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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09

team need not exceed 500 annually,
and he can net with twenty acres $500.
On the Mississippi table lands, which
are less productive than the bottom
lands, the cotton yield averaging bale
TO three acres and corn twenty bushels
to an acre, rents are 81 and $3.50 per
acre cash or in kind, a bale of cotton
for every twenty acres. Yet although
less productive these lands arc the
healthiest in the State, and properly
fertilized could be made to yield as
largely as the bottom lands. Mr.. Dix.
on, the Georgia agriculturst, demon
strated this with the piney woods lands
which he fertilized until it yielded three
and four bales TO the acre. Moreover,
the possibilities of the table lands for
raising small fruits, pears, peaches, me-
ons, &C., are exhaustless. Ii is such
lands-bottom and table.lands-tbat
the negroes are urged to leave in order
to compete with skilled white labor on
Western farms. They understand the
Southern lands and know how to man.
age their products. 1t rests entirely
with them TO manage them protitably.
The new lands are cultivated different.
ly and for crops about which the ne.
groes know little or nothing. Some of
the Republican papers have said that
wages in North Carolina are often as
low as $S month. That may be doubt
ed, but if such wages are to be sneered
at there why should not equal publicity
licity be given TO tho fact that in this
highly enlightened city colored men
and women are seeking work for So
and 81 a month and not getting itf
If it is more culpable to give them work
at IS than to refuse their services at 81
then the North Carolina planters are an
oyerbearing set of people. If it is not,
Washington should straightway become
the target for Radical criticism. The
general impression among sensible peo.
Pile in the South, Republicans rs we'll as
Democrats, is that the best thing the
regroes can do in their present condi-
ton OF unrest is to leave the South and
learn by hard experience what they
have thrown away. Could they be left
to themselves without Radical inter.
ference no doubt the migratory feeling
would subside, but as there is no hope
of this while Republicanism continues
to naunt its war doctrines. the sooner
they go and learn for themselves, the
better it will be for the South and in
the end better also probably for them.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09
The American Way.

One Of the secrets of the variety and
success Of American manufactures IL
the readiness with which the manuinc.
turers receive suggestions from their
customers. 1f buyer from distance
says that an article would better meet
the wants Of his locality If certain alter.
ations were made, the American maker
hastens to supply him with the thing
he wants. Not unfrequently he will
send competent man to study the
conditions ot the distant region, that
the required adaptation may be more
| certain and efficient, or an entirely new
contrivance invented to supply tho
need.
In English and other European shops
the man who wants something new
constructed. or an alteration made in
some standard article. is very apt to be
snubbed. They have no time 10 waste
on such experiments ond even If the
new device should prove slight i'm.
prove, they think it wouldn't pay to
alter patterns and machinery to make it.
| The result is, American manufacturers
are not only mouopolizing the home
trade by the superior quality and fit.
ness Of their products to meet home
wants, but by the sar..c tactics they are
gaining permanent footing in foreign
markets.
characteristic illustration is fur.
nished by co respondent OF the Lon.
don Tmes. writing from Sidney, New
South Wales. lie says:
'It il Il great thing TO get control Of
the market. anil the first thing is 10 get
n good footing, and the AI..erieans are
certainly pushing for that with an ener.
gy which Mt least deserves success. Our
railway department is putting together
three large locomotives from Phladel
phia. Their design is the result of
close personal observation OF our precise
wants by ore of the partne.s in the
firm OF Baldwin 4 20. | am not pre-.
pared TO say whether these engines will
prove in every respect better than those
which we get from England, but do
not remember any English firm taking
the same pains TO study what we want
TO deal with most successfulIy-thc
steep gradients aud sharp curves Of our
railroads on the Blue Mountains. Per.
haps ii is not worth the while of the
English makers TO attend TO spch petty
details, but the Americans think differ.
emily"
And. we may add, American manu-.
facturers do not consider such details
! petty Tools and machinery are
somewhat like animals and plants. in
needing TO be thoroughly adapted 10
thesr environment. The difference be.
tween an organism which thrves in
England but will not in Australia, and
one Of the same genus which will thrive
IN Australia, may be inappreciable 20
tho unEkilled observer but it is vital
and outweigns all the points Of rcsem.
blance. So machine, perfect from the
standpoint Of England or America,
might fail utterly to meet the diiferen,
needs OF another region, though the
alteration required to adapt it to the
new conditions might be comparatively
slight and easily perceived by an expert
on the SPOT
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09
To Attain Long Life.

He who strives after long and
pleasant term Of life must seek to attain
continual equanimity. and carefully 10
avoid everything which too violently
taxes his feelings. Nothing more quick
~ consumes the yigor Of life than the
violence OF the emotions Of the mind.
We know that anxiety and care can de-
stroy the heaiibiest body we know
that fright and fear. yes, excess Of JOY,
becomes deadly. They who are natu.
rally cool and Of q quiet turn Of mind,
upon whom nothing can make too
powerful an impression, wha are not
want 10 be excited either by great sorrow
or great JOY. have the best chance of liv.
ing long and happily after their manner.
Preserve, therefore, under all circum-
stances, composure Of mind which no
misfortune. can too much disturb. Love
nothing too violently; hate nothing
too passionately; fear nothing too
strongly. For still. eventually, every
thing that befalls thee. the good as well
As the bad, deserves neither immoderate
hatred nor love for already on many
occasions hast thou perceived. though
often truly too late. that thou hast
placed too high a value on those things
which passionately charmed or panied
thee.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09
Song OF the Fiddler Man.

The fiddler man vas old and gray,
The hlilsr man was thin
Aud his hddle II had grucsofnr crack
All ~ aud down its poor old back.
Aud II let dissatd la.
hut wherever lac went. ur wherever he eame
III" hhdlhTH welcome was alwHys The sHiBU
And The song that he sang Had a CHEEKY z1uhd
Allday ~ ho Travelled his weary round
III" shh may shine, and Tia. rain mny fall
But tile good God rIleth over all
Sang the fiddler old aud gray.
The fiddler man had neither lands
Nor aocks, nor herds. nor gold.
lte earned what he had Of meat aud drink
Ana lodging, and clothes, aud "A biz Of ehink
Win Its hddle go cracked and old
- up aud down through each street aud lane
ln the sultry sun or the chilly rain,
With twanR string. but with chssfY strain
III" hidled aud sabg the old refrain
The Hnh may shine and the rain may flli,
but the good uoi fuleth over all
Aud all are fed by his hands'
The fiddler man had wealth untold;
Ay sure he had great gain:
fut lac come and wcHt a. free ~ air.
Aud his btoSH we're bent with no bruodiug care
A. he irnIgsd through street aud lane,
Ahd DER etty TASein6uts, hot and dry.
or IN grahay lanes 'neAth the open sky
~ hr tniled along on his btiay feet
The children FASTENED their stcps tn greet.
A. he ehosfiy snuE 10 thc great aud small
OF the Cod who ruleth over all,
Aud whuss love is better than gold.
Al, fiddler HAn. the Rtass l. green
AhaS" the shufrhy yard hill,
Aud the hdile that had such a Ffucs1tns cTafk.
All NJ hud dDvn its Ispnr old back
Forever more IL stili.
But wherever thy name, the lidlcrs name,
lts kindly sclenme is ever the same
IN the rOse7 hedge lane - the citys street,
where of wsnt sifeyiug his weary feet
Pond hearts ro-psh0 tho thecry sound
ut Tia" hddlers song. with its faith profound.
Though the sHn may shiua 81 the rain may "a
Yet the dear God uirth over sll
- they Keep HE memory green.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09
A Nhai-Is.It.
THE FE0rIE or HEEEs COUNTY EycITEp
oyER A MYSTERIOUS ANIMAL.

THE FE0rIE or HEEEs COUNTY LXcITEu
oyER 4 MYSTERIOUS ANIEAL.
Quite a large searching party has been
organized in eastern Berks for the pur.
pose Of securing Muhlenberg and Rus.
combmanor townships to hunt up and
capture, II possible, one of the Etrang.
est looking beasts ever heard OF within
the borders OF this county. What
gives emphasis 10 the sincerity OF the
people engaged Is the fact that the re.
sponsible and reliable were first TO report
having seen the 40 ocalled monster. 4
son OF Prison Inspector Schemhl was
the first TO bring the intelligence to
Topton Station. q. II. Hnnershi;z,
proprietor OF the leading hotel there,
and number Of Others went in pursuit
of what Mr. Schemhl described. The
monster had been reported on previous
occasions and when Mr.. Schemhl saw il
ii was lying near a gate entrance TO a
field through which he was about driv.
ing a lot of cattle. The "whatis.it'' il
represented TO be about four feet tall |.
long arms, with but two tallon.lke fin.
gers on each paw feet.without toes. fur.
rows on lie head, body smooth and
naked, quite yellow, looking as il il had
been waiiowine in clay. Jared Rismil.
ler heard of the animal. 1t had run
toward Schemhl with extended paws.
and then darted into cornfeld and
was lost to view. The two men then
went in search. and discovered the ami.
NAL on the other side of the field lying
near the fence. 1t reared up its hind
legs like 3 man. Rismiller says IL IL
yellowish brown in color, has no hair,
small eyes, and face, arms about four.
teen inches long, legs somewhat longer,
the hand and feet resembling those Of a
human being, and has two horns on the
top of the head. The young men
made raid on the monster, when they
say IL darted toward the forest and was
soon lost in the foliage. A Mr.. Heck.
men, also residing near there, is report
cd 10 have seen the beast and he is in.
clined 10 believe that ii is large sized
ape, that may have escaped from some
travelling menagerie. Every cornfeld
is 10 be searched, together with the
neighboring swaLips, for the pupose Of
ascertaining what the young men have
really seen. After the recent rains the
farmers plainly saw very strauge.look.
ing tracks in the sand on the roadside.
They have also heard very unusual
howls at night and the dogs of the
neighborhood have been trying TO hunt
down the beast without success. At
first q large number OF people we're
disposed 10 view the thing as a joke,
but this feeling Is gradually changing.
No efforts will be spared to solve this
matter and to discover all that there il
in it.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09

still remain an immutable fact, attestiug
the devotion OF the Democratic party to
the men who fought for the Union cause
pEplte It's loud professions Of regard for
The boys in blue, the Radical party is
hEctured with "A deal Of the ppirit that
animated the Wing patty towards the
soldiers III Mexico thirty.four years ago.
1t viii never be forgotten that mum
Der OF leading Whigs in Congress stead.
lily voted against pay and supplies for
Scott and Taylor. The Republican par.
ty inherits much of that sentiment.
Even when it wanted soldiers to fight
under a Republican Administration il
grudged them their pay. And since
that time it has had little Use for the
soldier, except 10 vote him.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09
The OtcTisSued Bonds.
WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE cuHEITTEE AF.
POINTED TO INVESTIGATE THEs
Will HEroHT.

WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE coHEITTEE Az.
POINTED TO INVESTIGATE THEN
Will REroHT.
4 member Of the committee of the
legislature investigating the matter of
the alleged ovcrissue OF State bonds.
states that the committee will report in
substance as follows:
I'VE have found that the loan Of the
4th dsy of May. 1852. for $500, 900, had
been all issued, and 10000 Of the loan
Of 10Th of April, 1853, had been signed
and placed in the Girard bank. 100000
of this loan Was negotiated aud used in
taking up overdue loans of the com.
monwealth of that date. The bonds Of
this last loan commenced with number
j,O0l, and we're numbered from that up
to $500. One hundred of these bonds,
of 81 900 each, deposited with the Cir.
ard bank, were not used. but left with
the bank. The day previous 10 the
expiration Of Mr.. John NJ Bickle's term
as State Treasurer. he called and found
the $4,000 bonds were in the Girard
bank and unused. subsequently the
bank gave a receipt TO Joseph Bailey.
his successor as State Treasurer. for
ANF@F Aft EttfiHA WAS
by Bailey, at the expiration of his term,
TO Eli Slifcr, his successor. These
bonds remained at the Girard bank un.
til Henry s. M'Graw was appointed
State Treasurer in 1856. 1t appears
that he became anxious TO recover these
bonds and have settlement with the
Girard bank. and that from an entry in
the books of the treasury department
during his term and made by him, he
had settlement with the Girard bank
on the 9th of December, 1856. From
an entry it appears that the Girard
bank had used go 900 of these bonds
and was unable to deliver them to NJ.
Graw. But in lieu Of these the bank
delivered TO M'Graw $4,000 of the 5
per cent. certificate loan and twenty.
one bonds Of 1000 each Of the loan Of
the 4th of May, 1852, and fifty-one
bonds OF the 10th of April. 1854, of
81, 900 each. M'Graw received at the
same time the interest which had ac-
crued and a check for the difference be.
tween the market value OF the 5 per
cent. certificate loan and the bonds
which had been used"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09

The West Point men, who put on so
many airs about the appointments ffom
civil life, and who look upon those gem
tlemen who obtain commissions except
through West Point as interlopers. will
be surprised 10 know that the officers
from West Point, in point of fact, are
in a considerable minority in the army,
and that the army was never command.
ed by West Pointer until General
Mcclellan received command. That,
however, is the fact Of the staff corps.
the number of graduates of West Point
is 23l, while there are ESQ staff officers
appointed from civil life. OF the line
officers the number OF West Point grad
uates is 5a7, and the number appointed
from civil life 637.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09
Hendricks Appeal to Ohio.

From Hendricks Eaton Speech.
The responsibility now resting upon
the Ohio Democracy is exceedingly
great. am glad to know that the
candidates are worthy the highest re.
spcct and entitled to- the'most cordial
support. The result of the election
may have much influence upon the
national contest Of 1850. Why hesitate
about carrying the State1 The cause
Is worthy your utmost efforts. Democ
racy, as defined by the founders of our
party, as written in your platform, de.
mands Justice for ALL favoritism to none.
In the race OF life give all an equal start
and a fair chance. Ny hope and pray.
er will be that our success in 1850 shall
mean and signify the permanent resto
ration of fraternity the preservation Of
our institutions, State and Federal, in
accordance with the letter and spirit OF
the Constitution no innovations obe.
dicTce TO the Constilutiol aud the en-.
o.cctent Of the laws protection OF
all in the cnjoyr ent OF all constitution
nj and legal rights by the authority
upon which the duty to protect is i'm
posed harmony between capital and
labor, and the enactment of such laws
as the protection Of the rights Of either
may require the abolition Of the coolie
system from our country, 40 that no
more Chimes bnndmcn shall be brought
to cheaper and degrade labor: the will
OF the people not to be defeated by the
exercise OF the veto power in cases in.
volving only judgment and discretion ;
free and fair elections. and the inaugu.
r.ilnn of liz. m :, So hntr lhn tnnar.ln nlnri
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09

Is Sweden the Government has
wrestled successfully with the problem
involved in imparting industrial educa.
ton through the medium of the schools.
There are elementary and professional
technical schools, and night schools for
workmen who cannot attend in the day.
time. There IL Government school,
exclusively provided for iron and steel
workers. The various communes In
general maintain these professional pri.
maries, but they are helped by State
grants. The School Of Arts and Trades
at Stockholm in 1877 instructed 2,673
pupils. of whom $40 we're women and
girls. The elementary technical schools
give higher grade Of instruction, in.
volving course OF three years, and in.
cluding chemistry, mechanics, mineral.
ogy, geology, mathematics and work.
shop practice. At Boras there IL = tex.
tile school for weaving, the course of In.
struction in which i from one and u
half TO two years. These schools are
largely attended, are yearly growing In
efficiency and have fully vindicated the
expectations Of their projectors.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09
Self-Colored Photographs.

Many attempts 10 fix the native bues
of objects by photography have been
made hitherto, but all have failed. IL
IL As etching OF light and shade, rather
than painting, which the sun gives.
Nevertheless, the climax TO which all
photographers are working il a means
OF producing sun pictures which shall
faithfully represent nature in all her
varied livery Of color. Toward this
goal an important step has recently
been made Icy M. Cros. who, 10y combin.
ing three separate negatives OF the same
object, taken with different mponents
OF solar light, has managed 10 produce
resultant portrait having all the tiuts
OF the original. One negative is taken
with the light reflected from the object
deprived Of its green rays by being FL
tered through a solution of nitrate of
nickel, the second is taken with the
light deprived OF its orange rays by be-
ing filtered through a solution OF chic
ride OF cobalt, ann the third i taken
with the light deprived of its violet
rays by being filtered through q solu-
ton OF bichrOmatc Of potash. The
first negative il therefore not im-
pressed by the green RAYS coming from
the object, the second is not impressed
by the orange rays, and the third j. un.
affected by the violet rays. If, then,
each Of these negatives be illuminated
by the kind Of light which it has been
deprived Of, the lacking colors will he
restored TO each, and if the three
images so obtained be blended together
by means OF total rejecting prisms of
glass, resultant image OF the object in
ITS natural color will be obtained.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09

IT Is q fact which cannot be gotten
rid of by any amount of robust lying,
that the Democrats in Congress through.
out the war, were far more literally dis.
posed TO the soldiers than was the dom.
inant party. Whoever will take The
trouble TO refer TO the Congressiosai GIoIe
for that period will find that the De
mooracy, in both Senate and House, per.
sistentiy strove 10 make up TO the sol.
diers for tho depreciation Of the curren-
cy in which their pitsance was paid. This
effort was resisted and defeated BY the
Radical majority. The Republican press
miy deny this I'LL doomsday, but II will
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09

JUpcE JIRE S. BLACK, of Pennsylvania,
yields TO the Washington Post his views
upon national politics, to the effect that
the treachery OF Tammany IL enough to
make true Democrat Course his better
angel from his side and fall TO reprobs-
ton !" that Tilden, in his opinion,
doesn't want TO be the candidate in
1880, but that he can have the nomina-
tion il he il willing to take il that his
personal preference is not for Tilden,
but for General Hancock. because he
was the first officer of his rank in the
regular army that lifted his voice to say
a good word for constitutional liberty :"
but he thinks Tilden deserves a vindi.
cation a. the victim Of fraud and Sian.
der. Judge Black says the talk to the
effect that Tilden ought TO have seized
the Presidency and had himself inaug.
urated at all risks is ''unmitigated non.
sense If the House had declared him
elected, then he would have been un-
faithful to his dIty If he had not taken
possession but when his political sun.
porters in Congress permitted him and
his constituents to be juegled out Of
their rights, he could not remedy tho
wrong.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09

The report of the United States board
of army engineers, just published, pre-.
sents the following interesting table az
the result of two years thorough trial OF
the relative efficiency of the various
modern explosives, taking ordinary
dynamite as the standard Dynamite,
No. |, 100; gun cotton, 81 dualin, II;
rendrock, e4 dynamite, No. 9, So
Vulcan powder, So mica powder, SO
nitro glycerine. 81; Hercules powder,
No |, LOG Hercules powder, No 2, 50.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09

There Is in the Treasury but about
S6,lT9,000 in gold in denominations less
than twenty dollars. This amount not
being sufficient TO meet any active de.
mand for the small gold coin. Ii i un.
derstood TO be the intention Of The
Treasury Department to recoin at the
Philadelphia Mint most of the foreign
gold received at the New York Assay
Office into s and sl0 pieces.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09

Samuel Sterrett, wellknown citi
zen Of Baltimore, died on Sunday night,
aged forty.six years. lie waa son oI
the late Commodore Sterrett, u. s. N,
During the war he was in the Confed.
crate service, was captured - a spy and
condemned to death. President Lin.
coin commuted the sentence TO impris-
onment during the war.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09

just before reaching her landing At
the foot Of Canal street, New Orleans.
the cotton on the New Matches took
ERE, creating great excitement among
the passengers. The boat landed and
threw overheard three hundred bales
Of the burning cotton. The boat was
slightly damaged. The damage to car.
20 i estimated at $4,000.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09

The free baths In New York were
patronized by SOFIA persons last week.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09
The Negro Exodus.

THE CONDITION or LABOR AT THE SOUTH
AND THE CAUSES or THE NEGRO
EXODUS,
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-04-03


II the Union soldiers while fight.
ing to put down the Rebellion could
have forseen that in 1879 there
would be nineteen ex-Coniederate
ofacers in the Senate OF the United
States and only four men who risked
their lives for tho old hag, they
would have been almost excusable il
they had grounded arms and refused
to fight for country destined 90
soon to honor it's betrayers NOR,
than it's defenders. Yet this ia wha'
it has como to. Nineteen TO fouI
arc the figures. The roll~call Of The
ex-CoDfederates is as follows: Nor.
gan, Garland, Walker, Call, Cockrell
Vest, Ransom. Vance, Withers, Jon.
son. Gordon, Williams, Jones, La
mar, Butler. Hampton. Harris. Coke
Maxey. And here is the slender
represen tation OF tho loyal armies
upon the Senate floor: Logan
Plumb, Burnside and Kellogg. -
~ Y, Tribune