Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-03


\ lighthouse keeper near the mouth
Of th" Potomac has devised nm ingrui.
Gus plan for the slaughter of tho ducks
and geese which light on a sand bar near
hi- station. He has q battery Of tycly.
mu-k"ts firmly fastened 10 two heavy
iimb"rs, EiN above and six below: tlr..
are heavily loaded and connected with
III" lighthouse by a long wire cable 4.
soon rs hc secs goose near enough hr
pulls his cable and cNpludrs ail the yllu.
~ once. and then takes his skiH and
picks up the game. Ills most successful
shot this year gave him thirty-rhrcc
geese.
\ New York veterinary surgeon it,
s'Ti- positively that even the saliva of
adog may communicate hydruphobia.
ON" oi the most mari cd causes oi
h}drpphObia that ever occurred in this
cI.,, he says, was that e "A gentleman
who bad allowed pet slut to lick his
face. The animal had shown no symp-
toms Of madness. and did not afterward
become mnd. so far ~ / am informed.
III" victim had a slight abrasion of the
skin on his face and allowed the crca-
turc lick il. with an old-fashioncd faith
m ihc healing virtue Of "A dogs tongue.
IL" died within four weeks Of pro-
nounccd hydrophobia"
There j. story that a wealthy Chi
cago merchant lately prevented the
breaking Of his will hy calling his rrla-
Hvc> about his dcath-bcd and getting
them 10 make affidavit before a notary
that hc was competent 10 make a will.
Afi"r the funeral it was found that all
li- property was given io q lunajic asy-
lum. Then the heir, tried 10 have the
will set aside by showing that though
-Nn" at the last. in 1873. when the will
wa- made. lac was raving mad Thrup
on the executor produced "A will cNaetIy
like the first, except that ii wa- signed
and witnessed fcw minutes before the
aildayii, ~ 10 the tostator'- sanity were
taken
II seems that the common people in
Sweden do not continue the family name
from father 10 children. Indeed. tlioy
have 70 family name. The name Of tho
"hi.d give, no intimation whatever Of
TIA" surname uf the father. Thus. sup
pose a man j. named Peter Ohlson. his
boy may receive the name Of John Peter
son, and his grandson perhaps Peter
J"ln~on.t the surnamcs being formed from
Tia" gwen name of the parent. and thus
bong changed with every generation. II
viii be sccn that this makes ii impossi-
hle 10 trace families This custom
does not prevail among the higher
classes in Sweden. but is universal
among the common people who COM
pose the greater portion of the emigranis
I" this country.
4 remarkable case Of lynching has oc-
CURED at Cheyenne. Wyoming. A man
named Dug Reed. who had been guilty
of a crime particularly obnoxious to tho
citizens, was taken out Of iail. Then.
with unusual courtesy. the lynchcrs al
lowed Reed Ia select the method of death
most agreeable TO him; and when he
stated that hc would prefer Ia he hanged.
they went still further in their courteous
regard for his feelings. and allowed him
to bc his own cxeCuiiuncr. He took the
rope in his hand. climbed telegraph
pole, fastened one end around the top.
and formed n moose in the other end
through which hc passed his head
Then hc made his last dying speech.
which was short. being no more than
"Good-byc. boys" and, jumping OF.
was launched into eternity.
.tonling to the Springfield Mass.
EsptIbiioan. an effort il being
made TO provide a permanent cxhi-
bition building in Boston for the indus
trial products of New England. The
New England Manufacturers and Me-
Chanics' Institute. chartered by the
State, seeks To erect a suitable building
for the holding of stated fairs and exhi-
bitions and for the permanent exhibition
shall find IL for their interest 10 leave in
the building The proposition is TO
make each exhibitor pay n small rental
for the space occupied. and to distribute
the interest in the undertaking ms widely
as possible throughout New England.
the shares being put at twenty-five dol
lars, and no one man can take over four
shares. A fair will be held as soon a. a
place and funds are secured; and there
after annually. beginning the first We'd
nesday of September"
Mrs. Jane trey Swisshelm, in an open
etter TO the Rush Medical College.
stoutly reaffirms her belief that in the
early part of this century German of
Chester county. Pa, acquired and kept
until his death in extreme old age a very
widespread reputation for curing hydro
pnoOia; tnat ne guarded his secret care
fully and always carried his medicine
with him, and II was known to be n root
which he himself procured in the woods.
lie s,ewcd portion of this root in pint
of sweet milk. which he himself drew
from the COW; stewed IL slowly and
stirred for half hour; then gave IL to
his patient fasting, !. e., before break
fast; permitted him 10 take neither food
nor drink, except water. for six hours
after taking the milk. and repeated thC
dose on three successive mornings. Upon
| the old man death son sold his recipe
| for 81, and it was simply two ounces oi
| elecampanc root stcwed In pint of milk.
and given so that the digestive organs