CENTRE HALL REPORTER. 0 Centre Had, Pa., June 16, '7l TERMS. -The CENT** Halt. Hsro*- T*r it publish pit weekly st $"2 wr 2f*r i n Sideanes, or $2.80 when not paid in *d vanee. Hallyearly and quarterly sub scription* at the same rate. Single copies Are cents. _ . ... Advertisements SI,BO per sijusrc (10 lines) for'hreo insertions Advertisements for a longer period, at a reduced rale Business cards of five linos, $-> per year. Communications recommending persons for office, 6 cent* per line. Communica tions of a private nature and obituary no tice* exceeding five tines, five cents per line. Business notices in local column 10 cents per line, for one insertion. Notice* of death* and marriages inserted free of charge. Our friends, in all part* of tha county will oblige by sending u* local items of interest fbom their respective local ities. - The figures sot to the address upon each subscriber's paper indicate that the subscription is paid up to *uoh date, and answer the same a* a receipt. Person* re nuitiuK bv mail, or otherwise. will under stand from a change in these date* that the money has been received DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET FOK AUDITOR USKBRAL, Gen. Wl. MIANDLESS. or FHU.AMH.MU. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, Capt. JAIES H. COOPER. or ULWIUUICS cue STY The reason why there a no prospect for our railroad being built through at once, is the same that caused the delay all along on the portion now to be put under contract—namely, the want of right of right of way and adequate •tuck subecribiion# between Oak Hall and Centre Furnace. As soon as these requisites are complied with, the work, in that gap will go ahead, just as it now does from Oak Hall east to the Union couutv lioa. Citizens of Fergu son hurry it*on by finishing up your subscriptions and right of way. In this weeks REPORTER we sur render seme of our space to an elabor ate article upon narrow guage rail ways, to which wc call the careful at tention of our readers. The subject of narrow guage railroads is now attract ing considerable attention in this coun try, and as there is some talk of mak ing our toad a narrow guage, the mat ter becomes of double interest to our people. The author of the pantplet which we copy, is an able engineer, and his treatment of the subject will repay a careful study. We are in debted to Mr. Geo. W. Leuifer, C. R, for a copy of this pamphlet, the greater portion of which we copy. Our people do not fancy the idea of haring a narrow guage railroad, it souuds too much like a one-horse con* ceru, yet we think a careful study of the article we publish elsewhere will soften down prejudice somewhat. The matter is one in which we are deeply interested and should be calmly consid ered. Our money was subscribed far a road of the ordinary guage, which is 4 feet 9 inches, and should it be de termined to shrink this, we can forsee the trouble that wilt arise when an at tempt is made to collect the stock sub scribed by our people. The stock books say nothing of the guage it is true, yet it u equally true that every dollar subscribed was under the im pression that the prevailing guage would be adopted,—the matter of narrow guages was not then mooted. We are for having the 4 foot 9 inch guage, yet we do not have a horror of the 3 foot guage, from what we have learned upon thesubject and from what is set forth in the article published in this issue of the Reporter. Since writing the above we learn there are about $75,000 lacking yet upon the sum required to grade the road from the Union county line to Oak Hail, which seems to have nar rowed the matter down to this, that we must accept a narrow guage or have no road at ail. The money now subscribed will build a narrow guage and leave the road free of debt, with a certainty of making it a paying con cern. By accepting the narrow goaee we think it is certain also that Mill heim will be made a point, as it pla ces it within their ability to raise an ad ditional sum, far less than would be required for the expensive broad guage. Again we say, studv the arti cle on narrow gnage railroads. Will Tkey Do It If ever there was a time when the rads could make good their profession of love for the soldier, and desire to reward him for gallant service upon the battle field, no better opportunity was ever offered than by the nomina tion of Gen, M'Candless and Capt. Cooper, as the democratic candidates for auditor general and surveyor gen eral. These men were amoug the bravest of the brave, and have a bril liant record, while theiropponents upon the radical ticket, Messrs. Stanton and B?atb, belonged to the "home guards f " and never smelt rebel powder or saw the smoke or heard the echo of a rebel volley. Several persons were arrester] in Clinton county, a few days ago, for setting fire" to mountain lands, aDd held in S3OO bail each, for court. That's right, and we know that if Judge Mayor gets them in his clutches at the next quarter sessions of Clinton county, the villain will find them selves badly burnt. Ifexamples could be made of the fellows in Centre coun ty who continually engage in this villanous work of firing the moun tains, it would be a blessing, and be the saving of much valuable timber. It is really a fact that Horace Grec ly has relumed .back to New York from his southern trip. Horace went down to see one of those modern mon sters, yclypt Ku Klux, but after trav eling from Mason & Dixon's line to Texas, he met nary Ku Klux, and says so right out. One would have thought if there was a Ku Klux in any spot in the south, and Horace went down, he would be sure to come hack with a black eye and broken nose, if nothing worse. Horace can now write a book entitled "I didn't see no Ku Klux" which will make up for what he didn't know about farming. New Hampshireo. K. •A dispatch from New Haven bring* good news for the democracy from the granite state. There will be another radical less in tho U. SL Senate, and another democratic governor added to the list. The telegraph says : Tho house of representatives has organ ised hv the choice of a democratic speaker in the person of* Williatu A. Gove, of Means, who received lt>4 votes. James 0. Adams, of Manches ter, the republican candidate, received 162 votes. This assures a democratic governor and democratic Tinted States senator. Radicalism is taking its departure Some of our radical exchanges are in convulsions over what Jeff, Havis said in some recent speeches, ami seem to bo awfully afraid of Jeff. Wall, now if Jetl remains to frighten these fellows with his blabbering whose fault is it? Didn't 'key all sing, five years in a stretch how they would '"hang him on a sour apple tree," ami yet when they had him in their power, Horace Grcely went hit ""J the radical administration, afraid to give him a trial, let him go. These rads should not complain now, when Jeff wag* his tougue. The. Gov of Nebraska Deponed. The good work of punishing unfaith ful Governors goes on. It is but a short time siueo Gov. Holdeu of North Carolina was remove*! frevm his oflieo for ffagrnut official misconduct; and now in tlie Northwest the Senate of Nebraska, acting as a court of im peachment, have returnetl a verdict of guilty in the case of David Butler, the Governor of that State, aud he like wise is Governor no louger. Gov. Butler was accuse*! of misap propriating tho public funds, of cor rupt dealings iu relation to school money, the public lands, expenditures for public buildings, and, in fact, of eugagiog with some of his cronies in a general aud comprehensive system of plunder. The full details of the trial have not reached ua yet; but the Ne braska papers have not hesitated to charge the late Governor with com [dicitv in frauds of the most seauda ous nature. It has even been intima ted that the Lunatic Asylum, which was burned down last wiutcr, causing the low of a number of lives, was pur posely set on tire in order to conceal the frauds that had becu perpetrated in its construction. The legislature of Nebraska, though strongly Republican in both branches, impeached Butler during its last session, but his trial was posptoued. Tho present session begun on May 30, and on the 31st the trial opened. On the following day the Senate came to a vote on the first article. Nine mem bers voted for his conviction and only three for acquittal. This makes But ler's deposition from office certain. Mr. Gillespie, the Auditor of Ne braska, has also been impeached, and his trial was to begiu on Tbrusday last, the Ist instant. To the above from the N Y Suu, rad ical, we may add that all the impeach ing ever done, in this country, was by radicals of radicals, and if impeach ment were carried to its full length, every radical office holder, from assess or down to General Graut, would be removed. The full text of the charge of the Hon. Richard Busteed, Judge of the United States District Court, to the Grand Jurv for tba district of North Alabama, is now before us. Dick says: "It gives me unfeigned satis "faction to be able to announce that "there is but a single case of alledged "offense to be brought to your notice, "a case in which a party is charged "with having robbed the mails. This "state of facts is exceedingly gratifying "when we consider that a whole year "has elapsed since the empanelling of "the last Grand Jury for the United "States in this district." This is very good testimony, and we find its cause on that page of The World Almanac for 1871, which shows how Alabama was carried last election by the De mocracy from stem to stern. The Stale is once more under the control of its own people, with intelli gence, integrity, and property at the helm, vice pauperism, ignorance, and crime retired, and no wonder the Federal court meets only to find one case of alleged crime in its jurisdic tion for a whole year. M N° better ev idence of the general good order which "prevails in the community and 110 "stronger proof of thp loyalty of the "people to their government need or "can be furnished," says Judge 8., "than is given by their obedience to the laws." No doubt; but the law now is a defence to the people whom this charge addresses, and is not wrest ed to their destruction. While John Scott's Ku Klux Com mittee are sitting down in Washington to the congenial work of hatching slanders against the people of the South, Horace Greely in a better, more honest and more manly spirit goes among them and learns their seuti rnents by meeting them face to face. His tour through Texas lias been marked by demonstrations of courtesy and respect on every hand. Mr. Gree ly learns for himself that the people of that State arc not wont to picture in the Tribune. In his fare-well speech at Galveston, on Saturday last, he said he iQull testify that property and life are safe, and are protected in Texas. He declared his purpose to do justice to Texas in the future. Instead of gathering up the fables of affrighted or mendacious carpet-baggers, John Scotland bis Committee should imi tate Horace Greeley. But they have a partisan end to serve, and the truth concerning the condition of affairs in the South is what they least desire.— Patriot. MOKE OCEAN TEI.E(JKAPJIS.—It is reported that a new Telegraph Compa ny is forming of New York and Eu ropean capitalists, who intend to lay a submarine cable from some poiut on the coast of Georgia to Santo Domin go, Jamaica, and other West India Islands, and thence down the East Coast ofSouth America to Rio Janei ro and other points. It is also the intentiou of the Company to lay anoth er cable between the United States and Aspinwall, to build a land line across the Isthmus to Panama, and to pro ceed thence by submarine cables down the West Coast of South America, touching at Lima, Valparaiso, and other points. The Company will also extend its line from the United States to Cuba as the right to land a cable on the Cuban coast can be obtained from the Spanish Government. T. A. Scott says there will be no other than narrow guage (three feet) roads built hereafter. He has good authority on railroad matters. — I*itts burg Pok. Negro Slrihots The negroes in Washington c-ity have gut on a strike ami got to bo very troublesome endangering tjge Iter* and property of the citi/cua at tin* tia tional capitol. Thcte black# WHO at work upon public buhding* for thedi trict and wanted more pay. Wo have a telegraphic report of things on illlt inst.: The colored striker*, in their con vention last evening, expressed n great deal of had feeling, and several \i> lent, incendiary speeches were made, tine speaker said they were all label ling turn ami must have work to t kept out <( u by tin 0 ' i coutractors they would have their blood; and should this continue, ho would say to litem to take a contract ots's head oil his shoulders whei.vcr and whenever they should meet him. He told them to go to their district* and form associations for laboring men, elect delegates to a convention to draw up memorial* and resolution* to be ready to meet these *1 anlre *: > tractors, the meatiest and mt a mob than a body of peaceable eiiueus, ami the police authorities are censured by all good citizens for not arreting the ringleader* and making an cxatu ble of thetu. The Choniclo, to day, in a well tempered article, warues the striker* that the result of their move-1 rueuts will be to attract a large num ber of negroes here from Virginia and Marylaud, who will be glad to go to work on the terms refused by the woi k i*elt here. [SE*X>VI KtSl'ATt H.] Thrtatcniny DtmvtutriUHHt. Washington, June ti. —To day an excited crowd of three hundred colored laborers attempted to drive tho Irish laborer# off the work of pavtug Sev firth street, south WashtugUMJ, and threatening to kill every moth er s son I of them. A large body of police was promptly on hand aud ordered the crowd to disperse, which they refu.-cd to do and threatened the police. Tho police succeeded iu arresting live of the ringleaders, alien their followers moved off, threatening to return with reinforemenU and prevent the Irish men from working. A large force of police was kept on the ground all day to preserve the peace. Our Candidates The nomination of General William M'Candless fur Auditor General, will command tho respect of every intelli gent voter in the Commonwealth. Not onlv do the democracy hail it with ho 111 -I) "No, i.< wa-n't anything, lie didn't have Mil ■ ■ n-aii'lt. 11* has got liu hi'ttdofl an. Shi iman is as much -miuli'i a i.: i; than ho as you can inui iu< !i. I,'iontJy they have both emtio in .in Imtiiii'M. (• ralit fttwau n" lai> 1. anil If 1 rinan il the tall 1 < little follow jolt hi' , i.a. k a back Miit and let Stior:a.i i t . • u-J the business. Kher man i* a tail, while (Irani is nothing. Y* ii". j. ' jut nothing. * "illtt the ) VJ übiicau® will IHJ a|>t to r 'ttoiuiti i Into, don't you think f a - indicate that they will." "fhr, .\ cr it him itnd seem it; dined t hoi 1 • n to hint ?" "No," replied Mr, Jobuaou, "he litis got ihcJti Tin y can't got rid of him. 110 U i.i, and intend# to remain in. lie ha ->t the patronage nu-l t hut ic fnntotH Nu K lux bill to aid hint. That Kn Kluv hw is.a damnable in fa my. fv my vcan ago it would have >!u ck< J til- Amaricru people like ch*i u'.cUy." The 11-.u. Robert 15. Roosevelt has nutninHtod the son of General Thomas Fraud M igher for a eadetship in West JV-int tr.im the Fourth congress district of this city. Mrs. Meagher ha a crept cil tin- ctilr, under the supposi tion that a y-ur would lc nllowod for Inr -■ n s preparation. Young Mea gher, wl-0 i.- at .St-.Stanislaus college, Dublin, i unable to get here in time for tin : : innti -n. Mr. Roosevelt has asked the oroper authorities to do fer young M uglier# examination uu til Sept cre ! . lie has received no answer i > 1.. re jucst, Mr. Roosevelt's conduct stands in sirikiug contrast to thai of Gen. Grant, who thinks one ot Ihighani Young's bastards more worthy - fa West Point eadetship than the son - fa:;--hie Irish-American pat riot, wk o character was without a -tain.- N* w York Sun. Tito Democratic (audidatc for Governor of Ohio. The Ago gives the follow ing short sketch, oflth Democratic candidate Ibr Governor of Ohio; General George \V. McCook, one of like fariwu "lighting McCook#," of Ohio, has r ceived the nomination ol the Dem- racy for Governor of Ohio. 110 ha* Lug btoa known in connec tion with the party iu tho liuckeyc State, audio toe National Democrat ic t'-nv utt n of late years has inva riably Leaded the Ohio Delegation. 110 was b-in in Ha tOhiu and eUnraJ ted at St.-nlw iivillc, where he distin guished himself tinning his fella w-stu elcr.ta - A ; Ulfd to the bar at an ear ly age, ' >\ cdily gained consider# - ttun m a lawyer, but ho was called from practice by the breaking out of the Mexican war. McCook went to j Mexico as a übnltcrn and cuiae hack i ns Lieut-nsnt-C-olone! of his regiment.' 110 cover 1 hinrself with distinction 1 dtirii ;t ..:.a ji!-o did his three brotherof whotu. General Robert McCook, e.-i. killed iu the late civil war. 'lis. . win - soldier resumed hi protV-siea in dclferson county. Ohio, nnd a few year* later was appointed Attorn- y General fir the State. This, j we believe, i- the only office he has held. II of the ablest lawyers j iu the Wc aud a |owerful stump speak;;; . 1, with the exception, per-' hap#, nt Mr. IVndlcton, is the most popular of the Ivemoeratic statesmen j of Ohio. A ( YcI.ONK. Curia / tun -Year Maton CilyA JUittms, Chics. -!n:u 5. A cyclone occur red near Mas- ;i City, llliiiois, last Fri day mornin . An inky-hued cloud of smoke, like a column, was observed; gathering n- ir the earth's surface, on an open prairie, six miles from that place, an l from this column soon shot out three narrow ami spire like cloud* —column-, which continued to ascend rapidly tiil they reached and seemed II attach tin . Ives closely to a cloud above. TUT frightful apparition moved * lowly toward# Mason, but fin ally chnti o>l its course, much to the' relief of the people of that place. A mile away fr rn its track an odor much 1 illt that of burning sulpber was inhaled by persons. A gentle man who -to d out a huydrcil yard from the cyclone when it passed says that small Hashes of electricity were constantly vi-ihAo iu the storm column passing frr m tho earth to the cloud above, and that rapid popping ami cracking rep -rts were heard, remind ing him mo t forcibly of an infantry regimen in battle firing their muskets as fast na JM -ible. The pathway of cyclone was nearly three miles in length, am! from twenty to eighty feet in width, and on tlmt pathway not a spear of grass, not a stock of corn or wheat, not a shrub, not a particle of: vegetation was left aliyo Ibr some dis tance. Th earth was literally plowed; up the depth of six inches. The eohi utnn of whirling air must have bci nj intensely hot, as every green thing in it- jmlh was literally dried to a crisp. Another feature of the cyclone was, that while it- rotary motion must have| been of considerably great velocity, its prugrefjive motion was not above the rata of six miles nil hour tho outlines of it* pathway wore so weil defined that five f< t from the outer line of the total <1- 'ruction of vegetation of every kind i t a ve-tagc of its effects could be-i en. Fortunately no house stood in tin tornado's lino of march. Tin n- a habit among children ol slhliiig down -lair railings whenever they get a < hanee. This habit was the cau-o of a mo*t ft-arfui accident in Willi amrjwirt, a few days ago, at the llordic House. A gentleman from ISallimon , we believe, was boarding there, with his wife and two little boys, it seems tbev were sent for a basket of some soil, and undertook to see which could beat the other down stairs. One oflhcnispiar -ai russ the rnilingtoslide down, si- he thought lie could go fas ter, aud had only slid a little way, when he 1- t hi; balance and fell from the fourth story floor down the well holeofthi -lairs, which was circular, to the stouo pavement in the oofiie of the hotel, lie wa- not killed, hut his thigh was broken, and 1 lie physicians say his cbcapc from death WHS almost miraculous. Let parents caution their; children against this dangerous hub ti. ♦ ♦ Tho democrats arc making a lively campaign in Ohio—in fact they aro making it terribly hot for radicals — 001. M'Onnk, the gallant nominee of j the democracy for governor, is entering into the win I; which makes rotten radi culism tremble in its boots. Ohio will j go democratic beyond a doubt. 1 V.VRROW (IffACTC HUMtflADfi "Is there any reason why the fnaseui (i.wjf of our Iruu h'tHiiln should In i n tojitril ou <>ur future Jlaitwuyif" ' St ™ *"it. Aq< KflloS., nit *" >IK At Tlli.ltj $\ I I, Ut.Vi.llCl> To, MT KltfTll 11 (tMIOOXK ;j Civn Kin.t\Hitit, lUMivti.hr M, | The Origin of Railway Gauge*. George MtfV iioi. adopted the I ft. II in gaugu for IHF rt'ititui that it IIMI in NL iho liefMi toll it-It in England ; it lulu Inn ilif parts of the lirtt luDomoliv* were ready 1 j and vv t rt* cut together, ou ing to Mine on i'V|ilttin,'.l nui.e, tl proved to lie only 4 ft 1 8) in in guugn. uinl It ! tlm whole railway i world hare followed the pattern ihua pro I dined, unit hence our present standard. J. h Brand, tlio muii alway* ahead o i lii t otaiiijior.tri., brought forward tin two i vtu nut. of the 1 ft. guugn andthelov I flange* of the Great \\ <> oppoae the adoption of any ig* u k® witler iliau the Steven ton. Kvett at that date, it wa plain to every reflective mind that the change proposed j tuut increase the coat of construction uad I equipments, add largely to operating ex. I'cnsci, he productive of great "wear and | 'ear, and visit the lute adopting it with , fcrtuu* lo*.*. Locomotive* on a 7 foot Linage. I Any one who ha* .tood be.idea 40 ton mcomotivc, with a *ingle pair of driver* of 1 10 foot diameter, on a 7 foot gauge, mut have felt, utile** familiar with the ight, I how Icarful it wa to haw'c *ucb a ma** whirling a train of fragile carnage* at the ."ate ol a utile in a minute. 1 he engineer on the foot-plate of thi* . ngine iwmrtl to he aluioi inat feasible. *1 he whole machine, a magnificent mov ing monster, that *jed it* train JJI mi!u> in two short hour*, wa* truly a grand monument of resolution, hut n terrible 1 mistake in cot ception. Think you it required much sagacity iu men of moderate view*, to nettle it in their own mind*, that such broad gauge folly would oncduy* cure tUclf? Tbepaaaenger* <>tt that train did not weigh more than half the weight of even the Meed that drew it, j w bile the tender, carriage*, and baggage icnr, piled up the unproductive weight that • hot over the line at theexpente of tract ion >nd unnecessary wear and tear. Weight of rail* on the 7 foot tiaugc. On such a line the iron rati* weighed >4 i Iti*. per yard, yet these massive rail* were j broomed out into shreds, and the wear wax. "of course, reciprocated by every wheel and ; sxle that ran on them. The > arly pioneer* in our railway *.v*tcm, fur y „r after crcn the adoption of the tide gauge, in spite of all the promised I advantage* it wa* toafford, remained stead j fast to their old opinion*. View* of < scorgc ant) Hubert Stevenson lloth tl.c Stcv en sons, in 1850, recom mended for jta*.eager traitt* engines of 17) tons weight, and freight, lb lota, with .carnage* and car* of 3 to 3) ton*. Tbcyi made frequent mention of the importance ol the proper pro|sortioning of the "dead' to the remunerative weigh t in all the rolling •lock, it* consequent economy of working, and showed that charge* for travel could he thi reby reduced 25 per cent., with even a gain to the railway com panic*. They even advocated a light description "f engine anJ car combined, for local trav el. Well would it have Iseenforour railway* if these opinion* had not Iwen totally I lo*t sight of. Reduction uf weight on the 4 foot 81 inch udvocatci) lung ago. Many in the profession since, rognixant jof tho wide departure everywhero from the*© view* have advocated a reduction on the Stevenson gauge, of the weight o| can, carriage* ami locomotive*. with more fre quent train* if rcquwito. a* the only hope >f getting rid of the great deterioration of tit© permanent way and rolling slock, a deterioration that required (hccxjsendUurc of such largo turn* annually a* to considera bly* affect tho dividend* due stockholder*. Inquiry: whether the narrowing tho! present gauge will not reduce the dead weight of train* to iomething more com mensurate with the work done, and relieve 1 lour future iron road* from the cause* which have rendered other* •* much IcMproduc-, jtive than they ought to I.e. lacssons taught by broad (iaugtw. The brojid gauge* have taught lewon# t their advocate* which they never would learn hut by dear bought experience. Th"tc lesson* should not have been !o*t upon the upholder* of our 4 ft. 81 in. gauge, j I they should hare learned that it wa* not wise to permit, in any degree, the cause* to exist which had proved o injurious to| •'tilers, and should have guarded with care those feature* in their own work*, from which they derived the advantage*, that; the broad gauge advocate* were finally { compelled to acLnuw ledge and fall back '"n. Strong arguments supplied to adro-j calcs of narrow guage. | Tlie op|>c*ite of all thi* has furnished! I eery strong argument* to those who believe tlint the narrow gauge is going to prove a i panacea for tho many ill* complained of, nm! a perfect security against their being inflicted on ftiturw railway* built on this j principle. Cnn the first enquiry be replied to. | But the question first a*ked, "I* there any reason why the present gauge *f our . iron road* should be adoptod for ourfuture railway*we will endeavor to reply to: , Can we, by the adoptionofa narrow gauge, obviate that which has proved more or less detrimental in all the gauges already tried, . from the 4 ft. Hi in. standard upwards? Jf thi* tun he accomplished, there can lie no j doubt that the productiveness of the new lilies will exhibit their value for invest" t incut, that stockholders w ill l> readily oh- I twined, ami that ere a score of year* pass, every district now unblossed by these ■ benefactors will own it* special line of rail i way. Decrease of weight on narrow gauge roads. it it quite carta n that a narrower gauge {than 4 ft, 8) in. will reduce the unproduc tive weight of train* in somewhat the same proportion aslhegaugei* lessened, bemuse less dimension* of iron and timber on tho shorter span of the narrow gauge will bear the same weight as the wider. If tho dead weight of train* he decreased, tho weight of tho engine will hesimilarly affected, and here is certainly ono of the greatest advan tages the narrow gauge road* will posse**, for the weight of our locomotive* on the standard gauge inflict* upon tho rail* a pressure,'transmitted with a sledging force, beyond tho capability of iron to ro*lt, while the lighter engines with a maximum weight of only liI,(H)U lbs., on a single pair of drivers, will have no power to crush or i laminate hut will wear out tiio iron, much a a knife blade is worn on a whetstone. Passenger ears. One of our ordinary passenger ears will weigh 33,000 lbs., and the average through • passenger* will he found to he about 27 In I number, weighing passengers w ill not weigh over , Ibfc, or 41 time* in excess of th< paying .w4fc> it In other the )#rnm liotial number of car* in each Itain. I wil assume then that t> passenger cars are rut - on each train on the standard gauge, and " Oil the 3 foot gauge this will of ner***it) t Itaitge ike unproductive weight hauled ot • it from 41 limes lo ti limes the payili| weight, I The weights of the trains under thi* view > on the respective gauge*, will be follows : 1 Capacity ttml weights uf ltaweiigt < cure. o* tux 4 rr. hj t g. gatox ' 5 I'k'sfitgcr car*, at 33.U0U 1b... 82 not ton. 1 I baggage and 1 express '/J , Weight of engine and tender... 45 " Weight of passenger*. Ju *• Tola) weight ol train..,,.. Itlfi " ox TUX 8 rr. oauiiK. 1 7 passenger ear*, at IH.IUHb*... 63 net U>m 1,1 baggage and I express ear.... 15 " Weight of engine and tender,.. 25 " J W eight of passengers Iu M Total weight of train 113 " Tho passenger* tarried hy both iraitu I being alike, ' Assu iing two trams each way for 813 I I wurktnk day*, there would be hauled * 1 gross tonnage outhe 4 ft. B)in ol 21)7,HW i And on the 3 ft 141,47 c . f Showing an unproductive wieght luiuled on u, e 111. H) inch gauge fi6,3fitinet ton*, Thi* put at the ljw rate of 1) cent* per Jtun per mile for transportation at high rates of speed, on lUU miles, would amouut to StW.&tt. Some engineers have largely exceeded the view* expressed heru a* to the amount ,j of ecoftduiy gainad In the working ex|ton e of the narrow gauge railway*. \ iew of uibvra a* to unproductive weight of paiMenger trmina. It ha* been asserted that a* much a* 3D of unproductive weight are hauled on '■■ur standard gauge, in passenger train*. Tor each 1 ion o( *passungcrs, while lis* amount in the foregoing sUU-uu-nl is a* 16 tons only to lof paying weight. 1 pre'er, however, to be within hounds, a* there may he much that wilt ha va to be provided for in practical experience, that doe* not now present itself. Capacity and weight iu freight traffic. We will next examine the quwatmn in ivfcreuoo loan ordinary freight business. The 8-wheeled freight car on our *tan dard gauge may be taken at *,MOu lb*, weight, with a carrying capacity of 18,00u • to at (to lb*. If theee were always fully loaded, the above figure* would give respectively the non-productive and paying weights trans portcd, hut from tho fact that those ear* , arc often dospaU hod with only partial load* (for long dtslancws, sometime*even running •mpty between nations, the proportion of non-productive weight carried by them is found to be 11 to 11 ton* to each ! ton of paying load. In other words, a freight < unr weighing 10 net ton* a ill carry an aver age pay ing load of 8 ton* through the year, j A freight car on a 3 foot gauge, with a carrying capacity of IU.OOO lb*, and weigh ing 7.1W0 lbs., will transport an average toad the year round uf 41 tons, and still be deficient Au lb*, of it* full comolemcnt each trip. Here it a non productive weight of 3) ton* with iu paying load of 41 tons, or a* 1 j non-productive to 1 3fi-100 too* paying weight. A freight train on the standard gauge transporting 'Jul) ton* ot paying weight, would require 25 cars, weighing 250 ton*, which i* 11 ton* dead weight to 1 (on of payiog weight; but on the 3 fool gauge 3UO ton* of freight would raquira 17 oar* more than the standard gauge, or 42 to tuaka up the train, and would weigh, themselves. 147 net ton*, orl ton of dead weight to each! ' 1 3C-HW ton paying load. Hesuluin freight ttaffic. We have, then, the weight of a train transporting 30t) tons of freight ox TII* 4 rr. 81 utcu utt ut vtx : 'A freight car* at H> net ton* each 25tt ton* of merehandixe 13fW " Weight ef engine and tender..4s " Gross weight of train 4U5 " ox Tut.3 rr. nat'OK. 42 fraight cars at TWO 1b*.117 " 1.0 id of merchandlxe....... 2tW " W eight of engine and tender 2b " ! Grow weight of train.B72 " j Or 123 ton* le** dead weight movad per train on the 3 lout gauge. And during 313 ( working day*, if 2 train* ran daily, one; each way, the saving in ton* hauled, to do; the same burinea* or lUfi.tWO ton* of mer • handixe would amount to 77,0U0 ion* inj favor ot the narrow gauge. Tutting tbii haulage of weight saved at 1 cent per tonj lwr n.ile on lUO mile* of road, it would ex-1 ; nihil a saving on these two daily train*, to the tranpi>rtalion department, of $77,000. ! p'r annum. (Opacity and weight in acwtl businctv. I will now investigate how for the tran*- j )->rtati"n of coal and minerals would be] a fleeted by the the change of gauge The 4-weceled coal car of the standard SHU go weight* 6,001) lbs., and carries some i),stli lb*, of coal, which gives 1 ton of ' dead weight tu ) rlo Uifit uf productive load; hut a* cat* return to the mine* ] empty.die dead weight carried overthe lfto; ' miles i* equivalent lo 18 "JUO lb*, for the 10,- ,'**) of cowl taken lo market; or a* 11 ton*; jof dead weight to wch ton of paying load, j A coal ear on tho 3 lout gauge, weighing 3.000 lb*., will give a carrying capacity or, B,m> lb*., or i of a ton only of dead weight 'to every ton of paying weight Doubling this dead weight for the return trip to the i mine*, there i still but I of ton or unpro ductive weight to each ton ofcoaltranspor itcd. Kceuh* in a coal tarffic of one million ton*, lit a yearly Uqsiiiws ufotte million ton* of cuah P.t> a railroad ill) utile* long, at the ! foregoing rates. OS TilK BTAXDARII OACOK, 'there would be—- !*jH>rtMl 1.000,000 ton*.! Weight or car* (25 per cent tnore in number) 750,000 " "lit 1 ' a ; (jrua* load, excluding engine and tender -.1,750,000 ton*. Showing that the vast amount of half a million ot Iton* le* of unproductive weight would be hauled on a 3 foot gauge, in the transportation of one million ton* ot coal Thi* large tonnage *arcd, put at 1 a cent per ton per mile, or 50 cent* on 100 mile*, would *how a productive rapacity of a 8 foot gauge, additional to it* other earnings, .j of I'JuO.OOO per annum. Jfthe foregoing Investigations have ar rived at anything lik correct rewult* (and they are confirmed by the views of many other* in the prnfc**ion), then i it evident itiiat a very great decree of comparative economy w ill be attained in the operating expenses of our future linM cf railway*, if built of the 3 foot gauge. Question of revenu. We will now take up the question of revenue, and see what effect thi* economy |in operating will have upon it. It has been shown that in 4 daily pa**on j ger train*, with a given business, theflfoot gnugu would save annually, iu working expense* $W,534 In 2 dally treight train* 77,000 And on 1,000,000 ton* of * coal per annum 250,000 Total annual saving on tho assumed business $45>,534 Equivalent to the interest of 6 per cent, on about seven millions of dollars. Percentage earned. The hnsine** g*umed fbr* road of 4 ft 8) in. gauge, 100 mile* long, with double track, would necessitate an outlay for con struction and equipment of, say, eight mil lions of dollar*, and would yield A gros* revenue of. $2,000,000 Allowingo per cent for , operating I,JUU,QUO Leaving for net earning* SBOO,OOO Or 8 per cent, dividend, and 2 per cent, sinking fund. A railroad of 3 foot gauge, of a like character of construction, wil ost $4,800,000 Ami will yield on the same a groirravanue uf, 2,000,000 i Allowing the name rate operating a* on the standard gauge ,2tt 1,000 Let* the saving shown k before 4*1,584 - jp,44 leaving ft-r net earning*. .s)*s**),s3 '■ Or 20 percent dividend, ami 3 |>r M*t ' linking Aind. ; Thi* wWltid seem lo indicate that, whih . the 4 ft. H) in. gauge road* costoo percent of the gross earnings to operate, and retun ' 40 percent, and will yield (*) fer cenL o a (lie gross revenue for the net income. . The three foot gauge advantageous. I If thi* be ©, or even approximating t< what ha* been stated, (tie question at tin 1 head of the#* remark* ha* received it* re "i ply : fur doubtle** a reason, and that i r good aud sufficient one ha* been found why the present gnu.?- of our iron roadi should not be adopted for our future rail ( ways. From estimate* made, I am of oidniot (hat the coat of constructian of the 3 fool "gauge will be about O-lO of that require* for our standard roads, of like quality, r Two-thirds have been usually outistaeret as the proportion, which agree* with thi mt'matc closely. Coat of iron rail*. •I That there i* a great decrease in the fir* coat uf construcUoti. wilt be seen from th< difference in eo*t merely tf iron rail* fui I the two gauge. For the tun miles, takes a* our exempli in the foregoing remark*, we will salt mats ' the itott, Ist, for a double track 100 tuiit* , l"g, laid with the usual 5 lb per yard. This would require 2U.4J8 ton., at ; $73.. ....$1.532,1 12d Then narrow gauge double ' track, laid wiui 45 lb. mil would require 14 142 tons, at f 75. ],4Mo,tjt st7L4st Kbowing a dtflerentc of near half a mil- I lion on the first ou*l of iron alone, while * greater difference will bo found in the coat uf the finished tracks. Ikuewal of iron rttik ' It must be borne in mind that the saving in first coat of iron rail* will be repealed every few years, the heavy rail* on tin- 4 ft tq in. road* being quietly destroyed by the excessive weight and sped, while lite lighter ri.it* n> the 8 tout gauge, twh.ch wtli, of uecssitv, be iu*d of a better quali ty uf iron), wilt last very many yeaiw, untH (airly worn out, tbo trusbing and lamina ting action being done away with. ( omnarative cost of the twa gaugoa. ' The follow ing ma vbe taken a* The t ain parative cost of the two different gauge*, with the probable incomew derivable from each. ao \t' cueTtau ixpxrbiau xqiruasa. Ou the Sundarti Gauge. SHU,()t) per mile, and paying 10 per cent. 411, tut 7 ao,o " " u " ti " ao.oai •• " •* *' 8 Ou lite three foot gauge. Would cost S4H.OU), and pay 2> pwrounb •' 24,600, " 17 •* 18.01)0, " 16 " •' 12,000, 'A> Other udvantage*. The decrease in the destructive power* of the locomotive, by reason of the change of gauge, will of itaalf provo so' great a 1 benefit, that it will work a revolution in the finance* of our fttlure roads, ltail road men will hail with delight anything that will prevent, or even greatly reduced, the incessant wear and tear of iron rail*, tilee!; j rail* will not be needed for such rwad A rail made of fair refined iron wilt answer' every purpose. Fastenings wilt have at < bance of proving their reapectiva menu, I betausc t)ic cost will be v r'b'n the reach of t all, which now excludes the from many ! roads. Crtwa-liea, the duration of which is limited, not by their decay, Put by wear, 'will require removal every six or seven i years, in place of every three or four. Here are element* cuough. without entering into ; the lessened w ear and tear of rolling stock, to render railroads mora remuuerativa. Other odvauugtra of the oarrow gauge. The w eight ol the locomotive assumed for comparison in the foregoing remark*, is greater than wouid renlly b required on the * ft. gauge. I n proof of thi*, 1 will Suote from the circular of M llatrd 0., is proprietors sf tha extensive Baldwin Locomolivo Work*, iu Tbiladelphia. These gentleman, alive to tha advantage* promised by the reduction of gauge, have pre |red themselves, like business man. to supplv the want that will era long tax the capabilities uf our locomotive manufactu rer-. Locomotives of tha smaller gauge. Tbev give the weights of aix different locomotive enginoa forth* narrow gauge, with 4 to 6 wheels connected, and from 14),- CIXI lb*, to 35,1810 lbs. weight in working order, and 9,18*> to 18,000 lbs. on each pair of driver*, > that their maximuqi weight of engine is 5,(88) lbs. la** than that chosen! for the comparison herein. Railroads now in the U.S., ami amount that might have been saved on first; cost of construction, i We have In the United State* #4,000, ! mile* of railway, costing on an average $40,188) pr mile. Had 2ti,Uß) mi lea of those been construc ted n the 3 fool gauge, at a coat per • mile of would have in hand* now three | hundred and sixty millions of money, enough to build 20,000 miles of new r..*d i <>n the narrow gauge, whic would meet the i demand* of every jwrt of the country now neediug tho facil'tie* of transportation. News! See Here! TIN AND SHEETIRON WARE The Übdursigned hereby ittfbrmt the citisens of rR and RAZORS. WALT PAPKR tx GREAT VARIKTT. PRESCRIPTIONS, compoundod hy com potent druggist* at nl I hoqra, day or night. Night customer* pu 1 night bell. ZKLLKIt A JAKKKTT. Bishop St.. Beliefonte Pa, iunlß I Manhood: How Lost, How Restored Jut pub'.i*hed, a new edition of Dr. Culverwalr* Celebrated Kv on the radi cal cure (without medicine) ot Spermator rhu Pont • Powder AT WHOLESALE. we shall be pleased to recci * orders from ' the trade. II ; j Office and yard near south end of Bald Ksgte Valley K. X. Depot, Bellefonte, Pa. no*4 KHORTLIDGK 4k CO. STERN BERG I i 11a* been to the extreme end of the market. For BOOTH 4k SHOES to Boston. For DM' GOODS to New York. j .OS . ■" . v" F.r CLOTHING to Philadelphia. •ffi-Ksch attic la bought dirartly from lbs Manufacturer, with a da sirs to suit this msrkoMWf FINK ALPAC AS from 40c to The the bnot—equal to $1,26 alpacas. SUlTS—from $lO to $lB, bast all ' wool Cassimcies. if. - tat-lie intends to close out hla stock. HE THEREFORE NOW OFFERS BETTER BARGAINS THAN KLSKwUKRE. Csrpeta at old rate*, trom 50 cent* to 78 cents per yard, for the best DRY GOODS, NO ADVANCE, And tolling from Ui to Id cents, the be* calicoes, and tout!ins in proportion, at rate*. Women'* Shoe*, common good, to wen ail summer, at $1 perpslr Fine Boots from $5,80 to $1,50 for bIN4U CLOTHING at the lowest ra'ea, and sold at 1667 price S I T B, from SIO,OO to $lB for the best. CALL AND SEE, and if it awl true, Sternberg will treat They only ask people to come and tee even If they do not wish to buy. 3 AHS~AXVIL STt>RK is~uuw'roroivig L a large and H assorted Stock ol ardwar* Stoves, Nail*, Horveßhoea. Bad dlery. (is*- v Paints. Sheet, Bar and Hoop ; Iron alto Buggy and Wagon Stock of every description —Call and supply your ; selves atthe lowest possible rate* at aoWUr, and ADDED LARGELY THERETO, are now prepared to accommodate ell the old jriend* of the establish ment, and boat* of new one*, we keep constantly on hand Coffee, Ten, Sugar, 1 Syrup, Dried Fruit, Canned Fruit, Ilatue. ' Dried Reef. Salt, Pick lea, Butter, Flour iCorn Meal, Buckwheat Flour, and everything usuaty kept in a well regu lated first class Grocery Store mariUrn RUHLa GAULT. BAROMETERS and Thermometers, at IBWIM St PRUN ES and DBTI¥D CURFA NTSO the very best quality just receiveda Wolfs old stand ; HDLW TTUMM. This invaluable article for females, L now to be had at Herlacher's store, and no other place in Centrs county. Ladies remember that those trusses can he had at Centre; Hall tf. Chas. H. Held, Clock. Wale It looker dk Jewrrlei Muibettn, Centre co., Penna. llt-stvH tfuilv in forms hit friend* and tht public in general, that he ha* just opened at his new establishment, above Alcxan dcr'* Store. am) kocn* constantly on hand all hind* or Clock*, Watches and Jewelry of the latest style*, a* also the Maran villi Patent Oaleadee Clock*, provided with r complete index of the month, and day o the month and week on its lace, which L warranted a* a Dgrfect time-keeper. 2®.(Mocks, Watches and Jewelry re paired on hort notice and warranted. 1 *epll'6B;ly CENTRE HALL Tan lard. The undersigned would respectfully In form the eitiaen* of Centre county, that the abuve Tan Yard will again be put In i fall operation, la all it* branches, by them. HIDES AND BARK WANTED. The highest market price will be paid , for Hides of all kind*. The highest mar ket price will also be paid for Tanner's Bark. The public patronage 1* solicited Satisfaction guaranteed. dcVKf MILLER & BADGER. HOWARD SANITARY AID ASSO -1 CIATION Forth* Rolief and Cure of the En-it g and Unfortunate, on Principles of Christian Philanthropy. Essay* on the Errors of Youth, and the Follies of Are, in relation to MARRIAOK I *nd Sort AI. EVILS, with sanitsryaW for the afflicted. Sent free, in sealed ESvelopes. I Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box Philadelphia. Pa. jMh.lv T P ODENKIRK, WITH ARTMAN, DILLINGKR 4bCOMPANY No. 47, NORTH THIRD ST., PHIL'A between Market and Arch, formerly 104. MANUFACTURERS 4k JOBBERS IN Carpet*. Oil Cloths, Oil Shades, Wick Yarn, Cotton Yarns, Carpet Chains, Grain Bags, Window Paper, Batting, Ac. Also, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, Brushos, Looking Glasses, Jkc. dec9-ly T> "f. UHKK3MAN. KOTAUV Fl)jL I\. LIC AND MILITARY AGENT, and Conveyancer, Deeds, Bonds, Mort gages, tuul all instruments of writing faith fully attended to. Special attention given to the collection of Bounty and Pension claim*. Office nearly opposite the Court House, two doors above Messrs. Bush A Yocum's Law Office Bellcfonte, Pa. ldjunly UNION PATKNT CHURN, the bet in useat lawtK a WiMOar'Ae j ap.lo'oß. FINE TABLE CUTLERY, including plated fork*, spoons, Ac, at apM.BB ikWIN A WILBON. B' OaTS, large stock, aTTstyie,:sixes.*nd prices, for men and boys, just arrivea at WolPwell known old Stand. ,gcAp.„ 55®ST'ii . . •) - - - - The Railroad has just arrived at The Old Stand of WM. WOLF at Centre Hall, with the finest and •f best stock of GOODS in Pcnnsvallev. i , LADIES AND OENTS DVTfifi OAATIfi JJ JEKF JCRFSIIIFCS VT %Jr %bif f DRY GOODS, AND GROCERIES HARDWARE, QUEENS WARE Rata, Cape, Roots, Shoe*. ALJ4O A CHEAP LINK OF FLANNEh*, MUBUNB, CAUOOEB, AND SHAWLS, A WO. A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF I NOTIONS, BYRUPb, OOFFSKB. also a large stock of FISH, the beat, a 1 ? kind*, MACKKBKLand HKRRING. the host and cheapest in the market. aprTl WM. WOLF. \ 1111 " 1 11 1 Furniture Rooms! J.O. DKINISGKR, eeapecttuily informs the cßiaaaa of CVnti* county, that he bascoatstnntly on hand, an* makes to order, ail kinds of ' BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, SINKS. WASHSTA HIML CORNERCUPBOAhi a TABLES. Aw., 4ke [lfoiiK Msi Cnataa ALIST* • nana I His stock of ready-made Furniture is largo 'and warranted of good workmanship and ia jail made under kit owftinsnsstdßSeeuper* i i .ion, and ts offered at rots* aa cheap aseiee I where. Thankful for paat favor*, he sslir i its a continuance of the aasue. Call and ace his stock before ptmks.ir elsewhere ap34 tt'ly. /f\ C y 4* OF THE V AGEt fsvisTis Oecaaeea yvn. •* •tm CaULBAATEC GOLDEN FOUNTAIN PEN. v *mnm aaaea jo < WEST*** PCBUSMIDO CO. J MuAimvi- Agnas, Ptmmsgk, hu "T.ja^^^'' l ___ WW. a. ai.ata. ■ r eriTzxa JLAIR St STITXKB, Attorneys at Law, .Belief,,nte, lOffic t, on the Diamond, neat door to Gar man's hotel. Ccataltatioa* in German et giver him a call, to do so, and; est the truthfalnes. of this nasertion. Jffir-Teeth extracted without pain. mny2?6Btf p n Jgyy, M. D . PkyalS nnTßur- JL • geon. Centre Hail, Pa., offers h profensoonnl service* to the citizen* of Peiv ler and adjoining townships. Dr. Neff has the experience of 28 year* in tho active practice of medicine and surgery, spiff fib T\R. J. THOMPSON BLACK. Pbysi JLrcian and Surgeon, Potter Mills, IV, oners bis professional service* to the eiti. >e ns of Pottei township. tnr26,ffl,tf JXO. H. OHTIS. C. T. ALXXAKDKB OR VIS St ALEXANDER, Attorneys-at-law. Office inConrad House, Bellefonte, Pa. J. *P. GEPHART. . with Orvis St Alexander, attends to eelleo tions and practice in the Orphan's Court. 7Jaa'7otf SYRUP, the finest ever wade, just re ceired, cheap at Wolfs old stand—try it AB LOR COOK BfO V~ES Parlor Stove*, and fourtlxeaof Gas II mors constantly on hand and for saleat anions. ..Inwt* a Wiuson'a. HORN BLANKETS AND SLEIGH BELLS, at low prices at ' aploßß. Inwix a WILSOJT' . HANDfIELLS and Door Bell*, *ll U ze* and kinds at plo* iBWDi Waot