tic Mada Nov. 6, 1891. “Bellefonte, Pa., Southern Womanhood as Affected by the War. Under the above title, Prof. Wilbur Fisk Tillett, of Nashville, contributes a timely paper to the November Century, trom which we quote: “The fact that so large a proportion of the young wo- men now attending Southern college are securing an education, not for orna- ment but for use, not for social culture merely but in preparation for self sup- port, has had the very natural effect of making them more earnest and diligent in the prosecution of their studies, A much larger proportion of the college girls comes from the middle and poorer classes than formerly. Many of the poor girls of the South to-day are the daugh- ters of educated parents whose property was swept away during the war, their eulture surviving the loss of home and property. And what will an educated and refined mother not do, what sacri- #ices will she not make, in order that her daughter may have the benefits of education ? If poor she will practice the most rigid economy and submit to she severest personal self-denial it there- by her daughter is enabled to enjoy the advantages of an education ; and many are the Southern mothers who since the war have done this, and more, to give their children an education. And there are many noble instances in which an elder daughter, having been thus educa- ted through the labor and ezonomy of her parents, has generously requitted their loving self-denial in her behalf by going to work herself and helping each of her younger sisters to obtain the edu- eation which their parents were anxious but unable to give them. “It is Victor Hugo who has called this ‘the century of woman.” It is cer- tainly an age that has witnessed great changes in the life, education; and labor of women everywhere; and these changes have all been in the direction of enlarging the sphere of woman’s ac- tivities, increasing her liberties, and opening up possibilities to her life hith- erto restricted to man. It is a move- ment limited to no land and to no race. So far as this movement may have any tendency to take woman out of ber true place in the home, to give her man’s work to do and to develope m as- euline qualities in her, it finds no sym- pathy in the South, The Southern wo- man loves the retirement of home, and shrinks from everything that would send to bring her into the public gaze. The higher educations of woman, which has been so widely discussed of late years, and to encourage and promote which, such noble schools for women as Wellesly, Vassar, Smith, and Bryn Mawr have been founded, and so many great male universities in the North and in England thrown open to them, is du- ly recognized and felt among the young women of tHe South. This widespread aspiration of Southern young women for broader culture finds expression in the eagerness with which they are seek- ing admission into the best of the high- er institutions provided for males, and this not because coeducation finds favor in the South,—for it is. perhaps, less en- eouraged here than in any other part of the United States, though the: prejudice is weakening somewhat,—but only be- eavse there is no higher institutions of learning for women which provides for them the extensive facilities and broad culture furnished by at least a few insti- jutions for young men. Many feel that the greatest educational need of the South to-day is of an institution that will provide for young women as thor- ough an education and as broad a cul- jure as is provided for young men at the University of Virginia. the Vanderbilt, or the John Hopkins—an institution that will not be in competition with any existing female college in the South, but will hold itself above them all by establishing and rigidly maintaining high conditions of entrance as well as of graduation, and whose pride will be the high quality of the work it does, not the number of pupils it enrolls,though num- bers would come in due course of time. The active, earnest, vigorous young wo- manhood or the South is demanding such an institution. Surely a demand $0 just and a need so widely and serious- ly felt cannot go long unmet. Where is the philanthropist who will bless his own and succeeding generations, and make himself immortal in the good he will do, by giving to the young women of the South a Smith College. or'a Wel- Jesly, or a Vassar? Is it possible that a _ million dollars cculd be spent in any way where it would accomplish more good than in ‘founding such an ‘institu- tion for the daughters of those noble women of whom we have written ?” er ——— A Great Mule. One of the best stories is told by Cou- gressman Simpson. “Out in Kansas,” said he, “there is a boy who bad taught his mule to squat when he touched him on the flank with his heels, and one day when he was rid- ing beside an Englishman the mulesud- denly sat down on its haunchs. ‘What's the matter with your mule? said the Enghshman. ‘Why,’ said the boy, ‘he’s a setter; don’t you see that rabbit out there?’ The Englishman was much as- tonished. They rode on awhile and the mule squatted again. ‘What's he do- ing now ?’, said the Englishman. ‘He's settin again,’ said the boy. ‘Don’t you see that flock of quail? By this time the Englishman was dying to own the mule. An animal he could ride that was also a setter would, be priceless to such a Nimrod as he. He offered to buy the mule, but the boy didn’t want to sell him. Finally he consented to swap the mule for the Englishman’s fine bay horse and $100 to boot. “The Englishman mounted the mule, the boy mounted the hotse and they rode on together. After awhile they came to a creek and the Englishman drew up his feet to keep them from getting wet. About half through the water got so deep that he had to draw his feet up to the mule’s flank. As soon as the boot heels touched the mule’s flank he squat- ted right in the middle of the creek. ‘What's the matter with your blarsted mule now?’ said the Englishman. ‘I told you he was a setter, and he’s just as good for suckers as for anything else.” — Atlanta Constitution. Interesting Odds and Ends. Scraps Picked Up Here and There Which Contain Worlds of Infor- mation for All. : Arachinology is the history of spiders, Gold is nearly twice as heavy as silver. 0 An orange tree will bear fruit till 150 years old. z The Thames Police force. consists of 200 men. To build and fit up a handsome cab costs about $350 “Carmen Silva” writes her poems with red ink. The Farmers’ Alliance has 35,000 lec- turers in the field. The number of Christians in India is nearly 2,000.000. The most heavily taxed country in Europe is France. The pulse beats considerably faster in women than in men, There are more than 400 newspapers published in London. One-third of the crimes in England take place in London. The Thames at London bridge has 2 width of 290 yards. A man 30 years of age may expect to live for another 82 years. London returns fifty-seven members to the House of Commons. Two pounds of beef are consumed to one of mutton in England. Twelve thousand people are engaged in making corks in Spain. There are nineteen varieties of wild fruits growing in Montana. A ton of dirty vags is worth about fifty dollars to a rag dealer. The average person wears nearly four- teen pounds of clothing. The gold coinage of England is made of 22 carat gold, not 18 carat. Russians use the goose for the same purpose that we use the turkey. The Mohammedan year is shorter than ours by nearly eleven days. More than half the inhabitants of England have dark brown hair. There are more blind people among the Spaniards than any other Eurcpean race. The Australian colonies have expend- ed about $40,000,000 in promoting im- migration. Eight and a half minutes is the time that light takes to travel from the sun to the earth, Froggs, toads and serpents never take food but that which they are satisfied is alive. Three new markings have been dis- covered in the equatorial region of the planet Saturn. The fastest record on the typewriter is is held by a young man who wrote 156 words a minute. South American butchers never sell bones with the meat, nor do they know how to cut a steak. There are nearly twice as many per- sons to the square mile in Europe as there are in Asia. It is computed that the docks of Liv- erpool could hold about 20,000 vessels of ordinary dimensions. The Island of Curacoa, which belongs to Holland, has no fresh water except that obtained from veins. Africa has nearly seven hundred lan- guages, and this fact presents great dif- ficulties to missionary effort. Ten acres of land recently sunk seven feet 1n Missouri. It formed a basin which has been filled with water. Black potatoes are raised in Zululand, They are called citwajo, and the tuber is bluich black and rather waxy. Jerome K. Jerome's recent volume, “On the Stage and Off,’ was written when he was nineteen years old. Gas and electric lights have been put in the royal palace at Berlin, which for- merly was lighted oniy by candles. Prof. Ciewiez, of Cracow, reports a series of successful experiments in cur- ing cancer with a remedy called ‘Can- croin.” y ! A society has been formed at Berlin for the purpose of cooperating in as tronomical and meteorological re- searches. Hi Three and two-tenths grains make one carat; 150 carats in one ounce of troy weight; 1,800 carats in one Troy pound of 5,760 grains. The Chinese consider black and green very unlucky colors, Red is the most lucky color, and their lottery tickets are always printed with red ink. The natives of the West Indies still believe in voodooism. Their folk lore or spider tales are full of witchcraft, and the Great Obeab is their god. The metal in a five cent nickle piece is worth about balfa cent, and fifteen cents will purchase copper enough to make two dollars worth of cents. The largest dam of any kind in the southern hemisphere is that at Beetaloo, South Australia. It is built of concrete has a capacity of 800,000,000 gallons and. cost $585,000. Atchison hus a4 damage suit on its hands which was caused by a banana peel. A woman slipped on it and died from the effects of her injuries. Her re- lations now sue the city. The body of a man, turned intoa mummy, was found in Fresno county, Cal., a few days ago. The weather dried the body as well as it could have been done by an artificial process. The manufacture of buttons from blood is a great industry at Bridgeport, near Chicago. They also turn out ear- rings, breastpins, belt clasps, combs and trinkets from the same material. A legacy of $7,000 is awaiting a man who skipped with $23,000 of his wife's and mother-in-law’s money some time ago from Woburn, Mass. No steps have been taken to prosecute him, Scotland contains thirty towns of more than 10,000 inhabitants. Seven of these number more than 80,000 inhabitants, nine have between 20,000 and 30,000 and the remaining fourteen have from 10,000 to 20,000. Read the WaTcumAN for political and general news. WN Hints on Marriage, A Few Suggestions Telling You How to be Happy, Though Married. Braddon Bucksaw. Respect each other’s individuality. Do not try to mold the other’s ideas, principles or manners to the pattern of yourown. Seek to influence each other only by the power of higher example. By your worthiness and culture make the ther proud of you, and do net feel that marriage gives you any right,to de- mand, or dictate, or criticise. Maintain and allow the same freedom that exists between good and pure friends. Never ask personal questions nor sedi’ ‘explanations, for you are not a hundredth part as responsible for each other as you are apt to imagine. Let y.ar love be founded on friend- ship and admiration. Strive to correct your own faults and study to make the other happy, and be exceedingly careful that you never re- verse this rule. Keep vour most refined and gentle manner for the home. Never refer to a mistake that was made with good intentions. When a wrong is pardoned bury it in oblivion. Consider the other's honor your own, and shield each other's weakness with sacred jealousy. Remember that ill-temper nearly al- ways comes of disappointment or over- work or physical suffering. Treat each other as courteously in private as you treat your friends in the drawing-room. : Never allow intimacy to become fam- iliarity, Be rivals in generosity, and let misun- derstandings die for want of words. Consider marriage as the partnership of equals. Share the joys and sorrows of life, its toils and profits, as equal partners should. To Kiss or Not To Kiss. Physicians Say the Pastime is Danger- ous-—Certificates Suggested. Next to jumping off express trains, going up in balloons and monkeying with buzz saws, kissing seems to be the most risky and dangerous pastime to which the human family is given, If statements of well known physicians are to be believed. A cable dispatch from Berlin states that a physician of that city declares that twenty-two different species of bac- teria find a lodgment in the human mouth, and that he wants kissing aban- doned. Those who still persist in the dangerous practice, he suggests should be muzzled with respirators until they see their error of their ways and are willing to reform. He suggests no sub- stitute. : Dr. William H. Crim, when his at- tention was called to the cablegram, said that kissing was a prolific cause of the spread of infectious and contageous dis- eases, particularly such as diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, scarlet and typhoid fevers and consumption. He produced several ponderous volumes in which the subject was treated, and in which some cold-blooded statiscian had figured it out that three and two tenths per centum of certain diseases were transmitted by the apparently harmless kiss. Dr. Crim said that he didn’t ex- pect that any amount of argument would check the habit which has been going on since the foundation of the world, but he suggested that it would be well for those who are much given to the exercise to obtain certificates of health, which they could show to each other at the beginning of each perfor- mance. Any one who could not pro- duce such a certificate should be ruled out of the game. Mrs. Fannie E. Hoopes, who has just returned from abroad, agreed with the Berlin physician. She said that the habit was a very dangerous one indeed, causing the spread of infectious diseases. through entire families and often through whole neighborhoods. She also thought the habit was foolish and sense- less , and said she was opposed to iton principle. She eited several cases where diphtheria and typhoid fever had been spread by kissing, and said that many mothers have instructed their nurses not to allow their children to be kissed when the nurses have them out in the streets. How to Hang a Picture. Never put a sombre-colored picture in the shade. Put it where the light will fall upon it, says The Ladies Home Journal. Between two windows place pictures with the big pictures first, in suitable po.i- tions; and group with smaller ones in tworows in between. Be careful that the pictures do not conflict in color. Use your own taste in this. It is im- possible to give any brief rule on the subject. Hang the pictures on a level with the eye, unless they be, as some are, pictures whieh shouid be looked up to. Place small pictures in corners and alcoves. Over doors place large and unimportant canvases, anything that looks well. Water-colors may be hung on the same wall with oils when framed in gold, but not when framed in white. ‘White margins on etchings and engrav- ings dont go well with oils. The main light should be on the picture. srrem—————n “Two Souls with but a Single Thought.’ As they sat side by side, they sighed, “Oh, my idol !"’ he said, and then idled. “Dear Luke,’ said she, as she looked, “JT will wed thee if thou wilt,” and he wilted, The honeymoon passed in an excess of joy. Excess in eating rich food brings indigestion, sick headache, and frequent attacks of dizziness. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets will cure dll these, They are tiny, sugar-couted, and easy to swallow. No other preparation compares with them asa Liver Pill. They are guaranteed, and one is a dose. |S ————————— Vax HoureN’s Cocoa—The original most soluble. Saddlery. ew a eee ree eer See :—— QCHORELDY NEW HARNESS HOUSE. We extend a most cordial invitation tc our patrorik and the public, in general, to witness one of the GRANDEST DISPLAYS OF Light and Heavy Harness ever put on the Bellefonte market, which will be made in the large room, formerly occupied by Harper Bros., on Spring street. It has been added to my factory and will be used exelu- sively for the sale of harness, being the first exclusive salesroom ever used in this town, as heretofore the custom has been to sell goods in the room in which they were made. This elegant room has been refitted and farpished with glass cases in which the harness can be nicely displayed and still kept away from heat and dust, the enemies of long wear in leather. Our factory now occupies a room 16x74 feet and the store 20x60 added makes it the largest establishment of its kind outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. We are prepared to offer better bargains in the future than we have done in the past and we want everyone to see our goods and get prices for when you do this, out of self defense ou will buy. Our profits are not large, but » selling lots of goods we can afford to live in Bellefonte. We are not indulging in idle philanthropy. It is purely business. We are not making much, but trade is growing and that is what we are interested in now. “Profits will take care of themselves. ? When other houses discharged their weork- men during the winter they were all I to work in my factory, nevertheless the big (2) houses of this city and county would smile if we compared ourselves to them, but we do not mean to be so odious, except to venture the as- section that none of them can say, as we can say “NO ONE OWES US A CENT THAT WE CAN'T GET.” This is the whole story. The following are kept constantly on hand. 50 SETS OF LIGHT HARNESS, prices from #8.00 to $15.00 and upwards, LARGE STOCK OF HEAVY HARNESS Der set $25.00 and upwards, 500 HORS COLLARS from $1,50 to $5,00 each, over $100.00 worth of HARNESS OILS and AXLE GREASE, $400 worth of Fly Nets sold cheap $150 worth of whips from 15¢ to $3.00 each, Horse Brushes,Cury Combs Sponges, Chamois, RIDING SADDLES, LADY SIDESADDLES Harness Soap, Knee Dusters, at low prices, Saddlery-hardware always on hand for sale, Harness Leather as low as 2jc per pound. We keep everythingto be found in a FIRST CLASS HARNESS STORE—no chang- ing, over 20 years in the same room. No two shops in the same town to catch trade—NO SELLING OUT for the want of trade or prices. Four harness-makers at steady work this win- ter, This is our idea of protection to labor, when other houses discharged their hands, they soon found work with us. JAS. SCHOFIELD, 33 37 Spring street, Bellefonte, Pa. Farmer's Supplies. Yjrammhe SUPPLIES AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. SOUTH Sp CHILLED BEND