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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-03-29
"WASHING DAY."
Some Useful Hints TO Housskeepsrs
About Washing and Ironing.


First have the clothes well sorted.
Let the table-cloths and napkins be
washed by themselves, and each piece
looked over carefully in order TO see IL
thero are any fruit or coffee stains on
the pieces; If 50, pour boiling water
over the fruit-stains, several times IL
neccasary, until they are removed, and
soak coffee stains for little in cold
water, which will generally take them
out.
Let the sheets, pllov-cases and cot
ton underwear be washed and boiled
together; then the towels and white
cotton stockings; white shirts. gar
mcnts 10 be starchrd and dhandkerchiefs
could be put together, then tea towels,
and last Of all the hanncls. That
clothes may be washed clean. use
good soap and an abundance Of warm
water. Clothes Will not be white If
washed in little water in the bottom
Of a tub, and cheap soap is not econ
omy, and often leaves a disagrccahlc
odor, even after careful riusing.
Have the water merely warm in
your boiler when the clothes are put
in, and rub LITTLE soap on each piece
before boiling. Do not boil over fifteen
minutes, as a longer time Is apt 10 give
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-03-29
STRIKING CENSUS RETURNS.
statistics or Insanity, IdiOcy, BIindness,
PauDerism, Crime and Death.

Census" volume of 1863 pages, con-
tains, among other things. summary
of the report of Mr.. Frederick II.
Wines upon the defective, dependent,
and delinquent classes. The most
striking result of the work was the ap-
parently great increase in the number
of those included in the three classes
named. The number of insane persons
idiots, blind persons. and dcaf-mutes,
rs shown 10y the several ccnsuses. was
5O,99i in 1850; 5S,45l in 1860; 9S,5S4
in 1870, and 2jl sos in 1880 In other
words, although the population has a
little more than doubled in thirty
years, the number of defective persons
returned is apparently nearly five times
rs great rs it was thirty years ago.
The increase Of population between
1870 and 1880 was only thirty per
cent, while the apparent increase Of
these defective classes was lj5 per
cent While there were only 2jji de-
fcctiyc persons in each million in 1870,
there were J0lS In each million in
1850 Mr.. Wines says that il IS i'm
ros.i,l. :, L,licvc th,, ,beye has in
r,,, Lc., .oor.,, -, i,cre,so ri,hcr
r,a o,rr.r,,i,,, f., 1-.n ,,,y ,vcessi,..
or fine enumeration in 1870 was incon-
py.,c The burcau was assisted in the
work hv soOoo rhy.jcians and Mfr
Wincs believes ma, = much more per-
feet enumeration of the defective
cla,.r. ,-rcciauy Of the insane and
idio,ic ba. been secured than wa.cycr
lafnrc ur,--rpt.d in tl. history of thi.
or anv other nation. OF the ~ .q17 in
sane pcr.ou, for,y.four Der cent. were
in bo.uital, and asyum.. Of 7G.sg5
idiot. tbrr, ,rr cent ,,crc in training
scr,al. c,r,l, C.,,1..pipl.3.,f4 100.
Hind rcr-,r. l.s. than f,u~ and , half
NOR con, ,,.ra In school. and indus.
.tri,I h.u,. f.- Tie blind and 9g ---
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49,
na, r,nrr than one sixth of the blind
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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-03-29
Don't you agree with me. Mr.. Day.

LangdOn was talking about.
The waltz came to an end at last,
and the two found their way to where
our friends were seated.
Wont you introduce me to the fair
danccr2" Dayton asked at the earliest
opportunity.
WAS Miss Terrell engaged for the
next dance a glance at "A dainty
programme proved the contrary.
might he have the plcasure?"
AS"
What a delightful turn that was!
Dayton had never enjoyed anything so
much. He had some thought of tell
ing Miss Terrell that a lock of that
mass of wavy hair was at that moment
lodged in his pocket. \ propitious
fate permitted him to dance again
with her during the evening, and even
to accompany their party to supper
The next day TrcvrIyn and Dayton
called to pay their respects at the
Terrell mansion. This was not the
last time. And then Perry fell into
the habit of going without Trcyelyn.
The weeks slipped away quietly, and
at length Perry discovered that he was
madly. wildly, hopcles,ly in love with
the fair owner of the fatcful net
one day there was to hc a picnic
Nature extended herself to the utmost
on this particular occasion. No one
. ha1 ever experienced a more delight
fully pure atmosphere. How fresh
everything looked how swcctly the
birds S.ng' \ winding road through
the tree, lrd them at length to just the
plac" they We're looking for. Then
came the bu,tl" of alightug and col
Letting the baskets. and all sat down
for a general chat before going on in
exploring parties.
The delight, of picnic, were being
warmly discussed. when a graG-clad
gentleman on horseback was seen
b approaching through the tree, NJ one
side.
H. seemed in no Wis" disconnected
hy numer"r, pair, of eye, bent upon
him.
wv ny. h'GIt. where hi" You come
from: cried Miss Ella. pr"ii'Iy' "hi!"
"a" p'trr "' mater ''""N h'm "aTmI!
D! 'h' h'nd
= I"Hh' myself A"ir I" n' villa !"''
earlier than | expected. They told me
yon were alI booked for th" day. 50 |
determined 10 follow suit.
1T IS 50 nice that you happened tu
com" On this particular day W. are
going 10 have such a mic" day said
Mrs. Terrell.
I'm not 81 sur" "t that. >"lilo-
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-03-29

Tobacco is grown in ~ix,y-four out
of the sixty-seyen counties of Penn
sylyania.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-03-29
TENAIy IIstRTs


Sometimes, by fattery, She, l.
Sometimes shes ,, too.
She'- olen 3-ling and, ms son,
Sometimes she guc. y"a.
Sometimes she is 5-acio7l. quite,
>onciimcs alas, she. s
Sometimes shc'- to cur sight,
Ans doth our souls trausdx
Sometimes, by caunihal-, She. s
She ufcn T. bc-o.
Sometimes She Is a l0-icr mate
In the domestic line.
Sometimes shc jus, amounts 70 o;
And cannot make a pie
And then It Is that We arc taught
That female figures lie.
a Boston boy who went round :,
apologize TO an elderly maiden for
torturing her cat TO death when he
didn't know it belonged 10 her. is now
busy trying to coax the skin 60 grow
on his nose where IL was scratched of.
and is doctoring his eve and the place
on his head hit by a poker. and the
place on his legs that Suffered when
the hot water was throws at him. and
he says they needat tell him that il
pays to be polite
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-20

CHAFFEE published a card in the Trib-
une of Tuesday morning, in which he
attempted to smooth the ruffled fur of
the workingmen. He states an enor-
nous sum as the amount which he has
paid out to the laborers of this state
since he began mining. What is there
in the single fact that Chafee or any
other man paid for the labor the prevail
ing wage-scale for the purpose of making
himself rich? He wouldn't have en-
ployed single man if he hadn't been
able to net handsome profit on his en-
ployment. If a mans friendship for the
workingman is to be gagged by the
amount of money he pays out as wages,
then Gould and Vanderbilt should stand
at the top of the list of friends of labor
The way for a man of position and
wealth to demonstrate his friendship for
the poor and lowlv is to do as Victor
Hugo, George Peabody and Peter Cooper
nave done. Inc caro- OF MT. CnaHee III
reality amounts to absolutely nothing,
and the editorials in the Republican,
which called it out, are on the same
level. The wealth of this country is
produced by the working classes, and
the man who reaps the reward and pock-
cts an unjust proportion of that product
has no claim upon the friendship of the
toilers he has robbed 1t is of no conse-
quence to the workingmen of Colorado
how Mr.. Chaffee made his money. The
good or evil he does the public with it is
of more interest to them.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-20
co SISTENCY.

The question has been asked by few
why the workingmen selected Mr..
Shackleford as their candidate for sheriff
instead of Mr. Graham. The argument
is advanced by those particularly inter-
ested in the election of Mr.. Grnham,
that he is workingman, while the other
gentleman is not but is rather an aris-
tocrat
In the first place there is scarcely any
difference between the financial stand
ing of the two gentlemen, neither being
very rich. Mr. Graham made what he
has in the butcher business, while Mr..
ShacklefOrd got his star: in this state on
a chicken ranch.
1t is not necessary that every candi-
date supported by the workingmen
should be a day laborer. If it were, very
few would ever receive their votes. The
sensible wage-worke does not require a
man to be always poor and hard digger
to win or keep his friendship. Some Of
the best friends the cause of labor has
ever had have been men of great wealth.
Therefore it is an absurdity to say that
the workingmen should have no friend
ship for other than the hewers of wood
and drawers of water
Then the question to decide in this
matter was, which of the two men by
their past, the prospects of their future
and their following and affiliations could
we the most consistently support? In
looking over the ground from this stand
point we found that Mr.. ShaCkleford
presented clear record, was not tied to
any man or faction which had been or
was likely to be antagonistic to the in
terests of the workingmen. While, on
the other hand, Mr.. Graham is the ac-
knowledged instrument of J. B. Chaffee
in this contest, and Chaffee has placed
himself on record as opposed to the
rights of the workingmens and as not
disposed to consider their claims worthy
of consideration. -
How can the men who we're treated as
the workingmen of this city were treated
by Chaffee last fall support his hench-
man for office? Where would be the
consistency in bitterly opposing Chaffee's
candidate for governor last fall and sup
porting his candidate for sheriff this fall
so long as his position towards the
workingmen had not changed2
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-20
ACCEPTED.

Our small tagging contemporary, the Re-
publican, bursts forth in a wild defence of
the fellows who are selling out the Work
ingmen's ticket Just to help matters we
will make this proposition: We will show
the payment of money, or the promise of
payment, at any time to the purchasable
lot of loafers who pretend to represent the
workingmen. We should like to have
some member of its alleged Executive
committee, or whatever committee has
been appointed to receive the money, to
make break in this direction. We will
show where money was paid, promised and
contingent, any time the small gang of
thieves engaged in the business break loose.
Fridays Tribune.
The editor of this paper, as one member
of the central committee, accepts the chal-
lenge in the foregoing, and makes the
requested break. Every word in the above
paragraph is lie, and the foul-mouthed
whelp who indited it thief, who would
attempt under cover of prostituted edi-
torial cloak to steal the reputation of
honest men.
I stand ready to produce the man who,
as the messenger of Ziegenfuss, offered
$1,000 to myself if 1 would support in
THE ENQUIRER and the committee George
Graham for the office of sheriff.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-20

MORALITY in communities, as well as
individuals, Is to be commended where
found, inculcated and taught where il
does not exist and made, as far as prac.
ticable, the rule of life. To most success.
fully accomplish the desired transforms
ton of sinful man to a more
spiritual being, practice, and not preach.
ing, is necessarys, He who assays the
role of instructor in morals must him.
self stand without reproach. He cannot
step from obseurity into the open light
of public opinion-even though he be
the speaking trumpet of daily paper
and, with unwarrantable presumption
herald his advent in general condem.
nation of his ellowbeings with any
hope of becoming leader of the masses
A man who has reveled and yet basks
in the smiles of sin has no moral
right to stigmatize gathering of citizens
as collection of "sin- scared" villains
A tippler and debauchee should speak
with bated breath, if he speaks at all, o.
"bummers." No standard of aristocracy
can be erected, at least in this western
country, that has for its foundation 6
junk shop, is clothed in the cast-of
habiliments of a better class, and
despite all the surroundings of shoddy
cannot divest itself of the smell of back
alleys and second hand goods. When
the editor of morning paper howls
"bummer" at the people they may cal
back at him, rags ragsp' and REMIND
him not only of striking peculiarity
but of time, not long distant, when he
was glad to hide his nakedness under
the gift of generous gambler, and {
time when the public gave him means
to acquire the power of abusing it.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-20

whole committee; and, in any event, he
was satisfied that money would cut no
figure in the choice Of candidate.
These are facts, to which, if necessary
the committeeman will make oath before
a notary public.
The workingmen's central committee
is composed of gentlemen who have the
confidence of the men they represent
and who have regulations to save, and
who are too sensible to sacrifice their
future for a few dollars. - a. T.
If it had been the object of the work.
ingmen to make money they would have
placed the rich mans candidate on their
ticket, and the fact that they did not do
so should be satisfactory evidence that
principle, not dollars and cents, con-
trolled their action.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-20
PIN KERTOM,s PIMPs.

Again the cut-throat gang known as
"Pinkerton's Detective Force" are
brought out to assist in the suppression
of organized workingmen. The tele,
graph contains the information that one
hundred of these cowardly tools of cap.
ital are swarmed at Dubois, Pennsylva,
MIA, this week, armed with repeating
rifles and revolvers, for the purpose Of
frightening into submission or butcher.
ing the coal miners who made just de,
mand upon the mine owners.
There is no need to discuss the cause
of the trouble. 1t is we'll understood
the starvation policy of the thieves who
own and control the coal mines of Penn.
sylvania is we'll known to large major,
ity of THE ENQU1RER's readers.
1t is question of the miserable thugs
belonging to the Pinkerton outfit being
employed in crushing the honest, hard
working miners, that we have to deal
And there seems to be but one way tC
deal with them-that is upon the Jesse
James plan.
These base, hireling detectives" have
been dogging the steps of honest labor
at the instgation of thieving capital fol
several years. They have wormed them
selves into workingmen's societies fol
the purpose of learning who the men,
bers were, and have betrayed them al
every opportunity. They are always
lying in wait to stab the honest working
man in the back, at the signal of the
aristocrat.
Now, this thing must be stopped. II
has got to be stopped. If the law cannot
put clamp on these interferences OF
the men who are not it's creatures, then
the men on whom they wage their COW.
ardIy war must take the matter in their
own hands. Let the workingmen of this
country organize a band of avengers
whose duty it shall be to shoot these
Pinkerton devils down wherever found
and let the work begin at once.
If this advise be set down as criminal
then | say damn the crimes act. We
are bounded by merciless, unprinci
pied foe; if there is no protection foi
us save in our own hands, fill them with
remedies and apply them with precision
Why do you stand all day long, like a
herd of cowardly ours, while the hired
butchers Of your enemy NOW you down
at pleasure?
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-20
DYNAMITE is strong to-day at 49c.
A LIE.


Some evil.minded person who wishes
to hurt the cause of labor by injuring
the standing of The ENQUIRER, has
started the report that the editor of this
paper received sum of money for sup
porting Charley Linton before the work
ingmen's convention.
l pronounce the report a lie absolutely
and the man who started it a cowardly
contemplate wretch.
Any man who can prove that the editor
of TBE ENQUIRER or anyone connected
with it ever received one cent from Mr.
Linton, or anyone for him, other than a
years subscription to the paper and the
price of a small amount of job work, can
take all possess in this world-which
isn't enough to run the office and keep
my family three months, if it were all
converted into cash.
call on my friends to give this and
all similar reports the lie every time
they hear them.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-20

THERE doesn't seem to be any attempt
made to disprove the charge that there
exists a compact between Scott and
Lothrop, the effect of which, (if the op-
portunity is given through the voters of
the county for carrying it out,) will be a
continuation of the Lothrop rule in the
clerks Office Lothrop has become
wealthy off of the Office during his three
successive terms, and is not yet willing
to loosen entirely his fangs. He, and
the ring to which he belongs, knew it
would be impossible to secure his cleo
ton for fourth term so, thereto re, the
compact with Scott. Every voter in the
county ought to fully understand that
there does exist an agreement that if
Scott is elected large per cent of the
profits of the office will go to Lothrop.
Understanding this, can you bring your
selves to vote for Scott? Scott began six
months ago to canvass for the Office, but
he was afterwards ordered to keep quiet
and agree to certain things and Lothrop
would secure for him the republican
nomination. The latter has kept his
word it now remains to be seen if the
voters of the county will loan themselves
to the further carrying out of this plot.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-20
NEGLECTED.

The Dayton Labor Gazette has sus-
pended. The cause was the lack of sup
port by the people for whom it labored.
One by one they fall--the brave spirits
that contend for awhile against great
odds in the battle for the peoples rights
and the elevation of the poor and Iowly.
The men who should support these jour
nails are cold and careless, when they do
not actually oppose. the efforts of their
conductors, from jealous motives or
through careless disregard of what is
best for them.
William O. Hoover, publisher of the
Gazette, says in his last number:
This is probably the last number of
the Labor Gazette-at least under the
recognized management. Many circum-
stances have lead to this, the chief OF
which is the apathetic course of my sew
eral partners before and since the elec-
ton, tits out of my power, as matters
now exist, to pursue the business of pub
fishing the paper beyond this issue. The
work of getting out this number being
left entirely to me, l am compelled to
issue half sheet. Could l have the rs,
sistance necessary to continue it, nothing
would give me greater pleasure than to
honorably discharge every obligation to
subscribers and friends who have gener,
ously aided us in the past. Without
such assistance l am forced to let the
Labor Gazette die out, regretted by nc
one more sincerely than by
WIN. o. Hoover.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-20
THE SELL.

The air during the past week has been
filled with rumors that the workingmen's
county central committee had been zap
preached" by Chaffee and the republican
committee. The newspapers have con-
tanned columns of editorial matter and
COMMUNICATIONS on the same subject.
The sum offered has varied, ranging from
$500 to $1,000. The handy interview
makers and communication writers on
the dailies have spread themselves upon
the subject, and the twisting and squirm
ing of some of them has been enough to
make man who knew the truth in the
case smile.
have no desire to injure anyone or
make capital for another by referring to
this foolish subject at all, but if l said
nothing, after the matter has gone so far
feel satisfied the readers of this paper
would think had not done my duty.
The remembrance of the insults offered
to two or three prominent movers in the
workingmen's party counsel me to say
nothing on the subject and allow it to be
forgotten: as soon as possible, but THE
ENQUIRER seems called upon to say some
thing and, as it has never shirked duty
it will not do so now.
In tie first place, allow me to say that
the story that a messenger from the
republican central committee appeared
before the 'workingmen's committee and
offered to buy it for Mr.. Chaffee, is not
true in any particular. No one was
allowed to be in the room when the
committee met, on the evening that they
decided upon their candidate for sheriff,
but members of the committee, and the
report is lie made out of whole cloth.
But that individuals who are members
of the committee we're approached and
rendered money if they would give their
support to Mr.. Graham, there can be no
question. Several members have said as
much.
l only know fully the experience OF
one committeeman, and that was, in a
few words, that man representing him
self to be direct from the chairman of
the republican committee, stated that he
had been sent from that gentleman to
learn what amount of money would be
requiredt to obtain his (the committee
man's) support, in the meeting about to
be held, for George Graham. The MEM
Der was given to understand that the
purchase money would be considerable
sum, il !, and would be paid at once. The
messenger was given to understand that
the committeeman's vote and Influence
was not on the market, and that he would
be governed by the good Judgment Of the
The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-20

Not changed, did say? Well, it
has changed in this much The rat
paper the Times-which was in part
the cause of the trouble one year ago,
was at that time said by Chaffee to be in
no manner subject to his wishes or de
signs, while at this time it is the ac-
knowledked champion of Mr.. Chaffes
and his candidate for sheriff, and it is
pretty reliably reported that said enemy
to organized labor is directly under his
control and pay. ~ !
Now, I leave it ont to any reasonable
conscientious laboring man, would Mr..
Chafee's candidate for sheriff harmon
ize with workingmen's ticket?