Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, March 29, 1883, Image 7
FOR Tn.F CHILDREN. Itrcama. " Whnt tlinll I Hi nam atiout, msmmsT Tell mo Hoim* lovely nnil pleiisiuil tiling"." "A gtecn meailon liostoii with <laiie while Wheie huttcilhe* ttuttui on yellow WIHH. " I)roum of n little brook t iat lies Cradled in leaves anil mossy atonee, Like a awuot child Zyiny; with hall-abut eyon, It atnilee uinl muraturs in low, soil tones. " Gently it* wave* o'er the pohhloa creep, Anon it will dan CO in the aun'a bright (reams, But now—little rogue I be is last asleep; May the brooklet murmur all through his ik-earns V —C. Hroujhlon. Iloltl On. I loir] on to your tongue when you are just ready to swear, lie, or sjieak harslilv, or use an improper word. Hold on to your hand when you are about to punch, strike, scratch, steal or do any improper act. Hold on to your foot when you are on the point of kicking, running off from study, or pursuing the path of error, shame or crime. Hold on to your temper when you arc angry, excited, or imposed upon, or others sre angry with you. Hold on to your heart when evil as sociates seek your company and invite you to join iu their mirth, games and revelry. Hold on to your gixsl name, for it is of more value titan gold, high places or fashionable attire. Hold on to the truth, f.>r it will serve you well and do you good throughout eternity. Hold on to vir tue—it is above all price to you in all times and places. Hold on to your good character, for it is and ever will be your best wealth. Br Honest. There was once a little girl named May. When she was seven years old she hail a great habit of running away, and once, when she was wandering alxiut in the yard, she found a bright live-cent pi<s-e. At first site thought site would keep it. for iter mother was not very well off, with two or three little ones besides her; but just then .she remembered what her Mtndav school teacher had told her, that she must never take a pin which did not belong to her. so she went into the house and told her mother all about it. Her mother was just then talking to a holy who told her that her little loy h;<l lost the live cents, and then she kissed little May, and told her that it was very sweet of her to try and find the owner, and the very next day a lo\ came for May, and in it was a beautiful doll, and that was May's re ward.—[ Young People. Illark Diamond* Every Imy and gtri knows some thing alsjut diamonds, but perhaps the word brings to mind only those rare and beautiful gems that glisten in the gaslight. What would yon think if I should tell you that the gaslight itself is made of diamonds that is, of black diamonds? Yes, the wise inert t-ll us that the precious stones in the queen's crown, and the coarse, black coal that is burnt in a stove or grate, or made into gas, are mainly of the same stile stance. It is very ixld. hut coals are called black diamonds. I dare say but few boys and girls who read this paper know where all the black diamonds come from. Some say out of very deep holes in but that answer only Bk an answer. A great many with jewels roll Virginia every day, and the coal was never so low down as when put on the cars. It comes from high upon the mountains, from one hundred to one thousand feet above the river; not from deep shafts, you tice, hut from openings made in the sides of the mountains. There white men ami black men, with little lamps hooked on their caps, go to work in the morning; and when they come out before dark, all are equally black. Sometimes the men take their little boys along to keep them out of mischief, and It Is very sad for the poor little boys to lie buried all day in th-? coal-hank, without any sunshine or playthings or song-birds around. They grow up ignorant and shy, and very different from other lioys. Thus once, when the story of Moses in the bulrushes was told a great class of them together, none knew the name of the baby Pharaoh's daughter found, till one said it was George Washing ton 1 Another little boy was given a hall for a Christmas gift, and he asked a man what he must do with it. I suppose ho would have eaten it If the hail told him to. Bf It is bail not to know atiout Moses Hand gum-balls, hut I once saw some thing still worse, line boy was away from school several days, and I found V him building a little house, as boys often do. Hut on it he had painted, ! with great pride, "L. M., Saloon." lie ! thought the best thing a Iwiy could have was a saloon with his own name l on it. No hoy who reads this would i fancy such an honor, I am sure. Another child, two years old, has no name, because its parents are heathen, and will not have the little tiling haje tiled. What can he done for such chil Iron? They are to Christian children what black diamonds are to precious stones; ; made of the same material, body and ' soul, yet as different :is night is from •lay. Guarding Garfield's Remains. It having been asserted by certain newspapers outside of Cleveland that the soldiers on duty at Lake View cemetery guarding the sacred remains of the late President were in the habit of opening the casket every day, your correspondent yesterday called on Lieut. Burhank, who is at present in charge, to ascertain if the asser tions were Correct or false. "It h;is been statisl by newspapers in Cincinnati and Chicago that the casket is opened every day by the guard, who looks at his remains before making his report," said the reporter. "Yes, I have also seen statements to that effect," said the lieutenant, "hut there is no truth whatever in it. lb-re 1 is an order from the secretary of war. which sa\s, T'ntil otherwise ordered by competent authority. n<i one save Mrs. Gartield will lie permitted to view the remains.' That order is rigidly enforced, and no one hut Mrs. Gar tield is permitted to go inside the \atilt. The officer in charge is requir ed to make a report every month of all property in his charge, and lie v cry naturally desires to know that in men tioning the remains of the president in that report there i- no jHissihility whatever "t there being a mistake, and, feeling so, sometimes looks to -at isfy himself, but aside from that, as I have said, no one is pertiutb-d to enter the vault." "Has anything been -aid alemt dis continuing the guard?" was asked. "No, I think tot. The guard will probably lie kept on duty until the monument is built. At least, I suj>- pose that is the calculation. The offi cers Would be glad enough if it Were discontinued, for it is not the most agreeable duty I have perform**!. The men are on duty every second day, and the non-s ouuiiissioned officers every other day, but the officer in charge must remain here night and day for a month, when he is relieved. This is my ttiird month on duty here. The men are not released at any slated time. Some of them have b*-n on duty for a year. I don't think the guard is nec essary now, as two or three policemen could do the duty by having two on nights and one on clays." "Do you have many visitors?" "< h, yes; we have a good many, notwithstanding the cold weather," re plied the lieutenant. "People from all parts of the country coinc here. Last week parties front New Hampshire and • others from Nebraska came to look at the casket. Visitors now are mostly people from other places, who stop over in this city for the pur|>c>se of visiting the tomb. A good many from the city also drive out now while sleighing is good. 1 think there was a great mistake made," continued the lieutenant, "in not having a contrihu- - tion lix placed near the vault for the purpose-of receiving subscriptions to the monument fund. Persons who cannot afford to give more than twen ty-five or fifty cents, and would not put their names on a list for that amount, would gladly place it in the box. There are vert few people who come cuit here who would not give something, and it all would amount to a surprisingly large amount."—{St. Louis Glolie-Democrat. May Meet Again, Lord Karnes used to relate n story of a man who claimed the honor of his acquaintance on rather singular grounds. His lordship, when one of the justiciary judges, returning from the north circuit to Perth, happened one night to sleep at Dtinkcld. The next morning, walking towards the j ferry, but baring he had missed his way. he asked a man whom he met to conduct him. The other answered, with much cordiality. "That 1 will do with all my heart, iny lord. Don not your lordship remember me? My name's John X; I have had the honor to 1) liefore your lordship for stealing sheep." "Oh. John, I remember you well! And how is your wife? Bhe hail the honor to le before me too for receiving them, knowing them to he j stolen." "At your lordship's service. We were very lucky indeed to get off for want of evidence; anil lam still going on In the butcher trade." -Then," replied hU lordship, "we may , have the honor of meeting again." ! What to Eat. As a general principle it may lav laid down that meat, llsh or poultry In u state of decay cannot ho eaten with safety, since symptom* of irritant poisoning have so frequently arisen from thi* cause. But a little consider ation will show 11* the impossibility of drawing a hard and fast lizteupon this point. We relish venison which hits partially undergone decay, while? we at once reject beef or mutton in a simi lar condition. Again, poultry to ho palatable, must l>e fresh, yet we da not scruple to eat game which is far ad vanced in decomposition. There is no doubt that in many ' cases we are guided Ivy our palates in determining what food is wholesome for lis; for while many of us eat mouldy cheese a Chinaman will swallow had egg*, and some races en joy ii.sh which we should consider putrid. Even as regard* oysters, which arc generally relished in propor tion to their freshness, it is sometime* a matter of taste. For example, it is recorded of the lirst monarch of the? House of Hanover that lie objected to the English native oyster as deficient in llavor. It was privately suggested by a shrewd courtier that the native oyster should lie allowed to become somewhat stale before being brought to a royal table. The king at once recognized the llavor which had always pleases] him so much at Ib-rn nliauscn, and gave orders that in the future he should always Is- supplies! from that particular Us! a thing easily accom plished under the ir uiiistanci-s. The absence of evil consequences after eating food which has undergone a certain amount of-bs a\ is doubtless dm- in many cases to the ■ mnpli-ti m--s of the cooking process; but tlvi* does ret militate ugainst the general rule that food in any stage of decay is un wholesome and should be avoid*l. Of late years there have been many cases of |H>i.*onnti* symptoms arising from the use of canmsl meats. The cause appears mainly to have U*-n im proper methods of canning, or the use of meat that was taint*i before being canned. An examination of the out side of the can is our only available guide as regards this class j.if article. The head of the can should l> slightly concave, whereas if it U* convex it show s that decomposition has already commenced within the can. .•some times through careless soldering the preserved articles l>e ome contaminat ed with lead, and poisoning by this substance is the result. Ker'agnizing Merit. A touching little anecdote of the late liiu- de MalakofT is jut now going the rounds of the French papers. A* Marshal i'vh* H >er tic had the repu tation of U-ing Ixith stern and v iolent when his temper was roused; but un derneath this exterior he had aw arm heart, and was swift tw recognize real merit. One day, w hen at Toul for a review, lie saw a poor funeral passing by. On tlieroftln was the unlfusu of a sergeant-major of chasseura-a-pied; an aged man walked wearily behind it. and a very small handful of friends followed hitn. The marshal sent one of his gz/ier.ils to inquire particulars, and learned that the soldier Is-ing borne to his long home had been severely wounded at Magenta, and, though sufficiently recovered to return to hi* home for rest and change of air, he died of debility. Ills eldest brother hail lss-n kill.si in the Crimea, and their old father was a retired lieuten ant, who starved rather than lived on a pension of alvout four hundred francs per annum. A month afterwards the marshal returned to Toul, and invit<*l the old lieutenant to come and break fast with him at the hotel at eleven ( o'clock. Covers were laid for two; the marshal sat down briskly, and bis guest followed bis example. But no sooner did the old man unfold his servi ette than he uttered a cry, for under neath it was the cross of the legion of honor,with its red ribbon and two large official cnvelopi-s. The veteran sighed, his hands trembled, he could j neither rise nor speak, but gazed at his host, who took the decoration, fastened it to his button-hole, threw the envel opes on the table, and said, "This is your brevet as legionnaire, and that is a pension of one thousand francs a year. Now let us attack the omelette, for I am in a great hurry." Should Carry Bells. According to a ruling of the secretary of the treasury, n vessel cannot be , fined for the failure to have a fog-horr on board in ordinary weather, but { there may lie an imposition of a tine if 1 a liell is not sounded while the vessel is at anchor In a fog. In view of the tnany accidents from collisions of late it would be In the line of enforcing precaution If all vessels were fined foi not carrying ltella. BELIGIOI'H TOPICH. We cannot comtemplatc without alarm either alternative—of an un trained ministry on the one hard, or on the other a disastrous check in the growth of American Christianity And yet one or the other n inevitable unless there is speedily a mighty re ligious awakening in our colleges, which shall lead thousands of educat ed young men into the Christian min istry. The time lias coin" for coll-ge officers and pastors and the pre*s to take the alarm and sound it, until it is heard in every Christian home and felt ia every Christian heart. Barents must consecrate their sons to the min istry and train them for it. But the demands which are pressing upon u* , in the near future we must look tothe college* to meet. |He v. Josiab Strong. Help Ihr l.lv lug An honored father in the ministry said on his dying bed, "Let no words of eulogy he spoken over my |x>or re mains." Well arid wisely said. The time to speak the appreci itive word, to and of the pastor, is while his hu man heart "hears i'* unspoken pain and heaves its sis-ret sigh." But. too often, not until '-> d give*-sweet rc p-a.*e from earth" d-> the -pew *" ap preciate the remarkable ta'e-nts, the devout piety, the vigilant watching for souls which marked tin- ministry of the departed om- n-ov to them an "angel in disguise." The toiler ha* reached the shining shore. All t.-urs are wiped away. ■*■•. y-- tardy one withhold your !>o-n of words, though they may he tic- richest tha* human In-art ian dictate, or : nan bps can frame. M*kr lour I.lf# fl*an. A uniform and sincere c naecratlon ought to be the ;ir-' a ,1 - f every church when there ar- -.gn- ■ ' a p -- *ible, or actual, rev l\ ik I.'t the church metnliers l-> -in-- !I>-d with the Holy spirit'- influence an 1 power, and there will ij r- trouble aluut conversioru. There may be marc or h-ss than in -ome other year, but some, if not many, there certainly will be. When the world *e*.* the disciple* of Jesus imitating in sober earnest, it cannot n--:st the *:gh f I" tins end 1? must l>e ri-mcmbere-1 that every Christian need* to lua-o- fils own life spiritually 11. an and and whole- Some through and thr ■ ;gh. A single -in <>n the part of a single < hristian may hinder the w hole chur !. fr-m re ceiving (Jod's l.|i-ss;ng The < i.lure to confess only .nc fault, or to r-j a.r only one injury, or to T-• only one resolve, not only may hinib-r tlo- js*r *..n concerned from the f llre-ss of blessing which would otherwise have lieen granti-l hmi. but also may pre vent the whole church from reaping it* harvi-st of divwie fav..r and rs!eenu*l siiuls. In a true revival every Christian strive- to purge his heart of the last and b-a-t thing whiih is grievous in the -ight of li -1 . an 1 into that heart thu* emptied the Holy spirit enter*, dwelling there and work ing from that centre thenceforth a< never before. Ttmrlf Hints. Bev. Br. E. E. Hale, addressing a large assembly in the B >*t.,n theatre on a recent Sunday : "There are pe... pie who s,iv there ar-- no ste-h thing a* a reign of Hod; that we are all like a herd of cattle on the Texan prai ries. or like a flock of sheep on a I yl. orado ranch. Now. to do our work properly in this busine-s, we must first of all keep the body pure.not yield ing it to every appetite or exciting it with stimulants. The marksman at freed moor, or even the man who plays three-card monte, knows the value of steady nerves, a clear brain, and a quick eye, steady for use when the rritiral moment arrive*. Every man and woman in Boston kn->ws. without looking up text-book* or ethics, or going into Court street to consult a lawyer, what i* right and w hen he or *he i* doing wrong. Cherish an inti macy with Hod, and take the rule which Christ gave, 'Follow me!' Follow him, and do it not as a clock or a locomotive, but do it a* an immortal being." At the end of the sermon Dr. Hale addressed a few plain words ti his audience on the subject of these meetings. He said : "Looking around I see ttint there arc many here to-night who are not regular church-goers. You don't want to go into the churches to hear us preach, but we want to *poak to you. and that is the reason we have come here. We propose to come at least half way. We will come to I this theatre, and you will conie. I know perfectly well I can see that I nin speaking to jer*ons who, having been bnptized and brought up in early years in a eertain communion, have come, through the tendencies of the ninteenth century and of a free land, Ito distrust the church machinery, to believe it all u humbug, all a man a* factored thing <>n tins part of the priest* who want to make their living out of it, and HO have ent HM-e from the whole tiling. i have a very great respect for the position of those per. sons, ami 1 do not wonder that they are where they are. It is to Hitch per sons I say that I am not here as a priest, or that we have any pretension* to a divine calling any more than any other man or woman. If we have Hod's truth to say we are Hod's anoint ed ; if we have not Hod's truth to say we are no priests of hi*. I speak to such persons with confidence. I ask them to listen to H hat the free chun li of America has to say to them ; to what the I'nitarian church has to say of life and its duties, of death, of sorrow and of joy, and of our practi cal religion in iliis world. We are sure of your candor, and we a-K you to give 11 your attention." Fire Escape*. "Two things ar* led." said .fohn Becker to a reporter, "to secure to the public security against loss of life by lire. The (irst is a common sense es. • ■ape, the se. .rid the universal adoption of sin han escape. For thirty years I nerved a* a volunteer fireman, sitting for fight ye e- (01 the Imard ot en gineer*. ami holding for live ami .1 half years tlie |e>sithoi of chief of the de partment, ami not a few have been the 1111 111 I M-r of v (-called lire-I-S'.ipes brought to my notice. 1 have given the sole jet t much time and study, ami the re cent tires vv it It the at tent ling I< • - s of life have coriiinmsl the opinion I have held for years in this matter. |kt!••oties of IPOI t (tending act >-s the front, -ide or I 1 k "fa 1 :*id j ng He tl<t o- t onnectisl by ladders .if iron, cmlh-s chains, pur table ladder* and tovv.r- ami a folding vv intlow-cs. ,ipt- may all la* well enough as tar as tlieV go. lillt they do not go far enough Inmates of a burning building intuitively make at on> •• for the stair-. A practical 11 r- -est ape. then, should be t aistrnt 1 with this fact in view. 'Fins to my mind an !*• done iri no I ettt-r way than by hiiiltling mi" or more irmi -ta.r isc* cm!os<*l by some lirepr .( material arel separated from tin- building pr--p. r by a hollow w.dl. These stairway* should connect W itii every tlot.r by automatic IRON tl IRS. wiin.li SHOULD o|cti from the hall SO that NO impediment to their LE ing rc.'idily ojencd might obtain. Thus, UJTON an alarm • f tire, the occupants of a building 1 mil Tl' EML in safety without fear of falling OR cv|Wsure, which fear, I btbeve, LIAS OCCASIONED the dea'h OF MORE than ONE JA-rson dur ing THE last year. If tin- building lie a large one. tlmn. TWO. three, or even f MR of THESE UP PROOF S'A-II ~.CS might be htli!t. C.vcll one of them • tllllll'ini • iting with every floor of tiie building. When I was in the legislature the juestion of lire e-. aj.e- . vine up and was the subject of tii oii discussion, but that was all that • ame of it. The general adoption I>l some such means of escape by .air hotel*, theatres, apart ment houses ami large factories would soon e 'urate the people to a knowledge of the means at hand for escape in times of danger, ami would not dis figure the buildings or call ii|K>n weak women and little children to climb hand over hand down a swinging chain or .1 hanging ladder. In my present capacity as superintendent of tire appliances for the F.rie railway my means for olocrv at ion arc numcrons and varied, and no one plan but this suggests so many got*l features or such likelihood of meeting the re quirements of the envrgenrie* of bra. in theatre, dwelling or hotel. Showed His Money. John 11. V >n lfohb-n. a (ierman gro cer in New York, ehangcsl a $1" note for a stranger, and, in doing so display ed a large roll of money, soon after ward* two young men entered the store anil said they had made a bet a* to whose hat would hold the most molasses, "Itot's nodding*tome," -aid Bidden. "I know nodding* nlxuid such pisi nesses." lint the young men were not to be put off. They said they would pay for the molasses. The grocer grum bled about the "voolishnesses" as he took the hat they w anted him to till and went to the rear of the store. As he returned with it tothe man who held out his hands for it, he stepped lietween the two. The one who took the hat said : "Well, how much does it hold?" Before the astonished grocer could answer he was seized from lx hind. ami at the same time the hatful of mo lasses was dapped <>n his head and pulled down over his eyes. Blinded and Itew ildered. he could make no re sistance while his money was taken from him. and when he got the hat off and ran out on the sidewalk, dripping with molasses, his disjioiler* were gone, lie lost |274 and the molasses. Horrible Tragedy. The jury room of the criiiiinstl court, Iri St. Louis, was, a few days ago, the scene nl an extraordinary tragedy. John ('. I'arker, a critiiinal who has a record of the blackest kind in many western cities, killed his wife and liilu clf. lie was a native of St. Louis, and altout thirty-three yearn old. Ho was awaiting trial for killing John I'ay lon in a saloon. His pretty young wife Nellie, ami their live-months' old baby, was in the court room in company with his two sisters. The wife leaned against the wire sereen and talked to !ier husband some time while another "ase was being heard. It was remark ed at the time that they were very nfTeetiouate to one another. A deputy sheriff, who noticed their l**havior,. laid to the reporter that the only re deeming trait in I'arker's nature was nis love for his wife, whom lie hail married alsiut two and a half years go. She was considerably atiove ldm in the social wale, and sacrificed her" family ties to link her late with his. While the husband and wile were con versing I'arker's lawyer asked that ho might have a conference with bis client. Accordingly the prisoner was taken from the cage by a deputy sheriff, and walked tbroiigh the court into the jury rooui. 11 is W ife W .liked by Ids side, and bis sj-ti-r* and attorney followed. They took seats, and the prisoner U-gan to give his lawyer a list of wit ' The wife was se.'it<-1 |iy her husband's side. Something drew the attention of those present from the prisoner when a shot rang out, and l-efoie any one. . dd interfere, a second one was lir'sl. The first shot sent a bullet through Mrs. I'arker's brain, killing her almost instantly. The e. ■ :id shot I'arker tired while hp held the wcajsin close to In- own temple. ll*' died within an hour. Xeither he nor bis wife spoke .liter they res<i\ed their wounds. I.ate in the Evening a letter w .is found written bv I'arker, wherein he showed that the whole plan was arrange 1 that he should kill him self and his wife and that she had helji ed him plot against her own and his life. When she vont to the court room, therefore, she knew she wat going to meet death. Yet she walked a- ros- the room without a tremor and enteral the jury room, though she knew that to cross the threshold wai to steji into the grave. Arcs of People Who Marry, According to the figures compiled by the derks in the bureau of vital statistics, in 2"! out of the total nutn- Is r of 11."-A marriages in I**2. the bridegrooms were under twenty years of age. The numlsT of brides under that age was 2651. The bridegrooms 1a t ween 2" and 25 years of age num ber's! :t'.22. the brides :Kj>2. There was .k'l*2 men married who were !k>- tweeii 2-"i and Jo years old. and 2121 women Iftween the same ages. The bridegrooms ls-t ween 90 and 85 years (ft age were 1685 in number. and the brides 747. Hut 880 men and 485 wmen were married who were l*v tween 85 and 4 years of age. The old bachelors who became Hen edicts Itctween 4' • and 45 years of age num bcr'sl 477. and the women who when married confessed to the same age w ere 2W> in number. There were 276 men and 1"9 women married Iwtween the age- of 45 ami 50, and 150 men and 58 women bet ween 50 and 55. Seventy men and 20 women were mar ried who w ere over 55 and under 60. The bridegrooms over 60 and under 65 numlvered 4-1, and the brides 8. The bridegrooms over 65 and under 70 nmnlieml 10, and the brides 2. Four teen men married between the ages of 70 and 80, but no bride acknowledged herself over threescore years and ten. < >ne bridegroom was l>etw een 80 and 90 years of age. Forty-five men and 68 women refused or failed to state their ages. The record does not indicate which of the contras ting par ties in the alove list w ere married foe the second time. At lean Steal. London is unquestionably the great est theater in the world for the pcrpe. t rat ion of acts of eccentric criminality, and among them there has probaltly never l>een a queerer case than has recently been developed by the recent apprehension of an offender for the heretofore unheard-of crime of steal ing baths. The individual in question would lay plans in regular burglar style for breaking into houses, always selecting the mansion where he knew the surroundings to Ite luxurious. Having succeeded in effecting an en trance. he would proceed to the bath room. w here he would indulge in th luxury of a thorough cleansing, and. although he never carriM away any valuables,he may be said to have gen erally succeeded In making a clean steak