A g BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 189l. — NO. 50 8 EDITOR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Regular Price . - $1.50 per year. when Paid in Advance $100 vi th When subscriptions are not paid inside of three years $2.00 will be charged. Editorial. Hox. P. Gray. Meek’s name is prom- inently mentioned as a probable succes- | sor to James Kerr, as Democratic State | Chairman. -_— . Tre watch contest has become an im_ | portant part of County Institute, It is | all that many of the teachers talk of or | are concerned about. ~The Logan masque ball to be held in the Bush Arcade on New Year's eve promises to be a fine affair. Good musie 1as been secured for this occasion, - : IT is frequently rumored that Oyrus Loss, the former republican county t reasurer, would not object to trying his hand as a candidate on théat ticket for sheriff, later. — - ——— Tre poliece of Wheeling, West Va., baited for minnows and caught a whale when among the inmates of a disorderly house raided by them the Chief of | Police was discovered. i - i Mns. Norcross, mother of the dead | bomb-thrower, says ‘he never drank, smoked or chewed. He did not like | cards.” That settles it, he must have | been a genuine crank. cb A KANsAs woman predicts that the destruction of the world on the evening of Christmas Day, and a number of husbands and fathers are petitioning her to make it a day orso before Christ. mas. Gh A A meeting of the National Democrat. ic Committee, to fix the time and place for holding the Convention to nominate candidate for President and Vice Pres. ident, has been called to convene at Washington, January 21. The Centre Demon, | held its opening session in the cout { usual and the room was well filled with | on hand though looking somewhat paler | fons made for instructors 8o that every. { thing would move along nicely should { ly by their local board of school Eprror FiepLes is aspiring to be » i the hotels when a session is in progress. Republican National Convention. AP HE point an « unity was giy He would not dare, in that event, to | vote for Blaine, as Harrison might lop off his official head. Master Gilbert Dill, son of Hon. Andrew Dill, dec’d., has secured a posi- | tion as page in the House of Representa. | tives at a monthly salary of #75. appointment was made by Congressman Wolverton, of Sunbury. ————————— po. d—————. Tune Commissioners of Dauphin co. | GFagette, The | certain men gave their influence in have refused to pay the Coroner's fee | for holding the inquest on the body of | © TEACHERS INSTITUTE. | HOUSE A Large Attendanceinteresting Sessions Held—Prof. Etters has the Grip—-Officers | snd Instrnetors~Cheok System Adopted, On Monday mornith the 45th Annual Teachers’ Institute, of Centre county, house. The attendance was as large as the young lady and gentleman teachers from every section of our county. Prof. Etters, the county Supt., was the effects of a recent He had all provis- than usual from attack of the grip. he not feel inclined to attend the differ- ent sessions. At 10:80 on Monday morning, Insti tute was called to order by Prof. Etters. Prof. John Harrison, of Bellefonte, en- | rolling clerk, was kept busy taking down names by the many teachers. Prof. C. R. Neff, of the secretary's chair and Miss Bessie Dor. worth, of Bellefonte, presided at the piano. The session was formally opened with singing and prayer. Prof. Etters then made a short open- ing address and outlined the duty of each one to contribute to the success of the Institute. Henry Houck, assistant state superintendent, was present and lel the institute in singing and giving instructions in that line, This year a check system has been Millheim, occupied i adopted to insure the attendance of the teachers. © When they enroll each is given & card with name and address on’ it. Two school directors stationed at the door punch these cards to show when they came and left at each session, At the end of the week the time spent | in Institue is computed on the cand! and they are given due credit according. direct. ors for the same. Some dom’t like this process, others are perfectly satisfied. One thing is certain very few teachers are séen roy ing about the streets or at ! en to interrupt the proceedings and use the valuable time of the institute for the purpose of booming the Keystons It was out of place and un- called for. County institute is not a place for the business people of the town to come and advertise at the pub- lic's expense. Prof. Etters should not have permitted it. This watch for the most popular lady is a fraud-—nothing else and we are sorry to see that that direction. “A Gold Watch worth $25," and the teachers of Centre county, the late Hon. C. 8. Wolfe who fell dead | with County Supt. Etters’ permission, near the Capitol Grounds in the city of | urged to squander money for copies of Harrisburg. They claim that a dozen |, tain paper! Is that not out of or more people saw Mr. Wolf fall and | expire and that an inquest was unneces- sary. - — Tne famous E. T. Gallagher, bridge stone floor in the vaults of the court house. We had an idea that this dis. tinguished gentleman would steer clear of Centre county after his record on the Milesburg and Karthaus bridges, Oh, no, Gallagher, keep out of Centre coun- ty. tphunion Discussion concerning the method of choosing Presidential electors is in- creasing. An entirely new proposition has been made, which will receive con- siderable attention. This plan is not to elect the electors by Congressional distriets, but to apportion them in the ratios of the votes for the respective parties. In other words, to divide a state's electors in proportion as each party’s vote was the total vote of the state. This method would do away with the tricks of gerrymandered Congres. sional districts and would practically be a direct vote by the people. No state, under that plan, could hope to go solidly for either candidate. The Philipsburg Ledger says: We learn from a Bellefonte exchange that Mr. Harry Green, of that place, has ac- cepted a position in the Moshannon bank. Council will soon pass an ordin. ance confining the Bellefonters to one quarter of the town, like the Latin quarter in Rome, or Chinatown in San Francisco. If Bellefonte wasn’t so much beneath us (in altitude) we'd an. nex it, but if we get all the people here we can afford to let the buildings go. ~Kittie Rhoads next week, Popular prices, ~Anything and everything kept by a first class shoe store—Mingle. | bitterness among those concerned. place? Is that institute work? The jeweler from whom the same was bought { does not want the people to understand {that he sells such a watch for $25—it builder and contractor of Lock Haven, | if very anxious to lay a patent artificial | { upon the teachers to begin with in of. | BA aE A achiaae, No Sox, would injure his business. The Keystone Giaeette is playing a pure game of fraud fering a cheap watch and saying it is | worth #25, and we are sorry to see the above gentlemen encouraging school | teachers to squander money on a fraud, | Then the system causes rivalry which distracts attention from institute work, | and it will finally result in enmity and In our opinion it is a very small piece | of business. As this has become such | an important part of institute work we | think the public should be informed of | the fact, and that each day Supt. Etters | appoints six teaghers to go down and | spend their time counting the vote. | Prof, Etters made a mistake in tis matter and we think he will see his er- | ror when he gives it his careful consider- | ation. Prof. D. M. Wolf then introduced a | resolution expressing sympathy for | Prof. D. M. Lieb who, on accountof a ! protracted illness, has been unable to be at his post or to attend institute this | year, Dr. Horn, of Allentown, then follow. ed with a short talk on object lessons | and their use in the school room. i According to the roll call over 230 | teachers were present at the morning | session, i The afternoon session was opened | with singing under the direction of | Supt. Houck. He has the faculty of | entertaining the audience and all joined in with life and vim. Prof. Groff, of Bucknell University, then addressed the teachers. He took ‘‘Physiology snd Hygene' for his subject. His talk was practical, interesting and instructive, and was appreciated by all present, After music and a short intermission | read | for the school” { talk on Hygene in whicl | laney, Ed | Butler, K | bm | Me | P Hoover, Prof. Horn took: up an interesting theme, “How to train the memory,” showing the importance of attention, repetition system, ete., to strengthen that faculty. afternoon Prof. Etters following committee on resolutions: I. N. MeCloskey, 8. D. Gettig, W. E. Keene, Miss Maggie Hanna and Amelia Martin, On nom- inations A. E. Pletcher, J. F. Garthofl, A. G. Archey. On Monday evening Prof. Houck de- livered «his lecture upon “Bound to Win.” The room was well filled and all were highly pleased. The lecture was principally of an educational order and well suited for the occasion. TUESDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The session was opened with devo- tional exercises, led by Rev. Hoshour, pastor of Bellefonte Lutheran church. Mr. Neff read the minutes of the prev- fous day which were approved. Then some time was devoted to the discussion of “How to prevent whispering in school,’ which proved quite interesting, Prof. Houek took up the subject ** Work and dwelt upon the opening exercises, recitations and how to study. Prof. Groff then resumed his During the out the 1 he spoke par- ticularly of ventilation and contagious diseases, As the Prof. is the author of a number of valuable treatises on these subjects he recommended them, The afternoon session as usual opened with singing. Dr. Horn then took up { “Common Sense Methods of Teaching” | {the different branches in the public schools and answered a number of ques. tions bearing on that subject. Prof, Groff gave 8 good talk on “History” and advocated the teaching of local and state history in connection with U., 8. history. He does not take stock in the | events of a war or of battles but thinks that the causes and results of them are of more information. He also recom- mended teaching the biographiesof the prominent men of the country. Tuesday evening Hon. Henry Hall delivered his lecture the “Gospel of Get There.” WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS, Institute was called to order at nine o'clock. Rev. Houck, of the Methodist church, conducted the devotional ex. ercises, Affersinging several songs the institute was open for a short discussion of words and sylables in which many of the teachers took part. The first speaker of the morning was Prof. Groff who first spoke tory and recommended the works pub. lished by Hon. John B. Linn, Centre county’s famous historian. The Prof, then took up for Ins thew a short talk on rocks giving an outline of the forma. tion and structure of the principal and important rocks found in this part of state. As Prof. Groff has taught Geol. ogy for many years, he wade his subject quite interesting. The DEMOCRAT went to press earlier this week than usual and the minutes of the remaining sessions will have to be omitted, The following is a complete list of school teachers in our county: Rellefonte~D M Lieb, G W Johnston baugh, W PF Hosterman, Laars Wright, J F Harrison Jr. Ella Levy, Kate Hewes, Carrie Wenver, Annie MeCaffery, Kate Powers, Jennie Bella Rankin, Millie Smith, Bessie Dorworth. Benner Distriet-T 1. Crast, James Corl, Georgia A Steele, Pleasant Gap; H N Hoy, | 8 H Hoy, John M Woodeook, Bellefonte ; Jno P Myers, Bonlaburg. Boggs District Ellas Hancock, Nannie De. jhe Zimmerman, Ida J Orris, AM tL Hancock, James A B Miller, J B Kreba, Florence KE Orvis, Edith J Irwin, Miles 1 PB Loder, Howard; Hl KE Leathers, agile: Levi Murray, Centre Hall Burnside District~Emma Midlam, Frank Loy, Pine Glenn ; PM Bennison, Moshannon Centre Hall District—H C Rothrock, John G Dauberman, Maggie Hanna, Centre Hall College Distriot—~G W Williams, BR B Harri. son, Boalsburg : W H Roush, J 8 Dale, Robert Wasson, Lemont; John M Hartsawick, J L Holmes, N N Hartswick, State College; BF Homan, Clement Dale, Oak Hall Station Ourtin District-T 8 Delong, Om J MeClow key, Romola; Mollie K Hall, Howard; Sadie Oasselberry, Mt Eagle; MV Thomas, Miles BOCK. Ferguson Distriet-~Nannie J Thomas, AG ! Archey, Sus Dannley, Pine Grove Mills: Ane nie McWilliams, Cooper Miler, Rabecon Bol Hnger, Frank Baliey, Edgar Bowersox, J BD Campbell, Clara Walker, Mattie Ewing, Fair. brook ; Jacob Harpster, Gatesburg ; George B Goheen, Ellis un 0, Rook Npring ; Gertrude Osman, State College. Grego Township~D M Wolf, M A Kennel lay, Mary Guise, Anna Grove, A L Duck, CK Royer, & U Bitner, J P Heckman, ¥ ¥ Jami. son, Marry Grove, Ada Breon, Spring Mills; Geo | Yeariok, Geo ¥ Weaver, Madisonburg, Haines District-W A Krise, Z D Thomas Kate Bollinger, A M Martin, Aaronsburg : T Winkiebleok, Coburn; iH A Detwiler Woodward; J N Myer, Orvis C Walker, E it Wolf, Rebersbhury. Harris District<8 I Gettig, C I» Moore, W Florence Riley: Clyde Coxey, Boalsburg ; J L Tressier, Linden Hall Howard Borough William M Smith, EE Holter, Amy J Kine, Howard, Howard Township—J 1. Gardner, Theophi Ins Pletoher, Tompie E Hall, Howard ; John T Bowes, Blanchard; J T Leathers, flertha Leathers, Mt Eagle; Mary C Zimmerman, Mileaburg. Huston District<E RB Williams, Allee Hea. ton, Ella M Fleck, Julian; O D Eberts, Port Mattia; Mary MoClelian, Martha Furnace. Half Moon Districi~TAzzie MoCrmoken, W B Mattern, Frank Shompson, Anna Waite, Stormstown ; Dora B Fineh, Walter T Wye, Loveville, Liberty District] XN 44 lw ¥ ™ f Ay ok ord Mant Sayeed TE, A (Continued on inside page.) of local his. | NOT IN THE RING Last week Mr, James Bayard, who for the past year was one of the regular mail carriers at the Bellefonte post office, resigned his position and a new applicants for the vacancy and, and the others disappointed. dignation in the community. Whether The | could learn, was as follows: | i | selves, Under a republican administration, ! { and especially under Postmaster Fiedler | a republican only woud get it. Among len, all of Bellefonte. Mr. Smith | old soldier, sition, always was active and true to the party, perfectly reliable for { position and the income from such a | source would have come very handy to | family. | thim to support himself and i Johny Sourbeck is one who likewise is deserving as a republican, who never | received anything in the line of an office | and had good endorsement. Col. Mullen was appointed instead. { When it is remembered that Mr. Mullen {held the position of county detective | {for six years and just recently was ap. {pointed census enumerator and lastly {mall carrier, it looks as though some | | fellows were living off of the public | jerth eternally and other parties are shoved aside for the favorites. | point. sitions, Fiedler says Gen. Beaver selected Col. Mallen. That sounds a little thin and is only a ruse to shift the responsibility. Mr, Fiedler without a doubt selected Col. Mullen, an old office-holder, and cast side the strong claims of Meisrs, Ques twat Nourback, Col, Mallen belongs to Fiedler's gang tof ring politicians—the other men don’t. | That explains the whole affair. You Fiedler, the (fazetie or vou will never get a position, {must tisin with boom no matter how deserving you are or how long you work for or vote the re. publican ticket, - - Whe Pays the Tariff Tax One of the foremost claims of the | Protectionist is that the foreign shipper pays the duties. If this is true, isn’t it strange that when famine threatens any country, one of the first means of relief { thought of should be a diminution or | removal of import duties on food stuffs? | Again, the report of the Treasury de. | partment for the fiscal year 1800 shows | that 6100 gallons of castor oil were im- [ported, valued at #2010. The duties | were 85520, | Now, if the foreign shipper paid the | duty, is it not certain that he not only | made us a present of the oil, but gave | us besides #2610 to get rid of it? In 1500 | imports brought to the Uuited States | 664,658 gallons of spirits distilled from grain, valued at $456,121, the duties on which were $1,320,367, Who paid these | duties? If the importers, they lost not {only the liquor, but $873,248 besides. | These are, of course, extreme cases, but | the truth or fallacy of a proposition is generally more foreibly;shown by taking | extreme cases, — Rural New Yorker, -— ~ Kittie Rhoads next week. prices. ~A Johnstown constable had his eyes opened on a new point of law a few days ago. He went to Homer City,, Indiana county, to arrest a man whom he found at work in the mines. When the con- stable attempted to make the arrest the miner laughed him to scorn, saying that according to a certain new law, arrests could not be made under the ground. The constable went out to look up this | point and then the miner made good his escape. ~=John J, Porter, whose home is near Petersburg, Huntingdon county, sen- tenced his dog to be shot, the animal having been accused of an undue fond. ness for mutton. Sentence wa s nccord. ingly executed, the ball eatering the dog's head a little above the right ear and coming out at the left eye. But eighteen days after this event Mr, Port. er discovered the dog near his residence, still living, but almost dead from the loss of blood and exhaustion. The poor brute was carried home and is rapidly recovering. Popular man had to be appointed in his place, | It 1s a nice position with a salary of | about #800%er year. There were several | of | course, but one man could be selected | tis a | very common thing for parties to make | politieal capital out of such situations, | but in this case the conditions are such | that they have aroused considerable in- | there i8 just cause for such a feeling we | will leave our readers to infer for them- | situation, as far as wo | the principal applicants were A, V. | Smith, John Sourbeck and Amos Mul. | hus | {been a life-long republican and is an | He never held a public po- | the | Now if this appointment bears any mark of | fairness about it we fail to catch the | Postmaster Fiedler is responsi. | blefor the men appointed to those po- | In this case, we are told, | | | Men of Ten Nations Pitted Against Each Other, And Charley Mitchell Dubs the Brit. ish “A Lot of Bloomin’ Norway Representatives Jays" Canada, Germany “Downs” Switz. erland and Ireland Yizslds to Italy. New Yorx, Dec. 22:—The great in- ternational tng of war tournsment bx { gan last night in the Madison Square garden, Nearly 20,000 persons witnessed the contests, among whom were the { well mown pugilists, Jem Corbett, Charley Mitchell and Frank P. Slavin, In selecting the teams Messrs, McNeill and Sanderson, the promoters and man- agers of the tournament, have chosen men who are built like giants, They have agreed to pay each competitor $5 a day during the week for his work will divide $1,000 in prizes among the best teams —§500 to first, £300 to second, $150 to third, and $50 to fourth. The first contest was between Canadians Norwegians, ditions were that the men must pt til one side or the other gained seven feet of rope. The Canadians got the bet. | ter of the drop, and maintained their ad- the and ana ill un but after that it was plain the Norwe- i and at ti and at the | glans had all the endurance, end of twenty-nine minut pulled the Canadians clear off t} Ten brawny Scotcel h mark against an equal number of Danes, The Scotchmen had it all their wi the start, and in a little less minutes had the Danes off their foot Then came the contest that naturally | excited the most interest of the evening {| To the strains of the Banner” ten magnificently specimens of American marched to the front. They had as opponents sen stalwart men who posed as the representatives of England Everybody, of course, wanted to see the lion get his tail twisted, znd they did The Englishmen lost their grip from os they ir feet nen then toed the ay from desperate battle lasting thirty-five min. utes. Charley Mitchell was very much | disgusted at the showing of his country- | men, and declared them to be a lot of | “bloomin’ jays.” The Americans in this contest had a clever systein of “heave” which meant two or three inches at every assanit. Slowly but surely the rope was pulled away from the Englishmen, At the end of & half an hour the white ball showed only two inches of the goal mark. There the Englishmen clung for Jear 1ife, but at the end of five minutes more they were gone, and the crowd howled itself hoarse, Next came the Germans and the Swedes. The German ten consisted of eight brewers, one machinist and one butcher, and their anchor, Adolph Hit eel, weighed 285 ™ yunds The Germans beat the Swedes in 2 hours and 34 min- utes. This is the longest on record, beating the longest previous record by 14 seconds, The Italians, amidst great excitement, defeated the Irish team in 30 minutes, SECRETARY ELKINS The West Virginian Takes Proctor's Portfolio in the Cabinet. Wasmyarox, Dec. 18 Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, has been nom- inated to be secretary of war. The ap. pointment of Mr. Elkins does not, it is said, in any way affect the use or non- ase of Mr. Blaine's name for the presi dential nomination. Mr. Elkins is here and says this much himself. He does not credit the ition given him to the influence of the secretary of state, and . yet he says he would not disown any influence his association with Mr. Blaine may have with the president in reaching the con- clusion to appoint him to the secre t ip of war, It is known now that this wifolio as tendered to General Nathan Goff of his state, vided for first. Now that General Goff f+ made a United States cirenit court judge, Mr. Elkins feels that he can well take the war office. An Herolo Brakeman's Death, Pmraverrmia, Dec, 198 William C, hg the oun brakemzn in jhe em- of the fladelphia and ding Roh, who nobly risked his life at American street and Lehigh avenue, to snatch from danger and impending death under the wheels of an approach. ing train a poor woman who was pick. ing coal along the tracks, died yesterday in the Eolscopal hospital of the injuries he received in his noble effort. Brake. man Griesh was but 26 years old. Austria's Emperor Seriousty 111, Pans, Dec. 22.-The Viana corres t of La Prix telegraphs that Em- Francis Joseph, who, some days go, ois suffering from a cold, bat had ares i= now states that h «The reason Mingle's shoe store is so popular, they are careful *. Sandie only the most reliable class of goods and customers have the assurance of re. ceiving full value every time. (GREAT TUGS OF WAR | AMERICA "DOWNS" OLD ENGLAND, | Defeats | and | | The con- | vantage for nearly twenty-five minutes, | had | ight | the start, but only snccumbed after a | SIGNIFICANT VOTING An analysis of the votes cast in the democratic caucus for Spenker, develops | some and rather significant | sectional &pressions which all parties would do well to a Mills, the two leading can. | didates of the party, are both from the t Crisp received more than double the number of voles to Mills, The general vote of the Southern between these two Southern leaders was 54 for Crisp amd | 26 for Mills, while the Middle states | voted 20 for Crisp and 13 for Mills. Next to the singular significance of the southern vote between Crisp and Mills, the vote of New England and the West is most instructive. New England gave 10 votes to Mills and 1 to Crisp, | and the Western states gave 29 to Mills {and 9 to Crisp strange ppreciate, Crisp and south, bu Southern given slates sectional divisions are accidental: The Middle states, the centre of conservatism politics, give 20 votes to { Crisp and 13 to Mills, and it is obviously | the of the { South that gives Crisp more than twe I ul } in any These Al not measure | in democratic conservative sentiment to one of the votes from that section. The special lesson of the overwhelm. | ng majority for Mills over Crisp in New England and the West, is the emphasis give in fas of the most ex. it meant to reform. was not tariff re. election radical n Mill Crisps SUCO0SS, and the West fairly sections is striving to Ore 5 possible impetus to the “Star Spangled developed | manhood | If these expressions of the West and {of New England were the mere individ. | ual views of radicals who won acciden. | tal success in politics, they would lw of little moment; but when it is consid | that they today represent dominate sentiment of the people +f those sections, it is high time for eo servative tariff men to apprecia peril of persisting in high time of peace. The greatest peril to the maintenance of a conservative protective policy is the abuse of protection in the prostitu. tion to monopoly greed uy oppressive [ta op the necessaries of Lgsiness and | of Wife. Tt i5 this gross perversion of Ue | protective policy that has driven ones | protective New Englan:! the West and its | the recoil of public sentiment in those democratic republican con. LE LE to the very verge of free trade | sections that makes their { and even some of their | gressmen strike for the most radical re- | form.—Philadelphia 73 --—— PRIVACY OF THE BALLOT ie The new ballot law is being freely debated all over the state. The follow. we clip from the Harrisburg Star. The machinery to be used in cen. ducting elections in Pennsylvania is now being selected by the authorities in { power for the purpose, and when the | booths and tables to be decided upon | are named by the state government the same will be used at every voting place in the state at all future elections. The duty of deciding on the make of this machinery or furniture has but one ob- ject in view, namely, to place the voler beyond the control or overawing inflemce of any man or set of men, and to afford him every facility to vote his convic. tions and his preferences as to measure and candidates. By the process of hav. ing all tickets printed by authority of law, and furnishing the viter at but one source of supply, all tricks in the way of spurious tickets are overcome by im. possibility of success therein. There will be no spurious tickets admitted to the source of supply and no man can tell how another votes by the appearance of his ballot, This will guard the secrecy of the ballot more rigidly than it has ever enjoyed such an advantage in Pennsylvania. The furnitum to be used in future elections in this state, and the situa. tion in which the citizen is pinced at the moment he is to deposit his ballot, guard him against all interference hy outsiders. The old practice of a crowd of “workers” surrounding a voter, endh intent in an effort to force a certain ticket into his hands, will be abolished. No outsider will be allowed to cay tickets to supply voters therewith, and we take it the old custon of sending tickets enclosed in envelopes to citizens will be abolished. The voter can only obtain his ticket inside the railing whem the voting is to be done, and when he prepares that ticket it will be done in. side of booths which the state authori. ties are to order built and where me curious eye can overlook his action. ~Have you seen the new stock of overcoats just received at the Philad, Branch?
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