£ht (Crntre gftnocrat. BELLEFONTK, PA. The Negro Bound for Africa. In Washington city, the other day. at the annual meeting of the Ameri can Colonization Society, the Commit tee on Emigration made a report em bracing some artonishing facts. For example, they said : " We are in re ceipt of mauy communications front colored people hy almost every mail from different parts of the country— North, East, South, and West, in which strong desires to go to Africa are expressed. Communications urg ing, pleading, beseeching with rude yet touchiug eloquence, to be relieved from the degradation of their suppress ed manhood, manacled energies aud crushed hopes. We have not time to give extracts from these letters, ami this is not the place fir them. " Permit us however to say here that one of the most cnlighteued ami cultivated rneu of their race has de clared, within a few days, that thedis satisfaction of the Negro with his con dition in this country is becoming in tolerable, and that they will pour in to Liberia by thousands within a tew years. An irresistible necessity is forcing tin in. '• The llev. Dr. 11. M.Turner, Bishop of the A rican M thodist Episcopal church, him*elf a Negro, and, hy the duties of his high office, brought into contact with large numbers of his race throughout the United States, in a recent nnmber of the Christian Rr eurder, says: " There never was a time when the colored people were more concerned about Africa in every re spect than at present. In some por tions of the country it is the topic of conversation, aud if a line of steamers were started front New Orleans, Mo bile, Savannah, or Charleston, they would becrowdedevery tripthey made to Africa. There is a general unrest and a wholesale dissatisfaction among our people in a number of sections of the country to my certain knowledge, and they sigh for conveniences to and from the coutinent of Africa. Some thing has to be done.' "Do they wish to go ? Liberia waits for them and longs for them, knows that her future depends on their presence. Thus only can a great Christian colony be established there to shed the light of Christ's gosjn-1 over the spiritual wastes of heathen ism, and to peuetrate the dense bar barisms of ages with the benign influ ence of modern civilization." Bhall There be Bangs ? Wlchiu fKn.) TIBM. Hangs on a girl give her an unruly look, like a cow with a board over her face. You take the gentlest cow in the world ami put a board over her face, and turn her out in pasture and she gels the reputation of being unru ly, and you would swear she would jump feuces aud raise merry Hades, nnd yon wouldn't give so much for her hy $lO only for beef. It is so with a girl. It she wears her hair high on her forehead, or brushed la.ck.or even has frizzes, and has a good look, you will go your bottom dollar on her, and you f*lihatshe is as good a gold, and that when she tells her young man j that she loves him there is no discount | on it, and no giggling hack ; hut take j the same girl, with her front heir hanged, and when she looks at you j you feel just as though she would j hook, ami you can't trust her. She j has a fence jumping look that makes, a young tnan feel as though he wouldn't feel safe unless she was tied hand and j foot, so she couldn't get out of the pas- | ture. A girl with hangs may try to ; he good and true ; but it is awful hard work. When she looks at herself in ' the glass aud sees the quarter of an ; iucli of forehead she says to herself: ; "1 am dangerous ; they want to look out lor me." Hhe thinks she is all i right, but she is constantly doing that : which a girl who wears her hair brush ed back would not think of doing. The Iwtig girl may belong to church, | and may try to put on a pious look while the hymn is being read. But she will look out from la-hind those bangs siilewise, at some meek and low ly young Christian who is trying to get his mind fixed on (be hymn, and he will get his mind on her, and it will break him all up, and he won't know whether he is singing "A charge to Keep I Have' or "Hhe's a Daisy." The hang girl may place her bangs down on the back of the pew ahead of her during the morning prayer, and try to be good, but her corset will be too tight, and as she bitches around to ease the pain one eye will rise like the morning sun over the back of the pew, aod that eye will catch the eye of a young mau two seats to the right, who is trying to cover his face with one hand while he tries to keep the flie off the pomade on his hair with the other, and his interest in the praver is knocked into a cocked hat. The bang ing of a girl's hair chauges the whole nature of. the little %retch, and she becomes as a gun that is not loaded. You lake a picture of "Evangeline" and hang her hair, and she would look as though she would "ruo at" people. How wiu'd Mrs. Van C< tt, the at* leged female preacher, look with her hair banged? It is just the same with boys. You take a nice, pious Buuday school boy who can repeat 300 verses of the New Testament, and cut his hsir with a clipper, and be looks like Tug Wilson. Great Damage by Flood?. About 2 o'clock Sunday morning word readied Pittsburg that nil tho gorges in the various creeks at the headwaters of the Allegheny hud broken. Tuere wn* a general rushing to and fro among the coal dealers and lumbermen making necessary arrange ments for a proper reception of the un straiued waters. Four lives were lost ami the total damage to property t here and along the river will reach 8- r t>(>,- 000 at least. At 12 o'clock the remains of the gorges readied that city ami both the banks of the river were liter ally crowed with swaying mas of hull frozen humanity to witness the grund entrance. It brought wi hit th. re mains of bridges, barges, boat house s and rafts, and while ice was pretty thoroughly broken up before rcuebing there, the flood did material damage, the extent of which cannot he accu rately estimated ut present. Bradford was visited Saturday night hy a disastrous flood which iuumlutcd about 500 In.Uses. The lower part of the city was submerged, in some case to the depth of ten feet. The II KM! was caused by the rains of Friday uml -Saturday and the meltiug of the auow in the mountains. Five bridges were swept away and several houses along the banks of the creek were budiv damaged or totally destroyed. Eighty five families on the Mats between there and Tarport, living in one-story houses, had to flee for their lives, when the ice gorge broke, leaving all their effects, and many of the houses were swept away. It is impossible to estimate the loss at this time. The waters are now subsiding and all fears ol further dam age are over. The damage by the floods in Akron Ohio, aggregates 850,000. All the families in the Cuyahoga Valley ami the northern part of the city fled fion | their houses Saturday night. The ram ; fell in torrents. The Valley railroad bed was washed in many places from Canton to Cleveland and ail tl a lain* were abandoned. Several streets in the uorth* n-tcrn portion of Indianopolis were flooded, aod considerable damage was done to manufacturing establishments and dwellings. Tho great flood reached its highest point at Cleveland, Ohio, Sunday noon when the river was ten feet higher thauatthe ordinary stage in place.-, and the flats—covered with IUIUIM r yards, elevators, iron-works, machine sbojs, flour-mills, pack in-house-, fac tories of various sorts ami railroad freight-houses were more or less sub merged. The water is recti ling hut theexteot of damages conriot be ascer tained for several day*. It i*e*tmint ed that 23 000,000 feet of lumber and 1 from 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 slum ?;lcs have been wa-hed Iroru the lum ►cr yards. The audience in the New Castle, Pa. ! Opera House had t > be taken from the j do-ir in carriages, the watt r being two or three feet ileet around the<l>>or. Trains on all the tailroa !s were M>- pended, the water putting out the fin* in the locomotives. ; Half ot Oil City was inonated, (lie people being rescued from their homes | in Isiatsaml on raits. The city's water supply wa- cutoff, the ti.es in pump ling houses of the water works being put out. The bridge at Titusville WHS I swept away with three ln>ys upon it, 1 two of whom were diowned. All coun ty bridges are gone and cattle hy the hundreds have been swept awav. Timber and ratis valued at $50,1)00 were lost in the Clarion river. I'lie large bridge over the Aleghmv it Kmclton was carried away with a man named Itoss on the top of it but lie was rescued at Parker city bv rope let down from the bridge. - mi One of Webster i Jokes. Mr. Webster was fond n of practical joke, but only of a harmless one, and generally a benevolent one. He had. in Nurtield, across the river fr< m Ins Franklin farm, a small peice of samly barren land, with a poor house O|H>II it, in which a very destitute family had been living some time without paying any rent. Upou one of his visits to the place the gmsi woman ex|ris*ed her anxiety about bring able to remain. She hope*! Mr. Webster wouldn't be hard with her. He heard her through, and told her, with great gravity, tlint he knew it was a hard ease for her ; he wished to her, and didn't wish to be unkind; hut he had a grent many to provide for. At the same time, putting his had into his pocket, he took out a five dollar hill and hand ed it to her, saying he was sorry he couldu't do belter for her, but if she thought she could afford to stay on the place another year for that, he should lie very glad, and rode off WILL CHAWTIM.Y BE PILLAGED. — The friends of the amiable and popu lar princess of the House of Orleans are very anxious to see them safely out of harm's way. Eiqiecially arc ap prehensions entertained on account of the Duke of Aumale, whose immense and priceless collection at Chautilly may at any moment be placed in jeonsrdy, f Whenever fhe bill passes depriving the princes of civil rights the Hocialisis and communists will need hut little more encouragement to make an at tack upon their property. That is lie lie ved to be inevitable end of the pres ent legislation, aud sinister tokens of the approachingstniggle already reach us from Paris, where it is firmly be lieved that expatriation measures will lead to the policy of pHagc. Ah .nnxh r C').. Supply Store. E-AIRT/LEES' SURELY STORE. ALEXANDER & CO., Store 7 1 West Ilijjh Street, opposite Hush House, Bellofonte, 1*. KVI:UYTIIIN<; roil TIIE IAKM AND HARDEN. GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS. WE offer to till- public till! lar-.-t ftuck ami greatest variety <il (iunlen ami Flower Seeds, which we retail for the lead room y :i compared with any other dealers in Central Pennsylvania.) We buy our lami Sweet ('orn by the bushel; we fell them in quantities to suit piirehu-ers, hy the pint, quart, measured with dry measure* 'not li'juid measure- , by which our customers train Jo per cent, over those purchasing from dealer* u-ing liquid >r ni"liws measure*. We buy our Beet, ( ah buge, ('elerv, Onion, Kudi-h Mild Turnip Seed by the pound, in tin sale ot which we give our customers great advantages, in <|ualit y ns well a* price, a.* compared with those put uji in pipers by socdmeu. PAPERED SEEDS. —We sell Henderson's Seed* at catalogue prie< -. M'c sell Rtindreth'a Seed* three five-eent puper fVr ten cents. The seeds we offer are warranted t> be Ir.-li.n* certain to grow n* any reeds that tire put oil the market. We heli, ve H'-i'dt-rson - Seed- to t the In -t. We have in M r known tin in to fail, • xi pt by a mi-take in plantir g i>r Irofti drc nth or extreme rhanger of climate. We make this statement fruin our ">wn x f h neuce of fifteen years with ihere-eed-. W> know Mr. Iletider-oti to be ot ■of the most piacii'til (iardeners and Florists in this country for many years. We turni-h Fruit Trees, Ornamental frees, Blaekberry, Kaspbi rry at d Strawberry Roots an I (irHjH' Cuttings to order. ( atah .tie- in lot.glish or (• rinau furni-hc'J free on ap|dieution. FARM SEEDS. It i- a source of sati-fin ti <n that we r.re aide to ann iuner to our customers and ttieinfs that we eau supply tln tn witli clean Field Seeds. In the first place, we exercise tin greatest care and iu-peetion when buying weds. When we pureha-e Western Seed* w.- always o. der " elnuee," whieh i- the b<-t brand kti wn to the trade. We reelenn Clover Binl Timothy Seed we -eparute Plantain Seed from Clover Seed -tier,-.fully. Wi cannot wj • arate Bucklioni and other tn xinus weed -•* -ds • ! the same si/* H < lovi r S. d, exi ept th<>w tlint are lighter atel ran he blown out; therefore we do not buy ( iowr S.-ed mixe<l a- lu-t stated. We have on sale Mammoth and Small (lover Seed, t boiee I imothy Sci d, White Clover Seed, Al-vke or Swedish Clover Seed, Orchard • ra- Ss-d, Kentucky Blue (iras* .Seed, Bed Top < iru-- S-ed l.awn lira" S.ed, Meadow foxtail < ira- Seed. Meadow fescue • iras- Seed, Swi et-s<-entcd Vernal < irti S-ed, Rough-stalk M> adow < >ra-- Seed, Hard I -.-cue tr:i— Seed,'lull ().rt (iru-- S,-. ,|, ( r<-ted 1 ).>g-tal (iras* S.-ed, Perennial Rve (irn*s Seed, Italin 11 Rye (trass Seed, Fiorin and other < iras- Seed*. f'nrni-rs wonder wb\ weed-grow. The r< a*"t> t- plain- to keep down weed- every part of the oil Miu-1 be furnished with plants of gr::-- that mature at rlith rent period-. A great va riet vof grass is es-ent in Ito pronto*' good pat ur- all 11 •• -• -a -• n. Ihe ho 11< r made in the vicinity ot Philadelphia is noted above nil other lor it- delicious flavor, which is attributed to the quality of the gra-s up n which the < ws graze, whieli i- d< riled i* fx-ing v< ry aromatic. BARLEY. —We have on sale a small lot of Minnesota and Scotch Barley, f..r sj..i BUCKWHEAT. > ilv.r Hulled. Will am B f.ekley, of Ikniii t t<<wi>ship, purchased 21 tsiuods of this Uuekw In at of us la-t year, trum which he rai-ed 11" hu-hcls. We ln.ve equally go >d reports from other < ut im r-. SEED CORN.— s "' < .rii from (Jen. Ih aver's farm, which proved to he the tr st satisfactory ('orn to otir eu t 'tin r- during tin la-t season. OATS. —Wc keep io -i Hs. the Eat tUu r While ( 'at- and the Russian W bite (fata. Both of tlu- varieties gave good sali-lai li"ii la-t year. Pi in * low. HOUS: HOLD SUPPLIES ( hie of the ne< < —nrv . iiti.il- to aw< 11-regulnted IIOUM hold i- a liisi-cia-- S-wing MIO lime. fhe S wing MA -bin'' bu me— at one time un the greatest MONOPOLY on earth F.ttorlio: ale pri • <-W< re demanded nml obtained for S< wing Machines, without* regard TO their merits. Suae of the c >iitpanif* try F k cp tip the old practice. Ilappi Iv, the ILNV when people have to yield to thi- extortion LIS* PA—d. Dining the PAST two v NR- we have siieceasfullv c-inihnttcd this < <1 cxtortionati practice in ( ••litre entity and have brought about a new era in the Sewing Machine BUSINESS. By attention to busi ness ami I lose inspection of the quality of machines, we heartily recommend the Remington A- the BEST-MAD', lightest-running, MOST durable and most SU|H rhlyeepiip|M-d S wing Ma chine offered for sale in Outre county. We challenge competition in any particular, no matter what other manufacturer* claim, and wc ST II at prices which, if those in want of Swing Machines will consult their own interests, is the very l<-st inducement why they should buy of US. The reason we CAN mak' thi* offer is that we buy lor RASH nml sell at our store. It rost at least from sl2 to 120 each L peddle a SI-wing Machine through the country and sell it. *A moment's rcfl-clion will tiaeh that this extra E< st come* off the purchaser. Those wlio buy of us at our More save thit extraordinary cx|*-nso. ME give the very IN - "I warrantee with nil the machine* we sell. ME sell the finest quality of Niislle* for all Sewing Machines, .at 2> cent* fo 30 cents |KT dozen, and INST Machine Oil at 10 cents per bottle. WASHING MACHINES. —The most desirable labor-saving machine in a house is a good ('loth • M'ashtng Machine. From our own experience nd the testimonials we have of others, we offer the Walker rjßjli. Washer, "d hi re iniike public in the fellow ing fall WB i ........ guagi': Ihi* M'asher i* simple in construction and so • easy of opera'ioit that after n few moments of instruction I a child ten year* old can do the washing. It i* compact — a child can carry it. It never get* out of ord r. No t<> the principle* of pressure; doc* not wear the clothe* in the least. It will w*sh the finest lace* or the heaviest blankets, IKS I quilia or carpet*. If water boiling hot i* used (which may Ire continually d.-oe, as you are not requires! to put your hand* in the water), you need not boil the clothe* to free them from staiu, or bleach them. A* an investment, there i* nothing pertaining to domestic economy that will pay the purchaser so Inrge a profit as this little M'asher, both in saving of clothing and the drudgery of wash-day to our wive* atd daughter*. M'c are continually in receipt of teeth mnnials of the 'highent commendable character, without a single exception, from those who are lining these machine*, showing conclusively that the design of the inventor is a complete success, and bis most sanguine ideas of the Washer are being fully and practically realized. All wc ask i* an investigation and a fair trial of this mechiue, and wo know your prejudices will melt sway like frost under the morning sun. "We lake great pleasure io showing our Implements and Seeds to all those who call upon us. Every owner of a cow or other cattle should feed them a portion of (.<otton seed or I.inseed meal. For sale by ALEXAADIIR Ac CO. licilefoute, Pa. * New . I ili t-vHm-Hu-iiih. | >i:nn.syi,y'ania STATE COLLEGE. 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