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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
An Accomplished Blind Man.

THE REMARKABLE LIFE Or JAMES GoODsELL,
WHO WAS BLiND FOR NINETY YEARS.
From the Waterbury lcoun.J American.
On Thursday, the 10th inst, there
died in the town of Burlington, James
Goodsell, who from his birth, during
life of nearly ninety years, had
been totally blind. In earlier child
hood, however, Mr.. GoodsCll had said
that the darkness was in few instan-
ces broken by faint glimmerings Of
light. OF four children, he and a
sister were blind, the others could see.
The sister, though at first possessed Of
ordinary vision, soon by mysterious
change became wholly deprived Of
sight In absolute darkness, the or
dinary employmcnts Of work.a-day
life would seem impracticable, but
this blind man would swing an axe
with the dexterity Of Il woodsman,
aud actually ielled trees he was an
accomplished grain thrcshcr, and
would frequently 20 alone a distance
of two miles to threeh for the Bnrlinl-
ton farmers, climbing the mows to
throw down the grain he could hoe
corn or garden stufs as well as any
body, having no trouble to distinguish
the weeds He would set a hundred
bean poles with more accuracy than
most people who can see. would load
hay beautifully, and was 20 good a
mechanic that he manufactured yokcs
and other farm articles with success.
he had an excellent memory and was
an authority Oh facts and date. He
could generally tell the time Of day or
night within few minutes. One in
stance Is given when he slept over one
day and awoke at evening, thinking it
was morning. For once he ate supper
for breakfast, but when informed OF
his mistake slept another twelve hours
in order 10 get straight again. He
was familiar with forest trees aud
knew just where To 90 for any timber
desired. He could direct men where
to hnd a chesnut, a maple or an oak,
and the children where to 90 for ber-
ries. He was a good mathematician
and could compute accurately and
rapidly. In olden days he was quite
musically inclined and like most blind
people he had n genius in that direc-
ton.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
What is a Cold !

Apropos of the subject OF taking
cold, the London Lancet remarks: 1t
is startling to discover how little we
know about the commoner forms of
disease. For example, n cold"
What is it? How is it produced, aud
in what does it consist? 1t is easy
to say cold is n chill. a chill Of
what part of the organism We
know by daily experience that the
body as n whole, or any of its parts,
may be reduced to considerably lower
temperature than will suffice to give
to man n cold if the so-called chill Is
inflicted upon the surface suddenly.
l. it then the suddenness of rcduc-
ton Of temperature that causes the
cold2 1t would be strange if it were
so, because few of the most suscepti-
bic of mortals would take cold from
simply handling a piece of cold metal
or accidental contact with ice. The
truth would seem to be that what we
call cold-taking is the result of a suf.
ficient impression of cold to reduce
the vital energy of nerve centcrs pre-
siding over the functions in special or
gans. If this is the fact, it is easy to
see why nature has provided the slim
ulus of n strong fit of sneezing TO rouse
the dormant centers and enable them
at once to resume work and avoid evil
consequences. This explains why the
worst effects of cold do not, as a rule,
follow upon "chill' which excites
much sneezing. Shivering is less
effective convulsion to restore the par
alyzed nervous energy, but in lower
degree il may answer the same pur-
pose. The shivering that results from
the effect of poison on the nervous
centers is a totally different matter
We speak only of the quick muscular
agitation and teeth chattering which
occur whenever the body is exposed
to cold and evil results do not ensue.
1t follows from what we have said
that the natural indication to ward
off the effects of a chill is to restore
the vital energy of the nerve centers,
and there is no more potent influence
by which to attain this object than a
strong and sustained effort of the will.
The man who resolves not to take
cold seldom does.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

thereon, agreeably to the Constitution
and laws, So help me God" This oath
Mr.. Garfield also signed. Yet he voted
at least hundred times with the other
seven Republicans against the very and
the only thing the commission was
created to do-to "examine and consid-
er" the questions of fraud-voted that
the commission had to be deaf, blind
and dumb, could not 90 behind the re.
turns and, in fact, could examine moth.
ing, consider nothing, except TO count
in Hayes.
Garfield, though formerly professin g
to be q revenue reformer, turned out to
be servile tool of the Eastern protec.
tionists. This present Congress failed
to reduce some of the most unjust and
oppressive duties largely through the
efforts of Garfield, who as member of
the Committee on Ways and Means
protected the interests of the Eastern
manufacturers.
Gariield's vote on the electoral com.
mission counted in Hayes, after his
voice and hand had managed the re.
turning board steal in Louisiana. His
election would mean not only the com.
plete popular Endorsement of the theft
of the Presidency, but practicdilyhe con.
tmuation Of il in tie same political tamiiy
Garfield is a regular machine politi.
clan. He has had no other income
than that received from office. He has
made his living out of politics for twer.
ty years. lie needs Office for living,
and is, according to Republican evi.
dence contained in the Congressional Re.
cord, not above temptation.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

have always rejoiced in their tamtams,
and as the pleasure Of making noise
is inherent in human nature, perhaps
the most effective way of creating
din was invented by Adams sons, or
grandsons. But the drum does not
appear to have been used in the French
army until towards the close of the
fourteenth century, and its introduc-
tion is attributed TO the English in.
vasion under Edward III. Its gen
eral adoption by the infantry dates
back to the time of Louis XI., when
the Swiss element was largely infused
into the royal forces. The drum at
that epoch was shapeless instrument,
and served more for rallying the troops
or for the conveyance Of the word of
command than for regulating the step,
which was far from being as measured
as it is now. Each captain had Il
drummer in his private livery, and he
employed him to carry his orders or
his instructions rs much as for beating
the word of command the drummer
in those days appears to have been a
kind Of aid-de-camp. The covering
was usually made from the hide of
some animal, generally an ass-though
if it be true that John Xisca, the
avenger of Iluss, bequeathcd his skin
to his gallant companions in arms to
form the covering OF Il drum which
was to summon them in case o. danger,
material more noble was at least once
made to serve the purpose. The drum
was not used for drilling infantry to
keep step until the middle of the
eighteenth century, and the roll such
A. we now know it was only regulated
some hundred years ago. The drum
mcr's art then became more difficult,
and to perfect it rcgimental schools
were established, the master Of which
was the drum-major, who in recent
times was still such prominent and
popular parsonage in each French
regiment. The period of his greatest
glory was the First Empire, when a
drum-major of the Grcnadiers of the
Guard had rank as Il captain and
wore a uniform which cost Napoleon
El2O. Under the Restoration and the
Monarchy Of July drum.majors were
given to the regiments of firemcn, and
even to those Of the National Guard
but of late years their prestige has
diminished in Il great extent, and also
their stature; they are no longer such
imposing clothes-horses, all lace and
feathers, towering above ordinary NOR
tails ; the race has, in fact, been visibly
deteriorating. Such as they are, how
ever. they will now disappear from the
head of French regiments with their
drums.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

plant the lawful wife. / did not see
what arts she used, but saw her being
very roughly handled by the jealous
bride. The battle continued nearly
all day about the orchard and grounds,
and was a battle ut very close quar-
ters. The two birds would clinch in
the air or on a tree, and fall to the
ground with beaks and claws locked.
The male followed them about, but
whether deprecatingly or encouraging
ly could not tell. Occasionally he
would take hand in, but whether to
separate them or whether to fan the
flames / could not tell. So far as ]
could see he was highly amused, and
culpably Indifferent to the issues Of the
battle"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
4 Pretty German Custom.


fTom the London Telegraph.
a pretty May custom still obtains
in the more primitive villages of Sua-
bia, Bavaria and Tyrol, distant from
the great railway routes, and compar-
atively untouched by the prosaic ten per
of contemporary German culture. On
the first Sunday of the flowery month,
the unmarried girls of the hamlet.
armed with leafy boughs, visit in pro-
cession the young wives who have
been wed during the past year, and
make formal inquiry in certain set
phrases hallowed by long custom, with
respect TO their health and happiness.
Etiquette prescribes that each married
woman thus distinguished should re.
ceive her maiden visitors at the outer
door of her house, before which they
take up their stand in double line.
After thanking them for their kind
inquiries, she passes slowly between
their ranks, receiving from each in
turn a light blow, inflicted with the
green branches, as a mark of maiden.
ly disapproval of her faithlessness in
their virginia. sisterhood. Having
endured this gentle discipline, she is
expected, according to her husbands
means, to make pecuniary offering to
the vestal band, and the total amount
of this quaint May.day collection is
expended by the village girls in an
evening of festivity, to which they in.
vite the marriagable bachelors of the
village. At this merry.making all
the outlay for musicians and refresh
ments is betrayed by the youthful
hostesses, who, however, reserve TO
themselves the privilege of engaging
partners" The whole picturesque
ceremony was performed the other day
at Tunksdorf, near Papenburg. with
strict fidelity to traditions that have
been traced back to the middle ages.
and probably owe their origin to an
even earlier period of German history.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
Riyalries and Jeal0usies of Birds.

John Burroughs, under the head of
"Spring Notes, in the Christian Union
of May II, writes the following para
graph concerning the rivalries and
iealousies of birds: II notice that
during the mating season of the birds
the rivalries and jealousies are not all
confined to the males. Indeed, the
most spiteful and furious battles, as
among the domestic fowls, are fire.
quently between females. | have seen
two hen robins scratch and pull hair
in a manner that contrasted strongly
with the courtly and digni6ed spar
ring usual between the males. The
past March pair of bluebirds de-
ci,Ied to set up housekeeping in the
trunk of an old apple tree near my
house. One day an unwedded female
appeared and probably tried to sup
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
EMIT THE DRUM.
THE HISTORY or THE INSTRUMENT THAT HAS
JUST BEEN ABOLISHED.
From Paris Corr. london Morning Post

THE HISTORY OF THE INSTRUMENT THAT HAS
JUST BEEN ABOLISHED.
From Paris Corr. london Morning Post
Drummers and their drums are to
be eliminated from the French army
by the reforming zeal of Gen. Fare,
and that the infantry soldier will
not march better in consequence of
this latest innovation may be safely
predicted for any attempt he may
have made hitherto to keep step has
been mainly due to the rataplan.
Comparatively little Importance, how
ever, is attached in France to regu.
larity of step, though regiment which
makes any show of it is invariably
the most cheered at reviews, this being
one of the inconsistencies prevalent
here which it would be vain to at
tempt explaining. The minister of
war explained before the budget com.
mittee that his reason for adopting the
change is because drums are not COM
batants, so he proposes to replace them
by trumpeters, who do come under
that category. Like the white leath-
er aprons of the sappers, which have
disappeared for some time, the little
parchment-covered cylinders are hence
forth doomed. / do not know wheth-
er the origin of the drum has ever
been traced by some patient inquirer.
We have been told that il comes to us
from the East, and that the Moors first
brought it into Europe. Certain is
ahe fact that the most savage races
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
Garfield the Candidate.
From Washington Post.

From Washington Post.
The nomination of James A. Garfield,
as the Republican party will quickly
discover, is a terrible mistake, and one
from which there is no recovery. There
was not a candidate voted for by the
Chicago convention who would have
been so weak-save and except Grant.
Edmunds would have satisfied the In.
dependents and the Pusists. Wash.
burne would have been strong with the
Germans, while Sherman would have
found great support where Garfield
will find weakness. There is nothing
that could have been said against
Blaine that cannot be said against Gar.
field, while, as a leader with power to
inspire enthusiasm and herculean en-
deavor, Blaine is so greatly his superior
as not to be mentioned in the same con.
nection.
The Republican party has been in
angry contention for nearly two weeks
and the result is Garfield.
Garfield the salary. grabber.
Gartield-the proven beneficiary of
the Credit Mobiier swindle.
GaI field-who sold himself to the
De Golyer paving company for the pitt.
iul sum of $1,000.
Gartield-the assassin of Fitz John
Porter.
Gartield--the pulp protectionst.
Garfield-a man with the voice of q
lion, and the heart of sheep--irreso.
lutte in purpose and with record stain
ed in every page.
How can he be held to be purer than
Blaine when Republican investigating
committee exculpated Mr.. Blaine from
all participation in the Credit Mobiler
swindle, and yet fastened it squarely
upon Garfield?
How can he be sustained above
Blame when Blaine refused to take a
dollar of the salary. grab which Garfield
both voted for and clutched?
When has Blaine been convicted of
selling his vote for s. 900?
Certainly if the Republicans were
honest in their search for a pure caudi.
date they did not find him in Garfield.
As for his running qualities. we are
candidly of the opinion they will be
principally confined to Ohio, and in
Ohio, to the Western Reserve. What
should make him strong in New York,
New Jersey or Connecticut? Is his
opposition TO the antiChinese legisla.
ton of last year likely to obtain for him
votes on the Pacific slope, or his ultra.
tariff notions productive of popularity
in Illinois? This is all debatable terri.
tory, and will be sure to be carried next
November by the man who comes near.
est to the specifications.
Mr.. Garfield may carry Ohio, but with
the right nomination at Cincinnati he
cannot carry California, Oregon, or Ne.
vada, Colorado, Illinois or Indiana, New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New
Hampshire or Maine. When he sits
down and adds the votes of these eleven
Northern States TO 1.-The solid South" he
can family begin to realize what asses
the delegates to the Chicago convention
made of themselves when, in attempt.
ing to get away from Grant, they rushed
to him.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
DIRECTORY.

T.
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HgHalt fiFren. Service. sunday al lu..g . y,
u ~. frsyer meeting, "Wednesday at tgz' s'.s.
school, 4. X. ia the WIywaiu rartAfa.t ,...'' ''
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drnoe, riTiEE street, -auth - hstLoG.st sigr.b
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at lni.J =. n and = g. X Prayrr-tae-tlug. ws-,-.
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church ~ 90 -. Psstgr, Ery. John n p...
te'tarhr', Thomas street
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b'i!'''ni" Ao~4rmy ht'aa2s, slHtay u d..
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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
JONATHAN EDWARDS.

rmE GREAT NEw ENGLAND ruEoLoGiAS, MS
TEACHING AND ITS RESULTS.
Dr. o ". Holmes in the International Review.
1t is impossible that people of ordi-
nary sensibilities should have listened
TO his torturing Giscourses without be-
coming ut last sick of hearing of in
finite horrors and endless agonies. 1t
came very hard to kind hearted per-
sons to believe that the least sin ex-
posed Il creature God had made TO
such cXorbitant penalties. Edwards
whole system had too much of the
character OF the savage people by
whom the wilderness had 50 recently
been tcnantcd. There was revenge
"revenging justice was what he called
it-insatiable, eXhausting its ingenuity
in contriying the most exquisite tor
ments; there was the hereditary hatred
glaring on the babe in its cradle +:
there were the suffering wretch and
the pleased aud shouting lookers.on.
Every natural grace of disposition {:
all that had once charmed in the sweet
ingcnuousness of youth, in the laugh
ing gayety of childhood, in the win
ming helplessness Of infancy; every
virtue that Plato had dreamed of.
every character that Plutarch had
drawn-all were branded with the hot
iron which left the blackened inscrip-
ton upon them, signifying that they
were accursed OF God-the damniug
word nature.
There is no sufficient reason for at
tacking the motives of man so saint
ly in life, so holy in aspirations, so
meek, so laborlous, so thoroughly in
earnest in the work to which his life
was given. But after long smother
ing in the sulphurous atmosphere of
his thought one cannot help asking,
Was his or anything like this-is this
or anything like this-the accepted
belief of any considerable part of Pro-
testantlsm? If so, we must say with
Bacor ut were better to have no
opinion of God at all than such an
opinion as is unworthy Of Him." 4
natural man" is better than an un-
natural theologian. 1t is a less vio-
lence to our nature to defy protoplasm
than it is to diabolize the Deity.
The practical effect of Edwards
teachings about the relations of God
and man has bequeathed lesson not to
be forgotten. A revival in which the
majority of the converts fell away
nervous disorders of all sorts, insanity,
suicide, among the rewards of his elo-
quence religion dressed up in fine
phrases and made much of, while
morality, her poor relation, was get
ting hard treatment at the hands OF
the young persons who had grown
up under the reign of terror of the
Northampton pulpit; alienation of the
hearts of his people to such an extent
as is rarely seen in the bitterest quar-.
rels between pastor and fock-if this
was a successful ministry, what dis.
asters would constitute a failure?
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

SOME wonderful relics of an an.
cient race of people have recently
been discovered in eastern New York.
A writer from that section enumer.
ates number of articles, among which
we notice the following: A number
of arrow-heads, small copper avis, a
sea-shell adapted to use as a drink.
ing vessels, several bone avis. frap.
ments of deer.horn instruments. a
gouge made of bone, necklace or
head-drcss composed of copper and
shell beads, and many other articles,
all OF which were unlike any ever
found in Indian burying-grounds. In
one grave were found so arrow-heads.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

which finds expression in the same
words all unawares "These last few
days have passed like dream to me,
and / am so much bewildered by it
all that ] know hardly how to write,
but do feel very happy" writes the
Queen to her uncle-he to whom this
good news would be so welcome. And,
"More | can't write to you, for at this
moment | am too bewildered," says the
Prince on his side, striking, as became
him, bolder note and throwing his
rapture and happiness into the words
Of the poet:
" Das Auge seht den IIimmel oaen
r. schwinmt das Herr IN Scligket"
Upon the eyes heaven opens bright
The heart il flooded with delight
All this charming little idyl is told
to us by the chief actor in it, the
Queen herself, in the fullness of her
heart, and the wonderful humiliation
and simplicity with which she through
out puts herself in the secondary place
is one Of the most remarkable exhibi-
tons Of womanly nature that ever
was revealed to the world. GLOW |
will strive to make him feel as little
as possible the great sacrifice he has
made" she says in her journal, noting
down the events of that wonderful day,
81 told him it was great sacrifice on
his part, but he would not allow it"