THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED. KURTZ, Eprror and Pror's. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, CAPT. ROBERT TAGGART, OF Warren County FOR STATE TREASURER, HON. JOSEPH POWELL, Of Bradford County. Connty Ticket, ASSOCIATE JUDGE Dr. J R. SMITH, af Pine Grove: Mills. DISTRICT ATTORNEY W. C. HEINLE, of Bellefonte. COUNTY SURVEYOR ELLIS L. ORVIS, of Bellefonte, a. section : Mehemet Pasha, the Governor of Fi. orian, who, with several councillors, was captured near Salonica by Arabian bri- gands, on the 21st, ult, and held for a demanded ransom of $20,000, has been safely rescued by the party of soldiers sent for the purpose. The soldiers suc- ceaded in dispersing the brigands, after killing four of them. ——————i % Violent riots against the Hebrews be- gan at Egerszeg, Hungary, on Friday night, 24th, ult. Two thousand peasants took part in the outbreak. They wrecked all the houses and shops of He- brews in the place, and shouted, “Mur- der all Jews!” Troops were called out, but were unable to suppress the violence of the mob were reinforced. the rioters also released a number of prisoners, A force of infantry and cavalry pro- ceeded to Egerszez from ° Buda-Pesth, The peasants were armed with muskets and stoutly resisted the troops. It is re- ported that twenty soldiers and many rioters were killed. Riots against the Hebrews have also occurred at Churgo, Kiszthely, Kanisa and Nagy (Great Kanisa). At the last. named placed troops had to be called out to) suppress the disturbance. Advices from Ekaterinoslav, the scene of the recent riots against the He- brews, say that 315 houses were wrecked ani plundered during the progress of the riots and that the losses sustained bs Hebrews are estimated at 611,000 roubles. Fourteen of the Russians who were wounded by the troops in quelling te outbreak have since died, making the total number of persons killed 28, —— itm In the House on ki, the Am- merman resolution to sabmit the forma- tion of apportionment bills to an arbitra- tion committez often prominent citizens was passed by a vote of 83 yeas to Of In the senate the proposition 141 intl ney Hie lh ult Rave. + 3.1 . 4 was defeated by the regublicans, As the hee ok ed upon by some as a honey bee, Sofie of the fellows in this eounty who have such an insect after them, will take warning from the following item: David Woods, in York State, was stung to death the other day by honey bees. His team was also killed, We have known persons to be “killed” by the sting of the office bee, 00. ’ ——————— . Emory Storrs, of Chicago, now at Sar. atoun, is said to have 300 neckties, Em- ory must have a life tough as a cat- we've known fellows to kick the bucket in seven minutes from one “necktie.” A newspaper in Nevadasays : During the last trip but one from Elko, a mare in Mr. Yeates's team gave birth to twin eolts, one a horse and the other a mule. 1.ast Saturday when the team was here grain, the colts were along and both be- ing suckled by the mother. This re. minds us of Stewart and Cooper trotting alongside the machine in our state, The greenback state convention met at Williamsport, last week, and nominat- el T. P. Rynder for Auditor General, and A.T. Marsh for State Treasurer. Most of the Berogrer readers in Centre and Clinton counties know Rynder—we once cooked a dinner for him—und you bet he was hungry as a grasshopper. Two men fought a duel in an Illinois town the other day and killed each oth- or. This is a happy improvement on the old style of duelling in which only tne of the parties would be killed. The President is still out fishing and the cabinet is frolicking around while the clerks are running the government, From all appearances the recent agitation of the railroad matter by the Reronrer, resulting in the meeting last Thursday, promise to bear good fruit, Arthur has been fishing all summer yet the price of the article has not gone down, neither has his presidential stock taken much of an upward rise. A SLA UA ASA Shapira’s Deuteronomy manuscripts, SE os AR. 5 A RE NS TOI ro for which he wanted $5,000,000, have been officially declared to be forgeries, and Dr. Ginsburg has made a very learn- ed and interesting exposure of them, showing that they must have been con- cocted by a person who had learned He- brew in Northern Europe, and who in dictating it to his Asiatic accomplices so pronounced some words as to create tell tale phonetic errors in the Moabite text. Certain learned Germans, who were in ambush waiting to see what the Muse- um authorities might do, now come for- ward and declare that the manuscript was offered to them long ago and they declined it as a forgery. They also dis- cuss Mr, Shapira in a way which has the effect of sending that learned gentleman back to Jerusalem without a rag of char- acter left. trem moni AR mmimc— Stubbornness on the part of the Re- publicans of the Senate, in order to se- cure a dishonest and unfair apportion- ment, has caused the extra session of the Legislature, It has cost the tax-payers nearly $200,- 000, so far, and will run up $3000 for ev- ery day the extra session lasts, This is all at the bidding of the Cam- eron ring bosses so that Don may have districts enough to re-elect him to the U. 8. Senate, willing or unwilling. The railroad meeting held in this place Thursday afternoon of last week was well attended and nearly sll the active and earnest friends of the road, in the valley and Bellefonte, were present. The resolutions passed are conservative but firm in tone setting forth the injustice done the people of the valley on the part of the Penn’a railroad in leaving our road unfinished after forcing the stock- holders to pay up and cutting up the best of our farming lands. After the ob- jects of the meeting were stated by the chairman, there was a full and free dis cussion upon the resolutions reported by the committee, Mr, Alexander thought a fair statament of the situation, made to officials of the Penna BR. R , would lead them to do what was right to our people; while there was great wrong done to our people by that company, yet he thought there was little legal remedy for our wrongs, and that all that was left was to beg of them to do justice to our people, Mr. Spangler advocated moderation, on the part of the meeting, and if that failed he believed if the case were placed in the hands of eminent counsel likd Mr. Gowen that the Penn's railroad might find cause to regret the course it had pursued. Col. Milliken spoke like one who is booked in railroads; he admitted that there was wrong done the stockholders in our county, and thought that if a fair statement were made of what was paid by the people and promised by the agents of the company, that a favorable hearing could be had at headquarters, Col. Milliken is identified with the Penn. sylvania railroad, yet his remarks were expressive of a kindly feeling for the in- terests of our people in this matter, and he endorsed the tone of the resolutions. General Beaver said he was a stock- holder and that it was the only railroad stock he ever had. He had made re peated appeals to the Penn'a railroad company to complete its work here and do justice to our people, and had always received favorable assurances of their intentions to go on with the work, ad mitting, however, that in the delay there was great injustice done, The General seemed confident that the company in- tended completing the road soon, Judge Orvis being called upon, very decidedly expressed his doubts about any party having any franchises or priv- ileges as a railroad company along the route of our road, as all rights may have been forfeited, and that there was no ne- cessity of begging for justice when our rights should be demanded in the most decided tones. The remarks of the Judge were applauded and infased new life into the movement, with hope of ul- timate good results, Remarks were made by Messrs, Gilli land, Thompson, Dale, Rhone, Kurtz, Hess and others ; upon the whole, the meeting was a success, with every indi- cation that it will result in the end de- sired. The proceedings and resolutions are printed elsewhere in the Rerorten, Scat Martin Luther's memory will be honor open air jubilee near Frederick, Md. to be participated in by all the Lutheran congregations in that part of the state. Tue Rev. Dr. Morris, of Baltimore, will De. Domer, of Washington, will deliver an address on the idea set forth by his torian Froude, that “had there been no Luther, the English, American and Gor man people would be thinking differ ently, would be acting differently, would be altogether different men and women from what they are at this moment.” Ww pr mario FUNCTIONS OF THE NEWSPAPER. WILL L. KURTZ (Sophomore prize camay, at the last Commences ment, University at Lewisburg for scopy of which we are indebted 10 the Willlmosport Dally Sun and Banner.) Journalism of to-day presents a noble contrast with that ofthe past. Improve- ments have left their indelible mark in every department, Instead of being mere dry records of mors dry events, our newspapers of the present embrace an enlarged scope containing a breadth and variety of subjects, never before attained. Art and philosophy enrich its columns, and the varied liter ature of the present, as well as the gold en wisdom of, the past, is spread before the eyes of the reader. Newspapers are treasures of thought, emotion and action; centres of literature, discussion and dai- ly actions, photographing minutely the ho sand stirring and exciting occurrens ces of the day. The chief functions of the newspaper are to gather the news, to discuss and eriticise and to furnish reading matter, Taking the first Mnction, that of news- gathering, it readily divides itself into the presentation of current eveats, and furnishing information upon varionstop- ica, Now comes thé question as to what the duty of the newspaper really is in giving to the public the news of the day. Scattered abroad over the globe, is a host of faithful reporters, observing and recording every word and deed worthy of mention. Flashed by lightoing from con- tinent to continent, and from hamlet toci ty,a mass of news is collected which would iil many times the colums of the largest newspaper. From this aggregate mass of intelligence it is the duty of the news. paper to sift and select the most import. ant and interesting part, and to deter- mine what shall and what shall not be placed before the eyes of its readers. It ghould suppress the immoral and inde cent, and give prominence to the import- ant events and actions that have transpir. ed, and not dishonestly keep back infor. mation which may be of value to any one, It isthe daty of the newspaper to present faithfully and true all the happenings and transactions which are of any lmpor- tance whatever, so that those who rely for information upon these journals may be in no wise deceived by falie states ments or withheld intelligence. The col amus should contain an account of the debates and decisions of parliamentary bodies, of revolutions and wars, disas- ters on land and sea, morders, suicides, robberries, local happening, and the many other ocearrences, taking place day after day, in fact, all the important news of our country as well as of the world besides, 3y the publishing of the current evenis the newspaper becomes a historical re- cord. When the historian of the future takes up his pen to inscribe on the pages of history the record of the past occur rences, he will find no more fertile field of information than among the files of the newspaper. They will open to him an unsurpassed mine of wealth, He roes, authors, poets, statesrnen and all will no longer be buried in a misty haze of doubt and uncertainty, but the unde- niable record of their lives and actions will be found portrayed in the minutes detail. The newspaper file is a rich beir-loom, a casket filled with precious gems, which succeeding generations will regard and protect with fitting care. How important it is $hen that the proper discretion should be used iu the publish- ing of news, It isthe undeniable duty of the newspapers to present nothing but the truth, and to record all events impartisily. Coming under the head of the furnish- ing of information, is the advertisement department of the newspaper. Some may sneer at this, but let them remem- ber that every community is made up f consumers and producers—buyers and sellers; that the consumer has certain wants to be supplied, which is done by the prodocer, This is the foundation of trade. Now, unless the producer and consumer are brought into contact with each other, there can be no trade. A producer may be ever so willing to dis pose of his wares and the consumer may be just as anxious to secure them, bul uniess they are both cognizant of the fact, no exchange can take place. Here it is then that the columns of a newspa- per are brought into play. By adver tising the producer makes known the valuable qualities of his wares and gives to the consumer information necessary to secure them, and vice versa, and thus an active trade springs up, Advertising is done in many ways, but practical ex- perience has decidedly shown that nothing can excel the columns of the newspaper for the purpose of advertising thoroughly. Read by evety iotelligent person, no better vehicle of information can be obtained. It is just ae truly the function of the newspaper to present facts of this kind as to give the happen- ings aud events of the day. Indeed, some newspapers exist solely for this purpose. Our courts make known legai affairs through these columns, and to them the aid of the newspaper is invaluable. The day has passed by when the courier dashes over the country with dripping steed, Jeotlaimingihe mandates of rulers and princes. Quietly, bul with wonder. ful thoroughness, the newspaper does the same work. The second of the subject brings us toa very important fonction of the newspaper. It may be resolved into the disonesion Of the news, criticisms npon public men and officers, opinions upon blic affairs, the ina ng and head bf uitddures of z —y the re- ving of literary works. It nly the duty of the 1 to comment and throw light Spon im ot part of he Ene th Ll ow ile relation between Abd Sometuing that business of the 8 to give its readers parti comments events wh vo Ce ay be de. ng to eriticism up- ha the subject of er we have a broad question to consider. One of the com- mendable features of our constitution is that it allows liberty and freedom tothe press within the proper limits, and makes it at once an sttribate of a free government, The law has given the press the privilege of discussing public men and public measures—the judges who occupy our highest tribunals not ex- cepted—and the path of duty clearly lies in the improving of this opportunity. When a man who has been elevated to some position within the gift of the peo~ ple, betrays hisfsacred] trast, it is the duty of the press to honestly andlearless)y eriticise him. A censor of oflic al infir. mities is {what is needed in this conntry of ours to keep clean the judicial ermine anid to prevent the defiling of the law. maker. Our representatives are ial o-- ing for the welifare of the public, and the criticisms of 4 free press can alone serve to protect the Btate and nations] inter. 1st8, by a free and open discussion of the haracters of the themsalyes for the suffrages of the people. The newepaper should algo give its at- tention to the enterprises and affairs of the people. When any popular fancy or raze seizes the public mind, the press an serve a useful purpose of waging an incearing warfare upon the evil, When strifes aud troables arise between capita! and labor, the newspaper's position hould be to actias an umpire, and to hop. stiy and heartily advoeste any messure th tends to an an y whit : cable a jjustment fie Gildcuiticn, When folly and mad. 089 run riot and the political sky is over. st with gloomy clouds, like a guiding tar should the press be fixed in the dark ieavens until the son shines forth in ai) iis splendor, Ihe newspiper by its peculiar positi 413 of eu ou naugurating : g rm. Tbe press should be aggressive ’ 3 $ 3 n there is need of A Change in any patter, or when a a in sowe vragch or department of the government s demanded for the good of the Tho 1d of vw bea fraud of he duty of ion PY & prominent place in aod healing measures of revoiail people 5 + . any kind is discovered, ibe newspaper is tot i ep in is exposure and t 0 aid in bringing crim. This in tae. warfare waged forcioly 3 ap New that mplete over. he ring, and saving millions of the people. Ths press can 1d 60 better employment than in an e¢xhaostive battle for the principles of | ght. Every legal and political measure | for the interests of ihe § ollid not want an earnest god fo dvocate in the newspaper. Our country has wWiinessed the press enzazed ia } st 4 Ring of journals of mY § MINE Or THE BASQUES, The Basques are in mapy respects the most peculisr people dwelling in elviliza tion, of which they really form mo part, For centuries they have undergone very little change, belong scarcely affected by re- volutions or progress of any kind. They nursber about 800,000, 180,000 being citi. zens of France, but the bulk and the most distinctive of them occupying the Basque Provinces in Spain-—Biscay, Guipuzeosand Alava, There is no record of thelr ever having been subdued, Oarthagenians, Romans, Goths, Saracens, Frenchmen or Spaniards have effaced their marked traits, corrupted the purity of their race, or evea modified their time.honored They of medium customs. aro size, compact of ng light gray eyes, black hair and com. plexions darker than the Spaniard Sim. ple in manners and character, they are proud and impetuous, determined and fiery patriots, and merry, sociable and hospitable withal, The are comely and strong, capable of, and often doing, mascu. women line work, are notable for vivacity, supple. ness and grace, and wear gay head dresses over their variously braided and twisted locks, Both sexes are exceedingly fond of games, festivals, music and dancing. The tational costume is a red jacket, long breeches, red sash, square knotted cravat, bempen shoes and pointed eap. Their manners are patriarchal and their habits also, While the sexes mingle without re. straint, they are very morsl, and marriage vows are religionsly kept. Their soil is fertile, and the Basques are so industrious that they produce good crops generally, notwithstanding their primitive agriculture, They are, pract y, democrats, the con. dition of all being very nearly equal, as the nobility, who derived their origin mainly from the Moors, are very few. They have very few towns or villages, their habitations scattered over most of the heights of Politically, they are each of which choose both a civiland a mili. eruber of the Junia, gorae one of the towns upon public affairs, The Al caldes are always men of age and experi. The Basques’ » o being the three Provinces divided into districts sn Alcalde, {ary officer, and a» septin meeting who ® ‘ ¢ La BROnuU 1 to deliberate ence, and fathers of faniilies, such conilicts 48 these, and the integrity ad majesty of our courts, as evinced by | hie respect entertained for them by the ople, owe no little of their purity t 1¢ undaunted atlac ss made by the prep upon those who bad disgraced the bene | and the bar. i At one lime it was only with the great- | e#t diffionity that tbe qualities of a new | conid be brought to the | who would maturally be | nterested in it. Besides, those por Of a new work were compelled to re- IN in, 10 8 certain extent, ignomut of Ibe advent of the newspaper, | Lowever, gave a new phase 0 the mat ter. Books were examived by compe- ent judges, and the result of tue inves dgation placed before the people. Lhrough this they were enabled to bee ome acquainted with the tone, gualitios and comparative worth of the book they were purchasing. Within the past few Fears this has grown to be quite & dis. inclive featare of the newspaper, and where any one is desirous of securing a new literary production, reference to tuis department of a newspaper is generally made. Many have come to rely upon it, and never venture a literary purchase without consulting its columos. The maintenance of such a department in the aewspaper is of the greatest value and ita worth not to be under estimated. ‘hat a proper and judicious attention should De paid to it, is evident ; and that an impartial and searching ex- amination stiould be male of every work likely to find any great sale among the public is not usjustly demanded. This, too, is a valuable function of the news. paper, the third and last function of (he newspaper is to furnish reading tnatter for the public. Many people an no other source of literary food. The news- paper furnishes to them ali that they res ceive, and to it they look for their supply. Ireating of carrent events, it is the only literature that occupies the attention of the man of toil. He is interested bat Jit. tle beyoud that. The reading matter of a newspaper treats of all subjects, and serves to relieve the monotony of pure suing page after page of dusty volumes, fhe tastes of the most cynical are satis. fied, and every one finds some portion worthy of jeusal. Its columns are em. bellished by history, biography, pbilos. ophy, theology, science, art, poetry, lit. erature and ail that pertains to the edu cational interests and the moral and so- cial welfare of the people. Some of the world’s finest wrilers and sothors con- tribute to its pages and make them spare kle with gos quarried from an exhan ste less mine of hidden beauties, Having then considered the functions fanctions of the newspaper in their sep- arate details, we may say in conolusion that the public has a right to receive through the newspapers the views and opinions arrived at after calm deliberas tion, and th best Omainstie iaforma- tion upon all matters o ie impor. tance. The ding _principies of Pe newspaper should be to inculeate into the minds of its readers the principles of right, honor and sel’rsi aves, The press is generally found to be no better thin the Jeople it represents, and, in a country like ours, whars liberty and jos- tice holds rally expect a press fros from Yiets owning no master, an undaunted champion of right, labor. ing for tha welfare of the people, and keeping full with the spirit and ge. nis of A progress, iterary work $a f itice of thos HRS ils rights are protected by written constitu. granted them by ancient They a re supposed to be the { the old Iberisns, and have er preserved an eo talted reputation for native mountains, They were the Cantabri of the Romans, admired them for their sturdy de. liberty, and are alluded to by Horace as a people very hard to teach to Ce ntuvies later, they fell, defile of Roncevalles, upon Charlemagne sod his army when 1'e turning to France, slow his bravest paladins, and compelled nim to fly for his life, Eus is the name the Basques give themselves, and their country they call Euscalerin. Thuy are prouder even than the Bpaninsds, and the mere fact of being born in their district secures the privilege of universal nobility. ATaonrsy tions {fuerce!, : inst remuant © ev rage among their w Lo fence of e yoke. renowned caldunae REVENGE, The Bo siety for the Protection of Animals aguinst Lhe cruelty of human anbinals is pot remark able for its activity in this coumiry, writes. the Paris correspondent: of a London paper. The police appear to think it ne business of theirs when cart: ms or coach. men brutally maltrest their )jorees in the streets, or when boys amuse themselves by torturing dogs and cate, or v ‘hatever other creatures have the ill luck to fa'] into their hands, The horses would appsr to be aware of the supineness of {heir gy vposed protectors, tor they have tak en the pn 'siter into their own hands, or rather into tL ®ir own teeth and feet. A omter by dint ¢ 1 hard flogging at his three horees, persuaded them to drag 16 tons of coal fo the foot of the steep hill which leads to the Boulevard Bessieres; but his powers of stimulation utterly failed to induce them to proceed any further—a thick steam rose up from their panting sides and nostrils. ** Budge! "said the fiend ; and straightway the carter began to lash and swear. A crowd gathered around the ferocious beast, who abandoned the lash and began to bang his stick about the horses’ heads and kick them with hob. nailed boots in the sides. The leader of the team took upon himself to protest against this extreme measure. He turned round, seized the oarter’s arm with his tooth, tossed him to the ground, and tram. pled him with his hoofs ; then seized him again with his teeth and tossed him about. The crowd and the police, which had looked approvingly on while he tortared the horses, interfered for the protection of the human monster, who was with great difficulty torn bléeding and mangled from the just equine resentment. He is jostly punished ; but surely some penalty should be inflicted on the railway company which sent ont this heavy load of coal to be dram up-hill by three horses, whenoe twice the number would barely have sufficed for the work. The carter has paid his penalty; not the police be armed with full power to dispatoh to tho fourriere any vehicle loaded NO. 36. TENTH ANNUAL YICKI1C. The Patrons of Husband County will hold th Picnic on NITTANY MOUNTA HALL, on THURSDAY, Hox, Monts {ER of the Nati nal far wipe Taomas, Bec’y of Penn'a Ex-Gov. A. G. 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Having been encouraged by the steady increase vi business, 1 have remod re vminted and added to the exile we'll as lo the interns) appearance oi 3 PUG HOUSE, thereby making it more silra Clive to my customers. 1 would now shan X my customers for their liberal pauls ronag® li Lhe Pasl, ADA SOHC B Cull atice of the same, My stock is 8 nos full as possible, 1am in oviaplels o munication with she principsi Drug dlow- ses of New York and Phtisdeiphin and sin supplied with outs and price lists, snd auyibiog in my line wol Kept 10 lock, will bo sent for st cocennd denvered at ine same prices that it could be boughi st il you went or seni yourself, 1 buy wy drugs fur casi, pay uo distounis, wilco wables ne to sell just as cheap as any ols drug store in the coanty. All business ween denier aid customers $LTICLY Cone J.D. MURRAY, Contre Hail Hie genuine 1 ph LA 88 85 : E~ Ba, “tial. jun. TM MERCHA Desires to that he has under W. W, the latest imp. who is one of the » and is now able to with better fits than a He has also reoei ved 1. “2700 plage containing the Tatest styles. Also a fine lot of samples irom whi *h you can select for suits, He respec fully asks the public when in need of cl 'thy marly v PRESENT POWER, To-Morrow a Long W is Wanted A, SANDUE, NT TAILOR, CENTRE BALL, Pa suaounce (o his customers lately taken instruction ". Belford, of Milton, in ovementis in cutting, “ost tailors in Pen'sn, gerve customs be fore, :