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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-06-01

THE old Quaker said to his SON:
"John, never get trusted, but if thee
gets trusted for anything let 1t be
for manure, because that will help
thee pay it back again.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-06-01

IT is rare thing to have SO long
continued n low range Of the thcr-
mometer as prevailed since the 10th
instant, at this season of the year
1t seems almost impossible that
fruit shall not have suffered to 4 very
great extent. We shall be much in
terested in reports from those of our
readers who sowcd their clover seed
during the first ten days Of the
month. We fear many will mourn
that "clover is not a good catch this
year"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-06-01
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
DALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL.

ID RoAp-Timc-Tablc,A April ~, i.-0;
- Nh vEsTwAEp EAATwARD. Exp. Mail
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-06-01

NEWS, FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21

This little gardener had now grow1
up to be . young man. and his fathel
had procured for him . situation in I
business house in . distant town. 81
want to 90 very much" said he, but
what viii become Of my garden when
am awayr'
"Iwin take care of it" said his little
brother, and if it is not as fine when
you return as when you leave it. you
can blame me for neglect"
Though Fred grew up and prospered
in other pursuits, his garden never lost
its attractions and pleasant memories.
and when, in after years, he revisited
the home of his boyhood, before taking
a seat in the house. he had to take .
ramble through the garden. to look Al
the trees which his own hands had
planted years before.
If the thousands of boys who read this
would follow this boys example. they
would find q useful and delightful occu.
patton for their spare moments, and
their work would be source of mex
haustible pleasure to the end of life.
The fruit is sweetest of all when the
trees that bear it has been planted by
our own hands.-Rev. r. Il. Craig, ia
NJ 7. Observer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21
lirht . smail fir. of china in their boats.

light small fire Of chips in their boats,
to drive away. Is they supposed, any
witches that might have hafbored there
during the night to Illustrate their sue
cess. The customs practiced by the
Scotch fishermen for obtaining good luck
are equally curious. Thus, in the Basf
Journal of 1855, it is related that, in con-
sequence of the herring fishing being
very backward, some of the fishermen OF
Buckle dressed q cooper in a flannel shirt,
with burrs stuck all over it, and in this
condition he was carried in procession
through the town in q handbarrow. This
was done to s'bring better luck to the
fishing, and happened in district, says
the writer, containing no less than nine
churches and chapels, of various denom-
nations, and thirteen schools" Certain
family names are considered unlucky,
and in some of the villages on the east
coast of Aberdeenshire it is still consid-
cred bad omen to meet person by the
name of Whyte when going to sea, as it
is thought that either the lines viii be
lost or the catch cf fish poor. In Buckle
there are some l. lily names which the
fishermen will not pronounce, such, for
instance, as "Ross'' and "Coull. - and if
these Inflated names are mentioned in
their hearing they spit, or, to use the
vernacular expression, ''chiff." Men.
too, who have been hired before their
names were known have actually been
refused their wages at the close of the
fishing season. partly because the fishing
was unsuccessful with the boats in which
they sailed, and owing to the want of
success being ascribed to their presence
in the boat.-Lcisure Hour.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The AppletOns have sold 46, 600. 900.
Webster spoilers within the last forty
years.
There is q gradual rise being made
in the salaries of New York City clergy
men.
AT Wallerawang, New South Wales,
lady has built a church for the joint use
of Anglican and Presbyterian commune
ties.
Deacon George w. Chapman, Of
Boston. recently in passing candy store
which the Sheriff was selling out stepped
in and bought the entire stock; and then
followed a reyelry in sweets among the
thousand children in the fremont
Temple Sunday school. Of which for
years he has been Superintendent
Chicago Tribune.
The hall of Georgetown College
District of Columbia) containing its
collection of curiosities is to be known
hereafter as Coleman Museum, in con-
sideration of q recent gift of $10,OU0
from Mr.. James v. Coleman, of San
Francisco, to the college. Tho will of
the, late General James NJ. .Coale, of
Frederick, Nd, contains bequest of
SIC, 900 to the same institution.
"A Presbyterian at Blyth, Ontario.
called on his pastor and handed him
800 as donation for missionary work.
The pastor, knowing that the man was
not wealthy, expressed establishment and
asked him how he happened to have so
much to give away. The man explained
that it was tobacco money which he had
saved. Formerly he used the weed in
ordinately. He had reformed, and the
money was one of the first substantial
proofs that his reform was in earnest.
The Baptist Union Theological Sem
mary, at Morgan Park, near Chicago,
has an attendance of ninety-three stu
dents, which, with the twelve ladies at
tending lectures, gives total of 100. In
the regular course there are three grad
yates, twenty-five in the senior class,
seventeen in the middle and twenty -ive
in the junior. The English course num-
bers eight students and the Scandinavian
eighteen. The faculty numbers ten, in
Guiding the President, the Rev. George
w. Northrup, d. d. LII. D.-Chicago
Herald.
The best kind of plans have been
devised to advance education; but little
has been accomplished. And the reason
is that the body of the teachers has never
cared a fig for reform or improvement.
In a town of 10000 inhabitants there is
a Superintendent who has done great
work; he has improved the schools in
every way. Yet he says: 81 have done
it all without help from the teachers;
they have stood coldly by; they have not
welcomed Improvements. even when it
would be for comfort. They have be-
hind my back discouraged Stockholders
and poured cold water. New tangled
ideas!' spoken in a most contemptuous
way has been the argument. They would
have rejoiced at my failure. But have
succeeded. 1.-THE School Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21
WELLS, RICHARDSON Zoos
. new DISCOVERY. -

Isr several ycaxs have furnished the pairymen Of
America With an excellent artificial color for buttes -
meritorous that il met with great success wnef
receiving the highest and only prizes ct both InteEn
tional Dairy FA1rA
But By patient and scientific we hevo
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21
The Superstitions Of Fishermen.

Of the numerous other practices in
>nse among the fishing fraternity for Sc
curing good luck, we are told that on the
highest mound of the hill above Weston
super Mare is a heap of stones. to which
every fisherman in his daily walk to
Sand Bay, kewstoke, contributed one
toward his days good fishing. A curious
: custom was, in years gone by, observed
at Filey in connection with the herring
fishery. During the time the fishing
boats were at sea the junior portion of
the inhabitants seized all the unem-
plOyed wagons and carts they could find
ard dragged them down the streets to
the cliffs top, leaving them to be owned
and taken away by their respective
owners on the following morning. This
was done about the third Saturday night
after the boats had sailed from Filey,
under superstitious notion that it drove
the herrings into the nets. In Corn
wall it is considered unlucky by fisher
men for any one to eat pilchards- Or. in
deed, any kind of tish-from the head
downward, as such an act is said to be
-'.sure to turn the heads of the fish away
from the coasts" The proper way is
rather to eat the fish from the tail to-
ward the head. this serving as kind of
charm to insure good luck to the fisher
man and bring him large quantities of
fish to shore. Again. when there is
large catch of pilchards, they are pre-
served by being rubbed with salt, and
are placed in regular order, one on the
other, heads and tails alternately When
SO placed, the fish often make squeak
ing noise, which is locally called sscry-
ing for more" and is regarded as most
favorable omen, being supposed to indi-
cate that more fish may soon be expected
to be brought to the same cellar. The
noise, however. which is heard is really
produced, says Mr.. Hunt, by the burst
ing of the air bladders. and when many
break together-which is not unusual
when hundreds of thousands are piled in
a mass-the sound is loud one.
Among some of the superstitious no
.tiOns relating to success in fishing which
formerly prevailed in Ireland, and have
mot yet quite died out, we may mention
+, the following, current in Ulster: To
meet certain persons in the morning,
and especially barefooted women, was
deemed an omen of ill-fOrtune for that
day. To name dog, cat, rat or pig.
while batting the hooks, also foreboded
ilt-Iuck. The fishermen always spat on
the first and last hook baited, and also
In the mouth of the first fish taken. Be-
fore casting their nets or lines they
dipped them in the water three times,
and each time gave kind OF chirp with
the lips, resembling that OF 3 young bird.
The fishermen. too. were accustomed to
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21
Dogs as Drunkards.

The fact that even dogs are inclined
to intemperance is unknown to many
who hold them in high estimation, but
such is the fact, especially bull and spitz
dogs. Mr.. Sam Wyman, who keeps the
saloon on Ninth and Market, owns q
large bull dog who is confirmed drunk
ard. He has gotten so addicted to drink
ing that he resorts to all sorts of means
to get beer, and sometimes shows
great cunning in getting drink of his
favorite beverage. The fact had become
generally known, and yesterday several
gentlemen determined to watch him.
Every morning Mr.. Wyman sets his emp
tied beer kegs out on the sidewalk for the
collector, and leaves the bung out, there
being always more or less beer in the
bottom of each key. As soon as the
kegs were set down and the proprietor
gone inside the saloon the dog ap-
preached from his post of observation,
and after smelling the kegs with the
air of a connoisseur, selected the one
which he seemed to think contained the
most beer, and putting one of his paws
against it, pushed the key over. He
then proceeded to push the key until it
got close to the edge of the curbstone;
and, turning the bung down, got out
into the street, and as the beer ran out
eagerly Tapped it up. This process was
repeated until every keg had been
drained, and after licking the edges of
the kegs the dog trotted of, evidently
not having gotten enough. This pro-
cess the dog repeats every day, and
sometimes more beer is left in the kegs
for his benefit, and he gets beastly
drunk. Drinking, however, seems to
agree with him, as he is very fat and
sleepy-looking.
This instance brings to mind another
case of dog in indianapolis which was
very much addicted to drinking. The
dog was known as ssOld jack and
was considered a. member of the fire de-
partment, as he always stayed at the
engine house, and went to every fire,
riding on the front of the engine. Next
to the engine house was a saloon, where
he used to get beer in the same manner
as the dog in this city, and also used to
get drunk. About year ago he went
out one day, and there happened to be
more beer than usual in The kegs, and he
accordingly got drunk. While he was
drinking an alarm was turned in and the
engine passed him. He attempted to
Jump on the seat in front, but was too
drunk, and falling beneath the wheels,
was crushed to charlottesville c0u-
| rier-J0urndl
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21
An April.Fool Joke.

Jack and Kitty sat by the fire one
windy March evening. popping corn.
"Tell you what, Kitty" said Jack.
"rve thought of boss April-fool joke
to play on that new boy across the road.
He's so honest and solemn, you can fool
him just as easy"
"What is it ?''
"Oh. I'll take chip and write on it
'April-Fool,' and wrap it in q paper,
then I'll put another paper on the out
side of that, and SO on. lots and lots Of
papers till l have big bundle. I'll
write on the outside, Henry johnson.
from FRIEND and the last thing before
60 to bed the night before April ool' 8
day I'll run over and hang it on their
dOOr-knOb.''
won't some of them see you P"
"No danger. They always 60 to bed
early over there. 1 suppose because his
mother is too poor to sit up and burn
out wood and lights. But they get up
early in the morning. He'll go out to
the pump for some water, and find the
bundle. and he'll think he's got some
thing nice. Won't he be well fooled
when he gets it all undone and finds
nothing but CHIP
"He's got sister not quite as big as
I am" remarked Kitty, not seeming TO
enter into the sport as heartily as Jack
did.
"Come here" children" called their
mother from the sitting-room; "and
I'll suggest an improvement on Jack 8
plan. I dare say Mrs. johnson would
remember that it was the first of April,
and tell Henry not to expect to find any,
thing in his bundle So surer way
to fool him would be to put something
inside. There are the rubber-boots you
had last year, you know, Jack, and
they were so small you only wore them
trife. You might do them up for Hen
ry, and they would be very nice for him
to wear in this spring mud.
Mother" said Kitty, "there are
my copper-toed boots that outgrew
last year. Couldn't put them in for the
little girl?'
Certainly, dear"
Not many evenings after, you might
have seen Jack and Kitty very busy in
the kitchen. The rubber-boots and COP
per-toed ones were tied up in a snug
package, and over that was wrapped no
end of papers, till the bundle was al
most as large as Kitty herself. Jack
wrote the address, and ran over with it
at bedtime, as he proposed. The Wild
ow Johnson's light had been out for an
hour, for the children had kept watch.
She found the bundle when she first
got up the next morning. and carried it
in to the children. "You must remem-
Der it is the first of April" she said.
with smile, "and you mustn't expect
to find much in this, if it is heavy"
'.Oh yes, it is April-Foops day, isn't
it?'' laughed Henry. "Well, they can't
fool us now, can they, Sis? But well
undo the papers. They'll come handy
for good many things, and we shall
find stone or brick at the last end.''
So the children had lots of sport un-
wrapping the papers, and they were
most thoroughly fooled when at last the
very boots they had 50 much needed
came to view.
'.rd like to be fooled this way every
year." cried Henry, storming about in
his new boots.
$50 would l." chimed in his little
sister, looking happily down at the cop
per-toes. Youths Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21
The Sensation Of / Man While Failing,

Dick Sullivan, who fell sixty feet from
the roof of the Visitation convent at the
fire a few weeks since, was down town
yesterday, and while still using crutch,
he is able to get around. He said that
when first he lost his foothold on the
roof he fell forward on his face and
commenced sliding down. There was
nothing to catch to, but still there was
hope. Every article was grabbed at.
When the tin guttering was reached Mr..
Sullivan made q desperate effort to hold
on to it bat it gave way. Then he knew
no more. and was instantly crushed on
the brick pavement below. a =
Mr.. Sullivan says that when he was
sliding down the roof he never expected
to again see the sun shine or hear the
voice of friend, and during the time
he could not help thinking of what q
horrible death. he would meet. This
feeling was but for an instant. Unless
something unexpected occurs. Mr.. Sui
Ivan will be at his post pipeman at
No. engine house-in q few weeks
ST. Louis Republican.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21
How q Note Of Henry Clay was Paid.

Mr.. John Wentworth in recent lee
ture on Henry Clay told the following
story: Mr.. Clay had large and ex-
pensive family, and he keenly felt his
poverty, while he lost no opportunity Of
expressing his gratitude to friends,
known and unknown, for all kinds Of
favors. The day upon which Mr.. Web
ster made his celebrated speech, in
March, 1850, he was highly eulogizing it
at dinner when some one asked him if he
did not think Mr. Webster's influence
had been greatly impaired by his allowing
certain wealthy men in Massachusetts, to
settle an annuity upon him for abandon
ing his practice in the courts so as to de-
vote more time to public affairs. Mr..
Clay responded: 6 In view of the man.
ner in which my note was paid at q
bank in Kentucky, I do not think ought
to speak upon that subject. With diff
Guilty had raised the money to pay the
interest when went to the bank to ask
a renewal. The cashier told me had
no note there. 1 asked him what had
become of it, and he said he was in
structed to answer no questions. And
never have I been able to find out who
paid it; but" turning to Judge Conrad,
of New Orleans, he said, Judge, al
ways supposed you had something to do
with that matter" To which he re-
sponded: whether 1 or any one else
had anything to do with the matter you
will never know Mr.. Clay then said:
" In view of my many opponents, am as
thankful for the secrecy as the money;
but, when am free from public life, I
am going to insist upon knowing who
were such benefactors." When some one
said: "Mr. Clay, your friends will never
let you be free from public life" In
that view, gentleman, said he. "bear
witness to my inexpressible gratitude to
my friends, not only for their favor, but
ortheir manner of bestowing it" adding
that there was but one unpleasant thing
about it-that it was the only present
that he had ever received that he could
not divide with his friends. Here Judge
Conrad observed. IS That need not trou-
BILE you, as you had literally divided the
proceeds before you gave the note. "
"You are right" says Clay; +" the note
was given principally to take up the pa
per Of friends which had endorsed !"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21
1or 4su,,g 8eadtfs.
THE FATE OF THE SELFISH
OYSTER.


There once was selfish old Oyster.
Who lived like monk in Q cl0ister,
Safely housed In his shell,
Like the monk in his cell,
Though the bivalve's apartment was moister
Anchored tight in the mud of the bay
This lazy old party did stay.
Nor cared he to roam
Very far from his home;
For oxerdon, he thought, did not pay.
And you VIII be wondering, think,
What he did for his victuals and drink.
Well, the Oyster was sly,
And when young crabs came by,
He would catch them as quick as wink.
Then in him the poor crabs had to stay,
Till in time they had melted away.
So the Oyster got fatter,
And the crabs-but no matter
For crabs have no souls. people say.
" And ohor' said the Oyster, said he;
'' What q lucky old party be!
Like king in his pride
wait here, and the tide
Every day brings my living to me-"
But there came grim Star-hsh, who spied
Our friend lying flat on his side;
For the greedy old sinner
Had just had his dinner,
And now could not run had he tried.
With spring to the Oyster he came,
And he threw his five arms round the same.
He shut OFF his breath,
And he squeezed him to death.
Then he ate him, nor felt any shame.
The point of this story, my dears,
Just "as plain as pikestaf' appears.
5 But please give attention,
While briefly mention
The moral again. for your ears.
Don't be greedy and live but to eat,
Caring only for bread and for meat;
Nor selfishly dwell
All alone in your she'll
Don't be oysters. in short, repeat.
But you'll find it much better for you
To be kind, and unselfish, and true:
Then you'll not lack friend
Your cause to defend,
When Star-fish rolls into your view.
George j. Webster, in st. Nicholas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-21
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


agree as to what causes sea-sickness.
We thought it was caused by going or
the water. Detroit Free Press.
"A man in the suburbs calls his wis
'sShadow" because she is continual,
following him around. We take it fol-
granted that he is afraid of his own
shadow.-1he Household.
Somebody wants a honey store
established in every town. In Louisville
the dry-goods stores have all been en-.
larged to make room for sweetness
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Chinaman who thought he was
Americanized enough to squeeze Texas
girls hand on the sly, has departed
for some quiet place in the hills where
he can pick sixty bird-shot out of his
legs.-Free Press.
"A new song is entitled: BE kind to
the foreigner who lands on our shores
1t seems to us that this song will never
do for a temperance gathering, for it is
a sort of back an alien song.-Sonerville
Journal.
Shocks went home the other night
afflicted with double vision. He sa,
for some time with his sleepy gaze riv-
eted on Mrs. Shocks, and then compla.
Gently remarked: 'sWell, declare 4
be twins"
-'.Don't 90 chopping away at the
branches" said an old woodman to his
son. ''Lay your ak at the root of the
tree" And like dutiful boy he did as
he was told. He laid the ak at the root
of the tree, and then went of for days
fishing" tia II.
They tell of a man out West who
was putting blastin well, audit went
off prematurely and blew him out into
an apple tree about fifty feet away. In
a moment he recovered himself, and re.
marking: "The Lord knows better than
do after all; l guess it is almost time to
60 pruning" took large pruning knife
from his pocket and set to work.
"A New Yorker advertises IS the pat
emit tidy fastener" 1t is snare and a
hollow mockery of course. An instru.
ment has never been invented-and new
er will be-that will secure tidy in its
place. When young man can sit on q
chair ten minutes without getting the
tidy under him somewhere or on the
floor he may know that the millennium
is only about two hours hence.
"A dinner party-the youngest gen.
tleman Gt is his first visit) has broken
the ice at last by inquiring the name OF
the hostess little daughter, to which
the child has replied 50 Ethel" And
why, Ethel, do you keep patting me on
the arm?' Because mamma says you n
q mun''-(awful pause. during which
the child strokes him DOWN. but you
don't feel like one. you know" Cab.
leau: child complacent- nobody else. y
Judy.
"A gentleman, who had no umbrells
and who had just come into town on 9
local train. perceived before him as be
stepped into the street q person whom
he took to be an acquaintance and who
had q fine new umbrella hoisted over his
head. Running up to him. therefore, hs
clapped hin on the shoulder saying, a
he did 50 BY way Of joke: Ill take
that umbreIli, if you please" The in.
dividual thns addressed looked around
and disclosed perfect stranger, but be
fore the other could apologize he said
hurriedly: 80, it's yours, is it? Well
didn't know that. Here, yea can have
it." and broke away, leaving the utensI
in the hands Of the first party to the con
versation. Chicago Times