VOL. LXVI. RUMORS OF WAR MUTTERINGS OF WAR WITH THE BRITISH LION. England Will Probably not Abide by Decision in the Behring Sea Dispute, What is Happening. the WasHinGToN, July 17.—War talk is again heard in Washington and, as usual, the naval officers are hoping that there may be something in it. It is not complimentary to the British government, which is pledged by for- mal treaty to abide by the decision of the arbitrators in the Behring Sea dis- pute, that so many people should be willing to believe that the massing of warships and troops in the Pacific in- dicates a disposition to dispute by force the decision of the arbitrators, should it be against England, as it is generally believed it will be, but the British government has upon more than one occasion in the past displayed some very queer ideas of the meaning of in- ternational honor. It has been sugges- ted here that the talk about the Eng- lssh not accepting the decision is all originated by the English, for the] purpose of influencing the arbitrators | in their decision. Ifso it a very foolish proceeding, certainly as far as the American arbitrators are concern- ed. One of them—Senator Morgan, of Alabama—has more than once ex- pressed the belief that another war between the United States and Eng- lend was inevitable, and that the soon- er it came the better for this country. Notwithstanding all the sentimental talk about the increasing brotherly re Intions between the great English speaking nations, no well informed man will deny that there is greater rivalry between the United States and Great Britain to day than ever before, and it is the rivalry of commercial traf- fic, which has drawn England into more waters than.any other one thing. The commercial supremacy of the world lies between the two nations, and that either of them will surrender the field peaceably to the other is not is {ot Agric ulture ¢ sll be what they pur- port to be, both as to the name printed on the package and growing qualities, and in accordance with that determi- | nation he has issued an order directing | that the sellers of seeds to the Depart- | ment be required to guarantee both in all future purchases, on m————o——— Benefits the Land, The farmers work never ceases. As soon as he houses one crop, he has to prepare for growing another. The farmer does a great deal of work with- out receiving a fair reward. This oc- curs sometimes because the ground produce a crop labor in cultivating it. Dissolved South Carolina Rock has | proven to be a cheap and beneficial as- sistant to the farmer. There are hun- | are fully convinced, that, notwith- standing the low price of wheat, they have been greatly benefitted-—more than three times the cost of the Dis- solved Rock in the present crop. They know this by making a comparison with their own crop, as compared with their neighbors, who did not use any South Carolina Rock. These facts in- ment of McCalmont & Co.,, who have had long experience in buying and selling fertilizers; and they have the satisfaction of being able to produce the testimony of hundreds of the best farmers in Centre County, that this firm furnishes the highest grade of fertilizers at the least possible cost, which is the best of all reasons, that it isto the interest of all farmers to pur- chase this class of goods of them Wm. H. Bailey, of Ferguson town- ship, purchased a McCormick Self After uif I had not purchased that Dissolved South Carolina Rock from you people last year, judging of other crops of wheat on which it was not used, 1 would not have any use fora binder this year.” probable. No man can mingle with | the prominent and representative men | from all sections of the country who | come to Washington without becoming | convinced thata war with England | would be very popular, particulary if | England should be the aggressor.) Nothing would please the American | people more than for England to refuse | to abide by the decision of the Behring | Bea arbitration. Such a course would | justify war and the Americans would | BO accept it. of inspection to all of the coast navy yards. He expects to be gone about two weeks. A contest overthe House doorkeep- | ership and Sergeant-at-arms is begin- | ning to get quite spirited. Strong | claims are being made by the friends of several candidates for both positions, There are also several candidates for postinaster of the honse, but only one | for the clerkship, and so far none for | chaplain. There are a number of democrats in the House who are in some particulars the peers of any men who ever served therein but if there is any one of them who possesses preeminently all the qualities of a good leader he is not known at this time. It may be be- cause there are so many able democrats in the House that no one of them has distinguished himself above a score of his colleagues, thus making it appear that the party lacked a leader, such as Sam Randall or Orpheus Kerr was. Whatever the cause of this condition of affairs may be it offers a splendid opportunity to the new members to come to the front. Representative Catchings, of Missis- sippi, who was a member of the com- mittee on rules of the last house, and who will, it is generally believed, oo. cupy a similar position in the next house, has arrived, and as he expects to stay a long time he brought his family along. Mr. Catchings has the same idea that most of the democrats who served in the last house have about the necessity for the adoption of a rule by the next house that will prevent a few men ticing the house up whenever they are so inclined, and he sgrees with Speaker Crisp in thinking that the proper way to do this is to adopt a rule giving the majority of the House the right to decide when a vote shall be taken upon any measure. That such a rule would expedite business cannot be doubted, and it would not be open to the objections raised against the obnoxious Reed rules, because it would place the authority for shutting off filibustering in the hands of a ma- Jority of the house, instead of the com- iaittee on rules, which was but another name for Reed in the last republican house. No democrat wishes to curtail full and free debate, but filibustering must be put down, or there will be no legislation by the house. Becretary Morton Is determined that Your Home Paper, Your local paper tells you when to THE FATAL SUMMONS, Mrs, Sarah Harpster Breathes Her Last | . Tuesday Evening. | past nine o'clock, Mrs. Barah Harpster | quietly and peacefully breathed her ter an illness of not quite two weeks, On Wednesday noon, 5th, while sit- | ting at dinner she received a paralytic | stroke which aflected her left side, and | it was followed the next morning by | Her speech was affected and she had left With careful grew better and her condition Improved, so much 80 that her friends had hopes for her cles of her side, the afternoon she ceived a third stroke, her unconscious, in which condition she remained until death set in on Tuesday evening. BShe passed away gently and quietly. breath of life simply soul had fled. was done to relieve the afflicted lady, but medical science and skill was of no | avail, She was band, Mr. ceased and her a widowed lady, Samuel Harpster, having | died some years She was the mother of two sons, Will and John, both located at Freeport, Ill, and was aged about 58 years. She was a mem- ago. the church, and was connected with its various societies and religious or-| ganinations. The funeral will take! place this Thursday afternoon at o'clock from her late residence, her remains will be Hall cemetery by the side husband. ——r—r— Doing Good Work. W. Rishel, . Rev. ( souville circuit, is doing good work in his new field of labor and is very much ity. He is engaged in building three on the go to church, to county court and to send your children to school or any where you want to go. It tells you | who is dead, who is sick, who is mar- | ried, who is born and many other | things you would like to know. It] calls attention to public enterprises, | f| It records the marriage of | ghter, the death of your son, advocates the best laws and orders o i the town. | your daug Yet | { in spite of all these benefits, some peo- | | ple say that the home paper is not | half as good as some other papers that | { have no interest in their business or! success. The home paper is too often | neglected by those who are benefitted by it. | the first to welcome new comers. b—————— A Handsome Monument Gotlieb Btrohmeier, the marble cut- ter, last week received a consignment from Italy which wasa statue, which will form part of the monument to be erected by Mrs. William Luse, to the memory of her late departed husband and children who died lagt winter at { Farmers Mills. The statue is several feet in height and represents a woman as Patience, sitting, resting the head on the hand, and with the other hold- ing a wreath. The statue isof the finest work, and was done in Italy. The monument will be erected in the Luse’s family is interred. The statue will stand upon several large pieces of grauite forming the pedestal. cn A ADIT Lock Haven Market, Last week's Lock Haven curb mar- ket ran as follows: Butter, 18 to 2 cents per pound; eggs, 16 to 18 cents per dozen; spring chickens, 50 to 60 cents per pair; potatoes, 80 cents to $1.00 per bushel; string beans, 30 cents per peck; peas in pods, 30 cents per peck; shelled peas, 15 to 18 cents per quart; cherries, 4 cents per quart; raspberries, 8 to 10 cents per quart; onions, radishes beets and turnips, 5 cents per bunch; cabbage, 5 to 12 cents per head; lettuce, 210 6 eents per head; huckleberries, 10 to 20 cents per quart, » Then He Reformed, A Lewisburg man came home drunk and began abusing his family. One of his children was thrown against the stove and was badly Burned about the face, which will cause scars that will remain during life. One good thing, however, resulted from the accident. The man has reformed, Died at Howard, Mrs, Elizabeth Meese, mother of Mr. John Meese, the merchant of Belle foute, died on Monday at her home at Howard, at the advanced age of about the seeds sent out by the Department new churches and a parsonage i ¢ircuit, the latter at Mal churches at Berwinsdale, { Gazzam. The church at mfley and the Bower and Jerwinsdale ited in three weeks. He informs us i that the for these ments is nearly all raised, which is cer- tainly a very creditable showing. Ti | Re sverend is located at Ansonville, money Thirty ted, and others are to be received, and | the future is very bright for successfnl | | work.— Philipsburg Journal. Wp How to Remove Rast Spots To remove rust from nickel plate, grease the rust stains with oil, and If} remove them | with diluted hydrochloric acid and | polish with tripoli. Rust spots may be removed from with a mixture of ten parts of tin putty, eight of prepared buckshorn, twenty-five of alcohol, and then rub- bing with blotting paper. To keep silverware bright without constant rubbing, which is injurious to plated articles, dissolve a small hand- ful of borax in a pan of hot water, with a little soap; put the silver in and let it remain for an hour or so, then pour off the suds, rinse with ‘clear, cold water and wipe with a soft cloth. Marriage Licenses Following Is the list of marriage li- censes granted the past week: Charles Stranburg, and Cathrine Harker, Altoona, Pa. John G. Huss and Mary M. Shreck- engast, of Linden Hall William R. Comer and Viela I. Chatman, Trimbell county, Ohio. John GQ. Brown and Jane Summer ville, Philipsburg. AIR A A West VIRGIAIA reports having a voleano, as smoke is rising from a high hill five miles from Weston. Haines township, in this county, some 20 years ago reported having a voleano in the Narrows beyond Woodward-—it was all smoke too—perhaps the Haines township spouter has gone to West Virginia. A volcano is a big thing and not every locality can have one. For Tie first time in the history of the trade every plate glass factory in the United States is closed and that indefinitely. Fully ten thousand men are idle as a result. The depression is attributed to three elements—overpro- duction, a tight moncy market and the arbitrary method of the plate Slaas Sighty yeu, THE WOMEN RULE | A KANEBAS TOWN "RULED BY THE FEMALES. i | The Women Not Even Content With the Split Petticoat. The Sterner Sex Shift i less but Mast Work, There is one town in Kansas that, having had a woman for mayor, was willing to make a second trial, or at | least was willing to accept as final the wishes of the women of the municipal- ity. Mrs, Barnes was elected without { much opposition, Mayor of Geuda | Springs, in Cowley county. As its name indicates, Geuda Bprings is a laundry town to which the afflicted {and the dirty of the adjoining towns { resort when they desire to try the vir- tues of a bath. Without the springs tand their supposed mineral qualities there never would have been a town {in that particular locality. There is t one hotel and the skeletons of two oth- { ers which are fitted up every summer as soon as the bathing season begins. It is due to the energy of women that {this is done, for whenever men have make any improvements or | progress they have failed. Geuda Springs is essentially a wom- an's town, kept alive by the business i qualifications that lead the fair ones to bo up boarding houses and then fill | them up with the inhabitants of other | places who have no bathing facilities tried to i i at home, There is a lake, made by constructing dams across the little | creek that runs above the town. ‘This | is semi-annually washed out, and the { dam remains a ruin until the women i compel their husbands, or other men i dependent upon them to turn out with The fact is there is no work there for men {except in subordinate positions and {those who remain there become as much like old women as it is possible { for men to become, | The streets in the village are as much like country lanes as streets can be jmade. The sidewalks were until last year mere paths in the centre of the streets in dry weather, while in wet | weather communication was practi { cally suspended. The women rebelled shiftlessness and resolved to take things in their own hands, espec- | all the taxes. | A woman was elected mayor, and im- mediately, protests of the sterner sex, improvements were begun | picks and shovels to repair it. over the The first ones to benefit by this im- tested. They very recognized their utility, for there had never been such comfortable loafing places. On iany sunny day or cool summer even- | ing, groups of men, little groups, it is be seen congregated in {spots on these new boardwalks, set- tling in earnest discussion national questions, especially finance; for Geuda | | Springs is one of the reform, town far as the men are concerned. Asthere was a woman council it was | not long before the rights of the real | governing class were infringed upon, | for a “eity ordinance” soon took from | them the right to obstruct the walks between certain hours, those hotirs be- ing when the women desired to shop tor visit. When they remonstrated they were informed they could submit, go to work or go to Oklahoma. They choose the first, for either of the latter involved a dreaded occupation, that of self support. There was a little disposition among the men this spring to return to the old order of things, but they were soon squelched in their own homes or at their boarding houses, so that when the contest was made at the city elec. tion the women were allowed to have their own way without mterference. Mrs. Barnes, the new mayor, is one of the most energetic women of the town and if anybody can scrape the moss from fossils she is the person. [fshe fails the town will return fo its old status as a country cross roads, in spite of the springs and the wash house that has been erected beside Lake Juanita, ————————— A — THE GoLD reserve is gradually get- ting back to its full amount of $100,000, 000 as a result of the slight improve ment in the financial situation. Bat. urday it was $98,405,566 a gain of §26,- 997 over Friday. There Is a general concurrence among officials of the treasury department that the financial situation has im- proved and continues to improve. With all crops good besides, we see no cause for fear of hard times or starva- tion, BOON sO Absent by Order of Preshytery. Rev. H. C. Baskerville will not fill his usual appolntinents next Sunday at Centre Hall and Spring Mills, but will be absent by direction of Presby- tery in order #0 supply the Lick Run Mrs. Nancy Hunter Dies on Friday Morning Last, Mrs. Nancy Hunter, widow of the late Benjamin Hunter, died Friday morning at seven o'clock at the coun- try residence which is located along the Buffalo Run road, about five miles from Bellefonte. In the spring Mrs. Hunter bad a stroke of apoplexy but in course of time she became better and was able to walk about but could not attend to the duties of the house as was her custom. One evening, about three weeks ago, she again became very ill, and it was thought that she could not live, Bhe, however, rallied and, in course of ten days was able to sit up in bed and converse with her friends. Friday morning about 5 o'clock, she took asinking spell and at 7 o'clock she was called into the Celes- tial city to be forever with the Lord. As stated, she was the widow of Benjamin Hunter, who preceded his wife to the grave about five years ago. He was quite a prominent man in Centre county and had hosts of friends. Mrs. Hunter's maiden name was Miss Nancy Corl. After they were married a very nice family was the re sult of this happy union. Among the children living are Robert Hunter, of Bellefonte, the efficient clerk in the County Commissioner's office; Dorsey, Austin, Craig and Miss Nannie all at home. Rachael is married to Robert Henderson and lives not very far from the homestead. The deceased leaves two brothers and one sister which are as follows: Joseph Corf, of Winneba- go, 1ll., Robert Corl, of Linden Hall and Mrs, William Foster, of State Col- lege, The deceased was a good woman and lived an honest, christain life, being a member of the Presbyterian church. She has many warm friends who will be sorry and grieved to hear of her death. Her age wasbi years.— Gazette. Bs New Law of Postal Cards. It is a mistake to suppose that any card with handwriting upon it bearing a one cent stamp can be lawfully trans. mitted by mail as if it were an official postal card. The first paragraph the 273d section of the postal law and regulations rans thus: cannot issued by All cards other the department, containing ing are subject to let of “Postal cards ber private than those issued by any writ. but if cards contain printed matter only, as to constitute a circular, but one cent is required on each of them." fer posts Age; #0 | complied with, a tedious delay in the transmission of | the card by the postoffice deparume nt. py. . John Evans who resided in Spring- field, Coal township, says the Sunbury Daily, has invented an air ship and will make his first ascension in the latter part of August, and says he will WA Will Take the Alr Noute. scales. The destination of this trip will be Chicago and he fully expects to startle the world’s fair people by drop- ping down on them from the clouds. If his first trip is successful he will at- tempt to cross the Atlantic ocean and visit the country of his father, Wales, Evans is about 25 years of age, and is a lineman on the Shamokin electric street railway. He has been working on his air ship for five years. The ship will be propelled by gas and will WAM se Juniata Valley Camp Meeting. The beautiful grounds of the Juniata Valley Camp-meeting Association, lo- coated at Newton Hamilton, will be open to tentholders Aug. 1, but camp- meeting services will not begin before theSth, to continue ten days. The re- ligious exercises will be in charge of Rev. A. 8B. Baldwin, of Muncy, Pa, assisted by an efficient ministerial force. A post office, book store, news stand, commissary, restaurant, hotel and other accommodations are on the grounds, Busixess prospects the country over are improving. The fact that the free gold in the treasury is rising $98,000, 000 shows public confidence in the good intentions of the coming congiess and in the Cleveland administration, It also indicates the wisdom of Secre- tary Carlisle in not listening to the clamor from Wall street for an issue of government bonds in order to purchase gold for which the treasury no need. Lutheran Pionie, The Lutheran Sunday School has decided to hold a pienic on Thursday next, 27th, in Harper's woods, about one and one-half miles east of town. Every one Is invited to attend, wheth- er connected with the school or not. Lo AH A IAL Celery Plants for Sale. Duping old Soldiers, Henry Dauberman, who passed as a government detective, was arrested near Harrisburg last Saturday for de- | frauding old soldiers. Dauberman’s plan of operation was a shrewd one. He had in some man- ner at Washington secured the names of pensioners who live in that section of the state. Then he went there about two or three months ago and set to work. His scheme was to call upon an old soldier who was down on the list a8 a pensioner and inform him that he was government official from Washington with a warrant for his ar- rest. The warrant, which was well gotten up, was for the pensioner’s arrest on the charge of fraudulently obtaining money from the government by pre- tending to have wounds or ailments contracted while in the civil war. This would generally scare the old soldiers who would try to get out of it. Then seeing his advantage the fake de- tective offered to destroy the warrant or hush it up for $100 or $200. The money was usually fortheoming as the person was only too glad of the oppor- tuity to get out of the scrape. In this way Dauberman is believed to have made from $50 to $200 in each instance by using a little nerve. He is alleged to have defrauded a large number of people and invariably told them to say nothing about it as it might leak out and they would have to stand trial for fraudulently obtain- ing money. i i i | ff so The Falr Making Money, A net balance of $1,127 418 profit the fair's record for May and June, cording to Auditor Ackerman’s official statement to the fair directors. The receipts from ticket sales, concessions and other sources since July 1 have been over $1,000,000, and a large reduc- tion in the floating debt has been made since that time, According to the statement, the to- tal gate receipts were $2,121,661, includ- ing $282,440 received prior to May L The total expenditures to June 50 were | $20,610,160, Of this amount §16,456,- | 663 is charged to construction. His { estimates, however, put the operating | expenses for May at $600,854, and re- | $715,408. During June the in Ho ceipts at | expenses $642,921. EL Electric Bitters. | | This remedy is becoming so well { known and so popular as to need no All who have Jitters sing the same song of -A purer medicine does not ex- ist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Balt Rheum and other affections caused by impure blood.—Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers.—For cure of Headache, Constipation and Indi- gestion try Electric Bitters—Entise satisfaction guaranteed, or money re- funded. — Price 50 cts. and $1.00 per bot- tle at J. D. Murray's Drugstore. i special mention. used | Electric { praise. Sudden Death, A dispatch received by Dr. J. F. Harter, of Millheim, on the 12th, con- veyed the sad news of the sudden death of his sister, Miss Lillie Harter, which occurred at Glenn Union, Clin- ton county, yesterday morning at 9 o'clock. The direct cause of her death is not known at this writing, but, in a letter to her sister, Mrs. Wm. Miller, dated a few days back, she says that she received a serious injury to one of her limbs which caused it toswell very much and that she suffered intense pain. From this information her friends here are inclined to believe that she died from blood poisoning. Her age was 42 years, 7 months and 5 days.—Millheim Jowrnal. ———— AA SPEAKING oF the fire at the World's Fair, the New York Sun says: It was a narrow escape. Had the wind been from another quarter, it would not have taken more than an hour to obliterate every building in Jackson Park. The Transportation building, the Horticultural, the Min- ing, the Agricultural, the Administra- tion, the Manufactures and Liberal Arts, the Women's, even the Art Gal- lery, to say nothing of the intermin- able quantity of intermediate fuel, all would have gone. Never were structures more inflam- mable than are those at the World's Fair, They are of wood, so disposed that it offers the least conceivable re- sistance to combustion. Closed Them Up. The law and order society at Phil ipsburg prohibits the sale of cigars or soda water on the Sabbath. should get after the hotel med and in- diet them for furnishing meals totrav.
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