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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

In 1875 sixty tons OF human hair
were exported from China to Europe.
An ostrich egg is considered equiva-
lent TO twenty.four eggs of the domes-
tic hen.
In Java an inferior must walk with
his hands on heels till his superior is
out Of sight.
Paper made from strong fbers can
now be compressed in q substance 30
hard that nothing bat a diamond can
scratch it.
A French s,atistician has estimated
that the total length of all telegraph
wires at present laid is sufficient 70 eI-
tend iorty-siK times around the globe.
Spiders have been seen as small as 3
grain of sand, and these spin 9 thread
so fine that it takes four thousand of
them put together to equal in size q
single hair.
Pumice dust, elected from volcanoes,
sometimes floats ont upon the ocean
and makes so thick an accumulation
that boats find it difTlcult to force their
way through it.
Burning kerosene oil can be eItin-
guished by throwing milk upon it. 4
persons first impulse is TO throw water.
bat the oil rises aud the only result is
to make the fire spread.
A man weighs about forty times As
much as the newborn infant. The
caterpillar OF the silkworm, when fully
developed, is seventy thousand times
heavier than when it came from the
egg.
Noah's ark was 81. .662 tons burden.
This oquals the tonnage of about eighty
one first-rAte ships of war. 1t was 54T
feet long, eighty-one feet broad and
fifty-four feet high, making 2.73O,7s2
solid feet.
Two twins born in Kentucky only
four minutes apart viii: date their
birthdays in different years. One was
born at two minutes to IL. December
81, 1881, and the other two minutes
after IL. January l, 1882.
In some parts of Germany curious
custom exists. The pessantry who
possess q bit of land, however small,
never enter . church without having
= nusegay in their hand. They thus
show that they claim the consideration
due those who possess some property
in the parish.
The megapod of the East Indies
builds an artificial mold in which its
eggs are deposited to be hatchcd. The
mounds are sometimes fourteen feet
high. with a circumference Of 80 feel,
and the decay OF the vegetable matter
Of which they are composed produces
an artificial warmth sufficient 10 hatch
the eggs-
In Germany, during The slippery sea
son, temporary cAlks are used for horse
shoes. Two sharp pointed studs IN
inch long are screwed into holes left in
The shoc, and when the horse enters the
stable they are taken out and button
screwed into their plAOa. thereby pre-
venting all damage 70 The hozss and
keeping the screw holea from nlling.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04

".He came in robes 81 splendid ~ The
robes in an Eastern tale. He wore the
costliest OF velyets, the richest of
satins and the rarest offurs. He wore
girdle OF precious stones, and his su-
perb mantle was fastened across his
breast by large rosettes composed of
jewels. am willing TO confess that I
was impressed. Never havs / seen q
man 10 splendidly arrayed and 40
worthy OF 1t. You can fancy how i'm
posing company Of these mobiles arc
on state occasions. / attended requiem
mass at which the mobiles were all
present in this nagniGcence, and they
were simply dazzling. Costly jewels
are sometimes worn at the knee or
dorm the tops Of the high boots, which
are always worn outside Of the trou-
GERS" The women arc pronounced
nearly q match TO the men.
One Of the most singular OF all syo.
cations is described by Hn English
journal Ia way TO indicate that
it has an established existence IN Lon
don. 1t is nothing more nor less
than the bringing OF Of prize fights,
and the business gives employ
ment to q number Of middlemen.
The middleman has his regular be at
and calls on regular customers. be
also has his pairs OF gladiators always
at call. Supposing that n set OF men
wish to see a genuine combat, they
simply subscribe twenty or thirty or
fifty pounds, and place the money in
the middleman's hands. A c2O "mill'
is not very sanguinary affair
but ESQ will buy a good deal OF blood
shed. When the money is deposited
the agent picks out 1.-TWO lads that
would like to have turn" The "lads"
are mostly lazy louts who do not love
work. They train for week on money
supplied by the merchant" who
arranges the meeting. When they are
finally placed in the ring they really do
hurt each other, aud the spectators
have the pleasure of battle and con-
spirGcy simultaneously. There are
half an hour Of heavy hitting, few
spirited rallies on the cords, large
amount OF bad language, and then one
man gives in. The middlemAn pockets
half the money, and the rest is divided
between the battered ruflians who afford
the entertainment.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04
An Elephants Revenge.

There in no creature in the world so
cunning as the elephant, and no crea-
ture, moreover, 30 full Of duplicity.
The elep ant in the Jardin des Plantes.
in Paris, never forgave his keeper for
having made him ridiculous before the
crowd assembled to witness his per
formance on q penny trumpet, which
tho poor man had been at the greatest
pains to teach him. A note came out
in "J'ai du bon tabAc' with q shrill
squeak, when it should have been deep
contralto. The creature was vain of its
artistic skill, rs all artists are, and,
flinging down the trumpet, made a
charge against the iron bars of its cage.
which sent the crowd flying right aid
left in the utmost terror, while the
keeper, who fortunately had time to
creep through the opening left at the
bottom of the cage for the purpose oI
escape in time of danger. ran out oi
sight Immediately. He never dared
enter the cage again, for he knew BY
the expression of the creatures eye that
the grudge was owing still. The new
keeper wisely withdrew the penny
trumpet. and "J'ai du bon tabac" was
heard no moro. To wound the vanity
of the greatest OF beasts is IS dangerous
as 10 trifie with that of the greatest oI
monarcha
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04

An American lady Who has spent
some time 10 Hungary, writes enthusi-
astically about the beauty OF the peo.
pie. The men are simply gorgeous
creatures--the handsomest in the.world.
The frat Of them she cav, the captain
Of Danube steamer, wAs - very god
IN physique" and she soon found that
he vas oaly fair specimen Of the
race. These grand fellows dress with
taste and magnllesBes. In describing
one Of them who visited her, che say
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04
SONG.

Where. from the eve OF day,
Tho dark and silent river
Pursuos through tangled woods > wAy
Der which the tall trees culver;
The silver mist, that breaks
From out that woodland cover,
Betrays the hidden path ii takes
And hangs the current overi
10 OF tho thoughts that burst
Prom hidden springs Of feeling.
Like silen! streams, unseen At frat.
From our cold hearts are ste Aling.
But soon tho clouds that veil
The eye Of Love. when glowing.
BssrAy the long unvhisporcd tAio
OF thoughts in darkness flowing
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04

An exchange has this TO say on the
subject of elephant acclimatization
The fact already demonstrated that
elephants can be bred in this country
would seem to indicate that the species
might be naturalized and acclimated.
Being of tamable disposition, few
generations would domesticate them as
thoroughly as horses and cows have
been. The climate OF the Southern
States would be friendly to them, aud
for large operations in farming and the
mechanic arts they could be made as
useful as they are in India. As milk
producers, they surpass the COW in point
OF richness, IL not of economy. Pro.
fessor Doremus, the chemist, has an
alyzed that from the mother of Bar
NUNS baby elephant, and pronounces
Il in favor and odor superior to that Of
many animals.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04

During the past year 2j2 fatal acci.
dents occurred in the streets OF Lon
don, being the largest number ever re.
ported. The figures arc surprisingly
large, and yet it was only one out OF
every 10000 inhabitants, the great me.
tropolis now having q population OF
over 100000. OF tho 252 fatal acci
dents, LAG were caused by vans, wagons,
drays and cars, forty-four by omnibuses
and street cars, thirty.one by cabs and
fourteen by carriages, while thirteen
persons we're killed by horses.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04

1t has been calculated by 4 recent
writer on vital statistics that, of ten
children born in Norway, little over
seven reach their twentieth year; that
in England and the United States OF
America somewhat less than seven reach
that stage; that in France only Eve
reach it, and in ireland less than Eve.
He tells US that in Norway, out Of 10000
born, rather more than one out OF three
reach the age of seventy; in England
one out of -four, in the United States,
IL both sexes be computed, less than
one out of four; in France less than one
out of eight, and in Ireland less than
ono out Of eleven, and he adds these
figures arc significant even based on
what may be called the commercial view
Of the vital question.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04

Tho bureau of statistics at Wash.
ington has furnished figures giving the
exports OF oleomargarine to Europe
during the las. elk fiscal years, and the
value thereof. In 1876 there were
l.69s. 40l pounds exported, valued at
s70.4S5. In fS5i, 25, ,327.676 pounds,
worth 1881, ,566, were exported. In each
case the figures are for the fiscal year
ending June 90 of the year named. The
quantity of dairy butter exported i'll the
year ending June 30, 1881, was 81, $780,
600 pounds. valued at s6,257, 024. At
this rate in about two years more the
quantity of oleomArgarine and butter.
inc exported will equal the expectation
Of the real article.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04

Garibaldi showed, on his recent visit
to Sicily to attend the celebration Of
the Vespers, how weak and inhrm he
has become. He was placed in car
riaRe TO be taken to the villa prepared
fol his reception, and rode doubled up,
with niE head on the knees OF his wife,
who sa. opposite. There were CO,OOO
people in tho crowd gathered to vel
come him, but in sJmpathy Sith his
EufTerings they stood in silence with
uncovered heads, as the.- illustrious
guest passed among them.
English missionaries have begun TO
work in the peninsula OF Corea-a land
from which almost all Europeans have
heretofore been iealously excluded. The
area OF Corea is 10000 square miles and
the population about 10000, 900 souls
The language is quite unlike both
Chinese and japanese, and much diff
Guilty has been experienced in learning
1t. Some progress has, however, been
made in this direction, and the trAnsla-
tion Of the New Testament has been be-
gun 10y q Presbyterian missionary named
Ross.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04

Armies are used for difTerenk pur =
poses in different countries. In Russia
the military and civil authorities arc
kept busy looking for dynamite mines
laid for the purpose OF annihilating the
sacred person Of the car. Its bad
day for the searching party when he
fails to discover a Nihilist contrivance
OF this kind. II be does fail the knout
or q somewhat protracted goiourn in
Siberia awaits him.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04

"Jcckoyvz" was Mr. Iougfellow's rendering
Of the name Of q mountain in New HampHhire,
now written "ChocoruA" The poem, though
no did not care 10 gather 10 into his collected
works, is worth repFinting:
SHuKoHvA.
The Indian chief, JeckoyvA, ~ tradition
says. perishcd alone on tho mountain which
now bears his name Night overlook him
whilst hunting among the cliffs, and no was
not heard of till after long time. when his
haif-decayod corpse was found At tho foot OF a
high rock, over which no must have fallen
Mount JeekoYva is near the White Hills.
They made The warriors grave bosido
The dashing OF his native tide;
And there was mourning in Tho glon-
The strong vail of a thousand mon
Ger him thus fallen in his pride.
Ere mist of age, or blight or blast
Had DER his mighty spirit passed
They mado tho warriors grave beneath
The bending Of the wild elm's wreath,
Where tho dark hunters piercing eye
Had found that mountain rest ON high,
Whore, scattered by tho sharp winds breath,
Beneath the ragged cliff were thrown
Tho strong bel. and the moldoripg bone.
Whore WAS tho warriors foot when first
Tho red sun on the mountain burst
Where, when tho sultry noon-time came
On tho green wales with scorching flame
And made tho woodlands faint with thirst
Twas where tho wind is keen and loud.
And the gray eagle breasts tho cloud.
Where was the warriors foot when night
Yelled in thick cloud tho mountain hoight7
None heard the loud and sullen crash
None saw the fallen warrior dash
Down tho bare rock go high and white
But he that drooped not in tho chase
Made on ths hills his burial-plAoe
They found him there, when the long day
OF cold deeertion passed away
And traces on that barren cleh
OF struggling hard with death we're len
Deep marks and footprints in the elayi
And they Save laid his ieathory holm
by tho dark river and green elm.
Tho following Song Was LongfeIlow's last
contribution to tho Lgerary Gdzesie. It was
published in the number for April 1. 1896
no. long before no sailed for Europe, and has
not been reprinted
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-05-04
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

1t is believed that not fewer than
10000 Americans will visit Europe this
year, which ia a larger number than
ever before, and that the emigration
hither will rise to 100000. This jus.
tifies the most extreme vigilance con.
cerning the vehicles which are to trans
port so large a number Of souls.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17

V''o ,sll2, 100
whole Tickets, ~, Half Tiokets,sl
~ Tickets. $50, 55Tiexets 500.
Remit money or bank draft In letter. or send
oy express Don't send by registered letter or
postoihce order Orders OF IS and upward BY
express can be sent at our expense Address 81
building, Louisville, Ky or r, NJ boARDMIE
6e9 Broadway. New York; or Box 50, Dallas
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17
LOEAL NEWS.
THE FAIR GROUND MEETING.
A school building obe Erected ana th'
Denixens win Incorporate.

A School Building to be Erected ana the
Denixens win Incorporate.
A number of the citizens OF the. fair
grounds and the vicinity held a meeting
at the school. house, near the residence oil
Judge Barksdale, last evening, for the puT'
pose of establishing free school, ana 10
takei iitiatory steps towards erecting suit
able building for that purpose. This how
eyer. was by no means the sole, nor per
haps the main object Of the meeting, ior
the subject of incorporating anew toWn was
discussed. and met with that universal
favor that savored OF perfect understand
ing There were thirty-iive persons pres
ent. Al
Colonel j. l.. Henry was called to tho
chair; and Mr.. J. 7. Vanston was elected
Tne chair stated that the object OF the
meeting was to establish free school and
reap the benefits accruing from tho state
and Peabody funds.
Mr.. Vanston stated that he had taken
the scholastic census and that there were
III children at the fair grounds and
vicinity in the part that they proposed 10
incorporate.
Colonel Henry stated that the fund from
the state would pro rate $3.50 to each child,
but in order to get the benefit OF this, that
1t was necessary to incorporate, and he sug-
gested that they have cheap corporation.
CAPTAIN CASTOR reported on the part of the
building committee that he had received II
telegram from the party owning the club
house, stating that the same could be
rented for $40 per month for school pur-
poses. Tho committee on location for site
Of school was given further time, and G. G.
Slaughter was added to the same.
Colonel Wright made talk In which he
strongly favored incorporation only so far
as II effected the school system. He did
not think that II would take over ten cents
on the 800 to run the city; the officers
to consist of the mayor, city marshal,
and five aldermen. He did not favor going
into the city at the present, but perhaps
would in the future. lie favored II high
school, and said that he believed in getting
the best of teachers and paying them good
salaries, as this was the only way good
teachers could be secured.
Judge Burke offered II resolution that the
clubhouse be secured and that the school
on p motion Of Ar. vanston. the resolution
was laid on the table. ~
Colonel Slaughter, who seconded
the motion of Mr.. Vanston,
was ri the opinion that school would not
Thrive until they had been Incorporated.
The committee on boundary was given
further time.
Captain G. NJ. Wheat moved that the
meeting take preliminary steps TO incor.
poratc at once, which was carried.
Colonel w. J. Keller said that he favored
incorporation for school purposes.
DIR Burleson, of Waco, was introduced,
and said that the best way to get the bene-
tit of the Peabody fund was to incorporate
and build school.house.
A committee was appointed to name the
new town, consisting OF Messrs. Wright,
CASTOR and Wheat.
The meeting then adjourned until Satur-
day 4p.m.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17
oxvonp MN. August 10. is7o.-oARrxn Mnpl
serious stnbblnx Array

A courier from Lctot station lodged infcr.
nation Of the shcrin's Office yesterday At.
ternoon TO the effect that Walter Crows had
stabbed, and In all probability killed, Cyrus
Lane, at Lotot station, eight miles out on
the Dallas & Wichita branch OF the Missouri
Pacific railroad. The cutting occurred
about noon and courier started
Ct once for this city 10 inform the authori.
ties. Sheriff Jones sent out deputies A,
y6on ~ he received the information 10
6our tho country for Crews, who fled amer
a scins 70 press, 20 isr As could be learned WJ'
- lad not been apprehended. What the
Quarrel vas about 10 q mystery, yet h IA
Suppcsed 20 DO family AFFAIR.".
Lane married Miss Taylcr
) NV weeks ago aud took her 10 live Min
Elm b The same house In which Crews and
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17

Gents; -Enclosed find ono dollar, for
which please send by retarn mail ore bot.
tie Carriers Little Nerve Pills, and for the
balance Carter's Little Liver Pills. The
sample bottle Of Liver Pills received from
you some time ago have been tested by me
and several Of my friends, among whom /
distributed them, and in every instance
have gwen entire satisfaction For sick
headache, they are the medicine seek not
to improve theni--they IRE perfect.
HUGH WILL, Ava, Jackson Co., Ills.
For sale by Williams, Tollivcr Il Walker,
druggists, Dallas, Texas.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17
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DALLAS AND LANCASTER.
Telephone Connection Betwoon the Two
Places

Dallas has now telephone connections
with the towns Of Lisbon and Lancaster.
The construction of the line was completed
to Lancaster yesterday, II distance of four
teen miles from this city, and the conycrsa-
tons held were clearly and distinctly heard
at each end of the line. The first business
transacted over the line, which was within
hlleen minutes after the line
had been completed, was an
order from Messrs. Blakely Il Moflett. aer.
chants of Lancaster to A. 0ppesieimer.
OF this city. Tho Herald held n
very pleasant conversation with Captain
W. T. Nance. A revival is progressing
there, and the cor OF sinners is abundant,
Mr.. Stevenson, secretary Of the Board of
Trade, radc talk over the line to the
people OF Lancaster.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17
Bedding Brothors Il Co.'S SILK Thrend I,
SupsrIprIty, Etc. -

superiority, Etc.
In issuing their new shade color card of
knitting silks the Bedding Bros. take occa-
sion to say there are two kinds of knit
ting silk in the market one made from
pure thread silk" the other from spun
silk. Thread silk Is that reeled from co.
| coons, several of these threads being
doubled and twisted together according to
the desired size of the finished thread
These cocoon threads are of great length
and contiguity, and therefore much
stronger" and more elastic than any
other fibre known.
Spun silk is made from pierced and i'm.
perfect cocoons, which cannot be reeled.
and from short pieces of waste made i'm
reeling, These are cardcd and spun like
lax and cotton. Spun knitting can be re.
tailed at GERS to 10 cents per ball less
than pure thread knitting, but when knit
up IL IL hnsa dingy. dull, rough appear
ance and will not wear.
Thread silk is smooth, strong and
lustrous, and will endure for years with or.
binary wear, The difference in cost ON A
knit article is so insignificant that anyone
who has once knit with thread silk, and by
contrast learned the superiority of il, wifi
never uso spun silk again, at any price.
All our knitting silk is stamped with blue
INK on the ends OF each spool, "BELpiyG
BROS. X Co.'S. Superior Knitting Silk" and
IL warranted made from pure thread silk,
the same as is used in the manufacture of
our unequaled machine twist and sewing
sllks, and is put up on half ounce spools,
inll weight BROWNING 4 CoyLE,
Agents for the South and West, st. Louis.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17
Medical.
TO PREVENT
Yellow Fever
-TAKE-
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR
II SAVED THE PEOPLE OF SAVANNAH
GA. WHO USED 1T THROUGH THE
TERRIBLE EPIDEMIC OF lS76,


MEssRs. J. II. ZEILiN 4 Co,
GEStLEMEN We. the undersigned Engineers
on The Georgia Central Railroad, In grateful OBJ.
legations for the benefits we received from the
nso OF simmons Liver Regulator during the
feIow Fever Epidemic In Savannah, Georgia
III the summer aud fall Of 1876. desire to mako
the following statement. That during the
aforesaid Epidemic. we used the medicine
known as simmons Liver Regula or. prepared
Dy j H. Zeilin II Co.. and though exposed to
the worst miasmatlc Influences OF the Yellow
fever by going in and coming out of Savannah
AZ diierent hours OF the night and also In
spending entire nights In the city during the
prevalence OF this most Fatal kpidemic. with
put the single exception of one of u.s. who was
taken sick, but speedily recovered. we con.
tlnued In our usual good health, II circumstance
we can account for In no other way but by the
effect under Providence of the habitual and Goa
,lnued use of summons Liver Regulator while
wewerc exposed to this Yellow Fever malaria
Respectfully yours, G.. u. Patterson, John Il.
Collins JAS. l.. Mallette, Melton +. Cooper.
mo- Always ask your Druggists for Dir. Sim.
mons Liver Regulator, and be sure to see those
IDENTICAL words printed on the label, and having
thereon red Trade Mark, Seal and signature
OF j. ii Zeilin * Co. None other Is Genuine.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17
Republicans OF Da,lns Comfy

You are invited to meet at the court.
house IN Dallas, on Saturday, August 49,
at O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of select.
ing delegates to convention which has
been called to assemble at Austin on We'd,
nesday, August -.
Upon the basis Of representation Dallas
county is entitled to nine (9) delegates.
Those who have at heart the welfare of
the republican party in Texas should heed
by order of the county executive com.
mittec. a. Il. Morrow
H. H. hoWLN, Secy, Chairman.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17
MY Wife.

for over three years, has been afflicted with
chills aud fever, contracted in Illinois, and
with dyspepsia flong standing and gen.
eral debility of the system. She las used
three bottles OF Simmons Liver Regulator
her chills are entirely cured and the dys-
pepsia almost vanished,
n. w. EvERuARr,
Hamilton. Va.