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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-18
The Needs OF the World.

The harvest of the small grains Of the
country is completed and safely
In stack. Better weather as whole
could not be desired. II has been
dry and cool. Our prediction Of last
spring that. with seasonablc weather
the wheat crop of the country would be
Unprecedented, has been more than YER
ifiel. Our best wheat yield in the past
years has been about 800, 900, 900 bushels.
This season il will undoubtedly reach
400, 900, 900 bushels, and may 90 TO 1885,
100000 Two-iifths of this product we
can send out of the country and still
have an ample reserve for our home
usea. Let US now sec what the require
ments abroad will probably be. We
have heretofore stated that England
will probably require l20, ,OO0, 900 bushels
and France 100 100000 bushels. 1t is
now estimated that the Mediterranean
countries other than France will need
%, ,O00,0O and Denmark. Norway and
Sweden 10000, 900, Il total OF $50, 900, 900
bushels. Late French statements csti-
mate European requirements Mt % ,O00,-
600 hectolitcrs, or 37s, 900, 900 bushels.
Russia produces 200 OOO, 900 bushels, and
consumes at home 80, 10000 of this
amount. leaving surplus for export Of
81. .OO0. 600 bushels; India l2, ,OOO, 900, Aus
tria 10000, 600, and Hungary 5000, 600.
Thus we have 10000, 900 bushels 10
supply the deficiency of 2sO, ,OOO, 900
bushels, leaving for the United States
l70, 600 900. II Is therefore pretty certain
that our surplus of lGO, 900, 900 bushels
will find ready market and at fair
prices. Alexander Dclmar. very con
scrvativc authority. estimates the
worlds CrOp ag follows the GVureg rcu-
rcscnting millions:
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-18

A British army captain and two
licuienanis have been fined eco each for
breaking into tho bcdrc oms Of two
other officers and sprinkling pepper on
the carpets In order to make them sneezc
.urtily when they returned. The COM
plains,r was the landlady, whose iurni.
turc ..aa bccn damaged.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-18

A young man went into restaurant
the other day. and, remarking thai
"Time Is money" added that as he had
half an hour 10 spare. II the proprietor
was willing he'd take II ont In pie.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-18

In relation 20 cotton production and
consumption tho Tuttci States Eo0H0nisf
gives tables showing that for eleven
years. ending with the crop Of lS60. the
total production of the country was 81.
4l0.697 bales. The annual average
yield 300. g72 bales For the fourteen
years. ending with the crop Of ls7S. the
yield. was 20. $50. les bales. the yearly
average boing 3.6I5.3lg bales. The
coming crop is put at 100000 bales.
The perez c'ntage increase is. for the threc
years ending 1856, ~ per cent. for the
three years ending 1859. = for the two
years ending 1861. 20; for the three years
ending 1871. i6 for the three year, end
ing 1870, III for the three years ending
ls11, II: for the two Fears ending 1879.
Isl. During the FIRST eleven years fol-
lowing the war. the production reached
36. 3l0. .Ssl bales. an average OF $4,000
per annum. against 3. .iIO. 6g7 for eleven
years ending 1861. an average annual
production Of 3.sn0.a .a72 The average
crop for the last fourteen years exceeds
the average production for the eleven
years ending ts6l by 2l5. 900 bales. The
crop now coming 10 market. II current
estimates of it he correct. exceeds the
largest crop prior 10 the war by 81 600
bales.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-18

The latest fastest ocean steamer j.
the Arizona, which i the largest steam
cr now in service and which reached
Queenstown in seven days. eight hours
and eight minutes from New York. beat
ing her previous trip. which was also
her first one by one hour and q quarter.
The speed OF ocean voyages does not
necessarily increase the dangcrof them.
FOR Il is the perfection and excellence of
the machinery used which enable the
newest steamers 90 uutsail the old ones.
For peoplc who spend ocean voyages in
the agonic- Of sca-sickDcss tho quicker
the trip !. made the better they like H..
and provided safety BE- not sacrificed to
speed. the saving Of a day in crossing the
Atlantic is an object for travellers OF all
Glasses.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-18
TIMELY TOPICS.

Tables prepared Mt Washington give
the aggregate production Of the three
great agricultural staples Of the South
ern States for 1878 as follows: Cotton,
5.2OO,OOO bales; sugar, 2lS 900 hogheadB; /;
tobacco. 572, 10000 pounds. In 1877
this production was Cotton, ASH .423
bales; sugar, I27, ,753 hogheads tobacco.
56O,OO0,OOO pounds.
Charles Reade IL outdonc in the story
which Nathan G.. Saylcs, Of Golden.
Col, tells OF his own experience as "A
crazy man. His prosecutors were his
wife and daughter, who would be bene-
lited by his dying intestate. He saws on
oath that they induced jury Of six of
his enemies 10 pronounce him insane,
hired brute to keep him on his farm.
reviled him when. in an effort 10 escape,
he was lassocd and had leg and hip
broken by his jailcr. and finally stole his
property. The man j. vouchcd for rs
entirely sane.
The French originator Of the gigantic
enterprise OF bridging the English elan
mel says that he means business and pro-
pogeg TO commence operations at once.
lie has been laying his plans before the
Chambers OF Commerce in France and
Belgium for the purpose of securing
funds, and will soon make AN ap-
peal to the British government.
He has already secured the indorse-
mcnt Of cighty-four commercial or
CARNATIONS in France and Belgium,
and he estimates that seven months time
and $500, 900 will suffice for the expert
mental stage and demonstrate the fcasi-
bility Of his enterprise.
Imitation mecrschaum pipes are now
manufactured from potatoes in France.
/ A peeled potato is placed in sulphuric
acid and water, in the proportion Of eight
/ parts of the former TO 100 Of the lattcr.
/ II remains in this liquid thirty-six hours
( 10 blackcn. Is dried with blotting paper,
and submitted to certain pressure,
when il becomes a material that can be
readily carved. The counterfeit j. said
/ to be excellent. An imitation ivory
sufficiently hard for billiard balls can
+ be made by still greater pressure. 4 re-
/ scmblancc of coral Is obtained by treat
/ ing carrots in the same manner.
/ The race Of white people which Major
/ Pinto, the Portuguese explorer. has dis
covered in South Africa is named Cassc-
+ qucr. and j. whittier than the Cauca-ians.
Small tufts Of very short black wool
take the place Of hair on the head. while
, smninc-s of eyes and prominence oi
. check bones constitute a rcscmblance 10
the Chinese. The men are extremely
. robust, and both men and women arc
/ entirely nomudic. wandering in groups
Of from four 10 six families, each. and
living on roots and on the results If the
chase. Unless these fail them tho have
no intercourse with their black cigh-
bor,. They are the only people in
+ Africa that DO not cook their food in
pots.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
Pust.nR Away Potntoes.

Every method has been tried by farmers
to store and preserve their potatoes
through the winter, and we may say,
until potatoes come again. 1t is the most
valuable, though here and there we find
person and a writer who undertakes to
tell us of its unwhOlesOmeness. 1t is uni
versally consumed in all civilized cOun-
tries, as where it cannot be grown it is
Imported, which can be done long dis
tances without injury when ventilation is
attended to.
In storing potatoes several methods are
adopted yet they are practically the same,
Lhe ODJecG being to protect them against
freezing, whether buried in pits or stored
IN cellars. The first consideration is to
keep them in perfect darkness: the next
is, the bins should not be too deeD-not
over three feet-tO produce warmth and
cause them to sprOnt. When stored in tho
field, straight trenches are dug, saw twenty
feet in length and four or five wide. which
are filled to the depth of three feet with
potatoes, then well covered with straw
on top of which put eighteen or twenty
inches Of earth. In q pit twenty feet lOng
there should be about three gas escapes Oh
ventilating openings, which should b.
plugged with straw and covered with
board set at an angle to turn the rain. l
in cellars, barn or otherwise, the bin
should be covered with rugs, old carpet
1ngs or straw. Those intended to be KEEP
for late spring sales should be frequenti,
examined and all sprouts removed; for a
soon as potato begins to sprOut it lose
Its solidity, dryness and quality.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
Waits for Women

A mans best fortune, or his worst, is a
wife.
Love can excuse everything but a miss
ing shirt button.
Iowa has DR.. Betty Eggleston, who
has large and paying practice.
Blessed is the woman who never said to
her husband, ''I told you So"
Twenty daughters cheer the
family of Cleveland, N. c., man.
The beauty of American ladies abroad
continues to be the theme of foreign cor
respondence.
A young girl in Lynn has had one OF
her feet so badly poisoned by wearing col
ored stockings that it is said the foot will
have to be amputated.
Every costume made by Worth, (except-
ing those for dinners and balls) is cut
very short. Partisan ladies do not pre-
tend to be seen on the streets holding up
their skirts.
Fifteen years before the Revolution the
wife of Washington kept sixteen spinning
| wheels running and saw the fabrics made
IN her own house, under her own direc.
| tiOn.
When handsome Baltimore lady asked
| a pedestrian to knock a man down whC
had been following her, he swiftly obeyed
and was much astOnished to learn that i
| was her husband.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
Keeping WINTER FruIt,

Apples should be gathered as late as
possible before cold weather, and should
be picked with the hand to ensure sound
ness. Pack carefully in a clean, tight
flour barrel, shake down gently and head
mp; place in cool, shady shed that is well
open to the air, or on the north side of a
building, and cover up the top with boards
Lay the barrels on their sides on rails,
and when the weather is very cold cover
up with corn stalks. Keep ont of doors as
late as possible and then remove to a cool,
dry cellar, where air can be admitted on
pleasant days. Here also the barrels
should be laid on their sides and on rails
Pears should be allowed to hang on the
trees until frosty nights, when they should
be carefully hand picked and wrapped
separately in paper and packed in shall
low boxes, where they can be easily ex-
amined, for some of them will probably
Place in a cool, dry cellar, and as they be-
gin to ripen bring into warm room and
wrap in wOOlen cloth ,and their flavor will
be highly increased.
Grapes can be kept well into the winter
if care is exercised. Choose the late ripen-
ing sorts, such as Clinton, Catawba, Di-
ana, Isabella, etc. Select the finest and
most matured punches, carefully cutting
out the decayed grapes, if any being care
ful not to disturb the bloom; after sweat
ing few days on a shelf in a cool place,
pack in baked saw-dust or cotton batting,
one layer of saw-dust upon one layer of
grapes, and so on; keep an even temper
ature and cool as possible, at about freez-
ing point.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

A thrilling incident recently occurred |
in a travelling menagerie at TOwanda, Pa,
which is thus related by a local paper:
The animals in one cage, two lions and
tiger, were fed at that time, being sepa-
rated by swinging doors, which were Iast-
ened during the feeding, and aLteL " d
lifted, throwing the animals toSeLheL %
haDDy family. These doors were llited
after il was supposed the animals had nm
ished their meals, but a large piece OF
meat had been left by the HOneSS. rms
the TIGER saw, and was about to spring
upon it, when the lion covered it with
his paw. Prof. Mcdonald, the trainer,
spoke to the lion, but he refused to move,
and ne then tried to force the meat from
the animals paw with the feeding fork,
| but without purpose, as the lion held on
| and grOwled in defiance. To the horror
| opened the door of the cage and sprang
almost upon the beast, which in turn
sprang upon the man, striking him pow
| erful blow on his chest, that staggered
/ him and lacerated the flesh. An attend
ant, thinking to assist the now pOwerless
| trainer, caught him by the foot and pulled
him near the door. The lion again struck
him, tearing the flesh in his thigh. The
situation at this time was one of terrible
suspense to those who were involuntary
/ witnesses of it. Ladies tainted, children
screamed; but the trainer, who seemed
to suddenly recover his senses, was on
his feet in a moment. He looked the big
beast squarely in the eyes, and met him
half way, maintaining the steady gaze
He said in firm yet affeetiOnate manner
''Ned, what are you doing? Do you wan
to kill me, your best friend?" The TOna
wanda paper says it really seemed tha
the ''king of the forest" understood every
word that was being said to him, for
} dropping his eyes, ne went to the piece o
meat and showed it over to his keeper
He then approached his trainer and looked
very penitent for what he had done, lyins
; | calmly down at his feet.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23


One day before harvest four prominent
farmers of North and East Coventry,
Chester county, Messrs. John B. Reiff,
David w. Jones, John Ellis and William
Davis, drove to BearVille, Lancaster cOun-
ty, Pennsylvania, to examine the process
of eultivating wheat, practiced by Mr..
Levi Croft of that place. One of their
number has written for the Montgomery
Ledger, the subjOined interesting account
of what was seen by the party at Bear
Vile:
''Mr. GrOffh has two fields of wheat lying
side by side, each having One-half the
grain put in by the ordinary drilling plan,
and the other half drilled in, leaving suf-
1cient distance between the rows to al
low cultivation with CultivatOr gotten
up expressly for the purpose. Though
the wheat planted by the old method is in
a very promising condition, and may
yield 30 bushels per acre, the cultivated
portion of the field will exceed this yield
so per cent. In the opinion of our party
Do bushels is low estimate per acre for
the production of the cultivated wheat.
''The observer is especially impressed
with the marked contrast between the
two halves of each of the fields. The cul-
tivated portion stands upon strong straw
at least six inches above the uncultvated
wheat, presenting a very luxuriant mass
of uniform heads, well filled, and from
four to six inches long. In the drilled
portion we saw many small heads upon
short straw, striving among the growing
crop for equality, as it ere,-ana so COM
mon in ordinary wheat fields.
"Mr. Groff7s plan of cultivation is to
pass between the rows of wheat with Il
cultiYatOr as soon as the ground is in a
condition to work in the spring, and con-
tinues to do so until about the 10th OF
May, at which time, after the last cultiva-
tion, he sOws the grass seed, Glover and
timothy and owing to the mellow condi
surely, as was demonstrated by the two
fields shown us, in which he had whea
last year, and cultivated as described"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
FASHION NOTES.
Fringes are very wide.
Painted lace is a novelty.
Da;1tal baIts aro r., h, v-o,.r

Fringes are very wide.
Painted lace is a novelty.
Painted belts are to be worn.
Equestrienne hats are not out of vogue. |
Painted evening bonnets are coming in |
vogue.
Fleece-Iined pique is the novelty for
underwear.
It is the fashion to dress the neck very
high and full.
The IncrOyable, the latest bow for the
neck, is of immense size.
There is a revival of blue and mauve
shades in millinery goods.
The caleche capOte is the fashionable
close bonnet of the moment.
The warm days of last week brought
out a revival of summer costumes
! Shirred wrappers and morning dresses
are seen among the imported garments.
None but girls in their teens should
wear round Derby or equestrienne hats.
Passementerie buttons come richly
beaded with black or variegated cashmere
! jet.
The Devonshire hat has been revived
| again and received the name of Buffalo
Bill.
Small silk handkerchiefs have borders
of Breton lace inserting and plated edg-
ings.
Wide gold braids ornament many of
the new bonnets for evening and carriage
wear.
Shirred effects on corsages, sleeves and
skirts appear on most of the imported
goods.
Mohicon suitings are what the nobby
girls with slender purses buy for fatigue
costumes.
Point d'esprit, both black and white,
trims very many fashionable belts and
sash ends.
Surplice waists, with shirrings on the
shoulders and below the bosom, have
been revived.
Shoulder capes of chenille and jet or
nament many OF the richest imported
DOlman visites.
Embroidered flannel underwear, both
white and colOred, appears among the
fall importatiOns.
Melted heading, beaded with jet, ap
pear on most of the deep fringes so fash
. ionable at the moment.
. The latest freak of fashion in millinery
q is painting the inside of bonnet brims il
+ flower designs In water colOrs.
: White cashmere, white chudda clotf
/ and white toile religieuse are favorit
e materials for shirred wrappers.
i Silver brocaded silks, in color or purt
| WnlCe5 make DeauIiIuI tAlnuliHSs ~
e white chudda cloth or cashmere wrap
o pers.
Antique and Oriental designs, carvet
; in relief or intagliO, and sometimes in gil
y and cOlOrs, appear on the new mother-of
= pearl buttons.
: A Breton lace traise is worn by tn
o most fashionable women within the line
s collar, and an IncrOyable bow of Breto
. lace is placed at the throat.
/. The novelties in chair and sofa tidie
IS are made of hand-painted bands of sill
e alternating with point d'esprit lace an
e bordered with the same.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

There is no use in putting up the motto
g God bless our home" if the father is a
rough old bear, and the spirit of discOur-
tesy and rudeness is taught by the parents
to the children, and by the older to the
younger There is no use in putting up
the motto The Lord will provide, - while
the father is shiftless, the mother is shift
less, the boys refuse to work and the girls
busy themselves over gewgaws and finery.
There is no use in putting up the motto
''The greatest of these is charity" while
the tongue of the back-biter wags in the
family, and silly gossip is dispensed at
| the tea-table. There is no use of placing
up cOnspicuOusly the motto g The liberal
man deViseth liberal things" while the
money chinks in the pockets of the head
of the household, grOaning to get out and
see the light of the day, and there are
dollars and dimes for wines and tobacco
and other luxuries, but positively not one
cent for the church. In how many homes
are these notices standing-let us say
| hanging-sarcasms, which serve only to
| point a jest and adorn a satire! The
| beauty of quiet lives, of truthful, hope
| full. free-hearted, charitable lives is one
of surprising lOveliness, and those lives
| shed their own incompatible fragrance
| and the world knows where to find them
| And they shall remain fresh and fadelesl
when the cOlOrs of the pigment and the
wOrsted and the floss have faded, and the
very frames have rOtted away in theil
jOints.-Christtdn at Work.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

A business item from Africa: EnpIand
annually takes 800, 900 pounds of ivory.
requiring the slaughter of $4,000 eie-
plants. This is a large story and contains
a hint of the greatness of the country.
Africa is as large as Europe and North
America, and contains One-sixth of the
human race.--N. Y. Mail.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

A green young man saw for the first
time a schoolgirl going through some of
her gymnastiC exercises for the amuse-
ment of the little ones at home. After
gazing at her with looks of interest and
COmmisseration for awhile he asked boy
near by, &c Has that gal got fits? NO."
replied the lad, coRtemptuOusly, " that's
Verdant; chow long has she had 'em ?''
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

Secretary Evarts says to his friends that
he entertains no doubt of the triumphant
election of the whole Republican ticket
in New York.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
OF YAXBS FOR 1873
Notice to Taxpayers of Fayette County, Ohio

PURSUANCE @ 3 Be4 3 arc gqs 9 Sq 3sn as @
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
SPECIAL NOTICE.

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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

Once more the Democratic brethren tell
Oh, of course not. Try it again. Run a
Rag Baby ticket in specie times, with
business booming and gold pouring into
the country at the rate of one million dol
lars per day! Your conduct charms your
enemies. - Commercial
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

According to the New Orleans Ptcayane
the business boom has reached that city.
Glad to hear it. More business and less
YazoO politics will make the South "solid"
financially, the only sort of solidity that is
not delusion and snare.-N. Y. Mail.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

The people of the North are tired of
sectional issues-so tired of them, in fact,
that they propose to settle them between
now and 1881 so that they will stay set
tied, until the South tires of a s'sOlidity''
that compels the solidity of the North
". 7. MaH.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

Ben. Butler is worth millions, and has
passion for making money and a faculty
for spending it freely. He dresses in
brOadclOth, and goes on a platform in a
swallOw-tailed coat, decorated with but
tOn-hOle bouquet, to make great speeches
abusing rich men, and trying to stir up
one class against anOther.-CO Commercial.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

Iron is going up and the cost of building
ships has advanced $5 for each ton. But
the demands of reviving commerce will
enable the owners of ships to rapidly re-
cover in fir eights the increased cost of
construction N. 7. HGiI.