Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-04
NO. Sc.

/ and fight him. The armies met at
| Franklin and then ensued one Of his
bioodiest battles Of the war, in which
the Confederate general lost one-sixth
OF his army Of 10000 men. Thomas
settled down at Nashville and subse.
| quently took the offensive and fell on
! Hood, who was laying siege. Hood was
badly cut up and routed and was soon
after relieved OF his command and sue.
ceeded 10y General Dick TAYLOR. Since
| TIE war he has lived near New Orleans
AS planter. His wife died but a few
days ago Of the fever.
Edwin Smith, farmer who lives sew.
en- miles south Of Adrian, Mich, and
who Is forty seven years OF age, has n
black, silky beard seven feet six and
half inches long. As his height is six
/ feet his whiskers sweep the floor when
/ down, though he. of course, keeps them
done up with hair pins and bands most
OF the time. His twin brother, Edward
has been twenty years in raising beard
| five inches long Edwin attributes the
wonderful growth 10 having clipped the
iuz from hls face when child. lie is a
well.to-do farmer, and would not think
Of organizing himself into show.
A new discovery in fax manufacture
- reported al Lyons, France, by means
OF which perfectly silken appearance
may be given fax fbres. After chemi.
cal treatment OF fax yarn il is dipped
into liquid prepared from silk vase,
/ which leaves silken coating upon il.
| The textile material no longer resem-
/ bles flax, but has a bright silken thread,
and in rc@ard 10 fneneSs, elasticity and
| gloss j. claimed TO be absolutely perfect
AS a substitute for silk. French journals
| predict complete revolution of the
flax trade should this process prove a
success.
Superintendent Smythe. Of New York,
recently reported in an indefinite way
that there were irregularities in some Of
/ the New York insurance companies.
He now says the Atlantic Fire, Of Brook
! lyn, has liabilities more than $4,000 in
excess OF assets that the Adriatic. Of
New York, il impaired 10 the extent OF
S9i 900; that the asset. and liabilities
OF the Knickerbocker Life, Of New
| York, nearly balance, and that thero
have been Irregularities in the manage
ment Of the Broadway Fire. Six other
companies are named whose surplus at
examination was found to be much less
than the amount reported.
The Pope it is said, will visit Germany,
as an evidence Of the more friendly re.
lations now existing between the En-
pire and the Holy See. Cologne, his
principal destination, has ma ~ ecclesi.
astical attractions. In its magnificent
cathedral are the reputed bodies OF the
}, ss-sa h., t. IL
at the birth Of Christ, and also one or
more Of the earthen pots used at the
marriage supper at Cana. In a neigh.
boring church are preserved the bones
Of St. Ursula and her LOCO virgins
companions. These are only part Of
the sacred objects which will crafty the
pieiy OF his Holiness, while the secular
honors which will be shown him will be
grateful in themselves and as the mani
festations of friendly policy.
The monument to General Custer
was unveiled at West Point on Satur-
day. Algernon $. Sullivan delivered
the presentation address and Gener-l
y. Z. Banks was orator of the day.
I'VE should give 10 the white people Of
the Indian country a chance TO fight
there own ba tle,' he said, or keep the
peace for them. ave should give TO the
Indians the political character to which
they approximate them citizens or
leave them sayages as they choose, and
settle with them as citizens or savages
every three months Short accoun a
make long friends. Our army should
be of sufficient strength TO make wars
short and one Indian war should sue
ceed another. IL the money that is ex.
pended 10 improve the rivers without
water and harbors without commerce
were appropriated for the army, Indian
wars should cease forever"
The New York .Sua says The fish com.
mission of that State, through Their
agents, have turned into the Hudson
river this season more than 6.jO0,O0O
young shad that they had hatched by
the artificial process. This il about one.
third larger number than they had
hatched IN any previous year, requiring
the uninterrupted work of six men for
about thirty.iive days. The most salts.
factory results have followed the efforts
Of previous years. Not for half a cen.
tury have shad been 30 abundant in the
Hudson as they were this spring. The
markets were filed TO overflowing, and
fishermen along the river disposed Of
large numbers TO farmers 10 be used 10
fcrtilize the fields.
A Californian has been analyEing a
plate collection in . certain church in
the land, when two hundred persons
were present, and the collection amount
ed TO $40. The money was in sixty
pieces, and was, therefore, given by only
sixty persons, 30 that ls0 gave nothing.
But OF the sixty who did give, eight
gsve half dollar each and twelve a
quarter each, 30 that one third Of the
givers contributed seven.tenths Of the
gifts. Eighteen gave ten cents each
and twenty-five gave five cents each.
And IL they had only had copper coins
Il Is hard 10 tell how deep in the mine
they would have gone. Tho analyzer
draws two important facts from his ana.
ysis which are applicable everywhere.