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

economy. industry and perseverance
You must have something migbtier than
aii-god iiness. You say G0dIiness il
profitable in it's eternal relations. Yes;
there is good deal of he religion of
the coffin, Of the bearse, and Of the
graveyard. That amounts to very little.
What we want IL religion Of the hon e,
the bank, the warehouse and the store;
religion for everything we have 70 do
with-the BRAIN, the hand and the foot.
! don't want to cast slur on post NOR.
tim religion. but do want TO utilize
ante emortem religion; a religion for
every month in the year; If IL will not
last through the year IL is no religion at
all.
''In the first place, religion il good
for the physical health. don't mean
To say il will restore broken down con.
stitution. or drive rheumatism fiom the
limbs, or neuralgia from the temples /;
but do say the whole tendency Of the
Christian religion is TO make 4 man
healthy. Religion is good for the intel
lect. Many think q man becom ng
Chri tian enters into adwarfing I,roc+ss.
Christianity is the central figure Vu tho
ptnmontory where Philosophy has
lighted her torch. Religion has helped
poetry. Look at Young's Night
Thoughts and Millions Paradise Lost,
The religion Of Jesus Christ has done
more for the intellect than anything
else. If yon don't use your religion
very day you are like one having 5000
acres If valuable wheat land who only
cultivates a quarter "f an acre. A man
who gets religion at fifty gets it fifty
yesrs too late"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-01-31
Mr. Talmage on Heredity.
w TELLs sToRY ABOUT THE FOUNDER OF
WEALTHY CRY PANTY.

WEALTHY ciTr FAMILY.
Mr.. Taimgae on Sunday, in his morn.
ing sermon, told the story Of Goliah and
David, taking for his text I Samuel
xvii, ~, "Whote son art thou, young
man - being the words of King Saul to
Young David after he had slain the
mighty warrior.
"sanl des red TO know David's aren't
age. This question OF herel t. =
great one. the longer ! live, the more
Il believe in blood, good blood, bad
blood, honest blood and thieving blood
We'll, If this Is true, hear you say
then | am discharged from all responsi
hility. II came of pious parentaee,
am bound to be pious; II came Of
an unreligious parentaee, am bound to
be unrelieous' All erroneous. IL you
have tho heritage Of piety, il Is your
duty TO preserve that heritage. Ifyol
came Of vicious parentage, it l. your
duty to use every endeayoF 10 attain
pieiy.
"The power of heredity is very great,
and is hard to overcome. There il q
family in New York which has been
rolling up wealth for century which
was founded by a man who, after achiev.
ing great riches. sent back 10 the store
package of tscks because II cost two
cents more than he expected. Gripping.
grinding and gouging in the fourth
generation, and | suppose gripping,
and eouging in the twentieth
generation. If the family trait Be tenn.
per, teach yourself TO count hundred
both ways before maxi ng sn imperii
nent answer, and when you write an
angry letter, keep II for week before
you send il, and then burn 1t up.
a good many think religion i nod
We must give 70 Christ as We pass
the celestial gates, A. though il
we're ticket we must not use at all e..
ccpt Al the doors of heaven.
AS Car as | can am going to intro
puce new element nto business
Continued. "You have wealth, prudence
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-01-31

shastly face.
What grating sound IL that7' he
asked himself and in the same instant
h" srrsng forward with cry Of horror.
The passenger had an huget in his
hands, and y saw lay beside him.
lie had bored hole through The side
Of the vessel, below the water liue and
the water was already coming thrs ugh
The 10y cluiched Fsrnall aud sh. o
him like wild beat. "You are sink.
ing the ship. Helpl heipl'
The madman turned upon him quiet
ly aud nodded.
"Y"s we'll all go down ioeethGr.
Don't mske this outcry. Nobody can
hear you"
lie had caught The boys wrist and
held him with the unnatural strength
OF the insane.
Nobody could hear him. Dan remem.
berrd that and became suddenly s,l.nt.
Horror aud fear only made thought
more vivid.
Death was just at hsnd. Tn re was
mob 'dy TO drive il back but himself,
aud he was in this madman's hole
He stared into the fierce, CLASSY eyes
with an agony Of hesitation.
Frnnll laughed bick at him
IL thought of burning, hut this il The
quietes.. | want TO go quietly into the
great hereafter. We shall all go tn
e"ther in q fes minutes," alsncing al
the stream of water gushing out of the
opening.
-, mother, mother" cried The shiver
ing hoy.
Wen ell go together. King among
the ancients went across The Styx at
tended by the slain of their burial. !
sill be followed 10y the Yankee captain
and his crew"
A sudden flash lighted Dams eyes.
Npt hf The captain, lie raid.
Has own voice startled him. 1t was so
raim and in = tone 80 different from
,1y he had ever spoken b~f"re.
The captain and Mr. Briggs will
escape," be said.
Why, what do you mean 2" cried
F4rnsII. Escape How can they e.
ral~7n
"B c-use they are not ia The bold.
They will take to the boats
"l never thought OF the boats"
IL will 20 and bring the captain and
Mr.. Briggs down il you like. Then
they can't get away"
"H@! hsl pretty good !, Ike. Well, gc
bring thrm and be qulck," 10 seninl
hs hold and pushing ID n away.
Dan walked slowly 10 the ladder
then be made one wild spang up.
ITO the bold TO the holI A leak I"
he shrieked, and iell TO tue eek.
Within another hour The ma imAr
Eas IN iToas, the leak had been sio. ped
and The eater pumped out Of lie 10 e
The danger vas paased aud all snus anc
taut.
The crew made hero OF Dan. Ever
Captain Payson spoke out hi, heavy
rraIse.
The lad saw what was TO lie d line auC
did it. lie had courage and ~Lat i
better. good sense. who taught yog
TO use your sits. my hoy p
MY mother. sir, card Dan.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-01-31
Miscellaneous.


The business failures for the last seven
days number for the United States $50,
and for Canada ~. an increase of ~ over
the previous week This is the greatest
number Of failures reported in any week
il j. believed. since 1878.
Fredrick reports an ssspound Ches.
Ter hog years and months old.
Aged Mr. Ulrich has 50 Tar found
40 $4,000 that his deed wite hid in
the farmhouse below Highspire.
The peach bud- in Missouri, have
been ruined by the cold weather.
There are G0,OD0 drummer in the
United States. st salaries from 500 to
$4,000 a year and expenses.
Sunset Cox, it is said, will write po.
litical history of the country from the
time Of Buchanan administration. for
which hc is to be paid about $4,000.
The Reading Railroad Go. is expert.
menting with steel ties. They are the
anne size of the wooden tie. but are hoi-
low.
Every Democrat should make an If.
fort to increase the circulation of Demo.
cratic Journals.
The Philadelphia Rcoori advocates
the whippng.post punishment for those
who commit highway robbery with VIC
lcnce.
Bertha Clear. Of Philadelphia, Pa,
who married "the exhibiting skeleton
recently. has become insane and return.
cd home.
A 7j.Pound zeal was caught ia fish
seine at New London. Conn. recently.
The spy, Bella Boyd" who At the
outbreak Of the rebellion, was years of
age, is the matronly wife Of Col. John
Hammond, Of Texas. who dweils on a
ranch near san Antonio. He was one Of
Stonewsli Jaokson's scouts in Virginia,
and was, a. may Ice remembered, ban
ished to Europe. She has four children.
The lid Of the coffin Of Mrs. Lucinda
Neely, Of JcfFersonvilIe, Indiana, was
about being screwed down FOR burial
when the woman came to life again.
Shad fishing, in the Savannah River,
has begun. and Geo getown. :. C., i get.
ting ready for it.
The house of +. y. Miller. near Nor.
wood, Ga, was burned on Wednesday.
Miller's wife tainted from fright and
died
4 child was born in Bolton, Tolland
county, Conn, on Jan. ), having twoex.
ira toes. The mother, Mrs. Phmbe
Lewis, has had FIVE children. The sec.
ond child bad two extra fingers and one
extra toe The fourth, two extra fingers,
the 9Th, two extra fingers, and two ex.
ira toes The mother has two extra
fingers and tho usual number Of toes.
The winter girl Is only the summer
girl with thicker clothes on. She has the
same frolicsome disposition. She Is just
as pretty, just as piquant and just as
pleasing.
The salaries of employees in the New
York post office, exclusive Of letter car.
riers, are shown By the payroll TO be
$50, 600 per annum, sum greater by
100000 than the aggregate annual sala.
ries Of the employees in The General
Post Office Department and in tho
Washington post Office.
A waiter IN one of the hotels on The
Rhine attempted, some time ago. to
hang himself, but guest d the hotel
cut him down IN time to save his life.
The migrate brings suit for undue inter
ference and for damages sustained ~
Tbs unauthorized cutting of the rope,
which happened % Is new ono.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-02
SIX THOUSAND YEAR.

An Eastern paper speaks of the re- tirement of Judge McCrary from the United States Circuit Bench as 'another rehuke to the extravRgant economy forced upon the nation by our wise men" and it says that Judge Dillon, of Iowa, who preceded Judge McCrarY ID this withdrawal, "is credited with mixing as much money out of his profession since his retirement as half of all the salaries of the United States Supreme Court Judges put together"
 The same journal goes oa to say that the retiring of such able judges is due to our parsimonious system of low sala- ries. There is DO doubt but the salaries of many of our higher public officials are entirely inadequate to the duties to be performed, to say nothing of the necessary ability of the men required to perform those duties. But in the cases cited. there is no special reason why their salaries should be raised. It IS nc argument in favor of increasing the sal
 aries of our circuit judges be
 cause they resign their offices
 to accept better paid positions. We for
 get, that. perhaps if it were not for th'
 reputation and standing attained by thu
 holding of these same offices, that the. might not be able to secure positions O
 fees thnt would even reach the insignifc ant sum of 5000 year. IL is not at al , likely that either Judge Dillon CT Judg ? McCrary would have been able to d.
 more than secure the fees of common 3 county lawyers in Iowa, but for the gov s ernment positions they have tille' . Judge Dillon was country lawyer i g Iowa before he was appointed Judge !, and Judge McCrary Was the same be , fore he was appointed attorney genera t Of the United States It is largely ov l, ing to tue fact that these men were al torney generals and circuit judges th5 - has enabled them to secure the larg l. fees they are now receiving.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-02
AN IMPORTANT CASE.

One of the mott important cases that has ever gone to the supreme court of the United States rece1tly vent up from the state of Kansas. It involves the possession Of public lands valued at Sl40O0000. Many years ago the state of Kansas subsidized the Kansas Pacific railroad with a valuable land grant on condition that the road should never be consolidated with any rival Pacific road, and that it should maintain it's head quarters Tn Kansas. Tue road was con structed and in dne time obtained the lands that had been donated by the grant, which the road disposed of. About four years ago the Kansas Pacific was consolidated with the Union Pacific, and the headquarters were remOve1 from Kansas. This was fragrant violation of the original compact, and proceedings were instituted for the recovery of the value of the lands. The suit involved such an immense sum and questions of such vital importance, that 1t hns been exps ited and set ahead on the calendar by the United States supreme court.
 The results Of this case is looked for with great interest by the people of Kan sas, and 1t will have aO important bear ing upon contracts entered into between railroad companles in other states The arguments on the part of the defense will be made by ex-Judge Dillon, the company's consulting attorney and Hon. A. J. Poppleton, the general attorney for the Union Pacific Railroad Company The opening argument in this case was to have commenced on the 2Sth of this month.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-02

AlNl ST from the birth or the nation
 American enterprise and intelligence
 has be.n utilizing the crude and imper-
 fec. industries of savage, half civilized
 and oil fogy predecessors, into grand schem that have irhtened labor and iucrea d the means of acquiring wealth.
 This -ls been especially the case in
 procuring results from the cultivation of
 the SOL. The old wooden gravel
 scratcl.r7 has given place to the plow of the pr-ent age; the sickle to the reaper,
 the ral and other appliances for saparaang the grain from the straw, to
 the ho--e and steam power thresher, and
 i1ruma able other labor saving ma
 ch.aes for the appliances of industry
 that today, would make agricultural
 pursuits seem a burlesque. Another
 evIiela- Of the remarkable advance of civilization in this particular, ia more recently shown in the great ir-cating c8ual-, which water immense tracts Of land L -stofors only moistened in small patches. In western Kansas, in Colo rld7 iu California and even IL some parts Of New and Old Mexico, as well as iD Arizona. the canals are proving 0, almost .ncalculable benefit, in reclaim ing soil IS rich as any on the continent, and making it bud and blossom with beauty sld wealth. The time is not far distant when millions of acres believed worthless by many people because it was not deemed accessible from the rivers and lakes. will be among the uclest nd most productive farm ing lands in the country. The new canals OF the Salt and Gila rivers now in course Of construction at cost of abogt S5)OOO0 will nearly if not quite double tLe number Of acres of agTicult- Ural land in that section of the Terri tory. Not only this, but it will encour- age the construction of other canals, and iu the course Of 6 few years ell of the available land of Arizona will be brought under a system of irrigation and made productive.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-02
TaImage OntstrIps Reeeher.

Mr. Ialmage yesterday admitted near- y fifty persons into his church. Tie Brooklyn Tabernacle now has a lar-sr church membership than any ot..- church in the United States, o Gistuc- tIOn which has heretofore been held |! Plymouth Church. Talmage is now ahead of Beecher by several huId--l members.
 Mir. Talmace took bis text from Sob mons Song, VI, 10: F air as the moon, clear as the sun, terrible ss an army vIil banners" Such, be said was the ClU-c-- "Ihls text sounds note of triumph With those who are admitted today, or- membership numbers 3,O4j, whlie four teen years ago, when 1 first came hera We could scarcely gather together four teen members. Ny heart overtiows with gratitude Co God and Co aL Christian workers. What Is my joy is yours. if. church has vIdeued. Our audlelr- fourteen years ago could have been le- c1mOdated on this platform while pow tlIs vast amDhitheatre Is insufficient % hold the crowds who thrOug the doors. The income of The church then V-' S3.0Nl N0r it is S26O00 What l.- God wrought, All of us put -0E-.L-f could not have saved one soul mu'l lees 3,O0Ol All the praise, all the 2 p Co God. We are now three reglm .- of an army yet Co capture earth Tor Cod. Some declare that the church ha- -nt kept up with the earth. while the tac' - the earth has not kept mp with i-- church. As many people united WliA the church during the past len yeas- as m the first fifty years of the cectnrg- The most popular name m the world ta- day is that of Jesus Christ"
 After the sermon Mr. Islnage clothed himself in a waterproof suit al- baptized several new members by ili- mersion.-WO World.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-02
Emerson iu C0Dyersaiion.
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 His perfect grace iu conversation can hardly te reproduced, even if one could gather be arrows of hs wit But I ind one or two slight h'nt5 of the latter which are too Cla-acteris.ic to be omit tel. Speaking ol some friends who were contemplating ga visit Go Europe just after our war. when exchange was -Ii very high, le sad That tue wlly American would eiUde Europe for a year yet hoping exchange would 20 down Ol rcil- Lt-U.ueaJ Co an invited gue7t of tic Saturday club Emerson aid: 'I au glad tO zee you, sir. 1 often see ylUr name m .Ge papers aud elsewhere. and im happy t1 take you by Che hand for t1e first -lua.'
 -Not for .Ge ursj time" was the reply. "I1ir.y-tAr,e years ago l vlF enjoying uv school vacation Iu fine woods, ss bows will One afternoon I was walking alone, when you saw me gad joined me, and tI.S Scd O, the voices o. nature in a way which stirred my b9yI-h pulses and left ne thinking oi your words far into the ul-ht~
 Emerson looked pleased, but reioiued that i, must have been long ago indeed when he yeuturlI to talk Oi such fine 5U1lce.s.
 In c0nversiug with Richard H. Dana, jr.. thc latter spoke of the cold eyes of one of our pgbiie men. "lts," saii Emerson, meiitatiysly. "holes in his Lea3i holes Iu bis heaIT After an agreeable conversation with a gentleman who Lad suffered from III ! health, Emerson remarked: "You for Eerly bragged of bad health, sir; trust | you are better now
 "Emcrsou's reticence with regard to | Cd-lyslC'S strong expressions against ! America was equally wise and admira- | bl- Ills friends crowded about Llm Co urge him .0 Ien1uuce CdrlysIe, Gs e. sa- silent as the rocks un-u the angry sea | was calm.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-02
A WOMAN'S REBUKE.
How a Glass of Cngallant Clinical students
 Was Suddenly Brought to Terms.

One bright woman brought lJ0 young men to terms by a ve-y ingenious ger fOrmance at a medical clinic at Bioclney Alms-house last week. Three Of the fifteen students at the WOman's Medical College occupied seas in The lectlr room. and while waiting for the lecturer the class indulged in some noisy demon stratiOn, which was finally directed In the way of playful banter to the women present
 Suddenly Miss 4. N. Field, one of ihe female students, who .s widely known as an eminent missionary in China, aruse, and as she began to speak the noIse was changed to respectful silence. "Gentlemen," sine sad, "I hlve been for eighteen years Q missionlry in China. The Chinese have DO medical science, and superstitious rites are chef ly relied on m the treatment of disejse. All the people are in need of medical aid, but the women are the neadiest. \ Chinese woman would under DO circrm- stances go to 6 male physician for the treatment of any diseases peculiar to her sex. She would be prevented by ler womanly delicacy and all the notions of mOdesty held by those around her. She
 
 violate her sense Of pTOpriety. Her father. her brother and her husband
 would even let her die rather than al ow her to be treated by @ male physic an. Full of sorrow for the sufferlngs of these
 women, have been looking m Chris ian America tO see what hope Of help for them might be there. have been glad to find tbct h some of our great metcrl schools earnest and sslf-sacrifciBg WO-
 men are fitting themselves for a worl. of
 mercy in Asia and other lands. Unless
 such women learn to do such work well
 there IS DO physical salvation for these
 afflicted ones. And in behalf cf those | women, who have no medical care while | they SO sOrely need it. ask from yOu the courtesy ot gentlemen towards ladIes
 who are studying medicine in Phila- | delphIa."
 | As Miss Field sat down she was ! greeted with chserand Q member Oftle | class. rising assured the ladies in a very | gallant speech that no annoyance tO
 them was intended. The timely re- marks of Miss Field had touched the
 mborn courtesy of the young men and | taught them a lesson they will probably ! never fOrget.-Philadelph Record.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-02
1 Russian Lads Journey.
III MI E.Lette.

The other day little boy of thirteen arrived m St. Petersburg after travelling about 300 miles on foot in orde- to obtain instruction on the violin at the conservatory. The boy comes from a Cossack village, VlaiEaykaz, where from the age of six he has gwen village con- certs. Hearing by chance 0t the Sr Petersburg Conservatory he braveiy set ont alone for the capital, travei1g along the railway lines and living by the charity of others. Sometimes good natured guard would give him a lit in a cattle-van, but tnis was a rare exception He slept in the open air and was only now and then compelled tO eek shelter in a barn OF sCutry-box. From Moscow to St Petersburg he traveiei by hs mail road, and arrived at his destination after a twenty-scven days tramp. By B fortunate chance he met N. Pobedor o~- teif, the Procureur-Feueral Of the Holy Synod, who felt lively interest m the boy and took him at once under h.s protection. The long journey, however, had exhausted the little fellow anl hs is at present lying IT a hospital. danccr- ously i'll of typhoid fever. should hl recover, he deserves to have a caree- Rs a vIolinist rivaliing that of Rubins.ein as a pianist.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-02

The magnet which draws the husblud tO the club. says the Christian Union. is liberty. He can wear his ha. in the house; can fling himself at full length on the lounge; can smoke; cau wipe his muddy feet on the mat, or bring the mud into the readmg-r00m and not be called to account for his Carelessuoss; can read Punch or Milton's Paradise Lost can talk if he is sociable. or keep still if he Is tired. Now, l think that the place tO wear hats is out of doors: that chairs were intended t0 set firmly on four legs; that chimneys should have a monopoly of smoking; that muddy feet should be wiped on the mat before the door, not on the carpet ID the par-Or. But if were wife. rather than let my husband slip away from me to the club or store. he should wear gloves, orercoat, cap and rubbers in the drawing room; he should balance himself on one chair leg If lc wished; [ would provide tla cigars ont Of my owl pin-money; and he should never know that I even had a suspicion that his boots were not alway s as immgcula.a lR his linen.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-02

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York World called on Fred Douglass, and Sta.ed to him that The opinion had been expressed that the colored people who looked to him as a leader now consid- cred his position, in the light of his re- cent action, as equivocal. To this Mir. Douglass made the following answer: q do not presume to be a leadder," an- swered Douglass. "but If I have advo- cated the cause of the colored people it Is not because I am a negro, but because I am man. The same impulse which would move me to jump into the water to save a white child from drowning causes me to espouse the cause of the downtrodden and oppressed wherever I find them. Lincoln snd Sumner were leaders of the colored people, far greater than I or any humble citizen can ever hope to be. and they were both white men. Al this excitement Is caused by my marriage with woman a few shades lighter than myself. and if had mar ried B black woman there would have been nothing said about it. yet the dis parity in our compilations would have been the same"
Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-02

h seems that Edison has come ont ahead ou the dispute over the invention If the inc1ndescent light. A cableg-am recently received from Berlin contains the following important information: In the suit .etween Edison and Swan, on Eiis1n's principal patent, Edison Is VIC torious. Swan has Co pay the cost of the smL The value of our patent has increased highly by this victory. MT. Edison said: This suit was brought to determine my right to my patent for in- caude~ceut lighting by means of the carbon flament lamps upon which Mr. T. W Swan. of Englaud, and others have been infringing. Its effect in this country VII probably be known very s0un."