YOL. LXYV.. 1892, Things look very Chili just now | with prospect of het ahead. —— Announcement will soon be made of the killing of the Delaware peach erop, - ° -. The National Guard of our state has announced its readiness to have a brush with Chili. yy Candidates for the fall nominations, in our county, are getting on the race- course, Wy If the McKinley bill had taxed the grip it might have been Kept out of the country. -~ » — The Harrison administration cannot be a big thing on ice if Quay could lick it at the Philadelphia primaries, ~ > - A cave with a pure silver lining is the latest discovery reported from Vir- ginia, Clouds with a silver lining are a common thing. - > — The feeling of the Democratic mass. es regardless of presidential predilec- tions, is in favor of Mr. Kerr's continu- ance as State chairman. py Don’t be alarmed about war—the speck now on the horizon will disap- pear inside ten or fifteen days. The REPORTER predicts there will be no war with Chili. Af —_p Republican organs are sneering at Holman because he in- economy in the The billion dol- lar congress was hurled out of power CONngressman tends to inaugurate publie expenditures, by the people because of its monstrous extravagance, and now the organs of Wwform to it are jealous of the be in- troduced by the Democratic house. - . -. If the Republican organs want text for a homily ing let them look to Ohio, a upon gerrvimander- where the cut- ting the map up into a Chinese puzzle in the representatives of their party are or a crazy-quilt endeavor to make sixteen sure (on- gressional districts out of the twenty- If did not protest against this sort of thing what tepublican one, President Harrison Perhaps it is only that had he in mind? Democratic wicked in this view, - . -e in gerrymandering Pardons has issued a the chief features of which are that the Board will meet in The Board of set of new rales, open session on the fourth Tuesday of each month, the Court room in Harrisburg to in Supreme consider appli Notice applications must be printed two con- cations for a pardon. of these secutive weeks in the prisoner's home paper, and in Philadelphia and Pitts burg, the Mayors must Applications heard at the open sessions of the Board and no individual member to any arguments alone, a also be given notice, will only he will listen The grip, like other diseases, is no respecter of persons. It invades the palace of the Kings as well as the hov- els of the lowly—it strikes the million- aire as well as the poor. Last enee, heir throne, died of the grip. have been married shortly. About the same time two eminent Catholic churchmen also had to obey the summons, Cardinal Manning, of London, and Cardinal Simioni, of Rome. The reader of the Rerorter, who has had the grip, will thus see that he has been in good company, and if he has safely gotten over he has heen more fortunate than Queen Vietoria's grandson, and the two eminent Cardi nals, above named, and that Provi- dence has been more gracious to him than to those illustrious personages, a - There is ample proof that the masses in Great Britian were not greatly stirred by the death of the heir to the throne. The Miners’ Federation is the most powerful labor organization in England. It numbers 200,000 mem- bers and it controls the votes of several members of Parliament. The leader of the federation, himself a member of Parlinment, sent a message to its an- nual convention asking for the passage of resolutions of sympathy with the Queen and royal family. The conven tion refused even to consider the re- quest, By a decisive majority it voted to proceed to the business before it, | Ammediately after the refusal to pass a vote of condolence the delegates np propriated a liberal amount for the re lef of their fellow workers, the strike ing nail makers of the midland in| tricts. The significance of their action is unmistakable. These men of the | people were ready to tax themselves to help those in thefr own station, but with the affairs of kings and princes they would not concern themselves, | Their attitude toward the throne prob. ably represents that of the great body | of organized British labor, The senti- | ment of loyalty to the crown which | was prevalent among the masses a hundred years ago has disappeared, Prince Clar- the English He was to Thursday night, apparent to “We understand that D. F. Fortney, Esq., of Bellefonte, is being urged by his friends to be a candidate for the legislature, There is this much about it, that if Mr. Fortney should be nomi- nated no one for a moment would question his election. There is no more popular man in the county, and he would go through swimmingly, And, then, too, Centre county would have a representative of whom we would not need feel ashamed, and one who could hold up hisend of the string in fine shape.” We clip the above from the Phili ps burg Journal. We do not know that Mr. Fortney can be be a candidate for the legislature, he cer- wottld be elected and Centre county would have a representative of induced to tainly whose experience and ability the peo ple might well be proud. If the people of the county such men as Mr, Fortney in the legis want lature they must not expect them to canvass the county and solicit the sup- We have no doubt that the necessity which al- port of their fellow citizens, ways comes, of making the canvass of the county keeps men, who by learn- ing and training are capable of prop- erly representing us in the Legislature from being candidates, For the good of the party, in the in- terest of all the hope that Mr. Fortney ean be prevail ed upon to be a candidate for the Leg- people Wwe sincerely islature, - > ~. AN ASTONISHING ADMISSION. the MeKinley tariff its makers had the as of wool-growers, who desired prohibitory In framing the wool schedule of sistance persons representing the rates on the raw material, and of other persons who were authorized to speak for woolen manufacturers, who desired The in- prohibitory rates on woolena, terests of + OISUINers ot consid But it the contracting parties that, were n ered, was arranged between in order for the duties which they would be obliged to to compensate manufacturers pay on imported wool, an equivalent duty should added Under this snug arrangement it be on woolens, only remained that an understanding should be reached as to the amount of the This tied upon the assurenee on the that compensatory duties, was set. part of the manufacturers it required r and one-half from four to fou pounds of wool to make a vard of eloth Four times the duty on wool was therefore in sddi- tion to the duty levied upon the value, placed upon imported cloths I'he proposition to put wool on the free list now brings out the admission on the part of the manufacturers that they did not play fair with the wool- growers in their joint assault upon the It is and in other pub taxpayers of the country, urged The Me ications that speak fire instead of taking four pounds of wool to make a yard of cloth, it only takes two pounds, thus giving the manufac turer the to which he is entitled by the agreement, It is urged that it would vantageoins in § fay gifarefsirey Favs oy that wool should be opposed, because, authority double compensation be more ad to continue the operation of this elear steal than to have free ac- cess to foreign wool marketa, For intolerable impudence and assur. ance the whole volume of protective argument hardly furnishes anything to equal this complacent acknowledge ment of raseality, accompanied with argumentative statistics to that the rascality should be perpetuated. The wool-raisers and the wool-wearers show both ought to have their eyes opened by these astonishing Philadolplia Record, Tp —- WAR. admissions, - It looks as if Uncle Sam would op en gates of Janus and declare war against Chili, a saucy little neighbor, spun out a thousand miles along the Pacific const of South America—nar row, a long shoestring on the coast, down there, the concern will be wound up, like a tape, sure. American seamen have been mobbed by Chilians, and the authorities have offered no apology yet for the outrage message to congress this week relating the facts in the ease, and it is said they will be of such a nature that CONgress will at once declare war, unless repara- tion is offered by the Chilian govern- ment, - oo. This week the Democratic State committee meets at Harrisburg, and the National committee at Washing. ton. The latter to fix the time and place for holding the next Democratic National Convention, i ——— Try It To Keep Your Toes Warm, A man in town says he keeps his toes warm in rubber overshoes in wine ter by buying them one size too large and then stuffing paper in the toes, This is a simple remedy and well worth a trial. BOOTHS AND BALLOT-BOXES, | Selected by the State Commission Created by Baker Ballot Law, The commission created by the er ballot law to select suitable polling booths and other paraphenalia neces sary to carry out the provisions of the law practically its work. For weeks the commission has been examining the of the patterns submitted by manufacturers at the recent exhibi- has completed into merits Various tion in the supreme court room and a final meeting held last week at which of booth, guard rail and ballot box was selected, Blue prints of each of these patterns, with the being made and in a few days will be wis i pattern i together specifications, are sent to each board of county commis sioners in the state, The county commissioners must pro- cure booths and guard rails of the sane the commisson, and within the price pre- pattern and style as adopted by seriboed by it, but they are at liberty to award the contract for thes rappliances to After the booths and guard rail been pur- whoever they please, s have chased the commissioners are authoriz ed to certify under oath to the auditor the of order Iu number se leoted will the state treasury general and each then drawn upon that official to for the by reimburse the county money thus expended, BALLOT BOX The Oo wl Som $344 stvie of allo AND POLLING BOOTH Mnnssion has adopted thie box manufactured by I. Hodsdon, of Nit Ww will recommend tl ii York, which it io He COUnIY commi The As it will Inre« ©1o sioners for Counties adoption, must furnish the boxes, be Necessary wh to hold the | voted it is likely that that manufactured } Mr. Hodsdon edd, The oCure boxes anket ballots to be N vill be generally adopt. commission has prepared the following specification for a Material to polling booth: w clear seasoned white pine, number one grade, The divisions and backs from one and O16 fourth in stuff, surfaced on all sides. to In fs mscde must follov separate paneliings and v accurately the size and shape shown on drawing, . ' ¥ and rails to be moulded on framed together and moulding 1 ench division Hack to together by two two-inch by four-ineh back flaps; the first and the door fasteners, | § iT stufl, surfaced on all sides and held starter Mined and or to 1 ww tO booth Hlne xe je yen nf top f Ole ane at bottom. shelf to be fromm one-ineh in back end, place by stub and plate on the and single-bed fastener at each and set to slope one-half neh from The i back to front, metal scribed to be in malleable iron fittings de of sires ord sidd weight shown on drawing SITLE OF THE GUARD RALL The pattern of the guard rail select. edb is similar to that presented by the Buffalo Portable steel house company, of Butlalo, N. Y. The specifications for this rail as adopted follows: Floor flanges are to be made of east iron con- to tw tapped three-quarter