ase 2 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA, OCTOBER 15,1908, | The Long and Oppressive Rule of the Turks and the Ef- forts to Throw Off an Odious Yoke. ulgaria and Who Now Calls Himself | Czar of the Bulgars. Curious Customs. | | p—— =) HE action of the Bulgarians in declaring their independence of Turkey is halled as hasten ing the era when not a foot of territory in Europe will be under the domination of a Moslem power. Step by step the Turk has been forced oul of Europe, but his going has been re tarded by the jealousies of the Chris tian powers and thelr reluctance to a cept any arrangement by which one ® wa { oped into an army which is well equip f | gave Bulgaria a Christian prince as is I Alexander might gain at the expense of another, | even though such an outcome might be In the interest of justice for some in dividual state, This was what pre vented Bulgaria from gaining entire Independence of Turkey thirty ago. For 500 years the country Years had t 1 |] mj March f § tef n efano was signed hen In IN y It inces SOO O00 0 Mm bile In win was to get various prov is well as a war Indemnity of iria was to Ix created a princely ty extending fr the Danube t oy n But : British d |B) gress of Berlin was summoned, and In the y of Berlin of 1878 Bulgar was hacked nd into a petty stat demned to | an annual tribute to Turkey. For t ty the Bulgarians Iw walting and watching for an oppor nity to throw off completely the Tur) ish yoke It Is an anomalous condi tion that a country which is more th 80 per cent Christian should be und the domination of a power so op to nll the Keas of this falth Moslem ruler ae capital In Conant tinople Fo Ix of Ih rl absolut i Christian govern ind beady, oo} ry out Int { the of {lu the people to the vassal to to them Turker b more odious The I treaty vided that Bulgaria m have tional militia, and thi not suit the gre mat rmell, so the « p trot HInpuiate YOArs have as 1 wh the Turkish Inte years bey had tis TE] in el OF wish r= ir peo! ci'y o ver ven grow v wo hatefu I ns nro A nn tf more und | t hes devel | the title of king. ped and drilled and ready fgr hostili | ties should they come, The treaty al executive, ministers. with responsible The first of these rulers of Battenberg, who chosen to the post in 1870, was forced to abdicate in 1885 in consequence of his schemes to enlarge his powers and minimize the suzerainty of Turkey The effort was premature, Prince Ferdinand of who succeeded Alexander in 1887, lent a willing ear to those Bulgarians who wished to fight on for their country’s independence. His ambitions led in the same direction. He coveted much In the proclamation in which he recently declared Bulgaria free from vassalage to Turkey he too! the title of “czar of the Bulgar which was the title of the old kings over 000 years ago, when the king dom was a powerful when th monarch dominated the entire Balka peninsula and the Bulgaria, which is the nation: one Greek church In il church art. the WOMEN DUANDED WITH Chow HEAD the mul tion and ogcn ologieal controversy now fourteen yonrs « id some § Mat INN 1 \ § beside attract lon ceremony th Arend The czar marr A curious existing In rie Is cant grown up the conntr that Fudoxle «a ns side light « ond n the it Bulgaria under Tur by a custom whith h in some of the village The unthinking tras many of the wome unities wear the mark nded on thelr forels fo AN Bom notices these eon the eross In It has become customary young girls In this way they reach maturity and especially they are at all attractive, the idea ! ing to prevent thelr being abduct for Turkish harems The cross erally excites hatred and disgust in follower of the doctrines of Isla and a woman so marked Is In no das ger of being forcibly carfled awny from her people and compelled to lepd | a life of practical slavery among a mee allen to her own. cabinet was | faxe-Coburg. | nat | AN EiLectioNn PRIMER Pertinent Points About Our Election Machinery For New Voters and Old THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. When did the Democratic party first appear in national politics? Under its present name the party first appeared in 1828, when Andrew Jackson was elected president as the party candidate. The | Democratic party, however, so far as its chief principles go, dates | from the beginning of the republic. Who is regarded as the party's founder? When the constitution of the United States | was under discussion in convention the opposing theories of Thomas | Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton constituted the principal difference | of opinion. Jefferson and his adherents leaned far toward local self government, while Hamilton and his faction stood for a strong cen- tralized government. Thomas Jefferson. In after years the Jeffersonian theories became erystallized into what was called at first the Republican party, later the Republican-Democratic party and finally the Democratic party. The present Republican party, then, is entirely distinct from the one of Jefferson's time? Entirely so. ed, through the Whig party, from the Hamiltonian or Federalist party, which took the of Jefferson. It is descend ont pposite view to that What presidents has the Democracy elected? Thomas Jefferson twice, James Madison twice, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jacksor Buren, James K. Polk, Franklin Pierce, Ja: Cleve land What is the Democratic party's position as to tar It stands for a low tariff or a tariff { 1 vice, James Monroe twice, Martin Van wes Buchanan, Grover twice. iff? r revenue only. DAINTY WAYS OF COOKING APPLES } } A ——————— T - : , DIRASS WATERINMT ‘ Put into ear set In a pm fh the preserving kettle with Just a little water to keep from sticking to the i Waller or coos pan fil that vou Aa { Turn he Wick as high as you can—there’s no danger—as low as you please ~there’s no smell. 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Passenger station, sells only the best qualities ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS CCALS ee A180 all kinds of cee we Wood, Grain, Hay, Straw and Sand. reer Dyeing Feathers. It is sald that the to feathers Is first to wash them in #o suds and gu then dip the solution | from squeezing tube of paint Into a bowl and adding enough gasoline to get the right tone After the feathers have taken on the desired color they are hung out to dry If a woman has not tried this method she should not go In it with a lot of handsome feathers It would be for to try small white which best wny ollie, them nde to wholesal her feather, M LST oy v wise : 1Pe ror : burning terers' I he Coming Horse Show An exhibition of he State College on Oct 31, yw has been inaugurated by loc nd is HA RY FENL N include horses owned within a radius of State College. 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