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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
New. md Note. for Women.

NN"N hAh FfbtfN teF "o"FHs
1t is said that there are 2,252 women
engaged in farming in the State Of In
diana.
The wife of a United States Senator
says that her bill for flowers during the
season is $4,000.
Lillian Degan, of Brooklyn, has got
$4,000 damages out OF man who prom
ised TO marry her but didn't.
After next January women taxpayers
will possess the same voting privileges
in Scotland as men taxpayers.
Mrs. Clara NJ. Beebe, a student at the
Harvard divinity school, has been in.
stalled pastor of Boston church.
The woman's Suffrage association of
st. Louis has decided that Mormon
women ought not to be granted any
"rights."
Ultra mgthetic maidens in London
are affecting the Greek sandal and un.
compressed foot, and form instead OF
size as the standard of beauty.
There are seven school superinten.
dents, twenty ministers, twenty-six
physicians, four lawyers and three edi.
tors OF the feminine sex in Kansas.
There is woman's national hospital
for the treatment of women drunkards
at Hartford, Conn. Tue trustees are
the leading physicians in ten States.
The Presbyterian Sunday-school at
Conneautville, Pa, awards handsome
bonnet every month to the scholar who
stands best in her class and church and
Sunday-school attendance.
Ellen McCause, who was arrested in
Rochester, N. Y, and "sent up" for
three years, is said to have been con.
victed nearly 500 times In Ireland and
America. She is fifty-six years old.
A young widow in Stanford, ILL.,, hav-
ing just attained her majority (eighteen
years) is about to be married. She was
first married at the age of eleven years,
and left widow few weeks later.
The woman suffragists of New York
think that women ought to be attached
to police stations TO take charge Of
female prisoners and dodgers. They
accordingly applied to the New York
police board on the matter, but we're
met with the reply that there was no
appropriation for the payment OF female
policemen.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The mean depth OF the sea is 1877
fathoms.
Toads, tortoises, turtles aud some
lizards are entirely destitute OF teeth.
Cheese is really but 'coagulAted milk
in more or less advanced stage of
decay.
In the swamps surrounding the salt
licks" Of Kentucky, buffalo bones are
found packed in the soil in great guam
titles.
The furnishing Of silver when exposed
to the air is due TO sulphureted hydro
gen, the metal having a strong attrac-
tion for sulphur.
The conversion OF radiant heat ints
sound was the subject OF one of the
recent lectures OF Professor Tyndall.
He proved and illustrated his theme by
a number Of beautiful experiments.
Special poisons are secreted by the
toad, salamander, newt, frog, etc. NJ.
Paul Bert has collected liquid from
the glands on the neck OF the frog,
which caused the death, with convul-
sions, Of a sparrow to which the sub
stance had been administered.
The suggestion is made that air for
ventilation be drawn into buildings
through tubes sunk about ten feet in
the ground. BY this means it would
in winter be warmed TO sixteen degrees
Fahrenheit and in summer cooled 10
twenty-three degrees Fahrenheit.
The chief constituent Of the tea leaf
is proved, by analysis, to be the aka
loid theme. w hen separated 20 as to
be seen in its perfect purity, theme
appearsIn snow-white, silky, flifrom
rystals, flexible and fragile, without
odor, but having a mildly bitter taste.
Recent observations on light con
Quoted on the summit Of Mount Whitney
yield the curious result that the sun
is in reality Of bright blue color,
and would so appear to the eye were it
not for the filtration OF the light rays
through our atmosphere which by it's
different action on the various rays
finally blends them into white light.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
he Careful Oh, MY Son Z

You are going away from homo, my sou.
BE careful how you're led,
For We al must lio--So the angels say
As We have made our bod.
Yen carry away . boys true heart,
And strength through lore attained;
Oh bring Us back in iis place. my son,
A manhood all unstAined-
You are going away from home and friends
Prom 3 mothers loving caro-
Prom fathers council wisely given
Prom 3 hearth Of praise aud prAyert
Going away 70 the gay. bright scenea
That will fire your bounding heart
That will tempt, perhapa your unirisd fest
Prom the better way 10 part.
Whatever NC sow wo shall reap" my son.
De II grains or noxious weeds
Bc 1t laurel wreaths or cypress boughz
Then scatter the goodly seeds.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
Feminine Finance.

The London World says "that specu-
lation Of the riskiest character is stead
lily on the increase. It is habit which,
once formed, is as difficult to eradicate
as the drinking of odd glasses of
sherry. Latterly it has spread with i'm
mense rapidity among women. The
feminine finance which Sidonia dis
liked 10 one OF the features of the
epoch. The ladies' clubs at the West
End OF Lendon, which are the growth
OF the last few years, have given an ap.
preciable effort to feminine specula-
tion. 1t would be mistake to suppose
that lady fnanciers are exclusively
London growth. They abound in the
most tranquil districts. 1t is
a natural instinct to wish to con-
vert sixpence into q shilling, aud
the possessors Of fixed incomes-retired
civil servants, officers, widows with
dowers, unmarried ladies whose life
is dull and whose time hangs heavily
on their hands-swallow with svidity
the offered bait. Speculation OF this
kind, whether it fills the purse or
empties it, is certain to yield some eI-
element; and that is not tho least of
its attractions. But in the long run it
means ruin and misery"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
Brass ball buttons are used for fan

Brass ball buttons are used for fan
mel suits.
Gray-haired ladies are wearing silver
hairpins.
Metal buttons have Vatican scenes
upon them.
Very long ribbon streamers hang
from bouquets.
Silver iewelry is worn with black
Lenten dresses.
Silk fringes once more assert their
right to be seen.
Everything Oriental pleases the
woman OF to-day.
Among new things for the ballroom
are plush slippers.
Jet ornaments continue to be much
worn on bonnets.
Peacock-feather fans in round and
oval style are in fashion.
Poke bonnets are to be worn tilted
far forward on the head.
Louis quinze clippers arc worn over
pale yellow silk stockings.
Deep cardinal, pale blue, crevette and
heliotrope are the new colors.
Plain sleeves are preferred to pufrs
by fashionable young women.
Spring costumes OF them
represent Marie Antoiuette styles.
Ostrich feather bands are being used
with good effect TO outline large hats.
Less elaboration and more simple
elegance are noticeable in spring novel.
ties.
Mantelets OF black satin, trimmed
with rufiles or lace, are worn with black
dresses this spring.
French and India foulards will be
much worn next summer, in place of
striped and checked summer silks.
A delicate tint OF blue, rose or
lemon color is seen in many of the
rich white bridal fabrics OF this springs
importation.
Cassimeres, corduroys, Scotch tweeds
and English suitings and homespuus
are the materials used for small boys
school suits.
Among eccentricities in lingerie are
black, blue and lemon-colored hand
kerchiefs OF sheer linen embroidered
with contrasting colors.
The best English round hats are
copies, somewhat modified, from the
old portraits OF Reynolds, Lely, Van
dyke and other famous artists.
Little girls dresses grow longer,
thanks 70 the Princess of Wales, who
attires her young daughters in skirts
reaching TO their ankles; and 30 the
short skirt dress is now dubbed the
"lAckey style"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
Buried Alive.

The Rev. DIR. Field says in letter
from Rome, Italy: In an old par. OF
Rome, not far from the Coliseum, one
who knows the way turns aside from
the street into a narrow alley which
seems 10 come suddenly to an end in a
Hank wall, on which there Is q painting
Of the cruci6Kion, but follow It to the
end aud there steps lead up to the pic
ture, and side stairc ase to q second
story, where the visitor can proceed no
further. Here, behind barred doors
and gra.ings like prison, is a convent
OF nuns who are ftly called the Sepolte
Yive, the Buried Alive, because those
who enter there never come forth
again till they are borne to the grave.
Communication with the interior is
by an opening, in which there is a
round be-, like a barrel, though
II was covered with sheetiron.
While l stood before il man
came up tho steps. who seemed to be a
servant, aud raped on it, to which a
mufllsd voice answered from within.
His voice being recognized, the barrel
turned slowly around till II disclosed
shelf on which he deposited paper,
when IL was turned again, the paper
disappeared the voice from within
ceased aud the sheeted iron presented
the same blank surface as before.
Should priest knock. or any one who
had right to be admitted into the
convent, the barrel turning round would
present key by which he could open
door and let himself into q small room
in the interior. But even then be
would not see the inmates, who are
closely yelled even when they converse.
II ire, in his "WAlks in Rome," says:
"In one Of the walls Is au opening
with double grille. beyond which is q
metal plate, pierced WITH holes like the
rose of a watering pot. 1t is beyond
the grille and behind this plate that tho
abbess Of the Sepolte vive receives her
visitors, but she is even then veiled
from head to foot in heavy folds OF thick
bure. Gregory XVI. who of course
could penetrate within the convent, and
Who wished 10 try her. said; My sister,
raise your VEIL mo, my father she
replied, : IL Is forbidden by our order.
"The nuns OF the Sepolte vive are
never seen again after they assume the
black veil. They never hear anything
of the outer world, oven OF the deaths
Of their nearest relations. Daily they
are said to dig their own graves and lie
down in them, and their remaining hours
are occupied in perpetual alteration Of
the blessed sacrament"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
An Alligaiorial Fight.

A citizen of Jacksonville. Fla, has
been keeping q couple OF large alliga-
tors in tank chiefly for the benefit Of
travellers from the North. A visitor
recently stirred mp the creatures with :
stick in order that he might derive all
possible pleasure from the show.
Enraged at being disturbed they fell
to fighting with each other with great
fury and much loss OF blood. The
eight began at . o'clock in the after.
noon and neither was willing TO throw
mp the sponge until IL at night, when
the older Of the two acknowledged tha.
he had had enough. The event proved
that he had had great deal too much,
for he died the following day.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
SAD Incident Of the flood.

Alexander Jasper. an old man from
Cri;tenden county, Ark, arrived ia
Little Rock, bringing with him his wife
and two children. He seemed to be in
great distress, and when questioned
by Gazette man he told the following
sad story: "You know" he said, "that
the whole country was under water
l am one OF the sufferers OF the food.
I lived in the Mississippi bottom,
not far froml Madison. set
tied there several years ago and
opened a small farm. / had heard of
high water, but the place where I
settled seemed to be high, and did
not feel any fear. Well, high water
came repeatedly, but it never reached
me. One night, while myself and fam
lily were at supper, We we're startled by
q terrible roar. went TO the door and
looked out, but could see nothing. Ny
wife suggested that ho noise might be
caused by water, but did not pay much
attention to the remark, for I did not
see how water could break through
with such force. While 1 stood lis
tening there came a mighty rush,
and before knew IL tho whole country
was flooded with water. I called to my
wife TO help me secure the children.
The house was full OF water. / seized
one little girl and my wife seized the
other. The house moved. The lamp
fell and was extinguished. called to
my little boy and received q strangled
reply. 1 rushed through tho food
toward the place from which thought
the sound came, and called again, but
no reply. The house went to pieces.
seized my wife and struggled with her
to q slight elevation. Tho roar was
deafening. We remained there until
morning. When light came q rushing
torrent swept over the site Of our home.
MY little boy was gone"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

Potato flour, or the dried pulp of the
potato, is attaining considerable i'm.
portance in the aEts--so much 30, In
fact, that in Lancashire, England, some
10000 tons OF II are sold annually, and
its market value is stated to be much
greater than that OF wheat -four. The
article Is extensively used for sizing
and other manufacturing purposes. and,
on being precipitAted with acid. is con-
verted into starch. After having been
caIcincd II Is used with an advantage -
dressing for silk.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

The parents OF original verses %
newspapers frequently ask that tho
verses be returned in case tLey are nOt
used. This Il asking too much. II
would be much safer to keep them ak
home in the first place. They never
would be missed 81 the newspapor
Office. and in cases where there Is the
slighiest desire on the part Of the
author for the possession Of original
poems. II is best not 10 trust said poems
70 the tender mercies Of mail carrieras
or editors, even. Always send copies.
and rsat the heart N ID their fate. -
Nese OrieaAs Pscavsme.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
Fashion Faaeies.
ats are revived.

Fashion Faaetes.
Buff tints are revived.
Scarf rings are worn by ladies.
Blue grenaiine wells have white polka
dots.
New bonnet pins have hammered gold
heads.
Ecru white and tinted batistes are
worn.
Very little iewelry is worn in the
street.
The stylish pale shade Is Havana
brown.
FiIle ribbons trim bonnets for
spring.
Linen-gineham is an old fabric Just
revived.
Red straw hats will be popular next
season.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

4 price Is set upon the heads Of wild
horses in three Of the Australian colo
mics. They hang upon the outskirts OF
civilization, aud are . ceAseless cause
of annoyance and loss 70 outlying
squattera. They are vicious. physically
weak, and worthless as work horses.
Stalking them with tho rife or running
thsm down IL fAvoriso sport
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

The discussion OF electric light dan
gers springs mp or breaks ont often and
in numerous places. A Providence
scientist and expert was asked IL .
mans life was in danger when his body
was exposed TO the current of electric
ity necessary to feed the electric light.
His reply was that no man knew the ex-
tent OF the danger, or rather tho extent
Of the injury that might be incurred.
II man should place his hands upon
the wire before the generator started
aud keep them there until the machine
stopped, a. he might be obliged to
whether he wanted to or not, since
the muscles would contract very
strongly-ii he did this, IL Is be-
lieved he would be comparatively
safe; but II his hands were
removed. II they could be. or II the wir
should break while the generator was
in operation, he would receive an induc-
tion spark that might kill him and
might not. That would depend upon
what part was affected and upon the
mans physical condition. It might
paralyze the heart, Il might cause
strangulation. and In any case would be
likely to cAuse more or less derAnge-
ment Of the nervous system. But The
positive or definite result will not be
known, cannot be known, except By
actual experience. Some light may be
thrown upon Il by experiments on lower
animal. Even then man may not Be
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
PUSGRST PARAGRAPHS.


by the accordion.
May not jury be said TO be selfish
when they have Il greed ?
81 can't account for It r. exclaimed
the defaulting bank cashier.
The poll on which no tx has ever
been levied-The north pole.
There is something wrong about O
Clay statue made Of bronze.
Never ask a woman her age-thak
is, not that woman. Ask some other
woman.
Tommy asked his mother IL the school
teachers ferule was piece Of the board
of education.
Patients do more for doctors than
doctors can do for patients. The pa
tients enable the doctors to live.
The cat is the great American primA
donna. II bootiacks we're bouquets,
her nine lives would be strewn with
roses.
When you sec lot OF old soldiers
smoking around stove you may be
sure that there are piping times of
peace.
Alyce Carlysle is n writer in the Chi
cago Inter. Ocean. We hope she Va not
the gyddy gyrl her spellyng would yn-
dycate.
They say an alligator is incapable Of
nausea. This will afford a comforting
reflection to the man who has Just been
swallowed by one.
When q subject has been debated
upon at ladies' convention, and IL is
about to be put TO the vote, they call it
popping the question"
No circus is complete without beau
tiful woman, and Fogg, who is posted.
says wherever a beautiful woman is you
nay look out for a circus.
In the initials OF Gui;eau, @. J. O.,
the successive stages Of criminals
career are readily traced. First the
Crime, second Justice, thirl G G-aIlovs.
TFTTIFH OF CAT
"Hcre lies a never immurcd,
Fclis in felicity,
Her molGrs inundated many = mole,
A nicer. my sir, was she."
The New York authorities are very
careful of their police force. They
never put two officers on the same beat,
because il is said TO be unhealthy for
two persons to sleep together.
"well," says canvasser, "I must
keep walking and talking. That's the
way get my living, and that's the way
got my wife. But she has done the
talking ever since. Good.dayi"
Nov" said the book agent, in order
to get the gentleman's attention, elf
you will allow me to read the pros
pectus Of the work; Il is short" 80
am l." interrupted the gentleman.
"Good.dayI"
Fox hunting is an old English insti-
tuition and lively sport 10 those that
like it; but We do not believe that it
can ever come up in interest excite
ment or endless variety 10 the great
American city psstime of house hunting.
Amelia may talk about your
city fellows, but give me bean from
the country" Juliet" And why do
you want country bean, 1 should love
to hear?" Amelia" Because, sis, he's
very likely TO become 3 husbAndmanIs
Louisville Co,rier Journal
There had been seeming coolness
between the lovers One day Emily's
schoolmate ventured TO refer 10 the
subject, and asked Der: "when did
you see Charley last 2" "Two weeks
ago tonight" "whAs was he doing T"
Trying TO get over che fence" "Did
be appear 10 be much agitated r $50
much So" returned Emily, "thas ID
took al the strength Of pApa's nsv
bulldog 10 bold him.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30


The Chinese automAton "Kjnz T 90, 1"
after bewildering Berlin with It's mys.
terious powers, was in the midst OF q
successful season in Vienna, when too
inquihitive spectator having given en-.
phatic expression 10 his conviction that
the sutomaton had human biaius in.
side OF him somewhere" fonnd means
to assure himself that he was right. An
exceedingly small boy, seventeen years
old, was found concealed within the
body OF King Foo" and the owner
was prosecuted as cheat. With un-
blushing eirrontery the man who had
made It the chief business OF his life 10
convince the public that his curiosity
was purely mechanical turned about
aud asked the following questions in his
own defense : Whom have cheated !?
Can the people OF Vienna be such fools
as to believe that piece OF clockvork
can talk Chinese, Persian, German,
French aud English? ? That II can tell
whether Suez canal shares will rise or
fall ? Thatit can predict the exact day
on which rich uncle will die 80 This
defense was apparently regarded as a
good one, for the Snowman was &C.
quilted.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

Nevada has 5.41G Chinese. 2.sO3 In
dians and 400 negroes.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

From the Turkish province of Epirus
the Christian tthough not Creek in
habitants have OF late been emigrating
in large numbers. Unable to endure,
on tho one hand, the depredstions of
the robber bands still infesting the
country, and, on the other hand, the
hardly less cruel treatmen. of their
Mohammedan fellow subjects, the na
tives in question have for some time
past been unob.rusively, and generally
at night, abandoning their farms and
villages, and crossing the frontier into
the new Greek province Of Thessaly for
the purpose OF taking up there their
permanent residence.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The London World speaks OF won
derful preparation from the eucalyptus
plant, which is said TO be marvelously
effective in cases Of consump tn and
particular phases Of lung disease. 1t
is the invention OF the Hon. Wyndham
Stanhope, who Is at present residing in
Madeira for the benefit OF his health.
a touching tribute was paid to tho
memory of tho late Delano A. Goddard,
editor OF the Boston Adreriiser, by the
Omaha Indians for tho effort he made
to assist them in their struggles for
stiles to their lands. His name was not
mentioned in any of the remarks, Indian
etiquette forbidding such IN .tion, but
he was spoken OF as one belonging to
them, high compliment for Indians
to pay, and his worth was described in
terms that were eloquent from their
simplicity.
Beneath most of the villages in the
coal regions OF Pennsylvania are cav
erns made by the process of mining
SOONER or later" the Philadelphia
Times predicts, "some OF these towns
will suffer from caving in. The mines
depend upon artificial and in some
cases exceedingly flimsy contrivances
to keep them open and the surface in
place. AS the timbers decay or become
displaced it is only reasonable to expect
that collapse will follow"
The United States produces one. third
OF the gold and one.half OF tho silver
which are taken from the earth in the
whole world each year. The gold pro-
duced in this country in the census year
1880 amounted to FIVE ordinary car
load, and the silver would have loaded
train OF 100 freight cars of the usual
capacity. o. the total annual bullion
product OF the world, amounting TO
slS2. .092, ,35l, North America supplied
sI0l, ,55s, 3S4; Europe. including Russia
in Asia, $3.50 ,6O7, 27l; Australia, 800 ,Ols,-
223; South America, ss, ,53l, ,7Gl; Africa,
sl,993. 500, and Japan, sl.3s2,9is