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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-23

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Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
A Remnant Of the Middle Ages.

The Naples correspondent OF the
London NeaCs writes: Roccatederigi, IN
the province of Grosseto, is notable for
being the worst malaria region in Italy.
1t is near midnight on Good Friday. A
procession, composed of about thirty in
diyiduals, passes through the streets,
most of them being men from fifteen to
twenty-five, the others boys from ten
to fifteen years of age. Their bodies.
from the waist upward, are bare ex-
cept for kind of white Grape, which is
open behind instead of in front, and
thus leaves the back and shoulders
bare. Their faces are veiled by white
cloth with two holes for the eyes. These
each carry two instruments of torture,
one called the sferri. being a whip
formed of many flexible thin strips Of
iron. the other called the spill, a whip
made of many strings of cord with
knots at the ends into which are fast
ened so many large and crooked pins.
On each side of the procession walk
men called codini, some of whom carry
torches, which throw lugubrioas light
on the strange procession, and some
CARRYING sticks with which they direct
and guide the tlagellants. These young
men and boys walk distance of at
least mile and half, now whipping
themselves with the sferri, now with the
spill, the first producing red and livid
marks on their shoulders and the last
causing the blood to flow from a
hundred little pricks and scratches
The signal for changing the mode OF
torture is given by the codini, who strike
their sticks on the ground, at which
sound the fagellants change the action
of their sferri for that of the spill, or
vice versa, with military precision
After two or three hours Of slow walk
ing, the procession enters the church,
and the flagellation is more furiously
continued. After this the sore and
wounded backs of the penitents are
washed with water mixed with vinegar
and salt. In the name of civilization,
say the Naples journals, such a custom
as this should be forbidden by the au-
fbnr.ftioc
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
our Citizens Desire no Notoriety, but Are
ALWAYS Ready to Proclaim the Truth. .


MRs. GEO. DAwLEY of a6 Knight street Providence,
r. L. relates to reporter her experience with the
wonderful curative properes of what's destined soon
be the standard and leading specific OF the whole
wide world, for kidney and liver diseases. etc Mrs.
D. says:
Early last spring was severely afflicted with tor
pdy of the kidneys and enlargement of the liver and
the kidney disease upon me so fast and suddenly
that before scarcely aware OF the cause OF my
trouble became badly bloated and my body and limb:
very much swollen that 1t was with great difficulty
and severe pain that was able TO walk any. became
treadfuy troubled by being short breathed, SO tha
even slight exertion little exercise would tire me
almos; te exhaustion. and was so distressed when
retired nights that could not sleep and was very rest
less. One OF my limbs especially had very severe
nervous pain which always seemed to be more severe
at night than at any other time and would frequently
ache SO sharply to arouse me from sleep was very
nervous and uncomfortable all the time and was be-
ing doctored and taking ali kinds of medicine for this
complaint and that and the other but all to no good
purpose until at about the time when was tired out
and so omewhat dsgustcd and almost discouraged with
medicines and doctors, relative and highly esteemed
friend persuaded me try Hunts Remedy. l began to
take it few days ago. and happily disappointed by
the result for before had used bottle of it began
to feel relieved and commenced TO sleep splendid
w. the severe nervous pains in my limb which had to
handle SO tenderly do appear any more, my head
ache and backachc have disappeared feel well every
yay and rest well at night The swelling has dsap-
peared from my body and limbs. am now able to do
nv housework comfortably and easily. Hunts Rene
DIV has certainly done wonders for me.
Mrs. GEO. DAwLEY."
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
Cinders i'm the Eye.

Many people know all about the ex-
cellence of cardamom seeds (and u
dozen other things) to perfume Q
smokers breath, who are very ignorant
in a matter of far more consequence
good antidote for cinders in the eye. Ft
viii pay travellers to try the simple
recipe given in the Indiana State ,Scnti-
mel, and put few seeds of another kind
along with the cardamom when start
ing on journey:
Persons travelling by railway are SUBJ
ject to continued annoyance by flying
cinders. On getting into the eyes these
are not only painful for the moment but
are often the cause of long suffering
that ends in a total loss of sight.
A very simple and effective cure is
within the reach Of every one, and would
prevent much suffering and expense
were it generally known.
1t is simply one or two grains Of flax
seed. These may be placed in the eye
without injury or pain to that delicate
organ, and shortly they begin to swell
and dissolve a glutinous substance that
covers the ball of the eye, enveloping
any foreign substance that may be in it.
The irritation of cutting the membrane
is thus prevented, and the annoyance
may soon be washed out.
A dozen of these slowed away in the
vest-pocket may prove in an emergency
/ worth their number in gold.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

AND now, as the violets appear, and roses
become about twenty cents apiece cheaper,
the young man tells his friends that he
thinks of going to Europe some time IN
June. And all his contemporaries secretly
envy him, and look upon him as man
born with silver spoon in his mouth He
tells them how he is going to climb the
Alps, and sail over Lake Como, and wander
through the Colosseum and the Castle OF
Chillon. He makes a great impression on
his friends, and invites them to see him off :,
which they do with great deal of enthu-
siasm. Then he disembarks at halifax, and
goes off to Michigan, where he spends the
summer on his uncle's farm, and gets the
skin of his hands thick and hard enough to
sole a pair of boots, or to be palmed off
anywhere for boarding-house steak. And
when he comes back he speaks of Ravenna
and Athens as though he had been living
there in opulence all summer, and not hoe
ing corn and chasing mad bulls.-Pnc6.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
Precaution at Funerals.

A crusade is forming to put a stop to
funerals -begetting funerals" I" move
,nent worthy of general sympathy. For
long time it has been apparent that
our modern system of burial is caicu-
lated to gladden. the heart of the under
takers and no one else. According to
the present custom the pall-bearers
walk from the house to the hearse, fire.
qaently from the hearse to church and
back again and then from the hearse
to the grave, with uncovered heads and
there they and many of the accompany
ing mourners stand bareheaded durln g
the better part of the last services In
the winter season, that is in this eli
mate, at any time between October and
May, the ground is cold, almost always
damp, and frequently covered with
snow. The exposure at funerals. es-
pecially to the pall-bearers, is greater
than one is likely to endure on any
other occasion or in the performance OF
any other duty through the entire sea-
son. To come out of a house and stand
for minutes bareheaded in a raw wind
and then after chilly ride in a carriage
to 90 through another exposure. makes
a strain that nothing but very strong
constitution can endure without injury.
The most common form in which the
mischief makes itself felt is an acute
attack of pneumonia, and we are glad
to see that number Of Eastern papers,
led by the New York Herald, have taken
up this matter and are trying to have
people use little more common sense
in caring for the living as well as pay
mo due hOnors to the dead.
Pneumonia has for some cause OF
other increased in an alarming manner
in this country and during this spring
particularly it has demanded fearful
number of victims. In New York dur
ing the last twenty years, the deaths by
this disease have increased little less
than two hundred per cent and through
out the Northern and North Middle
States there are three or four times as
many deaths from pneumonia in pro-
portion to the number of inhabitants as
there were in 1860. "A great many rea-
sons, among which the lcarelessness, OF
many in regard to the changeability of
the weather is the most important one,
are mentioned as the probable causes.
1t is said by some that people live in
warmer houses than they used to, and
go more frequently into warm theaters,
and come forth from them into the sharp
air by day or night, catching the de-
structive cold. Coming out of a
heated church or theater into the cold
air is no doubt a proceeding fraught
with much danger, but taking the whole
number of persons who are exposed by
attending funerals and going to the
cemeteries, and those who are exposed
BY coming out of warm buildings, prob
ably a hundred take colds at funerals,
which develop into pneumonia, to one
who suffers in the same way at theaters,
etc. Many lives are undoubtedly sacri-
feed every year to what is called the
funeral prophecies. There is no reason
why men who bear friends to the grave
should expose themselves to the MUIR
derous influence of bad weather.
burlington Ha1keye. .l4
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
Another Life Saved,

j. Gray, Dadeville, Ala, writes us:
have been using your DR.. VIM. HALLS
BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS, and | can say, OF
a truth, it is far superior to any other Lung
preparation in the world. Ny mother was
confined to her bed four weeks with cough,
and had every attention by as good ply
sicians as there are III the country, and they
all failed to effect cure; but when | got
one bottle of your DR.. WIN. HALLS BALsAsi
FOR THE LUNGS, she began to mend right
away. | can say in truth, that IT WAS THE
MEANS OF SAVING HER LIFE. knew of five
cases that DIR. VIM. Hall's Balsam has
cured, and my mother is better now than
she has been for twenty years.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
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He ApolOgized.

When You have crowded six men and
two women into aVirgiHia stage-coach,
to bump over mountain roads for thirty
six miles, you can't ask much more
of human nature. We We're not only
packed like sardines, but one had to
ride on the box with the driver and the
weather betokened rain. II was agreed
that we should fight to the death sooner
than let another passenger aboard, but
just before the stage started up drove
two men, and the driver of the stage
opened the door and whispered:
Ladies' and gentleman, them two
men are Col. Skinner and Judge More
house, and they are going down the
road to fight duel. Under any other
circumstances I would not ask you to
make room. ~ lA
= Every one of us was opposed to duel
ing, but not a agrowl was raised An
other man got up with the driver, the
baggage was restored, and the two
dueiists, each looking very grave and
determined, crowded in. For the first
five miles not word was spoken, and
then an Ohio man beside me carefully
whispered: Esfsss
Isn't it about time they reached the
spot?'' vr Rrs III F
Another five miles was passed, and
then one of the women ventured to re-
mark that it was an awful thing to fight
a duel. 1t began to rain, and the other
woman observed that both duelists
would probably catch their death colds,
even if neither was shot.
Every time we came to piece OF
woods we expected to see the two men
get out, but one fell asleep after an
hour, and the other was busy with a
book. At length, after every other pas
senger had repeatedly winked at me to
go ahead, leaned over and asked:
Judge, how much further is it to the
grounds?"
"What grounds?"
Where you are to fight duel.'
Il have no duel on handn a.
"Why-why, thought you and the
Colonel were going out to fight a
duel?"
''Oh, no! no! called him liar and
he challenged me, but l apologized
over tive weeks ago, and we are now
going up into the mountains to buy
sheep!"
There was some talk of licking the
driver, but as the women wouldn't turn
in and help us, the idea was gradually
squeezed out of us.-Detro1 Free Press
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
is in iail in Baltimor

-Tennyson is in jail in Baltimore,
charged with assault and battery;
Charley Ross stole old junk in Peters
burg, Va. and went to prison; John
Quincy Adams was shot in a bar
room at Deadwood; Benjamin L. Butler
stole an overcoat in East st. Louis;
George Washington Fremont (colored)
has just been admitted to the bar of
Prince William County. Va; Martha
Washington and her daughter Mary
were arrested in Savannah for obtain
ing a sewing-machine on false preten-
ses.-ChicaqO Tribune
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

SYDNEY SMITH beingill his physician adj
vised him to "take walk upon an empty
stomach" "Upon whose" asked Sydney.
Still better steps to take would be the pur-
chase of DIR. h. V. Pierce's "Golden Medi-
cal Discovery and "Pleasant " Purgative
Pellets" which are especially valuable to
those who are obliged to lead sedentary
lives, or are afflicted with any chronic dis
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

A BOY VITA q sop tried to spin it,
But his hand got thorn right in 1t,
The sport didn't spoil,
For ST. Jacobs Oil,
Cured his hurt in less than a mlnit'
A red-haired clerk in Savannah,
Slipped on piece of banana,
Great pain he endured,
But st. Jacobs Oil cured,
He now goes dancing with Hannah.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
Wrecked Manhood.

Victims of youthful indiscretions and
pernicious practices, suffering from preIna-
ture decay or old age, nervous debility,
lack of self-confidence, impaired memory,
loss of manly powers, and kindred symp-
toms, should send three stamps for large
illustrated treatise, giving means of certain
cure, with numerous testimonials. Ad-
dress WORLDS DISPENsARY MEDICAL AS
soCIATIoN, Buffalo, N. y.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
A Profitable Fruit to Grow.

q OF all the varieties Of fruit usually
grown on the farm, perhaps the ounce
is less frequently seen than any other.
S Oflate our farmers have begun to set
out peach trees in hope of obtaining
partial crops at least There are many
reasons why every farmers garden
should have a few ounce bushes grow
ing therein in order that a supply for
the family may be secured if none are
marketed. The ounce is hardy, de-
ciduous shrub, reaching a height Of
gas 3 from ten torsfifteen feet and bearing
- T. large white and pink blossoms quite
late in the season. The fruit is of a
rich golden color and in some respects
20 ~ resembles the orange. The ounce is
10 /. easily propagated from seed layers or
cuttings. The soil most suitable for
this fruit is deep moist loan and when
well manured if the bushes are thrifty
abundant crop may be secured. II bears
easily and with favorable growth in
four years from 1transplanting the trees
ought to bear peck of fruit. There
are number of sorts grown in this
country, the Champion being the latest
acquisition and said to be the largest
variety grown. The most extensively
grown variety in this country is the Or
ange. This sort is of good size, color
and flavor; it is remarkably productive
and with good treatment bears fair,
smooth fruit that uniformly stews ten
der and is excellent for drying pur-
poses.
There is one thing to be considered
in growing this fruit-that it is never
grown in such quantities but what the
farmer can get at least 81 per bushel,
and it is oftener that he gets twice that
amount. The canning of vast quanti-
ties of this fruit always render their sale
assured. Very many growers do not
properly prune the bushes so as to adj
{ j nit the sunlight and thus avoid having
so much green fruit. When the bushes
are overloaded the fruit should be
thinned out and the rest willsbe larger
and better. When set in rows about
twelve feet apart is the right distance,
and if in very rich soil fifteen feet may
not be too great a distance. The borer
is liable to attack the young bushes and
even those that have reached a consid-
cradle size. In this section the ounce
is chiefly grown in the garden, but in
the Middle States snd at the West large
; 'oreharlssof the ounce sre cultivated:
Riding into gentleman's door-yard
& : recently we noticed three large bushes
4 4 close by his hennery. The fruit had
been gathered, but the owner informed
the writer that from the three bushes
he obtained two barrels of large mar
ketable fruit. When properly cared for
there can hardly be o more paying crop,
since almost every family ''puts up''s
few ounces,
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
Safe and Reliable.

A. w. Brown NJ. d., Of Providence r. l., says:
II have used Hunts Remedy In my practice for the
past sixteen years. and cheefuly recommend 1t as be-
ing a safe and reliable medicine"
Hunts Remedy is purely a vegetable compound
scientifically prepared by rst-csss registered Phar-
macst, and will surely cure all diseases of the Kidneys
bladder, liver and urinary organs
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

Samuel Passmore died at his home
near Batavia, N. T., recently, from a
singular disease. His tongue began to
swell, and finally turned black. The
depression of vital force was then so
rapid that he was quickly beyond hui
man aid, and after forty-three hours of
intense pain death ensued.-Iroy (N.
W Times
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
1t is estimated that there are 20. 900

1t is estimated that there are 10000
dead laws on the statute books of New
York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and
Ohio, but the only way for stranger to
find out the live ones is to swing his hat
on some street corner and yell out that
he is from the headwaters Of Fighting
creek. Detroit Free Press.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

Mr.. Frederic Vanderbilt had most
acceptable visitor at luncheon the other
day in the shape of his father, Mr.. Will
liam H. Vanderbilt, who brought with
him in his pocket and gave to his son
the deed of his old Fifth avenue house.
NJ Y. Times
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
"A young married lady boarding al

"A young married lady boarding at
the south end is making preparations
to 60 to housekeeping sometime. She
has purchased a blank recipe book, and
on the first of its four hundred pages
has neatly written her landlady's recipe
for pudding sauce, and an injunction to
put salt on the griddle instead of lard
when you fry fritters. Her husband dis
covered the book by accident the other
day, and now he is trying to make up
his mind how he is going to grow fat on
q diet Of pudding sauce and fried salt
Chicago NeUs.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

or those with weak lungs, splitting of blood,
bronchitis, or kindred affections of throat
or lungs, send two stamps for DR.. K. v.
Pierce's treatise on these maladies. Ad-
dress the doctor, Buffalo, N. Y.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

GIVE doctors; no end Of medicine; no
relief. DR.. BeRsOn's Skin Cure has driUea
dcdy all eruptiOns and I'm nearly aoeU."
Ida c. Young, Hamilton, Ill.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

"DR. BENsoN's Celery and Chamomile
Pills, are worth their weight in gold in
nervous and sick headache. DIR. II. II.
Schlichter, of Baltimore.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

AN evil speaker differs from an evil doer
only in the want of opportunity Quin-
tHidn. rt. =
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

IT is not a lucky word, this same tmpos-
sible; no good comes to those who have it
so often in their mouths.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

THE French Government intends to hold
a grand international exhibition at Paris in
1888, -
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

hrs. JAMES E. WIRMAN, of Harrison, O.,
writes: "Dr. Guysott's Yellow Dock and
Sarsaparilla cured my daughter of dyspep-
sia and Irregularities"
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

IL your horses have sore shoulders,
scratches, cuts or open sores of any kind,
use Stewards Healing Powder.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

LADIES, buy for your husbands, brothers
and sons Chrolithion Collars and Cuffs and
save trouble in washing.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

In Yazoo County, Miss, COW died with
hydrophobia from eating the hay on which
a mad dog had been lying.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

THE diamond is the stone for an engage
ment; but give US the old cobble-stone in a
free fight.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

"BROwN's BRONCHIAL TROCHES' arc excel
lent for the relief of Hoarseness or Sore Throat.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

25c. buys pair of Lyon Patent Heel Stiffen-
ers and make a boot or shoe last twice as long.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

KIND words are like bald heads; they can
never dye.-N. o. Picdyu'ae. 3t
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

FUNNY, isn't it, that you always see the
night-fall before any stars begin to shoot
The Judge.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
PERSONAL!

THE VOLTAIC BELT Co, Marshall Mich, will
send DR.. Dyes Celebrated Electro-V oitaic
Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for
thirty days to men young or old who are af-
kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy and
complete restoration of health and manly
vigor. Address as above. n. B.-No risk is
incurred, as thirty days trial is allowed.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Take instanter. Don't neglect cough.
Pixies toothache drops cure in one minute.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
To Consumptives,

THE cricket and grasshopper sing in the
dew wet.
National Republican., 1883-10-05
ARMY AND NAVY.

Ensign James Gray, of the navy, has ten
dered his resignation to take effect March u,
1884
Tho United States steamer Tallapoosa left
the Washington navy yard at noon yesterday
for trip to the northern yards.
The United States steamship Swatara ar
rived at Boston yesterday from IL cruise along
the fishing banks of Newfoundland,
Lieut.. Col. Ebenezer Swift, of tho medical
department, will be placed on the retired list
of the army on tho eighth instant, when he
will have reached his 6lth year.
Commandant Welch tolegraphs TO the navy
department that there were no new cases OF
fover and no deaths at the Pensacola (nayy
yard), Fla, on the third of October
Surgeon +. l.. Dubois has beon detached
from duty at the naval rendezvous, Philadel-
mia. and ordered us u member of the medi-
cal examining board at Philadelphia. Passed
Assistant Surgeon Howard Wells ordered
to duty at the naval rendezvous ut Philadel-
phia.
The Buffalo Ereaiag Ners says; "Capt. A.
A. Fengar, superintendent Of construction,
| u. s. N, who has been overseeing the build
| ing of the two revenue cutters tessenuen ana
Perry Mt the Union dry dock, left this morn
! ing for Washington to take the position on
the Alabama claims commission, to which he
| has been promoted by Secretary Folger IL
was the intention of the captains friends to
! give him u farewell dinner at tho City club,
of which he was member, but his hurried
departure prevents There arc few gentle
men in Uncle Sans employ moro generally
liked than Capt Fcngar, and his with
drawal from tho city will be greatly regretted
by all who know him in u business way ~
well us by those who have met him in the
social circle. But he will not forget Buffalo
as occasional visits will prove