A “My Closest rT My closest friend! O subtle phrase Replete with meaning that allays The sting of ' loneliness and care, And ‘bredthes un intipaté, sweat air Of comradeship through all my days! Alas! there is another phase Of friendship, which my ardor stays— For sometimes | can scarcely bear My closest friend! Her social debtg she never pays; At restaurants, her mind's a haze, She doesn't even her share Much to my pocketbook's despair! In fact, she is in many ways My closest friend! do —Puck, RALPH'S on AI ——— BY ADELAIDE BRONSON. turned out the light bed. It was only 9 o'clock but he was tired to the point of complete exhaustion. He had put in a day in a new telegraph of- fice, and he had glad when night relief came in to le. him off, It was the first experience in a rail road office, and he Jgund the work vastly differen the more placid routine o commercial rar f a where tel Ralph Morrow and jumped into hard been from WOT rest A stant stra in five minutes He had when a upon his There was sound. It drop; soft, graph room ing { graph this mean fe inq ame from Callie on iickly the Every moment ut an 63 £ Af a reply: right. thorn LATE room your relat me Ko and, with a re- er a haat “0 ped into his clothes, volver that he had used when he was in charge of an office on ths night trick held ready for instant use, he softly opened his door and out into the hall. For a moment the “room on the right” puzzied him. There were rooms on each side of him, Was it on the right, entering or leav- ing his own room. He concluded that it must have meant the room to the east of his, and with stealthy steps he approached the door, Care- fully he turned the knob and then, with a lunge, threw his entire weight against the door, There was no wood. The door crash of splintering was not locked, and the push he gave sent him spinning into the room, until he lost ance and fell heavily to the floor. There was a cry of terror, and Ralph scrambled into a sitting posi tion to look into a pair of blue eyes get in a very scared face, “I'm not a burglar,” he assured as he slipped the gun into his pocket. “You telégraphed help and 1 came to your relief.” “Telegraphed?”’ The dazed. “Certainly,” insisted Ralph. tolegraphed that your danger. You sald bound and helpless.” He looked uncertainly about him. The girl had been sitting quietly beside the drop light on the table. The book she had been reading lay on the floor beside her, and there was no trace of ropes or bonds of any sort, “It must be the other room,” he sald dully. "It said the room on right and I supposed that that meant the east. It is one of the two” “Some one is In danger?’ asked the girl, eateking the Infection of hie fear, “In mortal danger! Listen” He Jed the way to the door of his room. The ticking was heard distinctively and now the message had changed to a more desperate appeal for assist. for girl seemed “You life wag In that you were ance. * Ralph read the-eall-as and the Sis face grew white | TR terror. “T'o think that such a thing could happen in this house,” she gasped. “l have been living here for nearly a year. Theré might have been othor people killed In that time and we know nothing about It.” There was a labored step on the gtairs and the landlady's perspiring appeared above the top step, the rest of her ponderous body following. She eyed the pair sharply as she came toward them. “Been getting acquainted?” she asked pleasantly, though her face in- dicated suspicion dnd disapproval Hysterically the girl told her story and the suspicicus look gave place smile. “Come with me, boarding house mistress, can find the man who needs ance." She led the way to the floor above and » tapped on a door came again a terrified appeal ald. The message stopped in middle of a sentence and flung open by a mild appear man. “This is " commanded the “l guess I assists as she the door ing young the Mr. Morrow, our ney landlady. been tele- nearly fron led ns preaxing the “He says have and death, that you graphing for help he scared Miss Shay into room thought that the her room.” “I guess to rescue sound came ¥ her to it goes through the floor,” } “I have and and the ling You ag telegr aside into the ator, stood room. seare know eam dreams Buffalo Courls MOUNTAIN SLIDING, A Hawaiian Small Boy Simply “Drops Down the Edge of the Scenery.” : no means the Vigorous alaietl boys of ng is a favorite are pastime, thousand iking distance rolula, and on the re are two moun- fully teen thousand feet in Someti Honolulu nt*¥n peaks four feet ithin easy w part of Ho Hawail the four the on the moun pils may gather land- excursions in height. mes § g that th shells It is on search of land-shelis that Hawalian schoolboys revel In national sport-——mountain-slid- he nt ¥ these ing. A very steep mountain side Is where the grass Is long sloping downward. Every one gathers hig own tl leaves—the ti leaf is something like the banana leaf, but not nearly so long. With a bunch of ti leaves in his hand, the first boy gtema ‘in both places the leafy part leaves by the start and drops down the edge of tl I was assured matter to regu- the spaed of descent, by mere. the ti stems firmly and them upward, this acting as a brake. I longed for the thrill of dropping down over the edge of a mountain, and upon my brief sled of ti leaves began the descent. 1 went like the wind: It seemed as though my breath would be taken away from me, or that I would plunge head over heels, to be dashed to pieces among the trees below. 1 thought of my brake and drew up on the ti leaves with all my might and came up with a Jerk that jarred every bone In my body. There I sat, looking down- ward almost perpendicularly, held in position only by a few tileaves rest. ing on the smooth, glippery grass, but the gliding grass Is nearly a foot long, and It is only after It has been re slidden over and beaten dows that it approaches perfection in the eyes of the Hawalian small boy, and sometimes leads to accel dents, when, for Instance, the thin inyer of ti leaves wears out beneath tne slide, a gentle tug at the stalks parts the sled and sends the slider whizzing downward In a most uncom- fortable and ungraceful manner, all arms and legs, Lacky is the vietim was an easy of-suoch.an. accident. if he ls not stop ped in his downward career by the trunk of a treo.—From''A Boy's Para Si (a the Pacific” in St. Nicholas. } pr pr ry "DOG SAVES HIS LIFE. Begs, Plays ‘Dead and Somersaults When Policeman Pointy Pistol. “1 would have killed a dog only he was a trick dog, and that saved his life for him,” sald Policeman Henry Barr. The policeman was rid ing his wheel on West Eighth avenue when a Eskimo dog grabbed him the leg, tearing his trousers and In flicting a severe wound. Barr got a rope and lassoed the dog. He then dragged his victim into an alley and attached the rope tc «4 telegraph pole, intending to finish the animal with a bullet. He pulled his revolver and pointed it at the head of the dog. At that the animal rolled over on its back and “played dead “You must be a trick dog,” sald Barr. “Sit up and beg." The creature sat upon its haunches and howled mournfully. Then he | stood on his head, turmmed a back somersault, flipped a chip of wood off { his nose and deftly caught it in his i mouth. “You are { off,” said to grab along ae dog was to lick his new dog to you again, too good a Barr, “and If my legs with me.” i not you FP COMe overjoyed and master's ver correspondence of New York i World. Names will Be Just Alike. photo Pearls Help pay Bill is. ye a perfect worth nearly ple take their va ‘Coon year ywrdinarily every year, and live sadching for along the - te PR shi pearis, d this been mo have imstan Colony Without Crime, 8t. Helena, our little colony ian mid-Atl community, Its wey, is also its judge atter capacity he has little | ing He court at { times, but the only presentation of white Neverthelegg St Napole lantie, is a governor, Col but the or notl to do. holds business is the gloves Helena has an “in police” and as the with drawal of the garrison, hitherto the chief consumer of local adversely affected the finances the St. Helena Guardian urges the abol! tion of this “unnecessary official whe thas practically nothing to do.” His & Ty * r spector of har products | assistant There ls | one | became incapacitated the com | munity on the lonely Napoleonic rock | would be In a parlous state.- | minster Gazette, surgeon.” only wr little Bother of Dressing Up. | Thackeray's crossingsweeper his carriage was i creation of his imagination a man who took his stand not I knew dally out His relatives were indeed, and they per to go and with tdid dd jobs. well off { suaded him them. | After leading a i Yery live lite of luxury for the public house. I circumstances, asked | day outside knowing his cold pavement. “I had to,” ho sald “l stood It as long as 1 could, bu! I chucked it."—From the Referee, Dinner Only Costs Severity Cents. At Warsaw, Ind, nine persons class in the domestic science dopart ment of the Winon: Normal School A dinner served by tho class to nine was made up of the following menu: apple ple, cheese, coffed. Proaiden! Jonathan Rigdon of the school was a guest at the dinner.Indlanapolis News. COMMERCIAL COLUMY Weekly. Reylew of Trade and Latest +4 Market: Reports: - Bradstreet's says: "Cooler weather is the mainspring of the moderate {provement in re- and Jobbing trade reported at this week, enlarged the many points. distribution While locally -. there are re- the South, where prices are much lower than a year ago, the crop move ment is liberal as a whole. Reports from industries are 8 whole, Good lumber trade South and a good volume going forward. “Election uncertainties affecting demand for steel, but cool weather has helped the coal trade East and West. The leather and shoe trades are reported quiet, with cheaper grades in most The wool trade reports the week's sales for over a year and from 50 to 60 cent. he leading interest's reported In operation. “On this e probably reports come and from West are report. iron and of machinery is per the whole re trad din hie 51 ths week's wag the for mo: impending factor there sod been enjoyed pas., and while the ion is a deterrent 0 be a general ines to take tender the { to si 1 hold on *» i8 likels Wholesaler Markets, Ne w York, — W 200 1T8 PF] Baltimo 1. receip's ports, } 4 Wheat Firme 1.023% @ 1.03%: Western, 1.06% 1.03 @ 1.03%. @ 1.03% gleamer, receipt by Decem be Tr. No* 2 red, 1 56,164 bu sampie, $06 1.0]; fig shies do. Coyigtd «Ou €ern, on grada, Jan. 4.286 Dall, year, 68% GES N bushels; Southern, Ouats-—Firm;: No GR Rae; receipts, white, RO 2 white, No. B14@51%: No 2 mixed, receipts, 10,644 bushels, No. 2 Western ex- receipts, 16.554 Corn 53: Rye-—Steady @83%; Firm: No. 1 timothy, 14.50; clover mixed, 12.00, Butter—-Very firm; fancy tion, 21@ 22; fancy creamery, 27@ 28; fancy ladle, 20@ 21; store pack- ed, 18 Eggs Chesgo Hay Very firm, 24 © 25. Quiet; new large, 13% new small, 13% Fave “tary, New York.——Beevea--Receipts, 1, Feeling steady. Dros in moderate demand at 7 per pound for native sides. Receipts, 413 head. Veals, grassers and Western calves, Common to prime veals, yearlings and grassers, 2.76 to 3.50. City dressed veals firm at 8 to 14 %c. per pound; coun try dressed, 7 to 12%e, Sheep. and Lambs-—Receipts, 23. £30 head. Sheep almost nominal and firm; lambs, 25 to 60c, higher, A few coffimon sheep, 2.50 to 2.75; 1.50; lambs, 5.00 to 6.50 culls, 4.00, Hogs — Receipts, 3.524 market lower. Prime heavy. god to 10 % ¢ Calves firm; steady. head ; Penn- per 100 pounds, Chicago.-—Cattlo-Receipts, about 6.000 head: market 5 to 108 low. or. Steers, 4.404 7.75; cows, 3.25 @6.256: heifers, 3.00@ 4.256; bulls, 2.50@ 4.50; calves, 3.600 8.50; stockers and feeders, 2.60@ 4.50. Hogs Receipts estimated about 14,000; market steady to be. lower, Choloe heavy shipping, 7.000 7.86; butchers, 7.00@ 7.15; light mixaod, 6.60@w 6.80; choice light, 6.800 6.95. Jno. F. Gray & Sen ors y ’ ss (Ge T HOOVER contro} Sixteen of the Largest Fire and Lile Insufance Companies in the World, . . .. THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST . 4 No Mutuals No Asseuments Before insuring r life see the cont-sct of HE HOMER which in case of death between the tenth and twentieth years re. turns all premiums paid in ed. dition to the face of the policy. to Loan on First Mortgage Office in Crider’s Stone Bullding BELLEFONTE, PA. Telephone Connection TTY TITTY II TrIreeriiid Money 650 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE * fe Tnace Manx Dison a COPYRIGHT A dos strated A ha post or so ical, MUNN 2 Co, roe. New York Branch Ofloa 4 I'he Man Who deard Voices The Amazing Career of Frank W. Sandfora, ". I. ANDERSON, Sandf-rd’s drean some tive title dozen can iu ” SICH thought a spor there - 8 o© For matter, are a horses Sandford’s bottler The § @ fm ivy yw : 1 Sandford is his infinite personal His gray bave as magnetic He 1 has paranoiac by ral he «oR vr BB o™ tre ¥ Us ra t stables that or secret of the remarkable of force, seribed calied a ists, pone of to give a sat] his extraordin “I'S He is § eyes been several have been €X}] 1 - ie hold on his yet them gclory persistent, WoO no whieh is al hich hs ¢ day, Bitte the the hilltop one of int baseball day; boss of the t his co him o will, the t nad turned mpanic . fall . ial A way idea obtained ascenda:l he worked it out to ite conciusi the conclusion He he accept seek, nor did the belief that he, like Mo Mohammed and Jean d"Arc, was divinely inspired, and had direct communication from the Deity, of Bes, as the he was sent obsessed him. Fierce at times, gentle as a weeping woman at others, pleaded, entreated, begged, stormed and raged. Intensely hu sordid spirit that has marked his pro- His unlimited self-confi- The psychology of the contagion of | analysis. It is a state of mind com. though more advanced, to the hve. ing. The French describe it as a “Folie a Dieux,” a term for which we have no equivalent.—Frcm Harper's READY FOR Majorie, aged nine, THE DOLLAR. had not her school. Her father finally get 1'il give yon a dollar.” Time elndmed, violently {ll the doctor. jorie sald: “Mamma, am I very | Her mother sent ne w or so. tears, “Now, lar. me If 1 could get a hundred in any. thing.’ ‘~~Dalias News. A co-operative purchasing agency iis being organized in this country for | supplying American and English mise sionarles with certain necessary supe plies mamma, I can have my dol ATTORNEYS, D. » vomrumy "7/i0° f ATTORNEY AT-LAW A 11 Vi dill smizeowrn pa’ . Office North of Court Houss. Emmis eee ——— YU. HARRISON WALKER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, Pa da # Ko. 1% WW, High ftrest All piisstions) business promptly attended to - i ——————————tene ———— é D. GRTTIO Ivo. J. Bowen W.D. Zeasy ATTORNEYS AT -LAW EsoLe Broox BELLEFONTE, PA, = mo CLEMENT DALE ATTORKEY AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, Pa Office HN. W, corner Diamond, two doors from First National Bank. rw W G BUSKLE ‘ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BELLYFURTE. Pa. All kinds of legal business atiended w prompts Fpecial stlen jou gives 0 collections. Office, io floor Crider's Exchanges yes B. EPANGLER H. ATTORNEY AT LAW BELLEFONTE YA the oouris Cons iailems 3 Ofoe, Orider's Exch Practioes in all ish end German 3 tytn EDWARD ROYER, Proprietor Location : One mile South ¢ tre Ball Assowmodstions first-class Porte wishing to enjoy an evening given specisl attention. Meosls for such occasions Pie pared on shorl notice, Alwsys prepared for the tre neient trade RATES : $1.00 PER DAY. bel ILLEEIM, PA 1 A. BHAWVER, Prop. of Cer Good bar [he ational clam socommodalions for the travels Good table board and sleeping apartment The eholoest liquors at the bar. Sable ap sommodations for horses ia the best to Bad. Bus wand from all trains on the Lewisburs and Tyrone Raflrosd, at Coburg EER 2 en LIVERY Special Effort made to ccommodate Com mercial Travelers. A. BOOZER Pend’s Valley Banking Company CENTRE HALL, PA W. B. MINGLE, Cashi¢ Receives Deposits . . Discounts Notes . . . H. GQ. STRCHTIEIER, CENTRE HALL, . . . . PE™MN Manufacturer of and Dealer In MTONUMENTAL WORK in ail kinds of Marble ao ry - ¢ | ARGEST |nsurengE Agency IN CENTRE COUNTY H. E. FENLON Agent Bellefonte, Penn’a. tion.
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