VOL. LXVL PROSPECT BRIGHT A FINANCIAL MEASURE. The Senate © Under the Pre Opportunity for Great Reform sent Cireumsianess, -An Not began WASTING 16. the memorable silver debate Oct, since in passing iTON, has the outlook for that democratie the Senate a financial measure will receive the of been as bright as at this writing. vole every Senator Senate to vote by continu- holding 1 WHS i ous session, whicl a foregone con- clusion, has convinced demo- erratic d to do their best to secure the passage of the Voorhees bill that peal is under present circumstances an impossibility and they are for the first time taking part in conferences held {108 Senators who were pledg unconditional re- for the purpose of reaching an agree that « be democratic ment upon a compromise an passed as a distinctively the ¢ prediction that be measure, and there are best of rea- for th measure will this week SONS such a passed by the Senate, Pres any par in ti! conferences, in elief that sal would be the best lent Cleveland is not taking ese still firm his be uncondi- tional repe but he will not veto any which mee ocrats in the compromise thing, com promise ts the approval of the dem senate and House, a will necessarily | the vicious Sherman law, thority strengthen the the repeal of tax Secretary Carlisle purchasing clause and probably issue of gold tir it for an reserve. ations are tl will also on Siat bank rt n as to © cu ed to COmMpre by P thes rrency., is ¥ep have given his opinio a wnise that would be sident ( approve i leveland and it includes it ml opinions and SPODI a s trictdy looking tet 1 v $1 . TE $i politica EIA VIEW 1§ nus al Once be apparent familiar with pub- sth 83 and so h better for the de ® ei west * nue m- ne rec tin financial leg- Wit party € aout ie nn President nor control yisio Republican member wu have been called home to T. WHO [Or s0omnie reason alarmed at the do ordina much rats in CO MIOTORS iat Ohio is under tances a republican state, advices are cerfainly to the crats of the House rivate i ble of late democrats, are set- a good Not- repub- among the Tacker bill obnoxious federal «. that bill was moeratic senators 1s si 0 - Keeping together example withstanding the efforts of the gr tl licans to create dissension Hous for the repoal of the » democrats over the election law passed on schedule time and it received the votes well as House IH amend- of every democrat those of the present, as The MeCUreary t hinese populists, then took up the ing the Geary C exclusion which would hs passed last week if more members than ex- pected had not desired to make speech- es thereon, vote to be postponed until this after noon, The has opportunity to bring about a great re- form, and at the very large sum of money, not be It known to all who have ever had considerable business with the ury department that there is an un-| necessary amount of red tape in its | method of dealing with aceounts in- | volving the expenditure of money. | act, been ve were democratic Congress one time that should | fact well | same neglected. is a connection with every account which | passes through the offices of five out of the six auditors of the Treasury. To duplicate the work the clerical force is also necessarily duplicated. It is not 8 good argument to say that this du- plication is a necessary safe guard, be- gauss the work of the Bixth Auditor's % office accounts, and which has long enjoyed the reputation of being con- ducted under a thorough business sys tem, is not duplicated, being of itself a final sottlement of the accounts upon which it passes. It is probable that the joint Congressional committee now investigating the work and meth- ods of the various departments will recominend that all of the bureaus of the Treasury department which exist merely for the purpose of duplicating the work done in the offices of the first five auditors be abolished, ‘They cer- tainly ought to beabolished. It would mean tive dropping of five or six hun. dred needless employees the influence represented by their friends, many of | what will make the task a difficult one for Congress——and the consequent sav- Ling of their salaries, and it would re- duce the time required to get an ac- count through the Treasury nearly one It would also democratic economy show the people that was being At last the House is unanimous up- on something. It adopted a resolu- the Attorney interests the ie passing of the tion asking General whether the ment jeopardized by tl the U Pacific hands of receivers, of (iovern- are nian Railway into gp PUBLIC SCHOOL STATISTICS, A Year's Showlag In the Dopartment in Peunsylvania, The educational statistics for the past year have just been completed at the Department of Public The most interesting Instruction. totals, shown us by these t follows: w Num- 24,012; ables, are a av- 8.10: ber of schools in the State, S245] num- 718; average salary of males per month, $42.94; av- ‘males per month, $33. | pupils, pupils, §00.540: aver- 1wol, 722.195: 54; to school namber of male teachers, ber of female teachers, 17 erage salary of fi of male 4: number male 503,858: Of number number attending sel ret 1 Of pel amount of cent. attendance, levied for of Philadelphia, € appropriation, i old; recs ipts from fluxes ling, outside 2: total Stat and except appropria~ of Philadelphia, #10,- ; total receipts in State, $17.- taxes all sources, Ntate ions, exclusive UNG MO O07 teachers’ of Cole $4 fees gir d aby I eX penses, $15,410,076. - X penditures, Wc fp He Is a Walker. E. A. to from New York to Chicago and return Thomas, who hopes wil on railroad ties in 110 days for a fered by ived Kitt purse the New York Ath- IA tower, » g Point ’ § HK} Of arr at one on the Monday one mile west of tanin Pennsylvania railroad, late He hb in which to make can do it in te this city th na Tribune, of Tuesday morning. Mr. Tl HOAs = night. as yet twenty days trip and HAYS Lie will arrive in Altoo- He rning ' § is mo S40 » the tarted long jour from New York on April 17, 1 on June 10, week through on His ney and Mr. ill- of reach Chicago was reach Thomas lost two a airieen weather, | York in ness and t bad N¢ Ww and have days on sacoount ie i= to ex ped to time win the purse i i days to werned by competi either food, dee of is severa spare. The journey is g several conditions, inasmuch as the tor is not allowed to lod PH sporti Duy ging or clothing or be KK money, nding entirely on the generosity I pe for his | He also compelled to travel along the rail- | i journey. | ple iving. road the entire - » - For Directors and Teachers The folls the suj letter instruction, wing extract from from it. of dated 30th ult interest and directors in many districts. der the terms of making state appropriation state a publie teachers wy the « Ay ne the act « Lhe treasur- time when the warrants for school appro- districts. The warrants can be jssued, therefore, only at such times and such aggregate amounts as shall { designated by the state treasurer, in be A A ————— Brevities in Seas 'n Dauberman’s meat market supplies | i No. 1 sausages right along ; the fact that Mike Condo makes them is the | best guarantee that they are good. Farmers are busy husking corn ; the Rev. John Harpster leaves for India in a few days, lo again take up mis | A crossing at Harper & Kramer's store is contemplated for the conveni- ence of post=office patrons, A good | idea, and the sooner the better. am a Paying a Dividend, The Sunbury and Lewistown Rail- way announces a semi-annual divi dend of four per cent. That's good. | We think our road, the IL. & T.,| should be able to pay us stockholders a divy, as it seems to be doing a pay- ing business, ss A Ghost in Ponns Valley, The nightly appearance of a ghost near Fiedler has caused great excite ment among the timid people in the east énd of Penns Valley, A number of the courageous young men have or- ganized a scouting band to wateh the supposed apparition. A A SAAN quite so stylish or better made. Call and be convinced, - HALL. PA. Ti THE RULE OF MINORITY Judge Cooley Writes Strong Words on the Revolution of Washington, Mr. received James Hodge the Thomas 4, of Baltimore, has following letter V. Cooley, of from Judge Michi. gan: “The which the any legislation whatever in the est of the more the legislation may | reports of a compromise yielded obtain by a great deal is to be to silver interest in order to inter- country are daily becoming namerous and persistent, and to be that w blocked in the ate at the will of Why The reply seems to be that there is no way indications seem now el - the only of a minority members, is this? in which the majority can force a vote. If thix is troe manner been effected a revolution has in s« the is no longer the Government ‘ it legislative body that a Me in (lovern- our fathers created, but is one so in tl 1 have no longer, it body may at pleasure We as to that body, repre that body, by a minority of its members can con- trol both. 1 feel American citizen any gislative measure. sentative institutions, and humiliated an that, I never would ns more than 1 of liberties that feel robbed heen A the ple lated in on { its most ticulars, ; have intarily surrendered by pe Constitution is vio- important par- t, 80 far as we can ES ely, but in a way that for all time leaves it at the mercy of a few persons — ®— Animal Intelligence k Haven Demoes a story of a remarkabl telligence ree near Youngd bel heifer few days ago a cow QQ. Deise | fasts ned guard in a fleld along woame in un the Beech Creek about one-fourth milk A road railroad, Youn east of freight train and point above ment gdale. went when i thew the tr FOI i £1, + e143 heifer standing on gineer blew the whistle 3 the e animal. lL.ook- ing trainmen spied the COW 1 ment and tearing away a portion of the guard they soon released hor. ed off in the fiel the embankm jumped cl tion of t t Lie with its mother. SOW IMoV- lown and por- Was s00n assert reached edd the releas- They also say that it fortu- nate thing that ! ! Cane first, for had the nger train, doe at that Poin afterwards, the ly on the aifiinen manner nd pursu the cow Wis no time stand Jom have sax lf fe i! aii wWihilie y ie McK, ing square- the omotive and passenger cars might been pre- cipitated down the embankment. - . Entitled to Damages, As this is when evi row an old in the season of the year youth who can beg or bor- roving the of squirrels and he make a Nome per- sons think that the sign