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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-09-26

u there was anything at that time
that illustrated the supreme impulence
of the ~eccssionis.s, it was their de-
mand that Major Anderson should
not be permitted to leave Fort Moul-
trie. He acquts the PRESIDENT Of the
responsibility of granting permission
to Major Anderson to occupy Sumter
in Csc his judgment so dictated, and
lays the charge at my door father
the responsibility. if responsibility is
necessary, a cheeriully now a. did
in the heat of that controversy. 1t il
was an insult 10 the people of South
Carolina for the executive to strength.
en- the hands Of that little band Of
federal soldiers in Charleston harb0T,
/ cannot see it go. Whether the presi-
dent intended that the orders to Major
Anderson should be so framed ~ 20
give him the right to move into sum
ter, cannot say But when wrote
the order. such was my intention, and
have no excuse to offer for that act.
If it provoked war, as Mr. Davis de.
clares it did, it was because those who
were then wilfully menacing the Fedcr-
al government made it pretext for
the crime of revolt In the mighty
events then chasing each other in rapid
succession, / played no part which has
the more cordial approval Of my con-
science to-day than in framing that
order that carried Major Anderson
from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter.
What Mr.. Davis says about the com.
missioners from South Carolina pro-
ceeding upon some sort of assurances
from the executive, is ridiculous. The
president had no right to treat with
these people as the commissioners of
state and he declined to do so. They
were simply three respectable gentle
men whom the president treated civil
", and they assumed an importance
never justified by the facts.
"lt will not do at this day for Mr..
Davis to write about the peaceful in.
tentions of himself and his fellow
Secessionists. Their assault upon the
government was deliberate and prede.
termined, and their cries of peace.
while they we're for war unless they
could have their own way, we're only
the vapor with which they hoped to
envelop their real purposes. Mr.. Davis
began early after Mr.. Bincoln's cleo.
ton to urge his views upon the presi.
dent and he was recognized among the
Secessionists as their most important
agent. Cobb was one of the worst
Seccssionists ] ever knew and one of
the ablest men. Thompson, south
erner, n man of integrity and superior
powers. Floyd had little influence.
Mr.. Davis was called 70 Washington
from Mississippi by his southern friends
in the cabinet, that they might have
their most potent advocate near the
executive while the message was being
prepared. lie did the work of his
elan most faithfully, and because be
did not succeed he assailed the presi.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04
Washington Note 8.

Congressman who are dropping in ABOUT
these times TO make arrangements for the
winter complain that houses are very scarce
and very high. Houses within reasonable
distance of the Capitol and the departments
certainly do bring big rentals, and furnished
rooms are also high. hundred dollars n
month is moderate price for parlor anda
bedroom, and when it comes TO renting
furnished house, $1,000 year is reasonable.
There are Congressman here who pay more
for the rent of their houses alone than their
Congressional salary, and yet they do not
stand much the better for it. David Davis,
even when Vice President, lived at hotel
which, while ii was popular years ago, is now
more noted for its past than its present.
Senator Morton, who was popular every
where, in society as well as in politics, lived
at n hotel because he could not afford TO do
better, and never gave dinners or anything of
the sort. Boutwell, lived at a boarding house
even when n Cabinet officer.
Surgeon-General Wales, of the navy, hase
recommended to Secretary Chandler that tn
standard of eyesight at the Naval Academy
DC uACu at 1l-&D. Tic u has NaA AlCO III
the past under different systems of physical
examinations, but was never SO high as it is
now proposed to make it.
Secretary Folger has just rendered an inn
portant decision with regard to the construc
tion of section 7 of the new tariff law relating
to packages and coverings of imported mer-
cbandise. He holds that the cost or value of
the outside covering into which goods are
finally put for land and ocean carriage is
not to be taken as part of or in addition TO
the value of the goods, nor Is the value of
the goods to be considered as enhanced by
reason of that outside covering having been
put about them.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04
A JAnAneSo RAILWAY.


Our fellow passengers are well worth
studying. First come the men of bus
mess going to Yokohama, as is their
daily custom. These men are dressed
in foreign clothes, and many of them
understand some foreign language,
English or German. They are mostly
an intelligent looking group of men.
Besides these somewhat foreignized
natives, we have the real genuine
native article, with nothing foreign
about him excepting his hat. Hats are
very generally worn, unless it is rainy
day, when they are left at home and
the wearer goes bareheaded. The Japs
| are peculiar. On cold, rainy day
they 60 about with their skirts caught
up to their waists, and the water all
streaming down their bare legs Their
dress must be saved, even at the cost
OF some personal inconvenience. In
the car we can see this native dress; u
loose robe with no buttons, but folded
over the breast and fastened with u
sash. This is the dress of the men as
well as of the women. Some of the
dresses are very rich indeed, being
made of beautiful silk. One-half is
longer than the other, which allows
for being pulled up above the sash, and
then hanging down i'll front making
pouch. This is the pocket where
nearly everything is carried. At the
bottoms of the large, square sleeve
there are pockets also. Suspended
from the sash is little box and a
leather wallet. Sometimes these arti-
'cles sre exquisite and very costly. The
| box contains the tobOccO pipe and the
wallet contains the tobacco. The box
is frequently made of ivory or bronze,
finely worked. Japanese tobacco is
very mild. The average American
would disdain TO use it, Mild rs it is
but little is consumed at one time.
The whole amount of tobacco imbibed
would not be equal to one puff of a
strong cigar. But the almost universal
practice here is to draw all the smoke
up, eXpelling it from the nostrils in
stead of from the lips. Women smoke
as well as men.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04
A Chance for Expansion.

A commercial traveller dropped off
the train in small western village,
and upon getting into the bus, was
driven about three miles to the hotel.
"Is this tewn incorporated?" he
finally inquired of the hotel runner
who was the only other occupant of
"the bus.
No"
Why don't you incorporate? If
you did YOU would have town bigger
than New York. "-SVtil1gs.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04
Fattening Swine.

1t is generally conceded that there
should be no standstin period in the
correct system Of feeding, but that
growth ought to begin with young
Pigs and be steadily and continuously
increased until the animal is ready for
the butchers block. While everybody
nearly accepts the mo standstilr sys-
tem as correct in theory most farmers
in reality keep their pigs during the
summer months on very meager ra-
tions, waiting until cold weather to
begin feeding with a view to fatten-
ing.
Growers who practice the plan of
making most of the summer season by
regular feeding, testify to the decided
advantage of this system. In very
cold weather, unless the hogs can be
well housed and kept at a temperature
of about 60 degrees, what the animal
eats goes to keep up the heat, and the
food fails to produce the same amount
of fat it would in warm weather.
There remains no question but that it
pays to provide warm. comfortable
houses for swine during the winter
season in rigorous climates.
The excessive fat gained by exces-
sive feeding of fat-producing food is
objected to by many consumers, who
prefer a larger proportion of lean
with the fat. The Lice Stock Journal
says on this subject that the hog is
naturally a grass and roUt-eating ami
NAL, but in its domestication, being
fed almost wholly in this country upon
concentrated food, has come the habit
of depositing this excess of fat. If
young pigs are kept upon food that
will grow the muscles and bones and
develop rangy frame they will, in
the opinion of the authority referred
to, possess SO much muscle when half
grown that a moderate length of time
in fattening, even on corn, viii not
pile on an excessive amount of fat
Pigs fattened in Canada partly upon
barley, but largely upon peas-a highly
nitrogenous food, yielding a large
proportion of muscle-produce more
lean meat than do swine fattened al.
most wholly upon corn-an excessive
ly ystarchy and fattening food.-Neso
York World. aaf
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.


The Dairy says that sulphurous acid
is most effective antiseptic and anti
ferment, and may be produced by
burning sulphur upon live Goals upon
a shovel or bed Of Goals carried into
a stable with perfect safety 1t will
also be found an excellent method for
freeing dairy rooms and cellars from
the spores Of mildew, which have a
very injurious effect upon the milk
and upon butter or cheese made from
milk that has been exposed Go them.
In fact, from constant prevalence of
these spores it might be useful be use
full to make practice of fumigating
dairieS occasionally, especially after a
bad, damp spell of weather during the
summer season. CID,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04

Junius q. and Charles B. Kaufman, we'll
known lawyers and pension agents OF Ian
caster, Pa, have been arrested, charged
with frauds in connection with their pension
business.
The Hon. "Cerro Gordo" Williams is n
model "blue-grass" farmer Hi' tobacco
crop always commands the highest price in
the Louisville market, turning him net
profit of from $25, 200 TO $4,000 year.
The ceremony of receiving Sitting Bull,
the great Indian chief, into the Catholic
Church. which was to have taken place this
week at Fort Yates, has been indefinitely
POSTPONED. because Sitting Bull cannot
make up his mind which of his two wives
he will let go.
Gen. Butler has been renominated for
Governor of Massachusetts, by the Demo
cratic Convention, and also by the Green
hackers.
Branchville, Pa, is excited over the re-
ported elopement of Rev. w. Ii. Myers, n
Methodist clergyman, with the wife of Mr..
Ralph price.
L Ho NOItdl ClnpdSEg NAoAtNo NONcTnOI y
Island as the guest of General Hancock.
They were received with a salute and enter
tanned 10y General Hancock.
Mr.. Walker, the colored lawyer, whom
Governor Butler has made justice is mar
ried TO Il white woman He is said to be
very popular among all classes in Charles
town.
LONDON, Sept, 25.---O Donnell, who killed
Darcy, the informer, was arraigned in the
London Bow-Street Police Court yesterday
and his examination was begun.
Duels have been fought in Paris between
Baron Beaufort and Viscount Armand, and
between two japanese residents of the city.
King Alfonso, who will reach Paris on
Saturday, will join hunting party on Sun
day, and in the evening will attend ban
quet and gala operatic performance.
Great excitement was caused in the neigh
borhood of the British consulate, New York,
10y the report of two pistol shots and hat
less man running at the top of his speed.
The fugitive was pursued and captured by
policeman. He gave the name of Feeney,
and it was learned that he had attempted to
take the life of the British consul by firing
TIVE shots at him.
Gen. Sherman has fixed the first of Novem.
Der as the date upon which he will turn over
the command of the army to Gen. Sheridan
and virtually retire 10 civil life, although he
will not be placed upon the retired list of the
army until the Sth of February. Major
General Pope, now commanding the depart
ment of the Missouri, will probably succeed
Gen. Sheridan in command of the military
division of the Missouri.
A meeting of cotton-spinners, manufac-
turers and operatives was held at Man
chester, England, yesterday, to consider the
depressed condition of the cotton trade.
1t is reported that the Marquis Tseng's
proposals for a settlement of the difficulties
between France and China comprised the
annexation of AMMAN as far as the Red river
by the French, China annexing the remain
der, and the Red river to be open to the
commerce of the world.
The New Orleans, Vicksburg and Mem
phis Railroad is rapidly nearing completion.
The greater portion of the grade and track
work has been done since the first of the
present year. Over l50 miles of track have
been laid.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04

After trying all ways to eXterminate
Canada thistle and that next worst
enemy of the farmer, plantain, says
an Erie county, Penn, farmer, dis
covered that kerosene oil is a certain
remedy. Some may think my method
tedious, but at best when you wish to
get rid of a patch of either pest, dill
gent work is Indispensable. Early or
late in summer, when the ground is dry
and weather settled, is the time to
make the application. Take an old
fruit can, solder on one side handle,
then whittle pine stick round about
two feet long; now dip the stick into
the oil and touch the plant or thistle,
allowing few drops to run down the
stalk; it viii follow ON down and cover
every rootif enough is used, and the
result viii reward any person who has
pride in keeping from lawn or field
two of our worst weeds. If the
thiStles are very thick, a few may es-
cape, which you will have to kill an
other year, but at worst two seasons
work will whip them all @nse
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04

These remarkable items pour into our Office
daily. Mr.. H. s. FULLER, with the New Home
Machine Company, Of Orange, Mass, wri e5,
May %, 1888: II have used Hunts Remedy
in my family for over ten years My wife
was troubled with catarrh of the bladder,
suffered intense pain in the kidneys and
loins, and urination was accomplished with
the greatest of agony. My friends thought
that she could not recover. We tried doctors
and medicine and although better mt times
she would grow worse again. She was obliged
to use the urinal as many as fifteen times IN
n night, and was growing worse daily. At
this time my attention was called to Hunts
Remedy, an1 | concluded to try it: aud after
using one bottle she was good del better,
the inflammation was reduced, md the water
moro natural. She began to gain in appetite
and fe,t no pain in the back and kidneys
She could attend to her household work
without pain, aud this had been a great
burden TO do, even the lightest kind of work
After using six bottles she was completely
cured. Since then / have had occasion to
use Hunts Remedy for kidney and liver COM
plants, and found il to be just as represented,
and co, slider il n most wouderf u medicine.
/ would not be without Hunts Remedy in
my family; and / have recommended it to
my friends here in Orange with equally good
results"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04

y - a - N - n 4 - ' ' -
LONDON, Sept, 2S.--The statue of Germa-
MIA, the national memorial of Germany, was
unveiled yesterday.
A Alandlord was shot dead in county Mayo,
yesterday.
Two shocks Of earthquake were felt in
Agram yesterday.
The report that Mr.. Parnell had been shot
proves to be without foundation.
The examination of ODonnell, who shot
informer Carey was continued yesterday,
and Mrs. Carey testified.
1t is reported that China wants to place
the neutral zone i'll Tonquin south of the
Red river, and that France will not accept
this arrangement.
Sawney Younger, Reuben King and Isaac
Evans. three young negroes, were hanged at
Chatham, Va, for the murder of VIM. Shep-
pard last month.
Mr.. John Roach, the ship-builder, has
presented bill of $4,000 to the Navy De
partment for the storage of the steamer
Roanoke at his yard since 1877.
The Huntingdon (Pa,( Car and Carwheel
Works, Biain Brothers, Proprietors, haG
failed Liabilities 100000. Estimated as
sets 100000. Four hundred employers
have not been paid for two months.
There was snow September 2S, Mt St
I.nacc aud Cheboygan, Mich. A light snow
fall at Minneapolis Mimi, but melted
quickly. Snow fell heavily at st. Paul for
about five minutes and at other points in
Minnesota.
Tne Athletic base ball club, by defeating
the Louisville yesterday secured the cham
pIonship in the American Association for
1883. Each member of the winning club got
one hundred dollars suit of clothes and
$50 i'll money.
The express car Of the Pacific Express
Company, near Peru, Ind, yesterday, was
broken into by three masked men, who
bound and gagged the express messenger.
B,rt Loomis, and robbed the safe of $4,000.
The robbers entered the express car from II
passenger car.
fire broke out III John S. Hambleton's
blacksmith shop, on Talbot street, in the
town of st. Michaers, Nd, and swept all
the houses on the west side of Talbot street,
northwardly to Church Neck road. Eight
horses were burned. Loss about $4,000.
The Lord Bishop of Rochester arrived at
Baltimore on the steamer Hibernian. He
was received by committee of prominent
Episcopal clergy and laymen, and i'll the
evening he delivered an address at Christ
Protestant Episcopal Church on temperance
work in England.
At Albany, n. Y, the boiler of the steamer
. S. Robinson exploded, killing the captain,
George S. Warner, and the fireman, VIM
Cleary, and seriously injuring Frederick
Tinslar, Willard Darand and Melville Ryan,
deck hands. Richard Vanzandt, of the tug
boat Cora, lying alongside, was killed, and
CAPTAIN Robinson, of the Hattie NJ. Belts,
was blown from his pilot-house to the wharf
and seriously injured.
At Blue Lick Springs, KY, while three
brothers, Samuel G., William o. and Thomas
Rogers, were taking dispositions in the case
of a contest over their fathers will, Samuel
thinking his brothers were about 10 draw
weapons, drew his revolver and fatally shot
Thomas through the head and William in the
abdomen. Samuel Rogers is president of
the Farmers Bank of Carlisle, Ky, William
is lawyer of st. Louis, and Thomas far,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04
Poisoned arrows.

At recent meeting of scientists in
Paris, an interesting communication
was received from NJ. w. j. Hoffman
regarding the methods employed by
North American Indians to poison
their arrow points.
The COmanches simply pierce the
green shell of the Spanish bayonet''
or yucca angustifolia with the pointp
The Apaches (Cayoters, sic) bruise up
the heads of rattleSnakes with deer's
liver, allow the mass to become putrid
then dip the arrow points, and allow
them to dry slowly. The Chinouns
Moquis Of Arizona) irritate a rattle
snake until he bites himself. and then
dip the point and portion of the
wood of the arrow into the blood of
the animal. A wound with one o.
these arrows generally proves fatal in
three Or four days, and its action is
much more rapid if the stomach Of
the wounded person is empty at the
time the injury is received
Another poison is obtained by irrI-
tating bees, shaking the hive, and then
killing them when in this state with
small branches punched together. The
insects are crushed up in mass
with mortar and pestle. and the arrow
points are dipped in the magma 1t
is probable that the active substance
in this case consists in the forriac acid
contained in the bodies of the bees.
This preparation does not cause death,
but induces long continued sickness.
Another very active but not fatal
poison is prepared from red ants. 1t
produces pain in the pharynX, consider
able swelling of the part injured, and
sometimes delirium. The patient re,
mains feeble for month
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04
Farm and Garden Notes.
Dust with air-slacked lime to avoi

Dust with air-slacked lime to avoid
worms.
Oats are good for pigs. Mast makes
bitter pork. - ~
Do not plow thin soils in orchards
Spread manures.
Cut off the stalks of flowers when
they are done blooming.
One hundred bushels of shelled corn
will shrink to ninety in the bin.
A burning log or any other light
will keep away coons from cornfelds.
Set plum trees in large pig pens
They will not be afflicted with curcu-
liO -
Ashes and scots are good to kill the
turnip fly. Dust on when the dew
is on.
Do not dig potatoes Immediately
after heavy rain. Lying in the sun
heats and rots them.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04
I,hn nnctor,sIndornement.

DIR. w. ID. Wright, Cincinnati, o., sends the sub
Joined professional Endorsement; II have prescribed
Dr. VIM Halls Balsam for the Lungs in great mum.
Der Of cases and always with One in par
tcular given mp by several physicians who had been
called in for consultation with myself The patient had
all the symptoms Of confirmed Consumption-cold night
sweats, hectic fever harrassng cough. etc. lie com
menccd Immediately 10 get better and restored
to his usual health. have also found Dr. WIN. Halls
Balsam for the Lungs the most valuable expectoran,
breaking distressing coughs and colds that have
ever used" Dunos Catarrh Snuff cures CatarTh and
all affections Of the mucous membrane
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04
PHILADELPHIA pa
Shall We Let the Child Die :?

hard hearted political economist looking puny child
eby gaspg lies upon pillow says that the child might well
die weak and poor that its life will be worth anyhow
There already good many people the world much
account anyhow And what's the Of adding their number another
weakng who has but slender chance amounting anyhng
Now ask that chds mother what she thinks letting the child
die About this time the hard political economist had out of
the "Lm die? N6LA0I is Ied t1
nd that qH that E tile child shall deI RI SPEND auyIa
dollar 10 the nd| Well bottle of BRowNs B1TrERs
that child See the poor little fellow pick up strength He rve
He will live Hosts of other children been brought from death
healthy life by Browns Iron Bite Your druggist sells it.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04
One of The Elect.

CLEVELAND, OmO.-The PLAIN
Dealer reports that Hon. Martin y.
Foran. congressman elect from Cleve-
land, Ohio, district, has used st. Jacobs
Oil in his family and has always found
it safe aud reliable. and it afforded him
great relief to a lame knee.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION. depression of spir
its and general debility in their various forms
also as preventive against fever and ague ant
other intermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphor
tted Elixir of Calsaya," made by Caswel
Hazard q Co., New York, and sold by all Drug
Eists is the best tonic and for patients recover.
ng from fever or other sickness it has no equal
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04

DR. Il. A. Davis, 200 Joraemon ST., Brook
lyn, says: physicians generally know no
cure for rheumatism and BrIght's kidney
disease. DIR. Elmore is the first to discover
one. His Rheumatine-Goutali really cures
b1H."
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04

How shall we stop the great evil of
lying?" asks religious weekly. 1t
can't SSbe stopped, but the evilmight be
lessened materially by abandoning the
custum of putting inscriptions on
tOmbStOnes.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04
"GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY

has been used with signal success in con
sumption of the lungs, consumptive night
sweats. splitting of blood. shortness of
breath, weak lungs, coughs, bronchitis, and
kindred affections of throat and chest. Sold
hy druggists.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-10-04

A party of Minnesota young women have
gone to the Argentine Republic to teach
school and they write back that their first
impressions are pleasant.