Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22


burg last year, 297 were found TO con-
tain trichine, while of $4,000 sides Of
bacon eighty-five were found TO be more
seriously infested.
.tatess sssRHsosls sss s,sre 60 IL 5sIS
hotels s 3 in MS isss, IN 81 M the aesidtnts hts
of travel on railroads and steam boats
on all the rivers, lakes and sounds com
mined.
Little Wolf, who was sixteen years
old when the declaration was signed,
but who, nevertheless, never saw Wash
ington nor acted as his body servant,
died recently in bis y igwaip. near wbere
he was bofn ih f760, Cd Che St. Cfofx
river in Wisconsin, Ave generations
being present at his death.
A list of herailroad lines either di-
rectly or indirectly under the control OF
Mr.. Jay Gould has been published, by
which 1t appears that he now operates,
under the Wabash consolidation, about
8, l6S miles, or nearly one-tenth OF the
entir mileage Of the United States. 1t
is safe to say that, as far ae
u ileage is concerned, this is the largest
combination OF roads in the contfol of
any one individual ior corporation
in the world.
William Pennix WAS jolliest fel
low in Lynn county, Ind. lie fiddled
and sang at the country gatherings,
rode recklessly in horse races, and was
seemingly incapable of serious
thought1 Miss Bundy shared In the
general estimate Of his character, and
laughed when he attempted courtship.
He declared that for once he was in
earnest, but she would not listen. The
! dead bodies OF both were found in the
road few days ago. Pcnnix had
proved his sincerity by murder and
suicide. L.t
The frequency of stammering in the
south of France is found, on investiea-
ton, to equal twelve or thirteen cases in
every 1000 of the population, while in
the eastern departments the proportion
is only one 10 that number. 1t has
been assumed that the defect was. in
many Instances, sti mulated TO avoid
military conscription, but according TO
the Able Petitote there are two districts
in the Bouches du Rhone where all the
Inhabitants some 1900 stammer
He ascribes this TO long-continued in
termarriages among the communities.
and TO consequent degeneraey of the
race.
Professor Bencke. of Marburg. Ger
many, after m easuring 2 80 human hearts.
says that the growth of that organ is
greatest in the iirst and second years of
lie. At the end OF the second year ii is
doubled in size, and during the next
five years it is again doubled. Then its
growth is much slower, though from
the fifteenth to the twentieth year its
size increases two-thiTd6. A very slight
growth is then observed up to fifty,
when it gradually diminishes. Except
In childhood, mems h carts are decided, y
larger than those of women.
One of the results of the many civil
wars which have been waged in Spain
is list of officers out of all proportion
to the strength of the armed forces.
Each party rs il has succeeded TO power
has been obliged to reward its adher-
ents in the army by giving them pro-
motion. and thus the list of officers, of
higher rank especially, have continu-
there are no lever than SOS generals on
the active list of the army. though the
total strength Of the latter even includ
ing the national guards, provincial
militia, and the carabineros, is barely
$50, 900 of all ranks.
Some years since n cluster ot women,
in association with Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, founded = society whose purpose
was to bring the influence of women To
bear in the promotion OF peace. Their
annual meeting recently took place in
Boston. and addresses were -made by
Mrs. Diaz, Miss Selma Borge, Miss Jen-
ME Collins, Miss Horatio Ware, and
others. One OF the speakers illustrated
the blight of war by mention of the
single article OF gunpowder, OF which
the annual production for military use
was stated to be one hundred million
pounds, which would be equivalent to
ten million pounds of fertilizing nitro
gen, again equivalent in productive ca
pacity to fve hundred million pounds Of
bread.
The origin Of the familiar abbrevia-
tion SS., so often seen in legal doeu-
ments, has caused not little discussion.
An exchange says that the received
opinion that SIS. Is an abbreviation for
sciicet is correct in substance. 1t stands,
however. not simply for scilicet. but for
three repetiiions of the word. The court
.crier prcfaces announcements by Hear
We, hear yc. hear se." and in like man.
ner writs and memorialsAo of courts are
prefaced. in contemplation OF law. by a
thrice repeated n Re il yknewn,n or
Know ye-' sThe nitiaI Sol scilleet
is doubled b txpIRsa The repetition, in
analogy Win tlzsA fznitliar use of the
doubIe. initial as an abbreviation for
plurals and supeElatiYae, rEII ~
FF A Glass Mountain.
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