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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-31

TINS is the most trying time in the
year for the poultry breeder. Watch
your laying houses, nests, roosting
perches, and especially the fowls, for
vermin of any kind. Do not allow it
to get foothold. Use kerosene oil
on pcrches, in bottoms and on sides
of nests, and in every place where it
is possible for the little mites to hide.
If on the fowls, use mixture of
kerosene and lard oil, but not too
plentifully. Sulphur, busted in small
quantities in the feathers and nests,
is also a good preventive, as we'll as
cure.
Water regularly. See that all the
fowls, young and old, have fresh pure
water at least three times each day
Care in this respect is n great preven-
tive of disease and summer disorders.
Humanity also demands that your
birds have this attention. Too much
samencss in their diet will only make
them worthless as egg-producers. If
you are feeding corn and wheat, get
some refuse rice, boil it thoroughly,
and give it to them for a change.
The greater change in diet you can
make, the more health, thrift, and
greater abundance of eggs you will
have.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-31

ISTo tho yard the farmer goes
with grateful heart ct the olass of day.
Harness aud chain are hang away,
~ the vagnn-shsd stand yoke and plow
The sraiuf In the stack. the hsy In the NOW
The cooling dews are falling.
The friendly sheep his welcome hlesi.
The pigs come grunting 70 his feet
The whinnying mare her master knnwa.
When Into the yard the farmer goes,
His cattle calling.
eco, h0sai co. toss col cot oo'T-
While siiIi the nnw boy. far away,
Goes seeking those that have gone assray,
go, bVssi co, ts~s col caf
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-31

Every farmer in his annual experience
discorers something Of value Write IL and
send u 10 the "Agrieuiturai Editor Of the
DEMOCRAT, Beliefonte, PenH'a, A" that other
farmers may hare The benefit Of IL. Let
eoHmnntcdttons be timely, and be sure that
they are brief and ioeit pointed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-31

hrfe NAL Noft. Niagara ErTFfFs West, L<sk HHvsa
A'f"nupaA'lah Wet. and Day EHrfrss IAst make.
close cpuuettlaus ~ Northum letlAuI with l. A n
D talns faf WIZ atiiarTs and SerAuiuu
tfie Val Wet Niagara IHIfess Wsst and Tiis
- Iff't e'i hud IusL Havoc Accom- mediation Get
fuaAs close connection st WllllArnssft xftb \ Z, d
v trains uofrh
In' NAL Wet Niagara Erprets wost. and Day
IfItfs' Isst inhle rl1a" CONNECTION at Iaek Haven
Niih v. O. traius
ftle Nal Lasi and Mesi connect Efie With trains
80 l.. 3 a y T. y r.. a. Corr with o AAV y 4
- Emporium wlth y n !. =. u. r., 2nl at
Hr1Uvn1i vifh 4 Y h b
iatlr carr viii fuu between Thna8s1riIa and
" N1lltamsr7ft 90 Niagara ESJfrsa West Yrse Erfrrss
y oti, iiilA2fIEla n ITHEf Ezfi and Dan Ia Tf,ss
hsfi, aHd sunday EHIross Fast ElsstanE asrs "a an
hiELt trains. NN HAtuwrr
oeuI Huperg uteu8eut.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-31

THE orchards of Northern Penn.
sylvania bid fair to yield a rich har-
vest.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-31
MACHINE.

ialls aud treadlo complete With Lsnqtn assoa7HtSg
oi fifrvRHs than any other nacbius and Reduced to
oulT t2a. karh machine Thoroughly warranted with
WHfTTES GUGHsNT1 fog Eve years h eJs To order THHF
cHanaK money refunded At once IL not satisfactory
The most saiid. reliable, and satisfactory machibs
ever invented f0f All Kinds of family work. An &C..
knovlelEcd upequivocAl usss hanirhl success thor
oughly tested and ussd IN thousands Il homes An
eifcieni silent rapid reliable, and sserresdy helper
n the weary wife ErstIess that vll Do the work
- family for e-tiae q uili earn from e. 20 Es
pet aay faf any vho wshet 81 for living and
eots lees than HtF 1Ht raIct 81 sny machines 4
like quality. Has extra long lAgeszed shuttle easily
removed ExtFa iafEeszei noiiAns buldng los wards
oi thread, doing away with the frequent reufuauf Il
hobtdns II makes the shuttle. douhirthr.sd lock.
stitch the same both sides ~ the vaTk which
received the HiaHFsT a@AHn At the Centennial The
strongest finest and most lasting stitch produced
u = hnt ior streagth and constant hard soIk InteT
changeahls working parts Manufactured Of fine pol.
ished steel. VIII run for years without reYsirs. il
simple 10 learn. easy 81 manage understood perfectly
~ an houF and always ready IN moment TO do every
easily saeoihly aud faster. and with less labor OF
trouble than any other machiBes At Ant rHfeE ever
did DO. II will anything a needle cas
piece fUm lace o. oamhTe 20 heavy cloth hsrness
with any kind uf thread. and % twenty yards PEI
minute; nses strong, straight needle, and nesry
breaks them. II cannot miss drop stitch rayel uF
break the thread The ascs.y eAeesfay refunded IN,
wili not outvonK and ovTLasi any machine double
The price. II you have any ether machine buy this
and have better one. The and raFadlty II it,
motion aud quality Of lie work is Its best roaenda-
ton. II viil hem, fell tuck braid cord taud gather
Guilt, rufHe pieai, fold, scalop, shirr, roll bHste
embFoldef run ap hfeadths etc, with eieRAnoa ease
and guiekness, unsurpassed bF any machine ever
invented The Prices of sEw machinss ARE less
than those ssksd bx dealers in second hand rebuilt
and renished machines those selling tla STOCK
30 cuae 6p business many such infesiar and uldaty
machines being offered 81 reduced prices
Beware of limitations and only bur neu machines
There are no NEv hrsclass machines offered Iow e
the "Famly" by many dollars.
foF testimonials see descriptive books mailed free
with samples " vofk
0eals shipped b any part of the cuuntfy no matter
how remote the plaeemsY be and safe delivery guar
anteef, vteh privilege % GaaacueH HxAnGxAuox
beiess payment q BILL o. on receipt II price hy
Registered Letter, Money order. OF Dram.
Agents wanted throughout tie country far fhis the
chcapest mort satisfactory and rspid4rlinn machine
In The world. For literal terms. address
FAMILY SHUTTLE MACHINE Co.
lily rs Broadway, Nsx Yosk.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-31

TnE TEsr sF THE NATIONAL wELFlRE Is rHE isfEIIt-
oEseR AND PROSPERITY OF rHE TANnER
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-31
- EhAD.--Tim"-Tabls,D December u. Ig77.
EEr. Mail vLsTHAHb. 1Atyw,tu Y,r A..
RAILROAD.

-Phil44s.phia and Efis Division. J-On aud
after December y l-T7.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-05-06
SHAKSPEAREA AND BURNS.-Thenames

SHAKESPEARE AND BURNs.-Thenames
of those who give to the world the in
spiration of new and joyous literature
shall not perish. Their works do follow
them. Who can estimate the breadth of
joy which has been created by Shaks.
peare-the universal pilgrim whom ev-
erybody counts as his fellow who walks
with kings, with princes, with philoso-
piers, with statemen, with artists, with
beggars, with paupers, whose fellowship
is with his whole kind, who hath thrown
the light OF his genius over every rela
tion of life, bringing to it something of
brightness, much of Interpretation, and
not little of joy; and whose name
stands forever?
Burns one day turned over q daisy !;
and now the daisy grows in every land
where the English language is spoken,
and is no longer "wee, modest, GRIM
n-tipp'd flower" alone, but is the SYM
bol of sympathy. He saw limping
hare; and that hare still limps, and is
preaching humanity and kindness
around the globe. He took disiointed
language, not accustomed to bring mu4
sic to the ear, and made it language of
beauty and sympathy and of love. And
over all his faults universal humanity
rises to cast mantle of charity, and SO
large mantle that he might walk to and
FRO under 1t as under tent. But for the
things which he has done to make man
feel his worth as man, and to clothe
heaven and earth with garments of
beauty-for these things his name shall
live and his life shall go on. He has had
q sweeter and a nobler life since he died
than he ever had while he lived.-Er.
tract from q sermon by H W. Beecher.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-05-06
IN SCHOOL DAYS.


Still sits the schoolhouse by the road,
A ragged beggar summing;
Around it still the sumachs grow,
And blackberry vines are running.
Within, the masters desk is seen.
Deep Scared by laps official;
The warping floor, the battered seats,
The jack-knife's carved initial
The charcoal frescoes on its walls,
It's doors worn sill, betraying
The feet that, creeping slow to school,
went storming out to playing!
Long years ago winters sun
Shone over 1T at setting:
Lit up its western window-panes.
And low caves icy fretting.
1t touched the tangled golden curls,
And brown eyes full of grieving,
OF one who still her steps delayed
When all the school were leaving.
For near her stood the little boy
Her childish favor singled,
His cap pulled low upon face
Where pride and shame were mingled.
Pushing with restless feet the snow
To right and left he fingered,
AS restlessly her tiny hands
The blue-checked apron fingered.
He saw her lift her eyes; he felt
The soft hands light caressing,
And heard the trembling of her voice,
As if a fault confessing.
"Pm sorry that spelt the word;
hate to go above you,
Because"-the brown eyes lower tell
Because, you see, love youw
Still memory to gray-haired man
That sweet chilc-face is showing:
Dear girl! the grasses on her grave
Have forty years been growing!
He lives to learn, in life's hard school,
How few who pass above him
Lament their triumph and his loss
Like her-because they love him.
rom WhiAier's Miriam and other Poems
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-05-06
DROPPING CORN.
BY MARY 3. G. SLADE,

little Katie went with the gray old squire
c'Who was hep" Child he was your grand sre,)
To the furrowed field, in the dewy morn
Now sing" said he. "as you drop the corn,
One for the black-bird, one for the crow,
One for the cut-worm, and two to grow,
Grow and black bird came futtering round,
The cut-worm wriggl ed beneath the ground,
As five smooth kernels, every time,
Little Kate dropped with the sing song rhyme,
zone for the black-bird, one for the crow,
One for the cut-worm, and two to grow.''
The old squire covered the grain with SOIL
"Now see" he said, ''they will have their spoil
That's sure; but still we shall get our share,
Ifyou always count, as you drop with care,
lone for the black-bird, one for the crow,
One for the cut-worm, and two to grow.r
When kernels sprout and the green blades
grow.
The crow and black-bird and out-worm know,
And woe for the corn-field in harvest days,
Unless little Katie in planting says,
Zone for the black bird, one for the crow,
One for the cut-worm. and two to grow
Thus do we plant with our older hands,
In wider fields and DER broader lands
Since for good seed sown by the land or sea,
In the air or earth foe may be-
"One for the black bird, one for the crow,
One for the cut-worm, and two grow"
The two to grow!r That is all ask
As the seed times bring me my planting task,
know who leads to His furrowed field;
As He wills plant. at His will shall yield
Zone for the black-bird, one for the crow,
One for the cut worm, and two to grow"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-05-06

SAY GOOD MoRNING.-Don't forget
to say Good morning." Say to your
parent, your brothers and sisters, your
schoolmates, your teachers, your ser
vants-and say it cheerfully, and with
a smile. There is kind of inspiration
In every good morning" heartily and
smiiingly spoken that helps to make
hope fresher and work lighter. 1t really
seems to make the morning good, and
to be prophecy of good DAY to come
after 1t. And if this be true of the
good morning." it is also of all kind,
hearty greetings. They cheer the dis
couraged, rest the tired one, and some
how make the wheels of life run
smoothly.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-05-06
For the SPECTATOR.
The Stuart Papers.

Many papers left by the late Judge
Archibald Stuart have been placed in
my hands, temporarily, by his son, Hon.
Alexander H. II. Stuart. Amongst
them are letters from Jefferson, Mad
ison, Monroe, Marshall, Gen. Henry
Lee, James Barbour, John Breckin-
ridge, and others. None of these letters
have heretofore been published, and I
propose to furnish portion of them,
from time to time, for the columns of
the SPECTATOR. Judge Stuart was the
law student of Mr.. Jefferson, and the
associate of Madison, Monroe, and Mar
shall in the Legislature and the Con-
vention of 17sS. His relations with
most of his correspondents were inti-
mate and confidential, and the letters
are interesting as the unstudied, famil-
lar effusions of such men. They will
be presented in chronological order
The first letter was written by Mr..
Jefferson while U. s. Minister to France,
viz:
PARIS, January %, 17S6.
Dear Sar II have received your fa-
vor of the 18th of October, which,
though you mention as the third you
have written me, is the first which has
come to hand. / sincerely thank you
for the communications it contains.
Nothing is SO grateful to me at this dis
tance as details, both great and small, of
what is passing in my own country.
Of the latter, we receive little here, be-
cause they either escape my correspond
ents or are thought unworthy notice
This, however, is very mistaken opin-
ion, as every one may observe by recol-
lecting that when he has been long alb
sent from his neighborhood the small
news of that is the most pleasing, and
occupies his first attention, either when
he meets with person from thence. or
therefore, that the letter in which you
minute occurrences in the neighborhOOd
of Monticello may yet come to hand,
and I venture to rely on the many
proofs of friendship 1 have received
from you for continuance Of your ia
vOrs. This will be the more meritori-
Gus, as have nothing to give you in
exchange. The quiet of Europe at this
moment furnishes little which can at
tract your notice; nor will that quiet
be soon disturbed, at least for the cur
rent year. Perhaps it hangs on the life
of the X. of Prussia, and that hangs by
a very slender thread. American repu-
tation in Europe ia not such as to be
flattering to its citizens. Two circum-
stances are particularly objected to us,
the non payment of our debts and the
want of energy in our government.
These discourage connection with US;
1 own it to be my opinion that good will
arise from the destruction of our credit.
1 see nothing else which can restrain
our disposition to luxury, and the loss OF
those manners which alone can preserve
republican government. AS it isimpossl,,
BILE to prevent credit, the best way woulo
be to cure its ill effects by giving an in
stantaneous recovery to the creditor.
This would be reducing purchases on
credit to purchases for ready money.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-05-06

A FREAK OF NATURE.-There is now
living near Midlothian, in Chesterfield
county. an old negro man abont sixty
years of age who during the war lost all
of his teeth by accident. and several
years ago, to his amazement and won
der, and to the utter astonishment of
all who knew him, complete set grew
out again, and is pronounced to be an
improvement upon the fermer set
This, perhaps, is one of the most re-
markable freaks of nature on record.
The negro is at present living with a
Mr.. Robertson, a prominent citizen of
the county, who will vouch for the ac-
curacy of the statement, and who has
employed him during the time.-Pe-
tersbuTg Post.
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Personal and General.

Longfellow has an inkstand which
used to be long to Coleridge.
| Paul III. Hayne, the poet, is i'll at his
home. Copse Hill, near Augusta, Ga.
John Habberton, of "Helen's Babies
fame, is writing play on New York
city politics.
Joaquin Mller's daughter has advanc-
ed to speaking part on the stage. Last
year she was ballet dancer.
It is rumored that Senator Booth, OF
California, is shortly to be married to an
attractive Washington widow.
Hon. w. II. Kelley, of Genesee, N.
Y, for fourteen years a member of Con-
gress, died Sunday night of last week.
Thos. Kelley died in Brooklyn. N. Y,
Wednesday, of hydrophobia. He was
bitten by a dog Feb. 20, and was taken ill
Sunday.
Winter Payne, colored, has been COM
mitted to the Jail of Fauquier county,
Va, charged with the murder of James
Adams, also colored.
Miss Julia Griffin, a talented and
promising young sculptress, of New
York, died suddenly, of heart disease,
last Thursday week.
Mr.. David HI. Strother left Washing
ton on Saturday week for the city of
Mexico, to which place he has been ap-
pointed consul general.
Edward S. Stokes. the slayer of Fiske,
has taken up his abode in San Francisco.
He is now chief owner of valuable
Nevada mine.
George Brown, a farming lad, Of Nor
folk county. Va, accidentally slipped in
the canal near Deep Creek, in that c0un
ty, Wednesday, and was drowned.
"Poor Carlotta" has been transferred
to her new abode. but is quite unaware
of tho change. She never speaks, and
can with difficulty be persuaded to take
food.
A number of the theatrical profession
in New York propose to employ Gen.
Roger A. Pryor to prosecute Currie for
the murder of Porter, the actor, at Mar
shall, Texas.
Mr.. P. T. Pendleton, of Virginia, left
Monday, of last week for the Indian
Rosebud agency, in Dakota Territory,
where be Will spend a few months in
studying the Indian character.
Gov. Holiday, of Va, has appointed
Thomas Jones, of Richmond county.
judge ofthe County Courts of Richmond
and Westmoreland counties, in place of
Judge Geo. w. Lewis, deceased.
Joshua A. Tilden, aged 67, New
York silk merchant, committed suicide |
Wednesday by shooting himself twice
in the head with pistol Business
troubles are supposed to have caused the
act.
The condition of Mr.. August Belmont,
who was thrown from his carriage Tues |
day and severely bruised, was Wednes-
day reported to be much improved, but |
unable to appear against the driver who
was responsible for the accident.
The Princess Beatrice has had yet an
other suitor, the Duke of Aosta (ex-King |
Amadeus, of Spain,) a widower much
her senior and Catholic. The gossips |
say that nothing will come of his suit,
though it has been earnestly pressed.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-05-06

A QUEER WEDDING TRIP.-On Tues
day last wedding party in high life
came off at Carpenters, in this county.
Why it may be termed a wedding in
high life is because it occurred on top of
the high mountain directly opposite the
station. After the wedding ceremony
was performed the newly married cou-
pie made somewhat novel start in life.
From the top of the steep mountain they
concluded to go to the station on hand
sled. The time for starting came, and
their friends, after helping to fix them
and their baggage solidly on their sled,
gave their sled a push, and away they
went, shooting over the ground at the
rate Of forty miles an hour. Half way
down they turned sharp curve, when
to their horror they discovered a span
of mules not far distant coming UP the
mountain. They saw at a glance that
there was not room enough to pass those
mules, and that the mules would not
have time enough to get out of the way.
And what made matters worse, there
was high embarkment to the road
However, they did not hesitate as to
what was to be done, for stop they
couldn't, and to strike in among the legs
of those mules they well knew would be
to get kicked out of this world at once
John, the husband, of course, was the
pilot of the sled, and bracing himself to
meet the rapidly approaching trouble,
he exclaimed:
"NOw, Maria, as you swore this morn
ing to cling to me until death, I would
advise you to give extra fastenings to
your arms around my waist, for over the
bank we must CO."
Let her slide, John I'm praying fol-
both of u.s." responded the faithful wife.
And John did let her slide, by bravely
turning the sled to one side and letting
it shoot over the embankment, down q
distance of twenty feet into snow below
carrying with it bride, groom, and
carpet bags in one promiscuous heap
Fortunately, the snow was deep enough
to break the force of the fall, and nothing
serious, save the smashing of Johns new
hat, followed. Even this would not
have happened if Maria bad not fasten-
ed her teeth on the rim of it just as they
were about making the plunge over the
embankment Suffice it to say that the
wedding party gathered themselves to-
gether again in little while and resum-
ed their bridal trip, John occasionally
pulling off his tile to see if any improve
ment could be made in his appearance,
his only words of censure being, ''if you
had allowed that hat to fly, my darling,
it would have taken care of itself."-
WillianaspOrt Pa, Bulletin.
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WHAT WAS THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT :?
1t is a common opinion that

1.-THE fruit
OF the forbidden tree, whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world and all our woe, y
was the apple. But there is no founda-
tion in Scripture for the opinion. The
apple is nowhere mentioned in this con-
nection. The "apple tree' is three times
mentioned in the Bible, viz: Sol. Song
2:3, and 8:5; Joel 1:l2, Apples are men,
toned only three times, viz Prov. 25:11 !;
Sol. Song 2:5 and 7:9.
Some time since, in writing to a mis-
sionary in Eastern Turkey, near where
the Garden of Eden is supposed to have
been located, we asked if there were any
local traditions in regard to the matter.
In his reply he says:
"The Mohammedans generally say
that the forbidden fruit was wheat,
though some suppose it tn be figs, and
others grapes. The Armenians almost
universally reckon it to have been ap-
pies, though some of the priests of the
more ignorant class, in order to find a
warrant for their fasts, say it was meat
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AFTERNOON MEN.-There is proverb

AFTERNOON MEN.-There is proverb
which says "What can be done at any
time is never done." and applies espe-
cially to Class who have bscome slaves
to the habit OF procrastination, and the
habitual postponing of everything that
they are not compelled by necessitv to
do Immediately. Now delays are not
dangerous to present prospects, but thew
are destructive to ultimate success. A
dilatory man is not to be depended up
on. The slightest pretext is sufficient for
him to disappoint you. If an emyloye,
the sooner he is discharged the greater
the advantage to the employer. There
are those who may properly be called,
afternoon men" They are always busy
getting ready to go to work. In the
morning they walk around CAREFUL
ly inspect their duties, and say "Plen.
ty to do to day. I must go to work this
GJternOOn" About three o'clock thew
survey what they haven't done, and ex-
claim: zone thing and another has pre-
vented me from making any headway
to-day, Ill quit, and begin bright and
early in the morning." One day with
them, is simply the reflection of anoth-
er: There is nothing accomplished in a
whole life; and their western sun over
takes them, and finds no preparation
for the wants and infirmities of age.
Ihere is nothing to look back upon but
squandered time. One hours exercise
In the morning loosens the muscles of
the limbs, sets the blood dancing in the
veins. and fits man physically and
mentally for lthe days activity; while
one hours slOth after breakfast prOdu.
ces torpor from which it is almost i'm.
possible to rally.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-05-06

A young couple were found out at the
'front.' gate one night this week locked
In each others arms. They said the
cembination was lost. and they couldn't
get Id, because the janitor was asleep.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-05-06

"True worth, like the rose, will blush
at its own sweetness" Good! Gould
never understand before why our face
was 80 red.