THE CENTRE REPORTER. THURRUAY, JANUARY 18, 1917 REBERSBURG E Lagrippe has made its appearapce In this vicinity, Clarence Long is confined to hie bed with a severe attack of tonsilitis, Le ter Mionieh spent a few days last week at Mifflinburg and Milton on ap: aial » usiness, The borse sala held at this plsce on Monday by Yoder, of Kansas, brought many people irom a distances, Mrs. Whitmar, of Illipoie, is visit- ing her parents, Mr, and{ Mrs. George Waite, at this place. Charles Waite, who is employed at Lewisburg, is spending this week un- ' der the parentsl roof, At the two public sales held last week in this vicinity live stock and farm implements did not bring the prices they did a year ago. Bince the coal dealers at Coburn are out of coal quits a lot of fuel is being hauled froma Bpring Mills to this piece, Eimer Bierly is making prepara. tions $0 move bis portable shingle mill to Madi-onburg where he will op- erate the same for several monthe, In less than one and one-half hours Yoder sold his ear load of horees on Monday, at an average of $218.00 per head, Last week while Allen Brungart was grossing the meuntain on his way to Sugar Valley his bugey slid over the bank and upset at toe time the road wae one sheet of ier, Lugkily no one was hurt but it cost Mr. Brupgart a pair of vrew shafie, Now why ‘don’t our road supervisors fonee this dapger« ous road a8 the woéts and rails have been lying aiong tre road for several years and are in a decaying condition, Asronsbure, Mre. J. J. Fleder is suffering from pled nis, A. J. Harter, of Rockford, Ill, is visitiog his sister, Mre, Lewis Mensch, Walter Orwig, who is employed in Mil op, epent a week with his family here, Mre, Grorge McUormiek snd little eons, from Potters Mills, are spending # week with her parente, Mr, and Mre. E. G. Miugle, Mre, T. 0, returned to her Friday, baving taken sick snd Mrs, Weaver bh m+ on while with her parspts, Dr, Bowersox, st Walls Chapel, Mre, Harvey Charles, of Hart'etor, fs the ve'enme gurkt for a week at t's home of her son-in-law, Qiande Fid- fer, Miss Ells Boyer, after spending a month or more st the Joho Haines home, returned to her father's home at Pine Cr ek, ’ Mr, snd Mre, W. A, Guisewile gave a party io honor of their daughters, Misses Sarah snd Mae, on Tharsdsy nigh’, in the form of a8 dauge, Muasic was tendered by Elmer Hull, wiolinis, eR PENN HALL Harry Ulrich and family, Bpriog Mills, spent Bonday with Mrs, Ulrieti’s parents, Mr, sod Mre., Fraok Musse;, William Rockey fromm Tusseyville visited his friend, Clarence Mosse, over Buuday. Mre. William Hetblinger and Mis. Alien Kramer spent luesdsy at the bome of Warren Stover, Harvey Rachau, who is employed al Hollidaysburg, is visiting his wife for a short time, Mr. and Mre, John Delwiler of near Centre Hall spent Thursdsy with the iatter’s sister, Mre. Ephraim Shook. from Georges Valiey Mre, John Vonada spent inst Wed- Uesday at Lhe home of ber parente, Mr, and Mrs, W. P. Lingle. Mre. 8. W. Decker and daughter, Mise Nettie, spent Friday afternoon with Mre, Joho Auman, Harvey Vonada has returned home after spending a week with friends iu Haublersburg, F. M. Ackerman caught a large red red fox in one of his traps on Hatai- day, Quite a number of people in this section are housed up with the grip. ——————————— BIATE AGRICULTURAL NOTES, Ope tovacco grower in Laucsster founty averages $420 an secre for the tobacco crop recently sold, In Lebaron county a grest deal of female Isbor was employed to help husk the porn, In Cumberisnd county limestone innd selis from $1.60 to $1.72 an acre #od slate lnpd for from $60 to $76 an acre, It is cotimated thot insect damunge #0 the cereal mud fruit crops on the Pennsylvania farms amounts to over $25,000,000 each year, Thousands of farmers from all rec Rions of Lhe Btste will attend the Penc- sylvanla Corn, Fruit, Dairy Products, Vegetable sua Wool show (0 be herd at Harrisburg, Javuary 22 to 26, Penusylvania ranks seventh ito the value of its farm gopr, leads all Mates dn buckwheat producaop, is second in bay and apple proauciion and third "in wheat, rye and polstoer, { George, Lu died 1u the ay. DIKOS el, sgrd nineteen ‘wu vospital last 5 From an Unlifornia Sabsoriber, C. W, Btah!l, Esq., of the firm of Stahl and Baylies, attorneys at law, Lon Angeles, Oulitornie, in remitting to the Raporter, gaye: ‘‘ It has begn a good many years since I subscribed for the Reporter and I am the only one of my fatally of eouree, who enjoys its weekly contente, ns the balance of my | family never have lived in Pennsyl-| vanis, but it is like a letter from home | tome 80 I trust you will give me credit | with the enclosed check for $1,560 which is payable to your order, and keep the paper coming this year. * With kind regards to yourself per- sonally and all my Pennsylvania friends and acquaintances and wishing you abundances of success for the com- ing year I beg to remsip, “ Yours very truly, “OC. W, Brana.’ E——— A ————— Working on Yeagertown Lutheran Ohareh, A staff of about a dozen eavr enters and filolshers are at work nonder the direction of eontractor John BStetler in placing the interior woodwork of the new Lutheran church at Yeager- town in position, Mr, BStetler was obliged to import most of the work- men from Soyder county and else where in order to secomplish the task, Phe probabilities are that the edifice will not be in readiness for occupancy much before spriog and it de likely that dedication services cannot be ar- rapged until some time in April a year from the time bullding operations were started, The fresceiong avd painting will be handled by a Williamsport ficm of ip- terior decorators, part of the work be- ing the reproduction in fall color of de Vinel's noted painting, ‘‘ The Lust Supper.” lf ————— Favors lncresse ln Tesohers' Salaries, The state bosrd of education on Fri- day adopted resolutions favoring so increase of $50 per year ia the presemt sainries of all teschers in the public schools of the state and favorimg an appropristion of 818,600,000. to the . ele- mentary and high schools of the state for the coming biennial perio”, The board spent eons” ersbie time discossing normal and voeations! schools and arrsnged with represente. tiwes of the University of Ponnpayl. vanis, State OUnliege ‘and the Univer. sity of Pittsburgh to establi-b summer for trainiog eonlisustion school teachers, Beoretary J. George Becht wen instructed to ‘take up the matter of sceuribg the state’s ehare of the appropristion for wvoostional edu- cation enrried by the bill just enacted by Congres, S—————— A —————— 8S ate Wool Ullp W.a Valasbie, Hiatiaios gathered by the Peonpsyl- vania Departmert of Agriculigre show that thefe were 630,500 fl eoes clipped in the Siste Curing the yeosr tint were valued at spproximstely $1,850,531. Ihe average weight of each flaece is estimated ot 6.3 pouode, a trifle heave. fer then the average of 8 year sgo while the average price of wool per pound wae thirty-four cents ss com- pared with twenty-seven cents in 1916. [t is eatlmeted that the total cip smounted to 8,072,150 prunds, There bes been a decided ingrease in interest in the sheep industry during the past six months and severs! theo- sand sheep bave been brought iodo the Biste through the efforts of the Depa tment of Agriculture, AA A MAAN. Batter and Mik at ¥tate show, Over oue hundred dollars in priges for the beet batter sod milk exhibited at the Pennsylvania Corr, Frail, Dai y products, Vegetable and Wool show at Harrisburg, January 22 to 28 have been offered and many samples are expected Lo be shown from all see- tione of the Hiate, There were two classes for bulter, a creamery and dairy class and priges in each will consist of ten dollars or siiwer cup for first prize, eight dollars or silver gup for second prize, five dol- lars third prige acd three dollars for fourth prize. The competition is open to nil ratier makers io Penpsylvanis and it will ba quite a distivetion to some farmer's wife to carry away the butter chamionship of the State, 'wo recltangaiar one pound prints mast be offered for exhibition sed competion, in both the creamery snd dairy classes, The milk classes ave for certified wed market milk and four quarts of pertifi- ed milk sre required for entry snd either four pin‘s or four quarts of mer- ket milk comprises pn entry. The milk must have been milked on the evening of Jaonary 17 and mast not be pasteurized or evataln sny preser. vative, The same prizes that are to be given in butter classes will be du. plioated in the milk competion, Jo- formation concerving the shipping of wilk and butter and entry blanks ean be seoused by addressing the Depart ment of Agriesiture nt Harrisburg, Ps., or E. EB, Bibanam, Biate College, —— A Traansiers of Kea! Estase, W. J, Bhaltz et al trenden to Res formed Cemetery Association, tract of se honks Nannie B. Mothersbsugh et sl to Huiry (. Bailey, tract of land in Her- ris I'wp, ; covsideratoin$l 750, John H, Krumbine et ex to Clifford ¢ ANIMAL TO BE' LEFT ALONE Porcupine Strictly Defensive, but » Dreaded Foe When It Comes to Close Quarters. Perhaps you will come to the con- clusion that this animal is more inter esting to read about than to meet in the woods, the Philadelphia North American says. But don't worry If he were common he might become, along with the rattlesnake, the emblem of the apostles of preparedness, for he carries a veritable argenal arcund with him on his back. He is called the poreupine. The only American member of the family is the Canadian porcupine, which occasionally wanders southward into the mountains of Pennsylvania, Covering his body from head to foot are sharp spines, or quills, varying from one to four inches in length. When the porcupine is undisturbed the quills lie flat against the body like hair. Approach him, and the spines become erect, pointing outward like a thousand bayonets. Ancient writers handed down fanci- ful: stories about how the porcupine could shrow one of these quills from the ‘body. He doesn't possess this power, however. He's wholly a de fensive animal. Sometimes a dog, unacquainted with this terror of the forest, will pounce upon’ him Hke he would on a rabbit Immediately there's a howl of pain fromy the dog, not the porcupine, The quills “are covered with barbs, and once they are imbedded in another animal they work their way farther in, sometimes causing death. The quills of the Canadian porecu- pine are hidden by a covering of hair He makes his home in hollow trees or in caverns, and eats vegetables and bark from trees, MINK HAS VARIED TALENTS Web-Footed Animal Can Climb Trees and Go a-Fishing; Also le Valuable Prey. Very talented is the animal. He can climb trees llke a squirrel, swim like a fish, dig like a mole and kill chickens like a weasel In addition he is endowed with an unusually fine fur, which makes him valuable prey for the hunter. He's more or less com- mon along woodland streams, and al together too common in the neighbor hood of the farmer's poultry yards We call him the mink. Although he can dig as good a bun row as any other animal, the mink sometimes chooses to steal a musk- rat's home rather than bufld one for himself, a writer In the Philadelphia North American states. To avoid fu. ture trouble with the ousted muskrat, the mink kills and eats him. Usually he prefers to make kis home along the banks of a stream or at the foot of a waterfall. Sometimes, when his taste for poultry becomes cultivated, he will establish himself under the farmer's barn to be near his food supply. He can track his prey like a hound. Besides poultry, he has & taste for rats, mice, fish and frogs. To aid him In his fishing, the mink has partly webbed feet His sharp claws help him In climbing trees, and sometimes he will attack birds in thelr nests. He is a little more than twelve inches long, has a dark brown fur and 8 Hght spot on his throat. Before sealakin became popular a single skin of the mink was worth from $10 to $12. Seemed a Ooo Proposition, “Yea” gighed the beautiful heiress. “my romance has been shattered be- yond all repair. And the cruel parent waa responsible Yor all my suffering” We sympathized and begged her to £0 on, “My suitor wes young and %hand- some, clever. True. he had no money But he had everything else. and oh! how he loved me. My father conldn't sea him. Father fs a business man. and he could not understand that true worth and poverty are not incompat- ible. He demanded that I dismiss my lover; he fretted and fumed whenever be called “1 told him all my father had said against him. | repeated to him my father's remark that he would give 5.000 if I would never see him again.” “And what did he say to that?" “Hehe asked when father could be found in his office.” “Metaphysicianess.” Mary Mitford appears to have had a weakness for coining words with un. necessary female terminations. On one occasion she writes about “a young eredture full of grace and beauty, liv. fog in London Mike a hermitess and feaching her little brothers Greek.” dnd glgowhere she tells of “a most elegant young woman, negotiatrix of the forgeries.” Worst of all is a pas fags in & letter to Sir Willlam Biford, in. which shoe says: “I believe, my door Sie William, that you will not need ‘one to come from the grave’ to inform you that | am » metaphysician ess (is there such a werd 7)” . Putting 1t Up to Father, After several unsuccessful attempts to draw her husband into conversa tion at the restaurant, the wife dis. covered the cause of his abstraction fo be a beautiful girl dressed in black pnd gested at a nearby table, “Ap attractive widow,” observed the wife, coolly. “¥es, indeed, a very attractive wid ow," agreed the husband, enthusias "Yeu," sighed the wife. “I wish I were one. ‘Ladies’ Home Jowrpal, SAI AAA. Contre Reporter, $1.80 per year The first sneeze is the danger signal. Time to take=— cascaR) Rhu old family remedy—in tablet al 1 sure, easy to take, No tes, no unpl nt after effects. res colds in 24 hours—Grip in 3 ys. Mone back If it fails. Cet uine box w T firs picture on it—25 Cents. At Any Drug Store Sale Meglster, BATURDAY, JANUARY 2th, at one o'clock Mrs, Mary Ripka, at Tusseyvilie, will sell her res. idence property and stable, also household goods, THURSDAY, MARCH lst, at 40 o'clock & m., 1 mile north of Potters Mills, Homer R, Treaster will sell farm stock and hoplements ; some house boid furniture. A clean-up sale, L. F., Mayes suct, MONDAY, MARCH 6, all day sale, 1 1-2 mile east of Centre Hill, by Tressier and Daunberman clean up sale of farm stock and (implements, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7th, at 10 o'clock a. m., J T Potter and Jae. Callaban, will sell on the old Potter homestead, four miles west of Centre Hall: Farm stock, implements, ete.; clean up sale of everything, THURSDAY, MARCH 8th, at 10 o'clock, Ma- thins Weagley, on the Allison farm, 1 1.2 miles North of Spring Mills, will sell farm stock and implements. A clean-up sale, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, at one o'clock, G. W. Tremler will sell at his residence, 1 and 1.2 miles east of Penns Cave : Farm stock, implements and household goods, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14TH, at ten o'clock a m, L. R Lingle, onehalf mile west of Old Fort, on Eariystown road, will sell farm stock and implements, This will be a clean-up sale of everything on the farm. THURSDAY, MARCH 15th, two miles east of Centre Hall, by Sharer & Keller: Clean up sale of farm stock and Implements, B m., to the ive pairs of BATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1 o'clock rear of Reporter office, Contre Hall ; mated mules, two yours old at time of sale. These mules will be trained and hitched on forenoon o sale day. Also a lot of cows, fresh and springing TUESDAY, MARCH 20th. 9o'clock a. m., W. ¥, Blover, one-half mile east of Penn Hall, on the road leading to Brushvalley, will sell live stock farm implements and household goods Wise and Hubler, saucts WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2ist, 10 a. m.. about two miles west of Tusseyville, by D. Geiss Wagner Clean up sale of farm stock and implements, THURSDAY, MARCH 2nd, at 10 o'clock &. m., RD. Musser, one mile north of Spring Mills will sell all farm stock, including 30 head of Holstein cattle : also farm Implements. A clean- up sale of everything, + FRIDAY, MARCH, 23rd, at 10 o'c John Boavely, at Spring Mills, will stock and implements, Mayes, auct SATURDAY, MARCH M4, 12 © Hill, by Lloyd K. Smith of! borse oils, COWR, J¢ sheep. Mayes, auct. TUESDAY MARCH o offer at hile mie the fo ments seven end of 11 head of hogs np plows, 3 Perry harrows, 6 barrow, land roller lock & m., sell Jot of farm A ciean-up pie. L. F clock LOCK sale Ung oalile, at Centre consisting bogs snd the undersigned wil owing live stock snd head of horses an ©: $1 hoad {| shew mets Hy racine tooth harrow, dis Evans corn ter, Albirig corn worker, 2 mowers, sid ¥ rake, has londer, y fork, rope and pulleys. Conk wagon, 2 buggys, New Holland feed gring of harness and Sandwich Hay Press and Baieal lDo'ciock sharp, L Frank Mares aut CW, FISHBURN wer paid Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury 8 tre surely de f stnell and « pied y derange the whole yetem w n en®y ng it through the mu Such articles should PL on prescriptions ans, as the damage 1 to the good you ¢ from them. Hall's ifactured by F. J giroy the sense . Toledo me iry., and is taken directly upon the | faces of the system } Catarrh Cure be sure you ine. It is taken internally Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Chene timonials free Bold by Druggista. Price 75¢ per bottle. Take Hall's Family Plils for constipation. y JUSTICE OF THE PEACE CENTRE HALL, PA. Special attention given to collecting, Legal writings of al! classes, incloding deeds, mortgages agreements, elo. marriage licenses and hunter's Hicensos secured, and all matters pertaining to the office sttendeod to promptly. ooth IRE pd rere 000000000PROsO ORR Insurance and Real Estate Want to Buy or Sell ? SEE US FIRST Chas. D. Bartholomew CENTRE HALL, PA, SORT PINT OPC VIOTBOT Yana §OO M : : Carload Red Cedar + Shingles Which we are offering at Special Prices ———————— i | | CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS [|| Proprietors | Centre Hall Planing Will, Centre Hal, Pa, @ A ———— sc ———_—— BELLEFONTE. PA., JARUARY 8, 1m7, pany is hereby presented, Balance in treasury January 10, 1916 $ 249 04 4085 72 6654 Ble $10840 15 FIRE LOBSES-~ Mary C. Fisher.......... G. F. Miller John Decker... Jonas Stover M. H. Bpicher A, Robert GIaBBBOW ....covirivrioicisersen Eimer W, Evey Foster W. Evey Dr.C.B B, F. Stover Mrs James Alexander............. Eimer C. Ross ........ Bmall losses SEPOBLOIN" DRY reerssmssssasesonseives: sessmpons on Becrotary's salary and expenses Treasurer's salary and expenses Bundry expenses......... Interest paid En saan Cash balance in treasury $1688 40 42 is 1206 00 1226 40 471 0 727 100 88 47 4 100 00 100 00 #3 00 20 0 #0 6h $7178 82 274 0 206 76 69 bb 58 80 3 2450 00 200 98 245 6h $10840 15 Assessment No 27 Cash balance in tremsury....... Bale in office unin ars Total cash premium past year Premium notes taken past year Premium notes in foroe today Insurance taken past yeur., Risks in force today $4085 72 T4816 64 size Tn wie 4054561 00 H. E. H. Reed, John H. Beck, Fisher, dent, Frank M. Fisher secretary, and J. BR Attest ; Bob FRANK M. FISHER, Bec'y H. E DUCK Fresident LEGAL ADVERTISENENTS Estate of Catherine 1 In the Orphans’ Court ate of Pot 4 p of Centre County ter Townspip, le ancd Harper uly, to distribute Runkle, execu. ut of Ostherine 3, Centre County tied to receive : duties of his ap 3 the Borough of Belie- anuary 28rd, 1917, at ten nd where all purities inter. r avd present their ' «1 or be forever de i n sad fund, CLEMENT DALE Auditor barred fr ol ETOVE FOR BALE. —Good, Bumshine Oak beater with 18inch fire box ; just as good as new, Hesson for selling is that & Monitor Caloric pipe iets furnace has been installed fn the home — WANTED —Man past 30 with horse and bogey 10 well Block Condition Powder io Centre County Balary $70 per mouth. Address § Industrial Bidyg , Indianapolis, Indians. x OR BALE. ~Two good six-room houses, sit uated on East Curtin Street, Belicfonte, Pa. One has bath and the other electric light. Good location. Seale on SATURDAY, JANUARY 20th, 1917 8 Z2o'ciock p.m. at the Court House. See bills, H.E ZIMMERMAN, od Beliefonte, Ps. Edison musical ment, me to your home for a demonstration. 'ROUND WIIH A name on a instro. a Centre|[Hall, Pa. AL ano FOR BALE «Property for sale: CORA KE. WAGNER, Atty indact | f beim of Boshtigrg, Ta; Mary A. ‘ OILS & GASOLIN 1 receive carload and can supply you at all times at low. est prices Bring your barrels and drums and try my otls and gasoline, . William McClenahan WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR CENTRE HALL, PA, AMES W., SWABB JUSTICE OF THE PEACE LINDEN HALL, CENTRE OO. PA. Mortgages, Wil i ke with cary. + All Joka Soe map trast, Sable eT Bd Popa. and 0 * Surgeon's Case Contained a Set of Thieves’ Tools, of Which He Had Made Use Two detectives in Bast New York, searching a neighborhood from which had come & report of burglars, en. with gold letters on it. “Good morn. lng, gentlemen,” sald be, offering an engraved card. “I am Dr, Leo Brew. find a house is, i 7 fi