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THE CENTRE REPORTER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1906.
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The Grand Old Hymns,
We are with Prof. Morgan, of Brook-
lyn, in his idea that it is about time to
do away with rag-time music in the
churches. Bome of the Sunday school
song books used today are utterly
ridiculous, both as to music and senti-
ment. Selection after selection Is so
silly as to almost profane the worship.
Every church ought to sing its church
gongs, the good old hymns that will
last as long as religion itself, and the
Sunday schools are the places where
the children should learn and love
them,
The above is from the Democratic
Watchman, and represents the opinion
of this paper expressed on various oc-
casions in times past, Of course, the
churchman may have little or no re-
gard for the expressions of the country
newspaper on such subjects, but the
best of them would be all the better if
they would be willing to take the
good advice ofttimes found in the
columns of their home paper.
LOCALS,
A fine crop of ice was housed last
week,
This is February 6th, and the days
are noticeably longer.
T. B. Buddioger and family, of
Snow Shoe, have gone to Florida to
remain until the May days.
Jacob Walker and Benner Walker,
west of Centre Hall, attended the fu-
peral of the former's aunt, Mrs. Rachael
Walker, near Yaruvell.
Dr. C. 8. Musser has sold his home
in Aaronsburg to ex-Sheriff John P.
Condo. Consideration $3200. Mr.
Condo will take possession of it in the
spring.
Lumber business is very dull,”
writes CO. N. Kryder, of Covington,
Virginia, ** but that does not matter,
we must have the Centre Reporter, so
here is one dollar for another year.”
Nelson E. Robb, who was recently
advanced to the position of purchasing
agent for the United Telephone Com-
pany, will, in the near fature, move
from Bellefonte to Harrisburg.
A streteh of country about Centre
Haii enjoyed sledding for a week or
more when the roads west were nearly
or altogether bare, and on the east
wheeled vehicles were best suited to
the roads.
The iron railings placed pn the new
bridge in Millheim were furnished by
Messrs, Hosterman & Stover, the hard-
ware dealers. The railings afford
safety to the traveler and add to the
general appearance of the structure.
By a decree of the court two turn-
pikes—the Bellefonte and Boslsburg
and the Boalsburg and Agricultural
College—weie declared free of tolls.
This action was taken after the neces
gary proceedings for condemnation of
turnpikes had been gone through.
Al. Walters, cashier of the Millheim
bank, has decided to do his part ip
relieving Millheim in the matter of
scarcity of houses, and consequently
will erect a new dwelling bouse oppo-
site that of his own on Main street.
The location is a very desirable one.
The Crystal Palace Cafe, in Belle
fonte, which was formerly owned by
Jesse Cox, changed hands and ‘will
hereafter be conducted by Charles
Moerschbacher. Mr. Moerschbacher
expects to make some improvements
in the pear future. [he consideration
is stated as being $4,000,
John Neese, who for several years
had been in the Centre Hall Roller
Flouring Mills, owned by the Weber
Brothers, will go back to the mill
again, but pot in Centre Hall. He
went to Neshanic Station, a small
town in New Jersey, veginning of this
week, and it is there he will go to
work, and in the spring he wili take
his family with him.
Mrs. Charles Beury, of Philadelphia,
nee Miss Ella Fischer, daughter of
Rev. W. E. Fischer, D. D., of S8hamo-
kin, with her husband are on a pleas
ure trip to South America, They will
glso stop at Cuba, Colon on the Pana-
ma Canal zove, aod other points, On
their wedding tour the young couple
encircled the globe, stopping for some
time with Mrs. Beury’s sister, in
China,
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Rebersburg.
Daniel Moyer, of Osceola, ie visiting
friends and relatives in town.
Rev, H. C. Bixler, who had been ill,
is again able to be out,
Floyd Gramlry, a student at Penn-
sylvania State College, is spending
some time with his parents,
A very violent storm passed over
this section Saturday sad BSuoday,
causing the rosds do be very much
drifted.
Milfred Garrett is the proudest msn
in town since the arrival of a baby
girl at their bouse,
ed filling their ice houses last week,
and are uow ready for the summer.
Jerome Moyer, who was seriously
afflicted with rheumatism, is slowly
fmproviog. .
Beott Stover left Saturday for State
College, where he will be employed at
his trade, that of carpertering.,
Harvey Zellers and wife, of Bugsr
Routh Rebersburg,
“AN ODD SUPERSTITION.
British Fisharmen Balk at the Name
of Graham.
Oue of the most curious of British
(shermen’s superstitions, the one which
perhaps to this day has the strongest
hold upon them, is that connected with
the name of Graham. No fisherman
will go to sea if he has heard this
name mentioned, nor will he do any
manner of work upon that day. He
will refuse to sail in a boat with any
one bearing the name, and a house
painter from Newcastle called Gra-
ham, who had been sent to do some
work in one of the large houses, found
his life made so unbeargble by the vil
lagers that he incontinently returned
to the town, leaving his work uncom-
pleted. The women who bait the lines
in the winter will unbait every hook
and rebait the whole length—the labor
of hours—if they hear it mentioned. A
local tradesman bearing this unfortu-
nate patronymic is never referred to
save gs “Puff;” another, an innkeeper,
is known as “Lucky Bits.” No ration
al explanation is to be found. On one
of the most intelligent fishermen being
questioned on the subject he laughed
the idea to scorn. Why, his daughter
was married to a Graham. But, he
added, a strange thing happened two
years ago when he was off at the her-
ring fishing and had not been home
for some weeks. Having received a
letter at Shields to say that his son-ln-
law was ill, he halled a passing boat
which had come from the north, ask-
ing if they had heard how Jack QGra-
ham was. “And, wad ye beleev't, ne
soonor had aa syed the words than
theor wes a crash, and the mast went
ower the side!” None of the crew
spoke to him for the rest of the day.~—
New York Post.
HABITS OF SPIDERS.
“Do These Insects Sleep?” Is Not an
Easy Question to Answer.
The question, “Do spiders sleep at
night?” is not easy to answer. 1 have
made a careful observation of the sleep
of ants, and that could readily be done
by watching colonies In their artificial
formicaries. It is almost impossible
to deal with spiders in the same way.
I would answer, however, In general
terms that spiders sleep, as all animals
do, and doubtless parts of the night
are spent in slumber. Many species,
however, prey on the night flying In-
sects, and so must be awake In order
to catch thelr prey. If you will watch
the porch or outbuildings of your home
on a summer evening you will be likely
to see an orb weaving spider drop
slowly down on a single thread in the
gathering dusk of the evening. From
this beginning a round web will soon
be spun, and either hanging at the
center thereof or in a little nest above
and at one side Is the architect, with
forefeet clasping what we call the
“trap line” and waiting for some night
fiying insect to strike the snare. In
this position spiders will sometimes
walt for hours, and it Is just possible
that they may then take a little nap.
They might easily do that and yet not
lose their game, for the agitation of the
web would rouse the sleeper, and then
it would run down the trap line and se-
cure its prey. Some species of spiders
do the chief part of their hunting at
night, and there are some who chiefly
hunt during the day; but, as a rule,
these industrious awimals work both
day and night.—8t. Nicholas.
Suffered For His Chickens.
In London as far back as 1791 a city
ordinance was passed to suppress the
early morning cries of the street huck-
sters. This law was so severe that a
person arrested twice for the same of-
fense could be imprisoned for ten
years. There is one record of a man |
lingering in prison for ten years.
When his time was up he was asked
what his crime was.
“For selling chickens that squawk-
ed,” was the reply.
In the confusion of the trial the fact
was not brought out thut the chickens
and not the man were responsible
for the din that aroused the wrath of
the disturbed citizens,
Wanted Money Too.
Ned, walking with his father, saw
him give a beggar 5 cents and inquired
into the matter.
“What did you give that man 5 cents
for, papa?’ asked Ned,
“So that he might eat bread, my boy,”
said the father.
That evening at the supper table it
was observed that Ned declined to eat
any bread, in any shape.
“Aren't you eating bread nowadays,
my boy?’ his mother asked.
“No, mamma."
“Why not?
“80 papa’ll give me Bb cents.” Clave.
land Plain Dealer,
Might Start a Forest.
A lady told a party of friends that
she had quarreled with her husband
and planted a tree In memory of
thelr first falling out.
“What a splendid idea,” whispered
in her husband's ear; “if
A “CURE” FOR CUSSING.
The Penitent Beoteman Found His
Load a Heavy One,
A clergyman In SBeotland observed
with much perturbation that a mem-
per of his congregation was greatly
given to the use of strong language.
Over and over again he remonstrated
with the man to give up the bad habit.
Iu time the man himself came to see
the error of his ways, and desired no
ss earnestly to break himself of the
use of bad language. The difficulty,
however, was to find a method of
joing so. One day the clergyman hit
upon a happy thought.
“Get a bag” he sald to
“and every time you swear put a
pebble Into It, At the end of the
month you will bring that bag to me.
I vill count the pebbles and see what
the effect has been.”
The man accepted the Idea with
alacrity. He got a bag, ad, religious-
ly, every time he swore what Mr. Gil-
bert in the “Pinafore” calls a “big, big
D,” he duly put a pebble into it. At
the end of the month he went to the
clergyman, taking the bag with him,
It was not an easy task, for, as any
one might see, the bag was very full
and very heavy. He went into the
clergyman’'s study and put the bag
on the table.
The minister looked up with a seri
ous expression. “This Is very serious,
my friend. | am sorry to see you have
80 many pebbles In the bag.”
“Hoot, minister!” exclaimed the man
cheerfully; “this is only the ‘devil's’
the ‘damnus’ aré all at the dikeside in
another bag. They were over heavy
to bring up!”--Excelsior
A CLEVER TRICK.
The Way Lerd Cockrane Once Won an
English Election.
When Lord Cochrane was a eand!
date for parilament in Houlton he re
fused to give auy bribes. As his oppo
nent gave £5 a head, Lord Cochrane
suffered defeat. The latter,
sent the bellman round the town
that all those who had voted
would
if they called
preballot days of
was known how each man
) voted, and happy minority march-
ed off to the agent, each getting his 10
gulneas., Natural
the man,
however,
an
nouncing
for Lord
guineas
receive 10
on his
Cochrane
£inece
agent those
Course
the
ally enough, the major.
had
solve! toa
aigts we first
in due course an opportunity
There was
wid Cochrane stood
pnembering his lavish
ked him no questions, but r
turned him with a roaring moa
Then they conveyed a delicate hint to
the noble lord asking what he pro
e them for this distinguish
od service. “Not one farthing!” roared
his lordship. The unhappy “men re
minded him that he had paid 10 guin
eas #1 head to the minority at the pre
vious election. A complacent grin
brightened the face of the member as
he gave this explanation: “The former
gift was for their disinterested con
duct in not taking the bribe of £5 from
i of my For mo
now to pay them would be a violation
of my own previously expressed prin
ciples.”
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te it they
made a
rectify
poss ble moe
election
and the
me h
another
Again
(pre re
jority.
wed to gi
rons Fey
the ag opponent
identified.
Tommy meade himself the hero of a
, which the Boston Record prints,
when he called for “that one about the
boy who ate the ribbons and it made
him sick.™
Aunt Ethel was puzzled. “1 know
of no such story,” she sald, after
searching her memory vainly,
Nothing she could suggest answered
the description. Tommy cannot read,
Fhut he thought he could find the book.
He found it. They read one thing aft
er another. until! in the midst of the
“Night Before Christmas” Tommy gave
a whoop of glee. Aunt Ethel was read-
ing:
“‘He rushed to
threw up the sash'"
“That's it! That's it!” eried Tommy.
“You see. it's just as [ told you!”
A Dutch Ironclad.
It is of interest {o @ote that, accord:
ing to some authorities, the Dutch
were the first in the modern period of
history to build an Ironciad and that
during the siege of Antwerp by the
Spaniards in 1085 the people of that
city built an enormous flat bottomed
vessel, armored it with heavy fron
plates and thus constructed what they
regarded as an lmpregnable battery.
This they named Finis Bell. Unfor
tunately the vessel got aground before
coming into action and fell into the
hands of the enemy. It was held by
Alexander of Parma to the end of the
slege as a curiosity, but was never em
ployed by either side In any action.
Kiors
the window and
A Handy Measure.
If you have a pint jug sud wish to
measure off half a pint with tolerdble
accuracy It Is useless to try and do s0
by guessing when the jug Is half full
A better way Is to tilt the jug until
the contents just reach to the upper
end of the bottom of the vessel and
just touch the lip at the lower end of
the mouth. In this way the space in
the pint jug is practically cut into two
equal portions, each half representing
the space taken by half a pint.—Lon-
don Graphic.
. Man Is Wiser.
Gerryman (at the mirfor)—Put a
monkey before a looking glass, they
say, and he will look behind it. Miss
Bharpe—~But a man knows better. He
knows he won't find anything funnier
there than the face he sees before him.
~Boston Transcript.
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All affectation is the vain and ridie
ulous attempt of poverty to appear
We wish to announce
to our many patrons, and
to those who have not yet
become so, that we are
now able to accommodate
you better than ever in
the way of having a more
complete line of Furniture,
Since we have more
* room, we will keep more
lines to select from, and
are making an earnest ef-
fort to supply our custom-
ers with the best for the
least money, When you
want a piece of Furniture,
don’t hesitate, but come at
once, and we shall make
it worth your while,
Rearick’s
FurnitureStore
Centre Hall, Pa.
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Muslins, Shirtings,
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Calicoes, Lancaster
(Ginghams and
Bates Dress
Ginghams.
Also the Largest and Finest
Lot of Laces, Embroidery,
insertions and Trimmings
Call and See
H. F. ROSSMAN
Spring Mills - - - Penn,
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Wanted
Lard, Side Meat,
Onions, Chickens,
Fresh Eggs.
Highest §Cash prices
paid for same deliver-
ed to Creamery.
Howard Creamery Corp.
Bulletin
THE EASE OF TRAVEL TO-DAY
steam.
a mile of railroad track.
rapidly forward within the last two generations,
remote people.
velopment comes the railroad,
sgency of transfer, and
followed.
track and equipped it with the best rolling stock.
ed or absorbed branch lines and consolidated them with
its a pleasure,
travel snd make it recreative rather than burdensome.
under copditions most sccommodating to the passenger,
schedules of the traing are designed to mset
efficiency.
making it easy. Interchange is the life of the social
Travel ia a tonie to the tired —the ens of observation to all.
well as for a trip around the world
provide the tickets for one of your selection.
the Pennsylvania Railroad at your command,
_—— 0 RE AT
Annual Cash Sale
Penn’a
Boalsburg =
will begin
A TTR.
This sale is just what it is here advertised to be—
REDUCED PRICES.
SELTZ SHOES
$4.00 Shoes now selling for $3.25 Cash
300 “ « 4" « Towcah
2.25 1.80 Cash
“ i“ “ “
$3.00 Cash
2.50 Cash
1.75 Cash
$3.50 Value now go for
3.00 i“ & é“
2.50
i“ &“ &“
PRINTS that sold for 8, now 7c, cash.
All-Wool BLANKETS
A $6.50 "and $7.00 Blanket now
These are real all-wool blankets
The Goods mentioned here are only a small part of the Cash
that we are offering. There is not a line of stock in our store that
Cash Sales do-s not apply to, but
GOODS ARE FOR CASH AND CASH ONLY. All goods hanged in
the books will go AT THE OLD RATE, AND NO CEPTION.
Alfalfa for Chickens,
Choice alfalfa, iu bales of from 80
100 pounds, is offered to poultrymen at
one cent per pound, f o. b. Centre
Hall station.
This is the third cutting, and was
stored in . It 1a as green =a
and in readily eaten by fow
poultryman acquainted with his
business knows the value of alfalfa as
an egg producer,
Terms spot .
H.W. Barra, Centre Hall.