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THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. JULY
oa
23,
1903.
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@he Contre Democrat,
CMAS, R. KURTZ, - - - PROPRIETOR
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; EDITORIAL,
unless
Tug Democratic State convention will
be held in Harrisburg, Wednesday,
September 2.
MACHINE organs boast that Platt likes
Quay. Yes, and Quay likes Platt, They
are both ‘‘fryers of fat'’—"birds of a
feather,” etc.
—
ROOSEVELT has called an extra ses
sion of congress for November oth, to
legislate upon the
Well, what’s wrong about money affairs
? Bet a fig the Wall
financial question.
under the g. 0. p
street gang will have that legislation go
their way and the Trusts will not get the
least thrust,
lh
Tug election of Judge Gordon to be
his own successor on the Clearfield
county bench, is hardly among the pos
His are ly down
and the kind of rail
are
more
bad
sibilities.
1e needs to fix’
1
Clearfield woods
not
¢ 3 Whitaker heirs
ing strongly upon havin
legacy in the
working it up for the
are now informed bj
that there is nc
Another
‘‘Bank of
land
bank.
The
has been |
set (
England
layed on and
‘ ‘heirs’
mito ome
fees!
v ino
r a
y 9 Ying
Ji I00OKINng i
tewortihy
IT is rather n
ooseveil
esident 1
Office Department
to musty closets, dry
heads were droppi
ind A
mai
race between
On t
short.
tions
stopped
there have been n
dictments and no new revelations
-
WiTH the completion of its cable from
and Manila
Commercial
San Francisco to Howolulu
the Postal Telegraph and
Cable Company formed a telegraphic
circuit of the globe, the Fourth of
July President Roosevelt sent a message
Clarence
Un
around the world to President
M. Mackey, of the Telegraph and Cable
company in a westerly direction from
_~
York in the remarkably short time
the
New
of
President,
twelve minutes to
Mr
of the same length, going eastward and
Replying
Mackey sent a message
accomplishing a circuit of the globe, in
pine minutes,
-
THR toy pistol on Fourth of July
ed a half hundred
The law forbids
to
deaths
Philadelphia since the F
Pittsburg
aus.
deaths from lockjaw
selling this harmiual toy
boys under 16 years of
age oix
have occurred from lockjaw in
urth of Jaly.
Harris
burg mourns four victims of the toy pis.
tol.
States
reports six others.
From various other points in the
lockjaw cases are reported,
occurred al.
the
July due to the toy pistol, and there are
Twenty-two deaths have
ready in this State since Fourth of
a considerable number of other lockjaw
victims who are more likely to swell the
list of dead than to recover
T ng people would perhaps like to ask
Mr. Roosevelt this question :
What can be expected of the Postoflice
people if the intimate political friend
and most trusted adviser of the Presi-
dent makes a profit of some ninety
thousand dollars on Government con-
tracts, when the law says that no mem-
ber of Congress shall profit by sucha
contract, directly or indirectly ?
Mr. Roosevelt has said that he pro
poses to have everything about him ‘as
clean as a hound’s tooth.” Isn't it
about time for him to buy a carload of
tooth brushes ?
Tug news of the death of Pope Leo
XIII, reached Bellefonte a few minutes
after be breathed his last. The Pope's
conditon was the anxious concern of our
people as well of those throughout the
civilized world, He was held in esteem
for his virtues and great love for the
right in all things. His greatness be.
fitted his exalted station, The world es.
teems him as the greatest of Pontiffs that
inhabited the Vatican, May his succes.
gor be like unto him-starting out where
1eo XIII closed his earthly career as
head of a mighty religions organization,
Leo lived for good only and died as a
true Saint.
, | price
| The republicans try to show that a tariff
| was one of the greatest, nay more
THE TARIFF LOGICIANS.
The St. Louts Star has attempted to
explain how a tariff on manufactured
{ products makes manufactured products |
| cheaper
| tion
by stimulating competi.
and at the same time
wheat dearer by preventing competition, |
But its explanations are as lame as the
makes
| explanations of the protectionists usually
of fixed
the
home
are. The price wheat is
abroad. Whether
the miller in
willer in Earope
farmer sells to
his state or to the
he gets the foreign
less carriage and commissions.
| on wheat raises the price of the farmer's
wheat and then they try to show the
farmer that a tariff lowers the price of
manufactured products. They make
| the same argument in regard tq wool,
They do not put the arguments side by
side, but in the course of the same
speech they will assert that a tariff on
wool raises the price of wool and that a
tariff on the goods made out of the same
wool lowers the price of the goods.
They make these contradictory argu-
| ments not because there is any truth in
them, but because they have to deceive
the farmer. The manufacturers under.
stand the necessity for such arguments
and overlook them, but republican farm.
ers are expected to accept them at their
face value,
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THREE religious denominations in t
the Methox
and United Brethren—some time ago ap-
his
state Congregational, list
pointed a joint committee to consider the
The commit.
Pitt
for more than two months has been en-
question of consolidation.
tee held its meetings in sburg and
gaged in forming a platform upon which
all the congregations named may unite
The committee has just completed i
work and | lidation
be presented to the
which have sj
»
ithout War
because of per
ly among the
members, and many such have failed,
business point of view, if
from no other. It is all the more gratity-
ing threfore, to notice a new and grow:
burch unity, as well as
in church
"
ing 5
material Consolidation
union
es, as in | , means more effectual
work at le expense, and the latter
item is a matter of vast impoitance to all
the few which
This
multiplicity of denominations, is a folly
the congregations except
possess an abundance of wealth
It is 2a burden to keep up churches and
organizations, struggling under poverty
for existence. Consolidation is the tive
christian spirit dnd will also solve the
problem of sickly churches.
— - w—
It is recorded of Cornelius Vanderbilt
that before he died he said to a friend;
“I don't see what good it does me-—all
this money that you say is mine, I can’t
eat it; I can't spend it; in fact, | never
saw it and never had in my hands for a
better
big
boarcdinghouse, am bothered to death by
woment, [dress no than my
coachman I live in a servants
beggars, have dyspepsia, cannot drink
champagne, and most of my money is
in the hands of others,
for their
who use it mainly
wn benefit
Rev. McArdie's Tribute to Pope Leo
lo the XIII, the 255th Pope, that
have sat in the chair of Peter, is no more
Of these 255 Popes, 10 say the least, he
and
history will bear me out—he was one
the greatest men the world ever produc
ed in any walk of life John Wanamak
er struck the nail on the head when he
said he should rank high among the
twelve greatest men that ever lived, The
greatness of men comes from various
sources, | would say the greatness of
Leo the XIII came not so much from his
great scholarship and statesmanship, as
from his broad and transcendent charity
St.Paul speaking of charity says, “Chari
of
{ty is patient, is kind, beareth all things,
eundureth all things.” Leo XIII showed
| these features of charity throughout his
career. He was kind to all classes and
creeds, and no creed at all, his object be-
ing to better all. When he ascended
the Papal Throne all the rulers of Eu.
rope were hostile to the church. Leo's
policy was to approach-—to reconcile.
It was crowned with success. May the
world, for its betterment, in the future,
see more such good and great men as |
Leo the XIII,
Bellefonte,
F. McArpLR
Enigmatical,
Editor Centre Democrat, Bellefonte, Pa.
Dear Sir: The Republican Convention's
indorsement of Governor Pennypacker
for his “wisdom, clousness, ete.”
sounds rather enigmatical to an outsider,
Has his relationship to "Cousin Matt”
anything to do with it? Verily! I be.
lieve my native Keystone state is degen.
erating,
Yours In Wonder,
J. W. Crawrorp,
Hope, Mich.
The farmers of Nippenose valley have
great reason to rejoice this year thdt
their wheat crop is one of the best pro.
duced for the past decade,
| MeClelland, Archi
OUR HISTORICAL
\ REVIEW
\
Continued fom page 1,
Wilson, Thomas, Jr.
Wilson, William, Sr.
Wilsor William,
of Wm
Wilson
of Thos,
Woods, John
Young, Robt
Laesch, Zachariah,
Lefler, Adam,
Leighly, Matthias
MeCalmont
MeCalmont
MceCalmont,
son
John,
hos
Thos
Nr
Jr
Willinm, son
bald
reemen
Barr, John
Clark, James,
Emerick, Adam
Emerick,
Frederick, Thomas
Fulton, Alexander.
Harrison, Thos
MeCrea, John,
McCrea, John
MeClelland, Hugh,
McEwen, William
McKinney, Samuel,
MeMinn, Willlum,
Miller, John
Morrison, Hugh
Nieere, Asahol
Bleeras,
John,
Thos
Syler, Frederick
Wilson, Joseph
Wilson
Jr. Samuel
In 1814, William Smyth is taxed with
a tavern; in 1816, John Snyder, Jr., with
tavern and distillery; and in 1821,
Henry Hacker with a carding - machine.
The population of Centre county
1510 was as follows :
Bellefonte boro,
Spring twp...
Patton
Halt-Moon.....
Walker "
Bald Ragle
Howard
in
Ferguson
Miles
Haines
Potter
xn
Total
H
Included in above, one
Eagle,
Bald
in Belle
fonte, and ninety-five free negroes in the
slave in
nineteen free negros
other townships.
The negro population of
as
now given between 600 and 700, a
big increase, and on its streets
|
seems to be good colored proof of §
RECENT DEATHS.
Miss X
Chales Bath;
Sunday morning,
engineer
wed ¢
Mattie
Ada Quay
Bich
Also one brother, James J oskey.
of Hyner and one sister, raheth
Stephenson, of Williamsp
of
y ad at the home
Mrs. Ada
Pa.,
Whittekin,
Tionesta, July 7. Deceased was
born at Pine Grove Mills, November
1527, and was the daughter of J. M. Kep
ler, Sr. She had a large circle of friends
and acquaintances in Centre county, ber
At the ti
she was visiting ber daughter,
Mus
the
former home me of her death
Widow of
Mackeyrille,
Porter
ate Porter. of
died home of her
Mrs Ww
township, Wednesday morning of paral
at daughter,
]
ows Dorablazer in
ysis in her 75th year
John R., Adolphus
»
Nittany valley,
od Hayes H., all of
and Mary
Maggie
lennie Snyder, both of Porter tow nshis
ambus, ©. Doranblaser
PETER J. C
his bome aged 67 years
the Democratic legislators from
umberiand county who was
and could not be bribed to change his
vote at the last critical Senatorial
He had
Harrisburg. He goes honored
grave-there are some who will not, they
tion served three terms at
0 an
sold themselves in the same Legislature.
F. B«
o'clock Sunday
the
miles north of Milesburg, aged 47 years.
SAMUEL JWMASTER Died at 12
at his
Shope farm, 2
night, of July
12
home om Reynolds
Deceased had been in declining hea'th
for some time from
diseases
a complication of
The immediate cause of death
seems to have come from overwork in
the hot sun. He leaves to mourn his
death a widow and four children an
aged father in his Bist year ; also one
brother and three sisters as follows:
George W., near Unionville; Mrs, Jane
Miller and Mrs. Susan Heverly, of Beech
Creek and Mrs. Malinda Wesson, of Ty-
rone. The funeral took place on Tues.
day, 14. Interment in the Messiah
cemetery. The mourning friends do
hereby thank the neighbors who gave a
helping hand in time of sorrow and need.
Weather Report.
Weekly report Bellefonte Station,
DATE TEMPERATURE
Maximun Minimum
July 18, pt cloudy... cmveseis ss T8
17, PL OIOBAY «i ov von vvnnnnns SI
18, pt 1otAY ovvn si vsimmrnnn
19, cloudy ov ois
2, pL eloNdY conn crseiens 85
21, pr eloudy ..... counenn Si
22 ClOAr .uivvivrnmivnnn 82
Rain: On 18 from 1 a, m., to 12 noon, 241
Inches: on 19, at night, .12 inch; on XM, from
106 p.m. to 1:48 p.m. 88 inch, with heavy
hail; at evening, 08 neh,
You can’t tell by the tombstone where
the soul Is located,
The jollier generally manages to make
both ends meet,
Bellefonte is
there |
Porter |
Surviviag her are |
Hayes, Col |
and |
‘m1sTE died unexpectedly at |
He was one of |
North. |
approached |
| postoffice department says
elec: |
DRESS HINTS.
Don't forget to sew in a neat lining
when trimming a bat, An unlined hat
looks untidy and amateurish,
Every French woman ineludes a black
hat in her wardrobe, and she {8 to be
commended therefor and imitated,
Oll from the sewing machine may be
removed from material by tacking a
plece of cotton wool on each side of the
stain, The
oll.
To
boots
cotton will soon absorb the
restore the of black kid
tuke a small quantity of good
black Ink, mix it with the white of an
apply it the boots with a
soft sponge.
color
CER
and to
The buttons on a child's walst, which
are always pulling out and tearing off,
will have more staying powers if there
is a folded plece of the material stitch-
ed beneath each one,
When stitching thin fabries by ma.
chine they very often pucker. This
may be prevented by pincing tissue pa-
per under the material. When the
work is done the paper can be easily
torn off,
Dressmakers who have difficulty in
pressing round seams and the seams in
waists and sleeves may be interested in
knowing that it ia easily done over a
common kitchen rolling pin. Wrap a
newspaper around it, and this will not
spoll it for kitchen use,
A LITEIRey sau,
Three
Alnddin's Bag
Old Lace,
Star Sofa Pillow
Apples,
¥ ’ wl 2 J P) “y
or who to keep
apples
sauce
it vary
SiLeN has been the order of the day
recently regarding the scandals in the
the Pittsburg
The party hacks have perhaps
ing the
Post
been tell susceptible gentiemen
who are still voting to abolish slavery
and not to reform the condition of the
couhtty that everything of the graft kind
has been stopped, and a white d
might fly through the department corti
dors without baving its immaculate
But along comes the
and the charge
translated into ordinary Eaglish is that
feathers smudged.
indictment of Beavers,
he charged employes graduated sums
for promotions, which would draw dif.
ferent amounts from the treasury. In
connection with this true bill 1t appears
that former Congressman Driggs, also
under indictment, had relations with Mr.
Beavers. Heroic measures are being
nsed to prevent Congress ordering a full
investigation of the postoffice service,
but eyery indication is that the disease
has progressed to far too be thus arrested,
THE GOSS
Insurance Agency
REPRESENTS SOME OF THR REST
FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANIES
ALL CASH, NO MUTUALS.
ALSO AGENT FOR
The Tew Worle T.Afe.
All bumness promptly attended to.
address
S. E. GOSS,
SUCORESOR TO JOUN 0, MILLER,
nd Wioor Bush Arcade. Bellefonte, Pa.
Call or
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A NEWSPAPER'S ENTERPRISE.
The Bellefonte Republican Will Give a
Chapel Organ to Some Church
or Religicis Society in
Centre County,
The Bellefonte Republican, which on
the first of May, 1903, passed into the
bands of Earle C. Tuten, is showing
commendable enterprise by giving away
to some worthy church, chapel or Sun.
day school in Cenire county, a valuable
chapel organ, The om
tured by the Hobart
Chicago, and was
is manufac
M. Cable Co, of
purchased through
M. C. Gephart, A coupon is published
each week in the Republican and its
readers are asked to write the name of
their favorite church or religious society
on these coupons and send in each week
The church that receives the largest
pumber of votes will receive the organ.
The contest is just starting and will
close Oct. 1. This is an opportunity for
some worthy congregation to receive an
organ free for a little effort on their part.
Write for a sample copy of the Republi.
can and get to work.
The Bellefonte Republican is furnished
for $1 per year, or will be sent on trial
until Dec. 1st for 25 cents. It publishes
all the local happenings in the county
and bas a correspondent in almost every
town and village. Special features sre
its bright editorials, Pennsylvania Ger.
man letter, Grange column, fashion let.
ter and short stories, Fach week a
gan
B——— |
A man in the eastern end of Williams-
port makes his home with a black bear,
a wildcat and a monkey and at night
the animals cuddle up close to him, and
together the quartet the might in
sieep. Bears, the owner of the animals,
a laborer at dye
works.
pass
is the Susquehanna
PROF. J. ANGEL
The we
KNOW N
Wil
Hamsport,
ONE DAY ONLY
Brockerhoff House,
bright, up-to date piece of sheet music |
is given away free with the paper. Sab. |
scribe pow,
li am———
The situation at the Millkall brick
works strike is practically the same as it
has been for the past several weeks
re was a carload of Poland and Ger.
i laborers landed in the yard of the
Clinton county works at this place Satur
morning, bul some of them came
ou! aod stated that others
They als tated
¥
would follow
on that some of
ren
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