Colleges & Schools.
mee PENN’A. STATE COLLEGE.
Located in ome of the most Beautiful and
Healthful Spots in the Allegheny Region ;
Undenominational ; Open to Both
Sexes; Tuition Free; Board
and other Expenses Very
Low. New Buildings
and Equipments
LEADING DEPARTMENTS OF STUDY.
1. ICULTURE (Two Courses), and AGRI-
CULTURAL CHEMIST 3 With constant illustra-
t the Farm and in the Laboratory.
os BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE; theoret-
ical and practical. Students taught original study
i i e.
vith REMISTR: with an unusually full and
in the Laboratory.
I o i ENGINEERING ; ELECTRICAL EN-
GINEERING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
These courses are accompanied with yery exten-
sive practical exercises in the Field, the Shop and
th boratory. .
5. HISTORY ; Ancient and Modern, with orgi-
nal investigation.
6. INDUSTRIAL ART AND DESIGN. I
7. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE; Latin
(optional), French, German and En lish (requir-
5 one or more continued through the entire
“MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY; pure
Gi 3 CHANIC ARTS; combining shop wore
with study, three years course; new building an
PA ENTAL, MORAL AND JOLITOAL
SCIENCE ; Constitutional Law and History, Politi-
oa Ee TARY SCIENCE ; instruction theoret-
ical and practical, including each arm of the * ser-
Vo PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT; Two
years carefully graded and thorough.
The FALL SESSION opened Sept 15, 1897.
The WINTER SESSION opens Jan. 5, 1898.
The SPRING SESSION opens April 6, 1898.
N, LL. D.
GEO. W. ATHERTO Pils 5
27-25 State College, Centre county, Pa.
Coal and Wood.
J Pv4eD K. RHOADS.
Shipping and Commission Merchant,
=——=DEALER IN——
ANTHRACITE axp BITUMINOUS
— CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS,——
snd other grains.
—BALED HAY and STRAW—
BUILDERS and PLASTERERS’ SAND,
KINDLING WOOD
oy the bunch or cord as may suit purchasers.
tfully solicits the patronage of his
Bespeoity iends and the public, at
Central 1312.
Telephone Calls 3 commercial 682.
near the Passenger Station.
36-18
m———
Saddlery.
gs.000 $5,000 $5,000
———WORTH OF-~~—
HARNESS, HARNESS, HARNESS,
SADDLES,
BRIDLES,
PLAIN HARNESS,
FINE HARNESS,
BLANKETS,
WHIPS, Etc.
All combined in an immense Stock of Fine
Saddlery.
To-day Price:
have Dropped
THE LARGEST STOCK OF HORSE
COLLARS IN THE COUNTY.
erin
JAMES SCHOFIELD,
3-37 BELLEFONTE, PA.
Plumbing etc.
{ (HOO
YOUR
PLUMBER
as you
chose your doctor—for ef-
fectiveness of work rather
than for lowness of price.
Judge of our ability as you
judged of his—by the work
already done.
Many very particular
people have judged us in
this way, and have chosen
us as their plumbers.
R. J. SCHAD & BRO.
No. 6 N. Allegheny St.,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
42-43-6t
Bemoroalr
Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 10, 1899.
Life in the Boer Republic.
Dutch Take the Uitlanders’ Money but Hate Them
Earnestly.—There is no Welcoming Hand Held
Out to the Stranger Who Would Reside in the
South African Stcie.
After a month spent in the capital of the
Dutch republic, I am prepared to tell you
something of the manner in which the
Boer country is preparing for war. I defy
any stranger, coming here unacquainted or
acquainted, to know the country in less
than a month. The people are quiet, or
reticent is the better word, even to morose-
ness, and the stranger is a stranger until
he has proved himself a friend. Still
longer if he be an Englishman.
Arriving with American passports I
found myself fairly well received at the
hotel, for even here they are not cordial to
strangers. Yet their whole trade is with
the English whom they hate. If they de-
pended upon the Boers alone they would
soon be bankrupt, for the Boer spends very
little money and none at all upon high
living.
I found Pretoria the hottest spot I have
yet struck in the Transvaal, and the hottest
in the settled portions of South Africa, but
to understand this you must know how
Africa lies.
It is an equatorial country, as of course
you know, and the climate, as you find in
the Soudan, is terrible. But as you journey
further south it gets cooler until at the
Transvaal it is about the same temperature
as southern Florida, a little too warm at
times in summer, but generally very com-
fortable.
"The air is bracing and has a fine tonic
quality. In midsummer the days are
warm and sometimes almost hot, but the
nights are refreshingly cool, in winter there
are few frosty days, but seldom any use
for overcoats. Indeed the climate of the
whole Transvaal is most agreeable, and the
soil fertile. Almost all kinds of grain,
vegetables and fruits can be raised there in
perfection. The country is well watered
by numerous streams and rivers, and there
is an ample rainfall in the summer to irri-
gate the whole country throughout the re-
mainder of the year if it were only stored
in artificial lakes as is done in India. In-
deed, there are few regions in the world
better adapted to the home of man and to
support in plenty a large and highly cul-
tured population than this.
The Dutch republic consists almost en-
tirely of plateau land lying higher, as its
name indicates, than the rest of the coun-
try. It is so cool in certain parts that no
vegetation grows, but mostly it is temper-
ate.
Pretoria lies upon a gentle hillside facing
the morning sun. Though it is on the
south side of a gentle valley it is surround-
ed by bleak and desolate hills, in which,
however, the gold and silver mines lie.
Pretoria is plentifully supplied with cool,
clear water running down from the mount-
ains, and if there were a system of drain-
age there would be the finest water supply
of any city in the world. The water is
drawn from wells or taken from the streams
which are found all about Pretoria. Pipes
are carried from the streams to the houses,
and small companies are formed to supply
the water. | "
Each dwelling stands in a good-sized
garden, surrounded by trees and shrubs,
which grow rapidly in that genial climate.
Some of the streets are well shaded with
stately rows of gum trees. In the centre
of the town is a spacious old market
square, in which stands a large Dutch
church. Pretoria would be an attractive
place if it were not so untidy and dusty.
There is plenty of water in every street,
but it is never sprinkled upon the roadway.
The ground around the houses, too
is apt to be half covered with broken down
sheds, empty barrels, packing cases and all
sorts of refuse. The Boers seem to have no
notion of neatness or cleanliness. It is
true that the majority of the population,
even of Pretoria, are English settlers ; but
they have no voice in public affairs.
The most interesting spot in Pretoria is
the home of the president, ‘‘Oom Paul,”
as he is affectionately called by the people.
It is by no means a pretentious house,
two-storied, wooden and surrounded by
the inevitable garden.
I saw ‘‘Oom Paul’ sitting on his piazza
one evening. It was just at sunset. He
sat with his heavy old head leaning upon
his hand, thinking no doubt of the coming
war and wondering by what step of diplo-
macy he could avertit. He is a robust
old man of something more than 70 years.
In early life he was physically the strong-
est man in the whole Transvaal, and he is
even now by no means decrepit. He has a
long, narrow head, with small, cunning
eyes deeply set underneath furrowed brows,
a large and rather coarse nose and mouth,
and a straggling beard. There is little of
the phlegmatic Dutchman in his manner
of conversation ; on the contrary, he is
voluble, excitable and given to a profusion
of gestures. In religion he is ‘‘Dopper’’—
that is, a member of the most conservative
and bigoted sect among the Boers. He
used to be a great fighter and leader of
raids against the natives. When he was a
mere lad he distinguished himself in a
campaign against the Zulus.
Kruger bears upon his body many scars
of bullets and spearheads. His left hand
is minus a thumb, which he lost many
years ago. He was out hunting when his
gun burst and terribly mangled the thumb.
He was afraid lockjaw would set in and so
he entreated his comrades to amputate the
member. One of them tried to do so, but
his heart failed him and he gave it up.
Thereupon Kruger cut off the mangled
thumb. The very small scar now remain-
ing shows how good a job he made of it.
He has several times visited England on
missions for his countrymen. He first
went wearing the broad felt hat, the short
jacket and shoes of untanned leather which
form the usual costume of a ‘‘Dopper’’
Boer. But on his return home his aston-
ished friends beheld him clad in a high silk
hat, a long black frock coat and polished
boots. He told them that England was a
good enough country and contained some
fine houses, but all the land seemed to be-
long to some one. Even outside of London
you could not sit down under a tree to
smoke a pipe without having some one
come up and say the land was his and ask
you what you were doing there. Kruger
has stubbornly refused to speak a word of
English, and there is no man in the whole
republic who regards Englishmen with
more hatred and contempt than he does.
How to keep the English out of the
Transvaal has been the problem of his life,
one that he is not likely to solve clever
though he is.
A friend of mine who called upon the
Kruger family one evening found the pres-
ident sitting with an old musket upon his
knees. It was a treasured possession, the
one he had used years ago when he fought
the Zulus. Being of an economical turn of
mind he bad no idea of wasting the fire-
arm, and when war became imminent he
got it out and polished it up. It was
damaged in certain parts, and my friend
found him with it on his knees repairing it
and getting it in condition to use. When
asked what he intended to do with it the
president pointed upward over his shoulder
and said something about the game upon
the hills.
For many years after he became a rich
man Paul Kruger was in the habit of go-
ing out every fall to shoot on Pretoria’s
mountains, bringing back the game for his
family. But of late he has omitted his an-
nual hunting expeditions.
Madam Kruger sat opposite her spouse
dressed in a gown of light gray stuff and
wearing a white linen cap. She is not a
pretty woman, though the president adores
her. She agrees with him in everything
and lends a sympathetic nod as he talks.
She is an economical woman and keeps on-
ly one servant. She knits and sews and
cooks while her servant does the lighter
housework. She neverallowed her help to
handle the provisions. They are kept un-
der lock and key and doled out as needed.
All the men in the Transvaal have a
round shouldered look. They are hunched
up suggesting an ape. Their arms seem
longer than the arms of Europeans, though
it may be the way they carry themselves,
and their heads seem larger. They also
look big in the abdomen, another ape char-
acteristic. Here, however, the resemblance
ends, for they are clever, though not quick,
and are statesmen as to ability to govern
and diplomacy. .
The president’s secretary, a man with an
unspellable name, is after this description :
He is no boy, being nearly 60, bus he is as
devoted to the president as though he were
‘a lad eager to please in order to rise.
Now the general air in the town is one of
quiet—extremely quiet. Men go about
their business, afraid to speak, and trade is
carried on with as few words as possible.
The mines are worked in silence, and the
pick of the tools on the hills is heard dully
in the town.
The trouble is that four-fifths of the pop-
ulation of Pretoria are English, or German,
Uitlanders, they are called. And between
the Uitlander and the Boer there is a gulf
fixed. They hate each other with the
tenacity and the ferocity which a bulldog
feels for a bloodhound. The Boers are the
bulldogs, holding onto their own. The
Uitlanders are the bloodhounds, tearing
the flesh and sinew out.
A Boer knows his own family and that
of his neighbor as loyal, but he is afraid of
the stranger. He knows not the man to
whom he may whisper the tidings of war
in the street. Each man distrusts the
other, and the city is in a state of labored
inaction. The president comes and goes,
with his usual regularity, but the people
notice that he stays a long time at the cap-
itol building.
Then there are troops in the streets.
All able-bodied Boers have their weapons
and are gathering into companies, and
every few days a company marches away.
And yet there is plenty of food and
money, for supplies arrive regularly, and
the mine owners—all Uitlanders—pay
large wages.
A man knowing no Dutch could live all
his life in Pretoria without difficulty, for
half the people he meets speaks English.
But Dutch is the language of the city.
The streets are marked in Dutch, the shops
display their wares in Dutch coin and
numerals, the tradesmen speak Dutch.
But, as you enter, you will be provided
with an English speaking clerk, who will
remain with you while you shop.
There are a few phrases which are of
great services to the foreigners. But, hav-
ing learned these, he can do without all
others unless he wishes to remain al-
ways.
Here are some of the Dutch words that
are oftenest in print in connection with the
news of the Transvaal and their pronuncia-
tion and meaning:
Bloemfontein (bloom-fon-tine)
Boer (poder)... inlaid
Buitenlander (boy-ten-lont-er)
Foreigner
Burgher (buhr-ker).....co.eocrreenieeneneerennenn nnd Citizen
Burgerregt (buhr-ker-rek)..
Burgerwacht (buhr-ker-vokt)........... dina
Citizen soldiery
Jonkherr (yunk-hare)......cccouueeeeeeeerennrerenesnnnns
Member of the volksraad ; gentleman
om (omeY. ohn aes BS Uncle
Raad (rhad).....................
Raadsheer (rahds-hare)....
Raahdhuis (rahd-hoys).
Rand (rahnt)..........
Staat (staht)..................
Staatkunde (stahts-kunde-de)..
Staatsraad (stats-rahd)
Stad (Stot).......ceerrerenee
Stemmer )stem-mer).
Transvaal (trons-fahl)
Trek (treck)...........
Trekken (treck-en)...
...Senate house
Margin ; edge
nideesere Polities
.Council of State
voter ; elector
....Circular valley
Draught; journey
.to draw ; to travel
Trekpaard (trekpahrd)......c...oiveeeeannnn. Draft horse
UE (OV ecco sesseciosess ..Out ; out of
Uitlander (oitlonter).. .Foreigner
VAR (TAH citeernsseirmvercisncaniiiins rasvrinssesrorsss, Valley
Vaderlandsliefde (fah-ter-lonts-leef-te............
. Love of one’s country ; patriotism
Vald (Tolb)eiccvicisssirsseriesnsiaininrie Field ; open hands
Veldheer (felthare)
General ; commandant
Veldwachter (felt-vock-ter)................Rural guard
Volksraad (folks-rahd)..... suueeeererneeeenesennns
: Lower house of congress
Voorregt {for-rekt).............. Franchise ; privilege
Vreemdeling (fram-da-ling)..................... Stranger
Witwatersrand (vit-vot-ters-ront)....................
Grand Meteoric Shower is Near.
Astronomers are looking forward with
the deepest interest to the night of Novem-
ber 14th, for on that night an immense
shower of meteors, such as come only three
times in a century, is expected. The last
great shower occurred in 1866, and the one
before that in 1833. The marvelous
showers come at intervals of thirty-three
years. :
Elaborate preparations are making to
photograph and observe the showers, and
results of the greatest value and interest
are expected. At the principal universi-
ties and conservatories throughout the
country the event will be carefully watch-
ed. The most brilliant part of the display
will probably come between midnight and
dawn.
The display will be awful in its magnii-
icence. Describing those of 1833 and 1886
a writer said that ‘‘never were snowflakes
thicker in a storm than were the meteors
in the sky at some moments,’’ and ‘never
did rain fall thicker than those shooting
stars.’?
Scientists have no fear in regard to the
possibility. of the earth being hit. They
say these meteors are not like the wmrolites
that sometimes fall, bus are of such a com-
position as to dissolve intc dust as soon as
the earth’s atmosphere is reached.
————
——The Difference.—Major North—I
understand that you were raised in Ken-
tucky, sir. Colonel South-—Ah wasn’t
raised, sub. Ah was descended, suh!—
Brooklyn Life.
.
Imperialism the Greatest Danger.
That Now Threatens the Republic—It Means the Ruin
of Our Free Institutions. We are in the Midst of a
Crisis—it is our Highest Patriotic Duty to Set
Aside all Party Interests and do our Best to Avert
the Danger of Imperialism—Schurz Wrote to Cin-
cinnati Germans. .
CINCINNATI, Oct. 27. — A number of
prominent German citizens recently ad-
dressed an invitation to Hon. Carl Schurz
to deliver an address in Cincinnati. The
following reply was received to-day :
NEw YORK, Oct. 23rd. 1899.
‘‘DEAR MR. RATTERMAN—It was a mat-
ter of regret to me to be unable to accede to
your request to deliver a non-partisan ad-
dress on imperialism in Cincinnati on my
return trip from Chicago. This was partly
due to my anxiety to reach home and he-
cause a uon-partisan discussion of this
question is no longer recognized. I would
be pleased if this question could be taken
out of party politics, because if this is not
done the only choice that will be left us
next year will be between a party repre-
senting imperialism and sound money and
another party which, in opposition to im-
perialism, wil] combine with it an unsound
money issue. This alternative can only be
avoided if the imperial policy is removed,
and the first step necessary to that end is
not alone the cessation of hostilities hy a
victory of our arms, but the relinquish-
ment of the Philippines. If the Filipinos
are not granted their independence, then
imperialism will be the main issue in the
presidential election next year, crowding
all other issues into the background. The
signs are already apparent, and I see that
the Cincinnati Volksblatt warns as follows :
“Practical people are of the opinion that Mr.
Schurz could be of greater service to the country
if he would come to Ohio and again fight the
silver swindle, instead of working into the hands
of the free coiners by placing annexation into
the foreground. For it is a fact that free coinage
represents a greater danger than annexation.”
“I am of a different opinion. No one
can say of me that I undervalue the dan-
ger that may arise from free coinage, but I
hold that imperialism is decidedly more
dangerous, for it means the ruin of our free
institutions. If, therefore, we could not
oppose imperialism without working into
the hands of the free coiners, as the Volks-
blatt says, what then ? It means that three
years ago, in good faith, we elected a Presi-
dent to solve the money question, who, in-
stead, has burdened us with imperialism.
In this connection the warning ‘to speak of
something else’ sounds peculiar.
*‘Of what do the speakers who have been
called into Ohio really speak? Did Gov-
ernor Roosevelt, for instance, dilate upon
the silver question? He was principally
occupied in calling us copperheads in an-
swer to our anti-imperialistic arguments.
And the rest of the orators do likewise.
HOW THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD CON-
STRUE VICTORY.
‘‘If, under these circumstances, I would,
by the agitation of the silver question, aid
the Republicans of Ohio to victory, I would
be convinced that the administration would
construe such a victory as the endorsement
by the people of its imperialistic policy
and make unlimited capital out of it. To-
ward such a result I cannot conscientiously
contribute.
“I am of the honest conviction that the
greatest danger that now threatens the
Republic is imperialism. I believe that it
is our highest patriotic duty to set aside all
party interests and do our best to avert
this danger. It was for this end that last
year I opposed the condidacy of Roosevelt
for Governor in this State. I did this al-
though I was a personal friend of Roose-
velt and worked with him for civil service
reform. I believed then and still believe,
that his defeat with his imperialistic pro-
gram and in spite of his new earned fame
would have frightened the administration
in Washington from the annexation of the
Philippines and in this manner the danger
would have been greatly minimized.
WELL WORTH THE PRICE. .
‘‘Many of my acquaintances here, who
were then of a contrary opinion, agree with
me now that the result from the sacrifice
would have heen well worth the price.
The situation this year appears to me to be
exactly the same. If the fall elections re-
sult in a manner that the administration
and Congress are encouraged to further
progress on the path of imperialism, then,
unless unlooked for events should in-
tervene, the main question that will con-
front us next year in the presidential elec-
tion will be imperialism and to save the
Republic from her greatest danger will re-
quire unpleasant sacrifices. Such encour-
agement to the administration should be
withheld at any cost.
‘“We are in the midst of a crisis in which
every good citizen should regard it as his
highest duty to make the less important
subservient to the more important, ac-
cording to his knowledge and conscience,
and not permit himself to be governed
simply by party considerations.
“With friendly greetings, yours,
“‘C. ScHURZ.”
Germany Will be Neutral.
BERLIN, November 1.—The Nenste
Nachrichten, in the course of an article
evidently inspired says : Germany has no
intention of playing into the hand of
France by intervening in the Transvaal.
She intends to pursue a course of absolute
neutrality.
Dewey Elected Commander.
NEW YORK, November 1.—At a meeting
to-night of the New York commandery of
the Naval Order of the United States for
the election of officers for the ensuing year,
‘Admiral George Dewey was elected com-
mander.
The Langerous Potato.
A peculiar explosion occurred at the
home of Mrs. R. S. Garnett. She had some
potatoes baking in a stove. In the oven
was also a roast of beef and other good
things. Without warning an explosion oc-
curred, blowing open the oven door. The
roast came tumbling out of the oven, fol-
lowed by other eatables. Upon investiga-
tion it developed that a mild-eyed Irish
tuber had swelled up and let go. A simi-
lar accident occurred near Monterey, in
which a potato exploded in a kettle, throw-
inghot water on the woman of the house
and seriously scalding her.
EDITOR SEES WONDERS.—Editor W. V.
Barry of Lexington, Tenn., in exploring
Mammoth Cave, contracted a severe case of
Piles. His quick cure through using Buck-
len’s Arnica Salve convinced him it is an-
other world’s wonder. Cures Piles, Injuries
Inflammation, and all Bodily Eruptions.
Only 25¢ at F. Potts Green.
—— “Do you suppose your father fwill
consent to our engagement, Clarissa 2’
‘I don’t think he will ; but we can en-
joy courting while he is making up his
mind.”
-conducted at
Preparing Poultices.
Practical Methods Which Every Housewife Should
Understand.
TO MAKE A MUSTARD POULTICE.
Take of powdered mustard two ounces,
and enough vinegar to make it spread
easily. For persons of thin skin and for
young children use one-third to one-half of
flour of Indian meal, employing water in-
stead of vinegar for moistening. A
mustard poultice can seldom be endured
longer than half an hour ; indeed, there is
danger in leaving on a mustard poultice to
the point of blistering, as it may produce a
sore very bard to heal.
FLAXSEED POULTICE.
For painful inflammation of all kinds a
poaltice of flaxseed is useful. It is made
as follows : Take of ground flaxseed, one
part, and water enough to make a poul-
tice.
A YEAST POULTICE.
This is very purifying, and is used for
applications, warm, to foul-smelling and
gangrenous sores, as also is a charcoal poul-
tice. Take bread-and-milk poultice, and
stir into it as much powdered charcoal as it
will allow. This is called a charcoal poul-
tice.
SLIPPERY-ELM POULTICE.
This is excellent for irritable sores when
a softening effect is desired. To make it
take any quantity of slippery elm and
moisten it with hot water. If a more se-
dative effect is desired half an ounce of lau-
danum may be added to either the bread,
flaxseed or slippery elm poultice.
POULTICES IN GENERAL.
Poultices should never be made unneces-
sarily thick or heavy, and they should he
frequently repeated. They ought always
to be put on warm, and as moist as they
can be made without being so soft as to
flow when placed upon the skin. When
they become dry and the temperature falls
they can do little if any good, and may
possibly do more injury than service.
The common poultices are useful in all
cases of inflammation that cannot be cut
short, to assist the process of suppuration
358 the tendency of matter to the sur-
ace.
A list of these poultices, and their meth-
ods of preparation, should be found in the
medicine chest of every home, where, in
case of emergency, they may be ready for
Resolutions of Respect.
WHEREAS, it has pleased God in his all
wise Providence to call from our midst our
beloved brother, A. J. Schrefller.
Resolved, that in the death of the deceased
we are again reminded that life is uncertain
and that we are admonished afresh to work
while it is day for the night will soon come
in which no man can work.
Resolved, that we the members of camp No.
75, P. O. S. of A. extend our deepest sympathy
to the family and friends in their sore afflic-
tion commending them to the love and sus-
taining power of our Heavenly Father who
doeth all things well knowing that our loss
is his eternal gain.
Resolved, that we drape our charter for a
period of thirty days in loving memory of
our departed brother.
Resolved, that these resolutions be publish-
ed in the Mill Hall Times Bellefonte WATCH-
MAN and in camp record and entered on the
minutes of camp and a copy be sent to the
family. MRs. L1zzIE RIPKA,
MRs. MARY CALDERWOOD,
Mgrs. KATIE HILLS.
Committee.
The following resolutions were adopted by
W. C. No. 337, P. O. 8. of A. Mill Hall, Pa.,
on the death of Albert J. Schrefiler.
WHEREAS, on Oct. 14th, 1899, God in his
all wise Providence called from our camp,
our brother, a co-worker in the order, a lov-
ing father and husband and a kind neighbor.
Resolved, that we, as members of the P. O.
S. of A. extend to the bereaved family our
heart felt sympathy in their bereavement.
But we rejoice that he is at rest, reaping the
reward of a life devoted to God.
Resolved, that we deeply deplore our loss
and while bowing in humble submission to
the will of Him in whose hand are the issues
of life, we cannot but mourn, for our dear
brother, an honored citizen and an ideal
patriot.
Resolved, that these resolutions be recorded
on the minutes of our order, be published in
the Centre county papers and the Mill Hall
Times and a copy sent the bereaved family.
N. J. PLETCHER.
Committee.
War Promises Great Speil.
England Has Enormous Interest In South African
Mines.
How much have the South African schem-
ers made in actual money by the Transvaal
war, which is their handiwork ?
It is not exaggeration to say that the
boom in Kaffir shares probably has already
enabled them to scoop in from ten to fif-
teen million dollars. The shares of the
Rand mine, one of the biggest joint stock
companies, which stood at 27} at the last
settlement before the war was declared,
stands to-day at 41. Every Kaffir share
has increased in value from 1 to 4 and 5
per cent.
Bernard Cohen, the president of the Dia-
mond club, of London, says: ‘The De
Beers Kimberley syndicate recently re-
stricted the output of diamonds, sending
up the price 33 per cent,, and war has al-
ready increased the price 12 per cent. more,
so that the total increment is 45 per cent.’’
The De Beers syndicate holds a stock of
diamonds which was valued before the war
at $15,000,000 and is now worth $18,000, -
000.
Already a greedy horde of company pro-
moters is gathering in Cape Town and Dur-
ban, ready to swoop down on the Trans-
vaal when the Union Jack floats over
Pretoria, and secure concessions of land—
some valuable, some valueless, but all to
be exploited on the European investing
public in the usual way, at an enormously
inflated price.
——*‘I really believe Miss Blumer would
be willing to run for President, she’s so
ambitions.” ‘‘Land, yes; but she ain’t so
particular. She’d run for a smaller man
jan fe if she thought she could catch
im.”
What Do the Children Drink?
Don’t give them tea or coffee. Have you tried
the new food drink called GRAIN-0? It is de-
licious and nourishing and takes the place of cof-
fee. The more GRAIN-O you give the children
the more health you distribute through their Sys-
tems. GRAIN-O is made of pure grains, and
when properly prepared tastes like the choice
grades of coffee but costs about 1£ as much. All
grocers sell it. 15c. and 25¢. 43-50-17
New Advertisements.
ANTED-—Several bright and honest
' persons to represent us as Managers in
this and close by counties. Salary $900 a year
and expenses. Straight, bona-fide, no more, no
less salary. Position permanent, Our reference,
any bank in any town. It is mainly office work
ome. Reference. Enclose self-
addressed stamped envelope. Tur DoMmINION
Company, Dept 3, Chicago. 4-37-16w.
Attorneys-at-Law.
C. M. BOWER,’ E. L. ORVIS
OWER & ORVIS, Attorneysat Law, Belle
fonte, Pa., office in Pruner Block. 4-
W. F. REEDER. H. C. QUIGLEY.
PErDER & QUIGLEY.—Attorneys at Law,
Bellefonte, Pa. Office No. 14, North Al-
legheny street. 43 5
B. SPANGLER.—Attorney at Law. Practice s
° in all the courts. Consultation in Eng-
lish and German. Office in the Eagle building,
Bellefonte, Pa. 40 22
AS. W. ALEXANDER.—Attorney at Law Belle -
fonte, Pa. All professional business will
receive prompt attention. Office in Hale building
opposite the Court House. 36 14
DAVID F. FORTNEY. W. HARRISON WALERRB
ORTNEY & WALKER.—Attorney at Law
Bellefonte, Pa. Office in oodring’s
building, north of the Court House. 14 2
S. TAYLOR.— Attorney and Counsellor a
° Law. Office, No. 24, Temple Court
fourth floor, Bellefonte, Pa. All kinds of lega
business attended to promptly. 40 49
C. HEINLE.—Atiorney at Law, Bellefonte
. Pa. Office in Hale building, opposite
Court House. All professional business will re-
ceive prompt attention.
J W. WETZEL.— Attorney and Counsellor at
Je Law. Office No. 11, Crider’s Exchange
second floor. All kinds of legal business atten ed
to promptly. Consultation in English or German.
39 4
Justice-of-Peace.
WwW B. GRAFMYER,
°
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
MiLESBURG, PENNA.
Attends promptly to the collection of claims
rentals and all business connected with his offi-
cial position. 43-27
Physicians.
S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and Surgeon
« State College, Centre county, Pa., Office
at his residence. 35 41
HIBLER, M. D., Physician and Surgeon,
. offers his professional services to the
citizens of Bellefonte and vicinity. Office No. 20
N. Allegheny street. 11 23
R. JOHN SEBRING JR., Physician and Sur-
geon, Office No. 12, South Spring St.,
Bellefonte, Pa. 43-38-1y
Dentists.
E. WARD, D.D. 8, office in Crider’s Stone
° Block N. W. Corner Allegheny and High
Sts. Bellefonte, Pa.
Gas administered for the painiess extraction of
teeth. Crown and Bridge Work also. 34-14
Bankers.
ACKSON, HASTINGS, & CO., (successors to
® Jackson, Crider & Hastings,) Bankers,
Bellefonte, Pa. Bills of Exchange and Notes Dis-
counted ; Interest paid on special deposits; Ex-
change on Eastern cities. Deposits received. 17-36
Insurance.
EO. L. POTTER & CO.,
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS,
Represent the best companies, and write policies
in ‘Mutual and Stock Companies at reasonable
rates. Office in Furst's building, opp. the Court
House. 22 5
D W. WOODRING,
°
GENERAL FIRE INSURANCE.
Represents only the strongest and most
prompt paying companies. Gives reliable
insurance at the very lowest rates and
pays promptly when losses occur. Office
North side of diamond, almost opposite
the Court House. 43-36-1y
(3 BANT HOOVER,
RELIABLE
FIRE,
LIFE,
ACCIDENT
AND STEAM BOILER INSURANCE
INCLUDING EMPLOYERS LIABILITY.
A lot of valuable Real Estate for sale at
resent consisting of first class Flouring
Mills also Farms and several first class
Dwelling and Club Houses at State Col-
lege, suitable for keeping boarders. For-
45, or exchange.
Address, GRANT IIOOVER,
Office, 1st Floor, Crider’s Stone Building.
43-18-1y BELLEFONTE, PA.
Hotel.
Zura HOTEL,
MILESBURG, PA.
A. A. KoHLBECKER, Proprietor.
This new and commodious Hotel, located opp. -
the depot, Milesburg, Centre county, has been en-
tirely refitted, refurnished and replenished’
throughout, and is now second to none in the"
county in the character of accommodations offer~
ed the public. Its table is supplied with the best
the market affords, its bar contains the pures$
and choicest liquors, its stable has attentive host.
lers, and every convenience and comfort is ex-
tended its guests. ; a
¥®._Through travelers on the railroad will find
this an excellent place to lunch or procure a meal,
as all trains stop there about 25 minutes. 24 24
Fine Job Printing.
i ge E JOB PRINTING
o—A SPECIALTY-—o0
AT\THE
WATCHMAN OFFICE.
There is no style of work, from the cheapes
Dodger” to the finest
{—BOOK-WORK,—}
that we can not do in the most satisfactory ma
ner, and at
Prices consistent with the class of work. Call on
or communicate with this office.