A BEAR HUNTER, [ found myself hobnobbing with a bear hunter in the widst of his traps the other day. The hunter was Enoch R. Knapp who lives on Bear river, a small stream that runs down from a spur on the White mountain ¢ 1810 and empties into the Androscoggin at The bear hunter's honse is a the of which the Newry. neat cottage at base Bear mountain, around river The road winds among hills and thickly wooded mountains ryuns, steep till it seems to lose itself, and to los you in the bargain. This mountain has long been known The try to as a favorite resort for bears. farmers in the vicinity do not keep many sheep, One of them went : 1 up on the mountain with a yoke of yme timber not long oxen to haul out 2 ago. appeared on the scene and rusbed at |. A very larg and hungry bear | the cattle with mouth open and eyes full of fury. The oxen snorted at started on a wild gallop down U steep mountain. The as his cattle’s farmer's ji nothing with which to defend hi hink to think live y the oxen had cal Lain of the mou of the be AT. I'l t BF « 1 » ilits the ca er with crus kind } thi . 1¢ 0 bear-killer as well as a the jaws mal no DANK h He around you soea the consarn and excited, 1 ca em up in to step on th A bear never st his path, 1 trencher nsh. ut 1 nt t} usuany ux wae When tl ar feels after thi DAW I8 piace, old and familiar caught in the trap, S “I have twelve traps and visit ‘em | twice a week. The bear is usually | grim smile, “it is not becoming to me.” ASEITTS WAX caught by the fore paw. He don’t live | move than twenty-fourbours after the jaw closes on him, as a general thing. [n warm weather the pelt would spoil if I did not get it pretty quick after the critter died. The fur is in the best condition when the bears are housing late in the fall. Then it is as nice as a Merino sheep's wool, I get #8 to $15 apiece for my pelts. The bears spond the winter in the ledges about here of under the stumps. Since we had that hurricane that blew down so many trees, there have been a lot of cozy places for bearsaround here.” advertisement, it is a great point ed, I'he fair SCX don’t h id | curiosity in the three months forget c & | ths 1s like tearing | water 1s ow. FORTUNES IN PRINTERS INK, Due expect an adverticemet 10 hear [1uit in one night. Bread is the stall’ of business, You can't eat enough in a week to last a yeor, and you cant advertise on that plan either. A thing worth doing 18 “worth do’ ing well, A thing worth advertising is worth advertising well, The enterprising advertiser proves that he understands how to buy, be- cause in advertising he knows how to sell. If you can arouse curiosity by an gain world. h 0 advertise only once 1 folk ger People w that most wnnot remember anything lor vn about seven days, Quitting advertising in (dull mt a dam because Either plan will DIN. m : i} tant pping wiki wed Lal & » ping your advert n the K vahoes an CAN wear 1t ar it in your pocket about “Dearcst,” ns he calls his mother, because b used to hear his papa call her p all Fauntle “You don’t wear your coronet the time?’ remarked Lord roy, respectfully. “No,” replied the earl, with In the course of the conversation, he reached the Fourth of July, and the Revolution, and was just becom ing enthusiastic, when he suddenly recollected something, and very abruptly. “What is the matter 7” his grandfather. on?” Lord Fauntleroy moved rather un. easily in his chair, It was evident to the earl that Lord Fauntleroy was embarassed by the thought which had just occurred to him. “I was just thinking that perhaps stopped demanded “Why don’t you go 1 amount of smoke thu oduced ‘Perhaps some one belonging to you on might'nt like it hy ran might have been there. I forgot you were ap Englishmon. The story was begun in the pre gent | volume of St, Nicholas and will Mrs. Barnett at work on a new novel for The Cen ran through the year. is tury. nitty — “ A votable example of the utiliza- tion of smoke is afforded in the case | of a charcoal furnace at Elk Rapids, Mich. manufactured fifty tons [uo this furnace, as stated, are of per day; there are twenty-five char- charcoal | coal pits, constructed of brick, each 100 of cor 1a The pit being filled with hardwood, and then fired, vas is made to yield acetuta of hme, alcohol LAT and A=, rel your t the Dexo CENT COUNTER A. CORMAN'’S Novelty Store. HAMILTON'S EA eae hal Wi haa - Filaan an aon aa von TAMA f dod din Ww A ALAA - a daav his —_———— RR RE i Our Hine of Instramoets are scknowisdged THE Baty Organs Khoninger Organs, Bloriing Oegans, Bory & Clark Crgans, Clough & Warren Organs, Decker Bros, Plane Wm, Knabe & Co, Plane Fancher Plano, Pease & Co. Plone Balir Bros. Plane If there ls no agent for our goods in your neigh borhood, write direct to ue, and we will make you special we anti] we setablinh an agency, Only rv Bie men need apply for ageney. Jew. shorn, furniture men and music teachors can handle angihaapd lanes, pocial rates at wholemie for fall trade, Cor dence sollettod, Ty - 8 HAMILTON, £7 PIAh Avenue, and 150 First Avenues, Pliburg Pa, im - THE BEST INTHE WORLD, | | run very much better than ticipated. It was not adjusted and only | Only Temperance Bitters Known. No other medicine kpown so ellectually ares the blood of deep-sented 4 pow, Millions bear testimony rial curative effects it 1s mn purely Vegetable Preparation, wde from the nat herbs sud roots of « ' ir won- " gre extraciod erefrom wit the un { It removes the enuse of « ' | p isvane, and the tlood ‘ sb great clip a Gent Oy Bt Iw the Parifier wm Aving Pr Pargative and vor of Vixpaan The Aiterative, A f sy ot No person y d gs aud . B® Bot « troy a vital Fd tof re Rillons, Remittent, Inter v nl thr These Fevers a Phere is no eathartie - Fortity the body nem ft Invigorntes the Stomach = 4 ra } Cini sin or Indigestion, Fo InJisnmmntory " hanicnl Bisenases. A } ¥ Shin Disvcnses, us, Scarlet Peover, PVemale Complaints, s YVitiated Nlood Around each bottle i. 1. MePonald Drug Co, 1 Sold by all Dealers and Draggists, ne, Quick Railway Ti curately ; beller than any watch owned, and | have had one 1) $150. Can recommond the Re Wateh to everybody who wishes timekeeper, f his is to certify that the Watch bought Feb, 22, 1879, has rue very woll the past year, Having set it only twice during that time, its only variation being three minutes, It Rockford hne cont $20, | ULE ON Orphans’ Court of Centre ( Michael Docker, daconsed, Inte Centre sounty, Pa And now, Janwsry 25, 1884, Court grants a Rule upon the heirs and other partie interested in the partition of the setate of sid decedent to appers In R: P.BRYANT, onnty. Estate of of Greggs township, upon court on the fourth Monday of April, A. D, 1888, next, and sooept 0° refute the real sate at the valn ation, of to show cans why the mme shoald not be sold, In pursaance of the above order, notice is horeby given to all nonarssidents of Contre county Pa, Interested in sald ewinte to appear in Orphan Osur: on the Farth Monday of April, A, D. 1886, next in mosordance with sald o , W. MILES WALLER: 7.8, herifl, Sheriff's Office, Feb, 9, 1684, SECHLER & CO.,: Groceries, Provisions FOREIGN FRUITS and CONFECTIONERY. MEAT MARKET in comnection. , I ever an. | HEIRS, &e.~In the | A NEW FIRM. MeCalmont € Co. ~ ar... swear y 1 lone Wie ~ Yon - f or | Vaid VR wa a 1886~-=-------1880. 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