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BY P. GRAY MEEK.
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ink Slings.
—Ugh! We're stabbed.
~ —You didn’t do it, did you WILBUR?
It reads entirely too cheap for you.
— The Democratic convention at Harris-
burg proved that, after all, Democrats have
good enough sense t0 keep the washing of
dirty party linen out of the public laundry.
—The life of a mosquito is said to be on-
1y twelve hours long but that is about
seven hundred and twenty minutes longer
than there seems to be any need for their
living.
—Tt all depends on whether you kncw
what you are talking about or not. The
tellows who did mest of the talking before
yesterday's convention are the ones who
discovered that they knew least about it.
—1t there isn’t an end of the talking in
the navy pretty soon the public will begin
$o think that the officers are even more
proficient at ttghooting off’’—in their par-
ticular line—than the brave boys bekind
the guns.
— According to official investigation by
the government the corn crop this year will
show a decrease of almost a billion bushels
from that of 1896. Too bad isn’t it, but
the rye crop will still do business at the
old stand.
—1T# is beginning to look as it the great
steel strike will prove a failure for the men
after all. They continue to stand in their
own light and as long as there is nob per-
fect union among them they cannot hope
to accomplish much.
~The Potter county woman who commit-
ted sxicide lasi week by drinking washing
fluid, with red and black writing ink as
chasers, evidently expected to do a little
book keeping herself when ST. PETER calls
her up to balance their accounts.
—It SAMPSON’S retirement could only
be into a state of innocuous desuetude how
happy we would all be, for then this tire-
some disczasion as to whether the man who
fought the fight or the man who took long
distance observations of it is the real hero
of Santiago would end.
—While President SHAFFER of the
Amalgamated association of steel workers
has not been able to effect the general tie
up he predicted through the strike of
workers in that industry, he has succeeded
in getting enough men out to cause the
srust more trouble than it can take care of
at present.
—8ir THOMAS LIPTON’S second chal-
lenger for the America’s cup has arrived in
‘American waters and is being trimmed for
racing. While we have no desire to throw
down the Irish it might as well be under-
stood from the first that Shamrock the sec-
ond, dare not come first in the great inter-
national yacht race.
—The boom for PATTISON, if it should
result in his nomination, might give to the
country a President to whom no stigma of
HANNAism would attach. The distin-
guished Pennsylvanian is brainy and brave
enough to be President himself and that
would mean useful service to the people of
the United States.
RALPH BINGHAM, the boy orator and
monologist, came very near running off
with eight and one half million dollars ab
Atlantic City on Monday. It was all done
up in a pretty California heiress and RALPH
had her within ten minutes of being his
when the police went into the ‘‘coppin’’
business and carried the maiden back to
her guardian uncle. Talk about M.
SANTO’S flying machines! Why they would
have been as lead sacks to the hoy orator
had he gotten to the preacher in Longport
before the Atlantic City police caught him.
— The way the tariff suits the people of
this country is being most effectively ex-
emplified just now and everyone, rich and
poor, is being forced to reach down into
his pocket to pay an extra price for pota-
toes when there is no need for it. In order
to make the farmers believe that they were
getting something out of the tariff a duty
of 25 cents a bushel was placed on every
bushel imported into this country. ‘When
our crops are large they sell here ahout the
same as the duty rate, so that there is no
danger of competition, but this year, when
‘potatoes are a failure and we have none to
sell and must go to Ireland to get enough
to eat we have to pay an additional 25
cents per bushel, just because we have
been laboring under the false impression
that the tariff is a good thing to relegate to
the rear as a part of our governmental sys-
tem of economics.
—— Our esteemed neighbor, the Republi-
can, devotes two columns of its editorial
space in this week’s issue to the editor of
the WATCHMAN. How pleasant fo receive
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 46
Mr. Morgan’s Great Strike.
The steel strike is on in full force and for
an indefinite period a vast army of the
wealth producers of the country will be
idle. This condition will continue fora
long or short time as the financial colossus,
Mr. J. PIERPONT MORGAN, determines.
Whether it be long or short there will be
suffering among those affected by the con-
ditions it entails. These earners who coin
the sweat of their faces into money are not
all savers. Many of them live up to the
limit of their revenues and the period of
idleness finds them with little to depend
on. Soon their credit will be exhausted
and then they must yield to the cruel ulti-
matum of the money king or suffer the
keen agonies of hungry stomachs.
But J. PIERPONT MORGAN loses nothing,
whether the strike continues or ends. If
it ends he pockéts the proceeds of their
labor. If it continues he enjoys the profits
of speculative operations in the shares of
the trust. When the strike began the shares
were selling at $54 each. Now they are
quoted at about $40. If the strike con-
tinues say a couple of months they will
probably go down to $30. Then Mr. MOR-
GAN can use other people’s money to buy
in large quantities and when he has se-
cured all he cares for order the strike off
and leisurely dispose of his share on an en-
hancing market. There are altogether
some three or four hundred million dollars
worth of the stock. A profit of $20 a share
on half of the whole will be a comfortable
reward for the brain power expended in
engineering the strike.
Then that is only one of the several ad-
vantages which Mr. MORGAN can derive
from the strike. When he has manipulated
the market to the complete satisfaction of
his covetous soul his partner and friend,
MARK HANNA, can be called in to settle
the terms of peace hetween himselt aud his
starving employes. They are by this time
reduced to the last degree of wretchedness
and ready to yield to any terms that are
proposed. HANNA wants to be President
three years hence, as McKINLEY wanted a
re-election last fall when similar conditions
were created in the anthracite coal regions.
The profits of the speculative operations in
his pocket have put MORGAN in an amiable
trame of mind and he is willing to throw a
small sop to the:Hangry workingmen. But
they must do something too and HANNA
persuades Lim that it is perfectly safe to
recognize the labor union if the labor
unionists will vote for HANNA for Presi-
dent.
Thus great enterprises are achieved at no
cost to the financial colossus but to his im-
mense profit and the trusts are still more
firmly entrenched in the political systems
of the country. Mr. HANNA is a safe man
for them. He is certain to recognize the
sacredness of what they are pleased to
characterize ‘‘vested rights.”” The rights
are ownership of corporate shares acquired
by the speculative processes above de-
soribed. But they must not be impaired or
even imperiled. * It would be injustice to
deprive Mr. MORGAN of the fruits of his
honest labor expended in the manipulation
of the strike, which might clear him a
hundred millions and put HANNA in the
presidential chair. ;
The Cambria County Platform.
The platform adopted by the Cambria
county Democratic county convention the
other day is attracting a good deal of fav-
orable comment and some criticism. It is
certainly a comprehensive deliverance and
leaves nothing to conjecture. On the
whole it is an admirable document, more-
over, and though it might have been im-
proved by the omission of some thoughts
or ideas, it is so clearly right with respect
to other points that it can safely be com-
mended, generally speaking. In any event
it reveals courage and character and those
are crowning merits.
There is one point expressed in the
platform from which we dissent. It is
that which declares in favor of the ‘‘initia-
tive and referendum,’’ socalled. The con-
stitution provides safe and easy methods of
legislation, both in ational and State affairs,
and we can see no reason to expect that an
improvement would follow the adoption of
the essentially populistic idea of the initia-
tive and referendum, even if}it were possi-
ble without uprooting our whole well es-
tablished system. We bave ample faith
BELLEFONTE, PA., AUGUST 16, 190
Au Unpardonable Outrage.
When the acting Secretary of the Navy
publicly censured “Fighting Bop’’ EVANS
for characterizing WILLIAM E. CHANDLER,
of New Hampshire, as ‘‘an insect’’ he put
an insult on every intelligent and patriotic
citizen in this broad land. When CHAND-
LER was Secretary of the Navy Admiral
EVANS was a lieutenant of the line in
charge of a light house. The Republican
campaign committee levied .an assessment
on the employes under Commander EVANS
and when an attempt was made to collect
the money EVANS interfered to prevent
what he believed to be an outrage. For
this just action the Secretary of the Navy
removed him from his post and pub him on
waiting orders at half pay. Then he asked
for leave of absence which was granted, but
before he was able to put his vacation
plans into operation the leave was re-
voked. ;
The injuries and insults were put on the
lieutenant because he objected to an abuse
of power on the part of the Secretary of the
Navy. Because that gentleman was his
superior officer at that time, however, he
refrained from making protest, as the naval
regulations forbids an officer from ocriticis-
ing a saperior in rank. But lately. the
Admiral, who won so enviable a reputation
during the Spanish war, conoluded to pub-
lish his personal experiences in the service
and as CHANDLER is no longer his superior
officer he felt that he might tell the truth
about him. Accordingly, in his book en-
titled a ‘‘Sailor’s Log,’ recently issued, he
told the story of the light house incident
and obaracterized CHANDLER as an insect.
For that he has been brutally humiliated
by a public censure on the ground that
CHANDLER, having once been an officer in
the navy, his person must be held as forever
sacred by naval officers.
* The proposition is absurd and it has not
been the rule of the navy. Former Seore-
taries of the Navy have been frequently
criticised by naval officers and there never
was one more deserving of censure than
Wa. E. CHANDLER, as there never was an
officer of the navy who has a better right
to have opinions and express them than
Admiral Evays. He has proved his met-
tle under the most trying circumstances.
He has deserved the most generoms treat-
ment at the hands of the government. But
for the reason that he is a Democrat in pol-
itics he is made the victim of the miserable
bureaucrats in Washington and in order to
humor the viperish CHANDLER, be is pub-
lioly censured and if he resents the insult
will probably be dismissed from the service
that he has honored and still adorns. It
is the ‘‘culminating atrocity’ of the pres-
ent admistration. .
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Mr. Wanamaker and the Democrats.
Mr. WANAMAKER’S Philadelphia paper
is giving itself unnecessary concern about
the Democracy of Pennsylvania. It ap-
pears to think that it or Mr. WANAMAKER
is a Moses appointed by one or both of
them to lead the party out of an imaginary
wilderness, by a path known only to him-
self. If either or both of them bad ever
shown any sympathy for Democratic prin-
ciples or men there would be. some: reason
in the demand ' that the party accept their
leadership. ‘We can recall no instance in
which Mr. Wanamaker has given support
to Democratic men or endorsement to Dem-
ocratic principles.
It looks to us a good deal as if Mr.
WANAMAKER and the North American are
jointly and severall y tiying to nse the Dem-
ocratic party as a’ club to drive Senator
QUAY into’ acquiescence in tome of Mr.
WANAMAKER'S plans or ambitions. It is
well known that Mr. WANAMAKER has
both and equally well established that he
is willing to use any instraments that
come into his possession to promote his
purposes. Bat it is not clear that he has
any claims on the Democratic party. Un-
til he has done something for the party he
can hardly expect the party to bow down
to him and thus far he has done nothing of |
that sort.
Mr. WANAMAKER and the North Ameri-
can have been very vehemently demanding
that the Democratic party nominate candi-
dates of their selection. But we have not
noticed that either the man or the paper
has made a direct promise to support the
candidates, even if they are nominated.
The Democratic State Convention,
mms
The Democratic state convention con-
vened in Harrisburg yesterday and while
all the Democrats were pleased the Re-
publicans were correspondingly disap-
pointed, because the much talked of fight
didn’t take place.
Chairman CREASY called the convention
to order and in the temporary organizatidn
CHARLES J. RILEY, of Williamsport, was
made temporary chairman. After the cre-
dentials committee reported that there
were no contests, except from Luzerne
county, where each of the delegations were
given one-half vote, Jorx B. KEENAN,
of Westmoreland county, was made’ per-
manent chairman. 3
The principal question before the conven-
tion being the right of the Philadelphia
delegates to seats in the body there was lit-
tle excitement when that was eliminated
by the adoption of a resolution seating the
Pattison delegates and appointing a com-
mittee composed of HALL, of Elk; HASSON,
of Venango; HEINLE, of Centre; HEAD, of
Westmoreland; GREER, of Lancaster, and
BIGLER, of Clearfield, to proceed to Phila-
delphia at once and investigate the rotten-
ness in the politics of that city. This com-
mittee, in conjunction with city chairman
PATTISON, to have the power to
summarily dismiss any officer found
guilty of treachery of any sort to the party.
Judge HARMAN YERKES, of Bucks
county, was the unanimous choice for
Justice of the Supreme Court and the Hon.
ANDREW J. PALM, of Erie, was made the
nominee for State Treasurer. Betier selec-
tions would have been impossible in Penn-
sylvania and we trust that the harmorious
denouement in Harrisburg yesterday will
result in harmonious work in all quarters
for their election.
——Down in Lycoming connty they
bave a president judge to elect next fall
and the foxy Republicans, knowing them-
selves to be in the minority, started their
campaign on the “non-partisanship’’ track,
but Judge MITCHELL, who is serving the
unexpired term of the late Judge METZGER,
made a speech recently to the Republican
county committee, saying : ‘If once you
install in Lycoming county the Republican
tty, you will rescue this county from
Demdoratic thralldom.” So it isn’t eo
much a non-partisan judge as it isa Re-
publican judge that they would like to
have in Lycoming and the Democrats down
there will scarcely be hoodwinked by such
a shallow deception. :
A Bloodless War.
The renewal of the war betwen Major
General MILLER and Brigadier General
GoBIN will probably not materially affect
the grain market though if there are any
blood spots on the: moon within the next
few days there will be no trouble in trac-
ing the effect to the cause. We had hoped
that the differences between these warriors
had been settled when the Major General
left the camp of the Brigadier General at
Mount Gretna some days ago. But this
amiable expectation has been disappointed
for, on Sunday last, Major General MILLER
in an’ interview published in a Philadel-
phia contemporary, declared that Brigadier
General GOBIN is no gentleman,
General . GOBIN replying to this unex-
pected and it may be added unjust aspersion
on his military character declared, two days
later, that General MILLER is garrulous
and expressed surprise that he still shows
evidences of the absence of lucidity ‘in his
speech. This coming from an ‘inferior to a
superior officer in the military establish-
ment of the State is what you might call a
corker. Fora less offense toa man who
was his superior in rank nearly a score of
years ago ‘Fighting Bop’? EVANS, an Ad-
miral in the navy of the United States, has
been publicly censured by the head of the
Department.
But aside from the indignity of such a
controversy it shows a shameful lack of
discipline in the National Guard of the
State. This establishment costs the people
several hundred thousand dollars annual-
ly and they have a right to expect in re-
turn for such an outlay of treasure an es-
tablishment which would reveal some pre-
tense of military discipline and decency.
But the fact is that Governor STONE has
prostituted the Guard into a disreputable
political machine and unless his faults are
1:
A Summary of the Game Laws of
Pennsylvania.
Several weeks ago the WATCHMAN pub-
Jished a complete summary of the fish laws
of Pennsylvania and since that time we
have had a number of requests for the same
treatment of the game laws. Through the
courtesy of the board of game commission-
ers of the State we are able to give the fol-
lowing authentic summary of all the laws
relative to game and its capture that are
now in force.
If all who are interested would cut this
out and save it for future reference it would
undoubtedly be a matter of considerable
satisfaction.
The fines attached to the violation of the
several sections of the act of June 4th,
1897, must be paid with costs of prosecu-
tion or the convicted party serve one day
in jail for each dollar of penalty im .
There shall be no hunting or shooting on
Sanday. Penalty $25.
Section 1 of the act of May 14th, 1889,
says, ‘“That no person in any of the coun-
ties of this Commonwealth, shall kill,
wound, trap, net, snare, catch with bird
lime, or with any similar substance, poison
or drug, any bird of song or linnet. ? here
follows quite a lengthy list of the birds of
Pennsylvania (including the Jellow ham-
mer or flicker) and closes with the words
‘sor any wild bird other than a game bird.”
Penalty hot less than ten or more than fitty
dollars. This act is unrepealed and still
the law of the State.
Seotion 2 of the aot of June 4th, 1897,
after quoting a lengthy list of the birds of
Penusylvaniay says, ‘‘Nor shall any person
pure or have in Josssssion, or exp:
for sale, any of the aforesaid song or wild
birds or the game mammals killed or tak-
en in this State, except as hereinafter pro-
vided”’ (for scientific purposes only, under
a certificate of the Game Commission).
Penalty ten dollars. This is still the law
and should be used by those interested in
bird protection, to prevent the killing of
our wild birds for decorative or any other
purpose. : :
3 The destruction of the nests or of
wild birds is forbidden except *‘for strictly
soientific purposes nnder the certificate of
the Game Commission.” Bond $100; fee
$5; penalty $10.
The killing of game birds and game
mammals prohibited, except with a gun
beld to the shoulder. Penalty $50.
But two deer can be killed in one season
by one person and then only during the
month of November. Penalty $100. Deer
must not be killed or captured in the wa-
ters of the State, and the running of deer
with dogs is prohibited. Penalty $100.
Dogs found running deer can be ‘killed by
any person aud the owder ther
have no recourse whatever. :
It is unlawful for any person to kill in
any one day more than ten pheasants, or
more than fifteen quail, or more than ten
woodcock, or more than two wild turkeys.
Penalty $50. Pheasants, wild turkeys,
quails and woodecock can be killed only
from Oct. 15th to the 15th of Dec. inclu-
sive. Penalty $10 for each bird, except
that woodcock can be killed during the
month of July.
All manner of trapping of game is pro-
hibited, except that quail can be trapped
from Jan. 1st,” to Feb. 15th, for the pur-
pose of keeping them alive during the win-
ter and all quail so taken must be released
in the same neighborhood as soon as the
weather will permit in the spring.
All manner of devices for the deception
of game is prohibited, penalty $50, except
that decoys may be used in the hunting of
web-footed fowl.
Rabbits can be killed from Nov. 1st, to
Dee. 15th, inclusive. Penalty. $10. The
use of ferrets in hunting is prohibited.
Penalty $25, and the possession of a ferret
is prima facia evidence of intent to use the
same. :
Grey, black and fox squirrels can be kill-
ed from Oct. 15th, to Dec..15th, inclusive.
Penalty $10. Red or pine squirrels are not
protected. , . :
The pnrchase or sale of pheasant, quail,
woodcock, wild turkey and deer is prohibit-
ed. Penalty $25. All other game of the
State can be sold ‘within the State except
wild pigeons, the capture or sale of which
is forbidden in the connty of Tioga, =
The shipment or carrying out of the |
State of its game birds or game mammals
is prohibited. Penalty not less than $50
or more than $100. Fi
All persons and common carriers, such
as railroads, express companies or stages
are absolutely forbidden to carry said game
out of the State. Penalty not less than
$50 or more than $100. on
Ducks, geese, brant, swan and snipe can
be killed from Sept. 1st, to May 1st. Boats
propelled by sail or steam forbidden,
Plover from July 15th; to Jan. 186.
Rail and Reed birds during the months
of September, October and November.
Section 33 of the game act of June, 1878,
Provides “‘that nothing in this act will pre-
vent any person from Killing any wild ani-
mal or bird when found destroying grain,
fruits or vegetables on his or her premises’’
this section has not been repealed. ;
By act of April 11th, 1901, owners or
lessees of real estate are permitted to kill
rabbits at all times of the year, where said
rabbits are destroying crops or fruit trees,’
atl
Spawls from the Keystono
—William Owens, a blacksmith living at
McCance near Latrobe, has been missing
since Sunday. X
—Rev. J. J. Gormley, pastor of the Renovo
Catholic church, announces that it is his in-
tention to erect a new building for the paro-
chial schools at no distant date.
—J. Corbin Hollenbaugh, of Centre town-
ship, Perry county, was the victim of a run-
away accident the other day by which he had
a rib broken and received severe bruises.
—The Carrier mill, owned by R. L. Buz-
ard, at Brockwayville, was destroyed by fire
Monday morning. The DuBois fire depart-
ment responded to an appeal for assistance.
—Arthur Jackson, an 8 year old colored
resident of Blairsville, is under arrest, charg-
ed with attempting to poison his mother, and
the authorities are at a loss to know what to
do with him.
—Nicholas Bauman, one of the oldest cit-
izens of Woodward township, Clinton coun-
ty. died Tuesday evening at 7:30 of diseases
incident to old age. He was 76 years of age
on the 9th of February last.
—While standing on a step ladder picking
peaches, at Williamsport, Charles Wright. 10
years old, fell. In his descent his head
struck a wire clothes line, nearly severing
one ear and inflicting other injuries.
—A great many dead fish are tobe seen
floating in the Conemaugh river lately, be-
tween New Florence and Johnstown. The
supposition is that the acids from the large
mills at the latter place are the cause of it.
George W. Robinson, one of the most re-
spected and influential citizens of Carroll
township, Perry county, died Friday morn-
ing last from heart trouble and attendant
dropsy, aged 61 years, 2 months and 18 days.
—While engaged splitting stove wood at
his home at Lewistown Junction, Banks Mec-
Canier narrowly escaped losing the sight of
both eyes, a piece striking him on the temple
and bursting the large blood vessel located
there.
—The report that David M. Hoenshildt,
formerly of Perry county, had been lynched
by a gang of Italians out west is denied, the
Perry County Advocate and Press declaring
that his daughter, Mrs. Tessie Burris, now
in Blain, received a letter from her father on
Saturday. :
—During a blue rock shoot at Ligonier
Monday, Paul Potts, the 11 year old son of
W. J. Potts, the druggist, stumbled and fell
while carrying his rifle. and received a fall
charge of shot in his side. Doctors probed
for the shot, and it is not’ known how badly
he has been injured.
—Miss Sarah Walton, only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. David Walton, of Greensburg, died
Sunday night, aged 29 years, 2 months and 9
days. She was ill a week with inflammation
of the stomach, brought on by excessive use
of ice water while visiting in Pittsburg a lit-
‘tle over a week ago.
—Lightning played a singular prank at the
residence of John Bonnell, Jersey Shore
Saturday. A bolt struck the chimney of the
house, and coming down the kitchen flue,
tore Mrs. Bonnell’s shoe from her right
foot and hurled it across the room. Aside
from a slight shock, she was uninjured.
—Monsignor E. A. Garvey, appointed
_bighep of the diocese of Altoona, will be cou-
secrated in St. Peter’s cathedral at Scranton,
on Sept. 8, by Cardinal Martinelli. Catholic
prelates from every section of the country
will attend the ceremony. He will then take
charge of his new diocese at once.
—Miss Josephine Brady, aged forty years,
of Shamokin, went insane within the past
week. She had been engaged to be married
ten years ago and her fiance married another
and brooding over this she became demented
and tried to commit suicide by hanging.
She was taken to the hospital at Danville.
—The next session of the Allegheny con-
ference of thie United Brethern church was
to have been held at Huntingdon Sep-
tember the 18th, but within the past
week or so the place was changed to the
Coalport church, owing to the Huntingdon
church not being at this time prepared for
use.
While the men of the household were at
work in the harvests fields and the women
were picking berries, burglars looted the
home of William J: Robinson, a prominent
farmer of near Bell’s mills, North Hunting-
don township, Westmoreland county, on
Monday afternoon. The plunder secured is
valued by Mr. Robinson at $400.
— Rev. Thomas W. Rosensteel, pastor of St.
Matthew’s Catholic church at Tyrone, has
been transferred by Rt. Rev. Richard Phelan
bishop of Pittsburg, to the pastorate of Si.
Joseph’s church, at Sharpsburg, Allegheny
county. Tosucceed him as rector at Tyrone,
the Bishop has appointed Rev. Philip Bohan,
now assistant pastor of St. John’s church,
Johnstown. The change will take place Fri-
day of this week.
—Thursday while a train was coming
down the White Deer valley railroad from
‘the Forest iron works, the engine got beyond
control on the heavy grade. The cars struck
La tree, which had been blown across the
track. The trucks of the cars were wrecked
‘and iron rails and nail kegs flew in all direc-
tions. Superintendent E. W. Robinson jump-
ed and had his ankle sprained. Four other
men were more or less seriously injured.
The enginemen jumped and escaped With
their lives. i
—Mrs. Joseph Stocum, of Germania, Potter
county, died Friday, as the result of swallow-
ing a half pint of washing fluid, which she
topped off with a pint of black and red writ-
As a matter of fact Mr. WANAMAKER has
always and frequently declared that he in-
variably votes the regular Republican
ticket and that his party regularity cannot
be questioned. In view of this fact it
is just a trifle fresh for him to insist on | °
ing inks. While raving in agony from the
poisonous combination, the combined efforts
of four men were barely sufficient ‘to keep
her in bed. Mrs. Stocum had determined
"early in the week to end her life, and on
Wednesday. she mixed brimstone from a lot
of matches with vinegar and drank it. The
and for no other purpose or reason. .
The act of March 22nd, 1899, makes the
constables of the State ex-officio, forestry,
game and fish wardens, and requires them
to prosecute all violations of the forestry,
fish or game laws coming under their im-
mediate notice or reported to them in writ-
so much free advertising from the official
organ of the Republican party in Centre
county. Why, it is better than having our
diamonds stolen. But there are a few lit-
tle matters that we would like to set our
in the integrity and intelligence of the
people, but the present plan of getting an
expression of their views on legislative
questions is sufficient.
There are plenty of bad laws enacted,
corrected it will still further degenerate.
Happily the canker hasn’t yet reached all
portions of the Guard but it is fast spread-
ing.
young friend straight on. It isn’t nice
that young men should begin their careers
by telling stories. In the first place he
ought to have brushed the copy up a little
50 that it did not read with the jingle of
the same type-writer that wrote the res-
olutions for the last Democratic county
convention. Second, he figured our price
too high. We can only possibly get $145.-
60 out of the advertisement he mentions,
go that he can tell his uncle DAN to try
heavens knows, and much room for im-
provement beyond doubt, and the remedy
is in the selection of better men to make
the Jaws. We have no doubt that if the
author of the Cambria county Democratic
platform were selected a Senator or Repre-
sentative of the Legislature there would be
no necessity for referring his work back
to the people. ' The greatest source of evil
now present is that the people are careless,
in the choice of Legislators and they would
shaping the policies and nominating the
candidates of the Democratic party.
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— The Philipsburg Journal is authori-
ty for the statement that J. C. ROWE, of
that place, would like to go to the Assem-
bly. However true it may be it is certain
that should he be fortunate enough to
have his ambition gratified his actions at
Harrisburg would be very different from
—— September 2nd and 3rd will be the
last days on which you can get registered
and assessed. If you want to vote this fall,
see that you are not deprived of that right.
——_ Will Kisloe, a son ofR. A. Kinsloe,
formerly owner of the Bituminous Recor
in Philipsburg, sailed for London last Sat-
.urday where he goes in the interest of the
Langston typesetting machine. He ex-
ing in a manner prescribed by said act. The
penalty for neglecting or refusing to so act,
is $50, or two months imprisonment. Con-
stables get ten dollars,extra from the coun-
ty for the successful prosecution of all
game cases, beside this under the act. of
1897, the informer is entitled to one-half
of all fines recovered. So that where the
constable is the informer he is certainly
well paid for his services.
Prosecutions can be brought by any per-
son, one-hall of penalties go to the informer.
All prosecutions must be brought within
only thing that saved her life then, a doctor
says, was the vinegar.
—A charge of dynamite was exploded un-
der the general store of Jesse C. Harmon at
Penfield, in an attempt to wreck it, at 4
o'clock Sunday morning. This is the second
‘time within three weeks an attempt has been
made to demolish Mr. Harmon's property
with dynamite. ‘Harmon is serving a sen-
tence of eight months: in the Clearfield coun-
ty jail for having caused the death of Ezekiel
pects. to spend about six months abroad. Howitt. Hewitt had many friends in that
section, and much bad blood has existed
since he was killed. : :
us at that figure, instead of bothering with
one year from the time of the offense;
other things. —
( Concluded on page 4.)
probably be just as careless in passing on
laws. .
those of the last Representative who went
there from Philipsburg. —— Subscribe for the WATCIIMAN.
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