VOL. LXIV.
THE CENTRE ‘REPORTER
FRED KURTZ, - = EDITOR
Harrison is wginniop to see a Blaine
boom without putting on his glasses,
The colored men of Indiana want
Harrison to scatter more offices among
them, and be true to the profession of
love for the “man and brother.”
It has been decided that a colored
man can’t be a Patriotic Son of America,
The color of the skin has a great deal to
do with patriotism. The name of this
order rounds well, but does it mean very
much?
Another #endowment “as¥bciation” has
just gone to pieces. It was a Maryland
concern this time, and is promised to
pay $100 in one year on receipt of $30
in monthly installments. Of course the
idiots who went into it will lose their
money. People who try to get some-
thing for nothing in this world generals
ly end by getting nothing for something.
Ninety miles an hour by rail! A mile
in 39 4-5 seconds, or at the rate of over
90 miles per hour, is the fastest ron ever
made by a railroad train. This feat was
accomplished on 27 ult, on the Bound
Brook Railroad between Neshaming
Falls and Langhoane by engine No. 208
drawing two ordinary coaches and Pres.
ident McLeod’s private car “Reading”
wnich is equal to two coaches in weight.
The testimony before the legislative
investigating committee on Wedu esday
showed that a good many county treasur-
ers are delinquent in the payment
of state moneys. But Centre county's
treasurer is not among the number. The
counties which are clear on the book are
Beaver, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Cameron,
Carbon, Centre, Dauphin, Forest, Frank-
lin, Hantingdon, Juniata, Lawrence, Ly-
coming, McKeen, Mifflin, Monroe, Mont"
gomery, Montour, Northampton, North.
umberland, Perry, Pike, Potter, Somer-
set, Sallivan, Tioga, Union, Venango,
Warren, Washington Wayne Westmores
land W yomisghhirty.ive in all,
A Louisville colored Baptist preacher
is in prison for larceny. He took from
the church a bible, a clock and a chande-
lier. He gave as an excuse for .the taks
ing the fact that he had to live somes
how, and that while he preached faith
fully he had only received 47 cents for a
month's work, Truly that is not living
wages even for a colored Baptist preachs
er, and no one would have a right to
complain if the poor man had stolen the
whole church. He ought to join a labor
union.
As the Gospel is said to be free the
colored bro. may bave thought that aps
propriating the Bible was not theft,
The Boston Transcript says that daring
the last eight months about $3,000,000
have been paid in dividends by Boston
copper mining companies, and that since
1868 a total of $36,850,000 in profits has
been divided among share holders. Re
counting these magoificent results, it
triumphantly asks: “Ie not copper the
king?” Copper is one of the things that,
under McKinley ism, is sold by Ameri.
can producers cheaper in foreign coun-
tries than in the United States. Copper
is one of the things which should go on
the free list; but the powerful combinas
tion of copper producers were able to
persuades the billion congress against any
such measure of justice,
The latest version of Mr. Blaine's
attitude respecting the nomination for
President, is contained in this fragment
of a recent conversation between the
Becretary and Postmaster Manley of
Augusta:
“I was a candidate for the nomination
once, and I was beaten, I shall never be
a candidate again before the Convention.
Should my friends nominate me I conld
not deline; but I shall not in any way
announce my candidacy beforehand, nor
shall I authorize my friends to speak for
me.”
Every politician and newspaper editor
in Maine, of whatever party, regards
Blaine’s nomination as a foregone con.
clusion,
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Ia Europe there are apprehensions of
the outbreak of war, in which all the
great powers may become involved; but
in the United States we enjoy profound
peace, and have mo apprehension of
trouble with any other country in the
world. In several of the countries of
Earope the crops are short and there is
much suffering in consequence; but all
over the United Btates the crops are
bountifal, and we can spare prodigious
quantities of grain for export. In a
number of Earopean countries the public
treasury is in a very bad way; but the
Treasury Department of the United
States gives favorable reports of its cons
dition. It is no wonder that there is a
big anda rash of poor people
Only Part o f the Tale,
The erudite individuals who are pre
sumed to mould publie opinion and who
show their profound intellectuality by
~ | declariog that those who do not agree
with them are liars, have discovered a
mare's nest of gigantic proportions, says
the Patriot. In soul-stirring small caps
italics they say “The Republican tariff
bill was designed to stimulate American
industries by checking imports,” &c,,
and that “we sold to other nations about
$8,000,000 worth more of our products in
July, 1891, than in July, 1890, and in the
same period we bought about $11,000,
000 less from other nations”
For a wonder these figures are correct,
or nearly so. However, why stop there
why not explain these figures? That is
what the erudite individual is afraid to
do it would epoil the entire article.
In July the Welsh tin plate mills shut
down, and imports of tin plates ceased,
while our exports of breadstuffs began
to be felt. Yet the imports for July ex
ceeded the exports by over $3,600,000
However, for the year ended July 31,
1891, the exports exceeded the imports
by nearly $59,000,000; but for the year
ended July 31, 1800, they exceeded im«
ports by nearly $65,000,000, a loss of
about $6,000,000 in exports under the
new law. Notwithstanding the decrease
in imports of $11,000 000 between July,
1891, and July, 1890, the imports for the
year increased $38 612 208 while our ex-
ports increased only $32,674 810. Then
again he might have admitted that our
excess of exports gold and silver bullion
over imports for 1801, is $65949,082, an
increase of $41880000 over 1890; but
then such an admission would not help
his argument.
These figures ought to show plainly
that the new law does not benefit any-
body in this country except those manu-
factarers who are given certain indulg-
ences. It has not accomplished a single
thing claimed for it, Now the party is
forced to fall back upon its free trade
provisions. And even they are not what
they should be.
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Rumis is unrelenting in her desire
that the Jews shall leave her territory,
From Moscow comes intelligence that
even the Jewish merchants of the first
guild are preparing to leave the city,
The latest order makes it impossible for
them to carry on business, as Jews are
not allowed to employ christians, and all
other Jews but the merchants of the first
guild being ordered to leave Moscow,
the merchants can no longer conduct
their traffic. Besides, the freedom of
the guild is liable to yearly revocation
and would not probably be renewed.
The result will be that in the course of a
few montbs Moscow will be entirely
clear of Jews. Owing to the fact that
Jews are being sent back from Germany
aud Austria in large numbers on account
of destitution, the Russian government
has issued orders to the police to abstain
from plenderiog Jews who are on their
way out of Rassia,
The Pall Mall Gazette says that the
prince of Wales takes great interest in
the condition of the Jews in Russia and
of those who emigrate to England. He
bas indirectly given much assi stance to
the Aoglo-Jewish committees, as has al-
#0 the princess of Wales.
It is a fact that the pope did, in 1880
form the intention of leaving Rome, His
first idea was to go to Spain, but when he
considered that he would be in compara~
tive isolation in 80 remote a country, he
abandoned that idea and entered into
negotiations with the prince of Monaco,
the situation of whose territory offered
easy and couvenient access to all visitors
and all Catholics, The old prince sent as
ambassador to Rome the bishop of Mons
aco, Mounsigoor Theurel, who fally ens
joyed his confidence. Complete arrange.
ments were made, the apartments for
the pope were designated, when a letter
of extreme importance was received
from the prirce, making certain condi-
tions relative to the sojourn of the pope,
One condition was that gambling should
be allowed to continue without interrup-
ion. The conditions were such that
the pope could not accept, and a re.
presentative was dispatched to Monaco
with the hope of securing some coms
promise, but the plan fell through.
France had nothing whatever to do with
the matter. Signor Crispi had his suse
picioos that something was going on,
but he did not succeed in getting a cor.
rect idea of what it was,
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losanity is no respector of persons—in
fact the per cent. is greater among rich
and royal than among the poor and low=
ly. A despatch from Vienna, says: The
empress of Austria shows symploms of
insanity. She is very eccentric, desiring
bizarre costume in which to appear in
public, and indulging in other oddities,
The emperor has called in medical ex-
perts who have pronounced the case a
grave one, being associated with an he
reditary malady. The Duchess D'Alen-
f PA.
Bepesisa the Ordinance,
At the last meeting of the Town Coun-
cil the license ordinance recently pnb
lished in the RerorTER 28 passed by that
body, was repealed by a unanimous
vote,
The ordinance as passed by the Coun~
cil imposed a heavy tax upon all fakirs,
stands, ete, who would set up within the
limits of the borough, and especially
during the Granger's Picnic. From
the table of licenses published, the
sums to be charged for privileges was
thought by many to be extortionate, and
raised no little discussion throughout
the county among those who had ine
tended exhibiting their wares during
the pienie,
The Council after having taken action
and passing the ordinance, sought the
advice of an attorney who at once de
clared the same illegal and that it could
not be enforced, and they promptly re-
pealed it,
When the ordinance was passed, as
we are reliably informed, it was the ins
tention of the Council to discrimi.
nate and to tax parties only who
exhibited outside of the grange
grounds upon lands of citizens of the
borough, and exempt those from taxation
within the grounds, The picnic ground is
within the boro limits and any ordinance
enacted by the Town Council must be
enforced within the grange ground as
well as without, treating all alike,
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The New York World rattles it into
the tin platers after this fashion: An ads
vertisement in that journal recently for
“tin plate rollers and helpers’ has been
hastily accepted by the bounty-defend-
ing newspapers as proof that American
tin plate has at last arrived. But the
fact that “wages double the price per
box paid in England for the same work"
are offered suggests plainly that the ad.
vertisement was intended for the eyes of
Welsh tin plate workers abroad, We
bave no doubt, as we have before said,
that tin plate can be made in this coun
try, just as pineapples can be grown
under glass in Northern New Hampshire
But when this shall be done, with for-
eign tin and by imported “pauper labor,’
it will still remain true that the Govern,
ment of the United States has no right
to enhance the cost of tin to 60,000,000
people simply to add to cur monopolist
millionaires a dozen or twenty little tin
gods oh wheels.
Gen. R. 8, Dyreofarth, in charge of
the recent government rain experiments
at Midland, passed through Fort Worth
on his way to Washington. He is jubi~
lant over his sucoessful experiment. He
says in three weeks, under great disads
vantages, six rains were produced, three
of which were downpours, and the last
one was the heaviest rain in three years
Gen, Dyrenfurth says the principle is
correct beyond question.
This rain producing scheme may #00D
be reduced down to business principles,
Fur instance, sa dry spell sets in over any
locality in Centre county, all the far
mer will need to do is to telegraph an
order for ten acres of rain for his oats
field, five acres of rain for his rye paich
sod one acre for his potato patch--get.
ting & moderate or a heavy shower ac
cording as the drouth may be. What
may we not come to!
Without Food or Water,
Five days without food or water, was
the experience of Wolf's dog “skip,”
which bad accidentally got locked into
a room above the store last week, and
remained imprisoned just five days,
without food or drink. Bkip is fat as an
eel, and, no doubt, drew upon this store,
like & bear in winter, to keep his body
alive. When discovered he had his
forefeet upon the window, no doubt look-
ing out for some friend fo see and release
him. Skip did not seem any the worse
for his five 8 ayn fast,
8 1 the "il
Postmaster DD. B. Brisbin informs us
that he raised a hill of potatoes the oths
er day which contained 81 potatoes. A
number of them were small but he bad
many ordinary sized potatoes among
the lot,
A Farmor's Institute.
A meeting of the Grangers Chautan-
qua was held in Harrisburg Wednesday,
to discuss a plan to found an educational
institution at Mt. Gretna. The proposed
institution will pay particular attention
to the needs of farmers’ sons and daogh-
ters. All the branches of scientific
farming, the beautifying of rural homes
snd makiog country life attractive, as
well as educational subjects, will be
taught, Classes will be organized in all
parts of the country,
A Big Yield,
Jacob Kern, of Madisonburg, raised
six and one ball bushels of Woodhull
WHISTLING THE WFATHER.
Latest Scheme of the Signal Service for the
Benefit of Farmers,
In a short time everybody in the Uni.
ted Btates within sight of a railroad
train or within sound of a whistle wili
be able to have some idea every day of
what the weather will be on the next
day. Popularization of the weather
service has long been a cherished scheme
of those in obarge, and Professor
Mark W, Harrington, the new
chief of the weather bureau, in a
circular explains the lines by which the
service will be extended more widely
than ever before. Gradually’ to being
developed. and already thirty-five slates
are evjoying the beneficial results of the
system, which does within & more cirs
cumscribed area what the weather bu-
reau does for the whole county,
These state services are not only ime
portant in collecting data regarding tem.
perature, rain and snow, direction and
force of wind, cloud formations and
movements, but furnish weekly bulletins
of the crop prospects, and as the teles
graph service is extended, will be able
to send warnings in case of some such
disaster as a cloudburst at the head of a
populous valley, the bursting of ice jams
and other phenomena, and thereby may
avert great loss of life. In addition to
the forecasts furnished twice a day and
published usually in daily papers, and
farnished also to chambers of commerce,
railway officials and others, the weather
burean has adopted & system of five flags
for denoting to any observer the pro-
babilities. These flags are more or less
familiar sights to residents of cities in
which are stations of the bureau, but few
persons understand their meaning when
displayed alone or in combination,
Very many combinations are possible
with these five flags, accordingly as the
service becomes more exsct, and the
length to which they may be extended
cap hardly be calculated at present, bat
they will greatly aid farmers, shippers,
and the general public by a little exer
tion and a small outlay for the little flags
om the part of those who would be bene
fited. This system has already been
adopted by some of the principal rails
roads of the couniry, the symbols of
sheet-iron or tin being displayed from
the baggage cars of trains. To points
from which trains start the forecast is
telegraphed every morning to the
baggege-master, who places the symbols
on the side of the car accordingly, and st
many of the siations these symbols,
which should be plsced one above the
other 50 as to read downward, are reads
ily understood by everybody, inasmuch
as enterprising business firms circulate
copies of the flags on their busines
cards.
SIGNALING BY LOCOMOTIVES WHISTLES,
The system of signals by whistles is of
best advantage in many places where
the flags may not be seen at a long dis”
tance, suchas in flat towns or cities and
in rural neighborhoods. All necessary
in this case is to notify the people that
at a certain time the steam whistle at a
certain place will sound the signal to
indicate the probably weather and tems
perature for the ensuing twenty. four
hours, This whistle may be either on a
moving train or stationary.
The warning signal, to attract stten-
tion, will be a long blast of from fifteen
to twenty seconds’ duration. After this
warning sigoal has been sounded long
blasts (of from four to six seconds’ duras
tion) refer to weather, and short blasts
(of from ono to three seconds’ duration)
refer to temperature, those for weather
to be sounded first, One long blast in-
dicates fair weather; two long blasts,
rain or snow; three long, local rains; one
short blast, lower temperature; two short
blasts higher temperature and three
short, cold wave,
In combipations, one long, alone, will
mean fair weather, stationary tempera
ture, two long, alone rain or snow sta-
tionary temperature; one long and one
short fair weather, lower temperature;
two long and two short; rain or snow,
higher temperatare; one long and three
short, fair weather cold wave; three long
and two short, local rains, higher temper-
ature. By repeating each combination a
fow times, with an interval of ten sec.
onds between, possibilities of error in
reading the forecasts will be avoided
such as may arise from variable winds
or failure to hear the warning signal,
Game of Ball on Saturday.
A challenge was received early this
week from the Rebersburg base ball club
by our ball club and it was promptly ace
cepted, and arrangements have been
groucids of uaies Hall hoe va guwday
afternoon next. The Rebersburg boys
have been putting up some good ball
this season and we look forward to an
interesting game,
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Pall Millinery.
potatoes on a piece of ground 10x36 feet,
which i at the rate of 186 bushels
4 ne rh i millinery. | Wo.
_1891.
BY THE WAY.
The old etymological absurdity which
derives the word “news” from the initial
letters of the words denoting the points
of the compass north, east, west, south
—i8 again going the rounds of the press.
Buch a derivation ie equally correct with
that of the southern school boy who said
that hominy was derived from bhomini
(the dative case of homo, 8 man) because
it was good “for a man.” “News” is
simply the pleural of the adjective new
used as 8 noun. The French use nou.
velles, the pleural of nouvelle. Really
there is no science in which a little
learning is so dangerous a thing as in
philology.
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The liquor traffic for a long time has
been a butt for invective, untiring malig-
nity, and the alleged parent of all that is
wreiched and unpleasant, Doubtless
much of this is deserved, but a gossip, a
woman well-fed on mysterious and scan~
dalous news will get up a bigger turbue
lence, arouse more hatred and indigna-
tion in a shorter time than any other
agent of misery and malevolence that
blots our existence. Among her ac.
quaintances she is like a bull in a china
shop—she raises thunder,—not by any
badly spoken words does she do her ne
farious work but by that spakish, quiet
insinuating way that arouses in the hear-
er even of some intelligence more or less
curiosity. Those who are unfortunate
enough to be her near neighbors she
keeps in a state of continual awe and
consternation only to culminate in cons
tempt and shame when her real qualities
and nature become known; while her
husband she almost drives into hyster.
ics by the never ending trouble into
which she constantly involves him. A
common soo!d, a shrew, besides a gossip-
ing woman is a $10,000 besuty.
I regret to say there are women in
this town whose avidity for a bit of gos-
sip or scandal is not excelled by the av.
erage tippler for his cup or by the buz-
gard fora earcass. A friend of mine
ounce told me that it was his opinion that
women addicted to gossip are invariably
those whose early days were spent in the
country, and that as a resident of a town
or village where the number of scquain-.
tences and opportunities firecandalizing
are naturally greater they gre unable to
stand the strain end in gossiping find
expression for their rustic, boorish and
uncouth natures. Whatever may be the
cause for those whose depravity is given
vent in scandalizing, prating and med.
dling in others affairs it remains as in-
controvertible that it is the lack of in-
telligence and culture. Who ever knew
an ivtelligent, cultured, urbane wo-
man stigmatized as a gossip? Culture
and gossip won't mix—they are incoms
patible. And yet these very women, not
ladies, who wallow in all that is slander.
ous and indeed lay claim to decency, in-
deed some would have us believe they
are educated. How absurd!
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Press me closer, all my own,
Warms my beart for thee alone.
Every nerve responsive thrills
Each caress my being fills;
Rest and peace in vain 1 crave,
In eostacy I live, thy slave;
Dower'd with hope, with promise blest,
Thou 40st reign upon my breast
Closer still, for I am thive,
Burns my heart, for thou art mine;
Thou the memage, 1 the wire,
1 the furnace, thou the fire :
1 the servant, thou the master
Roaring, redehot mustard plaster.
{Burdetie.
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It is a laughable observation how
quickly foreigners imagine themselves
familiar with and masters of our lan-
guage. Aside from the Chinese, English
is the most difficult language to be learn:
ed from the fact that no rule of spelling
or pronunciation is applicable; its frag-
mentory formation and lack of inflection
alike rendering it extremely pumzling.
A German whose stay in this country
had been sufficient to enable him to im-
sgine he was proficient in our tongue
wrote to his brother thus:
“Oxcose me dot I schribe you in Eng-
lische, Ich bin so lange heir im HSiaat
Wisconsin gewohns, dass Ich habe al-
ready twice gevoted!”
A scientific journal quotes a choice
specimen of Continental English from a
so-called “trade journal” brought out by
a German firm in Brossels. The trans.
lation has evidently been made by a
Frenchman since it teems with gallis
cisms. It is intended as a universal re
view of modern inventions, “vulgar
izing of the practical inventions
industrial and commercial publicis
ty,” and it appeals to advertisers for sup
port on the grounds, among others, that.
“indeed, a newspaper treating only one
industry should be readed only by the
specialists; while our Revue, diffused in
all the branches, is indistinctly (sic)
readed by all the traders which may
purchase engines, frames, elo; instal the
electricity, ase chemical products which
We permit ourselves of offer
8 very
NO. 34
the traders of the country and te the
principal firms of the foreign.”
Lovsoen,
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Get Registered.
Thursday, of this week, the third day
of September, is the last day of the final
exirs assessment of voters under the new
law passed at the last session of the legis-
lature. On that day and the day preced-
ing, every assessor is required to be at
the polling place of his district from 10a,
m.tolp.m,and from 6 to 9 p. m, to
correct his list of those who are entitled
to vote. In order to get your name on
the list of those entitled to vote you must
go in person to apply for it,
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Sentenced By the Court,
On Friday morning Judge Furst passed
sentence upon three men who had been
found guilty. They were the Hungarian
who stole a watch and clothing at Snow
Bhoe; William Raymond, the Gypsy,
who stole a buggy, etc, at Howard, and
B. P.Bwartz, who was convicted of for-
gery. They were sentenced to one year
in the western penitentiary. Friday
evening sheriff Ishler removed them to
the ipstitution at Allegheny.
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Bad Crossings,
Beveral of the [crossings put down by
sore of Centre Hall's street commission
ers across streets and allies, are not very
creditable jobs. They are built of rough
uneven stone, not even being dressed.
It would have been a very easy matter
when putting them down to bave suites
ble stones placed in and had the job
complete instead of having to continuals
ly patel op and then have nothing des
cent in the end.
Bitten by a Baitler.
A prominent Lycoming ecunty farmer
named Mathias Bickle, was bitten by a
rattlesnake on Saturday evening. The
reptile was secreted in the feed bin, and
when Mr. Bickle went out to feed his
horses it fastened ite fangs in his thumb.
Remedies were immediately applied and
although the injored man’s arm is badly
swollen no serious results sre anticipat~
ed.
Sresting Move Buildings.
Two new exhibition buildings have
been erected on the picnic grounds.
Theone is about same size as others
erected before but the other is quite
large and is located nesr the entrance
from the street, They are built in a very
substantial style with a view to eadur
ance. They will be occupied by exhibits
ors,
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Bad for Buckwheat Cakes.
A contemporary says that lovers of
buckwheat cakes have cause to be alarm.
ed over the appearance of an insect
which threatens to consume a large pors
tion of the buckwheat crop. They eat
the foliage and of course the crop
matures, Dockwhest has heretofore es
caped damage ‘rom ineects, bot it seams
that its time Las wow come,
The o Colby Homestead.
Visitors to Cherry Run, the scene of
the pow famous Colby tragedy, bardly
recognize the place. The buildings that
were the Colby house snd barn are gone
and a short distance below a large camp
bas been erected for the accommodation
of the men who operate the steam saw
mill, which is located a short distance
up the rum.
Death of an Infant.
Mary E,, danghter of Mr. and Mrs,
Nathaniel ®ettle, of near Shiloh, died a
few days ago. The funeral took place
on Tuesday last, interment being made
in the cemetery at Georges Valley, Rev
Fischer o ficiating.
Ho For The Plenie
A new supply of furnishing goods,
clothing, hats, and other articles, espe
clally for picnic goers, just received and
offered at bargains, at Charles Long's
Spring Mills,
weeCabinets, §1 per doz, at Leaney's
gallery, Centre Hall.
wR, F, Feterolf, of Spring Mills, a
It ia reported in Humbug tat all go
Siristious of Asericth posi Wil be Ie