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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1879-09-23
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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
How Much Can a Person Read 4!

The longest single poem. believe.
extant. Il an Italian poem, The
Adone" of Marini. who lived in the
time Of James /. of England. II con
tains 45,000 lines. As for Spain. one
single author Of the seventeenth century.
Lopez de Vega, wrote 800 plays. His
works altogether fill forty-sevcn quarto
volumes. Alonzo Tostado, n Spanish
bishop of the fifteenth century. wrote
nearly forty folios. covering with print
three times. as many leaves as he had
lived days. To come 10 England.
William Prynne wrote two hundred
different works. Chalmers collected
edition of the English poets only comes
down to Cowper, who died in 1900. and
fills twenty-one volumes royal octave.
double columns. small type. The vol
umcs average 200 pages. This gives a
total of 1870 pages. or %. 100 columns.
Now. Il takes have made the expert
menO four minutes TO read column.
with fair attention. Here is a good
years work in reading over only once n
selection from the English poets. The
amount Of reading which student can
get through in given time hardly adj
mits of being measured by the ell. The
rate Of reading varies with the subject
the rapid glance with which we skim the
columns Of newspaper being at one end
Of the scale. and the slow rate which Is
required for page of, say. Kant's
"Critique of Pure Reason being Mt the
other. Still. just TO get something To 90
upon. make calculation in this way :
Suppose a man 10 be able to read eight
hours day. No one can really sustain
receptive or critical attention 90 written
matter for eight hours. But take eight
hours n the outside possibility. Thirty
pages octave II an average hours read
ing. taking one book with another.
This would make go pages per day,
! $50 per week. and 7.36o pages In =
year. Taking tho average thickness ol
an octave volume ne 100 pages only. the
quantity of reading which q diligent
student ean get over In year ls no more
than m amount equal 10 about 90 vol
umes octave.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
Begging rs n Fine Art.

Mr.. j. II. Gregg, OF Hong Kong. has
recently written To q London paper n
very interesting laAtcr on Chinese beg
gars. Certainly some of the accounts of
these mcndicants are horrible in the ex-
trnme. and would hardly be- credited If
the authority was not so good. He says
that he has actually seen one bcggar
bearing on his back lcpcr so much af-
fectcd by the disease that his ears and
hands and feet were apparently slough
ing off. With this loathcsome burden
Mr.. Gregg says, the beggar threatened
to enter each shop he passed, unless the
shopkecper ut once administered To- his
wants. Aims were promptly thrown
into the street, and quickly picked up.
Others, according to this account, 20
about carrying sharp Chinese razors,
with which they cut themselves to show
their misery, and to cNort aims. Mr.
Gregg has seen mendicants with the up
per part Of their bodies covered with
blood. At the town of Pitkong. in the
province of Canton. he saw beggar lit
orally bathcd in his own blood. which
also sprinkled over the floor of the shop
in which he was trying TO melt the mp
parcntly obdurate heart Of the shop
keeper. He also relates horrible stories
of beggars who vary the above fashion
by knocking their heads against the
walls of shops, and of others who beat
their bodies with large stones for the
ediiication Of passers-by. Not contenicd
with these pleasant and entertaining ex-
ibitious. some of the more cmaCiatetl
have an agreeable habit Of apparently
appearing In n dying condition on the
threshold offs shop or dwelling house.
and announcing. in dismal tones. their
purpose of remaining there 10 die. Hero
j. MIR. Gregg's account Of one instance
In May, 1874. | saw one. apparently
peTishing from hunger, throw himself
down at the doorway of dwelling
house. saying that he would die of star
walton IL he were not Immediately re-
lieved. The householder, who was in a
great state of trrpidation, at once oil
fered the starving man n small sum of
money. which was Indignantly refused
A friend who was with me expressed
his readiness to relieve the wants of the
sufferer lie held out halfdollar. and
the penuTious householder at once
rushed toward him. and eagerly grasped
the coin. which hc Mt once gave to the
sufferer"
This letter goes To show that the men,
dicanis Of the European countries and
the United States have not begun ia
master the fine art Of begging. and that
they are ~ yet but in their infancy when
compared with the almond-eyed chill
dren Of the Flowery Land.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
4 LAWYER on His Profession.

At the annual dinner Of the New York
Chamber Of Commerce. Mr.. Joseph II
Choatc responded To the toast Bench
and Bar-blcs~ed are the pcnccmakcr.. "
and said among other things: du not
believe that body Of merchants with
their stomach- full have any distrust Of
the institution that | represent. Cen
tlemru. you have the bar always with
yul. and so the lawyers will always be
your sure and steadfast companions
Lord Bacon. who was ono Of the great
cst lawyers of his day. said that every
man owes n debt Ia his profession. hut /
think that can he amended on behalf Of
the lawyers. Every man owes "A duty
To our profession. and some time between
the cradle and the grave lac must ac-
knowledge the liability and pay the
debt. Why, gentlemen, you cannot live
without lawyers. and certainly YOU can
not die without them. IL was one Of
the ablcst members Of our profession
who had bcspokcn his passagc for Eu-
rope. but failed To 60, and for an ex-
planation said, Yes. lac had intended to
20. but one Of his rich clients had died
and he was afraid IL he had gone across
the Atlantic the heirs would have got
all the property Laughter /. When
I look around nj this solid body Of mer-
chants. all this heaped up and idle
capital. believe that the fortunes of the
bar are yet at the beginning. Gentle
men. the future l. all before US. We
have no sympathy with Communism.
but like the Communists we have every
thing to gain and nothing To lose. With
reference To the remarkable phrascoloRy
of the toast. Blessed are the peace
makers, I believe that's true. believe
that If you devote yourselves assiduously
and long enough to our profession that
IL will result in pcrfcc; peace. For you
never knew Of suit. IL Il was prosecuted
vigorously enough. at the end where
there was anything left for the parties
Ia quarrel over. | will take my scat.
exhorting YOU TO do justice to the pro-
fcssion of the bar"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
A Mastery Stroke OF Genius.

Ihe other day n muscular young fel-
low. having AN odor Of the stable nl,out
him, entered Detroit photopraphcr's
establishment and explained that he
"puIa lke To have eabout one phot0grapb
aInSn1, In, oul on learning the price lie con
taking his scat in the chair Ie sI,m, 49,,
one eye, drew his mouth around ,,,.r
side, stuck UP his nose and patieflti,,
waited Tor the operator, whose ast1nish
ment caused him to cxclaim:
Good gracious but you don't want
To look that way to get picture. No
|. body will know you from Sitting Bull. :"
You go ahead, - was the reply.
" DO you want me take such phiz ~
that"
~ do"
The artist took it. II beat Sol Smith
Russell all 10 pieces and was highly salts
factory to the sitter. who paid for it and
said
You see, had n sort Of object in this.
Come here from Allegan county six
months ago-cngaged to gal out there
found a gal here | like better-got 10
sever old tics-see?"
" But what has that picture got TO do
with old tics?" asked the artist.
IIots-heaps! I've writ to her that !
was blode up here on "A boat and disfig-
gcred for life. She's awful proud. when
she gifts this and secs how that explosion
wrecked me, she'll hunt another lover
quicker'n wink-sec? How do you like
the plot? just gaze on this picture once
nd then tel me that Mary Ann won't
send back my love-lctters by first train
He posted the picture. The letter was
brief. but explained all II said MY
Eyver Dear CURL incloze my pickture
that you may see how offul bad I was
hurt, tho ! know you will iuv me just
the same"
Ever sec that game worked afprc ?"
he asked Of the artist ~ he licked the
stamp on the letter.
No-ncver did"
Course you never did. It's mine.
1t struck me the other day while was
grcasin' a wagon, and ] think it's boss.
Blode up-see' Disfggered for life-sec9
Picture right here to prove IT. and she'll
write back that she has at last concluded
TO yield 10 her parents wishes and marry
young man out there who owns eleven
steers, hundred sheep and an eight-acrc
lot. - IJcfrou Free Press
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
Bicycle Travel.

Imam article entitled Personal Rapid
Transit, " "A New York paper devoies its
attention 10 the bicycle, formerly called
the velocipede. The writer saws
If We look % long-disiancc prize con-
tests. like the one in the American In
sttute, we find in England, only short
time since. a wonderful race, under the
Wolvorhampton rules. for six days. from
siN A. VI. to twelve T.. NJ. daily. one at
tcndant being allowed 10 assist the com
p"titors in mounting and dismounting
Taking only the two highest riders on
the wonderful score. we find il reading
thus. leaving out the odd laps. Of which
seven and one-half went TO the mile
Monday, No. !, ZIG miles, and No ,.
2i; Tuesday. No !. 422 and No. 2. 3gi;
Wednesday. No. /. Gl3 and No. =. 5s6
Thursday, No. |. se6, and No. 2. 761
Friday. No. /. az, and No. ,. gl6: Satur-
day. ~ eleven 4. NJ. when the
matclr$loscd, No. |. LOCO miles; No. ?.
Los. Such scores show the not usually
appreciated possibilities Of the bicycle.
Indeed. since the seat has been shifted
10 n point over the center of the front
wheel. this wheel enormously increased
in sizo. thc rear wheel as greatly dimin-
ished, and other improvements made.
the bicycle has become a very swift ma
chine. niortunatcly, its speed and its
knock-down powers compel city authori-
ties to prohibit its use on ordinary
thorouehiahs. But the bicycle has
nevertheless a sphere of its own. and for
Use as well as amusement. on suburban
roads. In England. bicyclism is As much
a'mania a. pedestrianism has lately been
here. The clubs are numbered by hun
drcds, and the horscmcn by tens of
thousands; while. as to the steeds. ii is
alleged that 60.0O0 bicycles were made
and sold in England last year. In Amcri-
ca there has been no such bicyclical
furor rs yet but nj some points. and
queerly enough at the geographical ex-
tremcs Of Boston and San Francisco.
bicyclism has strongholds. New York has
been. 10 remarkable degree. free from
the fever, but it would not he difficult 10
predict that the late contest nj the
American Institute will give ii start
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
80 What IL III"

Yesterday forenoon farmers horse
and wagon were hitched on Congress
street. near Iarned, and after the man
had gone into the store an individual.
who must know something about human
curiosity. walked slowly down to the
wagon and carefully examined a hind
wheel. In ten seconds he was Joined by
two boys. In minute there was a
crowd Of six. The man looked Mt the
wheel from one side and the other. and
the increasing crowd did the same. In
three minutes there were twenty people
around the wagon. Some looked over
into the box and some at the wheels. but
no one said anything. The man first
mentioned seized the wheel and shook IL
and then measured one Of the spokes
with n pocket rule. When he had
finished. the crowd numbered forty. No
one could say what had happened or was
about to happen. and the mystery was
fast becoming intense, when corpulent
citizen bore down on the crowd and
cried out:
Whats the matter herc-any one
been hurtP"
mo, SIR" was the quiet reply of the
man with the pocket rule.
"What Is Il. thenP"
81 was looking Mt this hind wheel"
Whats the matter with the wheelP "
asked the fat man. rs he seized and
shook Il,
Nothing"
The Cat man scowled, clenched his
hand, looked up and down and then slid,
and in thirty seconds no one was left
around the wagon but small hoy who
was trying 90 hook an old umbrella. -
Detroit yfce Press.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19

eles. as picture frames, snuff boxes and
toys OF the paper-mache character. /.
is Also stated that potatoes stepped for A
certain time In water TO which has been
added eight per cent. of sulphuric acid.
and afterward submitted TO pressure.
will form into material which can
readily be carved into any design. and
when made into pipes has resemblance
To meerschaum; billiard balls have been
made of 1t, so hard does it become.
summing up some of the uses of the
potato, they embrace, in addition TO the
tuber ms an esculent, starch, or potato
arrow-root. sago. semola. polenta, YER
micelli and maccaroni. Ii also furnishes
sugar, alcohol, navoring essences. gum,
bread, coffee, cheese. pasteboard and
paper -mache; and. in addition, n pecr-
liar principle called solanine il found in
the terminating shoots, and the leaves OF
the plant may serve as "a substitute forte
bacco, which they are sometimes used to
adultcratc.
MEDICAL PROPERTIES or THE POTATO
incidentally, the stems and leaves have
slightly narcotic properties, and mar
cotic extract is obtained from them which
has been employed To allay pain in coughs
and rheumatism. Raw potatoes. scraped.
are used ns "A cooling poultice applied to
burns and scaids. Although the potato
comes from a tropical latitude. it docs
not come from a tropical climate. II is
grown To perfection nj Quito, in Ecua-
or. place said tn he upward of IL. 900
feet above sea level. 1t is one of the
most cosmopolitan of plants, and is cult
waited with more OF less success. from
Patagonia Ia Labrador, and from the
Cap" of Good Hope to Iceland
TIE POTATO 4 CoSMOroIIrE.
II also grows in variety of soils. from
those composed principally Of clay to
those mostly Of sand. In regard To the
mechanical condition Of the soil. It's
swelling tubcrs meet less resistance in
light, loamy, fiiablc soils. or those in
which there u a predominating proper
tion Of sand In ali cases the soil should
be rich and properly drained: wet soils
are especially pernicious, and poor soils
will not sustain Il respectable crop. In
chemical parlancc, the potato II potash
plant. There are some subjects which
seem to compose the stock in trade of
rural writers. According Ia my obscr-
walton the foremost of these is How to
cure gapcs in chickens and second only
in importance To this il the question n
to which end of n potato produces the
most prolific plant. That celebrated
naturalist. Josh Billings, has determined
in perfectly satisfactory manner as To
which j. the business end of a hornet.
have not seen his decision IN regard 10
the potato, bnt when it does come it will
be equally luminous and decided So
We will leave it. with the remark that
the value Of a potato crop. ~ far n
present knowledge extends. j. not much
influenced 10y the size or nature Of tho
tuhcr. Fine crops have been produced
from plants which have been produced
from cutiing~ made of portions Of tho
potnto-siom inserted in sand and rooted
in manner similar to cuttinc- Of yer.
bcnRs or gcraniums
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
DO the Dying Suffer Pain!

People do not like TO think of death.
II Is an unpleasant subject; but IL con-
stantly obtrudes itself, and there has
been much speculation ms To whether
mental or physical pain attends the
final act. Observation teaches us that
there Is little pain of either kind in dy-
ing. Experience will come TO us all one
of these days, but it will come too late
to benefit these who remain. II seems
to be a kind provision Of nature that, rs
we approach the dread event, our tcrrors
diminish, and the coward and hero die
alike--iearless, indifferent or resigned
As to physical pain, DIR. Edward H.
Clark, in "Visions. says:
THE rule Is that unconsciousrnss. not
pain. attends the final act To the sub
tect OF IL death Is no more painful than
birth. Painless we come; whence we
know not. Painlessly 20; whittier we
know not. Nature kindly provides an
anesthetic for the body when the spirit
leaves 1t. Previous To- that moment and
in preparation for II. respiration becomes
feeble. generally slow and short. often
accomplished by long inspiration and
short. sudden expirations. so that the
blood II steadily less and less oxygen
ated. At the same time the heart acts
with corresponding debility. producing n
slow. feeble and often irregular pulse.
As the process goes on. the blood II not
only driven to the head with diminish
ing force anG In less quantity. but what
flows there Is loaded more and more
with carbonic acid gas, "A powerful an
aesthetic. the same as that derived from
charcoal. Subject TO its influence the
nerve centers lose consciousness and SEN
sibility, apparent sleep crceps over the
system; then comes stupor. and then the
end"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
Llfe's Masquerade.

In this masquerade Of life who Is there
that appears undisguised? Not one,
Go where we will, we find tragedy
weeping behind the grinning face OF
comedy. and comedy smiling behind
that OF tragedy. We all wear our
masks from the cradle to the grave.
The doctor beside the sick bed. the law
yer at the bar, the minister in the pulpit
are all masqueraders. and nearly every
one chooses "A mask the very opposite Of
his condition. The merchant, whose
cmbarrassments are staring him in the
face, must put on his most cheerful
guisc rs he closes his bankrupt ledger
and goes home. for the wife must not
suspect the ruin that is 20 imminent. Ii
l. time enough when il comes. he thinks.
and one is enough 10 suffer. so the mask
of gayety must have the crowsfeet Of
anxiety and despair. And she, as the
sound of his well-known footsteps
reaches her ear, quickly wipes away the
lingering tear. the annoyance of house
hold duties. and wreathcs herself with
smiles TO meet her lord, for he must
never know her little troubles. May
haps, when too late. she finds she has
made an ill-assorted match. II cannot
be- remedied, and she grcets him hap
pily, and determines not 20 ruin his
peace by the knowledge of what is In
evitable. The mother, as she leans over
the crib Of her dying infant. wears the
mask of hope until death rudely snatches
it from her features; the father wears
the mask OF deceit a. he tearfully strives
TO defend his erring child. So II goes
on through every grade, until We reach
the tomb, that marble mask which shall
cling to us until the last trumpet rends
Ii asunder. Baltimore EreTy Saturday
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19

tra culture nor silk culture can be profit
ably conducted while the cost of labor is
as high as il Is in this country, and with
no better labor-saving machiney than
we now have for use in those industries
-
Mr.. l.. Delmonico. the celebrated New
York restaurateur. has been telling the
public the best way of cooking fish.
Boiling seems to him the "most legiti-
mate" as well rs quickest and most con-
venient. His direction is to "put them in
cold spring water-the less the quantity
of water that the fish can be boiled in the
better-with handful Of salt. Rub n
little vinegar on the skin of the fish. to
prevent it from cracking, and to make
pound should be allowed for IA salmon,
and three or four minutes for almost any
other kind but n good general rule Is
that the fish is done when the fins pull
out easily" Mr.. Dclmonico also says
that broiled fish should be carefully
split in two from head to tail, dried.
seasoned with salt and pepper, creased
with little oil (Which is preferable TO
butter), and broiled to nice brown
color, the gridiron having been pre-
viously well creased, too;n and that
small fish may be deiciously fried in
oil, after dipping in milk and then -four.
or in very hot grease. after being Dreaded
with beaten eggs and crumbs"
Despite some ones dismal prophecy,
that on account of certain changes in the
heavenly bodies during 1881, the earth
will he. overwhelmed by pestilence
famine and other disasters too numerous
to mention. nm Astronomical writer says:
There will be no catastrophe in 1881.
The conjunction ofthe four great planets
at perihelion is not going to take place.
1t is an idle scare. 1t Is true that the
longitude of the perihelion of these three
planets will bring them somewhat near
each other. Jupiter will be in perihelion,
| think. about 1881. Saturn will be in
conjunction near that time, and Neptune
will not be near enough TO help any mis-
chief that may be feared; while the po-
sition of the planet Uranus in the
heavens in 1881 will be about lis degrees
right ascension. Every one hundred
years we have five coniunctions of Jupi-
ter and Saturn. and always have had
without the least damage thus far. Re-
ing in conjunction So near to Jupitcr's
perihclion may possibly produce higher
tides than usual, rs Jupiter's position
will be twenty-three million miles nearer
the sun and the earth than he is at his
mean distance. let us not deludc our
selves. nor be frightened by chimeras.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19

A New York paper gives this anecdoic
of the late Judge George Barnard: Mr.
Ed. Blankman. a well-known lawyer,
was arguing n case before HIM. but did
not seem TO be making his points 70 the
satisfaction Of the court. Mr.. Blank
Inan thought the court was very obtuse.
+" Your honor" said he. :" an evil
IDENTIFY arguing at cross purposes. iei
me give n supposititious case. suppoSirg
your honor had stolen horse
THAT Is not supposablc case. said
Judge Barnard.
:" only want 10 make the point. your
honor" went on Mr.. Blankman. Il
viii put Il in another way. Suppoaing
had stolen n horse"
THAT IL quite = supposable case"
said Judge Barnard. "Go On. Mr>
Blankman,"