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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-12
Religious News and Notes.

Chicago has 400 ministers and lay.
readers.
New York city has sixty Methodist
churches.
There are thirty-two Episcopal news
papers in the United States
The Hon. Jacob Sleeper has beeu
superintendent Of Methodist EpiscoI
pal Sunday-school in Boston for fftyl
two consecutive years.
There are thirty-nine Roman Catho4
lie churches in Philadelphia, and it is
estimated that the Roman Catholic
population is about 100000.
Many people regard religion very
much as they regard smallpox. They
desire to have it as light as possibleS
and are very careful that it does not
mark them.
The converts 70 Christianity from
among the Dakota Indians are gath
cred into eleven Presbyterian churches.
which together form preshytery. Sew
eral Of the pastors are ful-blooded In
dians.
n large number Of the japanese stu
I dents sent 20 America returned 70 their
native country Christians. while not
one such case has occurred among
those sent u Germany, France and
/ England.
The Episcopal Clergyman's Insu-
rance league in the last thirteen years
has paid $4,000 TO the widows and
orphans Of deceased clergymen, and II
this sum $l5,552 was paid during the
past year.
During the visit to England Of Get
awayo, the captive king Of the Zulus.
former missionary in Zululand pre-
sented him with a handsome Bible
printed in the Zulu language He was
much gratified at the gift.
An English journal saws that "Mr.
Moody's cvangelistic campaign will
| not be forgotten while Scotland
stands" II regards his work in that
country as one of the greatest events
in the history Of Christianity.
During the past two years sixty-ive
ministers Of other denominations have
been ordained. deacons or advanced to
the priesthood in the Protestant Epis-
copal church. OF these l3 were Con-
gregationalists. II Presbyterians. l
Lutheran. Second Adventists. IL
Methodists, II Baptists. 3 Universal
lists, ! Unitarian, ! a Reformed Epis-
copalian, l a Morayian and Hebrew
/ Rabbi.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-12
A Clock Which Does Not Need 20 be
Wound.


In September last new perpetual
clock was put up at the Care du Nord,
Brussels, in such position as to be
fully exposed TO the influence Of wind
and weather, and although it has not
since been touched it has continued to
keep good time ever since. The weight
Is kept constantly wound mp by a fan
placed In a chimney. As soon as 1t
approaches the extreme height Of
its course IL actuates break, which
stops the fan; and the greater
the tendency of the fan 10 re-
volve so much the more strongly
does the brake act to prevent it. A
simple pawl arrangement prevents a
down draught from exerting any effect
There Is no necessity for a fire. rs the
natural draught of the chimney or
pipe Is sufficient: and If the clock Is
placed out Of doors all that is required
is to place it above pipe, sixteen or
twenty feet high. The clock is made
to work for twenty-four hours after
being wound mp. so as TO provide for
any temporary stoppage; but by the
addition Of wheel or two Il may be
made TO go for eight days after cessa-
tion of winding. The inventor, NJ.
Auguste Dardenne. q native of Bel
gium, showed his original model al the
Paris exhibition of 1873, but has since
considerably improved upon It.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-12
A Curious Pet.

In respectable native houses in Java
a pet is made of curious little crea-
ture called the shooting fish. A small
stick is fastened in the reservoir con-
tanning the fish, projecting some two
feet above the level of the water. and
when it is TO exhibit large fly or
other insect is lightly fastened on this.
The fish swims round the stick once or
twice to examine the object then.
rising TO the surface, remains for a few
seconds motionless. and suddenly elects
a few drops OF water at is intended
prey, with a noise not unlike that Of n
squirt, generally bringing the mark
down with the first shot. II this fails.
however. he repeats his circuit OF OBJ
servation, pauses again apparently 60
measure his distance. and then dis
charges at the fly once more. This
curious pet Is described as seldom
reaching ten inches in longth, and be.
ing Of > yellowlsh color. marked with
dark stripes.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-12
A Georgia COrn.Shucking.

lIc IdEllcT WHO pIopoSeS W klNo
constructing selects level spot in
his lot, conveniently near. his crib,
rakes away all trash and sweeps tho
place clean with a brush broom. The
corn is then pulled off tho stalks,
thrown into wagons, hauled to the lot
and thrown out on the spot selected,
all in one pile. If it has heen pre-
yiously "nOrated through the neigh
borhood that there is to be plenty to
eat and drink at the corn-shucking,
and if the night is auspicious, there
will certainly be crowd. Soon after
dark the negroes begin to come
in,. and before long the place
Will be alive with thcm-mcn,
women and children. After the crowd
has gathered and been moderately
warmed up, two "gin'r'ls" are chosen
from the most famous corn-shuCkers on
the ground, and these proceed TO divide
the shuckcrs into two parties, later
comers reporting alternately TO one
side or the other, so as 10 keep the
forces equally divided. The next step,
which is one Of great importance, is to
divide the corn-pile. This is done by
laying a fcnce-rail across the top Of
the corn-pile, so that the vertical plane,
passing through the rail, will divide
the pile into two equal portions. Lay
ing the rail is Of great import.
ancc, since upon this depends $he
accuracy of the division; it is accom-
pfqid1 with much argument, not to
S ! wrangling. The position Of tho
rail lklng determined the two generals
mount the corn-pilc and the work be-
gins. The necessity for the "gin'r'ls.
to occupy the most conspicuous posi-
tion accessible from which TO cheer
their followers is one reason why they
get mp on top OF tho corn: but there is
another equally important, which is to
keep the rail from being moved it
being no uncommon thing for one side
to change the position OF the raill and
thus throw an undue portion
of the work upon their ad-
ycrsarics. The position Of "gin'r'"
in a corn-shuckcr differs from that Of
the soldier in that the former is in
greater danger than any OF his fol-
lowers; for the chances are that.
should his side seem to be gaining, one
Of their opponents will knock the
leader of the corn-pilc and thus cause
a momentary panic, which is eagerly
taken advantage Of. This proceeding,
however, is considered fair only in
extreme cases, and not unfrequently
leads to general row. II it is possi-
hlc, imagine a negro man standing
! mp on pile Of corn holding
in his hand an ear Of corn and
shouting the words Of song below,
and you will have pictured the "corn
gin'rL" II is a prime requisite that
he should be ready in his improvisa-
tions and have a good voice, so that he
may lead in the corn-song. The corn
song is almost always a song with a
chorus. or to use the language of corn
shuckers. the gin'r'ls give out" and
the shuckcrs "drone." These songs
are kept mp continuously during the
entire time the work is going on. and
though extremely simple. yet, wher
sung with fifty pairs of lusty lungs,
there are few things more stirring
Century Magazine.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-12

Seventy mills in the South now work
up 100000 tons Of cotton seed, making
100000 gallons Of oil, worth $685.
100000,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-10-12

Naturalists say thar q single swal<
how win devour 5000 fiics in a day. :
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-02
Precious Opal.

Since the time Pliny accurately
described his opalus to the present
day this handsome mineral has been
esteemed gem, though not always
assigned the same rank; for fashion, in
its capricious vagaries, displaces and
reinstates it in favor at irregular inter
vals. It's innate beauty SO happily
characterized in the lines,
"Milky opa's that CLEAN and shine
Like sullen fires through pa lid mist"
coupled with the fact that it is perhaps
the only stone really defying imitation,
has enabled it 70 eventually hold it's
own. Tho high rank awarded it in
ancient times was undoubtedly largely
due to the comparative ease with which
it could be worked, and also to the
fact that unlik1 Gll other precious
stones much of its beauty was
revo. led and available without any
labor. The strange popular belief Of
modern days that opal is an unlucky
stone to the wearer, appears to be
directly traceable to Sir Walter Scott's
romance OF " anne OF Geierstein." In
its usual occurrence in seams Or veins
in porphyry and igneous rocks, it is
plainly an iu6ltration of gelatinous sill
lea (silica in the colloid state), often
mixed with considerable cyrstalloid sill
lea, aud retaining more or less of the
original combined water. Indeed, pre-
ciods opal proper seems, as a rule, to
contain more water than The other vari-
cites. Until within the PAST few years
the greater part of the material for
commerce has been of Hungarian
and Mexican origin, but new
source of supply has been discovered in
Queensland. In the variety from this
locality, which may in some respects be
considered unique, the usual fiery re.
Elections are displaced partly or even
entirely by the most splendent metallic
hues-greens and blues of every con
ceivable shade-the individual co!ors
in some instances being arranged in
moro OF less distinctly defined bands or
zones, or again imperceEtibly melting
into each other and wing with the
plumage of humming birds in magnif.
cence. Clearly the old descriptions
will need enlarging to cover this latest
addition TO the numerous forms OF
silica.-F. W. S.debnfT.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-02
TIE FAMILY DOCTOR.

REMEDY FOR HICcoUGH.-Dr. M. S.
Leslie, of Lexington, Ky, says that
the best remedy in ordinary hiccoughs
is about twenty-five grains of common
table salt placed in the mouth ana
swallowed with sip Of water.
ALCOHOL FOR BURNs.-Sydenham re
commends the application of alcohol tc
burns. especially for children, where
immediate relief is most desirable. The
alcohol should be applied for one OF
two hours constantly, as the pain re
turns when dry. In case of lVge burn;
care must be taken lest the alcoholic
vapors s!upefy the child.
How TO MANAGE CoUGH.-A distin.
guished English physician, in worb
on coughs and colds, says if We would
know just how to manage cough we
must learn how not to cough. The in
clination to cough should at any rate
be suppressed until the secretion, the
existence of which sets up the cough,
is within your reach; full inspiration
should now be taken and the accamu.
lated phlegm is then removed at SIN
gle effort; thus the mucous surfaces
are not causelessly irritated, and Sc.
we're bronchial attack passes easily
through its stages; whereas, if tha
membrane is irritated by violent and
useless fits of coughing, it gets sore
and relaxed. Again, by inhaling steam
or sucking an ipecacuanha lozenge on
first awaking. the dried secretion may
be loosened Or easily expelled, and the
usual fit of morning cough partly pre-
vented,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-02
4 Chance for K,srenfors.

A machine is greatly needed in many
parts of the country for twisting to.
gcther swamp hay, the straw Of grain,
bushes and the small branches removed
rom trees in the operation of trimming
them, for the purpose of utilizing them
for fuel. Such materials are extensive
ly employed in many parts of Europe
for heating houses and for cooking
food. They are twisted together CT
tied by hand. Although this country
is well supplied with wood and coal,
and the facilities for transporting thorn
are excellent in most sections, still
there are places where the inhabitants
arc obliged to rely entirely on the ma
terials at hand for fuel for warming and
cooking. They have an abundance OF
hay and straw, and sometimes bushes
and the branches of trees that have
been planted. II they are twisted
together and bound they form very good
and convenient fuel for domestic pur-
poses. The materials as prepared should
be nearly in the form of sticks of s.ove
wood. In addition to being twisted
they should be bound SO that they can
be conveniently handled. A machine
that would accomplish these results
would be of very great value in many
portions of the West, and especially go
in the treeless, coslless sections of the
great wheatgrowing region. 1t should
be of ample construction, not liable TO
get out of ,older, and cheap. Large
machines might be constructed that
could be moved from one house to an
other, as thrashing machines now are,
but small machines are more desirable,
so that every settler could have one.
The machines would be valuable in
places where there is supply of coal
but no wood that can be employed for
kindling purposes or for supporting
brisk fires that are often required for
cooking meals. With a suitable ma
chine substitute for wood could be
obtained from materials now wasted, at
the expense of little labor Chicago
Times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-02
TyiIifai.u Ierlas E.r,IiniMcd.

Fatigne duty means details made
from companies for duty, work of all
kinds, such as leading and unloading
quartermaster and commissary wagons,
repairing roads, bitches, etc. Police
duty is the keeping of the camp in
order, sweeping. etc, and is generally
performed by the old guard, though
aometimes a special detail is made for
the purpose. A field wor,. is work of
dirt thrown up fer the purpose of CIV
ing protection from the enemy's fire.
The best order for firing with the
breechloading rifles is in open order
or as skirmishers. If q call sounds to
fire, n soldier fires only when he sees
something 10 shoot at. File closers
are non.cOmmissioned officers or
men marching in rear of COM
pauy and their duties are to check
all disorders, keep the ranks
we'll closed up, and to caution men who
are firing too high. File.closers never
take part in firing unless the command
is hard pressed, at close quarters and
when every available musket is needed
Tactics is the art Of moving troops in
the presence of an enemy. Strategy is
the science of conducting tho opera.
tions of war ought of sight of the
enemy. An alignment is tho line upon
which droops are formed or dressed.
A point of appui is the point of rest or
toward which companies are dressed.
A pivot is the fixed or movable point
upon which change of direction is
made. A deployment is the forming OF
a column of twos or fours into linei a
ployment is the forming from line into
column
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-02

Klrsas has 300 Presbyterian churches
With IL, Oil members.
The revival movement which orisi
aated in St.. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
church, Cincinnati, under the n1inistra.
tions of Mr.. Harrison, has extended to
nearly all the churches in that city and
It's suburbs.
Leipsic, in Germany, has only seven
churches, all poorly attended, and nc
such thing as Sabbath-school. The
PEOPLE are indifferent to religion, and
look upon religious person with curl
osl y.
THO Bishop of Honolulu has gone te
England for the purpose of soliciting
aid for building the Episcopal cathedral
iu the capital Of the Hawaiian king.
dom. The church will be 125 feet
long, and cost $4,000.
The Centennial Methodist mission at
Lucknow, India, is reported to be in q
prosperous condition. The present
number of pupils is 115, comprising
ffty.eight Christians, forty-four Hin
docs and fourteen Mohammedans.
Tie Rev. George @. Min has de.
cided, after all, not to give up the pull
pit Of the Unity church, Chicago
(Unitarian) for the bar, his congrega'
tion having voted him perfect liberty
to say in his sermons whatever be
wishes.
New Hampshire has eighty lone Bap'
tist churches, with a total membership
of 1915. The total amount contributed
in ell the churches for the support oi
the gospel and for benevolent and
miscellaneous objects the past year was
$78, ,105.4S.
Archdeacon Macdonald, Of the Canada
Protestant Episcopal church, has field
of work on the confines of the Arctic
circle, and extending over about twenty
degrees of longitude. About 1900 na.
tives have been baptized and more thai
100 are COMMITMENTS.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-02

Aud Thomas Ellsworth, what Of
him2 Able and ambitious, he falsi6ed
tho predictions of my ancestor and IL
Illustrated again how foolish is the wis
dom which would fence passion with
prudence and love with calculation.
He removed to Maryland, married late
in life, and became prominent figure in
the early political history of our Union.
Once only did the lovers meet.
My great-aunt, left with straitened
means and several small children, lived
after her husbands death near the
Baltimore road" the main highway
which in those days led from Baltimore
to Philadelphia. One summer after
noon she took her work to seat under
great oak tree by the roadside. She
was still comely woman with fresh
sweet face and brown hair untouched
by gray, Her youngest daughter, a
girl of eleven, was with her and it is
her account of what happened that I
shall give.
Looking down the road the child
spied delightful sight-a real private
coach brilliant with shining lamps and
varnish, and driven by liveried coach.
man in the majesty of cockade and but
tons.
As the coach reached the shade OF
the oak the coachman drew up to rest
his horses. Suddenly the door was
thrown open and gentleman, dressed
in the elaborate costume of the day,
sprang out and holding out both hands
cried
elizabeth Elizabeth"
"When mother heard him." said my
informant, "I saw her turn white and
lean back against the tree; her lips
moved but she made no reply. Eliza
beth! he repeated, have I no place in
thy remory? I have never forgotten,
never can forget
"What mother answered I do not
know. Something she said in low
voice, and for some minutes they talked
together in an undertone. Then mother
began to cry and she made motion to
him with her hand, as she did to Us
children when she wished US to leave
her. head the words Thomas, thee
has wife With that the gentleman
put his handkerchief to his eyes,
entered the coach and was rapidly
driven away.
"Mother sat crying for long time
under the oak, and 1 was SO frightened
did not dare speak, nor did say g
word about it TO her for several years
Then one day asked:
"' Mother, will thee tell me who
that gentleman was who spoke to thee
under the oak tree"
"'That, Anna she replied in he,
usual calm tone, was Governor Ebs
worth, of Maryland. Iknew him wher
was girl. But as he was associated
with much that was painful in my early
life, I should prefer that thee would
not speak to me OF him again
"And 1 never did"
- Ou1, Continent
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-02
HOi'DRol.i0nfG.


could be subdued by inserting under
the skin small pointed instrument
provided with tube containing NOR
phia, they little thought that they were
paving the way for new vicc. Yet so it
was. There are in our merry England
beings who are as wholly under the
domination of morphia as ever the
Chinese were under that of opium
Women have yielded by degrees to its
fatal fascination, until at last they prick
the skin dozen times day with tue
tiny syringe that has such terrible re-
suits. Ths oper alton is almost painless;
the immediate effects pleasant. A de-
licious lansuor supervenes. Happy
thoughts and bright imaginations fill
the mind. Some see beautiful visions,
others feel only pervading sensation
of comfort and well being. On few
the effect OF morphia is to excite to
some intellectual effort, if effort that
can be called which is pure delight, q
glorious feeling Of untrammeled
power or uncrippled. exercise of the
highest faculties. It is as though the
mind Lad suddenly developed wings.
But at the very height of the enchant
ment the influence of morphia begins
to subside. The glory fades. The
wings trail, and tho feet that are their
sorry substitutes become weighted as
with lead. As with the workers, so with
the dreamers. The visions are OBJ
scured. The sensation of comfort gives
place to one of discomfort, irritation,
even pain. Tie mental vision that
had just now looked through rosy
! mist sees all things as through Grape
veil or o November fog. Can it be
wondered at that the dose is renewed,
that the poison is absorbed again and
again, that the intervals become shorter
between the reign of the potent drug?
And the end? The punishment is
terrible indeed. By degrees the mind
becomes daIkened. Hide.us hallucina-
tions seize upon it. Seli.control is
lost. Imbecility overtakes the weak
Madness threatens the strong.
These are the personal consequences
There arc others TO be bequeathed to
sons and daughters, and later genera
tions. These can be guessed at. The
new vice has not reigned sufficiently
long for the world to have seen them
exemplifed, but dark array Of posi-
bilities suggests itsolf only too readily.
The heritage of insanity, of inebrioty,
Of imbecility, with its future to be
traced back to those tiny tubes which
hold only drop or two, and to which
men once looked as to o blessed means
of relieving pain, forgetting that bless
ings and curses go hand in hand in a
crooked world. Dipsomania has now a
powerful rival, speedier in its results
than its own revolving process, and
eventually as degrading. The name Of
the later-born sister fend is Morpho.
mania. Truth.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-02

"UIfh the authors COnipfinLcHfs."
When Professor Aytoun was wooing
Miss Wilson, daughter of Professor
Wilson, the famous Christopher
North" he obtained the lady's consent
conditionally on that of her father being
secured. This Aytoun was much too
shy to ask, and he prevailed upon the
young lady herself to conduct the nec-
essary negotiations.
"We must deal tenderly with his
feelings" said glorious old Christie
pher. "Tll write my reply on a slip
of paper, and pin it to the back of your
frock."
"Papa's answer is on the back of my
Dress" said Miss Jane as she entered
the drawing,room. Turning her round,
tne delighted professor read these
words: with the authors compli-
n-lnts. - Chambers Journal.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-02
Lore's t.nTy Chance,


And did you think my heart
Could keep its love unchanging,
Fresh as the buds that start
In spring, nor know estrangingl
Listen The buds depart.
loved you once, but now
love YOU more than ever.
Ills not the early love;
With day and night it alters,
And onward still must move
Like earth, that never ialtcls
For storm or star above.
l loved you once, but now
l lovo you more than ever.
With gifts in those glad lays
How eagerly sought you
Youth, shining hope, and praise;
These were the gifts brought YOU.
In this world little stays:
l loved you once, but now
l love YOU more than ever.
A child with glorious eyes
Here in our arms half-sleeping--
So passion wakeful lies u;
Ihon grows to manhood, keeping
Its wistful, young surprise:
l loved you once, but now
love you more than ever.
When ages pinching air
Strips summers Iich posse cssion
And leaves the branches Eare,
Ny secret in confession
Still thus with you I'll share:
loved you once, bat now
love you more than ever.
George p. Latlrop, in tie Continent
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-02

The National Soldiers Home, near
Hampton, Va, has now about eight
hundred inmates, and is to have new
wing this season, increasing its capacity
to one thousand. A new brick building
costing $50, 600 has just been completed.
The enlargement of the building is found
necessary, owing to the increased nun.
ber Of applicants from the old volunteers
for admission,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-03-02

Clerks in the French government
offices are not SO we'll paid as 10 make
the struggle for places so great in
France as in some other lands. On an
average the salary is only $500 francs,
or about $500 year, and the most Of
them marry on this and have children.
Rent costa them at least 500 year,
clothing and linen another 500, if not
$120, and general expenses about 800.
thus leaving them $3.50 for food, drink,
and the dowry OF the daughter,