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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-05-15
WIN. z. MITCHELL,
w PRACTICAL SURVEYOR,
LOCK HAVEN, PA,
VIII attend 20 ell work IN Clearhcid, Centre and
Clinton eouhtira.
onice opposite Lock Haven National Bank.
Yenders of foreirn nnd domes

Il tic merchandise, distillcrs and brewers brokers'
Sc, 10 Centre county, will take notice that they
appraised and cazed by the undersigned appraiser Of
mercantile and other license tax for the year 1870
follows, 10 xit
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04

EVEN the President must make
speeches while in Ohio, and even
he can find nothing to talk about
but the bloody shirt. Here is how
he catches it from the New York
World on that subject:
Why did not Mr., Hayes explain,
in his regent stump speeches, how
the dreadful disorder at the South
which he depicted failed to interfere
with the uneXampled crops har-
vested in that part of the country?
The cotton crop of the South of tGis
year is a half million of bales greater
than ever before. Not so much to-
bacco by twelve millions of pounds
did the South ever before gather in
one year as in this; nor so much
sugar by two hundred thousand
hogsheads! How could all this be
if labor had been demoralized or if
the negro had been perpetually
worried by the white race? Do
men toll and accumulate wealth in
a country IN which the government
gives no protection, as Mr.. Hayes
pretends to believe and tries to
make other people believe is the
case in the ''sOlid South -? Really,
this stalwart rumpus about the
South grows rather ridiculous when
we confront it with economic facts /!
Cannot our Southern contempora-
ries explain this remarkable devel-
opment of national production un-
der the stimulus of the shotgun
From the same paper, if our read
ers care to know, they may learn
something of the administration of
Mr.. Cornell when he ruled the New
York Custom House in the interest
cf King Conkling. Cornell is the
man whom the Conkling-Kelly CO.
alition are now trying to make
Governor of New York:
The importing merchants of New
York who are asked to indorse the
projects of Mr.. COnkling and vote
for Mr.. Cornell cannot have forgot
ten how they were harried and tor
tured by the Treasury Department
and the Custom House before Mr..
Bayard carried through the revenue
reform which destroyed the moiety
system. That system never reached
such odious perfection as it did
when, during the administration of
Grant, Mr.. Conkling formed that
alliance with the White House
which placed in his hands all the
revenue patronage the Government
could dispense in New York. Mr..
Murphy, Gen. Arthur and Mr.. Cor
nell were Mr.. Conkling's alert and
efficient lieutenants in the working
of that patronage. They served
their chief with zeal, fidelity and
efficiency, and until the prosecution
and persecution of the well-known
firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co. had
stung the business heart of the
country into revolt, the great sums
received by the customs machine in
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
Newspaper MEN.

Forney's Progress pays this trib-
ute to the pluck Of newspaper men
Memphis presents a fresh exam.
pie of the faithfuIness of the journal
ist. The city is literally dead, there
is positively nothing doing i'm the
way of business, yet the newspa-
pers appear as regularly as ever,
and it has, of course, never occurred
to the editors to suspend publica-
ton, and, like the merchants of the
place, close their establishments.
Certainly they go on at a loss, for
all the sources of their profits are
shut. The newspaper is ever the
last of all to succumb. If its office
burns down, it is out next morning
with "full account of the cOnfla-
grafton" The fires which destroyed
Chicago and Boston only scorched
the newspapers, yet their buildings
were laid low. The war record of
the Memphis Avalanche cannot be
forgotten-how il carried its presses
from point to point as the Union ar
mics advanced, and printed its edi-
tion everywhere and anywhere, but
always somewhere. The religion
of the journalist Is his trade, To
him it is sin To fly from his desk
at the appearance of danger. Like
the general at the head of his army
he would be forever disgaced in his
own eyes if the enemy, coming in
what shape il might, did not lind
him in command. The income of
the Memphis editor stops, but his
expenser do not. He fights for 9TH
ers and pays for the privilege. He
urges courage. He is so little fright
ened by Yellow Jack that he takes
him by the buttonhole and laughs
with him. He tells his afflicted fell
low-citizens never to lose hope. He
sifts out the truth from the wild sto-
ries flying about, and kills despair
by showing how things could be a
great deal worse than they are. He
points gleefully to the future, and
declares that Memphis must and
will recover her old time prosperity.
if you can, Memphis in
this hour of its sore trial without its
press. Think of the ravages of the
dread visitor, unrecorded, with only
the alarmed people to tell one ar
other whostill lived; with the whole
world silent; with no word of en-
couragement to reach the public
ear"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
A Madison Mystery.


a most mysterious fact is related
in regard to the initial web work of
a spider, found in front of the resi-
dence of Mr.. Charles w. McMurry,
of Mason's Grove, who died three
weeks since. Last Monday morning
a mysterious web was discovered in
front of his door, upon which could
be distinctly traced the name "W.
McMurry." Several of the neigDors
were called in to see this great won
der, and relate it with nc little de-
gree of interest. We are not in the
least superstitious, nor disposed to
attribute wisdom to the insect world
but this, we confess, is something
rather remarkable, and, we doubt
not, true.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
A Grave Of silver.

Mr.. Ernest Ipgersoll, who has
been investigating the "Ups and
Downs in Leadville," i'm the inter-
est Of Scribner, contributes the result
Of his labOrs to the October number
of that magazine. Among the nu-
merous anecdotes which he records
is the following (the mine referred
to i'm the first being the Dead Man
Claim);
1t was winter. Scotty had died,
and the boys, wanting to give him
right smart OF a burial, hired a
man for twenty dollars to dig a
hole through ten feet OF snow and
six feet of hard ground. Meanwhile
ScOtty was stuffed into a snow
bank. Nothing was heard of the
ginve-digger for three days, and
the boys, going out to see what had
happened TO him, found him in a
hole which, begun as grave, proved
to be siXty-Ounce mine. The
quasi sexton refused to yield, and
was not hard pushed, for ScOtty wis
forgotten and staid in thesnOw bank
till the April sun searched him out,
the boys meanwhile digging pros
pect holes In his intended cemetery.
One mine had It's shaft down 185
feet and the Indications OF success
We're good. Some capitalists pro-
posed TO purchase an interest In II,
and a half of the mine was offered
them for $4,000, If taken before o
O'Clock. AT halfpast four, rich sill
yer ore was struck, and when mt
half-past five the tardy men of
money came leisurely up and signi-
fed their consent TO the bargain,
the manager pointed at the clock,
and quietly remarked: ...
"The price of a half interest I'm
this mine now, gentlemen, is sixty
thousand dollars"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
joan nllIinr.a PhlA 90.


Mr.. Josh Billings, whO Is, a
usual, spending his summer In tn
White Mountains, has put III tili
way of the editor Of the Whit,
Mountain Echo 10 print a few cOIa
ponent parts OF his new book, to b
published in the fall, It's title vii
| be "Old Probabilities Ferhap.
/ Ilain-Perhaps Not;D and Il viii
have for its heading motto, "rruth
IL sed to be stranger than iickshun-
ii IL to most phOlks.N
The selections are these;
About the hardest thing a fellow
! kan do IL to spark ? gals at one
time and to preserve a good average.
Try it.
Don't dispise your poor relashuna'
They mite be taken suddenly ritch
sum day, and then It would be awk-
ward to explane things to them
undoubtedly so.
Next to a klear konshience for
solid cumphort Gums an eazy boot.
Try both.
fla young man hain't got a we'll
balanced head, l like to see him
part hiz hare in the middle. Don't
you?
j don't take any foolish chances.
If wuz called upon 10 morn over a
dead mule, shnd stand in frunt av
him to do my weaHing.
Thare IL no man 90 pore but what
he kan afford TO kepe one dog, and
i have seen them so pore that they
cude afford to kepe three.
! say to 2-thurds ov the ritch peo-
pie in this wurld, make the most ov
your muney, for il makes the most
Ov you. Happy thot.
l never argy agin a success.
When see a rattle-snax's he'd stick
ing out Ov whole / bare of to the
LETT and say, that whole belongs TO
that snaix.
The infidel argys Just NJ bull
duz chaned to a poste. He bellows
and sews, but he don't Git luse from
the poste, j notiss. Not much.
i thank the Lord that there II one
hing in the wurld that muney kant
BUY, and that IL the wag ov a dogs
all. Yure unkle.
i have seen men so fond Ov argy-
nent that they wud dispute with a
ride bOrd at the forks Ov a kuntry
ode about the distance TO the next
own. What fooles.
Thare are but ia sights In this life
more sublime and pathetick than 10
ee pore but virtuOus young man
with a mustash. It IL
hus.
notiss one thing: the man who
ides on the kars every day IL satis-
ed with one seat, but he who rides
nee year wants 4. That's so.
Flattery IL like colone water, to
e smelled Ov, not swallowed.
The man whom you kant git to
Ite poetry or tell the truth until
on git him haff drunk, ain't worth
ne investment.
When see real hansum woman
ngaged in the wimmin's rites biz
mess, ] am going to take off my
at and jine the prOcesshun. See II
don't.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04

J the form of m0ieties sufficed to Civ,
the system immunity not only
against popular attack but against
public criticism. That system az
then administered seemed to be q
coptrivance for so using a penal law
as to compel any importer who
feared or who was made to fear that
he had made technically false in
voice or entry, to disburse a sum by
way of ransom, one-half of which
was divided equally among three
"seizing officers" Of the Custom
House. OF course il the Govern
ment at Washington or a controll-
ing Senator at Washington was sin
cahoot" with the Collector, Naval
Officer and Surveyor of the Port,
the poor importer had no chance of
mercy or even justice. The case of
Phelps, Dodge q: Co. literally tbroke
the camel's back" and put stop to
the happy days of moiety brigand-
age. That was notorious case, in
which Mr.. Conkling, if we mistake
not, was the law adviser of the
seiZing officers and of Mr.. Cornell in
particular, who was then Surveyor
of the Port and one of those seizers.
Mr.. Cornell, we think, was Surveyor
OF the Port from April, 1863, to
April, 1878, and the sum which
accrued to him out of the plumber Of
Phelps, Dodge a Co. was $2I, ,906, 90! |
This with paltry three thousand |
thrown in will meet the campaign |
demands of Mr.. Kelly. 1t is note
worthy that after Mr.. Bayard |
secured the repeal Of the moiety 4
system few seizures were made by
the customs officials and that no
suits at all for conf;scatiOn were be-
gun. This shows either that no
seizures ought ever to have been
made and no suits begun during the
time of Mr.. Cornell, or that Mr..
Cornell and the others were inspired
not by their zeal for the public SER
vice but by thirst Of private gain.
The whole sum awarded to Mr..
Cornell while customs officer as
his share of this tribute levied on
New York importers reached the
enormous figure of $135, l59. 10!
Whether victory for Mr.. Conk-
ing and Mr.. Cornell in this State
would not tend to restore the mOiety
ystem the importers of New York Z,
must be quite competent to decide. 1
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
UnboIted PIo,,r,

The advocates of unbolted flour SO
long held complete sway in our
public journals that the following
from the American Miller has al
least the appearance of novelty:
The disparaglng comparisons
which Grahamites made between
bolted and unbolted -four by means
of analysis showing the constituent
parts of each, seemed an unanswer-
able argument until some thought
full German determined to analyze
the bran after it left the system,
when 10! it was almost entirely un-
changed. It thus appears that the
human stomach is not powerful
enough to effect that decomposition
which advocates of unbolted flour
assume takes place. 1t also shows
that the analogy between man and
lower orders of creation fails to hold
good in this case as i'm many others.
Psychologists have determined the
fact that the woody fibre contained
in bran acts as an irritant on the
coating of the stomach, causing an
amount of inflammation which, in
stead of stimulating digestion, re-
tards it. We know precisely what
the Grahamite would reply TO these
questions. He would say that the
fact of valuable nutritive elements
being locked up in the bran is prinld
facie evidence that the bran was
intended for food. Now, valuable
nutritive elements are contained in
a fish bone, but you could hardly
persuade a disciple of Graham to
swallow one. We cannot see any
more evidence that one was de-
signed for food than the other, for
the bran is only an outside vegeta-
BILE skeleton which the wheat car
Ties for its protection. The fact OF
this vegetable skeleton or pod con-
tanning elements of nutrition is no
more than could be expected for
what is good 10 make one frame
work is good material for another,
but is no evidence thatit will make
another"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
WHOLE NO. 2,289.
Effect Of Modern lnventIOn ON Mig
ger pH.o,Xreaa. -

ger Progress.
Old 81 waited until the signal bel
of the telephone CEASED ringing
Then said he:
"You w'ite foxes is allus. lamen
tatin' bout de niggers in dis county
not humpin' tiere-selbs an' maxim
OBJ er livin' like onto odder foxes
how yer 'speck dey's gwiAe ter do
dat wild all conYenshuns eS dat daF
hangin' up ON every wall in de
lan'?1
swell, that is a grave question of
political economy; but what has
the telephone to do with the negro
making a living? ?''
"Dar now dat opens de matter
fer debate. II wild yer now. Dat's
what yer call Ter labOr-sabiny con
vensiia, amt hit?p
les, il is.
AN whose laber do hit save?
Not de w'ite foxes labeF, do hit?
No, hits de nigger's labor all de
time. For desc tings cum round
hyar ebery time er gen'lman want
ed fur ter SEN word ter his wife
bout de company far supper, er lie
young bucks wished fur fer forrerd
er note to dere sweetheart fur ter go
ter de theater, dey hunted up er
slim, limber-jinted, flat-foot nigger
ter gallup out wild de note. Dat war
laber dat pade de nigger er big profit
on de outlay of strenf-but how am |
hit now +? DE telerfone dun saved |
all dat 70
AZ "Ah! / see your point.u oN
"Well, hits mo- pinted dan dat.
Hyar dey puts on a'r-brakes on de |
francs, and 'scharges all de nigger
brakesnlen you'se all turned de
niggers outen de press-room down
stars, am ackahully dun gone ter
ioldin' papers by mersheenry an
down ter Gle boss's house de odder
day | seed dey had er fiyin-jinny on
lie table dat skeers off dc flies by
some kim er clock-work range
nent."
"But, old fellow, these are great
helps to the world.'
OATS what dey say, but rs
noughty dubious on nigger progriss
n sech times ez desc. EnnybOdy
yhar kno's de nigger kno's dat he
yarn't cut out ter lib in eF country
ull er Yankee noshins and double
'ack-ackshun convenshuns ter beat
EN- outen de odd jobs dey wuz
otched up ter do I"
You darkies must take advan- !
age of these things I" J
jess so! But how's we gwine I
er do hit? OATS de pint wild me
But ] boun' eff / was turned loos' i'm :
e patent offs bout er day wild iis T
lie ak dere'd be mo- laber fer mig !
ers in dis country de nex' week
an all dem whar's heah am what's h
4 Afriky sense de Zulus got licked
y de Britishers could do! Don't r
er try me " /
And the old man made a mouth I
the telephone and went out whist
ng "Auld lang Syne." @
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
Dend WAN epenI.s.
ReidsvilIe IN. q Times.

1t was told in Milton, concerning
the recent death of a citizen of Dan
vile, Va, that in turning him over
to shroud him the words 80 God ~
escaped his lips. 1t was accounted
for that when he died those words
almost spoken were left i'm him nm
uttered by his last breath, and in
handling his body they came out.
Could such a case ever have hap
pened? Can there besuch a theory?
We only know it il seriously talked
of in Milton. Science and specta-
cles to the front!
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
The bank Of Union CITY.

Union City Chronicle, I8tb.
1t is with no little pleasure that
we announce to our readers that
the project of establishing a bank at
Union City is no longer a matter OF
doubt or speculation, but an accom-
pIished fact. The entire capital
stock Of SOC, 900 has been subscribed,
the charter registered at Troy and
forwarded to the Secretary OF State
at Nashville for Incorporation, and
within a very short time our veri.
table Shank of Union City" will be
In full operation.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
The Man atHome.

Married ladies will please skip
the following paragraph, which we
find in Forney's Progress. Mr.. For
ney is an old man and ought to
know better than to place such re-
sponsibilities upon the female heads
of the household as are laid down
"What men expect TO find In their
homes is comfort. After carryinga a
burden of responsibility on their
shoulders all day, they look forward
with the keenest pleasure TO the
hours when they can settle down in
quiet ease at their own fireside.
They want their dinners good, and
without the bitter sauce Of knowing
Of such has been the easel that
there has been a domestic brOil
over IL. They want TO feol and see,
rather than hear of il, that there
has been deal Of consideration for
them; that their slippers are in the
right place, papers undisturbed,
shirts, collars and cuffs starched and
shining, buttons on, stockings
darnedj In short, they want their
home life to be in Joyous contrast
with the life across the threshold.
And all these little things are
matters Of such serious import that
without them the haven Of home Is
transformed into an abode Of dis
cord. / know the argument on the
other side; about grumbling hus-
bands expecting to scowl the care
worn wives into smiling angels.
We are not thinking Of such men
their lives are what they make
them, as are all our lives TO certain
extent. But experience all the
world over proves that good men
are dependent on good homes, good
dinners and good women for their
happiness.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
PHILIP LTEBER.

p S-Clothing viii be made speciality this fall and
viii be sold 10 per cent cheaper than any other house in
the city will sell them.
We also have large lot of Remnants in Calico and
dollar sept 27-1y
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04

THE attempt To maintain morel-
ity without religion Is the vain
project Of a class Of theorists IN our
country who are trying to subvert
the authority of Christianity. The
Christian people OF these United
States have warnings enough Of the
folly of such a course in the fatal
results that have followed the ex-
pertinent wherever made, and they
will not listen to the delusion for a
moment. There can be no solid
basis for public or private morality
but recognition Of God and sense
of accountability to him. .-AdUocafe
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04

A wooden pumpkin, made by an
ingenious Yankee has been taking
ali the premiums at the agricultural
fairs in Kansas.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04

PROF. TICE predicts that the hot
test spell is yet to come, and Peck's
Milwaukee Sun says the preachers
are making the same prediction.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
For DIphtherla.

ST. LOUIS, August IA, 1s79.-Fdi-
tor Republican: Please give the fol-
lowing a place in your valuable
columns and oblige those in sympa-
thy with poor suffering children
powdered sulphur blown into the
throat through a goose quill three
or four times a day, Oftener IL serl.
Gus, Is said to be an infallible cure
for diphtheria." ] have known it
used In a number Of cases and "A cure
effected. 1t Is less difficult to apply
than the usual gargles. Very re-
spectfully, Mrs. M. F. GROW.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04

Gov. Robinson has written the
following letter accepting the DEM
ocratic nomination for Governor of
New York:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04
$50 PIECES OF FALL PRINTS!
The Largest Line Of Fall and Winter Clothing

In this market which will sell at 10 per cent less than
last year $50 Mems suits, 100 Boys and Youths, 300
Overcoas of all styles and prices Avery large assortment
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-04

ALBANY, Sept. 20, 1879.
The Hon. John c. Jacobs, President
Of the Democratic Republican State
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

THE PACIFIC WHALING FLEET.
From the San Francisco Alta California;

from the San Francisco Alta California;
The introduction of petroleum, the consequent
fall in the prico of whale OIL the destruction of
whaicrs by the rebel Shenandoah the loss of
many vessels in the Arctic fields 1871 and 1876
and the decrease in the number Of whales, have
tributed to reduce the Pacific whaling fleet from COO
vessels in 1856 to 40 in 1879. OF these only Is are
now in the North Pacific. and recently they have
made their rendezvous in San Francisco Harbor
whereas formerly Honolulu was the port where
they discharged cargo, RENTED aud spent the
winter. They employ about 700 men, and the
average catch may be set down rs 5000 barrels of
oil aud 40 tons OF whalebone. The whales are
scarce and shy now south OF Bchring strait and
most OF the vessels venture in the Arctic Sea. In
u fair a vessel will take Ave whales. the
northern right whale yielding l25 barrels and the
Arctic 80 barrels OF OIL and each about 500
OF bone II the whales are not found the vessel fre
uuently devotes itself to the walfus each of which
three of four killed are lost. and they the
chief dependence OF the Esquimaux for subsistence
some whaling masters will not kill them oirg as
there Is any nope OF finding whales. The introduce
tion OF an improved bon,b-lance gun will probably
make the business less dangerous and more pront-
able There are half dozen whaling stations ON the
coast OF California, where lookout IL kept
and when notice is given that whale is light
put of in row boats tor the prize There ~ men
Punta Banda and IL at Santo Tomas. I'm Lower
California and 10 at Ballast Point, in the American
territory, all belonging to San Diego; q company at
Monterey, one OF 70 men at Pigeon Point and one or
two in Mendocno county. Most OF the whales taken
are the Cali ornia gray backs, which neither rich
half OF those killed lost They migrate when fat
to the south ward from November to February keep.
ing near the land, aud to the northwurd from May
to October, when lean running little further out