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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-08

Gen. GARFIELD may have filled
with all the credit that is claimed for
him the comparatively safe position
of chief Of staff to Gen. Rosecrans
at the battle of Chickamauga, but
notwithstanding that fact the latter
earnestly favors the election of another
man TO the office of President of the
United States. AT the recent Demo
cratic ratification, held in the City of
San Francisco, Gen. Rosecrans was
persuaded 10 overcome his dislike to
appearing in public at political dem
onstrations and TO preside over the
meeting. On taking the chair he made
a strong appeal in favor of his form er
pupil, Winfield Scott Hancock. He
concluded his speech in the following
words: "The Democratic Convention
at Cincinnati has proposed candidate
for President of the United States, to
whom, when q young man, | taught
civil and military engineering, and |
know him very well. He is a clean
man-(loud cheers)-a gallant aud
prudent commander and a brave and
chivalrous officer. think the nomi.
nation promises TO do things for the
future which ought to make every
patriotic mans heart leap for low
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-08

The chasm, so long dividing the
Democracy of New York, has been
bridged over by the nomination of
Hancock. Tammany and anti-Tam-
many are unitedly to work for the
great soldier and statesman. This
means success to Democracy and dis
aster to the DeGolyers.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-08


DESPERATION seems to have seized
the Republican party from the mo-
ment of the nomination of General
Hancock. AS evidence of this is the
silly attempt to connect him with the
execution of Mrs. Surratt, with which
he had no responsibility whatever.
The sentence was the result of Re-
publican Court Martial, led by Lew
Wallace, Joe Holt and other malig-
nants, urged on and finally executed
with indecent haste by Republican
officials to satisfy Republican clamor
for blood, in which General Hartranit,
whom the Republicans twice elected
governor Of Pennsylvania, was forced
to be the executioner. The Baltimore
american and Philadelphia Press have
come out with an interview alleged
to have been had with Prof. Tonry
and his wife, who was the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Surratt, rejecting upon
General Hancock, which the Pro-
fessor pronounces a forgery made
out Of the whole cloth. He states
that no such interview was ever had,
and that neither he or his wife ever
cast any reflections on Hancock in
that connection. Leading Republican
newspapers, claiming respectability,
must indeed be sadly pressed when
driven to q silly and discreditable
forgery to misrepresent General Han
cock, when it is we'll known to every
body who has any intelligence or
knowledge upon the subject, that he
had no more power to prevent or con-
troll the Republican murder of this
poor old woman than the King of
Siam. These editors know we'll that if
the power had been lodged with General
Hancock, instead of Republican malig-
nants, the disgraceful record would
never have been written upon our his
tory. 1t is not pleasant TO refer to it
under any circumstances in view Of the
disgrace it has entailed, but if the Re-
publican party want to revive this
shameful piece of history woven by
political marplots, they will get enough
of it.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-08

RATIFICATION MEETING AT SPRING
MILLs.-The Democracy Of Gregg town
ship held a rousng and enthusiastic Han
cock and English ratification meeting at
Spring Mills, on Saturday evening last,
which was largely attended, and proved
that the sturdy yeomanry Of the valley are
alive TO the Importance of the campaign
that is before them. Mr.. William Kerlin
oiiiciated as President Of the meeting, as
sisted by a number of Vice Presidents.
Among the Vice Presidents was the ven
erable Alexander Kerr, one Of the oldest
and most respectable citizens of Potter
township, who never lets an opportunity to
show his faith in the old party he has
served SO long and faithfully pass by with
out coming TO the front. The meeting
was held at Mr.. /. J. Grenoble's store,
aud was addressed by Messrs. Fortney,
Spangler and Heinle, Of Bellefonte In
connection with the denomination there
was a grand display Of fire works-the
best ii il said ever seen in Penns Valley.
For this addition TO the attractions Of the
occasion, We are informed, great credit
is due Mr.. Ed. krumrine, one Of the
most active young Democrats of Gregg.
Without doubt, Penns Valley may be set
down for the largest majority this fall ever
cast for the Democratic ticket.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-08

IL the Democratic electoral ticket,
as published in many of our exchanges,
we notice mistake that should be cor
rected. In some of the papers the
name of Mr.. Bower, of the Twentieth
District, is printed C. ". Bo'Uer, and
in Others C. ". Bowers. Neither is
correct. 1t should be c. NJ. BOWER.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-08
Democratic State Ticket.

FOR SUPREME JUDGE,
GEORGE A. JENks, of Jefferson County.
ToR AUDITOR GENERAL,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-08

ELECTORS.
Dist. Dist,
/. John sleyin. H. George A. Post.
=. Edwin A. Pue, IL. A. NJ. benton,
.. John VI. Campbell, H. j. j. Linton,
g. Giles BALLET, Is. John ). Miller,
o. John ~ Moitet, ~. j. o. saNtol,
u. Edwin Waldon, ~ g. VI. Bower,
:. Ma han @. james, Il. l. A. }. Buchanan,
:. George Filbert, - Christopher Magce,
- James q. Mcsparin, - Robert VI. Gibson,
lu. Alfred J. Martin, - Thomas Bradford,
II. Adam GerTinger, -. Harry w Wilson,
II. Frank Turner 81 Samuel Grfith,
~. T. J. Birmingham, =. J. Ross Thompson.
II. III. T.. Davis,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-08
VOL. ,.
Democratic National Ticket.

Democratic NATIONAL AicRet'
FOR PRESIDENT,
WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK, Of Pennsylvania.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM H. ENGLISH, of Indiana.
ELECroRS-ATLARGE.
Il. Emmet Monaghan, William ii. Plnyford.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
Soldiers Under Fire.

Whenever you can tind a soldier who,
usder fire, aims low and shoots to make
every bullet wound or kill, yoa will find
fifty who are nervously throwing away
ammunition, seeming To reason that the
reports of their Tuskets will check or
drive the enemy. And yet this nervous
ness need not be wondered at, for they
are playing game of life aud death.
At Malvern Hill, seventeen soldiers
belonging to an Ohio regiment took
cover in a dry ditch, which answered
admirably for ri1ie-pit. A Georgia
regiment charged this little band three
times, and were three times driven back.
The fire was low and rapid, and fhe loss
in front of their guns was more than 100
killed in ten minutes. Regiments have
been engaged for an hour without losing
over half that number. The fire OF
these seventeen was so continuous that
Mcclellan forwarded a brigade to their
support, believing that an entire regt
ment had been cut oil.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
4 Blizzard.

A blizzard" is described by the Chey-
anne Le0der as follows: There is no
clearly stated definition of the word
blizzard" as it is not found in the
dictionaries. 1t is purely Western in
Blizzard came out since the
dictionaries were built. But then q biz
zard is an unspeakably mean thing. Oil
it is SD mean. No one ever thinks OF a
blizzard without apologizing mentally
for touching upon SO base a subject.
What the cayote is to the hunter, the
freighter, the cowboy, and the miner,
the blizzard is to the average citizen.
The blizzard ranks about as high in me-
teorology as does the skunk In zoology.
And then "A blizzard is the only thing
known to history or science that will
blow thirteen ways at once. 1t describes
course precisely like II Scotch plaid.
You turn from direct line--to the lee
way-Of the fierce wind in order TO catch
a good square breath, and the blizzard is
there toe. 1t catches you on the point
OF exhalation, just as your lungs are an
immense vacuum. Your mouth is open,
OF course, and the blizzard suddenly
fills you SO full of wind that nothino but
heavy conscience prevents you from
soaring aloft at once like o balloon. You
feel miserable and tighter'n bass drum.
You want to swear, but you haven't time.
Your only relief is to strain the blizzard
through your fingers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
Removal of (irease SpOts.

Fatty oils have greater surface ten
sion than oil of turpentine, benzole, or
ether. Hence, if grease spot Oh a
piece of cloth he moistened on the re-
verse side by one of these solvents the
tension on the greasy side is larger, and
therefore the mixture of benzole and fat
or grease will tend to move toward the
mann grease spot. If we were to mosten
the center of this spot with benzole we
would not remove it, but drive the grease
upon the clean portion OF the cloth. 1t
is, therefore, necessary to distribute the
benzole first over a circle surrounding
the grease spot. To approach the latter
gradually, at the same time having blot
ting paper in contact with the spot to
absorb the fat immediately.
Another method, namely, to apply n
hot iron ON one side, while blotting pa
per is applied to the other, depends upon
the fact that the surface tension OF a
substance diminishes with rise of tenn
perature. II, therefore, the tempera-
ture at different portions or sides OF the
cloth is different the fat acquires ten
dency to move from the hotter parts to-
ward the cooler. Pharmacist.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
Mexican Balls.

The Mexicans are VIGOROUSLY fond of
dancing, and will neglect almost any
thing else to attend a battle or ball.
Many American dances have been intro
duced, but the amusement, instead of
being indulged in in a wild and unre-
strained manner, Is conducted with
great decorum. The ladies' all sit on one
side Of the ballroom and the gentlemen
on the other, and when the music be-
gins the young men walk out into the
middle of the floor and beckon with
their fingers to the young ladies whom
they desire for partners. At the close
OF the dance the ladies return to their
side of the room and the gentlemen to
their own. The waltz OF modern society
and other fashionable dances in the
East would be considered immodest m
q Santa Fe 6ai,e, and would not he
tolerated.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31

the revenge that time has wrought. l
have hated myself many times for the
past in my life"
He seized her hand and bent search
ing look into her thin, faded face.
Meltha, am content to let the past
lie buried. 1 am lone old bachelor,
rich and crusty, but want wife,
"Well?"
evil you be that wife to me, Mel
thai"
"After my treatment of you, when
eyes after that.
"For PHYS sake, Wallace?" tears fill
ing the violet eyes.
For loves sake, Meltha."
Tears fell from her eyes. He drew
her head to his broad breast, md sealed
the compact with kiss.
The wealthy lumberman found the
wife, who presides ever his house with
exquisite grace, in n shanty.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
Gone Ry.

The days ere gone by in which spade
might be called spade; now, every
things in q name Clerks do not wish
to be styled clerks, pure and simple, but
to be set forth as with Messrs. So and
So. Bar-keepers demand to he consid-
cred sin the wine business, and drivers
OF lager-beer wagons to be styled ''in the
brewery business. No doubt by the
same token, vendors of matches ask to
be enumerated as lumber merchants"
and brick-layers, we are assured, con-
stantly request to be written down al
"masons and builders" Circus riders
and negro minstrels pretty universally
ask to he catalogued as Sin the dramatic
profession. Commercial travellers are
found to be variously entered as lin
porters' and ''iobbers" The dashing,
ii somewhat diapaanous, disguise where
by dealers in faro-banks and blacklegs
generally are prone to describe them
selves as sporting men" is not, we be-
lieve, allowed in the census, although
between it and the foregoing the differ
ence is perhaps only one Of o degree.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
Modern MartyrdOm.

How easy to fret; how hard to keep
silent Every individual member of the
household feels as though he was either
gunpowder or burning match.
It is no easier if we, with the same
feelings, go to the kitchen followed by
two or three little restless children and
endeavor without help to get the break
fast on the table. The wood is either in
Chunks" or else there is nothing to
burn but corn-cobs, and they are burnt
to ashes about as soon as the flames
touch them. The ice has all melted, the
cream is sour, and the meat spoiled.
The bread has run over the pan and
table, and is on the floor; the ants are in
the sugar-bucket, and only half coffee
enough Drowned for breakfast. The
children pull at the skirts and ask for a
'drink of water" ''piece of bread" or
cry from sheer WEAKNESS, and his royal
highness rushes through the hot kitchen
to the cool parlor, wondering audibly as
he goes why it takes woman so long to
get breakfast. Then there is need of the
charmed water of the fairy tale, to hold
III the mouth until the nerves cease
quivcring.
We have great deal OF sympathy for
nervous, fretful, overworked woman.
and when such n woman does preserve
that golden silence we feel like eompar-
ing her 10 the martyrs of old. But, after
all, that comparison is feeble. The mar
tyrs are not to be compared to modern,
nervous. overworked womanl What is
one stroke of the ok, OF the standing
mon n ME of burning faQOtS whose hot
flames in an instant take away the breath
SO ready to he given? The being drop
ped into a chaldron of burning oil, pain
for nm instant, then glory foreverl We
admit that one great blow requires
fortitude and courage, but you rally all
your forces to meet it. it comes and passes
and that is the end of it. But a trouble
that worries and battles, and stings, aid
at which You strike or endeavor to push
aside, but it still rasps and fills you with
contempt and diseust--yes, give me my
choice and I'd take the burning oil or
the stroke of the ak. -Erchan0e.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31

L.
a una'f whose coru was carried away
HrfI a. q eyea, aud whose oats and hay
Wers piled M into the landlords cart,
Looked toward his castle with sorTOwtul heart
% Yoo seem" said he. {" 80 strong and grand,
LiEe glFnt YOU overlook the land;
And g,ant in stomach you sure must be,
That If AL my crop can leave mono To me-
Qnoth another" OF such weak words what end
Have YOU any hope that the dew will mend,
Or the oil let Kid escape his NAV,
Or landlord yield his rights at lawi
''Let us 90 over 20 Rackrent Hall
By two ard threes-it may beiall,
AS wisdom rs found in the multitude,
Enough Of us might do the cause some good"
At first they went by twos and threes,
But RaCkrents lord they could not please;
And next they went in number score,
Hut the case was even the same as before.
BY ffties and hundreds they gathered them
Resolute-patieut, logged msn--
And the landlord owned that he thought there wa
Some,slight defect in the present laws.
Then barony spoke country woke
A nation struck ri their feudal yoke
twas found the Il ght could not b. withstood.
And-wisdom was found in the multitude
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31

There is way that seemeth right to
man, but the end thereof are the ways
of death.-PrOv. gUi., %.
There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mask of virtue in its outer pare.
Merchant Of Venice, iii, y
How can we, being evil, speak good
things. (Seeming virtues proceeding
from an evil source are not genuine. -
Nat. rii., "a.
Where All unclean mind carries virtu-
Gus qualities, their Communications go
with pity--they are virtues and traitors,
too.-AHs Wei That Ends Wei, l., /.
Another law In my members warning
against the law of my mind.-Ron,.
Uii., %.
The tend is at mine elbow and tempts
me, saying: use your legs take the
start run away" My conscience says
"No do not run scorn running with
thy heels" Bulge" says the tiend.
Bulge not" says my conscience.-
Merchant Of Venice, H., 2.
He that increaseth knowledge, in
creaseth sorrow.-Ecciesiastes L., 10.
had rather have fool to make me
merry, than experience to make me sad.
As You Like II, H., /.
L, yet not I.--Gdi. H.. %.
have kind of self resides with you,
But an unknd sef, that Itself Viii Leave
To be anothers fool
--7yoii. and Cress., iii., =
But whatsoever shall keep the whole
law and yet offend in one point, he is
guilty Of all.-James al, 10.
That these men
Carrying the stamp, say, Of one detect
Shall, in the general censure, take corruption
From that particular fault Tho dram of al
Doth all the noble substance often doubt.
-Hdmtet l., 4.
whatsoever hateth his brother is a
murderer. John ill.,, 8.
Hates any man the thing he would not
kill ?-Merchdnt Of Venice, ~.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
A Great Day for Fishing.

odd you have much luck, Uncle
Nose" asked n gentleman of an old
Galveston fisherman.
"Nebber seed de like. 1t was all day
long jerk up comes ive-pound red
fish; jerk agin, up comes a six-pound
trout jerk agin, up comes seben-
pound sheephead. 1t nebber stopped
one second"
"How did you catch fish that fast
without stopping to bait your hook ?
Come now, Nose !"
"Bait de hook2 All dem fish was on
de same hook. Oar was no chance to
bait de hook. De six-pound reddish
swallowed de five-pound trout, and seb-
en-pound trout just jobbled do six.
pound reddish, and / jest kept on ontil
day was about twenty fish on de hook,
and den / hauled EN- in and put on
fresh bait. Has yer cotched my mean
In ?"-GaiUeston Neps.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31

arrive at the dignity of full-blown
beetles, while in the grub state Of their
development, they begin their attack on
the Unmatched young of the winged
destroyer. The voracity of the Lub.
book beetleis said 10 be extraordinary and
some of them seem 10 he able to destroy
the whole crop of choppers" and have
actually done so in certain parts OF Asia
Minor this season.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
The Transformers Enemy.
There is no vice so simple but assumes

Sir John Lubbock bas male discov-
cry which may turn ont Of some import
ance to our Western farmers. In the
neighborhood of ancient Troy, Sir John
came across beetle whose mission it
seems to be to destroy locusts by con-
Stunning their eggs. Even hefore they
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31

MARX how plain tail shall put thee
down." as the alligator said to the little
darky on the river bank.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31

In all purchases it is The cheapest in
the end to buy the best.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31

Did he take the prize Yes, he took
the prize. The poem and its title didn't
seem to go together very well but no
matter, that sort of thing has happened
before it didn't rhyme, neither was it
blank verse, for the blanks were all
tlled-yet it took the prize for this
reason no other poem offered was really
worth more than about 81 so, whereas
there was no getting around the petrihed
fact that this one was worth $40. In
truth, there was not a banker in the whole
town who was willing TO invest a cent in
those other poems, but every one of
them said this one was good, sound, sea-
worthy poetry. and worth its face.
Such Is the way in which that strug-
Cling young poet achieved recognition at
last and got start along the road that
leads to lyric eminence whatever that
may mean.
Therefore, let other struggling young
poets be encouraged by this to go on
striving. MARK Twain.
HAuTropD. Conn Nov. II. 1880.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
A Tale for Struggling Young Poets.

Mark Twain contributed the following
amusing sketch to publication in Buff
falo, printed in the interest of the Ho-
meopathic Fair:
Well, sir, once there was young fell
low who believed he was poet but the
main difficulty with him was to get any
body else to believe it. Many andmany
poet has split on that rock-if it is a
rock. Many and many poet will split
on it yet, thank God. The young fellow
| speak of used all the customary de-
vices-and with the customary results
to-wit /: He competed for prizes and
didn't take any he sent specimens Of
poetry TO famous people and asked for q
"candid opinion" meaning puff, and
didn't get it he took advantage of dead
persons and obituaried them III ostensi-
bic poetry, but it made him no friends
certainly none among the dead. But at
last he heard of another chance ; there
was going to be homeopathic fair in
Buffalo, accompanied by the usual moi
fensive paper, and the editor OF that
paper offered "A prize of 81 for the best
original poem on the usual topic Of
"Spring no poem TO be considered
unless it should possess positive value.
Well, sir, he shook no his muse, he
introduced into her rousing charge OF
inspiration from his jug, and then sat
down and dashed off the following mad
rigal just as easy as lying:
HALL BEAUTEOUS. BoUN rEoUs, GLADSTONE
SPRING.
POEM s. L oLEMENs-
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A POEM BY 3. L. CLEMENS.

/: No. 1,163. HARTfoRD, Conn, Nov. IT., $780,
GEO. 7. BISSEIL K CO.,
BANKERS,
: Pay 10 Mrs. Ddrtd Gray, or order,
+: For Homeopathic Fair,
4: TEN. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. DOLr.ARs.
Household Account.
=. l.. CLEMENS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
Shakespeare and the Bible.

There is way that seemeth right to
man, but the end thereof are the ways
of death. PROP. rel, %.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31
UNION IN STRENGTH"

BY THOMAS DARCY M'oKR
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-12-31

4 mgu whose coru was carried away
Before T. 4 eyes, aud whose oats and hay
Ser pillI np into the landlords cart,
locked toward his castle with sorrOwtul heart
, 1880-06-23
A CONVENTION INCIDENT.

uaRGctt, Of Brooklyn LII n Tight Place.
H4hinpta4 tJane gUl tNftta atvtIifaet Jttdu ifern.
fae tnelqents u tho Chicaxo Convention, tou
aataeruus to bo fully told, arc continually ooall-
~ to Mind. One Ut the best things have hen.tl
= Tho story told by pagRett, Ut brooklyn, tho
say md gcstlye Sher1.iatl delegate from New
lotk, who paIl $l., n ttar for tho best rtsums In
" Palmer House, t1id did no IND of things TO
0ake the third -tur1uurx uncomfortable. Gu tho
aa5 aftor tbs Convention Mr. Potter Palmer took
ala by tho urn alu insisted On Ills u,akiug
ss' On ox"IlsBIdc0t ur1,nt, who wtts III the ho-
A. paEgett rerl!ed tlatt 10 would rather not
va; Ssa; that be bud t,pptsso1 Grunt ~ tAe Cnn.
~ Sas would llMkv ~ 1ilferpiMe, must K0. So
NV II vent lnto tue Grnnt pArnr md was ru!ntru.
shed shSeed TO GrAnt, having met hlln bufot1 hnwcst
i11.uaa. AEGor u ptraSNt!t conversation, no WIS
1Ettutluceh u MrA. VrNl urant ls y delu9at0
,9ta .,sa New York. Mis,akanK har nun, Mn. l'rcd
aS SSs Gsvst
assd .,d y Dc d.hsri e tnhfar; aasstt s,; saw M
stelr intsrrart IL M 10 sal said: Il .lsut, Mrs. Grant.
bEsast him" rho fsxo!i WIS p4intul. Ma;
eeaxsstts, ronask, ut.tl, lii severe tH,e o5ls.!
I'll I'll well, don't tee how hny: man froln Now
M epoa aas9s ngsr %1ss.S hHys y%,ia aE5 tlq ,s ns
ss,,n T. u apesity i is,,siGIs. jsst ths. =
H.. bo sSnf;E I;aia 4 Kill oG sn Gr
t4s,aMh s Mho taa becn' ut WORK fnr shrrtnutl, ap-
kIssed and waE we!colnoA BY ontnt, who knt'w
M,. . Mt C9 Fud spted lls'i, aatt Ut once crie1
soas asentlon % 5n o1osy w 1ailot at tho saint' tint
shaaenx indignantly ut the 1anr colored brother,
El: viii iiNnits, % "yau o. ' arv Viii n'l lst.I Gpl
ss:ss; ss VI ls & snsfas i''assf bu's hIassi E'.''