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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-04

Frau Frup1,o~.ar.

fTp1n frups Gssaf.
EssqeE > the ablest Roman then living.
aff0ek iad the power of attracting and
attaching the ablcst men TO his service.
lie had five years in which 10 look about
him, and 20 act at his leisure-as much
time ~ had been given to Pompyy of
the Fast. Like Pompey, too, he was
left perfectly free. No senatorial Off
GERS could incumber him with orders
from home. The people had given him
his command, and 20 the people alone
he was responsible. Lastly. and beyond
everything. he could rely with certain.
~ on the material with which he had TO
work. The Roman legionaries we're no
longer yeomen iaken from the plow, or
shopkeepers frbm the street. They
were men more completely trained in
every variety OF accomplishment than
perhaps ever followed a general into
the field. or ever since. IL was not
enough that they could use the sword
and lance. The campaign on which
CrsaT was about TO enter was fought
with spade and pick and axe and hatch.
ct. Corps Of engineers he may have
had but II the engineers designed the
work, the execution lay with the army.
No limited department would have
been equal to the tasks which every
day demanded. On each evening after a
march, fortified camp was 20 be form.
ed, with mound and trench, capable of
resisting surprises and demanding the
labor of every single hand. Bridges had
TO be thrown over rivers. Skiffs aud bar
ges had TO be made aud repaired, capable
Of service against an enemy, on a scale
equal TO the requirements of an army,
and in haste which permitted no de
lay. A transport service there must
have been organized TO perfection. But
there were no stores sent from Italy TO
supply the daily waste of material. The
men had 20 mend, and perhaps make.
their own clothes and shoes and repair
their own arms. Skill in the use of
tools was not enough without The tools
themselves. Had the spades and mat
tocks been supplied by contract. had
the axes been of soft iron, fair 10 the
eye and failing 10 the strokes. not man
in Ccsar's srmy would have returned 10
Rome to tell the tale of its destruction.
How the legionaries acquired these vari.
Gus arts. whether the Italian pessantry
were generally educated in such oecn.
patton, or whether on this occasion
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-04
Thought She was Dead.

PREPARING FOR BURIAL WHILE THE SUP.
POSED CORPSE ~ LIyIsG.
Pittsburg POET, Aug. =.
Sometime since Mrs. Herdt, a widow
who resided on Third street. near Madi-
son avenue, Allegheny, was stricken
with paralysis and became great suf-
icrcr. Her case gradually grew worse,
and although everything WAS done for
her relief and comfort, there appeared
TO bc no favorable change in her condi.
ton. On last Thursday afternoon the
lady dropped into sound sleep, and
those in attendance thought she had
died. Indeed, her appearance indicated
death. Neighbors and friends who had
been notified Of Mrs. Herdts demise,
called 10 take last look, and all de
parted laboTing under the impression
that she had really breathed her last.
Relatives weeped over her PROSTATE
form and made arrangements for her
funeral, which was 10 take place to-day.
Grape was placed on the door, the
undertaken and An obituary notice in.
serted in the FfotLeiG Fralr.d. Imagine
the great surprise and sudden JOY upon
Observing at a latter hour signs Of life in
N''' rhlIoH'h vi I'h'' At H4ouIIslp
were seated in the apartment where
the body was lying when one OF them
observed great drops Of perspiration on
the couutenauce Of Mrs. IIerdt. Deem
ing this rather unnatural in d dead per.
son he called attention 10 II, and il was
decided 10 send for physician. D..
Geohring wa. summoned, and upon
his arrival he at once noticed that tho
lady was alive. Upon this announce
mcnt being made, the relatives wept
for JOY, and the house that was but a
few moments before one Of mourning
was no longer such. Every attention
was paid the sufferer, but alas her end
was near and she expired yesterday
morning, six or eight hours after the
doctor had pronounced her alive. The
case il certainly remarkable one, and
will no doubt claim the attention Of the
medical fraternity.
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4 Wonderful Nevada Valley.

Prom ue YiHanIa Ent"frfis~
Captain Rhodes, Of Esmcralda county,
who IL in this city, IL the owner of what
is known r. Rhodes Salt Marsh. but
which j. "A perfect laboratory Of mineral
wealth. The valley contains 4,IiO
acre.. 1t is quite level and is surraund.
ed on all sides with high volcanic noun.
tains. Il is situated about fifteen miles
northwest Of Columbus. in this little
valley il sufficient amount Of salt TO
supply all the markets OF the United
States, If not the whole world. A foot
or two below the surface il found a solid
floor Of pure rock salt. a. firm and a.
transparent as ice. Indeed, when the
sand that covers the surface il stripped
off the sand below bears very close
resemblance TO field of ice. In many
places little streams Of water bubble
through the mass OF salt, and very fre.
qucntly deep pools are found which
look just like the air holes in frozen
lake. The salt made at the marsh j.
perfectly pure. When tract Of the
ground has been stripped Of the surface
so.l the salt water rises over the bed Of
rock salt To the depth of foot or two.
Then crystals OF salt begin to form on
the surface OF the water, and AZ they
form they sink 10 the bottom. II the
salt is TO hc fine. for table use. the work
men stir these crystals about with shov
els a. they settle 10 the bottom, thus
breaking them up. For use in working
silver ore coarse sslt il as good A fine.
aud the solid formation may be dug up
with picks II necessary. but the loose
crystals are more readily handled, and
as much salt of that kind is formed as
can he disposed Of, Not only are there
inexhausiitle stores o. salt in the little
valley. hut immense stores Of borax
/ This boTax is Of the finest quality
/ known, aud two or three cents more
I per pound can be obtained for il in
/ Europe than for any other borAx sent
! 20 that market Splendid specimens Of
/ tincal, or natural crystals of borAx, are
] found IN the marsh imbcddcd in the
! clay near the surface. Immense quan-
Titles Of sulphatc Of marnesia lcpsom
salt and sulphste of soda lelaubeT
salt IN pure state are also found
Nitrate Of potassa lsal,peire) is found
but the extent Of the deposit is not
known. Common potash is found in
great abundance. and among the curl
Gus specimens to be obtained are what
are called cotton balls" (boreate OF
limej and ibrous crystalline borax.
Also, there is found an abundance of
AN unknown mineral. 1t is something
described IN none of the books. 1t
does not appear in the shape OF crystals
yet has a regular form OF its own, pre-
senting the appearance Of branches Of
coral. IL is thought that this may be
some new salt. A quantity Of il will
shortly be sent East for examination.
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The lazOO Business.


Prom The Washington Posi.
just after the war a man named
Morgan, who had had some connection
with the Federal army. settled in the
county oI fazoo. Miss. and married a
mulatto woman, engaging in politics as
an advocation. The population of the
county of Gazoo at that time, was four.
tifths black, and Morgan, by thoroughly
identifying himself with the negroes. be.
came their leader. Ills word was law.
He found no difficulty in being elected
TO any office he chose, and finally. after
trying n number, selected that of Sher.
itf as being the most profitable. His
reign was reign Of terror. Things
went on from bad TO worse, until near.
ly every white man who did not profit
with an association with Morgan found
refuge elsewhere. One day a man
named Dixon, who had been a Confed.
crate soldier, and was we'll known as a
desperate character, sent Morgan an
unscaled letter in which he tersely in.
formed him that he tDixon) was tired
OF the way things had been going on.
and that he wanted him to "git out of
there In order that he might know
just what was meant, Dixon added a
postscript 10 the effect that IL he met
after the receipt Of his letter he would
shoot him on sight. Morgan was a
desperate man himself, hut in Dixon
he recognized his master. Within the
time prescribed he found for himself a
new abiding place. Dixon immediate.
ly succeeded to his leadership and ~.
rannical domination.
The negroes feared him, but they
obeycd him. lie ruled them as merci.
lessly as Morgan, and by the same
means. One day he chased an offend.
Ing eolored man 10 cotton field where
thirty or forty other negroes were at
work. The hunted man saw him com.
ing aud aed 10 the river. Dixon rode
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up To the gang unattended and forced
them 10y his will power alone to capture
the runaway, put n rope around his
neck, aud hang him TO the limb of "A
tree without any more ado than if he
had been mad dog. Two years ago,
Dixon met gambler VINO had won
some Of his money and shot him down
without a word of warning. Ills next
job was to pack Il jury with negroes and
obtain an ncquittal. BY this time he
had become as great n terror as Morgan
had ever been, and finally the white
citizens of Yazoo and the surrounding
country made common cause and drove
him out of the State. Two mon tbs ago he
returned and announced himself M an
Independent candidate for sheriff That
meant, il it meant any ything, "A renewal
OF the old sccnes-yiolence, murder and
ruin. In sheer self defense, Just as
they would have united against AN in.
sane man with rch in his hand, or "A
wild animal, the citizens of Ynzoo coun.
ty-without distinction OF politics or
color-camc together and informed
Dixon that he would not be allowed TO
turn their peaceful community into an.
other hell. In most countries such
man would have been hung to the high.
est tree or nearest lamp post, and but
little note would have been made of it.
Here, however, quiet but determined
suppression OF him has been tortured
into prescription Of the worst grade,
and northern papers have printed col
umns of denunciation Of what they
style "the Mississippi method" Citizens
who have combined merely to protect
their tiresides from rapinc and riot, are
assailSd ns bull dozers and Yazoos.
The telegraph now brings us the news
that Dixon has been shot in a personal
encounter. There was dispute, pull.
ing of pistols, one or more shols, hut
somebody was too quick for him aud Dix.
on fell dead. Perhaps this will be the
end OF the troubles and consequent no
toricty OF Yazoo. Possibly not. These
statements, however, have been made
to us 10y one who had every opportunity
to know that they are true, and we
print them to show to our readers, the
kind or creatures on whom the Repub.
llcan papers OF the North have been
wasting tons Of sympathy.
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Cut This Out and Save IL.

A correspondent writes to an OK.
change as follows about the flower Of a
wcll.known plant.
81 have discovered a remedy for con.
sumption. Ii has cured n number Of
cases after they had commenced bleed.
ing at the longs aud the hectic flush
was already on the cheek. After trying
this remedy 10 my own satisfaction,
have thought philanthropy required
that | should let il be known 10 the
world. IL Is common mullen, stepped
strongly and sweetened with coffee su.
gar, and drink freely. Young or old
plants are good, dried in the shade and
kept in clean bags. The medicine must
be continued from three to six months,
according to the nature of the disease.
II is very good for the blood vessels also.
II strengthens and builds up the system
instead of taking away the strength. 1t
makes good blood aud takes inaamma.
tion away from the lungs.n
IL is the wish Of the writer that every
periodical IN the United States. Canada
and Europe should publish this recipe
for the benefit of the human family.
Lay this up and keep it in the house
ready for use.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-04
A Sage Conclusion.

A stranger was looking at the big en-.
gine at the Hudson water works, and
from his general appearance the engi.
neer took him to be person of deep
thought and man TO appreciate the
merits of monster machinery. The
stranger viewed the engine from every
side and angle, and sat down. Then he
reviewed II and took another rest. Then
he walked around the building in
wise way and come back for another in.
spection. For two long hours he hardly
held his eyes of the ponderous machin.
cry, but was at last ready TO 60. Taking
ono last look, he walked up TO the en-.
gineer and said "Ssy, mister. this ere
iniin runs by steam, don't itf" "why,
OF course was the answer. aWcll.
thought so more'n half an hour ago"
continued the man, "but its Just as we'll
TO be sure about these things. There
are 50 many wind.mills around nova.
days that one can't be certain Of moth.
ing"
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there was special selection Of the beat, ,
Of this we have no information. Ger.
tainly only IL was that men and instru.
ments were as excellent in their kind as
honesty and skill could make them /;
and, however degenerate the patricinns
and corrupt the legislature, there was
sound stuff somewhere in the Roman
constitution. No e1ertion, or no fore
thought on the part Of any commander
could have extemporized such variety
Of qualities. Universal practical accom-.
plishments must have formed part Of
the training OF the free Roman citizens.
Admirable workmanship WIZ still to be
had in each department Of manufacture.
and every article with which Cpsar WAS
provided must have been the best Of its
kind.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-04
The South aud the Yazoo Outrage.

Tfafa 10, y. y warld
l. II too much to hope that there may
be here aud there in the North "A Re
publican Newspaper honest and manly
enough to do Justice to the Indignation
excited throughout the Southern States
aud expressed, a. our own columns have
shown, by the great majority of South.
ern journals ia regard TO the dcplorahlc
events in the lazoo country The
tone Of the Southern press on this sub.
ject il most encouraging. II Is cncour.
aging in the first place because il shows
that violence and contempt OF laws are
regarded with at least A. much abhor.
renee in the South as IN Rhode Island
or in California. 1t il encouraging in
the second place because it shows that
the Southern States once more feel
themselves 10 hc self governing commu.
mites and to be no longer morally or
materially dependent on military head
81 " Washington. II is encouraging final.
ly because lt bear- witness Ia a real
quickruine Of the public conscience at
the South such a. was TO have been cN.
peCicd from thc restoration to the
South of self government. The South
depends now, and the nation depends
with u, for it. agricultural prosperity
upon it, control Of the loanablc cspIial
which is only 10 bo found IN suiiicIcnt
amounts IN the Eazt, and chiefly IN
New York. The stupid project Of i'm.
proving the moral condition Of the
South by brute force originated in Now
England, and survives still in Washing.
ton only a. relic OF the war apd Of the
18th ~ sl.a L. 4. .,,1 4
OF barbarism. aud the Federal election
laws, the repeal Of which Mr. Hayes
vetoed, are relic of barbarism also.
What is needed now most of all il To
put the South, as to its home rights and
tireside rights talways remembering that
slave labor and its incidents have been
abolishedl, back where IL was down TO
1860. This having been done. let fair
public criticism hold the South up to
the standard which the public consci.
euce enforces in the North. lie must
be nearly or quite bcIoft of reason who
really thinks that the Southern StStFs
can be any longer compelled TO tolerate
fraud and violence at their bsllot.boKes
while other States North and East Of
them remain free from such demoraliza.
ton. And he can scarcely have enjoy
ed the gift of reason at all who fancies
that, il tho States have not sufficient
energy 10 maintain honest ballot boxes.
the Government at Washington can be
trusted TO deal more honestly with vot.
ing matters than all the State govern.
ments. Yet Mr.. sherman in Maine
could see no remedy for dcadencd
public conscience in such isolated local.
titles "a San Francisco or the Ynzoo
country except through the application
Of Federal force by Washington officials
Questions OF money, labor or property
sink into insignihcance" in compari.
son with maintaining the Federal elec.
ton laws, Secretary sherman foolishly
said the other day at Portland. lie
actually sustained the Davenport legis-
lation az AN tissue before which ques.
tions OF money, labor or property sink
into comparative insignihcance." And
this man is the Secretary OF the United
States Treasury
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-04

rr1m ubs Ncw To'k suu.
by the rates Of wages paid to work.
inEmen in Germany, compared with
those which obtain in the United
States, 1t appears that men engaged in
what are known as building trades, in.
Guiding carpenters, masons and paint
ers, earn from $3.4j TO 500 per week,
the days labor covering ten hours. eT.
elusive Of meal times. In New York,
on the other hand. carpenters are paid
from 81 To $l5. masons from SI2 TO SIS,
and painters from slO TO SIC. and rates
in Chicago ranging from fifteen to thir.
ty per cent. lower. Blscksmiihs and
bakers receive but s. 90 a week iH Ger.
many. whereas the former would gain
from $40 10 II and the latter from s. TO
s. IN New York city. Still more strik-
ing is the difference in the case of print
ers, who also are paid only $3.50 in the
German Empire, against IS TO $lS in
New York. Engravers, too, who are
here paid from els to $25, can earn but
81 per week in Germany. In like man
ner, plumbers and shoemakers. who
command $l2 TO els among us, can
there secure no more than g. 90 to a. 30.
As for laborers, porters and those en-
gsRed in other callipgs which require
little or no manual skill, they can earn
only 500 in Germany against S6 TO 81
in New York.
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SEPTEMBER.


H., in seribbrT for September.
The golden rod IL yellow;
The corn is turning brown
The trees Ia apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.
The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling In the sun
In dusty pods the milkwecd
lts hidden silk has spun.
The scdges naunt their harvest,
In every meadow nook
And asters by the brook-side
Make asters In the brook.
From dcwy lanes at morning
The grapes sweet odors rice
At noon the rOads all nutter
With yellow butterflies.
BY all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summers beat Of weather,
And autumn's beat Of cheer.
But none of all this beauty
Which foods the earth and air,
l. unto me the secret
Which makes September fair.
'Tis thing which ! remember;
TO name il thrills me yet
One day Of one September
] never cnn forget.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-04

DR. LANDERER, Hungarian natural.
ist, writes from Athens that dead
African eagle was lately found at Mama,
on the southern Greek coast. On ex.
amining the bird an iron.headed arrow
over foot long was found transfxed un.
der one OF the wings. Evidently the
eagle had been fred at and struck in
Africa by some native. aud had borne
the arrow in its body in its fight over
the Mediterranean until IL fell dead
from exhaustion on touching land at
Maina.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-04

The managers Of the Agricultural Fair
in Bradford county offer diplomas and
premiums 10 teachers and scholars. An
educational building. with seats and
desks, has been arranged in whictr the
examinations will be conducted.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-04

TnE man who dreamt he dwelt in
marble halls woke up and found that
the bed.c.othes had tumbled of.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-04

"FsANcR Is growing rich as fast as she
is growing republican" declares dis.
tinguished European writer on finances.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-06-21
BY Al I,ieans Be Al Editor.

An editor is the happiest being on
earth lie has little or nothing to do,
and his pay is all that heart could wish.
His sanctum, with its Persian RUGS and
Turkish carpets. its costly rosewood fur
niture, its magnificent mirrors. its beau
titul pictures. its complete library Of
Splendidly-bou books, its silver bell to
summons an attendant, and. III short,
with its every thing that human in4c-
nuity can devise for his comfort and
pleasure, is a perfect little paradise,
where lie sits or lounges and rcigns a
young lord, with the world of fashion
and pleasure at his feet. And then any
body can be an editor-no study. no pre-
paration. no brains. nothing but a little
to start with. and once started the money
pourS il upon you in steady stream.
and the chief labor OF your wife is to
spend it. As for the labor of editing a
newspaper, that is mere moonShine. 4
mere glance at The columns Of news
paper is enough to convince you that it
requires no labor to edit it. and less
brains. 1t is certainly a glorious life,
that of an editor: Il life of luxurious ease
and of elegant lciSrlrc-a life filed like
that of young lover in his first dream of
requitcd love. with flutes and rose leaves
and moonbeamS That all men are not
editors is one OF the strangcst things un-
der the stars. True, there must be doe
tors and lawyers and merchants and shoe
makers and peanut dealers and the like.
and all these calliEgs must he filed by
somebody. but there enough to fill them
and why they don't become editors and
lead the life of opulcnt princes is Il thing
that StagEcrS us. Eut after all. il may
be that it is a mere matter OF taste. 1t
may be rcpugnant to some natures to be
come editors. The lie Of case and Gle
gancc and luxury, and exemption from
all care and tolls and debts and tluns.
would soon become a bore to him. and
he would spend his nights in dream
ing OF piows and pitchforks and rcaping
machines. and squander his days in de
viSing some plan for swapping places
with a blacksmith S apprentice or street
driver.-LCm ts"dt@ rnPrtcr .tuHrh"i,
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FOR SALE Or RENT.

7HNiE FARM of James G.. Esan, on the
q Wallace roai, about two miles from the Rising
sun is offered for sale rent. Possession given on
the 18th OF March, 1879 For further particulars apply
to " 5. EVANS Attorney FIR Roam
Oct 10, lS7S-tf Elktnn Mn
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e keel IOR
Amm0niated Bono SllDcrphOsDhate,

sold under his recognized the
in has
he has parted with the works machinery OF the old hm at Canton
the complete uniform manipulation and
celebrated fertilizers false lie therefore ots
his friends former patrons and them that bis shall
sufficient their purity excellence
The Fizing Business heretofore conducted under the firm
j. j. TURNER & CO, No - Pratt St. will he continued yJ j. Tu
D. Kelley New York formerly Virginia. and j. j. Turner
the j. Turner Co, the place No
established by Joshua Turner 1928 continued by j. j. Turner
1878 BALTIMORE March 30, 1878.
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BALTIMORE MD, March
name TURNER
either mariner will in lonila j. }. TURNER
O. Al
of Mr. Holloway, the retiring
II years j. TURNER
Fertilizers produced the
No the undersigned
JR and his j j. Turner JR, Will
the
Superin nCentco o manufacture TIE