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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13
Miss Bruner.
A FIGHTING FEMALE NAIL cARRIER--BEATs
MAN Fog INSULTING HEE--HIs
SUBSEQUENT DEATH.


MAN FoR INSULTING HEE-HIs
SUBSEQUENT DEATH.
NEW YoRK, Oct. 1.-The truth con.
cerDing the tragic death Of George X.
Mcclellan, an itinerant photographer
from Syracuse, is as follows: Accord.
ing to the latest developments, he had
been at Port Washington, Long Island
Sound, with a partner, driving around
the country with photograph wagon,
doing good business. Both made
their headquarters at Hult's hotel.
His partner collected and decamped
last Tuesday a week with 81 600 be.
longing 10 the firm. Mcclellan be-
came despondent and took to drinking
heavily. He left Port Washington at
IL o'clock last Saturday morning much
intoxicated. That afternoon Miss Su.
sic Bruner, aged %, a strong woman,
who carries the mail in light wagon
between Port Washington and Great
Neck. while en- route, met Mcclellan
one mile south of Manhasset. lie
would not let her pass, and crossed
the road several times in front of her,
with his team, to prevent her getting
ahead.
Becoming impatient, Miss Bruner
drove alongside, and Mcclellan man.
aged his team so as 10 force her vihicle
into a ditch at the farm of i. Il.
Davis. lie then insulted her and a
fight ensued. Miss Bruner alIighied
aud attacked him with heavy whip,
using the but Of the same on his head
and face until he gave up the contest.
She then went on. When she reached
Great Neck she gave an account of
the occurrence TO the post-ofiice Off
cials. saying she had never before seen
Mcclellan, aud that although he was
drunk he knew perfectly well what be
was about. The next morning. near
the scene of the fight, Mcclellan
wagon was found standing in the road
he hanging over the dashboard. appa-
rently ia a drunken siupor. On mon.
day morning Mcclellan was found ly-
insensihle in the road beside his wagon,
near Flushing, his face covered with
cuts and bruises. and he was taken TO
the Flushing lookup for a drunk. and
remained unconscious until Wednes-
day, when he died.
On Sunday afternoon Mcclellan
was seen in Manbasset, when be told
the post master there of the beating
Miss Bruner gave him.
A man known by the alias Of "Pret-
~ Pat" a rough customer Of Great
Neck, was seen with Mcclellan on
Saturday afternoon subsequent to the
whipping by Miss Bruner. Persons
have also been found who say that
Mcclellan had the marks on his face
when be left Port Washington.
An inquest will be held at Flush.
ing on Monday. There is much ex-
element. and it is uncertain whether
or not the immediate cause Of death
was the beating given by Miss Bruner.
She is a very respectable, hard.work.
ing girl and is upheld by the com.
munity.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13
4 Water Filter.

Serious sickness would often be
averted from the household if, among
other sanitary regulations, none but
filtered water was drunk by the mem
bers. Water may look and taste like
the purest, and still contain disease
germs that we would retreat from
with horror if they but presented
themselves duly labelled. Wells. cis-
terms and springs that occupy ground
lower than that of drains, vaults, or
barnyards within a hundred feet or
more, should be regarded with suspi-
cion no matter how splendid the wa
ter may appear.
A good and efficient filter may be
made in this way: Take a cask, re.
move one end and set il upright, the
open end at the top. At one-third of
the distance from the bottom place
round partition pierced with small
holes. On this arrange a layer of
clean small pebbles, aud over them
LAYER of charcoal and another Of sand,
topping il over with more pebbles.
Over this put another partition with
holes In it, or a layer of good sized
stones TO prevent the pebbles from
being disturbed when the water is
poured in. A faucet is placed in the
bottom to draw off the water. A pail
of water and lump Of ice in the top
Of the cask and closely covered, sup
plies the perfection Of drinking water
for twenty-four hours.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13
The Materials of vanderbiit's New
Home.


New York Letter IN Troy Tsmes.
Vanderbilt has been criticised be.
cause be went to Europe with Herter
to order all the glasswork. chandeliers,
carpets, hangings. marble work and
much of the furniture. Having made
his money in America he ought 70
spend II here. il has been said. The
only art-work done in this country for
the house are the bronze railings
around the house and the bronze crest
ing around the roof. This work vas
done In nine monshs by Philadelphia
firm for $4,000. II was offered TO
Mitchell & Vance of New York. who
declined L because Il was stipulated
that It should be done In three months.
The chandeliers, including one q
solid silver weighing half ton. for
the ball room OF picture gallery are
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13
THE FUTURE MOTOR.POWER.

The steam engine that has been the
means of revolutionizing manufactur.
ing aud transportation, was spoken of
with good deal Of disparagement by
several of the members of the British
Association for the Advancement OF
Science ut the late meeting at Bath.
Nearly every person who spoke on the
subject gave il a bad name. 1t was
stated that il was expensive 10 build,
costly 10 run, difficult to keep in re-
pair, dangerous to life and property.
cumbersome, productive of dirt and
noise, and not adapted to many pur-
poses where a motor is required. In
the opinion of some, the steam engine
had had its day, and played its part,
aud was now ready TO be put in a
museum of curiosities. They think it
is behind the times, and that il should
give place TO something better.
These scientific men of Great Brit.
ain object TO the steam engine because
it does not meet the wants of the pres
ent fast age because it spends too
much force for the result it accom-.
plishes, and for the additional reason
that it is fast consuming the coal that
will be wanted for heating purposes.
They want a better force. more loco.
motion, quicker travel, less expense
and greater security. They want
something that will propel canoes as
well as ships that will run sewing
machines as well rs trip-hammers ;
that will draw pleasure carriages as
well as railway cars. They desire a
motor that will not consume fuel, pro.
duce smoke, or cause noise that can
be managed by a child and run if de-
sired in n parlor. They want some
thing that will do all the steam engine
does and many things besides.
In the opinion of most of the sci
entists of Great Britain electricity is
to take the place of steam in driving
machinery and moving cars, and il is
to be generated by the action of tides,
winds and falling water. They pre-.
diet that wind.power will be utilized
TO n greater extent than any persons
in Il previous age ever believed it
would. Wind will generate electricity
for moving machinery. for lighting
streets, and warming dwellings in Ire
land, Belgium, Denmark and other
countries where there are few streams
that afford water.power. The move.
ment Of the tides will produce the
same effects in most countries that
have an extensive sea coast, while the
fall of water in rivers and streams will
generate electricity in all mountain
regions.
The great electrical exhibition at
Paris is doing much 10 draw attention
to what is called the motor.power of
the future. A picture called The
Queen Of the Nineteenth Century"
hangs in many of the shop windows.
Ii is n female figure surrounded with
halo. and emitting rays Of light
from the hands, which are raised as if
TO enable the being to fly. The light
gives the arms the appearance Of
wings. The artist is an enthusiast,
and is regarded by many as a prophet.
We all hope that his fair predictions
may be realized. The steam engine is
a good thing. but we are ready for
something better. Now that atten-
ton is drawn to electricity, great re-
suits may be expected.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13

He had wrestled in prayer with the
question, and had concluded 10 come
back and marry. After being intro.
duced to Mrs. Williams it was gently
intimaied to the broken.up Cummings
that the lateness Of the hour suggested
the propriety of his going.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13

Law PRoFEssoR What constitutes
burglary Student--1'bere must be
= breaking. Professor--Then, If a
man enters your house and takes So
from your vest pocket IN the hall
would that be burglary Student
Yes, sir, because that would break me.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13

"IF was n bald a. you," said Gus
De Smith to one of the most prcmi-
nent citizens Of Austin, Il would wear
a wig"
II don't see why you should ever
wear a wig" vas the quiet response,
can empty barn don't need any roof"
- Teras SVtiags
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13

N Portugal a man vas advertised
as drowned and : reward offered for
the recovery Of ne body. Among
other peculiaritIes By which he could
BE identified was q marked impediment
u bis speech.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13

THE man At The telephone Office al
ways has 9 "holler back"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-13

]. No rightminded person can desire
to approach God empty handed the
spontaneous impulse Of bis heart Is to
"bfiDg an Offering unto the Lord"
2. God early made II plain that he
will accept only the best. Our choicest
possessions must be looked upon as be.
longing 70 him Some persons give 70
him only snch as they cannot use for
themselves. or the pittance LETT alter
self indulgence. s'0fIer It now unto
thy governor, will he be pleased with
lheefD
5. An essential condition Of every &C.
ceplAbie sacrifice waa that Il should be
Of The Riverss "own voluntary will"
Il II the heart thers j In Il which
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-15
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

KNOWLEDGE puffeth up; love buildeth
up.
LET every man strive to add good
name to his other capital.
WE always find wit and merit in those
who look at us with admiration.
Sow good services; sweet remem-
ORANGES will glow from them.
LOSE not thine own for want Of asking
for it; twill get thee no thanks Fuller.
GREAT things are not accomplished by
idle dreams, but by years Ut patti snt
study.
CoschIT more rich in matter than In words,
bfags oi his substance, not VI ornament
They are but besgars aIal eau count tnrir wealth.
-ohdkespear
HAVE often thought that the nature
OF women WAS inferior to that vi men i'll
general, but superior Ill particular.
cute.
Tie true way to advance another's
virtue is to follow it, and the best means
to cry down another's vice Is to decline
it.-Quartes.
THOMAS CARLYLE sums up the wisdom
acquired by his lifelong experience III
the following important aphorism: "Do
the duty that lies next to YOU
MORE heads pine away in secret
anguish from the want OF kindness from
those who should be, their comfort,
than for any other calamity i'll hfe.-Dr.
Young.
EXPERIENCE ought to be headlight
which throws It's rays on things to come;
instead, 1t is generally stein light which
throws its rays on what we have already
passed through.
STAGNATIoN is not peace. Peace is the
harmonizing OF many sorrows and the
subduing OF many passions-the begin
ming of the grand harmony which pass
eth all understanding.
EVERY human being has a work 70
carry on within, duties to perform abroad,
influences to exert, which are peculiarly
his and which no conscience but his own
can teach. Charming.
EVERY year of our lives we grow more
convinced that it is the wisest and best
to fix our attention ON the beautiful and
the good, and dwell as little as possible
on the evil and the false.
We should no more lament that we
have grown old than the husbandman,
when the bloom and fragrance of spring
have passed away, should lament that
summer or autumn has come.
WHATEVER your sex or position, life is
battle in which you are to show your
pluck, and woe be to the coward. De-
spair and postponement are cowardice
and defeat. Men were born to succeed
and not to fail.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-15
The Language of Sweet Sixteen.

My daughter never uses slang" says
some staid pater familias, who is denounc-
ing the idea that the American young
lady speaks any other than the purest
college-taught English, and he is sincere
in his belief. But should some curious
senior, with an eye to the truth, linger
near this young lady and her school
friends, ten to one this is an exact and
not overdrawn description of what he
would hear.
Meet me on the ave- this aft and we
will go to the mat.
"No not this aft on the ave."
"Well, good aft!
q had perfectly mag time, and
don't you forget it..
Don't give me away, Kate"
"Well should softly exclaim."
81 should blush to murmur."
81 should remark"
II should mutter."
should SMILE"
Are you going to the musicale?"
You just bet 1 am"
!" Have you got your lesson in physi-
cal geography"
What do you take me for?"
81 told the Guv' 1 wanted new
handkerchief Dress"
Did he tumble to the racket"
Did he trail ?"
"Did he catch on p
"He forked over, girls, and it's my
treat"
These are the sweet girl graduates who
stand up in the month of roses and read
charming essays on 1.-The Real and the
Ideal" Life as it Should Be, +" " Re-
FORMS, and other practical subjects, and
who turn from admiring teachers to
whom they have listened with tears in
their mock serious eyes, to say in low
aside, Hes giving us taffy, girls, and
who christen everything that does not
please them as "snide."
This period of slang among school
girls is infectious. They catch 1t just as
they did the measles and whooping
cough at an earlier age, and it runs its
course and leaves them about as harm
lessly. Their good, proper mothers and
graddmothers said all their lives, "Will
you take a walk ?" The Dare to- be IL
Daniel" of this age says to her chum,
"Take crawl on the ave?"-Free
Press
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-15
German Emigration to America.

The growth of the stream of emigration
from Germany to the United States has
attracted even more attention in Ger
many than here, and the government
there is at its wits end to stop it without
striking at the root of the matter-the
heavy burdens imposed on the people by
the large standing armies. M. Wrandl,
who is described as an American citizen
of Hungarian birth, tried to get permits
sion to lecture on emigration in Berlin,
but his application was sternly refused,
the authorities evidently fearing that any
agitation of the subject will increase the
exodus still furthur. In Schleswig,
Prussia proper, and Posen, whole vii
lagos are described as having been ADAM
doned, the inhabitants going chiefly to
Illinois and Nebraska. According to the
Berlin correspondent of the London
Times, new experiment is the founding
of German Socialist colony in Texas,
where the great problem of how to keep
everybody as poor as everybody else is
to be worked out once more.-Net0 York
Graphic.
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on the hard, slippery ground, down the
steps with swift, rapid strides, and
then / saw him stoop and lift the little
scarlet cloaked figure in his strong arms
and come swiftly back, bending his face
down over the senseless one on his arm,
while hot tears rained down his brown
cheeks. He put her on O lounge near
nv chair, and then dashed ont for snow.
Grub her, rub herr he said. Il am
going for doctor and for my mother. "
Before it seemed possible he could
have crossed the lots to his home. his
mother was with me, and lifted Ruth
away from the fire to the bed. The doc
tor came, and the two worked till my
heart sank with utter hopelessness be-
fore the blue eyes opened again, or the
breath fiuttered through the pale lips.
But it did at last, and John joined me
in q fervent THANK God!
But Ruth had broken her leg, and we
knew she must lie helpless for many
weeks before she could be our own active,
bright girl again. 1t was an appalling
truth for me to face, but she was not
dead, not lying frozen against the rough
we'll curb, and / couldno but feel thank
fulness far, far above the pain of kno W
ing her suffering. 1 was trying to settle
it all in my mind; to understand the
doctors words, while Mrs. Hayes and the
doctor lifted Ruth to her own room, that
opened into mine. They were away a
long time, and John sat beside me, hold
ing my hand in his, and comforting me
as if L had not taken the very hope OF
his life from him.
sna,,,f co ~ hn cat1 rrapflu
"She will live."
"Thanks to you," said "Oh, John,
if she gets we'll, she is yours. Give her
your strong arm for life, John, instead
of my helplessness. see to-day where
my selfish love has nearly cost her her
life"
"Do you mean that ?" John asked,
with little trembling in his voice =" do
you really mean that ?"
CT do, indeed. Let her stay here,
John. will not be burden on your
purse, for the house and farm and all |
have saved are Ruth's; but let her give
me what time and love she can spare from
you"
"Gladly," he answered "but we will
not wait till she is well, Mr.. Martin. Let
me have Ruth for my wife now, to-day"
with broken leg, sick, helpless?"
"Does she not need me the more |?
Give her to me now"
But he had to wait until the bans
were called in church three times, though
he came to us that day, caring for me
with the tenderness of a son, while his
mother nused Ruth. They were alone
together, as we were, and they had shut
up their house, and come to live with us,
never to leave again. For one morning,
propped up with pillows. Ruth was
dressed in white by Mrs. Hayes, and We
had wedding in the little room. My
chair was moved in, and the neighbors
came from far and near to hear the
solemn words that made John and Ruth
man and wife.
And happiness has shed its true light
upon our home ever since.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-15
The Brooklyn Bridge and Its Builder

Roebling was the greatest bridge
builder in the world. He started the
making of wire cordage in America and
built suspension bridges to carry the
aqueducts of canals across rivers, and en-
gineered the Pennsylvania railroad
across the mountains.
The Brooklyn bridge, between towers,
is 1886 feet long. Behind the towers
there are $40 feet each side, back to the
anchorages. The whole length of the
bridge and approaches is 5000 feet. It
is one of the widest bridges in the world,
eighty-five feet, with promenade thir-
teen feet wide, two railroad tracks and
four carriage and horse-car tracks. 1t is
1875 feet in the center above the water
The rock on which the towers rest is
about ninety feet below the surface OF
the water on the New York side and half
that depth on the Brooklyn side, the
most stupendous thing about the struct-
ure. Each tower is 1874 feet long by
fifty-six wide, and at the top these
dimensions are reduced to 100 feet by
forty, or the size of very large house.
Each tower is 268 feet above high water.
1t is !, 1886 feet from the beginning of the
causeway on Chatham street out to the
anchorage on the New York shore. The
architect of the bridge received his death
wound almost at its inception, standing
on the upper framework of Fulton ferry
slip as boat came in and threw its
weight against the piles, which yielded
and crushed his foot. As if the spirit of
the old ferry, about to be supplanted,
had revenged Itself an the innovator
They buried Roebling in that summer of
1869 at Trenton, N. j., near the spot
where poor John Fitch, the watch
maker, eighty-two years before. had
started the steamboat. But Roebling's
true monument Is the Brooklyn bridge
towers, and between them in the nerves
and tendons, trembling like a weaver's
web, plies the shuttle of his soul. You
can hear his own words, if you are rever-
ent, calling to the ships and steamers
beneath : :" 1t will be the greatest engi-
neering work of the continent, and the
greatest bridge in existence. It's towers
will be national monuments! 1t will for
ever testify to the energy, enterprise and
wealth of the great communities it over
hangs" Upon the portal of the bridge
they might also inscribe his motto 81
have no fear of honest difference of opin-
ion, it is only cavaliers that 1 dread
New York Tribune.
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Harmony Preserved.

DIR. Neale. of Boston, was asked by
Rev. A. J. Gordon If he ever had any
church difficulties. "Oh, yes" he re-
piled "once it was pretty serious, and
the brethren were getting very warm.
said, Let us be dismissed They rose,
and before they thought of it the bene-
diction was pronounced and they were
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dispensing. Ere another meeting they
had cooled Off" DIR. Gordon asked DIR.
Neale the secret of his long passionate.
WELL" replied he, "when ! got vexed
and wanted to go, they wouldn't let me {;
and when they got vexed and wanted me
to 60, wouldn't go. We never both
got mad at the same time"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-15

" Yes, Jack Brown was splendid fellow,
But married for love. you know;
remember the girl very we'll
Sweet little Kitty Duffau:
Pretty, and loving, and good,
Aud bright NJ fairy elf
was very much tempted indeed,
To marry Kitty myself.
~But her friends were all Of them poor.
Aud Kitty had not n cent
And knew | should never be
With love in a cottage content
So Jack was the lucky wooer,
Or unlucky-anyway
You can see how shabby his coat,
AID his hair is turning gray.
- But I'm told he thinks himself rich
With Kitty and hoinely joys;
A cot far away out Of town
Full OF noisy girls and boys.
Poor Jack Pm sorry and all that,
But of course he very well knew
That fellows who marry for love
Must drink Of the liquor they brew"
And the handsome Augustus smiled.
His coat was In perfect style,
And women still spoke OF his grace,
And gave him their sweetest smile.
But he thought that night of Jack Brown.
And said /" 1 am growing old;
think must really marry
Some beautiful girl with gold"
Years passed. and the bachelor grew
Tiresome, and stupid, and old;
He had not been able TO find
The beautiful girl with gold.
And with his fancies he dwet,
Alone in the crowded town,
Till one day he suddenly met
The friend of his youth, Jack Brown.
"why, Gusp "why, Jack I" What meet
ing
Jack was 80 happy and gay;
The bachelor sighed for content
As he followed his friend away
To the cot far out OF town,
Set deep IN its orchard trees,
Scented with lilies and roses,
Cooled with the ocean breeze.
"Why, Jack, what a beautiful place
What did IL cost ?" "Oh, Ii grew,
There were only three rooms at drst.
Then soon the lhree were too few,
SO we added room now and then;
And oft in the evening hours,
Kitty, the children and
Planted the trees and the flowers
And they grew as the children grew
Jack Harry and Grace and Belle)"
90 And where are the youngsters now 2'
All happy. and doing well.
\ Jack went IL Spain for our house
His road Is level and clear
And Harry's lawyer in town,
Making three thousand year.
az And Grace and B slle are well married.
They married for love, rs is best;
But often our brides come back
To visit the dear home nest.
So my sweet wife KITTY and
Frotl labor and care may cease;
We have enough, an AGE eau bring
Nothing but love and peace"
But over and over again
The bachelor thought that night,
90 Home and wife, and children
Jack Brown was, after all right.
Oh il in the days Of nv youth
l had honestly loved and wed
For now I'm old threes no one cares
Whether Pm living or dead"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-15

YouR usefulness and your success in
life depend quite as much on what You
consent to leave unfinished as on what
you insist on finishing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-15

AN Indiana applicant for an inspect
orship of customs, after wearing an
Ohio mans hat twenty-four hours,
changed his mind and applied for for
cign mission.