m Centre sss>, democrat.
8. T. SIIUUEBT k E. L. OR VIS, Editors.
VOL. (>.
Ihe gmocvat
Terms t1.50 per Annum in Adv ence
Thursday Moraine, January 10, 1884.
THE Bostou llendd thinks that
neither Senator Logan nor Mr. Rlaine
has the slightest chance to be elected
President, if either could bo nomina
ted. The Herald's opinion is sound.
The next President is to bo a Demo
crat.
IT is said Chandler, secretary of the
navy, cuts out anil preserves in a scrap
, biok all the unfavorable notices taken
of him by the newspapers. The scrap
v book must be a prodigiously unwieldly
document now. What will it be by
the close of his term ?
B. F. BUTLER last week retired
from the executive chair of Massa
chusctts, and Gov. Itobensou was in.
stalled. Great rejoicing prevailed in
the radical circles of that state over
the retiremeut of Butler, whom they
hate most cordially. Whether the
tanning of humau skius will be re
sumed as au industry now that Re
publicans are restored and Benjamin
retired, will be for futuro investiga
tion.
SPEAKER CARLISLE seems to l>e
looming up as a probable compromise
candidate for United States Senator
L from Kentucky. The contest in that
state has grown quite bitter between
Blackburn and Williams for the una
torship, and it is believed that the
friends of one of the candidates will
unite upon Carlisle for the purpose of
defeating the other. Mr. Carlisle is
uot a candidate, but it is urged by
many be elected without bis
<■<>a wciil,"unorder setvkt the dispute.
MR. SPRINGER, chairman of the
commiHoe ou expenditures, proposes
at once to institute a thorough investi
gation of the department of justice.
J Humors of rotteuness in this depart
ment has been rife for some time. Mr.
Homager does not predict any result,
% except to say that the whole truth
I shall be known and that the investiga
' ■ lion, so fsr as he is concerned, will be
lion partisan and impartial. The dude
management of that department is
severely criticized as corrupt and in
efficient. The committee has asked
fbr power to send for persons and
papers.
THE .Senatorial contest in Ohio is
quite lively and somewhat bitter be.
tween the friends of Pendleton and
Payne, with, it is Mid, the chances in
favor of the latter, who is supported
by the Standard Oil company and the
monopolists generally. It is to be
hoped :hat better counsels may pre
vail, and that if Pendleton cannot be
elected, as be ougbt to b, that the op
ponents of monopoly may rally upon
Judge Thurman and return this dis
a tingnished statesman to the position
he so greatly adornad a few years ago.
f Gen. Ward is believed to be a "dark
borae* in the muddle, bat tbe friends
of Payne claim an easy victory for
tbe nomination on first ballot.
' -
Dow CAMERUIT is not likely to be
without formidable competition for re
election to tbe U. 8. Senate, and is
evidently preparing for tbe encounter.
Tbitf waa foreshadowed by tbe stalwart
fight for control by the defeat of ap
portionment in tbe last legislature.
Having acbhved that infamous vic
tory, his most faithful lieutenant and
general manager, Col. Quay, in order
to strengthen tbe Senator's position, it
U said, has completed negotiations for
ifea Philadelphia Evening Nem, which,
under his management, is to be the
Stalwart Cameron organ in Philadel-
Jrpbia. Cameron has had no reliable
®vgan in that city for some time and
|jupy furnishes the funds to found one
interest aider direction of his
gfoueaisi! for the Cairras DEMOCRAT.
* % . . \
a.- i • m *
FOSTY LIGHT degrees below zero in
1 Dakota! Think of it. when u
rhiver and grumble at the cold weather
e here at 12 degrees below zero.
THE convent at Belleville, Illinois,
was destroyed by fire on Raturdny Inst,
and tweuty-eeven of the inmates —
1 twenty-two pupils and five Meters, in*
| eluding the .Sister Superior, [teriehed
' iu the flames.
I TIIB fire it Cleveland which de
stroyed property of great value on
Saturday last, vas certainly quite im
partial in select;on, having devoted an
0 , expensive rhun-h atul an imposing j
theatre to destruction.
MR. BLAIR lias introduced a hill in
the senate of the United States t > fix
and regulate the hours of lalorers i
• workmen and mechanics who may he
j in the employ of the government, and
that they shall not lie paid less wages
| than other like laborers in the vicinity
| where employed, and limiting a days
work to eight hours, except in cases of
; emergency, when the public safety
j require it.
MR. Cox at the head of the Naval
committee in (he house, is the right
man in the right place. Tbe large
appropriations d tnaoded by the Score
j taryot the Navy, should he scrutinized
by QUC of .Mr. Cox's exjerienco and j
R •c MI rage. That department has long
L ' ; needed a careful and honest watcher-
Robeson is in retirement, but Chandler
i is in the fiont.
j A Miss lILI.LN It. GARDENER loc
e | tuied in New York the other night
1 j "On Men, Women and Goals." She
f! was introduced by Bob Ingersoll, who
! went from Washington for that pur
| pose. Bhe asserted her disbelief in
# any religion and severely criticised
the position taken by Biblical writers
|on the subject of woman's place iu
! j society. The position she takes in
s society, under the eha|>eronage of Boh,
• is one not to be envied by her sisters
- certainly.
MR. RANDALL is rushing the ap.
propriation hills in Congress, and ex
' 11*< •Is to get three before the house this
wk. The fortification and military
academy bill will IM> reported early iu j
the week. The sub committee on pen
sion* has presented to Commissioner
Dudley for consideration somt changes
I which it propose* to make in the law.
I One of them is the reduction of the
number of agencies where funds are
disbursed from 18 to 10 or 12 at the
most prominent commercial centres.
Commissioner Dudley has recom
mended that the number of examin
ing boards be increased to about 400.
At present three surgeons, who receive
•2 each for every examination, con
stitute a board. There are of these
boards between 200 and 300. The
sub-committee favors the increase in
number, but desires that the pay of
surgeons shall be $2 for each exami
ner for the first five cases and one
dollar for each additional case ex
amined during a day. The commis
sioner is expected to give bis opinion
on the proposed changes to the sub
committee. The members of this
committee say they wish to act har
moniously with the commissioner in
! every change affecting tbe appropria
' tion that is to be made.
Randall Nails a A Lie.
Washington, January 3.— -The atten
tion of Chairman Randall, of the House
Appropriations Com mi tee, waa called to
the published statements that his policy
would I* to reduce the appropriations
in aucb away aa to cripple the depart
ments throughout the country.
"With all due deference to the press,'
said Mr Rat-dall,"the majority of thoae
articles are made out of the wholecloth.
I have been very reticent, and said
nothing to any ona indicating what
my policy or that of lh committee ,
would be. Of course, I cannot speak
for the committee, but I do not think
the policy oftbo committor, will be to 1
retrench to any extreme point, thereby '
crippling the public s err ice or stopping 1
internal improvement of importance." I
"EqUAL ASK EXACT JUBTICI TO AI.L MM, OR WUATEVEk MATE OR PERSUASION, RELlOtntlr OR POLITICAL."—JsffsrMb
BKLLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 18*4.
Tariff us an IBSUO
Hap the Pittsburgh Port : "A
prominent Republican leader in Con
grt i, according to u World inter
viewer, gives up the sectional i**ue,
and this seeniH to be the purpose ol
the influential papers and the reaj
leaders of the party. 'lt would be
nursing a cold corpse' is the idea ex
pressed as to the 'bloody shirt.' It is
further declared by this shrewd ob
server :
"You can never gel tbs peoplo of the
1 North to try any more experiments in
the way ol regulating the local sfl'iir* of
j the South, or to try by legislation to
| l etter the condition of the t.egro. The
i Northern people or" indifferent. They
' recognise the faet that you rmnoi put 1
i the Itrains and superior intelligence ot
; a community, even if it i in a minority,
: und-r the control nod domination of
! anv inferior intelligence. That experi
ment ha* been exhaustively tried byh
powerful Government, backed by the
| army and a tierce pirtv aeotimenf, only
to fail wretchedly. If it failed then,
j what can any one hope to gam now in
I the reasilatinn of the question in the
| faen ol the Northern apathy on the j
! tii j.-cl ? The R-'puhlican* wtio think j
the Southern huiineaa can he wanned
! over again (or use in the next campaign j
'are simply lb-publican R turbans who]
1 retiie to *e the time* have changed. j
j The negro must take cre of h'tmelt. :
j lie cannot be made an l*ue. Tlie evi- |
denre of this i shown in the way the
civil rights decision of the Supreme
I Court lIUH been received. Ten >ear
I #g-> this decinon n uid have awakened
ja perfect storm of agitation. Now it i* j
i received with the moot perfect inditier
ence.
"The 'prominent Republican' IMP
Micros the Tariff the impending issue,
but even here there nre difficulties.
1 The W eetern Kepuhlicans nod a power- j
ful influence nt the East will not ac- 1
i eept the Pennsylvania Republican
doctrine. In Illinoi*. lowa, Michigan j
and other \V*lero elates the oppoei-
I tioa is a* bitter as that of Penusyl-
I vania Ih-mncrats to a 'larifl for re.
venue only" platform. Both parties
1 are undoubtedly considerably mixed.
"Tbv moat remarkable tariff revolu
tion we have ever seen wax the one
adopted by thefrreclcy Convention at
Cincinnati in 1872, and afterward*
accepted by the Baltimore Convention.
It iimply remanded the tariff question
as a local i*uo to the decision of the
people in the election of Congressmen.
That met the necessities of the case jn
a national platform, and expressed the
truth. It nmant it wa* a matter of
detail rather than a national princi
ple ; that it was to le decided by com
promise and concession, having refer
ence to local as well as general inter
cats. The citizen in a manufacturing
state regards protection quite differ
ently from the citizen of a purely
agricultural state. It is a packet
question in both rasas, and decided
according to the universal law of
human nature. Wa don't suppose
either patty will go into the Prewlden
tial fight on such a sensible resolution
but nevertheless it expresses the truth
and clearly forecasts the action of
Congress on any tariff hill that will be
presented. If a majority of the people
feel that a tariff for revenue only is to
their pecuniary benefit they will have
it ao. If tbe varied iateresU benefited
by protection are in the majority, that
system will be maintain sd. Our own
viaw is that a vast majority of the
people of the Uoilad States want tariff
reform, of varying degrees (again
affected by local interests I, as soon as
they can get it; that the discussion o'
the question is strengthening the re
formers and weakening the protection*
isla ; and finally, that tbe present de
pressed rendition of the manufactur
ing interests, as the climax of twenty
years of high apd often excessive pro
tection, and even of prohibitum, has
made and is to-day making more con
verts to tbe idea of a reformed re.
venue tariff (ban all the pamphlets
and speeches and newspaper leaders of
the free traders in tbe last fifty years
It is a solid fact appreciable by tho 1
millraen and day laborers, the miners
and skilled mechanics that excessive
protection—t) lc Pennsylvania ideal of !
a tariff— box brought about tbe same ,
conditions pictured as the necessary
accompaniment of a non-prdtectivc <
tariff. Home competition is worse
1 . 3
I than foreign competition, modified as
i it must neceMurily IKJ by a revenue
tariff. While this fact strikes at one
of the fundamental ideas of ihe pro
tectionists it also makes against the
favorite argument of tho free traders
that a protective tariff enhances the
cost of manufacturing products, the
increase, of course, going to the work
ingmen—a fact not visible to the
naked eye, or with one of Sim \V id
ler's telescopes at this time.
"This reads like a contradictory
article, hut then the tariff is a cor.
tradictory nml eufangling subject."
Underpaid School Teachora. i
Iu a letter to the I'nilade tpltiu Sorth !
American, Professor J. P. Wicker
sham, LL. I). tiiak.s the startling as
sertion, and proves it by the presenta
tion of the mceatary figures, that the
compensation of public school teachers
in Pennsylvania is not nearly equal to
that of other persons whose capabili
ties, training, etc., may ho considered
ol corresponding grade; and that ttie
■public schools suffer largely on this
i account. lie states that "four tlmu- j
; sand teachers Irnvo the profession
every year in Pennsylvania! Of these,
many of the most promising young
men *tudy law or medicine, engage in
some kind of clerical work that pay
them better, or tnl-r upon a hu-iut* ]
career. The loss is almost enough to
paralyze the whole work of education.
| Besides, this constant change of teach
j ers is very damaging in it* iff -is up* n
'the pupils in our schools. No one
can teach a child well who is not
thoroughly acquainted w t > his talents,
taste* and disposition; and such an
insight into tbe inner being of a school
full of children is not acquired in a
day or year. A mature mind must
knit itself in love with an immature
"os, rnfrur Inspire it with confidence '
and trut, before tbe work of im-'ruc
tion can properly comi*ence; and this
is a process of slow growth. With n
constant change of teachers, the pupils
of a school lose all that is most valua
ble iu education—the mou'ding of,
character, the shaping of life, that |
(raining which makes the best possible
nieD and women."
Tho Trodo Dollar.
A hill ha* Iwvn introduce in congress
for the recoinage of the trade dollars '
into standard dollar*. In addition to
the iluty of maintaining the national
honor the following reaaon* have liecn
otiered in advocacy of tbe measure.
1. The government coined and al
lowed to go into circulation avastnum
lcr of trade dollars not legally intended
for circulation in this country. 2.
Three trade dollars gradually received
public confidence and were used as
currency in all miooT business trans
actions. 3. The regular or legal
dollar wa* then coined in large amounts
and in time met tbe demand for cur
rency, so far aa silver was needed. 4
Then when the trade dollar was largely
scattered among tbe people, it was dec
lared worth only eighty five cents, and
was thrown out of general circulation.
5. Many merchants chose for a time to
take these trade dollars at par for
good*, not In a spirit of •peculation,
but to relieve the poorer clauses from
lea*, and trusting the jaatioe of the
government for their redemption.
There can be no doubt aa to the cor
rectneaa of all theae atatemeot*.
Heading's Oreat Record.
a srsTtatar vast WILL A SKI eunxias
SHOMO rat STOCK Rot,naas.
The comparative atatemeot of the
busineaa of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad and Coal and Iron Com
pany for the month of and the fiaoat
year ending November 00, 1883, ahowa
the total groaa receipts of tbe railroad
company for November 83.634,916.21;
and tbe total groaa expenm excluding
rental* and internal 81,381,435.43. Profit
for the month $2,073,4R0.76, profit for
the year to date $14,347,479.25, profit
for the *ame month of 1882, $1,104,564.
49, for the year $9,857,064,98.
t Grow receipt* of the Coal and Iron
Company for,*he month, $1,786,384 50, i
grow expense*, excluding interest, s|,. ,
2 1
363 379.34-, profit for the minth. $l'J3.
204.86; profit for the year to dale, $921 -
771 79: profit for the same month ot
188" $303,121 24 for the year $2 200 173.
91. From Ihia lietluct for the tailr-tau
company's debt: Balance in renewal
fund. $27,499 03 j slate tax on capital
stock, $35,909 30 ; all rental* and inter
est on all out-landing otili ( atior s, in.
eluding the floating debt, $12,101,666.
99; for the Goal and Iron Comp ny'a
i lull interest* on till outstanding ol.lqa.
I tion* other tliHn those held by the r* I.
roatl company, $1,126,942.70; total f 13,.
312 017 98.
.Surplus of both companies, $2,157,-
1233 06: 7 percent on preferred sioch,
$lOB 626 00 ; 6 per cent on common
-lock. $| 930,972.52. Total, $2 <>9.1,59-.-
22. Balance applicable to interest on
defcried income bond*, $57,634 54
I'hi* include* full in'ere*t on the entire
amount of convertilile loan, a j>ortioii
of which ha* been funded.
The afrfive statement inclitd--* the
working* of the .J-r#ey Central railroad
of New Jersey and branches for N ivt m
h< r. and for MX months from June 1 to
November .30. Net profit for the month,
$124,407.51 ; for six month*, 033.482-
i •
All Borts
Amorg the names mentioned in cor- I
nrrtinn with the presidency of 1 ti•-
Northern Pacific rsitr.md are those of 1
•senator Sherman, < x Senator AV'in<loro
ami Atlgutt Belmont.
' Captain I'i!*e. of the Proteus, think*
tho chance* good for the safety of
Lieutenant first lj' Arctic party.
Representative llorr is preparing a
bill, in accordance wi-fi the President'-
recommendation that a portion of the
surplus revenue he applied to the fort:
tiration of defen*<-lt'* e-.port town*.
There appear* to he n little di*crej ■
i aocy of $"25 (MX),000 between the per,
sion estimate* of Randall and Com
missioner I>udley.
I-*nea*ter county's tax rate for the
| ensuing year i to he two and one half
1 mills, a reduction of one half mil! from
i lat year.
t It is **id the Allen Iron Work* o!
Tsmaqua have been sold to Commander
Gnrnnge'-s Fhiphuilding Company.
Reservoir* on wheels, to IKS filled from
tbe harbor by tbe fire l*vt, are tl e
latest New York Fire I prirtment im
provement.
J Cleveland's 136 mill*, with $21,202 s*o
capital and 17,114 bands, turned out
$32,411 600 worth of manufactured iron
Ihia year.
AA', 11. Vsnderbilt has contributed
$5OOO towards the next walking match
at the Madison Square Garden.
George I). Phillips, the celebrated
Amateur skater, made a half mile
yesterday in New York in one minute
and thirty seconds.
There is quite a petroleum excite
ment in Sandy Valley, Ky., some fifty
five miles from Catletuburg. One well
baa obtained a depth of 1300 feet.
A Toronto man waited until he was
eighty three years old before be got
married. lie waited till he was sure
that if he didn't like it he wouldn't live
long to repent.
Employes in tbe poatoffce depart
ment at Washington were on Saturday
notified by th# postmaster general that
tbe purchase of lottery ticket# would
hereafter be regarded aa sufficient
ground for removal from office.
Professor C. W. IluUon, of the Uni
versity of Miasksippi, who baa taught
both young men and young women.de
clares that tbe girl student it, in the
great majority of oases, sooner and
hotter able to acquire knowledge than
the boy student j and her mind K gen
erally speaking, quicker, brighter, more
alart than that of man at the same age
-between 12 and 20. "The averaga
girl student," he adds, "is also* more
ambitious, mora devoted to study for
study's sake, more responsive to the
effort to excite her interest.''
A couple of young ladle* at Prince
ton accepted a peculiar stager from a
dry good* merchant of that plaoe. The
merchant agreed to give them each a
silk dross if they would drive two hogs
he wanted killed from his promisee
through the principal part of the town
to his slaughter house, Tb# offer was
made iu fuo, but, much to fata surprise,
the young Indies took him at hk word,
and valiantly drove the swine to the
required destination. The girls were
brave and easily earned their floe
dresses.
TERMS: $1.60 jwr Aitmim,in Advaure.
I here it .1 ill audi t thing * COB
•eietice in Onio. Mr. Lloyd Login,of
Winchester. V*., received by express
from Cincinnati, no (lie <ly after Christ
mas. eight fjcm-rt .ilver spoon* which
*t Inker! from hi* hou.e while oecu
pied h* n Union headquarters during
He war. No nimr accompanies tho
package, arul KI Mr. doc* riot
kr ow in whom to (eel grateful for ibia
i iffy return of th<*e souvenir*. which
have been owned by the family since
I 18.12.
Additional Local*.
—The Ifchcrsburg band will roon
come out with bran new uniform*. Tbis
''* " n of the hr*t hand- in the county
i and Ib-bcrahurg may well feel proud of
j it.
I hom Kiiekuer. mine hmt
of t.,e |- ,rk HnU.e, Cohurn, la well fit
ted for III" p .union of landlord, and hit
pleanant at d loiica'de lady make* one
, 'eel right at home while there.
rhomaa f'.ird, of Snow Shoe, was
run over by the < m-trucfion train on
the .1. S, J5. ( ,( > \v. railroad n finr
mile* we.t of I'.ei h ("reek on Friday
last, between 0 and 7 o'clock, I* a,, and
wa killed instantly. He w&* teen by
the engineer lying on the tract but too *
i late to utop the train in time to save
{him. An inquest was lieb! over the
body by Squire Kunea, of I". i,: eville,
1 and the rnn*ins wer- *ent to Snow Shoe.
Sheriff Uunkle notified our c>roner,
1 Dr. H K. Hoy, on Tuesday of the acci
dent and ordered the body to I M . re.
j turned to lb'lle r on"e, which srrireil
; Wednesday A. m. !:. Hoy irr,:i. r*diate]y
summoned a jury and proceeded to jf..
vcetlgatc the actual cause of the tin for
tunate man* death. V very strong
impre-Mon prevail* tbnt be VT** firt
j murdered and then thrown across tho
tr. -k to b:de tic wtjfk.ci tl* * ii-..i-siri
lor a* *-. in. A p ; mortem examina
tion by the lr. revealed no due of any
j pistol or gun alio! wound, and all other
j trace* of foul play wa. totally destroyed
by 1 htpn. tdated eondtl ion of the eorjtsc,
bo b.nl to determine!
' whether'aoiK! club or tb- engine.
lOn account of further ny being
required, a *erdi<t ha* not been decided
upon wp to Ihe time of going to pre-*.
I-jtrra.—At noon the Cot.ntr, Dr.
Hoy, detected mark* ibow ng entrance
. of a small builet in the left loin, ard
mark* o' it* egre** on the opj o-te tide.
Ths inquest i ttill in progres..
—< hif young friend, .loe Kodgr*. who
lite, at Mdcburg. but i. on the <lories i
Utflfl at the freight d< jU of this place,
j was in quite a ivw on last Saturday
j evening. The My* engaged at the 'b'pot
are brtckt. every om of tliein. ami *u
; ported from Joe'* nrrvoune* during
j the afternoon that he had an inqairtatit
; engagement on hand for that evening,
j A we *aid tiefore. he live* in Mile-burg
but goe* baekwar<l* and forward* er
the morning and evening train*. Short
ly before train time Saturday evening,
a* i* Joe'* u*ua] custom, he carefully
( placed the paper* and hook* in their re
spective place*, and wa* waiting aui
! ou|y for the train. Some how, two el
the boy* turned down or "locked" tho
copying pre* too light for one man to
unlock. About tlii* time a telegvanw
came tearing over the wiroa (?) —' M it
take in your manifest of—correct imme
diate!) Mo-e.! Two minute* time to
look —wher''7 lie looked in vain for
hi* paper*. (Perhaps the rat* carrie |
them off.) Thought a moment—"oh,
ye* ; the copying book."' He did biff
• duty trying to turn that pre**, but il
rau*t have froten up ; it wouldn't movo.
"Hail-dam that pre**." And— "there'll
the whittle!" At this juncture thing*
tiegan to iMiime a aeriou* shape. Joe' 4
face looked like a (toiled lobster, *n<|
large bead* of perspiration *tood upo-%
hi* manly bmw. Ilia usually gnrl
1 hunmr waa alawit to <|eert liim, whcj
the hoya, fearing *erioo* oonaequeneea,
began to laugh. Joe never Mopped to
inquirer if the telegram had been
/organ*. but jammed hi* hat down over hit
cur*, and amue one heard him remark
a* be ruhed out the door, "Thank
Heaven, twa* only a joke, or ——
—Wilton, McFarlaoa * Co., call atten
tion to tha only ret lab It Randy Mix*4
Paint in iba market. Ttia Pioneer Pf*-
pared Paint U not mly superier to an*
Ready Mixed Paint aofd but rival* pure
white lead In it* smoothness in working
and durability. This paint i* guaranteed
by the manufacturer, not to crack or peel
within three year*. The guarantee i* not
only rood for rephwing the paint but it
will be put on if It should crack or peel
within tbe litre specified. It will be to
your Interest to call and see Wilson, lie
Parian* Jt Co., bafora pur<-ha.ing rithor
white lead or any other Ready Mixep
noet*
NO. 2.