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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
One Can't Excel In Everything.

Ideals OF excellence, If no, excel
lences Themselves, are so graduated as
10 tit the different orders Of mind in
which they take their rise. Greatness
is not positive quality; il is simply a
relative attribute.
The man who never succeeded in en-
snaring n single "speckled beauty" from
some "tortuous stream" may truthfully
boast of his eminent success in catch
ing sculpins.
The man who cannot sing may yet
have n voice peculiarly adapted TO cry
ing CLAIMS. oranges or charcoal.
He who is no dancer may be good at
hich-and-kick or shinny.
The m.a who was no. born TO COM
mand, &c se ia squadron In the field, may
surpass all bis acquaintance in the untir-
ing devotion he evinces in the coloring
Of his meerschaum.
The boy who IL ever at the foot of his
class may still be an expert on the fornia.
tion and propulsion of spitballs.
The lad who Is not pronounced sue
cess = arithmetic may be simply excel
lent Mt humble peg and taw.
The woman who cannot make loa
of bread may excel in making frills and
iurbelows.
She who cannot play the simplest air
on the washboard may execute the most
difficult themes upon the pianoiorte.
She who cannot darn n stocking may
be the envy of her circle for her skin
and taste in worsted work, in marrying
sky-blue dogs to pink background.
The mother who cannot command the
respect of her children may yet be
fawned upon by half score of male BIZ
peds without spot on their dainty linen
or an idea in their heads.
The daughter who is too feeble TO
wash the dishes may dance till the small
hours of the night after having BEEN
shopping all day.
The girl who cannot sew may chew
gum with tireless jaw.
A great singer may not be able to
smoke the mildest cigars without turn
ing pale.
A general who has led armies on to
victory may be surpassed in profanity
by the raggedest boy In the city.
The hand that has penned the divin-
est poetry may be clownishly awkward
with the billiard cue.
The man who Is capable of organic
ing and carrying forward gigantic busi-
ness enterprises may be outdone at eau
cus management by the shabbiest poll
tician in his ward.
Ihe artist who gives. birth TO such
exquisite creations may no be able to
tie his neck-cloth near so well as Au-
gustuS, who In his turn can do nothing
else. =. Boston Transcript.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
Women Voting.

Miss Louise M. A.cott, in a letter to
the Won,dn's Journal about the Con-
cord, Mass., election, Mt which womn-
voted for the first time for school COM
mittee, thus describes the scene and rer
ports her impressions: The moderator
(who Is also the registrar, and has most
kindly and faithfully done his duty to
the women, in spite Of his own differ
ence of opinion) then announced that
the ladies would prepare their votes and
deposit them before the men did. No
one objected, we were ready, and filed
out in good order, dropping our votes
and passing back to our seats
as quickly and quietly as posi-
BILE, while the assembled gentle
man watched us in solemn silence.
No bolt fell on our audacious heads. no
earthquake shook the town, but a
pleasing surprise created general out
break of laughter and applause, for
scarcely were we seated when Judge
Hoar rose and proposed that the polls
be closed. The motion was carried be-
fore the laugh subsidized, and the polls
were closed without mans voting-a
perfectly fair proceeding, we thought,
since we were allowed no voice on any
other question. The business of the
meeting went on, and the women re-
mained to hear the discussion of
ways and means, and see the officers
elected with neatness and dispatch by
the few who appeared to run the town
pretty much as they pleased. At five
o'clock the housewives retired to get ten
for the exhausted gentlemen, some of
whom certainly looked as if they would
need refreshments OF some sort after
their labors. l was curious to observe,
as the women went out, how the faces
which had regarded them with disap-
proval, derision, or doubt when they
went in, now smiled affably, while
several men hoped the ladies would
come again, asked how they liked it and
assured them that there had not been so
orderly a meeting for years. One of
the pleasant sights to my eyes
was a flock of schoolboys watching
with great interest their mothers,
aunts and sisters, who were showing
them how to vote when their own eman-
cipation day came. Another was the
spectacle of women sitting beside their
husbands, who greatly enjoyed the
affair, though many of them differed in
opinion and had their doubts about the
suffrage question. Among the new
voters were the descendants Of Major
Buttrick, of Concord fight renown. two
of Hancock and Quincy, and others
whose grandfathers or great-grand-
fathers had been among the first settlers
of the town. A goodly array OF digni-
fed and earnest women, though some of
the first families" of the historic towns
were conspicuous by their absence.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
Nothing Wasted.

There is a beef-packing company at
Rockport, Arkansas county, Texas
owned and run by Boston men, who
market the products in the New Eng
land States, Europe and the English
navy. The factory kills an average of
81, 500 grass-fed beeves year, and finds
a ready market for them. Every part
of the beef is utilized, even TO the tuft of
tails, which are all preserved and sold,
1t Is thought, for the purpose OF making
ladies' frizzes. The blood flows into
tanks, and is dressed, and sold at two
cents pound. for the manufacture of
nj tificiaI fertilizers. The lean beef is
builed and canned in two pound cans.
The hides are salted and sold green
The fatty matter is all extracted, and
goes to make tallow. The bones are all
boiled to pulp to extract the fatty mat
ter which goes to tallow. and the dry
bone, mainly phosphate of lime, Is sold
for fertilizing mt one cent pound. The
water in which the meat is boiled, Is
boiled down and evaporated to thick
paste, which Is canned and sold rs "ex-
tract of beef, in fifty pound cans. The
feet are cut off mt the knee, and from the
hoof neat's-foot" oil is extracted.
The horny part of the foot, the shin
bone and the knuckle bones of the foot,
are extracted and sold In the East for
the manufacture of Yankee ivory. The
horns are piled up until the peth be-
comes loose, and then this Il added 10
the fertilizera, and the bones sold for
manufacture. Every atom of the AMI
NAL is used.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
A Story Of Brick Pomeroy.

There is a rumor in circulation to the
effect that Brick Pomeroy has made
lucky hit and secured about $l0O.0OO,
and those who tell the story claim they
got IL from good authority. Tie story
is very romantic. Last summer. readers
of his Democrat will remember, there
was published in that paper an article
from the pen of Pomeroy, reciting
the terrible sufferings of an Animosa
(Col. man, who, though wealthy. had
been turned out of doors BY his family,
10 whom he had decided his prop
erty on condition that they would sup
port him in his. old age. According
TO the article the ungrateiul lam,
lily, by false swearing, caused the oid
man 10 be incarceratcd In an asylum Ior
the insane, and then proceeded 20 enjoy
themselves upon his savings. This Is
where Pomeroy's tale ends, and where
Dame Rumor takes Il no. It's said that
on his recent visit 10 Colorado Pomeroy
gave attention 10 the case and succeedeu
not only in getting the poor old man out
of the asylum but in putting him agaln
in possession OF his property. It's theh
said that in his gratitude the old man
has decided his property over TO f0me-
roy upon the same conditions as 1t vas
first given TO his family. It is . iset
that Pomeroy has n remarkable faculty
of satisfying ignorant people OF ms
greatness and Il Is not improbable thas
this yarn may be true.--La Crosse hepHo-
fcnn
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
Eugenie's Crown.

A recent London letter says: The ex-
Empress Eugene before starting for Zu-
luland presented her imperial crown to
the Church OF Notre Dame des Victories.
Paris. 1t is of great value on account
of its artistic composition and the num-
ber of precious stones il contains. After
the empress flight from France the new
government ordered that all the valu-
ables of the imperial family, including
the crown, the regalia and the sword of
state, should be deposited with the
Bank of France. But rumor soou
got abroad that the empress crown,
together with the celebrated re-
gent diamond, had been secretly
forwarded to London to the care of the
Rothschilds. \ little later the gossips
affirmed that 1t had been sold by DR.
Evans, the American dentist, and that
the proceeds had been applied to the
support of the empress at Chiselt 'trst.
valuables she took witt. her, has re-
Gently been published. IL appears that
when Prince Metternich appeared Mt
the Tuileries and bade the empress
hasten her departure she went hurriedly
into her bedroom, put on a brown
waterproof cloak, round travelling
hat, took green parasol, began to coll
lect in great haste all the miniatures of
the emperor, of her son, of her sister,
the Duchesse d'Alde. and of her niece.
and put them into lapis lazuli box,
which, however, in the haste of her
flight she was destined to leave be-
hind. MAKE haste. madam. / hear
cries; they are mounting the stairs;
they are comingI" cried M. Nigra.
Prince Metternich went boldly into the
bedroom and took the empress by the
arm. Every one had, more or less, lost
their presence of mind. The empress
left without taking any money with her,
although there was about 40. 600 francs in
the drawers, and Marshal valiant, who
had had thought of this. and bringing
some rouleaux of gold with him, had,
with the greatest difficulty. succeeded in
entering the palace by the gate in the
Rue dc Rivoli, arrived too late to give
them 10 the empress. She was driven
to tie hotel of DIR. Evans, who supplied
her with money. She was then put into
the hands of Sir John Burgoy ne. who
conveyed her across the channel. and
when she set foot on British shores she
was almost penniless. In the subse-
quent arrangement of her affairs, after
the commune, many of her valuables,
and among them the crown, were re-
stored to her.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

4 reporter of the PHILADELPHIA Press
has been learning on what the snake.
man at the Geological gardens in tha.
city, feeds his pets. This is what he
learned on entering the professors pri-
vate office: Two cages stood on the
side of the room. one on top of the other,
Immediately facing the door. One cage
held white and spotted rabbits. and the
other cage contained guinea pigs There
were twenty or thirty altogether. This
was the food the snake-keeper was fat
tening for his serpents-the beacon
stTiciors and other large snakes Of the
expanding jaws, which can swallow
down the largest-sized rabbits without
the slightest difficulty. The rabbits
were seen sporting about the cage, all
unconscious of the fate in store for
them, a fate all the harder from the
fact that the luxurious serpents must
have them TO swallow alive or not at
ali, as they will not eat dead food. The
guinea pigs are sacrificed the same way.
This form OF serpent diet the snake
Keeper does not go down into New
jersey for. The rabbits and guinea pigs
are kept in the gardens, where they
breed very fast, and more than keep
up the supply for the large serpents.
The garter-snakes and water-snakes, and
worms and frogs. which he brings in bis
satchel and tin can, are fed to the rattle
snakes and the king-snakes, and scrpenS
of that sort. The way the snake keeper
gathers up his food for these reptiles Is
amply in keeping with his giant charac-
teristics, and well calculated TO inspire
terror to the weak and timorous. He
ge's out in field or woods down about
Woodbury., n. J.. where garter-snakes
abound, and as fast as he sees them he
gathers them up with his hands snd
throws them into his tin can or satchel.
The water-snakes he gets along the
brooks and swamps. Every man TO
his calling, Says the adage. The snake
keeper, on the authority of those who
know something of his habits and peCu.
liarities, has his heart in his work, and
by all accounts would not exchange
with anybody.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
Making q King Sino


An Englishman arrived al B..
Gays before the revolution OF .JnIn 1o.ne 1esle
he very eagerly sought To ins,o,. t0Io. ,,.
interior court OF the Palais Rov.P out ~, the
the prince. Louis Philippe o} Grrhere Trhere
was receiving deputations tha, .sais'
him from all parts OF the conntr,, 70
iagers with the mayor and drun,J,,' WI.
thcir head, brave fellows well turnial az az
with addresses and often excited Ih,Sned III T
day. ''' iest OF the
The Englisbnan, on arriv;no al,
II Louis Philippe had made his anra.s %aked
ance. '''S appear
is just retired" "''H' he
An! | am very sorry for that - !,
him" u" 70 see
Never mind" said one near him .r
vii! show him TO you" So he sbn,,,s !
out: 'Vive Louis Phiippei w V;i;ouVgd 70
Charte" and the multitude cried IA IA
the same. '''' out
a window opened over balconv g.,
prince appeared, humbly salutnJ ,hs ,Is
crowd, and retired. ''!e
An! / am very glad indeed l." said -,
Englishman; but ! have heard sa.ne we
say that one might see him win 'yile ,Ht
tricolored flag, and surrounded by iis LIZ
family" y HE
THAT is very easy" said the o,.,-.
give me some sous, and he vii cam,
FORTH ''i -oihe
Indeed! Here are some with mn.
pleasure, said the Englishman. Larj;,n.
franc 10 his neighbor. '''''''Hs
Immediately Il voice raised the c,rr
let, which "A thousand voices jrnrnrE
ately repeated ''--'4''1'
Soldier. with the tricolor nsy
Who from Orleans beares, j. - s,r
And the couplet did not cease r. J.,
heard before the prince, gurronndeS t w
has family and holding the three
ored flag, came forth to salute the
crowd. uie
There was silence for "A sbor, tin,
Then the complaisant neighbor ,mrr ,,-s'
ing toward the ear of the Engjisb,oar
said: Now shall ] make him si1gs a,
II is rather difficult matter van yr;1
have TO give me ten irancs.n
u will do so Willingly" said bs
Englishman, assured by the success n
the former engagements. VI
Then the man, with his ten francs
exerted himself and shouted with otIer,
around him so eagerly and ,us,irv
Vive le roi7 Vive la Charte, Ia NJ
seiilaiseV that at the end Of ,war,y
minutes Louis Philippe presented him,
self again before large crowd exp,ting
with impatience and 10Y.
The Marseillaise was Justly raised bv
the crowd. The new king was abop, ~
retire from the balcony, bu, stopped in
the midst of the applause. and sang with
the people, marking time with his feet,
The story relates that The king-e1hibi.
tor, addressing the Englishman. said To
him: " Now If you give me one hundred
francs he shall dance" But the other.
thinking tina: the show had gone far
enough. went away.
Some may think this anecdo,e comes
from n suspicious source. Il is taken
word for word from the contemporary
history of c. A. Daubin, a work in use
among students Of philosophy. Il ap.
Peared TO the learned professor to be 50
Characteristic that he though, il worth
relating, although at first sight it sp.
peared TO him unworthy Of the gravity Of
history. Leisure Hour.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

In Spain. a man of wide sympathies
Is generally called "a man with two
hearts" But IL by no means follows that
a man with two hearts Is a man of wide
sympathies. A Spanish peasant, living
in the vicinity of Madrid, in n petty
quarrel, killed nm aged woman, aad
would have murdered her daughter,
also, had not the latter succeeded in
making her escape. Thinking himself
robbed of great pleasure by the girls
escape, he revenged himself by lcpeat-
edly stabbiBg the corpse of the mother
Singularly enough, remorse preyed so
quickly upon his mind that he immedi-
ately hanged Himself. But the rope
broke, and he would. IN al probability,
have survived his attempt at suicide
had he had not broken his skull in the
fall. On 4 post mortem examination
ahe man was found to have two hearts
instead Of one. both being of regular
size and presenting no popularity OF any
ind.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
Cleanliness.

The part which the skin plays in the
regulation of bodily heat is not ade-
quately estimated. The envelope OF
complicated structure and vital func-
tion which covers the body, and which
nature has destined 10 perform large
share of the labor of health preserving.
Is practically thrown out of use by our
habit of loading II with clothes. 1t is
needless TO complicate matters by al
lowing IL TO be choked and cncum-
bercd with dirt. If the skin OF An ami
NAL be coated with an impervious var.
nish, death must ensue. A covering of
dirt Is only less inimical TO life. We
are not now speaking of dirt such rs
offends the sense of decency. of those
accumulations of exuded matter with
which the skin must become loaded
II IL is habitually covered and not thor
oughly cleanscd. The cold bath Is not
cleansing agent. A man may battle
daily and use his bath towel eveTf
roughly, butremain as dirty to all prac-
tical intents rs though he eschewed
cleanliness; indeed, the physical evil OF
dirt Is more likely to ensue, because II
wholly neglected. the skin would cast
off its excrcmcntitious matter by peril
odic perspirations with desquamation
of the cuticle. Nothing but frequent
washing in water. of Mt least equal tenn
perature with the skin, and soap can
ensure free and healthy surface. The
feet require especial care. and it is too
much the practice To neglect them.
The omission Of daily washings with
soap and the wearing OF foot coverings
so tight rs 10 compress the blood vessels
and retard the circulation Of the blood
through the extremities are tho most
common causes OF cold feet. The
remedy Is obvious; dress loosely and
wash frequently.-Lancet.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

At the Dark Hollow stone quarry,
near Bedford, o., one of the largest
stones ever blasted in America wa,
:" lifted" a short time age. The stone
is forty or fifty feet square and about
thirty feet thick. and it required 1876
slip wedges TO make n successful blast.
When cut up into pieces IL will make
nearly 300 car loads of building stone.
Immense blocks OF stone are frtquentl,
taken out of the quarries here which
would make the stones in Solomon g
temple mere pebbles In comparison.
Its sweight was estimated to be 6,OCO, 900
pounds.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
When 60 Plovv.

An experienced farmer says: know
by trial that plowing land when It is
very dry is nearly as hurtful as when 1t
is very wet. But my experience Is with
heavy clay. or land in which clay IL an
important constituent. Such land when
plowed dry breaks up lumpy, anG sub
sequent rains do not dissolve the lt,mps.
IL is my opinion that there Is never n
more suitable condition for plowing any
soil than when It has enough moisture
to cause the burrows TO fall loosely from
the. plow with no appearance of packing
and no Jumps.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

The everyday cares and duties which
men tall drudgery are the weights and
counterpoises OF the clock of time, Civ
ing it pendulum = true vibration, and
its hands regular motion, and when
they cease to hang upon the wheels the
pendulum no longer swings. tbs hands
10 longer move, the clock stands still.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

Adolphus;" You ask US what the
difference Is between n child Of royal
birth and young lamb. Really, now,
we couldn't say, unless it Is because one
is tended In sPlendor, and the other Is
splendid n tender. Is that It. Dolrhyp
boston Journal Of Commerce.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-15

BE- = ~.
1850. General Order No. ~. lst. The
several counties of this State are con-
stitnted into the first division of the mill
t,s OF Maine. I'd. Maj.-Gen Joshua e..
Chamberlain 10 assigned to the command
Of the first civision. I'D. Commanding
officers Of all military organizations as-
ce2ted into the service OF tie State are
required TO report 10 him. He will be
cheyeea :.:a respected accordingly. Dy
order of the Governor and ,cmmander-
in-chief" Signed s ID. Leayitt, Adju.
.ant- General.
Special Order No. ,45: Mai. Gen.
Joshua l.. Chamberlain Is hereby au-
thofiEed and directed to protect the pub
lie property and institutions Of the State
until my successor is duly qualified.
Signed: Alonzo Garcelon, Governor.
Second. am now discharging the
duties dev0lved on me Ia protecting the
public property and institutions OF the
State until the Governor is legally elect
ed and duly qualified.
Third. Particular attention is called to
the law requiring 1t unlawful for nybody
Of mes; ather than regularly organized
corps of militia, with authority expressly
given to associate themselves together as
military company, to organize to or pa
rade 10 public with arms.
Fourth. All persons and organizations
will take notice accordingly, and all or.
ganized military organizations will un.
derstand that they are 10 report to nae
for orders until they are otherwise ordered
by or through me. Signed: Joshua L.
Chamberlain, Najof- General.
AUGUsrA, January 12--1l 7. Nit
is announced that tho Fusionists viii pro-
ceed at once to the election of Cover
~ and all etaR officers, but it is still
claimed that Lamso1 Will not be recog-
nized as Governor by Gen. Chamberlain.