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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10
Slialns.

No, l do not like shams! | never
did fancy shams I do not care
whether they are pillow shams, or sham
sheets, or sham shirts, or shame of
etiquette, or any other kind of sham
| like good, honest truth in everything.
If you cannot afford fine cloth enough
to cover both sides of your pillow,
why just get what is little coarser,
and have both sides alike. 1t does
not look right to see a fine, flounced,
starched sham spread over a dirty,
coarse pillow case. 1t looks like q
great many folks that have met in
this world-very nice, smooth spoken,
agreeable people out in company, but
at homel bless me! you would be
astonished to see how rough and cross
they are! They are human shams.
Then / have met ladies dressed in
silks, and rutfied and fringed, that un-
derneath wore soiled linen, and, like
as not, their shirts were trimmed with
tagging, or there were holes in their
stockings that were encased in French
kid boots. This is another kind of
human sham!
Then there are other kinds of sham !;
for instance, two people meet; they
are delighted to see each other; you
would think they were the best friends
in the whole world, when, in truth,
they do not care a copper for each
other, and perhaps make ill-natured
remarks concerning each other Just as
soon as their backs are turned. That
is all put ON for sham. There is no
real kindness in it. People that ac-
tually dislike one another will shake
hands when they meet, which is all Of
no account, and is only done for effect.
There are lots of cases where sham is
used when reality would be better. |
think in our intercourse in society
that truth is preferable to pretense. |
do not believe in putting on appear
ances. If you likea a person, Of course,
show that you do. If you dislike an
individual there is no need of pretend
ing you are loving and kind. One
can be civil, and not hurt any ones
feelings ; but there is no need Of max
ing believe what is not true or real.
The world would be happier and bet
ter If there was more sincerity and
less shamming. | want to have real
things around me, for | am a sober
reality myself, and | do not choose to
make believe | am any better than |
really am.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10
Animal Sagacity.

81 have made some of my most in
teresting studies of nature in the
morning. said Seth Green. "That is
the time to see the insects at their best
to see the mud wasps singing the
spiders without killing them, and
packing them away where they are
kept alive for weeks to be used when
needed. | have seen a small green
worm hanging down on a web. An
ant, stationed on the limb above, pulls
up the web, and just as the worm
comes in reach Of his tiny claws, down
drops Mr.. Worm. The ant pulls up
again and again, and worm lets out
another reef and goes down. This
sort of thing continues until finally
the ant grapples the worm and both
90 down together in grand scramble,
in which the worm manages to shake
Off the ant. This leaves the worm on
the ground. His web is so strong
that it is still fastened to the LIMB
above. What does Mr.. Ant do? Give
it up? No, sir. I have seen him 60
up the trunk of that tree, crawl out
onto the same limb, and 90 to work
again pulling up the same web. Then
after another battle, have known the
ant to get the better of the fight and
lug the worm off to his hole, three
rods away.
"Whv, talk about reasoning powers!
The perseverance and instinct of these
little creatures is wonderful. People
90 out to fish. They splash around,
stand up in their boat, drop their lines
three feet away, and wonder because
they don't catch trout, They forget
that trout can see. Fish learn that
tackle and fish are, as a rule, local in
their habitation. There are not as
many gypsies among fish as among
men. Any man who will take the
pains to study fish-or who will re-
member a tithe of what he reads about
them-can catch them They are
smart, but our brains will beat them.
| remember once of fishing for salmon
trout for long time and taking moth
ing. Finally concluded to get down
and look into the water, and so, throw
ing my coat over my head, got the
required shade and peered down. The
salmon would sail up and look at the
minnow. Then, with quick dart, he
would close his teeth round one-half
the minnow and open them again like
a flash. He did not attempt to eat
the minnow, and half of the severed
body would drop to the bottom. When
it had fallen to the bed of the lake the
salmon would go down leisurely and
eat it. The next time when l drop
ped my hook and felt the quick bite
of the trout | let out enough line to
send the hook to the bottom, and the
result was that when the salmon went
down for his meal he was fooled and
/ had him."
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10

Of century this was the first time
they had seen each other, and thereby
hangs a tale. Fifty years ago the
father was well known as q horse
jockey in Montgomery county and
lived near Frederick. He was crack
rider across country and the most
popular horseman to be found in the
radius of fifty miles. At all the
county fairs young Bout was authority
on all matters pertaining to horse
flesh, and none dared dispute his opin-
ion. He was perfect daredevil in
the saddle, and no one could manage
four-in-hand as gracefully as he. At
twenty he went off with a. circus, and
in few months his first son was born.
lie did not return to Frederick until
the day, fifty years after, when father
and son first met face to face. The
mother had died and the father sup
posed that the son had also died. But
while the one was roaming the earth,
leading an adventurous life, the boy
grew to manhood and to middle age.
After many years Of wandering, and
when he had been lost to family aud
friends in Montgomery, Bout, the
elder, married and settled in this city,
and became a domestic man of bust
ness, accumulated property and be-
came the head of numerous family.
His last child is now but two wears
old, and was born when the father had
reached the ripe old age of sixtv-eight.
There are twenty-four other children.
not including the supposed.to-be.dead
first born, all of them alive. In the
meantime, Aaron Bout, jr., had lived
an uneventful life, had married,
bought little farm and also reared IL
family Of children. One day Mr.
George Bilger, of this city, who was n
relative of Bout, died and was taken
to Frederick to be buried. Among
the mourners was the father, and in
the company at the church was the
son. Neither was aware Of the Others
name or identity. An old patriarch
Of the neighborhood met Mr.. Bout, sr
He had known him when both were
boys, and was amazed to find him
alive. Falling back in the funeral
procession he took the son aside.
"Come," said he, II will introduce
you to your father"
"My father" cried out the astonish-
ed man. impossible, | have no
father. He is dead"
"No, no." replied his friend, "he is
here. Come with me-"
In a few moments the father of
seventy and the son of fifty years, each
somewhat bewildered, were in long
and warm embrace. For hours the
two sat close together under the friend
ly shade Of neighbor's vine-clad
porch, all unconscious of the curious
gaze Of the country folks who had at
tended the funeral.
The son, who has been in Philadol-
phia hat once, was pressed to pay
visit to his fathers house on Heas
street, above Twelfth, and when the
crops have been harvested on the Fre-
derrick hills there will be another
meeting in this city.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10
Brave Deeds in the Face of Death.

The dispatches from Alexandra
enlarge upon the wonderful devotion
and extraordinary bravery of the gun
ners on board one of the British ves-
sells, who picked up a shell with .
burning fuse and immersed it in q
bucket Of water. This was courage
Gus act, but it was not more gallant
than anything of the sort ever before
chronicled." During our own war for
the Union hundreds of cases as deserv-
ing of mention occurred.
AT Stone river when Crafts Brigade
of Palmer's Division was pursuing the
reunited rebels on the I'd of January,
they came suddenly on a reserve bat
terry that opened on them with surpris-
ing fury. The men were ordered to
lie down, and dropped in the soft mud
of a cornfeld. The rebel artillerymen
had the range, however, and poured
shot and shell into the advance line in
a way that tore some unfortunates in
pieces and covered nearly everyone
with mud. In the midst of the terrific
fusilade a shell struck between two
men lying fiat on the ground so near
to their heads as to stun both. Dozens
of men, the bravest there, closed their
eyes in anticipation of the terrible
scene that would follow the explosion.
But one of the soldiers at whose
shoulder the smoking she'll had struck,
digging up a handful of mud, held it
aloft moment while he said ooolly
"Ten to one, boys, she don't bust" and
then with a sort of gleeful agility he
brought his great wad OF mud down
on the shell smoking i'll the shallow
hole, and "she didn't bust" No one
thought George Hunt, of Company c,
First Kentucky Infantry, hero for
doing that, but possibly he ranked as
high as the courageous gunner on
the Alexandria.
Another case: When Sherman was
getting ready for his move on Atlanta
great quantities of ammunition were
stored in the railroad sheds at Resaca.
One day in the midst of q thunder
storm that dismantled the camp, the
ammunition building was struck by
lightning. Hundreds of the bravest
soldiers ran blindly away as they saw
the boxes of shell thrown about, saw
the guards drop as if shot, and saw
smoke issuing from the top of the great
pile of explosives. But one man,
clear-eyed and cool.headed, saw that
the smoke came from tow in which the
shells were packed, aud climbing to
the top, All right, boys mo fireworks
this time" His intrepidity and alert
ness saved the ammunition and posi-
bly, many lives, and his record should
be kept as green as that of the gallant
gunner of the Alexandria. .-C Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10

killed, the other was severely wounded
in the assault at Quebec, under Ar
mold.
This story was often told in Boston
and Cambridge during the revolution
and after its close, but we do not know
that it has been given in history.
Stories of popular Kings acting the
part Of unknown benelactors have
often been told, as for example, King
Henry and the miller, King james
and the tinker, but we have not be-
fore met with like incident Of Wash
ington.-F. Il. Foster.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10

PRESIDENT ARFHUR's language on the
political assessment question is strong
and pointed enough. He is aUthorita-
lively reported to have declared in the
Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that for
his part these payments must he en- tire.
ly voluntary that no person in any
one of the executive departments de-
clining to contribute shall, on that &C.
count, be subjected to discharge or
criticism, and no attempt to injure him
on this ground will be countenanced or
tolerated" But at the same time Secre-
tary Folger notifies the clerks and en-
ployes of the Treasury that they are to
regard the circular Of the Congress
sional Committee just as they would
regard any good cause presented TO
them in their own meeting houses call
ing for contributions. In the same way
that they would then decide let them
act in regard to the Congressional Com.
mitteo CIRCULAR" Secretary Folger ap.
parently assumes that oificeholders will
readily understand how they are to act
in regard to the "good cause" The
inference is clear. Even casual church
goer knows that when the preacher in
injecting" presents q charitable cause
for contributions he is regarded as in.
dorsing it, and the brethren are ex
pected to respond accordingly or suffer
the consequences. He does not threa.
ten them with church discipline, but
the npleasantness to follow q refusal is
understood nevertheless and the most
reluctant generally dives into his pocket
just about the time the hat goes around.
Substitute the Treasury Department for
the meeting house," Secretary Folger
for "the preacher" the clerks for the
brethren and sisters, and you have the
case exactly. y.-PhiIu. Record.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10

as will accord with the purposes of the
Constitutional Amendment Association.
They shall also publish calls for Con.
ventions and prepare business for the
same, and at the proper time make q
thorough canvass for petitioners asking
the Legislature to submit the proposed
Constitutional Amendment to a vote of
the people of the State.
ARTICLE VII-REsoURCEs
The funds of this Association shall be
raised by collections, contributions, ETC.,
as the Executive Committee may de.
termine. Also according TO the plan
proposed by the State Association, viz !:
Any person having the privilege of sub
scribing one or more shares of stock in
volving the contribution of one dollar
annually until the work of the Associa-
ton is completed the first dollar to be
paid to or remitted direct to the Organi.
aer, for the benefit of the State Assoca.
ton. After that, all funds raised by
subscriptions or otherwise, shall be paid
to this Association; and after deductlng
sufficient to meet its current expenses
mot exceeding 25 per cent. of all mon
eys received) shall transmit the balance
to the Treasurer of the State Associa.
ton.
ARTICLE VIII.-MEETINGs.
The meetings of this Association shall
be at such time and place as the Execu
tive Committee may decide from time
to time.
ARTICLE IX-MENDMENT.
This Constitution may be altered or
amended at any regular meeting OF the
Association by vote of two thirds OF
the members present.
NOTE.-The Secretary should care.
fully transcribe this Constitution III the
first pages of Minute Book, and i'm.
mediately following the Constitution
leave few pages blank for any Amend
ments or Bylaws that may be adopted.
A few more pages further on record the
proceedings of the initial meeting and
organization, and continue these re
cords as meetings are held from time to
time. In the back part of the minute
book keep an accurate list of those who
subscribe to the funds of the Associa.
ton.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10
Now Don Does 1t 4!
CONFIRMED AFTER A LUNCH on CRACKERS,
CHEESE AND CHAMPAGNE.
Special dispatch to The Times.
ton.

CONFIRMED AFTER A LUNCH on CRACKERS,
CHEESE AND CHAMPAGNE.
Special dispatch to The Times.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.
Crackers, cheese, champagne and Don
Cameron, it appears, are responsible for
the confirmation of the Penn Van
Postmaster yesterday, after he had pre-
viously been rejected by the Senate.
From one of the Senators who was ap.
preached by Cameron it was learned
how this contamination was reached.
During yesterday Messrs. Cameron and
Lapham, the latter the successor of
Mr.. Conkling, We're observed to be very
industriously circulating among the
Democratic Senators. When all the
prelminares had been arranged Mr.
Cameron left the Senate Chamber and
went to his committee room, where he
superintended the preparation OF lunch,
the principal ingredients of which were
the articles mentioned above. Messen-
gers were dispatched up stairs TO bid
Southern Democratic Senators welcome
to the feast, care being taken to have
but one present at a time. Each visitor
was first invited to partake OF the re-
freShments on hand and when it was
thought that he had become sufficiently
mellow the object of the spread was
disclosed. Mr. Cameron announced
that the President was personally inter.
ested in the confirmation OF the Penn
Yam ofllce-seeker and desired that his
rejection should be reconsidered. This
was followed by proposition that the
visitor to the committee room should
either vote for a reconsideration or alb
sent himself from the Senate. While
the subject wac being discussed as a re-
ward for such service, Cameron said that
he was authorized to promise that any
reasonable request that might be made
bg Senator for his S,a.e would be
granted by the President.
The offer was Indignantly spurned by
several of those summoned before Cam.
eron, but that his tactics were successful
with others less obstinate the vote on
the confirmation plainly shows. This
story was fruitful topic of discussion
at the Capitol to day and the facts as
related above are from an unquestiona-
BILE source. For his efforts in this regard
Mr. Cameron has earned the title OF the
third Senator from New York.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10
Introduced to His Son.

Phiia. Record
A strange thing happened at Ere
derrick Station, in Montgomery county,
Pa, few days ago. Aaron Bout, a
well-to-do trucker of the neighbor-
hood, hale old man of fifty, was in
troduced to his father, Aaron Bout, q
rich merchant Of seventy, who lives
on Heas street, in this city. Although
they had been residing Within two
hours ride of each other for quarter
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10
ARTICLE VIII.-MEETINGs.

The meetings of this Association shall
be at such time and place as the EXecu
tive Committee may decide from time
to time.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10

NATURE never sends a great man
into the planet without confding the
secret to another soul.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10

TRusT men and they will be true to
you; treat them greatly and they will
show themselves great.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10
Officers of the State Constitutional
Amendment Association.

Tx CHIEF JUSTICE DANIEL AGNRw, PREs'T.
RRv. ELLIOT E. SWIFT, ID. D. TREAS.
d. l.. STARR, M. ID. SRcT.
W. d. BLACKBURN, STATE ORGANIZER.
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10

WE do not count a mans years un-
til he has nothing else to count.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-10
CON S TIT U TION N
OF THE
CENTRE COUNTY
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Asso-
CITATION.
OF THE
CENTRE COUNTY
PREMBLE.

WhereaS-In view of the great and
widespread evils of Intemperance, an
earnest effort has been made to secure
the following amendment to the Con.
stitution of the State of Pennsylvania,
namely:
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-18
STEPHENS CITY VA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 49, 0

photographs we're delivered OF course
indeed the scamp knew nothing about
photography. The policeman whose
duty it is to look after the lambs ia that
part of the metropolis not only failed
to suspect cheat, but during the per-
formance took his stand by the side OF
a favorite housemaid so that his hand
some face might light up the picture.
This is about the way man victim
lied the Jackson county bank at Jack
son, Michigan, a week or so ago: He
was gentlemanly in appearance, and as
he entered the bank looked as though
he wouldn't stoop to any kind OF wrong
doing. He drew check for $500 from
q. check book OF a New York bank.
When he asked the parker to forward
the check for him and collect it, the
bankor innocently agreed to comply.
In a w days the bank received from
New York draft for the amount. Then
the stranger, calling to get his money,
ask ed that the draft be cashed. The
request was granted. After the swindler
had disappeared the Jackson bank Off
GERS discovered that there was no such
bank in existence as the bank mentioned
in the check. The con nfidence man had
confederate in New York who had re-
ceived the check and sent the draft.
A few days ago a well-dressed man
entered the establishment of promi-
nent pen manufacturer in New York
and purchased half dozen gold pens.
He gave as his residence New Jersey
town, and not having sufficient sum
of money to liquidate the bill, left a
pawn ticket purportjng to be pledge
for a $500 watch as collateral until the
following day. The stranger failing to
return, the pen man visited the pawn
broker named on the tickets face and
learned that it was clever forgery.
There is young man now travelling
around in Eastern Texas who vaccinates
negroes with beeswax He charges one
dollar for the work, and, representing
that he was appointed by the United
States government, threatens that dire
penalties await those who refuse to be
operated upon.
A bogus countryman was arrested in
Hartford, Connecticut, the ether day,
for peddling bogus honey. He had a
glass box of fine honey in the comb
for show and tin can of cheap syrup
for sale.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-18
Playing Cards.

In the time of George III, Horace
Walpole tells us that everybody fol-
lowed Hamlet's direction, and spoke
"by the card" They were made the
vehicles of messages of all kinds, and
even reverend bishops would take up an
ace of hearts to convey instruction on
serious matters of business; some of
which are still in existence. Caricatures,
then new species of satire, were some
times drawn upon them, and ministers
of state condescended to invent the de-
vices, Charles Townshend himself carl
eaturing the trial of Admiral Byng SO
cleverly that the pack was afterwards
engraved.
1t has often been asked why the nine
of diamonds is called the Course of
Scotland" and as an answer has lately
been given by writer in Notes and
Queries. We may perhaps conclude this
article by giving the three historical
facts which he assigns as having caused
the saying. In the distracted state of
the country, during the reign of Mary,
man, George CAMPBELL by name, at
tempted to steal the crown out OF
Edinburgh Castle. In this he was un-
successful, but managed to abstract nine
valuable jewelsl and escape safely to a
foreign shore. To replace these, heavy
tax was laid upor the country, which
the poor, oppressed people thought so
great grievance that they termed it
the curse of Scotland and, until very re.
Gently, the card itself bore the name of
George Campbell in the Highlands.
The second explanation relates to the
well-known massacre of Glencoe. The
mandate of this cruel deed was signed
by the eldest son of the Earl of Stair,
who was at the time the Secretary OF
State for Scotland. The coat OF
arms belonging to this family bears nine
diamonds on it's shield, and the people
not daring to stigmatise the Master Of
Stair as the curse of Scotland, applied
it to his armorial bearings. The last
explanation relates to the battle Of
Culloden, which extinguished the
hopes of the Stuart party, and was al
the time considered national curse
The Duke of CUMBERLAND, who was
known to have been gambler, is said
to have carried pack of cards in hii
pocket; and when he had won the
famous field, he took out the nint
spot of diamons and wrote his account
of the victory on it, Chamber
| Journal.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-18
Mrs. yanderbllt,s Love Letters.

Commodore Vanderbilt's widow came
originally from Mobile, and had great
influence over the commodore. She
has lived very quiet life since the
commodore's death, spending most of
her leisure in opening love letters and
prosecuting the charities which he un-
dertook. She frequently sits up with
her secretary until midnight answering
the letters, not the. love letters. The
number of proposals she has received
for her well-endowed hand, since the
commodore was taken from her side, is
estimated by those who are nearest to
her, to be between 500 and 1000. Many
of them are accompanied by photographs
which wildly and vainly endeavor to set
forth the charms of the writer's. These
missives furnish no end of amusement
to the family at No. 10 Washington
Place. But Mrs Vanderbilt, though
barely thirty-six, and prepossesing
woman, declares that she will marry no
more, and she smiles upon no suitor.
Gossip-many-e eyed and many -tongued
lis not even busy with her name. A
Tarheel from the western Carolinas is
among the most recent who have sought
her hand. He naively and inn6cently
assured her that he had knocked to-
gether little cabin of his own, and il
she would only behis he 'would sup
port her as long as she lived.