Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-03-11

parative value Of different kinda ofw
for fuel. Sbellbark hickory IL reoarJo99
~ the highest standard Of our fores.
trees, and calling that 100. other tres.
will compare with 1t for real value as
fuel ior house purposes as follow,
Shellbark hickory, l0n; pignut hickorv
W; white oak, 81; white ash. ~. do
wood, 10; scrub oak, 73; white haze
II; appletree, 10; red oak, 81: wLit.
beach, IS; black birch, G2; yellow oak
co. hard maple, so; white elm "a. rsJ
cedar, SO; wild cherry. S.; yellow pjne
81; chestnut, 81; yellow poplar "a.
butternut and white birch, i3; wbi,c
pine, 30. II IL worth bearing in mind
that in wood of the same species there /.
great difference, according 10 The al
in which they grow. A tree that grow.
on wet. lew, rich ground will be jcss
solid and less durable for fuel. and
therefore Of less value than tree Of Tho
same kind that grows on dry and moo
soil. To the ordinary purchaser OAK /.
oak and pine Is pine; but for house nae
the tree grown on dry upland. and
standing apart from all Others. is worlL
great deal more.
boards in the House of Commons as in
any assembly in the world, twenty.iive
years ago there was but one. II be.
Ionged TO Mr.. Muntz, member from
Birmingham, who did the public a scr
vice By persuading the government 10
adopt the peTiOrating machine in tie
manufacture of postage stamps Mr..
( Muntz shaved until lac was forty, when
! his brother, returned from Germany
with a fine beard. which the NJ. Z. de-.
| termined to emulate. III. b. the
! famous caricaturist, was soon at "tuc
man with the beard, " as every one CA led
I Muntz, and represented him in cartoon
I rs "a Brummagen NJ. r." In this por.
| trait he carries g stout stick, which ha.
special prominence, the reason being
| that an irrepressible practical joker. the
! Marquis of Waterford, was supposed f.
have laid wager that he would shaw,
Muniz; hence the cudgel to delendhim-
I self from disbarbament. Mr.. Mun,z
died. very wealthy, in 1857.
The autopsy OF the remains Of tie
woman who starved herself 10 death in
! Cincinnati did not reveal any materially
diseased condition Of the stomach. TLc
! fact that she lived for thirty DAYS with
would justify the conclusion that per-
sons possessed of strong will power, and
having the hallucination or delusion
that they are suffering with some Or
ganic disease or bodily disorder, may
! live until the body Is entirely consumed.
| This lady was possessed of great power
/ OF will, and she had delusion that She
| had no stomach. and therefore made NJ
/ her mind that she would not take food
or drink, and continued in this condi-
tion until there was general eNhaus.
/ tion of the nerve-centers and mental
| faculties, when she went quietly into
calm sleep and died without struggle
| Tie pathological condition Of the pas
sages leading to the stomach a., being
| normal, with no obstruction, and a. tie
organs in a healthy state ready to per.
/ form their various Offices, would war.
rant the conclusion that this lady would
have lived great many years If she
could have been induced 10 pariske Ci
sufficient nourishment 10 sustain lite
An account OF a case OF clear grit.
| physical enduraNce and suffering from
/ pain, which stands without paral!c.,
comes from Ontonagon county, Mich.
/ The story runs that n woodman named
& IL WI ltIl IAVtkis4Iu lot HIS I0Ff-L
home nj Lac Vieux Desert. on snow shoes
| over an untraveled road through the
woods. which was covered with two or
| three feet of snow. A short di-tanca
out he stopped to build a fire. ald wii.e
engaged in chopping some fuel he cut
one oi his feet. Failing 10 appreciate al
| the time the extent of his injury.
| he continued on his way. and
when out about twenty-five miles from
/ Rockland he discovered that his wound
+, was serious one and required the
| offices of a surgeon. and rs there was 10
| physician at Lac Vieux Desert, he re-
| traced his steps toward Rockland where
he could get one. His foot rapidly got
worse, so that he could not bear Mi,
weight on it. Alone, on an unbroktn
trail or road, heavy with snow. with
crippled and painful foot, his horrible
position can he imagined. Itwas case
OF life or death with Irwin, so falling on
his knees he commenced crawling on
" all fours and after thirty-six days be
was found within three miles of Rock
land, having crawled twenty-five miles
in a most deplorable condition, and
barely life enough left to stir. The
wounded foot had to be cut of. ari
1t was thought he would lose tie
other one, which was frozen. For sew
eral days he had dothing TO eat. A man
who would undertake to accomplish
what Irwin did was not turned out OF
n pnmmnn u1auld