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reflective one, and devoted to peace,
may give q new tone, or ever a new
direction, to the whole policy of
Europe, and induce Austria, most
cautious of Powers, to make some
further concessions to ST. Petersburg.
Possibly, nay, probably, If only time
could be eliminated from the whole
question. If the Emperor were in
tulI health, it is conceivable that he
could keep peace for a generation,
and this without parting with Prince
Bismarck. People talk as if the
great Chancellor only affected rever-
ence for the Throne, and forget that
he is now, MS ever, "he vasSal OF the
House OF HohenzoIlern,' ready, if
better may not be, 10 carry out it's
will. We do not doubt that, nnder
other circumstances, the Emperor
Frederick would become supreme,
and materially change the policy of
Central europe; but then, changes
of that kind demand more than men
tai energy; they require time, care,
conferences, the slow substitution Of
new for older Ministers and Enjoys,
With the Emperor himself more con
sciOus than any one Of his true CON
dilion, with all eyes looking towards
a future Sovereign, with the whole
A mini>tration saturated for seven
teen years with one mans's ideas, IL
it probable, or even possible, that
any far-reaching changes can be
made? We wish it, more especially
as regards the internal policy of the
German Empire, most sincerely. We
have always looked forward to a time
when an able monarch, using and
not resigning the Royal authority,
would give Germany an impetus
towards what may be most easily
described as II more civil life, would
ask her to live the life Of the house iii.
stead OF the life of the barrack. But it
is mere folly to assume, as things now
stand, that Heaven has granted that
prayer, OF that the Emperor Frederick,
whatever his ability, or hie energy,
Or his wishes, can be enabled, even
with Prince Bismarck'S help, TO do
more than keep the machine from
Swaying as it proceeds along its
course, It is the >addest of modern
illustrations OF III" occasional irony
Of fate. Tie l~onged-for Emperor has
arrived he is in the fullest command
of his faculties ; no one %reSists, or
thinks of resisting, his will and
because Of a bodily ailment he must
be comparatively useless TO the world,
must fit, as il were, across the stage,
the very incarnation of the idea of
the Fate-stricken. An Emperor of
Germany who receives Kings in
compulsory s%ilencel Think what it
means.
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Well, Nellie, does your husband
still drinks" Eyes, mother, and it's
worrying the life out of me-" "Did
you try the plan of breaking him off
the habit hat suggested 10 your
eyes" did you put whisky in bis
coffee" eyes" "What did he sayf"
"He saidI was the onIylwomanhehad
seen since his mother died who knew
how TO make coffee as it should be-
made."-ArgoSy.
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THE EMPEROR FREDERICK.
From the SPECTATOR

The Great King has been buried
with his fathers, first Emperor OF his
long line, and it is time to torn an
opinion as to the change made by his
death in the political situation of Eu-
rope.
1t will not, we think, be found to
be so great as in The first shock of the
event was Unexpected. The En-
perorOr Frederick is undoubtedly n man
strongly inclined towards peace, both
by his character and his circumstan-
cps' Though q good officer, an excel
lent General, and a HohenzolIern who
recognises thoroughly Ihat the Army
is "the base" as he himself say Of
his State, he detpSts war, and has a
strong dlslaste for the militariSm
which history aud recent events have
40 developed in PrusSia. He desires
neither adventure, nor aggrandi>e-
ment, nor q people living IN their ar
mour, He is essentially a pacifc ad-
mlnistrntOr, intent on improving the
condition of his people, aud careless
OF great enterprises; and these tan
denotes are, OF course, STRENGTHENED by
his knowledge that hIs life will, in alt
human probability, he Il short one.
Old soldiers Ut repute rarely or never
approve war-tvcn Wellington abhOr-
s~d lt-and The new Emperor is, ow-
ing to his disease and past achieve
mrnts, precisely in the position of an
old and great soldier who feels that
the end is drawing near. If he can
nvutd Wal without losing honour or
sacrificing national interests, WE may
DE SURF tba' he will avoid it; bur then
ais power Of securing that good end
will be but limited. He is bound by
all The responsibilities and agree
ments which bound his predecessor
he has accepted Prince Bismarck, as
he hmS' # saws, as the "oeceSsary'
counsellor he will not-and, indeed
cannOt-depati from the Austrian al
lance, or 'he alliance with Italy and
III those circumstances, rather than in
his own character, lies the key OF the
position. Germany, we may be sure,
will under his guidance attack no one
-us, indeed, she would not have
done had his father lived-but if Aus
uia is attacked, Frederick l., like his
father, is bound by the recent Treaties
to active interference. The question
therefore is, as il was before, whether
Austria will be attacked and on this
subject nothing whatever has occurr-
ed to clear up The situation. Indeed, it
is, if anything, a little worse than it
was, tor the Gear waS much under the
influence of The determined character
Of his great-uncle, and will be told by
his advisers that with an invalid
upon the Throne, and a kind ofin-
terregnum existing in the Monarchy,
the German Empire must of necessi-
ty be both weaker and more reluctant
to engage in great undertakings. II,
therefore, the Gear intends to move,
he will not be deferred from moving
by the change in the occupancy of
the German Throne and that he
does SO intend, is a belief which is en-
~ %~4At H# ~
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regulated ms last counsel TO his grand
son, and which mast, if recent ne
counts from Roumania are true. be
weighing heavily upon Prince Bis
marck. "Reuter" on Wednesday
telegraphed from that capital an nc
count Of an incident which must in
the main be true, or it would never
have been allowed TO cross the wires,
ard tor which it would be difficult to
find a precedent in European history.
We Civ" it teXtuaIIy:-'At a corf-
dental meeting Of the members Of
the majority in the Climber, held on
Saturday last, NJ. Bratiano produced
a telegram received the preceding day
from Prince Bismarck, in which HE
lUperial Chancellor expressed full
appreciation of the judicious aud pa
triotic manner in which The Minister
had conducted the affairs II Roumnnip
for twelve years, and requested him
to reconsider his resignation at n mo-
ment of difficulty like the present, and
remain at The head of pubic affairs.
This telegram was taken very serious
ly by the members of the majority,
particularly as NJ. Bratiano described
the foreign situation as very critical"
Germany has absolutely no known px-
cuse, not even that Of geographical
position, for this Interference in the
domestic affairs of M independent
people, and we may be sure that il
would never have occurred without
the gravrst Justification. Prince Bis
marck must hive learned that the
Russian influence in Roumnuia had
grown strong, and was being pressing
~ exerted, or he would never have
adjurpd the "AuSIrian" Premier Of the
State to hold firm to his post. And
NJ. Bratiano, who h~asgoverned for
many years, must have felt That the
Russian pressure upon him was tx
c%essiVe, or he never would have re
vealed to his majority, and therefore
10 the whole world, the c'oseness Of
his relations with the other side. The
pressure Of Russia on Roumania,
without whose consent she cannot
safely cross the Danube, is not
q peaceful symptom aud if it is
q warlike one, we cannot per-
ceive what difference the peace
loving character of the Emperor Ere
derrick can make in the situation.
Il is an excellent reason for suspend
ing Russian preparations, for The
Gar knows that while the Emperor
lives Russia will not be attacked; but
if, in spite of that knowledge, he goes
on, or allows his great servants to go
on, making ready for war, then the
situation remains unchanged. Now,
as tor the past six months, the deci-
sion rests with him, for he has only
to roll back his troops from Bessara-
bia, and Europe will be Tapped in
pence. But if he advances, we may
be. quite sure that the Emperor
Frederick, while there is breath in
him to give an order, will fulfil every
obligation of his government, the first
of which is "not to sufsr Austria to
become less than a first class Power"
90 - .bpt . ~ - - IN o|t. 3E |
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A large stock of cMdyen'S suits
lust received at LOWENBERG'S.
"Optician" Swindlers Again.
BOGUS EYE DOCTORS ooNTINE TO SEEK FOR
PREY IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS.

EDaEwooD, Pa, Aug. 3O.-The old "opti-
clan" swindlers have made their appear
ance in s.neighborhood within the past
few days. Their mode of operation is to
ascertain who lives in certain houses, and
after getting what information they desire
by quizzing some one in the vicinity, they
call at a place and ask for the lady whom
they have picked out as their prey. There
are two of them travelling together. They
introduce themselves as "Dr. Henry" or
some other name, "of the Eye and Ear In
firmary of Philadelphia" They explain
their presence by saying that the family
physician, whose name they ascertain be-
forehand, sent them to examine the eyes OF
their intended victim, and If the plan sue
ceeds they ask as large price for pre-
tended cure as they think the case in hand
will stand. They have been using the
name of DR.. Richards, OF Falslngton, who
practices extensively In this vicinity. as the
physician who sent them, but the doctor
has no knowledge whatever of them.
One Of the residences visited was that Of
Mr.. D. N. Cook. They asked for Mrs.
Cook and when that lady appeared they
went over the usual preamble, saying that
DR.. Richards, her family physician, had
sent them to examine her eyes. Mr.. Cook
here appeared on the scene, and tn, swind-
lers, finding themselves foiled at the out
start, were profuse in their apologies for
"intruding," saying that they had evident
ly made mistake in the name. As they
were not known to have succeeded in
swindling anyone in this vicinity, there
was of course, no charge on which to hold
them, and they were allowed to move on.
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counterfeiters Arrested.
FRANK LAvELLEy AND JOHN GREGORY DETEoT-
I'D PASSING BOGUS MONEY.

FRANK LAVELLRY AND JOHN GREGORY DkTkCT-
RD PASSING BOGUS MONEY.
WnKEs-BARRE, Aug. 29.-An arrest was
made to-day at Shickshinny which promises
to throw much light upon the mystery at
tending the circulation OF large amount
OF counterfeit money which has been set
afloat in this county within the past two
months. 1t has long been evident that a
gang of accomplished counterfeiters were
at work. The district has been flooded
with spurious money, both In coin and in
SO silver certificates. In most cases the
counterfeiting was excellent The arrest
of AloDzo Pascaral at Kingston with over
$100 of spurious money in his possession
few days ago, it was hoped, would lead to
the detection OF the offenders, but he
would not say word, and nothing further
came of the arrest.
Within the past three weeks large
quantity of counterfeit silver dollars have
been put into circulation in the lower end
of the county and In Shickshinny and
vicinity.
Yesterday Frank Layelley, residing six
miles from Shickshinny, was detected pass
ing the bogus money at Patterson Grove
camp meeting. The authorities were noti-
fed and to-day, when Lavelley droye into
Shickshinny he was arrested. Deputy
United States Marshal Barring and Darby
made the arrest and the three then drove
to Lavelley's house. A search was made
and about $50 in counterfeit dollars was
found hid away, together with complete
set of dies and other tools. When they
realized what had happened, his wife and
sister were utterly Frustrated and tainted
away.
Lavelley, who at first refused to say a
word, broke down and made full con-
fession, duplicating a number of others and
stated that they came to his house and
made the coins, and he, with others, were
in the gang for the purpose Of circulating
them. He knew nothing about the counter
felt silver certificates. The officials will
not give out further details of the confess
ion, but state that they expect to make
several arrests in the next few days.
Laveley was committed to Jail to await
trial at the United States Court at Pittsburg.
His family is most respectable one. He
was widely known and his friends arc
astounded at the discovery.
WILKES. BAnKR, Pa, Aug. 80 United
States Marshal Barring to-day arrested
John Gregory another Of the gang of coun.
terfeiters operating in this vicinity. His
house was searched and valuable evidence
was discovered. Gregory was brought
here this evening and locked up.
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A New Device.

A Connecticut Yankee suggests the use
of fash light photography as means Of
protecting bank vaults from burglars. He
says; 81 would have camera placed in
a position where it would command In the
field OF the lens place of ten feet square
or more in front OF the door or vault, and
have the other apparatus so arranged that
as soon as tampering with the vault door
was attempted the whole would be placed
in operation. My plan would of course in.
clude retaining the burglar alarm connect
ing with police headquarters. A. soon as
the burglars had begun operations the po-
lice would be alarmed, and at the same in
slant picture of the men would be made
by the camera and aash-light combined, so
that even II the men escaped the police
they would leave behind them evidence
which would very probably eventually re
suit in their detection.
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A POINTER For rru,, rn,eves.

The laws of Pennsylvania provide fine
Of not less than $5 or more than 800 and
costs for wilfully entering an orchard, gar
den, hot-bed or greenhouse, clubb' ng, ston-
ing, breaking or otherwise injuring the
fruit or ornamental trees, or wifully tres
passing upon, walking over, beating down
or tramping upon, or othe wise injuring
any grass, grain, vines, vegetable or other
growing crops; and iu default of said fine
and cost, the offender may be committed
TO Jail for not less than twenty or more
than sixty days. Fruit stealing or the will
full taking and carrying away of fruit,
vegetables, fruit or ornamental trees, is de-
clared by law TO be a misdemeanor, and
any person convicted thereof In the Court
of Quarter Sessions shall be fined not ex-
ceediug $50, and be imprisoned not exceed.
ing sixty days.
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THE BISHOPS DECIDE NOT TO DELAY A RADICAL
MODIFICATION.

meInOoIoI ItIneEant oY8ten.
THE BISHOPS DECIDE NOT TO DELAY RADICAL
MODIFICATION.
The Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church have decided that the radical modi-
fication Of the itinerant system resolved up
on by the National Conference of last May
shall not be delayed. The action then TAX
en- was to permit minister to remain In
one pastorate FIVE years, instead of only
three. There was a general feeling in the
denomin alton favorable to an extension Of
the term, but when the Conference came
to discuss the proposition a powerful oppo-
sition was developed. Singularly, this did
not come from lay delegates, but from some
OF the most influential Of the clergymen,
who urged that fundamental principle of
Methodism would be just so far abandoned
as any change was made.
The question was referred to committe
of thirteen, Of whom eight reported in favor
of prolonging the term to four years; bu I
the minority advised five, and the confer
ence sustained the latter report. The Bish-
ops have now ruled that the amendment Of
the discipline took effect upon its passage,
and therefore Methodist pastors throughout
the country will not have their usual dis
turbance next spring. However, it re-
mains optional with the presiding elders to
transfer pastors every three years, as before
il the good of the service seems to demand
it. But pastor may be left in one pulpit
five years out of ten, il his elder thinks
best, and those five years may be alternate
or consecutive. The talk at the Methodist
Book Concern is that the practical effect
of the new law will be to leave nearly the
entire Methodist clergy unmoved next
spring.
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All the arrangements for the complet

All the arrangements for the completion
of the W. & W. to Shickshinny having
been made, the work of grading was CON-
menced here yesterday. J. l. Highly,
superintendent of construction, says the
work will now be pushed forward as fast
practicable. The completion of this road
as originally intended from shicSshinny to
Bellefonte is now only question of q
reasonable length Of time, and when CON-
pleted there can be no doubt as to Its prov
ing one of the most successful and profit
able railroads in the country. AS fast as
the grading is done the road bed will be
ballasted, the track laid and the new por-
ton put in operation. The force at work
is not very large, but the number will be
increased as the work progresses, until at
least one hundred men are employed. The
portion of this road now operated Is steadily
increasing its business, making 1t necessary
to add new equipments to meet the wants
OF the public. The managers deserve
credit for its ess.-Mlllville Tablet
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That Gold Find,

In reference to the reported gold dis
coyery In Centre county the Centre Democrat
says. 1.-THE gold find at Karthaus, a
very elaborate account of which appeared
In the Daiiy News of last week and which
was copied In the Democrat, appears to be
hgment of Imagination. We have it from
a gentleman thoroughly conversant with
the geological formations of the county and
of the State, who says "a trace of gold may
have been found, but abo ut all the available
gold in Centre county is 10 coin, jewelry
and plate AS to the iron ore the gentle
man says there is some good iron ore OF
two kinds--bog ore and gray carbonate
with brown hematite outcrop, but there
cannot be much specular or red hematiie
both about the same. The coal is good
and the iron ore is worth development and
mining II 1t proves extensive by further in
yestigation.' 1t will be seen that the find
is not as great by considerable as reported,
yet in some respects it is valuable one
and may prove on further development a
valuable addition to the mineral interests
of the county"
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The fifth annual Fair Of the Northern
Columbia and Southern Luzerue Agricul-
tural Association will open at Berwick on
Wednesday September 18th. The managers
have begun to realize the necessity OF treat
ing this Fair as business venture. the re-
suits OF which are seen in the numerous at
fractions offered and the unusual interest
manifested therein. Barring bad weather,
this exhibition vill prove a complete sue
cess. Gen. Beaver has consented to be
present one day; exact date will be publish
ed later. A Cyclorama Of the battle OF
Gettysburg will exhibit on the grounds.
Pacing and trotting races every day. The
colt trot, which is restricted to colts under
four years old, owned in Luzerne and Col
umbia counties, will give the owners and
breeders OF fast young stock an opportunity
to show whether their judgment can be re-
lied on. A handicap foot race will be run
on Saturday, for $4,000 at 100 yards, to
which all runners are invited TO enter; an
experienced handicapper will be on hand;
entries to this race will close on the night
before the race. The managers are looking
for still more attractions, notice Of which
with the order Of their appearance will be
circulated on programmes few days be-
fore the Fair Come and bring your friends
even II 1t does snow.
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The Misses Pursel of Danville are visiting
at +. D. Dentler's.
Capt. Jamison and family OF Washington
are visiting at II. w. Sloan's.
Mr.. l. Kuhn brought car LOAD OF cat
tie from Buffalo, Wednesday.
Prof. 8. F. Coffin of Lafayette College
spent Tuesday in town.
Mr.. Jerome Caswell is now located at
York, Pa, where he is engaged in a WOOL
en- mill.
Elmer Z. Person, graduate OF the COL
uMBlAN office, has assumed sole control OF
the Williamsport Daily Item. We wish him
success in the journalistic field.
Miss Amelia. ia.Armstrong has rented rooms
on the third floor of John Lockard's new
building, in which to hold her school the
coming year.
Register and Recorder Campbell, OF
bloomsbury, Messrs. Ingalls,, OF New York
and Postmaster Campbell were fishing Tor
pike at South Pond yesterday. .-Shieksh'nny
Echo.
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". 1. ssl.gs \ CO.

"The good old ways are (not)
good enough for us.
Our fathers walked to wisdom
in them, and we by following
meekly where they trod. may
stumble where they fell"
This is not exactly as John G.
Holland puts it but it suits our
purpose. Take a look at our
window full of states and tablets
and you will see that "the good
old ways" are not good enough
for this progressive age. This
will put you to thinking about
your own school days, and what
the boys and girls will need for
their school work. Then come
in and see that we have antici-
pated your wants and are ready
to supply you with everything
they will need in school work,
that goes to make the road to
learning a pleasant one
w. H. BROOKE q Co.,
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Court,Proceedinxs

Argument Court was held on Thursday,
August 3d. Hon. II. M. Hinckley presid-
ing, with associates McHenry and Murphy.
q. II. Gordner, P. W. Sones and |. A..
Dewitt appointed viewers Of roe in Ben.
ton near B. & $. Il. II. depot
Report Of commission in lunacy of Emily
X. Gilbert filed.
Petition Of II. Q. Kelchncr for discharge
as one Of the executors OF John Kelchner
filed.
Petition for sale Of land Of d. F. Seybert
for benefit Of creditors filed. Sale ordered.
The argument list was called over, and
the case Of E. Peternan's estate, exceptions
to auditors report, was argued.
Adjourned to Sept. 8, at 10 a. m.
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Bloomsbury, Pa.

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