Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-08-24

ship OF this treasure and die before an
adverse turn in the tide landed him
high and dry on the sand of financial
failure. This happy creature is said
to be not overbnrdened with book
learning and spells the name of Os-
cars favorite period, medieval, in the
rather unusual way medievil. The
poor thing thinks the name is meant
to designate those wicked days, when
the monks used to roast men alive for
not buying new vestments for the
statues of the saints. This of course
ought to make no difference to the
hirsute evangelist of kneebreeches and
sunfowers. In his leisure moments,
for she has money enough to secure
him many of them, he will have plenty
of time to instruct her and even if he
would not care to waste his spare
hours he ought to be able to endure
such slight defects in picture other
wise perfect for the sake of the solid
gliding of the frame.
If the new tenor means to succeed
from the outset he should not fail to
appear in a role requiring military
shoulder straps and brass buttons. 1t
is passing strange that in this free
country where we nominally have such
horror of the pomp and pageantry
of war, it needs but the sight of bull
lion and gold lace to make a band of
love-sick maidens out Of girls other
wise quickwitted and soberminded
enough. The most recent escapade in
militia life is a case in point. 1t is
melodrama, tragedy and comedy all
in one. The scene is the camp of the
Twenty-second Regiment n. G. S. n.
Y. at Peekskill, Dramatis person@:
Private Rosenheim and Cora Lent
fine healthy Peekskill girl. The argu-
ment tells US that Private Rosenheim
is a descendant Of very ancient
family which came from the East and
at one time emigrated from Egypt
without the aid OF the Russian He
brew Relief Society. Rosenheim's inn
mediate ancestor makes his living by
dispensing nicotine to the gentiles in
the shape of cigars, and in his leisure
moments, when he does not wear the
military buttons, young Rosenheim
devotes himself to the humble avoca-
ton of stripping tobacco at five dol
lars a week. Though his purse was
weak his love was strong and aided by
the wealth of oriental imagery and
eloquence he succeeded in persuading
the fair Cora that happiness was to be
had only when he was near. Cora
was persuaded and followed him to
New York. Here they lived on milk
and honey Ike Rosenheim's ancestors
in Canaan. But unfortunately milk
and honey cost money in the nine
teenth century and thus in few days,
they became scarce for the young peo-
pie. Rosenheim had an uncle" who
in consideration of his watch, studs,
and rings advanced him cash wherewith
to prolong the agony. When that
gave out Rosenheim thought it was
time to ring down the cnrtain, inter.
esting as the play was. So he brought
her to the Grand Central Depot,
bought her q ticket for PeekskilI and
kissed her goodbye. The poor thing
wept bitterly at being thus obliged to
depart from her oriental lover In
this condition she was found by a
friend of her family who informed
her folks of her plight. She is now
home again, and if the gossips are to
be believed, busiIy engaged on lee
ture entitled "a Midsummer Nights
Dream"
The trotting track is likely to he
made additionally attractive this fall
by the presence Of Mr.. Robert Bon
ner The smashing of records both in
single and double harness by Mr..
Vanderbilt's and Mr.. Works horses
seems to have aroused the veteran and
i'll September it is more than likely
that he will allow some Of his cattle
to appear at the GentIemen's Driving
Park and show that when it comes to
racing they have word to say. The
turf proper will also be next season
enriched by the appearance of num-
ber of gentlemen whose colors will be
sported for glory and not for gain.
Among the more noted ones are those
of Commodore Kittson who has pur-
chased the celebrated Erdenheim stock
farm of Aristides Welch, and who will
enter his yearlngs for next years
stakes. 1t is just such men that are
needed to keep up the turf, for other.
wise the Waltons and that ilk who
regard it only as a variation on more
unpretentious methods of gambling
would soon drag it down to the level
on which the trotting turf was before
the present revival.
The Influence OF Forests on Climate.
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