Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, April 05, 1883, Image 2
THE MYSTIC LAND In that xtranuo and mystic* land, Whero tho skies art" soft and bland, And novep blight or sadness comes auoar, Whore joy ruloth endlessly, And all things are |{ld and free, Year by year, I havo wandered near and far, Grasped all wonders that thorn are, Climbed tho pinuacles that touch its friendly akioa; Wrapped in ita perfect oaao, I havo hoard ita melodies, Rise and rise. In that land of calm divine, All UliuMM I ohooeo aro niino; For ita trenailre-houaoa open wido to 1110 The choiceat of nil time— Tho *|>oiltt of ovory clime, Vaat and freo. • Wt, land of corn and wine ! Oh, land, awoot laud of miuo, Whoee gilded turrota crowd tho spicy air ; Isold of unfailing stroama— Oh, magic land of dreams, Thou art fair, Heavenly fair! —Km in a if. Cam, in llnliiwin'* Monthly. IN DISGUISE. "I ,suppose I must give you up sonic time, my child," said Martin Van-tone, "and if you can find it in your heart to choose Fre<l Graham I should he very much pleased. He is so genial, and his character is above reproach." Daisy's face (lushed slightly as she replied: " I will neverchoose a husband, papa, until I know that the man is worthy."' " You are right, Daisy, and I trust you will choose wisely;" and Martin \ anstone left her alone in the drawing room. " I wish I knew my own heart. Fred seems to be all I desire in a husband, and yet—" .She paused us she arose and walked slowly to a window. She stood within the folds of the lace curtains, hiking absently down into the street. " Harry Clifford is my ideal of a true man. but— " Again she paused, and a llush stole over her face. Before It faded away a little girl came slowly in view carrying a basket on her arm. She was scantily clothed, and her 1 baretoes protruded from her well-worn shoes. Her face wore a pinched, hungry i look that went straight to Daisy's heart. Touching a bell she bade the foot man take the child into the dining ro >m and give her a good meal. He was accustomed to her eccentric freaks and obeyed. After the child |lia I finished D.ii-v entered the room, carrying a 1 rg bundle. "Well, little one, 1 have brought something for you. and if you <an carry it home you will tind some warm clothing in it. What is your name?" " Dot Green, miss." "Are your father and mother liv ing?" "My mother is alive, but my father is dead." "I suppose your mother is very poor?" " Yes, mi AS. She does laundry work, but Mr, Graham, he's so mean lie won't pay, and be made me take four shirts ba k to have'em done over an' Jemmy's ill, an' mother's tired almost to death, and a sigh escaped the child's lips. Daisy's face flushed as she caught the name, and her heart throbbed wildly. "Can I look at the shirts. Dot?" " Yes, nii.ss, I ain't ashamed of 'em. My mother's a good ironer." Daisy took them out one by one and examined them carefully. " They are beautifully done. I can see no fault with them." " Nobody ever finds fault 'cept Mr. Graham, an* he never pays till he owes for lots an' lots, an' he's so eross 1 hate to go near him." Daisy wa'ked to and fro across the room, plung -d in At, length she paused It-side Dot, and said: "Dot, when you return with these shirts, come here first Itefore you de. liver them, and say nothing about it to any one." " Yes, 'em, I'll do it." The next .lay Dot returnel with her basket. "My mother didn't do the shirts over again, 'cause she said sheoouldn't make 'em look any better." "Never mind, Dot. Wait here for a few moments; there is a lady here who desires to go with you." A short time after a young Irish girl, in a shabby dress and roars-, rod shawl, entered the room. Her fact was very red and freckled, an.l she wore large blue glass-*. "The topov tin- mornin'to ye, me gurl," she said to the child. "An* what is ver name?" " Dot," said the child, scanning her lloritl l nee. "Well, Dot, my name's Biddy, an 1 I'm going will ye to the house, an' i that gentleman trates ye had I'll givi him a piece of my moind. Come along me lass." Dot followed her reluctantly. I They reached their destination, ant were soon admitted into Fred Graham': room. "So you have returned, have you' y I suppose the shirts are all right tlii time." " Look ami see!" said Dot. The shirts had never been moved from the basket after Daisy had ar ranged them the morning previous. "Two of them are much Improved, lint the other two look much worse than they did before. Take them back, and tell lit-r to iron them better." " I'lease, sir, and would you be kind , enough to semi me mother the money that's comin' to her?" " Not one farthing until you do mv work satisfactorily. It's an outrage to ask money for work like that. Away with you!" " I'lease, an' do just pay what yer owin' the child. It is her just due, an' would keep the wolf from the dure," i said Iliddy, putting her arms akimbo He looked at her from head to foot and a sneer overspread his face. " Never meddle with other people's business. I w ill not pay one penny." "Sure, an' it is jokin' ye are ! You, a gentleman, would niver groind the face iv the poor, nivt-r! Yer too honest-hftkin' fur the loikes iv that, .list pay the child now." His face became pale with anger, and pointing to the thior, he said : "Go !" They turned without another word and left the room, Dot's sobs falling on t he air. Ay they passed down the street they met Harry Clifford. " Hallo, Dot! What's the matter I child?" he asked in a kind tone. " I couldn't get the money that's comin' to mother and I -'spose we will—have to—leave 'cause the lan'lord's awful' tieular 'bout the rent.'- " There, there, don't erv like that, child. How much is it ?" "Two dollars just what Mr.J Gra I ham owes." "Is it possible he is so tareb-ss in i these matters? Well, there's the i money. Your mother ran credit me i with it. Ilun away home or you'll j be perished with this cold." Away they SJMSJ, .MIL after t bey h:td turned a corner Biddy paused, and bid Dot g'tod-bve, telling her she I should hear from her again. Two week - passed, and one ei-ning I Fred Graham, the pet of ttoeietv, pro. posed formally for the hand ami heart of Daisy Van-tone. ■ "I cannot give yoti my answer now Wait awhile, an.] when I am ready to do so I will let you know . t'ntil that time arrives you must not come hen again." " Your will is mv law. Daisy, but tin- most cruel part of the stipulation is debarring ine from your presence. You were always eccentric, and I am willing to humor you." tint- week later Daisy received an offer of marriage from Harry. "Call to-morrow evening and you shall have your answer." His manly face flushed. "Surely you arc not trilling. Mis* Daisy ?" She I-ioked up in his honest eyes, and in lu-r fair face he read love's lan guage plainly written there. "Can yminot trust me. Hurry?" It was the first time nhehad ever ad dressed him thus, ami a llush of joy mounted his brow. ■ " Yes !to the death, my darling !" " He seized her hand and pressed it to . his lips. "Come to-morrow evening at S o'clock, and you shall have your answer." He was punctual tothe moment. Daisy received him kindly, and after some commonplace remarks she laid her hand on his shoulder, and said, smilingly: j "I am going to treat yon to a scene in real life this evening. It is time ftr the play to commence, and if you will seat yourself In that aleoveand remain a hidden spectator, you will oblige me very much." He could only lmw and assent, ami was soon screened from view, in a few minutes Fred was announced. He 1 came in faultlessly attired, his face wreathed in smiles. Daisy received him c .rdiallv, anil after a few titomen s' conversation, In said: i " I received your note, anil am liere I to receive your answer. Is It life or ■ death, my darling?" "1 on shall have my answer di rectly; but there are a lady and child ' who wish to see you first. You can ' surely wait a little longer." A troubled, anxious look came over r Ids face. "A lailv and child* I—l—do not 1 understand!" if " I will send them in, an<l afterward •e I will give you my final reply." \f, * Finding himself idonc lie rose and begun to pare the lliMir nervously. -* ' 'I ell minutes later the door slowly <1 opened, and Middy, with Dot, came s timidly into the room. His face he 4 rame colorless for an instant; but ■ presently th blood rushed in a torrent ls to his brow. " I 'lease, sir, an' would you pay what you owe me piother? Me brother is ill still, an' inn mother neisls tins r " money sorely." She stood before liiin clothed in '■ rags, her large toes protruding from her | torn shoes. The tableau was a striking one, as the richly-attired pet of society paused ' before the child of poverty and the • llorid-fared Irish girl who was wrapped I in a long, shabby cloak. k ! He drew his purse from his pocket ' and placed it in Dot's outstretched ■ ' hand. j "There, take that it is more than r I owe, but it is all right. Jtun along home now, that's a good girl, as fast as you can," lie said, in a low tone. she turned and left tin- room and • . Middy coolly seated herself. " \\ ill you oblige me caving the 1 room? I have an engagement with a : holy." ' " An' aren't I a lady ? Wouldn't I answer ji.st as well? Sure an' the ' very bi.st bhHid in ould Ireland (lows • in me veins." | He scanned her face keenly while he : grew pale with apprehension. " In Heaven's name who are you?" She tHik a handkerchief from her pocket, and after removing her glasses ' passisl it over her face. Hie then re moved the hood, the red wig ami the cloak, and Daisy sto>d before him in her elegant evening attire. "Miss Vanstone, this is a cruel farce ' 1 did not dream you capable ' of it." " The end justifies the means, Mr ! (iridium. A man who will refuse to pay his honest dent, and thus cause a ' poor woman and her helpless children to suffer, can never be my hushand- You have my answer. <rsxl-even ' ing r she turned and w alkisl slow ly toward the al-ove, and the crestfallen Mr. Hruham beat an inglorious retreat. ' , Harry Clifford stepjesl from his hid* ing-pl.-i' e, his face radiant, and clasp -1 ing D.u-v to bis m-inlv heart, lie said ; I • " May I not claim yon now, my darling? Your little play was perfect. ' I pitv Fred, but I trust he will profit ' by his sad experience. You are quite an a-fress. Milt you must give me my answer now; what is it? If it is yes. give me the ki-s my heart has hungered for so long " She raisisl her face suffused with blushes, and their lips met in the lir-t ri|M- kiss of love. That w as Daisy's answer. 1 Curlew. Calculations. This e lain irate calculation la a-une -1 times found in old family Mibles ; Bible. Testament. Tutsi, i 800k5... :v 37 oi TI J, Wr-.o . 23,'JM T.'.cn M.173 , Words.... Vr.'.t:* IM.&Vt 77 X't'J Je-ller- ..3,7g5.100 2..W,tse • Mcmmii. I Chapters ... 183 . Ver—-- 6,0*1 Words KB. IV. The middle chapter and least in the Milde is l'saltu rxvii. The middle vers" i< I'-dm ewi i, H The middle time i 2 • hronicles iv. 1 The word "and" occurs in Hie old Testament 115,54-'1 times, and in tin New Testament lfi.tiM times. The words "Jehovah" occurs •>,*"•s times. nini.K. ( The middle b sik is Proverbs. The middle chapt t Is Job xxix, Iw*- tween the 17th and l'.th verses. T P.ST VWKXT. The middl 'lHik is Thi s-ah>nians. I The middle chapter is between Ro mans xiii and xiv. The middle verse is Arts xvii, 17. , 1 The last verse of Ezra vll, contains all r tlie letters of the alplialiet. I Second Kings, xix. an I Isaiah xxxvi , are alike. The alsive took three years casting "P- _______ 1 Th • Elder's Itcproof. 1 An elder of the kirk having found a little hoy and his sister playing mar hies on .Sunday, put iiis reproof in this form, not a judicious one for a child : ' " liny, do you know where children go to who play marbles on the Sahhath day ?" " Ay." .-aid the boy, " they gangdown to the field by the water lie r low the hrig." "No," roared out the elder, "they go to hell and are burned." ' The little fellow, really shocked, called ' to his sister: " Come awa, .Teanie. 1 here's a man swearing awfully."—. Ikau llnmnry. r | Dakota has twenty-one national and t eiglitv-seven private banks, with an aggregate capital of over $10,OX),000, [ FIVE HUNDRED AX HOUR. The VlnrreUn. Olerlly With Which lion. A rr Killed In I'm kin m lUmrg, A Chicago letter contains an In teresting account of the methods of operation in the big packing houses of the Western metropolis. Says the writer ; We began where the hogs were driven from the stock-yard pens and followed them until they were cut into pork, made Into sausage or the hams put into the smoke-house. The killing was not a pleasant sight, but it was a wonderful one. The bogs were driven into a narrow pen, some fifty at a time. There half-grown boys fasten a clamp, resembling a handcuff, about a bind leg, hooked it to a chain and a man at the bench above thern touched a lever. Thus the animal w;w raisisl bv machinery until the Bnout was about waist-high, when another lever threw it upon an incline mid it slid toward the sticker, who stood, knife in hand, ready to sever the jugular vein. As the hog passed him he, by a quick tarn, applied the knife and the animal passed on to the scald ing vat, and the man killed the next liefore the first had hardly passed him. Thus a constant string of | hogs was passing continually. Five hundred hogs an hour is the average work for ten h >urs each day of each of the two men who officiate as executioners in this house. It is expert work, and the men receive | s.'> a day for tin ir work. From the moment the hog is hoisted to the slide it never stops until hung up thor oughly cleaned. It is dead when it I reaches the scalding vat. and when 1 the procession begins to move in the , morning the m;o hine is constantly throwing hogs in and out with tie ! certainty of clock-work. As they are thrown out of the vat men scratch the bristles off and lay thcin rarefuly by. Machim ry then t.iki-s them up and scrapes the hair off. At the end of the cleaning table a man stands knife in band, who must sever the head | with the . xoeption of enough fli-sh to I . hold It. with one blow. He strikes the I joint every time, and gets $ j 7*. per ' day for Ins work. A man opposite h-dsts the hog off the table to another slide and down it g.HM in the long pr<H-ession tti.it never halts until the hogs are linally dressed. ' for the heads are fully severed while moving by men who stand, knife m , band, to do the work. The ntrails are t iken mt inii'-h in the same way. It is , many hundred feet from where the animals g to the slaughter to the i o lug nit r mm. but they never stop from the time they --tart until th-_v ieach it. No' a word is sjioken by the hundreds of men who take part in the 'killing ar. 1 dressing. Every man knows what to do and does it without orders. It is a feature of the whole establishment that there is n < talking In any of the departments. Tin-work is h i systematic! that orders are not ' and the business i- s i dnv ing that tin re is no tune for frolic. The cattle arc kilb-I and dressed in much the same w ay as the pork, i-u • p; that they are nr-t shot and then bung up by machinery ami drcssisl. It takes ] from three to five minutes from the time an ov is shot until it is bung up. I cut in half. From I,'idO to I,S'XJ cat i tie are slaughtere I < very day. A Feer-l'roof Uostnmr. There was exhibited at the ri">ms of the National (Health so ie'.y, London, a novel dress, intend" I for the prof - - lon of sanitary visitors, nurv-s and others who have to enter the rooms of person:- suffering from infectious dis i eases. The garment is of mackintosh, gla/<-d Inside and out, and made com . pletely to envelop the wearer and with j a hood to cover the head. Thus only : the hands and face remain exp"S"d -a matter considered of comparatively little ImjMirtance, as these can lie easily j washed with disinfectants. A not l"-s ' important object prop >seil to lu ef | fected hy the use of this dress is that ' by its removal wh-n the wearer leaves the sick-room the rhdhes which have lieen prot(s:te<l need not 1m- changed, and the danger of the disease lining carriel from house to house or com munioatod to auaceptibla persons in public vehicles is obviated. At the end of the day, or as often as may lie convenient, the dress ran le cleansed wiUi disinfectants. Further protec tion ls given by a simpb- form of respirator. This is made of two folds of thin washing-net, between which is placed a layer of medicated cotton- j wool, through which the wearer can ' breathe though no germs can pass. The respirator has tape strings which J tie round the ears. After use the wool is burmsl and the net washed. There are 40,000 square miles of al most unbroken forests in North Caro lina, which it Is estimated will lie, worth in ten years' time more than the present total valuation of all the property io the State, including land, j • Xeal Dow'* Rat Story. Neal Dow, the temperance leader, ' tells this rat story in a letter to a Mos j ton paper: My home is supposed to be I rat-proof, and was so when quite new, j j but at one time, more than twenty years ago. we had a large colony of the ,' rodents, greatly to our annoyance, and |it was with ns a matter of daily 1 wonder where they found a weak spot in our defenses against them. One I evening a young lady from a friend's family, living in a large, fine house . nmrly a mile away, was with us, and ! the talk turned on rats, as we hftanl ours galloping in the ceiling and ! scampering up and down the walls- i The young la-ly said that none bad ever bis-n in their house, and she did j not think there was any point at which they could enter. My eldest daughter, a great wit, said; " I've heard that, if 1 politely Invited to do so is writing, rat- w ill leave any house and go to any ! other to which th"j may he directed, and 1 will tell 'sir- that at {your house they will lirid spacious quarters and an excellent commissariat." At the moment, before us all. sh" w r tea most [grandiloquent l"tt<-r to the large family of rats that had so long favored us with their presence, pointing out to them that at 'io Pearl | street was a large, fine house which I had never Usui favor<sl with the re-i -deuce of any of their family, where they could find ample quarters and a fat larder. When finished, she read i the missive to the company, and we had a great laugh our it. As an old superstition, she then put lard upon it and carried it into the a'tic, where it would probably In- found by tlcse to whom it was ibri- t'-l to. A few days after the young lady was at our liouv again, and hurst into a laugh, exclaim ing: "(Mir house Ls overrun with | r.itt '' 'I Ins recalled to u that we fi.-i/j heard none in our walls. My' Laughter . went to the attic and the letter wa ■ gone. While we were talking and j laughing over the curious affair a friend j came In. and hearing the tale, said that two evenings l<efow, in the bright moonlight, he saw several rats running <lown Chestnut street, which was th straight road to Pearl str'-et. W< have never been troubled w:tb thern -iriec. hut I have not heard how it has b's-n with the house to which our ben ch' iaries were dir<s-t--d. A Floral Follower of the Sim. That the sunflower follows the sun in t- westward j >ura -y is well known, but when <l<H-S it turn it- face back again to the <ast to greet the morning sun ■ Mr. C. A. White, of Washing ton, in a letter to .Vafwrr, relate an incident which throws some light up- n the subject One evening, he says, during a short stay at a Tillage in Colorado, in the summer of lvJl, I w- V. a walk al->ng the banks of a long irrigat ng ditch just as the sun was -' ♦ting. The wild variety of hebanthus annus grew- abundantly there, and I ol>served that the br-a! faces of all the flower- were as usual in the clear sunset, turned to t!i<- west, lb-turning by the same path than an hour • afterward, and immediately after the daylight was gone, I found to my sur- , pri*e that much the greater part <>f thesc flowers had already t'iori'l their fa"- full to the east in anticipation, as it were, of the-un's riing. They had in that short time retra- 'sl the , (rni'ircle, in the traversing of which. 1 with the sun. th'-y had -pent the whole day Moth the day and night wer cloudless, and apparent I v no unusua' ; < -nilitions exi-te I that might have ex ceptionally affeit'sl the movements of the flowers. Moh law Near Istndon. Mob violence is by no means p>culjar 1 to this country. The village of Houns -1 -w. near Iondon, was lately Hie scene of something not unlike an American lynching. This was an incident of the Kdwanles-Whitmarsh rase. I>r. F'd vvardes, a popular young physician committed suicide, leaving a letter which stated that a lying charge of dishonorable conduct had been brought against him by a woman; that Dr. ' Whit marsh, his partner, had taken advantage of it to crowd him out of a , thriving practice, and concluded with ( the words, "May Hod curse Michael ( Whit marsh." Edwanles had been | popular, and Whitmarsh was disliked- ( Day after day there was rioting in i llounslovv, and Whitmarsh was forced to hide himself and all his family. He i was burned in effigy, bricks were j hurled through his windows until not a pane of glass was left, his brougham was demolished, and preparations w ore i 1 lining made to burn Ids residence xvhen the police finally restored order. The British house of lords consists I of 516 peers. In pay or pensionsthese noblemen receive £621,336 per annum. , This includes the amounts rereivixl bv ' I>eers of the royal family. The peers 1 have lietween them 14,258,527 acrei of | | land writh a rental of FII.SSO.DOH I I IItIALS AID BVIA9 IKK9L fDlellifrut !>*• ! of lb* I viNrr, The Manchester (Kngland; £u//r -dlan nay*: A writer lr the Journal of Nririf deal* with the interesting subject of the attempt* of certain of th- lower animals to acquire human rtjwfh. At the outset the observer is struck by the curious fart that the most successful attempt* of thin na ture have boon made not by the ani mals that are usually held to rank nearest to humanity, but by certain : birds. M. A. Koujon tells of a dog that ran pronounce the wonh "ma ' maman." Considering the intelligence | of .logs, it is perhaps a matt-r of sur prise that sueh stories are not com moner. It has been sugg.wted that the cause may be in the difference in structure of the veal organs. At all events, the lower mammalia as a role do not learn human speech. It is the parrot ami not the monkey that learns to talk. This has struck tin- observ ant negro, who is said to have a the ory that the monkey ran speak hut i will not do so, lest lie sh mi l be made | to work. 11 the iu mkev.s had arriv.-d at this generalization, they would soon find that even the mutes must d> something in the complex organiza tion of civilized life. It j_s rh-ar, however, that in addition to the jKiftsession of eertain physiologi '•al as 1 mental character!*- | tics an atiiiual must be in • cl>ce contact with man before he can lie expected to her mi" familiar with his sj.o-eh. It is evident that the ani mals that would appear most prom ising for su' h .m experimeat are not J available for the purp >se They do j not :n<Te,'vse in captivity, and hence the herMitarv isfluenoe* of s.-lectiv* ! development carried on for generations is entirely absent. It iu gravely doubt j ed bv some whether the birds that imitate the spie it of man have any jx-rreption whatever of the meaning of the words they use. Do they em. plov their phrases with definite pur pose or intention. .r do they merely reproduce what they hear, as a bay may imitate the quark of a duck ot the grunt of a pig ' The writer of the article mentioned r.-< it.* the case of a parrot which always preferred the pe tit lon, "flive I'oliy a t>it. if you j please," when she s.iw that f-od was j being jirej.ar.sl, but did riot offer that ' olrs.-rxation at any other time. || • also menti' ii.sl a magpie at Mow market that knew and tisl with ac . uracy the names "f several members of the family. The Able* (>r.u ha< two parrots that use general phra*.* with appropriateness. When a sup ply of sesls is given t > oco she cries: " Here is something good." ilf her roui|ianion m reams, he says : " f'oiiie, Corotte, d >n't scream; sing." If her r<*qu<**t is complied with she patronizingly observ.-s ; " Von sing well—oh. very well." M. lira* was giving some dir.* tions te his housekeeper, when Coco interjected: "How, don't you understand?" In telligent parrots o > -isionally vary their phrasm, and like .-hildren who 1 ire learning t > talk, never speak of themselves in the first person. The child rails itself - Haby." as the parrot style* itself "Polly." The bird and clrild alike puzzle and blunder in com. ing over a new phrase, and have *- j pcrial difficulty in mastering the final part the s<*ntence. Considering what an individual bird can arrom i plisb.it would be rash to limit thep.es. nihilities <f that which might be if g. Deration after generation of clever | parrots were matched. " Perhaps." j s iya the writer, " in these .lays of cram and of the equal rights of animals, w.* may in five centuries have magpies in the fifth and sixth standards, macaws preparing for tlie examination of the science and art department, ami cock atoo*—sweet bini graduates takmg ' * their degrei-s at the University of London." SMf-Xadc. " I)o you see that old man near the frog-pond on the common?" "Thirty-two years ago that old man came to Itoston with one suspender and a sore toe. He also had a basket of npplm which a farmer iu Lexington had given to him. He peddled the apples on Washington street and netted eighteen cents the first day. How much do you suppose he's worth n*.w'.'" # •' Oh, a million and a half," sai.l one. "Two millions," cried another. "Six million three hundred thou sand." was the estimate of a third. * M I Ri*e it up." remarked Xo. 4. ■ How much is he worth?" "Not a cent, and he still owes for the ivasket."— /iosfon Glob*. Ttie United States spends #600.000. 000 n year for alcoholic drinks. It is estimated that more than 200.000 people are engage.! in selling that amount f liquor.