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OLD SERIES, XL.
NEW SERIES, XIX.
CENTRE REPORTER
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a caucu ho"
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tion to the 3. Senate
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imilar organization Ohio and
yivania has proved fraud-
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ern ean
i ered
ie ten i
he t ignation
y promptly accepted. John D.
t! Prof.
itztown, iat
to make
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the association, an
I'his the Pro-
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charged
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that
i stated he desire
d would
Or niinseil.
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yet gy &
: £3 i baa
JHA
ats are reported to have been sol
n Derks and Lehigh counties,
-—-
The question of improved cross ties is
one which the railways are constantly
investigating, as it is an important one
from various points of view and not the
least from the monetary point. Cheap
as wooden ties are now, the annual cost
of replacing them is a big item in the
annual expense of the lines, estimated
by an officer of the Erie at $6,000,000.
He fixes 300 ties a mile as the number
needed every year for repairs, or a total
of from 12,000,000 to 15,000 000, Ties cost
from 49 to 60 cents now, but run to 7
cents to §1 when there is a brisk demand
for them in case of railway building.
The life of a wooden tie is put at three
years,
The necessity for a more durable ma-
terial than wood has long been felt in
the old world, and iron and glass have
been resorted to. In India iron ties
have to be used because of a borer which
would enter wooden ones and quickly
hollow them out like shells. But there
is so little difference between the price
of iron and Bessemer stecel that the
steel is to be tried in India. Some large
orders for ties have been sent to Eng-
land recently, and among them are some
for Bessemer ties. In England itself
the iron tie is coming into use more
rapidly than is generally supposed, and
fa's0 in Belgium. The cheapness of iron
and the dearness of wood are the rea
son, The iron costs more originally than
wood, but in the end is more economical
on account of its durability.
«3
CENT
{THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT,
During the month of December the
National Treasury in-
lereased $8,875,100, and this fact enables
{the Secretary to publish that the “de-
{erease of debt during the month” is $0,-
080.940, and for the six months just
fclosed $51,499,710 against $31,501,864 for
1
1
the corresponding period of last year.
{The only item of debt which shows ade-
{crease for the month is certificates of de-
iposit, in which the decrease is $3,765,000,
lan increase of $5,500, and silver certifi-
The actu-
during the
occurs in
reduction accomplished
h is $2,214,240 and thi
bearing
non-interest
14
il
an
mor “all
deb Com-
ed with one vear ago the figures giv-
of the interest-bearing debt
which
wersion into
accumulated
certificates.
the Lk.
'
x» total
8 an increase of $5
y=
oH, 100,
Vt
I
was
four
in-
y
1
bh compared
1884, show increase
an
stl
ill of which increase
ms. There is also
le exhibit on the expendi-
l last two months, the
£22 000.000 in December of 1884.
these amounts was
The increased re-
1d decreased expenditures last
lai apparent re-
The annexed tables
expenditures for
December, 1884
ns,
g
4
1885
§ 0520704
81 7
poy
3,772 $130,045,734
rr
dp lad
in favor of
an increase
5, which is equ
of §1 60 over the
08 BLOW,
{ losed,
iv-
my 4
LT
1
4
*y
f
i OF
Ero 18554.
-—
he Superintendent of
n, has submitted his an-
June 1,
pupil
6,119, making a total «
The increase of average num-
wupils in actual attendance is 21,-
than the in-
nber of enrolled pupils. The
ifference between the number enrolled
attendance is too
The total
ay
wy
7
t1y
18 8
»
in
year i
enrolled
of
a
of
i
1450, which is 5,331 more
crease of nur
4183
th
wie
number in
large, numbering 325,030,
number of teachers now engaged is
864, an increase of 400,
The d of 88 in
number of male teachers and an increase
{ in i of female teachers.
» average monthly salary is very little.
t isnow $30.01 and females
Ihe Superintendent says this
re has been a decrease
$88 number
fi
or males i
“3
Uy {
FED,
¥
below what it should be, Keepin
s
a
in mind that the number of female teach-
the number of
their average
tmonthiy salary is about nine dollars less,
i8 5,922 in excess of
and that
le teachers,
{it is evident that there is yet much un-
just discrimination against female teach-
{ers in respect to salary, while there is a
growing recognition of their great value
n our educational work. He trusts that
ithis unjust discrimination will soon be
iremoved.
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i
IT OF FRAUD.
The Republicans of Ohio yesterday
perpetrated the great outrage of unseat
ing nin¢ Democratic members of the
Legislature who were properly and fair
ly chosen, and seating nine Republicans
who were defeated at the polls in their
places,
w= I'hius the Republicans overrode justice
and violated their oaths at the bidding
of party necessity, When the Democrats
nominated Judge Thurman for Benator
they put Sherman's election in jeopardy
and party exigency has broken down
personal integrity and honor,
The probabilities are that Judge Thar-
man would have received the votes of
two Republican members from Hocking
Valley, and thus his election would have
been accomplished. He has been the
stanch friend of that oppressed people,
and the Republican leaders apprehended
that gratitude and manliness would rise
above partisanship, Butthe tactics which
John Sherman invoked in Louisiana in
1877 were imported into Ohio yesterday
and he is again saved by fraud, Andi
THE FRU
JOHN SHERMAN'S METHODS,
He and His “Policy” Backers Steal Nine
Democratic Seats to Get a Senatorship.
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 12.—There
no delay this morning in the House get-
ting down to business. It was generall
understood that the Hamilton
question would be brought up prompt
was
y
county
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and as a consequence the House galleries
and lobbies and even
crowded with politicians and visiting
statesmen, “Policy” Bill Smith, of Cin-
cinnati, was present. He
Sherman adherant. Al
ladies were also present, and every move
on both sides was watched with the
most eager interest. The Democrats used
every parliamentary measure to delay
the proceedings.
A long resolution was introduced by
the Democratic side for a thorough and
complete investigation. This resolution
was voted down and the previous ques
tion was then demanded, and the major-
ity report of the Committee on Elections,
unseating the nine Democrats
Hamilton county, was adopted by a ma-
jority of one vote, Shepard, of Franklin,
and Johnson, Huron, Republicans,
voting with the Democrats.
The Speaker, Mr. Entrekin, then said
if the nine members elected in Hamilton
county would step forward he would
swear them in, The nine Republicans
were then escorted to the front of the
speaker's desk and the oath was admin-
istered. As soon as the speaker ar-
nounced his course the wildest scene oc-
curred that ever took place in the Ohio
House of Representatives. On the He-
publican side the hats were thrown up,
cheers and laughter came from the gal-
leries, while on the Democratic side
groans and cries of “rats, rats,” were
yelled for fully three minutes,
lliams moved that the
y the Republican side, be sup-
He was greeted with cries of
“rats” and groans. A perfect pandemo-
nium reigned for nearly five minut
fore order was fully restored.
I'he Speaker ordered the
Democratic members to turn
keys of their desks.
The House then for United
States Senator. len G. Thurman
ceived forty-one votes and John Sherman
sixty-seven.
In the Senate, for United States Sena-
tor Allen G. Thurman received 20 votes,
and John Sherman 17. Sherman
have 21 majority in the joint conventi
to-morrow,
the aisles were
ig a stanch
arge number of
iron
of
©
Bit
mob,
pointing «
pressed,
5 he
nnseated
over the
voted
rite
it
mn
ass—r——— ———
FIFTY-TWO DEGREES BELOW
RO IN MANITOBA.
Chicago, Jan, 9.—~At six o'cloc
A
morning the thermometer registered
»
degrees below zero in this
tf
rues
dS
mercury has since risen
Omaha reported
and clear weather,
hard in Central Iowa, with the ther
mometer marking 23 degrees below zero
at Des Moines, St. Panl quoted 18 deg
below. The embargo on railroad travel
in Central Iowa is not yet raised,
»
1
rd
degrees below zero,
=
It is still blowing
The
railroads have ceased selling tickets to
Omaha, and unless the situation im-
proves during the day no through pas
genger trains are expected to leave jor
the west to-night,
The lowest temperature
the signal service this morning at
Minnesota, on the Canada Pacific RB. EK,
in Manitoba, where the thermometer
registered 52 degrees below zero, The
Chicago, Milwauke and St. Paal and the
Burlington have not had a train from
Council Bluffs since Thursday.
reported to
ia
IN THE SOUTH.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 8.—~The cold wave
struck Augusta last night. It is now 15
degrees below zero and is growing cold-
er. The weather is clear with a stiff
wind from the ‘north west.
Savanah, Ga., Jan, 9.-~There was a
slight fall of snow here this morning,
the first in six years.
Knoxville, Tenn, Jan, 9.—~The lowest
temperature reached here was 2 degrees
below zero at 10 o'clock this morning.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Jan, 9.—~The tem-
perature here this morning at 7 o'clock
was b degrees below zero and 3 below at
10a. m. This is the coldest weather
there are men who esteem John Sher~
man an honorable man, — Patriot, 13,
ie .
The cold snap, this week, reac’ sed
down as far as Galveston, and froz 5 its
bay. The icy sheet on the bay was quite
a curiosity for the people down ir; that
city, many of whom saw ice for t' je first
time, and to see the bay covered with it
naturally was a wonderful sight. for the
Galvestoners,
ever known here,
Mobile, Ala., Jan, 9.~The thermome-
er recorded this morning 11 degrees
a poye 30, the Coident sigh 1862. Ice
ie + plentirul, an © vegetable crops are
x wdly damaged.
tf Ap
TI TE WORK OF RESCUING THE
1} TANTICOKE VICTIMS STOPPED.
N ani looke, Pa, Jan. 7.—~The work of
reco vering the bodies of the entombed
mii vers at No, 1 Blope was suddenly stop-
ped this morning, the resouing foros re-
fusing to work any longer, owing to the
stoppage of the flow of water through
the main i BOEWaAY.
¥.ven the regular flow, which took place
previous to ‘he accident, has terminated,
an d it is com dered dangerous to face the
clogged teway until the water fans
af min. It cert sinly has blocked up some-
v bat in the wo rkings. The late heavy
r ains no donbt taused a serious flow into
she mine, which forged the debris ahead
of it with sufficie. 1 power to clog sud-
aly.
As soon as the ‘wader stoped the men
nit work, and ander no circumstances,
ey say, will the r again begin openi: g
the ay uot) the water starts. The
sudden of the quantity of water
which must have already accumulated,
with the gang of woi'kmen in, and the
fall of the sand would undoubtedly
attended with the loss of other lives.
The council of mini ng experts which
was veld here two wea ks ago decided 1
would be dangorous 10 oven up the .
way #f there should be aso age of wa
ter. The of the cvmuany + @ de
irained to recover the Lodies of puss
THE LAW OF MARRIAGE.
Conditions that Constitute «
or Without a Ceremony and License,
Philadelphia, Jan, 8.
letters testamentary which bad been
18
its
testate in Jaly, 54. The petitioner
claims to be the widow of the decedent,
She alleges that she went to his board-
20
$a
in the capacity of a servant, at Ho
at $4 per week; and that in October, 1550,
ghe began to live with him as his wile
without receiving wages, and remair
in that relation vntil the time of
death,
“It was not claimed by the pelitioner,”
gaid the Judge, “that her marraigeto th
decedent bad been begun by a formal
ceremony. produced testimony,
however, which certainly showed cobab-
itation and mutual ackpowledugment of
the parties and reputation la the r}
borhood of their relations as busbar
and wife. It also showed ¢
journeyed occasions ly together, and that
shortly before his death the decedent
spent several days ut the house of the
petitioner's parents, and addressed them
there as father and mother. Before and
at the alleged marriage the petitioner
acted as housekeeper for the decedent,
but there was no insipuation that any il-
licit intercourse between them had pre-
ceded the marriage state. All tha ele.
ments, therefore, which enter into a
binding contract of marriage, as that con-
tract is interpreted in this state, were
present, if the petitioner's wilnesses are
to be believed. They were met by coun.
ter testimony, which, from the nature of
the case, was merely negative in itschar-
acter, We admit that the
tial question of cohabitation the evidence
was conflicting; but so far as it was gi
by disinterested witnesses, it balances in
favor of the petitioner; and we are of the
opinion that a verdict finding her to be
the lawful widow of the decedent would
be upheld.”
She
lis
@
upon essen
ven
- -
CAVE-IN ATBHERNANDOAI
-A cave in
Mshonoy
% went
u
Shenendoah, Pa, Jan, 7
ocrurred at Boston Ran near
City to~day and a Block of ho
down out of sight, The famiil living
in the houses made a8 narrow escape.
and five more
tro
iDE
> -
good
’
of
For not keeping the streets in
wondition, the boroogh sutborities
the town of Nanticoke have been sued
for 810,000 damages by a citizen who sus-
tained sericns injary from falling on a
street excavation,
——
MR. AND MES, SMITH
I'he origin of these tit
out In ¢
our history the ordi
ply William or Jolin ;
had merely a Ch
ny kind of ‘handle ” before if, or sur.
n after it. of distin.
guishing one John or one William from
another John or William
became necessary. Nicknames, derived
from a man's trade, or from his dwell.
ingplace, or from some personal peculi-
arity, were tacked on to their Christian
names, and plain John became plain
Bmitl. As yet there were no “* Misters ”
in the land. Some John Smith accumu.
lated more wealth than the bulk of his
fellows—1mcame, perhaps, a landed pro-
prietor, or an employer of hired labor.
Then he began to be ealled in the Nor-
man-French of the day, the ** Maistre”
of this place, or of that, of these work-
men, or of those. Intime the ** Maistre”
or ‘*Maister,” as it soon became, got
tacked on before his name, and he
became Maister Smith, and his wife
Maistross Smith, But gradually the
sense of possession was lost sight of,
and the title was conferred upon any
man who had attained social distinetion
of any kind, whether by mere possession
of wealth, or by holding some position
of more or less consideration and impor.
tance. It is only within comparatively
modern times that the term oame to be
considered an almost indispensable
adjunct to every one's name when men-
tioned in ordinary conversation or
writing. Maistress Smith soon became
Mistress Smith. Exactly how and whea
the term got corrupted cannot be mid
Master Smith, however remained
Master Smith long after Lis wife became
Mistress Smith
AM MIO AB
FORESTS VERSUS FARMS
A Western lnmber buyer thinks that
if the original black walnut forests of
Indiana and Ohio were standing to-day,
they wonld be far more valuable than
the farms, to make which they were
cleared away. Miles and miles of fence
in these States, ho says, were laid with
black walnut rails. A farmer who began
making his farm thirty years ago “spent
sight 1 in clearing it of walnut tim-
ber, ty nores of which he burned
up. After thirty years of enltivation
the farm is worth $8,000. Xf it had its
walnut timber back it would be worth
$100,000. This farmer is only oneamong
thousands who for years girdled, ond
sud burned the great forest they found
occupying the land.”
lem is not with.
earlier times of
man was sim.
that is to may, he
without
interest 1
nary
ristian name,
Some means
me
another
£2
0,
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THE EXD OF THE WORLD,
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As Predicted by Pancoast, the
The End Three Centurie
Philadelphia, Jan, 1.—Dr.
coast, of this city, a pro
Pans
minent physician
3
and the author of map ortant works
]
| among Lue scholars of the ocenit
yi
18 also a great cabalisl and is
rec wp nized
Beien~
ces all over the world as one of the great-
est theosophists and authorities on mys
He is
tic and unwritten cabalistic lore
bo : 13%
iin constant correspondence with the
of other co intries
| leading theosophists
; Rith }
{ and is said to have the mos
brary extant of the
wen of the East and the
the Rabbinical scholors,
i . ' i '
{ most Lo Soiowon s tithe,
Though perfectly
ie nee of
ld be termed in
He is a man
and Greek as
Tew
English uw
languages with as much ease
ay the mass of people
of fiction.
reading old
suscript
wena
nn
thie Ww
in
| and relish do
He
claiming that all his own dedactions are
m Seriptural grounds, the
derful book of the Apocalpse in pa
lar as int preted in the light of Cabalj
tic science taking a prominent p
his ealenlations,
Although Dr. Pancoast has not cast
horoscope for the year 1580 and does not
care to, he has been able from his know!-
edge of Cabalistn and bis fas
with the ocenlt sciences to fort
general deductions about w
d
i
bare
riien
ari
Lliisrily
i B HL
bat kind of a
year it is going to be, and some
things that are expected to happen
fecting the general wellare of manki
As yet be has not given parti
year which began to-day much study,
but should he do so he thinks
cover some very interestiog t
make some prophetic
tail that will be valoal
and watch to see if they
MAN'S POW
EROS Wilh
the
slalemeny
{0 remembe
ie
prove accara
The which
through
is results, is
{its prin
1 i mel ¢ *
GEeals, and whi
piishes i i]
even the outlines o
be presented easil)
guage, though somelhing may
ed from the general statement
volves the idea that
is imparted from a Divine s
in a great measure intuitively.
fii Lhe
coast, like other theo
hat man is steadily
ulti
mand of the forees «
trol and knowledge
be almost uslimaed,
ever that theosophy
gion, in which science and bel
united without being antagoti
In their stady of the great
time different cabslists have adopted or
accepted, with more or jess moditicatiius,
different systems. Many adhere 10 the
Neuronioc cycle of 600 years, The theory
of all the cycies is that there is nothing
pew under the sun, and thet there
cycle periods or divisions of time in
which certain planetary or other infla
ences rule, and which go on repeating
themselves indefinitely. Dr. Pan
accepts the Trithernius cycle, in which
the periods are 364 years and 4 nthe
each. In cabalism great siress is placed
upon the number seven. Jost as there
are seven harmonies in the universe vou
nected with all energy, #0 there are seven
cycles which, in the ever-recurring har
mony of the universe, have been con-
stantly repeating themseives back
through countless ages. Dr. Pancoast
figures it out, Scripturaily and otherwise,
that we are now in the seventh and cul-
mination of the series.
THE SEVEN CYCLES
The first cycle of the series, according
to the author of the system, is that of
Orfiel, the spirit of Baturn, which was a
period of darkness, savagery and san-|
guinary influences, out of which physic-|
al humanity grew strong through conflict,
The second is that of Aniel, the spirit of
Venue, which was the period of voloptu-|
ousness, folly any debauchery, in which
i
poetry took its rise and races grew pop-|
nlous. The third is that of Zacheriel,|
the angel of Jupiter, an epoch of wars
and enlightenment, in which government
ook its rise. 1he fourth is that of
Raphael, the archangel of Mercury,
which was a time of industry and intel-|
ligence, in which science began and
commerce pros The fifth is the
cycle of Samwiel, the angel of Mars, mak-
ing an era of corruption, bloodshed and
destruction. The sixth is that of Gabriel,
the so-called angel of the Moon, an epoch
of recuperation, growth and building op
of lost or weakened energies. The sev.
enth cycle is that of Michael, the arch-
angel of the San, making an epoch of so-
ciability, refinement, great intelligence
and wealth,
ed these cycles simultaneously, though
there has not been much variation. Paris
of Europe, Dr. Pancoast thinks, are just
passing out of a past cycle.
IX THE CYCLE OF MICHAEL.
In this country we are in the eycle of
Michael, the cycle of the golden light-giv
ing sun, the epoch of wealth, enlightens
ment and power, and have been in it
sinoe 1878. We will be in it one hundred
and seventy-seven years longer, be
thinks, when the period of decadence
will begin, and in the year 2232 the
wheel will have gone around, the oe
completed, and the eycle of Orfiel, which
reigned four centuries before Christ, will
again be on, and mark the general condi.
ton of the world, If the regular sues
cession of events went on as they have
io the past there would bs three hundred
yoard hence a transition from sublime in
tell and ma material prose
is the coming
f will
ogni}
AG.
reil-
be
cyeiea of
fre
Coast
.
NO. 2.
ing almost on barbarism, when the peo-
d relapse into savagery. Bat
iG
to happen. He believes that both cabal
ism and Beripuure show that the present
is the last revolution of the cycles, so far
us the orb is concerned, snd that affairs
here will, wind op
in all probability
fix
at three centuries hence,
¥
PLE WO
HE WORLD 1
tion of the current cyele of
‘ 3 :
the culminalion
vg £1 il} vs @l] rosa d $a .
and will in all probability mark the end
of the world, From now usti
the
world ’.
world, . Pi
says, will progress in the m
Veer
2055 at least the
const
wonderful
that man will have the
rets of the bniverse in rasp and
A po Ea 3 5 ii
legree of lol ie that will
nprehend mach, if
s plan
1
lhe physical universe a Die to
a
me most, if not all, the in-
His own
All mankind will
i rapidly in-
Le faculty of
f =
ond anything of
AYeri or overoe
wnoees that threaten comfort,
Wellare or existence,
advance wonderfully in
na i
CHI BOW COUCPFIVE,
able tn discover
it it will
r
no
chemists
iii be a8
f valoe will al-
d men will be able to
nis biout
Y 4
nger have the same value,
will be able Wo doce it. Its
JUBAR {
er change, an
4 3 %
vo Llxlr wa
for
n wit
i now
tLe
t it ap
YOR TR attractooms to
1 to
certain perso sre willing to
and broken
ground, in ord a few finy
All atlempis 10 pt stop io the
seen un-
nooessfnl, and so are collected
that it seems sirang the nnforta-
nate birds are not exterminated.
tramp ali
eRe
collection of these eg ve
mann
+ that
10%
SE
ONLY AN OLD HAT,
“Speaking of nitro-glycerine,” said
the oil-torpedo man, *‘snd its explosive
properties, reminds me of one incident
of a thousand that I could relate regard.
ing it. At the factory where the oil
well torpedoes are made, we strain the
nitro-glyocerine through the crown ofa
felt hat, and when the hat has served its
purpose we destroy it. One day some
of the workmen, instead of destroying
the hat, washed it thoroughly and
treated it with alkali, in order to destroy
the effect of the nitro-glycerine. Then
they laid it up on a shell, and forgot
about it. Some two years
one of the men ran across the hat, and
his curiosity was exnited as to whether
it would explode if struck a hard blow,
He placed it on one of the iron arms
that run from the tinner's benoh in the
factory, and strock it, while his com-
panions looked on in wonderment. He
struck it twice without any result, but
blew the
privilege of twrtals $
takes are involuntary, we owe each other
perity to a condition of society border
| covery caudidt consideration.
J RR i,