VOL. LIL. THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED KURTZ, - - EDITOR Persons who dis without having paid their debts are always remembered the longest. —————————————— The Berks county hotel keepers in~ tend to test the constitutionality of the Brooks high license law. TIC Harrison is being fanlted for appoint- ing other Harrisons, If Harrison don’t take care of the Harrisons why who the Harry will? ES ORR Ben Butler is trying to dig a Dateh Gap canal throngh Admiral Porter. The Admiral in turn is busy dipping up Ben with spoons. T_T The widow Fleming, of Philadelphia, has compromised her breachsof-promise suit with ex-Senator John J. Patterson, by accepting $2000 for her wounded af- fections. EE — Se The proposed amendments to the li- quor law all failed. It is well under~ gtood, however, that if the prohibitory amendment is defeated the next session will witness a general assault on the Brooks law in the interests of the deal- ers in intoxicants. Telegrams say that copious rains have fallen within the past few deys over a very wide wheat, oats and corn growing area in the West, The area reported from covers the entire States of Illinois and Indiana, and parts of Iowa, Wiscon- gin and Michigan. ROTTS ———" Governor Beaver has appointed the following commissioners to the exposi, tion at Pari: Andrew Carnegie and Russel Errett, Pittsburg; John Henry Harjes, Paris; ‘Charles F. Warwick. Mrs. H. A. Roberts, William D. Rogers, Will fam D. Hastings, Philadelphia; John P Zane, Bradford; Professor R. R. Streeter, Titusville: J. W. Gephart, Bellefonte. EE .. —Y Gov. Beavers ideas of economy will have to be tested not only by the appro~ priation items he has vetoed, but by th se he has signed, among the latter being bills for a junketing trip to New York, that absorbed allthe money asked fur two or three deserving charities that are to get nothlng.— Public Ledger. TP — Advices from Samoa up to April 30 state that the natives are quiet at the iss lands though the political situation re~ mains the same. At the suggestion of Matsafa, Admiral Kimberly, the Ameris can Naval officer, Dr. Kuappe proposed to Tamasese to agree to maintain peace. This Tamasese refused to do unless he was recognized as King, Upon this Ad- miral Kimberly issned a proclamation urging the natives to maintain peace. EH — ———————— Altoona Tribune, says: The syndicate schools which have been reaping a rich harvest from the soldiers orphans are to go, hut the syndicate superintendent of public instruction has been given ano- ther lease of office. The action of Gov. Beaver in reappointing Dr. Higbee to the soperintendency of common schools is a great}disappointment to the people be- cause they had a right to expeet better things. It now looks as though Higbee will bestride the school system of this commonwealth nntil the day of his death, It ia unfortunate that this is so, but the people will bave no difficulty in fixing the responsibility. SRI S— District Attorney Darte, of Wilkesbarre was notified the other day that the Italy ian Government will not surrender the two Italians wanted as “Red Nose” Mike's accomplices in the McOlare murder. The officials of that country, however, re- quest that the evidence against the men be sent to Italy, and they will be tried there. A similar case occurred one year azo, when the extradition ofa criminal was asked by authorities at Cleveland, O. An indictment had been found against the man, and this was forwarded to Flor ence. The Florentine officials bad the formidable looking document translated convicted the criminal, sentenced bim for life to the galleys and sent a record of it to Prosecutor Hadden, of Cleveland. Senator Colquitt’s address in the court house in favor of the prohibition amend ment has infused new life in the probi. bition canse and its friends are taking fresh courage. The address was elo~ quent, powerful and convincing ; the court room was packed and the speech of the senator left a favorable impression upon the large audience. Mr. Colquitt has spoken in many oth er towns of this state with the same fa vorable effect. His efforts, it in easily to be seen, are. reviving the cause of the prohibitionists, which for some weeks seemed to be drooping. Centre county will register in tavor of the amendment, if its friends remain active, * Lawyer Rothermel will have a pecu- liar suit come before court in Philadel phia. The question which the judges of the Common Pleas Court are called upon to puzzle over is whether a child ean recov- er for personal injuries received before its birth. He represented the infant child of Mary Jones, and the suit is against the Second and[Third streets Passenger Rail- way company, Mrs. Jones in November, 1887, while in a car of that line received permanent injuries to her spine because of a collision of the car with a passing wagon. Shefbrought suit against the railway company and recovered a verdict tor $2250. Six months after the accident her child wae born, and ever since bas been a sufferer from fits and spinal trou ble. The faculty of a prominent medical school have examined it. and they are unanimous in their opinion that the help- less condition of the infant is the result of injuries received at the same time with the mother. The railway company is sued for damages done to the child, and as the injuries are permanent, ifa verdict should be recovered against it, it probably will be for a handsome sum. In the history of the law record of any case having ever been brought similar to this one, It isa well settled principle, however, that an uns born child can become entitled to an in~ heritance and enter into the posession and enjoyment of it after birth, bat whether a suit canbe brought for any other purpose by such infant is a ques. tion upon which all the legal books are dumb. The trial of the case will be watched with great iaterest by the bar, in view of the novel questions of law which have been raised by Mr. Rother- mel. there ia no dint —— The Times a few days ago made the statement, gathered from Philadelphia and New York brewers, that Senator Quay was to receive $200,000 from the brewery and distillery interest for his services in defeating prohibition in this State at the coming June election. This money has been largely collected in New York, but the Philadelphia liquor inter est also chipped in. Ifthis is so, it looks like a gouge game as the senator pledged himselfto defeat prohibition in return for the liquor contributions he handled in the Harrison campaign, He should not take double pay for the same service. Itis hardly moral. The New York Times gives it fresh prominence in the disclosures of a mem- ber of the brewers legislative committee of Rochester, N., Y., vouched for by the Timez 88 “a man of unquestioned probity and standing.” We quote: He said that early last summer Mr (Quay served notice on the brewers of Penusylvania, who are for the most part Republicans, that they must contribute $300,000 to the general campaign fund, the money to be used for the success of the ticket in their own State and New Editorial Twitter. There is talk of war between and Bolivia. The early return of the African explos rer, Stanley, is predicted. The state legislature Brazil has adjourned without doing any thing for which our agricultural friends need feel thank fal— unless for the adjournment. One month more and Pennsylvania will decide whether she will lick-her or not: wet or dry. a little dry, Thus far seven Centre county will go states have voted not to go dry, namly, Michigan, Texas, Ten nessee, Oregon, West Virginia, Massas chusetts and New Hampshire. Now let Pennsylvania roll back the tide. The United should now call themselves Brethren having split the Dis-uni- ted Brethren. that not The Venango county court ruies judgment notes and mortgages are taxable. Let the Centre county commis- gioners listen to that. Mrs. Gen. Gaines suit, some 40 years ip court against the city of New Orleans, has been decided in ber favor, by the U. her heirs She died four years ago but Gaines all tl 8. Bupreme court, and wow gel about 14 millions, three or 1 Bame. Massachusetts now has a jaw forbids ding the docking of horses tails w ith fine and imprisonment as the penalty. Guess horses up there wont kick now uniess flies get too forward, -——— Renounces the W orld, ain Miss Kate Drexel, of Philad second daughter of the Drexel, who left $6,000,000 to three danghters, b HY renoun- ced the world. The young lady has en tered as a postulate, or ear seeker, of of the Hist er t ters of M n tl at Pitts! the order « 1 mother House of the order This is not e ing the order, bu Xa Drexel know that ti compiete renunciali iving sisters an and her great wealth, Miss for s kept very quiet. She is the most of the The youngest now Murrell ago, and her unm Drexel has: une time, thoug attractive three sisters Mrs i 0 gie Drexel En Miss Drexel attes will rope with thes Roman Catholic cl it was there the ti fog a BW INOSS snds who knew of her purpore. After finishin r eo her de- votions, she kissed all her relatives and accompanied by two faithfol maids was driven to the where she t-0k the Pia bad train for 1 Last Sunday there{was a greal Richmond nopulation had soene in the James river, at The ens tire colored gone to the York. The required sum meant a tax of about 10 cents a barrel on the annual production of the breweries. In retarn for this handsome contribution (aay pledged himself and the Republican par- ty to defeat the prohibition amendment to the Pennsylvania State constitution. The brewers, no doubt thinking that all was fairin love and war, managed to raise a round $300,000, which was duly gent to the mighty leader of the Republi- can phalanxes. enemas — The Model Legislature. The legisiature which adjourned sine die yesterday says the Patriot made a record which cannot fail to draw upon it the condemnation of the people, Its contemptuous disregard of the petitions of the workingmen of the state for legisla~ tion for their protection, its aservile obe- dience to the will of a Philadelphia boss politician in the passage of the jndge’s galary bill, its failare to inquire into the grave allegations against the manage- ment of the sinking fand, its refusal to legislate for the enforcement of the pro- visions of the constitution in regard to discrimination by common carriers, its neglect to provide for the secrecy of the ballot, its costly junket at the centennial, its extravagantly expeusive contested election cases, its contempt for the rights of the minority, constitute a fearful array of agly facts which, the political majority in the two houses are called upon to ex~ plain, ee i— a —— Brother in-law Scott, of Indianapolis, bas been appointed to a six dollar a day position in Washington Territory. Ex- Senator Saunders, of Nebraska, father of Russell Harrison's wife, is booked for a seat onthe Utah commission; $5,000 a year and “found” The Indianapolis Sentinel says: “It looks as if Harrison intended not only to “take care” of all his own and his wife's relatives, but of his son's wife's relatives as well. — sss IO MASA A There is one fool less. At Houston, Texas, Prof, St, Clair, the aeronaut, in at. tempting to give his “leap from the clonds,” at the Feir Ground Park, lost his grip on the parachute and fell 300 feel tov the earth, Nearly every bone in his body was broken. banks of the James River to witness the est baptism ever known am basa IER Last week the newspapers announced the death of Father Damien, the selfs sacrificing priest who gave his life for the lepers of the Sandwich Islands, He was a comparatively young man when he died—only died—but had spent a num- ber of years at Molokai, the leper gettie- ment, his purpose being to the bodies and the souls of the outcasts among whom he cast his lot, This priests life and death illustrate the spirit of Christianity. do good to He loved God supreme- ly and therefore he loved man. No one cared for the lepers and therefore he i abandoned home and hope and couses { crated life to their welfare, It in easy to find similar instances in the history of the church, Sut where are the martyrs of in ? Which of the | unbelief have ever sacrificed fidelity priests of their lives for the benefit of the unfortunate ones of earth { them." Just “By their fruits ye shall know previous to the brave priests death, Father Callaghan of New York, re- ceived a private letter from b which he eaid: now in the become a leper the good St. doubt, let me pass all when my hour comes, in, in “I am hande of God, If] Peter, no will the easier Sometimes when I em kneeling by the side of a poor lep~ er, from whom exhales an would pat the most courageous to f I often think A purgatory, odor that light. little of my What do you think ? I am doing a Regu- larly every week a small steamer makes its appearance here, and very early in ithe morning announces by the io aT ba - 3 i ak lepers have ud whistle that been landed. Then those who can hurry ta the shore. Often we find soaking wet through. begin the « i ana our new SOI Er Now again ries i tears, { Wr One Bees { a husband or wife seeing her hushand among here again the meeting © § . ar 5 4 metimes a child seeing its father They take the names of the gl leave here to } these iands without from the Board Bat I have no wish to go anvs My i $iélpnty ceriiiacale Ui mission is here, and here - -_. igence from South Carolina says ng interests this 10 a serions cedented hot state in have extent by the which is stil injared Hop four days BRO, spell and which set in 1 parch- There has been no rain to speak of for several weeks, and the ancient inhabitants find it difficalt to res ing vegetation all such another hot spell “The absence of rainfall week, the daring the normal temperature and the of sunshine above amount of the normal has tended in a great measure juriously upon to act in- growing crops. The crop has been injuredtoa vast extent and what may be made will be of light weight, ering. well, all @il small grain Gardens are suffer Corn in most places is doing very About 500 ia is the first result colored churches. were put Ti of the unprecedented revi under the water, val going on for three weeks in the colored churches, By daylight the entire negro population was up preparing to attend this onion baptism, which was to begin at half past 10. The crowd in aitendance is estimat- ed at from 20,000 to 30,000. The converts marched in procession through the many of the women wearing white robes, some ofthe more opulent attired in derectoire gowns. Rev. John Jasper towered six feet one above t! vast concourse and though 71 years old his voice is the strongest, and his roll of converts the largest. Three ministers stood in the river, three lines of peni- tents moving to them ata time, and the groansand shouts, the ecstatic ejacula~ tions that rolled over this multitude sur~ passed anything of the kind ever heard in Richmond before. - oo. In the next war armies will have to be employed chiefly in keeping out of the range of each others guns, or they will be annibilated. In addition to the repeat- ing rifles, Gattling guns, dynamite guns and the like, the government has been experimenting with a six pounder that fires 10 times a minute or 60 timesin 4 minntes and 20 seconds, There will be no charge like that of Pickets men at Gettysburg against such weapons - streets, © Simon Cameron was ill last week, but is recovering again, Italy refuses to surrender the McClure murderers. Shame ! The United Brethren World's Quads rennial Conference, now in session at York, threatens to split on the anti-se- cret 8 ciety question: ID AGIA The Juniata Classis of the Reformed church last week passed the following: Resolved, That we encourage sll Chris. tian men and women to use all legiti« fate moans to prohibit the manufsctire, sale and importation of aleoholie haver ngos, Resolved, That us a classis we approve of the effort now being made in this state to suppress the * Cotton prospects are very gloomy, The last three days of the torrid wave are discouraging to all interested in agri- culture.” thetposm—— he prohibition canse in this state has lost ground in the last six weeks; had there been an election a few weeks after the amendment passed the legislature, it would have been adopted by the people ; bad an election been held at any time within the past three weeks, we believe it would bave been defeated. Just now it looks as tho prohibition were gaining strength again and only an animated, ag~ gressive campaign on the part of the ads vocates of the measure can make sure of the adoption of the amendment on the 18 of June. While thousands of Republicans are honestly in favor of prohibition, the bos« ses of the party are trying to defeat it in order to get the good will of the power fui liquor element, mata ios am—— - Disappointed Oklahoma boomers are now invading the Bionx reservation. Friday's cyclone made a show of Bar- num's show at Williamsport, Spreckles, the sugar baron, struck a natural gae well in Philadelphia; per- bape he'll strike granulated sagar next, Military fired on striking rioters in one of the German cities the other day, killing six. Already there are deaths reported from supstroke, ——— i ———— A conspiracy has been discovered among the military officers stationed at 8t, Petersburg. A large number of the conspirators have been arrested. In their possession were found papers which proved that they intended to make an attempt to assassinate the Czar. A num. ber of bombs were also found by the Se crot Service agents, I Sal The republican house defeated the em. pluyers lability bill which had the sap { port of the Knights of Labor in the legis lature. In fact not 8 bill in the interest of the workingman has been passed by the “model’’ law makers, IR( (Je WHAT 18 LIFE? The Vital Question Discussed from Various Bland points. One day, when the feathered ¢ L1H VETTE Ong in the woods were tired of dozing. was a long All pature itself seemed lost Suddenly the philosophical bullfinch piped, life?” to which little songster among the leaves replied, “Life ”" is a song.’ there O80 wi pau “3, Wilh in meditation. " Wha is No, a battle in the EE. : ground mole, who just poke hi out of the ground in the was hopping around. 1 4 “To my mind it is an unfolding,” clared the rosein hi to unfold its de id, which was just ready beautiful leaves light of a magnificent lid not hesitat with these words: joy and pleasure.” short hummed a jealous one day “say, rather, a past. “1 mean that life « work and pleasure,’ and it disappeared in the k rosebud to gather honey. “1 do not see that it is ‘han idle worry,” complal ant, dragging a blade of straw, wii COIN parison 4 ong. “Yes, you are right,” nodded from the haz gure as I live, is a har At this moment a soft “Ti ut to crack. Ps irnured, 16 ¢ rise 1 Cronmili€r TORT {#51 And 0 07 ' Harper gat i Hoy, of Ail Y. Gross Yearick spending his hen, {parents nere, Mrs. Beck Jerry j burg was nnroofed 1 day afternoon, RINGER Darn a Walnut Grove Items, .- Spring Mills. * Fox Aateps were heard ptrocts, A tired bome to rest, after in going from pl spite of which h an unsatisfied lo pointing af.” “It is a riddle,” stammered the new born morning wind. easure o complained: ** nL » 3 3 ISINE Ana Sea ' Soddenly a glima he horizon. ho magico light « ho top of The red morning light greeted the earth and like mighty chord it sounded through the universe: “Life is ¢ weginning.— From the German.” “ -- the woods, a iy a Sea Anchors, Experiments have lately been tried at Dover with a 80 called secs anchor, in- vented by Capt. Waters. This apparatus consists of a canvas bag about four feet in diameter and five f er a strong hoop to hold it open or a square bolted frame to answer the same purpose. The bag is attached to a beam, or float, in such a manner that it lies just bx Jow the surface of the water, and a stout rope forms the connection between it and the bow of the vessel employing it. The ob- ject of this sea anchor is to bring a boat or ship's head to the sea when in danger of foundering from getting broadside to- ward waves. There is nothing very new in the idea, for such a contrivance has frequently been extemporized with ad- vantage. The veteran acronaut, Groen, also constructed an anchor to bold a bal- loon near the surface of the sea, which was almost identical in form to this cue. ~New York Telegram. oot deep, with cil m——— Down and still down go the wages of the iron workers and coal miners in all parts of the country. What an oversight it was in the working men who bave been bamboozled into voting to keep up the war tariff in order to secure “Amori- can wages for American men” that they did not have inserted in the law a clause compelling the protected mine owners and manufacturers to “divide fairly” the bounties of the tarifl, As it is, the mos nopolists all the meat and throw to their workmen the bone. a — ——_ A] The Cigarette Bill. Providing that if any person of persons shall sell cigarettes to any or per sons under the age of 16 years he or she so offending shall be guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300, The above act Beaver and is now the law. A SO MA ARIA Minnesota is the eighth State to ado the booths snd secret ballots with pames of all the candidates ou one side odes, This will make eig Ivanians can see how the Australian system works. The school board feeleth aggrieved because it haveth re to lay its head while the honorable town council enjoyveth snug quarters in the post room at $15. This should not be thusly ; the school dads are a self-sacrificing, respec- table body, and should occupy the same aoft chairs and cock up their aching heels upon the same tables 8s the grave town councilmen do. And there might be cheaper quarters where both these hon- arable bodies could meet: aye, why not hold their sessions in one of the school rooms which wouldn’t cost a cent ? See? not w -——— A 11 will agree— That this is excellent growing weather and a good harvest in prospect ; That potatoes are not tramp ; That the crank who invented house- cleaning didn’t know what misery is ; That it shows bad breeding to stop in the passage way to chat wher church is dismissed, blocking the way for all be- hind you; That in misding your neighbors’ bu- siness you invariably neglect yours; That gossipping is the bane of a coms munity ; That the folks of whose faults you are continually speaking havn't near as ugly faults as you have, id ———————— “Brick” Pomeroy, at 234 Broadway, New York city, is now editing and pubs lishing the liveliest and most interesting $1 a year publication ever printed in that city. His famous Saturday Night chapters; his Pen pictures of London; his descriptions of the “plagne places” of New York City, and his vivid chapters of Life Experience in Lis Crosse during the war, are each worth more than the price of his paper, which bears the signifi cant title of Advance Thought. Pomeroy is a 55 year old volume of National his- tory, and now he is letting it out red hot. The Von Graef Medical Company, No, 8 Park Row, New York City, in jes made seventy eight per cent. of cures varions diseases of men, chronic and otherwise, within the time allotted for treatment. The record of cures of dis of women was nearly 8s large, This is the highest record ever achieved in this country by hospitals or private practice. In the trestment and eure of Siseasts, science, wi and Hise ; pace with inventions or rachom. Tha new book lately issned the Von Graef Company, full of vaio
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