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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-09-06
HOW THEY LIVE.
some JntersstInE Facts About English
Farm IabOTera.

FaFm babOTfra.
4 correspondent Of the Hartford
Times gives in recent letter some
facts in regard 10 wages. etc. Most Df
the land in England, he says, is farmcd
by renters, who pay from g. 10 $40 pei
acre. When land commanding this
rent changes hands, which Is very sell
dom, it brings from $50 10 1925 an
acre. Horses used in fdrmwOrk ara
usually Of "A massive build, so common
IN this country, and range in prices
from 5000 to 800. a good milch cow
with calf is worth $3.50. Farm labor.
crs earn from 1925 to 81 week, and
frequently have large families to sup
port ort Of this pittancc. During har
vest, which lasts from a month 10 si4
weeks, the farmer contracts with hii
hands TO work for him during the
whole time, putting in about cightcct
hours Of hard labor day for $2j, VIII
a. extra for beer. At this period tn,
weekly wage is, Of course. suspended
The marvel is that these farm laboren
are able. on their small income, TO kccI
up such good appearance. The mar
has a good suit Of black in which to "
10 church on Sundays, aud his wih
sits by his side, attircd with equal neat
ness and comfort, and they both, viii
their children also, present q tidy ant
wcll-cared-Ior look as you see them u
IN" street, during the week Thci
dwellings, viewed from the outside
are suggestive Of anything but poycrt,
or distress. They are Of humble IL
m"n,ion,. To- bee sure. but the windows
shaded 10y imitation lace curtains, a
many of them are, and lit up by flower
ing plants, present a really beautiful
appearance, and whct the appetite fpI
an inside view. Within YOU lind
almost invariably cleanliness and
good cheer, and, what is still better
an ai.-p"ryading home feeling. The
house look, al over as though il were
occupied hy those who felt il a pr, /.
l"gc 10 live there and were bent On
making the place something beyond
a mere shelter That tins class mako
their small earning, serve them q
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-09-06
Ahdel.el.kader's TrcafN.

The following is an exact tranSla
tion 81 the terms in which the late
Abl-el-kadcr made his final treaty Of
peace with France. Grace to God
only, ! give You my sacred word. that
does not admit Of any doubt | dc.
clare ! will not again excite my people
against the French. either by person.
or 10y letters, or by any other method
| take my oath before Mohammed.
Abraham. Moses. and Jesus Christ. by
the Turat. the New Testament. and
the Koran, by the book Of Bokhar and
the Moslcm. take this oath solemnly.
from my heart and tongue This oath
is binding both on me and my friends.
who sign not this present paper with
me because they 10 not know ia write.
Compliments Of Abd-el-Kader. son of
Mahhi-el-Din." While the famous
chieftain was AZ It. Cloud he saw
clock which indicated the time in all
the principal cities of the world, Mecca
included. lie at once set his watch by
Mecca time, so that he could say his
prayers at the same time As those who
were so happy as TO live near the
Kaaba, Then he knelt down with his
face toward the Holy City and prayed
TO Allah-probably the only such cere-
mony that ever occurred within the
walls of the palace of st Cloud.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-09-06

The babies Of New York have at
tracted the attention Of "A correspond
ent of the Chicago InieT-On'dH. who
writes that the sidewalks in the pre-
cincts of poverty are Uttered by them
a. will be the case as long "a hot wealth
er lasts, and that there is about as
much juvenility out Of doors in those
more fashionable quarters where tene-
ments are called flats. The creepers
and toddlers here are attended by
nursemaids, neat in their white caps
and aprons, idle except for the light
duties Of keeping their little charges
clean and safe, and altogether the best
placed among servants. "Just think
of it" said keeper Of an employment
bureau. These nursemaids get from
ten to twenty dollars a month, the ay-
erage being about fourteen dollars.
Not so much skill is required of them
as of the commonest cook or laundrcss.
NhtAi WIZ 10 fti = iiHhNt bh's arr put
into the best sleeping rooms in order
to be with the youngsters at night. and
by day they lounge in the parks. TAX
ing their board into account. they get
as good as a dollar TO dollar and n
half day. That is as much as the
average wages of sdlesgirls in the
stores. and considerably above the earn
ings Of the hard-working girls in the
cigar, clothing, flower and other facto-
riez. You'd suppose that such places
would be sought after; and so they
are, but entirely by foreign-born girls.
The nursemaids are Swedish, French,
German, 1rish--everything but Amer
ican. Girls born in the city seem to
inherit pride from the soil. They will
not go into mental service. especially a
branch Of it which requires them to
wear anything like livery"
Fashion notes.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-09-06
Bells.

"To whose mind does not the sound
of bell call up joyful or frightful as.
soCiations?" queries writer in tho
New York SuH. "While listening t.
the ringing of "A school bell, what man
or woman does not return. in imagina
tion, to the days of childhoodr At
the tolling of a frc-alarm bell, who
does not rccollect stirring and perhap.
tragiCal scenes? What Irishman il
not filed with awe at the mention Of
the four sided Clog an cad hachta
Phatraic (thc bell of patrick's willD:
What Russian does not feel proud that
his Gar kolokol (thc Gar bclll is the
largest bell in the world? What Lon.
doncr will not bet all he is worth that
there are no bells in the world like
Bow bells? What New Yorker viii
not fail 10 uphold the superiority q
the Trinity chimes? What working
man does not take pride in the old
Mechanics bell? What Dutchman
does not know that at Bruges there
are the finest carillons in Europe;
The associations aroused in the nina
of the student Of history by the sound
of bells are exceedingly interesting
In Egypt, thousands of years ago, the
feast Of Osiris was announced by the
ringing Of hand bells Aaron and
other Hebrew high priests wore COLDER
bells attached 90 their ycstmcnts The
priests Of Cybcle used hand bells iE
their rites. The Greeks employed
them in their military camps and
garrisOns. BY their tiutinnabulum
the Romans announced the hours Of
work and Of bathing But bells ar,
most intimately connected with the
services Of the Christian church. The
passing bell and the ave bell are of
Christian origin; and. alas thchorrible
communication by bell. book. and
candle also originated with men pro
Tossing the religion of love. In all
Christendom there can hardly be- found
a church without bell
The republics Of Noygoroi and
Pskoy had their silver bells. at whuse
sound the sovereign people used t.
assemble 10 discuss state affairs. or
perhap to try their prince or an Arch.
bishop. The Noygorodians were
massacrcd and SWAN in their own
blood" when their silver bells were
taken down and carried away by tn,
Moscow car. and in pskoy all the
men, women and larger children cried
sobbed, and groancd for 3 day and .
night on parting with their silver hell
Ivan the Terrible used to order that
the largest bell of Moscow be tollcd
when he was about 70 hang a man Of
Importance. whether prominent
Boyard or a daring robbcr.
In every civilized country many
poets have taken the music Of bells a,
a theme Longfellow. translating hi.
song Of the Bell" from the German,
eNclaims
say how oanst thou mourn
How raust thou .ut,r"
Ihos art hut metal dull
Ana vet all 0Hr s1rruHIuEs.
Ana an our retu.gIuEs.
Inn q. g. .
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-09-06
Fashion notes.

Jackets different from the skirt are
much worn.
Raglans for travelling have Japanese
sleeves with dolman backs.
The empire puff worn at the bottom
of the skirt has been revived In Paris.
Small mantelets of cloth are newer
han jackets with tailor-made cloth
suits.
Transparent sleeves of Elce or EN-
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-09-06
SIGN LANGUAGE.
rhs Manner In which Deaf and Dumb
People Talk.


telp admiring It's beauty and graceful
tcss. This language Is very simple.
and any one taking the trouble To
study it with one Of the speaking EN-
plOycs at the asylum who Is acquaint-
ed with il, could soon acquire II. II -
universal among mutes, and Is founded
upon the most natural and convenient
way Of initiating the forms Of objects
spoken Of, or making some sign which
suggests some quality or trait Of II,
whenever this is possible Here are
few examples Of the way different
things are expressed:
Dog Slap the right thiEI just above
the knee with the right hand (as If in
yIting a dog 10 come to yOu).
Girl Close the right hand, leaving
the thumb sticking out Pass the
thumb over the check a few times,
downward strokes Indicating, perhaps.
no beard"J
Boy Close and open the thumb OF
the right hand against the fingers rap
idly several times near and in front Of
the forehead. the back Of the hand
being upward.
Man Same sign. and Immediately
raise the hand high above the head
Indicating high boy."I
House Touch the points Of the eK-
tended fingers and draw both hands OBJ
.iquely down. the right toward the
right and the left toward the left. as
if describing the roof
Hat Take Of the hat and put it on
again Ifypu happen 10 have none on,
20 through the motion with the empty
hand.
Boot Extend the second finger Of
both hands and draw up the leg. - if
pulling on a boot.
Book Pres, the fingers of each
hand together, and the thumbs against
| the FIRST fingers place the lower edges
/ " the hands together. and open and
/ shut As a book.
/ Ga, Move the hand, as if pulling
/ mu-ta"hc on both sides.
. EnglI,hman Grasp the edge Of the
I left hand back Of the little finger with
/ the night hand. the back Of both being
I up.
German Extend the fingers OF both
hands and cross the edges Of the wrists,
ID" right one up; shak" tn" fingers
slightly.
columbus Crook the thumb and
. finger, Of the night hand 10 form the
letter {, ana shake the hand.
Deaf ana Dumb-Place the iirst IN
/ ger on IN" r!gh' hand 10 the lips and
then 10 tHe ear.
state House Place the first fingers
/ OF both hands to the right and left
temples respectively, and make the
. Agn oi house. described above.
/ Penitentiary-Cross the open fingers
/ Of both hands t. make bars. and pass
/ the hands across the sides TO indicate
! .rrIrts.
These signs are. Of course much
simpler than many others which must
/ be seen 10 be described. but they serve
/ 10 show hhe manner in which the sys.
tenn is formed. Abstract ideas are
suite as easily and rapidlv exrressed
and il is astonishing to note the few
verbs and adjcctiycs il is necessary 20
spell out by letters in A long converse.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-09-06

There is no benefit so small that a
good maa viii not magnhS Il
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-09-06

say how cansi thou mourn
H"W raust thou r",ui,r
Thos art hut metal DUH
Ana vet all 0Hr s8rrualuEs.
Ana all our rotu.gIuEs.
h0u dust fec l.Irm an
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29
The New Reckoning of Time.

For long while the various railway
officials of the country have had under
consideration new plan for computing
time. The idea is to abolish the pres
ent twelve-hour method, to do away
with A. NJ. and P. NJ. and to count the
hours straight along from one to twenty
four o'clock. Two Western railway
companies have already adopted the
plan, and claim that since they have
had it in practical operation they have
derived great benefit from it. The adss
Vantages of the new system are said to
be that it simplifies the management of
timetables and affords sure guarantee
against mistakes in the transmission of
instructions to trainmen by telegraph.
At the first glance the change would
seem to be altogether unadvisable for
many reasons, but it has numerous
advocates among level-headed rail-
way men, although only a small pro-
portion of them are of the opinion that
it should be made Immediately. One
authority says fully twenty-five years
will be required to put the new plan in
successful operation in case of its gen.
eral adoption by the companies. His
lued Is W euuCdI0 Iu6 puDllC up U IL
gradually by printing the timetables
double, so that if people were bothered
by the twenty-four o'clock plan they
could refer to the old A. NJ. and P. NJ
schedule and promptly come to n
proper solution of the difficulty. Thus
when the time arrived for putting the
new system in operation on all the
railways of the land the travellers
would be thoroughly familiar with it
and all confusion would be avoided.
Amy arrangement by which railroad
accidents and their attendant loss of
life can be effectively prevented will
certainly meet with the full approval
of all humane and reasonable people.
Still, it is exceedingly difficult to COM
prehend how mistakes can better be
avoided under the new plan than un-
der the old. This is the point to be
proved beyond doubt before the pub
lie will take kindly to the proposed
change. The mere convenience of II
few railway officials is not to be set
against that of the travelling commune
ty, who, if the change in the method of
reckoning time be adopted, will ceI-
tainly have as much trouble in acquir-
ing knowledge of it as in learning to
read in an unknown tongue.-Philadel-
21hia Ecening Nelcs.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29
WOODBRIDGE, TRAVERS & CO., Importers,
"a 4BUCHANANS WHARF, Bal .imore,


gets n the
NM WHd sATTERFED Greensboro Caroline
Crhna Ibeleve ita Of
side
Orchlla"
W. sPRY An Vienna farm
sOmeOf foa
seeding toni
iize1 1groundt tina unEr
my
gratifying han any
ever
can be had believing with
m ROBINSON BARNES writes
mc on
I carefully andpe
long All who this
AGEMTSWM HEPBRON, Lynchs Kent County,
Greensboro, Caroline iu 5-3m
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

$50 engrOssed was Judge Blacks
mind" says the Philadelphia Record
during his life with the many duties
which such a career as his crowded
upon his attention, that he paid little
heed to his personal appearance. Un-
less the fact were forced upon him that
his wardrobe demanded replenishing
be would never notice it. He never
ordered q suit of clothes himself, and
disliked to change an old and comforta-
Bile suit for stiff and new one. His
clothes were made by Philadelphia
tailor, who was compelled to resort to
strategy to capture the Judge when a
measure was to be taken. a member
of the family always looked out for
. these things, and usually the first in
timatiOn the Judge had of new suit
would be when it was sent to him, and
further persuasion had to be employed
to get him to put it on"
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29
ABDICATED.

So step down and you step up;
Why not-why not?
drained the draught, flung down the cup;
And you have got
The little place once called mine,
And you will Quaff
The wine quaffed, and call it fine
1t makes me laugh.
You'll get so weary of the thing
Before you're through,
The shows, the lies, the paltering
of all the crew.
wonder If somewhere beyond
This earthly track,
When we have slipped the feshy bond,
We shan't look back
With just this kind of glad relief,
And laugh to find
That we have left the grind and grief
So far behind?
The Manhattan.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

advantages resulting only increased yield,
abundant
grass which is follow.
"ORCHIILA" thing For eighteen it has been
well stood the AT first its
naturally WILL later have reward
those
its early best friends
extensively Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia,
everywhere justified recommend
Soils No fertilizer for
unvang continued popularity Some of
largest States almost exclusively
successful because provision for her
haued fields
the
facturers high commercial value base
price solely its actual cost to import
We refer 6O of tile farmers aOhO haze used it, and ask
you enquire of them as to its merits.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

MATCHES FoK THE MILLION.-The
abolition of the internal revenue tax on
matches, a wholesale dealer in New
York says, "has encouraged the Ameri-
can agents of the Swedish factories to
import Swedish matches in large guam
titles. Every steamship from a Swe-
dish port, since July 5th, has brought
matches. The ThingUaIG last week
brought $4,000 gross, and the HeimdaL,
which is expected this week, will have
a larger consignment. The duty is 35
per cent, and the matches are sold
here for about three-quarters of the
price of our own home made matches,
They are put up in tight boxes made Of
white wood. Three kinds are sold
here-the safety match, the sulphur
match and the flaming light. The
latter is a match that will burn in a
gale of wind. The American match
monopoly is endeavoring to have a
duty levied on the boxes in which the
matches come. Ifthis endeavor should
succeed it would put stop to the i'm
portation."
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

Now that the farmers throughout
the country have been induced, by re-
ports of big crops, to sell at cOmpara-
lively low prices for future delivery,
and the futures" have got into the
hands of Chicago Spectators, reports
are coming in that crops will not be
above the average. and stiff prices may
be looked for. This same old program
is gone through with year after year,
and will continue to be Feapeated so
long as money can be made at it.
There is reason to fear that even the
reports from the Agricultural Depart
ment are often misleading, in spite OF
the precautions to prevent it, 1t is
difficult even for Uncle Sam TO get
ahead of the Chicago Board of Trade.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

In 1879 this country raised 169, ASS, ,5S9
bushels Of Irish potatoes and 80, ,37S, ,693
bushels Of sweet potatoes. OF these
enOrmOus asAOiInts the Peninsula sup
piled 945,730 bushels of the Irish va
riety and 1,017 ,470 bushels of the sweet
variety. Two-thirds of the sweet pota-
toes OF the Peninsula are raised in the
two little counties of the Eastern Shore
of Virginia, where at least a third Joi
the Irish potatoes for this region are
aisO produced. The latter crop has
been exceedingly abundant this year
unproftably abundant, because abun-
dance has reduced prices.-MorninS
Nel0s.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

On THIRTY DAYS TRIAL.-The Vol
tale Belt Co, Marshall, Mich, will
send DIR. Dyes Celebrated Electro-Vol-
taic Belts and Electric Appliances on
trial for thirty days to men young or
old) who are afflicted with nervous de-
bility, lost vitality and kindred troub-
les, guaranteeing speedy and complete
restoration of health and manly vigor.
Address as above. N. B.-No risk is
incurred, as thirty days trial is al
lowed. dec 27.1v
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

Shakespeare uses more different
words than any other writer in the
English language. There about $4,000
different words in his plays and SON,
nets, while no other writer uses as MANY
as 10000. A few writers use 1000
words, but the great majority do not
employ more than 5000. In conversa-
ton, only from 5000 to 5000 different
words are used.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

The Rev. DIR. J. A. Lippincott, Pro-
lessor of Mathematics in Dickinson
College, has accepted the Chancellor
ship of the University of Kansas, which
was recently offered to him. During
his residence in Carlisle Professor Lin
pincOtt has been an active friend of the
well-known Indian school at that
place, and he has acquired q more than
local reputation as a lecture and writer,
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

Three weeks hence the fashionable
season" at the summer resorts and
watering places will virtually be over,
except at half . dozen resorts where
the hotels are kept open until October.
1t has not been the successful season
that was expected, nor has it been as
brilliant, and the hotels that have made
any considerable sum of money above
expenses may be numbered on the fin
gers of one hand.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

The French National subscription for
a monument to Gambetta now amounts
TO $4,000, and the Alsace-L Lorraine
subscription, for the same purpose, to
about half the sum. For the monu-
sment TO General Chanzy, at Mans
S20,000 has been subscribed
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

Victor Hugo's letter inclosing his
contribution of 5000 for the relief of the
Ischia earthquake sufferers, was charac-
teristic. He wrote: ~ give to Ischia
thousand francs. The catastrophe of
lschia is more than an Italian catas-
trophe it is more than a human catas-
trophe; it is a universal catastrophe.
l feel touched ] send my mite"
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

Gold rings sre made out of bars from
mlne to fifteen inches long. A bar fif-
teen inches long, two inches wide and
three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness
ness is worth 81 900. Each ring goes
through dozen or SO processes and in
twenty minutes Is marketable ring.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

Mr.. ID. L. Moody will conduct a non
sectarian convention of Christian work.
ers, clerical and lay, in Chicago on
September 18th, 10th and goth. Mr..
Sankey will be present, and will lead
the musical exercises. At the close of
the convention the two evangelists will
return to the East, and about October
lst' they will sale for Ireland.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29
l647 KENT COUNTY, Is23
Mutual tRSuraHceCo.
DOVER, DEL.

lhsure> against loss 10y tire i>>u.t.. Iup,n.,
cles 4hIy under which payments tr, ,'' l".
hually IN advance during mcIAf,r,i,i,''' ''''1e a.
GeasiiiG 10 ht r'nncr, Whatever remain, r''I i, ~
pended alter paying lo,>> rxI,.l.,,.> ,i '.'A .
dendS is returned lhcrrly iur,I,I,,,, anu 1"H Hi',
at cost. ''''s 'l>uIalur
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

Prices Of mackeral have gone up 100
per cent, owing to the Unparalleled
shortage in the catch. It is still possiL
BILE that a large catch may be made
near the British Provinces before
Thanksgiving, but the chance is ex-
ceedingly slender. The fish have
almost entirely disappeared from their
accustomed waters.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29

There are said TO be about 1900
dentists in this country, who put
Sl,0O0,Q00 of metal into teeth each
year, afna about one ton of pure gold is
used annually; Fhe making of artiti-
eial teeth is large ipdqsftyna also, about
100000 being made annually, Only
one American in eighty has teeth per-
fectly free from decay. l)I.
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29
CATAR = III

TkNE Tbe World Watch Stationery Package
HNc is the fastest selling article in the mar.
ket. Contains Is sheet Note Paper. ia
Envelopes, Pencil, PEN Holder, Pen and a hand.
some piece Of yewelry. Retail price 25 cents
Four dezen for $500 A watch guaranteed with
every four dozen y0n order. For 25 cents I'm one
or TWO cent postage stamps, we will send a com
plete sample package with elegant Gold Plated
Sleeve Buttons, Gold Plated Studs, Gold Plated
G9llar Button, Handsome Watch Chain, Gold
large amoEnts. 4Spage illustrated Catalogue Of
Gnns belfcooking Revolvers Telescopes Spy
Glasses, Watches, AocaTdcons. Violins Organettes,
MSssD NssssR sI1ssf NaSgE7sVnES Ac R"It co. 10 OCE
Smyrna times., 1883-08-29
lDIRI,C "T(lt>
AGENTS

AGENTS:
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All buS ness communications should De addressed
to
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