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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05
Through JaDan.

Our men sped on with their ccasclc.s
chant. steering carefully among the ruts
in the sandy track, and when plunge
was made, looking round with merry
-mi,". We crossed wooden bridge.
and passed Shinto Ehrincs with the
priests house beside them like "A mansc:
We climbed low hills, where the mosscs
and irans were A. vivid a. ut home: We
ran by the bank Of a rapid river then
disappear cd among narrow path.
through the wecdless fields. wound i'm
and cut among the walls and houses of
village a. If We proposed % visit every
family in turn, and. withou, warning.
emerged on a country road as wide as
one of our own. There were few birds
and few flowers. and Of the latter little
more than some patches Of chrysanthc-
NUNS, the purple bell Of the eggplant.
and cUNcOmbs that stood riH feet Lipb.
and were ssometimcs broad in prnpor-
iiun. We met pcramhulators packed
with vegetables on their way 10 market.
and men with the bamboo -houldcr-polc
lnnumorablc; one carried sixteen bar
rcls. presumably empty. eight on each
end; and another rose from a well with
seventeen small kegs Of watrr: II one
basket was full, baby. An umbrella or
hat was slung into the other. Mes
scng"rs met US. parcel-post swift as
Mercury, and no better clothed and
portcrs pushed their loads and farmers
with broad hats pressed forward on
business "a the nearest town bands OF
pilgrims clothed in white. long staff in
hand. and wearing huge rosarics and
scaiiop shell. with usually one that had
bell about his neck To keep the resi-
from starving. would stop a. we went
by. Every one was good lumorcd. and
every one said Good morning"
COhaio -. and the boys from school
couricsicd low a. they did this pretty
piece of manners. Only the yellow robed
priests, with shavcn crowns and sly
small eyes, looked at Us asknncc. rs Il
som" evil speech WIS in their heads.
And ali the way it seemed a. if every
one was bent on doing the opposite of
what We do At home The COWS had
bells on their tails instead Of thcirnccks:
the horses are clothed in winter. thcmcn
naked the bullocks wear straw shoes.
carry an extra pair. and leave the worn
ones untidiiy about the streets: the horse
stands IN his stable with his head from
the siall. and when he j. brought ont the
rider mounts him from the right: when
acquHintanccs meet cachheudcrlv shakes
his own hand; people write down the
page, and they knccl al dinner: the
sailor scws from him :tho carpenter planes
10 him; the teeth Of tho saw and the
thread Of the screw run in the opposite
direction 10 ours. and their locks turn 10
the left; the blacksmith pulls the bellows
with his foot the cooper holds the tub
with his toes: house contractors begin
to build from the roof: gardens arc
watcrcd from a little pail with a wooden
spoon; il j. not the nightingale. hut the
crow, and that is their bird Of love: the
the lambis an emblem Of stupidity: sui
eide is n pleasure which has 20 be pre-
vented 10y n royal decree: and IL is "A com
plimcnt TO be called goose. .--Good
Hi0ris.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05

push on for home. The junks had gone
about, but we knew that they were
doomed, and the roar of the broadside
soon informed us that il would be quick
work. All Wing never moved. He
would have kept that revolver pointed
mt the Cinnamon until doomsday. had
not told him that he might put 1t away.
Ali How and "Buddha took the
guns below, and made everything tidy,
and we had hardly rounded Paoushan
Point when All Wing came up and said /.
"That cook malscc enquire what thing
you likec chow chow" (cat).
We had jolly dinner the next night.
Lieutenant Graham and couple Of his
officers came Just in time. They had
handed the survivor of the junks' crews
over to the Chinese authorities, in whose
care our rascally lowdah also was They
had made short work of their fight, and
had no casualties. When the cloth was
removed, tried To get Manson TO make n
speech, but the only thing ! could get
him to say was that lac was never less
bored in his life than during the skirm-
ish.
| have not seen him for years He
drins between the Old and the New
World, and when | last wrote to him |
quoted llawthorncs expression about
the danger Of doing so until the only in
heritancc left him in either was the six
feet for his final resting-placc. But. ~
| had before insisted 10 my group in the
smoking-room, it is great mistake 10
Judge by appearances, and | am surcr of
nothing than that | shall never see "A
finer fellow. on this side of Jordan. than
my friend, the man without cnthusiasms.
-!Scribticr.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05
4 Bath In the Dead Sea.

A correspondent, after bathing in the
Dead Sea, describes his experience in the
following words: The water, which is
quite clear. and nearly the color Of the
Niagara river below the falls. seemed 10
me little more bitter and salty than that
OF salt lake, n Though brighter and more
attractive TO the eye when en- close at
hand; Its supporting power struck me as
little greater, also, than that Of Salt
lake. as the body foated more easily, and
the difficulty of swimming was greater
on account of the inability 10 keep ones
feet under water. So large n quantity Of
salt is held in solution that the water has
what is called, believe. "ropyn ap-
pcarance, much like that Of n plate of
well-madc tapioca soup. I observed.
however. that when We came on, of the
water there was not so large a deposit Of
salt crystals on the body as after a bath
IN Salt lake and the feeling Of the skin,
instead Of being dry and pricklvas I ex-
pectcd. was rather oily and sticky. Our
dinner that night was seasoned with salt
made from Dead Sea water by solar
evaporation. II was little lighter in
color than the best article Of Thrown sugar.
ts,crystals were large and hard. and.
though foreign substances were evidently
present in considerable quantity. Il was
not unpleasant 10 the taste. I was told
that two quarts of water viii produce
one quart of salt, hut this Is probably an
exaggcraiion. To complete the statistics
Of this remarkable body Of water. may
add, what many of my readers may al
ready know-thai there il no living thing
Of any kind in 1t; that even the driff-
wood brought down by the foods in the
Jordon is speedily cast upon It's shores:
that its length is about forty-five and i,s
greatest width about ten miles; that l, i
over 1900 feet at its deepest point; aud
that the immense quantity of fresh water
poured into IL daily il undoubtedly taken
up by evaporation, as its great depth be-
low the basin of the Mediterranean must
preclude the idea Of subterranean out
let.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05

tribute " the memory Of the late Mrs
Hale: Mrs. Sarah j Hale, who died in
fhiiadelphia, preached sermon with
every one Of her ninety-onc years 10 the
present generation OF women. This
good old lady had, probably. no great
genius, nor either creative or executive
ability Ms capital in life she never be-
strobe any great idea, and with il helped
10 drag her age forward (or barkward).
and herself into notoriety. She never
fought for suffrage or engineered nny
party reform, or feminine sect or clidue.
Her literary work would probably be
called mediocre by more brilliant women.
But II was always-what the work Of
but few women is--thorOughly sweet
and healthy. Her public work was al
ways founded on some wholesome, clean,
womanly feeling; the completion Of the
Bunker Hill monument. the foundation
ol the Society for the Aid Of Scamcn,
ana above all the establishment Of the
beautiful New England festival Of
thanksgiving ~ a national holiday, arc
~ que 10 her quiet, persistent efforts.
More than this, left widow and pcnni-
less, she reared and educated her five
children and placed them honorably in
the world. Her work began when She
wa sixteen. and she only laid IL down.
10 take "A Httlc rest. y two wears ago. nj
cighty-nine. How many eager. ambiti-
Gus, oycrwOTkcd women Of the present
generation can offer n fair record
lhc secret lies in the fact that Mrs.
Hale had a thoroughly healthy body.
strong will. firm control Of temper. and
that her life was always quiet and
secluded one
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05
The Way 10 DO II.

There is nothing like tact tn help one
over the rough places of life. In steam
boat cabin the man who pcrsistcntly
stands before the light is around. Party
with newspaper. after trying long and
usnuccessfuily To read in the Others
shade. finally gives his sorrow words;
but he does it in such cl oss- grained
manner that he gets "sassed back. be-
sides being laughed at by all present.
Which Is not pleasant. Now. mark the
man Of tact. Swectly smiling, he SAYS.
with an obscquious bending of the head !:
" My dear sir, beg your pardon for men
tioning IL; but your silhouette rs IL falls
athwart my paper, though cminently
pleasing tn contemplate. nevertheless i'm
terfcrcs just triic with my perusal of
the contents Of the sheet" Say some
thing like this, or refer politely 20 the
absence uf windows In lis head. and not
only will he not bc offended. but he will
love you with n love surprising that Of
woman.-- Boston Traascrla.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05
May Baskets.

Open the window, Margie,
And draw tho screen away:
Ny lite is dull December,
But my hearts rs young a. May.
Listen The laugh OF children
Ills n foolish thought, know,
But il minds me OF one May morning
Seventy years ago.
When u merry troop of children
Weakened the quiet street
With babble OF talk and laughter,
Aud swinging, like cosscrs sweet,
Tho dear old-timc May-baskc,s.
Ribboned. and pink and white
With the blessed bloom that gladdcned
The gloom of the Pilgrims night,
And know by the robins carol,
AMI the tender green see
In the tops of the dear old willows,
That the May will come to me.
Margie, the scent OF May-howers
surely, surely know
That one sweet breath! Could the south
wind
Bring II so far They grow
4 mile away on the hillside.
But there's knock at the door
Oh Tor an hour of quiet,
10 live my May-dnys DER
What's this From Karl and Carrie
oh, let my chair be rolled
Just thcre-into the sunshine
And give me them TO hold!
knew their breath, dear Mnrgic;
Forgive these foolish tears,
But God has sent these Mny-fiowcrs
Across the seventy years
-.Hdry A. Lathbury.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05

The people of PetroIia,. Pa. recently
witnessed the unusual spectacle Of seeing
an oil train shoot through the town with
the rapidity OF lightning and number
of the cars on fire. With considerable
difficulty the balance Of the train was
saved lust beyond the town.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05
TIMELY TOPICS.

Three years ago nm Englishman named
Hebron was convicted Of murder. and
narrowly escaped the scafTold The man
Place, " ho was hung recently, confessed
that he Ind committed the murder for
which Hebron was undergoing punish
mcnt; and now the British government
is taking steps to compensate Hebron for
the wrong done to him by the law.
Facts about the city Of London nrc
always interesting, and we find n few I'm
the CorrhtH Magazine. London is spread
over about 1000 square miles. There IL
one death there every six minutes. and
one birth tvcry four. The growth of
the population Is nj tho rate of 1900 a
year, or 205 each day. The total length
of streets in London is about 1000 miles !;
there are built every year about 1000
new houses, by which the length Of the
streets is increased by twcnty-cight
miles. In the iails there Is an average
Of 5000 prisoners. The foreign born
residents of London number about 100. .
600, but thirty-scvcn per cent. Of the
whol" population were born out Of The
city.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05

No city in the republic. not oven New
York, So swarms with adventuresscs as
Washington. which has for years been
Ihc chosen field Of the bold, dangerous.
wholly unpTinCiplcd tribe. They can be
counted by hundreds; they are of every
sort and degree. They are i'm the depart
mcnts. at the hotels. at the boarding
houses-cvcrywhcr that man can be
found. sciuccd or frightened. Their
missions are multifarious, and their
movements mysterious. They are seek
ing positions they are lobbyists: thcy
have, or their friends have. claims.
They need personal, political, pecuniary
assistance--indeed. all kinds. except the
moral kind. Most Of them are black
mailers. They are so crafty and
trcacherous that public men Of reputa-
tion or means are afraid Of and always
on the alert against, them. The late
Salmon L. Chase. we read. would never.
during HE official life Mt the capital. see
a woman lac did not know intimately.
except in the presence Of witnesses.
Many Congressman, Senators and other
ofliccholders have also made IL n rule 10
receive no visits irom women alone.
The experiences uf others. if not their
own. has made them wary and appre-
hcnsive. There are, doubtless. many
many men not afraid Of any man. We
question III there be any man not afraid
OF women. IL there bc, he has surely
meyer been in Washington.
Tho N..s. vi jf.sy.,..n ..... .tt
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05

Il is the duty Of gate posts TO stand by
each othtr.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05

1t is suggested in the Washington re-
puJitc that in the event Of another mine
disaster like that AT Sugar Notch, Pa,
where seven miners were imprisoned
five days bya fallen roof, the microphonc
could be used to advantage MIR. Edi-
sons microphonc causes the footsteps Of
fly or the growth Of vegetation 10
sound as loud as the noise of horses
hoofs on the street pavement. The idea
intended Ia be conveyed i, that the
microplpnc would discover the exist
cncc of life within the mine should the
imprisoned miners resort 10 sound sig
mails. A very simple code consisting of
half a dozen signals might be generally
taught for use in such cases Of accident"
An instrument which "cau-ps the
growth Of vegetation to sound as loud
~ the Toise of horses hoof. on the
street pavement must be something
terrific in ii~ way
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05

Henry Smith did his California gold
mining in a peculiar way. IL was n
watchman in the government mint at
San Francisco. AT the close Of each
day work the employees were thorough
IS searched before going out of the
building. and all Of the precious metal
on the premises wa carefully locked up.
Then Smith went on guard for the
night. In on" Of tn" rooms under his
charge WAS a strong iron tank, in which
granulcs Of gold were placed 10 b. wash
cd. An iron cover was securely locked
on, but through small hole ran a rub
bcr tube Ia carry a stream Of water.
Smith unscrewcd the tube every night.
and, with a narrow spoon, removed =
small quantity Of gold. The loss was 80
small in each instance as to be undis-
covered, and il was only when the ihiof
was caught selling the metal that lac was
suspected He confcsscs that hc has
made $50 600 in two years by his opera
iions.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05

The death Of Nine. Bonaparic and the
story Of her marriage that il naturally
royiycs bring g. mind the French mar
riaC" laws. 1t will bc remembered that
the nearest she could come 10 getting her
son lcgiiimized was the official doclara-
tion that be WAS "a lcgiiimat" son Of
France This was rather more vague
than satisfactory; and the occasion Is "A
fl ono "a call 10 mind the prrils uf mar
rying y Frcnclman. No Frcnchman
can marry without tho consent Of his
parents, or. If thuN arc dead. Of his
grandparents. Ifhc j. over twenty-five.
and they refuse. hc may send them.
through public notary. three respect
iuily-wriiicn requests two weeks apart.
and then the mayor can authorize him
la proceed. II. however. hc j. "A person
of political prominence. this publicity of
family differences is taci'ly forbidden by
custom. and the scandal Of such pub
licity must he avoided hy the abandon
mont oi the proposed marriage. That Is
the greater man the son j.. the greater
Is tho hold of his parents upon him.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05

In 2 memorial io Congress relative 10
the coming census of the United States.
the superintendent Of the census OF IsG0,
Mr.. Kennedy. gives the following siatis-
tics rs an illustration uf the stupondous
results from single hive of bees. trans
ported to the Pacific coast less than
thirty years ago. From the single county
of San Diego. California. in 1876 there
was shipped the astonishing figure of
10000 pounds. In ISL there were in
that county 23.000 coloii les Of bees. ami
in one day. September 6. ISIS. there were
shipped from that port - barrels. | .053
cases and u tons: and that from and in
Guiding July u To November 10. Is7E.
less than four months. that one county
exported over 1000 barrels. I4.5ii cases
and nearly 20 tons. He who would
strike out (from the census roport) the
item of honey. could not have known.
50 great has the interest in this product
become, that many people in California
have from 500 Ia 1000 hives. and that
over loo people in one county have each
more than loo colonies Of bees. Accord
ing To the London Nc'cS Of January l..
there arrived in November nj Liverpool
10 tons If honey. the product Of the bees
of one individual. and that a Mr.. Hodge.
in the first week of January last. landed
100 tons at London wharf. the produst
of California. The annual product of
honey las grown Ia 100000 pounds
annually.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-05

The New York Tribune pays this
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-01

NEW YEARS DAY being a legal
holiday by act of Congress, the Spec.
lie Resumption law will not really
take effect (altboug'a it is practically
in effect already until the second
day OF January. On the evening OF
that day (uext Thursday the Honest
Money League and the business com
munity generally, Chicago, will APP
propriately celebrate the occasion
By public mass meeting in Farwell
Hall, which will be addressed by the
able and eloquent General Jamas A
Garfield, OF Ohio.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-01

of which has grown much Of the f.
nancial lunacy that has afflicted the
country, is that urged by the Chica-
90 IgtJtote--that there are two clear
ly-defined, widely separated, perma-
nently antagonistic classes in the
United States namely, creditors
and debtors; or, as the Tribune puts
it, gold bugs and their unfortunate
victims. It is impossible to make
such division-men who are credl-
tors are also debtors; there is hardly
a debtor who is not also a creditor.
At times a majority Of persons are
more interested as debtors than as
creditors-then there is an irrepres-
sible demand for a bankrupt law;
in little while the situation changes,
and the creditor class become nu-
merous--then there is o demand for
the repeal Of the bankrupt law.
Much of the capital of this coantry,
the loanable wealth, belongs to a
few; but an important part Of it be
longs to the poor. When it is con-
sidered that the small savings Of the
country amounts to over thousand
million dollars, and that much of this
is loaned, the interest of poor men,
ismall savers in Legislation that will
protect capital, is plain The iegis-
lation urged by unstable, fancitul
and superficial men, like Medill, for
the relief of the poor, generally ends
by affecting the poor.-MMSenti
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-01

THE Afghan var IS virtually end
ed. The Ameer is safely lodged
with his harein and household Off.
GERS within the Russian dominions .:
his son, Yacob Khan, the friend of
the British has fratcfniZed with the
latter, carrying with hin, the army
and leading chieftains of Afghanis-
tan. The campaign on the part Of
the English Las been short, sharp
aud decisive, betrayiug degree Of
military talent and strategy on the
part of Gen. Roberts and his staff,
truly equal to the most sanguine ex-
pectations Of The ho,ue government.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-01
THE POOR MANS DOLLAR.

There is pretty severe kick on
the part The silver men against the
Hewitt resolution iustructing the
Secretary Of The Treasury to ex-
change gold for silver on demand.
The theory Of the opposition is that
this would really make gold
the basis Of the currency, the single
standard. This clearly exhibits the
real motives Of the men who were
loudest III their advocac, of the sill
yer dollar--they wanted a cheap dot
lar; one that would be standard
for the payment of debts. AT the
same time they complain because
the banks refuse to take silver except
rs special deposit; they want to
deposit the cheap dollar III banks
and draw ont The better dollar As
long as the Government does not eX-
change gold FOR silver, the latter
must be at discount in public est.
nation which makes it, or will make
it when the coiuaga is greater. more
easily obtained, while it answer :
very wei for the payment of debts
A doubie STANDARD can never be
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-01

fitness OF cur man. Nor should we
merge the paramount political issues
in mere personal preference.
The people of Wisconsin, who car
ried the election last month with
such unmistakable emphasis, will
not be satisfied with any vague or
doubtful record. No eleventh hour
proselyte win ans.er the demand.
The people of this State demand,a and
the Wisconsin, as an independent
journal, demands, in their name, that
the choice of the legislature shall fall
upon a man Of known ability, of I'M
DOUBTED and proven political hones-
ty--who dare stand up and preach
the gospel of honest money and ma
tioDal taitb--when the weak aud
craven covered amid the almost uni
versal craze. The State has just
passed crucial iiour--the election
returns have spoken the solemn voice
Of the people in tones that no man
now misinterprets. They want no
man in the United States Senate
whose voice is but the echo of pop
ular whim--no man who found his
convictions in the election returns ;;
but rather like st. Paul, one who
had faith and courage to wrestle
with beasts aaa preach the truth to
the heather.
1t was easy TO be Republican af-
ter the election Of Lincoln and the
firing upon Sumter; but it was hard
even ia brave old Massachusetts to
find men with nerve to stand mp and
denounce the slave holders when
they came up to Boston, and put
chains around her court house, and
dragged back to slavery men and
women from under the very shadow
of Fanuel Hall. SO now, it will b,
easy and popular TOR politicians to
be on the side of honest money--on
he side with the most votes. But
the greenback party may rally again
in Congress. reinforced by "solid
south" and then we shall need
representative in the Senate Of the
United States, whc knows, and has
always known, that ninety cents of
silver is not dollar, noe on ire
deemable sseenback thing of abso-
lutte value.
Such man may be found in Wis
consin--many may be Iound-but
the search must be among the prov
ed and tried. Generals fit to lead
are found among the veterans. Our
new Senator SHOULD be ~ leader aud
not Il follower. The Wisconsin, has
no favorite for this leadership-no
personal preferences to crafty; bnt
viii be satisfied with and support
any man who fills the requirements.
We have fought this fight for a great
principle, and We do not propose
that the Republican party, with our
consent, shall lose sight OF that in a
scramble for personal preferment.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-01

IT is stated that ninety per cent
Of the colored men of St. Louis will
BE- disqualified frora serving on juries
through decision that, under the
general law of Missouri, JURORS must
be able to read. A more important
question is, how many white Mis-
sourians will be disqualified by the
elme decision.