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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-11
Taking the Children Home.

AT the Union depot yesterday fore
Hoon was an old, gray headed man in
charge of three children-two boys and
girl. The oldest was about ten and
the little girl about five. The whole
party were dressed very plainly, and as
to who they were the old man exp aimed
10 the people around him:
WAL, you see, live down nigh
Norwalk. in Ohio About dozen years
ago my darter married poor worth
less coot of feller up here and they
never got along worth shucks. A few
days ago he threw her down stairs and
pounded her black and blue, and she
come down thar To me for II refuge.
These are the young 'uns. She left 'cm
behind when she flew. and | come on
after 'em. Purity likely set o children,
ain't they9"
Yes, real smart lot. Have any
trouble getting them"
"Waal, not much. When | got into
the l. >use and told John what I'd come
for he kinder baked little. but took
him right by the windpipe and told him
what was what. Tell you, don't allow
any of the boys to climb me, if be up
ward of sixty. I'm going to take 'em
down home and bring 'em up, and il
their father ever comes within mile OF
us I'm going to pick him right up and
break his back across n stone waltz
About ten minutes before the train
left the old man called the eldest boy to
his knee and said:
Now, young man, see here! I'm
your grandfather and I'm taking you
young 'uns home to Norwalk. Wen
get there with about seven cents To
spare, if no accident happens. Now,
then. when the boy on the train comes
around with chestnuts or apples or
candy, want YOU to look straight out
OF the window
Why can't you buy some for me?"
asked the boy.
Come over my knee" exclaimed
the grandfather, as he hauled the boy
nearer. Now, sir, do you want chest
nuts?n
Ill want some, but I'll wait till
next year." gasped the boy, rs he felt
the spanking-machine making read y for
business.
Very well. You look straight out
OF the window at corn and pumpkins
every time YOU hear the train-boy yell
'chestnuts Here, Aionzo-you come
up here"
Alonzo was the second boy. When
he was within reaching distance the
grandfather grabbed him and said:
When the train-boy comes along
with apples and candy and hickory-nut
meats, what are you going to do?'
I'm going to ask you to buy me
whole lot"
You are. eh2 Come over my knee,
sir"
oh! no WON'T WON'T WON'T
shouted the boy rs he danced up and
down and hung back
Very weil-you see that you don't,
Now, my little girl, want To say
Oh. grandpa. you needn't say
single werd to mc!h she interrupted.
=" just hate The sight of chestnuts and
candy. and Just rs soon as we get on the
wake up oncc"
If the train-soy tackled that family he
didn't make c.nt.-Dctrot FREE Press
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-11
stop ScoHiing.

Don't scowl, it spoils faces. Before
you know IL your forehead will rescm.
BILE n small railroad map. There il n
grand trunk line now from your cowlick
To the edge of your nose. interseCtcd by
parallel lines running east and west.
with curves arching your eyebrows. and
oh. how much Older you look for it. =
Scowling Is habit that steals upon T
unawarcs. We fruwn when the light il
too Strong. and when it il too weak,
We tie our eyebrows into knot when
we are thinking. and knit them more
tightly when we cannot think. There il
no denying there arc plenty ofthings 10
scowl about. The baby in the cradle
frowns' when something fails to suit.
Constitutional scowl," we say. The
little toddler who has sugar on his bread
and butter tells his trouble in the same
way when you leave the sugar off.
Gross" we say about the children, and
'' worried to death about the old folks.
and as for ourselves. we can't help 1t.
But we must. It's rcHext influence
makes Others unhappy; Tor face answer
eth unto face in life ms we'll ~ In water.
Ii bellies our religion. We should pos
sess our souls in such peace thai 1t will
reflect itself in placid countenances.
If your forehead IL ridged with
wrinkles before forty. what will 1t be nj
seventy? There IL one consoling thought
about these marks of time and trouble
the death angel always erases them.
Even the extremely aged. In death often
wear a smooth and peaceful brow, thus
leaving our last memories of them calm
and tranquil. But our business Il with
life. ScowliDg Is kind of silent scold-
ing. For PHYS sake, let us take sad
iron. or glad iron. or smoothing tool oI
some sort. and straightcn these creases
out Of our faces before they become In.
deiibly engraven upon our visage.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-11
Cremation.

The idea of cremation seems to be
making reasonable advance both in this
country and in Europe Our conserva-
tive ncighbor, the Tribune. speaks "A true
word in its favor. in regard especially
10 such places as New Orleans and
Memphis The Municipal Council of
Berlin has recommended the universal
adoption of the practice of cremation.
going back 10 the custom which. ac-
cording to Tacitus, was in use among
the Germans thousand years ago.
There are indications that the English
may also return, in no very distant
future, TO the ancient usakes of their
Saxon forefathers in this respect Alta
meeting of the National Social Science
society. held recently in Manchester.
the bishop of that diocese delivered an
address upon the subject of eduaction
and sanitary science, in which, while
considering the latter topic. ne stated
that ''the disposal Of the dead was n
problem which n4fst shortly be faced
more practically and seriously than
heretofore. Cemeteries were becoming
not only difficulty but a danger in
English cities The earth" he added.
Significantly, twas made for the living.
not for the dead" DIR. Frazer (thc
bishop is = man of exceptional force o
intellect and strong practical sense. lie
confessed frankly that cremation was
rcpugnant to his feelings, Ms il is to those
OF most people. but alleged that it was
no longer n matter TO he settled by SEN
timental dislike. since ii concerned the
health and life of the next generation.
The English papers, in commenting upon
the address. are disposed to coincide
with the bishops views on this point.
and regard the matter impartially, as
one of santa Importance. = NelC York
Home
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-11

that IL should be denounced, not simply
In the name OF memorial art, but in the
name of Christ. We need not merely
Papal bulls for the benefit of the poor
Illuminated against the multitude of car
Tlhges at funerals, but Catholic and
Protestant denunciati0n Of the mortuary
mhdnass, which, taking possession of
the American masses, sucks the life
blood from the heart Of Christian char
ity and art"
The Countess of Dudley, who il said
10 have recovered her long lost dia-
monds, stolen at the Great Western
station from her maid, some years since.
is one Of the lovely daughters Of Sir
Thomas MoncriefIe. Her husband
owned Her Majesty's thcateT, and wins
Mr.. Mapleson'g first patron. Though n
good shot and hOrseman, and taker Of
iirst-class degree in classics at Oxford.
hc was the victim of an extraordinary
delusion, iancying himself Mt times in a
certain interesting condition. and then
silencing the street in front Of his house,
ana making all the usual preparations.
This drove his first wife. the beautiful
Miss De Burgh. away from him. and
she died within the first year of their
marriage, at Nice, Of grief Since his
marriage with Miss MoncricfTe he has
been perfectly free from any cccentricity
until within the last year, when he WIS
attacked with paralysis. He is now in
Paris. and, in order To avoid the incon-
veniencc Of visits, he changes his quar-
ters from one hotel TO another every
day, To cOnfound his friends. He only
opens his letters once n fortnight, an in
dulgence for which he had TO pay dearly
the other day. He bought "A fine service
OF old Dresden for "A fabulous sum,
Fifteen days later he opened letter in
which the identical service was offered
him for less than quarter the amount.
He is sixty-two, and has ten children
by bis second wife.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-11
John SmybeTt.

The first painter in America Of anG
decided ability whose name has come
Gown to us was John Watson. who exc
cutcd portraits in Philadelphia in 1915.
He was IA ScotChman. II Is to another
Scotchman, who married and identified
himself with the rising FORTUNES Of the
colonies, that We are. perhaps. able "
assign the first distinct and decided art
impulse in the United States. We owe
Ia Bishop Berkeley the most notable i'm
pulse which the dawninc arts received
in this country. when lac induced John
Smybcrt to leave London. in lT25. and
settle in Boston. whore lac had the good
fortune 10 marry rich widow. and lived
prosperous and contcntcd until his death
in 1851. Smybert was rot "A great
painter. II he had remained in Eu-
rope. his position never would have
been more than respectable. even ai an
age when the arts were at low chb. But
hc Is entitled TO our gratitude for per-
pctuating for us the lincamcnts Of many
worthless Of the period. and for the un-
doubted impetus his example gave to
the artists who were about To come on
the scene. and assert the right OF the ncw
world to exercise its encI gies in the en-
couragcmcut of the fine arts. II is by
comparatively unimportant incident
that the influence of SmybCrt on our
early art Is most vividly illustrated lie
brought with him to America an excel
lent copy of a Vandyck executed by him
self. and several of our artists. included.
Allston. Acknowledged that n sight of
this copy affected them like m inspira-
ton. The most important work of
Symbert in this country is a group rep
rcscnting the family Of Bishop Berkeley,
now in the Art Gallery at New Haven.
-HdrpcT's Magazine
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-11

A correspondent Of the San Francisco
Post, writing of the varied climate and
temperatures of California. saws that in
the interior valleys he has found the
thermometer rs high rs ia degrees in
the shade. and at least 1875 degrees in the
sun, yet the air was so pure and dry
that he did not find ii enervating nor
even very inconyenicnt. as a lower tenn
perature east of the Rocky mountains
certainly would have been. lie rode
twenty. five miles on horseback in that
sun of 1875 degrees, observing. question
ing. and making notes for his news
paper, and felt perfectly well through IL
all. A constant gentle breeze thai Is
never wanting in summer kept him
comparatively comfortable. The nights
were cool and pleasant. rs they always
are in the hot interior valleys of Cali
fornia. The peculiar quality of Cali
fornia heal is illustrated by the fact that.
however high the thermometer rises.
sunstrokes are unknown.
President Potter. of Union College. nj
the recent Episcopal Church Congress,
made an indignant protest against the
expenditure of 80 much money in
funeral pomps. and in equally costly
and pompous monuments. lie said he
grieved Ito be confronted by the sugges-
tion that in the State of New York
alone hundred millions Of dollars
have In recent years been squandcrcd
upon cemetery Monuments claring
crime against true memorial art, and
against the spirit of Christianity. To
what purpose Is this wasteP To m
purpose: 20 none of comparative worth
and endurance. This cemetcrial dis
ease Is taking such hold of the popular
heart. ministering So much to mere
emulation or vanity. and yielding com
parativcly so little return In consolation
or help To- art, or In succor to humanity.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-11

The wholesale and wanton destruc-
tion of walTus by the whaling-ship
crews in the Arctic ocean. which has
been going on for some time and Is in
crcasing every year. is likely to result
in their practical determination, unless
1t is speedily checked. The captain Of
a New B.dford whalcr estimates that
ne - ilan %. 600 walrus have been
klFd this season. only about third of
which were secured. One of the results
Of this needless and useless slaughter is
the death through starvation of many
of the natives of the Arctic regions. who
depend upon the walTus for food. In
one village of 200 people all but one
man died last winter, and in other VIII
lagos from third to half of the popu-
lation perishcd. Some Of the whaling
vessel captains have been humane
enough this year 10 refrain from killing
any walrus.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-11

Piece by piece have the relic-hunters
carried away the marble slab that once
was placed over the tomb of Gen. Dan
Morgan in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, in
Winchester. Va, until now nothing re-
mains TO mark the place Of burial. But
the hero of the Revolutionary battle of
the Cowpens Is not forgotten. II is pro
posed to erect n monument that shall
be a fitting memorial of the worthy old
wagner.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-11

Ostrich farming seems likely to be in
troduced in San Joaquin Valley. Cal.
Dwight Whiting, Of Boston, spent six
months on nm ostrich farm in South
Africa. lie is convinced that the birds
can be raised in California, and will be
very profitable. At the price Of ostrich
feathers no stock will pay such interest
lie proposes To return 10 Africa md to
take TO California one hundred ostrichcs
To stock the farm
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-12-11

Montenegro is a unique county In
regard to its postal business. Until
lately the mails were not sent to any Of
the cities or villages, but every citizen
had To go for his letters TO the capitol,
Cettinje. There has now been estab-
lished n postal department, ,'and the mail
Is sent from Cettinje TO four other cities
The mail carriers travel to these four
cities on foot three times weekly.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-14

NOTICE is hereby given that so much OF
~ each tract OF land or town lots describ-
Ell IN the foregoing list as may be necessary
for that purpose will, on the first Tuesday of
September, 1879, and the next succeeding
days Sunday excepted be sold oy me at pub
lie auction, at my ONCE Tor taxes and charges
thereon. Uffice of County Treasurer,
LEAvENwoRTH CITY, July 40, 1879.
NN. s. EPHERD,
County Treasurer,
Leavenworth County, Kansas.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-14

the money ;an any other l.,
gallon, 10 cen ,oue CATION Jars
bought or Us rot being as COCO
money will be refunded Good
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-14
COFFEE.

: lis very bast Rio Cosse
*" best o. G. Javz,......
az " Mocha { osT-e
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-14
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Wa
go a great variety OF small tub
etugrs, pine and cedar kAnA-
sins, butter, rubs, sugar,

-tzrruP's CzunS Ysssr. : - q
Tobacco, We retail al whole
sale prices.
Nst.s s1r.i III p. rem. -. uaIIo,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-14

Better Goods and more for
Mustard, for lot. ~ cents, halt:
Paris and Cement. ANY goods
turned at our expense and the
gorth free NJ charge.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-14
s-ksh.ai 6our and bo,.ed corn
= - CAnneH E-AA..
PICKLE.

r,rs- & Siackweil's. N
C & SerEI1s Sauce, AID Ssrr's
io1iai~ O@-Sup.
-ss Sugzl I ued Ham, B.coa,
N'o',,ds- sI5 .'reakast Paccn
thuick s.yiSi p,~f
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-14
"a -a=st'r Extracts Var
rsatSI Puxa.

,use IL the state. Prepared
. sl.S. White lime, PLASTER
SIS represented can be =.
E delivered to Fort Leayep
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-14
lEhI,YgSs

-.S;s: assortment 1s. lsos 10
CT. o; the y.<y chn.=sss
The New York herald., 1879-12-24
COAsTWIsE yrEAMyuIP..

MoRGAN's LOUISIANA AND TEXAS RAILROAD
u AND STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
steamer ALGIERS will sail from pier 80 North River.
on Wedncsday December "a taking freight for New Or
,sans Mobile aud Mississippi Rivor points and to Belize.
Braxos santiago Brownsvilie Indanola 0orpus Christi
via lndianoal Houston aud all points the H. and r. c.
aud San ntonio RalroadJ ~
Steamer MORGAN CRY will follow Saturday, De-
cembcr 81
For freight and further Information apply to
, Bo0kRT MORGAN, Agents, pier ~ North River.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10
The Streets Of Pekin.

Boston Transcript
There are perhaps few cities in the
world laid out upon a finer plan han
Che northern capital Of China. The
streets are in many instances as wide
as Regent street, and cut each other
generally at right angle. They are
lined with shops, a large number of
which are extremely handsome, their
entire facade being richly carved and
gilded trola Top to bottom. Instead
Of the hanging boards which in other
Chinese cities announce to the pas
sers-by the nature of the goods re.
tailed, the shops here have tall un-
right posts, sometimes rising frpm the
roof, sometimes standing on the
ground, pYeglaid with gliding and
bright color. Other varieties OF dec
oratiYe art abound on all sides, some
of the shops being painted to represent
a most elaborate moanic, the design
and execution being rich and beauti-
full in the extreme. Everybody has
seen an o%rnamented screen or
centre-table, inlaja with exquisite
patterns aud every shade Of tint.
Imagine this workmanship transferred
in all its wealth and splendopF 10 the
front Of an ordinary shop, where in
Europe there would be nothing but
stone or brick, and you will have some
idea OF the decorations which attract
the eye and crafty the taste in the
crowded thoroughfares of this strange
town. The paths are sunk in some
places two or three feet below the
level Of the roads, along WHICH pass.
in an almost unbrQkop stream, strings
of camels, mules and carts. In the
latter vehicles are frequently to be
seen brilliantly trieked-out ladies,
with their cheeks and eyes bedaubed
with coarse magenta paint mandar-
ins-only the very highest of who
are permitted the privilege CT seaans
and occasionally a living Buddha in
the form Of sQmo Lama priest of rank.
dressed from head to foot in cleaning
yellow elk. The practice Of rough
ing the face is very extensively adopt
ed in Pekin, not Gully by women, but
by boys as well, who also adorn them
selves with silver earrings. One Of
the gayest sights to DO seen here is a
funeral. The coffin is carried under a
huge catafalque Of scarlet and gold
color, heavily embroidered canopies
with a deep valance Of the same cheer
full appearance impart a festive air to
the procession, and the bowling sur
vivors, whose cries rise above the lu-
gubrious moaning Of the so-called mu-
.ical instruments, console themselves
with a few pipes of tobacco between
their intervals Of grief.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10

Visitors from other places all assert
that the condition Of Memphis to-day
is better in a clearly point Of Wow
than any Of our sister cities. The
Nashville American correspondent, in
a letter printed yesterday, says Of US
rs Memphis clean2 / say II is. It
can compare iayorably with Nashville
IN that regard, on the surface, and all
the statements that have gone abroad,
especially in the Northern press. that
Memphis is reeking with %rottcnness
and corruption, are utterly and an.
qualiliedly false. No filth can he
seen on the outside and it i, only in.
side that the rottenness exists
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10
Kentucky, says, and he always bad a
level head on such matters.

Kentucky, says, and he always had a
level head on such matters.
A dozen OF more stone cutters are
wanted at Little Rock, three dollars
per day being the wages offered, and
they are willing to let Memphis cut
tiers go there, at least, a telegram to
that effect was received here this
morning.
Oliver Doud Byron opens at the
theater on Monday, November 18th,
in his great play of Across the Con-
%tinent, and will present during the
week Hero, Plenty Money and Ben
Mccullough. Sale of seats Saturday
morning.
Three trains of cars with 2OSO bales
Of cotton for Memphis, and 800 bales
for Hopefeld, arrived last night over
the Little Rock road and the cotton is
now on this side ofthe river, ready for
the market. Over 1900 bales are ex-
pected to arrive over the same route
to-day.
The railroad freight agents, repre-
Senting lines leading from this city to
the North and East and their connec-
lions expect to meet in convention
here tomorrow, with a view of con-
sulting over the situation and harmon
izing their interests for the ensuing
seasons business.
At the beginning of the Christian
era there lived a person who has
proved the prototype of a very nu-
merous class that has existed in all
succeeding ages down to the present.
In fact it can safely be asserted that
no country, no city, no hamlet, and
scarcely a household has been without
its doubling Thomas. This class Of
people lay it down as a rule that they
will not believe anything that is not
apparent to one Of the five senses.
Some will not believe in an Alexan-
der, a Moses, a Goliath, a Julius Caesar,
or any Of the characters Of antiquity,
simply because they never saw them.
They will not believe that the earth is
round because to their vision it has
the appearance of being fiat. Some
even in our own city are so skeptical
because they have not tried to be
rightly informed as to disbelieye that
Sol Coleman sells the best and cheap
est cigars In Memphis. They should
go at once to 3l6 Main street, and con
vince themselves of the fact.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-10

She bought three shares in the Credit
Foncier loans, which, like the city Of
Paris loans, comprises a lottery Of
prizes ranging from one thousand 10
one hundred thousand francs, drawn
at stated periods. One of these draw
ings took place the other day. The
following morning she received word
from her mother that it was one of the.
three shares she had sold her which.
had won the big prize. Eiated with
JOY she at once went to the Office of the
Credit Foncier with her shares, bud
instead of three there we're only two.
Questioned as TO the third she said
she had sold it to the valet. The.
clerk looked at the numbers. and was
sorry to tell her that Il was the share
she had sold which had won the one.
hundred thousand dollar franc prize.
The poor cook tainted, and the shock
is likely to end fatally.