Cfnttf jDcmocvat. • wm B KLLEFONTE. PA Wedding of OianU. .1 Coupf* 15 F'ft .1 Inches in f'nited 11-iyht And Weighing fiO'J Pounds Pittsbvho November 'JO.—The we. The contracting parties first met alsiut three weeks ago and it proved to be another case of love at first sight. Preparations for the wedding were made on an elaborate scale. A difficulty arose, however, for one was a Catholic and the other was a Lutheran. This was finally adjusted by a compromise, that today the giants were doubh married. The first service was perform ed in the presence ol h few witnesses to h priest. After this the couple entered a carriage drawn by four white horses, and were driven to thetierman Church I on Smithfield street, where the second ! ceremony was perf irmed. The pastoi j of this church, II -v Frederick Ilu- If 1 was serving as ajurvm tn, and. in ordet j that ho might perform the r.rector Chalet. The former gave the bride away and the Utter acted as | assistant to the grootn. The bride's ring weighed seventeen pennyweights and was five inches in circumference. Alter the service the bridal party drove at once to the Museum and held a public reception. Many of the streets were blocked by the ru-h of visitors. In the evening tbe giants held a special reception at the Hamilton Hotel. Tbe wedding cake is the largest ever made, measuring nine feet in circumference and three leet in thickness. A giant loal of bread five feet in length wili also decorate the table. The groom w*s born in Belfat Ire land, in 1853, and is known as the lrih Giant. He is a well-pro|>ortioned man. standing 7 feet 11 inches in height, and weighs 2% pounds, The bride w* born in wirtemberg, Gernanr, in 1861. She is a blonde, weighing 313 pounds, and is 7 feet 3 inches in height. She has only been known as a curiosity since last M >y The only other giants who have neen married in recent years now live at Se ville, ttbio—Captain M. V, Bates and wife. They were married at the Church of St. Martin sin the Field, London England. Sweet Minded Women.—So great is the influence of a sweet minded woman on those around her that it is almost boundless. It is to her that friends come in seasons of sorrow and sickness for help and comfort. One soothing touch of her kindly hand works wonders in the feverish child ; a few words let fall from her lip* in the ear of a sorrowing sister do much to raise the load of grief thai is bowing its victim down to the du* in anguish. The husband comes home worn out with the pressure of business, ami feel ing irritaide with the world in general ; but wheo he enters the cozy sitting room, and sees the blaze of the bright fire, he srrumb in a moment to the soothing influence* which act as the balm of Gilead to his wound**! spirits. We all are wearied with combating with the stern realities of life. The rough schoolboy flies in a rage from the taunts of his rompan ions to find solace in his mother's smile; the little one, full of grief with its own large trouble, finds a haven nf rest on its mother's breast; and so one might go on with instances of tho influences that a sweet minded woman has in the social life with which she is connected. Beauty is an insignificant power when compared with hers. WttE* Grace put on a new pair of shoes which fitted very closely, and moreover hud a low heel, she was ask ed how they felt. Her reply was ; "They make me leel as though I want ed to walk like a grasshopper. - nm ♦ t - Two farmers saw a couple of dudes on a street in Troy, when one exclaim ed ; "Gosh I What things we see when we don't have no gun." Mary Ann Scbafer's Romance Horn at Sea, Pussinp tor a Man, am! hn prisoned Joe a ('rime She hid Not liimmi/. In the summer of 1877 many bur glaries were committed in the vicinity of Wcllsville lind adjacent parts of Al legheny county, N. V, In 187(1 a young man named Win. Freeman had leased a farm in Wcllsville. lie had worked in thu neighborhood for several years as a farm hand, was a member of the Methodist church, and bore an excellent reputation. Ili h* uscholil affairs were looked after by an elderly woman, whose nephew also worked on the farm. Among the i places robbed in 1877 was a grocery store at Wcllsville. A portion of the goods were found in Freeman's barn. He was arrested, but prole-led his in noct nee, und the gem ral opinion was that ho knew nothing of the crime. He Wis sent to jail at Angelica. As the time fot his tiral drew near cir cumstances pointed strongly toward another pen-on as being the burglar, uid Freeman's acquittal wm* general ly expected. To the surprise til every one, when he was called lor triul lie entered a plea of guilty. In doing so I lie broke down and begged the court I nbe lenient towards hi in. lie was i sentenced to 1* mouth*' inipri.-nntm ut i in the Frio county jail. In March 1878, a stinrig petition ! was forwarded to Gov. Kobin.-on Iroui I Alleghany county a-king for Freed I mana 1 pardon. The Gov. notified tin prison authorities, und directed that j the usual medical examination of ilu ! prisoner be made. Dr. Simiock then learned that Freeman wus a woman j -he was nt once removed to tho wom en's quarters of the prison. She hog j ged that the fact of her disguis* : should not he made public, and t->!• I j the pri-on authorities the story of lu-r j lite. 1 1--r name, -lie -aid, was M ; ry | Ann Schaeffer. She was horn on tin ocean in 18.V*, while In r pun nt* were emigrating to this country. After ar- j | riving in America they lived in A1 1• j gheny county. When -In- was five 1 year* old her father died, nnd her j mother married again. Wln-n sin; w is ten years of age ber step tin her told j her that she mull earn Iter own living, jas he was unable to support ln-r. Sin j went out a* a -ervaut, but beiug larg>- for her age and* very strong, -In : made up lu-r mind to put on boy'- clothing in order that she might earn larger wags'*. Her mother was th* I only one who knew nf thi* ib termin i i ation. Kh worked for farmer* for a 1 j season on the Krie canal. She then ! returned to the qieinity of her mother's ' house. No one recognized ln-r. and she worked for ten year* for different i farmer*. When -hejoined thechurch in 1877' j she longed to resume the clothing <3 , ! Iter sex. but she had pn-sed for a man t , so long that she was ashamed to con- : I fes* the truth. She declares! that she wa* perfectly innocent of the crime I for which she was imprisoned. The guiltv per-uri, she said, wn* the ncph ew of the woman who was her house kee|x-r, but he visited her in jail and declared that utile**she pleaded guilty - t' the charge he would kill her before she could go from the conrt house to * her home, in case she was acquitted. 'Mi s Scbacler was pard iit-sl in the fall of 187-7. Dressed in her pmpr j clothing she w tit at once t-> her moth er's. The real burglar escafied arr *t bv fleeing from the state. In I*7'.' Mi-* Schaefer obtained employment in a -hoe store in the oil region, when a prosperous grocer married her. She wa* left a widow within a year, and her strange story is now recalled by her second marriage, her present liu* band lieing a brother of the. first one. He Wasn't Her Pa A voting woman went to the station to meet her father. As the train came in she saw a middle-aged mail who ' resembled her paternal relative, and she rushed into hi* ami*, huddled {down .hi hi* bosom, kissed him oo the mouth, the ear. the chin, and all over hi* patent celluloid. It wa* not ber lather, but a middle-aged traveler tor a tobacco house. He took a long breath, and looked around at some other travelers and winked, as much as to say : "Oh, I'm such a masher" | Of course the scene could not la-t for 'ever,though he wished it could. After a spasmodic hug she looked up into hi* face nnd shrieked, "Yoit ttt aro not my pa He said she *' right. Hhe asked his pardon, and he told j her not to mention it. "We public men should always hold ourselves in readiness to support those who need it." She smiled a sweet, sad. blushing smile, and went out into the wide world, while the traveler walked to the hotel with the others. They asked him if it didn't make him feel ashamed to have such a mistake made, and he said no, it was all right. lis said of 1 course it might look queer, hut those things occurred very often with him, ns they would occur with any fine looking man. Beside, the girl prob able enjoyed it. 'fhen they asked him why he did not wear hi* diamond hreaMpin on such tryiug occasion*. He looked at hi* shirt front and it was gone. While he had been allowing her to play the daughter she had burglarized hi* shirt. He fainted, and when they bnught i him to he said : "Tell my family I died with rov face.to ihe foe." Tho Glrard Oolletc > Bnroophagua. A IsUrr from Andrew ■/nekton Jiteliniiof In it Ituneil in un h'.mpt rur'e I ojUn. At a meeting of the hoard of city | tru->t.x, in i'iiilitilrl|iliia, Tluiradny, the | report ut' Vieo Frc.-iilciit Gregory, of j (iirmil college in regard to the ear en- j pluiguii recently discovered iu the cellar i ui tilt; college was received and placed upon the minute*. The *urcn|hngua will remain in thucollege museum. Ii wu* presented to tlit* college by Coin iiioilore 1011 lot i lit IM.'IM, and when an | investigation of tho record* of the ' council* of that-city were made recent Iv the following teller from Andrew •lackaon win found, together wnh <'out inodnre Klliott'* letter, presenting him with tin surenphugn*. In thi* leiier • lie (,'ominodore Miid : "I prav V"u, (leneral, to live on in the fear of the ' L ml. living I lie death of H Unman soldier, an Kmpemr's coflin await* \ you.' The following ivie (on. .luck aon's r< ply "With th warmc-t sensation* that can inspire n grateful heart, I niti-i • litdim accepting the houoi intended to lie bestowed. I cannot c iii*cnt that uiv mortal body "hull In* laid in u re |Heii .rv prepared for an Emperor or a King. My republican feeling* for bid it. Every monument erected to (i. rp t u:it• the memory of our Imrnea and statesmen ought to bear evidence of the economy nml simplicity of our ! republican iieiituiiotm and the plain in >* of our republican eitiz m*, who •ire tin- "overi igu* of our glorimi* un ion, and whose virtue i* to perpetuate i it. True virtue cannot exit where pomp and parade are the governing pU"-:oii*. It can only dwell with the 1 people—the great lain.ring and pr" during classc* that form tin- bone ami silM W* of our roiih deraey. I have prcpureil an bumble depository !or inv mortal body b-*ide thai win-rein lie. my In-loved wit , wln-re, without anv pomp or parade, when ms (Jod call* me to *)•*■( with mv fadier. to be 111 id. t R both of w* there to I- main until the lut trumpet --mud* ' • .i■ I the dead to judgile lit, when v.. . I hope, "hull rie together rlolhid with that heavenly b -iv proini-e.) t > all who believe iu cur glorioii* ll.do-itH r, who dieil for u that we might live, and liv who*e utoiiiineiit I hope |,,ru tih--ed immortality. A Mutt w .1 v k- • Prof < iregory - report give* a Iran* latino -.I the inscription mi the *itre., phiigils, and -ay "The inscription translated is.lulia, .he daughter ot t'nlil* Mamui • l.ngcd ::n. .lulia I) uiina wa* the wite ot the llmp< rorS.-ptiiniu* -*"< verus. If r sister Jfulia Maw wielded great influence court, and a daughter, Julia Mum ma i. Ixiru like the other Julia* at Kmca. in Sy ia. But thi* cannot In the lady, a* -lie wa- much older than .'{o when -Iv lost her lite. Ii is ren-nit abb' to eoneliiile that Julia <'t:i Fdia Mamnin whose sarcophagus was toilful at Bervtu*. -ixtv mile* trorn the E'it|M'rnr' birthplae at Aree, and atsiut one hundred miles troiu In* mother's native town, was one of the object* of th" imperial bounty ot Al exander Severn* The date <>f the erttction wa* prob ablv L'ou. A I > Cbildl*i Pan*. The cmjM'llishments of Pari- have had the licet of milking the eitv w< II nigh ehihlle-s. ["he tradesman who ha* hi-shop on the ground ll sir ami Ins sleeping room* on the fourth or fifth story could not keep ehi'dren without losing the service* of hi* wile, whom lie want* to help him in his htisim-*. It he kept children his ! wife Would tie obliged to live up stairs, ! so he scud* out his babies to ntirss- as I anon a- they are burn, wiih tue inti-n -j lion of letting them remain in the I ] country until they are live or six 1 years old ; and the ourriVr, who has hut one garret room up a dozen flights of stair*, doe* the same thing. The re sult of thi* i- that more than >0 per cent, of the children horn in Pari* die j in the baby farmer*' hand* before i reaching their second year. All that the A**i*tanre i'ohliqtie ha* tried to dotoward checking thi* shocking waste of life ha* I wen of little avail. Forty creche* have been instituted, but tt ey meet the want* of but a small nutnlier |of mother*. A system of registering j nml inspecting the home* of jwa*ant | women who take children to nurse has ! In-cn attempted, hut the A*-i*tance ' gets little lieip from the working ela-sc* in contending against the ra I pacity of baby farmers. A nurse of whom no questions are asked charge* 25 franco* a month for the k-ep of a baby ; those who arc registered and so controlled that thev can only receive •me child demand 60 franc* or more. ! These find their customers among the ! bourgeoieic, hut the Working classes I cannot afford to patronize them.— | London Time*. —i— • —i Wr. are going to have a hard win ter. The frost is already in the ground in nißny placet. Turnip left in the field are frown hard. The tempera ture of the haystack* is lowet than it was ever known to be before at thi* season of the year. The hark is thick on the north side of the railroad ties. These reports may he regarded a* trustworthy, as they have hern collect ed with great ca e from the members of a comic oiiera company t lint dis banded at N\ aukegan, Mich., in Au gust. The members have had ample opportunity for nhaervaihin on tbeir way hack by this city.— Pork. Fact* About Peanuts. //.. They Are UulltVUlfd. The preparation of peanuts for mar ket i* an interesting operation. They are firnt put into HO immense cylinder, 1 from which they enter the brushcM, where each nut receives fifteen or six teen leet of brushing before it becomes tree. After this cleaning process the nut* drop on an endless belt, which revolve* very *luwly. On each side o| the lull i* a row of girl*—black, white, tunned and crushed strawberry, *ome of thcni — whose duty it i* tom-p* HI ale the poor nuts from the good ones. Those oftlie nut* tliul ' puss" go on to tin next room, where more girl* j await their arrival and put them in [ bag* which, when filled ur-- sewed up , and hruiidcit a* "cocks," with the tig- j ore ot a rooster prominent on each j -aek. These are No. 1 peanut*. Tin j poorer nuts, which were separated In the girl- at the endless belt are picked over again ; the best are single.) out | and hiitudcd, after being put in sack*, j a* "*bip*." Tho "ship-" urc not so i large or line in appearance a* the "cocks, but arc just a* good lor , . at lug. The third gmde of nut* i* known a- ' "eagle*," ami the culling* that are left ! from the "eagle- are bagged and seni to a building where the little meat that i- in tie m i* • xtraeted by it patent -heller. Tlii* "meat" —for by tin.* , name i; i- know to the (baler-- is put op, clean and nice, in 2 by one nt tie Atlanta pnjH r thal a mill i- to !>•■ huh; |,,r the maw II fuel it e ol js aunt tl- ur, which it i- j •aid make- ino-t excellent bu-euit. In part- ot ' / msM ' i* i Th" If'.iniingdnn rorrefondent •>' the 'c I |f IS. til - J. ere O ll -.lorV o( * rrricrntilc rl rk hr. ft. SWIT. , of Hunt ng-lon, i the |MOM.ir sn anti-pie pic-cr of m-dnoi-m wlnrti i, • a rcinaikatde history, in I7IJ ihe nn re.tor* ol Mr !• " i.-rnisn\ tor A'tisrici, ami among their efo-cts w,. • large, 01-i f**hlone>t rlrwk th*l wns |iru—i lugnt* l. (hem * * heirloom. It so lrriiureii that l.store reaching America ill" vessel on wrhich tbe aei • I w wrerkcl, t-ui fortunately no livr. wrre lost V few weeks after the cargo of the ves r| rerorer-t l.y wrr-ch'r wlien the old clock w <■ oni to its prop er owner*, wno tia-l liwste-l in Petinst I j *ni*. \t thi* time the Indian* had ; become terv irouhlesont** in Hie Cum tier I ill valley, where t lie region **• kc(.t in con-t *nt dr-a t of *n imiwnding invasion, final ysn aitsrk w** made ' on the settlers, man* • f whom were h 11isst, taken into captivity and their ' village detroi ed. Among the number taken captive were the Svivets, who were trealeit harbsrnusiv by their du-kv raptors. Mil by kind attention shown to ihe Indians during sickness were tin*lly liberated after months ot privs lion and autr-ring. from the date ot ihis occurrence nothing wa* heard of tuenld clock until about twoeat alter wsrd*. when a p*rtv of Indian* who were trading in the .luniaia valley - ; where the .S i* e| fatnilv had *uh*equ-nly moved -exch inged the old time-piece 1 for anmuiiition to the very family fr>m winch it had been stolen during the Indian rani* in the Cumberland valley. I'lie old clock lias descended trorn one generation to another until it now do.-* excellent duty for one of it* lira! ow nets in Hunting-lon. Oregon imports a gnttd deal of iu food material from California. The | Orrr/nian, of Portland, say* : *l)uriiifr eight moot ha of the year wo receive an average of six lon* of cabbage [er week from ('itlifnrnia. By every reasonable theory we ought to ship cabhagt* to California. The trouble ia that the product here, which readily bring* two ccut* per pound when gold to re tailers, is not produced in sufficient quantitytnsuppivthedcinand. During six mouths of the year we receive from California- 800 sacks of otihtrw each week, and thev ate sold to the trade for tl 2-V. 150 |>er sack. Ore i gon onions bring ihe same price, Hut they are Dot to be hail. The country J does uot produce them." * A Lovor'a Fight. A iliuamtd '#'o' Wkt Obai High but //r I Hod to Hove Her Makwiiai.l,. Mo., November 22 By an agrcemi'iit JOIIII Wesiblatok and Mi-* Lizzie Graham, 11 maiden of sixteen summers, met ut a church in Browu-villi; lust Knuday t-.r the pur . pose of running Hwuy ami beccmihg •nan ami wife, ()I>l man (irtihum ami son, who w. re bitterly opposed to the match, were at the church uml saw the young lady have the house. Tlicv -uspected noun-thing wa* wrong and it-it the church also. They burned 'hat tin* couple hud procured a buggy, ami, iu company with a driver, sturt.-d [■• ill in I lie direction >,( Houstoiiia. Mounting tln-ir horse* they overtook tlm tri'i about two miles from Browns | vi lie, when a •."'i' , ' n, l flight ensued I Voting Westhro- k fired ui the girl's | 'alher, hut mi--' d hi* aim uml stru< k the 'lrivt-r, who wa.* holding on to the young laily. I lie hull • ntered hi* right ! 'itp-k ain I lodg I in hi* -id''. The : liveryman then reb a-c t iriied to Browns vi lie, ami the in-: morning the farmer . -eiit 11 ii ■!• to the y' ung couple giving nis consent t'i the r marriage. The driver's Wountl i- not .n-id> r-d fatal. No Wonder .1 M /'hi' A' " r i !/<,', ' / / /'kv-o-'i' A'jony fZwfhi l* tr Proeloieni II ■ Ihppmeu. Mt-nlal agony i* dreadful, but when |'hat and a plr.-n il ailment coinbine, .t 1- simply l" rrild Si eh wa- the ■ ■ .minion of (orge \V I rampt' ii, of I lluotingtoo, W. Va., for eight yean. | lie wa 11 suflir r of necross • that i-. till- leg boll' at tli" ankle wu- ildUtord ami niirtifi-d, wbitb c:tu-'-'l a run mugs rt. He **\* ' l'iec'-s of lionr -1 tin- M7" of u -il v • r three ent pn • I came out of the tore no my '• g. Ihe . lischarge Iron the sore vn- a!riio-t .'oiilinual, and I wa- unable to walk For • ight v-ar-I hav*. Im-i-ii tl t tiig I have In-n ninb x trta'meiit ••! a phv-irian at Ntw|>ort. Kv., for u • •ar atioilp rut B irlitigt-'ii, (th;o, ill- NIL.-d IMC H.r LI.TCC _v< r-, and a I n tor la rut I!tit;tingtmi tk-d aith me |..r u Ua. and n * I inn w. I. I hi v,.lk n- good a- anvlnely, nml l.av (H-rfect u*e 1 ! my limb. N\ urd* are [inadequate to d*. - rile- tl • to- ntnl ag-.nv I -uffi-rtsl when 1 thought I wa- alwavs to In* a *ufTci*r. Tii' thought* "f the alflirt. 11 tausd tit more tli-tn--* than the -orr . - ithat t two cotnhiiit-l was ititle* I ag in B* tng (low Ire lri.ro both tlietiln and phys cat stiir ring, m v )-. a)-}■ i 1• - - know- DO Innilid- I'l.lll v\ I.as fur ni>ht*l me thnl which I pf-v*.| (■ r • lunng mv • ight vi-ar* of 'iifi. ring HEALTH IS WEALTII! ut 1 f f'Tn utv oh mil TftitTinr. a , s t'H'di • I U l 1 •• 9 a. • S* As * *... 4 I . a . **•*. W ..set W*rt. 1- * • .'l'Wff r' I • f •' * • l • 4 • triirt., r • *•- i lisa4a*Ve, I |tt.-* r** .fta iW* K% a Mao* awwA-asa lv*v ,t fft e*v.r. I at* aan 1 TWSA-.D EISNER A MCNDELSON, >3O Wpf Pfilo^cfrhOt AIVICB to mothers 4r T ' '•• hifht >4 hrnl* yn%:r Mt fx a h t ; r.n k - af I - tying , tb ff 'nt f,., r I* • wntl t fi'a ynd • .ffl# Mi * vi 1* •' Mirr rt* rnt\rr Tr" tu |i ralnr l ipnth nUh ► ll rll rwheva , !h# (wwvf '.I t* tt'tfJ* 1o "*•* lintcly iHjtat il n|> r. fl 1 tn t',M* lli'ta is D • mlMak* Uta| II It ratal iftD ofeft arvl 'ffi r K■•+*. *+■£ ih#i* mrlt tlfl k • eia. rnr-s i thoroughly hnffl -d th skill of the no-diint prof.s-ion s eneeroi| *tf..* ten* Hil l ** they h*e ways b*-en considered inrur*hl\ it ha* tseeu thought dtsreputahla to ad. pi lh. tr | vretm*nt ■' a s|eciliy ; *nd hence physi -1 ctans h*vn tieglial's] ih**lr pr-.per stndv 1 Bui of late vi-ar. n-w snd important dts coveri.-s tisvi. hroucht ! >flh a i-uirt.. thai n -w prove* sueceesfut in any ol it* fotm , with leriatnty, wtlh.Hil the .oe if Uie knife or cau-ttc piasters We have a treatment ibat U comparatively nuld. It iv not poisonous, d.**-* not interfere with the healibv tt—h, can he applied to anv part of the b.tjr, even the tongui' Wn take nothing tor our service# until the cancer 1* cured Addr-s* nil .1 HFLBERT. Ksg'eVlite, ("..nife ('.I , l'a. Duff's Mercantile College. To latest* * rrselteai InisM IMee.Oee b*. .e Jsers sM "lib feel -aoes* t.eea lb* slai af Pa* aw* tea*. •• rutt VS*a* Tb hl|ht.l •la4nt has bsss tailtltle* *a so b a trstala* • ili ; qo.ltr. htm lot taoH.slials sntnaen- aw* pravtleal ! dint*, ia sar *)•<>*.# of It • Vef riwvbn etbsa r. ' ttaff A aoe*. VtH.lsir*s P Imtr- It -ASsep,... poi.liOl 4 by ll*>tmr t 80.. |.oa-*d la nab.ra, *• f.ym Ths lirp.l swil nV 111. S ts*e published A •ash ha lastav. railroads I a.lnms area snd i-ns, u | eat anssravaai* rvtee, tt more than Hut K. It. Spangler A' t u. Mi K*ll all kindr arid Myi • fit the IM-PI Furniture at an ALIVANF E of a amall per cent which juat give* tin* firm aiuHic i e u t auii'Uiit of motl ey to pay v. a-l hit If and board and cloth ing, not one cent ln-yoini tlii*. Now aorne f. M .I will a\ that - a lie. Hut we refer to our boarding hou-e an I wa-li woman. \N e fiavi no familv and could not keep any if' we had. We MTII MI CHEAP and < that we never expect to make any more than w hat we have at pr-went. fl 0 - ... . . • j We Sell a Walnut Suil for : S3B and up to Sl5O ♦ ••♦•••••• '***"• We sell an all ASH Suit for 529 50 We sell solid Walnut Book Caoe with plate glass for $32. We sell LOUNGES from S5 to $2O. r We sell Side Boards ! ; from $9 to 40. f * We sell Chairs from S4 per ha'f dozen to SlO i | We sell Cain Chairs . from $5 to $2l. We sell Parlor Suits from: • $4O up to Sl5O * * Call to in. at our Furniture A Ware Hoom opj>oiio the Buh Houae, M Itcllefnnie.tnd if you ain't pleaaed ws I will ptoaent you with a I'AKLOR Bcrr. Kin SPAmun. nf " R. B. SPANGLER A CO. j BS-u.