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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20
Promise and Performance.

The Washington Post reproduces
the following passage from one of the
numerous circulars of the National
Republican committee of 1880. These
cold-b -blooded and dishonest appeals for
votes may be profitably recalled by
laboring men now:
"The Democrats, if successful in the
present election, will, as promised by
them, largely reduce the important duty on
all kinds of foreign goods, and conse-
quently immense quantities of these
commodities will be imported. Work
ingmen engaged in manufacturing these
goods all over the country will either be
Hr0Wm out of employ yment or will have
to work for the very lO,0 agoges paid in
Europe, and their present favorable
position will be reduced 10 tie Level of
European workingmen, whilst the posi-.
tion Of the latter, under u better de.
mand for their products from this cnun.
try, naturally wW be Improved! Now, if
you want to work for these 8tarvi,tg s0ageS,
vote for Hancock and English. On the
other hand, if the Republicans are sue
cessful in the present election, aOageS
naturally wW be the same AS they are now.
Therefore, if you want to be sure that
your wages ViHremain high, and that you
will have steaiy 0Ork, vote for Garfield
and Arthur"
1t was an effective piece of dema-
goguery.
Thousands of workingmen were de-
luded into casting their votes against
the candidates of their first choice and
against their old party predictions
by this specious argument, addressed
to their fears rather than their reason :.
to their immediate instincts of self
preservation rather than the sober
second thought, which only dawned
upon their perceptions when it was
too late to undo the misdong.
If you want to work for starving
wages" says this extraordinary pro-
nouncement, "vote for Hancock" :"
There is neither logic, truth nor COM
mon sense in it, yet to the toilers of
the shop and mine, with their task
masters standing over them, it was a
note of alarm to which men unversed
in the art Of the partisan politician or
the mysteries Of political economy,
dared not turn deaf ear. How many
of these men have since realized their
folly and are now working for starva-
ton wages ? How many have been
driven to desperation for the means of
livelihood, which their votes were to
make easy and plenty;
Let the miners, the mill men and
iron-workers, the freight-handlers and
boiler-makers, who are to-day in open
revolt against the unrelenting despot.
ism Of capital, make answer.
"If you want to be sure that your
wages will remain high and that you
will have steady work. said the Re-
publican National committee, "vote
for Garfield and Arthur" What has
been the outcome of this false and
fraudulent assurance? Whose wages
have remained high? Who are hav-
ing steady work at increased pay ?
Where is the workingman, who, hav-
inG been forced or frightened into
voting for Garfield and Arthur, is to-
day the better off? The startling
chorus of five hundred thousand men,
women and children, whose homes are
darkened and whose scanty subsistence
has been made more scanty by the
pending strike, furnishes an eloquent
and allsufiicient response
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20
GIN Hoo SlGYO VIyCES. -

"REFoRM next year." pleads Don
Cameron and the machine ring. "Not
next year, but now," shout the Inde-
pendents. On this issue they have
agreed to disagree. Judgment to be
declared hesecond Tuesday of Novem-
ber.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

PRESIDENT ARTHUR is big, strong
man, but it is doubtful whether his
intellectual Developments are big
enough to grasp the opportunity now
offered him. The passage of the
twenty million plunder bill offers rare
inducements for just and popular
veto.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

PROF. GEORGE w. ATHERToN, OF
Rutger College, New Jersey, has &C.
cepted the Presidency of the State
College located in this county, and
will enter upon his duties Immediately.
He is said to be a man of much ex-
perience and marked ability to give
life and vigor to the institution, pos
sessing a thorough knowledge of in
dustrial colleges and high rank as
an educator. Great pains have been
taken by opponents Of this college,
inspired by jealousy and the rnisrep-
resentations of incompetents, who for
a short time were employed in its
management, to discredit it in differ.
ent parts of the State. These discon
tents h&ve been recently reinforced by
the miserable desire of foolish politi-
clans to obtain very small mostly of
capital against a candidate for Cover,
nor who happened to be President of
the Board of Directors. These diff
culties the new President will have to
encounter aud overcome. 1t will take
some time aud judicious effort, but we
trust he will be equal to the occasion.
The college is pleasantly located in
a healthy atmosphere, excelled by
none in the commonwealth, surrounded
by a rich industrial neighborhood of
as perfect morality and excellence as
could be desired for the example and
safety of students against the common
temptations of more pretentious locali-
ties. In short time it is expected
that railway communication by the
Buffalo Run route from this place to
the College, connecting with the Lewis
burg and Tyrone road, will be com.
pleted.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

THE Ohio Republican association
at Washington proposes to purchase
Garfeld's house in that city for s1S.-
900. Mrs. Garfield assents to the sale,
and will contribute 81 600 for library
for the club.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

A MISS CLoAKEY, a ladyssof wealth
and respectfully connected, last week
became the bride of John Miller, a
negro porter in Washington, Pa, is
now an inmate of the Dixmont Insane
Asylum at Pittsburgh. As soon as
her relatives learned that the marriage
had been solemnized, they applied to
the court for committee de lunatico
inquirendo, which resulted in the
transfer of the fair bride of the sable
bridegroom to Dixmont. The friends
are about to bring suit against the
colored clergyman who performed the
marriage ceremony.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

JUDGE JERE S. BLACK was caught
the other day by persistent western
interviewer, and forced to give his
views of the political situation, which
he did very briefly but to the point
"Pattison will be elected Governor of
Pennsylvania, and General Hancock
will be the next President of the
United States"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20
BELLEFONTE PA. THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1882.

AS THE dog days approach Congress
begins to talk Of adjournment, but the
lobby who have control now, have not
yet signifed their assent, and until
they get all the jobs through no time
will probably be agreed upon.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

THE Cincinnati Enquirer hits the
truth at the first guess when it says
"The factions of the Republican party
in Pennsylvania cannot trust each
other. This is owing to their long
and intimate acquaintance"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

THE recent attempt of the Cameron
stalwarts to capture the rebellious In
dependents by diplomacy, was fail
ure. Instead of putting the Independ-
ents in a hole, the stalwarts themselves
stepped in. The object seems to have
been to save the boss ring manage
ment by. plausible offers of compro-
mise, but Stewards amendment or coun-
ter proposition providing for the with
drawal of the candidates composing
both the Republican opposing tickets,
and all to be made Ineligible before
the primaries on q new deal, was not
in the stalwart programme. County
committees could be relied on to make
nominations to order, but when hotly
contested on new men before the
masses by fair methods, the results
could not be counted ON with sufficient
degree of certainty to make it desira-
bic. It's probable, therefore, that the
fight goes on to the end, to determine
who is to rule the party-whether by
popular voice or individual dictation.
We predict for them happy time, in
which the contestants will have enough
to do without aoasting their usual abuse
on the Democrats.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

THE latest report from Senator
Hill, of Georgia, is that his death may
be expected any hour. He has now to
take his food through tube.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20
NO.. 29.

LIE able and interesting speech OF
the Hon. A. G. Curtin, made in the
House Of Representatives ON the 9th
of June, is on our files for publication
in the DEMOCRAT of next week. This
speech of our distinguished represen-
tative is on the subject of the reduc-
ton Of revenue taxes, which he dis.
cusses with his usual ability.
CHAIRMAN MCKEE, of the Inde.
pendents, has called his committee to
meet on the 9th inst, to consider the
terms of compromise offered by the
Cameron committee. The result of
their deliberations will, of course, be
about the same as that of the Inde-
pendent candidates, which require the
absolute withdrawal of both tickets,
none Of which are to be candidates in
the selection of new ticket in the
convention proposed to be held.
CHAIRMAN COOPER claims that
thirty thousand Democrats will vote
for the stalwart candidate for Cover
nor. If it requires this vote to secure
the election of Gen. Beaver, his
chances to be the Governor of Penn
sylvania are anything but fattering.
This preposterous claim is said to be
based on proposed trade with the
leaders of the Irish Land League in
Philadelphia for Democratic voters.
Some enterprising spectators may
thus dicker with Cooper and take his
money, but when it comes to transfer
Irish Democrats into the service of
their old enemies it will be another
thing, and prove a proftless venture
to the Cameron dynasty.
AMONG the amendments added by
the Senate to the civil service bill, as
passed by the House, was one making
appropriation of $4,000 to pay mile
age to Senators for the special session
of last October. The House sat down
upon this amendment as every small
salary grab" and refused to concur
The most remarkable phase of this
transaction is that the House would
fail to concur in any little steal of this
kind from the plethoric surplus in the
Treasury. Perhaps it was in conse-
quence of the insignifcance of the
amount, but whether or not, the Sena-
tors missed the grab" and the House
is entitled to one Every small" credit
on the monstrous load of obloquy
which attaches to the present Congress
as the most lawless and extravagant
body ever convened at the American
capitol.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20
The Key-Note.

Reform is the keynote Of the Demo
cratic campaign, says Gen. Davis Of
the Doylestwon Democrat. 1t is already
heard in every cummunitv, from the
Delaware to Lake Erie; and will
soon emblazon ten thousand banners
waving in every valley and every hill
top in Pennsylvania. In hoe sig,so
vinces-in this sign we conquer-will
be shouted by half a million of throats
as freemen march to the ballot-box.
Pattison is the child, as well as the
disciple, of reform. He is the first
official ofPhiladelphia, in twenty years
who has laid his hand upon the thief
and the plunderer when about to steal
from the public treasury. They both
fear and hate him. His large savings
to the taxpayers Of that city is evil
dence Of what may be expected of him
as Governor. He will watch the
thieves which congregate at Harris
burg as closely as he has watched
them at Philadelphia. There are a
thousand leaks to be stopped about
the State capital. Twenty years of
unobstructed power in the same hands
has warmed host Of plunderers into
life. They believe the offices belong to
those who hold them and that free
plunder is part Of our political system.
Pattison believes that public Office is
Il public trust, and should be admins
tered in the interest of those who pay
the taxes.
There is a wide field for reform ,and
few walk therein. For twenty years
our State government has been admin
istered in the interest of a political
ring, The first thing a new Governor
was expected to do, after his seat was
fairly warm, was to cast about to see
how he could serve the clique which
had nominated, and elected, him how
he could concentrate both the money
and political power of the State in the
interest Of the bosses. Reforms were
not thought of; good government was
not considered necessity the people
were only looked upon as instruments
to elevate the bosses to power and keep
them there. The fact that the govern
ment belongs to the people, and should
be administered for them, never enters
the heads Of those who possess the Of
fees.
With Pattison in the Executive
chair, there will be preSto-ohange.
He will administer the government in
the interest of those who coniided the
great trust to him. Reform will
become a vital, living principle ;
economy will take the place Of extrava-
gance, and honesty will occupy the
seat now usurped by corruption. Good
government will be the rule aud not
the exception. Pass round the watch
word among the people.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

SECRETARY LINCOLN is a nervous
official and generally does just what
he believes the proper thing to do with
the army officers. He has abolished
the department of West Point, and
ordered that christian soldier who oc-
cupied the "soft place." Gen. o. o.
Howard, to active duty in the great
west-where christian service at least,
may be made available.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

they get all the jobs through no time
will probably be agreed upon.
THE Cincinnati Enquirer hits the
truth at the first guess when it says
"The factions of the Republican party
in Pennsylvania cannot trust each
other. This is owing to their long
and intimate acquaintance"
THIS time the people Of Pennsyl-
vania have determined to try Pattison,
He saved millions to Philadelphia in
a single term Of the controllers office,
and routed the thieves who proved
upon her finances and credit. He will
save as much to the commonwealth.
and disperse the horde Of plunderers
who surround the State expenditures
and swell the taxes upon the people
He is no mere professional politician,
but an aggressive reformer, honest and
fearless in the performance of duty.
The Republicans in Congress are
making efforts to secure the attendance
Of sufficient number Of absent men,
bers to insure quorum to dispose of
the contested election cases before the
adjournment. They have determined
to seat the spurious pretenders and
GUST the Democrats, and they may as
well do it now as at the next session.
If the books are fully posted now, the
settlement in November will perhaps
be facilitated and more thorough than
if left open until December.
THE House of Representatives has
passed bill allowing Mrs. Garfield,
widow of the late President $4,000,
less any sum paid the President on
account of his salary. This, with the
annual pension Of $4,000, and other
appropriations and subscriptions, rem
ders the widow of the President a very
rich woman. She is a lone widow,
but certainly not so poor as to require
the country to pay the debts properly
due against the estate of her husband.
DEATH OF Mrs. LINCOLN. The
widow of Ex. President Lincoln passed
away at the residence of her sister in
Springfield, H., on Sunday evening
last, her death being the result of a
paralytic stroke. She survived several
previous attacks, but she has not heen
well, mentally or physically, since the
assassination of her illustrious hus-
band, and was deserving more com
miseration than was accorded by those
who futtered around the portals of
power in the days of her dis stinction.
PROF. GEORGE w. ATHERToN, OF
7
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

THE Hon. l.. A. Mackey, of Lock
Haven, is said to be candidate for
nomination for Assembly in Clinton
county. Mr.. Mackey was a faithful
and efficient Congressman from this
district, and if nominated and elected,
will make an equally creditable and
valuable representative of Clinton
county in the Legislature of the State.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

s. T. sHueERT J. R. VAN oRmER, Editors
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-14

-" Mr. Boatman," said timed
woman to TIE ferryman who was row,
ing her across the river, "are people
ever lost in this river:,' "Oh. no.
ma, am" he replied, eve always find
them again.
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w. Y. WARNER.
ORPHANS COURT.
WILMINGTON. DEL

EHE Stated Meeting Of the Orphans
Il Court of Cecil county will be held on the
SECOND TUESDAY in every month. Execu-
tors, Administrators and Guardians. wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in the
vouchers n few days before Court.
Ii. ID. MILLER,
Ian 4 Raptcfa-
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sA@ \ gentleman, on getting a
soda and brandy was retiring from
the refre -hment bar. " Recollect, sir"
said the polite Miss Horn. "If you
lose your purse, You didn't pull it out
here"
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THE IDEAL CUP OF COFFEE.

I wish it were possible to impress
every cook with the convictions |
hold upon the subject Of boiling
More mistakes can be made in carry
ing on this process than almost any
other things that ought to be are
not 1t is easy to make these mis-
takes there comes time in baking,
frying or boiling when injured nature
revolts and burns up. But thing
may boil uutil not vestiage of its
! original condition remains, and unless
the water evaporates it may go on
| boiling for hours without reminding
Que by smell or smoke that it is spoil
ed. Nothing suffers more from this
treatment than coffte-rhe almost un-
tanahle-brown aud grind the ber-
nv at home it is more trouble, but the
result is so satisfactory that you will
i've more than paid for your labors-
! Then have the water boiling when it
+ poured over the coffee. If you use
he ordinary tin coffea-pot, be sure to
stuff something in The nose to keep
in The steum and fragrance land, by
/ the way, do not try to use one Of
these for lif.time) Our own coffee
/ not being sent to the tn-shop to be re-
/ paired. we tried the experiment of
making coffee in new tin-paiI with a
,i.ht!y-iiltiag cover, and such coffee
have We had that the tin pail has
! been in use ii month 1t is Of course
a little extra trouble t. pour il into "a
pre>enlahle pot for the table. but it is
enough better 10 pay. There is moth
ing SO nice to settle the coffee as an
egg. Mix the egg with the ground
coffee before pouring hot water on.
If eggs are expensive, you may econ.
"mize by measuring the coffee two
mornings, aud dividing the egg; or
mix the coffee, adding q little cold
water, and divide this. taking great
care to cover that which is left very
closely. Cream adds the browning
excellence, not only TO the taste but
to the good looks also. There is
something magical in the rapidity
with which the dark, uninvitlng Ii
guild is changed into lovely brown
by generous spoonful of cream
! Those unfortunate beings who can
not get it must use scalded milk in
which the well-beaten white of an
egg has been stirred
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1882.
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SELF-)UCATION.

he farmer W is well educated
as farmer, music master of all the
usual operations the farm. He
must know how tow advantageous
", and to use ec0mically, as well
as how to false rops profitably,
and to sell them welin the market.
He should also have me knowledge
of the constituents osoils. the COM
position and cha'act of plants;
should understand :omhing of life
and vital force, and .nogh of town,
State and National afaii TO be able
to perform such services may fall
to him. How shall sub education
be acquired? Not in the common
school, that can only lay IT, founda-
ton; not in the college, fr tt college
leads rather from than .oNrd the
firm; but the farmer who wuld ac-
quire that knowledge which h, most
needs must gain his ed ucaonwhile
engaged in his work. as Elhu Bur
rift did his. He should rea' tn lit
rrature of his profession as func in
papers and books, and he shoul lern
/" read hy the page OR column and
kip whatever he does not need fe
must also learn by observation iirt
learning how to observe The h.
Will Investigate, and study na,re,
ask her how such aud such things re
done, applying the answers to pie
seal use in the management Of -
avn soil. He should learn to thit
clearly and to discern the adaptable
# things and then to use hem. |
following course of investigate
and reasoning, his rule should b'
new to the line wherever the chip
NAV fly. And when he thought on
a subject he should try to express hi
thoughts either in speech, writing {
by action. In speaking, learn
speak carefully and with exactnes
With many writing is more dIfficu
than talking. but remembering ths
things that are easy to acquire al
not always the most useful things I
have, the thinking farmer shout
learn to write out his thoughts, thu
they may reach through the pres
into larger field of thought. Wri
Ing and publishing is d profession {
faith, but to confirm ones faith /
must put his Thoughts into action
This will require constant exper
mentation and investigation. D
not lay away too many jobs to
done on rainy DAYS. The farm.
should not need to work 3l3 days
the year, but should take time fl
reading, writing and study Il
should have recreation, too, thong
much recreation can he taken viii
the hands are no: absolutely idle =
Much work may be done automati
ally, while the mind is busy in 9th,
fields In short, the farmer shou'
be a student through his whole life.
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