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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-26

To DAY brings a report from Washing.
ton that President Arthur, during a
meeting of the Cabinet on Friday, oh
served that "he supposed IL was we'll
understood that no "force or pressure
should be used TO COMPEL "the payment
Of political assessments" CT course
this must be very gratifying 10 all peo
pie who have the good of the country
at heart and sincerely desire 10 respect
snd iadd its Chief Magistrate. IL is un.
fortunate that at the same time we
should get the sad news that Malone
has just assessed the Vireinian clerks
from to per cent. In addition TO the
2 per cent. already levied by Hubbell /;
that Hubbell's collectors are lying in
wait in the department corridors warn.
ing the clerks openly, "lf you do not
come down, your head goes off" and
that in one case where Virginia
postmaster replied 10 Mahone's black.
mailing circular with q contribution
In Confederate currency the irate ''bossp
not only had the official removed but
caused the office itself to be shut up, In
order to punish the residents for their
supposed sympathy with 80 outrageous
an offender President Arthur's party
is Adamned beyond all redemptlony
lie really should try 10 escape alive
from the wreck ~ 7. World,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-26
Republican Extravaganza.


The people know one way in which
nearly twenty millions OF the one hun.
dred and fifty millions surplus in the
United States treasury were disposed Of.
But even after the river and harbor bill
and other extravagant general appropri.
ations have been made there still re.
mains large amount Of money in the
treasury which must be disposed of for
the benefit OF ringsters and contractors.
One way OF making a raid upon Il is
fund is through petty appropriation =
For example though the preside =
salary is $4,000 per yenr-$l37 per day
the following amounts are appropria
ted this year TO the executive depart
ment: For refurnishing the executive
mansion, $40, 1000; for care and repair Of
the executive mansion, $4,000; for fuel
for the executive mansion, etc, 81 200 !;
for care and repair OF conserva!orIr p,
etc, $500; for lighting the execut We
mansion, $1,000; private secretary,
$3.50; assistant secretary, 1920; two
executive clerks, $1,000 each, 81 600 :;
stenographer, $500; one clerk, class
four, 81 800; two clerks, class three,
$1,000 each, 81, 200 two clerks. class
two, 81 400 esah, $4,000; one clerk
class one. 81 100 steward, Sl,sO0; one
day usher, 81 200 FIVE messengers, 81,
200 each, 5000; two doorkeepers, 81,
200 escl, -, 400; one night usher, 81.
200; one watchman. 1900 one fireman
1856 contingent expenses Of the exec.
u;ive Office 700, Appropriations Of
this kind are made annually. 1h'
thought will therefore naturally arrC
that as twenty thousand dollars nre
spent annually for relurnishing the
presidents house, it would be interest.
ing to know what becomes of the old
furniture. Presidents and their families
ought not to be 50 destructive that they
can demolish twenty thousand dollars
worth OF furniture every year. This
system Of plunder and waste extends to
greater or less extent to nearly all
the departments OF the government and
rapidly eats up the money congress
does not dispose of in another way.
The history OF the Star route eases shows
how thievIng contractors and govern
ment officials ''pool their issues, 80 that
the contractors get ten dollars for work
which they agreed TO do for one dollar.
When the plunder runs up into hun
dreds OF Thousands OF dollars it begins
to make considerable hole in the pub.
lie treasury. On larger scale a glance
at the great appropriations will chow
with what lavish hand congress votes
away eco, 100000 month, 100000 a
day, 100000 for each Of the working
hours, over 5000 a minute, and $50
every time the clock ticks. The people
out of whose pockets this money all
comes mustrebuke this spirit Of extrava
gance to save themselves, and they can
only do il by taking the control Of hf
fairs out Of the hands of the republi
cans HayrisbYg Patriot.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-26

Nrrr"ID i- the mother Of iuven.
tiUu. bseases OF the liver. kidneys
and bowel. brought forth that sovereign
remedy Kidney Wort, which il rature's
normal curauv. for al those dire com
plants. Ia either liquid OF dry form IT
ls = Iericct remedy Tor those terrible
diseases that cause 50 many deaths.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-26

hoCroE bulls are hhomirab.e and not
needed IN kidney aud liver affections.
as PTEuNs and MANsiIs will cure them.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-26

NryIR forget that billiou-ncss and con
s'iu,.uu are entirely durable with MANh.
IiN.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-26
Writ of Partition

T. Cathsfius A. Weaver, Cbas. n. CntsIius and
Elizabeth Guteus heirs aud legal representative oi
John Nsafg iHta - ilaiuss fv O.. dsrHsHd UuB-Ffsi
dent. Within the County of Centre Take uutfer that
ls virtue Of Wfit 81 Partition issued oui II fbs or
phsns toutt gi Centre County and a. objected. an
inquest viii be hrld ~ the late rttidnuce 81 John
Nusi1, decoased to- the township nf Haues apa conn.
q " CrHire. 81 Frasy the 2tA day " October A r.
iNS2. at te-n O'clock VI 81 saia DAY for uas pur.
pose ~ making partition u The real estate of the
sid deceased 20 and among bis heir and legal repre-
seniatites Il the same te done uithuu fFeiudice
30 of spoinE the shole otherwise q value and ~.
praise the same according to av 81 witch time and
place Won fnay he present II yuu think prppef.
sheriff e ufsios. nelefauie r !. ntNEEL,
September EAd. lsS1. sheriff.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-26

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Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18
TRIM MIN GS.

Bugle trimmings are recommended for a windy day.-Neao Orle0s2s PicGyu71e. Philadelphia paper denies that William Penn sold rum to the Indians. If it was brandy William sold them, the denial should
 have wide ation.-N0r7istoaon ReraEd. Two sons of the Green Isle were over-
 heard as they walked through the public gar
 den. "Yis," remarked one, ''Bin Bootler is
 elicted, and I shtill carry the bod. .''-Boston
 IaGnScr5pt.
 Railroad time table: "When did the first train leave Austin for San Antonio ?" asked a l stranger at the railroad depot of Gilhooly. 'The first train left for San Antonio when the railroad was completed between the two cities; that was about two years ago. You don't expect to go over on it, do you ?"-
 7'eras Siftia,gs.
 when he met three little boys in the road
 All of them said excitedly, ''Mister, give me that coon, give me that coon, give me that coon, mister" 'Well, boys, I'll tell you what l will do. If you will tell me the party you belong to and why, I'll give it to the boy ''I'm Republican, because that party saved the Union" said one. ''I'm a Greenbacksr, because that party is in favor of plenty of money" When the time for the third boy came he said, 'Im Democrat, lease want the coon."-Neao Orlea1as Ivmes.
 several Austln gentlemen were talking about polite men they had met, when an old German named Fritz said the politest man he ever heard of was his uncle tWhat did your uncle do ?" asked Gilhooly. Well, you see, he vas in sheep, and dot sheep strike a rock and go dot vasser down. All de passen- gers vas drowning dot vasser in, and mine uncle too. Shust before he got dot vasser down, mine uncle dakes off his hat, and say to de udder peebles who vas splashing dot vas
 ser in, Ladies and schentlemens, I haf de
 honor to pid you good bye,' and he sunk out of sight dot vasser in." Everybody present
 lite except Gilhooly, who remarked in his
 usual cynical manner. 1T don't think your
 uncle was polite St all, Fritz He evidently
 had no manners, for he should have waited
 until the other passengers went down, instead
 of crowding down ahead of them, particular
 ly as there wore ladies in the crowd. He
 was selfish brute-that's what he was. '-
 2e.rGS iSiftjnQs.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18
The Favorite Trees of Birds.

 | About home is hedge of Norway spruces, planted some forty years ago, and now reaching, green, brave and tall, up to- ward the cold New England sky From ear ly spring until late fall, warblers, fly .catchers and sparrows of every variety seen in the trees, apparently to eat the seeds and gum Here the finches and cedar birds are at home and chick a-dees always to be found in the winter. Catbirds and robins build in the spruces. can think now of eight robins nests built in the hedge during the past year, but the building of robin in any tree does not prove that they are particularly partial to it. They have nest apiece in crab apple tree, a maple, tulip and pear tree That in the crab-apple is four feet from the earth, that in the tulip is forty.
 Year after year pair of Baltimore orioles come to our willow tree and build, choosing it in preference to surrounding elms. In a neighbours yard there is a genuine Baltimore orioles nest in fork of maple. The bird was weaving her pretty home in the orthodox way-pendant from an elm branch-when she became entangled in the warp and wool of the fabric, and was cut out, after vigorous protests, by kind neighbor. For last spring, at least, she chose to frame n sim pier, more stable nest The orioles are par ticuiarly fond of the blossoms of the pirus japonica, and of the wistaria. Every morn ing last spring they gathered in vine trained over my window, and awoke me by their short conversational notes, as they shook of the blossoms
 The creepers and woodpeckers throng to the chestnuts and oaks and visit the pear trees. The humming birds may be seen from five o'clock in the morning to late twi light lowering about the larch trees, often alighting to plume themselves among the cones, which they closely resemble in size. These birds always come to dwarf horse chestnut trees when they are in blossom, and I have noticed that year after year the tiny thrush explores the roots of these shrubs, apparently searching for som. grub peculiar to the tree. In the Spanish horse-chestnut trees the white eyed vireos build, though they seem more partial to aIders. That the crow builds in the maple and the bluebird in the apple, every one knows, but the larch and spruce trees certainly attract the greatest variety of interesting birds of any trees in this vicinity.
 But let him who owns spruce trees beware of striped red squirrels. The little rogues eat the cones and all the young tips of the branches, then build in the evergreen tops and store their nests with every pear and nut they can steal. Every spring they chucker l at the robins, it is whispered that they rob l red breasts nests, and the old colored facto- tum gets his gun in order to shoot them i; but the winter snows show just as many tiny tracks under the spruces, which say, plainly and defantly, 'Red Bunnie; his mark.'
Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18
COMMUNICATIONS.
Some Reasons Why James ID. Dexvell
 Should be Nominated for Mayor.

Some Reasons Why James ID. Dewell
 Should be Nominated for Mayor.
 To the Editor Of the JOURNAL AND COURIER.
 Permit me through the columns of your paper to place before the public the name of James D. Dewell as candidate for Mayor of our city. MT. Dewell needs no especial en- dorsement from me. His life and habits are well known in the community and through out the State. For over 8 quarter of cen- tury he has been engaged in active business pursuits here and during that long period has not only been successful fnan- cially, but has also justly earn ed an enviable reputation for strict integrity of character and honesty of purpose in all his dealings. MT. Dewell has long witnessed and taken pride in the growth and improvements of our city, and from his thorough knowledge of the city's needs, and his marked executive ability, he would in the office of Mayor do much for New Haven.
 As ono of the many business men of this city whose views with reference to Mr. Dewell are identical, take great pleasure in presenting his name as that of one eminently qualified to take the position and discharge all the duties of the office faithfully and to the entire satisfaction of the people. c.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18
Saturday. Nov. IS, 1882.
TRIAL BY JURY.

TRIAL b JUhFs
 One of those incidents which tend to de- crease faith in trial by jury has just happened 1 in the Province of New Brunswick Two men were indicted for shooting at and feloniously wounding a policeman. The jurors were l sent out to find verdict. The majority of the twelve thought the prisoners could not be justly charged with felonious assault, but only with resisting illegally the policeman After discussion eleven took this view. What the twelfth man really thought is not known. but what he did is. He told his associates that certain count of the indictment covered the case fully and that if a verdict of guilty on that count were rendered the accused would be sentenced to short imprisonment The genius offered to bet $1OO that he was right. This heavy wager settled the matter. The jurors accordingly brought in a verdict of guilty on the eleventh count. It proved that this count charged the defendants with feloniously wounding the officer, crime whose penalty might cost the prisoners their lives. The jurors tried to remedy their mis- take by sending affidavits to the judge ex- plaining their action. The judge replied that the jurors either could not have read the count, or they were inattentive to the evil dence, and that the testimony was so clear that the jurors could not we'll have failed to find the men guilty. At all events, said the judge, if there was mistake the jury did it's duty in convicting tho prisoners. A sentence of twenty years' Imprisonment was passed upon the men, and the intention of the jury de- feated.
 The Dominion newspapers arc naturally somewhat exercised by this extraordinary occurrence. One of them, commenting on the case, says that not taxpaying, but intelli. gence and honor, should be the test of quail 6cation for jury service. The Iror who saw nothing harmful to the prisoners in the most dangerous count had paid his taxes season. ably, and was deemed fit to stand between the government and the accused. The re- maining members of the jury had done their duty by the collector of taxt,s, and that was enough. Thus 8 combination of dullness and conceit worked out the result which caused the jurors to rub their eyes in amazement. By misapprehension the jury distinguished itself and gave the judge chance to reward the evil-doers approximately.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18
NO. NOVEMBER IS. 1889.

entered on the thirteenth y>9ar of it's existence the number thirteen being, as everyone knows. the most unlucky in the whole arith- metical series. The thirteenth year has been, In fact more or less fatal epoch in the ca reer of every government which the present century has witnessed in France. It was just thirteen years after his elevation to power that Napoleon entered on the dissstr ous Rus sian campaign of 1872, which caused his downfall. Again, in 1927, exactly thirteen years from the Restoration, occu rred the first reactionary coup detat which led later on to the formation of the Polignac ministry and the revolution of July. The thirt eenth year of Louis Philippe's reign, 1s42, was marked by the tragic death of the Duke of Orleans, an event hardly less fatal to the dynasty. The thirteenth year of the reign of Napoleon III. witnessed the unfortunate Mexican expedition, the "beginning of the end" of the second empire.
 Major General McDowell, in his annual re- port, points out strange requirement in the army regulations which he thinks for the good of the service should be abolished It is that which requires all courts martial to deiJourA 1oT tAo uay nOC IaIef than three o'clock, and makes all proceedings after that hour illegal This, he says, causes great in- convenience and delay in the administration of military justice. The origin of this re- striction is as curious as it's retention to this time is unaocountable. General Mo Dowell refers to Macaulay's His tory of England as authority for the statement that the limitation was imposed by Parliament, because at that time o'clock was the dinner hour, and it was then the cus- tom for officers and gentlemen to be in such condition after dinner as to unfit them for judicial functions. "But," the general says "oficers do not dine at 3 o'clock now, and do not get drunk when. they dine and the restric tion has ceased to have any justification. It is simply a relic of the past, which is the cause of much inconvenience and delay, alike to the court and the prisoner, especially at distant points,
Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18
General Buffers Humanity.
An Anecdote Told by a Boston Corre. spondent.

An Anecdote Told by a Boston Corre- l -'-> spondent.
 Here is an anecdote that was told me at l table the other day by lady who said that her husband, though Republican, was go- | ing to vote for him because he wanted to | ''give the old man a chance" A plainly dressed woman, evidently in mental distress, l presented herself at his law office one day, and his secretary, in the outer office, told her 1 that the General was engaged inside and could not possibly see her. "May come to- 1 morrow. then ?" she tremulously inquired l No, he is going to Washington to morrow" She sat few moments, with evident reluc- | tance to yield her hope, and presently Mr. Butler came out and passed through. the ante l room to go to luncheon. One of his shrewd eyes caught the timid figure, and he paused before her and asked her in rapid but kind | words if she wanted to see him, ''rhat is what l came for, " she said wistfully. ''State your business very briefly and will see what
 can be done," be said, ushering her into his l consulting room. She told him a sad story of conjugal sorrow, through selfish and tyrannical husband who had got from her the
 little fortune left her by parents, and not only did not support but abused her. He i said: Nov, madam, if I inquire into this
 case shall find that you after all are the one to blame? Are the facts exactly as you rep resent them to me, and have you been to him good and true wife?" God knows
 have tried to be, and that all have told you
 Is true," she answered fervently; and draw ing out fifty dollars she said, II have bor- rowed this to come to you with and I am
 sorry it is not more; but do take it and see | if you cannot set me free from him." The General waved back. the hand which offered the pltiful sum and said, "I will undertake your case, but your money is no object to me. am not in need of it but I would
 like to help you" He returned in due time from Washington, took hold of her case, which was so clear that he readily secured the divorce and recovered $16,OOO of her patrimony for her and even then he would accept no fee; neither did he make any over- lures even of friendship toward her beyond
 mere business like humanity-the humanity of busy, absorbed, but not ungenerous
 man. have heard several anecdotes of him here as favorable this, and in Washington he is known as a man of great kindness to the poor and the dependent.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18

General Butler's success is very encourag- ing to hopeful and persistent politicians. Col. John c. Crisp of Kansas City, Missouri, who has been boiling Democrat, 8 regular Dem ocrat and an independent, says he will go the round till he gets into Congress if 1t takes him thirty years.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18

In the Vermont Legislature the ways and means committee has introduced bill for the taxation of corporations doing business within the State. The bill contemplatss rais- ing $250,O00, apportionsd as follows: Rail- roads, $15o, 900; insurance companies, 1920, GOO; car and steamboat companies, $1O,OOO ; telegraph and telephone companies, $25, ,o0O; savings banks, $7O,O
Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18
EDITORIAL NOI.ES.

A correspondent in another column sug- gests that James D. Dewell would make 8 good candidate for Mayor. So he would if he would take the nomination.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18
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Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-18

The members of the State House of Repre- sentatiyes from Windham county will, it is said, push Edward l.. Cundall for the speak ership. MT. CundalI is Q clerk of the Supe- rior court and sound lawyer. He has been a member of both branches of the Legislature and is thoroughly conversant with the usages of legislative bodies. He would make good Speaker, but as Windham county furnished the Speaker last year tho prospect that he will obtain the place is not brilliant.