a I WM COT SA NIA AP THE — REPORTER FRED KURTZ, TERMS. —One year, §1.50, when paid in advance. Those in arrears subject to previous terms, §2.00 per yoar ADVERTISEMENTS. —20 cents per line for three jnsertions, and 5 cenws peor line for each subse quent {nse tion. Other rates made made known vil application. CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS, Nov. 4 Germany threatens to lick Hayti, and France threatens English suprem- acy in Egypt. Children, behave your- selves, A py There are but eight survivors of the war of 1812, and but three of them are on the pension roll. They are Hosea Brown, of Grants Pass, Ore., who is | 105 years old ; Elijah Glenn, of New- ark, N. J., and Eleazar Smith, of Dan- bury, Conn., each of whom 101 years old. ——————— ———— is AT the close of business on Saturday, the last business day of the month, the gold reserve in the treasury amounted to $153,551,811, which is by a few thousands the highest point recorded since November, 15890, The deficit for the month $9, or $1,019,725 greater than the deficit for the same month last year. was QO) RR 322,653, EE —— candidates for Governor of Pennsylva- nia, arrived in Washington. Regard- ing his candidacy he very much pleased with the way the State, and he believed that he would win. tof safeties The extent of the crusade against venders and users of oleomargarine in Pittsburg may be judged from the fact that prosecutions have been entered | against 125 persons in Allegheny coun- | ty, including retailers, hotels, restau- | rants and boarding houses. This undoubtedly be “fat take’ for the two aldermen, and probably a lean one for the prosecuted persons. a Wily member. In the rk a jury award- A foot is a valuable Circuit Court at News ed 12-year-old Caroline Reich damages against the Delaware, wanna & Western Railroad Company for the loss of her right foot. the company’s turn-table, at Harrison, and while ing him from a dangerous position she several months ago, received her own injuries. —— tic Ocean, off Finnmark, the most northerly part of Europe, says sighted Prof. Audree’s balloon floating on September 23 Promoutory, Spitzbergen. has among the friends of Andree. Brakmo, the Arctic explorer, posed to sail for Prince Charles Prom- order to investigate the The caused considerable ontory, in the whaler, - cdf A fellow make it pay times even in digging for fish bait. Adolph Johnson, 16 years old, digging for fish bait on Beaver Island, Ia., in the southern part of the city, struck a metallic substance with meYy some- | shovel, box. box gold and paper money amounting to £50,000. It is not known when or by whom the money was buried, or if | bery or belonged to a Swedish noble- man who lived a number of years on or three years ago. INTEMPERANCE Intemperance by the use of spirituous liquors, happily seems to be on the wane. This we know to be true as re- gards Centre county, and the observa- tion of men who give this subject spe- vial attention leads to the same conclu- sion as to the land in general. Taking our own county, thirty years ago the number of applicants for tav- ern and saloon licenses annually was upwards of seventy. These gradually diminished until of recent years there has not been a saloon in the county and the number of tavern licenses fal- ws fs fr a ———— DECREASING nearly at a corresponding ratio. This gratifying abatement of the evil of drunkenness has been brought about by the moral effect of the war waged against the sin and the enforcement of stringent liquor laws. “In 50 years from now I doubt whether there’ll be a saloon in the United States,” is the speech of Dr Leslie E. Keeley, whose efforts to cure men of the drink habit have brought him into wide notice, He is an elder- ly gentleman, whose snow-white hair . florid complexion, and blue eyes give him a rather notable and pleasing ap- pearance. The doctor was seen at the Shoreham, in Washington, and he chatted pleasantly with a “Post” re- porter about, the part he had taken in reclaiming that portion of humanity that was prone to look too