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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1908,
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DEATHS,
en.
Robert A. Hoover died very sudden-
ly at his home. in Philadelphia, of
acute indigestion. He was born in
Bellefonte and was forty-six years old.
Iu 1880 he went to Altoona where he
was employed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company, rising to the posi-
tion of lumber inspector, In 1908 he
was trapsferred to the purchasing
agent's department and took up his
residence in Philadelphia, where he
had since resided. His wife and two
sons survive. He is also survived by
three brothers and one sister, David K.
and Frank, of Altoona; William, of
Axe Mann, and Mrs. Jennie Hagel, of
Pleasant Gap.
Perry Gates, a native and former
resident of Centre county, died at his
home ast Warriorsmark, after a pro-
tracted illness. A son of Mr. and Mrs.
Emanuel Gates, he was born at Tad-
pole, in Ferguson township, over sixty-
five years ago. He was a farmer and
followed that occupation until two
years ago. His wife, who was Miss
Anpa Heberling, a daughter of Joseph
Heberling, of Ferguson township, sur-
vives. They had no children, but
raised Miss May McClellan, who also
survives,
Joseph R. Muflley, father of Mrs,
Joseph L. Montgomery, of Bellefonte,
died at his bome in Philadelphia. aged
seventy-one years. He was born in
Howard, and was married to Miss
Gordon, a member of the well known
Gordon family who lived on the old
homestead near Hecla park. Two
children was t' e result of this union,
Mrs. Moutgomery, of Bellefonte, and
Mies Lillian, of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Hannah Brickley, a well known
and bighly esteemed resident of Cur-
tin township, died quite suddenly at
her home at Romola. She had been
in the best of health, but was stricken
with heart disease and expired in a
few minutes. Bhe was born in Curtin
township and had spent her entire life
in that locality, being sixty-eight years
of age. Four sons and three daughters
survive.
Miss Hannah Edith Hoover, a
daughter of G. D. Hoover, died at the
Btate hospital, Kings Park, Long
Island, of tuberculosis. Her age was
eighteen years, ana she was born at
Bnow Bhoe Iotersection, where she
lived until she went to the hospital a
few months ago. Her parents, several
brothers and sisters survive,
Mrs. Hiram Lee, a well known
widow lady, died at her home at Buf-
falo Run, after a ten days’ illness. She
was aged sixty-five years and had lived
in that vicinity all her life. Her hus
band died several years ago, since
which time she had lived alone,
David Lohr died at the home of his
son, John Lohr, at Buffalo Run, of
paralysis of the heart, aged ei hty-one
years. Two daughters and five sons
survive,
Rebersburg.
Daniel Hoy, who resides a short dis-
tance from this place, i# on the sick
list,
William Hackman sold his farm,
situated two miles west of this place,
fo Wallace Walker for $8000. Mr.
Hackman will move onto the farm
which Mr. Walker will vacate, and
which was recently bought by Charles
Bmaull.
Prof. Edwin Brungart, wife and
child, of Selinsgrove, are spending
their Christmas vacation among rela.
tives here.
Ther: will be a wedding in town
soon, Now boys get your tin horns
and rosin fiddles ready for the occasion
C. C. Long and Hetbert Bmull spent
several days daring the past week in
Lock Haven.
J. W. Harter made a large shipment
this week of dressed turkeys and
chickens.
Henry Meyer, one of the instructors
at Bucknell College, Is spending his
vacation with his parents at this place,
William Bierly is just recovering
from a severe attack of neuralgia.
Miss Mabel Brungart, who is teach
ing school at State College, is spend-
her Christmas with her parents.
Charles Bierly is confined to the
house, suffering from a very bad cold,
Clayton Weber and wife, of Renovo,
are spending the week among rels
tives at this place,
Hamuel Strayer, who went west
from Wolfs Btore, thirty-eight years
ago, locating in Nebraska, is at present
in this © «ity shaking hands with old
acquai © a
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If you would ''» to have the figures
on your label wd. + ged before the next
Pink Label appears, send the funds
before January 1st, as the label figures
wiil be changed at that time.
Bed Cross Stamps for Sale,
Red Cross Christmas Stamps are on
sale at this office, All for charity,
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Iron'beds a specialty, C. P. Long's,
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THE PRISC.C
Tyrannical
BIRD.
and Jealous
Beauty of Africa,
The peculiarity of the prison bird, a
feathered beauty of Africa, is that he
Is the most tyrannical and jealous
of husbands, imprisoning his mate
throughout her nesting time, Living-
stone watched the bird's habits while
in Monpour, and in his subsequent ob-
servations referred to the nest as a
prison and the female bird as a slave,
The nest is bullt in the hollow of a
tree through an opening in the bark.
As soon as It is completed the mother
bird enters carefully and fearfully and
settles down In ft. Then papa walls up
the opening, leaving only just space
enough for alr and food to pass
through. He keeps faithful guard and
brings food at regular intervals with-
out fail. The female thrives under her
enforced retirement. But If the prison
bird is killed or in any other way pre-
vented from fulfilling his duties the
mother and her little ones must die of
starvation, for she cannot free herself
from bondage.
Normally the Imprisonment lasts un-
til the chicks are old enough to fly
Then the male bird destroys the bar.
rier with his beak and liberates his
family, “It is charming,” writes Liv-
ingstone, the joy with which
the little prisoners greet the light and
the unknown world.”
Feathered
"”
"to see
THE NORMAN “QYEZ
A Legacy of William the Conqueror to
the Courts.
Everybody who has ever been in a
United States courtroom knows that
when the judge walks out of his cham-
bers and ascends the bench the court
crier drones out:
“Oyez, oyez, oyez, the honorable court
of the (whatever district it may be) is
now In session.”
Not many persons,
that the crier says “oyez, oyez,
Instead of “harken, barken, harken.”
because of a chance visit that Willlam
the Conqueror made to an English
court almost D000 years ago.
William had overrun England, seized
the government and placed himself at
its head. Happeniug to enter a court-
room, he heard the crier call the as
semblage to order in English. William
rebuked him and on the spot decreed
that the business of all English oc
shenld be transacted In Norman
French, his native tongue, Afterward
the o back to English, but to
this day “oyez, oyez. over.” clings to
court customs wherever the English
language is spoken as a reminder of
the great Norman who whipped King
Harold In the battle of Hastings. —
Serap Book,
however, realize
Oy ez.”
*
Mires
ures went
One of Life's Tragedies.
He hod expected a tender embrace
from his sweetheart, but her greeting
of him was cold. He could not under
stand it
“Darling.” he exclaimed In
“what Is the matter ™
But she remained silent,
tightly closed, and motior
ber
He fell upon his knees,
“My love,” he cried, “tell me what |
to offend you? I swear 1
ve done nothing wrong! I confess 1
cigned impeon girl last night at
¢ party, but on my oath 1-1 thought
& WAS 5 a3
Mer ciosed even tighter, but she
ed uot a sviiable, and, in despair
ra nbet ding demeanor, he fled
from the pl be Knew not whither,
Would you know, oh, reader. the rea-
son of the cond ft by which a woman
bilchtel tw i Hives? "T'was sim-
thie: She had left her false teeth In
@ bathroom
agony,
her
wd him from
Hips
¢ done
the Ki
nce,
© youn
Probably She Meant It
Lucile, a carefully brought up litle
girl of five years, returned from her
ret party in great glee
“I was a good girl, mamma,” she an-
nounced and talked nice all the time”
“id you remember to say some
thine pleasant to Mrs. Townsend just
before leaving 7 he r mother asked.
. dil,” was the enthusi
“1 smiled and sald: ‘T en-
Joyed myself, Mrs. Townsend. 1 had
a fot betier dinner than I thought I'd
have. "~Delineator,
Hh ye i
aotle reply;
One on the Judge.
“Ilere you are,” said the judge to the
olured prisoner, “complaining that you
con't get along with one wife, and yet
Bolomon had hundreds of em.”
“Yes, yer honor,” was the reply, “but
you must rickollect dat de last testi
mony be give In wuz dat dey wuz all
vanity an’ vexation of spirit!" Atlanta
Constitution,
Still Molds Good.
“There was a time,” exclaimed young
Spenders, who had gone through a for:
tune, “when peoplé used to say 1 bad
more money than brains, They can't
fay It now.”
“No? queried the caustic cad.
“No. I'm down to my last penny.”
“Ab, but you have the penny.” Phil-
adeiphia Press,
Awkward.
A pretty schoolteacher, noticing one
of her little charges idle, sald sharply:
“John, the devil always finds some
thing for idle hands to do. Come up
here 4nd Jet me give Jou some work.”
~Judge's Library,
A New Sensation,
Mrs. Bulllon—I wish I knew some
thing to do that would provide me with
an absolidtely new sensation. Mr, Bul
out and pay cash for some
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BATHING £7 0... . .
When the ¢ ‘signe Tried It
In the Yi: CJ
The Comtowe de a rhe
oir. gives an aroun \ {
paid in 1804G
view
fon;
“The
Hem.
she
which Is I ting in
f the position Dleppe now holds
French watering pluces
poverty of the bit
she says, “was frightful. The
Hishman, as they called Lim (and
them he was worse than the devii),
was cruising incessant e before their
empty harbor. With mu bh difficulty a
boat was able to escape from time to
time and go fishing, always at the risk
of being captured by the foreigner or
confiscated upon the return journey if
the telescoi on of the had
seen It approach a vessel
“As for the comforts arranged for
the convenience of bathers which
Dieppe has since organized, they were
nonexistent at that time. My brother
was able to find a little covered cart,
and with great trouble and great ex-
pense, notwithstanding the universal
poverty, n man was hired to lead the
horses down td the sea and two wo-
men to go into the sea with me
“These preparations raised the pub-
lie surprise and curiosity to such a
pitch that my first bath was watched
by a crowd on the shore. My servants
were asked If I had been bitten by a
mad dog
“I aroused extreme pity as | went
by, and it was thought that 1 was
being taken down to be drowned. An
old gentleman called on my father to
point out to him that he was assuming
& great responsibility In permitting so
rash an act. It can hardly be imag
ined that the Inhabitants of
shore could be so afraid of the sea
“But at that time the
Dieppe were chiefly fed In
Ing out of sight of it and in Drotee ting
themselves from the disasters which
they feared the might
that it was for them nothing more
than a8 means of annovance and suffer
ing. It is curious to think
years later bathers were arriving
hundreds, that special arrangements
were made for thelr convenlend
that sea bathing of ev very kir
on without produc any astonis}
ment in the ne eighbor o iL ood
“I have thus attempted to point out
that the custom of sea bathing which
fs now so universal, is comparatively
recent in France, for Dieppe
first place it began.”
TREE DWELLING ANTS.
South Americht Tnasct That Acts as
Plant Guardian.
«Aut defenders of plants and
are some of nature's pretiy marvels
The Cecropla adenopus is a remus
ble tree of south Brazil, widely di
tributed through the tropics. lis sl
der trunk 1s crowned with long
at the ends of the branches,
A few active ants run inually
slong the beanches and the leaves, but
if the tree Is shaken slightly an army
of ants rushes out by small apertures
ready for a savage assault on the in
truder. The ant is the terrible guard-
ian that the tree has retained to pro
tect it from its most formidable ene
my, the leaf cutter ant.
The defenders rarely leave their re.
treat, where they lve on small whitish
egg shaped bodies about one-tweifth
of an inch long, known as Mueller's
corpuscles. These are formed of dell
cate tissue, rich In proteids and all, as
rations for the garrison of defender
ants to feed upgn. The curious ar
rangement by which entrance Is made
to the hollow stem has been studied by
W. Schimper.
Just above the point of insertion of
each leaf extends nearly to the supe.
rior node a superficial groove, at whose
end is a rounded depression. There
the tissue is thin, like a diaphragm in
a tube, and it also is soft. The hole
by which the ant enters is always
plerced at this spot. The ants seem
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the groove originally because It was
ft the top. In the course of this
plant's further development natural se-
lection augmented these natural ad
vantages, so that finally the thin, frail
diaphragm as it exists today was de
veloped. Chicago Tribune.
Married the Day They Met.
Horace Greeley and Mary Young
Cheney were married the first day
they met. They had cofresponded for
some time, a common friend who wns
something of a matchmaker having
brought this about. Bhe was all his
fancy painted her, but she was much
disappointed In his appearance, so
much so that When he appeared be.
fore her, having proposed and been
accepted by letter, she frankly told
him that, although she married him,
she was not in love with him. Their
married life was long and bappy, and
the loss of his wife was a blow which
Greeley did not long survive,
Tommy's Lunch.
Uncle (who left his nephew "refresh.
ing”) Well, Tommy, you see I'm back,
Are you ready? What have 1 to pay,
miss? Waltress—Three buns, four
sponge cakes, two sandwiches, one jel.
ly, five tarts and- Uncle-Good
gracious, boy! Are you not {17 Tom.
my-No, uncle, but I'm very thirsty.
London Tit-Bits,
British Pride.
British hypocrisy " gradually disap
pearing. Until a few years ago most
Englishmen that to be born In
the United Kingdom was to be a para.
Son of all the. virtues. ~Brasscls Bor,
Envy.
“Don't be covetous” sald Uncle
Eben. “Envyin® what yoh neighbor
has Is mighty apt to put de opportu-
nity In yoh neighbor's way foh handin’
yoh a avid brick," Wasbisigron Star.
DR, SOL. M. NISSLEY,
VETERINARY SURGEON,
2 froduate of the University of Penn'a,
Office at Palace Livery Stable, Belle-
fonte, Pa. Both 'phones,
oct1.08.1yr
FLAT IRON CLEANER,
= Household women, here is what vou
want— ~our Acne ¥ lat 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 CO., Altoona, Pa.
o.dec. 4 P. O0.Box 383.
ETERINARY BURGEON AND DENTIST
-—The undersigned, having received a
diploma from the Detroit (Mic higan) Veterinary
Dental College and also a license to practice gen-
eral Veterinary Burgery, is prepared to serve the
wople in this community in either or both capac
tied, Charges are reasonable, and responses will
be made promptly Joeuts made in a mon or by
mall, FEAN
a PAT Burgeon,
Centre Hill, Pa,
0 ajan. 14
P.O, Address
Spring Mills, r. 1. 4, 4,
The , Thrice-a-Week World.
The Thrice-a-Week World will be
sent to Reporter subscribers at the rate
of sixty-five cents per year, paid in
advance. The regular subscription
price is 8 00
Ladie oh’ $2 00
Yeagers.
warm shoes, 98¢ at
SEPARATOR OIL-~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
Is. No matter what the make of your
Bachine use the Delaval Hand Separa-
tor Oil,
Sold in any quanity by
D. W. BRADFORD,
Centre Hall, Pa.
Mi A i
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Centre Hall
General
-~ Blacksmithing
Special attention giv-
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Ladies’ Kid" and
Gun Metal Shoes.
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Spring Mills = - « Pa.
Stationery for Ladies,
A fine grade of box paper, baving
embossed at the top “Centre Hall, Pa.”
has just been added to the assortment
of stationery for ladies. The quality
and style are good enough for the use
of a queen,
Alfniia tor Bale,
Alfalfa, put up in regular hay bales
welghlog from seventy-five to one
hundred pounds, f. 0. b. Centre Hall,
at the rate of one cent per pound.
DR. SMITH’S SALVE”)
The
Holiday Goods
ARE ALL HERE, AND ARE PRET-
TIER, CHEAPER, AND BETTER
THAN EVER—A PARTIAL LIST :
Suit Cases, $1.00 up to $5.00—are
wonders,
Sweater Coats, 25¢ up to $6.00 each,
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
50c up to $3.00 per pair,
Montgomery & Co.
mClothiers..
Bellefonte and
State College
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, 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 the hair with which
they are stuffed is treated to a fireproofing process, whilst the floors sre
indestructible and
In fact,
cement, thus rendering the coach at once practically
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 oruamentation 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.
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I HAVE A NICE LINE OF ¢
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wWork and Dress Shirts...
WINTER UNDERWEAR
For,Men & Boys. Ladies & Chilldeen's Underwear
AT VERY LOW PRICES
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