VOL. LXVIs « 15 ; N¢ 3. NO. 15. CAPITOL GOSSIP NEWS OF A WEEK AT THE NA- TIONS CAPITOL. President | Cleveland Loaves Washington for a Little Hest.~The Investign- tion of the Weather Bareau, WASHINGTON, APRIL 10.—President Cleveland has a remarkable capacity for standing long hours of hard work, and it has been put to a severe test since his inauguration, as it has been the exception rather than the rule when he has been able to retire before 2 o'tlock in the morning, and he is al- ways at his desk again before eight o'clock. Feeling the need of a little undisturbed rest, he, in company with Secretary Gresham, left Washington Saturday afternoon and they will not return until to-morrow. His destina- was not made public for fear that he might be followed by some of the im- portunate office seekers, anxious to personally present their claims. They went to see Ambassador Bayard at his home in Wilmington, Delaware. The investigation of the Weather Bureau, now being publicly conducted after office hours at the Department of Agriculture, is a very nasty mess as far as it has gone, and it promises to grow even nastier. The property of the bu- reau has, according to the testimony, been stolen and sold to junk dealers whenever certain of the minor officials needed a little extra whiskey money, and the stealing was done in broad daylight, the employees of the bureau being used to load itupon wagons. About everything seems to have been included in the thefts, upon one ocea- sion a stone step being taken from the building itself. The principal men im- plicated thus far are the foreman of the press room and the captain of the watch, but others higher up aresaid to have received a portion of the money, and it is expected that the evidence will prove it. Secretary Morton is de- termined to get to the bottom of the filth and to see that every guilty man is punished, regardless of who he may be or who may be his friends, Maj. General Bchofield and Major General Miles have had a squabble at long range over the trouble in Indian Territory. The to have occurred over the carrying out of an order for the detail of an officer to investigate the trouble, U. 8. troops will be sent there army Noi it. to get the very best man in the ecoun- Wm. Lochren, of Minnesota, position indicates that he Judge Lochren was not an applicant for the position, indeed, clined to accept it, but withdrew his objections when his party duty and loyalty were appealed to by the Presi- dent. His war record is of the bravest, | and although he is not a member of | the G. ganization has so far as known had a for the position. He w mont, but has resided; in Minnesota since 1857, with the exception of the time he served in the army. He will take charge of the Pension’ Bureau about May 1st. Secretary Morton found not only in- dividuals employed by the Agricultur- al department who were not rendering services in anything like a fair propor- tion to the salaries they receive, but a whole division of employes who have been practically paid for doing noth- ing for more than a year. This was the quarantine divisien of the Bureau of Animal industry, which Secretary Morton has just abolished. Quite a howl has been raised by the republi- cans because the chief of the abolished division happened to be the late Mr. Blaine’s brother, although it is difficult to understand why that should have made theslightest difference. Surely they did not expect that a democratic administration would feel called upon to take care of the poor members of the Blaine family. Secretary Lamont hasn’t been doing much talking—he never does—but that he has been doing some investign- ting and thinking is shown by his statement that no more army officers will be detailed for ornamental pur poses. This may be a little rough on the army officers who have been caleu- lating to spend the summer at the World's Fair and the various summer resorts, but no one ean deny that it is Just to the people who pay these men their salaries, and doubly just to the officers without “pull” who have to perform, in addition to their own, the duties of the butterflies of the profes sion, Postmaster General Bissell has de- cided that no fourth class postmasters shall be removed, except for cause, un- til they shall have served all or nearly all of a four year term. This rule, as these officials have never been | considered to have a fixed term, but | were removable at the pleasure of the | department. The change is understood ! to have been made yg the direction of | the President, and after all it will make no difference in the end, because there | are so many who have served four | years or more that by the time they are removed nearly all of the rest will have become removable under the new rule. mss cfm fi State Liquor Selling Much is being published about the result of the application of the Bwed- ish or Gothenburg system of regula- tion of the liquor traffic in Norway. The system provides that all the prof- its above five per cent, shall be devot- ed to public purposes, such as the build- ing of roads, support of charities, ete. A modification of the plan has been tried in Clark county, Georgia. The people of that county desired both to regulate the liquor trafic and get good liquor. A special act was passed by the Legislature giving them control. They decided as to the of sale, who the barkeepers should be and made the regulations which the latter must follow under pain of dismissal, The annual report of the county liquor commissioner shows that during the year there was bought $55,000 worth of liquor, from which there was realized $77,000, with $5,000 worth of stock still on hand. In Norway the sale is by companies which have every inducement to sell 80 as to make the per cent profit; nevertheless the amount of liquor sold has been decreased, though its quality is poor and there is much drunke n- The profit above five per cent. goes to the state or local government. The Georgia plan of the two, preferable, as the expenses will be no greater than under the other, while no individual hasany inducement to push sales in order to make a 5 per cent. profit, as all profits go to the public treasury. Another consequence also is that the quality of the liquor is *bet- ter, and there is less deleterious effect on those who use it. places 5 Ness, se ems —— Want Employment More THAN 10,000 women are | didates for employment at the World's { Fair. They send stacks of le to Mrs. Potter Palmer's office day and have begun to | who are likely to need saleswomen At first Mrs. Palmer i swered each application as it { with a personal letter. Cat tors every exhibitors or an- Desjege cashiers. in final- came 1 has For instance, guides at will be G0) women want to act {the fair. Only twent ins y-five The catering company which has i secured a monopoly of all the Ameri can restaurants in the will employ 1,000 waitresses at #8 per week. | Over 7,000 applications are already on file for the 1,000 places. On Sunday 500 girls who have accepted are i to be photographed. Every free an- | nual pass must bear a photograph of the owner. gro unds been § | ————— THE LEGISLATURE of Ohio has pass- { ed a bill imposing a fine of from $1 to | $300, or imprisonment from six months | to one year, on auy married man who pays attention to a young woman, rep- resenting himself to be unmarried. Governor McKinley has not yet sign- ed it. There should be no occasion for the adoption of such legislation and we have no hesitation in saying that if all American girls had good homes in which they received proper train- ing, there would not be. We admit that it is necessary to know many per- sons of whose past one has little or no information, but acquaintance is one thing while friendship, which often leads to something more intimate, is another. No young lady should re- ceive, much less encourage, the atten- tion of a man of whom she knows nothing. A A pr —— THE RAILROAD companies have not shown liberality in their schedule of fares to Chieago this summer. A re duction of only twenty per cent. on a round trip ticket from points on the Atlantic const to that city, and this rate good only on slow trains, is caleu- lated to check eastern travel to the World's Fair. We fancy that long be- fore the fair is over the companies will be obliged to overhaul this schedule if they want to make the profits which they are now contemplating on Worlds Fair travel. Great Advantages, You will not make a mistake by calling at the Philad, Branch, Belle fonte, for clothing for men, boys and children. They will give you greater satisfaction for your money than any other dealer. Unusual bargains will be given. Give them a trial. ANOTHER chance for » legal holiday: Jthe du on which the Xeupp Epa. THOUSANDS GO OUT The First Great Strike at the World's Falr At the most critical time possible World's Fair, the big exposi- { tion on Monday encountered its first | gre A thousand men quit that 4.000 more stampede, The culmination reat strike. might join in the stopage of work was the of much elaimed to be what is between controversy over an agreement crepe resentatives of union labor, by which all disputes between employers and employes on exposition work were to be settled by arbitration. The men contend that of the exposition officials have sition, now that the fair is nearly com- pleted, to deny point blank anything ked, and that this has notably been the in the troubles which have been for time, The strike amicably settled on Monday night at cf the council of administration with the ex- ecutive committee of the building trades council, The whole settled so far as the ex position compn- but there are, contractors SOI recently shown a dispo- ns Case carpenters’ pending BONE was a meeting trouble is ny is concerned, how- ever, the grounds who must sign the agreement will return 2.000 men who did the at work en- to put several on before their to tl work. There not return morning, deavoring to get the these men at enterprise to be pushed to an early con pletion, men ie were to A committee these which work and enable the great work following is contractors will sign agreement, i= yr ite was a long one, and | sides trouble were thoroughly Director of Works Burnham President Ru I, of the tr cil, that the ing trades when work on the fair was com The session of the two © 1 Wit i ades ER 11- had agr i build wuld | discrimina- that union and non ion men sl work t tion. 41n wether without It was this question of hiring non-union men that was the real cause of the strike. President Russell finally acknow ledged that is particular the bu wrong. The ff. The very friendly the strike meeting manner. By -. Demos is intended to make : ley the next Democratic governor, Th © Mr. Nibley 80 strong ghenles that he the nomination, bi The admi eastern section IN CERTAIN intention Wosy will it will be after the and be to defent nistration will look of the State, lieves itself enough any man that Quay may put up. reported, will General Hastings, but William A. and it that another turning down hero of Johnstown will make : angry enough to murder Quay politi- | eally if he ean. Chairman of | the Republican State given as authority for the that Hastings is to be turned and Reeder generally knows what is talking about. ————— - Tue C oLuMBUS Liberty east at Troy, N. Y., willbe of patriotic souvenirs of all conceivable | Kinds, including a bit of the original Liberty bell, contributed by a Quaker | lady of Philadelphia. Other bits! of precious metal, many of | them precious in the best meaning of | the word, will enter into the cast; and | since the bell will be dedicated to the heroes of liberty in a world-wide sense it will probably constitute the most truly typical emblem of human broth- | erhood and aspiration for freedom to | be seen—and heard—at the Columbian | Exposition. — colons Waex Mr. Cleveland desires to make an appointment he makes it, no matter who recommends the other feller. Sometimes he appoints one who does not ask for anything; and again he appoints an applicant to a position he has not applied for. The President has his own way of doing things. strong his man, it is now not be CONEressIan Stone, ia expected : i for the} him | weder commitiee is statement | down, | he bell to be composed | La As os The postoffice department has called a halt upon the Legislative Record, by ruling it out as second class matter, which will make it pay higher post. age. The Record containing nothing but the proceedings of the legislature, it can algo be ruled out as obscene lit- erature, © “Hit it again, it's got no friends.” NO APPOINTMENTS have yob been made for Centre county, notwith- standing we have enough of men here fitto run the entire United States government. Give old Centre a swig- ger from Uncle Sams jug. INCREASING SALARIES, The legislature at Harrisburg is con- sidering the question of salaries. The ’ tion clerk in the auditor genera fice. When the bill reached the it was promptly referred to the judiei- ary committee, some members of thinking that there should be a al instead of ‘al hi bill referred to a sub-committee. sub-committee uf or two, has Lill which lieutenant £5,000: see M of: gpec ine rease, reported an entirely new the ] of the increases salary from £3.000 to goveraor retary of the from $4,000 to $8,000: attorney g from £3,500 to state from £5000 to §7 auditor ge from $3,000 to $5, secretary of nal affairs from £3,000 to $5,000 and adjutant general from $2,500 to $3 The bill also raise: the sularia and employes, so that it creates incre in the salaries of all p affected of $258,000, not =a sum in the f many of the payers of nonweslth, We that the Sens! the agriculliural hink favorably of any ary; if the tions mentioned are with the let them others, equally competent, COImonY £8.000: tres arer 500: neral Oo: tater 00. ‘erk total BONS of « ABE mall tax about eves the cor hardly thi peo portion increase i the not sa. person holding posi- sfied out is above salary, ste) y will gladly siep in. co An es mn for the Warld's Falr on the Penn sylvanis Railroad, The any pan) tailroad arrangen Pr Chiecag Pennsylvania that Announces ents gers intending reserve their Pullman ear acoom to go to is ioda- Passengers tal s the moni Y Ot k ni AY Tosers re Pullman space in nre, points on the system two weeks in ad- arrs ber made upon appli ents of the af- €r a Pas- one those from vance. This ngement may ition to ticket in Railroad, who, will del the passenger, Pennsylvau the space, reserving space in required to Mm ven days befor the res Vance will { departure, otherwise Acc sation in Pullman eas for be MINT urn apy [sO ticket or sip may ication to upon This arrangement fit to vis will prove a A, CURRENT issue of the Advocate Tur Western full devotes two Super writes of pupils demonstr no difference betwes Indian and a white man when its 1 an both are given a chance, ia has alre ady been shown in these willing and anxious to work, and that | of money. He shows that savagery is | not a hereditary instinct but that all Indian wants isan opportunity. part of the paper Captain {PP ratt gives an account of the seve | Indis ans who were the first inmates of the Carlisle admitted more than thirteen years ago. Of these In- school, some of them remarkably well, and {only one is reported as having tu ned out badly. Where can seventeen white children found concerning whom better could be said ? be Mo Wall 2 Paper stains Removed. lean- wall liter ¢ pa er it tight The soiling caused by persons ing their heads against a papere may be greatly lc soned, if not o ated, by laying a sheet of blottin per upon the spot and passing o a maderately warm flat iron. A disfigurment of this kind may some times be removed by rubbing it light. ly with a soft rag dipped in prepared chalk. Rubbing the spot gently with the soft edge of a thick alice of stale wheat bread will sometimes prove ef- ficacious in such a case; the surface of the bread should be cut away as soon as it becomes soiled. Dust of” the crumbs lightly with a soft cloth or brush. All Right. Farmers from all sections assure us that the grain and grass fields in their respective localities look well. Our own observation in this and adjolning counties confirms these reports Spring, thus far, has set in fave ably for the agriculturist. Wish we could say the same of wheat prices, The promptness and certainty of its cures have made Chamberlzin’s Cough Remedy famous. It Is intended espe clally for coughs, colds, croup and Whooping eougiie and is the most of INDANGER, The tribulations of the people who | have made their homes in that part of Unele Bam's domain known Kan- BOK are added to by apprehen flying meteors. Kansas survived such unpleasant visitations as blizzards, earthquakes, armies grasshoppers, swarms of locusts, alternate and scorching heat; with fires thrown in to devour that may is was bad EL] being sions of has cyclones, tornadoes, of zero cold big prairie what little have survived. in all that venting vegetation Th and yet it worlds than enough reason; other their we would appear ours are wrath on the unhappy are ed that from & recently arm from old J« Ossawattomie, people, as meteoric visitor knocked off statue i1 fi an al be- hn Brown's In future it may for Kansas farmers, 10 themselves showers by carrying bullet-proof COME Necessary while plowing, protect meteoric umbrellas, | from stecl-clad or is PF visiting aris editors dueling suits of clothing such find useful | ground, when he A Clean Up Your Premises The following from the Harrisburg Telegraph is appropriate to every com- munity: “Clean up your premises. lots of disinfectants in the and in the They don't | much and they are conducive to good { health. As an exchange says: Dur- ling the long weat her and heavy snows people did not go far their back door to throw out rub- and matter. Now {that the disappeared and | warm weather approaches, many back Use house yard. cost continued cold { from other refuse | bish sHoOow has | yards are in a condition to breed dis- ease unless promptly cleaned up and | disinfected. With cholera threaten- next summer should not the most trifling thing that would dread bay, we all not a particle 1d be 10 premises that would foster the Ling us we Lomi it { help keep the soourge at of matter our {and alx shou allowed remain on germs their be- cel of disease. Let everybody give : Ove rhauling Let 1ighly cleaned a complete the white prinkled around and let the Hisar that t weather comes, hore and , det lime be # # and damp places, i abate By #0 (0 ye may "sick ne strong - Wh gain | hold.” i tp A Fine Work The Rerorrer is in of | “Shepp' fecal pt t # Photographs of the World,’ hundred pho- in| i 8 collection of over two POM repr duced paged illustrations,’ accurately which’ portfolio of travel in the tographs, { full- | 8 handsome | tourists. “Shepp's i the World.” selected | and Photographs of with much discrimi represents it today." { buildings, street scenes, lake and moun- ation, iworld as exists | tain scenery, ruins, j and works of statuary are copied with | photographic a ecuracy; yet, there is no confusion, owing to the clearness of the arrangement and ex- | planations by the editors, James W, Daniel B. The book will an admirable guide to home students who study the world without the exertion of a tour. Globe Bible Publishing Company, Philadel- phia, Penna. mnmm———— A“ rp | Shepp and Shepp. be Farm Notes, Farmers have done considerable plowing and quite a number of gardens have been prepared for planting. The fruit trees have not been harm- ed thus far, and the outlook is for a fair coop of apples, berries and other fruits, Many of our farmers are cogitating what to raise that will be more remu- nerative than wheat. Hay, potatoes, truck of any kind, will be found to bring more money to the farmer's purse than wheat, so will beef cattle and sheep, Nince the repeal of the fence law farmers will gradually spend less mon- ey and less labor on fences. Horses, like wheat, are under par, There is no upward movement in the grain market, and the prospects for the coming crop are fair. AT THE recent term of Elk county court, Judge Metager, of Lycoming, being on the bench, the question was raised whether or not a hotel-keeper had a right to have two bars in the same house, The Court decided that as long as the license had been grant- ed without restrictions, the hotel keeper could sell liquor in every room in his house if he desired to do so, and he could not be convicted of violating the law. A Homestead Man and Wife are Brother and Bister, A romance of unusually unfortunate and pathetic detail was discoved at Homestead when two detectives from Toronto, Canada, discovered in Mr. and Mrs. Asa Barr, the relationship of brother and sister and the heirs to a fortune left by a relative of Mrs. Barr's deceased mother by adoption. Twenty- five years raifs, mere babies, brother and sister, were abandoned by German immigrants at Castle Garden, They legally adopted, one by a man named Asa Barr, the other by a Mrs, Evans, latter moved afterward to Philadelphia, where she brought up her adopted daughter, giv- ing her all tl of a home and a good education. Twenty years la to manhood, and adopted fathers name, Philadelphia, where he trade of a painter. Chance brother and sister together, captivated with the girl, won and married her. During the late strike they moved Homestead, where Barr found employment. Not long Mrs. Evans Quickly following her death occurred that of a wealthy relative in London, Canada, who died intestate. His for- tune would have passed to Mr, Evans as the nearest relative, but her death having occurred, her adopted daughter became the heir. The attorney sent detectives to trace the heiress, and in their investigation of the discov- ered the true relationship of Mr. and Mrs. Barr to be that of brother and sister. The detectivesarrived thereand related to the unfortunate couple the facts. The terrible knowledge pros- trated Mrs. Barr, and her husband is grief stricken. No issue has resulted from their marriage. Legal proceedings will be instituted to sever the marriage bond, and the couple will leave for London, Canada, to claim the sister's fortune. ago two w were The BOON he comforts ter the boy, grown having taken his moved also to 2 followed the drew the Barr was and wooed, {0 ago died. case rit lis Excursion Tickets to the World's Falr via Pennsylvania Railroad tailroad Compa- Trunk Line authorized The Pennsylvania ny announces that the has cago on account of the World's Columbian Exposition on York by fast ond $32 by express make the run in thirty-five hours or more. Propor- tionate rates will prevail from all sta- in Trunk Line territory. The trains, | tions | i and $26.20 by hour trains, starting From Washington will be $34.50 and $27.60 by the thirty-five | from New York. by fast express trains, slow trains. These tickets stop-off en route, used for a continuous passage only. The tick- ¢ts will be on sale from April 15th to October 30th inclusive, and will be val- will not admit of a and can be 1863, All the lines leading to Chicago will one route returning by another, so that a person may go out by the Pennsylva- nia Railroad, and, if he wills, return by the New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Erie, or any other trunk line, or go out by any other line, and return by the Pennsylvania. Ls AMA AANA For a number of years I have been subject to violent attacks of inflamma- tory rheumatism which generally last- ed about two months, On the first of this month I was attacked in the knee and suffered severely for two days, when I procured a bottle of Chamber- lain’s Pain Balm and it relieved me al- most instantly. I therefore most cheerfully recommend it to those who are similarly afflicted everywhere. — R. D. WarrLey, Martindale, N. C,, Feb, 1888, Mr. Whitley is a very prominent man in this place snd his disease was very widely known as he suffered such severe pain. W. M. Houston & Co., Merchants, Martin. dale, N. C. 50 cent bottles for sale by J. D. Murray, Druggist. Heavily Tolled, Millheim is the most extensively tolled town we know of. If you enter it from the north, you are hailed by gate-keeper Ocker, who cries, “Toll” if you enter it from the south Adolph Miller cries, “Toll; if you enter from Anronsburg, on the east, you are greet- ed with the ery, “Toll; if you enter it from the west, again there is a gate keeper who cries, “Toll.” Toll gates on four sides, and all within a mile from town. If we were the Millhehm- ers, we'd build a railroad just for spite, and stop this ery, of “Toll.” | Aa of fA to line of horse collars at
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