Bement Wada,
BY FP. GRAY MEEK.
Ink Slings.
—Good morning! No, we were. not
ducked yesterday, thank you.
—Mr. Spring Creek, to the WATCHMAN
office last Thursday morning : It’s up to
you. Now move.
——Forty years of favors, old boss
QuAy has got; but another term as
Senator, he has—nit—not.
—The DINGLEY tariff law ought to be
ashamed to lay claim to the credit of the
growing india rubber industry when there
are millions of rubber-necks looking right
at it.
—Gregg post didn’t have a show or big
dinner yesterday and instead of there being
a big flood, it was a balmy spring day,
with Spring Creek flowing placidly
on. with no sign of getting full.
—We are still losing soldiers in the
Philippines. The millions of dollars don’t
count, but the precious lives do, when
thrown down before a worthless, half-civil-
ized race that could do us no possible good.
—O0LGA NETHERSOLE, the actress, has
been held for trial for offending decency in
New York. As FANNY LEGRANDE in
“‘Sapho’ OLGA is said to be very fierce and
just a little naughtier than the law evident-
ly intends to allow.
—The ladies of the Village Improvement
society might unite their efforts in getting
old Spring Creek to sign the pledge. He’s
getting full regularly now, once a week,
and there is no one around here who seems
able to arrest him.
——There was a time when a drunken
man was never seen on the streets of Belle-
fonte on Sunday. They have become very
numerous of late and it almost seems as if
the Sabbath day has become the popular
one on which such maudlin degenerates
disport themselves.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer is happy be-
cause New York wasn’t foxy enough to
cover up the fact that two ‘‘Rubes’’ blew
out the gas over there last week and are
among the missing now. We would advise
our Philadelphia contemporary not to go
too far in ite glee, for the facts in the case
might reveal that the victims were two of
its distinguished ‘‘Colonels.”’
—How happy the poor Porto Ricans
must be that they welcomed Gen. MILES
and McKINLEY’S army of conquest with
open arms. How easily mortals may be
deluded. They thought they were to be
freed from Spain’s extorting tyranny, bus
they only jumped from that impoverish-
ment into the dispair of American tariff
taxation. Porto Rica is poor, devasted and
weak beyond the comprehension of most
men, yet the greed of Republican tariff
gourmands has not hesitated to sink its
voracious fangs into her puny, industrial
structure.
—Noting that the Philipsburg Journal
hails the appearance of a robin in that
place Wednesday morning as the first real
harbinger of spring we do nof wish to
throw cold water on the Journal's ecstasy,
but robbins cannot be considered spring
birds. It has been a note-worthy fact that
for a number of years past robins have
been wintering in the woods in the Centre
county. The writer has personal knowl-
edge of several of their ‘‘roosts’’ and while
the popular idea that they are migratory
may be founded on the general fact, yet it
is none the less true that some of them
winter here.
—The latest story of real political inter-
est in the State is to the effect that QUAY
is grooming Congressman JOE SIBLEY, of |
Meadville, for the Senate, in the event that
he can’t get there himself. The story is
only interesting because it shows to what
bubbles the dotage of the old boss has led
him. QUAY, himself, will only be defeat-
ed because he is too bad to represent this
State any longer and SIBLEY as his succes-
sor would be a veritable case of jumping
out of the jaws of Scylla into those of
Charybdis. In selecting a new ‘Senator
Pennsylvania will scarcely be satisfied
with such a political fence jumper as the
Meadville Congressman.
--Senator DAVID B. HILL, of New York,
has come to the conclusion that ‘‘the
American people are governed too much.”’
‘There is no doubt of it. We have federal
and state enactments to burn. Laws that
were introduced and passed for no other
purpose than to lead the constituents of
their authors to believe that they were
‘‘doing something while in the Legislature
or in Congress.”’ A lot of such dead letters
on the statute books have induced a certain
contewapt for law and a disinciination on
the part of officials to enforce it, conse-
quently useful and beneficial measures re-
main inoperative and the public suffers for
want of law, when in reality there is too
much of it.
—Mr. McKINLEY’S axiom that ‘‘trade
follows the flag,”” don’t seem to hold good
in the one place, above all others, that he
hungers for a reason for having ‘old glory’
floating. A recent statement from the War
Department shows that for the quarter end-
ing September 1st less than one third of
the exports from the Philippines were sent
to the United States, while of the goods
imported we furnished bnt $331,475 worth
as against $2,295,520 purchased from Euro-
pean countries. Considering that we are
spending over $1,000,000 a week to keep
the flag flying over those islands, the prof-
it we are realizing from the ‘‘trade that
follows it,” is a good deal like Mr. Me-
KINLEY’S statesmanship——Dbigger in the
imagination than anywhere else.
that it wilf instire his defeat.
STATE RIGHTS AN
D FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 45
Is Quayism to Win Again?
It is beginning to look as if Senator QUAY,
in the new shake up of the political dice
box, was turning up higher numbers than
his warmest friends had ever hoped for.
So far in the contest for legislative nomi-
nees he has made almost a clean sweep, and
if the political current, in the Republican
party, keeps running as it has been it will
be but a beggarly dozen or so of Republi-
can candidates, who,if elected, to the Legis-
lature, can be depended upon to cast their
ballots against him. :
We had hoped that the situation would
be otherwise; that the Republican voters of
Pennsylvania had seen enough of his rot-
tenness, and sufficiently felt the humilia-
tion that his methods had brought upon
their party, to refuse a further endorse-
ment of him. But that hope seems with-
out foundation, and from the present out-
look it is almost certain that the same cor-
rupt power, the same disgraceful machine,
and the same old roosters will control and
be at the head of the Republican procession
in the coming campaign in this State.
This means that if Republicanism is suc-
cessful QUAY will be victorious, and that
for another five years the ring and its roost-
ers will give to the State such legislation
as suits their theivingschemes,and that the
Beaver boss will continue to disgrace a
seat in the United States Senate.
While a majority of the Republican vot-
ers of Pennsylvania may still be willing to
wear the QUAY collar, and submit to the
dictation of his machine, there are still
enough of voters left who have sufficient re-
spect for the honor of the Commonwealth,
and desire for reputable representation at
Washington, to elect a Legislature that
would repudiate his demands, if they would
work together. Why they cannot, or do
not, do this is a mystery to us.
That a majority of the people of Penn-
sylvania ate against the return of Mr.
QUAY to the Senate goes without contra-
diction, unless the professions of those styl-
ing themselves anti-QuAY Republicans are
as hollow and meaningless as are his pro-
fessions of reform. And if a majority of
the voters are opposed to his return as a
Senator, there is neither excuse nor reason
for a failure to so organize - this opposition
And right here is where the influence
and efforts of those controlling the Demo-
cratic State Committee, and .other political
organizations that are opposed to QUAYism,
‘should exert themselves and show their
usefulness. A fusion of Democrats and
anti-QUAY Republicans will prevent the
election of a QUAY Legislature. It is an
important matter, not only in polities, but
‘to the ‘welfare of the State that this be
done. It cannot be accomplished in a day,
nor can it be made successful without in-
telligent and active effort. .
Will those who are at the head and have
oversight of the different political organi-
zations, that would defeat QUAY and save
the State the disgrace of his continued rule,
size up to the situation? The oppor-
tunity is here. The public feeling is right.
The people are ready.
Will those we have a right to look to as
leaders blaze the way ?
Or is QUAYism to win again, through the
negligence or incapacity of those who
should lead the fight against him ?
A Job that Don’t Deserve Commenda-
. tion.
However fair it may seem to return to
Porto Rico the two millions of dollars that
‘bave been taken’ from her citizens as a duty
on exports to, and imports from, this coun-
try, there is an injustice about the whole
matter that can neither be condoned nor
excused.
If it was right that this money should
be returned, it-was certainly wrong to col-
lect it. If it was wrong to collect it then
the fees and salaries, attendant upon its
collection, were an’ official robbery of those
from whom it was taken to the full amount
that its collection cost.
Again, if its return, after deducting the
fees and expenses of collecting, placed ‘its
balance in the pockets of those from whom
it was taken, there might be some claim of
justice for it. But it does not. The whole
amount goes inte the public treasury and
those who paid no portion of it are the
chief beneficiaries. Boiled down it is sim-
ply taxing one class of citizens to relieve
others of an equal'share of the burdens of
government—the barefaced robbery of in-
dividuals of all the costs, that the collec-
tion of tariff dues amounts to, and the re-
turn of the money taken from them to
others who were in no ways entitled to it.
Possibly Mr. McKINLEY and the Re-
publican party may get credit for such
work, but if they do it will only be from
people who would approve of everything
they do, whether right or wrong.
——Out of respect to their late official
brother, MATTHEW F. RIDDLE, the board
of County Commissioners adjourned, imme-
diately upon hearing of his death and
will not reconvene until Monday.
-—Subseribe for the WATCHMAN.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. MAR. 9, 1900.
A Situation that Should Bring Us to
Our Senses.
Carrying on a war for the glory of a po-
litical administration may be a pleasant
matter for those who are, and who expect,
profiting by it, but for the brave boys who
have been fooled into enlisting; for the fam-
ilies and friends they leave, and for the
people who pay the taxes it entails, it is
quite another matter.
Last week we published dispatches, com-
ing from Washington, in which it was
stated that over one thousand pair of hand-
cuffs, and hundreds of shackles, had been
ordered by Gen. OTIS’ with which to pre-
vent soldiers in the Philippines who had
lost their reason from doing themselves
personal injury. This week we give other
dispatches showing that the climate has so
undermined the health of the army that it
is practically worthless, and that a new call
for volunteers will have to be made if the
prosecution of the war is to be continued.
When we remember tbat an army of
70,000 men have already been sent to the
Philippines ; that most of that army has
experienced less than one year’s service;
that it is now reported to be so decimated
by diseases and incapacitated by the cli-
mate as to unfit it for further service, we
can begin to imagine the price we are pay-
ing for the glory and greed of a Republican
administration.
Throwing aside all money cost; forget-
ting the taxation that must follow to meet
the expenditures already made and that
are daily increasing; saying nothing about
the inconsistency of a people who preach
about the right of self government attempt-
ing to govern another people by force;
over-looking the responsibilities and troub-
les that these coveted possessions are sure
to bring in the future, have we net, in the
loss of the thousands of brave men who
have already fallen in the conflict; in the
physical condition our army of 70,000 sol-
diers is now in, and the sorrow and suffer-
ing that has already ensued, paid a thou-
sand times more than all these islands are
worth ?
This is a question that should come home
to everyone of ps. We many not have
dear ones endangered and suffering in that
far away country. We may not be fearing
'| each day that news will ¢6me thatohie whom
we love has been slain by those who be-
lieve they are fighting for their homes and
their. families, or is dying from disedse
and without comforts or care. ‘We may
have none of the feelings that come when
the life or welfare of our own are at stake,
but.common humanity should cause us to
think of others, to feel for others, and to
appreciate what it must be to those whose
dear ones are wearing ‘‘hand-cuffs’’ or
‘‘hobbles,”’ or are at death’s” door, "all
for the glory of an administration that
imagines that because it has been entrusted
with power in this country, itis: able to
govern the world. :
With an army of 70,000 sick and dis-
abled soldiers to be cared for; the wet sea-
son that intensifies their suffering and
walks arm in arm with death,approaching;
with the war no nearer a successful ter-
mination than. it was one year ago, it is
time for the American people to seriously
consider, if there is not some other way out
of this woeful sitnation than by the path
that follows hrute force. 3
Striking For Terms.
There was a time when Mr. CARNEGIE
could command any price he demanded for
his armor plate. That was when Mr. CAR-
NEGIE was in full sympathy with the Re-
publican administration and gave to it cor-
dial and effective support. It is different
now. Mr. CARNEGIE doesn’t believe in
everything that party is doing. He don’t
believe in imperialism and expansion by
conquest, and his former friends pretend
that they don’t believe in paying him the
price asked for his armor plate.
‘What their difference in beliefs’ will re-
sult in, of course, no one can tell, but it is
evidently the intention of MARK HANNA'S
administration to put the screws to the
great steel king, and, if possible, squeeze a
different opinion out of him.’ :
1t is not the price of armor plate that
troubles Mr. HANNA and his man McKIN-
LEY. It is public opinion and those who
are helping to create it. And as Mr. CAR-
NEGIE has been laboring to arouse a public
sentiment against a public policy that he
deems unjust and cruel, it "is kind of nat-
ural, if not commendable, for' those who
are responsible for that policy to strike
back as best they can, and Mr.HANNA and
Mr. McKINLEY are striking at the price of
armor plate.
They will pay the price cheerfully if Mr.
CARNEGIE will keep quiet on imperial-
ism.
——We congratulate editor GRIER, of
the Jersey Shore Vidette on his good for-
tune in having been appointed post master
of that place. We are always pleased
when a nice plum falls for a newspaper
man for, poor souls, they deserve all they
can get.
Of the Same Stripe.
Senator CARTER, who is known principal-
ly because his name appears in the Con-
gressional Record as representing the State
of Montana in the United States Senate
and occasionally in the newspapers when a
yea and nay vote is taken in that body,
blossomed out the other day as the prin-
cipal advocate of seating Mr. QUAY. In
his speech he flung all manner of mud at
Pennsylvania Republicans, who have been
opposing the aspiration of the Beaver boss,
and ended up by declaring that the prosecu-
tion of QUAY and his son DICK, for specu-
lating with money belonging to the State,
was a ‘‘deep, dark, damnable, diabolical
plot,”’ to prevent his election by the Legis-
lature. That as soon as that body adjourn-
ed the courts acquitted him, and that but
for the holding up. or continuation of the
case, the Legislature would have elected
him.
Senator CARTER evidently knows as
little about conditions in Pennsylvania as
he seems to about most other matters. Mr.
QUAY, it is true, was indicted for the miss-
use of public funds months before the Legis-
lature of 1899 met. But it is equally true
that it was his grip upon the courts and the
lays that kept him from facing a jury until
after the adjournment of that body. It is
just as true that had Mr. QUAY the most
remote hope of heing elected by the Legis-
lature that that body would have been re-
convened months ago, for the sole purpose
of doing his bidding. Governor STONE is
known to be his most subservient tool.
What he wants Governor STONE does. If
there was any expectation, or the faintest
hope, that his election could be secured in
any way, the Legislature would be called
to meet in less time than it took the
Montana Senator to show how little he
knew of what he was talking about.
The fact that Mr. QUAY prefers taking
his chances before such men as CARTER,
rather than submitting them to the repre-
sentatives of the people of Pennsylvania,
shows how well he knows the hopelessness
of an election at the hands of those he
would represent. It is proof that he un-
derstands the situation and feels that the
only way for him to again draw the salary
and fatten upon the emoluments of a Sena-
torial position is to steal into that body
through the efforts of men no better than
himself, -And he has found one in the
Senator from Montana.
—It was. a fitting testimonial to a
capable man that council should, on Mon-
day night, re-appoint Hon. J. H. WETZEL
to the position of borough engineer. This
will be the seventh year in that office and
the fact that the re-appointment was made
entirely without his solicitation and by a
Republican body is evidence supreme of
the reliance the members have in him. In
his relations with the borough Mr. WETZEL
bas been faithful and given his best efforts
to the work of street making. That is
why the people here have confidence in
him, and that is why he was continued,
without opposition, in his office.
The Man for the Position.
Months ago while chairman JONES was
sojourning in Europe in the hope of regain-
ing his health, the WATCHMAN suggested
that in case a change in the chairmanship
of the Democratic National Committee be-
came necessary it would be the proper
thing to do to place Col. JAS. M. GUFFEY
in that position. We are glad to see that
a movement loeking to that end is now
talked of.
Chairman JONES, it is understood, is ad-
verse to continuing as the recognized and
responsible head of the party organization.
The duties it imposes, the sacrifices it re-
quires, and the obligations that go with it
have been borne by him for years. He now
thinks they should be shared by others.
Col. GUFFEY is not anxious, we know, to
assume these responsibilities. He knows
what they are. He understands the work
and worry and time the position requires,
bus like any other good citizen he is will-
ing to do his duty to the public and to his
party, and if it falls to his lot to make the
sacrifices that acting as chairman of the
Democratic committee will demand there
is none who will shoulder the troubles and
undertake the work with a better grace
than he will.
And Col. GUFFEY'S strong points lay in
the fact that what he undertakes he does.
There is no. child’s-play or half-hearted
work about any job he goes at. If he ac-
cepts the chairmanship it will be with a
purpose of making such a fight for his party
as is surest to suoceed. There will be no
sacrifices too great for him to make or no
time too precious for him to spend for the
welfare of the party.
We earnestly hope that the movement to
place him in this position will be pushed
to success. It will mean much for the
Democracy. It will create new life; it
will inspire new hope; it will revive and
encourage the party, and it will mean the
prosecution, from the day he is chosen, of
an intelligent, earnest and hopeful, cam-
paign for Democratic ascendency in the
coming contest.
efforts of his attorneys that secured the de- |.
NO. 10.
By Me and Almighty Ged.
From the Tyrone Herald.
Harry Rohm is a traveling man, his
home is in Huntingdon and he is always
full of business and sometimes assumes a
humorous mood. He knows Huntingdon
county all over, having even penetrated
the wilds of Dudley and vicinity. Harry
was bere yesterday and meeting one of our
Justices of the peace proceeded to impart to
him a budget of valuable information about
’squireing according to the rules of a rural
and diminitive court in the vicinity refer-
red to above. The ’Squire, he said, is a
whole court in himself; judge, jury, law-
yer aud sometimes presumes to assume the
roll of witness. He never condescends to
return a case to court, but always settles it
on the spot. One of the most important
acts of his official career was to divorce a
pair of people some years after he had mar-
ried them. He argued the case before his
own court, and concluded that if he had
the power to hitch the couple he had also
the authority to loosen the traces, so he de-
creed that the obligation placed upon Mr.
and Mrs. Blank to live under the same
roof, and love and care for each other, was
no longer in force, and they were directed
to each choose a congenial path and pro-
ceed at once to follow it independently
and alone, though the one from the other
should he as wide as the continent. The
’Squire’s form for swearing witnesses is said
to run this way: ‘‘You swear by me and
Almighty God.”’
A Sure Cure for Hard Times.
James B. Dunn in Leaflet Series.
THREE BEERS A DAY or
1 Barrel of flour,
50 Pounds of sugar,
20 Pounds of corn starch,
10 Pounds of macaroni,
10 Quarts of beans,
4 Twelve pound hams,
1 Bushel sweet potatoes,
3 Bushels Irish potatoes,
10 Pounds of coffee,
10 Pounds of raisins,
10 Pounds of rice,
20 Pounds of crackers,
100 Bars of soap,
3 Twelve-pound turkeys,
5 Quarts of cranberries.
10 Bunches of Celery,
10 Pounds of prunes,
4 Dozen oranges,
10 Pounds of mixed nuts,
FOUR/BIG BARRELS HEAPED UP!
and in ‘the bottom of the last barrel, a
purse with two pockets. In one pocket a
five dollar gold piece marked ‘‘a dress for
mother, ”’in the other pocket a ten dollar
bill, marked, *‘to buy shoes for the child-
ren. : } 1
Look at that list. What is it?
buy. ; ;
Do you hear that drinking men ?
Three beers a day would buy that whole
list, and a five dollar dress for’ mother,
and ten dollars’ worth of shoes for the
children thrown in.
y
Congress Has Equivocated Gen. Miles’. to
the Porto Ricans.
From the Brookville Democrat.
issued a proclamation to the: people in
whic he said : ‘I have not come to make
war against Porto Rico, but against the
Spanish government ; and Porto Rico un-
der the American flag will enjoy the same:
privileges and immunities as the citizens of
the different States and territories of the
Union.”’This pledge, given under these cir-
cumstances should be fulfilled. But con-
gress repudiates it, and now. proposes to
tax Porto Rican goods entering our ports
15 per cent. This is both a violation of
the constitution, and of a solemn promise
to the Porto Rican people. or
adays.
From the York Dispatch.
A private detective has filed a bill for
$5,881.55 against New York city for serv-
ices'in watching members of the jury thas
tried Roland B. Molinéux for the murder
of Mrs. Catherine Adams. What have we
come to? Could a grosser insult to these
jurymen, and to New York citizenship in
general, be imagined ? Has integrity and
honesty, and faithfulness "en to such a
low ebb in New York that ,.ivate detec-
tives must be employed to watch men fair-
ly impanelled and sworn to do their duty ?
God save New York if this be the case.
€ronje Thanks British.
Boer General and Men Appreclate Treatment by
Their Captors.
I.ONDON, MARCH 4, 11.45 P.M-The War
Office has received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts, dated Osfontein, Sun-
day, March 4:- :
‘General Cronje, on behalf of his party
and Commandant Wolmarans, on behalf of
3000 other prisoners, who have all now}left
Modder River, asked the British officers to
thank me for the consideration and kindness
with which they have been treated. :
‘General Clements reports that his ad
vance troops hold Achtertang,and that rail-
way communication would be opened to
Jouberts Siding to-day. The enemy isstill
in force at Norvals Pont bridge. General
Gatacre telegraphs that the number of
Boers at Stormberg is daily diminishing.
‘Colonel Baden-Powell reports that all
was well at Mafeking, on February 12 and
that the enemy’s activity was being met
everywhere by equal activity on the part
of the defenders.”’
—“G. T. B.,”” writing for the Daily
News of Tuesday, urges that something be
done in the way of celebrating the centen-
nial anniversary of the erection of Centre
county and suggests that the soldiers monu-
ment be gotten under way at once so that
the laying of the cornerstone of that mem-
orial might be made the occasion of a public
demonstration. The idea is undoubtedly a
good one and it seems a gross lack of spirit to
leave such an event pass unnoticed, but
Bellefonte is too busy at this time to pay
much attention to fefes and it is not prob-
| able that any other community in the coun-
"ty will take the initiaorty.
That’s what three "beers' a day: wonld |
When Gen. Miles went to Po io :
gta. Rioohe speaking, either at the house or at the grave.
Most Men are Out for ‘the Stuff,” Now-
Spawls from the Keystone.
~Mrs. Anna J. Bat. as Been appointed
postmistress at Helixville, Bedford county.
—A barn belonging to Moses Tuigg, at
Centreville, Bedford county, was destroyed
by fire on the evening of February 23rd.
—The dog poisoner is getting in his work
over in Williamsport. Several valuable
canines have lost their lives recently by rea=
son of his activity.
—The Curwensville opera house took fire
at an early hour last Wednesday morning
and the interior was completely destroyed
though the walls were left standing.
—William Bridgens, who was born and
reared at Karthaus, and who later in life re-
moved to Kansas, was killed by the cars in
that State Friday. The telegram gave no
particulars.
—At a meeting of the Perry county Demo-
cratic committee held at New Bloomfield
last Saturday, Erank A. Fry, of Newport,
and James E. Wilson, of Loysville, were
elected delegates to the State Convention.
—At Ebensburg on Monday Judge Barker
handed down his conclusions in the applica-
tions for liquor licenses. There were 229
applicants. . 187 of these licenses were
granted, thirty-nine were refused and three
‘were held over.
—The Clearfield National bank is one of a
group of sixteen banks that have brought
suit in the sum of $5,000 each against James
S. McCartney, admiristrator of the estate of
the late William M. Singerly, editor of the
Philadelphia Record.
—While crossing the tracks of the North-
ern Central railroad at Marysville, Perry
county, last Saturday afternoon, Percy Pal-
ler, aged 12 years, son of Alburtus Paller,
night watchman in the yards there was run
down and killed by main line express.
—Henry Bingham, of Friend’s Cove, Bede
ford county, was severely injured recently
while at work in a saw mill. He was at-
tempting to move a log when the whole pile
rolled down on him. His right leg was bad-
ly crushed between the knee and ankle.
—Joseph Hood, aged 15 years, son of
James Hood, of West Wheatfield township,
Indiana county, was badly injured last Sat-
urday by the accidental discharge of a re-
volver which he was handling. The ball
struck him in the forehead above the left
eye and took a downward course. Fortu-
nately it did not penetrate the skull and was
removed by a physician.
—Propped up in bed in the hotel Washing-
ton in Chambersburg, late Saturday night,
William 8S. Clark was married by Rev. Dr. J.
‘A. Crawford, to Miss Nannie Mortimer, of
the Willows, near Bedford. Their wedding
had been set for the coming summer, but
Mr. Clark became so ill that his affianced
was telegraphed for and arrived a few hours
before the ceremony, which was witnessed
by a few close friends.
—A curiosity attracted a good many people
to the depot in Tyrone on Friday evening.
It was a calf with two heads. Though small
in size the body was well formed and every-
thing about the animal was natural and well
formed, except that it had two heads, each
being perfect in formation, having the nec-
essary complement of ears, eyes, nostrils,
etc. .It was dead of course and was being
shipped from Clearfield to Coalport.
7 The funeral of H. M. Cadwallader, of
Norristown which occurred Monday, pre-
sented a novel appearance by reason of the
the absence of the usual services. It bad
‘been Mr. Cadwallader’s wish during life that
only men should compose his funeral party.
This request was granted and not a member
.of the other sex was present with the funeral
party, not even his wife. There was no
—William L. Woodcock, of Altoona, wide
ly known in Methodist circles, has given
$500 to establish a scholarship in Dickinson
Seminary, Williamsport. All told he has
given $2,500 to the Twentieth Century Of-
fering of the Methodist Episcopal church to
be divided among the following institutions.
$500 to Dickinson College at Carlisle. $500 to
Dickinson Seminary. $500 to the hospital in
Altoona and $1,000 for the University in
Washington. ; ,
.—A meeting of representatives of the var-
ious preachers’ meetings of Methodist Epis-
1 copal churches of Pennsylvania was held in
Harrisburg Tuesday, at which it was decid-
ed to hold a Methodist convention in Harris-
burg next October, beginning on the 22nd,
and continuing five days. Bishop Cyrus D.
Foss, of Philadelphia, presided, and delegates
were present from Philadelphia, Pittsburg,
Lancaster, Altoona, Williamsport and
Wilkesbarre.
—The family of C. R. Gearhart, at Lock
Haven have in their possession a circus poster
that is valuable as a relic. The poster is
printed on white silk, 7x18 inches in size,
and is the advertisement of Campbell &
Bullen’s circus, which was booked to appear
at Lancaster on October 28th 1818. William
Hamilton was the printer, and a good job he
made, too. There were two clowns with the
show,so the poster states and some wonderful
feats were advertised. Prices of admission
were 75 and 50 cents, children 10 cents.
—When the Rev. J. R. Ellis, pastorof the
First Baptist church, moved to Oswego, N.
Y., from Scranton, Pa., he took with him
the family cat—a big biack mouser. The cat,
however, didn’t take kindly to its new home
and disappeared the first night. Mr. Ellis
mourned and sought for him all over town.
He was amazed the other day to get a letter
from Scranton, saying that his cat had turn-
ed up there. How the animal made its way
from Oswego to Scranton, 200 miles across
country, is a puzzle, and an extraordinary
manifestation of the ‘homing instinet’’ of
the feline family.
—The Pennsylvania fish commission has
prepared a series of trout eggs in various
stages ot development for distribution among
the public schools of the State. The object
in preparing this series is primarily to give
assistance to teachers in nature study and
object lesson teaching among the pupils, and
secondarily to advance the interests of fish
culture and protection. The embryos in the
eggs prepared are plainly visible to the naked
eye and will be sent free, except express
charges to the cities. Small cities and towns
may be supplied through the state superin-
tendent of education at Harrisburg. The
commission also announces that a syllabus
for the guidance of teachers will be furnish-
ed by the assistant secretary before the be-
ginning of the autumn season. All appli-
cations must be made immediately to insure
their being filled.