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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-24

"Every time / look at the North
STAR" said the Nautical Cop, sit
makes me feel pale. l think | men
toned the cause to you last week. 1t
is all on account of balloon experience
l had in 1863. You probably remem-
Der that mammoth airship built in
Hong Kong to take a trip across the
Pacific. / was there at the time, and
the owner Of the balloon engaged me
at salary of $1,000 week tc accom-
pany him in his perilOus voyage. 1t
was bright summer morning, re-
member, and an open lot on the out
sklts of the town was filled with
20O,UUU people to see us make the
start. The aeronaut got into the cart
first, and | followed him with two ma.
tive servants, who carried our proyis-
ions.
The signal was given to start, and
the ropes were cut. The immense bag
of gas with its human freight shot W
into the air like a rocket. In twelve
minutes we were 5000 feet above the
earth. In twelve minutes more We
had attained height of 10000 feet
twenty minutes later it was 10000
fret, The revolution of the globe wa
then plainly percepUhle. At o'clocl
In the evening We had beaten all pre-
vious records. and were sailing through
the clouds at the frightful hight O
sxty-six miles. The Professor, VIII
was black IN the face, but very enthu
siastlc, suddenly announced his atttn
tioA of attempting to get beyond tn
attraction of grayitatiOn. l at ono
demanded an increase of salary, an
: he saw the raise and made it 81 500.
IAN our ballast had been throw
out, and, as the balloon had ceased I
rise. it was necessary to make the ca
. lighter, so we pitched one of the sci
wants over the side, saving him a COO
book to read on his way down. U
shot the balloon another mile. The
II became stationary again, and til
other fellow had 10 be disposed of i
, The interest of science. l dropped hil
out very carefully, because he was
very nice man and generous to a fau
y Up and up went the balloon. until v
\ had reached an elevation of l1S mile
y THE Professor saw that we we
> about to stop again, and kindly ask,
Is me to step out and let him contin,
r the voyage alone. lie refused, hoy
> ever, to further increase my pay, so
j." took HIM by the heels and let him drt
lie over. Then l sailed the airship t,
m the next three days on my own hoe
e. very satisfactorily"
NJ Where did you land after makir
10 this terrible trip" asked the listene
8, Believing that my salary was
d- generous one, permitted The Profess
er to take his barometer along with him
said the Nautical Cop.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-24

how DEEP should seed be planted =
Directions IRON seedsmen will tell you.
Cover SET DIS according to their sizes
Cover them with layer of earth at
thick as the seed itself, etc. This may
be 80 az general rule, Tut there IRE
exceptions and many modifying condi.
tons. The difference IN covering is
not always as great as between the co.
coanlt and the pea, the first we cover
ouly Just out Of sight, while the latter
may be- covered ten times its size t.
insure success, The conditions which
should govern the depth at which seeds
are plauted, are climate, season. situa-
ton OF the land, condition of the sol,
and natu { OF the seed. In good gar
den soil properly prepared, aud you
4now what that means, We may plaut
seeds very shallow, Just cover them
out OF sight early in the spring: bu,
Later in the season, If dry weather NAV
be expected we must cover much deep.
er aud press the earth on the seed,
quite firmly If we wish successful ger
miEatlon. In warm, moist climate,
seeds streNed on the ground often grow
and make good plants; the radical,
penetrating the soil, while the stem
and leaves develop themselves al owe
We may cover seeds deeper IN a hgh
sandy soil than in a heavy clay soil an,
il we plant seeds 10 prepared seed beds
where we can keep the soil IN an equal
ly moist temperature, it is best to cove
all kinds OF seeds very lightly,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-24
Neuralgia and Headaches in Girls.

Nothing is so terrible as severe neu-
ralgia, and beyond doubt girls acquire
it often enough by the conditions of
school life. Headaches in schoolgirl
usually mean exhausted nerve power
through over.work, over-excitement,
Over.anxiety, or bad air. Rest, good
laugh, or country walk will usually
cure it readily enough to begin with.
But to become subject to headaches is a
very serious matter, and all such ner-
vous diseases have a nasty tendency to
recur, to become periodic, to be set up
by the same causes, to become an orga-
mic habit of the body. For any woman
to become liable to neuralgia is most
terrible thing. 1t means that while it
lasts life is not werth having. II para.
lyzes the power to work, 1t deprives her
of the power to enjoy anything, it tends
toward irritability of temper, it tempts
to the use of narcotics and stimulants
A girl who finds herself subject t
neuralgia should at one change hei
habits if but to grow strong in body
Of what use is education ., it'll ill healthi
A happy giIl must he a healthy one
The Greeks educated their girls physi
cally; we educate ours mentally. Tn,
Greek mother bore the finest children
the world ever produced. DIR. HolbrOul
in his great works on marriage and par
entage gives IA chapter on tue Grecial
education Of girls. He claims it CONF
very near to the education We need fo
them to-day, and We quite agree wit
him. 1t developed beautiful women
and their beauty lasted till old age. Til
beautiful Helen was as handsome a
fifty as at sweet sixteen.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-24

HOG Cholera &C Sod everywhere sent BY mail 75e In
Circulars ffee. l. s. JOHNSON q CO., Boston, Mas.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07
Precious Hope -Peruna.

One morning while he her husband
VIA no ding her up in order that she
could breathe more easily, after having
struggled with bad spsi: OF coughing,
he made The remark that he did not
believe she would ever get wall. when
she. ~ her weakness, said "Yes. | will
II you will bring DR. HAETEA.." The
"octor was brought. He pre.cfibed n
teaspooniul of Pervsa every hour. She
began to improve from the ffst dose
che took She told me to- ~ ,be ha.
never felt better IN her life than she
doc. now, and that he cannot say too
much i"r FyyHo 4. !. MILLER.
Her husband writcs. south Cbicag.,
H., Dec. ~, 1881. I have aIiving vii.
ness Of the yiriue uf PfTaga u nv wife
rho va saved from death by il. cer.
tiiy that every word OF page 20 IN Dp.
HARrHsS's book on the ''lil, of Life" l.
tru" 81 every particular
is2t T. : Crtg,,.,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07

SOMETHING new in conductors out
ht has recently been introduced on one
Of the Brooklyn horse car lines. In the
fair.recording apparatus swung from
their necks, 80 the passengers can see
his fair noted, is fxed watch, 20 the
passenger can also see the time. OF
this innovation a conductor lugubriousiy
said to = reporter Of one Of our contem.
poraTies 81 come pretty near getting
med sometimes, when passenger
catches hold Of me and turns me around
like . wooden man, to see what time Il
i, but AZ that is what the watches are
for don't know AZ ought toobiect. /
suppose ct this rate they'll keep on
fitting us out for the accommodation
Of the public until = man won't be con
sidercd fit for 9 car unless he has got a
calendar stitched on to the back Of his
coat, thermometer hanging from one
button-hole, and city directory hooked
70 = strap asound his waist"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you DISTURBED at Night sad brskea sf ycuf eus
b siek child suffering and cfyinx with pain Of cat
ting teethf II -, send at ones and get bottle az
Ms WtNst0ua sooTHfSa ETnur Fon CHrnnrn
IHETHEHa. Lts value is tnoaieaabie II viii relieve
the peor iitie sufferer immediately petana uror n
mothers. there is mstaks aasSuf a. IL cures av.
sutsFy and aarrhoeA reeslztes the stomach and ho.
els cures Wind collie. softens the zusas rndno-s IN
azanaztion, aaS Eiyes taus aad energy 10 the shois
sTstem. Mas. WiSstous sooTaINz EEnup pa Cana
TszSHfEs II pleasAut b The tazss ssd 4 the fg
sesfutcn Of Of the oldest and tsst female uh,s
eiaas and In the United States Aad h Tor al.
By a draEKsts thrvughss the vofia. Pr4es Is cents
= bottle. b.yIv
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07
A Strange Story.
A PgoaISRNT VIRGINIA SOCIETY LADY Az.
TER rosfSG As WOMAN 80 YEARs
AcgSowLroGEs HERsgLP MAS.

! One of the best known Indies of tho
I Shenandoah Valley, Va, has turn, d
out to be a man. Miss Elizabeth Rebec-
CA Payne, daughter Of the late Joseph
P,yne, seven miles from Winchester,
who has lived for thirty eight ears as
lady, suddenly avowed herself to be a
few days since man, and startled j. T.
/ Reilly, clerk Of the county court, by ap.
plying for Il license To marry Mi.
Hinton, who had resided in the Puynr
family "a, a domestic, The laly who
fired the heart OF Mr. Payne with such
passion as 10 compel him TO throw on
tho habit of lifetime and declare his
sex is progressing and forty years ol
age. The strange ALTAR has caused d
decided scnsallon in the Shenandoah
Valley and nothing else IT. talked about.
Ia, ne was brought up as girl. No our
ever questioned his sex, and his own
ayowel that be- was man took away
the breath @. the community. Eliza.
beth Rcbecca r'yne wa, one OF family
of six daughters; was brought up a. %
woman and wa, admitted into the be-
soc,cty in company with other members
of the family. lie was always regarded
~ p somew hat masculine girl, but no
one ever suspected ho wuE a man. lie
was most graceful and dashing cqu,..
triennc. and always challenged admiia
tion a. he frequently rode into Wiuches
ter with his habit and somewhat long
hair trailing in the wind. lie was one
Of the most widely known ladies' in the
yall'y. In addition to good birth and
inherited acres he developed rcmarks.
ble business talent Tor q woman shen
reycrses in the family fortune rendered
it necessary for some one TO put
shoulder to the wheel.
lIis sisters were distinguished for
their culture and personal charms aud
several of them married prominent
gentlemen.
Rcbccca Payne devoted himself IN the
management Of farm and TO the super.
vision of store which he hai estAb
lished at Rest, where he also held the
appointment Of postmisiress lie aiso
dealt in cattle and horses and became an
expert in that way. All his enterprises
prospered and he has acqu red consider. |
able wealth. Determining to marrJ he
threw off his dresses and applied for a
license from the court at Winchester !
but the astonishcd clerk, who like every !
body else. knew him A. a woman, dc |
lined IN issue license for \ woman 10 !
marry a woman.
when Payne proved his real sex by |
producing the certificate Of DR.. r. w. |
Mcguire OF Winchester, the license was |
still refused on the ground that Virginia |
Law compels = m N TO have given n-mes |
shich show his sex before he can act a. |
a man before the lAw. Payne then dc. |
,erm'ned to have his name changed at |
the March term of circuit court, which |
will mo. on the fret proximo. The |
affair /. nine days wonder in the |
Shenandoah and has created more eH.
element than any event which has dis
,urbed the social circles of the State for |
half a century. No explanation has
been of red a. TO why he has masque
radcd 40 long a. q woman. Rumor has
6, that Pavne and hts sweetheart went
to Wet Virginia yesterday and were
married. but this lacks confirmation.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07

Fifty sl3ighs st and below cot, ht
BsrtfuHs. You'd be surprised TO sec The
ew sleigbs, bsnd.omely trimmed In vel.
yet and plush, for $50 and upward, TheseI
slelgbs must be sold 10 make rom. for bis
spring work Nov Il The time - SAW ~
least ten Or dfleen dollars on f. sleigh
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07

ptgHroN. Jan. ~. 1852.
The Rockford watch purchased Feb.
1879. has performed better than any
Watch | ever hsd. Havo carried Il
every day and al no time has il been
irregular. or in the least unreliable.
checrfully recommend the Rockford
Watch. HORACE B. HORTON,
At Digh,on Furnace Co.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07
S p. HUBBARD, u. D,

This 10 TO certify that The Rockford
Wstch bought Feb. %, 1879, has run
very well the past year Having set Il
only twice during that time, lie only
variation being three minutes. II has
run very much better than ever an.
iicipated. IL was no. adjusted and ouly
cost go. X I. BRYANT,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07
COMMISSIONERS SALE
OF UNSEArED LANDS.

In pufsnauee Of Au At a. Assembly passed on the
GOTH dayoi Maeh \. D. iA2l. the uummiF-i ,nefs ~
Crnlfe County Will sfil at public sale 1T the tauft
it'Hae. 10 t"s Hyfough uf H.trh,itr Tu.stAs the
nh dny ~ friH"Ay. a. y issG TIE foii3NihF Dc
scr Tod ttact- 81 AHl, puiehss'd by the t"uhiy sf
trslisne ef's sale. hud WIth have TeNaiurdutfs
deemed mr the srarr of nFe ssat- AMI upSarls.
A. OHl'.HT.
n. G. CAhrBELL.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07
Roclrokp wArcs CoxP,xY.

By HOSME Err Z. HUILANn. Sec.
Having most thoroughly tested the
Rockford Quick Train Watches for the
last three years, offer them with the
fullest confidence As the best made and
nnOsi reliable time keeper for the money
that can be obtained.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07

-. - Fs@HT~F 10 INI1Ef
The Rockford Watch runs very &C
eurately better than any watch ever
owned, and have bad one that cost
$50. Can recommend the Rockfor
Watch TO everybody who wishes 6ne
timekeeper.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
From the New York Oh serve
INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
NJ Rrv. usSRr II onorr, D. n,

Fen. 10, The Conversion of Lyd-
In. Acts Ia ll-24.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07
Quick Railway Time.

Roetford, H.. Jan. 1850.
FAU e 70 oertlfy that sse have appointed
FINK Y. Blai'. soLe ageat for The salc Of or
f1aiek Tram Rsilra18 WafrLzs IL tI< to,gn
pt RrA,f5uo
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07

GotkHC Tryr Whose heart the lord orened, that
she aeShJ-d nntb the things which were sPokeu of
Paul Acts 10. II.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07
PRAcrrcAL sraansrIox..

/. There IL no excuse for religious
oilers; seekers after work find it.
2. The most effective preaching is 20
little groups, and single hearers.
}. One hearing sufficed for Lydia.
Let workers seek and expect sudden
conversions. For any sinner to delay
is to increase guilt. The spirit says,
come now.
I. Are you waiting for God to open
your hearth Rather are you not hold
it close against him ? Might it not be
said TO you, aye do always resist the
Holy Ghost"
5. The double work Of rescuing vic.
Tins Of drink and vicious ways, and oi
defeating trafiickers in the ruin Of
bodies and souls, is an important part
of the work Of the church. There are
to-day no greater hinderers of the pro
gress Of religion than ardent spirits and
bad books.
g. The secret Of all opposition TO 70
ligiou is in the fact that it interferas
with the worlds love of gain and selfish
indulgence.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07

Dtrats, yosap, 4 en-. bfssfs Ytsriey,
CJhurn "a teutfe Hall. Pa
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07

AHotto Ame-iran Wai-tcS a, re@,eei
is-TrsF.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-02-07

~ p fH1~a.fse eu~rv Watch lar ~ rs-t
FRANK p. BLAIR,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-24
ADVERTISING Rates

Can be had on application at the office. The
Daily and Weekly taken together afford the best
advertising medium for this section Of the State.
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Farm Notes.

Balance the accounts.
Clean the stables daily.
Allow no waste in feeding.
Corn stalks go further if cut.
Mend the windows if not yet done.
A slight top dressing for wheat is a
good thing.
Careless currying often spells horses
temper.
There is satisfaction in supplying good
fuel. well ahead.
Have warm well-ventilated stables, but
use no blankets.
Discharge the man or boy who heart
lessly leases the animals.
Make a rule to feed at regular hours,
and then live up to it.
A stable door or window left open care
lessly, may cause animal colds that will
destroy lite.
The way to teed salt is to furnish con-
slant supply in some accessible place, then
little will be eaten at time.
Manure applied to pastures and mea-
dows in the fall will tell next summer
with Just double force over that applied
in the spring.
The number of metals absolutely needed
in plant life is six; namely, potassium,
calcium, sui phur, phosphorus, manganese
and iron. No doubt certain plants require
others also.
Have the Water Troughs Near By
The country over, too much carelessness
is shown in the matter of providing live
stock with drink in the winter time. Ami
mails suffer detrimentally if not provided
with pure water as often as they desire.
IL is poor arrangement that requires
farm animals to go a long distance in all
kinds of weather for their drink. Often
they will suffer thurst for days rather than
brave bad weather to get it. Then when
they do get to the trough. or stream, they
gorge themselves perhaps with the water,
ice cold. in way that is anything but fair
to the system, and suffering and often
harm ensues.
Protection Against Frost BY iudicious
protection now to buildings, pumps, etc,
much discomfort and annoyance NAV be
saved to both man and beasts tor the next
four months. Stables and cellars often
MAY Dt bdHkttl vi Tue OutSiut WIN IIn-
bark, saw-dust, manure, straw, sods and
earth. in way that will add many de-
grees OF warmth to the temperature inside.
Any windows or doors that are seldom or
never used, may be similarly improved by
packing straw. hay or leaves against
them, either inside or out. Where stables
made of rough lumber, have cracks be-
tween the outside boards. besides closing
them on the outside with battens lining
OF straw several inches thick, against the
inside surface. held in place by Stats, will
add wonderfully to the warmth of the
interior. Pumps may be protected by set
ting headless barrels around them and
packing the space between with straw
Hydrants may have barrel of one heaC
inverted over them, packing straw ur
underneath before 1T is settled to the
ground. Protect out door cisterns by
coating them over thicklv with ground
Exposed pipes may be protected by close
ly winding them with rope made of fin,
hay, and afterwards smearing this will
softened clay.
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Loss and Gain.
CHAPTER l.

~ was taken sick year ago
With bilious fever "
Ny doctor pronounced me cured. but 1 got
sick again, with terrible pains in my back
and sides, and | got so bad |
Could not move,
| shrunk!
From 22s lbs. to 1870! had been doctor
ing for my liver, but it did me no good / die
not expect to live more than three months.
began to use Hop Bitters. Directly my ap
petite returned, my pains lett me, my entire
system seemed renewed as if by magic. and
after using several bottles, | am not only as
sound as a sovereign, but weigh more than
did before. To Hop Bitters owe my life. ;
Dublin. June 6. 81. r. FITZPATRICK.
CHAPTER II.
"Malden, Mass, Feb. /, 1850. Gentlemen
suffered with attacks of sick headache
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in the
most terrible and excruciating manner.
No medicine or doctor could give me relief
or cure, until nsed Hop Bitters.
THE first bottle
Nearly cured me;'
The second made me as well and strong as
wnen a child.
"And have been so to this day"
My husband was an invalid for twenty
years with serious
'hiuHes, il'eT anu uTlHarF complaint,
pronounced by Boston's best physi.
clans
"Incurable ~
Seven bottles of your Bitters cured him,
and know of the
Lives of eight persons
In my neighborhood that have been saved
by your bitters.
And manv more are using them with great
benefit
They almost
Do MIRACLES Mrs. +. d. Slack
How TO get sick.-Expose yourself day and night !;
eat too much without exercise; work to hard with
out rest; doctor all the time; take all the vile nos
truUs ad, ertised, and then you will want TO know
row TO get well, which is auw ered in three words
lake Hop Bitters.
aS-None genuine without a bunch of green Hops
on the white label. Shun all the vile, poisonous
stuff with "Hop' or "Hops' in their uame.
septldeod &w1mnr
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BEST FOR ANYTHING.
~ ROFULOUs SORES.

~ "VF Sh~N7 SOhES
had a dozen bad aOres upon nv body, and tired
all remedies could hear Of, and last tried your
JNO. GAsKILL.
Hebron. Thayer County. Penn.
Every species Of Itching, sealy, PImpley. scrofu.
lous, Inherited and CONTAGIOUS Humors, with Loss
Of Hair. cured by CETICuRA REsoI.vEsT. the new
Blood Purifier, internally, and CUTtCURA and CUrI
CURA soar, the great skin Cures, externally.
sold everywhere Price, Cuiieura. Soc soap, 25e. ;
Rssolyept, o..
Potter Drug and Chemical 60, boston.
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remonstrauce there was q sound from over
the neighboring ice-foe hard to credit to
even the most eerie of Swiss breezes.
There surely you hear il now 7" the
girl said.
If only to make clear the girls folly
to herself. the quest was recommended.
The quick ear of love had not Numbered
after all. This time q chance CLEAN oil
the guides lantern over Jagged preci.
pice-side revealed dark form huddled
against an inner ledge. 1t was Bernard
Ralston, insensible from the effects of his
perilous fall, and proving that he still
lived only by an occasional groan.
II beg pardon very humbly. Miss Pow.
err" Mark Croxton whispered.
s.And they tell me, Olive. that / owe
nv life to you," the convalescent said
wheeled out on the broad mountain ter.
race of his resting place. ''How shall
eontrive to repay you. | wondere Dc
you knOw-nay, you cannot know had
dream this morning. After the doctor
had left my room l dozed. and it seemed
to me that-the dearest girl in the wide
world-and surely the bravest came to my
side and smoothed down the pillow-and
dare | whisper the words ?-caressed
nv forehead. 1t was singular, was ii
not ~
Something in the poise of the averted
face awakened swift suspicion-a keen
thrill of happiness.
1T cannot be that-that it was not a
dream ?" he queried. THAT my ward is
willing to be still dearer-to be my wife p
The small palm was not withdrawn, the
lovely crimsoned face was swiftly and
momentarily upturned. as he had seen il
twice before. and this time look of in.
effable content was mirrored thereupon.
III YOU really desire so TO extend your
guardianship of your 'wayward ward. y
mischievous accents answered. And
Bernard Ralston's sometime problem had
become his dearest treasure. Love itself
had taught loves lesson.
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(lticura
A POSITIVE CURE
For Every Form Of Skin and Blood
diseases, from PimpIes to scrofuIa.

have had the Psoriasis for nine months. About
Eve months ago applied 70 doctor near Boston,
who helped me, but unfortunately / had TO leave,
bat continued taking his medicine for nearly three
months, but the disease did not leave. 1 saw Ar.
Carp4niers letter In the Philadelphia Record. and
his case perfectly described mine. tried the CUrf.
cU.A REMEDIES using two bottles ResoIyent. and
Cuticura and Cuiicura soap In proportion, and call
myself completely cured. l.. r. BARNARD.
Waterford, y. j..