Si HE CENTRE REPORTER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1908, ee — DEATHS, James Harris Holmes, an old veteran and one of the well known men of Centre county, died at his home in Btate College. He took sick while at- tending the annual reunion of the Centre Ceunty Veteran club, on the Bellefonte fair grounds in September, and had since been confined to the house most of the time, : He was born near Jacksonville, and was a little past seventy-seven years of age. Prior to the Civil War he en- gaged in farming, but at the opening of hostilities be enlisted under Captain Boyder in Company D, Fifty-firat regt. P.V. Early in the history of Btate College he invested in real estate and at the time of his death owned one of the finest business blocks in that bo- rough. Nine children survive, viz. ; Dr. Edwin Holmes, of Harrisbarg ; J. Laird, Irwin, James and Hamill, of State College ; Mrs, Emily Martin, of Pittsburg ; Mrs. Mary Deal, of State College, and Miss Mabel, at home. He also leaves one brother, John, of Howard. \ The death of Bidney Theodore Muf- fley occurred at his home in Philadel- phia. He was born in Centre county, December 3. 1840, and spent the early years of his life in his native county. When the War of the Rebellion began he enlisted in the Tenth Pennsylvania regiment but was later transferred to the 184th. He wastaken prisoner dur- ing the war and served a term in Libby prison. Mr. Muffley was en- gaged in the work of chemist and assayist during recent years, and was the inventor of a process which had for its ot ject the liquidizing of metals, aud which will doubtless eatirely su- persede the old process of smelting. His remains were interred at Annapo- lis, Maryland. The village of Aaronsburg lost one of its oldest and best known citizens in the death of Thomas Frank. He had been in feeble health for months and his death was the natural result of the wearing out of his once strong constitution. He was born at Aarons- burg and was seventy-five years, ten months and two days old. For many years he kept the old hotel at Aarons- burg, and was widely known for his hospitality. For a number of jears past he had lived a retired life. His wife died only a few weeks ago, but surviving him are one son, Edward, in North Dakota, and a daughter, Mrs, James Breon, of Aaronsburg, A man by name of Isas¢ Horner, who said his home had been at North Georgetown, Columbia county, Ohio, came’ to the home of Isaac Orndorf, at Woodward. He was invited to stay and after dioner while sitting on a chair was stricken with paralysis and died instantly. Deceased was born in Union county but had lived in Ohio during the past seventy-four years. His age was eighty-six years, Funeral services were held Bunday forenoon a week, and interment was made at Woodward. Mrs. John Biddle died at her home at Buffalo Run, after being confined to bed but ten days from a general break- ing down of her system. She was aged gaventy-five years and ten months, She was the second wife of John Bid- dle, who survives her. Bhe also leaves one brother, Jeremiah Way, of Storms- town, and two sisters, Mrs. Malinda Allen, of Ohio, and Mrs. Barah Smith, of Unionville. : William A. Crist, who up until a few months ago was general manager for the Berwind-White Coal Mining Compsny, died of heart disease at Lis home in Johnstown. He was born in Clinton county, but when a young man located at Osceola Mills, this counly, where he became interested in coal mining learning the work In every detail, His widow survives, Miss Emma Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson, died at their home at Eagleville, as the result of an operation for appendicitis, Bhe was aged only sixteen years and her untimely death has cast a gloom over her large circle of friends. Burviving are her parents and two sisters, Bertha and Martha, David Johnston, a native of Centre county, died al his home in Btrouds- burg of heart disease. He was aged pixty-three years, and was born at Btormstown. His wife died thirteen years ag~, but three children survive ; also t+ | rnthers, one being Collins Johnst |, ' Bellefonte, Mary Ag ¢'. the three-year-old daughter ot + + and Mrs. Edward Williams, of Bouse urg, died Wednes- day of Inst week of pneumonias. Be- LL LL Hed Cross Stamps for Sale, Red Cross Christmas Stamps are on sale at this office. All for charity. sn A LL Tablets, all sizes, at the Reporter THE WHEL FIELD. Where the Billowing Golden Waves Stretch From Sky to Sky. Take a look at the has been brought up to perfection as It stands, yellow as gold, with the sheen of the sea, billowing from sky line to sky line like on ocean of gold, where the wind touches the rippling wave crests with the tread of Invisi- ble feet. Ip California, In Oregon; in Washington, in Dakota, In the Cana- dlan northwest, you may ride all day on horseback through the wheatflelds without a break in the flow of yellow heavy headed grain—no fence lines, no meadow lands, no shade trees, no knobs and knolls and hills and hol- lows of grass or black earth through. From dawn till dark, from sunrise, In a burst of flery splendor over the pralrie horizon, to sundown, when the crimson thin; bangs like a huge shield of blood In the haze of a heat twill light, you may ride with naught to bregk the view between you and the horizon but wheat—wheat., It Is like the gold fields. It goes to your head. You grow dizzy looking at it. You rub your eyes, Is It a mirage?. The bil lowing waves seem to be breasting the very sky. You look up. The sky Is there all right with the black mote of a meadow lark salling the azure sea. He drops liquid notes of sheer mellow music down on your head, does that meadow latk, and that gives you back your perspective, your of muaziug reality You are literally, absolutely really, In the midst of a sea of living gold. It Is you and not the lark that Is the mote You begin to feel as if your special mote might be a beam that wonld get ost In infinlty If you stayed there long ind so you ride on and on, and some more on, and by and by come out of the league long, fenceless fields with an odor in your nostrils that isn't ex actly like Incense—it's too fugitive, too fine, too sublimal of earth. It is aro- matic, a sort of attar of roses, the Im prisoned fragrance of the billions upon billions of wheat flowers shut up in the glumes of the heavy headed grain there And that's odor of the wheat.— Agnes C, Laut in Outing Mag azine, yellow Bonse the A CHINESE STORY. The Way a Mandarin's Wise Wife De- cided a Baby Case. Two women eat in China, en awe before 1 of them prot she was the mother of a little child they had brought with They were so eager and so positive that the mandarin was sorely puzzled. He re tire! to consult his wife, who was a wise and clever woman. whose held In great repute In She requested five deliberate. At the she spoke, “let the a large fish In the river, and let It be brought here alive” This was done. “Bring me now the infant” sald, “Lint leave the two women In the outer chamber” This was done too. Then the mandarin's wife caused the baby to be undressed and Its clothes to be put on the fish, “Corry the creature outside new and throw it into the river In the sight of the two wor The servant obeyed her orders, Cinging fish Into the water, where it rolled about and strug. gled, disgusied ne doubt by the wrap. plans In which It was swaddled Without a moment's pause one of the women threw herself into river with a She must save her drovweing child “Without doubt she is the true mother.” she declared. and the mandarin’s wife commanded that slice should be rescued and the child given to her. And the mandarin nod. ded his head and thought his wife the n In the Flowery King the false woman She was found out In her Imposture, and the mandarian’s wife forzet all nhont her In the occupation of donuli: (he little baby In the best sil’. she cenld find In her wardrobe. — indarin them with opinfon was the neighborhood minutes In which to end of that time servants catch me she en 4h Lae the shriek wiieet we dom Moan erert away while By«tander White and Red Wines. . White aud red wines owe thelr dif. fere: Lie fact that, while the for. mer 1: permitted to ferment without the grape skirts, these are allowed to retinin fo the case of the latter. The rolor of the grapes makes no difference wiiitever to the color of the wine wich they produce, for the julce of all grapes is as pearly as possible col. oriess. For instance, the grape which yields champagne is almost black In outward appearance. ¢ fut Over the Telephone. “Is this Dr. Smith?’ “Yes.” “Well, this is Mrs. Jones. | wish you would come over as soon as conven fent. My cuckoo cloek has a little throat trouble.” Harper's Weekly, His Mentor, From the time a boy sits under a ktreet corner electric lHght playing with toads until be is blind and tooth. less he has to account to some woman why be dido’t come home earlier. Atchison Globe. Not Like His Parent. “Do you think Mr. Skinnum's baby will take after its father?” “Not at all. The othet day they per suaded it to cough up a nickel it had swallowed.” Exchange. Doing Good Service. Blil—1Is that watch your father gave you ten years ago still doing good serv. feo? JUI-Yes. I pawned it again today ih the twentieth time.—London Opin- LR ———————————— It néver occurs to fools that merlt and good fortune are closely united. mm AISA Advertise In the Reporter. THE IAAING Incidents In Actual Life That Outstrip Fiction. Louis XV. and the Dead Man at the Card Table—~A Woman Who Gam- bled on Her Deathbed—Lord Deni- son's Play While His Bride Waited at the Altar. If the could full be writ story of the card ten It be the most startling revelation of human cupldity published, and almost every page of it would be marked by some Incident which would outstrip fiction, When Louis XV. was at the ecard table the fascination of the game made him absolutely dead to all externals and even to decency and humanity On one occasion when he was playing for heavy stakes one of his opponents, overcome by excitement, collapsed in his chair in a fit of apoplexy. His majesty affected to ignore the incident until some one exclaimed, “M. de Chan- velin is 11" “IN? retorted the kine, casting a careless glance at the strick. en man; “he is dead. Take him away Spades are trumps, gentlemen !™ Equally welrd Is a story Goldsmith tells. When the clergyman arrived to prepare a lady parishioner who had a passion for gambling for her approach ing death the lady after lHstening for a short time to his exhortation exclaln ed: “That's enough! Now let us have a game of cards.” To bumor parson consented to play. The dying woman won all his and had Just suggested playing for her funeral fee when she fell back and expired In the early years of last century » whist club composed largely of clergy men used to meet In the back room of fa barber's shop in a Romersetshire town. On one oceasion, runs, when four of the club men were acting as pallbearers at the neral of a reverend brother, some delay occurred, and the coffin was set in the chancel. One of them produ a pack of cards and suggested a ral ber. The coffin served the nurpose of a table, and the players were deep! immersed In when the sex ton arrived thing was at last ready Mazarin's passion for gambling was 80 strong even In death that he played ecards to the very end. when he war #0 weak that they had to be held for him, and the “merry m his last Sunday on earth playin: at basset round a large table with hie great courtiers and persons and with a bank of at £2,000 before him The curious fascination ecards possess for thelr devotees Is lustrated Ly the following story of Lord Granvil) the time ambassador to Francs afternoon when he was about to re turn to Paris he repaired to Graham's to have a farewell game of whist, or dering his carriage to be at the door at 4. When {it arrived he was much too deep In the game to be disturbed. At 10 o'clock he sent out to say that he was not ready and that the horses had better be changed. Bix hours later the same message was sent out, and twice more the waiting horses were changed before he consented to leave the table after losing £10,000. An equally remarkable story is told of George Payne, the great turf plun- ger of seventy years ago. On one occa sion he sat down at Limmer's hotel to play cards with Lord Albert Denison, later the first Lord Londesborough. Hour after hour passed. The game proceeded all through the night and long after day dawned, and it was not until an urgent message came to tell Lord Albert that his bride was walting for him at the altar of Bt. George's Hanover square, that the cards were at last flung down. It was Lord Al bert’s wedding day, and he met his bride £30,000 poorer than when he jeft her on the previous day. “One of the most romantic of gam bling stories Is told by Mr. Thiselton- Dyer of a plainly dressed stranger who once took his seat at a faro table and after an extraordinary run of luck succeeded In breaking the bank. “Heavens,” exclaimed an old, infirm Austrian officer who had sat next to the stranger, “the twentieth part of your gains would make me the happl est man in the world!” “You shall have it, then,” answered the stranger ns he left the room. A servant speedily returned and pre sented the officer with the twentieth part of the bank, adding, “My master, gir, requires no answer.” The success. ful stranger was soon discovered to be the king of Prussia In disguise. The most costly game of cards on was probably that In which the te George McCulloch, chairman. of Broken Hill Proprietary company, once took part. A syndicate of seven had been formed to finance the fa- mous Broken Hill silver mine, and Mr, McCulloch was one of the seven. One day, while sitting In a shanty at the foot of the hill, McCulloch offered a fourteenth share in the mine to a young man named Cox for £200, Cox would only offer £120, and after much haggling it was decided to set. tle the dispute by a game of enchre If Cox proved the winner he was fo have the share for £120, 1f he lost he was to pay £180 for it. He won and for the absurd sum of £120 became owner of the share which a few years later was valoed at £1,250,000.-Lon. don Tit-Bits, The beginning of excellence is to be free from error.~Quintilian, SK table would surely ever her the money go the story bors fu down 1 the gate to announce that every onarch” spent other ddlssointe lonnat {Ine io DR. SOL. M. VETERINARY SURGEON, A Eraduate of the University of Penn’a, Office at Palace Livery Stable, Belle. fonte, Pa. Both 'phosies, oct.1.08.1yr FLAT IRON CLEANER, = Household women, here is what you want—our Acie Flat Iron Cleaner and Waxer, It saves time, labor and linen, and produces an excellent finish. Price 15 cts, each, 2 for 25 cts,, postpaid. Reliable agents wanted in each locality THE STOVER CO0,, Altoona, Pa. o. dec. 24 P.0.Box 383. VE ERINARY BURGEON AND DENTIST —The undersigned, having received a diploma from the Detroit (Michigan) Veterinary Dental College and also a license to practice gen- eral Veterinary Surgery, is prepared to serve the )eople In this community in either or both capac ties, Charges are reasonable, and responses will be made promptly to calls made in person or by mail, P. C. FRARK, Veterinary Sargeon, FP. O. Address: Centre Hill, Pa, Spring Mills, r. £. 4. 4. o.janl4 The Thrice-a-Week World. The Thrice-a-Week World will be sent to Reporter subscribers at the rate of gixty-five cents per year, paid ip advance. The regular subscription price is $1.00 Ladies’ $2.00 warm shoes, 98¢ at Yeagers. SEPARATOR OIlL-~The use of your cream separator may be prolonged by using none but the best oil to be had, The Del.aval Hand Separator Oil is not the “as good as” kind, but the best oil on the market. The price is no more than that asked for other and inferior No matier what the make of your machine, use the Delaval Hand Separa- tor Oil, fa OLS, Sold in any quanity by D. W. BRADFORD, Centre Hall, Pa. CHPLGBOERTGVHLNOGLBLLOB000 W. A. Henney Centre Hall - - - General - - - -- Blacksmithing - - Special attention giv- en to tire setting and satisfaction always guaranteed, . . . All Kinds of Repair Work Given Prompt KienGion. . .. 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House Coats and Bath Robes. Rain Coats and Umbrellas. Handkerchiefs and Mufflers, Neck Wear, from 25¢ up to $1.50, The New Collars for Misses and Boys, Gloves, from 25¢ up to $2,00 & $2.50. The Automobile Gauntlets for Men, Women, Youths and Misses, from 30c up to $3.00 per pair, Montgomery & Co. wmClothiecrs., Bellefonte and State College I —— PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Bulletin THE STEEL COACH—A TRAVEL SAFEGUARD The Pennsylvania Railroad has now in operation on its lines east of Pittsburgh over two hundred passenger coaches, dining cars, baggage cars, and mail cars of the all«teel type. The solid steel framework of these cars, designed to resist shock and minimize the dangers of collision, is further strengthened by the steel sheathing enclosing the body of the car, In fact, everything about the coach is steel, save the window frames, the cushions of the seats and the flooring. Such little woodwork as enters into the make-up of the coach, the plush with which the car seats are covered and tbe Lair with which they are stuffed is treated to a fireproofing process, whilst the floors are cement, thus rendering the coach at once practically indestructible and thoroughly fireproof. It is built like a battleship. The new coach is longer than the standard car generally in use on the railroads in this country, and has a comfortable seating capacity of six- ty to ninety people according to the style of the coach. The unusual weight of the coaches gives to them a solidity that great- ly increases the comfort of the passenger. The seats are adjusted to a more convenient space and angle, the coaches are all lighted with electricity and amply ventilated in winter as well as summer by new and thoroughly tested methods, The interior finish of the coach is plain though pleasing to the eye. The absence of ornamentation enhances the idea of strength and at the same time assures absolute cleanliness and thorough sanitation, Steel cars are now in use on the principal trains between New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and on the Main Line between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The number of cars is constantly being increased as the finished product comes from the shops. The Pennsylvania Railroad's equipment is recognized as the Stand. ard of America. I HAVE A NICE LINE OF ‘ et —. «Work and Dress Shirts... amma: 4 NUT) WINTER UNDERWEAR For]Men & Boys. Ladies’ & Children’s Underwear AT VERY LOW PRICES F. E. WIELAND, Linden Hall TAR
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