ntID.KTJmTI Idltsr. Centre Hall, Pa., July 10 , 1874. 1 per year, ts nJmncf. AW trAi-w wo# paut is aiiranrf. Advertisements SVwrfiw for •' < >'* ertions, ami /or ft *> 12 •<"''*- 'y ■<,•<- ml contract. Mr. Hale haviug accepted the ap pointment as Post Master C.eneral, a few days afterwards withdrew his acceptance _ M ~ -♦ • - De Witt Talmago thinks a boy has a right to whistle on Sunday, provid ed its a religions tunc. Mr. ialmage might have the iutarludes between the verses, suug in his church, per formed by whistlers—it would draw a crowd. Nearly the entire democratic pro of the state is asking that our senator ial district elect Win. A. \N allaee to the senate, where his ability and ex perience are so much needed under the new Constitution. Centre is the only county in which a few politicians would iuterfere with Mr. Wallace's re-nomination. As Mr. Oivis is to he re nominated for Judge, Centre there in- gets her full share aud has no right to ask for more —other counties in this district also have their rights. The liellefonte Republican, edited bv two potato-bugs from Yaukeedom, and a native grasshopper tier, llcuyrhrcclc, i. e.. (.irasshopper has already started the war against Maekey, democrat, for C-ongress, and belabor* us for favoring bis nomina tion. The real purpose of iW sheet is to create n division among democrats bv pretenJing to }H>int out other parties for the nomiuatiou. In this the radical phatisees from N< England will signally tail. Dcuu crats of Centre county are not bigoted as not to allow au honest ex pression of preference, and besides, they will listeu to all advice cowing from the Republican's camp, with the greatest suspie ao If auy Democrat of this county desires the "complimen tary" on Congress, we do not think there will be any serious objection w fr>m any good Democrat, and the Republican can not stir up a fight on that matter. Some fellow has slandered the far-1 iners of Brush Valley, by writing a i communication in favor of having all the principal offices Ihlled by Belle foDters, Congressman he wants at Eellefoute, Senator at Bellefonte, Judge, of course, which belongs to Bellefonte, then Bellefonte to have: District Attorney, and may gt-t As sembly also. This would leave the! small offices Auditor and Comtnis- 1 sioner, Ac., for the balance of the j county. Now such is not the senti- 1 went of any farmer in Brush Valley or Peuns Valley, for, on the other baud, our honest farmers are, and always have been, opposed to a clique at Bellefonte having all the offices, and such communications are wriiteu by fellows who are fond of playing into the hands of certain Bellefonters who always try to monopolize all the l offices. There are some good and deserving Democrats at Bellefoute, but they are not among those who are continually begging for office. Whoever is in favor of Bellefonte having all the principal nominees on the ticket, let him, like a man, say so over bis own name, and not hide be hind a fictitious name And if corn* plimcntaries are to be passe! around, there are as deserving democrats out side of Bellefoute as in it. UJKJD whom a senatorial and congressional recog nition in the shape of a complimenta ry would be deserviuglr bestowed,. for instance, such Democrats as Ed. j I erk s, T. M. Hall, Judge Alliseu.i Mr. Woodward, Maj. Fisher, Sam'l. * illiland, and a boat of others whose names do not just occur to us. We go in for fair play and iutend to advo cate it—the honest tax paying Dem ocrats of the townships are with us on this matter, in spite of communica tions bogualy signed "Farmer" de nouncing us for adv<>cating justice and fair play and honest and compe tent nominees. Those persons have nil through given the Reporter the cold shoulder and have been in leaugeto crfpple and crush this paper, —they will fail to frighten us from au outspoken advocacy of right demo cratic men and measures. We have been assured that on 48 hours notice the names of 1000 demo cratic farmers can _be sent us, for pub iication, who are opposed to one town monopolizing nil the nominations, complimentnries, Ac., now whoever wants to kick against the pricks let him say so over Ins own name. We know the sentiment of the honest tax paying farmers upon that subject, antl politicians will liear in mind that their muttering* of discontent must lie heeded, for they have heretofore giv en unmistakable evidence that things can not be rammed down their throats at pleasure. We have always been the advocate of justice to the demo crats outside of iiellefonte as well as willing to accord the full measure of justice to those in liellefonte. Every year, after tli nominations, the Democracy of PeDnsvalley com plain of the injustice done them in the ticket framed—now is the lime for them to speak out as the ticket is soou to be made. There are always a few on this side who go against the wishes of our people, aud these are the ones who deuounce the Reportor for fearlessly speaking for the rigid# of the men in this valley who do the democratic voting aud cast the demo cratic majority. "We here make an offer: If the fellow who wrotf the communication in favor of putting all the beat offices to Bellefonte, and signs himself "Farmer of Rrushvallry.'' will furti ith u< liia real name. merely to lot llu* iwnplc kuW hint, f will scud Irini the lieportar 1 your tree. lltoro i- Inoaucli farmer in Rruslivalley that i* so tuuch in love with the Hclhfonlo office sockets; they generally fool like jjointhe other way. ELECTION OK LKUM.ATOKS. Forney'* Press has a sound article under the above caption, an.l a- it contains advice which will d<> to ot ter in Centre county, as well as in other ijuarlem we cannot torego pub lishing it. It is very evieeut, says the 1 rss, that in many parts ot the state the ; people will pay special attention to, the titneaa ot the men nominated for the Legislature, with reference more particularly to their position on the new constitution, while in other coun tic* there will he an inditferenco man-1 i teste J on this point, as i usual with people who do not take that interest in , political atfairs which they sin uld Heretofore it has been too much tin practice of both parties to allow a j few men to make (iipjr pandidati*. aud then, under the weight oi the party lash, drive all to their support; hut when the catastrophe of such a course was reached the men who were really responsible for it have demanded with cool etfruutery that the independent journalist should tinea himself the breach, and battle with an evil, which they could have prevented atj the polls had tbav participated in the primary electious and insisted -u lh nomination of good men. It i Vfl l evident now that the journalists to whom we refer are resolved to force the masses of both |r the best and strongest men. We want honest men, upon the ticket men who care for the interests of Un common classes, and men who will have an eye to the amelioration of the tax-ridden people. Democrats, we repeat, attend the primary elections. Give your delegates to understand what you expert of them, aud let your delegates be meu who will hon estly, faithfully, and intelligently discharge their duties. Another reservoir disaster occurred at Chester, Mass., iu Id. Houses, mills, bridges, Ac., were swept away. No lives lost. Damage about s.'{">(),- 000. An oil tank, at Jersey City was struck by lightning a few days ago, and 2 million gallons of oil were burned. The rain storms ol Saturday did much damage to property in Phila delphia, Cleveland, 0., and along the 1 Hudson. The Freight agentg who met to i revise the rates of freight from the West by the Erie, New York Central, , and Pennsylvania Central Railroads, have resolved to increase the freights | on live stock to about double its for* < mer rate, 'the ha#;* of the increased , rate was fixed at fifty-five cepfs pe? hundred pounds from Chicago to New York. It is the intention of the t managers to iucrease aud not dicrease t the charges on all classes of freight, i I IIP J I'PK'l AI. NOMINA'! ION. Tlie Centre Reports i present* tin name ot Judge Orvt- tor assistant Paw J wise el the 2 >th District, com posed of Clinton. < outre, and Cleat tield counties. This is so eminent!) fitting a nomination I'm the Democrat ie party of the district t > make, that it needs only to le mentioned to he accepted as satisfactory hy the people ot Clinton So well known is Judge ihvis in this district, that it veins like an act of supererogation to recite .uiv of the many reasons that make it proper that he should he o mutated ( Viii fen />< i locrof Tim York PNM "i copying and approving an article Ir on the I iinton Democrat, urging the re nomination lof Senator \\ allaee in the t ciitre, j Cleaitield and Clinton distiiet, says: '"Although his constituents have done themselves great honor in the past, by ; fWiiueully re nominating ami re-elect nig hint to the senate it seem* to us | and we mean no disparagement to any aspirant tor the office in his *1 i ! tricO their omission to do *o now would be 'worse than a bluinl-i THE NEORO IN DON UK ESS. Of the s\ uegroe- in Congrc-.-, suvs the Piv -s. hut one excited any notice during the n lh;tt has just closed Elliott, of South t'aioliua, and he oulr because of a -ingle *pe-ol which was supposed to ho remarkable bo cause it did emioaie from a negro. Letter speeches were made every day hy while men which prov.-ke no cum mvnt. Ihe otln-r reprt-enlativc* i>t the black and mulatto p. ople in t'ongre.— Kaiucy, lain, Walls, Uatisler. ami Lynch- were complete nonentities We notice this in no spirit of prejudice, but because the tact has a political aud social value. Tinse six colored nun may properly he suppled to ho the pick ->f tiu-ir race, the bo,-; u-preseutaiici jt its in telligence and culture of them is serving his third, and two ul them their vocoud term in Cougre.s, hall of the number have had some t >n grcssioual experience. And vet, im mediate representatives though they 1 he of a race numbering four million ot people, not one of them ha< originated a measure nor put forth an idea, not one hno diti..guilica h.ui.clr coin initlee work, not one haj appeared above Hie doll level u( tWwdjocrity cj;- i cept Elliott, who made one speech which occasioned notice because, a Willi it WA aaiuutM su**vv - i —• • we have .••aid, it was made by a negro. :t Lynch it is true, ha* a!*o made u ? I speech, but it ./as ia a Een'-blican (caucus, iu which he dec la red that uoi ' 1 matter how bad the Republican party r might be the negroes would atick to ; ' it, because it had given tlicm "free 1 1 dom." Old "Daddy" Cain is ant ted , ' character at home in South Caroil ' na, where much of his lime is cot.sum ? iej i:i defending himself in nut* • ] brought against him * r ati gyd r • rupt practice®. He i a'Method it! I preacher, edits a small religious ami I I political weekly paper, u a ou - riewity in literature, and would drive 1 Josh Billings wild with envy if he 1 should see it, and is generally evusid • ered as a good-humored and amusing t old darky. Raincy is a Charleston r |ex barber, Iho abandoned a trade in f ! which he tOod first unioj;g u:l vOIUpe-t- ( 1 itors to become a statesman without ■ reputation. Walls and Rar.*ier art I plausable, talkative young negroes who control the colored politics of <■' their respective localities. The - j picked men of tho negro race it ur • Congress as tners lay figure/ j.. there apparently on suffirence, maided at • patronizingly by a casual Republican I member and ignored aim t wholy by - the rest of the House. What are we f to learn from this failure of ui gruc-s iu statecraft? Shall we put it together cj with the failure of negro youths at J West Point and tha inconspicuous t positions readied by negroes who I • have entered the learned professions, a and conclude that the race, as aw hole, s Is incapable of rising much above the - intellectual average which has char 1, acierired itsiuce it has been known.iu r' history ? Or shall we accept tha plctfl( - of its particular friends ami believe • that it is emerging from its childhood j • and needs onlv the white man's forty I t centuries of culture ami experience to ' ',! rival him in his intllectual achieve e i menu ? The question is one of im-j . portance, because it bears upon tin e immediate future of our politics, our social condition, and our material prosperity. e WASH 1 NQToV*t*ITV VISITED BV A HL'RRICANK—GREAT t FIRE IN ALLEGHANY CITY.j s About half past seven o'clock on the evening of the Fourth a severe ' hurricane visited Washington, I). C. Large signs from business nou.-ex were j blown down, and the llag-statT of tin I National Hotel fell with a crash, neai several persons who were standing on . tho pavement. The steeple of the Metropolitan M. E. Church was much " shattered, having beeu moved five j feet from it# perpendicular, It is now < ' in a dangerous condition, and may . ; 1 have to be rebuilt. Truuks of trees j ,: three feet in circumference were snap ped off, and ornamental shade trees i all over the city, including many in ' j the Capitol and President's grounds, • j were destroyed. Five houses in u t row were completely stripped of their . roofs, which were carried a distance of several hundred feet. Several car riages passing along the streets were ' overturned, one of the lady occupants i sustained severe injury. While n number of colored children were en joying themselves in a hall, the roof fell in. Although great excitement ensued, only n few were injured and j none badly. A Pennsylvania Avcn-| ue ca. a; blown ten feet from thei track, and minor injuries ere ipnu* 1 merable. In Alleghany city, on the* after* i noon of tho Fourth, a square and a < lutlfof buildings, principally dwellings, oil the west side of Federal street, and i three or four were burned at one time. It was leared that the I whole of the upper part of the city < would be destroyed, us the water was ' scarce and a high wind prevailed, but 1 the flames were gotten under control ' about J p- ID. Over one hundred ' bouses were destroyed, Ipsying many ' families homeless. The loss will c probably reach SdOO.OOO. The fire 1 originated from fire crackers thrown 1 into a carpenter shop by boys while nt * play in the neighborhood. NINE PERISH. Han Francisco, July o.—The Hid- [ ncy Herald of Juue sth gives the par- liculars of" the loss of the iron clipper ship British Admiral on the west side „ of King's Island. Out of the eighty- p eigßt pgrson? only nine survived to |, tell tha tula of UW'ffl Jiraster. The e British Admiral is the eighteenth ves- j, sel wrecked on King's island since ~ 1840, und over eight hundred persons ,| have perished on the shores. The captain and principal officers oftlieici ship were lost. s —i *r*7* P Sir Garnet Wolsjtley has beeu con* „i gratulaled bv the Canadian volun* teeis at Wimbledon upon his achieve- C i meuU in Ashantee. p , MOVKMKNTS o|*' Till-: i|{ \-S* HOITKItS. - Frvtn lite .V /\tu/ /'rest, ,/u/ull. 11 f Now tlttil lh vast itrtttv of gittaa , hopper* lias got fairly tn tiioti HI aomr v iiltit of if* iiiiinrtisi tango mat he ( gtllltorctl from tho fart llutl our ape , na! dispatch's thi* morning report , their kiiiiulldiieou-* appearance ycatc■ i - * day living from the southeast |.> tin | nottli.vc.t at - v !it*hliui anil Mast i (ifnogc, in iioit'owcsicin lowa, when i tint llglitc.l y est t t (111 V tit I ill in. li.*> . clotnl* ou tin- tiiifly glowing t rops ; I at Mankato, over '.'oo miles c.*t ot ; those points, where they were living noilliwuiil, tuui nt Itrcckinriilgc, uvci 1 •J.'tO miles north of the first mcutioiied points, i'outiary to e\pcctatnn nucl • to the impression derived front then !iit movements, tltey have not pur -.ued a continuous Might northwc.-i --ward or even uortliwuid, hut large | holies of tlirm have teturtied south ward and southeastward, in the in* Verc directions of the n original move* uieiit. riteir wiugrtd coltiiuiis serin, too, to have rprca-1 out laterally to ward the ca.t, so that tlie skirmish !in** mi their eastern Hank now takes jin iiltte Karili County. It is jut powibie that the) may continue this | tiauk movciucut toward the east, if i the prodigious swaruta of hungry hi* j CUsU shook! onto take it into liiril ' heads, after stripping the thinly set tled country west of Mankato, to m-'ve eastward over the rich, |>opu h-us, and prosperous agricultural count its this side of the IMuo lOarth and MtnnesOln Uivers, the destruction of crops would he immense, and the ' calamity ft a mid i.a. jei.u|ted front tluir lavage, in the newly and spat, fly settled legion to which thev have iieieto.'nie been eon lined ll they should once set about it tilde can he uo doubt that they could with out difficulty destroy in n single wck the entire growing grain crop t{ Mi.jtit.' I it, ;i nafnbe.} tic sun ply prodigious Mi. J.niu* H Hut lerlield estiiualt# front |hc iMMubcr. cltngiug to -t.liks of Vsi.v-al, ...lis, Ac., us compmed with the number ami -ire of kerneis of wheal, that in Wat onwan County, where his faun is sit* uatcd, there wire 100 budielsuf grass bopimra t. the acre of uli growing croj , an ! thev ;.vis u. thick over the whole tilled area of ti e'county WrjUajii tO the Jotf l l|lie as tn Wm on wan (Vrutily, A !>l.u k sc. undid, ( Lour William son, recently delivered himself at W.I I. .ton, Fayette county, Tt tint-twee, HI which he said • fam going folia* • i itJ ,o v nl . let it cost what it wiil, if ) hate to ride iu the lilo-.J (it wiiilca to lity i bridle biu lam ready to tiegiu unw and die before uigbt if tiet-i--arv. (Pointing to the Academy, Ii? asknJ;] Aicwt allowed to send our children there* No! But vie will have i.ur | children .|i fop if i. muk. e. cr ui.it child in Fayette Count) to lic^! Titles' thouaand I'urllsls li.it c g|< tacked I'uyrerda on the frontier. ANNI'AL SCHo . ;l,e < ,ic .* of t> : < iifitjr, it ( UDiUi kiiir) !u a li;£thy ri>v>rt t lhi lime. Wilb v nie mudificlion#, the rejK>rl thru tuaile •till [w •• nS AH ! c pa> year ha a ldid :v new n ho.!.* tto the lot Kcrgtis.n f. Harris (1. H'il brick building with four rooms, th t upper rooms br.i g separated by a ! movable parlillop, ana lapabie of baing thrown in'.o one spacious hat! Cflv by thirty two feet The r. suns ate temporarily furnished with old w.ealen desks, which mar the beauty of tbe house, but it i- the * intention nf the board to procure patent a furniture at an early day The .no in Harris is an excellent two story Ira.o/ ' building in the village of Il>aLburg, well ! furnished, and is an orrwitnenlto the town The one in Patten is a single frame house, but it certainly, in durability anJ b.auty o( design, un-urpatsed by any structure !of the kind. The furniture It walnut, and I consial* of octangular table* instead of desk* the design and pattern of the inventor and contractor. J. 11. Mat tern. In this con nection it it again suggested that the : growth of the place and the probable wants a few years bens e, bo taken Into , eansideralion by director* in building 1 school house*. A number of instances could be named, in which directors were : governed solely byjlhe present* w ant 'and where in a year sr lyo i{ bciiitiic., necessary to build again, and at an ih j creased cost. There ro in (he county 177 school huuses of which five arc log, two stone, U ofbnck and 156 of frame Ahoul.tO of these come up fully to the standard of first class bouses ic required by the school department. 100 reach this standard in every resps-ct, oicopl in the iteiii uf ventilation. Only "1 of these have grounds properly fer.ceu and improved and planted with trees. 1 he e-timatcd value of these houses and I grounds, are, as reported bv the several school boards. i S'_'ls,i, Farmers' Mills, $700; Ferguson, $11,000: (Jregg. $0,000; Haines, $&,Q00; Halfnioon. s:i.4(*>; Harris S7.G()O; Howard, $4,'JM*. Howard borough, Huston, s'l,so(i; Liberty, ss,<*X); Marion s'J,4oi>; Miletburg,, $2,500; Miles, $16,000; Palton, Penn SO.OUU; i'otlor sis,*OO l Philipthur., J $0,000: Rush $8,000; Snow Shoe, Jl.OftV, Spring, 18,0011; Taylor, $1,500; Union. I $JO00; Unt'onville, $2,500; Walker. s*..(** 1 Worth, $.1,000 We have 210 schools in the county, GO o! i v;■ liioli are graded. Two in Snow Slid.- 1 were graded during the ,uar. Addition- j al primary schools are needed In sererai . district*, where the lower grades have be- come over crowded, an additional higher l ' grade should be established. , The schools are nil well classified, scho- j lars sufficiently advanced being required A to pursue a reguiur uouuu of .t;;dy. Inn'* few localities considerable opposition was,,, manifested by parents to some of the branches taught, such us grammar, grog- , ' rapliy, history, vocal music and even men-;, tal arithmetic—in fact to everything ex- il cept reading, writing and wJitteu arilh-j' malic -on the'ground* that these tiranelie j' wer superfluous and useless. These It. views, of course, eiuinot bo acce pled, for ' while the wishes of parents should be, ant j 1 are, sacredly respected, the good of tbc ,| children—toon to take their parents' ii p'acos—gml for whose solo wants the pub- H lie schools are intonaed, must not sudor Some of the brightest scholars in our ,j schools are thus receiving an education * which the negligence and hostility of their " * if purniits would deny tliein. Somo of tin- higher branches were taught iu '47, and J n :uiiimun branches, including elementary | H instructions if; Vi>: al music, drawing "'"l "! physiology, in all. The Bible was read M daily in all. N' 132 male and 78 female teachers were •mployed, of whom 19 had attended a •vtate Normal school. 12 of these held cl vermanent certificates,*27 held profession- '* il certificates, 2 the Normal School diplo- c " • i . . . .„ na anq therewainqer ptovjstqng} kfirHfe- •<; :utes, uvenige from li to id. Those .whet th vartially failed were among the number who hold tho lowed gittilo f provisional of our I•>ti> 1., r* iril...t.t '.lt years) dm. not vary 01.nh I oio voir to .year, owing to the in* lint of teachers recruiting (early to take the ph.." of those more eaper,diced, Who are compelled to abandon the pro* fesiloii on a< count of the low wages paid j in soma other counties where they com mand higher wages The Countv Institute me', nt llellefonlc l>c. . loin i 'JVn.I, i.lid cuntiliiie*] in session live.lnv* I'll. I'.lelWl.i.r.t vv u* good, U."J te-.chrl - [>li 'lit, the evil, is.; practical uit.l int." . sting, an.l I have reason to know that much g-M.il te* ulted from It We were .>>*.-u-d t.y I'rol II Collier, of I'entt -ylvatiia State College, I'rol J W Shoe maker, I Philadelphia, I*l --f C, W liishi l, ot Sbippensburg, nml Assistant Henutv Statu Superintendent Cuiry. f Pittsburg, though n.u. hul tl.e work w it perf. ruled by our own teachers. The statisti. a! table herewith transmit ted to the Hcpnituienl, exhibits lite follow i nig summary of school work done during 'the year Xutnbei of public eisuilnatiol.s held, , ul who It lis* diroc tors ulid ol < r l.tax) ciliteiis were present Number of appli cants clammed, V ei; number rejected, -i; ■ number of ci i lid. at.- issued, -II; number 'of v tsits to schools, '.".a* , average If hours in length and acc-mpani -.l by Ml director* .ml l'l > patrons held one county institute; attended the con far CIICO of supcrinteiid - nt. .it \\ tlligo-rporl, conduuUd ah e.gbt week s session of Normal Institute at 1 Centre Hull, and traveled '-ine* miles in the discharge ol these duties lit!if .ter-o.f*. The Peniisyleania State College, the various a. ijctuie* and select schools, and the country pre--, are important auiiltaties in the public si boot i a-. • to ootiulusiwu, 1 respiu tfully submit the folloaing sugg. -tions to the sclosol boards f the county, trvisting ll.ey may be acted upon promptly, as to to. ulil.z. d during the school year u|->n which we are Just entering 1 (srade the school* wlitreVc-r praitl sbl. aitf.r it. ps.. n it vmm try. Such -1.l ol|a|e > -pecialiy t > eded at Mnrsll t,'., l.enio: t, Julian I .tc.o e, quay-, fin Ourttn:, farmers Mills, and it sultl.ict.lly convi-nienl ol .'■ less, t.t Curt I. S ill Hogg* tWp "A Supply outline Maps in the 61 -vi-.eli aiiicli t'e without them. .: Erect the rc*ju*ile outbuildings, a here w anting. j. P .rn:sh I . t.j i t- ard* or have t old On.t r-pafnte.l, whirt-yer such old -• cs afii uiiht for use Probably in some • H'jf 'i hooj, t !t. tirade your lea. tiers salaries a. cording to th< i' ability and luriit. .It is argued .and admitted, that tbe ia<- obtained scholar ihip Slid skill i f prSsUce. 41-uS. suppose tbal the alt-rage scholarship of two teach ers to be 2, and the practice of the one be represented bv tbe figure 4, the general avt r.ige uf the first certificate is U, and thai of the other 1* 3, yet alike in scholar ship. Ki'.abii'h a 1 -mpclcnt su|-rv isioti, 1- u,p|.yif. n tisht. ,nc kjt rcury of the It. aid or >■ n e a live UacFer for this pur pose 1 7, Furnish oacl, member of the Hoard with act p> of the I'er.nsylvaiiia Sclhk,| Journal at directed by \ho law. s. Publish a statement apj-r.-ved by the t rough r t"wnsbip auditors, ot the fi 1 aßCis! operations of the district for tbe yi.-.r. s, r< ,:!( J .V ' , i nd (I*ll of th' chool law |f fur Bu other reason, do this in justice to yourselves, to avoid lault-fir.ding ' \\ ith a sincere desire to co-operate director* and teaclurs fur the im proVi inriil of the schools, correspundenr* with reference ll • nto earne-tly solicited, |t M MAtiEE. Co S*yt. miracles possible ani natur al. The H, v tieorge It CbccVt-r, I' I) , preached ! '| oiicluding ! turc of hi* •mes on "TborKvidence* of CbratinnUy, si Association Hal! from Col i , 16, 17 I 'Kir by tiun *ll thing, were created," Jcc True science show* us a whole universe of invisible reaiitics and pow i rs, and sbovr* that wc must believe in what we cannot see, and that we can know many things only by believing first. False science 1 reduces life to museums, and our museums skeletons, and . \cluJr* the unseen soul Pur st'iid of life at unreal 'tba false sci eni e is as different from tbe true as a pack age of dried hay from a field of tresh cls- V cr. Tbe be!l'v ing spirit walk, afield and rejoices in the waving grass and grain, and sing* among the meadow flowers, breathing fragrant o. The sktola- cuts lus v!• !c 1 rap iir.i „i; u.t.> hay. put* it into a hydrostatic press, and chops 11 into scienti , fic f.Hal for the cattle- And if the t.hiloao phy of materialism were true, the pro phetic child that pcrteveriiigly holds her . reed. "We are *• vcn. is correlated, con verted, conserved with no higher minis tries. purposes or rrnliti iti cgutcnce. '.pan hie of the fikhrcnyard that passes into grass, or the life of the grass that passes into cattle, or of tbo cattle, that reverts bai k into grass again, t he cut and eaten and converted. And so, when Lucy's race is run, she dies and leaves ty the poet and pbilosonhtf liij ..ictaory t'T *1)1,, has brill, ahd Ul.at shall be again, in the differentiations of natural selection. Sui h 1# the scientific history of Nature * loveliest flower of mind and person. From the contemplation of such t miracie ol credulity and unbolts! in tho philosophy at evolution. *u< ha wild, ragged com pound ol blindness and superstition, we pa- again to the great miracle oi light and life, the Bun of God incarnate. Him self the image of the invislblo (toii, and the Creator and head of all things in hca- Va end in earth, Libia and invisible; the Author and Finisher of faith, the Light that lighteth every man that comclh into the world. By Hint we see Heaven opened, and the angel* of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. the path made plain to His divine abode, in Himself, as the Way to it, tbe Truth pre paring for it, arid tno Life Eternal in it By llTtn lirsl are wo enabled to perceive and know the infinite benevolence of God 'the Father in our own life and immortali ty, giving thanks unto the Father who nnih made us meet to be partaker* <>f the inheritance of saints in light, who hath de livered us from tho power of darkness, and hath translated us into thu kingdom of hi dear Son. And here, irom our position 111 thai kingduin, and trou, thu miraclouf it* disclosure to human ronton, wo are em powered to back tho character of Christ in ilio (ii>i|x-lr, and bin miracle* a* part of that charactor, acknowledged MI to be, against all the contradictions and myster ies, the riddle* H tnl difficulties, assumed or real, or never yet disentangled, historic, scientific. chronological, or any otherwise, over .vol presented. for Ilia character without the miracles is that of an impostor, and tno miracles without the character are absolutely impossible. The character is not to he accounted for except bv ad mitting Deity, divine purpose and power; and (bat given, all the rest follows. Hut the supposed contradictions can be ac counted for in ninny ways. Mistakes of •>opvisit, of numerals, of marginal glosses, critical ignoraneu. want of knowletfge our selves to fill up tho gaps, or pontoons to bridge them ; the loss of keys out of histo ry, keys of interpietation; many such things may liavo created insoluble precip itants in a vase of transparent elements. Hut we have all the knowledge requisite, of tho chargptpr and plan uf Christ, and nothing wanting In that lor absolute per lection and consistency ; nor would any thing added that is unknown, either dis null or npotraKae the divine reality, or slter the grand features of wlmt is written, that we might believe in Him, and know 111111 as lie is, but would only confirm what we ulrcad.v possess. Hooted and {rounded in love, miracles nro u possible *iid natural a spiritual or agricultural liscipllne, and often in liod's daily work with us there is a combination of both the latum! and the miraeulous. One day in ruit harvest, tho gardener in a friend's {rounds showed me the combination of udicalism and grafting. He had grafted i itossiler pear upon the root and stock of i quince tree. Then, when that had trpfh a JMC or tum, |ig graft*} St. u ichael's pear Oud'a discipline with usnud lor to. in Christ, to tha records of Hint discipline in both |.nit of the It.ink ul Divine ltoreUti.,l, | |, O n o4erii tdiil..... nliy of evolution makes miracle* impossi tile lltii Christ's character and purposes illlike l oth t.i .l a luirn. Ics and Christ's n..t only possible hut probable end in.-vita l.l. hv.-ry miracle ia n special superna tiirnl Interposition, Hint entirely different fiiri'e coming tn, nut rvolveii trutu any preceding from or rorrnUtion of forcrs. Ai < ..riling to the avatem of evolution, it ia H impossible to believe that t'hriat turne.t water into wine na that tlwl ever created limn Hi Ilia own illlttge No testimony Call convince. New we do not, in any raae, believe the miracle on leatiuiony merely, hut on the pre. cling known purpose of it and called lor it; the moral conviction iaj nt the foundation 1). very idea of mir ■! juir. a n benevolent jnianlat a alh'<- tor n aaf.e mind to helleve a miracle oil! -f NfttUfe, tk Ul in.(lf (rV iilvt d Kvulu* lion .cai.a no place lor it. n.r any reaaoit •fit. Aid why ilcoa (Jod Wish us to I.e. •1 e ' \\ hat ia II to him W helher Wo be i.. ..r n..t What would it he to ua w helher any ..r nil or nM of the pismires of an ant-hill l.olieved that we had written n natural iiiatury of insects ur a ureal po em ' '1 by righteousness may profit a man like thyself, but w I.at can it do for (jod ' If 1 were hungry 1 would not tell thee It ia tor our good, heeauae lie desires to make ua g"l and happy, to furtive ami Idea* ua, i i turning to away every one fr.'iu hi* ini|uitira. lie baa nothing p. gain, and certainly Ilia witnesses ba*c nothing to gain, r.crpi tin. accomplish litciil of iita purposes of love In that bath he and ihev have everything to gain, hut an infinity disinterested, becauae it ia gain for others, yet infinitely interested, because find la love, and fiod a loVc iflfi. uilely desire* and enjoy* the making otb* era good and hapov. Herons* (• | will have men to l u iiilliaelf aa their .--at i. r, and Ul leaf on llla word ..J pioi,.K, . atid to.i on any chain of * .itliii ; ei.Miiiii .g or fkcla m . rUllted by ill. sen*-, but Oil Ilia word of simple faith, therefore U tha moral and spiritual demonstration ao o*etwhelming. the his* loriral and scientific ao open to diapute. Hot the moment we have taken into our being, received int>> the depth of our ao',,l*, even the shadow, of the £-uq mountain's oftiod'a truth, '• fle reacrtion'of their da/.clti.g mmrnif, as in a clear lake the •now covered Alfa are reverbertilwd, the* ail the argument* of inttdclt and all tha (u. fto.t.ii.g uf doubtful mind* aro ut.ly ua light Q. ci ra of cloud Would be In a cloar day between our v;*iun and ilonl Blanc in S witaeriand. Tha argument from t lariat in tin- (ioapeli i. more Cc livinclug, mora overwhelming more eipulaive of the possibility of delusion or mUtaka or unreality, that) * range of ulaba.itr mo;tt lain* would be to the aight ret.. l,i,g If On, earth to heaver. Ait toe objection* that have ev. r been evoked out of the brain, or workshops <>! i, u ntiftc philosopher* or the encounter of aiu-i:biirig-b!rka fit to grind . ten to powder, go for Quthiftf, T-ac the S. nature;. Nt e.. ry do- IvUiUre, at d they ran bear any amount of hitktidaring, mU interpretation, assumption of fal.e prom tae. obstinate holding, of prejudice, di t.-rt'ena, racking* on the wheel) and yet lb- demonstration of Christ tn tbeaa (ins. pels. a. the power of hied and the wiadotn oftioi unto salvation, shall uo more be obscured ar weakened than the un could be darkene d by scattering a vlffl of ( ague, in> ci.tc tutu It.e air. If we were shut up to the Very letter of (•en cats, and had no margin of interpreta tion, no allowance of tune but just one "> of si* day. of I'd hour, each, it would still t e more likely that all the fossils of the riseks, all the microscopic infusoria, shells, chalk, and coral reefs and tnouu tains, were created ju*t a* they aro, and in one dav, than that Christ v.*. a., impo.- t -r. Ihi a:gurnet,| of rdtgimj. truth, completed in fthrtsl, is a mure conclusive, irresistible 4*-'th"iiu*alon, than any argu* lociit from sciooco evc-r p*>ssibly can lie It involve, no Impossibility to suppose the vri rid rreati in one day, Or fossils created as fossil*, or coal bi-d* as c-al beds Hut it involve an iin|K>k*ibilily to uppu<- thsl Christ an impostor, bmut that tuppos God biuwlf a iiar, and that sup pa-. * no (tod Ther- L t.o fi unlets* ho he a God revealing lumnfl no Creator, unless ha be a (io.l osrilig for the good of hit ere* tuift, a G-al protecting and blessing those *bm hi* power and wisdom brought into Win* If there hf a Otai, a Creator, lh-re must he a it 1. a lie*ealer, and a ravela tion from him. and man mutt know it. Hut there it no such r< vtiiiion me onlv in iiia Word of God. If that te i.>, a revelation frtman hart- mine. an I never Lav <-had. and utter ran hate. It 1* allotted by all conceivable seals of ap peal ani (iiuof In human reaaon A ret >— iatioii cannot be made to a reasonable creature unlet. that which it given in the W • rd of God it one Now it it more im|><>t>ibl that Cbriti at an impostor than that the phenomena of tcience tbouid h mi.inlarprelod or experimentalist mi-hu. It ii more' likrlv Uitt > rvthing in the processes of creati"ii and l'rovidenlial interpoaition tools tilace el aril.v a recorded iti Genesis, and that the scientist* arc a', fault in their interpretation ot both the bocks of divine! revelation. Nature and the Written Word, than that Christ *t> an impostor.' It u more likely that the tun U-o ' • ;iJ at! the prayef of Joshua than that Cbfist Wat! an in.p aur, and thai all the miracles re ferred to by Chritl. and all the fact# anJ hitlorical ami d-K-lrinal atacrliont assumed and reasoned from bv hint at true, took plare and a >rc revealed exactly at record ed in the old TetUmenl Scs-'ptu; that Cbriti w- .: 3 .oip-wtnr l! it nmre likely ti.al science it mistaken in conjec turing tbe age of man, and tcienlitit in affirming that hit fir-t i nndilion a> that of a savage, than that Chritt wa an itu po*tor. If a human tkelelon should ,a found! imbedded in • 1 ,kllr.l the Aaoic' rov k*. il would be more likely even thai it wat created thereon purpose, before man wat made, than that Chritl wat an iat) art beyond that of Egypt, and even of the Iteluge, to a race of successive mon arch* in a line apart from Noahs, il would tie more likely that lliote rc- erd# ware all false and worthlea*. than that Chritt wat an impostor. All thing* are possible in regard to man. except that he thould know u'l thing* at (tod knowt them, or discover them more truly than God * ret elation of them. All thing* are poatible with God, except that God thould lie, or be mistaken. Kcavon may affirm n thing lc by iiupossf bie, and >*t *innce itaelf *ntav tell u* af terward how it it pot tilde. But it it nolj pottihie that there thould be a benevolent God, and yet tb*t he thould never have made himself known to hit intelligent creature*. It is not postiblo that He' thould make himtelf known in falsehood. It is not possible that He should ruveul -•' system of lie* in Hi. Word, having re vealed himself In nature It it not posti blo either that God should lie and nature lell the truth, or that nature should lie, , and God or man discover a falsehood Na- , lure and Revelation are equally God's j truth, but whereasthe heavens dei iare the!, glory of God, the Law of the Lord is per-i, feet, converting the soul. . VJOTICK UF AI'PKALs.-Notice is i.l hereby given that the Commission er* of Centre county will hear appeals from assessments of 1874 lor the different townships and borough- in -aid county, on the follow ing days, at the places for hold ing election-in townships and boroughs, to wit; Pulton Iwp Tuc-day, June J:.. Half Moon tup \V Tv*f tavitfi the a. this vicinity to gtvo them a call, as they will strive to merit a share of their pat ronago. rnylOtf FURNITURE. | JOHN LLLLECIIHILL, IN hi* ELEGANT Now HOOIIK, Serine street i Bellefotile. Hits <>fi hand i> riiU-ntiid assortment ofj HOUSE KI?ItNIT I'ltK from the com moriPit to tiiu in.i*t elegant. fit A M IIE It SKIS, |'A KLoR SETS, St)KAS, CHAIRS. BEDSTEAD*. WOOL MATTKKNSKS JlAllt MAT TItKSSKS, atid anything warn,! in the tine of hi>< businc,, homemade and city work Al-j so, ha* ma. to a speciality and keeps on ! bund, the largest and finest stock of WALL PAPER. Goods sold at reasonable rales, wholesale utiil rcUll. Civ him a -RIJ t ftr do all KINDS tF CASTI NO from the 1 argot to the small* I'tt. and have facilities for doing all kind* of IKoN WORK uch a- PLANING, TCKNISG, BORING. Ac All k'nd* of repairing done on shirt po lice Y4>f PALI A BBOOF, A Centre Ilall. J. ZELLER 6r SON DRUGGISTS No ljjuoaci Noli How, Uellcfouu-.l'a Dcnlcnln Drug*. Perftotnerj, Fancy Cottda dr., •lie. Pure Wine* and Liquon for inrdict! purposes always kept. may 81. f iKKTKK i; \vi- Furniture Rooms! KKt XHIXEd ÜBOWM.IX, respectfully inform the riiicent of Ccfilrc county, that they have hough*. out the old aland of J. O Uu.Lgor. and have reduced ,■ ■ • 'I•• | have conatantly n hand, alid Aiakc to Order ! BEDSTEADS. lII'HEAD'S, SINKS. Ml ASHSTANDS. OtjtlNKß CUPBOARDS, TABLES, do.. Ac. Homk Maps Chair* At ways on 11anj>. Their slock of rca.ly-niaJa Furniture u large and warranted of good w>titlimcnt at Centre Hall, keep* on hand, and tor tale, at the mo*l reaoana ble rates. Carriages, Buggies, ' A Spring Wagons, PI.AIK ASI> FANCY, and vehicle* of every description made to order, and warranted to be made of the ibeatteaaoned material, and by the mo*t skilled and competent workmen. Person* wanting anything in hi* line ere requested to call and eutmut* hit work, they will tmd it not to l>e excelled for durability and : wear. may 3t(. LEVI MIRHAY, NOTARY PUBLIC, sntfUNKR AND CONVKYANCKR. C S N TRK II A L L, P A. Will attend to administering Oath*, Ac knowledgement of Deed*, Ac, writing Ar ticle* of Agreement, Deed*, Ac, may 16 r. 11. WIUfON. T. A. UK'KS. WISON & HICKS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Hardware ami ItoaU'i-N liuililers Hardware CARRIAGE MAKERS GOODS. SADDLERS TRIMMINGS. VI 1- KIVHd or IIARDWAKE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. STOVES. . SPKAH'S ANTI-CLINKEIt STOVES] Jfc DOUBLE whnh wilt hoot one or two rooms down stair*. and same number above. Cost vory little uiore than single stoves. These are the best parlor stoves made. SUSQUEHANNA COOK STQVE. i This stove has large ovens, will burn hard or soft oonl and wood. Every one warranted to give perfect satisfaction. WILSON ds HICKS, maris tl Ballefonte, Pa. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! A. W GRAFF, CENTRE HILL, CENTRE CO.. PA., Has just received a largo invoice of Summer Goods. t 'onslstiug of the best assortment of READY-MADE CLOTHING! Hit ESS GOODS GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, BOOTS A SHOES, HATHA CAPS. AND FANCY ARTICLES, ever brought to Pottcrtwp. LOWEST CASH PRICES! uk °" in *■"""*• ■' hih "' A.W.OHAi-r. C. PEC K' S New Coach Manufactory, CENTRE HALL. PA. The undersigned has op*ad a new e. lablubtnent, at bis new shops. f or the manufacluic of Carnages, Buggies, A Spring Wagons, I SLCIOUa A*|l Slips, Plajk AMP Faict of every description , All vchicles manufactured by bits are w-arrnutc.i to render satisfaction, and as equal to any work done elsewhere. fla uses none but the beat material, and employs the most skillful workmen Heine they flatter themselves that tbeir work can not U excelled for durability and finish. Orders from a distance promptly attend ed to. Come and examine my work before I contracting elsewhere. PRICES REASONABLE, All kind* of Kt-ptrittg done. GOODS AND NKW PRICKS • | UIGU HATES HEBBED OUT.| Goods ■( Old Faahioutd Prices. At the Old Sund of Wl. WOLF. Would respectfully inform the World and; the real of tnankiwdL that he hat ; jul optr.ed out and Is conatantly receiving a .large Mock of GOODS OF ALL KINDS which ho is offering at the very lowest' market price. DRY GOODS and! Prints, Mutlint. Opera Owntuiu. and Wollj Flannels. Ladies Uru* Goods, such as Detain*. Alpaca*, Poplins, Empress Cloth, SatyepA. Tatae'ise, together with a full; istock of everything usually kept in the I Day Goods line, which be has determined to sell vcif. cheap, consisting of NOTIONS: ' A full stock, consisting part of Ladiot and I iCktldren's Merino Hose, Collars, Kid: i gloves, best uualiir silk and Lisle thread Gloves. Hoods, Nubias. Breakfast iLswU, II ATS & CAPS, A full wss.u'tiueut ol Men's Boy's and Children's ol the latest stylo and best. CLOTHING, Ready t-s.de a choice selection of Men'*} and Boy's ot the to-west styles and umml serviceable materials. BOOTS & SHOES, M M. WOLF CENTRE HALL Hardware Slore. J. O. DEININGKK A new, complete Hardware Stoet has been opened by the undersigned in Cen tre Hall, where he is prepared to sell all kinds of Building ana House Furnishing Hardware, Hails. Ac. Circular and lland Saws, Tenaon Saws, | Webb Saws, Clothes Racks, a full assort- j menl of Glass and Mirror Plate Picture j Frames, Spokes, Felloes, and Hubs, tabic■; Cutlery, Shovels, .Spade and Forks., Locks, liinges t Screws, Sash Springs.] Horse-Shoes. Nails, Norway Rods, Oils.' Tea Bells, Carpenter Tools, Paint, Varn ishes. Pictures framed in the finest style. Anything not on hand, ordered ti|unj shortest notice. Remember, all nods offered tAeap er than elsewhere aug ti-V 73-lf The Granger Store! I Something New! 1 CASH AND PRODUCE FOR CHEAP GOODS. ! SHORT CREDIT 4 SHORT PROFITS. ISRE.IL UKC^QBU; I : Spring M ilk has established a store to *uit > the times, and hat a complete ttock of ! I>RY GOODS. NOTIONS, GROCERIES, H ART) W ARK. OUEENSWARE HATS, CAPS. ROOTS A SHOES, ITSU. SALT. CIGARS. TOBACCO, DRUGS. SPICKS, OILS, In *hort h lull linn of EVERYTHING FOR LESS PRICKS THAN EISE WHERE COME AND JUDGE FOR YOUR SKLVRS. I sfeb, y, ,1 HARDWARE STORE. I 4 J- HARRIS. No. 6, BROCK KKHOFF ROW. A new and 'complete Hardware Store ' las been opened by the undersigned in Brockerhoffs new building—where they are prepared to sell all kinds of Building and House Furnishing Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails. ® u lOf„ .wheels .•* setts, Champion Clothe* \Vringer, Mill Saws, Circular and Hand Saw*. Tennon Saw*. Webb Saws, Ice Cream hreezert, llath Tubs, Clothes Hacks, H full assortment of Glass and tiA rro f ate °'sites, Picture Frames, Wheelbarrows, Lamps Coal OR Lamps, Belting, Spokes, bellow, and Hubs. 1 lows, Cultivator*, Corn Plow*, Plow "'/J, I*' 1 *' YjloW fiuards and Cultiva tor Teeth, uibk> Cutlery, Shovels, Spades : and Pork i/Locks. Hinges, Screws, Sash Springs, Horse-Shoes, Nails, Norway Rods, Oils, Lard, Lubricating Coal. Linseed, Tanners, Anvils, Vices, Bellows. Screw Plates, Blacksmiths Tools, Factory Bells, Tea Bells, Grindstones, Carpentei ToolSj Fruit Jars and Cans, Paint, Oils, 1 Varnishes received and for sale at iune6'6B-tf .1 .%• T HIBPIO I. Guggenheintcr. ARRANGEMENTt Isaac GL'ttOKxmuiiEß, having purchased the entire stock of the late lirru of huaaman A Guggsnheimar ex cept (he Lent lur niin fihoe findinf t has filled up bis shelves with a lt of HPLKNDIH JSMV OOOItM, embracing READY MADE CLOTHING, DRBMOOOM, <1 ROOK Rl KB, fitoviMioNa, BOOTS A tIIOER, UAIW A CAm, * AMU FANCY ARTICLE* andia now prepared to accomodate al. hia old customers, and to welcome all . new ouea who mar favor him with * , their patronage. lie foals safe in nay- || iag that he can please the moat fastidi - oua Call and see. ISAAC GUGGENHEIM KR. P. B.—Mr. Htiasman still continues to deal in LEATHER AND SHOE.FINDINGS CLOVER and TIMOTHY SEEDS, in IfteoJd room, where he may alway be found. HJap.tf. r |MIK undersigned, determined to meet I JL. the popular demand for Lower Price* respectfully call* the attention of the public to bis stock of SADDLERY, BOW offered' at the old stand. Designed - J especially for the people and the times, ike w largest and most varied and complete as sortment of Saddles, Harness, Collars, Bridles,, of every description and quality ; Whips. * and in fart everything to complete a first class establishment, be now offers et price* which will suit the times JACOB PINOKS. Centre ItnlJ Shortlidge & Co.. j PROPRIETORS OF TIIK BELLEFONTE LINE QUARRIES, I The only Manufacturers of Lime, burnt • ] exclusively with wood, in Central Pennsylvania. bKALEKfi iff Anthracite Coal, Whim Lime. . 1 I) Pout's Powder, Sporting and Blasting Powder on I hand, Fuse for Blasting, Fire Brick, Ground Fire Clay, ; Fertilisers, Implements ! j a r.30 73 Ufflce acd yard near South etid ..f th. Bald Eagle \ alley Railroad Depot, Belle- { foafia. Pa ian ion NEW GOODS AND NEW PRICES, AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK. OF BOOTS AND SHOES BOSTON BOOT & SHOE STORK. NO. 3. HI Sll s ARC ADE. Prices Leas than at any Other Shoe Store in Centre County. Call and See Us ! |* No. 5, Bush's Arcade, Bellefonte. July 19tf. JQ.ROCIBT STORE Woodring ALLISTER &"BEAVER,"