THE. CENTRE DEMOCRAT BELLEFONTE, PA. OCTOBER 18, 1906, FRANCIS 00000000000000000000 | { SPEER’S Breezy “THAT” Column 000000000000 000000000000000C 0000 0CO000000000N0000000 Tuat you should look out for the fel. low in Bellefonte who is always looking out for No. 1. THAT there may be nothing new under the sun in Bellefonte, but there are a number of shady transactions. Thar the skirts of women in Belle fonte are a great deal like highwaymen They would pass unnoticed but for an occasional hold up Tuar if James I. McClure, the Belle fonte saddler, were to organize a thino ceros trust, nobody could blame him for being thin-skinned THAT last week, in Bellefonte, the rain fell on the just and the unjust at the Centre County Fair but the unjust, as usual, carried umbrellas, 3 t b TuaT Bellefonte has in it several fel- lows who have more money than brains, and it won't hey will come } 1 3 2) lve to that conclusion themselves be lc mg Tuar George F leading physic ans, of that when a doctor performs an autopsy he is after inside in lefonte, says illy"” Brown anc site fon ay probabilities Are the spot. ~=M pat bere is a mathematical problem Leaken from poor people or they will have ia 18 for the students of the Bellefonte Acade- my to solve | ] at once. A bull in Alexa near | ut they n speak neadow Bellef( react Waxie TELEPHONE COMPANIES MERGE. Systems In Five States Plan to Come Together in New Corporation, Arrangements are about concluded for the consolidatien of 15 loca companies in | ‘enn Ohio, Maryland an the American Union pany, which bas been an authorized capita The companies ger by lease or through st have traffic Telephor e Com! roi already the Key stone Philade phia, and at Pittsbu i e Pittsburg and Allegheny Telephone company This makes a long di ’ rvice The object is to unify into one and to standardize several local telephone the same time 1 tr distance service, particularly vania, About 40,000 telephones ated by the der this management Percy M. Chandler, of Philadelphia, is a director and one of the chief promoters of the new telephone company. James Kerr of Clearfield oo n W. Garland, of ). Gilbert. of Harris Pittsburg; Lyman burg; Rembrant Peale. of New York; § y Prentiss Tay. P. Light, of Lebanon; H Orvis, of Belle lor, of Pittsburg: Ellis L fonte; A. W. Lee, of Clearfield; W. B Trask, of Erie, L. Spangler, of Belle fonte, William Kaul, of St.Marys; Ed ward Bailey, G, W. Reiley, B. F. Myers of Harrisburg, and J Sfoat Fassitt, of Elmire, are the other directors arrangements ystem dev ne the eve OF ne yster and at engthen the lot in Pennsyl- are now oper companie $ 10 he bre ug ht un. Lock Haven Democrat : The work of grading the railroad, which will extend through Sugar valley to Loganton, has been commenced at the latter place Wednesday morning a crew of 20 men | commenced work at Loganton and will work east until they meet the crew who are working toward that place. The distance to be graded is about three miles. The people of the valley are very anxious to see the road completed, as it will be a great advantage to them, and it now looks as though their wishes will be realized in the near future Tuar a dog’ the tongue of 8 tail may be longer than ome women in Bellefonte but it can’t wag as fast, Tuat unless a young man in Bellefonte has money to burn he had better not try to keep the pot boiling in a poker game, Thar when Christy fonte, beheld that new of life looked fore Smith, of Belle- baby boy his “sonnier’ than ever Tuar there men in Belle fonte who should remember that charity becomes bribery as soon as i as a bait, are some it 1s used ‘aylor, the Bellefonte coal man in Bellefonte } N3an Lind generally nas a Kick Naf sllefonte mld «© | € in Bellefonte who had be give back some of the money they have to face” the flames notwithstanding th A 1 imagine thy they will be protects Big Catch of Eels. vt (11 per p und. cheaper than meat th ady market It 1s estimated that more that of eels, a wriggling, writhing, slimy now in Pennington camp MASS, Are the iv The observed oxes at have been fully { Are patroll ng no scale fish are takers catch 1s due to deeper water for the that this man ner The heavy to the e« migrating east winter n sth vinter monias Game Commissioner ( K. Sober, of Lewisburg, has begun to gather his first harvest of chestnuts from what is the largest cultivated chestnut grove in the United States, if not in the worid, He has already contracted to sell Car load of soo bushels to a Seattle firm at $5.10 per bushel. Mr. Sober’s grove cov ers about 300 acres.and is in Insh valley about six miles from Shamokin. A few YEAS Ago It was merely waste mountain land, having been denuded of timber Upon the native chestnut stock he graft of Paragon chestnut scions. This was the first real bearing season, but the lo custs did much serious damage that he has only about one-sixth of a crop of 1, 000 Bushcls one A minister's wife, a doctor's wife and a traveling man's wife met one day re. | cently and were talking about the forget fulness of their husbands. The minis. { ter's wife thought her husband was the | most forgetful man living, because he | would go to church and forget his notes and no one could make out what he was trying to preach about. The doctor's wife thought her husband was the more At the average boarding-house table | forgetful still, for he would often start the gossip is always much fresher than the butter and eggs. We support our children so that they can raise their children for us to sup- port. The barber and his razor enerall pull together, 8 ’ out to see a patiet} and forget his med, | cine’case and make a nine mile trip for nothing, “Well,” said the traveling {man's wife, “my husband beats that | He came home the other day and patted me on the cheek and said : *'l believe | have seen you before— what is your name," @ Oo @ © © 0 OG Uncle Sam & 0 been a mat- of surprise the American occupation necom has gocond of Cuba wi ith so much and dis plished Ww smoothness pateh, It was the middle of August when the Cuban in surrection broke ont, and it was mid dle of September be fore it became evi dent that the United States might need to take a hand to re store order in the is land. The situation developed so rap idly that it was only a few days after the landing of the American peace commissioners in Cuba that the de ide to re-establish Amer [he army had but little ’ Ih a movement the CHARLES EK. MA- GOON. cision ican au and navy in the island had titne to pre + for suc troops I Is of war a ) the emergency idy for the task In hand delay In sending wal es and bluejackets and the n BRIGADIER GENERAL J FRANKLIN BELL. nstituted ¥ may be pre president. Its duties onal de troops in ns for nat § mobilization of time of war, to relating to the and Its assist the secretary of investigate questions of the war Arm) and to and other efMclency for war preparedaess officers The general staff is composed chief of staff and from the army brigadier Heutenant twenty captains It Is the duty of the chief of staff to supervise all troops of the line, and he Is under of the president himself The efficiency of the general staff have been Increased by the separation of the duties of chief of staff and lieutenant general. Formerly the lieutenant gen eral discharged the duties of chief of staff, and the head of this supervising body changed every time a lieutenant general went on the retired list and a new man took this place of honor. We have had four lleutenant generals Chaffee, Bates, Corbin and MacArthur «in less than a year, A few months ago a new departure was instituted by the appointment of a comparatively young officer, Brigadier General James Franklin Bell, as chief of staff, Ie Is the first officer to hold the post without belong nt the same time lleutenant gen. eral. He wight have been a major gen. eral, but when a short time ago he could have been promoted to this rank he allowed his friend, General Jesse M Lee, to have It because General Lee In older and would not have another chance, while General Bell has still fourteen years of active service and may have other opportunities for pro. motion to the higher rank. General n performance of duty of one two general officers not below four twelve majors and the grade of general colonels. six lonels the direct nthority is believed to Bell bas been (in active supervision of | OO 0 a 0 0 6 the movement of troops for the occupa tion of Cuba and arrival In the island has in command there by He is service on Kentucky publie schools Point, from since his first of Lis rank. hard ind hos all kinds of duty in I8O6, he attended the ent to West graduated in 1878 with an record to his credit For some years he w service in the west, and he commanued a troop in the bloody fight at Wounded His record In the west was that of a fear been virtue wWoraer CLAIR] Born in and then w which he excellent Knee the present Li ment to West Pres 1% handed to McKinley IS, and thus General he young at the acade grandfa jeer put it, “he ne to beat him as a soldier” mnt Grant has seen service 1 » Philippines and has been ent dent record military resi It has been estimated that there are about S150.000) (xx of American Invest: Ihe Industries which built up through American and American money in the past half dozen years in clude tobacco, sugar and other planta tions rallroads, trolley, tele graph and telephone lines, ete. Secre tary Taft in his address at Havana unl versity paid a tribute to the wisdom of ex-President Palma In encouraging the Investment In Cuba of foreign capil tal. The industrial prosperity that this Las brought about has changed the con. dition of the Cuban masses in many respects. The huts and thatched cot. tages In which so many natives have lived are giving place to homes of more ambitious pro portions and better accommodations, Becretary Taft's success In the estab. lishment of Ameri. can authority for a LIEUTENANT VU. 8 second time with. | GRANT 3D. out arousing hostili- ty among the Cubans themselves will, it Is believed, be continued in the ad. ministration of Judge Charles B. Ma. goon, whom President Roosevelt has des. ignated an Secretary Taft's successor as governor during the temporary eceupa- tion of the island by the Americans, Judge Magoon has besn a pronsunced success an governor of the canal sone and minister to Panama, and he Is a man whose abilities as a diplomat are reputed alinost equal to these of the war secretary himself, wort! ents in Cul have. bem enterprise mines \ ar J Dont Suffer all night long from toothache neuralgia. or rheumatism Sloauavs Liniment kills the pain — quiets the nerves and induces sleep At all dealers. Price 25¢ 50c¢ &*100 Dr Earl S. Sloan, Boston,Mass.U.S.A. We Everybody Mingle’s Shoe Store, Bellefonte, Pa. 5 Ye NC W San ® an ® an 6 ol) QO \ a \, O-0O0-0-0O- » wl - Ad » » » -, } f ! BETTE EEEEEEES Walk-Over Sh ARE THE ACKNOWLEDGED PACE MAKERS THE SHOE WORLD STY LES, FIT AND FINISH. THEY ARE MADE IN ALL LEATH ERS AND MORE DIFFERENT SHAPES THAN ANY OTHER ONE LINE IN AMERICA. IN FACT THE WALKOVER SHOE IS OF IN CLEARLY THE LEADER WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK OF THESE SHOES IN LARGE VARIETY, AND WE ARE PLEASED TO SHOW ALL COMERS WHY THE WALK-OVER IS THE MOST POPULAR SHOE IN THE WORLD. WE GIVE VALUABLE PREMIUMS. YEAGER & DAVIS, BELLEFONTE, PA. 9 3-0-0 (wel Joell) oe =) Lo OO) 0-0 OO le yl Yk eal yd Dek pd ped psd reel ped Dob pel ol Yr ed reel pel Yel Joely yond ped Opa Dee Done) Pel Se Dl Sel el Sel Sel Sell el Suen Deel lS See oe rl ply peel Deel Deel eel Sel Se Se See
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