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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29
Office buildings in New York.

Nou can imagine, says a New York
gentleman, how great the investment is
to Pnt large Office building mp in New
York ciiywhen you compute the rents
Of the Offices in the Mills building.
which have to be thrown away for Pc
riod OF one year while the building is
being constructed. At the corner of
Broad street and Exchange place was a
plain brick building OF a shackelv
character, crowed with Offices. Yet the
smallest Office brought from 500 10
$500 year. Probably the combined
Offices in the different small buildings
which Mr. Mills is supplauting with his
one huge building produce a rental of
S75, 1000 year. This is one item in the
cost Of putting up q great building in
the business quarter of New York. He
had to tear down from the corner TO the
quicksand, evacuate all his rents, pur-
chase additional property at a tremen-
dous figure, and then bring in pile.
drivers, as If he was building out in the
sea, and ram the quicksAnd, If there
were any, level, and then put In his
cement and beton. Not until next
spring, as understand, will this great
edifice be finished. and il will, perhaps.
cost with the ground $4,000, 600. OF
course those who take offices aiterward
will have to pay tho back rent insen-
sibly. Another enormous building is
going up opposite the Bowling Green,
at the foot Of Broadway, for the com.
bined produce, grain and cotton ex-
changes. This will be the principal
edifice Of its kind in the world.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29
CLIPPINGS POR THE CURIOUS.


Gold wire was first made in Italy in
1850.
The first botanical garden was at
Padua, in 1888.
There are forty-six species Of the Eng
lish cuckoo.
Black lead pencils were known TO the
ancient Romans.
busters we're at first made Of the tails
Of oxen or foxes.
Coral was anciently deemed an excel.
lent antidote against poison.
Queen Elizabeth left3, 900 changes Of
dress in the royal wardrobe.
Egyptian sieves were made Of papyrus.
or rushes; those of horse-hair were first
used by the Gauls.
The early sheriffs Of London hal be.
fore their door two posts, upon which
were exhibited public edicts.
In Denmark diet OF bread and water
for month was formerly considered
equivalent to punishment Of death.
The paper for the Bank Of England
notes has been made in the same mill
in Lanerstoke, Hampshire, since 1919.
The Persians swore by the sun; the
Scythians by the ar and their scime-
tars; the Greeks and Romans by their
gods.
The next use Of the MayGower, after
her memorable voyage to America, was
to carry a cargo of slaves to the Wes,
Indies.
Gluck composed in a garden quaning
champagne, Sorti IN dark room and
Sacchini with favorite cat perchei on
each shoulder.
A kind iportable chatting dish, upon
which perfumes were burnt, was car
ried as an ensign Of honor before the
Roman magistrates.
Flints are found in the tombs of the
Northern nations, they having been sup
posed TO be efiica-ious in confning the
dead 10 their habitations.
Froissart mentions person who, hay
ing his chin cut of in riot, replaced
it by one Of silver, which be tied by
silkeu cord around his head.
The Office of marquis was formerly to
guard the frontiers and limits Of the
kingdom, which we're called the
marches, from the Teutonic word
gtqr,hs-a limit.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Better a diamond with flaw than
pebble without.
Choose such pleasures as recreate
much and cost little.
Zeal without knowledge is steam
ship without rudder.
Small faults indulged are little
thieves that let in greater.
Trouble is easily born when every
body gives it lift for you.
Cast your nets in the right water, and
they may take fish while you are sleep
ing.
a good deed is never lost he who
sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he
who plants kindness gathers love.
Men are never so ridiculous from the
qualities which really belong to them,
as from those which they pretend to
have.
Healthy, beauty, yigor, riches and all
the other things called goods, operate
equally as evils to the vicious and unjust
Us they do as benefits to the just.
We are all Of us more or less echoes,
repeating Involuntary the virtues, the
defects, the movements and the char
acters Of those among whom VIC live.
Round dealing is the honor of mans
nature and mixture of falsehood is
like alloy in gold and silver, which may
make the metal work the better, bu. il
embaseth il.
II will afford sweetcr happiness in the
hour Of death to have wiped away one
tear from one cheek of sorrow than TO
have ruled an empire, to have con-
quered millions or enslayed the world.
Strength OF resolution is in itself do
minion and ability, and there ID seed
of sovereignty in the bauenness Of un-
fiinching determination Unselfsh and
noble acts are the most radiant sparks
in The biography of souls. When
wrought in earliest youth they lie in the
memory of age like the coral islands,
green and sunny amid the melancholy
waste Of ocean.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Ordinary combustible substances may
be set on fire by nitric acid.
Coagulation serves in nature the pur.
pose OF stopping wounds. Salt pre-.
vents it.
The temperature OF the blood depends
on the rapidity with which il is ozi-
died.
A muscle develops less heat when
doing work than in contracting without
doing it.
A new celluloid is said to be obtained
from we'll peeled potatoes, treated with
a solution of sulphuric acid.
Defective color vision is chiefly mani
tested in the inability TO see the differ
ence between red and green.
The raw materials Of which dynamite
is made are sulphuric acid, saltpeter,
glycerine and infusorial earth
Glucose is used for manufacturing
table syrups, candies, food for bees,
artificial honey and in brewing.
1t has been suggested that noxious
insects may be driven away by cultiyat-
ing the fungi that are destructive to
them.
The raising of pyrethrum, from which
insect powder is made, is carried on in
California and various parts Of the
country.
Grape sugar possesses the property of
fermenting or breaking up into alec
holic and carbonic acid, on the addition
Of yeast.
German scientists are making n study
OF tho relative distribution of blondes
and brunettes, in aid Of their investiga-
tions Of the origin OF the German pec-
pie.
1t is reported that thick vein of
substance yielding hity per cent of pure
parafline has been discovered at Hawkes
Bay, New Zealand. The deposit is said
to be Of great extent and to be worth
about $500 4 ton.
A French chemist has obtained a very
valuable oil from the kernel of the
grape-the refuse left after distilling
brandy, or making verdigris, being dried
and ground fine in an ordinary mill, and
the yield of Gil is in direct proportion
to the fnencss Of the grinding. The oil
is sweeter than nut oil, and remains
fluid at a lower temperature. When
burned in lamps It gives bright, smoke
less, odorlcss and agreeable flame.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29
4 Bunko Man Surprised.

A New York paper tells this story:
4 stocky man with square shoulders,
rotund vest, and close-elipped sandy
beard, hurried out Of the main entrance
of 4he Fifth Avenue hotel the other
morning and started along Twenty
third street toward the elevated railway
station. Two bunko men stood in the
shadow OF mournful cab horse and
watched tho stocky man with the close
clipped sandy beard. The habits Of
bunko men are well defined. When
their victim approaches, No. rushes
up, and grasping him warmly by the
hand, says; "Mr. Jones, of skeneateles.
how are youT" The intended victim.
who is possibly Smith, of Penn Yam,
tells his name and address to No. /, who
retires with diflidence and bushes, and
confides it to No. 2. A little later No
2 runs up and exclaims, Why, Smith,
of Penn Yan, 'ow are yer?T whereup on
Smith promptly allirms that he is en-
ioying good health, aud betrays his
mental condition by Immediately ac-
companying No. 2 into a barroom and
losing $3.50 on the two spot.
On the bright morning referred to the
short and stocky man hurried along, his
bristly sandy beard cutting the air
sturdily. Bunko man No. jumped
from behind hack, gazed at him for
an instant, and then cried, as his face
airly blazed with joy:
"Mr. darlington. of Hornellsville, how
are your"
With this he seized the hand OF the
stocky man and wrung Il rs though it
we're his long lost brothers. The stocky
man shook him of and said:
"Gway, g'way. don't know You r.
What, are you not Mr.. darlington, OF
Horn"
"No, ain'tw
"Well, this is the most astonishing
resemblance. May ask who you are p
Yes, you may"
"Well, who are your
"Tm General Ulysses S. Grant"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29
Whistle, Whistle, Loving Daughter.

"Whistle, whistle, loving daughter, and you
shall have cow"
never whistled, mother, and neither can
now
II Fuckers up my mouth 30 y
"whistle whistle, loving daughter, and you
shall have q horse"
al never whistled, mother, and ! cannot now,
OF course
II Fuckers up my mouth col"
"Whistle, whistle, loving daughter, and you
shall have sheep"
al never whistled, mother neither Will yet
II Fuckers up my mouth sol
"whistle, whistle, loving daughter, and You
shall have man.
"I never whistled, mother, but | know very
we'll can"
And the whistling soon began.
old Song.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29
Anecdote Of bismarck.

Prince Bismarck, Il Is said, has be.
come 80 stout OF late years that he can
no longer occupy an ordinary dining
chair and sits accordingly on low sofa,
with his famous dog lying al his feet.
he likes to exhibit his accomplishments
to visitors, aud it is related that one day
on receiving visit from signor Man
lini, the present italian minister of for
eign affairs, he sat down at the piano
and played q composition of his own,
remarking in an off.hand manner that
" in Prussia politicians found time to
cultivate the arts. $50 they do in
Italy" replied the italian. and goiug to
the piano he played over from begiu.
ming to end, and entirely from memory,
the piece which he had iust heard Prince
Bismarck play for the first time.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29

But there is ono stick in particular,
which is kept carefully apart from the
rest in Mr.. LIS own private room. To
that no friend, however intimate, lays
claim, or ventures 10 borrow.
81 will never lend it," says Mr.. Lin
ton, "to any one; for should have
been lonely, miserable bachelor to the
end of my days, if it had not been for
that dreadful sword-cane."
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29
A Oneer Snnersfliion

/ observed broad silver ring on the
middle finger of the lett hand Of
man, formerly of Chudleigh, now OF
TorluAy, painter by trade, who was
working at my house at the time. In
reply to my questions he stated that he
was twenty seven years of age, and had
worn the ring about seven years for the
purpose Of protecting himself from fits,
TO which he had long been subject. The
ring, he said, was made of nine SIX
pences, given to him for the purpose by
niue unmarried females, all, as was nec-
essary, OF the parish OF Chudleigh,
where he resided at the time.
The sixpences were given in re-
sponse TO his question: "will you give
me sixpence p he being careful not TO
say, "Will you please to give me six
penceT and careful also TO avoid say
ing "Thank you" on the receipt Of the
coin either of which would have vit-
ated the charm. He took the nine coins
to an ordinary ieweler. who made them
into a ring, but Il was necessary for the
success of the charm that he should re-
ceive nothing FOR his labor. The givers
and the receiver OF the sixpenccs must
be of different sexes, and the ring must
be worn on the middle finger Of the
left hand. II had net quite kept away
tho fits, but - had been much less
frequent - hnfore he wore
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29
A Railroad in the Trce.Tons.

II may not be known outside of the
neighborhood where IL is situated, but
II is nevertheless fact that, in Sonoma
county, CAL, there Is an original and
successful piece Of railroad engineering
and building that Is not 70 be found in
the books. In the upper part of this
county, near tho coast, may be seen an
actual road-bed in the tree-tops. Be-
tween the Clipper MiIls and Stuart's
Point, where the road crosses deep
ravine, the trees are sawed of on level
aud the timber and ties laid on the
stun1ps. In the center of the ravine
mentioned Two huge trees. standing side
by side, form = substantial support, and
they are emf of seventy.flve feet above
the ground. aud cars loaded with hsavy
saw logs pass over them with ~ muo b
security : i It we're framed In the mot
scientific manner
Iron County register., 1881-01-06
A NOvelist's Profits.

THE New York Times says: The $780,
600 received by Lord Beaconsfield for
his last novel, 'sEndymion," is believed
to represent the largest amount given in
England for any work of fiction. Scott
received $40, 900 for ''Woodstock, and
George Eliot the same amount for enid
dlemarch.'' Bulwer Lytton's earlier
novels, even when he was the rage, did
not bring him in more than from 80, 900
to $4,000, but he subsequently received
handsome amounts for copyright of
collective edition. Lord Beaconfield's
earlier novels, Notwithstanding the sue
cess of the first, "Vivian Grey" had a
very limited sale, and could be h>ught
for next to nothing within few Ii 'nths
of publication. They never became in
general request as components OF Ii
brary, and in England were only read
with interest by persons familiar with
political and social life. "COningsby"
excited by far the most interest, and the
KEY which soon afterward appeared
was eagerly scrutinized. Probably
ssEndymion'' aud "Lothair" have, to-
gether, produced more than double than
all the previous works Of the author, al
belt very inferior to some of them. The
ssCuriosities of Literature of the elder
Disraeli must have produced a large
sum of money. 1t forms a part of every
good collection of English books, and
has passed through many editions. Dick
ems left S4OO,O0O, and considerable
slice of this came from books, but it was
his ..readings" which made him afflueut;
and so, too, with Thackray. For re-
ceipts from actual writing no one has
vet reached Scott, whose income for
several years ranged from 10000 to
f15,OOO, mainly drawn from this source.
Richardson was the first Englishman
who made a really good thing out of
writing, and mainly because he was
publisher of his own novels. Probably
Miss Braddon's receipts from writing
rank among the first half-dozen highest
among writer's of fiction. Reynolds,
who wrote ssThe Mysteries of London"
and other works of low sensational type,
was, from pecuniary point of view, one
of the most successful of British authors.
Iron County register., 1881-01-06

by the pioneer and his wife, both Of
whoms were well along in years, and
after some general talk. the woman
queried ..-s ssrss -asas.. ,.. ~
"Am I right in thinking you are a
widowerp'
ssYes.n rs
.IDid you come out here to find q
~.sp ..Partlv.,
IBID anybody tell You Of our susieP"
I ssWef, we've got as bouncing girl
of twenty-five as you ever set eyes on.
She's good looking, healthy and good
tempered, and 1 think she'll like your
looks.''
"Where is she?"
cover in the woods, here, chopping
down coon-tree. Shall I blow the
horn for her?''
&"No. If you'll keep an eye on my
horse I'll find her."
ss Well, there's nothing stuck up or
affected about Susie. She'll say yes or
no assoon as she looks you over. If
you want her, don't be afraid to say so. {"
The stranger heard the sound of her
ak and followed it. He found her just
as the tree was ready to fall. She was
a stout, good looking girl, swinging an
ak like a man, and in two minutes he
had decidedsto say:
g Susie, I'm "a widower from New
York State; I'm 80 years old, have one
child, own a good farm, and want
wife. Will you 60 back home with
me?'
She leaned on the ak and looked at
him for half minute, and then replied:
- "Can't say for certain. just wait till
I get these coons off my mind.''
She sent the tree crashing to earth,
and with his help killed five coons,
which were slowed away in hollow.
ssWell, what do you say?' he asked,
as the last coon stopped kicking.
elm yourn!" was the reply; "and
by the time you get back from De Witt
Ill have these pelts off and tackled up
and be ready for the preacher!"
= He returned to the house, told the old
folks that he should bring preacher
back with him, and at dusk that evening
the twain were married. Hardly an
hour had been wasted in courting, and
yet he took home one of the best girls in
the State of Michigan.-Detrost Free
Press.
Iron County register., 1881-01-06
How to Grow Homely.

No ONE wishes to know that, you VIII
saw. Well, but that most people 90
grow homely 1t is impossible 70 denv.
All love a frank. open countenance,
and welcome the owner OF 1t; but how
few such there are. There are good
and sufficient reasons for these things,
some of which propose to show you:
When you are angry, how wrinkleu
YOUR face gets, and what cross, disa--
greeable expression Is in your eyes.
Every time you get angry little OF that-
look STAYS; YOU cannot get rid OF IL
We have all seen people who look mt
us openly and frankly when taking
with us, and others who will hardly Let
their eyes meet ours; what Is the rea-
sonp When one has been telling what
is not quite the truth. he does not ike
to look up for fear of being discovered:
and the next time it is little 'more SO,
and when one Is in the hab-
it of doing things he is ashamed
of, he will not let you look him
in the eye IL he can help It. There
is not a surer way to grow homely.
Another way is, every time you hear
it said that some one of your acquaint-
ances has been doing something wrong,
do not stop TO know that 1t Is so, nor
think whether you haven't done just
such thing Yourself sometime, or
something just as bad. but go right
away and tell every one you meet all
about 1t. And IL you cannot remember
just how it was told you, tell 1t some
way, however you happen to think It
might have been. This will give your
countenance an expression very spite
full and malicious way cross old
maids are said to look. .4.t r.-s.lI
A sure way to make your mouth
homely and to take all the dimplcs from
your cheeks, is to get angry and scold n
great deal. very often. using words you
would not like certain Of your friends 10
hear you say. 80 rfs 4
BY using the same means you can
make your voice very harsh and unpleas-
ant. t.-NeWs-B Boys appeal.
Iron County register., 1881-01-06

as the china in the housemaid's> cup
board, or the metal covers that make so
many bright and effective objectssover
the dresser of the wel-arranged kitchen.
She would see that sunlight
found its way as freely as possible into
every apartment. She would see that
damp had no place in any apartment. {"
She wonld insist that where any living
thing that ought not to be present in q
house exists in it, that house is unclean,
and in some way uninhabitable for
health, since health will not abide with
anything which is uncleanly.-.N. Y.
Times.
Iron County register., 1881-01-06
Misplaced Trusts.

THE daily papers report the defalca-
tion Of the city book-keeper and col
lector for one of our wholesale hard
ware houses. The extent of usthe
" shortage" is not known, but IL Is be-
lieved to amount to several thousand
dollars. The young man has, Of late.
had the reputation OF being fast and
indulging In extravagances beyond the ;
amount which his salary would justify.
The unfortunate condition i'm which this
faithless employe now finds himself Is
but the same in which many another
has found himself. not only in this city,
but in every city. and, we might say.
town in the country. II is the old
story, temptation. fall and disgrace.
The bitter ashes OF repentance will
hardly atone for the inexcusable course
which this man and others choose, in
pursue. The strangeness i'm all these
proceedings is that fast young men will
toy with vice. knowing that. in the
future, day of reckoning must be had '
If this defaulting book-keeper had any
perceptive faculties at all. he must have
known that he could not long continue %
his system of peculations. and that
sooner or later the denouemcnt must
come. To-day this violator of n sacred
trust, this betraycr of personal conf
dence. stands with reputation charrcd
and blackened. Upon the white page =
of his reputation there exists \ foul spot
which can never be erased. IL is said
that he had a home and wife aud
child. II so, in that home there rests q. !.
shadow whose darkness can never de-,
part. Upon the heart of trusting
wife there is weight which can never
be removed until it has ceased its .pul-
sations in death. Did this young man
think of all this when stepping out
upon that life of shame, which has thus
terminated in his ruin and sent him o.
fleeing outcast from the city and the
home he has disgracedP -' '''A' 7'fri
There are others to-day following
rapidly In this young mans footsteps .rs
Daily they are tempted TO betray their
trusts. Some have even stepped acrusss
the fatal line. and are now doing the :,
same unlawful act which has cost this
book keeper his situation and the loss
OF his good name. Some trumpet of
warning should be sounded for these !,
misguided young men. Something ,
should be done TO arouse them TO the !,
danger OF their position, but more 70
show them the enormity of the offenses.
they are committing.
There is duty for employers in this
matter. They should keep n watchfui
eye upon the conduct of those to whom
they grant positions of confidence and
trust. IL they see that their men are
pursuing a course Of vice or are cnoay.s
ing in habits of extravagance, then IL is
morally incumbent upon them TO at
tempt to. reform their erring emsh
ployes, or failing in so doing. thcy
should remove them from positions.
where they are tempted to violatc their,
trusts. Self interest. as well as n hiqh.
sense OF moral and social obligalion.
should teach those who employ Young
men to watch over their characters and
regulations. This Is difficult task.
we know. especially in large city. but
not so difficult that IL cannot be accom-
plished.- industrial World. 10 ~ So
Iron County register., 1881-01-06

ayes; she has often said they did her
lots Of good"
"And when you had once mads % an
effort 70 please her. % = va: so'ss e ass couSd %
sh.ro In vour rood timcsP's 49, -'-.-.-----
" shouldn't wonder" "sd i1.eI
"Certainly, it is 90: just - after you
have once gone to the barn ana BACK
through the drifted snow. you can 60
easier the next time in the same track.
And having denied yourself someumes {
when the boys were going on on some
sports, you can do IL easier now when
your mother needs you:" ~. -,.sI
II believe it's all So" said Chsnsy:.
.Well, 1 want to tell you two things
YOU can take homo to think Oh. One is.-r
The work was worth IS much 10 you - :
the money you got for IL; the other Is,
You have had better tire yourself for
The practice you have had In thinking
and caring for others. IN Y. Observer.
Iron County register., 1881-01-06
Gourtins in Ye Olden Days.

IHIKTf years ago Michigan neon,e
were frank and truthful set. Stran rs ea,.s
couid come here and trade horses g;t,, :
.nen eyes shut, and breach of nro,n;so
cases were unknown. Folks n,as.,s
Wnas they said, and when .tbev 1osra
their word stuck to it. gave
aa Exac.ly thirty years ago this month I.
Mao2Wer from New York State appeared
IN Lsasing on business. Thai san,a
ouSiness carried him over to De VIZ
eight miles away. While en- routa , bo
stopped at log farm house to warn, hie Ie
cold n gers He was warmly welcomed