< - r ~ ~ ; BR ia ——— th THE SOIL OF WYOMING. AR ——— The Land Cat by Gulehes and * Draws” The Valleys and * Bottoms," East Nebraska is a prairie; west Noben with its alkali stroams and sand hills, begins to take somewhat of tho character of this country, with its strange unovenness Dut in Wyoming we reach the consummation of roughness, in what may have ones Leen prairie. To bo sure, as wo look from o ear window, if in the spring, we ry see the strange munument-liko sandstones mud the erater-like knobs about a “plain,” wo wes it, of thousands of acres of verdure. The and, as a rule, isan alkali, soft Hmestone and sand- stone formation, the homeoof the nutsitions buffalo grease and sagebinsh Attenint to ride across one of the plains azd you hid how great the disparity. The land is cut every conceivable direction by alwupt gulihes and “draws,” with perpendicular sides from thirty to ono hundred feet deep, entirely concealed by their character until you are ight upon them, There is no water in these in this senson. They usually follow the natvral watershed, but bead anywhere and everywhere von (he plain, and, strangest of all, are as Jo p and abrupt in their head as any whore. You find the valleys but a repetition of what you see on a larger scale from a point of eminenco— an apparent plain, and youder a craterdike luff-—but upon ascending its steep sido you are surprised to find its summit but ue boundary of anether plateau, with gulches deeper and wider, I spoke of valleys a moment age; this country has none after the fashifu of any eastern conceptions, streams are few and far between, usually | y miles and more, and J thew the merest rivulets, at this season, after | from Uwvelve to twent sinking for miles in their course, and occas sionally breaking out spring-like and flowing a short distance, Theso rivulets have narrow “bottoms” often quite fertile, but scarce! more Luan garden spots, with a few scrubby cottonwoods and box-elders, entirely hidden from view by the proximity of the neighbor tz bluffs. When wider and more like vale leys, as isthe bottom of the Platte, they are too sandy for cultivation. nN productive. Itis along these Lot The | Bond Valentine, General Insurance : nd Real . Estate Agent, Bellefonte - . a. OFFIUK |v BUSH ARCADE, 2ND FLOOR. Al Five Ins, companies veprezsented are first claw, “'caveler’s Lite a. Accident Policies. Suecia: attention griven to Keat bstate + nove have ovo ! 18iR1) HuvLiee and TWO | alLNURE: 1.1% FOX AE! Thom § spurte ain kmted 10 diferent parts of | the borouge ang © uk abun, snd 6 leestion end i style nro bound to please the purctinser, Many of the resldeticon mee vory desirable and all kee good. The : om will make exoetlont loostion for + allie The Youses range In price trom : BSEOO to BS, BOC. Firat payments siwall 1 detorced poy mes ts to sul the purchaser, Theme who want to bay shonid commis om FOR 5 CENTS Gloves at 5c per pair, | Ladses, Hose at Ge per pair. i | Ladies’ Underwear of all Grades. Ladies’ Toilet Sets, Satchels, Ete. A fine line of | | | ‘Hair Goods Jewelry, | Glass | } Hanging Lamps, Albums, rand Willow ware, in short the It is only by | irrigation that even the “bottoms” are mule | oms that | FU LLEST AND MOST COM- the cattle have been accustomed to water and | that the ranches have been built Yond the reach of the plow or any agrical tural crop, and is only frour utter desert by the spring rains, which grow the grass in a short month or so, Just break the sod for any pe soil is the sport of the wikis sible hope would Le in & they could not be reach feet, and possibly not expense, but with success enough to supply man and ast at present four ways by whi quire land in the territory—ho acres), pre-emption (1000, timber and desert reclaiming © No these rights can be exercised except along streams, and then the very loosest tion must be made of the conditions able ouly to an unbroken prairie. Letter in Detroit Free Press, saved WW Aue on Ww tl Ly ¥ iL o Memory of a There are as fow people who ¢ faces as there are who cam remember an call facts, though pec wie pencrally tl very easy. I have had some ams amples of the success of some of the in theso undertakings have 3.212 members, and complim bring the total up to 4.400 people. OF ¢ a large number of thes people a ‘change once a year, bud when they aperson must know Lom and not st as when they do visit the iloar they ponerally bave visiting friends with them, and to stop thera would bo embarrassing. Te in remembering thess poopie I hay study of faces, and now I rarely soe a + that I t by which I can ide grown so that I of men with mn who I wili probably CoN, al Now on ‘chanwo Oren rm BW E do not note some 1 im Ww FY] thin por came up to me at said he would like to bet could pick out as they the do as they in eating ood dinner at his picked out forty live in the bull pit, bat men whose n knew, and whose faces he had “nls How many do you think he secured out the forty! Just eleven. —Cor. Crat. Can a very EXTense, Work of the Telegraph Operators, I presume there is a more appreciable dif. ference in telegraph opentors than in other class of workers in the world timers delight in talking receiving words a minute, and sigh wearily as they fer to auld lang syne and the decadence of spoed in the present generation. This § very well, but thirty-five words per is considered far above the avers when an operator is receiving eves t ber ho is pushed, and froquent ly reso breviation. Lady operators a: a rule are ao curate, but are physi ally incapable of the heavy work entailed by press repo Papers. Put a lady operator at the {nstru. ment in a small city where pony reports are ceived and she will take twenty words a min ute and do it well. Bat when It cones to using the stylns on manifold, wheres a large yedttmber of copios is to be taken, a lady does not possess the requicite physical strength to acomuplish the task. Operators are ecoentrie, and thelr style of work diTers greatly, Ounces they becomo set in a cortain chaanel th ¥ never changes, and while experience gives them better control of their work, there 1s no ible improvement in peninanship, vlegraph or srators who ean CTY 00 8 CON Vesmtion acd receive at the sande time we yory sen oo-~Cor, Globe Danocrat, of Te minute A Yar Is Ne My recent tour throu mio that (hat stato ic 1 war. Jdmost over aded, sh Texas convinesd Pr and thirting for ¥ business man in Jexas 18 of the opinion that the state could spare nt Toast 20,000 1c loss fellows, adventurors and sharpers, and tho casiost would be to have thom killed {n war: go. ean iimbroglio came up prispects of such All this | = beautiful country to look upon is utterly bes | © and the | ¥ pos. | 1 remember | iro} vink it is | Done, anc Ung ex. : w moopie | anes to | not on | do conne | stop them, | ~ 'DRURGS. MEI tion of | Prescription men, of course not thos who | Tnisly unes he | } Sen. i of i Gobe-Demo- | CITY HALL SQUARE, NEW YORK. any | EUROPEAN PLAT. The oid | fifty | all | Wmoderate prices. 4 for city | PLETE LINE OF NOVELTIES! ad other goods, in town, aud at the Lei Lowest Prices. Satisfaction guaranteed to all our customer, YARNS, Imported and of Cheaper Grades, All kinds of STAMPING i a : | 5 | } or less money than you | Designs Call sr d see us. can get it elsewhere, all new, A. CORMAN. Walter W. © HAS OPENED A we | : : § | ayard. | 2: DRUG STORE| J wer | In ts Y 4 i by Ww AD 3 wn late!) Wilkinson on Alles! will keey constant f die : : ORY slreet, is ithe f MOIN ARTICLES POBE PAINTS Work 0D OF PERFUMERY SACHET POWDERS i all ord my prompt attention Warren W. Baranp. Prepared at Hours, Night or Day. i it &e. . forKensin ii Adve F.5 : | ALL reco Talenh n the store. nr rs ’ ive : FRENCH'S HOTEL | ! Opposite City Hall and the Post Office i Thie Hotel Is ote of the emt compiste in its ap | pointments and furniture of ANY NOU ER in New i York City and its condacted on the Rooms only One Dollar per duy. Half minote’s walk : from Brookiyn Bridge and Blevated R RK. Al Hines of | | Acre pass the door. Most convenient Hotel in New | York for Merchants to opal. Dining Booms Cafes and Lunch Counter replete with all the luxrien a 5.38 1 A. V. SMITH, GROCER, ~Everthing in the line af Canned Goods, Cheese, Starch, Syrups, SOAPS SOAPS. SOAPS BOAPS. Fresh ’ Sugars i H : : H 1 Coflees, Teas, | TOBACCOS, | TOBACCO, Spices and Confectionery. Telephone Communication and Goods Deliv ered Free. BLAIRSVILLE (PA) LADIES SEMINARY. Ben comin biti bail dink hented : through |nstruetion, cht { thes hooks ¢ | ets, « i Addr ES, TOILRI |; ' Linden Hall | Such as PORTRAITS in oil. Foo, pod, light, snd | MARVELOUS PRICES: BOOKS MiLLioN hohe Tn en a Works, by Famous wiv pabile el er vem Away. Wing hen et os and sil prég dmb fom ype upon geod ve They trent of a RIoal variety of ag Che, Wud we Uhiuk Bo see dal he LU EE She lat without Onding theruin any that be or sho would bike Gone in elath-taund form these Books would sost he * he Knak book 1a | idow Bedott Papers. This 16 the book over whiok GH they ented, and 0 bn fst ue funny So-dny 8a i over was, SOU grmuiisuibers nughed 1 Winter Evening Mecrentlons, a larg collecting Of Aeting Ularudes, Tabivauk, Guases, Puniles, cto. for sue elal gatherings, private thontriesis, aud evenings st home, Baek to the Od Meme, A Borel Wy Mary bray thor " un iio " § Muloguens, Hecltations und Ren HE, A large ge wahibitbons and pubile and wad clon colbociion Jor shoot POBLE vu bert wise wie 5 The Mundurd Letter Welter for Ladies snd Gen Uetven, 8 coniplets guide to Pot renpsudence, siving plata Aleestione fur i wmmposithon of tits of esr) hid, with tuvamvrable forms apd exnimpios 5 The Froven Deep, A Novel. By Wilkie Collins, Sather of Toe Woman In White,” ete Red Conve Farm, A Novsl By Mrs, Benry Sk, suitor of © East Lynne,” ste % Tho Lady of the Lake. By Sir Walter Root! “The body of the Lake box mwimanee 8 vers and of all the WOrRs of Paatt, mess In tare beautiful thas thie Bin Cupld's Net. A Bevel, By the suthor of Oars Thorns, 19. Amos Barten, A Xovdd By George Eliot, au hor of Adam hede,” * T3 oe MET on the Floss,” see iL Lady Gwe ndoliue's bb A Bowel. By the wuther of *' Dora YS Garue 12. The My story of the Holly Tree. A Sorel By he aut i Dorn eh IS Whe Hudges of Wit, ¥ linet of th Tm) sl ben complete bu Lise, rom, pr 7 Tumor and Pu shi My 8 large Wb hes Pima, wh jokes . 4 dohn Bowerbunk's Wife, 4 Bevel By Mies Wok k, mutha of Joby Hnliths Geutisne nn we 15 The Gray Wanian, 4 Novel. #5 Nes Ga held, Buthor of“ Mury Barton,’ en I Sixteen Complete Staples bracing love, hussrvee aod dvieeiis fot ¢, of wd vemivre, of miiway i ¥ Pops Fir bon or Authors, tothe of wu. wll very ine i Jusper Dane's Scovel. By re 1 Mise Mo Adurnment, vnentiely tniwbng vases and practiond Bets, Marketa oowpon thie suhjout fone lor waking faucy b sowail pre Work, eambrolder), ole, vie, pamfusty sed egal) watrased Crimm's Falry Stories for the PETRET of Twig ater bos pabiiekod Young. The ™ ho ren do dedighard with Cows ¥. Mune! of Etiquette LEE8 3 LUT wr ve Gr Undies and © breeding, givieg "en, * § M wher of fet nl! gernpivie now lodge for the Millen, » bands irl te Bor mh, pen asd Sd tars The Howe Conk I wy besking leds of EW, Bw wep Ree ¢ Munwers nnd Cu : re am mete sad wok and Family Phyl. wnrlien own bug § vob Sia € Wow fe cute il couse win Fur Away Lands, Pronk fF SPN E 8 Vwi wala of tie ‘wprlur Dalleds, Same sine ¢ of & § sed Called Boek, 2 Sess AL the WW arld's Morey, . The fim W Slips I. Mildred 'T'revanion Caw Fuk Days Shudows an the 8 ow, % ‘ A Kove Lewline ronda Yores Golbriel's Marriage. A» wcthonr uf . oh Kenping the Whirlniad, U Hax, wther of arid Midget + A Ha t Dudley €uriomn So, 9 bow Lads Awtier's perpet LA Golden Buww. 4 Sore Dora Thorne,” whe Valerie's Pate + Yount er of be Waning 14% W. Rister Howe, ef be wa in W " Anne, be Mis ae po The Lawre! Mash, * Hablnson ( ruse | & tren #. How te Make Poultry Pay. 4 pos sod -» Mr ¢ ’ Var a Pevlor Magi RT * be os i" 1 Lome of the Gas “ as and € homion! £aporiserts & i «of " Fake Vor ¥ Bron eh Bail Pi. Hanan * ® ‘ ae fon flog 5. Ancodoton of Pabile N whi ny. % i wwe Baier, Mesos, | ‘ dary 8 Eep's Fallow, The wort of » trem have rend AR Mr couinrion, sad crevh bey OUR UNEQUALED OFFER. We have srsged with 1) fei ve ur add ¢ rablishers of sh the Sos ot “ With one veur's sa) for $050: or » seri ptio Ey fis fire nll oredr » “CENTRE BE Yu DEMOCRAT, Bellefonte, Poe A FINE FARM FOR SALE. Situate in Potter Tow nshis County, Pa, and known asthe | ° > 2: LE HO ' i TER RU hundre b ding land fifty t2 acres of timber: Fat dwell a re bank $A numerous new out-buil One and half n there ng, Dar d3 4s or AERIS m i es irom and 1s a t four tation, and a hall miles from Centre Hall sta. | ton. On road leading from Boals burg to Old Fort, For Terms, ap- pivi ) Joxp Varesting, REAL ESTATE AGENT, | Bush Arends, Bellefonte, Pa. STUDIO, | 2nd floor Bush Arcade, (Room opp. Pr. Rar" vek's Dental Men.) am now ready to do all kinds or PAINTING ’ LAND SCAPES, SION and ORNAMEN 1AL. FANCY DE( ORA TING and GRAINING a SPECIALITY. Satisfaction guarsoteed in all cases I wuld be pleased to have you eall, and examine specimens of work in. “aructions given in Printing. Very Resprorroiny C J filder, | ANEW PAPER in Bellefonte. SEVEN.COLUMN QUARTO containing Nts ix rend ng sid PURE ws faliiug snow WEEKLY PAPER, lumps, CHASTE STORIES, NEWS, FUN, AND Tug of Sunday Reading. Each nonmber will con’atn TWO CONTINUED STORIE: Seven short Complete Stories a sermon b | | ! y the 1 | | | | MARKET REPORTS, y, Centre | JMESTEAD | seven acres | al * two and one-half story brick i i and | Bev, T. 08 Wier YaLxaGe, | | { Full snd | fntont nows from all Parts of the country Cat pitts condensed yews fromm All parts of the World. | i | { : i Hovera! solumnsot ILLUSTRATED Hymor for Lovers of Fun, CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS | i | | 1 : i | kin Pond completes department of i Locul News from all paris of the county, Our ssh i soribinrs will have ue trouble 1s | Lop thelr papers, as i We Shall Stop Al Papers as Soon as 1) lime of Their Sulbgeription is af an End, wniess Move Money is Neal to Renew, Ld bed nan TRAY va nPT : Wiibas dawal | Fix menths Three mosths Une month Eingle copies w————————— » For enle by al) Bewadenlers. Mail subs | #and money in re Address THE FOUNTAIN, Bellefont», Centre County, Pa, riers tay | Sietored letters al our risk, "building, opponite the | Li Office in the Republican’ dejon, Extraordinary BARGAINS IN IRUN-STONE CHINA AND TABLE GLASSWARE. | i 3 i W. H. WILKINSON, ar § Dealer in CHINA, GLASS, wi Queensware, { ALLEGHANY STREET, e3¢ s Bellefonte, par 0 Is selling ALL BINDS o! Crockery and Table Glarsware at LOW ER prices than ever known in Bellefonte, as the following list will show + Best quality, Iron Stone China: od not to craze Ton Sets (68 pieces) Dinner plates—Inrgest sizaper dos Diuner plates—medium Jo, Tes Plates do Tureens—round or oval each Sauce dishes—round nr ovalanch Sauce Tureens-—4 ploces Sauce boats Cups and sav shardled.-19 pieces 0 w0 unhandled do Fruit ssucersper dog Chamber sets 0 pieces Pitcher snd Bas, Covered chamber Warrant. £2 50 135 110 “0 ao 20 25 68 50 b0 300 100 ST Racket TABLE GLA Tumblers, each, Goblets, id Fruit Bowls Cake stands Glass Seta, 4 pieces Full Stock of Deco: and Chamber Sets, Best English ware, Tea in Blue, Black, Brown or Claret, 56 pieces §5.00—regular prion $7.00, Full assortment in Majolica and Fancy Goods, &e, Majolica Pitchers, Oe Me He 35 . 350 rated Tea, Dinner Sets, Decorated ib SSWARE » . 20¢; Bohemisn Vases height 10 inches, £1.00, and every. thing else jut us cheap in proportion. 8&1 desire to say 10 every reader of this advertisement ; 4 want your ev atom, and in reaching out for it | am fully pre. to gixe you the Greatest value for your movey once yet obtained, Call and examine the goods t If $ do Hot fulfil Stroud to prices bein than ever be. fore heard, 1 donot ask your The greater amount of I ean sell the luwer prices oan and wits ae MADR, Respectfully, W. H. WILKINSON, Agent oon TRARY ‘noe NATIONAL RGAE o the | | - -AT THE .s ab I seas Yow ig the Time to Sub a “CENTRE DEMOCRAT." Fe 1.50 YER YEA ADVANCE, ONLY OFFICE: HARRIS’ NEW BRICK BLOCK BELLEFONTE. PA. {foLupaia House, BOOK Doiron am BINDERY)| | Open all —c— {Above Arch | FHILADELPHIA: PA. Fl Nigh nashed, Job Office, nn... TEE BELLEFONTE BOOK |: BINDERY s Befitted and Refure Lovoation Admerable. AND INDUCENENTS § Te Bal Mie ¥ Tia K from hs the Naw the Andemy of Musi the United Fates Mint Sikinre CONVENIENT TO ALL THE LEAL ING PLACES OF AMUSEMENT Is now in successful operation, Par. ties desiring a first-class Job at FENNSYLVANIA Bed-RockPrices STATE (0LLEGE Pall Tears begine September &, 1888, Exsmive Vous for Ad sion Sept. 7. This tnatitution is located in one of the tifol nnd healthful pote of the » ir open to students of bot lowing Courses of Muddy: L. A Ful) BeiontiSie Oourse of Pour Years, 2. A Latis Beientific courwe. 5 A GENERAL COURSE IN AGRICULTURE ~Pour youm, The following ADVANCED DOURFRS, of two your ench, following the first tw year of the Bcientl Be Course: (a) AGRICT LTURE; (b) KATURAR HISTORY: (¢) CHEMISTRY AND PFHYSION ; (4 CIVIL ENGINEERING. § A short SPECIAL COURSE {n Agriculture, €. A short SPECIAL COURSES in Chemistry, T. A course is MBOHANIO ARTS, combining rhep work with study Three yoam, (two in Lb fi Jute) 5 Literature and Prepurate ry Cours, Are arranged 10 meet the jasres fron Should give ns a call. mont utire Allegheny Weare prepared to do all kinds of | L sexes, and offers the Pisin and Fancy Binding on short notice. Old Books rebound, repaired, and renovated. Mag. azines, Pam. phlets, Periodi- cals, Papers, Sheet Mu. ic, ete, bound in any style. Patronize Home Institutions and Howe Industries. Give us a fair trial. WE GUARANTEE OUR WORK. A All kinds of lettering in Gilt done. Prayer Books, Hymuals, Pocket Books, Satchels, &c, lettered. a fa THE Job Department | Is complete, and all kinds of Job Work doue neatly and with dispatch, FRANKLIN H. HOUGH, = SOLICITOR OF AMERICAN & FOREIGN PATENTS, 925 E, 81, Near U.S. Patent Office, WASHINGTON, D. ©, BUSINESS CARDS, WEDDING CARDS, PROGRAMMES, DODGERS, POSTERS, Eto | 1 ¥ br: Pore ty
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