VOL. LXXXIII. _CENT RE ENGLISH ELECTIONS. Bribery Was Rarpant ‘in the Old Time Campaigns. paritmentary free Was the In are uot shiogetlur tion Worcester frauchised after el How elections from corrup for a time dis st general elee- tion on of the irregularities found to have been prevalent, and oth- cuonstitoencies bad a rough time be fore they were secure of their respec tive meiubers. But the old time doconunt ©l elections were al together different. The popularity of the reform bill, which purposed the abolition of bribery, was by vo means universal. In Times of May 10, 1831, there is a story of a London po- lice coustable who asked his inspector for leave to go into the country to vote for an anti-reform candidate. He ex plained that he would get £10 and his expenses for his vote, but complained that it was not then in former times, when he had had as much as £40 aud vever less than £20. "And if that reform bill pusses it will a sad loss to we and wy ‘brother free men.” he added. King George 111. had his own meth ods as an election agent. Oop the eve of an election at Windsor fn which Admiral Keppel was the Whig candi date the King strolled tuto a silk mer cer's shop iu the town aud called out: “The queen wants a gown-—wants a gown: No Keppel:, No Keppel!”— Loudon Answers. ARMY FLAGS. Largest Is the Garrison Flag, Twenty by Thirty-six Feet. made is called its dimen are thirty six feet on the fiy and nineteen feet at the hgist, but this is very rarely used The largest io the army the garrison flag, with a thirty-six foot fiy aud a twenty foot hoist, which is displayed only on holidays and impor. taut occasions, To describe the various designs and give the different dimeuslous of all the flags used in our apd pavy would require several columns of space. There pum ber of flags of various Kinds that have peculiar fupctions to perform. The amount of bunting required for the outfit of our battleships something vonormous, for, own flags, she must be supplied with a varied of foreign national nw naval etiquette high officials of aboard or whose ter while on a foreign cruise II of these foreigu fag at the Brookiyn uavy ter (N. H.) Union. the us be The The Iargest ensign No. 1. god sious fing used is ary is a considerable of ole . besides our assortment (some forty odd fine for display, demands, other walters our sh 9 when the nations come i's #n are made Maunches “ yard eal fo nu at wid fool a frm of d furniture b of espied at the He was employed Lj ers in bric-a-brae scour rural districts tiques, fashioned cott of a hill, Surely here in this old world spot there would be something in bis line. He knocked sharply at the door, and a weary looking woman answered, “Do you happen to have any antique furniture, madam,” he asked, “or apy old ornaments, such as heathen idols or the like?” The woman looked somewhat puz zled for a moment. “1 think I've got one,” length Agog with expectation, be followed ber into the house and to a room Where lay a bulking fellow who was fast asleep on a couch, “There it is,” she replied, pointing to the couch. “He's the only idle thing I've got iu the place—hasn't done any work for years, He may do for you, but he's certainly’ no ornament.” —Lon don Tit-Bits. and oid i sear aud suddenly be age nesting she said at Logic, Feminine Brand. “1 don't like to play cards for mon: ey. but | dou’t in the least wind play lug for a prize,” is the attitude of sev eral New York women who bave re cently got up a club. Who was to furnish the prizes was agother ques. tion. They didn’t wish to tmve the woman at whose home they happened to be playing buy prizes lu addition to a fittle luncheon. Kilually one of the members suggested a plau which bas met the approval of all the women concerned, and it bas been adopted in the club. At the beginning of the game each player puts up a quarter, 80 that there is a prize of a dollar at each table for the winner. That Is perfectly logical and the eternal fem nine way of getting out of a ditlicuity. They don’t want to play for wmouey, but it is all right to play for prizes, whatever they may be. And the prizes happeu to be money. No mat New York Press, His Conclusion. “And this." sald the young man who was showing his country relatives through the Museum of Art, “is a repli ca of the Venus de Milo.” “Gosh,” sald bis Uncle Amasa, “she was a good looker, all right! Wa'n't never married, was she? “Nos k don't Delleve she ever was.” “1 s'pose, bein’ armless and not hay in’ a busband to hook up her clo’s, she glmmply had to dress that way, no mat. ter whether she liked it or not.”~Chi cago Record-Herald. IA A. Centre Reporter, §1 a year, DON'T BELITTLE YOURSELF. Few Chances Come to the Self Depre- ciatory Man. suld Uncle Hiram to his young nephew, 1 would not anybody nround continu. ally blowing his own horn. We tire of men who do that, and we are apt to think of them that that's all tisey can do, blow. “On the other hand. Henry. never belittle yourself: never be self depre clatory. Don’t have a poor opinion of yourself, but if you do bave such an opinion don’t express it. I'be mau who blows his own horn may seldom be taken at his own valoation, but the self depreciatory man almost invaria. bly is. “So pever run yourself down or speak doubtfully of your own ability. If the boss is thinking of advancing you nnd he should say to you some day, ‘Henry, we are thinking of try- ing you oun this thing-—do you think you could handle this job? you don't want to say, ‘Well, 1 haven't had much experience yet in that way, and | real ly don’t know whether 1 could do that or not." “You don’t want to say anything like that, for If you do he'll be likely to think it over some wore aud end up by trying somebody elise, taking a blower maybe who can’t really do the work half as well as you could, but who's got self confidence enough to say be can. “You don't know what you can do till you try. Some wen try and fall, but an astonishing number rise to o¢- caslons, developing strength or ability that others might never have thought them to Possess," = Naw York Sun “Henry” hopeful advise to go Why the Worian Looked Daggers at the Car Conductor. the brute!” exclaimed a stylish woman wBo was riding a Tenth street car, addressed the remark to who smiled deprecat- ingly. raised his hand to his ead and said, “Sure, | dido’'t think It was soy use lo the world.” All the way to Market street the ag- grieved woman followed the unlucky conductor up and down the car with her eyes, “looking daggers” at him The poor chap had unwittingly spolled ber day. As she came Into the car she saw lying near the woman's belt buckle. It was supposedly oriental in fashion, with a big “stone in it sh at down. with her eye on the buckle; rose, stooped aud picked it up She had opened ber bag with the in. tent i of dropping her find within, but glanced up and saw that the other passengers were watching ber. Evi deutly she thought if might be wiser to ask the conductor if be knew the owner. She held it, therefore, until the conductor passed her, then handed i to him, with the question, "Do you know whether auybody has lost this™ "I suppose some bas, ma'am.” be answered. “Let me see it.” Then, after glancing at it a moment, “Aw, that's good.” said be and tossed the treasure (1 Into the street “Ob, the brute!” exclaimed the wo man. And who can bigme bher?— Phila. delphia Times, : “Oh, ly dressed dowu She plainly he conductor, tun on door a sel Hl olie no The Purchase of New York. When the letter announcing the pur. chase for ¢0 guilders ($24) of the 11.000 morgens of lund coustituting Manhat- tan Isiand was read In the assembly of the states general on Nov. 7. 16246 it was resolved that “no action is nec. essary on this information.” Had their high mightinesses possessed prevision how strenuous might have been the resolution passed that the pewly ac quired island should be kept forever under their control! Nor was the West India company. that money makiog trust which ventured this first specula. tion lu wheat aod io lands in the long line of enterprises known to Manhat- tan, more alive to the excellence of their investment. More than ten times the sum paid over to the lodlans for about 22.000 acres, according to thelr esti mate, has since been pald for a single square foot of New York soll. Proba bly there is vo other sale on recor’ where the advance lo valve has been 80 great. — Putnam's Magazine, An Armorclad Nest. In the Argentine Republic, says a writer in the Strand Magazine, where the summers are loug and bot, it Is customary to leave the windows open both day and night during the hottest part of the year. A bird, taking ad vantage of this, proceeded to bulld a nest in my room. fixing it firmly to one of the Venetian blinds over the win. dow. The eggs, were duly hatched and the young birds fledged, Ou taking down the empty nest | found it to be practically armorciad, the outer part being composed alinost entirely of old rusty nalls woven In among the hay. On counting the nalls 1 found that no fewer than sixty-six had been used, be sides some wire and pins taken from ‘my dressing table. The bird was about the size of a robin and very tame. Not So Bad. “1 asked my class of small boys if any could tell me the meaning of the word ‘apprentice, ” said a teacher re cently, “and all at me blankly until one ind arose, “Can you tell me what Apprentiay means?" 1 repeated, “Yes, It means practiciug, work.’ WANTS CEMETERY OLEANED UP, James H. Potter Makes Offer of Funds Letter from Dr, Schayler, the Pastor, Telling of Past Efforts, Io the issue of the Reporter of Bep- tember 20th, there appeared in the local column this item : About the most forsaken and most neglect ed looking place in all this section of country is the cemetery st Centre Hill, If some of the fathers burled there could get & view of the thrifty burdocks, nettle, catnip, and a thousand other weeds, they would haunt a good many who go by there and look the other way. Last week the editor received from Mr. James H. Potter, of the Potter. Hoy Hardware Company, Bellefonte, the letter appended, which speaks for itself, This communication was read to Dr. W. H. Bohuyler, pastor of the Binking Creek Presbyterian charge, who makes the statement printed following the Potter letter, ®The Reporter referred to the condi- tion of this old burying ground several years ago, and shortly thereafter a movement was made to restore the cemetery to its former good condition, but the plans laid out were not prose- cleared of rubbish with much labor, gratuitously given, but the walle were vot repaired, and the grounds were just made ready for permanent iw. provement. There is yet 8 chance to secure the needed funds to beautify this old historic buryiog ground, pro- vided the proper authorities prosecute their first plans to a finish, Every year the chances lessen, and every year the cost will increase. At present many of the second generation having di- rect interest there may be appealed to for aid, in a short time the third and fourth generations will only be left, The Centre Hill cemetery lo about the only one in all Penns Valley that is not in tolerable condition. There were others, but family pride and church pride—a pride commend. able—repaired the breaches. Notably smong these was the cemetery east of Centre Hall, where the first Methodist church stood, commonly known as the * Pennington Cemetery, ”’ peglected for many years, but this was taken in hands by Hon. Leonard Rhone, who through tireless effort and much Iasbor restored the grounds. The same can be done at Centre Hill. Beli Pa. Oct 8 efonte, i#io Me BW, Suite Editor © Centre Reporter, Centre Hall, Ps DEAR SIR I notice in & recent sue of your well ed paper, comments on the condition Centre Hill Cemetery, My sncestors furnish in we ground that U remetery In located oR © slso the ground the brick church that was at Centre Hill, and { have some of ny ancestors buried in that cemetery, and would like very much to have it cleaned up and the weeds taken out, | am perwectly willing to pay my share towards the same, and will contribute $0.00, necessary, 10 do this, Are there to others the neighborhood there, who have friends buried in the cemetery, who would join with me in having the cemetery cleaned up * Your friend, JAMES H. POTTER Centre Hall, Pa., Oct. 10, 1810. DEAR EviTOR : I understand that the Re porter’'s recent reference to the need that the Centre Hill cemetery be put in order has called out from James H. Potter, of Bellefonte, whose auocestors gave the ground for, and some of whom lie in the cemetery, an offer of $5 00, or more, if necessary, to clean it up. This will be welcome news to the officers of the Binking Creek Pres byterian church who have not been uomiodful of the cemetery’s con- dition, But the cemetery needs more than “gleaning up snd weeding out,” which has been done several times sinre the church property was sold, Part of the wall has fallen down and the rest will soon follow unless cover. ed speedily. There Is need also of other work. Three or four years ago the trustees carefully considered the matter and found thst three or four hundred dollars would be required to make repairs that would be at all satisfactory and permanent, A circu. lar stating the facts and requesting contributions was prepared and sent to those who wculd naturally be interes'- ed ; but the response was #0 meager that the trustees were not able to do snything. If your notice and Mr. Potter's liberal offer wHl stir up those who have friends buried there aod others who should be interested none will mv jrlce more than the offi. cers of the Sinking Creek church and be more willing to do thelr part, To care for the earthly restiog place of the dead is generally considered one of the finest acts of filial plety ; if any- thing is to be done those whose dead lie at Contre Hill must Mellow Mr, Potter's example aod lead in the mat. ter. Then doubtioss others will help, Yours sincerely, : W. Hesny FORUVLER, Pastor Sinking Creek Chur Satay Mf ———— of the or more, i in ETATE EUUUVATORS TO MEET, Association Will Hold ts Asnas! Con veution in Haurrisbarg in Decembor, Many noted teachers and educators from different parts of the country will participate in the program of the Pennsylvania Btate Educational As. sociation, which will hold its saunas) convention at Harrisburg on Degem- ber 28, 29 and 30 The school code will be, probably, the most absorbing topic of debate during these sessions. A prominent factor in the debates will be the Teachers’ League of Pennsylvania, which held its annual convention a few days asgo, an! which ar. ranged Lo be represented at the Htate Educational Association. convention. The proposed teachers’ retirement fund bill will also be discussed In all its phases and kn this, too, the Teach- ers’ League will be prominent. A bill to this end was prepared during the league's recent meeting. Other special features of the meeting will be discuesions on the improve- ment of the rural schools and the new normal course. The sessions will be held at the sudi- torium in the Board of Trade Luilding, the rental of which will be paid by the Harrisburg school board, The Harrisburg Teschen' Amcciation has also appropriated $125 toward ex- penses, Harry A. Boyer, president of the Harrisburg school board, and Profess or F. E. Lownes, superintendent of the Harrisburg schools, will deliver the addresses of welcome to the edu cators, and the responss wi'l be hy County Buperintendent G. W, Moore, of Chester, and Professor WW, G. Chambers, of the University of Pittsburg. Woe Corn and Its Importance, Io their trade review of last week the Messrs. Clews and Company de clare that corn today enters so largely into food for man and beast that the importance of the tremendous produc- tion now vigivle in this season’s erop can scarcely be overestima'ed: Its uses for human consumption are so rapidly multiplying that the trane- portation of prepared food products is esch year gaining rapidly in import ance as an item of railroad transports. tion. Corn, too, enters into the trans. portation problem in msoy indirect ways, Asthe real basis of catile and provisions it becomes a particularly large item of transportation, to say nothing of corn itself, which Is one of the most bulky of railroad commodi- ties. A salisfactory corn harvest at = Cs —————; _1910, SENATOR OLIVER, Pennsylvania's Junior Senator Has 8 Fond. Heng for Nearly Every Tariff schedale, from Pennsylvania, speaking on the in the United States Nenate, May 14, 190%: Neither have | a dollar this business efile prise aliled 10 the hind, it in steel) or in any other business, 1 formerls But Senator O iver is, and was sat the time he made thic declarstioa of not -interext, su director sud dominant factor in— The Oliver Iron & Steel Company of Pittsburg ; capits), $1,600,000 ; directors, J. C. Oliver, G. T. Oliver, Henry Oliver, H. R. Rea and T. J. Crump, Pittsburg Cos! Company, $64,000,000 ; directors Oliver and H. R. Rea. Youngstown Car Manufacturing Company, of which Beunator Oliver has been president since 1903 The above statement leads the New York World to say editorially under the caption, of * Hsnators of Priv. lege,’ the following : When Mr. Taft undertakes to reduce the extortionate tariff one schedule at 4 time be will come into collision with Benator George B. Oliver, of Pennsyl vania., Mr. Oliver has sa fondoess for nearly every schedule, but he adores those that cover iron and steel, coal and glass, A problem thal used to be discussed involved the question whether, » choice being necessary in case of ship. wreck, a man should save his wie or hie child. Tariff revision piecemeal ie going to present some such difficulty to Mr. Oliver. When a man has a pecuniary interest in several tarifl schedules a reformer might ss well stk him which member of his family he prefers to follow Lo the grave as to invite him to name the particolar trust or combination to walk the plank. Mr. Oliver ga'ne fifth place in The World's list of Beostors of Privilege because of his great candor and con- sistency to upholding privilege. A member of a Isige family every branch of which has been ei riched by a favoring tariff, be does not hesitate to assert that his interest in Dingley- ism and Aldrichism is altogether patri- otic. If he voles taxes Juto his own pocket he voles them into the pockets of other people also. This may not be patriotism, as be claims, but it I» plo. tocratic altruism undeniably, With such a record we are sowy that we cannot give Mr. Oliver some capital include G. T, profitable prices, backed adequately | by other favorable agricultural de-| velopments, provides an antidote that | must prove highly effective in count. | etacting developments of a less favor. | able character, of which there has recently been such an uoususily large array. Money conditions, too, should not be lost sight of in considering the favorable features of the situstion. Our great crops are being marketed with less than the usual strain, aod the prospects favor a continuance of the easy situation, lh t—— Transfers of Real Estate. M. V. Bhowalter, et bar to F, B Brumbsugh, August 2, 1910, tract of isnd in Philipsburg. $3000, G. C. Hosterman, ot ux to Theodore D. Boal. Beptember 15, 1910, tract of land in Harrie twp. $200, J. Cowher to A. O. Cowher, ot al September 28, 1910, tract of land in Worth two, $1300 W. W. Hackman, et ux to E, Breon, May 2, 1910, tract of land in Miles twp. $238, W. W. Hackmap, et ux to (, Small, tract of land in Miles fi W. W. Hackman, et ux to E, Breon, May 2, 1910, tract of land in Miles twp. $325, H. M. Limbert, et ux to W, W, Hackman, April 1, 1910, tract of land in Miles twp. $1337.50, L. H. Krebs, et al to D. C. Krebs, ot al, April 1909, tract of land in Fergu- son twp. $11017.50 James J. Mitchell to Mary H, Thompson, Beptember 23, 1910, tract of land in Patton twp, $250, L E. Campbell, ot bar to T. Bwyres, August 8, 1590, tract of land in Boggs twp. $1000. T. Foster, ot al to J. B. Krebs, April 1, 1910, tract of land in State College. $300, C. T. Fryberger, et ux to J. 0. Reed, Beptember 14, 1910, tract of land in Rush twp. $3800, F. A. Howamd, et us to Ida WM, Groe, October 14, 1909, seit of land in Moshannon. $210. C. twp. 4 A regular meeting of Progress Grange will be bald Saturday evening st 7:80 o'clock, st which time Dr. H. F. Bitner will give a lecture on the * Geologionl Formation of Penta Valley.” This talk will bs well and bo all a ony worth the heariog, and every member of the order should be in attendance, sige thing better than fifth place, but the take precedence are loo be | ignored, —— County Assiats io Bridge Repairs It is proposed to repair the irom bridge over Spring Creek, at the Bush House, in Bellefonte, at a cost of #4500, A heavy supporting girder is to be placed in the center of the street frame work and the present center span which divides the bridge into two sec. tiops is to be removed. The surface of the bridge, according to the plans, is to be of brick for the driveway and on either side walks of concrete are to be constructed. Beveral years ago the structure was repaired at » cost of $500 or $000, To meet this expense the county hae appropriated funds to pay two thirds of the cost. This bridge stands the same in relation to the county as do township bridges. In its first oon. struction the borough erected the abutments and the approaches, and the county put up the bridge proper. The repairs for such bridges are ordi. narily to be paid by the borough or township, but the repairs in this par ticular instance are regarded extra. ordinary and consequently the coun ty, as stated above, has appropriated funds to meet two thirds of the cost of improvements contemplated, strong to Appeal Taken ian Tressarer Case, An appeal to the supreme court from the decision of the Dauphin county court, that it is legal to elect a stale tressurer at the November elec: tion, was taken by the petitioner, George E. Etter, of Harrisburg, Just before the appeal was taken eight specifications of error in the de- cision of the court were filed Ly at- torneys for the petitioner for the man- damus. It is understood that efforts will be made to have the case argued at ones and a decision made ae soon as possib'e, Its in Sime of sudden mishap or sccident that Chamberlain's Liniment oan be relied upon to take the place «f the family dootor who osnnot always be found at the moment. Then it in that Chamberlain's Liniment is nev. r found wanting. Io cases of sprains, cuts, wounds and bruises Chamber. Ialn’s Liniment takes out the soreness NO. 40, "TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, { HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Why not plant apple trees? [t is the most profitable tree thst can he grown, > Htate Buperintendent of Pablic In- struction Nathsn C. Bchaeffer pro. claimed Friday, October the 25h, as the Autumnal Arbor Day. The storm predicted for last weék delayed until Friday so that the fair association would have a good day on Thursday. Even the weather man Is thoughtful —sometimes. The Boalsburg readers of the Centre Reporter will be plesssd to pote that J. M. Keener, of Ansewnds, Colorado, whose wife was Mise Nannie Corl, is clerk of the city of Anscondo. Mrs. Reuben Wright, of Virginia, daughter of Mr. Henry J. Meyer, of Bowling Virginia, was last her uncle, Walker, The rummage sale condacted by the Hospitsl Ald Society, in Bellefouts, netted $1049, Articles were donated by the Bellefonte society as well ss by the Centre Hall and other suxiliary societies chmond, Mrs, (ireen, week the guest of Sheriff W. Miles and former To attend a meeting of the directors of the Banbury sand Belinsgrove Elec. trical Railway Company, E. M. Huy- elt, of Centre Hall, went to Sunbury Inst week. He is deeply interested iu the company's affsire, and ie one of ite directors. There were no cases in the Boyder counly courts at the October term, Judge McClure notified the jarymen that their presence were not required, This is the first time in the history of the county when there were no erimi- nal or civil cases for trial, The Centre Hall Creamery Corpors- tion is making purchases for its eighth car load of potatoes. The price paid was forty cents. To that the price will fall rather than ad- vance. Rot has appeared in some crops lifted within the past ten days. e indiecstions are Do not miss the unusual oppor. tunity to see the rare and besutiful views presented by Rev. Delos Edwin Finks, of New York, Friday evening, in the Prestylerisn church. Ninety superbly colored views ; double stere. oplicon, csleium light. No sdmie a silver offering will be lifted. The other Buanday, at S'ate College, four young men were placed under arrest for drinking aod gambling, Amoopg the four was 8 brother of (he officer who made the arrest and a wou of the justice before whom the young were Sppear. this incident an effort has been to enforce the blue laws in borough. ~N Mre. Rufus Strohm came we home of Mr. and Mre. Jamies Strohm, last week, this being her firat visit Bere since returning from Lou- don, England, in the early part of the summer. Mr. Strohm, as many of the Reporter readers know, is represent- ing the laternational Correspondence School, at BSeranton, in London, There is a possibility that he may re- fy turn to the states this fall, 4d Mr. and Mre, John Bmith, of Ke wanna, Indisoa, came to Centre Hall the middle of inet week and for several days were guests of Mr. and Mrs, George Nearhood. Mrs, Smith, who before marriage was a Miss Roush, iss nativeofl lower Penne Valley. They also visited Mr, sand Mrs. J. H Dat. wiler, east of Centre Hall, se well as relatives in the eastern section of the valley. Mrs Smith is a sister of Mrs. Abraham Tobias, who formerly lived in Centre Hail, and Mm. Emanuel Stover, both of whom now live in southwestern Michigan. These items are from the MiMin. burg Telegraph : Mr. and Mrs Fos ter Frazier, Mr, and Mrs, Charles Mill. er and Mr. and Mra. W. H. Meyer, of Centre Hall, wete this week the pleas. ing guests of Mr gpd Mm I. V. Mus set, at their hospitable howe on Mar. ket street. . . . Mm. Jerry Soave ly, of Spring Mille, was recently the pleasing guest of her son, Chasles F, Lontz and family, at their preity home on West Chestout street. . , Miss Bertha Meyer, of Linden Hall, was last week the guest of Mr, sud Mra. I. V. Musser and family, Mr. aud Mra. J. W. MeUCormick, of South Caroline, came to ‘Centre Fil last week, and until Tuesday were the guests of the Istter’s parents, Mr. and Mre, D. J. Meyer, left their southern home about three weeks ago to attend a meeting of the National Uuondertaker's Amociation, st Detroit, Michigan, and from there they came to the east, Ou Tuesday Mr. and Mr, MeCormiok went te Tyrone where they will visit Mr, MeCormick's brother and sisters, and then go to Reedavilie to spend a short time with made to Rinre wide aud drives away the pain, Bold uy Murray and Bitoer. Mra MoCormick’s other, after