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VOL. LXV.
1892.
NO. 48.
NEWS OF CAPITOL
CONGRESS CONVENES IN LAST
SESSION.
Congress Ready for Business, ~The Presi.
dent's Annunl Message Already Pre-
pared to be Read,
WasHinagTON, Dee. 5.—"“The House
will please be in order,” were the
words of Speaker Crisp as the hand on
the big clock facing the Speaker's
chair eame together over the X11, and
they were accentuated by a sharp rap
with the gavel he held uplifted in his
rightjhand; and the last session of the
Fifty-second Congress was open for
business. The attendance was fairly
good for an opening session, although
the number of empty seats on the
democratic side was entirely too large
fear that absenteeism
may give the party leaders as much |
the last.
shaded
for those who
trouble at this session as at
However let us not the
view of the future, but rather
democratic members the House
credit for sufficient love of party and
patriotism to that a democratic
quorum is not lacking at any time
when it becomes desirable to have it
present, and that is practically all the
time,
Mr. Harrison's annual message will
not go to Congress until tomorrow,
but your correspondent has read it, al-
take
give the
of
SOC
decide whether that extra session will
have to be held in the spring or wheth-
er it ean safely be postponed until the
fall,
mine ——
A Charming Souvenir,
We have received recently a little
Souvenir Book, illustrated in colors
and devoted to the description of the
business of Zhe Youth's Companion,
and especially illustrating the new
Building, which is just completed and
occupied. Every one who is interest-
ed in the paper, and we know that the
number of families in our vicinity who
take it increases year by year, will de-
sire to see and read this bit of history
concerning a favorite paper,
While Zhe Companion is one of the
oldest papers in the country, having
been started in 1827, it is one of the
freshest and most vigorous of all our
publications and has attained the un-
{equalled circulation of six hundred
Its prospec-
announcements of
year 1563,
aining the
SCOSSOrs.
Any new subscriber may obtain the
through its more than 15000 words,
and not a pleasure. It strikes me
being in the nature of a skillful
as
legislation
and an
together useless and unnecessary
administration and for the
of the republican congress,
one,
the people—
case nearly a month ago.
al style of the
that of those previously
Mr. Harrison ;jbut,
the circumstances under which it
The
far
written
message is
by
come to think of it,
was
prepared were such as to make it un-
fair to criticise it from a literary
of view. It demonstrates
very clearly. Mr. Harrison still «
to and republican
ideas which were so overwhelmingly
condemned by the American voters on
the 8th of last month,
The attendance at the opening
sion of the Senate was better propor-
tionately than that in the House, but
that may have been largely
the fact and by a resolution adopted at
point
one
lings
protection other
Hv
owing to
the last session the anti-option bill was
made the regular
which it will be has al-
ready passed the House, the right of
way unfinished until it
shall have been disposed of or the
sion shall come to a close. There is a
decided difference of opinion to
whether this bill will be disposed of by
vote of the Senate or by the
the session. Its opponents claim that
enough Senators from the south have
changed their minds about the bill
make it certain that they ean defeat it
on a direct vote, but all the same they
are now scheming to prevent a vote
being taken.
There are a important
measures, from a stand-
point, which may be brought forward
and passed by the House at this
sion or may be held until the begin-
ning of the Fifty-third Congress, just
as the democratic conference or caucus
shortly to be held, may decide. It
order for today,
remembered
ns business
PR
be
close of
to
number of
democratic
508
is
can Senators willing to vote with the
democrats to repeal the present silver
law, provided an agreement can
reached on a substitute, and some of
voring a return to the Bland law
nothing more satisfactory can be
ranged. No help is expected by
ocrats from the International
tary conference, now sitting, in
ing the silver problem.
ar-
Mone
solv
talk it is probable that the House bills
for the admission to statehood of New
Mexico and Arizona will be taken
sion.
al reasons, not the least of whieh
send democratic United States Sena
tors in time to take their seats next
I ‘inter,
The cholera scare is being worked
for all it is worth to work up senti-
ment in Congress in favor of a suspen-
itis to a certain extent succeeding.
Once convince Congress that there is
real danger of the cholera getting a
foothold in this country next year,
through immigration, and the vote
will be unanimous in favor of suspen
gion, notwithstanding the efforts of
the steamship lobby.
A majority of democrats in this con-
gress appear to think that present in-
dications point to the necessity for an
extra session of the next congress, and
those in a position to know say Mr.
Cleveland is of the same mind. It is
“the work of this Congress which will
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AARONSBURG,
Asronsburg the Scene of a Quiet Wedding
Other News of Interest,
Rev,
tracted
Addams is conducting a pro-
meeting in the Reformed |
Mrs,
paying her niece,
er n visit.
James Rupp,
Linn Zeigler, of Bellefonte,
Mrs. James Etting-
is
was married to
on last Thursday
the Cornet band, of
member, assisted by al
gave him a rattling
serenade. i
On last Sabbath Rev. Wolf, of this |
place, and Rearick, of Rebers- |
burg exchanged pulpits,
The Heformed people this year bring |
up the rear with their Christmts festi-
val on the evening of the 25th inst. |
Well, better late than never. i
Squire porkers i
pounds. James Runkle,
esq. ,
evening, and
which he is a
tev.
dressed 888 |
of near Cen-|
totes
he furnished the shoats,
Prof. Thomas J, Kiester will leave
for Chicago in a few days where a first
rumored awaits
er half goes with him.
| RES YT SIERO NRA
class position, it is
him. His bett
How Chinese Set Bones,
In setting a fractured limb the JChi- |
nese make no effort to bring the bones |
into opposition. The Chinese medi- ft
cine man simply takes a lot of red clay |
and envelopes the limb with it. Then
he takes some strips of bamboo and in- |
dents them’ into the clay. Bandages
are wrapped around those strips, and
in the outer bandage he places the!
head of a live chicken. After he has |
secured this bandage he cuts the head |
off the fowl, allowing the blood to]
flow and penetrate the fracture. He |
then takes the chicken’s head from |
beneath the bandage and covers the
exterior with a coating of glue. The
reason given for applying the chick-
en's head is that it nourishes the brok-
en or fractured limb and is “heap good
medicine.”
tif rarer ~
RSandow’s See Saw,
Sandow, the strong man, is still en-
tertaining Londoners with exhibitions
of his remarkable feats of strength.
Some time ago he had a bad turn, and
on two occasions came near being
His newest
see-saw horse trick. He
seems as strong as ever,
heavy-weight horse, trained by San-
himself, plays secsaw on the
Sandow's thousand-pound
ual. He twirls the bells as if they
were feathers,
Bo pc
May Strike Again,
Since the Homestead strike has been
men have been taken back. A meet-
ing was held on Wednesday night,
which was attended by about 500 strik-
ers, Bpeeches were made in favor of
ealling out the union men in the mill,
but in the absence of the leader, David
Lynch, no action was taken,
—————" ——
Court adjourned early last week,
lasting only about three days. Either
the people of Centre county are becom-
ing better, or there is a greater dis-
patch of business in the court room.
We opine it is a little of both, If the
people would quit quarreling and
fighting we would need no courts at
all,
~=A complete stock of boots and
shoes can always be found at Mingle’s
shoe store, Belletonts,
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH,
More Like the German Language Than
Very Many Suppose,
There are those who ignorantly
us with much show
Pennsylvania dutch is no language,
but is a mere corruption of normal
German after its arrival in
that a Pennsylvania German knows
nothing about German literature
the high German tongue, and a native
of Germany cannot understand the
Fastern Pennsylvania dialect; that it
is 8 mere nondescript patois or vulgar
lingo, unworthy of being learned and
unworthy of being called a language.
literature, to be sure. It is not
language of she German schools,
not the language Luther
Gaothe or of Hegel. It is at best only
a spoken jut who that
speaks the English tongue speaks like
Addison, Macaulay, or Shakespeare’
It is a language, and it is the German
language. Pennsylvania Dutch, it
must be admitted, is today like
the German of Luther than Eng-
lish of today is like the
Chaucer. Is modern
mere corruption of English
after its arrival in this country ?
Pennsylvania Dutch is the ordinary
colloquial speech of the German pi
it is
of
of or
language.
more
the
normal
Sh
rounded pebble at the bottom of
brook, though the sharp edges have
worn smooth, is still a stone. Or asa
in a
in
mixture
brought
found today
It isa
ierman dialects,
are
| of the South (
| from the region of the Upper Rh
but what of that? Are there
in other
vorda
the
in
“
high German ? Turn to German
and g
one letter you find
der Accent,
der Agent,
der Alarm,
Ambition,
Anekdote,
der Architect,
der Aristocrat,
lancing down
der
der
der Addresse,
Appetit,
Artikel
der
dns
die Arithmet
alphabet. It is not so much the
fon of new words
detrition
in
therefore, nor the
of words through dialectic
unconscious to
transfer the spirit and structure
| language into another that
attempt
gives
I —
tax in the fact that Jay Gould,
{ mated to be worth a hundred millions,
000 personal property and on his resi-
dence, not amounting to £25,000 in all.
It is estimated the inheritance tax on
his estate, going to the State, will be
basis of his wealth
{ amounting to $75,000,000. Mr. Gould
{living evaded the taxpayer by ail
methods known in the art. The pro-
| posed income tax that would reach the
dodging millionaires, would seem to
be the right thing. If all incomes
above $10,000 were taxed, the rich
would be reached, instead of slipping
clear, and leaving the farmer and oth-
er poorer classes to make up for it.
ER —— a.
A Sare Thing.
A witty individual one morning
wagered that he would ask the same
question of fifty different persons and
receive the same answer from each,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. The
wit went to first one and then to
another, until he had reached the
number of fifty. And this is how he
won the bet. He whispered half audi-
bly, to each:
“I say, have you heard that Smith
has failed 2"
“What Bmith ?”’ queried the ‘whole
fifty, one after another; and if was de-
cided that the bet had been fairly won.
We think the next administration
willbe one that will have an eye
towards giving the farmer and the
other toiling classes beneficial legisla-
tion. Itis time the consuming and
toiling masses that make up the bone
and sinew of the land, receive the at
tention they deserve. The trusts, mo-
nopolies and capitalists have preyed
long enough upon the people.
Reclalms the Wheels,
A novel swindling scheme is being
worked in some towns in the state.
A man comes into a town and sells as
many bicycles as he can at very low
figures. A few days later another man
turns up, proves the wheels were stol-
en from him and takes them away.
«When in need of boots or shoes
#0 to Mingle's shoe store, Bellefonte,
you snd at reasonable prices.
' RAILROAD NEWS
ONE HUNDRED MILES
MINUTES
IN SIXTY
Electrie
Space,
Tralus to Annihilate
To Run Between Two
Great Cities,
Electricity as a motive power in long
the front, not only as a possibility but
a probability of the near future. It is
a new factor that cannot help being of
interest to all local railroaders,
ally the trainmen, for it would mean
a revolution of the present methods of
transportation. In this
that
Mt.
enpeci-
the
Louis
stock of
the Chicago &
Company.
already on the
amounting to § is
The
ht to know what i
about, for the
The project is to furnish
rapid transit between Chicago and St.
This
7,000,000,
market,
Mail, which oug
talking is authority
statement,
enterprise has
The possibility of running trains at
the uninformed. The electric rail-
ure however,
taking no
‘ars have
hour,
The line from Chicago to St.
is an air line.
Ho swi
in fact, none of those
coidents so often on the
run 100 miles
the
hours,
railroads. Its trains will 1
an hour, accomplishing
two cities in 2i
road is divided into twenty-five see
tions of ten miles each. The cars
in the intermediate section: so
that it will be absolutely impossible
within ten miles of
each other. This will prevent any
Ty
There will ultimately be
at first only /
laid. The
anywhere
will be
and
four tracks,
two through tracks
thro
between
nigh
cars will
the
unnecessary to travel
therefore
two
cities, It
no through
for
mail
night
and
freight, express
The car is a long, low,
of
compact ce
AT,
pairs driving wheels,
ing driven by a separate motor,
di-
HX
Fhe driving wheels are six feet in
meter and are capable of making
a minute,
in
Mail, terminal
ities have been acquired in both
The has purchased
the finest equipped coal mine and brick
and tile making plant in the State of
Hiinois, Coal through which
the road passes are capable of yielding
of It is
The
Fhe road Is now course of eon-
uction, says the and
cities,
company
fields
Fy *
pons 1 00, 000,000 tons coal,
practically level for 200 miles,
Chicago Journal says the
but that has been denied.
linia
Never friend unheard:
or without letting him know his accu-
sor his crime. It is a common
thing to say, “Do not tell that you
had it from me; for if you do I will de-
ny it; and never tell anything
again.”
set together by the ears, and the
former slips his neck out of the collar,
Admit no stories upon these terms; for
it is an unjust thing to believe in pri-
vate, and be angry openly. Some
make it their sport to do ill offices;
others do them only to receive thanks;
there are some who would part the
dearest friends in the world; others
love to do mischief, and then stand
aloof to see what comes of it.
The above was written by Seneca
near two thousand years ago, and is
sound logle today.
poms -
New York Presbytery met last mon-
day in the University Place Presbyte-
rian church to examine Mr. Bruce W.
Cronmiller, a graduate of Union Theo-
logical Seminary, and a candidate for
lecensure. The examination proved
to be satisfactory to the committee,
and Mr. Cronmiller was admitted.
The Presbytery will meet again on
Monday to continue the investigations
in the Briggs case.—N. Y. Observer,
24th ult. Mr. Cronmiller is a native
of Aaronsburg, and x son of John
Cronmiller, formerly of that town.
fi Mo
The Prisoner Risked His Neok,
Constable Lucas, of Centre county,
was taking a prisoner from Bnow Shoe
to Bellefonte, on Friday, and when
near the “school house crossing” the
prisoner leaped from the train and
eaped. The train was going at full
speed, consequently the constable did
not risk his neck by following the es
terprise,
condemn a
ser
you
KILGORES INCOME TAX BILL, {°C
ine
Kilgore of Texas, the man who put
his foot through the door of the house
at Washington during the reign of
Czar Reed, is agitating the question of
imposing a national income tax,
Like all his utterances, the one on this
matter is foreible apd to the point,
He shows how the rich men of the
country escape their just share
ation because they keep their wealth
locked up in stocks and bonds and in
other ways that cannot be reached by
the present tax laws, and he eries out
loudly against the injustice of such a
state of things.
The poor man who has managed by
and self-denial
io possess
his property
as if he paid rent,
millionaire, hardest
off coupons with
almost as burdensome
while the whose
pays nothing
own,
the country
Ifa man is
active life
oy giv-
ing employment to labor and skilled
artisans, he is forced to pay a business
tax.
It is his ahso-
lutely, with nothing due
in business, and leads an
He is not allowing his money to
vaults and strong-boxes, and
therefore he must pay. But the cou-
to anyone but himself, escapes all this,
toward meet-
When itl gore returns to Washing-
ton the chances are that he will intro-
a ation income tax bill, and
it with
will make
that he
That
determination
it tell the
such
in house,
llama
State College Church.
The BSiate
Centre county,
James Heaney pastor,
een new members at its
lege Presbyterian
Pa., Rev
received four-
last commu-
and five pro-
The very happy relations ex-
isting between pastor and people and
the more perfect Srganizytion of church
work lately effected fruit-
ful « The well-direct-
ed energy of*the Young People's So-
church,
nion, nine by letter on
, have been
f the best resulin.
ciety has also been blessed by large ac-
cessions to their ranks, a deeper inter-
that
ch
est in religion and an attendance
frequently taxes the entire seating
pacity of the church.
mil ————
Items of Local Interest
A party from Buffalo Valley, en-
camped along White Deer Creek above
Run, killed a bear weighing
about 250 pounds on Tuesday.
Th of Hartman &
Aumilier, located at Cherry Run, was
recently destroyed by fire. The loss
will $3,000; partly insured. The
fire is supposed to have been incendi-
ary.
C. K. Sober, Esq., has shipped to
Dr. Warren a large number of pheas-
ants to be mounted for the W
Fair.
e steam saw mill
be
Gfia»
——n
Those who have not given the sub-
Jeet close attention will be startled to
CO 0 R30
were added to the rolls last year, the
total number on the rolls June 30, last,
To meet the demands
of this list not less than £165,000,000
will be required next year. Adding to
those now on the rolls the claimants
whose cases have not yet been adjust-
ed we find nearly thirty years afici
or bounty. Could it be possible at
this day that all of t h ese are legitimate
claimants ?
SA ——
Jay Gould, the millionaire railroad
king died on Friday noon, last. We
rich folks will die as well as the rest,
and the world will move along all the
same. Mr. Gould was born May, 1830,
Hl
Rain.
Rain set in Tuesday night and it
rained moderately by spells next day.
We need much rain to fill the ground
and help the springs and streams.
Doing a Big Business.
The Racket store is doing the biggest
business in Bellefonte, and is also the
biggest newspaper advertiser. See?
A Table Works Destroyed by Fire.
The Montgomery table works,
Montgomery, were burned on Friday.
Loss, $20,000; insurance, $12,000,
03.
New '88 will soon be ushered in. It
is a lucky figure to have on your Re
PORTER address tab. See that you get
the "98,
Make Note of It,
Now is the time to put your Christ-
mas ad. in the CENTRE REPORTER.
A pS A A ——
THE NATION'S FINANCES.
Treasurer Nebeker Presents His Annual
Eeport- Interesting Figures.
United States Treasurer Nebeker has
submitted his annual report to Becre-
tary Foster. The net ordinary reve-
nues of the government for the fiscal
year were $354,037,884, a decrease of
$37,670,668 as compared with the year
before. The net ordinary expenditures
were $345,023,330, a decrease of $10,340,-
364. The surplus revenues were thus
put down from $37,239,762 to $9,914,458,
Including the public debt, the total
receipts for the year were $736,401,205,
and the expenditures $634,010,289,
Analyzing the true condition of the
treasury, and setting aside the trust
funds, the treasurer shows that there
was a working balance of cash and de-
posits in banks amounting to $207,110,-
451 at the beginning ot the year, and
to §165,718,150 at the end. Of the for-
mer amount §116,000,000 and of the lat-
ter $i14,500,000 was gold. The amount
of the public debt is given as $1,845.-
30, 1861, and $1588,
464,144 on June 30, 1892. The loans
resting on the credit of the United
States were cut down from $1,005,506, -
560 to $668,218,840, while those secured
by full deposits in the treasury increas-
ed from $540,190,081 to $620,245,5804.
According to the
the total stock of money of all kinds
in the country on June 30 was $2374.-
334,049, an increase of $150,000,000 in
the year. By eliminating that part of
the paper currency which is purely
representative, consisting of certificates
of deposites and treasury notes, the ef-
fective stock is found to have been §l,-
753,958 845, an increase of $70,000,000,
The issues of United States paper cur
rency amounted to $376,717,583, exceed-
ing those of any previous year. The
nearest approach to this total was §310,-
000,000 in the year before, and the next
nearest on! oon, 000 in 1563.
sm fs Ml en
WHERE AREYOUR GIRLS,
Shield Your Daught ers From the ‘Taint of
the Streets
revised estimate,
No greater peril than that of allow-
ing young girls to be out at unseason-
able hours of the night, of permitting
girls just out of their teens to prome-
nade alone or in couples in any part of
the town after nightfall, could be con-
ceived, because it subjects them to pos-
sible insults from which every right
minded parent should strive to shield
them. There is neither prudery nor
affectation in striving to shield girls
from the taint of the streets after the
city is shrouded in darkness, because
it is then that snares are set for the in-
nocent and allurements flaunted for
the wayward. To warn parents not
to subject their girls to such entice
ments is certainly doing them a good
service, but the trouble is that moth-
ers who need to be advised in this way
never accept the advice however hon-
estly it may be given and well meant
it may be in the tender. People who
observe the condition of the sidewalks
the postoffice and the railroad station
any night from 7 to 9 o'clock cannot
fail to notice the large number of girls
just in their teens, wandering listless
ly alone, or in twos, threes and fours,
talking loud and laughing merrily as
they pass along. There are men (7)
who regard it a good joke to flirt with
such innocents who forget that in
such an act they are sowing vile seed
and beginning work that pollutes bod-
fes and breaks hearts. Keep your
young girls at home, mothers, if you
really want to escape regret and re
morse,
an —————_—
Good Looks,
Good looks are more than skin deep,
depending upon a healthy condition
of all the vital organs. If the liver be
inactive, you have a bilious look, if
your stomach be disordered, you have
a Dyspeptic look and if your Kidneys
be affected you have a Pinched look.
Secure good health and you will have
good looks. Electric Bitters is the
great alterative and Tonic acts direct-
ly on these vital organs. Cures Pim-
ples, Blotches, Boils, and gives a good
complexion. Soldat J. D. Murray's
Drugstore, 50c. per bottle.
The RErorTER'S caloulator has as-
certained that if the comet had met
thie earth and struck the great lakes
first, the splash would have caused a
Johnstown flood all over the country.
The comet seeing the ducking it was
likely to get, turned back.
Jay Gould was worth seventy-five
millions and was not any happier—
perhaps not near as happy as numer.
ous other people who did not have sev-
Sniysiive sundred, aiid hie died young:
er than many who don't own a
house even.
on AL,
“For want of a nail the shoe was
lost, for want of a shoe the horse was
lost,” says poor Richard; and for want
of Bull’s-Head Horse and Cattle Pow-
Sot many hoses afe dally. lost. Price