4 ’ ’ be ’ - » HM \d " v AGAINST USURY. THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PARIS MONT DI PIETE. Checking the Extortions of Pawnbrokers by a» Bystem of Small Public Loans A Fixed Rate of Interest Al- lowed ~~ Security, [Chicago News.) How to escape paying usurious interest and forfeiture of goods is a question that deeply concerns thousands of the very r and other thousands of the needy tter classes, who, having no other re source, are compelled to support and maintain a system of usury that in this city alone, to say nothing of the eotire country, annually drain millions of dol. lars fran the poorer classes to fatten and enrich the usurers. There is an oppor tunity for charitable and philanthropic minds to devise a plan whereby poor peo ple may obtain small loans and yet escape usury, extortion, and confiscation of their property. There is a chance for legisla tors to devise a systemn which will be of more Lenetit to the poor than all of the appropr.ations for charitable institutions combined British philanthropists and statesmen hase already turned their attention to this subject, and an effort is being made in Eng'and to establish a small public loan system similar to the mont de piete ol I rance, which for many years has been one of the greatest blessings en oyed by the poorer clusses of the Fren h people. Even the Chinese are ahead of their sup posed niore enlightened and Fnglish neigh bors in the matter of relieving the poor from the curse of usury. In China there 15 in operation a very ancient sysiem un der the dire tion of civil diguitaries, by which the poor may negotiate loans upon pers: nal securitics al a rale of interest varying from 2 to 8 per cent, Even back ward , ussia has a system of loans to the poor at per cent interest, while in America the rate is from 125 to 500 per cent. In fact the pawnbrokers and money lenders regu’ate their own and by various devices evade all laws intended to chick usury The Paris mont di plete is located in the Ku Blancs Monteaux, and there are two large branches, one in the Rue Bonaparte and the other in the Hue de la loquette The mont di picte of Paris was opened Jan, 1, 1778, and authorized in 1.79 to make a loan guaranteed by th hospital general It was closed t Lie i, ut the charged by money lenders re.g f terror caused 1 80, hailed with In 1831 it was placed u adminisiralive co rates des © auring reveoiutl usurious rales its y 10 Iw 10Y uy der charg and nt uncil Os on OP we vill a capita masking ans of ab are nlirely supporied by charity which the loans are gratuitous Belgium and German pietes, which ar nt to the rate during War went per cent, but now diminished The mont di pete established in continen’al Europe Ob ect was leliver the from ti usurious charges of the Jewish and Lom bard me ney i$ sald to have been founded in the year 1200 al | reising, Eavaria, by association under thie Inaocent 111, but it is more generally that the first mont di piete established in | erugia in the latter half of the 15th century and d its from Monte di Vieta, the Lill upon which it was situated nve «¢ have In Germany Franco - Pruss 10 nna ] being lnmen io was first and iis 1a « needy lenders ne A chartnbie sanction of Hoje believed WAS cerns Te fometh.ng New in the Canning Trade, Chicag Phone Many housekeepers have for years put up fruit for their own use in Ars, arified cave sugar instead of glucose aid in preservation. If they ra.sed their fruit or were able to obtain that which had been recently picked, they would bave a table luxury vastly superior to anything sod in tin cans ew town people, however, mise fruit of any kind and thete is genern ly considerable dith culty in procuring perishable fruits that are a good condition for canning, To meet their wants, some fruit-raisers during the past few years have put up choice fruits in g.ass jars and placed them on the market. ‘They have sold at prices pever betore realized for auned fruits They are in demand for jovalids and epicures, who tever hesitate to pay large sums for very superior food That certain kinds of fruit pot u in glass will soon take the place of those packed in melsl cans appeas certain The fruits that are most in demand are cherries, red raspberries, curran:s, black currants, and strawberries. . The three former can not be preserved 10 good advantage io metal cats on account of the acids they contain Kinss emp orving « lo articies o Diplomacy and Smoking. | Exchange The Comte de } er.sson ne occasion during the lowing the Franco-German war of 187C Bismarck offered Jules Fare a cigar which was declined. Then raid | ismarck “By not smoking you have one advantage over me. you are more vigilant then you have this disadvantage; you are more irritable. A diploma must be ready to make concessions, and tobacco makes one feel happier, and, thereby, more con ciliatory. ” # Jud Lafagan: It is easy to console others in their afflictions Wo possess that inward satisfaction that tells us we are not as bad off as they sre relates that on negot.aticns fol » But | A Wedding in the West Indios [Macmillan's Magazine.) In fact it is extraordinary to see the gorgeous costumes that fsswe on Sundays out of the filthiest shanties, more espe: Joy when the costume of the previous | day is recollected to have been two rather {epare and very dirty ments of once | white canvas, and certainly no boots. To attire the whole population so gorgeously | of course many skilled tailors are re quired, and in the census of 1881 no fewer than 10,000 females returned themselves as scamstresses. These Indies, however, have other sources of Income besides their needles, With such splendid habiliments to | show on Sunday, the negro, of course, is constant in attendance at church. On entering the sacred building the men's | first care is to remove their boots, not from any leanings toward Mohammedan ism, but because they are painful In convection with this I may mention a ludicrous occurrence, which amusement among the English resident in Barbadoes. A black man holding a situa tion of trust in the garrison (I forget whether he was a soldier or not) was en gaged tan black lady, and the general promised to be preseat at the wedding Un the appointed day the bridal party duly arrived, the bride clad in white satin with the orthodox orange towers, veil, ete, and white satin shoes. Every thing was ready, but the general had not arrived The bride became more more uneasy, and still the general not; the sweat poured down her fuce, and stil she held out, but human nature could stand it no longer and the faithful bridegroom kuoelt down snd removed the white satin slippers which had caused so much agony. Doon ifter the emancipation of the poor black feet the general arrived and all went well but still the ceremony was held to have been in 8 marred nh CR binck ul axl me de gre Fertility of a Pacifle Coast Valley. Gil Cal.) Cor, Inter Ocoeen. | My former letters written from southern California, vearly 500 mile south of San Francisco, and I have been agreeably disappointed in were finding near | cond and Lions the same temperatur this beautiful | coast, cig Golden Gale ul valley Mol miles atin While y OTANZH aly is adapted to tl tropa ruts, i : mo pr orange But i grown, and of even betler t t 1} ner so ih crops UCHIVY few lrees, and good every variety fruit han is tal Frozen Meal No coin par ling ampton The entire inp n Great br.tain and is now esti mated at n 000 tons annually valued at $100, 000,000 has 2 Urien of steamers rut ) \ ~outh via the Suez and Austra canal riation of ali meat int and Ire ALY LN Had New York 0 They Enough ap hi on the own street yesterday A large Ivin paveme and i pieces off of it | away several times inally he observed “If vou knew what this ice was olin i sex] for you wouldn { be so anxiou oe u : was a several s boys were chipping he jceman drove then to 10 eat 1 “What unison “It’s poing to the serve a corpse with * He was right. They let it alone is it?" chorused the boys hr undertaker’s to pre Three Handrod Millioas Exchange The astonishing assertion Is made by The Lumber Wi rid that the loss to thi country through forest fires is now less than $300,000,000 a year through the destrucyon of availalde tim ber, without counting the additional lo from the annihilation of the young growtl and the seeds scattered on the surface and the scorching of the ground, which oft renders it sterile for a generation no About the Nise of IL [Kew Orlears Meayune folong as the young men can lin without working, and so long as societ) looks upon workingmen as not respect able or it to become husbands of society daughters. so long will the world be fille with idle, amiable loafers and worthies ramps Medorn Poetry. New Albany tnd) Ledger Much modern postry ought to be ae companied by a diagram, or foot notes o | | Interpretation. Life Is too short am | poetry too plenty for readers to work hal a day over the combiuation of one poem Japanese law compels people to sell flsh alive. They are vende | in tanks, 1M Ur caused some | pieces | plies, and everything | the levee ns though out of simply | | company | of light Euglish | it, | gingle wagon road | three or four leagues into the interior IDYLL OF THE PRIME, [E. Hough i» The Currens.] When earth was void, nor yet a sun bad soon; When starless space held summer all be tween Where was thy soul, O love? Waore was my soul, O love? Yot out of darkness, nothingness and cold, Down the dim centuries with foot tread bold, On to their bliss, Cane the two souls with running, seeking oot, Eager thus, face to face, to meet. Ab, Earth was made for this! The Misslssippl in 1809, “R. DH" in Chicago Herald.) On both sides of the river, from Vicks burg down, the levees were an natural fort | ication, more powerful than any modern earth work eouid of six spades, cut in two hours be made, An artillery pieces, could, with a embrasures for Hie Horses, men, sup wore as safe behind range. Thes ying batteries were death dea’ers indeed, They would locate in a bend of the river, where they could have 2 raking fire in two directions. They mounted the best rities—generally of the \W hitworlh pattern. A gunboat-—even a heavy sloop of war passing up down the river would eateh it 1 dozen or UNIAWATCR fore she could bring her own guns to bear she would have to stand a galling fire When her broadside could be used the rebels would simply le down behind the levee and take it If the ship's crew at tempted to land spike the guns, of a sudden the res would up, attach their hidden horses and a gallop—scattering like many rab bits hunting a warren. If the ship passed on up or down th would keep quiet until her heavy again out of and then give it 10 her in the “stern sheets I'o salt-water sailors no style of warfare could be more demoralizing Guerrilla operations they were and loth to cop h at the orders of the goverument wust b red. to silenced hber ee at BO rebs NUNS Wer range unused to wil according to hae river Morphine Parties In n of 1 orphia, however, is | ed to taking the drug wakeluinoes % Me LO Deura Wo internally Bin A New K nd of Fiano. A York Pa a » OR a Many by con assembled words whi the vi % they i sonanis were ticn'a ed with considerable but the production of the con was a very dilerent matter, and anosvunced what the it would often dith.eult to make out the unearthly sounds it emit ustration of the processes by wileh tone formed and brought forth the the piano are not with was in other dire IDIZAIE their We sel aside (is sonan's had not the oper 1101 machine was abou way have beer rather m aning of od As an the is workings 4 of oul interest, its useful ! tions cannot readily divined Bobby's Hospitality Rxehans “Won't you hav Mr. Feat ' Hiss atl dinner and other plece of pie asked Bobby other was entertaining the de sent beri hospitably t few friends was being dis C. ssl | hanks Inughiugly be. be Hobby Featherly replied "are so polite about inke a soall poece “since yo e | wili mere “All right, " said Bobby, * Now, remember your promise You said Was necessary Lo cul into the could have two pleces mn if it In San West | Transportation is condition in *¢ Domingo Domingo dies Lott There is nota penetrating more than All of the inland traffic is carried on by means of animals. A rallrosd is belag built from Samana bay to Santiago, and if com ple edd will open up rich tracts of lands capable of producing great crop of Sune tobacco, collee, cocoa, and other troj ical articles, A Had Word, Exchange | President Barnard, of Columbia ool lege, objects to the newly coined word “mugwump. ® He says It embodies all that is disagreeable in sound. malicious in J uihose and ugly in appearance, and be. ngs to a class of words that is hideous, vulgar and offensive. The United States has 13,501,206 milch Cowan 11 have Arstclame Kindling Wood for mie | dors loft at second pie 1 | still in its primitive | Profeavional Cards, J CALVIN MEYER, Ld ATTORNEY AT-LAW, Bellefonte, Po. ~ Office with Judge Hoy, Ino. Wi. Oavie, UO, M. Bows, Bisse L. Onvis, ( JRVIS, BOWER & ORVIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Ofoe Bellefonte, Pa. hg the Court House, ’ Weodring's Block. ud , on Bret Boor of J.» KEICHLINE, ® ATTORNEY -AT-LAW, Bellefonte, Pa, Orion iw Ganmaw’s Now BuiLping, Prompt stiention to collection claims. a0 HARSHBERGER, (Successor I L, 10 Yocum & Harehborgor) ATTORNEY AT LAW Office N X coruer Diamond, pext door to Fleming's Talloring Batablishinent Bellefonte, Pa, b241y. JL. BranoLaa, | C WPANGLER & HEWES No, y ATTORNEYS AT-LAW, RELLEFONTE, CENTRE COUNTY FA. Special attention to Collections; practice in wll the courts, Consultation in German or K: Kileh L 3 Bi ATTORNEY AT-LAW, | F (D.." BELLEFONTE, PA Office In Conrad House Allegheny street. Special attention given to the collection of claims All business attended to promptly. ly ATTORNEY AT wAW, IY | J * | Bellefonte, Pa {| Officein the rooms forme. iy scoupied b W.P. Wilson PF. Hewes FORTNEY, i. LOVE, y the Inte vol b 23.4 THOMAS J. McCULLOUGH ATTORNEY AT LAW, PHILIPARURG, PA Office In Albert Owen's building, i. the room form ory occupied by the Philipsbuig Banking Span Y ld-ly PD. HN. MARTINGS H OMce on A W.r Reebia ASTINGS & REEDER, ATTORNEYE AT LAW BELLEFONTE, PA Lie of umm & Hastings cabo) sreel iw mof ¥ upled Ly late Or ANES A. Bian LEY AMARY JJEA VER & GEPHART, J ATTORNEYS AT LAW Office on Allegheny street rid f High fonts, Fa WwW. Belle I-1y HEINLE, HNEY AT LAW BELLEFONTE. FA rt Ho ATT Business Cards, BARBER SHOP, Und Fite National Bask BELLEYONT Pa, Propr, 1E) i EM R. A. Beek, (CENTRE COUNTY BANKING J COMPANY Receive Doponite And Allow Inte "at Discount “otes By and 8+1) Gov Securities, Jawms A Ravan, President, J.D Bavosny, Cashier af DIOR MANR DYES » superior to any 1 ot lye A lors for esttom, wool, silk or festh Fant lant lotw For sale by F. POTTT GREEN ere Eo nones Prost 2.0 manne, Osab'r, [FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF RELLEFONTE, Allsghony Street, Bellefonte, Pa. tr BAGGAGE DELIVER It AND LOCAL EXPRESS! I would announce to m id friends and patrons and the public generally that I have resngaged In the Baggage Delivery and Local Express business, and respectfully solicit » liberal share of patronage PIA NOS MOYED WITH CARE AND LATTA ACTION GUARANTEED in all respects. 11 owould say » that and all or Orider & Son's offos will’ be prompt | Iy sttendad (0 BB. F.BARNES. | residences are very desirable and all are Bond Valentine, dl PA SSMORE HOUSE. General Insurance and Real Estate Agent, Bellefonte OFFIOR IN BUSH ARCADE, 2ND FLOOR, All Fire Ina. companies represented are first class, Traveler's Life and Accident Policies, Special attention griven to Real Estate. now have ov» THIRTY HOUSES and TWO HUNDRED LOTS FOR SALE Thess properties are located in differeut parts of the borough and in the suburbs, and in location sed style are bound to please the purchaser. Many of the good. The lots will make excellent location for building. The | houses range In price from BSOO to PS,BOC. First payments small ; deferred payments to sult the purchaser, Those who want to bay should consult me PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE. Winter term begins January 7, 1885, Thisinstitotion is located in one of the most bean tiful and Lealtbfulspoteo!f the entire Allegheny region iis open 0 students of beth sexes, and offers the fol lowing Courses of “tudy 1. A Full Bolentifie Course of Four Years A Latin Belentin 2 course 3 The following SPECIAL COURF ED, of two years ch following the Be ( Bret two years of the Scientd AGRICULTUKE; (b) NATURAL HISTORY: (¢) CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS; (d CIVIL ENGINEERING A short EPFECIAL COURSE in Agriculture. A short SPECI. L COURSE in Chemistry b. A recarganiesd course in Mechanie ning shop-work with study. » A now ree " Aria, Epecia irae (wg noe, for Young Ladies refally Graded Preparatory Ceturse ). SPECIAL { Years Literature KEES ae RTA wdividusl ged wants Mi fentale ver { students tary drill is req der charge npelent ind Yor Cats GUE bier ATHERTON Brave TBE CENTRE DEMOCRAT BOOX and JB OFFICE HIGH STREET, PA NDU( E Wisn Plain or BrLLE FOXTE, GREAT 1 FIRsT CLAS Itching Piles Symptons and Cure ure | per Ly IDCT ORM d by parlicuiag IR Were Lhe rec melimes { allowed to continue very the atfected wat tum ; ROTIOus “SWAYNESOINTME) # A pieasant, sure cure, Also fer Tetter (teh, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Erysipe ins. Barbers Itch, Blothehes, crusty Skin DD seases, 50 cents: Ie suits? Ow all scaly Nent by mail for 3 boxes £1.25 (in stamps Address, Dr. SWAYNE & SON, Phila delphi, Pa. Sold by Druggiste. 58-1y FORKS HOUSE Coburn, Centre Co., Pa. GOOD MEALS. CLEAN BEDS. PRICES MODERATE. se HOTEL WITHIN TWO MIN UTES’ WALK TO STATION. Good Stable Accommodations. Excellent juvting i and Fishing grounds quite near this otel, JOS. C.J CNSR = Prop'r Lovetts Guide to Fruit Culture Of all the pahliontion of nurseryman, there i» » ther thet can be © mpared with * Lovett's Guide Fruit Calture It ie really a valuable work on Horts cultore giving, se it does full Instroctions for planting pruning, culture and management of fruits of all kind and jmpartial descriptions of all worthy varieties. It ba book of aver 70 pages. gwith an ilInminated cover clegantly printsd and embellished with huodreds of engravings and several colored p ites trae of nature Price with colored plates 10cts without p inten 5 cle ~which bs but a part of the oot, Everybody at all | Interested in fruit culture should send to J. T. Lovett Atle Silver, New Jorsay, and gota nopy HAR. WILSON OWARE, ! McFARLANE & CO. DEALERSS IN STOVES, RANGES » HEATERS. w ALSO Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishe - AND BUILDERS HARDWARE 8 J t and Bproce Bir-sis, PHILIPEDTRG, FA Good Mons and ingest mle sie roo , thent viabling attached. FART JAMES VAdsMORE Prw Pa. | SWAN HOTEL, Barney Coyle's NEWLY REMODELYD HOTIL, PUHILIPABRE Xu, Po A Bret class House, Newly furulehod, stil 4 good and prices moderate Tee JARMAN'S HOTEL, Opposite Court House, BELLEFONTY 1 A TERMS $1.26 ER DAY A good Livery attached 1 - v ' J3UFH HOUSE, BELLEFONTE, Pa. Familion and slugle gontiomen, ss well as the you eral traveling public and commercial men are inviie to this First-Class Hotel, whore they will find bon comivris sl renscnable rates Liberal reduction to Jurymen snd others atte dis, TTS HOUSE, | present proprietor { about two miles from Cobure Fancy rinting. S$. 7. Fra Court W. E TELLER, Prop's Corner Allegheny & Bishop streets) BY BELLEFONTE Pa, 7. X. Lehman, Prop: . This popular hotel, under the mangement f ’ Is better Otted thas over for th entertainment of guests. Rates reasonable, (may 4 4 A ILLHEIM HOTEL, MILLHEIM, CENTKE COUNTY, PENN A W. B. MUSSER, Proprietor. The town of Millheim ie located in Penn's Valle; Btation, on the Lewis burg, Centre asd Spruce Creek Eallroad, with su rounding that make ita PLEASANT SUMMER RESORT. Good trout faking in the Immediate vicinity. A ca runs Lo every train. At the Millheim Hotel socom modations will be found Srebclase and terms moder ate June 23 1876-1" New Brockerhoff House. KERHOFF HOUSE, ALLEGHENY ST. BELLEFONTE C. G. McMILLEN, Prop’r. Good Sample Room on Furst Floor, SB Free Bus toand fromall Traine wiluessse ald jurors YROC J oF Epecial rates 4 HOTEL, te the Kalltond Station MILESBURG, CENTRE ( A. A. KOHLBECKER, 1] (CENTRAL NBRST NATION JR I NA NAL Mi EIN TRY in, Proprietor, DEALERS IN PURE DRUGS OX1.Y ZELLER & SON, DEUGH No 6. Bre - * IST? wherholl Row All the Btandard Patent Medicines Pre scriptions and Family Recipes soourstely prepared. Trusses Shoulder Braces &e. de 4-11 ANY ARI ING AMAROANRA ONLY $20. PHILADELPEIA SINGER Is the BEST BUILT, FINEST FINISHED, EASIEST RUNK. 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