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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
HAPPY THOUGHTS.

PUBLIC opinion is a second con-
science.
IT is weak and vicious people who
cast the blame on fate.
A SWEET temper is to the household
what sunshine is to trees and flowers.
THOSE who trample on the helpless
are disposed to cringe to the powerful
ADVERSELY does not take from us
true friends; it only dispels those who
pretend to be such.
HE who shows kindness toward ami
mails will display the same characteris-
tics TO his fellow-men.
THE flower which we do not pluck is
the only one which never loses its
beauty or its fragrance.
THE grandest of heroic deeds are
those which are performed within four
walls and in domestic privacy.
THE pebbles in our path weary us
and make us footsore more than the
rocks, which require only bold effort
TO surmount.
WORK is n necessity, in one way or
another, TO all of MS. Overwork is of
our own making, and, like all self-im.
posed burdens, is beyond our strength.
NEVER permit the most resolute curl
osity, or the most friendly concern, to
find the lowest depth OF your character.
Gain the reputation for reserve power
by reserving il.
LAzISEss grows on people; il begins
in cob-webs and ends in chains. The
more business q man has to do. the
more he is able TO accomplish, for he
learns to economize his time.
THE best recipe for going through
life in an exquisite way, with beautiful
manners, is to feel that everybody, no
matter how rich or how poor needs all
the kindnest they can s.: from others
in this world.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
How franklin Was Cured.

Somebody has brought out the fol-
lowing interesting reminiscence: When
Benjamin Franklin was lad he began
to study philosophy, and soon became
fond of applying technical names to
common objects. Ono evening, when
he had mentioned to his father that he
had swallowed some acephalous mol
lusks, the old man was much alarmed,
aud, suddenly seizing him, called loud
ly for help. Mrs. Franklin came with
warm water. and the old man rushed
in with the garden pump. They forced
half gallon down Beniamin's throat,
then held him by the heels over The
edge of the porch, and shook him. while
the old man said, "If we don't get them
things out OF Benny he will be pizencd
sureis When they were out, and Ben
jamin explained that the articles re-
ferred to were oysters, his father fondled
him for an hour with n trunk-strap for
soaring the family. Ever afterwarsi
Frunklin's language was marvelously
simple and explicit
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05

FoB THE CURE OF NEURALaA.-Take
two ounces Of chloroform, two ounces
OF chloral hydrate, one and half
ounces Of alcohol, one ounce Of sui
phuric ether, six grains OF sulphate
morphine, and two drains Of oil of pep
permint. Put the mixture into bottle
sufficiently large to hold It, cork IL
tightly, shake it thoroughly, and bathe
the part affected frequently. The above
is intended for outward application
only.
SPRAINs.-These are among the more
common accidents and are more serious
and painful than is commonly supposed.
A broken leg or arm is often more read
lily cured than sprained ankle or wrist.
In spraing, the tendons, igaments, and
soft parts around the joint are stretched
and perhaps torn. The first thing to
be done is TO place the sprained part in
the straight or natural position, and to
keep it perfectly quiet until the injured
parts have resumed their normal state.
TO reduce the Inflammation, tCaTm ap-
plications are in most cases the best for
the first three or four days, and may be
applied in the following manner: Dip
good-sized piece of flannel into pail
or basin full OF hot water or hot poppy
fomentation-six poppy heads boiled in
one quart of water for about quarter
of an hour; wiring it almost dry and APP
ply it over the sprained part. Then
place another piece of flannel (quite
dry) over it, in order that the steam
and warmth may not escape. This
process should be repeated as often as
the patient feels that the flannel next
to his skin is getting cold-the oftener
the better. II, however, the patient find
cold or tepid water more comfortable, it
should be used. II the swelling be
great, cold water should be applied.
The diet should be nourishing, and not
tending to constipate the bowels.
When the knee is the joint affected,
the greatest pain is felt at the inside,
and therefore the lamentations should
mainly be applied to that part. When
the shoulder is sprained, the arm should
be kept close to the body by means of q
linen roller, which is to be wrapped four
or five times round the whole of the
chest. 1t should also be brought two
or three times underneath the elbow, in
order to raise the shoulder. Gentle
friction with the hands, after the SWELL
ing and pain have subsided, will help
toward recovery. In severe cases,
treatment should be applied under di-
rection of a phyEiCian
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
Women In Ru.aia.

A St. Petersburg contributor to the
Contemporary ReUie,c says: "The
idealzation of woman, and the type of
devoted and submissive love on the part
Of man, were equally unknown in Mus
coyy until Peter the Great forcibly
opened the terems, or private apart
ments OF the women, where they were
kept i'll something like Oriental confine-
ment. The ancient Slavs considered
woman malign being, an incarnation
of the evil spirit, that could not be suf-
fciently guarded against. The Tartars,
under whose dominion Russia lay for
so many centuries, saw in her but an in.
ferior being, the instrument OF their
pleasures; and these ideas could not but
exercise an influence on her fate. The
reform abruptly introduced in private
aud social life by Peter the Great, and
the civil rights granted to women by his
daughter, the Empress Elizabeth, were
powerless in restoring the prestige
which history had deprived them of.
Woman in Russia has succeeded in OBJ
tanning degree of liberty and equality
unknown to her sisters in Europe, and
met with at present only in America /;
she has played distinguished part in
science and art. and has laid claim to
entire emancipation; but, notwithstand
ing all these modern triumphs, she has
never been able to reconquer the halo
with which chivalry had surmounted
her brow in other lands, and, while
treated by man as his equal and COM
panion, she has never been the object
Of his homage. This peculiar feature
in her destiny became naturally reflect
ed in the novel. and it has been fire.
quently noticed that in it love occupies
but secondary place, and that the ia
vorite heroines of our authors are but
rarely sympathetic characters"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05

churches. She was deeply panied bv
the revelation. She sent for her lover
and endeavored to convince him of his
error, but he was not satisfied with her
arguments. She finally wrote to him
tear-stained letter bidding him good-by
forever. The lady mourned, but tried
TO satisfy herself that she had acted
correctly. Two years made her more
liberal than she had been. The more
she read the more she distrusted her
former decision. and she finally became
quite as liberal as the lover she had dis
carded. The lover, too, had undergone
change. Last winter a revival of re-
hgion took place in the city in which
he was engaged in business. Suffice il
to say that he united with the church.
and in short time became a zealous
member. He thought over the action
OF his former sweetheart in discarding
him for his infidelity, and wrote her a
brief note asking the privilege of once
more calling on her. When she timidly
apologized for her previous dismissal
of him, he, to her surprise, defended
her conduct, said she had been in the
right, and in her place he would do the
same. Her heart sank at these words.
She confessed the great change in her
sentiments; from being firm believer
in the Bible, she had discarded it, and
with it her belief in any revealed re.
ligion. He pleaded with her, urged
everything he could think of to induce
her to change her mind. She could
not, and told him so. He felt that he
must not be yoked with nm unbeliever
and gave her up.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05

The carriers who collect the mail
from street boxes sometimes find queer
deposits therein. Loose silver coins
and loose postage stamps are among the
principal discoveries, while o carrier
the other day brought in O bank-book
containing $50 in bills which he had
taken from a lamp-post box. The most
remarkable instance OF absent-minded-
ness in this direction was the case, not
long since, of > young man who daily
carries two leathern bags-one for mail
and the other for money, etc. He de
liberately, in fit of abstraction, walked
up to q box in the Boston postoffice,
and emptied the contents OF one bag,
containing several bank books and bills
and checks amounting 10 thousands oi
dollars, into the mail.box, and did not
discovel his blunder until he went into
the bank and handed the receiving
teller bunch OF letters. That young
mans face, it Is said. grew 30 pale as 20
frighten every one Who saw him rush.
ing through the streets. eyes distended,
aud heart humping loudly in his
wrctched bosom. He was made hap.
pier and q wiser man on receiving Of
the business Office the bank books and
money in place Of which he gladly ten
iered his bundle of mail matter.-B BoS.
ton Herald.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
THE AUDIOMETER.
An Instrument for Measuring the Sense of
Hearing.
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Hearing.
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At the last meeting OF the Royal So
ciety, DIR. Richardson demonstrated the
action of new instrument, which he
has named the audimeted or audiome-
ter, and which has just been invented
by Prof. Hughes, the discoverer of the
microphone. The audiometer is used
as precise measurer of the sense of
hearing. It is formed of a small bat
terry of one or two Leblanche cells, n
new microphonic key, two fixed primary
coils, a graduated insulated bar, to which
at each end Of one of the fixed coils il
attached Q secondary induction coil,
which moves along the graduated bar,
and telephone, the terminals of which
are connected with the terminals of the
induction coil. The principle of the
audiometer is based on the physical fact
that when the battery is in action, and
a current is passing through two prima-
ry coils, the secondary coil on the bar
becomes charged by induction when
ever it is brought near to either of the
primary coils; but when it is brought to
the precise center between the primary
coils there is neutral point or electrical
balance where the electrical phenomena
from induction cease to be manifested.
BY placing the microphonic key between
the battery and the primary coil, and by
attaching the terminals OF the induction
to the telephone, Prof. Hughes was able
to make the telephone produce sounds
whenever he placed the induction coil
neartoone OF primary coils and moved
the microphonic key so as to make it
play on a fine needle suspended in the
circuit When the induction coil is
close to one of the primary coils the
noise is very loud; but, as the coil is
moved toward the center of the bar, the
noise diminishes until it ceases at the
center altogether. The scale on the
bar liz graduated into 200 degrees, rep
resenting units of sounds from 200 to 0,
or zero. At 200 all who can hear at all
can hear the vibration Of the drum in
the telephone. At no one can hear,
while between the two points there are
200 gradations of sound, from the high
est down to zero. In using the instru-
ment the telephone is put to the ear of
th9 listener while the operator moves
the microphonic key, and at the same
time shifts the induction coil on the
graduated bar 30 as TO measure the
hearing power of the person under ex-
animation. DIR. Richardson presented
preliminary report to the Royal So
ciety on his first experiments with the
audiometer, and that already, by its
means, some useful and practical as
well as curious facts had been obtained.
Among many of these was one relating
TO an inquiry as to the best material for
making artificial tympanums for cases
of defective hearing from perforaiont
or destruction of the natural drum. He
had found gold, made into the form of
little cups or capsules, exceedingly ef-
fective for the purpose. The audiome-
ter promises to become one of those
useful adiuncts to practice of which we
shall say ultimately, %How did we get
on before il was known2"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
Tea Culture In the South.

The result OF the Southern tea-plant-
ing experiment has been quite success
full. A correspondent, gossiping about
the first crop of American tea, says that
as early as 1850 the attempt TO raise tea
in the South was made. Then a large
number of growing plants were sent to
Georgia, North Carolina and South
Carolina by the Agricultural Bureau.
The war coming on, the plants were
lost sight OF, but grew wild. Last fall
one of the firm of Gillett & Co., of Bal.
timore, made a trip through the South,
at the instance of LeDuc, to ascertain
II tea could be cultivated successfully in
that section. As result of this tour,
a barrel of tea-leaves was sent to Balti-
more last week from Georgia. The
leaves had been plucked out OF season,
and, fermentation having set in, they
we're rendered useless. OF another
barrel, received from South Carolina,
one-third was in fair condition. Ex-
periments we're made with these. The
leaves were put in wire sieves and
steamed. They were then passed
through clothes-wringer to extract the
tannic acid. The structure of the leaf
was also destroyed by this process. No
care was taken to retain the shape OF
the leaf, however, but the mass was put
in an ordinary pan and dried. This
process was productive of : delightful
aroma and leaf somewhat resembling
the teas of india. From the leaves
thus procured some tea was brewed
This was the first native -brewed tea OF
this country, and is said TO have had a
remarkably fine flavor.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
4 Brass Brick Sold for Geld.

An uDcommonly smooth trick was
played upon Lawyer Callahan, of Fay
ette county, No. He was victimized by
the ''bullion game" . dodge long
known but one that has not been sue
cessfully applied for many years. I. G..
CLARK, a trusted employe of the Go.
operative Claim Association of st.
Louis, approached Callahan With the
whispered statement that he knew a
party who knew another party that had
q bullion brick worth. $4,000. Callahan
nibbled at the Lait. Clark introduced
the man from whom he had obtained
the-secrct. Callahan actually tugged at
the line. Ellison, the second person in
the approach, introduced the lawyer TO
Capt. Allegro, the owner Of the brick,
who said bluntly that the treasure was
/ gotten during the recent train robber-
les. Callahan lit outright. he drew
81 500 in gold from his bank and passed
it TO Allegro. receiving the coveted bull
ion. He did remember that @all Ia not
gold that glitters,s but as q similar II
not the same brick was analysed in his
presence, there was no thought Of
swindle. But Callahan soon learned
that his brick was brass from the center
out. It was an excellent imitation OF q
valuable ingot. however. Callahan felt
sick at the stomach. He thought he
would sneak OF and say nothing about
the affair, but decided 10 have eli the
parties 10 the sale arrested
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
in the Other World.

Before the Cadi, Mohammedan was
brought up for burning down q
Christians house. sWhere In the
complainant May our souls be a
sacrifice, but he is in the other world |
He was burned up with his house"
"Tho Koran said the magistrate,
provides that where the complainant
Is unable to appear, ii his abiding-place
be known, the culprit shall be taken
there and confronted eith him. In the
present case the plaintiff does not APP
pear, and is known to be in the next
world. Let the law be executed-dilto
prisoner"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
The Condition Of Women,

The ages Of animal passions, of mus
cular supremacy, of conflict with wild
animals, OF barbarian wars-in short,
the ages Of physical prowess, when the
only ordeal was one of muscle-belong
indisputably TO man. The subserviency
OF woman was one of the conditions Of
progress in those rude phases Of human
existence. But it does not follow that
this will always be the case. It is d
generally recognized principle that the
stepping stones of one generation are
likely to become the stumbling blocks
OF a succeeding one; and Mr.. Spencer
even uses the argument Of q presump.
i've evidence against opinions which
have arisen in barbarous age. Legouve
says: The protracted subjection Of
women proves but one thing, that the
world so far has had more need of the
dominant qualities of man, and that her
hour has not yet come. We have no
reason to conclude from this fact that it
Will not come.S And he fortifies his
position with the following striking illus
tratlon: How many centuries did il
take to produce this simple maxim OF
common sense: All men are equal
before the law2' The tardy advent of
an idea, so far from proving its
useiessness and fallacy, Is often
an argument in favor of its
grandeur. The principles of liberty,
cnarlty, fraternity are all modern prin-
clpies. 1t remains for these principles
70 become still further inodernized by
thelr extension to women as a part Of
the human family. Their co-existence,
with certain curious "survivals from
the ages OF muscle, supplies q striking
example OF the remarkable tolerance of
the average human mind for incongru-
ous ideas, provided these ideas have
Deen associated for sufficient length Of
Tme: % In England, until the reign of
William and Mary. women were refused
!he IN benefit Of clergy. and in the time of
nenry VIII. an English Parliament
prohibited the reading of the New Tes-
lament in English by women and others
OF low estate. The male Mohammedan
p-day Indignantly rejects the idea that
nis , female companion, as well as him
seh' may have soul. Among the Hin
noOs, women are still excluded from tho
advantages of reading and writing, and,
with few exceptions, the higher insti.
tutions OF learning are everywhere still
mm,onopolized by the more muscular sex.
'hat these facts gathered from widely
separated ages and cOuntries-harmon
ize In spirit and principle, thus reveal
ing common origin, scarcely needs 20
oe Pointed out; the laws OF heredity
ana ~ descent are therein conspicuously
Illustrated; and, as between men and
women, the age Of muscle still exists.
-Hsstninster Reuieto.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
Increase In the use Of Oplum.

A statement on good authority has
recently been made to the effect that
during the last two years the consump-
ton of opium by the working classes
has considerably increased, and an ex-
planation has been advanced that this
increased consumption has been in
duced by the restriction of the sale of
intoxicating liquors by the early closing
OF public houses under the late act.
That the sale Of narcotic drugs has of
late greatly increased we fear there ia
but little reason to doubt, but that the
explanation referred 10 is the correct
one we feel bound to demur to. 1t is
rather to the hardness of the times than
to any restraint in the sale OF drink
that the increased consumption of
opium by the working classes is to be
attributed. Opium is cheaper than al
cohol, and ID. expended on the former
will give more present ease than Cd.
worth Of the latter. Nor when first
commenced does its use produce such
unpleasant after-effects as an intoxicat-
ing dose of alcohol. 1t is sad to learn
that the sale of opium is extending
among the lower classes, and We hope,
il the evil be found to be gaining
ground with the rapidity stated-and
from facts before us we cannot doubt
the accuracy of the report in the main
that Government will take action in
the matter and place severe restrictions
on the sale of all narcotic drugs. The
free employment of narcotic drugs has
wrought individual evil enough among
the upper and middle classes of society,
but it would be q national disaster IL
their use continued TO extend among
our working classes. Lancet.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
The Baokbltsr.

There's some one living in this town
Maybe you know her name,
And maybe, should write 10 down,
Your own might prove the samel,
Who, when you say, He's good" win CRY.
''lndeedl You think that's true,
But" very confidentally,
You wouldnt--if you knewt"
One saws. what pretty girl goes byt-
"Oh. horrors you don't think
SOi-Snco we're you aud l,
I'll say, her parents drfat.
Aud she-well / won't tell IL out,
Though I've no doubt tia true.
You think she's nice and pretty--but
You wouldn't, IL you knewl"
II one alngs sweetly, How she fstslr
II dressed In taste, " Wkdf atylei"
suprcmely vulgar" all her hats,
Her dresses simply VILE"
Ard when good Deacon Busby failed
A noble man and truel,
She said. when we his lot bewailed,
You wouldn't If you knewi"
Let those admire aud love who can
This malice breeding dame,
Who seems to think prosrero man
Must surely he TO blame
That beauty Is mark of sin,
That goodness must be crime;
She sees but thieves and rascAis IN
The heroes OF the time.
Sometimes she doesn't hesitate
To tell us what she knows,
And In nine cases out of eight
lie is all she shows.
For virtues sake. nope to find
one good old doctrine true.
some heat for such should not mind,
You wouldnt-if you knew.
PRlSGttELD, Mass. KArE CLARK.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
Love and Rel,s,oa.

., lhe most remarkable love story Of
ile 1l summer is told by the Port Jervis
Sn,on' !, 40 Four years ago, gentleman
VI ;a 20 won the heart Of young lady of
10 She was the daughter Of pIous
parents, and, although Ahe was not con-
aected with any church, looked with n
eehng akin TO horror ON anything ap-
pIoaching skepticism. But the time
cAme when she learned that her lover
sS q Deist; that he had no veneration
'0f the Bible. and took no interest In
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05
Tan Cats keasOnI

Baron Won Gleichen, a German dip
lomatist, used to ted a story of favor
lite cat as q proof that the feline race
can think and draw practical conclusions.
The cat was very fond of looking in
mirrors hung against the walls, and
would gnaw at the frames, as if longing
TO know what was inside. She had,
however, never seen the back side of
mirror. Ono day the Baron placed
cheval-glass in the middle of the room,
and the cat instantly took in the novelty
of the situation.
Placing herself in front, and seeing .
second cat, she began 10 run round the
mirror in search OF her companion.
After running around one way several
times, she began TO run the other, until
fully satisfied that there was no cat be-
side herself outside of the glass. But
where was the second cat7
She sat down In front Of the glass to
mediate on the problem. Evidently
inside, as she had often before imagined.
Suddenly . new thought occurred TO
her.
Rising deliberately, she put her paws
on the glass in front and then behind,
walked round TO the ether side. and
measured the thickness in the sane
way. Then abe sat down again TO
think.
There might be cavity inside, but is
was not large enough to hold cat.
She seemed to come TO the deliberate
conclusion that there was mystery here,
but no cat, and it wasn't worth while TO
bother about IL. From that time the
Baron said she lost all curiosity about
locking glasses.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05

In q recent sermon, IN Paris, on con-
fession, Pere Hyacinthe insisted that
priests should be allowed to marry.
There was no more danger, he said, Of
their imparting secrets to their. wives
than was the case with regard 10 doctors
and lawyers. And confessors should
not be young men, "a years of age. They
should be persons of experience and
knowledge Of the world. Nor should
confession ever bc compulsory. II
should be left entirely TO the wants and.
TO the feelings OF Christians.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-05

Kme, Of Texas. has l1o,eOO head Of
stock in one inclosuFe.