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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-13
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-13
AMuSEMENTs.
MEMPHIS THEATER.

DAVEY & Bk00ASl i; Proprietors.
JTNBOUNDED success and last performances
OF the Celebrated Tragedian,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17
The Amethyst.

The amethyst is "A variety Of the yitre-
Gus portion Of the quartz family. II is
OF iine violet color. passing from white
To deep purple, sometimes in the same
| specimen. The deep purple colored spec
linens are frequently called oriental, even
| ny some jewellers and lapidarics. al
/ though the oriental amethyst il an en-
| tirely different stone, as will be seen ~
/ the description OF the oriental gem which
- given below. The color Of the anne
| thyst Is by some supposed u be derived
from "a trace Of oxide Of Inaganese.
Later analyses however have discovered
also silica, iron and soda. The amethyst
is found in India. Ceylon, Brazil, Persia,
Sibcrin. Hungary. SaxUny, Spain, etc.
a fine vein is said 10 exist near Kerry,
in ireland. In Obcrstein ii is found In
"A trap rock. in geodcs Of agate. These
goodies are sometimes aE much ~ two
feet in diameter, hollow and filled with
| ciystallized amethyst of fine color.
Similar grades are also said 10 exist in
India. This variety Of quartz. in com
mon with some other Of tho yitPeous
members ofthc family, possess "A pecu-
liar, minute. wrinklcd or wnyy frarture
on the fresh broken surface. resembling
the impression Of the thumb on a waxy
substance. Sir David Brewster Glasses
All kinds OF quartz having this pecu-
llnrity ~ amethyst without regard 10
their color. This gem j. found in pieces
OF considerable size, and. from its beau
tiful color and play. is much used in
Jew'lry. Many years ago ameihysts
were Of considerable value. ranking
nest 10 the sapphire, but immense
quantities having been sent 10 Europe
from Brazil, they be''Hmc comparatively
common and gradually deprecated in
NJ . H.. T..
them has revived, and nj present they
are gaining ground in public estimation.
On account Of the cheaper cost Of cut
ting amcthy-ts in Germany. nearly all
are now cut there. This stone appears
10 greatest advantage when set with
diamonds or pearls. By candle-light il
loses "A part Of It's beauty. being apt 10
appear of a blackish hue Tie name
amethyst is from the Greck-a negative
and incbriate-in ailusion TO the super
stition that this stone had the power of
disSipating drunkenness. Pliny says
tina, the gem was so rallcd from the fact
Of IL approaching near the color Of wine.
but not quite reaching ii. In the middle
ages il was believed to digpel sleep.
sharpen the intellect. and To ~ AN anti
dOte against poison. In 1852 an anne
thyst was worth as much as diamond.
The Oriental amethyst i ruby or sap
phirc possessing an amethyst color: IL
may bc distinguished from the ordinary
amethyst by it, superior brilliapcy and
play, n well As by its hardness. etc. 1t
j. gem of rare occurrence and even
jewellers frequently confound ii with the
ordinary amethyst. There are some few
specimens in the green vaults of Drcs-
den. There are also in the Vatican one
or two engraved iniagiios of this stone
Of very carly date. Many sapphires,
however, have An amcthysiinc tint,
which becomes very apparent by candle
light Dotroa Fro Press.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17
Haunted by Her Victim.

Officer HcrTick. Of the Tenth precinct.
early on Sunday morning arrested n
woman for being drunk Mt Eldridgc and
Hester streets. At the station.housa
sh gave the name of Margaret Myers.
Of No. Ludlow street. She refused 10
GO 10 court at eight O'Clock when the
other prisoners were arraigncd. and was
left locked up to get thoroughly sober.
About one o'clock in the afternoon the
doorman passing the prison heard groans.
and going io the cell of the woman
found her hanging 10 the door She had
torn her apron into strips. and had tied
one end to the cell door and the other
about her neck, cndcavoTing to sirangle
herself. She was cut down. and promised
not to make any further attempts on her
life. Three hours later she was again
found hanging to the door. nearly dead.
She was again cut down. and an officer
was stationed in her cell. She raved
wildly. In her rawlings she asked her
guardian 10 take McChesney away"
II was then that she was recognized as
Mag Welsh the woman who killed
Officer McChesney. of the Eighth pre-
cinct. on the night of October 10. 1857.
McChcsncy found the woman drunk,
clinging to n lamp post at Mercer and
Canal streets. As she refused 10 60 home,
the officer arrested her. and scufile
took place. during which she drew
pocket knife, which she had concealed
in her hair. and stabbed the officer
in the neck, completely severing the iugu-
lar vein. The wounded man bled To
death before n hospital could be reached.
The woman was tried. convicted and
sentenced 10 the State prison for life. but
obtained new trial and was finally con-
victed and sentenced to one years inn
prisonmcnt. She was pardoned before
her time expired, Six weeks ago she
married tailor named Myers and
tried to settle down, but her old habits
had too strong n hold on her. She was
taken before Justice Bixby Mt the Essex
Market court and sent to the island for
three months.--New York Commercial
Advertiser
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17
4 Ragnine as q DefectiIe.

For nearly two years past "A young man
wearing the garb of n Highlander piper
has been wandering about in the coal
regions Of Pennsylvania. playing his
pipes in the street, attending picnics and
dances. apparently depending upon his
instrument "a make him living. A
short time since hc was PLAYING in a
mining village on the outskirts Of Scran-
ton. Pa. 4 crowd had gathered around
him. among them a mine laborcr named
Brady. Suddenly the piper ceased the
music, and stepping from the crowd
seized Brady by the shoulder and an
nounced that the laborer was his
prisoner. At the same time he pro-
duccd papers which he said were his
authority for making the arrest. Brady
seemed entirely overwhelmed 10y the ar
rest. and made no opposition 10 the
authorities when il was revealed that
the piper was a detective. For two
years he had been on the track Of his
prisoner. who il charged with having
murdered n wealthy man named Findlay
in Scotland in January, Is77. Brady
was in the employ of Findlay Early
one moTninE the latter was found dead
by the roadside, his skull crushed with a
club. Brady had been discharged the
morning before for drunkenness. lie
had been heard TO make a threat that he
would get even with Findlay. He was
nowhere 10 be found. hut was traced 10
Glasgow. where it was believed he had
taken n vessel for America. William
Male. detective, was employed by the
relatives Of the murdered man 10 come
TO this country and search for Brady.
who, II was thought, would bring up in
the Pennsylvania coal regions. where he
had friends working. One Of Braidy's
peculiarities was his love for the bag
pipe, so the detective, being a piper.
adopted the disguise of Scotch piper.
played about in the coal towns in the
hope of some day attracting the attention
Of the man he was seeking. he being surc
from information he had received that
Brady really was somewhere in the coal
regions. The Tuse succeeded after two
years Of patient trial Male Is now on
his way TO Scotland with the alleged
murderer
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17
Murders That DO Not Out.

\ New York paper says: The sacred
ness with which our civilization has in
vested human life finds expression in the
common assertion that Murder will
out; :" and possibly in the large majority
of eases the perpetrators Of murder are
discovered and punished. Yet il is GER
tain that in respect to considerable
minority of the total number Of murders
committed the guilty escape detection.
Bodies are daily and weekly discovered
in the rivers. They may represent deaths
by accident, by suicide, or by murder
but there is no way of ascertaining with
accuracy how many are attributable 10
either cause. In some cases the waters
may cast up the body when 1t IL yet in
condition To show marks of violence. II
any there be upon IL but If IL has passed
n certain stage of decomposition this is
not possible. Thus 1t depends upon the
mere accident of the action of the tides
whether it can be known that n murder
has been committed; and when this is
asCertained it may well happen that the
knowledge gives not the slightest clew to
the perpetrators of the crime. The truth
Is, that not the murder itself but the
social position Of the victim largely de-
termines the chances of discovery. If n
couple of drunken and degraded men.
the oflscourings Of society, quarrel in
their drunkenness and one pushes the
other into the river; or If man of tho
same class be- found dead. with his skull
fractured, in some wretchcd cellar. the
chances are that the person at whose
hands the deceased came to his death
will not be discovered. Here Is muir
der, but society cares little about IL be-
cause the murdered was Mt best useless
To it, and possibly preyed upon IL. So
Ciety is rather the better for his taking
off. and those who are responsible for IT
are too brutalizcd TO feel much compunc-
tion about the matter. If they are dis
covered II Is mainly by chance circu.,-
stances rather than by the vigorous nc
tion Of society through its constituted
authorities. But let the murdered person
be of good standing in society. or let
there he circumstances about the affair
concentrating the public attention upon
the crime. then il is that the community
Is startled with the consciousness that q
murder has been committed, and all it's
resources for the detection and puni 4h-
ment of crime are exhausted to bring
the guilty to Justice. If these are bahled.
which is but rarely. the cases passes into
police history as "another undiscovered
murder" often quoted and long rcmem-
bered, while it is morally certain that
not n month, and perhaps not n week,
passes in this city but some wretched
creature meets death Mt the hands of per-
sons who remain unknown and almost
unsought.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17
Appearance OF q Tornado.

Various descriptions were given Of the
features" Of the storm. One of the
most graphic was furnished by Mrs.
Gaylord. who saw what we may call the
onset" from one of the mill buildings
on the river. The cloud seemed, said
Mrs. Gaylord, as IL built up of successive
layers Of ashy smoke. II came on with
a roar that could be compared to nothing
save That of an immense mass of tower
ing flame, yet without any of the crack
ling sound usually associated with fire.
In the brief moments of its passage ii
brought with 1t darkness like that of
late twilight. In its circle IL was resist
less. A farmer was coming toward the
mill; the wagon was torn to pieces, but
the horses were unharmed. Not far
from the mill Is or was the iron bridge
across the Blue, built some years ago nj
n cost of $4,000. This was torn down
by what Is known as the First storm.
Ihe superstructure was torn from the
piers and thrown yards away, mass of
twisted iron and broken timbers.
MIR. Robert Patterson, who preserved
his coolness (as all his neighborS say)
throughout the storm, and rendered
valuable assistance, advanced the
opinion that this "pilinr Of cloud " was
hollow. and drew up everything movable
into It's center. It's movement was de-
scribed "a eccentric. zigzagging In its
onward course, and bounding up and
down just as every soldier as seen n
solid shot richochet. In this connection
your reporter may state that lie repeat
edly heard of wells that suddenly became
dry during the passage OF the Storm
AtshisOn (Kdn.) Champion.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17
A Brave Little Girl.

Mr.. II. +. Gaulding has little daugh-
ter eleven years old 10 whose nerve and
courage he Is indebted for the life of his
three-year-old boy. The boy was play
ing by the cistern In Mr.. Gaulding's
yard. There was plank off, and through
this aperture the little fellow fell. fie
caught plank, however, in falling, and
held for some time before he was dis
covered. But his hold weakened. and
with splash he fell into the cistern.
His sister saw and appreciated the situ-
alton. Most girls would have screamed
and run off in quest Of help. Not so
with this little girl. The screams and
struggles for life Of her baby brother
gave her the strength and courage of n
man. She saw ladder, and. with all
her might. she dragged Il TO and placed
It into the cistcrn. and then went down
into the water, reached out and caught
her brother just In time 20 save him from
n watery grave. BY this time help ar
rived and both were landed safely from
their .perilous position. All honor TO
this little heroinel-- BatseTidse (6a.)
Democrat.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17
Can Cats Reasonl

Baron Won Gleiehen. n German diplo-
matist, used to tell story Of favoriie
cat as n proof that the feline race can
think and draw practical conclusions.
The cat was very fond of looking in mir
rors hung against the walls. and would
gnaw at the frames. as If longing to
know what was inside. She had. how
ever, never seen the back side of a mir
roT. One day the baron placed a cheval-
glass in the middle of the room. and the
cat instantly took in the novelty Of the
situation.
Placing herself in front. and seeing
second cat, she began 10 run round the
mirror in search of her companion.
After running round one way several
times, she began 10 run the other, until
fully satisfied that there was no cat be-
side herself outside of the glass. But
where was the second catg
She sat down in front of the glass 10
mediate on the problem. Evidently
inside. as she had often before imagined.
Suddenly new thought occurred TO
her.
Rising deliberately, she put her paws
on the glass in hunt and then behind,
walked round 20 the other side, and
measured the thickness in the same way.
Then she lat down again TO think.
There might be cavity inside, but IL
was not large enough TO hold cat. She
seemed To come 60 the deliberate con-
clusion that there was n mystery here.
but no cat. and it wasn't worth while 10
bother about II. From that time the
baron said she lost all curiosity about
looking-Elssses.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17
How the Mints are Cleaned.

An annual cleaning up Is carried onlat
all the United States mints at the end of
the fiscal year. During the progress of
this species Of house cleaning al mint
ing operations cease, and n thorough
overhauling Is made. No house in the
clcanest city Of Holland receives the
minute cleaning which i vigorously APP
piled to every spot In the mints. The
furnaces are torn down. the chimncys
carefully swept, and the bricks taken
down one by one and busted. The same
painstaking labor Is applied TO the roofs
and walls. and the dust thus collected Is
ground, and generally yields rich re-
turn of minute particles Of gold. This
process Is necessary In order to complete
the yearly accounts.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17
81 Sarsaparilla."

Yesterday afternoon rcd-fa faced young
man belonging On an excursion parts
called into n Woodward avenue drug
store and softly asked the soda fountain
boy II he was out of any particular kind
Of syrup. The boy made an investiga
ton and replied;
ave are out of sarsaparilla, but"
That's all right-all Tight--you wait
n minute interrupted the young man,
and away he went.
The boy took the empty reservoir from
the fountain and replaced IL, and In
about two minutes the young man re-
turned in company with his girl and four
other people. evidently all friends,
Walking up to the fountain he said:
I'm going to- take sarsaparilla in
mine. for the doctors all recommend 1t.
and If he hasn't any sarsaparilla won'i
take nothing. What do you sayp"
"0h, we'll take the same, they re-
piled.
The young man began to smile and
his left eye began to- draw down, but
what was his horror 10 see the boy draw
of six glasses In succession and push
them TO the front, where they were
eagerly drained of their contentsl lie
tried to give the boy n look of mingled
hate and murderous intent. but the lad
was too busy to see IL. He felt in all his
pockets. brought up watch-keys, pennies
and peanuts. and finally laid down
twenty-seven cents and whispered to the
boy,
catch you outside of town I'll lick you to
death r'--Detron Free Press.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17

that she has evinced her anger toward
the emperor's favorite in such decided
and striking manner" So says the New
York HcrdidS correspondent, who was
an eyewitness of this little by-play dur
ing the regular performance.
Mccarthy, the rcccntly-captured chief
OF the Umzuzi tribe, n tributary of the
great Gwazi people, was drapcr's clerk
in Limerick in the year of the Fenian
rising. He had n relative. II constable
of police, who warned him that his
name was on the Castle books, and that
ii he wanted To preserve his liberty hc
had better leave the country. Mccarthy
fled to the South African diamond fields,
where he prospcred. making two profit
able investments in London. He also
contributed some readable sketches of
the diamond fields to the London Gi0bc.
Somehow or other he picked up with
the natives, and being of bold, advcn-
turous disposition, and already reduced
to Il half savage state by his occupation,
lie ended by joining the Umzuzis. When
the chief of that tribe died, Mccarthy was
elected to the position. which he secured
by killing, in single combat, half dozen
pretenders. He made an effort to intro
duce Christianity, but failed. lie has a
white wife, daughter of rich Boer. who
elopcd with him some time ago. The
lady's father would be glad To receive
his son-in-law. but the Irish Kailir re
fused desert his adopted people.
Strange misChanccs with fatal results
are daily happening here and there. A
Boston butcher ran against Il knife that
lay on II block, severed an artery, and
bled To death. \ Denver woman caught
her foot in a railroad frog, and could not
get loose before train ran over her. 4
Vermont farmer sneezed with straw in
his mouth. drew it into his lungs. and
died choking. A horse kicked Michi-
gan boy into deep well. where he was
drowned. The shoe flew Off the foot OF
n kicking mule, in Nashville. and frac-
tured the skull of baby. An Oregon
girl swal lowed her engagement ring, and
lived only week afterward. While
standing on his head. on the top of "A
high fence post, an Iowa boy lost his
balance, fell into a tub of hot water, and
was fatally scaldcd. 4 stone. thrown
by playfelow. broke "A glass from
which st. Louis boy was drinking,
driving some Of the pieces down his
throat. and hc died few days atteTward
in great agony. Looking up to watch
the flight of an arrow. Nashville wo-
man did not see il descending directly
over her head, and the sharp metal point
penetrated her brain through one of her
eyes, killing her instantly.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17
A Sea Serpent as Thick as Mast.

Captain Dawson, master OF the Mitsu
Bishi steamship kiushiu Maru. gives
the following relation. Of what passed
before his eyes on his~voyage from Riu
Kin to Kobe. The statement is duly
signed by himself and countersigned hy
Mr.. John McKechnie. the chief officer.
and Its authenticity appears to be beyond
question: At ll.l5 A. NJ. Cape Satano.
distant about nine miles, the chief officer
and myself observed a whale Jump clear
out Of the sea. about n quarter of a mile
away. Shortly after II leaped out again.
when ] saw there was something at
tached 10 IL. Got glasses. and on the
next leap distinctly saw something hold
ing on to the belly Of the whale. The
latter gave one more spring clear of the
water, and myself and the chief officer
then observed what appeared to he n
large creature of the snake species rear
itself about thirty feet out Of the water.
1t appeared to be about the thickness of
n junk's mast, and after standing for
about ten seconds in an erect position, IL
descended into the water, the upper end
going first. With my glasses | made
out the color of the beast TO resemble
that of a pilot fsh.-Tbkto (Jdpdn)
Times
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17

Railways are aristocratic. They
teach every MAJ 70 know his own
station and to stop there.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17

Twenty-seven daughters cheer the
family of a Cleveland IN. CO. man.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17

A telephone has been placed in tho
- Congregational church, Mt Mansfield, o.,
the wires leading to the houses of several
aged and invalid persons. II sur
mounts floral decoration on the table
in front of the open platform, where II
is hardly seen. The speaker pays no MT,
tcntion whatever to IL, yet every word
uttered in the auditorium is easily heard
in the rooms of the dwellings which the
wires reach. The first message from
the minister was from Scripture: "Thc
WORD is nigh unto thee" Ills word
runneth very swiftly"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-17

At Emperor williams golden we'd
ding in Berlin. "a profound sensation
was caused by the cold, not to say slight
ing. reception given to Prince Bismarck
by the Empress Augusta. The emperor
had greeted him with the greatest frank
ness, evidently wishing to show to those
around him the confidence and regard
which he entertained for his chief adj
wiser. But the empress, on the other
hand. seemed rs if she wished to show
her dislike of the prince by not only an
swering his obeisance In n very sighting
fashion. but by not even extending her
hand TO him. as she did Immediately
afterward, with gracious mien, 20 the
veteran Won MoItke. The incident Is
causing much talk in Berlin. where it IL
known, however. that the empress has
long entertained most bitter dislike to
the chancellor. But this Is the first time