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7 John W. Conley, for many years a
resident of near Centre Hall, died
Wednesday of last week, at the age of
seventy-five years and nine monthe,
Interment was made on Saturday,
services having been held at both the
bome and at the Presbyterian chuareh,
Rev. W. H. Benayler, his pastor offiei-
ating, and assistance at these services
wus wiven by Rev. RR. Jones, pastor
of the KR: firmed church,
Mr. Contey was the son of former
Bherifl Richard Conley, and was born
in M fllia county, but when a mere
child be came to Centre county with
his parents, who located in Gregg
townshipon a farm, and duriog the
senior Conley’s term of office conduct.
ed the farming operations for hia fath.
er, continuous there (on what is now
known as the Dr Leiv farm, tenanted
by John A. Heckman) uotil 1870
He and Mrs. Conley twice lived in
Centre Hall, the first time during the
early seventies and the last time five
or gix years ago, and from here they
boll: times moved onto the Conley
farm, where his death occurred.
It was in February of 1861 that Mr.
Conley and Miss Catherine Keller
were united in marridage. There sur
vive these two sons, J. William Con-
les, of Bellefonte, a merebant, and
Jams K. Conley, who for a nomber
of years bas been located in Freeport,
Illinois,
(USDA, 3 ANUARY 1.
DEATHS,
——
Mrs Busan D. Masser, widow of the
late John Musser, died at the home of
her d=ughter, Mrs. John Roop, at
Biale College, agtd over eighty-four
years. Bhe was a daughter of Christ.
ian Dale, and was born at Osk Hall
Hiation. The following children sur
vive: W. Musser, of Warriors
Mark Mary Ballers, Fillmore;
I J Waddle, of Fillmors; L
dusser and W, J. Musser, of Belle
C. M. aud F. M. Musser, of Al-
ons; aod Mrs. John Roop, of State
with whom she hsd her
The following brothers and
also survive; Clement Dale,
A. A. Dal, E:q., of Belle
Austin and Philip Dsle, of Osk
of *ioe Grove Mills
Musser, also of Pive
G
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2]
irs KX
F
fon e
t
College,
home,
Ww
E:«q , and
fone;
Ha'l ; William,
and Mra. Kate
Ge Mills,
ors
ive
Limbert, wife of
Cleveland Limbert, died at her home
at Altoona, aged thirty years The
remsios were taken to Madisonburg
where the funeral services were held
and conducted by Rev Hingman. She
leaves to survive her husband snd four
emasll children. Ioterment was made
in the Evangelical cemetery at Madi
sopburg.
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LOCAL
Mrs. E'igsbath
you wantto sell or rent, advertise
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Are you reading thesertes of articles
berg published in the Reporter enti
tied Too Many Ci urches, by Dr W
H. Sebuyler? If you are wot, do so
They sre enlightening.
William R. and Victor H. Jones,
sons of Rev. BR R. Jones, left on Satur.
dey last for Lancaster, to resume their
s'uhies jo the senior class of Fraokliv
and Marshall College,
One of the Brockerhoft fsrms, in
Marion township, located on the
Jacksonville road, wss recently sold
to F Biwer, of Allen Bank, Bed
fo d roupty, who will take possession
of ‘he seme next spring.
J Rev. D. F. P. Barry, of Hartleton,
is «t the Lutheran parsonage with his
go, Rev. Fred W. Bary. He has
ny hesn in the best of health of lste
ard with the hope that he
3 vy bh yaically benefi ‘ed
iam
of Julisn
dauctiter, Mrs
in Centre Hall,
shin Milos,
wi ner
(+ F {ei ner,
=
~,
is here
‘amines and Frack Camp
f Beleville, spent a few days
Ins: wie atthe home of Mr sod Mrs,
Jd Ew Linden Hall,
Liter they attended Farmers Week, at
Bae College, and vidi ed at Rock
HMprings and Graysville on their way
home,
James Conley, of Freeport, 1ilinois,
is wutre Hall, baving eosme here
lav week on seccount of the death of
his father, John W, Conley. He will
remain io the enst for at least a fow
wees to comfort hia mother, who Is
a one on the Conley farm, just below
Centre Hall
While visiting his sister, Mrs. Bailie
Bickleen, at Sliver Creek, near Buflalo,
N. Y., Thomas Lucas, of Howard, a
son of Reuben Lu se, of tha: place,
Wis be'd up by three highwaymen
and «fier being terribly beaten was
robbed of abut $70 Thy sesanit was
8 remarkably bold ove. Mr Lucss
while pretty well used up, is recover-
fog from his injuries and will soon be
about again,
The lighting plants In the Murray
& Bitner drug store and Kreamer &
8B u's general slore were tampered
with on Saturday evening at an hour
whoen thelr services were most nee ed
Ton prac im! joker turned off the air
supily, sod antil the cause for the
su Iden fallure of the Joti to perform
thelr fanetions was discovered thore
was a bit of flurry in both business '
paves,
be
r Unmpbell, o!
in
oS eS A
COUNTY JUBILEE GOAL,
Uounnty 8. 8 Association Makes Standard of
Centre County Goal,
At the last Btate Sunday School
Convention, beld at New Castle, Cen-
by the State organizition.
Secretary, at Bellefonte,
State field worker. The members
the executive committes present ware
President OC. L. Gramley, A A. Luck-
enbaugh, Rev B. A. Bayder, UG. L.
Goodhart, The sessions were also at.
tended by Rev. Rchmidt, Dr. Haas,
Rev. Winey and Rev Shuey
COUNTY JUBILEE GOAL
Ta reach the * County
Goal,” which i= in harmony with the
“Bilate Goal,” the following condi.
tions must be attained :
1. To maintain County’s Front
Live position in the State.
by 1500
To have fifty schools in
County hesve O A. B. Classes
holding certificates,
Secondary Work.
To have fifty
Crunty usiog
sous,
To
#chools in
Graded Les
inaugurate an aggressive
County
(a) The nppointiog of a secre-
tary or committee in ench
school
(5) Atleast ten minutes each
month devoted to
on Temperance
(¢) Fifty per ecentum of
adult and iotermediate divi-
sions sign the pledgr,
To intensife in Mission Work —
{2 )
committee in each school,
(6) At lesst ten minutes esch
moath devoted missionary
education,
to
Gradustes,
the ** Seal (Course on
5
Missions
be requested to do sn
I'o have every #chool in the
coer
To
County reach
Front Lin
have every
contribu
in the
County
schools
the
* Prwition,
have thirty
To
County
County orgsn
schon! in
in
zation fund
lr s———
Night at Los Arenas.
nt Spa
out
nish customs
but is
Al age of
light
me In
well
sh consul
Most of the ancl
bave long
still mainta
Los Arenas,
sleepers will,
saying that this
done without,
at Bilboa.
The custom consists of the “serenos”
(night policemen) calling out the
hours and st
night, commencing at midnight
finishing at 5 o'clock 8. m. 1 said
“calling.”
be more correct. One is roused by
one of these loud voiced policemen
singing out beneath the bedroom win
dow, “Las (“Twelve
o'clock, fine weather”)
By 4 o'clock the weather has prob
ably changed, and It may be raining
and blowing a regular hurricatie, a
state of things In itself enough to
wake any man up. Yet you are cheer
fully Informed of the fact by the po
died
ined here, in
since one
the
and all
be with
nea
could
says the
be
Britl
yey
doce, sereno!”
do!” (“Fonr o'clock, raining.’
pose whatever 13 served by the cus
tom, except. perhaps, to the Spanish
Bill Bikes, who considers it a very
useful guide to the whereabouts of the
police,
Called His Bluff.
An irascibie guest had been sitting
at the hotel table about three minutes
and no waiter had come to him, aud
waiter he called him up. “Here,” he
said ill naturedly,
my order, and nobody has come near!
Am I going tg be waited on?”
“Certainly, sir.”
“Then I want to know why 1 have
been kept waiting o half hour!
“Well, sir.” explained the waiter.
“the man who was on duty when you
came in, half ap hour ago, has left
and won't be back until tomorrow, and
I only eame on duty ten minutes ago,
50 1 don’t know the reason.”
The guest knew be was being made
fun of, but he niso knew that he had
been telling a falsehood, so he sald no
more. —8t. louis Globe Democrat
A—————" a
Brain Weights.
The average weight of a man’s brain
is forty-six ounces, but At varies large-
ly In different individuals. Csually
It Is about one-thirtieth of the body's
weight. In quadrupeds the relative
weight Is remarkably less than it is
in aman beings, It Is one-one hun-
dred and twentieth In dogs, one-four
hundred and fiftieth in horses, one
seven hundred and fiftieth In sheep
and on t hundredth In the ox.
leating a direct relation be
welght of brain and intelligence,
the animals named being ranged in the
aor of thelr mental capacity aud do
SO Bp RN
A FRENCH CALENDAR.
Ths One That Was Adopted During
the Revolution.
In the Frene¢h revolution the na-
tional convention adopted a new cal-
endar containing twelve months of
thirty days eacli. The five days in the
Year thus left were disposed of by
making them “festivals,” The months
were named not January,
ete, but Vendemaire, Brumaire,
malre, Pluviose, Ventose,
minal, Floreal, Pralrial, Messidor,
Thermidor and Fruetidor.
Each of these names had a meaning,
Instend of naming a month meaning.
lessiy afier a heathen god, as we name
Jenuary after Janus and March after
Mars, the names represented the ape.
cial teristics the month
Fructidor, for instance,
we call Septeniber,
Fri-
Nivose,
charne of
menns
Germinal,
from the
lust of March to the midd e of
means “the month of buds.” and Flo
real, which follows it, the “flowery” or
“flower: month,
Therm ) dor. whi
Wil
the
April,
bh means the "hot
month which under the
an calendar included part of
nd part of Auvgmist. The political
ileance the from
the faet fhat the re
everthrew [lohesplerre
of terror urred
nth of Thermidor,
id say, Jui 154. It
1} He
July. ¢
ol word arises
volution
nnd ended the
the
as w
OY on oth
or,
y pe @
shou was cal
wf,
res ns
we spenk nnssn
» nick-
uventor
New
THE SoU
Their History
THE
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in Evy
te in
ents of Con:
Nation.
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fatty
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pnd oth
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of o vena
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te ted
the 11
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New Mex
nin and parts
The peces
the
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left foot In
handed action
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extended
naturally grasped
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and the bird
b his right foot
per h
it with
The ©
Magele ls on
domestls in
sulered fram font!
and. the créowote that had been pre
geribbed proving ineffectunl. her oils
tress pr red another remedy at the
store. Thinking to impress the
ne essity of being careful
she sald: “Now, Mag
skull and cross.
Do you know
an on the Bas:
iting but
fami. She
‘he for some time.
oe
girl with the
In the use of It
gle, do yon
bouea on
what they
“Yes, ma'am.” Maggie promptly re.
plied: “they that the medicine
Is good for the teeth”
gre the
this label?
mean?"
mean
A Harder Task.
“1 ean twirt my husband around my
little finger,” said the Clreassian
beauty.
“That's all right.” replied the fat
lady, “but if you had married the os
gified man lnstend of the contortionist
you'd flud him a harder customer to
deal with." ~ Chicago Record-Herald.
Ths Secret Elopement.
He--We had best elope nbout 2 in
the morulpg. 1 will bring my motor to
the next corner. and- She-—-Oh.
conldn’t yon make it a little earlier,
dear? Pa.and ma do so want to see
us off, and 1 don't lke to keep them
up =o late,
A SS AAAI
Mer Addad Waight,
Mrs. Denham—T am getting stouter
all the tine. Me Denhame-Yos: when
I got married | itl reallecd that 1
was petting » wife on the lustalmen:
plan!"
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Find tle plore where God wants
you, and when yon have {oad It bars
to the socket = Mew Tugs.
I SS SRI.
NAPOLEON AND SUICIDE.
His Dralt of Poison and His Com-
ments on Self Destruction.
It is raid that when all seemed jost
to Napoleon in 1814-—the yenr before
Waterioo+he thought of suicide as an
end to his career. He actually took
a draft of poison, but the essential
element in the concoction had lost its
He, however, conquered his
to self destruction, which
‘ward held In abhorrence,
hopeless exile at St
during his first con-
grenndiers killed
an order to
{ eflicacy
| tnclination
he ever after
even during his
Helena. When
suiship of
himself Napoleon
the guards:
“The Grenadier
himself owing to
was otherwise an soldier
The first consul commands that ths
| guards should be informed that a sol
dier ought the grief and
bitterness of passions; that there
is the same courage in enduring with
patience the pangs of the soul as ip
facing bravely the fire of a battery. To
give oneself up to grief without resist
ance or to kill oneself to escape 1s to
abandon the field of battle before being
beaten.”
In n conversation w
| poleon blamed the poet
Werther to commit suicide,
he said to O'Meara:
t of a gambler whe
or of a ed
niwavs thought that
in support
in
his
issued
one
has killed
affair He
Gobaln
a love
excellent
lo conquer
his
]
ith Goethe, Na-
for allowing
and in 1810
“Suicide is the ¢
has lost
pro nie
A man shows more courage
ing the evils that afflict him than
getting rid of his life.”
TRAGIC IN ITS BREVITY.
The Story of the Duel Between Hamil.
ton and Burr,
The story of the Hami)ton Burr duel
is tragic The little party
of five wis, their
aad
not
naries
dieton,
everything rus
I have
in its br
the r
the surg
seconds
on rround
jong
were so
Hamiltor
istol he
“Will you ha
Lis | ve the
halrs
“Not this
rep, r, and
sth
Ac
pring set?
¥ faced
Jer
cording
upon a di
the we
started
authorities
, Burr fired at
rt Hamilton
" COnYUIsIYE
ord OG
At
forward
reeled, di
his pistol
movement,
charging
above him, and
with ap ¢ ip ression
face, sprang toward him, but Van Ness,
his second, # ded him by
hurried him dows the
their boat.
Hamilton, being lifted uj
for a moment and gasped, “This is »
mortal wound, « tor.” Relapsing
agin into unconsciousness, he was
agaln res i by the fresh alr of the
river. “Pendleton knows.” he said,
trying to turn toward his friends, “that
I did not intend to fire at him.”
At 2 the aft un following be had
breeih
Lavoluntarily
folinge
the
up.
ive
TON
ed his last
Dangers are light if they once
light. and more dangers
men than forced them. —
Rvp ry
brva deceived
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A Special
Sale
of
Embroideries
and Lace
WHILE THEY LAST
Beginning
Saturday a. m.
January 13th
|
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Centre Reporter $1 » yer
The Snakes Stone.
In most accounts of suuke charming |
in india the snake in lm
portant part. When the charmer is bit-
ten the stone is applied to the bite and
is supposed to aid Overy
Writing in the London Field, Licuten-
ant I. Mackenzie gives some notes on
two of thes hich Le bad the
opportunity They were tri
angular in shape, fiat and rounded,
with smooth polished black surfaces,
They are said to cowe from the hills of
Tibet and to be the saliva of
the markhor. This! animal is spoken ©
in Lieutenant Mackenzie's note as
the “Persian enake eater.” Its saliva
Is thought to in an antidote to
snake polpon. The markhor 18 = gpe-
cles of wild goat found in India, Tibet
and Kashmir
ins fps A AAAS
stone plays
in Lils re
¢ stone WW
af wopiiiy
solidified s
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Contin
Do you know that fully nine out of
very ten ceases rpeumaliem wre
simply rheumatism of the muscles Cue
to ¢old or damp, or chronic rbeums-
tisern, and require no internal treat
ment whatever? Apply Chamberlain's
Liviment freely and see how quickly
it gives relief. For sale by all dealers,
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Read the Reporter.
THE EMPIRE
UR NEW BUILD.
ING is now complet-
Repairing
of all kinds of ~
Vehicles
This means re-
of woodwork, ironing,
of all descriptions,
special attention to our
line of
HARNESS
‘ey
Wil
speak for themselves,
S.L. CONDO
SPRING MILLS.
GRAIN DRILL
smient tha
soon be needed d,
is an imple
i
seeding is des
Empire has
THE DeLAVAL
CREAM
SEPARATOR
red to be
1s acknowledg
&
ily perfect
IL will prove a
§
OBomy i used on
Sralor or oluer high-geared
machine,
D. Ww. BRALUFORD
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e calls will
iswered
a
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water-cooled machines. A
A test will delight
and convince you.
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Independent Mefiners
PITTSBURG, PA.
Alsc makers of Waverly
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