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Vol. xxwii.
Si it. in. 1000.
NUMBER .'7.
" Md Charity prevail, tha Press would prove
a rabicleol Virtue, Truth and Lore. OOwraa,
tee
" I know "I no way of judging the future but
by the past." Patrick Henry.
eat
Earl Li Hung Chang is no1 talking f r publi-l
cation. II'' aupcurs to be on the premises mere
ly a guarantee t g i laitli.
ea
Chairman Calamity Jones lias Be vera 1 reasons
for expecting a Democratic victory this year, all
of which were leil over from 1896.
ee
Four veaas ago the people listened to Mr. Bry-1
an's calamitous predictions, and hoped that they
would not prove true. Now they laugh quietly
at them, ami know that they will not.
Dr. Harper's contention that a man can live
on fifteen cents a day would have received more,
practical attention had it been made during the
last Democratic administration. Kit, Willie?
ea
After swallowing Bryanism, Populism, Repu
diation and Perfidy, the Tammany Tiger folds
his j aws tenderly across his stomach and gently
murmurs, ''I'll he hauged if they agree with me."
0
1 loii' irable James Jeffries offered not the slight
est objection to the retirement of Colonel Robert
PitzsimmoiiH from the prize ring. In this deems
proved that the gray matter in his cerebellum
was perfectly sound and distressingly healthy.
OS
Twenty-live hundred of the Smith family held
a National re-union in New Jersey two weeks
ago. Pressing engagements prevented Postmaster
General Charles Emory and the other 17 millions
from gracing the occasion with their presence,
at
An erstwhile office-holder, of the "calamity''
brand, such us only Kansas produces, rushes into
print to deny that the late Senator John J. In
galls called him a " louse." "Mr. Ingalls called
me a bed-bug? be rises hastily to "demonstrate."
tat
Eighty-four grandchildren and sixty-six sons
and daughters attended the funeral of a Mormon
patriarch last week, to say nothing of the eleven
weeping widows. The exhibit was a touching
tribute to a strenuous lite led by the much mar
ried denisens in the valley of the Great Salt sea.
Philadelphia can now claim the voungest hero
thit ever fell off ot a Chistmas tree. He is only
eight years of age, add answers to the name of
Leo Marline. lie saved his little sister from a
watery grave, swimming ashore with her, a dis
tance fifty yards, while the big lubbers looked on.
tat
In requesting Ex-Presidents Cleveland ami
Harrison to serve as two of the tour American
members of the International Board of Arbitra
tration, provided for by the treaty negotiated at
the peace conference at the f ague, President Mc
Kinley certainly made a wisp, and dignified se
lection. It is to lie regretted that Inith declined.
tat
Black-hearted and inhuman wretches, who can
so far forget their duty to mankind, as to go
aiiionir unfortunate victims of a tornado nnil nut
offfingers and ears of corpses for the purpose of
securing jewelry, can not expect to meet any oth
er fate than death. The dead at Galvestou were
thus robbed by colored persons, and those who
were caught red-handed, or were found with fin
gers and cars In their pockets, were taken out
and promptly shot, and their bodies cast into the
sea. The penalty was severe, but it was just.
ARBITRATION WANTED
fUE LABOR TROUBLES now existing in '
the anthracite conl regions between the mi
ners and the operators bodes anything and every
thing but good to Inith sides of the controversy.
The miners are represeiite I as willing to submit
their grievances to arbitration by a disinterested
Ixiard, while the operators are said to be unwill
ing to act in harmony with such a suggestion.
One point, in which both sides seem to agree, is i
that neither party wants a strike. Yea, millions
of others deplore such a situation : these are mer
chants, who supply the necessaries of life to the
miners ; the people, who use coal for domestic and
manufacturing purposes, and many others whom
a strike will effect, boih directly and indirectly.
To the striker, there must follow want and de
privation ; to the operator, loss of millions of dol
lars, and, it the strike lc prolonged, trade will
turn towards the bituminous regions. If Ixitli
Labor and Capital were compelled, BY law, to
submit their differences for settlement to a Board
of Arbitrators, strikes could not result.
If the published reports are true, the miners
have real grievances, which should lie adjusted.
They claim that they must dig from 300 to f)00
pounds more than a gross ton, are often subjected
to a reduction of 12 per cent, for poor quality,
and are compelled to pay $:!. (0 per keg for pow
der that costs $1.00 at wholesale, and sells for
$1.50 per keg at retail elsewhere.
What the operators' grievances are bus not
been made known. Such a general strike works
to the detriment of all. It is to be hoped that
differences may vet be adjusted, before serious loss
results to millions 01 people.
PENNSYLVANIA LIVE STOCK
fARMERSandagricultiii-ists of Pennsylvania
are far better off now, at the close of Presi
ident Mclvinley's administration, than they were
four years ago, at the close of Mr. Cleveland's
lust presidential term. The following table will
show the relative number and value of live stock
owned by Pennsylvania farmers, in 1S!G and in
1900, respectively, as taken from the official fig
ures of the Commissioner of Agriculture ;
Jim. l, I8M, Jan. l, iflOO.
Horses, ..988,629,689 $88,846,671
Mules . . .2,216,908 2,87H,:v.5
Milch cows . 22,l54,8l.:i 82,171,180
Other cnttle 12,642,879 14,314,840
Sheep . . I,!ti7,ji7 L',!W,.'U)J
If our Democratic friends can find any solace
in truth, based upon Indisputable facts and fig
ures, let them give the public the benefit ot the
truth. Ah, the truth cut to the quick, at times.
" Rut truths on which depend our main eun' ern,
That 't is our shame ana misery not to learn,
Shine by the Bide of every path we tread
With such a lustre that he who runs may read."
Col. Bryan has dropped Moses and Naboth,
and is now weeping over Absolom, who is para
mount with him at present ; but neither Absolum
nor Moses nor Naboth is deader than imti-iuijH -
rialism, and the doughty Colonel knows it.
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JEFFERSON ON EXPANSION
fUOMAS JEFFERSON vrotc to his success
or, President Madison, urging the acquisi
tion of the Island of Cuba, and, in the same let
ter, made use of words that put him without the
pale ot the new Democracy, as it is interpreted by
Mr. Bryan, for he wrote : "lam persuaded that
no constitution was ever so rvell-ralculated as is
ours for extensive empire and self-government"
He never doubted, tor a moment, the constitution
al power of the Government to acquire either in
sular or continental territory.
A GOOD RECORD
fHE September issue of the American News
paper Directory has just been received at
this office. After making a careful survey of
the 4,000 newsj tapers of Pennsylvania, we find
that only ten country weeklies have a lartrer cir
culation for the year ending June 30, 1900, than
the Middleburgh Post. In that list of ten are
such weeklies as the Chester 7iWj, published in a
city, really, three in Chambersburg, the Lewis
burg Saturday News, and five other newspapers,
all published in very large towns and very large
counties. This circulation statement is backed
up with an affidavit, hence, the record of the Post
-being published is a small town and a comparative)-
small county, with only 10 weeklies in the
State out-circulating it gives it an enviable po
sition, and places it in the front rank of advertis
ing mediums. And the Post is still climbing up.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
N LAST week's issue of the Bellefonte Gazi tte
Editor Hurler gives his opinion concerning
resolutions of respect. He says:
' We have been n a committee appointed
to draft resolutions if respect, and, promptly
and without effort, we took a pairof Melsson.
cut out the last batch of resolutions, changed
the name of the deceased and added the name
of the committee and the work was done. So
when you ntn draft resolutions of respect,
record them llrst on the minutes of the asso
ciation, then write them plainly on one side
of the paper, dot your i's and cross your t's,
fold them up carefully, put them in an en
velope and thrnti: them into Oic 8f0Pt."
Do not impose upon your devoted and depart
ed friend anything so cold, heartless and mean
ingless as " resolutions of resect." If your friend
is worthy of anything he is entitled to a hand
some memorial tribute in the shape of the life of
the departed, embracing birth, marriage,, descend
ants or immediate relatives, also his ancestry, in
brief, and his funeral. No one ever reads reso
lutions ot respect, except the family, the commit
tee, the printer and the proof-reader. Give the
deceased a nice sketch, point out his or her good
qualities, relate facts, and it will be welcomed in
to the columns' ot any newspaper in the land.
Newspaper space shouloVnot be wasted on res
ohnmus of, respect, but', worse still, your depart
ed friend is deserving of something better ome
thing life-like something that shows real devo
tion, instead of the thread-bare, soulless "resolu
tions of respect. ,
Upon a former occasion The Post explained
why it did not care to publish resolutions of re
spect, and the question why has been frequently
asked since. The Post does not publish reso
lutions oi respect because its readers are entitled
to something better and more creditable to them
when they are dead, than mere words that have
no meaning a stereotyped phraseology that has
been applied to untold numbers of others. Iies
olutians of respect are an eye-sore to both editor
and reader, but a good obituary is always appre
ciated, and will be cheerfully published in these
columns, if sent in before the grass grows green
on the grave of the departed one.
ROOSEVELT ON BRYAN
OVERNOR ROOSEVELT, in his Detroit
speech, exposes in his usual forcible fashion,
the shallowness of Mr. Bryan's claim to a proph
et's reputation. Against the Democratic candi
date's predictions in 1816 of the awful disasters
that were to follow the election of Mr. McKinley.
Governer Roosevelt presents, in orderly review,
the events that have contributed to the unparal
leled prosperity of the the past four years.
Mr. Bryan's passion for the tripod of the ora
cle led him to engage in a campaign ot guess
making that now makes him cut a ridiculous fig
ure. Quoting from the speeches, Gov. Roose
velt showed how far he had gone wrong. Bryan
reiterated, time and again, that should ha be beat
en there could be no prosperity. There would be
nothing before the people but four years more of
hard times and agitation. Business conditions
would be bad, and, until silver wa remonitized,
the wage-worker would suffer and the mill-hand
would stand on the corner and wonder when the
" gold standard " would bring good times. The
factories would run on half time and the farms
on double time.
But none of these calamitous prophesies have
come true. Savings bank depositors have not lost
their money, as Mr. Bryan had said they would
under a Republican administration, but the thrif
ty and industrious have added hundreds of mil
lions to their accumulations. The opportunity for
labor has increased, capital has been employed
actively, manufacturers have thrived and prices
have risen, and the farmers have sold their prod
ucts at good prices.
Governor Roosevelt could find no better line
of argument to discredit Mr. Bryan's theories
and promises and fallacies of today. Hj answers
Bryan's alarming forecasts of wide-spread disas
ter and misery, made in 1896, with the actual
facts of record of the farm and factory. North
American, of Philadelphia.
THE WATCHWORD
iii.ve jrou tad i ItlndneM itaownf
PMM it on.
Twos not done fur foil Rlono
Pun it on.
Lai it wlpa Bnothtr'i tears
Ltl ft tfoVrel down the yenr.
Till in Ilravrn it Rppenrs
I 'anh It on !
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Tmi Bopi Tbara la a Plrlnlty within our braart. There
IsaOix within ui. ami we have Intercourse with
Heaven That npirlt comes from alxulea on hlfrh.
OVID.
The Kinirilom ' Ood l within ynu. -.lacs.
Ye are the Temple of the l.lvlnir Ood. Behold, the
Tabernacle of Oml U with MKN John.
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SEPTEMBER
The golrlen r , yellow.
The corn la turning brown,
The trees In apple orchards
Wlh fruit are bending down.
By all theae lovely tokens
September days are hare.
With Summer'e best of weather
Ann Autumn'a best of cheer
HUM Hi-NT JACKaOX.
r i
La.
Call to see them, i
When the quails are calling
Softly through the corn.
Whan a haze la falling
O'er the face ot morn
When, like soma red ember,
Olowa tbe rising moon ;
Joyously, September '
Seta our hearts In tana.
The morrow was a bright September mori ,
Th earth was beautiful as It new-born
There was that nameless splendor everywhere
That wild eihlleration of the air, ,
Which makes the rsMsrr In tha city attract
Congratulate each other as they meet.
LoaarsiLbow Tales of a Wayalde Inn.
For Turn Miniu.ast ai.il Poar.
WHO IS THE INFIDEL?
t iRM si. raitn'nor ihois
HO IS THB IWPIORL? Ti.he
Who deems man's thought sbrtirkl not be free.
Who rella Truth's faintest r.Vy of I Ight
Prom breaking on the human sight j
'T la ha who purposes to bind
The slightest fetter on the mind
Who fears lest wrack and wrong be wrought
To leave man loose with his own thought;
Who, In the clash of brain with brain,
Is fearful leal tha Truth be slain :
That Itight may win and Wrong may flea:
Tbla la the Infidel T la he.
HO IS THK INPIHEL T Tlabe
Who puts a bound on what may be;
Who fears Time's upward slope shall end
n some fair summit and desoand :
Who trembles lest the long-borne Ught,
Par seen, shall loaa Itself In Nlgha
Who doubts that Life shall rise from Death
When the old order parlaheth;
That all Ood's spacea may be croee'd
And not a single soul be lost,
Who doubts all thla, whoe'er he be,
rhls Is the Infidel. 'Tie he.
HO IS THE INPIDRLT 'T Is ha
Who from hla Soul'a own Light would flea ;
Who drowns with creed, dogma and din
The "still small voice " that speaks within ;
'T la he wboaa Jangled soul baa leaned
To that bad lesson of the Mend.
Trust worlds roll on. In lawleaa daaee,
To nowhere througtr the gulls of chance
And that some feet may never prase
A pathway through the wilderness,
Prom: Midnight to the Morn to be
Thla la tba Infidel. "T la he.
ROlSTnilNFIDRI,? 'T Is he
Who seas no beauty la a tree :
Prom whom no world-deep beauty bldea
In tbe wide anthem of tbe tldea:
For whom ao (lad bird-carol thrills
Prom off the million throated hills
Who sees no order In the high
Profession of tha star-sown aky ;
Who never feels his heart beguiled
By the glad prattle of a child :
n ho has no dreams of things to be
This is the 1NKI DHL! 'T la be I
Frank S. Riegle,
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IS IT OCCULTISM?
MO the close analyst of Scripture, It la evident that
A the Angela of the ancients answer to tba occult forces and
spirit philosophy of modern scientists. "Do good and to com
municate ; forget not, and entertain strangers, for by ao doing
Some have entertained Angels unawares," says Peal. la Ma
midnight sellings, tempest tossed, sun nor stars appearing fat
many days; to cheer the despoadlng, wrecked mariners, hs says :
" Sirs. I exhort you to be of food cheer, for there stood by gas
this nlghl an Angel of Ood, whose I am and whom I serve. Ber
ing : " Fear not, Paul, there shall be no loas of Ufa only tha ship .
and I believe It shall be even as he told me "
Like Use wrecked ship, so this outward, physical body per
ishes, but the LIfe-aplrtt. tha real Inward man, does not die, bat
Is renewed and strengthened day by day. Tha Soul, secure In
continued evistaaoe, smiles at ths drawn dagger and defies Its
point survives " tbe wreck of matter and the crash of worlds."
The settled belief In the continuity of human Ufa effectually de
stroys the ennervatlng effects of fear. Reference Is made to those
who through fear of death are all their lite time subject la bond
age." The real man, motor and ooatroler of Ibis fleshly ma
chine, now and ever. If spirit, and there Is personal responsibil
ity for all Individual thought and action. This faith Is a new In
spiration of mental emancipation, bringing Heaven from Its far
way creedal distance to within the limits of dally Ufa, It lifts
humanity out of the depths to higher possibilities, aad radiates
from tha Centre of Truth I nil oen ess of Light, Knowledge, Good
ness, of Happiness, ofttt mee inexpressible. It changes Paih to
Wisdom, aad crowns death with a chap let of victory.
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