Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-08-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


marked.-MdTdtton Independent.
The combined capital of the Boston
national banks is fifty million dollars.
In Ireland last year 1880, 600 less
were spent for drink than in the pre-
ceding year.
Mrs. Hildreth committed suicide at
Des Moines, Iowa, because her husband
wouldn't take her to the circus.
The suns rays, localized through tie
glass OF a round water bottle at Alyth.
Scotland. set fire to a house.
A yacht, two miles at sea, was thrown
out of the water and capsized by the ex-
plosion OF mine near Ancona, Italy.
Men vino never advertise, live and die
without ever knowing that they have
never touched the true lever of success.
A man digging clans, says the New
Orleans Rc1yu,Ie, hardly knows whether
he is fishing or engaged in agriculture
pursuits.
A Berks county (Pa.) hen laid mes.
full OF eggs in tue forks OF tree, twelve
feet from the ground, where she hatched
the eggs out.
Small checked ginghams made in Wat,
teau basque pattern are trimmed with
ginghams that have very large plaids Of
the same colors.
This world is the book OF women.
Whatever knowledge they may possess
is more commonly acquired by observa-
tion than reading.
The head of an empty barrel in the
corner grocery may support the curb.
stone orator, but it won't feed his fam
ily.- Waterloo Observer.
When "A locomotive engineer runs
over his accounts, neither the coroner
nor cowcatcher are called into requisi.
tion.-NeD York Ne,os.
A Reading (Pa. )mau 1lly sixty.fve
years old has been married thr-e times,
and the father of eleven pair Of twins.
He has forty-one children in ali.
A company has been formed with the
object of laying down from Il, 600. 900 TO
1900, 900 of American oysters upon the
Schleswig and Holstein shores.
When cows have learned TO read. and
not till then, will IL pay enterprising
hrms TO advertise on rocks. trees and
fence posts.-Aeriden Recorder.
John Thomas. n native of Albemarle.
Va. Is th' father of thirty-two children.
lie has been twice married, and twenty
ne daughters were born to him before
n son.
A beautiful woman, aged twenty-five.
very intelligent, with pleasing manners.
Is an inmate OF the Virginia peniten-
tiary. serving long sentence for horse
stealing.
Two OF the most popular literary men
In English society Just now are tie
Americans, Bret Harte and Henry
James, Jr., whose books are sold largely
At railway stations.
The st. Paul and Pacific elevator At
has been seriously damaged
by peculiar worm that perforates the
boards and lets the wheat down as If
running through seive.
II is singular that no man. who COM
plains 365 days in the year that his taxes
IRE just eating him mp. never thinks of
'aving money by giving away bis prop.
'rty.- BviinSton Has0keyc.
After recent shower at Kokoma.
md. the ground was found covered
With fish, all of which were alive and
looping about. They were the size of
ninnows.
A woman in Marshall county, Kansas.
las had bad luck with husbands. Two
II them were hanged by vigilance eom-
nittees, third was sent to the peni-
entiary and fourth committed suicide.
Nothing has as yet happened 10 the
ifth.
The frigate L'sriginal sank IN ninety
eet of water before Quebec le4 wears
20. Lately she was broken up with
Iynamite. other means of moving her
'aving failed. Her oak was as sound as
yer. nuther iron was rusted completely
wav.
When John Keeton, a Cumberland
ounty (hy.1 man. saw : swarm of bees
the woods with nothing TO catch them
he was sorrowful. He adopted the
rst mode inwardly suggested to him.
Tipped of his pants. soon had the bees
lived In the legs. and so carried them
Iome.
Do not wait for the assistance OF
'thers in your course through life; you
viii grow ungry, depend upon Il, If
fou look to the charity and kindness Of
'thers for your daily bread. L i more
loble and praise worthy TO give up
lour lives and meet the troubles and
difficulties Of human life with daunt-
ess courage.