4 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., SEPTEMBER 10, 1903. he Centre Demorrat. A————— CHAS. R, KURTZ, - - - PROPRIETOR FRED KURTZ, SR, CHAS. R. KURTZ, CIRCULA TION OVER 3700, ~~ {eoiToRs. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: SUBSCRIPTION - - $1.50 PER YEAR Persons who send or bring the money to the office, and pay In advance, $1 per year. CENTRE DEMOCRAT clubs with N.Y. S36W WOrld fOr. ..coosvsnmnes s sansesisnsssrnass $1.68 PItsburg Stockman for. meres wo wnsessene $l 50 The date your subscription expires is piain- ly printed on the lgbel bearing your name, All eredits are given by a change of label the frst issue of each month, Wateh that after you re. mit. We send no receipts unless by special request. Watch date on your label, Subscribers changing postoffice address, and pot notifying us, are liable for same. Subscriptions will be continued, otherwise directed. We employ no collector, You are expected to send the money to this office, DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. For Auditor General ArraUR G. DEwaLt, of Lebigh county, For State Treasurer Joe H, HiLr, of Wayne county, For Judges of the Superior Court Joux A. WARD, of Philadelphia. CALVIN RAVBURN, of Armstrong county, Democratic County Ticket. Jury Com—FREDERICK ROBB, Romola. County Surveyor—J. H. WETZEL, Bellefonte EDITORIAL, TaE Pennsylvania Democrats have denounced the new libel law and nomi. nated candidates who voted against it, The Republican Convection praised its authors and nominated men who had supported it. It is now ‘‘up to’ the Repuolican newspapers of the state to take their choice, and incidentally to show whether they are a force to be | respected or scarecrows so feebly pad- ded that the crows will roost om their wabbly heads. —World. IT is reported in National Guard cir- cles at Harrisburg, that a project is on foot to have the National Guard organiz- ations of Pennsylvania and Obio bold a joint encampment on the battlefield of | The idea was | mooted at the encampment of the Ohio | Gettysburg next year. National Guard recently, which was visited by a number of ofhcers of the Pennsylvania Guard residing in the western part of the State, who were there by invitation of the Adjutant Gen- eral of Ohio, Ix these days of costly and ostenta- tious funerals, especially by people who are least able to bear the expense, what a splendid lesson was forced on the Eng- lish people by their late prime minister, Lord Salisbury ! By his will the cost of his funeral was limited to $100, and actu- ally cost only $70. He was one of the great men of his generation, of yast re- sources in a financial way, yet many a poor widow squanders twice or thrice as much money upon the burial of her husband, though she may face want and hardship for the rest of her life. PENNSYLVANIA has a generous share of the pensioners of the United States. unless | DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. The Following is the Full Text of the Platform Adopted by the Pennsylvania State Democratic Convention, at Harrisburg, on Wednesday of Last Week. | vania, addressing Pennsylvanians of all { political parties again calls upon them to | unite with it in a supreme effort to rid | our Commonwealth of that selfish, cor. | rupt, extravagant and which still controls its affairs. | We repeat the charge elaborated in { the platform of our last State Conven” The organized democracy of Pennsyl- | date, and at the dictation of those who prostitution of the ballot, effective legis- | lution has been throttled, | tion of last winter on this subject is the debasing rale | | ates rather than remedies the evils of the present law, | the State we demand the enactment of a |tion and reafirm with the emphasis of | | recent demonstration that to the pledges | and to the candidates of the democratic party alone can the people of our State | turn for deliverance from the evils under | which they suffer. No one pledge made by the Republi. can machine as a condition of its contin. | nance in power has been kept, but in | reckless disregard of public opinion the { last Legislature was but a repetition of | jts disgraceful predecessors. The hope aud gssurance held out by the so-called | “better class’ of republicans, that in the | personal character, independence and integrity of their candidate for Goveruor, | the people might safely rest for protec. { tion from machine misrule, has proven a | delusion and a snare. | charge was deliberately intended by its authors and promoters as an assault This law they upon the freedom of the press, and yet was eagerly approved by the executive. As if to emphasize its disregard of public opinion as reflected in their party papers, i the recent republican state convention not only failed to denounce the measure but proclaimed its defiance by unani. mously nominating for Auditor General, a State Senator who had been a most | active and prominent advocate of the law. To the repeal of this measure the state can safely count upon the vote and effort of every democratic member of the next Legislature, To the defeat of the can. | didate who stands for the purpose be. | hind it and the methods of its adoption, | we pledge the best efforts of our party | and invite the aid of republican voters. We had hoped for the support of the re. publican newspapers of the state which so recently and so fiercely denounced the law and its authors, but nearly all of { them haye bowed to the mandate of the | machine, leaving now, as heretofore, the | democratic organization as the sole de. | fender of the people's rights against ma. chine outrages. We denounce the republican organi. | zation for its repeated and persistent dis. | regard of its pledges to give the state a | fair ballot law. In platforms through which it could speak, the republican | party of the state had pledged itself to {enactment of a Jaw that would purify | our elections, protect the secrecy of the ballot and facilitate independent voting. | S0 clear were these pledges that the | senior United States Senator of Pennsyl. | vania declared in writing that if the re. publican organization failed to discharge this obligation it would sink Into merited | infamy. {| Yet in disregard of constitutional man- control our great cities through the The legisia- veriest pretense and sham, and exagger- On behalf of the people of ballot law which shall provide for per- sonal registration of voters in the cities of the State, insure a free, equal, secret ballot, afford the greatest facility for in- dependent voting and make the appoint. ment of overseers and the opening of ballot boxes obligatory when demanded by citizens charging contemplated or ac- complished frauds, We deplore the continued existence of labor troubles affecting important indus- tries and vast numbers of people, and express earnest hope that through con- cession, moderation and fair dealing, early adjustments may be reached. While we concede to capital and to em. ployers the utwost protection guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws, we also declare it to be our conviction that labor has the right to that protection which comes through organization and union. Labor unions organized for the betterment of the condition of wage earners, acting within the limits of the law, and not subyersive to public order, or indiyidual rights, are not only lawful, but commendable and should be met, recognized and dealt with accordingly. The right of labor to organize within these limitations is as sacred as any other right of person or property, We are opposed to the present system of taxation and management of the finan. ces of the State, [It is burdensome, cambersome and necessarily breeds ex- travagance. It selects special classes of property for taxation for certain pur- poses and remits to other classes of pro- perty the burdens of taxation for other purposes. It makes equality of burden impossible, and bickering and complaint inevitable, and violates the spirit of the Constitution in its demand for equality of burden. As at present administered it collects from the people unneeded revenues, passes them through the State Treasury and then returns depleted por. tions to the localities in which they were collected. It resvits in the accumula. tion of a large and unnecessary surplus in the State Treasury for distribution | LAUNDRY LINES, A little gum arable mixed with ords- wry starch {mparts a gloss to linen. White cotton goods and linens, wash with warm chlorine water; colored goods and silks, use diluted ammonia, Hay water, made by pouring boiling winter over hay and used in the laun- fiering of linen garments, will preserve thelr color, Laundry irons should be washed with soap and water once in awhile to accumulation of starch. Dry them thoroughly and rub with par- aflin. White clothes will look clean and pure white If you always have ready a kettle of bolling water and scald them thoroughly before putting them in the last rinse water, Irons should always be kept in a dry place. A convenient thing to keep un. der the set tubs or in some other out of the way corner is a soap box, into which may placed the flatirons, holders, stand and wax cloth when not fn use When hanging sheets on the line on windy days, if you will double them to- gether and pin the ends to the line in- stead of hanging across the line and pinning at the middle you will find that you will have very little trouble with their winding up on the line, remove the be Going In Debt. There is just one excuse for debt in the household—unsuitable money allow- ance by the head of the family. There are plenty of men who expect to secure all the comforts and a few luxuries af home without making proper provision Every wife is justified in ie for them : her request for a money allowance, ou of which gr? LL be paid the EXPO ses and those attendis It is absolutely n t household wg her per sonal needs imponssi ble to secure comfort by depending up on erratic gifts of A stipulated sum alone lusures per manent home happiness, and that should be on a scale corresponding with th i money ¢ husband's income and the needs of Where the wife {ly Income the question of al lowance never comes up. Many wives have ouly themselves to blame for the straltened circumstances in which they find themselves. Men are creatures of and will be likely to stand by whatever arrangements are made io the honeymoon period handles habit Wasted Energy. A deal of energy Is wasted through the zeal of youth. A dealer in feminine wearing apparel once told me that the stock showed the difference in the ages of the caretakers better than anything else. The young saleswoman would be gin the week with splendid energy and { finish with a lack of interest that called among political, or favored banks, and presents a coustant temptation to extra- | vagant appropriations and expenditures. | As a partial remedy for these conditions we favor the repeal of all mercantile | license taxes, and a return into the jocal | city, county and borough treasuries of all other license taxes collected therein. | Upon all these questions affecting the administration of our state affairs alone, | we again invite the cooperation of men | of all parties who value the good name of Pennsylvania higher than the triumphs | of a discredited party organization. ! SERIOUS CONDITION. Out of 991,836 pensioners on the rolls on June 30, as shown by the report of Com. missiones of Pevsions Ware, 101,164 make their home in Pennsylvania. Out of a total payment of $136,992,181 for the past year, $13,330,201 went to Pennslva- nia. High water mark on the pension roll was reached July 31, 1902, when there were 1,001,494 pensioners. Com. missioner Ware expressed the opinion that the figures then reached will stand as the record for all time. During the the year 40,907 pensioners were dropped from the rolls. Tae democratic state convention held at Harrisburg last week, nominated a most excellent ticket, naming men of good character and fitness. This has been the habit of the democracy of Penn. sylvania, without exception, for many years. The people of this state have suffered disgrace and many wrongs in failing to elect the men placed in nomi. nation for state officers by the democrats. | The Quay machine has sought out the | most notorious of its henchmen for hon. orable positions under whose administra. tion, stealing of the public funds, steal ing of franchises worth many millions, and shielding the bribers and boodlers by corrupting the courts and packing juries, bas been the rule. No flaw can be picked among the gentlemen placed upon the democratic state ticket last week. They are not the creatures and tools of a machine boss—public sent. ment pointed to them long before the convention was held. The democracy of old Centre can be relied upon to give the State ticket a hearty endorsement by a handsome majority. The platform adopted by the convention, will be found in another column of the Centre Democrat. Any honest citizen can en- dorse it for its sound, straight-forward and clearcut declarations—meaning all it says, without promises made to de. ceive as has been the case with the plat: forms of the corrupt machive, from year to year for many years. Honest men, honest government, honest elections has been the battle cry of the democracy in years past and continues to be ; while fair promises by the machine have been grossly violated in every, instance. Physic beats the faith cure because it has the inside track. The Pittsburg Post makes a startling | announcement, given upon reliable au. i thority, that for the coming year, 1904, | | all great improvements contemplated by | capitalists are to be called off, amount: | {ing to upwards of a hundred million : | dollars. | out that the fifty million dollars in im- | provements that the Pesn’'a Railroad {company bad planned to make next | year, would also be abandoned. The | reason given for this is the discontent of | the labor classes, and general unrest in | channels of industry throughout the | country. This is a startling piece of | news-—following amidst the cry of pros perity—prosperity that only fell to the few and to the corrupt horde that basks {in government loot. The discontent among the labor element arises from the fleecing prices fastened upon them by the tariff protected trusts which are eating out the substance of the people, and piling up mountains of millions in wealth unjustly drawn from the masses. It was predicted in the Centre Demo, crat, and all the non-machine ridden press of the country, that sooner or later evil times would fall upon the country because the millionaires, with the assist. ance of the rogues in high places, were making rapid strides towards covering with their merciless clutches the entire ownership and control of all the indus tries and wealth of the country, and that is what is breeding the discontent which the hyenas of “prosperity” see on the distant horizon as a coming storm cloud, The distant mutterings were heard on Wall street only a few weeks ago. Henry Frederick Swartz, of Philadel. phia, formerly of Lewisburg, Pa., has broken the record for a rapid trip around the world, baving accomplished the Journey in fifty-four days, seven hours and twenty minutes, nearly six days less than the best previous record, sixty days, made by Charles Fitzmorris, a 17. year-old boy, New York and New Jersey capitalists are likely to erect an immense brick and tile works along the railroad between Philipsburg and Osceola. " A couple of peaches sometimes make a handsome pair, | 26th and joth, and October 1st and 2nd, In addition to this, it is given they are apprehended they will be se- | verely dealt with, SEMI-CENTENNIAL FAIR. soth Annual Meeting at Brook Park, Lewisburg, to be Big Event. The Fiftieth Annual Fair of the Union County Agricultural Society will be held at Brook Park, Lewisburg, September and promises to be the best exhibition ever given by this, one of the oldest fair associations in the state. The grounds and buildings have been improved, the premiom list revised and increased, and no expense will be spared to make this semi-centennial meeting a star event, By sending your name and addresto C. Dale Wolfe, corresponding secretary, Bucknell, Pa., you will receive pamphlet containing premium list, purses and all information in regard to Union County's Great Fair, A Most Fiendish Act. Charles Yocum, of White Deer town- ship, Union county, with a steam thresh. ing machine has been engaged in thresh- ing out the grain crops of the farmers of that section. There seems to be a very decided opposition to Mr. Yocum engag- ing in the threshing business, as om two previous occasions attempts were made to ruin his machine, one by com. cealing a large spike in a sheaf of grain and another by placing a large rod and bolt in the grain. On both occasions, fortunately, the obstructions were dis covered and removed before they did any damage. A week or 50 ago he was pot so fortunate. Some poweriul ex. plosive had been placed in the grain, as it exploded with terrific force, blowing the threshing machine to pieces. Oue large plece was thrown a hundred feét, It was a miracle that all the crew es: caped serious injury, Mr. Yocum within twelve hours had a new machine on its way from the factory. His loss will reach eight hundred dollars. An effort is being made to ferret out the miscre. ants who committed the outrage, and if VIN.TE NA The Great Nerve Tonic, Blood Purifier. A Specific Body bufider, | trained { upon the nerves? | for reproof, while the oider woman, to the habit of neatness, put her stock in condition each day and kept it there. When the temper had not soured by the aggravating whims of patrons he preferred the mid die aged to the young employee. There is a point Is there any need of allowing petty details of life to fray and prey Cannot one take the journey of life in such fashion that the temper mellows, the disposition cweet- ens and the nature broadens? I have seen a few instances that make me be leve the thing is possible for all.—DBos- ton Traveler, been to consider the the disposition Dainty Freshness. Girls, take this to mind: The girl with an air of dainty freshness is sure to admired. She may not have many changes of gowns, she may have few hats, but if she has always the alr of being just spick and span she will never lack charm. Of course she must be almost perfection In detalls — the edges of her skirts fresh, her shoes carefully polished, and handherchiefs, neckwear and all her modest attempts at finery must be crisply fresh. This means the strictest attention. Brush. ing and pressing will take time, and once one establishes a reputation for this sort of spotiessness it must be kept up, because what would not be noticed about a ecarcless woman would seen dreadful untidiness. She is likel; to take to lnelaborate clothes and sim- ple ways of wearing her hair. Furbe- lows and frizzes are not easy to keep spick and span. be The Oven In Paking. If you would be very particular about little things, giving the closest atten. tion to details when baking. you would be much more certain of success. The temperature of the oven, for instance, is very essential. Women often won der why, when they use the same rec ipe, their pastry is so Inferior to that turned out by other cooks—why their own Is not always the same. Some times bread crust will be hard and tough, and again made in the same way It will be softer and more tender. The temperature of the oven has much to do with this. For bread the oven should be quite hot for the first five minutes, then cooled very gradually, and the last thirty minutes it should be much cooler than at first. For layer cakes or cookies the oven should be very hot throughout the process of bak. ing. while for loaf cake it should be the opposite Lamp Chimneys Breaking. Cold lamp ehimneys sometiines crack IE 1H BRYAN says he approves the election of a gold democrat in Ohio, He says that while he differed with the candi. date on the money question he finds him sound on all other fundamental princi | ples, and is a great deal better than a | man who upholds a rotten tariff and trusts that rob the toilers of the land. That is good sense, ——— In the labor parade in Philadelphia, on Monday a carriage contained a goat, an effigy of Goy. Pennvpacker., On its blanket was ‘Press Muzzler” and it evoked great applause, even in corrupt Philadelphia, An Animal Story Por Little Polks THE Fish That Was Unselfish “What a wonderful piece of good for- tune it was that that Mr. Sunfish to Mr. Minnow. “Yes, indeed,” replied Mr. Minnow. | “lI always did relish nice fresh bread crumbs and crusts, and I understand that this box was flled with both” “And so It was" sald Mr, Sunfish. | “I have made all arrangements to have | it carried over to my house” “But it doesn't belong fo you™ ex. | claimed Mr. Minnow, half angrily = mine” Mr. Sunfish bit his lips thoughtfully “It MR SUNFISH AND ME MINNOW “Very well” sald finally; “you may have it. I shall not be selfish” “l guess you are jealous of me now, aren't you?” inquired the minnow, with a broad smile “No, Indeed.” answered the sunfish cheerily. “Well why aren't you? asked the minnow. “Simply because | have already got out of the box all the best that it con- tained.” Mr. Minnow's countenance fell and he be hurried off to inspect the box. Sure | enough, the very best that had been in it was gone, and the sunfish had taken it—Pittsburg Dispatch fisherman | dropped his bait box overboard!” sald | OUR HISTORICAL REVIEW Continued from page 1. | night of the surprise at Paoli, and in the midst of the British were, ‘Halt, boys, give these assassing one fire!” He was instantly cut down by the enemy. Shall be not be remembered by a grateful country? He shall, In honor of this | martyr and the cause of his country we | named the within township Lamar.” Maj. Marion Lamar, of the Fourth Pennsylvania Line, fell at Paoli, Sept. 20, { 1777, and but for Judge Walker his | name would have gene down in utter | forgetfulness. The utmost historical re. search has developed nothing to his | antecedents or family. He had served | as captain in Col. DeHaas’' battalion | during the year 1776 in Canada, after | which he was promoted major in the Fourth, OPPORTUNITY For Young People a a lll hE = The Smith Premier Typewriter Co. PuiLaperLrm KELLER'S Business COLLEGE LEwispURG, Pa Dear Mr. P. H. Keller :- you have referred to ly successful \ t } ur partment. The calls received L. greater than they wera | mth. 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