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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02

READ AND CoNsIDER.-The business
boom has caused 50 many manufactures TO
start into full operations that hands are
becoming scarce. Men are striking for
higher wages at business centres this
will make harvest hands scarce. Farmers
should cOnfider the situation in time.
Those who have much wheat TO harvest
should provide themselves with self-bind--
ing Harvester The Osborne is the best
binds with either twine or wire, the cost Of
which Is twenty-five 10 thirty cents per
acre. II is the only Harvester made that
the twine and wire attachments 20 with
the same machine They are the only
self-binding Hsrvesters that have been
sold in Centre county this year. There is
q twine binder In working order at the
Fsrmers Supply Store, Of Alexander &
Co, Bellefonte, Pa.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02

The Lock Haven Daily Journal,
reached us on Tuesday evening in an
enlarged and otherwise improved con-
dition. We like the Journal, and
with great pleasure notice its present
signs Of prosperity.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02
PA, THURSDAY, JUNE ,, 1881.

is now said that rs a last desperate
struggle to maintain his piebald party
and to secure an apparent endorse
ment from his State, Malone will
have himself placed at the head of his
ticket as candidate for Governor.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02
The Legislature.

Both houses of the Pennsylvania
legislature have agreed to the resolu-
ton fixing the time for n final adjourn
ment on Thursday, the 9th instant,
which is one week from to-day. Upon
the whole, this long session has not
been very beneficial one to the peo-
pie of the State. 1t is probable, how
ever, that the beneiits-if there be
any-will be found 10 consist more in
the prevention of bad legislation than
in anything else. One of the crown
ing faults to be charged against the
session has been the failure TO effect the
repeal of several bad laws passed at
former sessions that are oppressive and
obnoxious to the people Of Philadel-
phia. They have appealed in vain to
have these enactments, under the
cover of which venal and corrupt
ring of politicians have been able 10
plumber them as audaciously and
as ruthlessly as highway.men, strick-
en- from the statute books, but their
appeals have received as little atten-
ton as though an ordinary citizen
had no rights which a Pennsylvania
legislature was bound TO respect
The corrupt roosters have thus far
been able to prevent anything that
savored Of salutary legislation or re-.
form measures from reaching final
consideration. 1t is through the pres
cnt system of public plumber in Phil
adelphia that they keep themselves in
power and it is hard for them to give
up their Aesh-pots.
An end, however, is bound TO come
to this lameniable condition of public
affairs in our State. An aroused pub.
lie sentiment will compel a change,
and in due time the voice of the people
will be needed. The responsibility for
all that is vile and vicious in the pres.
ent course Of legislation at the State
Capitol must rest with the prcponder.
ating political majority which controls
the organization and dictate the action
of both branches. The Democratic mi.
nority is helpless in the hands Of that
unscrupulous majority. 1t eau be
said TO the credit of the minority
aud in this connection We take spe-
cial pride in pointing to the rec.
ords of our Centre county representa-
tives-that, with few exceptions, all
measures looking to the reform of
abuses; to a lessening of the burdens
that rest upon the citizens Of Philadcl.
phia to just and honest legislation
for the benefit of all to the breaking
up of corrupt rings and the re-estab-
lishment Of honest parliamentary
methods, have received the earnest
and unwavering support of that mi
nority. This is a matter Of Just pride
to the Democracy of Pennsylvania.
Let us hope that it is the harbinger of
better days in Pennsylvania legisla-
ton. Of days when a Democratic
majority will give voice to the wishes
of the people they represent; when
purity, honesty and a just regard for the
honor and dignity of our great Com.
monwealth will be the prevailing mo.
tives that actuate the representatives
of our citizenship, instead ofthe sordid,
groveling and loathsome rule that at
present sways our destinics.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02
NO. 22.

MILLS BUEsED.--We learn from the
Philipsburg Journal that the saw mills re.
Gently erected at North Houtzdale by the
enterprisIng firm Of Hoover, Hughes d.
Co, were entirely destroyed by fire on
last Friday morning. The FIRE occurred
about 3 o'clock in the morning. The
Journal says:
"These mills in addition TO the regular
machinery required for the manufacture
OF lumber and shingles, also had COM
plete outfit 70 manufacture boxes Of all
kinds and nail kegs, being all completed in
the most thorough manner, st a coat Of
$4,000. An insurance Of Si3,25O covers
the loss partially, but the delay caused by
the interruption Of the business Is much
more serious than the deficit on the cost Of
the buildings and machinery. just thir-
teen months ago, q new mill Just complet-
ed and ready for operation on the same
foundation on which the present mill was
located, was destroyed by FIRE and now the
present loss makes il doubly severe and
Encouraging 10 thcse enterprising lumber
operations. As va 60 70 press on Friday
afternoon al one o'clock we are unable 70
give full account Of the fire"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02
WHO wrote the MoreY letter ?

VINO wrote the Morey letter ?
Every one accused has been vindica-
ted except President Garfield. If
Conkling knows he ought to tell and
definitely settle the question. The
senior Senator should not prevent any
pent up Utica from overhowing in
the interest of truth.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02

We were greatly grieved TO hear Of
the death Of Samuel Thompson, Esq, an
old and respected citizen OF Walker town
ship. His death occurred on Sunday and
bis funeral took place on Tuesday Mr..
Thompson Was - years Of age. lie filed
the Office Of Justice Of the Peace for some
yeArs was q most esumAble and useful
citizen, held in the highest esteem by all
who knew him, and general sorrow was
felt In the neighborhood when bis death
was announced. OF him il may be said
that good man, at a ripe age, has gone 70
bis reward
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02
Book Notices.
FLOWERS AT EIGHT TIMES THEIR WEIGHT
IN GOLD.

FLOWERS AT EIGHT TIMEs THEIR WEIGHT
IN GOLD.
THE eut-Aower business, another phase
Of horticulture, Is perhaps greater in the
United States than in any other part Of
the world. Certainly the use Of outflow.
crs in New York, for boquets, baskets,
and other designs, is far greater than in
either London or Paris, and the taste
shown in their arrangement here is vastly
superior. 1t II estimated that three mill
lions of dollars were paid for cut. flowers
in New York in 1880, one-third OF which
was for rose buds. Immense glass struci-
ures are erected in the suburbs for the
special purpose Of growing cui.aowers 10
supply the bOquet-mAkcrs Of the city. Not
lees than twenty acres Of glass surface Is
devoted 10 the purpOes of forcing roses
alone, during the winter months At
some seasons the prices paid for these
forced rosebuds are perfectly astounding.
One grower, Of Msdison, New Jersey,
took into New York three hundred buds
Of the crimson rose known IS General
Jacqueminoi," for which he received, At
wholesale, three hundred dollars, and
which, no doubt, were rctailed at dollar
and fifty cents 10 two dollars each. A
iowcr-dealer in Fourteenth street, few
days before Christmas, received the only
four Of this same variety Of rose that were
offered In the city, and found ; customer
for them at sixty dollars, or fifteen dollars
apiece, or eight times the value Of their
weight in gold.-Peter Henderson, ~
"Froctioui F1Oricuitars," scArRSKR fer
.gaas.
THK Supreme Court Of New York hsa
granted The order to change the name Of
the corporation Of "SersbHev 4 o. 70
"THE CExrURY Co.n--ihe order 70 taka
effect on the 2ls. of June. The july !.
sues Of ScRtBEKR's MONTHLY and ST.
NrcnOLAs viii have The new corporate
imprint,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02

VIRGINIA READJusTERs are grow
ing desperate. Malone appeals to
Bob Ingcrsoll to use his influence with
the Garfield administration to favor
the coalition of the Republicans with
the Readjuster party. Late events
admonish them that some powerful
influence il needed, and must be had,
to save the piebald party from utter
destruction under the well.directed
and aggressive blows of the Democ-
racy. The elections throughout the
State have been carried by the Demo.
Gratis, many of the straight.out Rcpub.
licans voting with them, intent upon
burying the dead and offensive car
cass of Mahoneism and Reputation
out of sight.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02

FRoN TnE HuB.-Therc is perhaps no
tonic offered TO the people that possesses as
much real intrinsic value as the Hop Bit
iers. Just ai this season Of the year, when
the stomach needs an appetizer, or the
blood needs purifying, the cheapest and
best remedy is Hop Biiters An ounce Of
prevention is worth a pound Of cure, don {
wait until you are prostrated by disesse
that may take months for you 10 reoovS
in.-Bosfon Globe.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02

THE committee of one hundred in
Philadelphia is now addressing itself
to the question of reform in street
car fares. Five cents is the ultimatum
of the reformers and the car COM
panies would do we'll to read the his
tory of the past few months intelli-
gently. If they do they will concede
the reduction and save themselves in
finite trouble. Its bound to come.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02

THE President of the United States
is popularity supposed to be James A.
Garfield of Ohio. This is a mistake,
James G. Blaine of Maine is the Pres
ident, Secretary of State and jigger
boss generally. He has the Mentor
statesman by the throat and runs the
present Administration in the interest
of revenge. He has laid a heavy
hand ON Conkling and the end is not
yet. Cincinnati and Chicago are two
Waterloos that. Mr.. Blaine proposes to
wipe out, and in pursuing this purpose
he will not stop short of party dis
ruption. Blaine is brilliant, audacious
and INSCRIPTIONS and is potent now
for much mischief.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02

THE chances of Conkling and Plat
for reelection to the Senate are various
ly estimated. Conkling is confident
of success and has taken the personal
management of the canvass at Al
bany. His known ability and power
to command the New York Republi.
cans, make him an opponent which
the Federal Administration with all
its patronage will find difficult to sub
due Or defeat. His opponents, how
ever, are equally defiant and stern,
and as yet, show no signs of weaken
ing. The result will probably be pro-
tracted struggle and deadlock of fac.
tions, and may eventuate in dividing
the Senatorial representation of the
State between the Republicans and
Democrats, as 1t was before the elec-
tion of Plat, who only entered the
Senate on the fourth Of March last.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-02

The Philadelphia Branch still leads
all other Bellefonte houses In extra quality
and styles Of clothing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13
Disciplined.

The children of the Crown Princess
of Germany are trained with discipline
similar in severity to that which their
mother experienced in her English home
from her father, Prince Albert. Few
children in private families are kept un-
der such strict regime as are these
royal children. Their imperial birth
and high rank secure them no privileges
in the nursery and school-room.
They rise aud retire early and at regu-
lar hours. Breakfasting at with their
parents, little leisure follows but at
10 they are summoned to their book s
and kept hard at work till 5, with sn
hours intermission for dinner.
Their meals consist OF plain dishes,
simply cooked, of which they have free
choice, But, having chosen, they must
eat what is set before them, for they are
not allowed to call for another dish.
even if they do experience a change of
preference. Between meals no eating
is allowed.
Only inexpensive toys are permitted
for play, and they are required to take
good care of toys and books. The Prin
cesses have no waiting-maids to help az
their toilet, but are required to dress
themselves with neatness and taste. It
might be well for American parents to
import imperial fashions from Germany.
1t certainly would, if adopted, improve
the health and manners of young
America.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13
Weather Prophets.

Speculations about the weather are
not wholly useless if we are TO accept
the testimony of Prof. j. Hyatt, who
has been engaged for a long time in
studying the relations between the
phases of the moon and the rainfall at
certain stations. 1t has long been known
that when the moon is full the sky Is
most likely to be clear. This is not
only the testimony of sailors and farm
ers, but also of eminent astronomers
and scientific men. 1t appears that the
rays of the full moon have the power to
dispel clouds, and it therefore seems not
unreasonable 20 suppose that the moon
exerts an appreciable influence upon the
weather. Prof. Hyatt's observations
have Led him to divide the lunar month,
of about twenty-nine and half days,
into eight periods, or Octants, of three
and two-thirds days each, and he has
found that every luration is apt to ac-
quire its character as regards rainfall
within the first Octant, or within three
and two-thirds days from the time OF
the new moon. 1t also appears that the
same kind of weather, as regards tenn
perature, cloudiness or rain, is apt to
OCCtlf Ou VI dDOub thC ubJ u VIC
week, or, more accurately, ut the same
stage in the lunar quarters. A number
of instances are given, extending over
u considerable period OF time, which
seem TO bear out the truth of these con-
illusions with remarkable accuracy, and
it would seem that if seven-tenths Of an
inch or more rain falls within three and
two-thirds days of the new moon, the
entire lunation was very likely to be a
wet one but if very little rain falls dur
ing that time the remaining seven
eighths Of the lunation will probably be
dry. These observations verify the old
saying that the first three days rule the
month. AS result OF observations con-
Quoted Mt two localities, extending over
period of three years, the rule has
been found to hold good in at least elev-
en- cases out of twelve, and they would
doubtless hold good for all places in the
hilly country between the Appalachians
and the Atlantic, not too near either the
sea or the mountains. Such conclusions
are only reliable for places similarly sit
uated, since pecuharities of location,
elevation, the peculiar direction OF the
wind, etc., necessarily affect the result,
and these characteristics must he stud
led for each place. The distribution OF
rainfall is very irregular throughout the
year two or three dry or two or three
wet lunations are apt to be grouped to-
gether.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13

Mrs. Bleylock and Eliza ran to meet
them. Eliza thought perhaps some one
else would come with them. o Had not
her lover left her with kiss and . prom
: The pink ribbon was round her neck.
Her lips were parted in happy, vacant
smile, =,
The old father was in advance. He
thrust ont his arm as Eliza drew near.
Don't you speak to me?"
'Pappy RI
Cd your tattlin' tongue Keep
away from my hands /"
The smile had gone. The vacant
lcok spread over the face that turned
helple ssly to her brothers.
"You ought to be whipped like mig
ger" .said Bleylock. "What'd you tell
that peddler bout Oscars still for
Might n known he was foolin' YOU"
81 didn't tell where the still was"
"Ho you lie, too" And her father,
passing by, struck her with the back OF
his hand. s e-t'.3
Shame on you, pappy " and Janey
ran to her sister, over whose lip the
blood was pouring. fs1 &
2 Her husband drew Janey away.
"Don't touch her." he said, with look
of disgust; "she amt fit."
And wild, terrified look swept over
Janey's face. Should she grasp at the
wind blowing in the tree tops above heri
She caught Dick Oscars arm, holding
it fercely. Here was something to clasp,
to cling to. Her soul shriveled in her ar
dent body. ..s5r..-..,
Afterward Eliza ,Bleylock seemed to
wither away. She repeated her denial
of having been traitor, but no one ever
peneved her. She worked hard, was
used roughly. She had never been
strong. Sometimes she stole away and
nursed Janey's baby, that seemed tc
love her. But never when Dick Oscar
was at home. dos
One day. sitting by the spring alone,
. too weak since a long while to work,
she leaned her head against tree, and,
with one moan, too faint to startle the
singing birds, she died. $500.
Her mother and Janey dressed her
cleanly, and tied around her neck pink
ribbon that they found in her Bible.
And she was buried, with very little said
about it, in the valley.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13

creeings sthe, CniArriageltie oinfrangible.
During the ensuing year, however,
q 900 weddings fewer, than theretefore
were celebrated, but breaches OF mar
riage vow became. more numerous 10y
1000. Three hundred women were
publicly burned to death for having
poisoned their husbands. Seyenty-fvt
men were impaled for the murder o.
their wives. Property to the value Of
many millions was broken, burnt and
otherwise destroyed in private dwellings
All this being made known to the sover
cign, he lost no time in revoking his
above cdict, and in pronouncing divorct
to be legal, as before hisaccession to the
throne. -. ~. -.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13
Depot and Station.

Mr.. Richard Grant White says that
the words railway and railroad are
both used, the former generally
in England, and the latter in this
. country; that railway is certainly
right and railroad measurably wrong.
"For way is that which guides or directs
a course, or that upon which anything is
moved or carried. A read is the ground
ridden over" But way is road and
road is q way. And q railroad is the
ground ridden over, by means of rails to
direct the train. ''But, he says, "the
calling of q way road is venial Of
Tense compared with that of calling a
railroad station depot. A depot is a
place where stores and materials are de-
posted for safe keeping. A lonely
shanty, which looks like lodge outside
of garden of cucumbers, staging of q
few planks, on which two or three peo-
pie stand like criminals on a scaffold-to
call such places depots is the hight of
pretentious absurdity. But il is not less
incorrect to give the same name to the
most imposing building which is used
merely as stopping place for trains and
passengers. There is no Justification for
calling such q place a depot" Now a
depot is place OF deposit, and passen-
gers and freight are deposited at depot.
If il is an objection to call it a ''depot"
because depot is place where stores
and materials are Deposited. the same
objection applies to station" because a
station means place where materials
are stored. AS a matter of fact, how
ever, :'station" is growing more an more
into use.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13
The Fine Talker.

The fine talker in a city runs but q
brief career. He is as short-hyed as the
race-horse, or the man who swings by
one leg on the trapeze or hoists cannon
balls, or in any other way wins applause
by forcible spurts of display. In a year
or two the jokes begin to look thin and
the capital stories give signs of having
been turned and patched much too often.
The talker then usually throws them
into lecture or two, and is apt to earn,
not State dinners, but daily bread and
beef with them while he delights provin-
cial lyceums. Outside of lie large
cities your fine talker is seldom wit.
The bucolic mind distrusts the funny
man. The people of small towns elect
as the oracle the ready but weighty
speaker, the man of general research
into encyclopedias and magazines, who
can give you an opinion off-hand on
beet sugar, or Russian politics, or pre-
destination, or the chances as to the
Presidency in 1884, with fuency and au-
thority He keeps his wits ON tap, 80 to
speak, ready for all corners. To be sure,
even in the slow eddies and currents OF
thought in provincial life, the opinions OF
this leader OF intelligence and converse
ton sometimes appear stale and second
hand, and his audience wonder whether
they have elected their ruler wisely. But
they generally wonder in silence, and he
talks on his way triumphantly.
The female of this species is marked
by the same characteristics. She is
usually more ELUSIVE, however. She
takes her audience more into her conf.
dence. A gushing sympathy and per.
sonal interest are her capital, instead oil
the good stores and the quick humor Of
which most women are destitute. Hav.
ing claimed you as her friend, she pro-
ceeds to show you what an acquisition
you have made. She is ready to exhaust
and settle forever all questions upper.
most in the community; whether it be
the Indian problem, embroidered tides,
or universal salvation.
The salient point to be noted in the
men or women who are popularity known
as fine takers in this country, that Their
material is, as rule, stale and second
hand. They have verbal experiences
in handling thoughts; they give them
out as literally as the plowman throws
down the chopped fodder to his herd.
But the thoughts are chopped fine and
dried; they bear the same relation to the
simple utterances of genuine thinker
that the dry cut stubble does to the green,
live, growing corn in the field. The
men and women noted as conversers In
English society of the last century were
those gifted with dramatic powers OF
dashing wit. They were the raconteurS
RI 80 hou "a
come down to us. But now we Ameri.
cans want facts and opinions from the
men whose talk would satisfy us, and we
are not particular as to whether the facts
are the fruit of real knowledge, or the
chance scrapings Of review-reading. We
have not yet grown up to the old French
idea of great causc,w-the man q
woman who says little and listens mich,
who never makes display; but all Of
whose knowledge, magnetism, and tact
are used to bring out his companion and
place him at his best.-Ne,0 York Iri,
Dune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13
Plea for Divorces.

There is said to he an ancient inscrip-
ton extant upon one of the gates OF
Agra, Hindoostan, which tells how one
monarch attempted to check the evil of
divorces, and how he failed. In the
first year of his reign 200 dissolutions
OF marriage took place, which so an
gered him that he issued an edict de-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13
Cu1ry Nun,a. was Census sunerv;.o

CHIEF NUMAsA was Census Supervisor
in Nevada His enumerators were all
Indians, and single sheet of blank pa
per and pencil comprised their equip
ment. Upon this paper the Indian made
a circle to represent wigwam or camp,
and within he placed figures to represent
the number Of persons in family, his
squaws being distinguished by lines
representing gowns, and smaller figures
denoting children of various sizes. The
chief made up his report from these
sheets by taking a number of willow
sticks of various lengths to denote adults
and children of differe mt secs, notchinp
those representing females, and sending
the sticks in bundles to the census office.
This method, though rude, has served
to furnish an accurate census Of the
f1utes. lt.ti h--t
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-13

PERHAPS the young woman Of Green,
Mimi, didn't scream when, on breaking
an egg to mix in her cake, snake seven
inches long and about the size Of pipe
stem fell into the pan. a, ..t,t....