She Cndtc jPrmocrnt. BELLEFONTE, PA. Commencement at State College. EDITOR OK CK-.TRE DEMOCRAT. Dear Sir: —Relieving your readers will he interested in learning some thing about the exercises of com mencement week at State ( ollege, I submit a brief account of the same. Dr. Wiu. Campbell, Ex-President of Rutgers College, N. J., delivered the Eaccalaurcato sermon on Sunday afternoon. His text was taken from 119 th Psalm and the 12f)th verse. " Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them." The discourse was able, intert |>e he may visit Centre county again and bring with him the same kind of a lecture. Tuesday morning was given to ex aminations, at which time the Prepar atory students finished their work for the session and hoped they should never again he held to work even a day longer than college men. In the afternoon the Washingt >n Literary Society held their reun'on. Rev. W. K. Foster delivered the address of the occasion and appropriate music was rendered by members of tho society. Ex-Governor Curtin and Hon. Geo. R. Coring also gave very interesting addresses, and the exercises closed with some very appropriate remarks by 1 *r. Atherton, President of the < ollege. At 8 i'. M. Hon. Geo. R. Loring, United States Commi.-sioner of Agri culture, addres-ed the Alumni. The gentleman is a very pleasant speaker and has almost perfect control over his audience. He explained the ch so relation that existed between his de partment at Washington and the dif ferent agricultural institutions of the country and those in which agricul ture was taught. After thi- he gave some interesting statistics showing how rapidly our country had developed in all her industries. All these facts were presented in a most interesting manner and many amusing anecdote given which contrasted the present condition of our national development and its infancy very effectively. After this discourse was enjoyed, the Alumni aud visiting friends of the College were entertained at the home of Vice- President McKee. This reception wa il grand success as those who know Professor and Mrs. McKee would ex pect. Wednesday's propramme was as fol lows : At 9A. M. artillery salute; at 10 o'clock, annual meeting of the Roard of Trustees: at 12 M. Alumni dinner ; at 1:90 r. M., meeting of dele- > gates to elect truste-S; at 1 •. M., re- ' union of Cresson Literary Society, and at 8 r. M. Junior contest. The Alumni dinner is given annually by the Col lege in honor of the Alumni Associa tion and has become one of the most interesting occasions of commencement week. The dinner was prepared and served by Mr. McMillen, proprietor of the Rrockerhoff house, and was an elegant meal. Toasts were responded to after dinner by some of the promi nent gentlemen present. These were especially interesting at this time. Hon. John 11. Orvis was called first and responded pleasantly to "The pre paratory education of a lawyer." Rev. D. K. Freeman, of Huntingdon, to the "relation of ministers to educa tion." Leonard Rhone, Esq., "the grange and its relation to education." Prof. C. Alfred Smith "the Alumni, past and present." Cyrus Gordon, Esq., "the Alumni trustees." Hon. Francis Jordon, "the joys and sorrows of trustees." Col. Mackey "tho Pa. State College." Gen. Jas. A. Reaver "Whateducation does for a man," and a most thrilling nddress on the needs and policy of the College by I)r. Atherton, President. The Cresson meeting in the after noon was a grand success—all the members performed their parts well. The Junior contest in the evening proved, as it always has, to bring the largest number of friends and to he most interesting indeed. It would occupy too much space to give in de tail even an outline of the different orations. They were all very good. Mr. Lowry took the prize with an ora tion en "I/oyalty." This was tho only occasion in which the exercises were held in tho College chapel. All others were enjoyed in the tent provided by President Atherton for the occasion. It is to be hoped that by another com mencement the new chapel will be erected and good accommodation!) fur nidied for all friends of the collogo. Thursday morning proved to he bright and pleasant. The programo was carried out in full. Dr. Atherton delivered a most excellent inaugural address, in which he reviewed the his tory of our education and then showed what industrial education wns and the kind furnished by the College over which he so recently had been called to preside. The orations of the grad uates were excellent indeed. They all deserve great praise for the way they performed their last duties at the Col lege. Alter conferring degrees and the awarding of prizes, Rev. Laurie dismissed the audience with benedic tion. At H I\ M. the President's re ception closed the exercises and it was a most enjoyable occasion. A very large number of friends were present and the evening passed most pleasant ly. ()n the whole it was one of the best commencements the College ever had, and if the increased interest has liny symbol it means that State Col lege is now going to be one of the best and most prosperous institutions in the land. CONTKI lUTOR. Our Early Presidents. H'W They I A ■,! ami laft 'Their Ihsren'l ant* Poor. .Jefferson lived at Monticcllo in the meridian of his intellectual manhood —the patron of seats of learning, the friend of the great of the earth—as a citizen of Virginia, and his mountain home was as accessible as the laborer's cottage. His predecessors in the great office he tilled dwelt like him in modest homes—Adams in a New England villa,.' and Washir ton at Mo 'Ut Vernon, where his munificent hospi tality made his Virginia home seem a great mansion, whereas it was not more pretentious, save as to grounds, than are the homes of mechanics to day. Madison's home was the finest of all the President's, and he died so poor that his widow, to get the means to pay her board in Washington, sold her public papers to Congress. Ib had no children, and yet did not leave wealth sufficient to keep his home stead in the jxissession of his family ten years after his death. Monroe, the author of the doctrine that is to day the guide and monitor of the na tion in its dealings with other nations, lived for his country and died home less. Isong la-fore his death he sold his country home in Virginia and be came an inmate of his daughter's hou-e in New York, where he died. Jackson, like Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, owned a farm, ami although lie hnd no children, the State of Tenn>ee bought the lb-r -raitage to save it from the auctioneer's hammer, and shelters there to-day the la-t descendant of his wife, w ho, if she were not so protected, would be a de pendant on public charity. In this city at the present time is Sptituin, the seventh and youngest grandchild of Thomas .Jefferson, an aged lady who, through Congressman Robinson, appealed and appealed in vain to the last < 'ongross for a (tension to keep her from sutiering for the comforts of life. The descendants of the men who pioneered the country through its dark days of war and aided it with their splendid mental energies and patriot ism'are for the most part, like Mrs. Meiklcham, j>oor, and they are like her, aliens to the historic homes of their forefathers, while many of them are wanderers on the fare of the earth. There is scarcely a historic family in this country living on its ancestral acres and perjs-tuating the hospitable fame of it* distinguished ancestry. Mount Vernon is owned by the women of this country, and tho people of Virginia, who have in their veins the blood of Washington, are, for the most part, very poor. Montpelicr has lieen sold several times within the past twenty-five years, and now is owned by a Richmond merchant, who will live there in summer. The hermitage, as has been said, belongs to the State of Tennessee, and the fate of Monti cello all the world knows. The Presidents succeeding Jackson wore men of like mind in their appre ciation of the greatness of tlu-ir office, and the descendants of the majority of them are to-day richer in blood than they are in incomes. So also, are the families of men like Clay. Cal houn, Renton, Randolph and Web ster. The example of patriotism set by the founders of the Government has been potent and txiwcrful, and it has been honor enough to l>e a grand son or a daughter, a ncice or a son of a President. The descendants of these first of our rulers are not numerous now. In Virginia are a few of the Washington family of the Washington branch, and of the Madisons there are none, Monroe has one or two neices and a nephew living, and Jackson has not a living descendant. The Adams family is the best represented of tho six. Jefferson has a number of de scendants and Mrs. Meiklehnm is his nearest living relation. She is the youngest daughter of his eldest daugh ter, Martini, who married a Randolph, and is the last of her seven daughters. Mrs. Randolph left a large family of children, but all are dead save this •laughter, now a woman of elderly years and slender purse. • Bhe has becu supported for many years by her •laughter, who was an employe in one of the departments in Washington. Jefferson hail no sons, and his only other child, Marie Eppes, died during hia second term. MTH. Randolph wan n noble Virginia matron, and .Idler-1 •OII'H lust days were made wretched by (lie thought that lie should have to leave her poor. Tho homo was sold and tho fund that was no generously proposed to bo raised for licr was never secured.— Brooklyn Eagle. . President Garfield's Remains ~ 'The Face Uovered with Mould and the Fea tures Well Nigh Obliterated. Tho guards are Htill watching tho tomb of tho lato President. When the correspondent walked up to the vault in Lake View cemetery contain ing Garfield's body, it lonely and soli tary private was patroling in front of tho vault, with a tired and weary look on his fact. 15y tho way lie held his musket I should judge it weighed in the neighborhood of a hundred pounds, inside the vault, near the entrance, is a tall silver vase, which is filled with beautiful flowers twice each week by a florist employed by Mrs. Garfield. On the casket is a handsome wreath of immortelles, placed there by Modjeska, the actress, when in Cleveland some months ago. Near the wreath lies a sheaf of wheat, laid there by Gar field's fatheriu-law. At the base of the casket lies the large palm that was placed on the casket at Elberon on that warm morning in August when services were held in the Frauklyu cottage by the seashore. Fronting the tomb is a wire fence, on the gate of which hangs a small box, which is used us a receptacle for small contributions by visitors to the Garfield monument fund. The average receipts are about ier day. At this rate it would not take many years to secure a goodly sum with which to build a modest monument. "Has any one viewed the remains of the dead recently?" was u-ked of the guard in attendance. "Yea; the lieutenant in charge sec* the body once a month. You see, the officer having the body in charge is held responsible for it.- safe preserva tion, and when the lieutenants change off uii the first of each month, the newly arrived officer unscrews the plate that covers the glass over the casket and looks in to see that the re mains arc still there. It is a most dis agreeable ta-k, I assure you. The la#t time I saw the body there WHS every indication that it was rapidly crumbling to dust. The face was covered with a white mould and the features were well nigh obliterated." "D the n lic hunters annoy you to any great extent?" "Ye*, they lwither us terrible. They carry away anything they can lay their hands on —even the grit-- that grows around the vault. For this reason we were coiuielled to place a wire fence around the vault. in my opinion there was really no necessity for the placing of a guard around this grave. The idle talk of four drunken men bad more than anything cle to do with it. The night ulti r Garfield's body was placed here in this vault tho j cemetery employe who stood in the I -hrubberv near by guarding the vault was startled by four men who drove up ami lagan rattling nt the vault [door. One of the men claimed to be a Foiled States officer, and wanted t-. know why no guard was stationed at the grave. Tho sexton threatened to jiouiid him with a club if he didn't leave the grounds, and the party re treattsl in good order. When they returned to the city they started the report that an attempt had been made to roh Garfield's grave, and the gov ernment troop* were hurried here from Fort Wayne and placed on guard." Chicago Herald. PAVI'KRH, criminals, Mormons, everybody but industrious t'hinose, may come freely to our shores, and it is nobody's business to keep them out. Someday we shall be sorry for all this. -- ♦ ({nick Hallway Time. IWkM, IU., 1880. TAix is In certify tKit w A.n f appointed Frank /'. /hyl rlan* and iiur*<* In the I'lifted HUti, and I* for *ale by all dm/gnu tbroiigboat tin* world. I'rl< 2l rente a tattle. f-7'ly. Sway no's PUIH Comforting to tho Sick. Thousand* dt troni neglect to properly treat I m pur it itlood, Constipation, Dys pepsia, Malaria, Apoplexy, Liver, Kidney, Heart Disease-, Dropsy, and Rheumatism. But to the debilitated, burdened with such serious tickne**, we conscientiously re commend "SWAYNK'S PILLS," which contain medicinal properties possessed b,v no other remedy. Kent by mail for 25 cent*, box of HO pill" ; f boxer, $l, (in •tarn pi). Address, J)K. SWAYNK V SON, Philadelphia, J'a. Kohl by Drug, gists. o-K.)y. Remember Thin- If you are *iek Hop Hitter* will surely i aid Nature in making you well when < all else fail*. If you are costive or ilyapetic, or are suffering from any other of the numer ous disease of the stomsch or bowels, it is your own fault if you remain ill, for Hop Bitters are a sovereign remedy in all such complaints. If you are wasting away with uni form of Kidney Disease, stop tempting j Death tins moment, and luiti for a cure j to Hop Bitters. If you are sick with that terrible sick- j nets Nervousness, you will find a "Balm in tiilead'' in the use of Hop Hitler*. I If you are a frequenter, or a resident of a miasmntic district, barricade your system against the scourge of all coon j tries malarial, epidemic, hillious, and intermittcn fevers —by the use of Hop Bitters. If you have a rough, pimply, or sallow skin, had breath, pains and aches, and feel miss-arable generally, Hop Bitters will give you fair skin, rich blood, and I sweetest breath, health, end comfort. In short they cure all disease of the < Stomach, Bowels, Blood. Liver. Nerves, Kidneys, Bright * Disease. sVJowillbe 1 paid for a case they will not cure or help. That (>oor. bedridden, invalid wife, ■■ister mother, or daughter, can be made the picture of health, by a few bottles of Hop Bitter*, costing but a trifle. Will you let them suffer? Is ft. Itching Piles Symptonn andCuro The symptoms are moisture, like per spiration, intense itching, increased by scratching, very disticssing, patlicular ly at night, seems a* if pin worms were crawling in anil about the leclutn ; the private pail* SIP sometime# affected, If allowed to confine* very serious re suits follow. "SWA Y N K'SOI NTJIKNT" a ples.ant, sure cure. Also for Tetter, Itch. Salt Bheurn, Scald Head, Krysipe 1*. Barber* Itch, Blothche*. all scalv, , crusty Skin Disease.. Sent bv ntail for j .',O cent*: l>oxe $ 1 .'2,1, tin stamp* . | Address, Dr. SWAYNK A SoN, Phila delphia, Pa. Sold bv Druggists. 5S ly .V #■!*• /IcfiTrffwHirnf*. J { f I) I teserved f o 11 SPANGLER & Co., f)F.AI.KRS IX Ft'RXITI'RK. j (Jg g $ J DEALERS IN PURE DRULSONLY. 3 jl ZELLER ABON, j |* 5 !• mniotsTaft iu.e l e.-***iera e w. it 6® All tka * tali <1 sot hlnl ***••#•. Pr-j 3 •ertptto*. aad Ttmily IMlwßrmMri s prsparsd. Tniwit.BbeatAw , Ac. *J fl *" tf I I Mem A itvertlnemen Ih. 110*1$ v %i,i;vri\i;, GKXEHAL Tnm. and COMMIWIOX Agt., IMlefonte, I'a. OIID i In Humli An 20'1 flc.r. The following companies represented : —o— Union Philadelphia. AMKHICAN ,j„. (Jt)ABDUn London. Sen ,io. Wr.srKK)< Toronto. ConnwTK irr Hartford. and others. —o— TIIAVKI.krh LIVE V A'ci'n Hartford. and others. —o— commission branch of my busines* ii receiving special attention. Properties sold to good advantage, to I have facili ties lor disposing of houses, land*, etc., on short notice and favorable t<-rm. 21-bin BOND VALENTINE. j > F N NS Y LV A NIA STATE COLLEGE. Fill Urm begin* l#pUmbsr 12. 1883 Tlilt Irutittitloii U lorits-1 in oru of !'• n. .*i I*-**;- tiful. 1.-aHlifnl itwiU of Ih*- #tiH* AlUfbwoy r•-s£*■ f i |a . ii l alti jctila of l"lli •* *•'•■ fclnl off. ;■ lb* fol I iWlllK Htu ly: j I. A Kh'l C1u1*kI f Fur Vrt. A Full fcrlwtjtjftc IA Is MM ItSKn, of two jr-ife •*%< $t f .l viuK tli* flrwt two )< n <*f tb* Irntl I* rt H'D'JAM 'triiM h. A,ri" 'lut- A •!. .rtfIFKCIALCOt H>R iftCbrtfi >uj ! i. A FUMHH] SD4 Hrii-utlft PtrfnUif7 * ur*. J Military drill it nqiln4 f-r Uwd fcr. t u lrati-el j blak lut aim at' t rix * fal - e*r m t*a> Tt.ay art ill tf * t;• r t' iff *' Hrlf.n* keej. tf e llßiill 9pmm IN I -ok . 11.h1.' the auk H< if. ! !.*wl t|*- I til-,-a, I ') *•, t tie h flei a fit) t egQM tt*e j Mr. *',J elltlik ' * ** ' * ICH ' iflti I * I tj ■ I. *f ' It, •*) t lfeHai. t* r>s• fto 4;- * thit>*|n a Fnr ur.-j . Ir. }* I ' ' - ■ * If 1. •|. r ft r K V to, 44 j f* h* ' itilf, Jr j a j. lae, * r Ij a j M 1 ' r 1 !-.?■* loan • ffe y j r.£ fr r \ .*•' i frctu i r*s | r Men e, t>4 G ftrnalew ib j j: at# hew!)., Irir " i Ii . f I'.-tt* ra.ra i'. * ' rev/itam#r4#). \>T I -i" I f ate t;a#4 t ' five ' i.y lis,. | H*tt r' lbrjibeM B *akt < at ) KUi#t D,e * a- J I •*! oi rr# no re r'-dl tha !)<♦ (Vet -ra : and at &+U ■ I Iff oa*- .)r "• I. hrt dkw# I j |'■ ' t'*" ' o t, a) I r • j#rl" t ).*-altr nr. : If' a* w • a I(•* r|. | | i . I f JOT IWt|sl (Hp I of lha (r<:et I !•:*•* MHI* M M AIiTIN. rierisr)4 0 j f 14 I* *ll 4rt>fg ie t |1 j-#r J 'it ly. bi ft , K V< rk j NOW IS Y0i T P. TIME. Get two Weekly Newspapers for the Price of One. And tho Best Inland Daily at Re ducod Ratea. •'.'kltlU t. jr, e. f |l|Un.;t I'm- T • II • I' UHIBM, **b Ifi M 'iKTira ll*fMift*f th Fain ? %r \ tI/ N w 4 orV 44*-rk | **l4 Mill be *t(l loth* Mine *44? *.*• ) '•lf '*•>) n !rr.' * . • tb< 44 *t * parmrot ar ! (bf fl , a44 11| 7mml* I. ' ti ;n * 1 •• ml*. -nt~ea to tha 44 i ik; t |'9%!OT *1 fl i |*f. | J |wr ar.num. r.# * -j<* wyj) aatil gr%tia f.r t). *e-*r T ■ i ' rUM Dam FAUM fcj UMi •ta % ■ ' |*r *• r,urr> f *a)i in ft 4* %lo |f k 4 paid in a JTT • • j■* t KY'DtiM will rb*rt*4 Ira.* mwrdha f in adtarse of I -Off u ! |*i4 in a ArMfwn* lAT Hl< rT FC HU| 111 KG • NrMFAAV. _ MarkM UMI IlirrUhkfi, Ta Hut tin. r; A UMAX'S HOTEL, jVJ Oer-t.Oe*rt Hoait, BKLI.KroXTR, fA TKRM.s ll .ii I'KH PAT A |'*4 Idterj atla'hel 1I | >UBH HOUSE, I ' RKI I.Kro*.TK. r* . FauiH#* Kf>4 tfrifl* f hll'dneti %a • II *a lb# yen er*l tr*r#lltiff | nMir *r4 < Tomer**] >eri *r# ir>ite4 t- thi# Fiot F|*ai llolal, hara t!wy will fln4 b.-we C "TnfUTTS HOUSE. 1I I (iV-nrer Allefhatiy A Bihop airewtM.) BKLLKFONTK, PA., r J. .V. Jjf hman. !Propr. TtiM pofiUr hotel, ur4r th m*n*fi meM of the jtrewM pntftflehtf, ll letter ftHal than e-*er for the bt*rt*irmiaot <.f cuewt* RafM r"a d.*M mat .4 S3 \f ILLIIKIM HOTEL, LvJ Mii.i.iiKtM, ( ;m UK Man; rnxn-A W 8. MUSSKR, Proprietor. Tli# t/'wn of Millh#4m )• hvr*e4 to Fenn't Vwlle? mU wi Ipo mi!#4 from (Vit nm FtwUon.cm thr Lawi* hwrf. F*fcUe *b4 f*f.roce Crewk K*ilrow4, with rot laefth* U A PLEASANT SUMMEB RESORT. flood trout flahlny in the immediate ndwlj. A caA ruM to weft irail At the MillbHm 11-Ael ironW m •4*ti**w will t*M found fIrrWUMW *n4 term# mode* ale. June 23, llThly* New Brockerhoff House. IYROCKKRHOFFHOUBE, I> AI-LKOIIEnV-rr . BBLLBninTB. PA C. (. McMI LLKN, Prop'r. Oissf Sample Room on Au'll Floor. BST Pr* (c snd from "II TriUiw. Bpssi"! r*l-s te IrUWMM *nd Jsssn. CTENTRAL HOTEL, \-A ((h-i-H-lu UIS lUllwsvl Stella*.) MII.R*BrR(I, CRXTRR tNlt'gTT, PA A. A. KOIILBKCKKR, Proprietor. TIIKODOII TRS VKI.RR* o* tb rllrt ¥. , K g t/mgk tLEXANDKK A LOWER, ' AITOItXItra AT I.AW. Hl rlubtw, ft II..; U.. 0.,.1|| lo g |,.|, or <..r Miati. OflcttoOanMi ilai g j.j- JA MM A IUVtI J WULIV dinat IJKAVKK A UK I'll A JIT,' * ■ AT TOILS A If AT I.AW, 'ifirw on AII|LwB) Alri.l o. 11' ; 11,1. 11, | F. j.jj Uf C. HEINLE, • ATTuIiMII ' I AA 111 I.) I '.ST K. I'A I. •! i .r I tl. l.fi il u,- 1 till ... il l I L. KPANGEEU, *' • A ''IIS Kl AT ' *V, lIKI.I.ki 'ST c. t i.st nr.. .(Mi ia A|ww .1 .11.1,1 li j r/t, . . .1, || ||,. (i'urt#, C Malta!. T l/ a4>4 v 17 VV M - r - MITCHELL. f ¥ I'H A* *TJ • A! Al i rtYOK 1/ K JIAW . I'A . Will att*rj! !o ad! arork il < *~rft*ld, Obt/a ar 4 j C- 1 t t- evxtintl' |>"k llar, Vitj it! hack Ksl) nE. FOKTNEV, • A . T'jl..* KV AT I A V 111 1.1 K"STIC PA OA 'r. C. i%4 |j • i< 1.1 *t :<* t H|*ria} r4 j : f. t. uf (,1 nu , Alt f QiiLM > \ |.J Jt )f WILLIAM Mi< I IJAHTiH, ' ' ATT liS I I A*. I AA ■ CI I AItPI P. I • PA All l'tnrtnM |>rvn.| ■ j lti !• . 1 ;> UK. HOY. M. I). • OAc* I a Oottid h I ;i al" • i •• > U OflW. nr.LLKkoMi I'A it* - fitfti t<< • Hffpr.f tcl | Cbroalc I'II • l '►- ] j nil. JAS. I<. IX)ill!INK, M. PHI iriAS A .|i M K'.F."N AII-Klkw! M '• 7>-iir' ! * r•IH . e-tf MKLI.WoNTK I'A. nil. .1. W. HHONK, I'enliht, can 1 4 •* I # . | 11. .1. Iter 1., > J'mjir. I I AUN ESS MAN I* FACTO lIY II 0a .N.wi k BKLLKfONTr I A 1-1 j r P.BLAIR, 1 • JKWPIJ.R w.irau aunt. ...att. t(. I AH Willi Bi'.llr .ffLLcV. Uu A:ijlut.j Cr.wf, ■ iKi.r Prrw kwlMiV Ho. *. 4 -fl IpENTRE COUNTY RANKINU V./ tVWPAST And AUf !>< toM XC <•; Lay and Ml Oo? fmultUa, Uold iiirompi ; alien tion. Mr*rrinllng done in lh betttlyla, on I ibort nolle* and at tbe lowmt rata*.