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VOL. LXVI.
H AL 1, PA., THU
RSDAY, MARCH
CAPITOL GOSSIP
NEWS OF A WEEK AT THE NA-
TION'S CAPITOL.
Economy the Watchword Under Demos
cratic Rule—~Cutting off Useless
Employes,
Washington, March 27, 1803:
department of the government and it |
crats are in control. One of the
first things that President Cleveland |
impressed upon the minds of the mem- |
bers of his cabinet was that each of |
them should be liberal in the use of |
the pruning knife in cutting off’ sine- |
cures and useless employes under them. |
Something has already been done in
the cutting off’ line, but what has been |
done is as nothing when compared
with what will be done. President |
Cleveland wishes the heads of the de-
partments to anticipate the findings |
of the Congressional joint commission, |
which has already organized, for the
the government departments, with a
view to a reduction in the number of |
employes and an improvement in the
present slow and in many instances |
cumbersome methods of transacting |
business, wherever possible. To |
change the methods will in many |
cases require a change in the law, but |
to compel every employe of the gov- |
ernment to render an honest equiva- |
lent for the salary received, and to dis- |
miss all the drones and shirks is with- |
in the power of the heads of the de-|
partments under present laws, unless |
somebody weakens it is going to be |
done, I heard of a case the other day |
which indicates that there is one Sec- |
retary who will not weaken, no mat- |
ter what influence may be behind the
shirkers. By accident Secretary Car-
lisle learned that an $1,800 clerk—a
woman—had only been on duty about
half the time during the last twelve
months, He sent for her chief and |
asked why this had been allowed. !
“ Because she is ked by Congress. |
man—{naming one of the most influ-|
ential members of the House) “That
is no excuse at all,” said the Secretary;
“dismiss her at once, and understand |
that all the clerks in this department |
have got to work for their or
get out.”
Mrs,
f
bac
salaries
and has not indicated
whether she intends holding any pub-
lie receptions this spring, but all who
desire to meet her can do so by writ-
ing and requesting that privilege,
she sets aside an hour twice a week—
on Tuesdays and Fridays—to receive |
those who have in this way
her permission to call on her. :
Almost as many misstatements have
been made concerning the status of |
the extra session of the Senate as |
about the intentions of Cleveland.
Long stories have been written, and
editors who knew no better have print-
ed them, about the Senate remaining
in session against the wishes of the
President, and
Clevel
as |
obtained |
about the annoyance |
it was causing him. As a matter of |
fact, the extra session only
at the pleasure of the President, and as |
soon as he shall notify the Senate that |
he has no further communication to |
make to it, adiournment will follow,
unless precedents are all set aside. So
powerful is precedent that at this writ- |
ing it seems probable that the demo-
cratic officers of the Senate will not be
elected at the extra session, although
they have heen nominated by the cau-
cus and a resolution adopted to pro-
ceed to elect them. The republicans |
entered a protest against this proceed- |
ing on the ground that it would be
violation of precedent, and the indiea- |
tions are that the democratic Senators
will not act against that protest,
Democrats who are here after office
do not as a rule take kindly to the or-
der of closing the offices of the mem-
bers of the cabinet to the public on
Tuesdays and Fridays, —cabinet days,
~but it is really in their interest, for
it will give the heads of the depart
ments an opportunity to go over the
papers filed with them and make
lections for appointments.
The reports for and against the seat-
ing of the appointed Senators from
Montana, Washington and Wyoming,
were preseneted to the Senate today.
It is expected that the debate will be-
gin at once and that the Senate will
hold daily sessions until a vote is reach
ed, The result is still very much in
doubt.
England and France having raised
their ministers to the United States to
the dignity of Ambassadors the new
democratic representatives of the Unis
ted States to those countries will, in
‘accordance with a law enacted by the
Jast Congress be Ambassadors, instead
of ministers plenipotentiary, as hereto
fore. This will, of course, add no hon-
or to our ministers in the eyes of
18 but every one at all
decision was against the Southern Pa-
from being opened to
to settlement, but it is a refutation of |
| retary Bmith into the eabinet,
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POTTERS MILLS
Alex MeCoy Loses a Valuable Male from
Look Jaw,
Miss Sue Long, of Spring Mills, bh
been visiting her sister at this place,
Mr. Alex MeCoy has lost
He refused five
the last week. It w
the { mules
Of
a very fine
i mule,
{ lars for
one of
span as
finest team
Mr.
and did
all
all in his power to save it but in
pt
COBURN.
Washington Camp No, 630, 1
Instituted
John Hoffa and wife
at Lewisburg, with
rents,
Ww. F.
last Saturday, where he will be
{ ed in painting during the summer,
Mrs. Platt, wife of Jacob Platt,
sick at present.
Some our schools
have already closed.
Meyer & Co. moved their
0. 8 of A,
spent Sunday |
the former's
engag-
is
in this section
mill on
east of town
and are now
operating the same on
custom work. They expect tosaw out |
the timber on Daniel Mevers tract, ad-
will
tunnel.
Kerstetter his new
made bride, of Lindale, Union county,
visiting among friends at
place over Sunday.
Mr. G. R. Stover
Chester and ly
Lis
few
the
sojourned a
at
home of her mother.
Quite a number of Sittings took place
during the last week. Huey
Ny
ed into the vacated by Mr,
and Henry Snavely moved into
vacated by Mr. Heman, Dr.
of Woodward, moved into Jacob
Kerstetter's by Mr.
moved to
moved
Harte
y to Mill. .
on his
farm
Alfred
An-
Andrew Har-
ter will move to this place next week.
On last Friday evening Washington
Camp No. 680, P. O, 8B. of A.,
stituted at this place, by Mr.
Shenandoah, Pa., the State Camp's
E. E. Erhard,
President, assisted
Iov-:
nl
Mov. i
i
Hu-
house
house vacated
W. Harter
Samuel Lingle
on the vacated by Mr
W. F. Bmith moved his famil
heim and Alfred Stover moved
farm, Henry Zerby occupied the
Moyer by
Jacob Harter moved
LE
f
farm
vacated
on
was in-
Yost, of
of
Fleming, District
and Mifflinburg Camp. After institu-
tion the following officers were elect
Pres. J. F. Garthofl; Viee Pres.
tte, M. of F,, P. H. Btover; P.
» W. W. Rishell; Cor. SBeet'y, C. A.
assistant Cor. Sect'y, John
Finan. Bect'y, C. D.
Wagner: Treas. T. B., Everett: Con.
James A. Coo
. Kerstetter; Trustees,
0. Braucht, Elmer
BN. (i.
ney; G., Daniel L.
H. Stover, R.
Cooney.
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AN IMPORTANT decision that con
cerns Mr. Edison, was rendered recent-
ly, by the supreme court in the case of
Huber vs. Nelson. In this Huber
cided that a foreign patent having
lapsed, by reason of non-payment of
thereafter for the same invention is
void, This action, it is said at the
patent office, destroys Edison's quad-
ruplex telegraph patent and also his
three microphone patents, leaving the
Bell company after January next to
stand wholly on the Berliner patent.
LM
DURING THE past year, it is calcula
ted, that the vast sum of over $700,000,
000 was spent in the British Isles in
aleoholie drinks, and even this is less
by some $1,500,000 than the expendi
ture of the year previous, Probably
three-fourths of this sea of liquor was
swallowed by one-fourth of the popu-
lation. A reputable authority states
that if the National drink bill were re-
duced to $70,000,000 a year the health
of the people would so improve that at
least one-fourth of practicing physi-
clans would find nothing to do.
Ix ExorLaxp members of Parlin
ment get no pay, while an American
congressman gets $10,000. The ques
tion of paying members of Parliament
is now being agitated in England.
Srories of fellows being nearly
IMPORTANT CASE,
One of the Most Intricate Cnses Tried
Our Courts,
Court commenced on Mond
noon with Judge Saddler,
burg, presiding.
The first case called was
Mining
wy afters
that of the!
Manufacturing
After the
Bech
and
fury was drawn it was
le
jurors
wou le EU veral
and
8
wilneas
ued,
ourt Orvis
er & Orvis appear for the
8 Were
ses contin
In the case before ¢
Tyrone
Nenator B. R. Peale,
H. Murray, I£
Jumes Cros
This is
Lock
ts,
ol Haven,
appear {
™.
“ann Linent to
Half
tern part of a
CLION in cee re-
cover 100 acres of land in ‘moon
we
the of theo
Uechard Whitehead.”
The defendant claims that the 1
and * unuel
Janldf
further
cover the
nano
dich-
" Bryan
+ Jocated one
and did not
i
ist
pose
mile
land in his
The case was tried three times. In
rrdiet, October 25th 1888 the sapr
the lower ¢
second trial arred Ix
1888 and resulted in a verdict
defendant, The
following i
court. The ¢
fore Judge
verdic
made
e
wierinnber Gt
mire.
EM ii
the
the
low Lod
for
SU pr mrt
reversed
+ was tried in 1892
Krebbs resulted
defendant, A
He of
y
Lig
and
t for
for a new trial
it was in pr
fourth tims
the
our courts,
The land has
valuable iron ore deposits on it
Mr. Cross finall
it will
in dispute
Bilis he % his claim
msiderab
Cialis © confusion
among land owners in that communi-
io find
and for
ty who will have a time
“where they at.’
son tl
are
ie termination of this case
watched.
It is one or the most intricate
technical eject
courts for ma
attention, T
for the
Dernion
Turns
road law at
13 alair pr
thls sension
ture whi : wiil at leas
ning in the direction of better roads,
something that Pennsylvania needs
of the 1
ANE .
about ns much as any State ii~
slate appro
ion, apg
(NN) is proposed for
priation of §
the next two Years,
and this is to be dis!
to the {
03
r 1 ¥
peopie of
ursed in proportion
work done by hie
The county
isors are to declare
amount
the counties,
and township supers
what roads sl
highways, and ther
vision of the bill.
to come from a tax levy
property now subject to taxation, and
a tax of §1 on each male A
county supervisor of roads is to be elect
ed next November for a term of three
years, He must have a special knowl-
edge of roadmaking, or be
His compensation
be fixed by the township supervisors
who are to be elected at the February
The whole thing will depend
on the choice of county supervicor, and
whether the country people will be lib-
eral enough to vote a salary that
command first-class capacity,
all be considered public
fore under the pro-
Local revenues are
of 8 mills on
person.
an engineer
or surveyor, will
election
etait lms
JUDGE BRUBAKER has created a
panic among the feegrabbers of Lan-
caster by his refusal to confirm the ac-
has been charging illegal fees, It is
not the loss of the fees in a single series
for the loss of the money
doubt. Bat a committee of seven law-
yers have been investigating the reject-
and illegal.
and exposed. Judge Brubaker
opened a promising field for reform in
Lancaster county, and if he holds out
as well as he has begun candidates for
Court House offices will not be able to
pay as much for the privilege of being
nominated and elected as hitherto,
s——— i —
To canny out the law of the last
congress requiring all railways to
adopt automatic carcouplers on all
their cars, Mr. Chauncey M, Depew
says, will require a very large expendi-
ture of money. There are about 2,500,-
000 cars, and the equipping of a single
ear will cost about $20, making a total
for all the roads of $50,000,000, If the
sole owner of any patent could get his
invention adopted by all the roads, he
would soon be the richest man in the
orld. Biot ga there are some twenty
patents there is no danger of a monop-
_|EASTER AND LENT
| HISTORICAL FACTS NOT GENER
ALLY KNOWN.
| Eggs At Easter -Th eir
Into the Most Remole
tiguity
Use Can be
An-
The festival next
| Christmas, is Easter,
Sabbath, Christmas
the greatest all event the
of the child Jesus. Yas fq the
commemoration of the crowning « vent
of Jesu tion
the tomb, le. the
He
in importa:
which sos
i next
i rales
CONT ero
of
birth tor
Lin the life , his resurre
from which fulfil
| prophecies and removes all dou ns
gr the Bon of God.
HOW precea
EF Was intro
one da only, th
new Know
Week.
iy and by the
hours,
it long In the
this
commemonrat:
t had Iain th
3 -
® inlet
uri
{ Wis
forty di
S53 § 1
Py, ifn
the
wilderness,
season of temptation
it the
Thi
’
from ti
name Fast rived
+ Ten
or Oostire,
is probably de
utonie goddd 28 Of 8
Ostera whose festival wccurs
about the tine olsen
of E Lent
A nglo-Saxon
i
same as the noe
is derived from th
word leacten, i
spring,” and
I with fast
isles,
Ho con
me pe
is 3
Ans ns
tion at a ing, as s
maging
It wa
tint
until the
was
% not fourth ceutury
there bout
lay.
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any regularity
the fixing the date of Jas
hose of the « arts
i the Christian P
wmmemoration of Christ's
to the
r festival
fer Su
ns wh
tO
deat!
holdin
day
Christi
POV ANSOVOT
custom of
the
sch,
on presc, il
the fourt
: that i=, the
fourteenth
Jewish p t
first month
. of which
day of the ia-
rit bs
nin
the
either falls on or next after the day
vernal equinox,
the
=,
ut most of ‘hristian
attaching
day
to Es
net
imisort-
nee to the of Christ’
n, held
on the
Fest I'red-
lx fd
tha
moon of March
su fered.
ns finally sett]
celeb
or
which
being
Sunday followed
fourteenth day of t
the day on which Christ
his difference
ome
Apri
he
traced, de
Religie History of the ©
the theology
Egyptians,
as early a
of
says Coun
us eges for Easter
y
Crebeiin, 1
a eons os ¥ {
aiengay, Lo
the
(Fioeks
and
philosophy oi
Persinns, Gauls,
all of whom an
universe. the
The
the
ssl
and Romans, ng
eg was a symbol of the
work of the sup
Persians gave presents of eggs a!
feast of the New Year—i the {
of the vernal equinox—in honor of
renewal of all things. “The Egypt-
inns held the egy as a sacred en: lem
of the renovation of mankind after the
deluge. The Jews adopted it to suit
the circumstances of their history,
a type of their departure from
Bin
reme divinity,
. Buy
$1
Lae
over as part of the furniture of the
| ble with the Pasclial lamb.”
ly Druids used the egg in
{ monies,
In Russia one man greets anothisron
| Easter with “‘Jesus Christ is rio on.”
1 “Yes He is risen,”
| then an egg is given, In Moscow no
Pmeeting takes place without this salu-
tation and exchange. “The me: nest
| pauper in the street presenting an egg
and repeating the words ‘Christor Vos-
may demand a salute even of
In
! Italy eggs are carried to the church to
| be blessed, and then taken home and
iset out with flowers on the table.
| Every visitor during Eester week is
| crees’
| the empress.”
{invited to cat an Easter egg, an invi-
tation which must not be refused.
| Eggs in all countries are sent as tok-
ens at this time, and enter into the
sentiments and pastimes of old and
young alike.
nn dni o
Deserving Praise,
We desire to say is our citizens, that
for years we have been selling Dr,
King's New Discovery for Consump-
tion, Dr. King’s New Life Pills,
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Electric
Bitters, and have never handled reme-
dies that sell as well, or thai have giv-
en such universal satisfaction. We do
not hesitate to guarantee them every
time, and we stand ready $0 re and
the purchase price, if satisfactory re-
sults do not follow their use. These
reinedies have won thelr great popu-
larity purely on their merits, J. D.
Murray, Druggist.
»
THE COURTS ANDSTRIKES
The federal «« “00M disposed -
for are bompelied | to do it whether they
le
{Hike or not
urts
to exercise a pretty BW CE
| ing jurisdiction « over labor differences
and their
The
judges in northern
district judge
district al New
portant cases of this
Yefore th sof them
the SUP the
at Wasi and we
to hear the law
between railroad companies
and district §
Toledo, the
and the
in
i » '
| circuit
Ohio, at
{ (ieoryia,
in
judge
‘
character m. Nom
in
will
I ite
may e
reach me court of
d Btates
x pect
$4
ington,
of strikes
13 by that august
le, as it will
judicious legisla-
Inid dow
This i
aM le
and boveo
tribunal, siral
point out the path of
tion, ane
YO
Congress wiil probab
siderable pressure
great
the
tural
respect for the
various and agric
forms of Ia
i cision of
0 nee
* in that city
for
questions raised in
has bes
It is
which several
months but the
judg is import
There
wt New Or
a great
ant
tained. WHE Bf
in
Dov ex
number of
were concerned; business was
I non-union men were
This affec-
merchandise
with
, and
and
n working.
sriation of
ity, interfering
foreign
ammerce
that h inter-
federal law
nions as law-
holds RAC
vintion of
trades 1
, but says that when
lawful purposes and
such as boycotting
union men,
Ives Ix
ion is far reach-
HOOT
iplinary
fr}
We
and
con
power it ne
cessarily ng resident in
the federal
implie 5 0s
are evidently
very de-
strikes and
BOINe
in
edt aes———
cago Gouge.
getting a
ising these days of
that will hardly be relished by
to the ex-
umber of “gou
wition is
} £ Xv
of advert
the managers, This is due
fan infinite n
10 Ix
ge
attempted on visitors
to inside
CREIO granted
wmen for petty Tittle monopolies of
kind and 5
reat deal to do with personal com-
wt hie wit which have
Hin
wild never be made a mat-
The
+
have been kes ping very Guise i
trifles,
and shi
r of charge. Chicago papers
on these
whereas a vigorous
hem would have stopped
Now it said, the
gions’ have all granted,
late to Probably it
will be found out that it is not too late,
The
the business, is as
HeOnoes been
h ange.
necessary,
and with
a much better grasp of the situation
which remain
silent, calls pretty loudly for an abate
of the plans of extortion. Inthe
of an elaborate exhibit it fig-
ures up that the visitor will have to
pay for extras necessary to his com.
ment
Course
admission fee, the sum of two dollars
before he has entered a single build
ing or viewed a single exhibit. “If to
the misfortune of weak limbs,’ says
the Mail, “be added that of being the
father of a brood of three or four chil-
dren, with a wife in addition, one trip
to Jackson park and the fair will sum
up not only $2.50 but $12.50."
cm
Will Check the Babies,
The Rev. B. Fay Mills, the evangel-
ist, has added to his revival services in
Minneapolis, a new featnre in the
handling of mixed crowds in the baby-
checking system. He doesn't want
young mothers debarred from his meet.
ings, and he dosen’t want the period
of prayer disturbed by crying babies,
so the babies will bechecked. A corps
of nurses is employed in the big eonven-
tion hall, where the meetings are held,
Mothers leave their babies in the check-
room andgreceive for them a regular
check as they would for an umbrella
ora wrap, When the number of ba-
bies becomes too great or the little ones
grow too trouble-some, the young men
who serve as ushers are call upon to
assist the nurses. Theatrical managers
are watching the operation of the new
system,
THE PENNSYLVANIA legislature
would like to junket to the World's
Fair at the expense of the people.
Hope the members from Centre coun.
ty will vote No on such a scheme; if
any set can afford to pay their own
way to the Chicago fair it is the legis.
cost, $80,000.
NO. 13.
Herole Woman,
Deeds of heroism from the gentler
sex are by no means rare altho not as
numerous as blackberries—sometimes
they partake of the nature of the ludi-
erous and then of the brave We
will relate one which the reader of the
REvorTER is at liberty to classify for
himself, built for
any gmergency : will face the ruf-
flan with a club or revolver, while
another will flee in terror to a neigh-
bors at the sight of serpent
in the
A mouse had reveled upon the dain-
ties of the pantry to the
the queen who presides over that
dispensable department
kingdom. The q
was timid about entering that pre-
of the
Loo,
Some females are
Of
a
or
in wee
a mouse cupboard.
annoyance of
in-
of the domes-
ueen of the pan-
tliat
account animile
foraged there.
A council of war was held.
It was resolved to purchase the la-
it
that
test patent mouse and
a8
trap,
of the
most fastidious rodent,
put in
double charge danties
the
the ter b=
ble engine was stealthily placed where
it would do most good.
The men of the premises went about
their business one and a half miles
distant, and the of the hearth
and home retreated to herupper apart-
ments breathlessly aw events,
door securely locked and window open
for a jump in cuse th
should come thumping
way.
For thirty
like thirty hours, there
like gently the
approached and a delicate
it from within for few moments,
when “snap, whiz'’ was the re port.
Trembling with the
unconsciously unlocked and up to the
garret fled, and back
again to the sacred apartments, key
turned quick as lightning and with re-
markable presence of mind the smel-
ling bottle was grabbed and a swoon
headed off.
What was to be done? a five min-
utes quiet deliberation and it was re-
solved that the men must be called.
Nteathily down the st crept
aud into the yard, a peepthro the win-
dow into the pantry, and lo, a mouse
was kicking for life in the trap. Off
for the men she went, andjwhen with-
in the
to come
queen
raiting
e trap and mouse
up the stair-
minutes, which seemed
was a death-
keyhole
ear covered
stillness : Was
a
fear door was
she wheeled,
airs she
a mouse
in hailing distance,
trag yelled and some
quick and kill i
a stick, go back and a little tap would
do the job. A piece of 10 foot scant-
ling was found, with this armed to
have all possible distance between her-
self and mousey, she mounted a chair,
and from that safe altitude the attack
she began, whack and stab, until the
rodent was flat as a pancake, and a he-
roic story she had to tell of her mas.
terly work.
¥y Wis one
She was told to get
As ip
™ AT BOOM.
A Boom Eagerly Looked for by All Classes
of Men.
All are waiting on a boom. Every
town and village is looking ahead to a
boom. The farmer is waiting for a
boom in wheat. The merchant
waiting and wishing for a boom in
trade generally. The laborer is look-
ing fora boom in wages. The stock
gambler is looking for a boom in his
line so he can pocket a few hundred
thousands in stock operations, The
office seeker is looking for a boom in
appointments to strike him. The can-
didate for a county office is looking for
a boom in his favor to make him the
favorite of the dear people. The law-
ver is looking for a boom in litigation so
there is a harvest of fat fees. The doco
tor is hoping for a boom in declining
health to bring him many patients.
The minister is sighing for a boom in
things matrimonial that his scant ex-
chequer may be livened up by numer
ous $i's, $10's and §25's. The journal-
ist is awaiting a boom that will run
his circulation high up in the thous-
ands. The real estate agent is anxious
for a smart boom in lots and farms
that he may reap corresponding per
centages, The soldier is waiting for a
boom in diplomacy that will make the
cannon boom, and the sutler and camp
follower are hoping for a similar boom
#0 a big pile can be raked in from the
private’s rations,
Yes, every one is hoping, sighing
aud piping for a boom in his line.
And now, if all these booms, big and
little were to come along just about
the same time, we would all be left
pretty much ‘where we are att now.
A boom for everybody is a boom for
nobody.
«When in need of footwear of any
kind, for ladies, gentlemen or children,
£0 to Mingle’s shoe store, Bellefonte.
His styles are the latest, stock
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