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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03
THE CLEAN NEWSPAPER.
From the Basion Herald.

From the Hasion Herald.
There is u growing feeling in every
healthy community against the journals
which make it their special object to
minister TO perverted taste by seeking
out and serving up in seductive form
disgusting scandal and licentious reyel.
ations. There is good reason to believe
that the clean newspaper is more highly
priced to-day than 1t was four or FIVE
years ago. IL is also safe 10 predict that
AS people in all ranks of life, who pro.
tect their own at least from coniamina.
tion, become more conscious Of the per.
nicious influence of certain class Of
journals, called cntcrprising because
they are ambitious to serve up dirty
scandals, they will be careful to see that
the journals they permit to be read in
the family circle are of the class that
never forget the proprietics Of life. Al
ready men and women Of refinement
and healthy morals have had their nt.
ientinn called to the pcrucious influ.
cncc of bad literature. and have made
coWmendablc efforts TO counteract the
same 10y causing sound literature TO be
published and sold at popular prices.
These efforts are working silent but
sure revolution. The begt authors are
more generally read to-day than at any
previous time. The sickly, sentimental
story books are slowly yielding the field
10 worthier claimants To the praise
Of the decent newspaper, IL may be
said, that where It has a place in the
family, and has been read for years by
young and old; it has developed such a
healthy tone and such discriminating
taste that the literature of the slums
has no admirers Fortunately, the
number OF such families is increasing
IN the land, aud As they increase, the
journal that dcyotes it.clf 10 sickening
revelations Of immortality will be com.
PEELED to find its supporters solely
among those classes who practice vice
or crime, or are ambitious TO learn 10
follow such ways.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03
EARLIEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BRICKS.


Trufu iite Model rfinior's Guide.
Engraved stamps are OF very early
origin, and may lee regarded a. the
first process Of every method Of print.
ing. Three thousand years ago the en-
craving Of forms for imprc.king seals
and coin was prac.iccl with a Ekill
scarcely surpassed in these modern
days. There are coins which were made
in the days Of Pharaohs, stamped in rc.
lief a. well defined ~ tho pieces in cir.
culstion 10. day. The first printinr--as
-uch-in the history OF the world was
probably upon bricks. An illustration
represents a brick taken from the ruins
of ancient Babylon. aud is really n
piece Of the literature Of that far away
time, which probably could have been
preserved In no other form 40 well.
The letters or words are placed in par.
allcl rows, separated hy lines, and are
no doubt intended to be read from top
10 bottom.
In old Egypt bricks were made by a
method % stamping. but not 80 elabor.
atcly as IN Assyria. We have been
able 10 procure cuts showing tho face
and back oi an old Egyptian stamp,
found j. o tomb of Thcbcs. which was
probably used in printing" bricks IN
those early days cf The worlds history.
This stamp is about five inches long.
two and q half inches wide and half an
inch thick. with an arched handle.
The characters are engraved into the
face of the wood. 80 that the impression
on the clay would show the letters or
characters in relief and have been
translated. "dmeh0pb, bclgrod Of fynfl. !"
We have it stated by some authorities
that Amenoph was ruler of Egypt at
the time Of the exodus OF the children
Of Israel.
Compared with modern Typography
this method Of printing on clay was
crude and imperfect in the extreme.
How easy IL would have been to have
coated the stamp with ink and impress.
ed it upou paper; but alas. there were
yet discovered neither ink nor paper.
and instead OF this practice being i'm.
proved and developed. 1t gradually fell
INTO disuse, and had been almost wholly
neglected for more than twenty-five
hundred years, in the very land where
IL originated.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03
ANOTHER WONDERFUL INVENTION.
,alpna c,rr sigoHrnsy tIousJ sews.

0alrna Corr. HigoHrBsy fIoHsJ ssvs
desire TO give your readers partial
description OF "A recent invention Of
steam engine bya mechanic Of our town,
which bids fair 10 supersede every steam
engine now IN use. The inventor, Mr.
Fisher, ID an ingenious German me.
ehanic, who owns the machine shop
near the Rock Island depot. Those OF
your readers who have ever noticed his
shop have never seen him or any hands
apparently at work. Fnher is AN in.
ventor and dreamer, and for years his
hours by day and by night have been
devoted to. this idea. 10 the neglect Of
bis business and family. His grand idea
was a rotary engine" The advantage
he claims over the ordinary one is the
continuous application OF the expansive
force Of steam, utilizing all its power.
Then the mechanical simplicity Of con.
structlOn--no steam.cbest, no piston. no
crank. II is simple, compact and of
great strength, and will not cost more
than one third per horse. power as much
as the old style. lie brought his model
over 10 the elevator, last week, and at.
tached IL To the boiler and away ii went
at 30 whifl. a slight move Of lever
and the motion Is reversed. and away il
goes on the other tack. Fisher il poor,
and may not be able 10 push his inyen.
ton, tut If parties having sufficient
capital will take hold Of it and work il
up, there's millions in it,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03
A Senator Caught Mapping.

Washington Letter b. Boston post
4 jocular Senator from the West tells
very good story about another Senator
from a Southern State. The latter be-
gan life as a brakeman on railroad,
and 10y industry and foresight has &C.
cumulatcd a fortune and high political
honors. Senator Thurman, while speak
ing, usually holds his eyeglasses in one
hand and "A huge red handkerchief in
the other. lie blows "A sounding blast
on his nasal organ in the midst of
speech quite AS naturally as Senator
Dawes looks up at the galleries every
time he addresses the Vice President.
Ii was an all night session. The Silver
bill! was under discussion. The South.
"rn Senator referred TO was quietly
sleeping on a sofa in the cloak room.
Mr.. Thurman was speaking. lie blew
his nose with such yigor that the report
could almost have been heard in the
Secretary Office. The sleeping Senator
wAs awakened by the noise, and lcaping
to hi. feet graspcd a chair 10y the side of
The sofa and twisted il around urtil the
author OF the story grasped him hs the
arm and brought him to realizing
sense Of his whereabouts. IL il now an
unhealthy matter for any one 10 call
dawn brakes 10 the victim Of the joke.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

er by rains nor drought. But what is
the most remarkable in this operation is
the layers of earth as we descend. At
the depth of fourteen feet are found the
ruins OF An ancient city, paved streets,
houses, floors and different pieces Of
mason work. Under this is found a soft
oozy earth, made up Of vegetable mat.
ter, and Mt twenty six feet large trees
entire, such as walnut trees, with the
walnuts sticking TO the stems, and the
leaves and branches in a perfect state Of
preservation. At twenty.eight feet deep
a soft chalk is found, mixed with vast
quantity OF shells and the bed is eleven
feet thick. Under this, vegetables are
found again.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03
The Cincinnati Frauds.

THOROUGH EXFosuKE OF RIPUBLiCAx
vILLAINT PROVIDED FOR.
The memorial of Cincinnati elections,
which was presented in the House yes.
terday by Mr. McMahon, charges:
FVEt--thAt there was a corrupt vio.
iE1ion Of law in the appointment Of
United States Marshals who were des-
lgnated 10 oflicia,e in the Congression.
al election last fall.
ScosEd-1hat they were not residents
or qualified voters.
TRWd-That they exhibited no badge
Of office.
Folrfh-That they held the tickets of
and solicited votes for the Republican
candidates.
FGth-Thai they procured aud aided
illegal voting.
Slrth-That they encouraged repeat
ers and prevented their arrest.
'SeUcnm-That Buiierworth and Young
were neither OF them elected.
Thi, memorial u signed by the fol.
lowing names John +. Folleti, John
4. shank. VIM. b. cassidy, ". W. Sut.
ton, W. 7. Biddle. y. !. Mullanev. L.
McHugh. ]. Kramer, VIM. II. Pugh.
Ihos. Mcbonoueh, II. II. Campbell,
Thomas Schweityer, Alexander Long,
John G. Fra;z, w. Austin Goodman. +.
7. Bradsircct. VIM. T. Jones, Lewis q.
Bernard, G. Hilh. y. Caldwell, c. IT.
Sargent, G. W. Eisenhower, jeremiah
Mulroy.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

THE coal operators Of the fret and
second pools Of the Monongahels Valley
met on "Wednesday last aud decided to
pay three cents per bushel. The min
ing operators Of third and fourth pools
will be obliged 10 follow suit, and in
two days the whole Monongahela Val.
ley will be at work again. The strike
has been in progress for six weeks.
though very little mining has been done
since November. Three thousand men
and boys have been idle during the
strike. The strike in the Connelisville
coal regions keeps spreading and be.
tween i've and six thousand persons are
now idle. Between thirty and forty
miners convicted at Washington. Pa.
last week, were unable TO pay their
share OF the costs, which aggregated
5000, and are now serving out their
term in Jail.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

PAssENorRs by the Northern Central
railway reported that o. Wednesday
last tho depot at Harrisburg, Pa, was
crowded with emigrants for Kansas.
comprising Pennsylvania farmers and
their families. la the morning train
of twenty. FIVE cars. in two sections, left
with as many people as they could ac-
commodate. and in the afternoon two
more trains of ten and eleven cars re-
spectively for the same destination. 1t
is estimated that the emigran,s mum.
bered 5000. They came from Lebanon,
Cumberland. Fulton, Dauphin, Miffiin
and other counties Of the State, besides
some from Western Maryland. Two
carloads Of people Of the religious de
nomination Of Dunkers were with the
company. The emigrants propose to
establish regular colonies in Kansas and
will be Joined by many Others. The
exodus of PennsylVanians to the West
this spring Is described as almost un.
paralleled
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03
LITERARY CAPACITY.

FROM the Philadelphia Ledger.
The truth is, that literary capacity Il
a capital assistant to a practical man.
and learning IL a good "crutch," but
not a foundation to stand upon. Scott's
immortal Dominic Sampson is type,
scarcely exaggerated, Of large class.
Az an assistance. literary capacity gives
a broad horizon and n clearer view TO
the professional man. To the mechanic
and business man, IL opens a wider
range for his transactions. To the man
OF leisure, IL gives opportunity for self.
culture and for generous usefulness. In
these ways, and N these only, literature
pays, as silent partner, so to speak not
n the head OF the business. If chance
or good fortune brings literary mans
services into such public demand that
he must be employed, he will find his re-
ward or if book is TO be prepared for
the press, he can make terms for that
specific employment. IL literary man
Is clerk or secretary, his clerkship will
be better performed, and he will COM
mand the better salary. provided his
employment be one in which more than
routine Il required. But the dream Of
fees for small literary "jobs" from
strangers will never be realized, rs Il
never has been. The man who seeks
lawyer or doctor confesses that he
does not understand law or physic.
And there is no humiliation In that
confession. But he who asks another
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03
4 STRANGE PEOPLE.

pr. L. H. Heath. in q paper on peru.
vinu AntiquitieF," describes strange
people living in a town called Eten. IN
seven degrees south latitude and about
two milc- from the sea. They number
about 1000, and they speak besides the
Spanish "A language which some Of the
recently brought over Chinese laborers
understand, but there is no other simi-
lnritIes between the two peoples. They
inicrmarry unclcF. nciccs, brothers and
sister, nephews and nunts. promiscu.
ously. with no curse of cousang7linity /:
but they will not permit any iniermar.
riare IA their number. or with the out.
side world. They have laws. customs
and dress Of their own. and live by
braiding hats and mat, and weaving
cloths. They will give no account Of
the place whence they came. or of the
time they settled at Eten. History does
not mention their existence before the
Spanisrd arrived. Among them there
are no sick or dcformed persons, their
custom being 10 send committee 20
each sick or old person, and those who
are reported pa-t recovery or pact use
iulness. arc promptly stranElcd by the
public cxccuiioner. E,en orders IL, they
ssy, and with Etcn's orders there Is no
interference.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

or you'd stop. Have you ever thought
of itY ! can't 90 to school, for | don't
have clothes like other children.
could if my father didn't drink, but
you sell him liquor, and he can't stop
when it's sold right here in the place
Mother can't go to-necting. She used
to before there was saloon here, and
she wants to now so much ! as much
as | want to 90 to school, | guess.
And the children won't play with me,
cause I'm II drunkard's child. You
don't know how much trouble comes
from this place. Father amt bit
like what he used to be, before he got
to drinking. And we amt the only
ones who suffer 50. It's all Though
the neighborhood, mother says. Ever
so many men drink, who didn't before
YOU came here. | thought I'd come
down here and ask YOU if you ever
thought about it. Didn't any one
ever tell YOU? Oh, don't want to
be drunkard's child, Mr.. Strong.
It's the worst thing in the world, |
guess. Does your mother know what
you're doing? p
She asked the questions abruptly.
1t startled him, for he turned pale.
"lf she knew, I'm sure she'd feel
very bad about it," Mary went on.
Please don't sell anymore. Let us
have father back n sober man. Won't
YOU"
There were tears in the mans eyes.
Her words had struck home, aud the
heart of the liquor-scllcr, which was
not all bad, smotc him keenly. That
question, "What would your mother
say p touched its tcnderest place.
His mother had been dead many
years, but her memory was green. Ii
she had lived, he might have been Il
different man. Since her death, he
had been drifting hither and thither,
and the good impulses of his nature
had been choked in tarcs and brambles.
Child" he said, and there was a
quivcr in his voice, you're giving me
the best temperance sermon ever
heard, and you've converted met
And then he went out, before she
fully realized the truth, and took
down the sign that had hung over the
door SO long.
There" he said, "You see by that,
that mean what | say. won't
stand between your father and his
chance of being a sober man"
II wish you'd let me kiss YOU" she
said. Il love YOU, and | always like
to kiss folks love"
lie bent down and she threw her
arms about his neck aud kissed him.
As she did it, some warm tears fell
upon her face. They were promises
Of a better life.
This all happened years ago. Yes
tcrday saw Mary in her pleasant
home, with her own child mt her knee,
and she was telling her the story |
have told you, aud the little eager
listener was learning a temperance
lesson that wish could be put before
every boy aud girl in the land today.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

RguTER's advices from Cape Town to
the 5th ultimo mention report that
Colonel Pearson had made raid and
burned Cetewayois old kraal. Other
advices OF the same date, however, do
not give the impression that he is in a
position to undertake an offensive oper.
alton, and state that the Zulus have
destroyed the read from Tugela TO
Ekowe, and seem determined to do
their utmost 10 prevent relief from
reaching him. All idea Of attempting
10 send him relief before the arrival Of
further endorsements seems TO be
abandoned.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

TuE enraginrly frank history of Re.
publican campaign operations given TO
the Wallace committee by Mr.. Gorham.
late Secretary OF the Senate and sccrcta.
~ Of the national Republican executive
committee. is chiefly interesting in view
of the Federal statute and the EKccu.
tive general order which Mr. Gorham
confesscs 10 have dcfied with the con
nivance of several members Of the Cabl.
net. 1t is moi news that this was done.
but IL is official confirmation that Sccrc.
iaTy Gorham now makes matter OF rec.
ord. The false position Of the admins.
tratIon on the question OF civil service
reform is beautifully illustrated hy the
spectacle Of the Secretary of the Senate
calling for contributions for political
purposes from nearly every officer in
the civil service below the grade of
Cabinet Minister sud sending solicitors
through all the departments, save one,
to make collection of these assessments.
How effective the scheme was is shown
10y the astonishing fact that Of the Sl05..
600 used under the auspices Of this
committee IN the late campaign all but
$4,000 came from those in the civil
service Of the United States. The con.
tributions may have been voluntary in
one sense, but they were none the less
a fund raised by placemen as the price
If their places, and II shows how little
substantial interest any but placcmen
had in the success Of the cause upon
which Mr. Hale and Mr.. Gorbam would
have us believe The very life Of the ma.
ton was hanging. -Pkiiadeipkia Tmcs.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03
WHY NOT DESCRIBE HINT

\ face;inus correspondent of the
Oil City Derrick asks why the dress of
4 bridegroom should not be described
a. well as the trusscau OF the bride {?
aud then gives an example of his idea,
a. follows: He wore a coat of dark
material, opening in front. with collar
rolled back, terminating in lappcls on
either side, and skirt biscctcd. This
was worn over q waistcoat uf same
material, cut low in front. the folds
gracefully caught up behind with a
steel buckle; beneath was Wam-
sutta, with bosom Of plain linen, white
as the driven snow, terminating up
wardly in n detachable collar, en- as-
pirant; ; lower garment, also dciach-
able, OF doe.kin cashmere, dark a. the
driven SCOT, and terminating down
ward in two perpendicular cylindrical
sections, scanned on the iuucr side.
from the bottom of each of which
emerged foot: shoes of black leather,
Ftantum suf. hair parted on one side |;
ears worn to correspond, one on either
side ornaments-studs, a white neck
tie and smile worn plain. That's the
way any groom ought to look, when
au fat and en- regic aud that sort of
thing, at the moment of his greatest
happiness and insigniiicance.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

THE following postal changes were
made in Pennsylvania last week: E.
tablished-Goodell, McKean county,
George l.. Martin. postmaster Mervin,
westmoreland county, Alpheus A. Bush,
postmaster; Shelly, Bucks county, Emil
w. Haring, postmaster. Name Changed
--Moyer's store, Bhcks county, 10
Blooming Glen. Postmasters Appoin.
ted-Abraham Snyder. Alsace, Bcrks
county; Daniel Szeifrit. Beckersville,
Berks county; Philip $. Schurr. Kaniz,
Snyder county: Samuel McKehan,
Mount Rock. Cumberland county; NJ.
X. Lewis, New Milford, Clearfeld coun
ty; John Il. Kern. Landisville, Lancas.
ter county; II. $. Thompson, Reeds
Gap. Juniata county Charles T. Strauss.
Strausstown, Berks county; James
Bothel, Tannery. Indiana county; Rob
ert Thompson, Templeton, Armstrong
county Charles d. Fulton, Upper Prov.
idence, Deleware county, William $.
Cart, wenk's, Adams county; William
Fowler, West Middletown, Washington
county.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

CuRtosITIEs oF THE EARrH. the
city of Medina, in Italy, and about four
miles around IL, wherever the earth is
dug. when the workingmen arrive at
distance of sixty.three feet, they come
TO bed OF chalk, which they bore with
an auger five feet deep. They then
withdraw from the pit before the auger
il removed, and upon iis extraction the
water bursts through the aperture with
great violence, and quickly fills the
newly made well, which is affected Meth.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

10 shape his English for him thinks that
he pays enough for the service he asks
in admitting that anybody can do bet.
ter than himself. And that comph
niont is--literary wages.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

A VIRGINIA paper gives the follow
ing advice to the bumptious Califor-
mans who want to scccde: Don't 90.
BE warned by several who have been
there. and don't, for there's nothing
secedes like secession.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

a SAN Francisco newspaper, re-
lating mining accident, says: "One
man and twelve Chinese killed" As
a Chinaman would say, Its all
sameel"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

AGEs OF GREAT MES.--A writer
in the Philadelphia Press. who discus
ses old age in the genial spirit of
healthy old man, reminds his readers
that Victor Hugo, in the latter part
of February, entered upon his 18th
year; Lord Beaconsfeld is in his 74th
year; Gladstone is over70; Gortscha.
kof is in his list year; the Emperor
William is in his SD fear; Carlyle
has entered on his Sith year; Theirs
was over so at his death Palmerston
died in statesmen harness at 81 years
of age; the Duke of Wellington lived
to SO; Lord Sidmouth, ex-prime min
istcr, lived to his S7th year; Longfel-
low has passed his 72d year. These
are good examples of longevity and of
healthy minds in healthy bodies. II
Is observable, however, that only one
them is an American.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

Shaffcr, convicted of numbering his
wife at Chambcrshure, who was TO be
hanged Tuesday, March IS, was fespited
By Gov. Hoyl until April 18th.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

"MoSEY." says an American editor,
"is the missing link between our sub
scribers and editor"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

Governor Nichols has signed the bin
repeating the charter Of tho Louisiana
State lottery.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03

The death Of Count Joseph vaiery,
. member of The French Senate in
Florence, Italy, Is announced.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-03


This, then, was what people called
"Strong's He'll" Here was where
death and ruin to the soul was sold
over the bar at FIVE and ten cents n
glass.
She went in. A man was standing
behind the bar.
"Are you Mr.. Strong7" she asked,
half frightened at what she had at
tempted.
"Yes, that's my name," he answered
pleasantly. did you want anything
of me-" "You don't look like a man
bad enough to sell liquor" she said,
someway beginning to lose her fear of
him.
"Had liquor-dealer onght to look
like very bad man ?" he asked.
"Yes ), / think they had," she nn-
swered. "Oh, Mr.. STRENGTHENING
her hand pleadingly, and lifting a
face full Of beseeching to his, Il come
down here to-day TO ask you TO give
up selling liquor. You don't know
what awful work you're doing, I guess,