weeks’ stay with her mother, Mrs. Leitzell. Harry Gramley and Miss Confer, of Rebersburg, spent part of the Sabbath with Stella Kahl at the home of Wee- ley Wyle. Wm. Condo, an aged and much re- spected citizen fell over in his shop one day last week, At present he is in a critical condition. Robert Mensch, one of the up-to-date merchants, has his store room dressed in the prettiest holiday attire. The doll contest is one of the main objects, for all the little girls are anxious to know who will get the doll on It is not the quantit, but the amount di —— A Patented Plast, “One plant at least has been patent- ed,” sald an Inventor. “It 1s the Abrus precatorius, nlias paternoster pea, alias weather plant. John Nowack took out the patent. The weather plant is still pelieved by many persons to foretell the weather, John Nowack was sure it did so, and he put it on the market along with an indicating apparatus, eight hours In advance and for fifty miles around fog, rain, snow, hall, earthquake and depressions likely to cause explosions of fire damp. Alas for poor Nowack! The experts of the bureau of agriculture took up his pat- ented plant. They proved that the movements of the leaves—to the right foretelling rain, to the left foretelling drought—were not caused by the weather, but by the light. And they proved that the plant's famous down- ward movement, which was supposed to foretell earthquake, was caused by an insect that punctured the stem, causing the leaf, naturally, to droop. That is the only patented plant I know of, and Nowack lost money on BY Buying Birds to Free Them, Birds are often purchased in the bird market at Lucknow, India, in order to be set free again. This is done by Hin- doos as a work of merit and by Mo- bammedans after certain rites have been performed as an atonement, In tmitation of the Jewish scapegoat. It is essential that a bird used for this purpose should be strong enough to fly away; but that does not induce the cruel dealers to feed the birds, or to refrain from dislocating their wings or breaking their legs. They put down everything to geod or bad luck, and leave the customer to choose a strong bird, if he ean find one, and to go away if he cannot. The merit obtained by setting a bird free is not attributed to Deity, but it Is supposed to come In a large measure from the bird itself or from its attendant spirit, and hence birds of good or bad omen, and es- pecially kites and crows, are in much demand and are regularly caught to be sold for this purpose. “Home, Sweet Home.” Probably no one would have been more surprised than Sir Henry Bishop himself could be have foreseen that a single melody In one of his numerous operas would achieve such celebrity that at the present day it is still sung by leading prima donnas at fashionable concerts, jangled on street organs and loved by a vast public that knows noth. ing of music, properly so called, as the purest representation of the English spirit—"“Home, Sweet Home.” “Clari, the Maid of Milan” the opera in which this favorite song occurred, has long been consigned to the limbo of forgot. ten musical works, but “Home, Sweet Home,” survives with undiminished popularity and is likely to survive when many more pretentious composi- tions have followed “The Mald of Milan” into oblivion—Cornell Mag- azine, t Women and Mirrors, “We carry lots of women clear to the top floor or at least several floors up and then they take the next elevator down without going three steps away from the elevator,” declared the opera- tor of one of the “lifts” In a big office building. “No, it isn't because they like to ride in the elevators particular ly. Why do they do it? To get the use of the mirrors, of course. See those mirrors on either side of the ele- vator? That's what attracts them. A bit of wind will strike them as they turn the corner by a big building and then they Imagine that thelr balr ls badly disarranged and make for the nearest mirror, which is In the ele vator."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Chinese Duel A Chinaman was killed recently In Bangkok in a duel with another of his race. The Chinese method of dueling is Interesting, but does not seem dead- ly. These two Bangkok Chinamen fought with the two forefingers of each hand, stabbing each other with these In the region of the spleen and at the same level on the other side of the body. The men who go in for this kind of contest practice every morn ing, stabbing bags of rice or paddy with these fingers till they can use them like a piece of iron. Death by Bolling. In old England, before the law was passed which prohibited “eruel and un- usual forms of punishment,” murder ers were often condemned to death by boiling. In such cases the victims were chained in large kettles of cold water, which was gradually heated until it caused the flesh to drop from the bones. The last English victim of the “bolling death” was one Rouse, a cook, who, it was alleged, had killed seventeen persons, Talked Shop. “1 spent a pleasant half hour in a barber's chair yesterday.” “How was that?” “Listening to the barber's story of how his brother went suddenly insane and slashed a customer. The barber explained between strokes that insanity ran lo bis family. Columbus Press Anonymous, Schoolmaster—“ Anonymous’ means without a name. Give me a sentence showing you understand how to use the word. Small Boy-—-Our new baby is anonymous, Chums, Trying te Kill Him, Mrs. Benbam--1 baked you another cake today. Renbam--1 know what you want; you want my life insurance. AA We ought either to be silent or speak ‘things better than silence.~Pythago- The Renu The other ufternoou to the Reading terminal, galloped up | the stalrs i dashed for the train | shed jut } the gates were ¢ losed | against Lin, fle locked us If he wanted to swear | most vociferously, but he was out of | all that he could do was to | againgt the fence and soulfully | #igh. It was then that the grinful idiot, who is always on hand, paced over and butted in, “Did you miss your train, old boy?” tie queried, with a smiling glance at the panting one, “No,” was the grouchy rejoinder. *1 chase myself up here that way every five minutes to see them shut the gates.” “What made you so late?” queried the other, not at all abashed. “Is your watch out of order?” “No, my watch is all to the good,” re- plied the man who missed the train, “put I think that my feet are about two minutes slow.”—Philadelphia Tele- graph. Trouble, | a man roshed in- | His Lesson. A woman who had divorced her hus- band met him after many years. “Have you married again?’ she asked, The man shook his head. “Ah!” sighed the woman, love me.” “No,” sald the man, “I love myself.” He was asked to explain, “Bondage taught me the value of freedom,” he replied. “1 am answer. ible now only to myself. I come when I please, go when I please, do what I ; and need not explana 1 mger divide my pleasures tiply my worries by the What I earn is mine template is possible ed fa ar for myself alone, but th wn I have “You still make no great joys, at se ITOws." “And love “1 have i iired the * answered the ‘ollock in Show. woman. The Bird's Bill Was Locked. A curious bird tragedy Is told about in the London F ., A man found a yellow ha dead in his yard at the foot of a I. The bird had flown against it with such force ns to be stunned. Not only that, but the upper mandible had been bent back, and In the straightening out the sharp point was driven through the lower bill and locked, thus dooming the bird to death by starvation. The man se - the head to the Field. A good m “idents have been recorded. but it was always a heavier bird, whose welght made the springing of the bill easier. A good many of the binds were found in a starved condition, showing that they dled lingering deaths from want of food Birds that fiy against the lighthouses bave the skull bones but others down crushed and die instantly, are stunned only State Laws, “If you should have your choice whether to die in the Empire State or in good old New don't fall to select remarked a Hoboken “Over there” Jersey, Jersey.” lawyer the other day sald he, “we still do business on lines laid out by the common law. For ex- ample, under the laws of New Jersey a husband is entitled to all the per sonal property left by his deceased wife. Across the river the case Is quite different, because under the laws of the state of New York haif of a de ceased wife's personal estate goes to her children and the residue reverts to ber husband. Only where there are no children is the hubby the whole thing.” ~New York Press Hie Was Drugged. An ambulance surgeon had a curl ous experience the other night He was summoned to a police station to examine an unconscious prisoner. The prisoner, very muddy and disheveled, lay on the floor of the cell rooms. The physician bent over and examined him and then, rising, sald in a loud stern voice: “This man's condition is not due to drink. He has been drugged.” A policeman turned pale and said In a timid, hesitating volce: “I'm afraid yer right, sir. I drugged him all the way from Carney’s saloon, a matter of a hundred yards or more.” — Argonaut, When to Eat Cotten. When one by accident swallows an ohiject not intended for eating it Is a precaution to after it a quantity of absorbent cotton which has been pleked into fine threads and mixed in bread and milk. The button, safety pin or whatever it may be gath- ere the cotton about it, thus covering up any rough edge or sharp point and allowing it to pass through the stom- ach and intestines without causing in- jury. wise send The Simple Bride. Bride (after the return from the bridal tour)—1 see by this medical work that a man requires eight hours’ sleep and a woman ten. Bridegroom-—-Yes, I've read that somewhere myself. Bride—How nice! You can get up every morning and have the fire made and the breakfast ready before it Is time for me to get up.—London Tit- Bits, Why They Preach, The distinction between a good preacher and a bad preacher has not changed much since Archbishop Whately declared that “a good preach: er preached because he had some thing to say and a bad preacher be- cause he had to say something” Anuther Rejection. Pootess—1 got quits last night with the editor who rejects all my verses, 1 rejected his son. London Tit-Bits. Whza to Uo Home, From the Bluffton, Ind., Banner: “ When tired out, go home, When you want consolation, go home. When you want fun, go home. When you have reformed, go home and let your When you want to show yourself at your best go home and do the act there, When yu feel like being extra liberal go home uy ractice on your wife and children fir-t. When you want to shine with extra brillianey go home and light up the who's house hold.” To which we would add, when you have a bsd cold go home and take Chamberlain's Cough Heme- dy and a quick cure is certain, For #sle by The Btar Store, Centre Hall ; Carson, Potters Mills ; OC. W, Tussey ville, F. A. Hwarlz, ecnlimeb—— To wn Smart Property.Owner, Painting is practical work. Bkill wins. It’s the sume with paint making, You know 4 gallops L.. & M. mixed with 8 gallons Linseed Oil makes enough paint for a moderate sized house—the best paint money can buy —because the IL. & M. Zine hardens the LL. & M. Whit: Lead and makes the I. & M. Paint wear like iron, Buy L. & M. and don’t pay $1.50 a gallon for Linseed Oil, as you do in ready-for-use paint, but buy oil fresh from the barrel at 60 cents, and mix with the L. & M. Actual cost L,. & M. about §1.20 per gallon, Sold by Rearick Brose, A ——— AYP IATA Centre Hall, 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 Just resulted in a severe stinck of bronchitis. We had two doce- tors but no relief was obtained. Everybody thought she would die. I went to eight different stores to find a certain remedy which bad been recom. mended to me and failed to get it, when one of the storekeepers iusisted that I try Chamberlain's Cough Rem- edy. Ididsosnd our baby is alive snd well to-dasy.—GUeo W. Bpence, Holly Bprings, N.( For sale by Ihe Star store, Centre Hall; F. A. Carson, Potters Mills ; C. W. Swartz, Tussey ville. erro aom———— Advertise, y 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 Poultry Food on the a Your money back if re esults are not satisfactory. Does ot cost as much as other oo is on the market. Give it a trial and save money. Sold in packages or bulk, Howard Creamery Corp. CENTRE HALL, PA. On saie at the Creamery. Dis tributors for Progress Grange No. 96. i S. H. KNEPLEY ‘Blacksmith and ..Wood Worker... Attention is here called to the fact that I have located opposite the School House and am prepared todo . . . GENERAL BLACKSMITH- ING & WOOD WORK, Special attention given to Resetting Tire AND —Rimming Wheels— Satisfactory work is guar anteed. Call to see me. For Lung Troubles Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral cer- tainly cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, consumption. And it certainly strengthens weak throats and weak lungs. There can be no mistake about tis. You know itistrue. And vour own doctor will say so. The best kind of a testimonial — “Bold for over sixty years.” Made b J.C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. Also Atacturers + man IS PILLS, HAIR VIGOR. We have no seorets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. Keep the bowels regular with Ayer's Pills and thus hasten recovery. HOLIDAY GOODS Here's a Chance fo Select Your Xmas Gifts. Table Linens and Embroidered 1 Napkins, lable Covers Stand Covers, from 5 to 60 cts. Fan- cy Gloves and Mittens, Knit Sacques, Ladies Col- Towels, Fancy Table and Kerchiefs, Shawls and lars. Dolls. Fancy and Silk Suspenders, White & Black. Work Bask- Way's Mufflets, in Glove Boxes, ets. LAMPS. Xmas Fruit and Candy Oranges, Grapes and Nuts. A line of Strictly Pure Candy. Fancy good H. F. ROSSMAN SPRING MILLS, PA. P00000000000000000000000000000F0000000000000 rae eessIseue rs InItTIsEIsIsee 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. fil il : i FE STE SRE ERS 0 COB00RO00000000000008 000 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. roeeg ® : ; ; 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. catalogue and Prices. 3 Ask for C. E. ZEIGLER : SPRING MILLS, - - - PA cessor baosored aa ai H.* TAYLOR . I's Cn. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW a i
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