(Crntrr slfmottat. \ | BBLLBFONTE. PA. ITEMS. An organ that ban ju*t be built iu OrroMny is brlirved 10 be the lrgo*t i in existence. It count* 174 register* j and ia worked automatically by an () . 1 to ga* motor of fout-horse-power. Ila height i 20 metres, it* width 11, and) it* depth 10. It* Urgent wooden pipe i ! 10 metre* long and a cubical capacity | of 2,000 litres. The instrument is to tie | set up in the Cathedral at lliga. For the St. Stephen'* Cathedral at Vienna, the *nie builder* are to construct a ! still larger organ. The well known or-I gansol B nton, U.tn, and St. Petersburg were built by the same men. Csptain A. P. West, of L-esville, S. C., writes to the Fish Commissioners that he recently dretv off hi* carp pond nnd tound that the infant carp placed therein three years ago hud grown to j length* of from twenty two to twenty j live and a half inches and weighs from five and a I,all to ten pounds. This is vine of the many laports which show the remarkable adaptability <>l tins ti-b to South Carolina waters. "The carp furorr, of course, still continues," say* a local paper, "and il it remain* very much longer, there will soon be as many carp ponds ns cotton fields in the State." North Dakota's coatof-arm* ia a shield draped with the American tl g depending from the beak of an eagle. In the back ground are a range of hills and the chimney of a smelting-furnace . ! iu the center i* a river on which is a steamboat, and a train of cars are round ing a bluff. Beyond i* a field of wheat and corn, with a white man with his plow on one hand and an Indian with hi* tents about him. Both Itxik upward at a rift in the clouds, where is the le J gend, "Fear Hod. aud take your own part." It is said that gla<* is gradually be ginning to the take place of wood and iron in the construction of bridges it, England The inventor makes blocks of glaas, which he hardens by a sperisl process. In solidity it is sai I to leave j nothing to be desired. The expcri j inent* already made have given surpri sing results, and the cost is below thsl ; of bridges of wood and iron. More over, the glass cannot be injured by in- j sects like wood, nor rusted like iioo. In account of a want of cemetery act commudation* and the proximity of her burial-ground* to the populous quarter* the Municipal Council of Lisbon has passed a resolution by which the cau-e of cremation will be advanced. In times ol epidemic* cremation will here after be made compulsory in Listion. -hough in ordinary times it will be op. j tionsl ; but once in every five year* the remains of iotsrred bodies will be burned. The story is told ot Senator Vnce, ! of North Carolina, that soon after bis ' second marriage lie remarked to his 1 bride : "My dear, I'm a stublorn fellow t and you mny anticipate trouble. Now. in the beginning, while I am übmi • ive, 1 want to give you one piece ol advice. If you follow it, we will g.-t ; along mighty well. It is this: Make me do just as I please. ' j The estimated power of a horse, as applied to machinery, is tbatof liftingor i carrying l.'iO lb. (voir.) at a rate of 220 feet per minuie, or 33 000 jxiund*, at the rate ol one fool per uriuuie. When, therefore, a abip is spoken ol as "4.000 ( horse power'" it means that them. 1 ehinery ha* a power of carrying 132,- i 000,000 pound* (58.2**itdy you migbt do ; but have you had any ex' perietice ?" "Ixparience, t* it?" re' plied the damsel, resting her hand* on her bipaand tossing b-r head in the air; "ixparience, is it; faith, and haven't Oi been in no less than twinty families during the last month 7" "Why didnt you deliver that measage •s I gave it to you f" asked a gen I man of his stupid servant. "I did the best I could, sir." "Yru did the best you could, sir, did you ?" imitating his voice and look, "i'sbaw I II 1 had known that I was sending a donkey I would have gone myself." A couple of pickpocket* followed a gentleman for some blocks, with a view of availing themselves of the first op portunity to relieve him ol bt* purse. He suddenly tuaned into a lawyer* of fice. "What shall we do now ?" asked one. "Wait for the Uwyer," aid the Other." General Bonecrans- A (hforrtl Mttn J Anficn nf the Hii/It* of II i.i It iter, Qenernl W. S. Kosecrans, Chairman l of the Democratic Congressional Com mittee, is in receipt of a letter, dated | Oetorber 17, from Mr. I.ee Nance, an \ intelligent and well informed colored i resitlent of Washington, in which ihe i writer considers at length the receni ; decision or the Supreme Court and the j status of hi* people a* affected by it, | Mr. Naneo believes there are other is , *ue of more concern to the colored j people, tar more vitally involving their i true interests, than the social and sen | 11 111 etlt it I questions pased upou by the ' Court, lie says: L "Speaking o' myself, 1 would say I am bothered more about how nnd where ( lain to gel the money with which to pay | tor a square meal than I am about | where I shall eat it. I want money. 1 will take it, if you please, in tho shape of bright silver dollars and yellow gold eagles So, reason, as I firmly believe, fie people who are behind Douglass, Lang. (on, an I other able men. They are concerned about Other questions —questions ol great moment, which do not lurk far in the dark, and | and must inevitably come out aud I j r>e discussed from top to bottom and j down .and up again. Among them \ j is this one. whether or not a people ' , should be heavilv taxed—taxed to their j great detriment—for the sole benefit ol ■ ( alarmingly adding power to industrial i f enterprises and vast private financial I , concerns in which they have not a re-1 ( verting interest." I , Mr. Nance also believes in the legal and political equality of the races. That j j i firmly established. He believes fur ! ( liter that the races have a common ( identity of interests, entering into all pursuit* ot life, and that it become* the ! colored man, instead of watting hi* strength and sacrificing In* indepen- j deuce in an absurd lniggle for social right', hicli wi.l regulate theniselve*. to look after his own material Welfare by the same method* v.tnl for the ssine I objects that all other men pursue. In other word*, be wants the colored man to nsert themselves at the ballot lw>l, a* white men do, for the protection of i their property and the detcne of their I borne* aga'nt the encroachment* of corjHiration j-ower and political cor ruption. 11l reply to till* letter i ieneral K WC cratis says, ill suhetnnce "Your people* cut* to independence and respeet is strict attention to edu Cttiou of the ohil Iren F.r*t el.m*h tary. sufficient for thetn to be *ble to read and write, and next for industrial mnl mor l education, so they Can lie in dependent. Democratic good will will be better law sri'l a better gUarintee of ' equality of right* than snv that ran be gotten l y contention. The moment the colored people |e*rn to vote con ' scienltoUsly and to irn trade* and ' liusine**. allowing the brighter one* to ' tske higher education a* they are raps ' tile, race IriCtion wrl disappear. They ' will command tn respect of their while brethren o! the producing clsoe*. , r I Refaain ; to Wed •Strang/ <' i i* •( of a Itrul/jroem ft at Phil ' aielpKta. Nr. a II vr.N, Conn., Oct. 3. A large' congtegation wn*gathered in the(,'hurcb of the Sacred ileatf, flu* morning, to ! wo nesa the marriage ol Fogene I.ynrlo of Pliil idelphia, to Miss Catherine T, Mul cfiey. airsngement* tor which nave in de unusual stir in llie younger circle* ol the Catholic population for several dtys past. The bride that wi to fie i* the diughler of a prosperous Irish' Aiiiericn with a aids circle of friend*' The pesent* were numerous and costly ' and the floral ornaments tn the church elaborate. Nine o'clock was the p' poinied time fur the ceremony. A few minute* after that hour the clergyman who waa to officiate dismissed the amai ed fii*nda nf the biide with the an nouncement that there would be no wed ding today. Intimate* of tbe tamtly hastened to the home of the MnUcbeya wbete it transpired that Mr. I.tnch hnd | at .he last moment reconsidered his in | | tention of becoming a married man and s i hnd disappeared from the city, lie had i courted the deserted young women for four year*, and appeared devoted in bia attachment up to yesterday, when he failed to arrive here until several hour* after the time appointed, and then act- , ed in a strange and distant manner. Member* of the family noticed that he apjieared troubled about something he did not care to explain. Tbe suspicions excitvd, however, did not intertupt the moaed to have returned to Philadelphia. A Startling Prophesy Fulfilled. The other day, vviuli* 11 party id news paper corrsapondeni* were seated in the Office of Judge Advocate General Swaim, there WHlke I into Iho room n neatly drm-ed colored woman. She looked the general firmly in the eje, and xsked : ' II you Saw her a lew momenta ago. hooking me full in the lace, and never ' taking her ejea from mine, >he said ahe knew that I'remdent Garfield i< lobe n**a*mated, apeaking earnestly and without any hesitation. She raid the I'reaidenl would ho killed the day j following, while on the way to the • *p itol to take ttie oath ol olliee, and ahe had come ail ihe way from South t'aro linn to inform me of it. if! course I did not believe there w,t any plot to kill the President, hut I could not help being impreaaed by the wonran'a earn i estnea*. A lew day* alter the 4■ It o 1 j M trch ahe came to see me agnin, and I Called her attention to the !nrt that the President hall not been killed. "die ■ai l that am true, hut that h" would he assassinated before long. Her call* . numl>ered onie half doren r more he fore Garfield war ahot by tiuiteau. ari l about ten daya alter that "he came again. I had been *o busy in my at tendance upon the President that i had forgotten all alaiul her and her pr"pht *y. When she elite ret Imy room I re called l>oih like all h, and you can imagine that I via* somewhat ►f• r11-< 1. >he aid ipnetly that her | redirttnii turned out to he ttue, and of course I acknowledged it. Since then I have si , cure'l odd job* for her, now and then, to do acruhhing in the pubic- ho.! flings."—/! J'oa Tr.nrlrr. Judge Block'* Bad Memory The late Judge .'ere Ha. it was ve:y cireie- in money matter* An in i d lit i- related by one ■ h. n tun vie friends that i* character it ic of the tie id juris!. • Muting the titst year of Judge Black'a career a Attorney fienetal.' sid my in tor m vnt. ' i < frequent v. itor at the Department of Justice. I Wat young then as a lawyer, slid was very gl vd to hvve an opportunity ol listening to the conversation ol so gr. it a lawyer a I udg* 111 at a . I hie morning a man enterel and It.tn letl a piece of paper to the Attorney General. 'I ear me," he sat I, running hist! i g-os through hi* hair, '1 thong it I It t t pit 1 tliat t fore." 'No, sir,' said tli mm. The Judge reached forwafd lot la>• check taiok. hut, no! finding il at once he put lII* hands into hi* pockets and fuiliMe-l around for sonte change 'Ah, h ' what'" this.' lie serlormed a war 'lance around the office, the Judge acting a* chief instructor. Ill* heel* frequently \ came in contact with hi* head, lie was filially kicked into the at reel. In look ing through hi* de*k the Judge found three aepernio receipt* from the man for the *ame account. 'I twlirve that I wa* horn to be rwmdied,' aid Judge Black, ruefullv holding up the retoip ——• Startling Probabiii iex It i* esti ualetl that the United State* will c nttin 150,000.000 |*op|e fifty yean hence. The natural increase of population, as judged bg the tahlea of ttie pa*t, in conjunction wtb the *wel ling title of immigration from Kur- |>e, will acomplish this marvel of national growth. When luiure hiioiian* record the fact that the Annrican cnlo ie*. 3, ! 000,000 people, developed into a Uvs> ub lie of 160000.000 io a century and a half, it will read like a tale of ihe' Ara t'ian Night*." Rome at ita zenith had; no *uch a population, nor one *o homo geneoua in language, apirit, intelligence and a*piration. Thia will be the might iest Republic of all hiatory. Figure* alone fail to convey an adequate idea of Ita probable vanities* and |ower. Ita population will be equal to that of the German Empire, F ranee. S,i*in. Belgium, Hwitterlaiol, Italy and Austria combin ed. It will be a match in war lor the whole of Europe, or lor any other quar ter of the globe. In ibe achievements of peace its promiaes to exceed any na tion extant, or that ever rose to wealth and ipendor.— I'kirnjo /nln-Qctmn. Giar*aiao.*r, u> MO than reality, make* Hi*o happy, ami can make them wretch- 1 ad. | The Mormon Question Jlawmiximfafk a* un./ ttpMemt - (As WteA I f \immmiionrrf. WaaillMhToN, ' hrtoher dli. 'lhe I tali Gomiuisaioiiei*, in their second annual j report, Hubiiiiltod to day to the Secre lary ol the Interior, say thai "a tn-tr riage law enacted t'V < .ingrer" -.voirld t>e all efficient nuxllliary ill the "Oppression of polygiimy. It is asserted and g'-ner ally believed by rion-Murniori* in this I'erriiorv that plural m-rii-'ge i* siill practiced h<*i, in seciel. We would recommend that •' ingress eliact a law declaring all future mariiages in tills Territory m'll and void unle-a they re con 11tn'ied and evidenced in such a manner as hull he provided bv tlie MCl.*' The Commissioner* Hl*- *iitiffe| that. | OWitlg to the peculiar stHle of nil 'ir in j Utah, the Termors! law of woman *uf I tragi' I* ivti obstruction to the -peedv ! solution "! iho Vexed que-tion ol pi i lygamy ••It has been asserted' I It" report 'continues, "that polygamic marriages . ; have increased since the pass ge ol I lite 'Klmunda Act . on 'ihe con nary, we ln.vr the iq inion "f msny 1 M -rmons and run Moriuon* that they have comparatively decreased -mco t • , passage of the *iud i. i v't'-r tliiligenl ] inquiry We believe the latler col. -uvion to lie corrsct. But the I'i ih 1.-*g *la lure will havethe opporttilniyof *m-'y ing thecountry on this particular sulj'd ! by passing such n public marnag" act a- j that which we have suggested to ('-til grt—s. By ihiaand sucli other legist* 11 n as we haV • indi aled I lie, will g v lbs G ivernnjent assurance ol floor loy alty ind patriotism, an-l avert a con- | ' test ihvl ca i i not hut re-uit in the,r dis enmfiture. King Alcohol's Sway in EnglauJ. To gel a |U*t ids* of the client of King Alcohol'* away m this realm, vonr frailer should see and stily G.-Orge ('ruik-h*nk's pvtniuig -f ihe \ .tion*| 'ivllerv on ' I lie Drinking Custom of Sa-iety." The picture there diawn 11 ares ihe I. urn an he i rig from ' l.r i ra-lle to the grave, >nd reveal* him in all the vaiiou* soi -al vri'l foisiin-ss r--lsli**n n life, if not with a glass „ h:< hrnd.al ieal With tue Opp* r l Ull I tie* f-r llltoai' r-vl.ng fel|s-hoier t wiihiri i vr reach •"i il k-hilik • tn as: erp • i ' i- a '-II won h) of Stodv • • . iv lisa V tl, i( arl. I>UI living and even •- ij -I interest attsch In ,t t'olll the t t ' .at It Is s-|-|iy true i lie {atnilv domesjic, :n negotiating for a place, in pi res * Cvrrtnily alter ttie dsiiv qurn tin of Is-t-r allowed a" al*-uv ' ttie wg.-s, winie m high* r file ihe prac ( I .e n| di iiking is MI generally Itldulg ed, and up to •( i.' recs-otlv was canted io *ucu ei e#s, t ii is not long since the ro mien. *iy ol speaking of one | much i he wins*! Inr liquor wa to re mark l Ism I h<* ws "as drunk a* a lor I. W lii n a vis 11 is to lie o a In igbl>or < r Irirlld, the lirsl t lUtlesy ex ten fed is Io I art out the decanters, i r to l.ritig n pitcher o! ale or etoot Irom the cellar. . at; t wise betide the reputation h>r ho* piialtty of those who neglect tins frin nf welcome. In business the toddy ot g a-io' hilts rs prepare* the wsv fur a. ' in oil very t/srgain, and another drink : sea!" the Irstisaclion. The SVerige I Kngllsbrnan must have lII* first sip about - lU o'clock in the morning, when he i take* his lunch. Then the dinner anan If a*, end at ant got a Mil# *f ! Ma* HiMV't'i gtfttr r>t CitiHrii Tirm It* i* inckl' aUbi*. It ill rI• t tha p>f *itl la Itfffvfff tW Q| *v It* | m thavo iha-va Uno niwl%ka •N>it It. It rqr# 4>t , tmtj anl trrh***a. thaal'marh Md Uo •la, rtiraa iiv4rottr, aottwtt* th# jjutl*. Mw** Jtl famtnatt<>fi qnil ftlM U> tha ovotant Mu tAiau> t fo*T*o I'Mit^* a TtHTSHXv i | lww*r>t lb* U*t. anH la Ika !*• arrij'tion of *>fv> of tho oMrrt tfid M •*! ; <*!*•• ld rturas-a in thw UM an l to ft* a*l* jby oil dragfUta tkfi>nglvt lb# ld. Prica 'i- f aoto i i t*oti. M*iy Swayn-R'x PIIIM -Comfarttos to the Sick. Thousands die fr-un neglect to prof-rly treat I in| ore tllo<|, C-'H'tipatten, Dys pepsia, Malaria. A|"plaiy, Liver, Kidney, 11-' art Ih*-iaw*~Dropsy, and Rheumaltsin. Hit to the debilitate,), burJelied with sUeh seri-iu* sickness, are anseienl|ously re c<>* "f 30 pills; 6 boxes, $l. (in •tamp-) A'l'freas, DK BWAYNK A BGN, I'hilsdelphin, Pa. Sold by Drug gist*. (5 Ply. DKALKKM IN PUKK DRUGS ONLY . I ZKLLKII A SON, 2 w Vf a uHl'uuinrx, Ne * Br." Vstb iir Best. £ 3 *ll Ik* iraadart Wssl XsWlrlass fre. 5 S srflelV-as sn-l rami I? Beeipsa aerarsMj r ■ prsfarsd. rraams.Bheatds* Brace*.*♦., Or IS * ll /■'ii niture. THE Bull I )<>g Wins, BECAUSE HE HANGS ON! uj- jo Nobody but A Fool Be lieves Advertisements. I ol jo It i.i'nt 'rue that It. It. SIWNfjLKR A '" , oil Ft P.Mrt'HK IreloW Cost, nithoiigh they have said no more than once. Hut It. IS. Spanglei V (.'•. iki a<-|| nil kind* and style* of iln- la-st Furniture at an AHVAV V. of a small |e-r cent wliich jttal give* the firm a*ulßc i e o t amount of mon ey fo pay Witch hills and board H it- 1 cloth* ing, not "lie cent tteyuni thin. Now some fool will suy that's a lie. Hut v.e refer to our Iroanlu g h"U* MII'I wash woman. We liav no family HIPI could not keep any if we hx-l. Wo Bell so i nr. VP mid CLOBK I that vvi- nev-r exiea-t to make any more than what we have at present. 0 0 • Wf Sell a Walnut Suit for 533 and up to SISO. • * •*•♦..*•. . We seh an a i m j-i iuil for S?3 50. We sell sclid Walnut Busk Cits with plate glass fs: $32. We s?ll LOUN2ES from S3 to $2O. • We sell Side Boards \ \ i from $9 to 40. • We sell Chairs from S4 per ha"f doren to $lO. We sell Cain Chairs from $5 to $2l. • a We sell Parlor Suits from: :$4O up to $l5O. Call to aee u at our Furniture Ware Room np|i*iie the Hush House, Bellefoute, ami if you ain't pleased we will piewent yon with a PAKLOR BUIT. RITR. SPAROLKR, of R B. SPANGLER A CO. 38-if. Itching Piloi Sympton* and Cure. I h- yni|)luiii re iiM.iatuie, lik*- per !<•>, iiiirtiKM lliliii.g, lih rea.etl , 1 •cmiming vi'ij •ll.tremiiig, | ly at flight, '*• Ilia no it |.||| Will iiio Moi T"* li"K !'• li'l about I In- reeluin ;11 ii private pari# ro anmetim** aliened, 11 allowed in n,,ge very r ! •uli> f'llli.n. "SWA YSK'.-UIN I MKNT i- . pleaaaiil, mil i- A l.u for loiter I toll. Hall kill Ulll. Scnlil 11 end Kit elpO •no |,.| tier- hell, I'.Jul 111 heo, nil *'*aly •ruol) Skill lli.ea.e.. Me ||9 t,y llii.ll for •Vl c „le; 3 t...*e. II J', .Infill., j. A11.1re... 111. SWA Y.N K A MIS, Pi.u*. •|el|i|lln. Pa. Sold |,| Drug.iala. aly i GhSI.HAI. I.vs Ulnl I UMMI-.|(|N Agt. iii lleliilite, |'h. Ofß e- |ti liw.k Am elf f , | I llf lulluWlUg I 'iltipui.R n J. jiicm.au t, ; - 0- TIRE. U""* Pbil.llel.ibl., i \nr.Ki an.,.., ! liL AHI.IAN L,,|„J„r,. *"* <)■. W"Tnaa Tomato. Cok.hk.ti.it Hartford. -o- LIFE. Fka-i Ki.i.R. l.irr. \ A.. .n. HartfordJ nwi utb^r*. 0— The rommiiMon bmnrh .) m\ bu.iie i- r-remi.g mi .tier,,,. i>r..,n-rtie • 'III tn L'le.'J advantage, a. I l.ate fai lli urn fi.r dl'ti mug .if hnu-e., land., eU , oh • (je'.icr kfi'| fnfT'D* M BOND \ A LKNTINR | >i:nnsyi YAMA STATE COLLEGE. FM #rm urj.ft. tap tmltr 12. !fcfc3 Till# If ti i a* ■A if. ' l. f !h U ef I-oac ful Mltfcfol a;**t* ? u* er.tire A'lrgLn.t i ■* jj.-. finl n! ■' 1 ♦' *t *} I AMOlihi'H "kf*e ff ur Vuri full Me tiff O if*. of f',K it legj* t Tte t 41- rtF I'VA Ut.CM kr h.* !!•'• jr*r# eert, f . !<•• r>;• the ft *| ■ ■ t*r* of the fcomti |r •.! art. tVA * 00. ft i 2* it tOl"LT_$2O. PHILADELPHIA SINGER It the BEST BUILT, FINEST FINISHED. EASIEST RUNN.NQ SINGER MACHINE ever offered the public. The n'ar-ee rTif tryfeee. |g f,/ r. I* yW ' < the ft>] e ||| h •' oi r l l 1 rf the trtj I • |re UetnemUr rdul. t nek <• If. | uM.I J • h r nre n < |e Bi l.tne After h tfig tb-.i.>J it, jf it ikR a. I • r rt|*er . feluis I' |. fee l tTOf et[#riv Con Hill jemr I- in. *.r•(*, of Ur tirruimr* m-4 i.4a A t lA' Li-ff A *ll .14 or>, Ko 17 N Tat. hr, ri.l.n4eljhui, Ta findrn ,M! ,tf# •••** *• * s u - K K VI II fik ] I ;•*• i • •• r i tt* HA lIUU I ,„, fc lu} , f 1 V '• frae N rik h* 1) t hiti* we tejifni t>* I . reijiiliel W ill fwi ii|h wi etef) 11 11 g >H -ii> lie oakii It f rino UdN tumk> • imerli m feiet, • * • •fJ a'Tte ffiek* great Keedn if tiii.na •! eht h|• • i* t ■ le cf*al Ja t alt the 1 iitue, ri(r for t*'tl'bUre In N II At LI ft A . I'utt • 4 Mine Ml If t /liimiir.* (.nrila. ( ;I:M HAKHKU SHOP, V ■ ttt *ll .nl H^nk. •ttiohkluM Ha. i It. Iter 1., ) 1 >: t'ftifjr. nAK.NKSS MAM'KACTOKY In t*rutan • >ea kiwi BKI.LKIUM k. HA l-lf / TKNTKK COUNTY BANKING omrtM tacaiee #e|oa|t® A fd AI )*• i a tara#t, Ifinrunni Notn*; Hut and Oot AernHtlea, tit id and C< op©n# itin A Mitu,Preldel. i- t* fnmtttT t aahle-r 4 tf h C. 19111, PmH. At ntaaie i aeh'r. L,"IRST NATIONAL BANK OF I KKLI.KfOKTK. tllegh.lM t IU 1M..11, r% 4 If Si • nrrlltl nrnii* piE CENTRE DEMOCRAT BOOK and JOB OFFICE ALLEGHENY STREET, HKLLKKONTK, PA., ta row orrcaiKe GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO THOel WieRIKO riMT-CLAM IMaiu or Fancy i'riiiting. We have unuauel fecililtn* for printiaf LAW BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES, PROGRAMMER, BT/TEMRNTB, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS, NOTE HKAOS, BUSINESS CARDS INVITATION CARDS, CARTES DK VIBITE, CARDS OR ENVELOPES AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS MTOrder* by mall will receive prompt attention, Mr Printing done In the beet etyln, on abort a • tie# na4 at Ue lvwnat rate •