The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, May 31, 1923, Image 8
THE CENTRE REPORTER. THURSDAY, 1923. MAY 31 REBERSBURG, Winters left will his mother they Samued and for Kaneville, Illinois, where future home. drechbill, Pittsburgh, make. their Mrs, the past George who spent winter in returns ed to town a few Mrs, Minnick spending this davs ago. two Mifflinburg Lester and sons are week in ing relatives, Edwin Wolf to the Mrs Mills father, visit 5 is building a large porch front of his residence Norman Bierly is at Potters assisting in nursing her sick who is in a critical condition. Some of our “fArencon” farmers who planted their the first week in onrn May, are now busy replanting the same Mo(Nel- under the Rev, McClellan's son, Dr lan, and family, are visiting parental roof The state rough Hebersburg received an applicatio f road ofl a few days ago The stock sale held on Satunday by Stover was well attended and k. consisting of milk cows and fair prices and wife, who were em- Bartges, near d{(eéntre wist two months, quit t have noved into the Smuliton property ear hy ind Transfers of Real Estate. M. Iartswick, et al. to. Harvey te College: $500 *hurt i : tas -\ School Pienle. 1 itre Hall High Reg India’s Sacred River. The Ganges is the sacred river of the Hindus. On Its banks are many tem- ples and holy places such as Benares, Allahabad, Hardwar and Gangotrl According to the legend Princess Gan da, a Hindu goddess, of long ago, turned herself Into this great river, that she might enrich and purify the country. Devout Hindus bathe them- selves in its sacred waters and pray to die beside it. It is thelr desire that their bodies may be burned upon its waters and allowed to float on down to the sea. The length of the main stream of the Ganges is 1.5% miles, and its every bend is sacred. Pilgrims walk from {ts source and back again, taking six months or more for the pligrimage. Before the Jug- gernaut car which rolled in the pro- cesslon along its banks, fanatics used to throw themselves, to be crashed to death amid the applause of the wor shipers. This is now forbidden by law as Is also the burning of widows on the funeral pyre of their hushands, and the. casting of babes into the sa- cred river, Ancients Knew of Asbestos. It Is said to have been established that the ancient Greeks and Romans were aware of the fireprodof proper. ties of ashestos and made use of It In burying their kings. During the height of the Roman empire native kings and members of the nobility wore asbestos cloaks. According to an old legend, Charlemagne had his cloak and table covers made from this mineral, and mystified his guests by throwing the strange fabric on a fire and then withdrawing it undam- aged, Marco Polo, In 1250 A. DD. visited the Great Khan of Tartary and found a fireproof material being manufac tured from what he believed was the skin of the salamander--an animal popularly supposed to be immune from fire. It has been .established that it was really asbestos fabric, Commoner Who Made Many Lorde William Pitt, the younger, when he first became prime minister of England, found 250 peers in the house of lords, In nineteen years he created 140 more. “He made peers of second-rate squires and fat graziers,” Disraell sald of him, “He clutched them from the counting houses of Cornhill and caught them In the alleys of Lombard str Pitt rarely rose before noon and it Is sald that he often did not work after dinner, because he was Intoxicated, He arrived at the house of commons drunk on the day when war was declared be tween England and France In 1793, Too Hot for Her Joh. “Do you believe that people follow the same occupation In the next world that they do on earth?” “My motherdnlaw won't. She makes “dee” cream. "London Tit-Bits, bo pk ¥ So, LE GAL ADVERTISEMEN . —————————— ——————— mises PU BLIC SALE, roman) foam REAL ESTATE and PERSONAL PROPERTY The undersigned, administrator, at public sale, on the premises, mile South of COLYER, on » SATURDAY, JUNE 2nd, 1923, at 12:30 o'clock IP, M,, erty of Sarah _ Phillips, late of township, Centre county, de follows, to wit: Sink, Cupboard, of Dishes, Chairs, lot Music Cabinet, condition, Coal Stove, Extension 6 Dining room Chairs, 3 Rock of Cooking Utensils, Of Plano, in nine of Cai ing gan, Now Couch, lot Lamp, Bureau, pet and Rugs, Springs, 2 good Bedroom Salts, 2 Stoves, 12 ) mentioned IRUUNGART, tristor articles not CYRUS auet, Adminis and many other 1.. FF. MAYES, ——— ALSO, at the same Lime Real Estate of the late Saral will be offered hy the heirs cedent of three All three messnges, tenements of land situate In the To ter County of Centre, Stal: Th ACT NO. 1, ginning at a stope corner, thes of DD. C North 15 to a stone consisting wnship bounded Long, per North 40 $2 stone; thefee alm grees West 37.6 hes ner thence by heirs, No ches to an of WilHam Klinefel degrees Eas rth S81 thet in A WwW. HH L& Pi post; thence degrees East 12 p perches Ode pine thine South Gilg and three piace ACRES THEREON Dwelling Ho building RACH inning AND 4 PERC ERECTED henes perches I, Phi perches ips Nort thence North rehes to the place « TAINING TWO ACRE PERCHES FRAC ginning in publi PF. I». Philli NOY nning CONTAININ ACRE AND 120 PERCHES, FERMS OF SALE <0 BY THE HEIR ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE, state of ADAM N immediate claims nly anthenticatod i R- R. FINKLE, ADDA M. FINKIL.E, Admrs., Spring Miils, Pa ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE, In the estate ate of ty. Pa Letters of heen persons of SARAH PHILLIPS Potter township, I ("entre coun deceased, administration having duly granted the undersign ed, all knowing debted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment, and having claims against the same to present them duly anthentleated for settlement CYRUS BRUNGART., Admr, Hall, Pa thoas Centro NOTICE to dump highway my premises. A suitable reward will he paid anyone informing me of the persons who in the past hauled refuse there, or does #0 in the future —8, WW SMITH Persons are material Nittany waste atong ‘he over SPECIAL SALE MILLINERY FRIDAY, JUNE Ist to 15th, 1923 Showing at Miss Laura S. Runkle’s Centre Hall Hotel ’ WANTED GIRLS - to work in “CANDYLAND”’ STATE COLLEGE {San on Commercial Phone Open pay all Litls hy cheek Is HE reney carried in the he spent, and may if you carry au MEMBER FEDERAL RY} cking account and ck Ain endorsed a receipt, Cure pocket will surely bi fost, Nol su hook, SERVE SYSTEM, CYRUS BRUNGARY JUSTICE OF TiiZ 25 AMES W. Sw’ oH . Sv sd JUSTICE OF THE PEACH INDEN HALL. CENTRE €X oils, Mortgage Fetilad with sar atinndad to. Hoeed Ging of Estates, Mars bite Lioness Banks x 103 hat ® y WASHINGTON 16-Day Excursion FRIDAY, JUNE $11.82 Round Trip from CENTRE HALL 20 Pennsylvania (ast ly drop us a pe at once. Laurelton Foundry Co. Inc., LAURELTON., PA. stal card and we Ww ANTE! i r8 ny Tt CUR STOMACH Meeker’s Garage MILLHEIN, PA. {% ¥ i Location The Centre Reports I ——————— A ——— They all t “USCO" United States T eee “ours” a ————————— ROBABLY half ride on Fabric Tires. sands they have stuck res to Loren, Insurance and Real Estate Want to Buy or Sell ? Fully (SAVE dd 8] SEE US FIRST The Gray meets every test. Try it yourself, Chas. D. Bartholomew CENTRE HALL, PA, issssas ss anstsasntosatan ad WANTED: POTATOES, ONIONS, APPLES, LARD, CHICKENS J. ROY SCHAEFFER, Centre Hall Bell Phone 4IR3 Frank Phillips DEALER POTTERS MILLS, PA. TT. nl (ne BUTTON NY An NN SN NN We have the following Goad Cars lor Sale CHEAP: 1 Nash 6 Sport Model, 1 Nash 6 Sedan, Maxwell Touring, 2 Fords, 1 Krit, Owerland, 1 Reo 6 Touring. Breon’s Garage MILLHEIM THE REO SPEED WAGON For the purpose designed, is the Best Sell-Pro- pelled Vehicle in the World. It will haula poun d, a bushel or a gall any multiple up to its rated capacity, ER and quicker than any other transportation, Reo conceived the Speed Wagon idea--created the wvehicle--copyrighted the name and popu- larized the type. THERE IS ONLY ONE SPEED WAGON ;: to be a Speed Wagon Must Be a Reo. A GOOD LINE TO SELECT FROM REO, NASH, WILLY KNIGHT and OVERLAND Open and Closed Model= FORD Cars and Service. A LARGE STOCK OF UNITED STATES, GOOD- YEAR, FISK and GOODRICH TIRES AND TUBES BREON & WEAVER MILL HEIN, PA? “Usco” yearinand year out. If there ever was a tested money’s-worth “Usco” qualifies—and to spare. Made by the makers of U. S. Royal Cords. | BEFORE SEE Cresson Lumber Co. STATE COLLEGE, PA, J. G. MARKS, Sec. and Treas. Both Phones :