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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-30

THE National Administration, un-
der the civil service of the Fraud, is
becoming a very dignifed body in
deed. The members Of the Cabinet
under the lead of the Fraud himself,
have about resolved themselves into n
travelling caravan-all appearing in
turn before the people in the interest
of political stalwartism. The last is
Evarts, the Secretary Of State, in or
ganizing a Grant boom in New York
subsisting on boiled crow prepared for
him by the shotgun hero Of Canon
chet. The Secretary of the Treasury
is to appear next under the same lash
Whether he will second the Grant
boom, or prefer putting in some sly
work for the Sherman boom, is to b,
seen. But taken all in all, the specta
Gle is degrading. 1t is the first politi
cal travelling Cabinet the country ha'
ever been disgraced with, and Evart
and Sherman the first cabinet officer
ever appearing on the stump from thu
State and Treasury departments to ad
vocate discord and appeal to public
passion in favor Of sectional divisions
and geographical lines for politica
purposes.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-30
The Peoples Candidate.

Prom tie Carbon County rrrao1rai
Don't forget ii that Daniel o. Barr !.
the Democratic peoples candidate for
state Treasurer and that more honor.
able and competent man than he il
does not live IN all Pennsylvania. In
the strong Republican county Of Ale.
gheny. where he il best known, large
number OF honest and independent
Republican business men will vote for
him, because they know that Butler j.
the representative and mere tool Of
quay, Kemble, Petroff and Co.
IHE people Of Pennsylyania should
remember that Samuel Butler, the can.
didate OF the Cameron ring for State
Treasurer, voted against the expulsion
from the legislature Of the members
who were bribed into supporting meas.
urc which would have robbed the State
OF four million dollars. As the elec.
ton j. near al hand this Circumstance.
above all others, should be kept in
remembrance.
The north wing Of Bethany College.
at Bethany, W. Va. was burned Friday
morning. Los, $50 900: insurance, SIS.
900. IncenHary.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-30

THE Brooklyn Eagle says that
"the most far-seeing man in the coun-
try was Rutherford b. Hayes, when
he declared against a second term for
himself"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-30
Senator Thurman.

The Republicans are gloating over
the defeat of Senator Thurman of
Ohio, and assigning every reason but
the right one for bringing about the
great calamity For the loss of such
a man in the councils of the nation is
indeed a calamity which will be real
lied in all its fulness on his retirement
from the position he fills with so much
honest ability. But instead of his de-
feat being caused, as alleged, by a sup
posed change of opinion on financial
questions, more reasonable and more
truthful one will present itself, to ac-
count for the anxiety of the stalwart
Republicans to strike him down. The
able and courageous manner in which
he met and antagonized their vile ef.
forts for the Capitalization of the pow
er and rights properly belonging to
the States in the National Govern
ment; this, and the brave assault he
made upon the Pacific Railway steal
in behalf of the people, to compel this
powerful monopoly to provide for The
liquidation of its obligations to the
government, were sufficient in them
selves to secure from the thieves the
most envenomed hostility, and the
most extravagant expenditure of mo-
ney by Gould and others to remove
him from the place he adorned, and
from which he scourged the rascals so
numerically. But Senator Thurman
in his retirement will still be a
power greater than any stalwart who
may be chosen to succeed him. The
act he had passed, and which is now
affirmed by the Supreme Court Of the
United States, requiring the Pacific
monopoly to disgorge and restore mil
lions of its stolen plunder to the Trea-
sury of the people, will not be forgotten
in a day, nor lessen the respect which
honest people will ever entertain for
brave and honest public servant.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-30
Examination of Teachers.

A Special Examination of Teachers
4 = viii he held 1t the supesfntrndsnfs oisce in
Bellsfoaie, FRIDAY octzl,ar 81 issa beennlua at
A. n. Ardirants fnust rrcommeaaed ~ ks
east three dfectugs q the istF4 IN 4hieh they ~.
pet . teach. ll29n y. MEYER GO. sarA
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-30

The loyal Republicans of Ohio hold
the sutler in greater estimation than
the soldier.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-30

A FULL Democratic vote this year
will elect Daniel Q. Barr.
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Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-04-19
JIM YOUNGER ESCAPES CERTAIN
DEATH
lSt. Paul Pinneer.Press I


On the 2lst of September. 1876. the
Younger brothers. now safely lodged in
the penitentiary in this city. were cap
tured in a large clump of bushes not far
from the village OF Madelia, by posse
James Glispin. Capt. w. w. Murphy,
George Bradford, Benjamin Rice, T. L.
Yought. Chas. Pomeroy, Jr.. and James
SeVerson. after a severe hand to hand
encounter, in which two of the robbers
were killed aud Jim Younger severely
wounded by an oblong bullet from a
needle-gun in the hands of Capt. +. L.
Vought. who was standing within ten
feet OF him when he fired The bullet
split his upper lip, carried away the
right half of the jaw. and penetrating
the. back part of the throat. where it is
supposed to have turned upon the max
Hilary bone. lodging in the muscles OF
the back part of the throat, where it has
been ever since. For long time past
he has not been able TO- do any work
Whatever, and it was thought he would
necessarily die soon. However, last
Monday. the prison surgeon, Pritt, made
an incision In tho roof of his mouth to
where the bullet lay, but found 1t firmly
imbedded in the muscles, and, it was
thought attached to piece of bone
A day or two passed in the most intense
pain and agony. when hospital stewart,
Clark. at the earnest request of Young
er, made an examination. and with pro-
per instruments. proceeded to carefully
separate the muscles from the ragged
and battered bullet, without doing any
more cutting, as it lay near the salivary
gland and deep muscles OF the throat
which rendered it a very difficult place
to work. A portion of two days was
spent in this manner, when lust Thurs.
day the bullet was safely dislodged,
much to the JOY. of the sufferer. who is
greatly relieved and whose prospects OF
recovery are now good. The bullet
would undoubtedly have sloughed off in
time, but its early removal has relieved
him OF an immense amount of suffering
he would have had to undergo had it
been left to work Its own way out. Jim
bore up under the tedious operation
braveiy, without the use of any stimu-
liant or medicine. and says that $780,
900 woul id be no temptation to have the
ugly thing returned to the place it has
occupied for so long. The bullet, which
at present is in our possession, Is twist
ed, battered and creased out of any de-
sirable shape. and is the property of
Stewart Clark. to whom it was given by
Younger, as the one most entitled to it {.
1t is o valuabie -curiositv.'' ps.-,, 81
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-04-19

Lay, Tillman, Mcmillan. Ballou, Bar.
low, Osmer and VonAernam.
Coinage, Weights and Measures
Stephens. Vance. Ellis, Bland, Willis.
Warner; DeLaMatyr, Chaplin, w. A.
Levees OF Mississippi = Robertson,
Chalmers. Johnston. Oscar, Turner,
Myers, Evans. Dunn. Bayne. Boyd. Cas-
we'll, Prescott. - -
Rules-The Speaker, Stephens, Black
burn, Garfield. Frye. ''
Epidemic and Contagious Diseases
oung. Gibson, Hooker, IGoode, Morse,
Smith, Updegraf, of Ohio. VanAerman, ,
MCGOWAN.
A vacancy will be created on the cum-
mittee on commerce, to be filled by the
appointment of.a member from the Pa
chic coast after the California election.
lhe following vacancies exist to be fill-
ed by appointment from California,
Texas or New York. Two on the com
mittee on education and labor, one on
public lands. lone on public expendi-
lures, one oa military affairs. one on
mines and mining. and one on coinage,
weights and measures,
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-04-19
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. April 8, ''76.
EDITOR lNTELLIGENcER:-T vot,
on the army.appropriation bill, 14s tt
122, insures solidity in, the party in car
rylng iout the remainder of what mus,
now be considered the democratic pro
gramme during the remainder of thi.
session. viz: legal assurance of fair ju
RES and of free and fair elections. Ev
cry democrat voted for the bill as amen
ded, and only two of those known al
greenbackers voted against it, These
two were Messrs. Forsythe, of Illinois,
and Barlow, of Vermont. One of these,
it Is understood. will vote for the legis.
lative bill with amendments, abolishine
the test oath tor juries, and modityiue o
the supervisors law.
In the discussion which closed on Sat.
urday. with the vote above mentioned,
many speeches were made which will
have wide circulation in the next TWO
years. On the republican side Mr.. Gar
fields was doubtless most effective,
though MIR. Frye, with less preparation,
made speech that has been thought
worthy of preservation as campaign
document. MIR. Frye always speaks
well. always behaves we'll, and has, per-
haps, as many y'irlends among his demo-
cratic associates as any rigid partisan
could have. Among democrats the best
speeches were made by Messrs. Hurd
and Blackburn. Mr.. Hurd does not Of
ten make speeches. What he said on
the army bill, and the right OF the peo.
pie to vote peaceably, without interfer-
ence from the army, was so well said
that 1T created profound sensation on
both sides OF the house. Of his remarks
and those OF MIR. Blackburn. large num-
bers will be printed at once, and unless
mistake. they will be known long aE-
ter the present dispute IS settled.
on yesterday there were numerous
"rumors" that the democrats would
"compromlse"-would pass bill ap-
proprlating money enough to support
the army for six months. and then ad-
]ourn. leaving the regular session to
deal with the disputed amendments,
Ihls sort OF nonsensical idea might have
prevailed few years ago, but the party
Is In much better shape in congress now
than before. and there IS not the SLIGHT.
est prospect OF any backward step being
taken.
People generally have underes;lma.
ted the tendency of southern negroes to
colonize in the northwest. Its effects
80 far as they have been felt in the south
at all, have been seen in Mississippi and
Louisiana. but am assured that only
tho beginning has been known there.
and that tho movement will unquestion-
ably extend to other states. II it we're
wholly spontaneous On the part Of these
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-04-19

The hard times in Great Britain have
not touched the beer yet. Last year the
people of that nation expended SILL
600, 900 for spirits. wine and beer. an
increase of a million dollars over 1877.
But all this increase came from the poor
and working classes. who use beer. The
rich people. who drink wines and hea-
vier spirits did not use as much by ten
million dollars as they did the year be-
fore, but enough more beer was drank
to make up that deficiency and million
dollars besides. The figures also show
that while the population ot:that nation
has increased only fifteen per cent. in
the last seven years. the consumption of
liquors has increased ffty-five per. cent.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-04-19
BEN AIMS CREED.

In an old city under Eastern skies
| Aneie hfed Ben Aim, whom men called Wise
And all sweet youths on noble deeds intent
for golden counsel to Ben Azim went
Thus In the silver silence of the night
Ane sage oeheid Brahmin, strong and bright,
And young as Neptune when his Iover-hsnd
caught back the waves from the enamored land
Standing within the tent. .'Master, he said.
| Ihe way Is long to seek the wiser dead;
Therefore 80, 1 come to thee Tell me, pray,
"nat best sufticeth for life's fuuI day
'What dreams are whitest when the day Ia spent.
anu memory and moonlight fll the tent ?''
Then rare Ben Aim. loving wider brow
Anu broader gaze than puny spirits know,
Made answer: "Come. O Prince; the moon 10
high; -
Beneath its shining thou .hsl. find reply"
ae led him onward where glistening pile
VI marble makes the solemn moonshine smile,
| And willing winds may draw the curtain a fold
| ana iair and ravishing the scene they hold
Beneath a hundred prisoned moons swung low
IN aiaoaster vases, glow on glow,
One lay In silken ease. and smiled to see
| Ane nappy dancers In their graceful glee,
And sighed a little with the slghing Tyre,
whose iullins seems dlviner than desire;
And smiled again because his Nourm .bal
Answered with lifted, lighted eyes his call
mo tumult save the VOLS enters bere
Where cyclsmen and musk are atmospere,
'No schemes make discord in that ch srm.d .,.
where 10 be careless Is the only care.
And age shall wilher and the dead leaves fall.
Anu stlii some anorous, tawn-eyed Nourmah i
viii feed his heart. Roses and maldens die.
D"' 'o'e ano oioom and fragrance are for aye.'
The Brahmin faced the teacher, with surprise
ana swift reproaLhes in hls eager eyes
..11 III this be life. comprehend - he said,
Inc smile upon the iaces of the deud
Ben Aims glance grew fond. 81 do not say
oranma hath left US no more royal way;
But they who choose it walk with unshod raet
AS one know walks yonder stricken street.
where - dying children, feeling his caress
lake 1t for their dead motEer's tenderness:
And ! men the plague had crushed are men
His courage being stronger than their pain.
Poorer than lean pariahs, none NAV leave
GIT 'twould make HIM richer to receive,
wbec wbecause the treasures of the gods are theirs
whose empty hands fall free Of seInsh cares:
=, - And he who only prays for other men
- nearest Hun who gives nor asks again:
ruler III world which has no sway
vi lives So rich they RIve themselves away.
The choice Is thine. o Prince; this purple
state, fA@
or that high loneliness: the night grows lat. ,,
fet stay. my MASTER" said the proud younp
voice; '1s
Lille Is too lavish for this narrow choice.
She gives her poets bay, her conquerors palm.
Anu power to princes, and to sages calm
is there no boon of all she holds more fair %,
u WAS sage who heard and answered there.
Pleasure Will feed the body, love. the ,oul
Nor nesh nor spirit crave u meaner dole.
Cresus has all Of earth. the pure have heaven:
Is there midland unto mortals glven?'1
Fannie Il. Robinson, in H.rnsr,s N,go,;r.
for May ne e"Eine
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-04-19

ignorant. poor and misguided persons
most directly interested, there would be
only pity felt; but in the last few days
large amounts of northern and eastern
money have been pledged to aid in the
movement Most of the money thus
contributed will be by misguided peo-
Pile, who believe they a,e aiding to ele-
vate the colored race, There could, in
my opinion, be no greater mistake than
this. Almost every negro who leaves
the south will take producer from q
section which needs his labor, and. un-
less Providence shall Interpose in an
unheard of manner, inflict pauper upon
another section. HILTON.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-04-19
THE DEATH OF THE TWINS.
BY W. M. PAXTON. OF PLATTE clrr. N

BY W. N. PAXTON, OF PLATTE CITY, NO.
columbia (Mo.) Statesman.l
We learn from life's earliest morning,
The falrest are taken away;
The Saviour thus gives a warning,
10 love not the things that decay.
Twelve months have scarce past slnce {
mother; =
Two bright little cherubs curessed,
Or smiled as in arms of each other,
Ihey lie in their cradle at rest.
The mother may tell Of the p.easgies
She hntts In the love OF her boy;
But when there are two OF such trea .ures;
No Language can teal of her 10y.
They smile TO the voice of her cooing,
And stretch out their soft dimnIed banda.
The mother is charmed by their wooing,
And Ger them In ecstacy stands.
The infants grow brighter and sweeter;
The mother looks ON them " ith pride;
WIN Kisses they lovingly greet her,
Or JoSiully ronp by her side. "
But sickness is silently stealing;
he Ialrest and lOveiiesI cI, Id;
The reaper his scythe IS revcaiins;
Inc mother with anguish ia Wild
How true is mothers devotion
u In slckness-by night and by day!
dDH painfully Wild her emotion,
When death tears her darling away, %
A mound is now seen by the willow; ,e
An infant sleeps under the sod;
A mOther's tears moIsren her pillow;
Her child Is An Offering TO God.
But soon chubby arms are around her
Amt Kisses wipe gently her tears;
Inc darling yet living has found her,
And lovingly soothes all her cares
The storm OF afniction's wild ocean
soon tempered down to u calm;
Anu she pours out her souls Iull devotion
In love l0r her innocent lamb,
But death strikes again, and the mother
hsv.slts the sod-covered mound;
And there by the site OF the other,
her oarllDG Is LAID in the Rround1
y. mother bedew not thy pillow
lin tears for the children you love:
1hose darlIngs you laid by the willow.
Are now with their Father above.
The lamb tor the altar appointed.
Is alWays-the best in the fold;
Ihe feet Of the Lord were annointed
with ointment more precious than gold.
The sweetest and lovliest flowers
That bloom in the garden below,
Are taken to heavenly bowers
In beauty and fragrance to grow
We know from llfe's earliest morning.
The fairest are taken away;
Ihe Savior thus gives US q warning,
10 love not the things that decay.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-04-19
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.

Following are the standing commit
tees in the national house OF representa-.
tives:
Elections - Springer, Manning, Sic.
mons, Speer, Coleric. Armfield, Beltz,
Hoover, Sawyer, Phister, Keller. Camp
Calkins. Fie d, Overton and Weaver.
Ways and Means-Fernando Wood
Tucker. Gibson. Phelps, Morrison, Mills,
Carlisle. FELTON,, Garfield. Kelly, Con.
ger, Frye, Dunnell.
Appropriations-Atkins, Blount, Sim
gle;on. of Mississippi, Clymer, Black
burn, Wells. Cobb, Forney, McMahon,
Baker. Monroe, Hawley. Hubbell, Can
non, Hiscock.
| Banking and Currency = Buckner,
Ewing, Davis, Young. Lewis, Louns-
berry. Ladd, Chittenden, Ford, Price
and Craps.
Pacific observation-disclosures, Chalmers,
Bliss, Clark, Dlckey. Ellis. Martin. We'll
born. Harmer. Bedford, Newberry, Bal
ley and Butterworth.
Claims = Bright. Dlckey. Davidson,
Covert. o Connor, Davis. Sanford, Lind
sey, Barber. Bowman and Crowley.
Commerce-Reagin, Bliss. Ross, Ken
ma, McLane, Thomas. Turner, Acklin,
Beale, Duester. Clary, O'Nell. Waite,
Henderson. Townsend. OF Ohio, and
Russell.
Public Lands - Converse. Wright,
Steele. Mckenzie. Williams of Alabama,
ketchum, Ryan. Sappa, Washburne and
Bennett.
Postolfices and Postroads - Money,
Clark. Cook. Evans. Singleton, OF Iii
nois, Shelby, Jones, Ketchum, Joyce,
Stone and Bingham.
Judiciary-knott. Harris, Culberson,
Hurd. House, Ryan, Herbert, New,
Hammond, Lapham. Robinson, Reed,
Mckinsley, Williams and Willis.
War Clams-Bragg Robertson, Ward,
thompson, Simonton. Carpenter, Fer
don. Tyler, Bayne and Russell.
Public Expendtures--Finley, Man
ming. Davis, Tillman, Simonton. Beltz.
Hoover, Joyce, Mason, Cowgirl and
Brighton.
Foreign Affairs-Cox, Nelson. Brick
nell. King, Nichols. Herndon, Hill, Kill
niger. Rice, Morton and Robertson.
Territories N1uldrow, Cravens.
Bouck. Mullin, Martin, Frost, Brchman,
Humphrey, Aldrich. Young. Deck and
MaglnDis.
Invalid Pensions - Caffroth. Lewis,
Caldwell. Hostetter. OF Indiana, Per-
sons, of Georgia. Hatch, of Missouri,
Taylor, of Tennessee. Smith. Pennsyl-
vania, Hazelton, of Wisconsin, Davis,
OF Illinois. Updegratf. OF Ohio.
Indian Atfairs-Scales, Hooker, Gus
ter, Waddell, Poehler, Whitaker. We'll
born, Evert. Deering, Pound, Haskell
and Anslie.
Military Affairs - Sparks, Dibrell,
bragg, Johnston Smith, Letevre. White.
McCook, Marsh and Brown.
Naval Affairs = Whittherne, .Goode,
Morse, Elan, Davidson, Talbot, o Brien,
Harris, Harmer, Briggs and Brewer.
Mines and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Ack-
lin. ,Armfield. Atherton. Waddell. klotz,
Loring. Mitchell, Weiner. Einstein and
Campbell.
Education aud Labor-Geeds, Willis,
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-04-19
CALIFORNIA; STRONG MAN.

The death of Chas. Bennett, formerl,
superintendent of the San Francisco
Olympic club. appears destined to reopen
the discussion concerning the effects 81
muscular training upon Vitality. In or
der to reach any intelligent conclusions,
however, it is necessary to state the case
correctly. The facts are briefly these
Several years ago Mr.. Bennett found
himself affected by symptoms OF pul.
monary disease. At that time he had
never practiced gymnastics. and wal
slender and weakly. Acting upon the
advice of friends he Joined the Olympic
club. and went into something like q
regular training. In a few months all
his alarming symptoms had disappeared,
and under the new regime, he rapidly
developed great muscular power. He
became eventually q remarkable athlete
and active gymnast. His strength was
SO great that he could put up u 25O-
pound dumbell with one hand. ard $50
with the other. He was an expert boxer
and daring acrobat. On one occasion,
when the Olympic club gave an exhlbi-
tion at the old Metropolitan Theatre, a
member named Ward. very daring
gymnast. and a well-known compositor,
was performing what is called the Nj.
agara leap. and fell from the trapeze,
twenty-five or thirty feet above the
stage. Bennett was standing directly
underneath, and as the falling man ap-
preached he claspod him in his al INNS.
and by the exertlon of his great strength
saved his life. though the shock strained
him severely. When Mace, the pugil-
ist, came to California, Bennett put on
the. gloves with him. and the cham pion
met an antagonist who could knock him
clear off his feet at every blow. We be-
lieve that Mr.. Bennett practically relin-
quished gymnastics five or six years
ago. Whether his death of consump-
tion can be attributed to over-exertion,
is question which certainly cannot be
answered either way confidently, until a
more careful examination Of all the cir
cumstances has been had. ia.