LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Chautauqua is on,
Plum and pear trees in the valley are
) heavily loaded with fruit this year.
= Miss Helen Harper, of Bellefonte, vas
7 a guest of the George H, Emerick family}
last week.
Mrs. Catherine Burris, of near Centre
Hall, visited her son, Irvin W. Burris,
at Yeagertown, last week.
Despite the high cost of labor and
material, Centre Hall is building new
houses and repairing otsers, this sum-
mer.
Cleve. 8S. Brungart made a trip to Buf-
falo, New York, last week, and brought
in a new Dodge touring car for Boozer
& Smith.
An asbestos shingle roof is one of the
improvements in connection with the re-
modeling of the Samuel Durst home in
Centre Hall.
Rev, and Mrs. Melvin C. Drumm
now ensconced in the Lutheran parson
age, which has recently been improved
awaiting their coming.
are
Misses“ Hazel and Margaret Emery
left last Thursday morning for Philadd1-
phia and Atlantic City, where they ex-
pect to refhain for some time.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Hauyett and daugh-
ter, Miss Miriam, spent the past week
with Mr. .and Mrs. William A. Magee
and family, at Wenonah, New Jersey.
“The Reporter is a welcome visitor
and we would not want to do without
it," writes R. D. Killian from Lewisburg
in boosting his subscription ahead to
Ig21.
Mrs. Sue Reeder, of Newberry, pnd
Mrs. Charles Greer, of the state of South
Dakota, are guestsof Mr, and Mrs. F. P
Geary, the ladies being cousins of Mrs,
Geary. .
W. F.
force of road builders working a
Ridge, spent Sunday at home.
ports that the road
3
Floray, who is one of the local
t Sandy
He
job will keep them
Te-
busy until October.
Mrs. John D. La
has gone to the bedside of her daughter,
Miss Helen Lucas, at the Bellefonte
hospital, where she is recovering from
an operation for appendicitis.
as, of Lewistown,
A range of for
ture
grees in tempera.
in twenty- rred last
week during the cool hts and warm
Friday
Saturday af-
days, Falling to 43 degrees
night, mercury rose to 83
ternocon.
A Pathe ph
was recently
purchased by ( es E. Flink ’
from F.
V. Good!
make of
Pathe
has
there yet remains small bun
commodity in the m
Brown, west of Potters Mi
of the farmers to have seve
gooa q
uality bay on hand,
Howard Emery jis takin
man W. J. Smith's of
ing the latter's two weeks’ absence,
COWS
and
1s serving the cu
Howard fi
and is
courteous
Cherries are a fine crop in some sec-
tions, and some trees are yielding
beautifully. W. E. Lee
three hundred and fi'ty quarts
picked from a tree on the
Charles C. Duck, near Burnham,
he is en
reports that
were
farm of
where
ployed.
W. F. McKinney and Frank ]. Phil
ips, forest rangers, are clearing a
the gap above Potters Mills
prove an ideal picnic groun
ists. It is on the State land.
and located right along
her improvements will likely be
the future,
road,
the
made i
During the forepart of June the grass
fields did not look too promising, but to
day there are plenty of fields that
yield an abundance of hay. This
goes to show what a poor job we
make of 1t if we
but for a season,
blossoms would
could control nature
It is likely the clover
peep through
banks in January or July.
snow
A very creditable Children’s Day ser-
vice was held .in the Lutheran church
on Saturday evening. The church was
filled to its capacity. The floral deco-
rations were pretty, and the children
performed their various parts well
An especidlly pleasing feature was a
pantomime by seven youog ladies, dur-
ing the rendition -of which Miss Eliza-
beth Royer very prettily sang music fit
ting to the acting.
consignment of eight hundred
chix were sent by Kerlins Grand View
Poultry Farm, to Florida, a distance of
over oue thousand miles, with but a loss
of four chix, and this after the chix had
beea retained in the post office for a day
and a half, owing to the addfessee living
ten mites out in the country and un-
known to the postmaster. Some vital
ity these chix must have, as well as
some mighty good service on the Buile-
gon postal lines,
The Decker Brothers, of Spring Mills,
are getting their saw mill at the Old
Fort ready for business, They have
three good size tracts which they will
convert into lumber this year and ext
year. Besides the purchase of the Bart
ges tract, mentioned a few weeks ago,
they have also purchased from Arthur
Grove a twenty-two acre tract, and from
Hor Orwig, of Mifflinbure, they
the tract of timberlacd on the
former Peter Smith farm at Centre Hill,
a..."
THE DEATH RECORD.
Stoner,— The suftéring of Mrs, Re-
becga (Leach) Stoner, wile of William
Stoner, came to an end on Monday
night at 12:15 o'clock when she passed
peacefully into the spirit world. For
the past six weeks she was a patient at
the Bellefonte hospital, suffering greatly
with cancer, Mrs. Stoner realized that
the end was near, and made prepara-
tions for her burial, selecting the funeral
hymns and Scripture reading. She was
agetl past forty years and is survived by
te and two children, Lila and
Paul, Her remains were brought to
her home, near the Centre Hall station,
on Wednesday, and on Friday morn.
ing at ten o'clock the fuheral services
will be held at the home. Rev. Cather-
man, her pastor, will officiate, assis‘ed
by Rev. Bingman,
Burial will be made at
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® PLEASANT GAP.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Wagner and two
sons, Harold and Ralph, of Beaver, are
visiting with friends and relitives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Peters and family,
of Niagara Falls, Satur-
day to visit with
Mrs. Wm. Irvin,
Harry Rimmey, of Olean, New York,
spent Sunday with relatives at this place,
Mrs. Rachael Miller, who had the nns-
fortune to fall her leg, was
taken to the Bellefonte hospital.
Centre Hall
here
latter's
motored
the mother,
and break
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Marriage Licenses.
Loyd E. Guiser, Mingoville.
Mary E, Peters, Mill Hall,
William Wyant, Hollidaysburg.
Clay Lingafelt, Hollidaysburg.
Lewis I.. Crain, Sandy Ridge.
Sarah M. Cowfer, Port Matilda.
John H. Kuhn, Boalsburg.
Emma K. Rowe, Boalsburg
Willis W, Stephauns, State College
Emily A. Neiwdigh, State College,
er L.
E Lingle, Spring Mills,
Velma E.
Weaver, Spring Mille,
Ralph W, Man Id, Morristown.
Helen I
n, State College
FARM FACTS
Timely Reminders from
The Pennsylvania State College
ORCHARD Over loaded trees should
f and
Thin so that fruits
: pull or shear the fruit,
WOODLOT While the
leaves are on
mark dead and
x 0Ou
rees for
| nol be able 1
cutting
these trees
inter.
DAIRY «Prevent the accumulation. of
stable, It fur.
for fi
of the
ire about the ¢w
shes t best breeding place
PAINT on the outside
'e So
es,
walls
nseed oil
juipment
THE GARDEN needs water, but not J
Better a heavy watering
han a sprinkling every day
useful only when it reaches the
week
do not thrive
should be
latest
%
the
ais time of the
th year
ted for insect parasites. The
to administer
1 pig then
the
rent is
in capsule form, Eac
dose which makes
pith
The vinage blacksmith shop under
the spreading chestnut tree is for rent,
The smithy has gone to sea to learn
some new tricks of the trade in the
U. 8. Navy schools,
Blacksmithing Is now a highly
specialized trade in iron working, Once
Aa man masters It he Is sure of a
good living for life, eithgr in or out
of the service.
A real Interest in one's work is as
necessary in the Navy schools as in
others, ‘but Jack is paid to learn and
is sure of his Job as long as he wants
it, providing be is In earnest
The above photo shows a couple of
anvils doing a big business at a Navy
Artifiger School,
:
GREAT EVENT FOR MOSLEMS
————
Holy Carpet” Leaves Cairo for
City of Mecca.
Always pleturesque, Cairo 1s never
more fascinating than during the “Pro-
cession, of the Holy Carpet”, In the
bazaars we wateh the barefooted
workmen embroidering, holding the
cloth In their toes, which appear to
be prehensile, or “watch them go to
the nearest mosque to bathe five times
a day. As many day also
from the minarets of mosques the
muezzing are reminding the natives of
the approaching festival, and that “God
is great, there Is no God but God, and
Mohammed f(s his prophet. Come to
Prayer.”
Howling dervishes are dancing In
the mosque nenr the Square of Sutten
Hasan, while devout Moslems are en-
gaged In eventide prayer on their
housetops. Water carriers are on the
way to the yellow Nile for water, or
are benring wine In their gontskins the
same as in Biblical times, while aged
men In the mosques are appareled ex-
actly as In Abraham's day.
The streets are filled with soldiers,
while thousands of elvilians attend the
ceremonial held In the sacred prophet.
fe Inclosu the great square near
the The, enclosure Is a pyra-
midnl wooden structure with
embroidéred stuffs emblazoned with
gold embroldery and quotations from
the Koran, Here the people receive the
blessings of the prophet, together with
tions and sacred talis-
times n
re in
citadel,
covered
SP al disper ns
mans,
The khedive and his dignitaries are
all present to formally start the cara
its military escort toward
fur-off Arabia, The people
ard to touch the sacred In-
ing It with fervor. Wom-
n thelr Is and face vells
windows, as the prodession
arts, Following It are the
who will accompany the car-
the mosque at
ter with
wring the
Marriage in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria's
tow the
unconditionn
oils
swoddi
wedding do
those «
bride
earefu
from
except that
ing her 3
in the “hope chest” from }
takes it for the privileged
hangs it up on cords which are stretel-
the
the
the
trouseean
she
only fow
ed across
house
the room of
5 owed on
wedding by all
main
Here it is
Friday before the
the matrons of the
bride and the maldens dance
the until the
matrons have given their full eriticism
of ench g and If they
of them the girls must help
the bride make them over until “sult.
ahle”
Instend
if plet ty. is
i
town, while
the
before
door and remain there
irment, disap
prove
of rice, corn gs an emblem
showered over the bride
groom, who sire escorted
» with many ©
ily imprisoned
to their
remonies and they
within its
New Uses of Raw Products.
The Weltmarket directs attention to
new uses of raw products. In
Holland a usefn! gum or paste is being
from garlic. The balbs are
pressed and the julce or fluld matter
so obtained is thickened by Inspissa
tion. A good substitute foreork ig ob
tained from fungl. which are
dried) and mixed with cement
and consolidated by pressure. In Nor.
wny a process has been, patented to
enable carbide to be used for driving
motors. In Denmark a company has
been floated to make briquettes from
heather, These have a higher heat
value than peat. Experiments are be
ing made to use chalk marl, especially
that which comes from the Limburg
mines, as a manure,
Typhoon Hurt Coconut Trees,
The Christmas typhoon which swept
over the southern Philippine Islands
did considerable damage to the coco
it plantations, Trees, especially those
along the seashore and places most
open to the wind, were elther blown
down or weakened to such a degree
that unless the affected groves are
cleaned up and taken enre of, the trees
still standing are doomed. but for an
other reason, says the burean of agri
culture, The fallen trunks will be
come breeding places of all manner of
beetles, borers md other coconut de
stroytg pests and diseases. The
wenkenid trees, unable to fight these
odds, will sooner or later succumb and
thus the farmers will suffer more
losses,
some
mide
certain
ground,
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Got Him at Last.
He was a large, dapple-gray, sensi
ble-iooking horse. It was his task tc
pull a baker's wagon from house to
house in a district on the North side.
as the driver dodged In and out of the
houses with his basket of bread and
cakes, .
“Fritz,” enlled out the driver as he
ran down the porch steps, Intending
that as a notice to his falthfal friend
to move on down the street. The
horse did not move,
“Charlie,” spoke up the driver
again, and the old dapple-gray stepped
off promptly.~Iodianapolis News,
Uncle Eben, y
"Owin' to de way smarter men dan 1
fs has got mixed up In arguments”
sald Uncle Eben, “whenever anybody
'splaine de league &' nations to me, 1
Jes’ ways ‘yesslr' an’ goes on "hout my
business”
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for Sale.
SPECIAL
Afternoon and Evening.
nian
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WANTED. Two girls for gecera
housework ; small family ; good wages,
Write, Mrs. R. C. Colbaugh, 435 Rose-
dale 8t., Pittsburgh, Pa., Williamsburg
Branch,
PIGS FOR SALE ~-I purchased the
Duroc Jersey sows raised by the Spring
- ¥
Mills Pig Club, and Em offering for sale
the pigs, old from March 30. These are
very nice pigs. The sow pigs of the
older litter were sold to the County
Agent of Hunti county for Club
work..«]. R. wt, Spring Mills, Pa
The Centre Reporter, $1.50 a year,
.
TERMS REASONABLE
CENTRE HALL, PENNA.