Potter County Journal

              ESTABLISHED 1848.
COUDERSPORT, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1897.
VOLUME 49, NUMBER 23
DECEHBER   COURT.
The Shortest Term on Record Closes Tuesday.
The rc;,ailar term of court began Monday p. m. with Judge Olm.sted presiding and Judges Bron.son and Larrabee beside him.
But two Grand Jurymen weve ab¬ sent and after a charge in usual form by Judge Olmsted, David Ray¬ mond was appointed foreman and A. L. Gardner of Allegany was se¬ lected Constable to attend the same. Four Traverse Jurymen did not answer to their names when called but there were a plenty left to try the eases. Upon going over the list of civil cases but six or seven were ready for trial the balance having been continued or settled.
But few criminal cases were on the Docket and tliose of but little im¬ portance.
When the. ca.ses of C. Bliss against three several fire insurance com¬ panies were called the attorneys got together and a settlement Avas reached.
. Judgments were taken in two eject¬ ment cases of Fox & Ross Execli- tors in which there was no defense. L. O. Smith, who was plaintiff in a case against James Reed and "W. D. McFall did not appear and a non suit was granted against him.
On the criminal side of the court Jack Hallett i)lead guilty tj an in¬ dictment for kee])ing a gambling place in Austin. He was sentenced to pay a fine of !?100. and the costs of prosecution and serve a term of eight months in the county jail.
It is quite ap].)arent from this case that the law against gambling ought to be repealed a.s this tine will never be paid and hence the county suf¬ fers loss by it.
A few liquor cases were pending and of these tliree men plead guilty, one. Dave Buckly. was tried and the jury delighted his heart by a verdict of not guilty,
In the case of Henry Coffin sentence was suspended, while Thomas Max¬ well and Frank Warner were sent to Hotel De Gillon for a period of six months with the usual minimum line of $500 and costs.
WE WANT HAWAII.
Tt is evident that a strong Effort is to be made to defeat the annexa¬ tion of the Hawaiian Islands. A treaty providing for annexation is before the Senate which has already been ratilied l)y the Hawaiian Senate. It will take a two-thirds vote lo make the treaty operative, and that may not be secured, although the opposition ought to grow less as the question is clearly understood. There are only two objections. One is the broad principle that we should not extend our domains, and the other is that the population of the islands is not sueh as w^e should ab¬ sorb into our body politic.
The lirst proposition, when care¬ fully eonsidered. is untenable. We have eonstanlly increased our domains with gratifying results. The arguments against theLouisana purchase were far stronger tlian are now presented, and they were urged strongly by many of our leading men, some of whom averred in ali honesty that it would be a death¬ blow to the Republie. We know now that it was oue of our greatest boons. In 1847 there was a great outcry against the inclusion of Cali¬ fornia in our territory. It was sparsely settled by a non-Fnglish- spealdi]g])eo])le, and we were solemn¬ ly assured that to hold such a dis¬ tant and inaccessible territory w^nild prove dangerous. ' Less than four years after the Mexican War closed California was a State with 2(K),(J0() Inhabitants, mostly English-speak ing Amerieans. and no harm resulted, although thirty days was the short¬ est i>assago for the mails.
When Seward made the treaty to buy Alaska the outcry was great against purchasing a cold sterile country. It has yielded us millions in revenue and bids fair to be the greatest gold field in the world.
The Hawaiian Islands are nearer than St. Michael, almost as near as Juneau, and are easily accessible. It is true the native and -Asiatic population is large, but the islands are rich enough to support hundreds of thousands of our own people, who will soon rush there and develop the country. The non-English- speaking people will not be a menace any more than the Indians in the W^est or the Mexicans along our Southern border. No State will be erected until a homogeneous Ameri¬ can population exists, and the terri¬ torial government will be as easy as that of Oklahoma.
But beyond this the manifest destiny of this Republic is toward expansion. The nation must grow or decline. The Monroe Doctrine is based on the overpowering impor¬ tance of this nation in the Westei*n World. To reject Hawaii is to give it to some European nation. We want the islands and will get them, either by treaty or by act of Con- o-ress. Those who fear the future should read the history of our past extensions. There is no danger, ex¬ cept in refusing so desirable an acquisition.'
Song of the Chrystal Sea.
There's a Joyous sonj^
Ou the slumbrous air.
And a harmony all divine;
In cadence sweet.
With a rhythmic beat
Aud a musical, magical chime.
As the anthem swells
In measured tone
With a sweetness all sublime.
That soothes the breast
And lulls to rest
With its magical, mystical rhyme.
It seems to tell
Of a summer land
On the shores of a chrystal sea,
And the melody Alls
With a joy that thrills
With life and love for me.
It seems to tell
Of the loug aj/o
Of a day long lost to me,
Aud of life that seems
Like summer's dreams
On the Shores of the chrystal sea,
And the chorus floats
On the slumbrous air
With matchless, measured time.
In tlie waning light
Of the purpling night.
Like a dream from that beautiful clime.
Though the years may come
And the years may go.
These symphonies all diylne
From the crystal sea
Are borne to me
Like a mystical, golden chime.
—A. L. Cotton in Altantu Constitution.
STATE FARflERS' INSTITUTE.
AS OTHERS SEE  US.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Coudersport
beginning at
on   Monday
Mori day   an d
The  Session  of the  Farmers  in¬ stitutes for Potter county under the charge   of   the   State   A<?ricultural society will be held in ou J any. 3rd and -4th, promptly   1:30   p.   m. Jany. 3rd,   continuing'
Tuesday, and in Millport on Wed- neday and Thursday, 5th and 6th. The instructors are furnished by the state and the whole expense paid by the state. The institutes in this county w\\\ be under the c-harge of Senator N. B. Critchfield, of Somerset county. Prof. S. B. Heiges, of York, Pa^aud Prof. Enos H. Hess, of State College Experimet Station. ' Prof. Hess is the Supt. of much of the experiment station work, and is an expert along the line of his work. His instruction.s in relation to the use and abuse of commercial fertilizers, lime, and in the needs of so called, W'Orn out soils, should be herd by every farmer in the county. Senator Critchfield and Prof. Heiges are among the most competent institute workers in the state. This will be one of the best opportunities ever in the reach of the farmers of the county to gain instruction in the line of their busi¬ ness.
Farmers, bring your wives and daughters and sons, and you will be sure to return home with informa¬ tion that will be worth many dollars to you in improved methods you will be able to add to those now practiced by you. A full programme will appear* next week. By means of these in.stitutes, the results of the State ExperiuKUit station work is brought within the reach of every farmer that will avail himself of it. The institute already held under local charge have done a great w^ork in the county, but it^vill be added to very materially by the able corps of instructors the state sends among us. These institutes should be made a irreat success.
WHEELED  GLADIATORS.
The six days' bicycle race is over and the world's long distance cham¬ pionship is held by Dutch Miller, the Chicago boy, wiio has done nothing but show his grit, deter¬ mination and ability to defy the laws of nature to such an extent that his performance is astonishing. Record after record has been knocked into .smithereens by this piece of humanity until he has placed the figures "considerably be yond expectation.
As predicted that Miller would win and Rice be second three days ago. .so the race finished. Miller winning by an undisputed margin, and Rice being well in advance of the third man, Schinneer, another representative from Chicago.
It has been   the   most  successful in the history of the  bicycle.     Not¬ withstanding the size of the Garden, it has been packed every night and afternoon.    The receipts are roughly estimated at §70.000 for gatfT"alone. It is admitted that the contestants became cross and had  many   hallu- I cinations, but not to the degree  re- I ported.    A few hours' sleep  would I revive a rider and with  the I tion of a soreness, he would j to the track  in  respectable : Practically the loss of  sleep ! only hardship the  riders  undergo and they naturally become  cranky as any man would if he   were com ' pelled to work night and day. ;     The prizes which  the  riders  are 'to receive  are   as   follows:     Fir.st i prize, $1,300 and $200 extra   if the {winner breaks Hale's record  of  1,- ! 910 miles, 8 laps; second prize, $800; : third prize. $500; fourth prize, $350; •fifth prize, $300; sixth   prize,   $200; seventh prize,   $150;   eighth  prize, '$125; ninth prize, $100; tenth  prize, ' $100; eleventh prize, $75.
A Democratic Organ Discusses the j Situation in the Sixteenth District \ and Pushes Collins and Deemer Into the Ring.
(Elxtract from Williamsport Times.) What about the Sixteenth district congressman to come?
As stated before in these columns, the present incumbent argued when he was nominated, or rather when he succeeded in defeating ex-Con- gres.sman F. C. Leonard for re-nom¬ ination, that one term was sufficient for any congressman. That may have been all proper at the time, but why doesn't Congressman Pack¬ er stand by his proclamations and give some other nominee a chance to succeed him?
It is pretty well known that Ly¬ coming county will this time have an avowed and determined candi¬ date of its own to succeed Mr. Pack¬ er. As is well known. Potter county will not cling to Packer un¬ der any circumstances, nor w'\\\ Clinton, so that the only county to advocate the present congressman's renomination is Tioga, and from w^hat the writer can learn he has a serious situation in his own baili- wdck.
Under the present circumstances Mr. Packer cannot hope to win, even after a supreme struggle, and even though a special train be run to Harrisburg so as to file the neces¬ sary nomination papers, as was done after the. last congressional nomination. It is also knowai that wdiat is called the Lycoming "com¬ bine" is not particularly fond of Packer and will shed no tears over his defeat for renomination to suc¬ ceed himself. The combine pro¬ pose to have a man of its own and from what can be learned that par¬ ticular favorite is ex-Representative Emerson E. Collins, who has been "wideawake" ever since he refused a renomination for the legislature. But then the trouble again comes in.    How is  the combine   going to
FKOM OUR REGTTLAK CORRESPONDENT.
Washington, Dec. 13, 1897.
Democratic opposition to the an¬ nexation of Hawaii, which has be¬ come so pronounced since the reas¬ sembling of Congress, is fully ex¬ plained by a story that is being told among the knowing ones in Wash¬ ington. According to this story, the Democratic party has been sold by its leaders in Congress to the sugar trust, which all the world knows is willing to spend an enor¬ mous amount of money to prevent the annexation of Hawaii. The sugar trust has agreed to furnish a corporation fund which the Demo¬ cratic leaders believe to be large enough to enable them to elect a Democratic majority^ of the House next year and a Democratic Presi¬ dent in 1900, if the Democratic leaders can succeed in preventing the annexation of Haw^aii, either through the ratification of the treaty or by direct legislation. That is why the Democi'atic Senators, with two exceptions, are all working against the ratification of the treaty, and wh\'^ the Democrats of the House will this week,  in caucus,   declare
dis- out, pre-
Committee on foreign Relations, to present it. Every day Senators present petitions with which they have no sympathy, and nothing is said about it, but in this case the paid lobbyists lied in order to im¬ press their employers with the idea that they were earning their pay.
MR. LEONARD KNOCKS THE PLUH
LAW COLUMN.
excep- return shape. is  the
appease the abused feelings of Ex- Congressman Hopkins and his al¬ most unanimous Clinton county sup¬ port? Or, what is agoing to be done with Ex-Congressman Leonard unless his appointment as internal revenue collector for this district should happen to appease him and his friends?
As is also well known, Mr. Pack¬ er strongly supported Mr. Leonard for the position to which he will soon be delegated. He thought he was playing a droll political part so as to get the Potter county dele¬ gates for himself next year, but he must remember the treatment he ac¬ corded Mr. Leonard and Potter county. An appointment at this time will hardly cover up past sins. Another 2:)oint to remember is that Mr. Elias Deemer, .the worthy president of the Pennsylvania Busi¬ ness Men's League, and who lives in this city, has been very carefully laying his plans to represent this district at Washington. As we all know, he is one of the local combine pillars. He is the first one'^to get up in the combine-prayer meetings and tell his experience during the past week. It is he who knows all that is going on within the combin¬ ation, and it is he who very largely helps to "pay the rent,'' and it is he who positively argues that he is entitled to represent the Sixteenth district at Washington. Taking all these situations as they are, Con¬ gressman Packer cannot see such a rosy view^ before him.
A Flourishing Industry.
The mangle-roller w^orks which has been running full time of late is to have its capacity doubled by new machinery. A new boiler is al¬ ready on the ground and the work of placing the new machinery will begin at once. Frank Connors will have charge of setting the boiler. Beckman & Velie the owners of the plant are enterprising men who are doing a business of great value to laborers and owners of hardwood timber. An order has just been re¬ ceived by them for 60 car loads of mangle-rollers.
Hot Milk an Excellent Stimulant.
When overcome by bodily fatigue or exhau.sted by brain labor no stimulant, so-called, serves so well the purpose of refreshment and rest, both bodily and mentally, as milk. When heated as hot as one can I'ead- ily take it, it may be sipped slowly from a tumbler, and as it is easily digested one feels very soon its beneficial effects. Few persons realize the stimulating qualities of this simple beverage.—Ladies' Home Journal..
The
Going Upward.
Mansfield   acquaintances   of
against annexation. But this graceful deal cannot be carried because the Democrats cannot vent the annexation of Hawaii.
No date has been set for the re¬ turn of President McKinley to Washington, but it is expected that he will start back immediately after his mother's funeral.
Chairman Dingley's emphatic statement in the Jlouse about the prosiJective revenues and expendi¬ tures of the government, disposed of the whole batch of misrepresenta¬ tions as to Republicans seriously considering legislation to furnish additional revenue. Of course, evei'ybody in Washington knew that these stories were purely im¬ aginary and that the only object in circulating them was to discredit the administration and the Republi¬ can party. Mr. Dingley did not simply make the assertion that the revenues of the government would exceed its expenditures bv at least $10,000,000 during the next fiscal year, but backed his assertions with figures which had the unqualified endo-'.'sement of President McKinley and Secretary Gage. No legislation providing more revenue is contem¬ plated by the Republicans in Con¬ gress, for the simple reason that none is needed; the Dingley law is steadily increasing the revenue and will provide all the money.necessary to economically administer the government.   -
The fact that 72 Republican mem¬ bers of the House participated in a conference called after they had each signed a paper stating that the con¬ ference should consist "of such Re¬ publican members as favor the modi¬ fication of the civil service law, or a more honest enforcement of its pro¬ visions, or a more certain definition of the extent of its application,"con¬ vinced even the most doubting that there is serious Republican opposi¬ tion to a continuance of the present civil service situation. These Re¬ publicans believe in real civil service reform, but not in the sham article for wlych Mr. Cleveland is respon- sible.'nvhich covered with the pro¬ tecting cloak of civil service reform, thousands of Democrats who entered the public service by the dismissal of Republicans, for no other cause than their Republicanism. Reduced to what they consider its legitimate function, every one of these Repub¬ lican representatives would vote for a continuance of the civil service law, but rather than see it continued in its present shape, they Avill work for its repeal or crippling in any manner within their power, and they wull not lack for stanch sup¬ porters among the rank and file of the party throughout the country. If this isn't the short business session of Congress that it ought to be, the Repuclican leaders of the House are fully determined that no blame shall be laid at their doors. Since the first day of the session they have been hustling. Last week the Pension Appropriation Bill was I'eported and passed, and this week the legislative, executive and judicial api)ropriation bill will be put through. The disposal of two of the regular appropriation bills before the Christmas i-ecess will be a record of which the Republicans of the House may well feel proud.
A little thing like a fact never bothers those who lie through choice. When Senator Hoar pre¬ sented the petition of some native Hawaiians, against annexation, to the Senate, the liars all rushed a statement off that Senator Hoar had become the champion of the petition¬ ers and intended to fight annexation
The Ex-Congressman will be Appoint ed  to Internal Revenue Collector- ship of This Distsict.
Grit has it upon  very excellent authority that ex-Congressman Fred
C. Leonard, of Coudersport is to be appointed collector of internal reve¬ nue for this, the Twelfth district, to succeed the Hon. Grant Herring of Bloomsburg, the present incumbent. Mr. Herring's term will expire on Jan. 20. The news that Mr. Leon¬ ard is slated for the jjosition will be a disappointment to the friends of theHon. W. G. Flliot of this city, who has been an a^Dplicant for the Ijosition, and, it was supposed, stood a fair chance of receiving the ap¬ pointment.
Mr. Leonard was in Washington,
D. C, Thursday, accompanied by State Senator Walter Merrick of Tioga county, and the two had a conference with Senator Quay. Col. William Stone was also present. At thisoionference it was decided that Mr. Leonard should be the next in¬ ternal revenue collector for this district.
It is probable that Mr. Leonard will establish his headquarters at Coudersport. wdl ei-e he resides, al¬ though there is nothing definite about this. Mr. Herring, the present incumbent, is a resident of Bloomsburg, but has his official headquarteres at Scranton. Mr. Leonard may possibly follow^the ex¬ ample of his predecessor and estab¬ lish official headquarters at some other place than his home town, perhaps Williamsport. Besides receiving the snug salary of over $4,000 jjer annum that is an emolu¬ ment of the collectorship, Mr. Leon¬ ard will have the appointment of 25 or more deputies and clerks.—Grit.
the Rev.    Charles   DeWoody    will ¦ Now, where do>,ou suppose Senator learn with satisfaction of his'having j Hoar got that petition?    From Sec.
received an unanimous call to the pastorate of the First Baptistchurch of Geneva, N. Y., a much larger field of usefulness than his present pastorate at Waverly. Much regret is felt at Waverly over his resigna¬ tion, which takes effect next Mon¬ day.—^t^versiser.
Sherman, one of the stanehest advo¬ cates of annexation. It was taken to the State Department by the Hawaiians, and Mr. Sherman told them he would have it laid before the Senate, which had the treaty under consideration, and he asked Senator Hoar, as a member of the this is just what they are doing.
FIJEEDOM IS A BIRD.
We have before us a sample copy of Fnedoni, a "Journal of Realistic Idealism," published at Sea Breeze. Florida. We call the attention of struggling Cubans to the price of Freedom Avhich is only $1.00 a year. And we call the attention of Anthro¬ pologists to this specimen of Free¬ dom philosophy:
"A belief in the limitless powers vested in man as the micrecosm— wiiich is the seed-germ of endless unfoldment—leads directly to the conclusion that he has it in his power to conquer disease, old age and death."
AVe also call the attention of the orthodox clergy to the doctrines promulgated by Freedom regarding the origin of man, (theman that Miss Helen Wilmans, the editor of Free¬ dom has in her eye.) She don't give Adam for the first paternal ances¬ tor of/<er man.    Listen  to  Freedom:
"Here is a queer thought; the man that God made was full grown. But. the man we see now is not grown; he is always growing; and always has been. He is the man of evolution not of special creation. I do not know where the man is that God made, but he is not in tbe world today. The automation that w^as built out of clay in Eden, and started his career without a child¬ hood or past of any kind; that w^as wound up like a Waterbury watch, and that soon run down, where is he.''. There is no ti'ace of him here now. Instead, we have the man who gathers fresh power from each new experience he passes through, and who has unfolded from an atom to his present personality by the un¬ flagging development of his brains."
I he Governorship.
The Republican State Convention at which a candidate for Governor will be elected will be held in May or June. This means that in a few weeks the various counties will be¬ gin the work of electing delegates. Indeed, Berks county, which is al¬ ways first in the field under its pe¬ culiar rules, has already chosen delegates, who have been instruct¬ ed to support Congressman W. A. Stone, of Allegheny county.
The Republican party is about entering upon a canvas for the nom¬ ination in excellent shape and un¬ der the best auspices, for nothing like a '^'slate" has made its appear¬ ance, nor is there anywhere the slightest semblance of bossism or dictation. This situation is most reassuring, for it means that the various candidates will have a fair field and no favors. No one can possibly ask more than this. The convention can safely be lefttojudge between them, and it is not at all likely to blunder if permitted—as it doubtless will be—to take its own course.
Under such a free-for-all canvas the candidates must of necessity appeal directly to the people,  and
Various Acts of Assembly and De¬ cisions by the Courts Interesting to the People at Large.
Branding    Cheese
A literal construction of a law will not be enforced when shown to demand an imposibility.
Cheese manufactured in Pennsyl¬ vania must be branded "Full Cream" "Thx-ee-foui-ths Cream," &c.., as the case may be, and with the name and address of the manufacturer thereof.
In the cases of small cheeses, the words "Full Cream" and "Three- fourths Cream" must be printed in large letters, but the address may be in smaller, if clear and plain, not less, however, than one-half inch in. height in any instance.
Where cheese is manufactured out of the State, it is sufficient com¬ pliance with the Act if the dealer shall brand it in the manner indi¬ cated with his name as dealer there¬ on, and with his address or place of business also thereon.
Opinion of Dep. Att'y-Gen. Reeder to Hon. Thomas J. Edge, Secretary Board of Agriculture. Oct. 27, 1897.
The answer to your request for an interpretation of the Act of June 23, 1897. has been very much simplified by the presence of gent¬ lemen representing the trade. From them it was learned that at least three-fourths of tne cheese con¬ sumed in Pennsylvania is manufac¬ tured out of the State, and in many instances it is impossible to ascer¬ tain the name ancl address of the manufacturer tliereof.       A jobber in
New York city, for instance, may buy cheese from any other State, or even from foreign lands, and it will be impossible for him, in all cases, to know where and by whom the product was manuftctured, and it would be out of the question, in such case, for the wholesale or re¬ tail dealer in Pennsylvania to ob¬ tain that intormation.
It is contended, however, that the Act of June 23, 1897, P. L. 202. re¬ quires the dealer to brand the cheese with the words "Full Cream" "Three-fourths Cream," &c., ac¬ cording to the class to which it be¬ longs, and also with the name and address of the manuiacinrer. This last requirement, as wc have seen, is. in many instanc-.'s. impossible of performance. The law does not re¬ quire the performance of an impos¬ sibility. The whole purport of the Act above named is doubtless to prevent the sale of any cheese uot the legitimate product of pure un¬ adulterated milk or cream, and at the same time provide the moans of identifying the person who may be responsible for a violation of the Act. Suppose it wore possible to label every cheese manul'actured out of the State with the name aud. address of the manufacturer, how could that aid in protecting the e;on~ sumer? The manufacturer is be¬ yond the jurisdiction of the author¬ ities of this State, and no punish¬ ment can be inflicted on him in case,, of the violation of the provisions of the Act of Assembly. It would seem to be more consonant with the jjurpose of the Acrt to allow th(4 dealer in such case to mark with his name and address as dealer all such cheese, as thereby he would him¬ self indicate his personal responsi¬ bility* in case of a violation of the- law.
The Act also provides that the brands on the cheese shall be in "bold-faced capital letters not less than one inch in height." The gentlemen who appeared before us showed very clearly that in some cases it would simply be impossible to comply with this provision of the law, inasmuch as many cheeses are too small to allow the amount of printing in the type as required by the Act. In such case the obvious thing to do would be to come as near as possible to the requirements of the law.
W^ith these observations, I there¬ fore advise you as follows:
1. That, in case of cheese manu¬ factured in Pennsylvania, you should require the same to be branded ' 'Full Cream.'' ' 'Three-fourths Cream." &c., as the case may be, and with the name and address of the manufacturer thereof.
2. That, in cases of small cheeses, you should require the words "Full Cream," "Three-fourths Cream," &c., to be printed in large letters and allow the name and address in smaller type, which, however, should be clear and plain, and which ought not to be less than one- half inch in height in any  instance.
3. In the case of cheese manufac¬ tured out of the State, it would be a sufficient compliance with the Act of Assembl}'^ above named if the dealer would brand the same in the man¬ ner indicated, with his name as dealer thereon, and with his address or place of business also thereon. I am fully convinced that in this way complete effect would be given to the Act, and the interests of the consumers, as well as the Common¬ wealth would be best protected.