T IUKSDAY, DECEMBER 12 . LOOALS And Tuesaday was a most beautiful day. . John C, Kuhn has been quite ill at his home at Old Fort. His condition is regarded serious. / Rev, Harry Buck, of Mifflin, came to Centre Hall on Monday and has since been with his sister, Mrs. F. P. \Geary. Mr. Bingaman, who installed sev- eral gasoline light plants in Bpriog Mills recently, was in that town the beginping of this week looking over hi: work. Boies Brown is now mail carrier on Route No, 1, from Spring Mills, which takes in Farmers Mills, West Brush Valley and a portion of the country along the pike east of Bpring Mills. The Bellefonte council is having a dam controversy in which Gamble Green & Company are the daming party. There have been all sorts of controversies with the Centre Hall berough authorities but there have been no dam nuisances so far. Riv. J. Max Lantz, on account of sickness, was unable to fiil his ap- pristments on the Methodist charge last Bunday. He narrowly escaped peumovia, He expects to be at hia saveral appointments next Bunday as scheduled in this issue, J. C', Hosterman, one of the editors of the Millieim Journal, who bad been in poor health during the past few months, became seriously ill ten dys ago, and his condition is alarm- jog. He is suffering from ulcers of the bowels. It is the Reporter's moat sincere wish that bis recovery will be t p2edy. The Pennsylvania State Grange in geasion at Clearfield is being attended by these members of the order from Centre county : Hon. Leonard Rhone, Miss Florence Rhbhope, Mr, and Mre, D. W. Bradford, Dr. H., F, Bitnper, Mr. and Mrs. Bamuel Durst, of Centre Hall ; Joseph K. Bitner, Mr. and Mrs, Cormsn, riog : Mr, and Mre, Luther Dale, BEeilcfonte, A veluable tract of timber land lo gated near Loganton snd owned by Emsavuel Dress waa recently sold to Glues & Uo,, who are erecting a port- able mill on it. The limber Is mostly original yellow pipe, apd the price said to have been paid was $3500 Mr, Glass, the manager, is a native Montgomery, and hes bad large ex- perience in lumbering. Miss Helen Bartholomew, Miss Oipha Gramley, Charles D. Bartholo- mew, William F. Keller and the writ- er fora few bours on Thursday eve. ning were in Millbeim., Tbe trip was made in Bartholomew's auto, with Mies Bartholomew at the wheel. Millheim merchants were found pre- paring for the Christmas trade, which they anticipate to eclipse last year's business, A Ap AAA Rebersburg. Misa Flossie Luse is spendicg this week at Coburn. Mrs. M. Gllbert visited several days this week among friends at Wolfs Bore, Boot Btover had rettirned hoge after spending B week at State College on bualness, Datilel Gramliey, of Pltteburg, isat present visitiog Among his many friends in this vicinity. Bruce Weber tensnt on the Thad- deus Btover farm at Bmuliton has rent ed the J. B. Kreameér farm and will move there this spring. iss Jesse Waite, daughter of George Walle, left for Illinois, where she will become the bride of Mr, Whitman, son of Rev, Whitman, a former pastor of the Lutheran charge, at this place. Oue day last week while Charles Bierly was dragging logs dewn from the wountaip, his horse while stand- ing alone took fright and started off at ® break neck speed over loge, brush, and rocks, and when caught it was found that the animal had broken its leg and otherwise seriously i» jured it- seif and had to be shot, This is a loss to Mr. Bierly aa the animal was a valuable one, § 'y eS Mills Woodward, EE Miss¢e Lida and Beptha Hesterman were to Millbelm Bey evening. Mre. Dr. Ard ia’ visiting her chile dren in Philadelphia and Paulsboro, N. J., this week. O'iver Hostermar, of Buffulo, N. Y,, fa visitiog bis parents, C. W, Hoster- MAnsK. L. I. Weaver and family, Mrs, Ome dorf and Mra. Blifer, were to Coburn Baturday. Mee Decker and chlidren, of Mill beim, ¢pent a few days last week visiting with her elaters, Mr. and Mrs. Ohass, Stover, and daughter, Mire Helen, of Asronsburg, spent the Habbath with their son, Harry. Mr, sod Mrs. Boger and daughter, Miss Sabra, of Mifflinburg, visited at the home of OC. W. Hoslerman sever pl days lest week, Miss Ligors Guisewlite and friend, Virgil Kennedy, of Harrleburg, spent the greater part of Isat week with her mother, Mrs. Daniel Btover, { He Minded a Little Rit H:ns Christian Ander tnbullst, often displayed the of an lovable-and floods of sunshine are followed by del- uges of rain. George Brandes, the Dan- ish eritie, told this story of the soft hearted fairy tale writer: cuprices and never, even in hia old age, did he lose his wonderful childlike simplicity which, if It threw the glamour of fairy- land over his creations, was neverthe- less not without its amusing side. “He was peculiarly sensitive to erit feism of any kind. One day in a cafe a friend noticed that he was reading in- tently a spiteful criticism of his work written by an unknown scribbler In a pewspaper of no account and sald to kim: “ ‘Burely you newspaper like you? “Anderson looked up, and the friend gaw that tears were rolling down his cheeks, “ ‘Yes, he sald, hesitatingly, mind-—just a little." mind what a may say about don't that ‘I do The Artist's Need. “Do you know what is the great es- sential to the artist—to whoever cre- ates? The sense of privacy, the power to isolate his own genius from every- thing in the world, to be concentrated alone, have thoughts, just soul every hum moments of thoughts, reveries, moods, be shared with even those we best. You understand that?” “Yes, 1 do.” “At the bottom come and depart Friendship, love, all that tively rid ourselves of, awful solitude of the soul, avall ing. Well, what others the artist must in Century Magazine. strange, as in the wn being complete must have {solation human absolutely we alone seek to noth shrink fron seek. Bismarck's Prophetic Pipe. Prince Bis: collector, and the gem of h paArck wa is collection bad a curious history. Bismarck was accosted by and asked to buy a plain meerschaun pipe of the type that be most affected At first he declined, bu clalmed for the pipe a power o cast and told hin three emperors ns 1 three important changes It be foretold by accidents b pipe. Laughing, Bismard! pipe. He served two days before when he was refused an audience stem of the pipe fell to pieces. Later he chipped a plece from the the bowl ac ally, and month his practical dismissal by emperor occurred, three ¢ nperors the histor the side of +13 oy # iden the Odd Tips For Lottery. Stranger tips for numbers have been given than even communications from aunt Grant Duff bh nd from Lord Hought in the following in connection with the death of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell in 1878: “When he arrived at Venice on his last journey the hotel keeper, seeing his arrive alone, gave him an in- different room, No. 186. When he be came {ll he was transferred to a better one, No. 8, and, when he became very fll, to the best the man had at his dis. posal, No, 4. After he died the serv. ants took the numbers 16, 8, 4, added B50, the number which stands, as it ap- pears, for death in the lottery lan- guage, and playing on them won 80,000 francs.” —London Standard, An Explanation, The steamboat came splashing along her course at full speed, and the first thing the passengers knew liad crashed head on Into the pier. “Mercy!” cried a passenger as the bow crashed and the splinters flew. “I wonder what is the matter?” “Nothin',” sald Pat. one of the deck hands—"nothin', ma'am, It looks to me as If the captain just forgot that we shtop here." Harper's, lottery choosing n J Ons i Old English Elections, As an lllustration of the violence that wns once common during political campaigns in England Is a quaint bill from a lawyer after an election at Ap- dover in 1768: “To being thrown out of the George inn, Andover, to my legs being thereby broken, to surgeon's bill and loss of time and business, £500." A ——— C—O A Krew His Business. Willle—Bay, pn. you ought to sce the men neross the street raise a building on jacks. Pa (nbseutly)—Impossible, Willle. you can open on jacks, but a man 18 a fool to try to raise on the er—I mean It must have been quite a sight.—Exchange, Hopeful, Peasimistic Wife (weeping)—And that cook promised to come today without fall. Optimistic Husband-Cheer up. my love! It sflll wants ten minutes of midnight.~New York Times, The Way He Put It Bhe (after a tif —You wil admit you were wrong? He (a young lnwyer)— No, but I'll admit that an unintentional error might have unknowingly crept Into my assertion. His Snore. Rub (angrilyy—Here! What do yon too distressing. —Boaton Transcript. Wants Mis Money. Visitor—~What lovely furniture! Lit tle Tommy~Yes; 1 think the man we bought It from Is sorry now be sold it Anyhow, he's always calling. ————— I AA —-. Centre Reporter tin advance. gin AUWETHOCIRIGVOIOWROIRUIPR IVP INGOWIIIINIPOUIPIPIIHOIOBSDED Cat cotn ting Round If, tnuiyr- Befar married von axed to bring nu lmost every day, bul now think of buying my violets He (gallantly) flower girls don't She We wwe Horses You ne The pretty attract my attention so much ns they used to. She-Oh you darling! Never mind, I don't real ly care for lowers anyway,~New York Journal. Not Murder, Curran wns one day wi who, hearing a “curosity"” for “curiosity.” “How that nu Innguage!” “Not #0 bad ns that.” replied Curran “He has only knocked an *¥ out” person 1¥ exclabmed in murders the A Diplomat. which had 1 bet school in the rain and get and probably eateh cold just simply get an al Exchange. The Child- fer do, £0 1G soaking wet and die or mark against Mother, sent my name’ His Name Is Legion. “What nn exceedingly strenuous player he Is!” “Ob, yes. 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