A ——— A ————s at THOMAS J, BEXTON, Esq. The death of Thomas J. Sexton, Esq., of Bellefonte, occurred very un- expectedly Friday evening of last week at his boarding house. Mr, Bexton had been ill of pneumonia, but had so far recovered that he was able to come down stairs on the day of his death. I'he separation of the body and life came after eating a hearty supper on the first day of the New Year, Mr. Sexton was born in Tyrone, and was aged thirty-three years. He came to Bellefonte and read law with Bower, Orvis aud Bower, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1599, Iaterment took place in Tyrone Tuesday from the Catholic ehurch. I Ion 5 on Mansons sobs AAAI 7. DEATHS, JOHN G. BAILEY. John G. Bailey, one of the board of County commissioners for the past six years, died Wednesday of last week, due to parslysis, mention of which was made in the last issue of the Re- porter. Iaterment was made Satur- day, at Pine Grove Mills. His age was sixty-four years, Me. Batley was the sou of Joun Goheen and Naocy “Bailey, and was barn near Pine Grove Mills. He was married in 1870 to Miss Nuocy MceWilllams, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Henry McWilliams, of Fetguson township, whosurvives with two sons and one daughter, as follows: Dr. Frank Bailey, of Milion; John H., oo the Bailey farm, and Miss Mary, at home, He also leaves the following brothers and sisters: Arm: strong Bailey, of Oregon ; Samuel, of Boalsburg ; W. Scott, of State Col lege ; Joseph, of Fort Scott, Kan.; G. Wash , of Downs, Kau.; Mra, Mary Hewitt, of Kausas City, Mo.; Warren, of Spriagfield, Iil., and Mrs. D. Ross Gregory, of Nefls Mills. 4 ALEXANDER SHANNON, Alexander Bhannon died at his home at Smith Center, Kansas, De- cember 26th. He was formerly » resident of Centre Hall. A more ex- tsuded notice will appear nex" week, | “Toho H. Reeser died at his home at Saow Bhoe, Friday. He had been ill for ten days of pneumonia. He was a native of Centre county, having been born in Haines township June 2, 1842, At one time he was engaged in the butchering business at Snow Shoe. His wife, nee Anna Maria Musser, sur vives, also four children. He also leaves the following brothers and sie- ters : George, of Winburne ; William, of New Winchester, Ohio ; Mrs. Dan- iel Heckman, of Bsilefonte ; Mra. Wilson BSuoll, of Bellefonte ; Mrs John Lose, of Buffalo Ran. —— mee @Afier an illness of one week from pueumonis sod heart trouble Mrs, George Ian died st her home at Le- mont. Bhe was born near the place where she died, and was aged sixty years, three moutns, three days. Sur- viviog are her husbsnd and two echil- dren, Jere Roan, of East Liberty, and Mrs. Adam Martz, of State College ; she also leaves her aged mother, Mrs. Rosanna Williams, who is eighty-nine years oid ; one brother and one sister, George C. and Sarah Williams, all of Lemout. MRS, JOHN,W. RUNKLE. =Mrs. Runkle, neejElizabeth Minerva Btablinecker, aged fifty-one years and ten months, died at her home in Mid- dleburg, December 16th. She was the wife of John W. Runkle, a native of Potter township. She was the mother of five children, namely, Maude, Carl, Calvin, Keemer and Cyril. In speaking of the death of Mrs, Runkle, the Middleburg Post says: Bhe led a useful devoted life that gave sunshine and comfort to her family, ber friends and geighbors. Her un- ceasing, untiring efforts of life were devoted to the domestic duties of her family, and her zeal never abated until sickness compelled her to take Lier bed from which she never arose. BEhe lived a devoted worshipper of her Maker and she died with prayers cn her lips.2 : . I ADOLPHUS FRANK. A very sudden deathlin Bellefonte was that of Adolphus Frank, of Miles burg. He had been spending some time with his daughter, Mrs. Samuel Bolt, snd the morning of the day after Christmas she found him dead in bed, death being due to valvular heart trouble. He was aged sixty-six years, and resided in Milesburg for many years. Up until a few weeks ago he was employed by the American Lime aud stone Company. These children survive : Ellen, wife of Bamuel Bolt, Belie founte ; John and James, members of the United States Const Artiliery loea‘ed ni kort Howard, near Balti more, Md. ; Kate, wife of A, G. Arch ey, of Pine Grove Miils ; Edward, Ciyde snd Clair, of Mile-burg * Miss Rosetta Musser, a native of Peuns Valley, died suddenly Friday morning while sitting in a chair. She was sevenly years old and made her home with her sister, Mrs. Reeser, whose husband also passed away Fri- day morning. Two brothers and two sisters survive : Samuel, of Kansas City, Mo. ; Mrs. Ellen Manspeaker, of Saxton ;© Mrs. Maria Reeser and James, of Snow Bhoe, Mrs. Haoosh Stouffer, mother of Mra. Ambrose M. Schmidt, who for several years had made her home with the Reverend and family, at the Re. formed parsonage in Bellefonte, died Christmas morning after an illness of some mooths. Bhe was seventy-five years of age and most of her life was spent in Franklin county, JOHN T. FOWLER Jory T. Fowler, at 09¢ time one of the leading business men of Centre county, died at his home in Taylor township, of a complication of ais eases. He was born October 8, 15389, it Maryland, his fsther being David P Fowler. Io esriy life he locited in Bald Eagle Valley, at Fowler, a plecs named in his honor, where he erected two saw mills which be conducted fifteen years. He at one time ‘owned agreat deal of timberland in Centre county, besides a 1200.acre farm with beautiful buildings at Fowler. Hi died ‘comparatively poor, however, having met with severe business re- verses. Hé was twice married, hi second Wife surviving. Two daugh. ters, Harrlet M and Mary E , survive, also gn adopted son, Jame« D, Dobson. MES. SARAH JAMISON, Mrs. Sarah Jamison died at her home two wiles east of Spring Mills, December 17th, sud the remsius were interred in the Cross Church (Came tery, Rev. Gahrett, of Millheim, of- ficiating. The deceased was the widow of the late Frederick F. Jamison, and was aged sixty-nine years, nine months, fifteen days. The deceased is survived by four children— Rev. M. I. Jamison, of York ; Oscar and Olin Jamison and Mrs. William Vonads, of Coburn, Her maiden name was Zerby, and is also survived by three brothers—Henry, Aaronsburg ; Asron D., Bellefonte ; and D. L., Milibeim. Misa Mad-line Pot'er Noll, the six- teens year old daughter of Mr. and Mr», James Noll, died st their home in Lewistown, The cause of her desth was diabetes and she was ill less than a week. Sbe was born at "Milesburg, where the family lived until a few years ago. The remains were taken to Milesburg for interment. Bamuel Thomas died at his home at Faitbrook, after a year's illness from besrt trouble ard rheumatiemn. He was born in York county a little over eighty years ago. When a young msn be came to Centre county and moet of the time since lived in the community in which he died, Bix children survive, A 5 MS A SB ANSE Mr. aud Mrs. Eugene Bhadle, and son Harold, of Charleston, West Vir- ginia, were in Centre Hall for a few days, guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Bradford and other friends. Before coming here some time wss spent in Willismasport, their former h me. Mr. Shadle is engaged ino the iumber busi. ness, and since being located in West Virginia bas had the good fortune to make several extensive deals in timber land that netted him a profit large enough to keep the wolf from the door even though he lives retired at present, Sober. W. W, Jemison and wife made a business trip to Bellefonte, Saturday, Mary Zardy is still numbered among the sick. B. F. Bhafer is housed rheumatism, ; Pearl Auman visited her sister, at Piensaut Gap, over New Year, remain. ing until Monday, John Gaglor is taking out paper wooo, 4 MRS, ANNA M, SNYDER, Mrs. Anna M. Boyder died in Buf falo, New York, Dece aber 24th, and Monday following the remains were joterred at Centre Hall, the funeral being held from the bome of her brother, James HB. Relish, of Potters Miils. Her age was almost forty-four up from years, The deceased was the eldest daughter of Mre. Husanua Relish, of Potters|. This 14 to volite alt aac @ Mille, and is also survived by the fol. DT concern tha on the lowing brothers and sisters : Jame 8 December ‘ ale vos Reish, of Pottérs Mills ; John Heist, [Pe ya ih hE med 1 g i Mrs. Lizzie Homan, of Millhelm ; two ated In towiwh ip, about lies south. Relish, of Potters Mills, «astof Linden Hall. 1 am Bydoey elsh, o ad | A — date] fot pubic ale EOLA, ? ELMER ©, ROSS, Lemont, Pa. Mrs. Fannie Lego Lane, wife of Harry D Lane, died at her home in Tyrone after an illness of six months from tuberculosis. Bbe was born at Bald Esgle and was about thirty. eight years of age. In addition to her husband she is survived by one deugh- ter, Virginia, and several brothers and p cted by the wise, a ADROITLY TURNED. it Was a Small Hole, but the English- man Crawled Out, a Englishmen shooting at a cently while I was on the other side,” remarked an American ariny officer, “and at my elbow wn ious Brit Isher of the old after shaking his d - the frequent misses thai 7 nt length sald to me; “1! \ goes to show how the young 1:en of England are degenerating. All this sort of thing reflects on the British nation,’ who at mde, hie ing,’ 1 agreed. “At that the old gentleman flared up and exclaimed: ‘1 say! can do better, sir?" “If I couldn't shoot better than that, I'd be ashamed to eat breakfast,’ I an- swered. “Thereupon 1 was handed a rifle and told to showy what I could do. 1 shot. and the first time I missed the target completely, so the laugh was on me, but before they could laugh twice 1 succession, was a trifle disconcerted, but he com- plimented me by saying: ‘Really, now, You can shook a bit, car't you? I say, there's nothing like a Yankee marks- man with an English gun, Is there, old chap? "—Los Angeles Times. A GREAT COMBINATION. When Husband, Wife and Mother-in- law Co-operate. : Shortly after his marriage, which togk place In 1880, John Burns, the British labor leader, settled down as a Journeyman engineer in Battersea and twenty years after confessed that he was the first engineer to make with his own hands an electric tram car In Great Britain. In those days, however, people did not believe that electric traction was possible, and Burns had to take the dynamo and tram to the Crystal palace and run the latter round the grounds for six months before people could be induced to be- lieve in the novelty, although the charge was only sixpence, none of them would venture in the newfangled invention. Then Burns was struck with a brilliant idea. He sald to his wife, “You have got to come down to the palace threo times a week and get into the first electric tram car as a decoy duck for the others.” This was only temporarily successful. So Burns brought along his motherin- law, “and,” sald the energetic labor leader when relating the incident “when a husband, a wife and a mother. inlaw co-operate success Is assured.” -London Tit-Bits, Towers. The patient architect had just suc- ceeded In getting Mrs. Drippingold to decide between the charms of renals sance, classic and Queen Anne for the plans of her magnificent new country house, “The only detalls 1 ain't goin’ to leave to your discretion,” sald the wealthy lady, “is the matter of tow- ers. 1 want plenty of towers that folks can see for a long way off when they're ridin’ by.” “But what kind of towers do you want?’ inquired the unfortunate archi tect—"Norman, Gothic" Mrs. Drippingold closed the English novel of high life on which her soul had been feeding “Why, ancestral towers, of course.” — Puck, Friendly Advice. A very matter of fact Scotchwoman called to see a neighbor, an elderly woman, who had been ailing for some time. “And how do you find yourself to day, Janet?’ was the greeting. “Ab, Martha, I'm very bad. This cold, damp weather Il be the end of me. I'll be a dead woman before very long.” “Hoots, toots, woman! You've been saying that any time these last twenty years, I've no patience with you. I'l tell you what it is. You want firm- ness of mind. Fix a day for your dy- ing—and stick to It.” Had Poor Sight. New Boy (rather Inquisitive)--What did the other lad leave for, sir? Master—For having defective eyo sight at times, my boy. New Boy—Why, sir, 1 have seen him since. Apparentir, then, his eyesight was all right. It seems rather curious, sir, Master—Well, my boy, at various times when taking money from cus tomers he could not see the till. —Lon- don Answers, * Time to Stop. Mrs. Benham-—Henry, 1 am more than glad that you don't drink now, but how d11 you come to leave off? Benham—You remember the ast time your mother was here? Mrs. Benham ~Yes. Benham-—Well, one night while she was here I came home In pretty bad shape and saw three of her. That settled it. AAAs. An Easy Task, “Johnny, 1 will give you a quarter if you can get me a lock of your sister's hale.” / “Gimme 4 bits, an’ I'll git you de whole bunch. I keow where she hangs it nights.”-Houston Post, The Outcome. The Doctor—Now that you are going me what happens when an irresistible force strikes an immovable object,” . send for you, doctor,” Life. THE PARACHUTE. Leonardo da Vinci Was the First One to Suggest It, Credible ncccunts exit of an English lenedictine wonk, Oliver of Malmes- bury, im the eleventh tentury having i tried to Hiv by precipitating himself from the height of n t with the assl tance of wi a hed to his aroas and Lis It is big gone alons a little way, he fell and legs. He attributed his acel- tout to failure to appara- Tus with a tall, whit bh we ed preserve his equilibrium and made hix descent a gentler one, In the sixteenth century Leonardo da Vinel first demonstrated that a bird, which Is heavier than the alr, sustains | Itself, advances in the alr, “by render- Ing the fluld denser where it passes than where {t does not pass.” In order to fly it has to fix its point of support on the air. Its wings in the descending stroke exert a pressure from above dowe, the reaction of which from be- low up forces the center of gravity of Its beddy to ascend at each instant to the helght ut which the bird wishes to Some sketches which have prove that Leonardo occupied himself, like Oliver of Malmes- bury, with giving man the power to fly by t assistance of wings suitably fixed to the body We owe to Leonardo also the fnven- { tion of the parachute, which he de- seribed in the fo terms: “If a man had a pavilion each side of which was fifteen wide and twelve braces high he might cast himself from any height whatever without fear of danger.” It may be sald, too, of Leo- nardo da Vinel that he was the first to snguest the idea of the screw propéller. A SAUCY DUCHESS. Her Audacious Fight For Gay and His “Beggars' Opera.” When the “Beggars’ Opera,” by Gay, produced In 1728 it took positively The king still clung to Han- but the nobility: with the Duchess them,” flocked Wgate pasto. i" had a run Awo nights, unprecedented in and as one result of its cess Handel became bankrupt. Sad- there an order from the lord chancellor to stop the new plece Bhs was because the prime minister consid- ered himself to be too falthtfully rep- resented therein. However that may i the theater had to be closed. an n the Duchess of Queensher. fet brote his te his | maintain it come down to uy he owing hiraces Wis by storm del of Queensberry among frrevielv { the “XN purousiy to tix \ Lie “Beggars' Oper those days #1 denidy came is not exactly known unless it ve been wherenps ry took doned it, up Gay's canse and vehemently chamy Ve busy was she in those days, driving about In her coach asking for guinen subscriptions for printing cop- fess of the forbidden play. And so heed less + Kitty that =} to the queen had the anda subse rintlo she carried her list ® drawing room itself and ‘ity to ask the king for a This little too mneh, and her grace was requested to withdraw fr urt, Kitty an- nouncing, with characteristic compo- that the wis very agreeable to her, as she had never gone there for her own diversion, but to be- stow civility upon the king and queen. was n mn the oo sure, command Papua Island. Papua island was so named by the Malays, apd the word means “frizzied.” in reference to the halr of the Inhabit ants. It fs generally supposed that Papua or New Guinea was originally part of the mainland of Australia. It was discovered by the Portuguese in 1526, though it was probably sighted by A. Dabreu during his voyage fifteen years earlier. The Australian govern. ment, realizing the. danger that would arise if an enemy seized land so near thelr coasts, frequently urged England to annex the eastern portion of the island, and after two or three unau- thorized annexations a British protec. torate was established there In 1884. Clipping Their Wings. The costutoe of the Pu Yuan Pen-jen women In the Shan states 1s very strik- ing, consisting of a cloth hood, an open Jacket and a pair of short white trou- sers reaching barely to the knee. But the most important though the least noticeable par} of their costume is thelr colored cloth galters. These the women are obliged to wear, as without them it 1s belleved they would be able to fiy away, leaving their husbands and #weethearts sorrowful, Sweet and Low. A young man named Sweet engaged to marry a young woman named Lowe, A few Bundays previous to the wed ding the happy couple attended church together, and as they walked along the aisle the choir began singing the song “Sweet and Low,” entirely unconscious of the musical pun that was being per- petrated. Thrifty. “Well, parson, is your flock lib'ral in their ‘nevolences?" “Liberal? Well, I should say dey is hot that. Why, when I asted them to sing ‘Ole Hundred’ dey done sung “The Ninety and Nine.' "Harper's. Talk. “It takes a baby mos’ two years to learn to talk,” sald Uncle Eben, “an’ don It takes de res’ of its lifetime to learn to keep fum talkin’ too much.” — Star, v DO YOU WASHING NEED A MACHINE ? 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Mr and Mrs. Charles Wilt, of Al- toons, were guests of Ross Lowder aud family over Banday. Mrs, Frank Homan and Miss Elizs- beth Close, who have been ill for some time, are improving. John Etters and wife, J. Calvin Et ters and wife and George Ralston and family, of Lemont, were guests of Clayton Etters and family, Christmas. Daniel Lowder and wife visited | friends in Huntingdon and Mifin | counties, during the holiday season, Miss Mar, Peters, of Plone Grove | Mills, visited relatives here last week. Clement Dale and wife, of Houser- ville, spent Wednesday at Bunny | Hillside. i James Blair and wife returned home | from a pleasant visit among friends at | Mill Hall. i Samuel Blazer and wife began house- | keeping in Ira Korman's house on | Main street, 8. C. Bathgate, the College townehip assessor, was in town Friday, Wm. Everhart, of the Branch, tran- sacted business in town last week. Wm. E. Grove, of Lemont, was a business caller in town, Saturday. Curtis Y. Wagner, of Bellefonte, spent a few hours in town, Christmas. Mrs. Oscar Rishel has been ill for the past week. "The members of Victor GG range will entertain their friends at a banquet Saturday, the 9th. Clayion Etters snd family attended the U, Ev. social at the home of Mrs Nathan Grove, Friday evening, and report a pleasant time, —- o- ss BAA SA, Your H. air Contrary? Is it inclined to run away? Don’t punish it with a cruel brush and comb! Feed it, nour- ish it, save it with Ayer’s Hair Vigor, new improved formula. Then your hair will remain at § home, on r head, where it belongs. An elegant dressing. | Keeps the scalp healthy, Does not change the color of the hair. » 0000000000 P00000000000000000000000000000000000 seeeeseee 0000000000 00000009000000 We extend to our trade our heartiest thanks for their patronage during the past year, and offer our best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year, We solicit the continuance of your patronage, » H. F. 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