Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-03
TIMELY TOPICS.

A school for the educat;s,u of IDIOT
has been In operation in Holland for
twenty-five years, with encouraging re.
suits. OF the total of AT pupils entered
upon its register since 1866, forty.three
have gone directly into service OF
adopted q trade, while TWENTY-FIVE
others have been discharged In a greatly
improved condition.
The son OF the Burmese King Theel,au.
for whom last year cradle OF gold wa
made, incrusted with diamond. ru.
bies. sapphires and emeralds of incred.-
BILE value. recently died of SMALLPOX
Vast sums were spent upon the little
Fellow, and all the people living round
the palace stockade had 10 buy new
cooking kettles, lest the smell of rancif
Oil from the old ones might offend hi
tender little nose.
1t seemed that oysters may be arti
fically propagated by chopping UP tn
male and female oysters together. DR..
w. j. Brook says that the young oys-
ters thereupon Immediately begin
forming. In a few hours the embryo
can swim in the water. Its shells, al
first small and apart, soon grow down
over the edges and finally form the
hinge. In twenty-four hours il is able
TO take food, and il grows 20 a size suffi- :
cient for food in about three years. An
average oyster contains from six TO
nine million eggs. A large oyster con-
tains fifty million eggs
There is no newspaper hear the sum
init OF Mount Athos, but III there were
one it wouldn't print many marriage
notices. Mrs. Brassy, writing from that
point, tells an old bachelor story rs fol-
lows: On the summit there live the
strictest set of bachelors in the world.
Not female animal of any kind Is al
lowed within miles, 30 that the recluses
have tc do without milk or fresh eggs
even, and travellers are not all wed to
carry even dead hens on their saddles
for provisions. A few years ago two
English ladies landed here from n yacht.
As most Of the men here wear petticoats
and the women trousers, and the keepers
Of the summit have not much expert
ence in such matters, they did not dis
cover the wrong that been committed
for some time, and then you may imagine
their horror and disgust.
The Beriiaer Zeitnng has caused some
sensation in Germany by terrible de-
scription which IL has published of the
maltreatment to which a soldier, and
especially young recruit. in the Ger.
man army, is liable TO be subjected al
the caprice of his superior. and without
any hope Of redress. Kicks in the
stomach, boxes on the ear, blows with
a sheathed sword or the butt end Of q
musket, are part of the treatment to
which the soldier must submit. The
number Of cases OF suicide in the Ger.
man army, which Is notoriously exceed.
ing'y large, Is mentioned by the writer
in support of his case. Ill-treated by
his supsriors, drilled tin he faints frorr
fatigue, subjected 10 most cruel tortures
which compare with those of the In.
QUESTION, the soldier. desparing of OBJ
tanning justice or relief, puts an end tc
bis life.
Captain George NJ. Cooley Is a brave
citizen of Troy, N. Y. who surely de
serves kindliest mention, since in h,s
foTty-one years OF life he has saved from
drowning forty-six persons. His latest
exploit in this direction was The rescu,
of seven young students OF the Poly.
tecbnic institute. whose small hoai
capsized in the river. For this Rallan,
frn1 the captain has received the silver
r'.# 80. CU.-fy,c-