Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-01-31
General.

was during the late war.
You can ponder and study on tho sub
Jeet Of friendship, but go 10 work, earn
a dollar and then save it, and you will
have hold Of the best friend possible in
this world.
Engineering in China has achieved a
notable triumph In the construction OF
the bridge at LsRrang, over an arm Of the
China Sea. II is FIVE miles long. built
entirely OF stone, has 300 arches seventy
feet vide. The pillars seventy. FIVE feet
apart.
A French authority says that boots
aud shoes may be ren dered permanent
ly waterproof by soaking them for seV
eral hours in thick soap water. fatty
acid is formed in the leather by the
soap, which makes il impervious To
water.
Judge Per.hiDg. Of Pottsyille, hAs dc
cided that the professional base ball play
er is not laborer within the meaning 0f
the statutes giving laborcrs pTeierehr,
over other creditors IN the distributiau
Of an insolvent estate.
Holland, in the last three centurrr..
has recovered from tue sea at lesst 60.
900 acres. The lake Of Harlem bee n.'
terra iirma between ls40 and 1852. sud
the Iuyder bee is in process OF uaa.
formation into 500 600 valuable acre..
Holland has now l,47gO0O oxen ar1
cows, and her present output Of cheer
is estimated O. worth 100000.
The shell of a fossil turtle of tert.
AIRY time. unearthed in India and placed
in the collection ofIhe British Museuu.
was nearly nine feet 10 length an1
twenty seven 10 width. It's feet were a.
those Of a ghinocerous, and when aliv~
the animal must have been over twenty
feet lon ng and have weighed several ton,
A women can do anything or every
thing. and do IL we'll She can do NOR
in e minute than 3 man can do in AZ
hour, end do il better. She can maxi
the alleged lords Of creation bow dow
to her own sweet will, and they WI
never known il.
Il j. related OF the l3,yesr old Boston
school girl who died last week 81 allef
ed, OF overstudy, that during her deli
rum she repeated page after page of
history, and struggled with the notes o.
music frequently crying: "oh. mother,
II oonld only get these not~s out o.
my beadH'
Denis KeArnsy now presides over =
cake stand at place on the beach near
San Francisco called kooneyville. The
beach belongs 70 the city. and th''
squAtters there will soon be compelled
20 leave, when Kearney will have
grieance TO howl about.
In his will, which was offered for p"
bate in New York Saturday, the lAbr
Charles Delmonico gives one-half the
estate Of about s2.OO0,OOO to his sister
Rosa and the other half to his nephew,
Lorenzo D. Christ and Charles Delmon
ico Christ. and his neice Josephine.
Dakota is almost ready for admission
into the union. Her politicians are cali
iug each others liars, the governor hss
been charged with bribery, two Episoo-
pal diocsses have been created, Hem,
Willard has smashed al 10 pieces. an'i
the SNOW is seve feet on dead
level.
A prominent and prosperous farmer =
quoted sssaying reesntly: when wa-
boy and trudged along 10 school I wa
taught to take og my hat sni mske
obeisanee whenever met grown per
son. How is it now ? Why, ulsn j.
fortunate IL he can pass by = school
house without being snow- -bAlled,
The Augusta lGs-) CtrOnieis expire
ses conviction that "the true political
and commercial alliance of the South ~
with the East, and not with the We 9,
This is essentially true, it says, "ofthc
South Atlantic States, whatever I, may
be wish regard to the Gulf and MiSsi-
cippi River Commonwealth f"
The Constitution Of Missouri forbid- s
railway corporation giving = free pass ts,
any State official, but Cos. T. r Crit
tendsn has a happy way Of evading this
cruel provision. THsrailwass SEND hira
passes made good for "Mss 7. 7. Crii
tenden and family."n and The foxy Gov
deadheads his way ~ ono Of tho family /.
Few people are aware Of the msgni
tude Of india, or comprehend that IL
contains some sooOd0Oo. more people
than all Europe wsss Of The vlstuls.
Fewer siillknown that Il contains &C.
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