EXCELSiOP. M'K'G CO Great Clotting Out Sale • or AT AXD BELOW iN)ST THE ENTIRE STOCK MIST JtE SOLD RE GARDLESS OF COST TO QUIT BUSINESS. t Big Bargains in Suits! FOR MEN FROM $3.) I J'WARDS. BOYS AND YOUTH'S SI ITS ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. CHILDREN'S CLOTHING WAY DOWN. OV RCOATS FROM $3.00 IP WARDS. ALL WOOL MENS FA NTS FIIoM 92 AO If- WARDS TIHS STOCK OF CLOTH INO MIST FOSI Tl VF.L Y lIF SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST. TAKE NOTICE, * Every $l,OO invested in purchases at our Store will bo entitled to a CHANCE TICKET to win either of the two handsotna GIFTS to be drawn by the lucky numbers which ONE AM' ALL have the same •'hance to possess. Ist. Prize. One Handsome Ik-dstead, poplar wood, beauulully liiii-hed; Double Enclosed Wash Stand; Teapoy Table; one beautiful Ereuch Dresser German Plate Glass 17x30; three Cane Seat Chairs; one Cane Seat [locking Chair; one Towel Rack. (Top of Dresner, Wash Stand, T<*- poy Stand, imitation Tennessee Marble.) Prize. One beautiful Hrxutelt covered, Walnut Fratio Lounge. KEYSTONE CLOTHING HOUSE, Fed Flag. liellefonk, Pa. w SEC Jll. EH t' CO.. Groeern, Iltinh i/irc Illork, Hrllefonle, I'n. NEW GOODS FO II THE SI'HINfI and SUMMKIi 'NUDE!! \\ e have endeavored to get the very L-st of every thing in • sir line, and n w have some really CHOICE HOODS. USE CUE A M CHEESE, E\(m Lanrc FKKM II PRINKS. 1 SEE EC TO Ys TERS, SWEI T I'O T. ITO I \ LARGE RIDE < RA SHERRIES, I'Rl SILL "S, IMI'ERIAL I'l (IS, BRIGHT SEW I. EM OSS, FLORIDA ORANGES, Princess Taper-Shell Almonds, TNaporntrtl DIM Ft) PFA< lIF> A FULL LINE OF CHOICE CANNED FRUITS. I'RESER FED FEARS, REACHES, I'l. CMS and PRFNEJJ.ES. PLAIN CANDIES, FINE CONFECTIONERY, —AND— GOODIES of all Sorts and Kinds l*rWe invite the people of Centre county to eall and tri]>ect our NICE GOODS, which rannot fail to please. " r BECHLEK fc CO. Dull ,f Mingle—Root* if f horn. TDS Mlfttß f Boot or Shoe TRY BUM. & @EJIt 9 |— FOR Style, Quality and Cheapness. We defy all competition. We have the largest stock—and bought for cash, and sell 10 per cent, cheaper than any store in the county. mm OUR SPECIALTIES, it* *■ REYNOLDS HRO'S., Utica and D. ARMSTRONG'S Rochester shoes for Ladies, Misses and Children. A v m, '£ Hathaway Hotilo and Harrington h Fine Shoes for Men ,'LIEISITIEIRI IBIOIOITIS, fTHI£ KING OK TI EE MARKET, We have a Shoe Polish which will not crack the Leather, as sood as the best and only 15c. DOEL A MINGLE. , Bcllcfontc, Pa, Coming. "At •rn. or *t mhlulght, or at th* or In th morning." It may ho hi th* ovonlng, I* hru l bo woik of th* dfty U dono. And you lo> tint* t*> *H In tlx* twilight And WMtrh the winking •uti, Whit* thr long, bright day die* alowly Ov*r th**4Ni, And Ihe hour* grow qutot mid holy With thought of ni'; Whll* ioii hegr lit* villa** children l*i lug along tii* *trvt Among ih-wi thronging footit*|i May tout* th* noiiiid of my fn t : Th *rrfor* I tll yon— Watrli B> lh* light of ll* filing Ur, Whin th* room I# growing dusky A* th* r|oitl *lar : lid th* door I* .ti th* lt h In jour horn*. F with th* atr. And thi ti*|.hi or* oma in i„ talk a llttU (if all vli-af must lis done But r*fn n,t--f that I m*yb*th* **t T" " m In hI tlir da r . T' l rail yn tf.tn jour 1 my work I mmv>n . A Jon tV >• r hrt m>i.l t>al I. '..r (li. .i la i n II lalch In jourr •m And it ma j 'in tl; ttiornlnr* I wil| # r tn" BORON. •'a ')U I'errol. who tin born sntl br 'iig'ii up in ii>in ciiy oT Bordeaux, frsn'-i*, liou.-M him a dy ever spplieii that epithet to Pierrot'* wite, who wag yourg. .ylpb-like, pretty and (ascinat it;'. dai|ue( but I two r.reaturi , m ■ tid, at least -hi* dog and bit wife. \V< rnei.tion the dojj tirri, lw<-aue bealwayg dul. an I w.,c or.e of 1, twolovi - wbicb he firt prorured. Now, thouph Jacque. loved l">tb d >| and wife, and the dog uremed to love both matter and tni.trea*, the wife, f,.r *< me reason, did not love l oth hut' mil and t.ut di-likerl (he I (Her earn I ingly peril ap* tiei-an.e hn fain -d 1.0 •livple.l affection* tliat rbould have been a I Iter own. ".'cque, sue would Inquetttiy -tv t ' li m, ' now do tell ti .1 ugly brute, if you rnn fir. l anytio Jy fi .•! enougU to bur him >r. if not, give away, lie "lily in tin w.iy lieri And ian .. IllUf i t* you or I. ' ' Now, my dear deanette," Jarque* wouol rcj Iy, ' you'd I e < neof the -w < e'. Ed and mml rea-on >l lc little beauties in t'.ew ild, if >(>u d only appn liatep or l! lion, who • a Hr>g ttiat krioa • ru'i 'li a( either of u. "Speak (or your.elf, M iter dacque. and not forn-ef (c'a no great conipii mnt to the dog to r be take. r t |j out and, bring* nothiog ik." "But I like company, Jeanette.*' '•Well, haven't yon met" "Yea—but you can't follow nn- all about the city sa Bobon doe*." "1 wi.b I could, and make a nightly report for ycur benefit. "Ye*, but I don't want any report, and *o prefer tho dog, who'* nlwava di oreet and keej>a a eivil tongue. And then deanette, you know be guard* the boiiae at night I" "Ouard* firldleaticks, dacqlieit Why we've nothing for anybody to steal" I ( "But the thieve* dun t know that, my dear, you aoe. And than, if aooie of tbe raacal* abould happen to bear you talking so sweetly to me, who knows but they'd carry you off, and leave mo to break my heart in solitude I You see I got Bobon for ome purpose—l don't exactly know wbat- but It'll turn up •ome day as sure aa I'm a propbat." "Fbaw! you're a fool, dacque* ! "I know it, but I oan't help it, any more than you can help l>eing so tweet , and pretty." "Well, tbete, Jacques," deanette would generally wind up, with a kit*, "you are a dear, good aaul, so you are; and if you'd only promise to love me beat, you may keep Bobon aa long as you like." This kind of colloquy generally took place aa often a* once, sometimes twice a week—deanette beginning with a firm determination to get rid of tbe dog, and ending with permission for him to remain aa long as be and bit matter might think proper. Tbe subject of thia family bickering was a very sagacious animal, who be bared himself aa all gentlmanly dg. should. Hi* matter did not elretcb the truth a grat deal when he said Motion knew as much a* h mself or wife—for the dog was a remarkable dog, and would seen) to comprehend many things like a rational human being. For in stance, during the wrangle about him •elf, he would kteal sorrowfully away under the bed or under the table, and there, with bin large, bright, noble look ing brown eyes fixed earnestly U| on tbe contending parties, would seem to lit ten anxiously for the conclusion ; and then, if favorable to him-elf, aa it gen. •-rally wa, he would come forth wagging hia tail, and look up cheerfully, almost humanly, into the tacee of both. Time rolled on. France became aa a troubled ocean, and a perfect tornado of human passion swept madly over the •hip of *tate. The good hut vacillating king master wu put under hatchet, and a monstrous and bloody insanity took the helm, and ran the old, leaky and ! crime-laden vessel upou the breakers of faction, where be speedily became a wreck, and engulfed hundreds of thous ands of human beings who had embark | ed in her for the voyage of life. Speaking without figure, the bloody q>och known as the reign of terror had bf-gun in France, and thousands of all cl sscs and ages were being daily drag ged to prison and dungqptiH, to l r e at the forge elsewhere, he kept steadily at work fr>>ru day to d*yt rninding his own be - ne, giving every body civil word, and venturing n" opinion on any sub ect. R >bon regular ly accompanied him too and fro from his work ; and as .1 aequo* was rsther ' *yst malic and i-recite on certain |-oirit*, -I' stx-ite iingfit look at acertam minute for then; coming up tlx •■reel i to their roc*|* < 'ne day, as the supper hour dr< w near, if anette glanced at tbe flock, and then 1 quirt rued .si her motion*, for she was a little behind lime with the mel. md s* .laeqiie* was always so punctual, she j I ruled herself on a!ways to ing ready for bim at the minute. At length tbe stand* stood smoking on tin tal|s, and looking up again at j tho dock, .lean • '< wis #ll pr;i dto| • r reive the minutf ban I h*d p.vsed the liOttr without .Jacques lieing pre < nt. hat can dotiun In ID.' she murmur ed, with a strange dread of evil creep ing over her, ss she hurried to the door and looked anxioutly d<>wn the street "Not to In- M en. either" #!m ntinued i with nervous an* rtv ; "what csn it mean * .'/• a /'s .' if they should have taken bim aay to | ri on !" and .'ran 'ette clasped her hands up >n hrr In- MM Mom //ifu my poor, dear Jacques!" cried the fialf frantic wife, wringing her hands. "As I feared, he has been taken to prison, and I will follow bim and die with him." Rut it was not so easy for the unhappy Jeanette to follow the misting Jacquea, •imply because she knew not where to go; and no one, not even the old woman could tell her wither he bad been taken. So she went home in great distress to wait for another day or some tidings of him; but she bad scarcely entered the bouae vfhen she heard Robon scratching and whining at tbe door. The moment she admitted biro he flew to hit master's vacant seal at the table, put his fore paws upon it, looked up sorrowfully in bar face and gave uV terance to a low, mournful ciy. "Where is your master, Robon ?" said Jeanette, in tears. The dogjumped down, with a alight bark, and ran to the door. It then occurred to Jeanette to let him out and follow him. This she did. and he led her to the massive gate of the main prison of Bordeaux. Trent' • ling she knocked at tbe gate and tf '• 4K tb porter who opened the wicket she inquired if Jacques Pierrot was confined within. The man gruffly replied that he didn't know, and he didn't care to know, and advised the fair questioner to go about her business. Thus repulsed, |>oor Jeanette sat down by the gate and cried for an hour, the noble Jog standing beside her all tbe while, and looked the sorrow which he hud no lunguxge to exprees. When at last Jeanette got up and went home with a heavy heart, the intelligent sni lual accompanied her to the door, and then bounded away to take his post at the prison gate, and watch for an op l>ortunity to get in to his matter. Jeanette passed a sleepless night< i praying for the deliverance of birn she loved. The next morning at daylight she again repaired to tbe prison, but Kobou wo* not to be seer.. She made j further inquiries for her husband, and j learned that he was imprisoned within, | but through with all hit j strange motions sgain. L>ld he want to j , communicate something, poor fellow At last it occurred to Jeaoelte that his collar might hurt bim. and she pro , reeded to remove it. The dog stood perfectly still until she had ac oni plihed her pur; *e, and then joy usly whined, wagg. I hi tail, and skiup- 1 | uut playfully. Put there appeared to. 1 he something wrong about the collar I.nd Jeanette would Imve buckled it on again, oril) Ihst, w heritor she at L e Ml | lid it, the |-oor brute wou'd i r mcb (own and howl so mournfully As to j ■ au-e her to d< Ku-ldi nly, in turning the collai over in her hand, Jeanette, to her great sur pr. e and delight, espied a few word* scratched along the cer.ire, a it might Oe Willi a sharp stone or nail. V .lh j palpitating heart -he immediately -el to w>rk to il-npher theiu. and so/ii. | with such feelings a* only one in her station ni *!11 experience, made tl m 1 ino i as fo .low • • • !•* Mt f*~: 11 S. I !-.;• rlo Its eslhr *• I • I-t I'- 1- tl ivW Set t" /• |M e," Trembling Jt-nelt-* srt to work to jr ITlply With the request of her p >or, |d sr. impri'oned lui-' and, pnd as - >oti * this wa- ir. r-rti] li-ls d, the dog pa 1 -I.* 1 v jwrnii'led her to t .rk'e on the cellar, an i ruhed w ih : J-atk at.d a h und through the d.a r <-p ne-i lor hi- j exit. j 'I t>at night an l the next day past'd r'-iwl) away, without tbe anxious wile hearing anything more from her hu* bind; but the night ensuing the dug ! c urie Intra. ; and OB removing hn* c< rasping the hand of Jeanelle. Jac ques stealthily, silently and hurriedly led her away, through one dark and narrow street alter another, till he rracbed a place of safety. The next day a search was made for him, but ho managed to keep himself secreted till after the If igo of Murder had ceased to be; and then he came forth from bis hiding-place and made a boast of hia own cunning, Lit wife's Jevot r, and hi- log's sagacity. Triekw of Smuggler*. "We do not examine many inno cent jx-ople, although occasionally h mistake i- made." raid a New York custom house < fficcr to u Ifor.'d re port er. I have had seven w meri ex amined thi w--k. and every one of them had smuggled g-i*Js concealed on their fit'iviti. A woman who was ( aught a wck or so ago had f.Hkk) v.orth of stuff about Iter. Ilovt did we t me to rti-jn-et her? Why, vou bar Move menu ten suspicions to -ay the least. Vh<- stepped < n the uang [dank with a large bundle in her hand and a heavy cloak over her arm. Half war donii she was met by a woruap to whom she handed the things. All tiur might, perhaps,have Ik( n done without attracting the at ' t iitiotj of th ■ fficcr* had it in t been j for a certain ncrvouiuess displayed. **l>< w. i q jcsp ito step itit'• a room, and Mr*, f the itif"'etrc*was called in and ked to examine ber." ; "V. s" r< marked that tab mod lady, "snd y 11 have no id- .t i ft! . amount gr.-i- | t.u.k f; in her. Jn th" first place I found the lining of t'<- cloak l ti r* mov< d and I. :w en it and the outside were sewed vow after row of the irirswt exquisite luce. It was 130 France* i r yani Bm I found t loceab I in h<-r umnle lon , a lav sii.iw i, s. vr-rul jfarilia! !.vr, and wititi fancy trimming. Si,.- had hafed jon an undergarment more lace, but i you rhouhl have -.eu in r petmonl. It was an irvi lous cnut ruction. Pieces ;>f i h Ik were folded nr. . : w ■ the prop* r letii"h and pa-- ] ut. t a heavy cord which encircled L r wsi-t There were several pieces of i ilk put on in this fashion. the edge* b ; (jr | ;1 [ >fv j I together, and more lace was sewed on 1 this. She made a great fuss about bc j ing examined- said it outrageous that her p< r- >r shouf*i be n vt;!'.#d. ; Pretty smugglers always do this jf I they have anything on them. "This making the goods into a skirt i a favorite way of disposing of them. Diamonds and different arucle<,r jew elry are easiest to conceal. A woman and her nure and child were sent in to me once. It was thought that their figure* were too well rounded -and, indeed, the bodies of their dresses fell in somewhat looser folds after I had taken several watches, with chains, pins and bracelets, from each of them." "Did vou hear of that very funny case we had." asked one of the officers, "where the man had a lot of diamonds so cunningly hidden ? I have forgot ten just how it was we came to sus pect him, but I imagine it was because the gentleman was so remarkably straight. At all events we had him searched and on his back, right next to the skin, and held on by a porous plaster, we found the stones. A notber ingenious gentleman had diamonds sewn into his liver pad." Do you find women more clever at stntfggling than meoT" asked the re porter. "Well, yea, I believe they are; but some of the men are pretty* sharp. The favorite dodge with the women is to sew Isoe on their linen, or to roll it up in it Tho linings of their cloaks is another hiding place. We found a woman the other day who bad on no less than four wraps, with the edges so neatly sewed together that the impo sition was hy no means easy to detect The Kreueb women are the smartest, I believe. Many of them make tbeir living by getting goods through the custom house. They seem to know exactly what to do, and 1 am con vinced ther arc instructed before leav ing home.