PAT ACL” A IIT m A PALASKA FUR TRADE. | LEASE OF THE SEAL /SLANDS BY THE COMMERCIAL COMPANY, How the Price of the Sealskin Sacque I | A flected, ous Slaughter of Seals is Prevented. and How the Promisen- iNew York Times “There is no question that the Alaska | Commercial company, by its lease of the | scal islands of that country, enjoys one of | the most valuable fran chines’ that could wssibly be secured, ” said an extensive importer of sealskins in this city, “and it is to be regretted that the governmeut | granted the privilege it did for so insis gni- | ficant a return. At the same time, no | matter what may be said on that score, the monopoly thus vouchsafed has been a | wise thing, inasmuch as it prevents the general warfare on the seals of these islands which bas caused the virtual ex- tihction of the fur seal from every other fishery in the world. Under the provis fous of the company’s lease of the Alaska islands only a limited number of seals may be killed annually 100,000 I believe —und the natural increase of the auimals is many times that. For these skins the go crument receives but £2 each, while they will met the company about $2. 000,000, “The Pribyloff group of is'ands, over which the Alaska comjany bas supreme control, are S00 miles from Sitka, and are simply small rocky protrusions from the seit The only life one sees there is in the | seal-Killing season, which begins early in | June and continues all summer, the skin being in its best condition duriug these | months. The seals taken on the desolate shores of these district islands furnish the finest quality of seal fur now to be ob tained. The Antarctic islands of Georgia | and Desolation formerly contained a still | finer clad seal, its value being twice that | of the Alaska seal, but as they were free hunting grounds the animals long since | became so scare that it did not pay to send vessels to their hau nis after them The last time that a sealllunting party was | to thoSe remote waters less than 10 | take while t Te or that 8 sportsman gather at the 18 a fact tl ftude the ered the the ir wi 0 th bare they direct y One to London f ih give them ” i sent ich n 1 to this cut haces In Wash ngton 5 hington Letter more plug tobacco Meco than | manager of a | olmeco establishment of the i" a very large number of peop’e bere, you know, and all use plug tobacco You conldn't | get a southerner to use ‘soft tobacco.’ un less Il was the ca ¢ of some old fellow whose teeth were so bad he had to up the plug. All the southerners use plug. The eastern men, and those from the north and west gene rally use fine-cut but you can't sel genuire south erner. The eastern men generally spend | the most mone y for Wo too i in vue way or other. They buy the best they Can and when they «moke, ru un bi igh up in These New \ rk fi Wa wh here usually Lu SATS yemr the give iH loa Lhe ret, price come while seualor cigars,’ i and i cent average congt outh H f : ’ irom $9 FO nsieting of Appr hension, ] Phi adelohiv Osi amateur fisherman will start the a long d streams are ! nke our week see, good tro now MinkseY our club starts out nest week, eh? Vell, of course, that will cause ul good deal of apprelension ! “Apprehension? hn, ba very gooil-— amor £ the fish you mean” “No: among the worms, ” | Yes, WAsON stance very aw next | Yon SCATCe Hng cit Long : ] Chartemagne's Mosel | Chicago Herald A beautiful rosebush, said to hate been | planted by Charlemagne, fis one of the | reat curfosities of the ancient city of fildesheim, in Habover. tis gnarled and rugged, as becomes its extreme ng and iu some places the principal stem is a8 thick as a man’s body Frogrew: In Stove Manufacture. F celinnpe In the year 1777 considerable interest was manilested in an announcement that six stoves had been completed in Philadel shia. The aunual product of the stove Be dtion in that city is now valued at $4,000,000, and the industry supports about 12,000 people Ike Philkins: Some people imagine that to be insolent is to impress the world with their digoity, The world is not te be deceived in such matters Broom corn toothpicks ary factured extensively fu KK ausas, | cogen, bird send, gravel, enrile Bune, Lath | VASES, Sip 3 fT shi a @ RD i JL sinivinixie Neat in Design. YET EY EE HIE And look at, an! price our CAGES | ! { i f | | | | Hala)! Mi Slain wl ‘AJ Ul Moy We think wo have Sus most Beaulitn | cogs for 11, %, spring money town #5 Livres ling We & 1 d manna, at ever bro bghe to uttie bone bh a EEN'S PHARMAC Bush Huse Block Bellefonte, Pa. Telcpl ore Connection. Phi. 2 o S. A. MARBLE SHOP, the lowes! er ’ represents prices, vorim an a HF STOVER’S where you can buy at the VERY BEST kind of Marble or Granite Monuments, Head-Stones and Burial Vaults. Hund Designs constantly on hand to se’ect from. reds of the latest and finest Tu- bular Galvinized Iron Railing, and wrought iron == fencing for Cemetery lots; also Marleized Slate, Mantles, Hearths, “in every respect, or we ask no remittance, buying elsewhere. us a call before ete. Satisfaction gnaranteed Give CHINA HALL REMOVAL. W.H. WILKINSON, JAN John Wana akel oved t 1Ore 1 Mant In Centre Building. Constantly i \ o¢ nt has ren ior CEs Rita Coun'y ment of China, Granite, b. 6, Yellow-ware, and Table Glass, AT LOWEST City Prices. NOVELTY iI HAV STORE ins! re ntl [ | a { in the rooms x j ding Harpe & «Lore A F SOI sie tml hope of Novelties and Fancy Gonds 4 alimost every TOYS, FANCY A ALBUMS SILVERWARE, | consisting of Castors, Butter Dib. s ete. Glass and China Ware, Cocks, Jowe ry Handa Sted Engravings, Pauel Pictures Pai tings and Picture Frames OF ALL STYLES AND in oand sid examine aon our FIVE-CENT COUNTER, People are cordially invited to enll and exawiue my stock, whieh TI trast will warrant a share of your patron.) age, Lespectfully, Alpha Corman, y than at anvthiog else by tak gency for the best selilng book ont Berit te wnonsed grandly None fall Terms Harner Book Cn, Portland Maire ay 0 the RTICLES 1D H “ SIZES | Come the articles | vind WIN: froe more Mon Dae two hore Wagon, two Dexter Queen top buggies, our Elleptic spring top Puggy. twa platform « ring wagons, wll new and first clues, for sale nt low prices an | tormd by 14-41 Hanns, teas nahin Jas, on ——— | ba] | thie [and ex —— we For neat nn | attrac tive sale bills call at the Devocnar office. [xtraordinary ANT Val od CHINA ARF. W, H WILKINSON, ae CHINA, GLASS, Queensware, JLEGHANY STREET, « Ie llefonte, P IRON-ST! AND TABLED 1 \ he [4 y IS aol (% ware at LOWER LB wn in i ALI ockery prices as the ¢ Laing cionte, tr list will «how i stone ne warrant TABLE Mum r= GLASSWARE. | ’ ihinnes | els, Decorated In: i. LE ind F nrown “regular pr oe 87 n Mai or { W fs SoA) me Wien Ney Vases every Boi enn « LOO, and hie n n thing «ls 1 1O orton he “1¥ In { ent M form d you 8h Greatest value for once ined. Call the goods sand the price If [ do not fulfill strictly all | claim to prices being LOWER than ever be ire heard, 1 do not nak your patronage, he greater amount of I ean sell a lower pr ces NE MADE, tlor wa your ¢ Lal ad | re 0 Hivert iam vatom and in rewehing out pared to Your m fully pre RiX¢ money yet obit Me goods ocnn and wins Respectfully, W. H. WILKINSON, Age ns workings jrle # 10 cants post age, and we will mail you free a royal, valuab'e sample box of gor de that will Pat you in the way of makiog more money ino fow faye than you vver thought posible of ny business, Capital pot required You can Hive at home and work fm spars time only sl ahi time ALL of both sexes of all ages, grandly sncormaful 50 cents to A oanily earned every evening That all who want work may teat the hasiness, we make thie aaparailc led offer ; Toall who are not well cntiefied we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing va, Pall particulars, directions vic, wont free Immense pans absolutely wtire for all who star} af ones, Don't delyy Addiom Brien & Co, Portland, Maine, "w | ele aning Hion 1 120 Years in the Business, TAKE NOTICE. in tg and with it « With § Hae WALL PAIN TING ,| Fixing up ghd Beauti- | fying Walls, Ceil- ings, «» Wood- work Fancy Paper on ¢eeding Fr Ww ul the nbove gind to anne cinity that first-line Gentle Bpr nes hows ¢ un demand PAPER re Cullings is ust tk BOO We snd Kulsomine vie mportant the people of we have in our employ PAPER HANGERS corps of the best PAINTERS to in Pennsylvania besides these workmen, in stock and best selected fact we ( wre this vi. two nnd minee 1o be tound excellent huve the wi Inrges fine of WALL PAPER SAND Ceiling Decorations Ever samp Bellefonte f hand-made brought We have ks 0» embossed GOLD PAPER, three VY ERrs that we can get on Our taents busines should co any '# notice CXpErivnce that able to make good our inlements We thank our and ask all in we nvines sil are fur patrons drop in st 16 HiGH STR EET, g If they g rders w endenvor 1 d p past fav to fxXamine our ve us irq » pari pris Ho ) | nroqa pr AVE n OOM sOoun we remain Williams & Bro. 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UARSHUERGY R, Anditer we amd Chronke Dlesosses hy a wlizat prodncing a health f Vlowent makin £ by whieh all discass . # without the nee of medicine by stomach Avtnna, ie Hvis, Cossunrrion, es PRPRIA, NECR orate, Wer marion, Paiatysss F TO Ly aR RrTem, sooenssrvily raestes WITHOUT THE PAR on Tar axes, Cure Guarantees) “end stamp for splanmite rv wy circnlar I DODGE MM. b Na Pittsburgh, Pa G1 Penn Ave, p21 Drs, J wil pt N above Rt A1.B obese, No are Philadelphia, for i" been engaged in treatment of Seeret Discases as Re | “Mystery, sh conta I Ree yours hav gular Practitioners. Rend our pow hook on ree fpr of Useful information to the afi ted OM Sam in ole Beat to any address hours from Consulta | ton by mall strictly private and confidential, Ofce | ip m oandfrombte vive p wm 1 wed Euvday Pelt ly . | «Our Spring Stock of woorLexs now | complete. Bottom prices, leave your order to-day, Moxreoneny & Co. Tailors «Have you visited the novelty store yet. 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