ROR RS Bema aca Bellefonte, Pa., April 8, 1904. P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Epitor Teams or SusscriprioN.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance.........c..c..oit Paid before expiraticn of year.......... Paid after expiration of year.... Democratic County Committee for 1904. Precinct. Name. P. 0. Address. Bellefonte NW J. C. Harper, Bellefonte # SW P. H. Gerrity, x ae Ww Geo. R. Meek, “ Centre Hall Boro W. F. Bradford, Centre Hall Howard ke Howard Moore, Howard Milesburg James. Noll, Milesburg Millheim & Pierce Musser, Millheim Philipsburg 1st W Ira Howe, Philipsburg .. 2nd W J. W. Lukens id “ srd W Ed. G. Jones, < 8. Philipsburg John Albert, o State College Boro Jno McCormick, State College Unionville * P. McDonnel, Fleming Benner Twp. N P John Grove, Bellefonte 38 S P Siney Hoy, 41 Boggs Twp. N P Ira P. Confer, Yarnell oi E P W. G. Morrison, Roland $e W P Lewis Aikey, Wingate Burnside Twp. A.V. Dougherty, Moshannon College oe I. J. Dreese, Lemont Curtin * Peter Robb Jr., Romola ferguson “ EP Wm. H. Fry, Pine Grove Mills * ‘“ WP T. D. Gray, Penna Furnace Gregg Twp. N P J.C. Rossman, Spring Mills " E P H. P. Herring, Penn Hall f* WP John Smith, Spring Mills Haines Twp. W P Haigh E. Stover, Aaronsburg « E P J. W. Winkleblech, Feidler Half Moon Twp. J. P. Sebring, Stormstown Harris ee John Weiland, Boalsbur, Howard ge A. M. Butler, Howar Huston g John Q. Miles, Martha Liberty Twp. E P Benjamin Brown, Blanchard Liberty Twp. W P Albert Bergner, Monument Marion £ J. W. Orr, Walker Miles Twp EP Jerry Brungart, Wolfs Store £ M P Geo. B. Winters, Rebersburg 5 W P G. Ed. Miller, Rebersburg Patton Twp. Thos. M. Huey, Waddle Penn ¢ W. F. Smith, Millheim Potter ‘ 8S P Geo. Goodhart, Centre Hall 8 ** N P Geo. H. Emerick, Centre Hall ¥* ‘“ W P J.P. Spangler, Tusseyville Rush ‘“ N P Wm. B. Frank, Philipsburg 3 “ 8S P Jno T. Lorigan, Osceola Mills SnowShoe E PE. A. Kumpton, Snow Shoe " W P Wm. Kern, Moshannon Spring Twp. N PC. M. Heisler, Bellefonte a S P W. H. Noll, Pleasant Gap s* W P Jno. L. Dunlap, _ Bellefonte Taylor Twp. J. T. Merriman, Port Matilda Union *¢ S. K. Emerick, Fleming Walker Twp E P Solomon Peck, Nittany 4 M P D. A. Deitrick, Hublersburg £ W P Albert Shaffer, Zion Worth J. A. Williams, Port Matilda H. 8S. TAYLOR, County Chairman. F. K. Wurre H. J. JAcksoN J. K. JouxstoN PavuL ForRTNEY Secretaries. sm wer , Democratic State Convention. Democratic State Committee Rooms, Harrisburg, Pa., March 8th, 1904. To the Democrats of Pennsylvania: In pursuance of the requirements of the rules governing the Democratic organization of the State, and the action of the Demo- cratic State Central Committee ata special meeting held in Harrisburg, on the 3rd day of March, notice is hereby given that the Democratic State Convention will meet in the Lyceum theatre at : HARRISBURG, TUESDAY, APRIL 19TH, 1904, at 12 o’clock noon. The business to be trans acted will be the nomination of One candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court. Two candidates for Electors at Large. Thirty-two candidates for District Elec- tors, and to elect in the manner provided by the rules of the party: Four Delegates at large to the National Democratic Convention. Sixty-four Dictrict Delegates to the Na- tional Democratic Convention, and to act upon such other matters, per- taining to the interest and success of the par- ty in Pennsylvania, as may be brought be- fore it. P. GRAY MEEK, Secretary. J. K. P. HALL, Chairman. County Committee Meeting. The Democratic county committee of Centre county, will meet in the Arbitra- tion room in the court house on Saturday, the 9th day of April, 1904, at 11 o’clock a. m., for the purpose of transacting such business as may he presented for their con- sideration, as will hest further the interests of the county Democracy, and bring strength, unity and harmony to our party. H. S. TAYLOR, March 23rd, 1904, County Chairman. County Convention, The delegates elected at the primaries on May 30th, 1903, to represent the Demo- oratic party of Centre county in conven- tion, will reassemble at the cours house in the horough of Bellefonte, on Saturday, the 9th day of April 1904, at 11:30 o’clock a. m., for the purpose of electing two dele- gates to the Democratic state convention, 80 be held at Harrisburg, Pa., April 19th, 1904. © W. MILES WALKER, Chairman County Convention, " H. 8. TAYLOR, County Chairman. To the Democracy of Centre County. I have consented to be a candidate from the 28th Congressional District as a dele- gate to the Democratic National convention and shall greatly appreciate the endorse- ment of the Democratic county convention to be held at Bellefonte Saturday, April 9th, 1904. J.C. MEYER. Fatal Fire Sweeps Town of West Tampa. Hundreds of Families of Cigar Makers Have Been Rendered Homeless. TAMPA, Fla, April 4.—A fire swept West Tampa this afternoon and caused a loss which will exceed $300.000. The only death loss so far known is that of a Cuban baby, which was burned in one of the cigar factories. A panic was created in the forty factories located in the town when the fire began to spread and hundreds of men, women and children fled from the factor- ies. Tae factories of Santa Ella & Co. and Samuel Caro & Co., both of Chicago, and J. M. Martinez and L, Sanchex, of Tampa, were the heaviest losers. : The Santa Flla company lost $125,000 worth of tobacco, besides a large number of fine cigars. Fifteen blocks of business houses and nearly 200 tenements were destroyed. - Hundreds of families of cigar makers are homeless. : - The Scale Signed. Peace Will Reign in Central Pennsylvania for Anoth- er Year. ’ The Central Pennsylvania bituminous coal operators and miners on Saturday ended their battle over the formation of a wage scale that will govern the price for the mining of coal in this region for the year beginning April 1st. They came to- gether, after both sides had made conces- sions, and signed the scale that the joint scale committee bad formulated at its meet- ing on Friday night. Both sides are satis- fied with the outcome of the conference and for another year peace will reign in the district. The miners went into session at 8 o’clock Saturday morning to take action on the scale as formulated by the joint scale com- mittee. They were called to order by president Patrick Gilday,and he announced that the joint scale committee bad come to an agreement and that the scale would now be presented to the miners for 1atifica- tion. The scale was read and it was ap- parent that had a vote been immediately taken it would have been rejected. Na- tional secretary W. B. Wilson took the floor, reviewed the situation and urged the miners to accept the scale asa settlement of the trouble. He pointed out to the miners that it was the best that could be secured at this time, owing to the trade conditions and the conditions the operators bad to face to compete with the sonthern competing fields. Other miner officials, including the members of the scale com- mittee, also urged the acoptance of the scale by using arguments along the same lines as Mr. Wilson. It took four hours before the miners were swang into line to accept the scale and shortly before noon it was ratified. The miners’ scale committee with the of- ficers wens to the Logan house at noon and reported that the miners had ratified the scale and at 12:42 o’clock it was signed by the members of the joint scale committee. It was signed by operators James Kerr, L. W. Robinson, W. I. Stineman, R. R. Peale, James H. Allport, W. A. Lathrop, Eli Connor, Fred Betts, George E. Scot, Frank H. Wigton, R. A. Shillingford. Mipers William Currie, Frank X. Yahner, George Bassett, William Tyler, W. S. Davidson, Charles M. Rickards, William Slee, John Sullivan, John Boyle, national secretary W. B. Wilson and president Patrick Gilday. Expo Bill Fails. Attempt In House to Secure Consideration of Ap- propriation Unsuccessful. WASHINGTON, April 4.—In the House of Representatives today an attempt to secure consideration under suspension of the rules of the bill appropriating $475,000 for the Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition, to be held in Portland, Ore., in 1905, failed after the House had divided several times and the roll had been called twice. The military academy appropriation bill was taken up and after Mr. Parker, in charge of the bill, had explained its feat- ures, briefly, Mr. Goldfogle, of New York, spoke in behalf of the Jews of the United States, for whom he asked equal treatment and protection while traveling in Russia. Mr. Livernash, of California, made aun at- tack on President Roosevelt, and Mr. Mor- rell, of Pennsylvania, discussed the negro question. Consideration of the bill was not concluded when the House adjourned until tomorrow. Mr. Livernash,discussing the labor ques- tion, attacked Mr. Roosevelt for having turned the executive arm of the gevern- ment against the men who work. That arm, he said, had arrayed itself on the side of special privilege aud despotism and asso- ciated itself with the men who hire against the men who are hired. Referring to the Miller case in the gov- ernment printing office, he said the Presi- dent had embraced the opportunity in a letter to Secretary Cortelyou on the subject of the findings of the anthracite coal strike commission to express himself in lan- guage which clearly identified him with the ‘‘open shop’’ in private employment. He said the President of this country, who goes forth and seeks a barrier in the way of labor unions hy encouraging non-unionism under the guise of an ‘‘open shop’’ is the deadliest commou foe of lahor. In a per- gonal way he (Livernash) held the Presi- dent in the highest esteem, but he regard- ed him today ‘‘as the man of all Ameri- cans, worse that Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan, as to labor unions.’ Mr. Livernash also attacked the mem- bership of the House, and said there was in tliat body a distinc intolerance of laboring men and their acts. Japs Hold XKorea, Russians on Run. Without Any Real Fighting and First 8tage of Campaign at an End, Mikado’s Forces Occupy Im- portant Positions. LoNDox, April 5.—Eight weeks from the opening of the war sees Japan withont any real fighting, apparently in complete possession of Korea and the first stage of the campaign ended. According to the Daily Mail's Kobe, Ja- pan, correspondent, who telegraphs under date of April 4th, a Ping Yang dispatch has been received there confirming the re- port from Shanghai that Japanese scouts entered Wiju, Korea, at 11 o'clock a. m. Monday, and that the Russians apparently retreated beyond the Yalu river, but no tarther news of any kind is to band throw- ing light on either land or sea operations. Everything, however, is regarded as point- ing to the iminence of important devel- opments, The Daily Mail's Seoul correspondent, telegraphing . Monday, asserts that the landing of Japanese troops at Chemulpo has now ceased, but that the port is guard- ed by a large fleet, and the Japanese base has moved north from Ping Yang, where only a few troops now remain. The correspondent of the Standard at Tokio reports that the Japanese correspon- dents at the front, who followed the army through the Chino-Japanese war, express great surprise at the improvement of the Japanese troops during the last decade. The improvement is noticeable alike in equipment, organization and discipline and more especially in the educational stand- ard of the men. The Times correspondent, at sea, on April 4th, in a wireless message via Wei- Hai-Wei, says : *‘I am ornising in the vicinity of Port Arthur, and have dizcovered no evidence of vessels of either belligerent. The im- pression is gaining ground that the Russians were not totally shut in by the Japanese attack on March 27th.” ! The 7imes Cheloo correspondent says the Liac river is extensively mined and that twelve stone-laden junks ars ready for sinking at the entrance cf the river at a mo- ment’s notice. The guns of the Russian guuboat Sivoutch have been reshipped. ——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. Republican State Convention Euadorses Administrations. Elkin By Acclamation. Senator Penrose Elected Chairman of State Committee by a Unanimous Vote. HARRISBURG, April 6.--The Republican state convention, which was held here to- day, instructed the Pennsylvania delega- tion to the national convention,at Chicago, to vote for nomination of President Roose- velt. The convention also endorsed she national and state administrations, com- mended the good roads movement and rec- ommended the extension of the rural free delivery of the mail. Former Attorney General John P. Elk- in, of Indiana county, was nominated by acclamation for superior court justice. No other name was presented to the conven- tion for this office, the salary of which is $10,000 and the term twenty-one years. Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, who declined to become a candidate for supreme cours justice, was elected a delegate at large to the national convention. The oth- er delegates at large were James Elverson Sr., of Philadelphia; Francis L. Robbins, of Allegheny, and O. D. Bleakley, of Ve- nango. G. S. Hershman, of Allegheny; G. H. Thomas, Lehigh; Jesse Hartman, Blair, and Samuel D. Dick, Crawford, were elect- ed alternates at large. Robert Piteairn, of Allegheny, and Levi G. McCauley, Ches- ter, were nominated for presidential elect- ors at large. The convention rasified the list of electors nominated in the various congressional districts. The .party rules were suspended and United States Senator Boies Penrose was elected chairman of the Republican state committee by acclamation. The conven- tion was in session only seventy-five min- utes and was probably the shortest on record. : Mr. Elkin went to Phjladelphia imme- diately after the convention adjourned and did not appear before that body to make a speech, accepting the nomination. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the nomina- tion for Governor two years ago, and until his selection for Supreme judge, he was re- garded as a formidable aspirant for the nomination in 1906. $a Foreign Missions. The sessions of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary society of the Huntingdon Presbytery were closed finally as Altoona at 5 o'clock Thursday evening. At the morning session the report of the recording secretary, Mrs. M. H. Wilson, of Belle- fonte, was read by Miss Grace H. Burkes, of Tyrone. She told of progress in many auxiliaries. Clearfield leads in numbers, having 112 members, while Fiist church, Altoona, is a close second, with 108 mem- bers. Miss S. D. Morrow, treasurer, of Tyrone, reported that the amount handed in up to the reading of report was $4,339.63. For the contingent or expense fund $45.90 had been received from organizations and $71.92 from collection on Wednesday even- ing. The address of the afternoon was deliver- ed by Dr. Mary Fulton ou the subject of “‘Our Missions in - China,”’ who said, dur- ing her work in China there has heen erec- ted the David Gregg hospital and there has | been established the only medical college for women in that country, and a school for trained purses. Resolutions of grati- tnde for Divine blessing and a successfal meeting were adopted. The annual thank offering was lifted, which amounted to $125. Officers were elected as follows : President, MissS. R. Lowrie, Warriors- mark; vice president, advisory committee, Mrs. N. D. Orbison, of Bellefonte; Mrs. J. M. Dorris, Hantingdon; Mrs. S. M. Réés, Altoona; Mrs. Wm. H. Woods, Hunt- ingdon. Vice presidents in charge of dis- tricts, Mrs. James Harris, Bellefonte; Mrs. J. M. Woods, Lewistown; Mrs. John I. Thompson, Lemont; Miss Annie M. Irvine, Hollidayshurg; Mrs. H. M. Baldridge, Hollidaysburg; Mrs. J. C. Kelly, Williams- burg; Mrs. M. G. Fulton, Milroy; Mrs. E. F. Kerr, Bedford; Mrs. J. M. Waddell, Clearfield; Mrs. George L. Russell, Lewis- town; Miss Grace H. Burkes, Tyrone; Mrs. Horace R. Smith, Altoona; Mrs. Albert Foster, Lewistown. Recording secretary, Mrs. M. H. Wilson, Bellefonte. Cor- responding secretary, Miss C. W. Stewart, Spruce Creek. Secretaries of Young Peo- ple’s societies and bands, Miss Anna Fisher, Huntingdon; Miss Mary C. Speer, Hunt- ingdon. Secretary of literature, Mrs. F. B. Reed, Clearfield. Treasurer, Miss S." D. Morrow, Tyrone. : The president, in accepting the place, made a short address saying she yielded to the wishes of the society asa call froni the Master, and asked that all share in the re- sponsibility. The address was neat and earnest. Can Get Their Money. Judges’ Salary Act Declared to Be Constitu- tional. HARRISBURG, April 5—The judges’ sal- ary act of 1903 has heen declared to he con- stitutional. The law to apply to all judges—- both those who were in commission at the time of. the passage of the law and those who have been commissioned since its passage. This is the opinion of Judges Bell ari Von Moschiszker who tried the mandamus suit of Attorney General Carson, represen- ting certain judges, against State Treasurer Harris to compel the latter to pay the in- crease of salaries to all judges. Judge Von: Moschiszker files the leading opinion, in’ which he gives a history of the case and then deals with the right of the Attoiney General to mandamus the State Treasurer saying that the ‘Attorney General is one of the officers specially charged with the duty of representing the publiz in litiga- tion.”’ Then touching the act, Judge Von Moschiszker covers sixty-three pages dis- cussing its constitutionality. Judge Bell, in conenrring iu the opinion of Judge Von Moschiszker, says: ‘While the general intent of the constitution is that no law shall increase the salary of a | pnblic officer after his appointment yet | the speocific intent is that in the peculiar cases of judges their salaries may be in- creased.”’ Judge Bell says: *‘What would be thought of a raiload which paid its young- est engineer; recently promoted from a fireman and entrusted with the handling of a shifting engine, a greater salary than that paid the veteran train runner, entrust- ed with the lives of hundreds of passengers and guiding the swiftly moving express train with a skill gained hy years of ex- perience. But we are forced to such an unreasonable and absurb condition of af- fairs if we adopt the construction contend- ed for by the respondent. * ¥* * Surely a construction which would lead to such results, results which would be deplored by the conservative citizen of onr Commonwealth, ought not to be adopted unless it is expressly so written, bus, as my colleague has shown, it is expressly so written,and if we are in doubt as to the true construction to be ted, h d i even 2 sdop Such douhe with fine sense is like attempting to must be resolved in favor of the constitu- tionality of the law. A writ of mandamus is therefore awarded.’ -Man’s noblest gift to man is his sin- ‘eerity, for it embraces his integrity -are, be humbly what you aspire to be. TRICKS OF THE BRAIN. Experiences Which Physiological Theories Fail to Explain. An uncle of mine with whom I was walking in a part of Yorkshire near Skipton, where neither of us had ever been before, stopped suddenly to say, “When we turn that corner you will see on the right an Elizabethan house partly surrounded by trees, with a lake or large pond showing through them, and in the middle of the water a little artificial island.” ‘When we turned the corner we saw precisely what he had described, and yet he had never seen or heard or read of the place. The dual brain theory fails here, since neither lobe of the brain had received an impression of the place before we turned the corner. Jean Jacques Rousseau in his “Con- fessions” says he foresaw? in a reverie while taking a solitary walk all the incidents of the happiest day of his life as they occurred eight years later: “I saw myself, as in an ecstasy, transported into that happy time and occasion, where my heart, possessing all the happiness possible, enjoyed it with inexpressible raptures, without thinking of anything sensual. I do not remember being ever thrown into the future with more force or an illusion so complete as that which I then ex- perienced. What struck me most in the recollection of that reverie, now that it has been realized, is to have found objects so exactly as I had pic- tured them. If ever the dream of a man awake had the air of a prophetic vision that was assuredly such.” It is, I think, noteworthy that in all clairvoyant cases of this kind the body is through overwork or ill health or fasting or congenitally in the subdued state to which the Indian mystic and miracle monger reduces his own by maceration. It was so with Scott and ‘Rousseau, and with William Hone when he had the following experience recorded in his memoir. When worn out with overwork he was shown into a certain room in a certain part of sian battleship Peresiet Japanese Fleet Sighted. PorT ARTHUR, April 6. —The Rus- i reports that she sighted the enemy to-day in Kwan Tung waters. All is quiet here. ADDITIONAL LOCALS ——Work on Philipshurg’s new brewery was begun on Monday morning. — ——Charles Donachy has been made col- lector for the Penna. Telephone Co. in this place. —— : DR. GEORGE W. ATHERTON.—Has ac- cepted the chairmanship of the county committee of the Pennsylvania Society of New York for this county. This society is now much the largest of the state societies in New York, having a membership of 650. Many native and resident Pennsylvanians have shown much interest in it as it is the ouly organization thas frankly shows there is good in Pennsylvania, past and present. The county committees have been organized to stimulate the interest of resident Penn- sylvanians in the society and its work, and to give it a recognized leader in each conn- ty of the State. A dinner will be given to the connty chairmen in New York on April 19th, the date of the annual meeting of the society. BADLY BURNED AT MONUMENT. —Wm. Hanna, of Howard. had a narrow escape from a horrible death at the Harbison- ‘Walker brick works at Monument above Beech Creek, on Saturday night. He is the mght watchman there and about mid-night was in the engine room. In some unaccountable way his torch set fire to his coat. In an instant the man’s clothing was all ablaze. Perfectly helpless and liable to a most excruciating death he blew the whistle on the works and it sum- moned a watchman from another depart- ment to his aid. The flames were ex- tinguished, but not before he was badly burned about]the right side, arm, neck and London where he had never been be- | face. fore. . “On looking around everything ap- peared perfectly familiar to me. I seemed to recognize every object. I said to myself: ‘What is this? I was never here before, and yet I have seen all this, and if so there is a very pe- ‘culiar knot in the shutter.’ I opened the shutter and found the knot. Now, then, I thought, here is something I cannot explain on my principles; there must be some power beyond matter.” And from being a pronounced mate- rialist he became a believer in spirits, and, indeed, eventually a profoundly religious soul.—T. P.’s London Weekly. Disraeli and Bismarck. At a dinner given in London in 1861 by Baron Brunnow to the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar Herr von Bismarck, who was one of the guests, had a long conversation with Mr. Disraeli, then leader of the opposition. He then said that he should shortly be obliged to undertake the direction of the Prus- sian government; that his first duty would be to reorganize the army; that he would then take the first best pre- text to declare war against Austria, to dissolve the Germanic diet, to over- power the middle and smaller states and to give a national unity to Ger- many under the leadership of Prussia. “I am come here,” he said, “to say this to the queen’s ministers.” Mr. Disraeli’s remark on this extraordinary programme, which was later literally fulfilled, was: “Take care of that man. He means what he says,’—“Remi- niscences of Lord Augustus Loftus.” b The Names of Tea. We talk glibly about Pekoe, Bohea, ete, but few people have any idea of what these names signify. ‘Pekoe” in the dialect of Canton means “white hair,” for the tea which bears this name is made from the youngest of leaves, so young that the white down is still on them. “Soochong” in the same dialect is a quite unpoetic name; it merely signifies “small kind.” “Flourishing spring” is the meaning of “Hyson.” “Congo” signifies “labor.” Much trouble and toil are expended in its preparation at Amoy, and these are commemorated in its name. “Bohea” is called after a range of hills. : Be What You Are, Associate reverently and gs much as you can with your loftiest thoughts. also. The finest uses of things are ‘the accidental. Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to. Be resolutely and. faithfully what you Disappointment will make us conver- sant with the noblest part of our na- ture. We render men the best assist- ance by letting them see how rare a- thing it is to need any assistance, Weeds. A weed is a plant that grows in abundance out of desired limits. Any plant may become a weed by escaping from cultivation. Many plants that with us are highly esteemed in other countries grow as weeds, while, on the other hand, our weeds are in other countries sometimes highly prized. The correct use of the word depends altogether on circumstances. A Waste. “The train I was on this morning,” said little Elsie’s papa, “struck a poor cow and cut her head right off.” “My gracious!” exclaimed the little girl, “I suppose the milk poured right out all over the ground.”—Philadelphia ‘Press. To endeavor to work upon the vulgar ew blocks with a razor.—Pope. ae SRT Heder Lili TROOD BIDWELL APPOINTED TO AN- NAPOLIS. —Trood Bidwell, a son of H. M. Bidwell, of south Allegheny street, has been appointed as cadet to the U. S. naval school at Annapolis from this congressional district. : When[Congressman Dresser was here to the funeral of the Inte John M. Dale, sev- eral weeks ago, he made it known that both men he had sent to Annapolis had dropped out and there were no aspirants for the place. Upon learning of the condi- tion of affairs Col. Spangler suggested that Guy McEntyre be given a chance. Conse- quently he was offered the appointment, but had to decline because hs felt that he could not afford to accept it. At this juncture James Harris thought of Trood Bidwell and urged ‘him to apply for the appointment. He did it and bas been successful. That he will be just as successful at the great nautical school is almost assured, for he is reckoned as one of the hest mathematicians in te High school, has always stood high in his class and is an industrious, ambitious boy. Success to him. HICKS ON THE WEATHER.—Rev. Irl R. Hicks hit it sure when he put it on record that a storm period, central with the ‘full moon at the close of Mareh, will extend into the 1st and 2nd of April. In his prognostications he goes on to say that cold northerly winds, with frost and freez- ing northward, will follow about the 1st or 3rd, progressively from west to east. Fiom the 4th to the 6th there will bea reactionary storm period, during which time falling barometer, change to warmer, with more rain and storminess will be probable. Hail storms will be most natural at all April disturbances and sudden drops of temperature should not surprise. The normal tendency to April thunder shcwers will grow into decided and far- reaching rainstorms, with dangerous winds and possible tornadoes during the progress of these disturbances. Late snow squalls need surprise no one,as the high barometer follows low areas at these April periods. Hail storms will be most natural at all tha April disturbances, and sudden drops of temperature will not surprise any one after all well defined storm movements. The Vulcan storm period, central on the 10th, will bring a series of pronounced storms. The culmination of these storms will fall about Sunday, the 10th to Wednesday, the 13th. Look for high temperature, low barometer, with rain, hail and thunder, progressively from west to east, on the 11th, 12th and 13th. Rapid rise of barom- eter aud change to quite cool will follow the storms, but a reaction to storm condi- tions will suddenly return and from the 15th to the 17sh it will again become warm. A regular Vulcan Venus perturbation will be central on the 21st, extending from the 19th to 23rd. The barometer will drop low and the timperature rire high as this period progresses, resulting in many vici- ous thunder and bail storms on and touch- ing the 21st, 22nd and 23rd. The normal tendency to April thunder showers will grow into decided and far-reaching rain- storms, cooler, with frosts general over central and northern sections, will follow up the west- ern flanks of these storms. most decided and perbaps violent storm periods of the month extends from abous the 26th to the 29th. This period is nearer the center of the venus disturbance, is in a mercury perturbation, with moon in the celestial equator, in perigeevand full. The ‘inevitable change to much One of the May promises the heaviest rains and most violent storms of the present season. The solstice rains in the central part of June will be generally sufficient for the time, but many western to northern parts will bave none to spare. THE WARD HousE, TYRONE, QUARAN- TINED.—The Ward house at Tyrone was closed to the public last Friday and small- pox cards tacked up on the doors. The cause of the trouble is Bessie Philips, of Brisbin, who was lately engaged as a domestic in the house. Shortly after she bad gone to work she was taken sick and her case being diagnosed as small-pox there was great excitement. She is confined in a rear room on the fourth floor of the hotel ; her apartments being completely isolated. The other por- tions of the hotel are under a ten day’s quarantine and nobody wants to go in and those who are in dare not come out. eal A REMARKABLE OPERATION—On Tues- day of jast week Dr. Charles McGirk per- formed an operation in the McGirk saui- torinm in Philipsbarg that will likely be- come a matter of record in surgical annals. Mrs. John Peters, of Wallaceton, was the patient and she was operated on by re- moving a cyst that weighed 77} pounds and held nine gallons of fluid. Mrs. Peter's condition is very favorable, she haviog every prospect for a speedy re- covery. The growth of this cyst has been in progress for five years. It is all the more remarkable in that the weight of the lady after the rem oval of the cyst was not as great as that of the oyss itself. DS — MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is the list of marriage licenses granted by or- phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, during the week : Henry Graffius Miles, of Tyrone, and Mary Mabel Walizer, of Howard. George Hess, of Brockport, Elk Co., and Mary Jane Mann, of Romola. James Moore, of Worth Twp., and Anna E. Wilson, of Osceola.’ Clyde W. Jackson and Sarah A. Shuey, both of State Cullege. Wm. F. Way and Elsie Hicks, both of Stormstown. Edward J. Paul and Annie C. Bester- man, hoth of Snow Shoe. C. 8. Beck and Sadie E. Harris, both of Nittany. James Briggs and E. Rae Longwell, both of Bellefonte. Geo. W. Gelwicks, of Mechanicsburg, and Ida M. Resides, of State College. Lemont. Mrs. G. R. Roan visited at the home of John R. Williams Tuesday. John Fishel and wife are able to be around again, after suffering two weeks with grip. Mrs. Maggie Brown, of Osceola, is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Keeler. Thursday of last week brought us rain and Friday high water again. This spring will go down in history noted for floods. Oscar Williams moved his family from Al- toona to Pleasant Gap last week. He states that the rents are very high in that city. ‘The following schools of College township closed this week, viz : Houserville, Pleasant View, Branch, Dale and Lemont primary, Mrs. Rebecca Houtz and son Lloyd are both on the sick list. The former is improv- ing slowly, but the latter is not thus far. Many families in the barrens west of town are suffering from scarlet rash and S. B. Weaver's daughter Helen in town is a suffer- er with the same disease. Prof. Thos. C. Houtz returned to his home Saturday afternoon after staying a few days with his brother Jacob, who is improving and on a fair way to get out again. Miss Gertrude Homan, daughter of B. F. Homan, of Oak Hall, departed for Philadel- phia last Thursday, where she will enter 3 hospital to prepare herself for the profession of a trained nurse. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year for the Houserville Sunday school, viz: John R. Williams, superinten- dent; James H. Shreck, secretary; David Wagner, treasurer. Rev. Edgar Heckman delivered his first sermon for the year at this place Sunday last from Luke 24th chapter, 32nd verse, and everyone present was highly pleased with the discourse and also to see the reverend gentleman returned again. Friday noon, when the rain was falling fast, there was a landslide on a small scale near the home of John R. Williams. It car- ried several plum trees some twenty or thir- ty feet and left them still in an upright po- sition, just as though they had been planted there by human hands. | ———— Smullon. Jesse Wert called at H. S. Smull’s on Sun- day. Mrs. Reuben Smull is ill at this writ- ing. : Amos Fehl is having a new roof put on his house. Sallie Greninger is home on account of ill- ness. : Elmer Millers have again occupied their own home. Mrs. H. H. Stover is working for Wallace Walker at present. : Ammon Strayer is at present painting Reu- ben Smull’s barn. "Wm. Waites have moved into the home of John Waite Sr. Newin Feidler, of Madisouburg, was seen in our town last week. Mrs. Geo. Winters spent a few days with her parents at Aaronsburg. . Mr. Snook, of Sugar valley, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. Sydney Douty. Israel Haugh has gome to Wm. Lyons, where he will work this summer. Orpha Breon has returned home after spending a short time in Lock Haven. Robert Hackenbergs have moved into their own house formerly owned by H. A. Detwiler. Lee Weber and Miss Nora Bressler left uesday morning for the west, where they ill work this summer. Masters Clarence and Eugene Smull took Mr. Chas. Gramleys to Lamar on Monday. They were delighted with the trip.
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