» MOURT TACOMA, The Grandeur of Washington Tor tors 's Matchless Mountain, a There is a_ceriain unequaled majesty in the olty ranges of the Locky monntuins of Colorado, In Alaska are suouniain yew: of matchless beauty, Bhosta, Hood, Adn St. Helens, and Daker ove stately, pw which excite the admirmtion of every holder, het this view of Tacoma is entirely unique and has a savage grandeur all fs own. For many minutes we gaze in mia o ment ypan the cambined scene ere we cal 10 examine it in detail, We stand upon the brink of a cliff of naked rock, bare of vegetarion, prim and stern, esiending down almost perpendien larly 2.500 feet, The opposite wall slop steeply up, covered with a dense growth o forest trees. In the bottom the swiltly flow the turbid waters of the north fork of the Puyallup River, The stream is fifty feet in width, but in that abysmal depth it looks fo be but a puling brook, Mountain eagles dart through the air to and from their nests upon the erngs. Looking toward the West the canon stretches away for miles, down which the river winds its way, glinting in the sunlivh, like ® little streams of wolten silver, Tarn. ing nad looking to the east you see that the canon abrupily terminates two miles awa Where sis the mighty A COUN 1 rom the dowe ol the monniam « tend two great arms or ridges of basa rock cap: ed with sharp peaks, Dow sides run vertical columns forming gorges, which are filled with snow and io Frou these gorges ron many strenms, bit mountain torrents up there, but av they rash down rivulet unit i with uti plunge into a greg LOWS & darge » 4 Barrow gorge of the bLrecze bears notes the pour of 188 ulm crows « is Lost River. fae of RUF ass of (1131 : ther Hume rons & NiYuiel, =trivn strenm three 10 OLE CHTs Funny Incidents About Ax My half hour « putaisher hike Mi number of funny todd ge of Win ik persed al uproar iy reign error, ngelews bh Alte he i re N Fg £1 correct and bits standard, who has recouise t ing them on to publishers, return uthor the formula: “1 have erty to send your MSS, w lisper.” To really Le raied “Na Wha h ise, rary a HH ty Hany a nskburly Har bene! tal as * In tae je rsona. NE rad t a i and in eq > The Sea Gulls and the Pelicans, Twe immense peli through the Golder py oll § SHOE ssi ul ie oun w ay, seedingly quite u height, then tntil they «WW A Dash, when! descended, and, like a fash, Ivers bills into the briny deep, seldom fuiling to seciire 8 eatch, hey evidently thought they had a good thing of i, Lut as with moxals sometimes, the good thing did not 14st Jong, A small flock of voracious sea gulls observed the pelicans at work, 25d Hew toward them to share in the plunder, As soon as a pelican lowered for a fish and caught it, the sea gulls swarmed shout the fisher, and with carsaplitting clatter at. tempted to seize the game, in which the were usually suocessiul. Other gulls, at trnebed by the struggle, continued 10 gather, vat! a large space in the bay was Liierally covered with them. Some sharp practice then commenced, forably reminding the observer that “the struggle for existence was as bitter on sea as on jand, At times & | pelican would rise with ils plunder and soar | Avay up in the air to enjoy i, but 100 gulls followed in close pursuit, and being, evi dently, swifter in fight than the pursued, soon overtook the larger bird, and encircling it lueraliy tore the fish to pieces, The struggle lasisd Guite a while, the gulls in the meanthne screaming themselves hoarse, They kept worrying and attacking the peli. | cans until the latter secmed to leave in disgust, and sought peace from their tor mentors by flying out to sen. The sea gulls | act as if they bad a monopoly of the vay, | and every intruder from the ocean is jeu) ously watched, and either drivea out or | actually worried to death Fond of the Pigs. Not long ago a French steamer, the Arctic | trading from Havre, was wre in the straits of Magelian, but the passengers were saved. A monkey named Felix was rescued, and token possesion of, by a lmrmer whe | lived nenr i'unta Arenas, and was carried to | his rescuer’s farm, Almost the only other animals thet he | found here w the farmers pig thou forty in sumber, great these pigs Felis took 4 very suoug A He played and slept with them, sad follow ed thes wherever they went, riding on the buck of obe of another of them, | The herd of pigs travelled st their will about the farm, and whether it mined or shone, whether it was hot or coli, «and even in sunumer there are some very eold winds st thie Straits of Magellan, «Felix always sot out wt the moruing on the back of one oi his {avorites, Al evening he drove the pigs home, pers | forming this daty much better and more | wwiltiy than a man could have done it. If | any our attempled to eutch one of the pigs, Veli flew jute a violent mge. No offers of | cakes snd sweetments Would tempt him to leave the herd awl enter lus master’s house. Winter came at last, and as, at this season, | the primitive farmers of the region make no sovision for thelr swine, the pigs left the | {aiding and Heed ino periestiy wild sate, Felix went away with thew, hat when they | were brought up in the po Au ke had din : He without a denbe, died ow . ws elas led 3 wrt Point, ih ra wi Their ses keen, a ¥ Cont we ol 0 Hn 5 LheY ros¢ V4 Ked re aha = sid, Ab 1 aa sell. tdentt ed, People who are asked to identify t leading to absard results, A patil whoo piesented a check at a ban! he was unknown, was told t at lergt produce some posses i Lik name perluips a | ter or a han chief, In trimmphaut relief, he i out bis handkerchief, and lo; it was belonging to a friend, and mar. ed wit bis marne in full, an win i A lex For this heme | selves often attempt it in original fashions, | S=day Strike Clock, Alarm Attachment, hh! ih gentieman had been spending | afew days in New York, and Leng in | nest of money, he applied to a Broadway | vank to cash a draft, "What is your name 7’ asked tho pay- rf 3 “Colonel Sumpter Contty, Texa va to be identified, col Blank, sir, of Austin, had Knew ’ fi and Lid wh 5 w:ty the colonel ration Hi Q UO Mik wit to deave the ogi occured wo hin Lic ioo breast pocaet a photograph Hy, andy holding it out to thie bank sd, “Uhre, sir, 1 guess that i 0 vour photogragh that's fl Identity r. will you pleas ave imny photograph tak on if I gr you tell me how ttle Girl's Logie. 1X vears old wa r, who wos 4 hat does hie say, my door? ra OM : & $ 40 KROQ WIL 8 8 ng LER | vs, Obey Your Parents, up a child in the way ire an | do you suppose was the | boy “Drowned while boating on Sunday OF 18 8CTVing a term in the penitentiary,” | venturd Omega. 4 “Naw; nothing of the kind” said Alpha. “He is a member of the State Legislatures, and last week he lost a cool | S50N in wheat deal. Boys who are in- | fined to be wicked should be warned ata" DY | A Misanderstanding. “T've come to clean out your saloon boss,” said a colored man to Hans Spee gel “Vot's dot? You glean owit dese saloon, eh? Vell, 1 guess vou don'd | could glean owit dese establishments oler you don'd glean me owit purty qvick. Dere vos more as a hallaf a dozen or six rowdies tried to glean owt mein saloon von time a couple or two nights ago, und dey go home mit some broken | heads. Dot's der kindof a man's vot | am to glean owit “But you don’t anderstand me, boss Your brother hired me to come down and wash out" “Ishdotso? Vell, go right in und glean him owit, I vos make von schack ass of minesellul.” Quick Promotion, A Dutchman whose son had been em ployed in an insurance company's otfice was met by an astumaninig who in quired, “Well, Mr. Schnider, how is Hans getting along in his new place *™ ““hoost shplendid; he vas von ofl dem directors already.” “A director! I never heard of such rapid advancement the wan must be a genin,”’ ! “He vas; ho shoost write a shplendid handt “Oh yes, plenty of people write good hands, but vou sai | Hans wes a dircotor!” “so he vas” (in lignantly! “he direct Aem cirgulurs ten hours elery day al ready !” ’ you id German va, American Sweets, A New York firm has received a quan. tity of saccharine, the invention of a German, that is 250 times sweeter thao sugar, { the Inventor wishes to sos some. thing 240 times sweeter than his sae lr. ine, wt him come to this coantry al gaze upon a ‘oung man’s lest love, Vretty often a young man's first love isn clgar tte or base bal, but we refer to the eighteen year-old girl who las roobed him of his site, and cavsed hing to scribble her front name on the margins ol ts te atu ly the scraps of white paper he tinds lying around There are ol such chunks o! sweetness on Orem, side of the Atlantic a WHEN YOU C 54.00 At FRANK P. BLAIR'S. now on exhibition apd sale the largest and most complete assortment of rs 2 MIA RP XH < ever shown in Bellefonte, at any and all times can be re urtains in great variety with all the fixtures be Window Blinds and fixtures, in fact everything line, including Sheeting, Pillow Casings, We handle +ROCHESTER CLOTHING <- And are the ouly Clothing dealers in town who do, and will sell you a well made good fitting suit at the sameg prices asked you for slop shop trash. Try it once. .& A. LOEB. Low Rates to Pacific Coast. The now agreement betwest the transsonth { pental Hom authorises & lover mite to Pacific Const points via the Maaliobs Pacific route than bs made via any other line. Frequent ex ery wn, Aon ninodations iret olnms, For rates, maps, and other tacniacs, apply to © POR 4441-2 0 i. Wanngyx, General fo Passenger Agent, St AN Paul, Mian, , Ranway, AYD CURE YOR ~on arin, Fever and Ague, Kerofula, wv, Erysipeins, Bolle, Pimples, teers, Sore Eyes, Scald Head, Tot. ys Malt Bhonm, Mercurial and all Bleed and Skin Diseases, Aur by wll Draggivie, Where Are You Going ? When 40 you start 1 When from? How many {In your party? What amount of fevig it or : have you! Whaat route do yon preder! ! Upon reosipt of an answer 16 the Above gues. tions you will be furmisled. Hive ol CRpetiee, with the lowest also i *, time ay Re veg pos AN other valn. ntionw ve the anda med y for © VENER Wane PAIN IN | SHOULDERS J BIOL ACH page Rel from the LIVE of Hig Sand Avotors’ '0R State - Normal - Schoo], for Infants and Children. “Onstoria is no well adapted to ~hildren that I recommend it as superior to any proscription known to me.” H. A. Ancues, M.D, 111 Bo. Oxford Bt, Brooklyn, X, ¥, Castoria cures Colle, Conetinat Sour Stomach, Diarrboss, Vrictation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, sul promotes di eslion Ww urious maediontion, Tus Caxravn Coupaxy, 198 Fulton Street, N.Y. om, SEASON OF 1887-88, RS ¢ S—— W. I. FLEMING, The Fashionable + MERCHANT TAILOR, 4+ Has just returnen from the Eastern cities with a new sicck of the Finest - Suitings = and = Overceatings | Ever brought to town. ‘Workmanship the Best and +-Prices Down to Rock Bottom Work Guaranteed, GOODS + AS + REPRESENTED. Special attention given to +~i CUTTING AND FITTING. i<e NO NANCY PRICES FOR INFERIOR MATERIAL. Pennsylvania te ect J ron nflated tir & ! 1 t] A re co WHY... 00K at, sod every man in nl a =ui dre intiy can by when § 1 C80 §p Wi est goods casure 10 we he 1s judicious : i examine for yi pleas my goods and qu latest novelties and al prices surprisin Overcoat nest price wi sed gentleman in the selection of his tatlor. Call an aol task for me to show le prices, ry gly Low. Before drop io snd see my stock W. 1. FLEMING. Crider's Block, DIAMOND Bellefonte. EDUCATION AT SMALL CH THE Carpet 'A GREAT OPPORTUNITY CENTRAL House 1S SCHREYER'’S, opens Toesday, Jan, 4, 4 Lock Haven, Clinton Oo., Pa. Winter term of 12 weeks 1 hn Spring term of 14 weeks opens Tussday, March 27, a Which has just been filled with Beginning with the winter term, complete live of Jan, J. 1888, Heat, furnished room avd good board for only $2.50 - Awerk : Tuition, $1.25 a week To those who intend to teneh the State giver 30 Conte | a week ae nid, This can be sabiracted from the cost of taltion. ) 1 Bovides the weakly aid, the Bate gives 50 Dollars at graduation : net cost for heal, farsished room, board and | tuition for the winter term of 12 weeks is only $000 | and for the spring term of 14 weeks, only $45 50, Those who pase their Junior Examinations next Spring and enter the bentor Class, can attend 4 whole | year of 42 weeks at the net cont of only PW 8 vided they gradunte and receive the weekly aid of 10 conte a week and the 50 dollars wdditionnl, i This is an opportunity that should bs improved hy everyone whe looks forward to teachideg a a profs shim of all widihs, styles and prices, Linoleums, For Offices, Vestibules, Halls, Kitch The faculty of the Centra! Bate Normal Sohoul i» econ pond of specialists in thelr several depurimenia Four of the lustractorn are honored graduates of Colleges. The Bebool possess rare cabinets and valunhie apparatus for iHustrating the sciences The Model Schoo! tw condocted sfier the manner o the bet training schools AL the Inst snasdan of the Jegisiatare the Contra! Bate Normal School removed two spare inthe ag regating twentyfive thousand dollars. This money ™ buon aed in patting the buliding in excellent or or Hydrants, watepclonte and bath rooms may be found ou the diferent Roots, Al rooms sre complete Iy fursished. The sindent should bring kis own towels and napkins. Washing may be obtain in the A tull line of CARPETS 4» | constantly on hand, as well as eyery- thing in the ers, &e. buiMing at » small cost i Nindonte may enter at any time, Lock Maven bs | wocrmibite by sail from all Bireciions, { crim netizens JOUSH-FURNISNING Central Sate Normal Scbont ie sdatoed snd praiod - We will be gad to correspond with any who sie in terested - Chater rosmes resnved on Yoathn. STUDENTS PIAMES om Sok an PRINCIPAL. LINE , AN » A PEATE NoRmaL Rotoot, i . Look Haves, Pa, MONEY 4 : hn " Ror No. 8, Bishop Steer, Palle Marytand, U8 A, foute, Pa. ;
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