VO1.: LXXV. PENNYPAIKER, SAYS HASTINGS, The Ex-Governor says lle Favors the hil adelphian for Governor, | A dispatch sent out from Dellefonte | to the city dalies quotes Ex-Governor | Hastings as favoring Judge Penny- packer, of Philadelphia, for governar, and then caps the climax by saying that Col. W. F. Reeder, the Republi- can county chairman, is of the same cpinion. It might have been necessa- | ry to state that Ex-Governor Hastings | was for Pennypacker, but it was alto-| gether unnecessary to say.that Col. Reeder was of the same mind, because | wherever Mr. Reeder is known the ex. pression of Hastings will answer for | both. At no time sinea Quay has been the state leader have the local bosses been | in such a predicament as they are at present. are at. They are unused to forming their own opinions, making their own | fore utterly at sea, to cast Lis lot with Judge Pennypack- | want to be on the winning side, to the Ex Governor has been on the unp- der side in state afTairs ever since Sen- | ator Quay forsook him io punishment | for being an 1ngrate, momen thts meee tm Two for the Ministers. Last week a little article sppeared in the Reporter Leaded, ‘One for the] Ministers.” This week the following | which gives the other side, was haod- | ed the Reporter: “That man 8 year to me in my business” prominent elder upon the floor of the | Jast Assembly when he had watched for somue time the masterly word of one of cur church leaders. Years ago we heard an ex-moderator of the Assem- | bly say that he had been offered by a bank twice the highest salary he had ever received in the church. When bidding farewell to his Madi | son BEquare congregation in New York to devote himself wholly to the work of Upion Feminary, Dr. William Adams said that it had “‘cost the pas would be worth $15 : HH! said a tor more to preach the Gospel on Mad- ison Fquare than it had snybody to hear it.” His income, large as it seem- ed to rural ministers, had vever met his necessary expenses, A country minister may leave his family a home and a few acres of till able land, but a city minister. as a rule, can leave nothing unl And yet the talents ess Lie leave some life insurance. which are necessary for sueces in a city pulpit would salary the man might name if devoted to were money-making. Aud the mo- ment a city pastor bas resched the ma- turity of his powers Le is liable to be | dropped. sso A A A command almost any Destroy the Caterpillars, The tent caterpillars sre very pu- mercus and will destroy the foliage on many fruit trees within the no xt few weeks if not removed. Every owner | and tepent sbtould make an «florb lo rid his premises of this particular pest, The wild cherry tree is as nearly a nuisance ss any tree that Fince corvere, 1nd cut of the way places are jofested with the wild cherry that would present a much bet. ter appearance moved and the soil eultivated. ing the spread of the tent caterpillars, and one of the requirements of that law will Ifkely be one demanding the destruction of the wild cherry troe. A a Harris inthe Treasury, It is hard to realize that any good citizen, even though he be a Republi. can can derive any satisfaction from knowing that Harris has taken charge of the State treasury. A member of the Legislature who would in violation of his oath of office ask a fee for aiding to secure an appropriation for a hospi- tal in his neighborhood ought certain- ly to weaken rather than strengthen the party responsible for his election. The man who could pot show to the satis faction of a jury that the one who call- ed him *'the prince of boodlers and king of crooks’ was guilty of libel surely cannot reflect much eredit on the part of anybody responsible for placing Lim io a position which he can but disgrace, ——— I fC Ss. Senbonrd Interchaungenble Mileage Ticket, Seaboard Air Line Railway has “placed on sale 1000 mile tickets at $25 00, which tickets ars good over its en- tice system, and also over the lines of its important connections, represent ing in all approximately 15,000 miles, Full information as to these tickets may be obtained upon application to auy sgent or representative of the Compeny,—o. May 29, ‘ TEACHERY EXAMINATIONS, win n Trial—-Must Average 2! Refuse Second County Superintendent C. L. Gram- The italics tebensburg............. wresann: MAY 19 Chllege, Harrie, Btate College, Lemont 22 Boggs and Milesburg, Milesburg... Walker and Marion, Hublersburg Liberty, Ewgleville abenh Andesnasnne . Howard, Cartin, Howard Boro, Howard. Potter and Centre Hall, Ceutre Hall, Ferguson, Pine Grove M Bellefonte aud Benner, Balietonte, | lipsburg, 8 Philipsburg Rosh, Philips — DUE. co ccrnnss Phi Huston, Union, Unlonville, Unionville Halnes, Aaronshurg.. co... Gregg, Spring Mills Milibeim and Peun, Milibelm, Examinations begin at 9 o'clock Do not sek to enter the class ut a | i later hict r mpd Cn lope i along for retdin ol voraticates, us no Certificates will not be granted | a second trial, Applicants will be examived in all i“ elementary algebra, and civil gov. Friends of edueation are invited to resent. be | i mfimi—— OF MACHINE POWER, By Refusing to Reapportion the State the | Machioe is adding to Majority, The tingly discloses eno Philadelphia “Press” unwit- of the great rea. demorali zation, sons of Republican i Pennsylvania, when, figuring on the wrangling and even corruption in| § i i i : legislative elections this year, it pre- will consist of forty-four Republicans | aud six Democrats, aud the House of | Representatives will be Republican by at least three to one. Tuis is the out- | come of swindling gerrymanders, and | sct that although the con- | reapp rtion- | ment of the State every ten years, after | stitution commands i each decennial census, there has been | years ago, the census of 18500 and 1900 | having not lisregard | of a mandate of the constitution which | every member of the Legisiature has | been acted on iu « sworn to “support, obey and defend.” | I'bis has Leen the policy of the Re. | publican party asa party, and it has | been maintained by all factions and di- i visions, whether they call them elves | machines, insurgents or reformers. As | Coureguence, save on one occasion, i when a tidal wave swept the State and i gave Lhe Democrats a majority in the | Republicans—snd by i its most degraded and corrupt forma- | ticn—has had absolule control by im. preguable mejorities over legislation legislation have largely flown from EE a. st AmateurSuske Charmer Bitten, Edward Pareell, a night foreman on snake had been captured several days ina box. A A A SA Farmers Mills. Mrs, Dick Armbruster, who has | been suflering from lurg fever, is not {improving very much, | Arthur Homan ran a whitethorn in- | to the palm of his hand, Saturday and hing since teen suflering from the in- jury. D. H. Rearick’s hand is slowly heals ing. Samuel Long's motlier was buried Sunday afternoon, at Sprucetown, D. H. Rearick and H. Hough took their cattle to the mountains in Poe Valley, last Monday. LA — Boalsburg. Dr. Geo. Woods and wife, of Pine Grove, spent Tuesday at the home of Wm. Goheen. Miss Margaret Mothersbaugh, made a visit to Bellefonte on Saturday, Mre, Abner Murray and daughter Mation, speat Friday at Centre Hall 8. H. Bailey made a business trip to Uemntre Hall on Friday, Mre, Frank Whithill and ehilldren of Lemont visited at the home of Thomas Riley on Sunday, Born to Mr. aud Mrs. Lee Sagner, May 6Lh, a son, The Reformed Sanday School will hold a social at the home of Wm, Meyer, Tuesday evening May 20, Miss Mary Relsh returned home on Baturday after spending two weeks at the home of Jon Lesher ut Bailey. ville, DEMOCRATS AND CONQUEST, Denvunece # War of Subjogation and Mill tary Dervpotism in Agia, Those Democrats who, having ac- cepted expansion asa tentative propo- sition, as the McKinley administration presented it, now reject imperialism, as it is offered by the Roosevelt adminis- tration, They denounce the purpose of the administration to muzzle all freedom of speech and of the press in able to stifle all intelligent discussion at home, and, by its policy of evasion, suppression and silence, to keep from a knowledge of allairs which so nearly concern them. They denounce the purpose of the administration to wage a pitiless war of subjugation, to exchange the policy of ** benevolent assimilation” for a policy of extermination, deseefuting They propose as an alternative: First —That the war be stopped. Becond—That the Filipino leaders be invited to Washinglon, be put upon the stand and be allowed Lo state their Third—That if they desire it, we es- tablish such supervision over them as will enable them to set up for them- selves, reserving for our for a military station and a naval base, precisely as the English have in Hong Own use, sites treat them as we are treating the Cu- to take, They claim that if general Ideas be put in course of eflective oper- these tering wedge to the solution of an they are not, we shall go on blunder ing and butchering until, civil liberty i : be in fora century of wmilitiary despotism, debasing to our institutions whieh have made us what of sll we bope to be, FEED ADU iy — LTERATIONS, Collee Berry la Used, A little bulletin of interest to persons who buy feed for horses, ete, has been issued by Prof. Armeby, at State College, showing that the inner seed- of the coflee-berry Is used to adulterate bran, snd that the stuf! is almost useless as a feed for horses and cattle. The feeding that it practically can not be sold on its own merits, A sample of bran was submitted to the Experiment Station, a short time value is so low is eal it. Chemical analysis showed the presence of § per cent. of protein and nearly 36 per cent. of fiber or woody matter, whereas average bran contains 155 and 9 per cent, respectively, of these constituents. Particles of yel- Iw, tough, parchment-like substance were present in large quantity; they proved, pon microscopical examins- tion, to be portions of tha ioper seed- coat of the coffee-berry. This has re cently been put en the market asa cattle-food under the name corna- line," and contains only 25 to 3 per cent. of protein, .5 to .7 per cent. of (at aud about G0 per cen t. of fiber, F -rmers should be on the look-out for this admixture in the concentrated feeds they buy; in its coarser con- dition its toughness and parchment- lik= appearance will enable the buyer to discover it in many caves by tLe un- aided eye, bo Memorial Day Exercises, The members of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Spring Mills and vi- cinity, extend a cordial invitation to the citizens and members of the differ. ent Sabbath Sehceo's of Bpriog Mills, Farmers Mills and Georges Valley to assist in the decoration exercises to be belt at Georges Valley at v:30 a, nm. Farmers Mills at 2 p. m., snd Spring Mills at 5:30 p. m. Captain Hugh 8B. Taylor and Rev. Feustamacher will make the addresses at Georges Valley; Rev. 8. E. Koontz will speak at Farmers Mills and Cap- tain Taylor, Rev. T. W. Haven, Dr, T. Ellis Bell and Dr, D. M. Wolf will make addresses at Bpring Milla. B. F. Kexxerny, Bec. Pro, Tem. #, of V, ———— A LA — Party Golug West, David Boone, of Linden Hall, and Mr, and Mrs. George Bradford, of this place, will form a little party that on the 10th or 90th of this month will make a litte trip to Huron county, Olio, making. Chicago Junction, In that county, their objective point, where they will spend sowe time with Wm. Doove and family, who went west from Millheim & few months ago. SSSI YP DADA, Dorothy Dodd. —— § i ! 3 DEATHS, MRE, ROY HOOVER. Margaret R., wife of Roy Hoover, who lives on one of Will Thompson's i farms near State College, died sud- denly Bunday morning at 5 80 o'clock after an illness of almost a year with lung trouble, Bhe was a daughter of James and Eliza Poorman, and was 20 years of age. Bhe was loved and re spected by all who knew her as a good neighbor and wife. Bhe is survived by ber husband, one boy 3 yesars old, her parents, ons brother, 8. T. Poorman, and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Markle and Mrs. Charles Homan, Interment was made in the Branch cemetery Tuesday of last week at 2 o'clock. | ELLIS IRVIN, Ellis Irvin, died on Baturday after | noon at bis home in Lick Run Mills, | Clearfield county. He had pot been | specially ill, and his death was due | more particularly to the infirmities of | age, | I'he Eagle valley, Bald far | deceased was born in this ccupntly, not from Bellefonte on the 17th of June, | aud was consequently just rounding | out his 07th x ” —— # Three New States WW The House, Friday of last week, passed the bill to admit New Mexico, | Arizona and Oklahoma to statehood. { If the Senate pass the bill, it will create | a white population, excluding Indien« | not taxed, aceordiog to the last census, of only 665,000 This small number of persous, would have repre- sentation in the Benale (qual to one- | fifteenth of the entire Senate, sors A pA soppy Keith's, Theatre-goers will not question the | ssserticn that provided | this year more laughable material than | has aoy other theatre in Philadelphia. To those unfamiliar with that house, pe sons, W Keith's has out Keithites know that this is a state Three hours of laughter and song | the than ten mirthful Wp Reduced Rates To Portland Op account of the National Conven- tion, Travelers’ Protective Association of America, June 3 to 7, and the Su. preme Lodge, Ancient Order United Workmen, June 10 to 20, at Portland, Ore., the Penosylvavia Railroad Comn- pany will sell excursion tickets Portland from all stations on its lives, from May 26 to Juoe 7, inclusive, at greatly reduced rates. These tickets will be good for return passage within sixty days from date of sale when ex- ecuted by Joint Agent at Portland and payment of fifty cents made for this Apply to Ticket Agents. 15m service, 2. Er —————— a — John Lilley Dead, Jolin Lilley, residinglon the western suburb of Lewistown, died Monday morning, aged 77 years, Lilley was awarded a medal by Congress for the capture of a flig in front of Petersburg on the morning of June 2, 1865. The Union troops as sigoed to capture the last small fort fell back before the rebel fire, but Lil. ley kept on over the parapet. He ran the rebel color sergeant through with his bayonet, forced three others to lay down their arms and marched off with, them as prisoners. At this time Lil ley was a member of Company F, 205th Pennsylvania. la cs a— Not Guilty of Libel, The jury in the libel suitof B K Fisher against Editor Bangert, of the Falis Creek Herald, brought in a vir dict, at Clearfield, acquitting Bangert, I'he Herald by cartoons and sharp ai - ticles charged Fisher with running a questionable hotel. Judge Gordon, who was one of the wituesses for the defendant, admitted tha: he had re- ceived from Fisher a dressed turkey be fore one of the courts at which Fisher received a liquor lice se. Healso had been sent other presents by Fisher, but he returned them, A i Dorothy Dodd. A a— BR daced Rates tno Calif rnin, On account of the Imperial Couneil, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at San Francisco, Cal, June 10 to 14, 1002, the Pernsylvania Railroad Company will eeil excursion tickets to Ban Francisco or Los Angeles from all stations on ite lines, from May 26 to June 7, inclusive, at greatly reduced rates. These tickets will be good for return passage within sixty days from date of sale when exe- cuted by Joint Agent at Los Angeles or San Francisco and payment of fifty cents made for thisservice, For specie fic rates apply to ticket Agents. 15mit, A I MS CURRENT COMMENT, Brief Discussions of Politiesl and Oth r Matters of Pablie Interest, The citizens of Pittsburg have been rold-oricked from every point of political compass, until the intelligent portion refuse to take stock in any more deals or promises. They have long experience, that the official pat- ronage of the city has been traded #8 boys trade jack-knives, and will put the stamp of their disapproval on the whole business when they get whack at the used the city, as Ben Focht says, for the purpose of plunder eo another - to it True his antediluvian wants man of blood of Pennsylvania, It is ported that in speaking to Gen. Bing- for re- a “You people in Pennsylvania want to be careful this year, why not ¢ Gen. Brooke for governor? dy #0 it is somebody who wears Ider straps and pretends to be a fighter is Roosevelt's size. ought to have lived before civilization i to abandon the theory that tended 1 great majority of men were 1 about 412354 in 1" " re ¥ 3 irdered in war for the of some military chieftain He is doing all he the brutal pring might makes right and that wholesale murder in the name of pa- ana can old iple tective tariff is de: the most radical organ wi admits the truth through carelesen join in duty ui manding the of wood the pulp strenuously telligence it increases the e of the pap thelr pric r which they teach COni~ tive tariff. They are quite right in ey it the ut snnhald uphoid The duty on tax to 0 must gence we, for - iB atelll 5O monstrous a doctrine, thousand other thing never is on which a B one a wh yrs tog $7 € hears from the are so ready hit: but groans of others tematically 1 The whole gantic fraud, forcing m ) many to put into the pockets of the fow, mper of Pe $ Pp 1 “ 1 2 opr . compiaint tive organs that to squeal when the are indifferent who are rot the iy protective rotoctive eve ws § projective system is from The damnable outrages perpotrated in the name of patriotism and for the of t the Philippines are comi AY after day, and the record is enough to make a man ashamed of his race. The only sensible thing to do was to keep entirely away from all such imperial istic ventures, but as that was not done the only sensible thing now is to withdr: every American soldier at once from the islands, for we novoer had a shadow of right there ex ept the title recognized by savages and bar- barians, that might makes right, What! leave them to kill one another? Cer- tainly, if they feel like it. They would kill themselves cheaper and more hu- manely than we are doing it for them. Oh! but we want to make Christians of them. But a live heathen is better than a dead Christian, and if we are to be judged by our army a live heathen is even better than a live Christian. Yes, but some other bad nation would £0 in and capture these poor people that we have been treating so kindly. It fen’t at all likely that any other na- tion would be so foolish, but if it should attempt such a thing it might learn wisdom in the fool's school of experience, just as England is taking a lesson in South Africa from the Boers and as we are doing in the Philippines. The military man whose trade is killing, burning, wounding and plundering and the trust magnate who wants other worlds to conquer are in favor of continuing the war in the Philippines, but all good people are sick and tired of the wicked folly of trying to run the whole world, Attorney General Elkin has been let down hard and in a cold-blooded way that should Invite sympathy un- der ordinary circumstances. He joins Governor Stone in the list of the might-have-beens. If he had served the party and Republicans principles instead of the bosses and the franchise grabbers, the people would not have permitted him to be sacrificed In this ruthless fashion after its many years of service to the organization and much sacrifice to secure the nomina- tion for governor. It is another pathet- ic {llustration of how the powers that be use a man till he has fortified popu- lar respect and then fling him aside The political rubbish heap Is full of these aspirants for public honors who have thotight the machine, and not the purpose benevolent assimilation ng to i ra 3 to use his great influence the party In Pennsylvania into ——— I —— Cael AUN LTADRTT EE NO. 20. ‘TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. The Bt. YL.ouls fair has poned until 1904, been posts Wm. Heckman is able to be about the { bouse, but Lie is rather feel le, i Miss Emily Alexander, of Tyrone, | carne home Baturday, for a brief stay. {| In many apple orchards only about {two-thirds of the treesare in blossom, (ive Ralf 3 Hiver H, Wolf, U's store, was | in town Wednesday and called at this of Ww H | office for a brief per fod, €1i¢ fin, an aged Audrew citizen of Mt. Eagle, died sud te uly on Wednesday evening nen last, " : : Teachers’ examinati in Centre will be held Hall, May 20, for the bor- ough and P Misses M | Gray, both ¢ of 3 Prof. C. RR Hoburg, ts 4 OLier lum is 11 i i fee No oo argi weelwood and Alice of Dellefonte, w ere guests lies Emnmia Luse over Sunday, umily, of Miff- the Nef ; With Chas, NT 2 E53 and will Urn ¢ «' on homestead Nefl. Ory soutl 1Owi t \ - is Meyer, son of Wm, Meyer, who bas been suffering from a fracture of a bone in proving. one of his lower limbs, is im- Fx- | of Shamokin Congressman H. Kulp, igh Centre by carriage islown. v | Hall Monday on his w from Dells te (oo Lew bert Miller, the Nittany tof jumping engineer at the furnace, while in the om his engine, fell ir - guard und broke his left leg. EW. who is employed ¥ the Howard Cream ry Corporation ne home Sat. returning Monday, Valle v ac fr { raw ford ¢ il ts Howard plant, o ju ar i day sflernoon, Read the Montgomery ke 5 al 3 | ® Co, whoalways aim to do just what | they advertise. You will not miss it | | if you go there any time for goods in their line, adv. of new Edwin K. Smith, of Ouk Hall Sta- tion, agent for the E juitable Life As- surance Society, was in town on busi. ness Wednesday, aud re ports business n his line ve ry good, Wm. LorTyell » $, * P. Lesh er, repr senting J. Q. dealers, Willismeport, was a pleasant caller Wedvesday, while on oue of his tours through Penns Valley, £. 0 oul L x Lo., coul snd coke Austin Krape, carpenter, employed present st called home one day last week on account of at Jeaunetle, was the serious illness of his little daughter, who stffered with preumonia. Mrs, Annie Dox Millbeim, the Zeigler. Both the Commercial zer spent Bunday at of Miss Mable indies are operators in Centre Hall aud Millheim, respectively, Luest eXchange at Ramuel Weaver, who has been ill with poeumoniaat the home of Elmer Royer, near the Old Fort, recovered sufliciently to be removed to his home in Millheim, Saturday of last week. The order of C. M. A. of Potters Mills, will hold a festival in Allison's grove, June 7. Ive cream, cake, ete. will be served. The Potters Mills or chestra and Colyer band will be pres- ent and furnish music. H. B. Frankenberger, of Spring Mills, who recently quit his position with C. P. Long where he had been employed for several yeas, with his wife and little son John, were in Cen- tre Hall Saturday, and called at this office. The Centre Hall school board held a meeting Tuesday night. The board uy economy, and without laying an extra tax, hopes to reduce its indebled ness of $500, which was ircarred by pur chasing the public school park a few years ago. The Heckmans sre among the largest milk producers {hat ptr ige the Howard creamery, At Tusses ville Adam Heckman ‘ends, and at Centre Hall John Heckman delivers the larg est quantity of milk of all the creamery customers Gross Aultz, of Tyrone, who 1 pre- sented McClintic & Coa., of that place, died Monday night. Mr. Aultz suf- fered from an abscess of the brain, and had been ill but a short time. He was well and favorably known in Centre Hall and Penns Valley. The body «f the dead man found near Sandy Ridge, on Tuesday of last week, has been unquestionably indeu- tified as that of George Maxwell, who disappeared from Hootzdale in No. vember. The circumstance: sitend- ing his death wili likely always re main a mystery, Messrs. James A. and D. K. Keller are feeding ten head of cattle—nine steers and one ball—which are bard to beat, in many respects. The bull is Judged wo weigh over sixteen hundnd pounds. Mr. Keller thinks feeding 56. risky, but habit was hard to break away from. i
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