FFIHT CTNTTE GFUWIFTAT. BBLLEFONTE, PA lllh. CfcdlKh, HKMUtItAT i j.ub llh>l 9fry l'Uur*lA) mornlug, At BAIICIODIA, Outer c lUDtjf, Pa. TKKM4—Caatitu AtIrAOOA, .. Si oO If out INAItJ ID *dVAOCA. 12 OO A LI V K I' AJ'ktt -dtvuUO to tba InUrMtt of th* thtfU y*vfl* f4|iaviiu tu*l wttblu lhr* mouths will b# COB- A I *1 •* r<* I 111 *ftAUC Mo t will •• tllAOOßtlnuAd until aiTAarmf aaar* pAlii HWt|l *1 'ptlOll of I 1 llsl ATA PA|*rgultigout uf ilaw touul) must b# |IALD for lb All \ AUCA. A .iy yrocurluit us teocasb subscribers will UP •'iit A vwj'jf trorof vbarga. our • T (vitalr# circulation aiaks thl NPR AN ÜB a suelly rellablr Aud iiirdiuui loreitfertlslnf Wetter* lb* tuoel Ai|lr f*r||titr l>r JOB Vtt'Hh • u>l ere ~r"|rd to print *ll kud of Hooks TmrU Pr Hosier*. lXMuirtitl in luting, Ac., in Ibr luoll lrle AD. I At Ibw lotseel i*teeil>lr relet AM nhvrdwmriiU 'or A Ipulartn than three m • TH column*. 10 centeper Una A liberal diacount la UIAI* to per*oun advertising b) t ha quarter, ball year, or year, as fullowa: cs' oil IFACI OCCI'PIID. B B |'J ILLII 0 a inch (or M llnea ihle typa) f.' f* ft* Tao 7 I'M It t'hra* inches 1° 14 S' vl tr:#r collimator A iurhiw) I'd to n nir co| M „m,op |u||,. l.rai .dtijiA W | On- •Imt .r !• Hebe*)-..-. - lAAIWIU P.iral; seertls Aient • list b* |abt for before In • rtiQA. icapt oil early contract - h*o halfyeArlv D aiani* ID Ktvitici 1 t. aipqulrad POLITIC Ai *'oflc* a *uts |" ♦I • each Inaartloo Kothtiw naar* '••rleaa than Vll rents Hi'e the foundation of English common law. He established a navy, which was the commencement of that marine power, whose sails whiten the waters of every kingdom on the globe. He was truly Great and of all English Kings, the best snd most faultless, he died in the fifty second year of his sge and left a record that stands out clear in the dim light of history—blameless and above reproach. M. A. J. C'ommnTlratlon. Fur ttisCsvvsi In Utt week's issue of the Dkmocsat you referred to the doings of onr town council, which is a matter ol very great interest to our tax payers in the bor ough of B-llefonle. Good municipal government is preferable to party sue cess. What is true of muoici|>al govern- ments is also true of state snd national government*. The true road to reform 1s to commences reformation nt the be ginning. It has been the policy of the best men of our parly to conduct their official duties in accordance with true reform principles, with those who make reform a secondary matter, it is ipiiie different—parly ascendency is pars mount with them ; forgetting Imwevi-r, that fidelity to trust is a cardinal prin ciple with the Democratic party. A case in point is in the person of Robert M' Knightjpresidenl of our town council. Mr. M>-Knight was a man of economical and frugal habits, who enjoyed the con fidence of his neighbors—Was a pro nounced reformer. Last year his Detn erratic neighbors nominated him a can didale for town council in the north ward. His republican neighbors con iributed votes enough to elect lilm. Robert appreciated the compliment and soon became a man of enlarged ideas tie was the pivot upon which the politi cal complexion ol the council would soon revolve—but 1 am a reformer said Robert elected by the aid of republican reformers and I roust drop politics for politics and reform don't mix very well. Robert was not very long however in allowiug his political teachings to get the better of his reform ideas. It was essential to party success to aid a Dem ocratic henchman out of the mire. A [ self constituted boss brought Itia influ ence to bear and pictured to the mod dern reformer that it would bo much more honorable to him to be president of tho council, than to take a forward step in the heresy of reform. This idea tickled hi* fancy and was soothing to his feelings, he little thought that lion ors would be showered upon hitn so thick and fast. He consented to t e tin boss nun and a promotion of the bench man followed the dicker, thus reducing himself to the level of a snd loi tie ciple and a rooster in politics whose management of our borough affairs lis brought Oiliuin and censure upon the democratic party of our town. Tne profligate expenditure of money is the best evidence of incompetence in the council and should be a warning to a,! voters, not to select men to perform public trusts, who are incompetent to liscbarge ordinary business transactions with fidelity. The great indebtedness of our liorough, the assessment and -lis bursement of the large amount of tax •-s annually, requires the best business interest of our town in the council and I trust the lesson ol last year will not go unheeded at the ensuing election. It is said that some men cannot stand promotion. I think the head and tail of our council area living exsmpleof tin assertion. How would it >c if we were to chop off the head and tail on Tues day the 20ih inst., and see if any good will come out of the carcass— "what man has done man may do" in the in terest of iUroBH. Condition of New England laborers. Wahixotox. February 8 —The Senate Committee on Education and Labor re sumed ila inquiries this morning and ex amined Frank K. Foster, ol Cambridge. Mass., Secretary of ihe Ma*s*chu*etis Federation of Trade and lnhor Union* The Witness made a general statement a* to thu conditions ol the lattoring classes of New England in general and of Massachusetts in particular. The mill operatives of New England as a class are p-erhaps the worst off, and their preeent condition is sure lo pro duce an enfeebled race of men and wo men in the next generation, at the same conditions have already done in Kng land. The working pieopdeof M->*aciui setts are better off than those of the oi R. er New England States, on account of the enforcement of the ten hour law. The hours of work in M**cbuctt are sixty per week, while in the weaving district of England they are but fifty ix. The wages are about the same. Since 1878 the average of wage* has increased 6 9-10 per cent., while the average cost of the necessities of life, including meats, breadstuffs,vegetables,dry gnnd boots, board, etc., has increased 21 2 10 percent. The examination of Mr. Fos ier will be continued to morrow.• THE STATE COLLEGE. The Old Hoard of Trustees l>n*nrcd fey Neglect uf Duties General Heater Relieved of Ihe Oitns Attaching to Offlrtal ilerellnlon. Rtpoar or tbx rouaiTrxxor ixvxstiov- TIOM. One hundred and forly students now attend the State Agricultural college in Centre county, a number are la diet. The inatttution has not leeii a success since its establishment and in order to ascertain the cause of failure, and also to investigate certain alleged abuses, the Legislature two years ago apipiointed a special committee to ex amine into the charge*. On i his com mittee are Messrs, Mylin, Newmeyer, Colhurn, Norris and Alexander—Sena tors and ex Senators, and ex-Represen tative* Milham, Hierlv, MeClure, .\l,pe*. Fmdlsy. Judge and Roberts, with Rep. reaentatire Hall. The reptori is ready and will he brought before lioth hranoli es of the l.e#tsli.iure today. A# it cov ers only I Igo pug,,* it is not likely to tie read. The special committee have j signed the siiiue wit li the exception of J Mr. Itierly, late of WilHamspnrt. He 1 did not sign because he is now in Tex as, interested in Cattle droves, and not I in colleges In Pennsylvania. The committee reports that they find all the vouchers of the trustees correct. ; This is the usual preliminary o a white wash. Yet they do not u-e thin purify iug politic-si compoud any further. 'I bey 1 censure the old hoard of trustee* (or neglecting to give proper uttentioii to the college concern*, and stale in the report that in--gleet# nipped the college's best interest in the hud. 'llie censure the agrieultural societies ol the State for never selecting or electing one of the thirteen trustees In wnicli they are 1 entitled. Action of that #orl threw the government huck upon the local man agement, anil General Heaver, the re port says, was compelled to take entire j charge. Much credit 1* given hitu h.r ! his ci ion in the | remi-c*. < toe of the j recommendations cull- lor the abolition |of the State experimental farms in Chester and Indium counties, and the . siutilishni. nl of a central station simi. I hir to the Pj7 stations in Germany, which have been patterned alter witii much success in Ohio. l lie committee uisken the re|H>rt a complete hi.tory of the college. It gives the 1 rot est of the State Granger, which I rotc-st wsV made on the grounds that the neglect is .* in teac lung the .-lassies to the deierimeiit ol farming Hon. Victor K. Pio.let specially referring to that exception in lux testimony. Anoth er at.u-e re'erred to at length in the West grove farm in Chester county, where a state appropriation of (**• tiia-le the total amount of inaugurating the experiment sp* Ottfh This Urm. the report sAys, has l.eeii rt great drain on the college and much help to the f -rrn ers of Chester when they wni led flood ed cattle. The Chsncefor-I Frmer'a Club, of Chester county, have referred to tin* fium largely in their discussion*. The c imntiitee, in closing its report, expresses the opinion that the trustee# made honest mistake* of judgment, hut tile statement 1* Uisdn that the failure is largely due to the luck of interest taken br tbe sgriruliursl al*ses in the *-t.*te. -H-jmt' irj I'ilno!. Ilrrtiis Tll r. Fr.i- the Hsrrisl-urg c-rresp.-ndrnl of the Pbiladelpliui Aus it i\/ W. rtit turnishe* the following : "Mr C.*n ly lis* had a chalice to make a clear lhou**tid outside of lit* salary since he became Attorney Gen erl. hill he could not see how he w* entitled to the money, ami resisted the temptation which wa* set l-efore him. A itiong the counsel of t lie Standard 1 1.1 C- mpaoy in the recent suit of the Com tnonwi- •11 li Agonal the eorpor-it.on w,s Csssidy. He wa* con*idred an at-le lawyer, and *• thi* grent nionnjKily nl w,y■ employ* eminent leg*l talent, they employed him and gsie him a suhtn- Ital fee. Suf.n after he took {Kisession of the . tlire lie wa* surprised to l-e in formed thai a check had arrived for him nv u- ling to over nine hundred ■ lr pointer* . thev rimke pointers; they never mix with sock gamblers, and do not borer about the ticker, although lliey Pity have $.5 (Jl>>, t'IiHMX), or JtlbO,(Ilk), involved in ade.il, I see many queer things, and have learned to diilrust the honesty of tl e generality of Statesmen of eeery degree, I w<n in Vancouver ; has been M yor of the city; also Slier.lf lor Several year*. lie Was elected several times member of the territorial Legislature, lie is seventy eight years of -go. The j -urney home ws about 5000 miles, yet he was but little fatigued, ami is looking younger and smarter than his friend* exjected. When Mr. Farnswortti left home he parted with wife and six children, 'hi his return all were shve to greet him but one daughter, w bo died about twen ty years ago. Mnt \\ underfill. \ ery seldom do we read of an actual case of recovery, where hope had al together been lost, to equal that which was on Monday investigated by a I'r t/mlrh r-|>mtor who had heard, in v.ir inus quarter*, persons talking to their frn-nds of a cure, seemingly little short of miraculous, that had 10-en performed. Wm. Lincon Curts is the name of the young man in question. Ue is now em ployed at 11. K. Porter it I/OOOtno live Works, Pittsburgh. Hi* disease was Chronic H!i-uiu-tii*m. The enor tnous swelling and pain in the jointa of hi* arm noon produced paralysis wf In* left arm. lie gradually grew worse, his ankle* ami km-o* were sion even worse than his arm*, his cheek hone began to enlarge, spreading lna face out of all re aemblanoe HI his former aelf. Two phy sician* pronounced him hop. le.*, /V rvni cured him I'rge "l> |)r. Ilar'rtlaii'a ' III* of Life." nT lit Hard I'nzrle I A great m*ny have gone crnry over the 15 ptisxle hut parties who don't go to Ihe it-Minn Clothing House, § Belle fonte Pa., for their clothing boots and shoe* arc crry enough, to pay double the price for them in other places, and is the hardest puxsle. we ever heard 01. We told you many times, that we are closing out our entire stock of Fall and Winter gaodt, at ami below coat. We therefore advise you to-trike. while ib iron i* hot, as you'l never have this chance offered again. it} (it. * v *l'here is no arguing a coward into cnurarge." Hut even the coward may be brave after tr ing Kidney Wort, that medicine of wonderful rffl.-scy in ell disease* of the lirer and kidney*. It is prepared in both dry and liquid form and can always he relied on as an • ffcot ire cathartic and diuretio. Try it. Fixed Star* and Nebula- IT)' l.'ttt <>f I'rufrwir Young i Serin j hrrlnrrn on A rlronomg. I'rofessot Young, of Princeton ("ol | lege, chined his course of astronomical j lectures tit the Church of the H: mug ger lu-l evening. Ilisstihject w its I lie " Fixed Kiurn HIMI N hulic. " Herald the first impression in looking upon tin* sky mi it denr night wan thut the stars ure cntlut less,hilt it will Insfound thai,mi hritigin. tin- eye to hear on u particular part of the h<-nv'-ux the star* can he C united. Tin re are about (,- ' <)( M) star* visible to the naked eyi from New York. Add to these 1,000 I ivliicli never rise uhove our lioriz -it mid there are 7,000 vi-ihl- to the i-ak -ed eye. With a little tijK-ra g'u ; -fOO 000 stara r ati hi emml —l, und ; with the largest teh scope it is found j tliitt it nuinhi-r of the stars is about | equal In tin- population ~f tlx- (*nit<-f it* aim closing up la-hind us. lr ife-sor Y -ting's account of the | ••x|M-ritin-nt* mailt* to determine the distance of the -tar- wa* particularl v , interesting. It wa* not tit til I*"* tI, *t the distance of a star -a- Mi-iv-f'uP y tin a-tir- d lint astronomers, Pr- f.->r Young said, were still at their wits' •ml concerning distances. The dis tance* of some wi re determinel pretty accurately, hut there wn- much doubt thout most of the other* I'r hahlv in the next century great advancer would made iii tlii- brute !) -d the subject I ntil the distance, are fixed no then tie- a. to the structure of the univer-< an he proper!v firmed. The U--v. I)r I) -l itis, in introducing t' e lecture, intimated that Prolis*or Yutmg would i c mtitiui- hi* lecture* ou astron--niv n-xt senon. At the e|o.s of hi* !•<■- ! ure la*t evening lie was heartily ap ' plauded. Two Kinds of Ladies , ll.van It-jt-.or A- a voting la ly walked hurtie'ly down State street upui a hhak N -v --t nils* r day lor at'., mi ni wa* atlracted to a deformed Icy coming toward lor earning several bundle*. Me wa ihtiiiy rlad, twisted his limbs rno-t Strang. ly a* Im walk.d, and |.Hy'**ide, and -aid 111 a • otieof thorough kindness: "Let nie hold theae other luindh-s while j.ui piek up what you have h*U." Indumb asloiiishmeoi the cripple handed a I he held to the young San aritan, and e so; I try l !M," was die surpri -led riw|onc. "I was kind of hoping you wau'l." "Why" asked the listenet, with curiosity quite armi-.-il. "cati-e I've seen such M cnllcl themselves ladies, hut they never sjoke kind at d pleasant like 'renting grand uns. I guew# there'# two k mis;them a thinks they'a ladies am) isn't anil, them a* what tries to be ami is." IT is Dot the governor of North Or- I olitia to the Oovernot of Srnth Caro lina litis time hut the -S-nntor from North Carolina to the (Soverimr of Pennsylvania. Pol It wore in Yorktowu celehmting theeetiteniiial of the capi tulation. One w- Vance, the other l}oyt. Poth had hen in the war, hut 1111 oj po#ite rides. Katd Vanee t>> lloyi as they ctiaal in a rotivenieot place ol refreshment: "What church -' i you belong tof" "Presftyteriau." • I don't believe it," said Vamw. *Bou- d nie." uitl Hoyt. "What is the chief end of man?" aked Vance: "To Glorify G.HJ," replied lloyL "liighf," It was rioyt's turn iht ti, and h Mketl Vagce; "How miii'V oiM.ftioim nre there in the J rnlM'liinm ?" ' out-Inn,ilrcil nii'l iliiriy t-ijilit. "Iti/lii, mid lii.vt. "What in kilt►!:< I Vi tinyl (11..W1 r 'I kaiik'Hfii'iily (hut Vim' i-.i.| ; •• Hn;ht Hu'uiii. I. t'k Ink." a liiink." And ; tin y did, in li ni win, lihn had jan iiHt-rvii a uiih the •*' J'grig I *)• thai '■ in iir Mi |, i|„n * „;,| u i eheri-lie. 11 linjK' nl I, ii, ; ; ..ne dnv the utitiitiuiial iii'.i.hh Ii | Irnnre hut it i" u'td'd li a iln* I'l luee udily depreinie* mii v pint* ur underhand iti iriKni am tiling, in klmrt, t<> ititer* , fere with the Iri" * h"!i;<- of the I'V-tli'h people. Ail the IVi'ifi- ,f tl.<- < Mean* Cam ilv alike hit it hard that they khnuld be made In culh r t'..r I'riin .- Nape | lecu * < ra/.v iiiHiiiU -in. Will the Tariff Eiil Par* thi* Bmion- H AHHiviTf>n, !'• hruary .'5. — An ever in j paper ■ redit-Mi.C'irli-le w ib having r.iiii n-day that he did tint he- Sieve it (Mir-ihli- |,, r „ in,iff hill in par* at tlii- aeaainn. He i- further reported a* ••{ t lie 'i|iininn with regard in an ex tra -••-"inn, in eae "t failure nf taritr l**li -1 ht i< >II , that the l'r< anient will hardly appeal In u I>eiiii-ratic Con* nre— tn tarry nut tin- view* of tariff reform, a* ex ;ire--cd in hi* annua! alter a IC*j iih!it*ttn ( had failed tn earn them nut. A ill) ,t'l rii'tim int nf. P ! POWDER Absolutely Pure. 71 ...I.* * n ,,,,,| I If 4ti#th l>d *l |e n,i ~e M e ir t, . •I,n)i ||H • : t ft|| •a-;■ ni • t * !n. < ..ti.jna-t.fl- 1 **!• t'f mu'III I. ♦ a It I -1.. f aHfl.t nl ti tn ■ f |do}l.t*> |e r < Jr. ... 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I A i* 11 ICj U 1 II ILs U . fr)M- |. terfy W■ iAm . |r*mt li*|xnt< m n* W# • atit it.mft* n m klprfMltf "Mill lirttMifd Ha • fk'* tiiw U ami* "i*y fajiJlj. rib tlrtoir 'r • finn t - ttif " h, fN)ty t.wtf kjn Ull m ( unit n *nJ oil thM ■ imlej §< frvr A.i- A tV, fort la od M*trn * 4? 1/ Ttw m at ri tp( Ufa trtatinit. n it! t| t'r .tr d fur (Hi th r-'tiifH ■*<)< ati m of j ;t.g iiii'H• •!(*->) wro kniei at any turn* • f irr-w *r at tJI |%A!t.Y PATItIdT mtht r%n]\ tH"titii)( I |Hitnata4 Pn-a* tM and fttwlilt IVirtw ail |mt* Tha (All*Y P%IKI*T ai•-* tl alt#-t.tin to frafa and pi" orr mar A at*. The tMII.Y PATRIOT Ofrfwwaa mohnpnty. IstaWn ht4•enlMiiMlMh l f liVi*al p 't Tarn * jwt ani.titit. trtruiU tn Mrlra>c\) of R'fip attHiimifM |MM in M4%MK *. any patei law* tUan'•!•> 'rt |.f. j tt. f-t;ie HtO. mture. T.m r BaMt?MC | lre.Mi Ittvh'i* elf |*|ir if IMAjy m, h tutnU r will .M.nlaii* an ..t „. 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