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Democratic Primary [Election and
County Convention.
The Democratic voters of Centre connty
will meet at the regular places for holding
the general elections, in their iespective
election districts, on Saturday, June 4th,
1904, to elect delegates to the County Con-
vention, under the rules of the party. The
officers for holding the primaries, will con-
sist of the committeeman and two assiss-
ants in each district, and the election will
be opened at 3 o'clock p. m. and close at
7p. w.
The delegates chosen at the above stated
time will mees in the court house in Belle
fonte, Tuesday, Jone 7th, 1904, at 12
o’clock noon, and nominate one candidate
for the office of President Judge of the
court of common pleas of Centre county,
two candidates for Assembly, one candi-
date for the office of District Attorney, one
candidate for the office of Prothonotary,
and one candidate for the office of County
Surveyor. said delegates so chosen will also
at the same time elect three conferees to
the next Congressional conference of the
Congressional district of which Centre
county forms a part ; a Chairman of the
county committee to serve from the 1st day
of January, 1905, to the 1st day of January
1906, and transact such other business as
may come before the convention.
APPORTIONMENT OF DELEGATES.
The number of delegates to which each
election district is entitled based upon the
vote for Governor in 1902, and as appor-
tioned by the County Committee in 1903,
is as follows :
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Harris....
Howard..
Huston ..
Liberty E..
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Howard....... .
Milesburg.
Millheim..........
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4 3 V.....
South Philipsburg.....
State College..............
Unionville........
TOWNSHIPS
Benner, North t!
‘“ Sout ¢ East...
Boggs, North Snow Shoe, East.........
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“4 West... Spring, North .. .........
Burnside... “South
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H. S. TAYLOR, Chairman.
Last Day for Registering.
Under the rules of the Democratic party
of Centre county tomorrow, Saturday, May
14th, will be the last day on which candi- |
dates for county offices can register, in
order to legally appear before the voters at
the priwary elections and the county con-
vention following.
All persons intending to be candidates
for the various offices to be filled at the
election in November must register with
the county chairman on or before the
above date, if they desire to be considered
regular candidates nnder the rules of the
party.
——1It is probable that pursuant to a de-
mand from citizens all along the line there
will be another mail agent put on the
Bald Eagle valley railroad in order that
there may be better and more frequent
mail facilities. The best interests here
would be served by having a wail car on
the train that passes through here at 8:16
at night. It would give our business peo-
ple about a quarter of an hour more time
in getting their mail ready for the east.
Death of Henry M. Stanley.
Famous African Explorer Closes an Eventful Life at
His Home in London.
LoNDON, May 10.—Sir Henry M. Stan-
ley, the African explorer, whose death was
announced in these dispatches early this
morning, passed away peacefully shortly
after 6 o'clock, of pneumonia. He was
quite con:cious to the last and able to
recognize his wife. Before he died Sir
Henry expressed a wish to be buried at
his country seat—Furze Hill, Pirbright,
Sarrey. The question, however, is heing
discussed of burying him beside Living-
stone, in Westminster Abbey.
HIS EVENTFUL CAREER.
Henry M. Stanley was as muoch an
American as an Englishman. He was born
in Denbigh, Wales, in 1840, his real name
being John Rowlands. Left an orpban
when three years old he was sent toa poor-
hoose, where he remained until he was
thirteen. Soon afterward he wade his way
to New Orleans as a cabin boy and was
adopted there by 4 meichani vamed Stan-
ley. When the Civil war broke out he
enlisted in the Confederate army, but after
capture by the Federal troops enlisted and
served with credit in the United States
Navy.
Stanlev’s principal expeditions to Africa
were in 1867, when he went to Abyssinia
as a correspondent of the New York Herald;
in 1869, when the Herald sent him after
Livingstone ; in 1874, when the Herald and
the London Telegraphsent him to equatori-
al Africa; in 1879, when he founded the
Congo Free State, and in 1887, when he
went to the rescue of Emin Pasha. After
his retorn from this trip in 1890 he was
naturalized as a British subject, lectured
for a year or so, was married, and settled
down as a gentlaman of leisure. He was
defeated for Parliament in 1892 by the con-
stitnency of North Lambeth, a parish of
London. He was elected in 1895, how-
ever, and has since been a member of the
House of Commons.
Mr. Stanley was sixty-four years old.
His wife, who was Dorothy Tennant, an
artist-of note before her marriage, was in
oonstant attendance as the bedside,
Feng Wang Cheng.
General Kuroki's Cavalry Dispersed the Russians
and Infantry Took Possession. Eight Hundred
Russi Wounded.
WASHINGTON, May 8.—The Japanese
legation has received the following official
dispatch dated Tokio, May 8:
“General Kuioki, commandant of the
First army corps, reports that on May 6
our cavalry detachment dispersed the ene-
my at Feng Wang Cheng, which was im-
mediately occupied by our infantiy de-
tachment. The enemy burnt their ammu-
nition before evacuating the stronghold.
The refugees of the enemy, who have been
hiding in the adjoining forests and villages,
continued to come ont and surrender.
Natives say that the number of Russians
who were carried on litters through Feng
Wang Cheng, on May 2. amounted to 800.
It is. believed that the total casualties of.
the enemy exceeded 3,000. Our army
which lauded on Liao Tung, repoit~ that a
detachment, after repulsing a small body
of the enemy, occupied Pulan Tien un May
6, and destroyed the railway and cut off
the telegraphic communications of Port
Arthur.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 8.—General Ku-
ropatkin sent the following telegram under
date of May 7:
“*Lieatenant General Zassalitch today re-
ports that the enemy’s cavalry and units
of their advanced guard occupied Feng
Wang Cheng today.
“Two companies and two squadrons of
their force proceeded toward Daliandiapu.
Tse. Our cavalry withdrew toward Schlin-
ane.
: “Scouts fiom Feng Wang Cheng report
that two Japanese divisions advanced May
6, toward Feng Waug Cheng A third di-
vision advancing by the valley of the Ai
river occupied a position near Khunaundiapu
Tse, and posted batteries to fire upon Feng
Wang Cheng, counting upon finding our
troops there.
“The Japanese ad vauced slowly and can-
tiously upon Feng Wang Cheng.’
Tokio, May 8.—12 noon—Last Friday,
alter sharp cavalry skirmishes at Erhtaitsu,
Santaisu and other places, a detachment of
infantry belonging to General Kuroki’s
army took Feng Wang Cheng.
Natives in the vicinity of Feng Wang
Cheng say tbat last Monday the Russians
carried about 800 wounded through that
place.
A detachment of the Japavese army,
operating on the Liao Tung peninsula, dis-
persed small bands of Russian troops on
Friday and captured Poulan Tien, a rail-
road station. The Japanese destroyed the
railway and telegraph, thus severing the
Russian communication with Port Arthur.
The casualties in the last attempt of the
Japanese fleet to block Port Arthur, which
took place on May 3rd, are one officer,
Commander Takayangi, commanding the
steamer Yedo Maru. and six men killed ;
fonr men seriously wounded and four offi-
cers and ten men slightly wounded. Four-
teen officers and seventy-four men are
missing, and eight officers and thirty-six
men were rescued uninjured. All the offi-
cers of the blockading ships, including
Commander Takayangi, who was killed,
have been decorated and have been grant-
ed annuities by the Emperor.
Every supplementa! report received from
General Kuroki, commanding the First
Japanese army, increase the Russian casu-
alties in last Sunday’s battle at Chiu Tien
Cheug, on the Yala river. The Japanese
have buried about 1,400 Russians and 503
of the enemy’s wounded in the field hos-
pitals are reported. Over 300 Russian
prisouers are en route to Matsuyama,
where they are expected to arrive ou
Wednesday.
CHEEF00, May 7.—11 p. m.—A private
telegram has been received here confirming
the report that the Japanese have occupied
Feng Wang Cheng. The date of the ocou-
pation is given as May 6. Everything was
quiet here to-day.
SHAN HA1 KwAN, May 8.—7:30 p. m.
—It is reported here that there has been
severe fighting at Feng Wang Cheng, in
which the Japanese were victorious. They
took many prisoners.
On Thursday and Saturday of last week
the Japanese landed 10,000 men at Kin-
choa bay, 10,000 at Foo Chau bay and
7,000 at Pitsewo. They ocoupied the
sowns of Wa Fung Tien and Pulan Tien
and destroyed several miles of the railroad.
Heavy firing has been heard in the di-
rection of Kai Chau, where Japanese troops
bave been seen recently.
The isolation of Port Arthur is complete.
Sixteen Japanese warships protected the
landing of troops at Yin Chau bay, direcst-
ing a sweeping fire over the narrow isth-
mus before the soldiers disembarked.
Food is scarce at Mukden. The troops
there are eating bean cakes.
The Rassians are preparing to evacuate
New Chwang and that city is in a turmoil
of hurried flight.
MUKDEN, Saturday, May 7.— (Delayed
in transmission. )—The spirits of the troope
here are not depressed because of the fight-
ing on the Yalu and the investment of
Port Arthur, aud they are eagerly await-
ing an opportunity to meet the invaders.
The last passenger train from Port Ar-
shur before the line was cnt arrived today.
The woodwork of the coaches were marked
with hullets, which struck as the train
dashed at full speed past a critical point.
Seventeen Men Killed by Moros.
Thirty-nine Men of Seventeenth Infantry Ambush-
ed and Cut Up.
MANILA, May 11. —Lieutenant Winfield
Harper and thirty-nine men of F Company,
of the Seventeenth United States Infantry,
were caught on May 8uh in an ambush by
several hundred Moros.
Two American officers and fifteen men
were killed and five men were wounded.
The ambush occurred at Simpatem, on
the east shore of Lake Liguasau, island of
Mindauvo. :
The officers killed in the ambush were
First Lieutenant Hany A. Woodruff and
Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Hall, both of
the Seventeenth infantry.
Lieatenant Woodruff was born in Indi-
ana, and entered the service from the State
of New York. Lieutenant Hall was born
in Alabama and was promoted to his lieu-
tenancy from the ranks,
for Division
ment,
Site Selected Encamp~-
HARRISBURG. May 10.— Major-General
Charles Miller and other general officers of
the National Guard of Peunsylvania,
visited Gettysburg to-day and eeleoted the
site for the division encampment, which
be held on July 22-30. The division
headquarters will he located near the
Umbrella clump of trees, and the First
brigade on the angle of the Emmettshurg
Taneytown roads ; the Second brigade on
Sickles avenue, and the Third brigade on
Emmettsburg road near Gettysburg.
. ple surround themselves.
| us,
As Seen from a United Status Man of
War.
Alfred Terry Brisbin Writes Entertainingly of Places
He Has Visited While on a Cruise of Three Years
[The letters which will appear from time to
time in this column are from the pen of Alfred
Terry Brishin, a Mid-shipman on. the U. 8. 8
Decatur, which is now on a cruise of three years
in foreign waters. The writer is a son of the late
Gen. James Brisbin, U. 8. A. and it is apparent
that he has inherited much of his talent for
descriptions from his gallant father, who was a
frequent contributor to these columns when he
was on Indian campaigns on the frontier. The
letters are not really written for publication ; be-
ing merely the personal correspondence which
he has directed to his uncle, Col. J. L. Spangler,
consequently they may be regarded as all the
more sincere in their context.—Ed]
U. 8. 8. Decatur,
Colombo, Ceylon,
March 27th, 1904,
Dearest Uncle :
Just a word to those who are inclined to
picture the land of jungles and wild beasts
as a wilderness devoid of all traces of mod-
ern improvements or mode of civilization.
Kipling has conjared from bis brain a ser-
ies of tales that has put him among the
foremost of poets and writers and it is to
him that those who, at the mention of In-
dia, recall vivid pictures of the monarchs
of the beast kingdom roaming through tan-
gles of tropical growths, owe their false im-
pressions. I do not mean to detract in any
way from the astractiveness of this great
writer’s descriptions nor do I mean todeny
that such places as he loves to depict do
in reality exist, but I want to impress
on them that all is not dark and that In-
dia bas other attractions outside of her pic-
turerque interior.
Perbaps I am a trifle too enthusiastic
about the city which I am going to describe
bus it is so delightfully different from even
ite most glowing accounts that it has left
an even deeper impression than it would
had I found it a city of gold. Situated as
it is on the island of the same name, Bom-
bay has an unsurpassed harbor. In fact it
is the only barbor on the west coast that
can accommodate the larger steamers
which ply between Eorope and the Orient.
Just a brief attempt of history before I at-
temps to continue with descriptions. The
earliest occupation of the island by a Earo-
pean nation is acoredited to the Portugese
who established here in 1532. Over a hun-
dred years later they ceded it to Charles II
as part of the dowry of his queen, Catha-
rina of Braganza; but after seven years this
king transferred ownership to the East In-
dia company whose history forms that of
India’s ascendency. The two adjoining
States, Salsette and Karanja, still remained
in the possession of the Portugese. After
the Marhatta war of 1774-1782 all the Bom-
bay group of islandsaund the town of Thana
were permanently occupied by the British.
There was only one opposing factor to the
pre-eminence of Bombay still remaining
and on the downfall of the Peswha in 1818
Bombay accrued the title of ‘Urbs Prima
In Indu.”
This city is the residence of the governor
of the province and the principal seaport of
all India. It occupies an island eleven
miles north and south and three miles ab
its widest parts. It is connected by rail,
water, telegraphs and telephone to all the
cities throughout the land and also has ca-
ble connection to all parts of the world.
The city proper is divided into two distinct
dissricts:—the fort, occupied by Europeans
and the largest business houses, and the
native quarter. On entering the baibor
one is much impressed at first sight by the
number of sky-scrapers—not in our rense of
the word for such edifices are not to be
found in Europe—and when the ship drops
anchor off the Taj Mahal (Pearl Mosque)
one is ready to swear that some joke is be-
ing played, for it seems impossible that
buildings of such a description could be
erected by native skill. Landing at the
Apollo Bunder and taking a carriage you
will drive up through the fort. Here the
streets are wide and, moreover, clean, and
the business houses are modern in every
detail. The post-office attracts attention
on account of its architectural beauty and
size, but the surprise of all is in the Viec-
toria Terminal station. I will venture to
say that there are few stations in America
that from an art stand point can compare
with it. These edifices have a style pecu-
liarly their own. I have seen attempts to
imitate the work in various countries and
the imitation only serves to heighten the
effect of the real art when seen. There are
numerous other buildings which I might
take separately and dwell on, but as is
seems so impossible that such conditions
can exist in this pait of the globe it is best
to allow you to draw your own conclu-
sions.
Passing out of the fort we soon find
ourselves in narrow crowded streets lined
on both sides with booths in which every
conceivable article is sold. This state con-
tinues for over a mileand there one can see
the native in his own haunts. You will
not wonder that the plague proves so dead-
ly and spreads eo rapidly when you notice
the absolute filthiness with which this peo-
Their manner of
living invites sickness and germs can be
spread among hundreds in aday. There is
an epidemic of the dreaded disease there
now and during the week we spent in the
port there were nine hundred deatbs re-
corded. This number is a trifle below the
general average and on the whole a thou-
sand a week will be a fair estimate of the
deaths from this single curse. The sickness
is wot confined to the natives entirely and
often attacks Europeans. The mortality
percentages, bowever, show a record of
17 per cent. of Europeans as against 97 per
cent. natives. A sad case occurred in our
Consul’s family two days after our arrival.
His little dankhter bad a pet dog thas kill-
ed a rat infected with she plagne and after-
wards playfully bit her. In twenty-four
hours she was dead. This is aspecimen of
the rapidity with which it acts. Still the
people live the same apparently unconcern-
ed as to their health or life. ’
In connection with this I will at-
tempt a description of the Parsi Tow-
er of Silence and of the Burning Ghas.
The latter is the Hindn place of rest
and is thesame as the cemeteries are to
Here all the victims of the plague and
other diseases are tronght for their final
rest. The ghat in iteelf is simply a large
field fenced in by a high board fence and
entered through one of the several gates in
the sides. The attendants are the moss
stoical looking men it has ever been my
privilege to meet and they carry on their
gruesome work with the utmost indiffer-
ence. The dead are brought into the field
in groups of about ten or twelve. ‘Mean-
while the funeral pile has heen prepared
and they are placed on it in a mannersimi-
lar to piling cord-wood. The fires are light-
ed and soon the flames are licking around
their bodies and scorching their hands and
faces. Is is a horrible sight to see what was
a few minutes hefore a dozen hnman shapes
reduced to a mere bandful of ashes and
though it is simply another method of ore-
mation, yet it is not a pleasant thing to
realize that in the near future the very peo-
ple who are so apathetically carrying on
the repulsive work will add their bodies to
he seeming] y exhaustless supply of human
fael.
The Parsi Tower of Silence is anoth-
er place of burial, if you will allow me to
call this unusual procedure by that name,
but it is only for the Parsi’ tribe.
tribe or sect is eimply the aristocratic ele-
ment of the country who have become
wealthy through their ability to grasp the
opportunities offered in the development of
India. They hold themselves aloof from
the common people and are in most respects
very well educated and have adopted the
European methods of living. They still
cling to their religion and the method of
disposing of their dead in these towers is
an essential form to insure the entrance of
the departed into the heavenly kingdom.
This so-called Tower cf Silence is situated
outside of the city and is nothing more or
less than a circular stockade some twenty
feet high. The top is open to the skies
while the walls are pierced by gate-ways
fisted with heavy timber gates. Inside
around the walls are small cells also open
on top and having in them a small bench-
like affair. These benches are for the dead
and there they are lefs. On approaching
this place the first thing that attracts the
attention of the visitor is the presence of a
number of vultures which are perched on
the top of the stockade and the near-by
trees. It is indeed a repulsive sight to see
these large birds with their long necks out-
stretched and their bleary red eyes were
fixed on the shaded road that each depart-
ed Parsi must travel 'to reach his final
ahode, watching eagerly for the next vic-
tim who will provide their voracious appe-
tites with its daily sustenance. Hardly can
they wait for the departure of the mourn-
ing relatives and friends before swooping
down and covering the body with their
hideous shapes like the black mantle drop
ped from the heavens. Such is the final
rest of the earthly form of the Parsi, they
who represent the highest form of educa-
tion and religion among the natives of this
great country. Enough of this form of re-
ligion can be seen in a few minutes and the
impression left on the minds of the visitors
only serves to make them more thankful
for the custom christianity has taught us
to observe in resigning ail that is left of
this poor earthly form to the grave.
Returning from this drive we were for-
tunate enough to reach the Esplanade at
the hour when all the Europeans as well as
the Parsees were enjoying their evening
drives. An excellent opportunity was af-
forded to study the people and their habits
and one would never grow tired of watch-
ing the endless procession of carriages as
they rolled up and down the sea flanked
drive. At last we reached the Yachts Club,
a beautiful building situated on the water
front. Here will be faind every evening a
concourse of the English who" gbserve in
this country as well as in England their
old custom of taking tea at about five-thir-
ty. It is indeed enjoyable to sit here in
this garden and get the full benefit of the
evening rea breezes while listening to the
military band whose services are given by
the officers of the Royal Indian Marine.
This club as well as the Byculla Turf Club
extended their invitations to all the offi-
cers of the flotilla to hecome honorary
members during our stay in the port and
their endeavors to do all in their power to
make our vieit a pleasant one were most
sincerely appreciated.
It was with regret that we left this port
and shaped our course southward for Col-
ombo. Not only was the city in" itself a
great surprise, but the people were so so-
licitous for our welfare that it was doubly
bard to leave without some manner of dem-
onstrating to them our appreciation of all
they had done to make thie port the pleas-
antest we had yet visited.
And now I am going to ray something
to you about these letters. They are writ-
ten solely for you and are intended for you
alone. I do not care for publication, though
you may do as yon like about that. When
the trip is over I intend writing a resume
of the whole cruise which will deal with
the subject in a manner more suited for
general reading. These letters are for you
and your pleasure.
I have Colombo to write you about yet
and that city is most sure to interest youn
above all others. You would smile to hear
me recount the numerous air castles I have
built and the various places I intend we
shall visit on our trip to this continent.
All it lacks now is execution.
Trust to me to get all the necessary ail-
ments to make me a full fledged Oriental.
I have at present some tropical blood trou-
ble and am subsisting on arsenic and dis-
tilled water. Nothing serious but deuced
uncomfortable.
ALFRED.
Prepare For
A Big Day of Enjoyment and Sight-Seeing.
Saturday, May 21st, promises to be a
day of great enjoyment in Bellefonte, for
on that date Walter L. Main’s world’s ex-
position, three-ring circus, greatest menag-
erie and racing carnival, combined with
the superb military production, *‘Battle of
Paardeburg,’”’ will be with us, giving a
performance at 2 and 8 p. m. At10 o’clock
on the morning of arrival the most novel,
rich and lengthy parade ever passing
through our streets occurs. As the Main
circus has the confidence and stamp of pub-
lic approval, universally, it is safe to pre-
diot the day will be given over to amuse-
ment. Who is there who does not enjoy
the performance of a clean, wholesome and
up-to-date big circus like the Main enter-
prise? The erroneous impression has long
since been dispelled that all circuses are
the same. True it is, the elephants, lions,
tigers and other beasts of the jungle are
wild animals never before seen in captivi-
ty. The air will undonbtedly be impreg-
nated with sawdust and peanuts, and bal-
loous and red lemonade will demand their
attention, but the big show itself is model-
ed up to the present age of 1904. Hun-
dreds of artists of both sexes, and compris-
ing most all nationalities, enable the
Main exhibition to produce the most novel
and high-class entertainment of any tented
amusement in the world. The vast num-
ber of perfect horses employed with the in-
stitution, to lovers of equine heauty, is a
sight that will more than repay one for the
coming of miles to see.
In preparing his big amusement feast this
season, Mr. Main kept one thought fore-
moss in view, the comfort and accommoda-
sion of his patrons. To [facilitate the
handling of the immense crowds, on the
show grounds and for the public’s conven-
ience, two ticket wagons are provided on
the circus grounds, open at 1 and 7 p. m.,,
where both reserved and admission tickets
can be purchased; also reserved seat and
admission tickets will be on sale at Par-
rish’s drug store from 9 a. m. on the morn-
ing of exhibition. All of the tents are both
sun and water-proof, affording the bess pos-
sible weather protection, and every precau-
tion is exercised for the comfort and enjoy-
ment for the thousands who attend the show
at Bellefonte Saturday, May 21st.
El
This
State Farmers.
Annual Institute to be Held at Bellefonte and
State College.
HARRISBURG, May 6.—Deputy Secre-
tary of Agriculture A. L. Martin Thursday
said that a week’s normal school will be
held in connection with the annual Farm-
ers’ institute, at Bellefonie and State Col-
leae, from Monday Oct. 10, to Saturday,
Oct. 15, and it will undoubtedly be the
most important agricultural gathering the
State has ever known.
Competent instructors in subjects of
practical interest to all farmers will lecture
throughout the week. Deputy Martin is
pow devoting a great deal of time and
pains in making arrangements for the
event and bas already secured the consent
of many prominent men to speak.
Dr. Wm. Fiear, of State College, has al-
ready been secured to speak on soil fersili-
ty, while Prof. Batz, of the same iustitu-
tion, will talk on horticultural pursuits,
and Prof. Surface, state economic zoologist,
will lecture on insects. Dr. Leonard
Pearson will be among the speakers, and
many more will help to make the school a
most instructive one. Agricultural inssi-
tutions of every description will be invited
to attend the gathering.
A conference to expedite the work of
enforcing the dairy and food laws was held
Tuesday evening at the office of Commis-
sioner Warren. Besides the commissioner
the following were present : Hon. N.
Critchfield, Secretary of Agriculture ; Hon.
8. J. M. McCarrell, E. B. Witmer, Sun-
bury; Hon. Chas. L. Brown, Philadelphia ;
J. Foust, western district agent, Altoona;
R. M. Simmers, eastern district agent,
Phoenixville. ”
Dairy and Food Commissioner Warren
Wednesday ordered twenty-five prosecu-
tions in the western part of the State for
the sale of alleged chocolate and cocoa,
which the state chemist found contained a
large percentage of wheat flour, which
though not injurious is much cheaper than
the substances in which it was used as an
adulterant. Several prosecutions have
also been ordered in Western Pennsylvania
for the sale of maple syrup, adulterated
with glucose and cane sugar, both of which
are cheaper than maple syrup.
Will Meet in Philipsburg.
The eleventh annual re-union and con-
vention of the Northwestern District P. O.
S. of A. took place at DuBois Wednesday.
Two score camps and six bands were in the
parade in the afternoon. At the driving
park addresses were made by burgess Her-
ron, state vice-president, Wm. I. Swoope,
of Clearfield; C. M. Stees, state president,
of Philadelphia; Wm. Patterson, of Clear-
field ; Clarence Huth, of Shamokin; State
Secretary Wm. Weand, of Philadelphia;
State chaplain Rev. F. L. Bardens, of Phil-
adelpbia, and others. Next year’s meet-
ing will be held in Philipsburg. Camp
459, of Pbilipsburg, had 12 men in the
parade. The officers elected at the busi-
ness session were as follows: President,
J. N. Hawkins, of Philipsburg; vice-presi-
dent, John Cole, Philipsburg; secretary,
J. L. Bailey, Brisbin; treasurer, Mr. All-
good, Brisbin.
——A Missouri editor who is about to
pullup and leave for lack of support,
sarcastically remarks in parting that edi-
tors don’t need money : Don’t worry about
the editor. He has a charter from the
State to act as doormat for the community.
He'll get the paper out somehow,and stand
up for you when you run for office, and lie
about your pigeon-toed daughter’s tacky
wedding, and blow about your big-footed
sons when they get a $4 a-week job, and
weep over your shriveled soul when it is
released from your grasping body, and
smile at your wife’s second marriage. He’ll
get along, The Lord only knows how—but
the editor will get there somehow,
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
——0Of the 687 students enrolled at the
West Chester Normal we notice that there
are three from Bellefonte, viz : The Misses
Helen and Josie White and Mr. Joseph
Batler.
— As.
Wao 1s HE ?—The following dispatch
from Ebensbuig that appeared in the Jobns-
town Tribune 1ecently tells of a most horri-
ble death that a young man supposed to be
from this conuty met with there last Fri-
day.
Most careful inquiry on the part of the
WATCHMAN has failed to reveal who the
unfortunate one ig, or what part of the
county he was from.
EBENSBURG, April 30.—While working
at the top of the coal crusher of the Lack-
awanna Coal company at Webrum about 4
o’clock yesterday afternoon, Wm. Diehl
and Bert Noel fell into the hopper of the
monster machine, and before fellow-work-
men who witnessed the occurrence could
have the machinery stopped Diehl had
been crushed almost to a pulp by being
drawn all the way through, while Noel,
who was rescued before reaching the crosh-
ing wheels, is probably fatally injured.
It appears that a part of the machinery
at the mouth of the crusher had not been
working well for some days and Diehl and
Noel, who were both experienced mining
machinists, were sent up to repair it.
About 4 o’clock some workmen who were
engaged below heard a ory, and on looking
up noticed, to their horror, that the two
men had disappeared, presumably into the
hopper of the crusher, which was just
about finishing a grind of some 150 tons of
coal. ' As quickly as possible the engineer
was signaled to stop the machine, and a
party of workmen clambered up in search
of their missing comrades. The first man
to reach the hopper rim was horrified to
see Noel’s head protruding from a heap of
coal just ahove the grinding wheels, while
Diehl was nowhere to be seen. A squad of
diggers was put to work immediately, and
in a few minutes the nnconscious Noel was
removed to a neighboring house, where
medical aid was summoned.
Meanwhile the search for Diehl bad
proved unavailing. Not a trace of him
could be found in the hopper aud within
half an hour the searchers were forced to
the horrible conclusion that he must bare
gone all the way through. Work was ac-
cordingly begun on the pile of crushed coal
under the machine, but it was not until
four hours later that the horribly mutil-
ated remains of Diehl were found. They
were removed to the establishment of a
local undertaker, where they are being
held awaiting instructions from some of
the relatives of the deceased, who are said
to live in Centre county... He was about
twenty-four vears old and unmarried.
At last reports hnt little hope was en-
tertained of Noel’s recovery. Like Diehl,
he isalso a young unmarried man who
went to Wehrom from Munster, this conn-
ty, some three years ago.
ein
—— Deering binder twine and harvester
repairs as the Potter-Hoy Hardware Co.
NEW BADGES.—The Penna. Telephone
company have sepplied each of their em-
ployees with an identification badge with
the company’s name, employee's number
and the blue bell sign on the face thereof,
and that for their own protection as well
as for. its subscribers. protection it wounid be
well for subscribers not to allow anyone to
examine their telephones, or pay any bills
to persons representing the telephone com-
pany, not baving in their possession one of
these identification badges.
el ir.
——Deering binder twine and harvester
repairs at the Potter-Hoy Hardware Co.
re Qo lp te,
DR. JOHN M. KEICHLINE WRITES OF
His WoRK IN EGYPT.—It was a surprise
and pleasure to receive in the mail, a few
mornings since, a letter from Dr. John M.
Keichline, a son of Bellefonte’s well-known
attorney and Justice. While it was pure-
ly personal we feel that he has so many
friends in all parte of the county who
would be pleased to know something of his
work as a medical mirsionary in far off
Egypt that we publish parts of it as fol-
lows:
35 Sharia Dawaween,
; April 10th, 1904.
Dear Friend :
This morning at breakfast I thought of
you—why, while eating? I don’t know for
you and eating are not so closely connected
as Bush and eating—perbaps it was because
I was happy ! Father sends me the WATCH-
MAN every week, so you may be sure I often
think of you and the other members of the
family and of my other good friends.
I have been tempted several times to write
an article and send it to your paper, but am
thankful I did not yield to the impulse.
Reading Alfred’s letters caused me to smile,
for I had the same thoughts and would have
written in like strain, but after you live
among the people for nearly a year the first
impressions rub off and we see the true con-
dition. A year did I say ? Well, after an-
other year I will see more clearly. One thing
Iam thankful for and that is I am not fanat-
ically prejudiced against their customs, re-
ligions, etc., as the western man and chris-
tian generally ave. I love these people—
hate their sins—bear with their customs, but
do all I can to improve them. A christian
must live and teach with all hisstrength and
wisdom, for these people have been seeing a
miserable christianity and civilization. I
thank God the English are here, for next to
our own it is the most christian nation.
. They may not be as religious as the Catho-
lic nations whose representatives are flood-
ing Egypt, but they are moral in their deal-
ings with the natives and stimulate them to
become better physically.
This poor country—no, not poor country,
for we are rich and productive, but the peo-
ple are so ignerant and thereby narrow and
easily misled. Five per cent. of the males
can read and write—a fraction of one per
cent. of the females. And here we have
Greeks, Armenians, Italians, Syrians, etc.,
who teach these ignorants the vices of their
countries. - And as the Egyptian is a mixture
of Copt, Arab and in many instances negro,
etc., you can see what a beautiful soil he
is for the seeds of vice to grow in.
It is impossible to save these people from
sin—real sin—by the methods useful in
America, England, etc. A living Christ (not
a preached Christ) is necessary. And I am
working and planning with this in view. I
am building up a practice and at the same
time laying the foundation for a young men’s
association—similar to the Y. M. C. A
work like this is absolutely necessary here,
for the young men do not have the home life
the mothers and sisters are not educated, the
cafes and bars and clubs are not helpful.
So, a place where young men can visit,
read, play games, exercise, bathe, etc., and
after while serve to them decent drinks and
hygienic food. Such a place is absolutely
needed—their habits, physical and moral,
are bad, and as I said before they cannot be
reached by ordinary methods, but they can
be influenced by example and by conversa-
tion, etc. God has given me a big work to
do and no one knows better than I how
weak I am, not only in originality, but by a
faulty education, but I can only do my best
to save these young men from sinful habits
and narrow thoughts. I can give my life,
which is puny enough compared with His,
the Savior. I think of my friends and ac-
quaintances often. God bless you all and
keep you right—physically and spiritnally.
Sincerely yours,
J. W. KEICHLINE
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A CENTRE CoUNTY PRODUCT LEADS
THEM ALL.—It is not often tbat a trade
paper voluntarily puts itself in the position
of recommending the use of any particular
commodity; to the exclusion of all others,
but that is exactly what the Unifed States
Trade Reports, published at Cincinnati,
Ohio, has done with respect to the paint
manufactured by J. B. Leathers Sons, at
Mt. Eagle, this county.
In its issue of April 28th, 1904, it de-
votes a column of 1ts editorial space to the
product of the Leathers factory aud while
everyone in this section knows the snpe-
rior quality of that paint we republish the
article in order to show our home people
how highly it is regarded in the great com-
mercial world.
In these days of fierce competition when
every manufacturer is pushing his products
into the market with all the energy at his
command, there is often a temptation to sac-
rifice an element of excellence for reaching a
reduction in cost. We are lead to make this
remark by reason of the many letters we
have 1ecently received from interested pa-
trons, in which are complaints regarding the
inferiority of some makes of roof paints now
on the market being sold as first-class; also
of the fact that many do not seem to keep
up with the times in the matter and asking
us to recommend a really meritorious make
which can be relied upon.
As the large subscription list of this paper
is maintained on the principle of furnishing
its subscribers with accurate information,
and as so many have written to us on this
| subject we have decided to go into the matter
with great care. We are aware, of course,
that the dealer is at a disadvantage, He can
not depend on the statements of the cales-
men, as each thinks that which he represents
to be the ne plus ultra of the roof paint manu-
facturers art. No journal devoted to the
trade could affcrd to give a definite and cor-
rect answer to the question regarding excel
lence, and the customers are demanding that
their products shall possess a degree of qual-
ity which shall be commensurate with the
price.
The Reports therefore decided to make a
thorough investigation, the result of which
would be a decided answer as to which is the
best. A vast number of persons were inter-
viewed, many of them being large users.
Experts were called upon for opinions re-
arding excellence. Every point was care-
ully considered, and every effort was made
to cause the investigation to be complete ip
every respect.
As a result we are prepared to state that
there is no make of roof paints on the mark-
et to-day in any of the qualities which make
for excellence equal to that manufactured
by J. B. Leathers’ Sons, Mt. Eagle, Pa.
All those who have inquired of us may es-
teem this our reply, and ingniry from them
will doubtless elict information and details
as to the channels through which their prod-
ucts can be obtained.
It is a pleasure to us to give them our edi-
torial commendation, and at the same time
supply our subscribers with accurate infor-
mation on such an important subject as this.