THIRTY YEARS AGO. (Jane Andrews in Wide Awake | Our heads were full of plans, Char lotte's and mine. We sal together in the low boughs of the old apple-tree or we walked for miles over the hills fn those lovely nutumn days, and all our talk was of the future. We bad been thrilled by the grand excitement which the news had awakened, and had seen many of our friends set out for the El Dorado Charlotte's uncle had gone overland with the *Forty niners. ” We had read the story of Jason and his Arconauts of old seeking the Golden Fleece, and we had ourselves given to this band of go d seek. ers the name of the “Argonauts.” whi bh wus afterward very widely applied to them, My own cousin, Sam, had sailed in the brig Ark, fitted up in a neighboring town for a voyage round the Horn to the Golden Gate, and now, in the fall of 1850, my uncle David, captain of the bark Pactolus, was about to take a cargo of nceessalivs and luxuries to San Francisco where, it was rumored, almost any price might be obtained for and manufactured goods of any sort. Some of the farmers in the neighd r hood, when they found that ( uwele 1 avid was going to take the Iactolus round to San Francisco, decided to send by him some little venture, a box of boots. u packa per cent, it was said Charlotte and 1 were in our favorite seal in an old apple tree in the orchard. her | father's orchard ad cined ours, and she had come over the fence We were reading. Suddenly she looked said “Jane Robertson, why send a venture by Uncle David? dont we That is career; that is something real. ” “We will, ” I answered solemnly. And then came a long pause; for what should we send?! At last “It's apples, C harlott), " said L “Apples?” queried Charlotte; “we send apples so far. © “Yes, we can; I've thought it all out.” I answered. And 1 went on to say that since oranges came from the Jediterrn- nean safely, and sin e¢ apples would all winter at hon oranges would, and was f and would undou cant ACEP much oaser than SINC { nce David to take ice fora part 1 biedly be willing to have our in near it, 1 really, seriously believed it could te done : “There is nothing in the world we have that is our very own Lut the two Bald apple trees that o our OL I 8 Cargo, apples stored Or fawn last Lirthda s ! east tw them. ” Wi ht" will a vid Is, though it took just end Heaven help themselves ly must help us who help Then we insisted upon heading up the barrels ourselves; but father stood by and gave one or two good blows with the hammer io make all sure. Then they marked with our names and sent on ¢ bark. For this last service we run in debt—a debt which we dis charged with our next month's allowance of pocket money—and with a sturdy in dependence mended our old gloves and went with empty pockets another month Uncle David made a note of had to ples, as follows cis0, and there sold to the best advantage Davin Westos It was October when he reached home again for half a minute we forgot our venture, and then a sudden fear and heart made us hesitate to ask. understood how we felt, and. sitting down, called us to him, took from his pocket a little canvas bag, from which he counted out to us $830 in gold! “There, girls,” said he, “take hold of that and hold it fast, while 1 render my sccount. ” Diving into another pocket he brought up a memorandum, from which he read O barre «, t #17, i160 app es ot But he . $50.00 * But what does this mean?” we cried; “160 apples at 25 cents aplece? “Yes, that is the best part of it,” he an swered. “I will tell you As soon as it was koown that 1 bad apples, some ( hinamen caine and Lgught them st x15 wer barrel. 1 thought a good price, and i had sold three barrels, when Capt Price of The Argonaut came aboard to see me. ‘Weston,’ said he, after we had our talk out about home and all the neigh bors, ‘Weston, those Chinamen are mak ing a monstrous prom: out of your apples they are selling them in the streets at from @ 10 10 25 cents apiece. It's a pity you can’t J ot somebody 10 retail them for you’ I told him that the apples were Jen nie and Lottie Robertson's venture. “What, those little lassies,’ said he, “that I left playing with their dolls a year or two agor Well, they deserve all they can or them. * Kt his minute, Will Manning, who had overheard our conversation, stepped forward and offered to take a / » sell the last barrel of apples himself for you. ‘It ls a pity they shouldn't have all the profit they can, sir, and I should like the fun’ So 1 consented. He picked and boots or clothing, | of ready-made clothing; almost | anything would yield them at least 100 | jet both | up and | | tains How innumerable commerce, the beginning of a mercantile | (j. { and p | It ina | He the whole | matter, and gave us a receipt for the ap. | We were so gad to see him that | sinking of | over the apples, found 160 fn prime order, and, as they were the last in the market, readil bin them for 25 cents apiece. The rest of the barrel, partly decayed, paid for the use of the hand-cart and for a little help he had“ from one of the crew. Ho here, girls, is the beginning of your fort une And now, to make it all ship shape, give me buck my receipt, ” We could Lardly befeve it—8$80 cleared by two girls in a speculation. Venezuela's Three Climates. {Caracas Cor, Inter Ocean, | There are three zones, three climates, within the limits of \ enezueln, from cold too intense to be endured by man to the greatest degree of heat known to the earth's surface. The alpine zone lies to the west among the snow-clad summits of the .* ndes, where are plains, sandy deserts ca ded parinios, swept by blasts which cl*il the blood; but there Is good gras and plenty of shelter, and the ranges for cattle are suid to equal those of Montana The next zone i from 5,000 to 8,000 feet above the sea, covered with forests of nove timber aud some of the most nutri Hous erasses that grow, Tuis zone wil j roduce wheat and corn like the plains of aunsas, and resident Guzman blanco is Lying to encourage the cultivation of cervias Ly placing an our and prohibiting the importation of wueat or corn. The counsequeace is that cora meal is one of the greatest luxuries the J cople have and it costs the average housckee er as much for bread as for I he third zone is the tropical, where sugur, cotfee, spices, and fruits of all sorts ure produced in the greatest abundance Lhe vv enezuclans claim that theirs is the only land where coffee and corn, sugar and apples, banauas aod wheat grow in the same soll. From the Andes moun streams, those on ro forming the river and arncuibo, and those of the east ern siope the mighty Orinoco, one of the (reatest rivers in the world, which drains ¢ untry as large as the United States volume of 240,000 cubic nches of water eve ry second into the sea valley like the Nile, the difler. noe beoween high water in the rain Basa ud OW dry being | lon is sad orty West SO e ane of irs a thn os Lis i tin nda ed rn waler This in Le, bul natursily Medical Advice as a Logaoy. n and thal | going up hill | speed on a eve! enormous duty on 1 lusiruments | definite indications ive ¢ the mental esibre of our ends What invaluable instruments y would be for nomi Cau ffl f officers, ior rchants fn want of book keepers for turers needing machinists and ex short, for having ating 156% pul » assistants, in all appointments of any kind to make FOr Lhe eve 1o receive ii of a second a sound The eye, nearly double the rapidity of the ear, a impression and for the car t 14 f 14% Of Hires 1 eo « t ippreciale f Secon HECORSATY therefore, acts A Matuesgue City, w Orleans Cor. CO WE New Orleans is a statues possesses numerous public statues a numents dead favorites. Thew statues mark a remarkable discrepancy in sentiment, there being statues to the ster ling patriotism and liberty-loving proc ity, int lo | livities of a Jackson and a Clay, as well Reecvived of Jane and Charlotte Robert cn | four barrels of Bald win apples, in good con- | dition; the same to be carried to San Fran. | as to the carvers of such local favorites as Hobert E. Lee and Governor Allen. In the military cemeteries there rise, almost | side by side, the monuments of Union snd Confederate soldiers, In every open square of the city are statues A oe weroes and philaothro pists, and in many dooryards are to Ix seen marble statuary of the usual myth ological subjects The ( lay statue, which has stood over forty years, is with his notable declaration against slav ery, beginning with, “If I could be in strumental in eradicating from my coun try the deep stain of slavery,” etc. The monument to Lee bears no name or word of inscription-—a heroic statue of the of ficer simply surmounting the tall shaft An Ex-Congressman’s Life. {"Gath's” Washington Letter.) Turning over an assortment of steel en- graving of former members of congress, whose pictures were taken by some jobber in biography, the bookseller remarked “That congressman you are looking at comes In here now and sells me a book, one at a time, to get the price of his morn. ing dram. He goes up to a place where a free lunch is set, and he pays for his liquor, but not for his food. He gets three fried oysters and two crackers, with n glass of ale, for § cents. That is about the way he lives; but he is as full of reminiscences as an old egg is of meat * A Stupid Fetieh, [Trenton (N. J.) Gazette | Outdoor ceremonies of any sort in se vere weather, either summer or winter, that necessitate dangerous exposurs ought to be frowned down. It is a foolish and irrational custom. It seems 10 be as sumed that the importance or solemnity of the occasion will serve to protect those participating from the ordinary conse. quences of such exposure, Is is a etich, and proved to be » fatal supersti- tion by constant cases of sickness and death all about us, “Acknoaldgage” is the way A Btoning- on man, writing to The New London Day, spells “acknowledged. ” trustees of colleges, for | | foul Since then the el n | made society talk { only in 1871 that Fas Norwegian Skee. [Detroit Froe Press.) It is very singular that the Ingenious race that devised the toboggan did not cut it in quarters lengthwise and muke skoes from it, and still more singular that th fun-loving Canadians have not seen the possibilities that lie n a long, narrow, wooden runner, for straightaway work lo the open. The fact is, however, that in America the skee is In common use as yet only in the California mountmns, where it was introduced in the days of 49, and where it is still used by sunow-bound mibers and mwountaineers for purposes of business nid pleasure, These skates are as abroad ns the foot, but six or eight feet long and pointed before. They are covered with soals (in, 50 that the smootls grain turns buckward toward the heels. In construe tion the skee varies considerably in differ ent localties. For ordinary use six or seven feet in length, and not eveveding seven inches in width, is a fair average, but they are sometimes made ten or twelve | feet long and two and a half joches wide Individual ns rent scalskio sol preferences differ regarding verything else. The cited above is useful only in and tends rather to check The thickness is from rae to one sud a hall inches st the foot rest iad is tapered to a half inch at the ends Fhe fore end turned up about four inches from the ground, and usually its extreme end is pointed With these snow the Norwegians ride about on the sow ns ensily as they can upon the ice, nol faster that a horse cau go, and it scems Lo be well established that fifty or sixty miles a a tolerably clear track is nol extraordivary speed, while important messuzes havi carried much as 15 miles in a day from the interior towurd the coast, where, [ course, the prevailing slope was favor able Joes d He t is shales day #ometimes been ns Jack Tar's New Toggery. Brookisn Eagle All the pleinre with by the way oon be American sailor allers them, I'he in mole i810 In in appearance, so far us Li nited Slates navy Is wrdly be recog f him now ext nt down with vy ole ver touche he never kvows hb re are back of it t being touched, and ti Inimed a covole, | many more the w ALS w Golng Ont in a Hl.se of Glory. sdon 1, tr carl of | once more of the man- ner in which he “broke the bank. ™ It was he came into his patri Lao The death of th | mony, and in 1874 he found that the pace { he { him, | coup and, in a o, which | for inscribed | | his | of Scott, | have dreamed that | a bankrupt | the prince was gone, the lights had gone had seriously impoverished He determined to make one grand sporting sense, he “went the gloves, and Aoancially ex pired in a fizzle of glory. He favited the heir apparent to Packington hall, ancestral domain in Shake speare’s county, and grand and gay were the doings there, recalling all the pageantry Money was spent with a prodi gality scarcely ever knows, and no one who witnessed the proceedings could the future king of England was being royally entertained by When it was all over, when out and the garlands dead, the brokers came down | in swarms—Dbill discounters, tradespeople | and others inundated the place, and the earl had to retire from active society life for a time. Soc ety will not forget the affair in a hurry, nor will the prince of Wales London School Children, (The Carrel The children of the London public schools are surely coming into a happier estate. The philanthropists who believe them to be suffering from over pressure on the part of the teachers are quarreling with the philanthropists who believe them to be suffering from under feeding on the part of their parents. The result fs likely to be that they will obtain more food at home and be given less to do at school. His Right to the Title. [New York Times. | An old darkey in Kentucky signs him. self Col. Henry Clay Jones When asked why he should prefix that title to his name, as he had no right te it, he replied: “You, I has, sah. * “But you are not a colonel " “Dat don't mean colonel, boss; dat means elored. ” — | wenkness, | the Democratic { threshhold of Aylesford has | | to the incoming administration, ~THE— National Life Insurance CO., or MONTPELIER, Vr. Incorporated in 1848, Assets 83,000,000, Surplus $1,060,000, $1000 Bonds sold on yosrly instal. ments. These bonds are payable to the holder at the expiration of 20 years or at previous death, or a stipulated amount payable in cash at the end of any year after the first, on their sur render, R. M. McENALLY, Soecial Aqt. Office-~<1 Door North of Post Office. BELLEFONTE, PA. GIVEN AWAY Leal THIS and send 4ets four our ilies | trated book giving full partieulars in re. gard to ELECTRICITY snd MAGNET. ISM ne veed byour best physicians in their practice for the cure of any nervious, or chronic nilment. Our ELECTRIC MAGNETIC appliances snd are the lates body day or night, and at work without the least, inconvience to the wearer. They generate a mild soothing current GALVAXNIC ELECTRICITY, which infused to the nervous mild, but w con~- tinueous and thus overcomes A lack of nerve force, | matter how caused gives rise to the fol- | | lowing symptoms. WEAK BACK, TIRE ED LANGUID FEELING upon get {ting up in the morning nervous twitch, ing, and unpleasant dreams. HEAD ACHE, RHEUMATISM, DYSPEPSIA and INDIGESTION KIDNEY disease, DIZZINESS, WATERBRASH ete. ail o which ean be over: ome by supplying to iy the necessary amount FSM weakened and over na MAGN] the other functions prly. Wher rthene d as { Addr AMERICAN GALVANIC (0. 885.-n-- 1883, ‘he Weekly Post J) f The Pittsburgh Post Weekly Denn 1ialee is of a year texisled for a Ring out the Rig out the eveland snd Hendri fallen, 1 shmenld r ' yt vub ples a i he pul { iarte, by reforning abuses, rig neering the supremacy faith. We are on important events and changes. To a Democrat who Cleveland's election, the future interest and hope Tur Weekly Post will aim to keep abreast of the times in evervihing relating | Ist poli cy st home and abroad will be intelligent 0! the great | aided in is full « wrongs and ' | ly discussed, generously supported or can- i | standpoint. didly criticised. No year in of this journal promises to be so replete | with matters of interest to Democrats ad the one which we are about to enter. The | mesting of Congress, the declaration of | the Presidential vote, the inauguration, | he new Cabinet, the chan ges in the pub. ic service, the opening wp of the books all | are of great concern, THe WeExLy Post | will furnish the earliest intelligence, with judicious comment from the old Democratic Success will not hamper it any more than a quarter of a century of defeat impaired its energies. | The session of the Leglsiasture, with » Reform Governor opposed by a Republi can majority; promises to be fruitful of important issues and exciting incident The coming session of congress will be even more interesting in its broader field In all ita varied departments, Tux Weekty Post will aim st excellence and reliability. Its literary, miscellaneous, news and local departments will be main- tained in their utmost efficiency, while ts market reports will be prepared with restor oars and precision than ever be- ore and made absolutely reliable. Now is the time for Democrats every- where to take hold, comet and strengthen the party and ils chosen representatives, by extending the circulation of Democrat. ie papers. 0 are no longer on the de- fensive—we are done with apologizing— the party to-day stands for a majority of the American lo, and in a few weeks it will be called on to administer the gen. oral Government. Truth is mighty and has prevailed. Single sibadription, one year, In Olu of vo or over, one d » . . a ns boards is of un. Send for sample copies, Jas, P, Bann & Oo, the history | $1,2¢ . $1.00 a “llway Time, Quick wm. by) Time Rockford, Ill,, . This is to cortify that wi have Frank P. Blair, sole agent for the sale o, Quick Train Railroad Watches in the Lown of Bellgfoute, { Rockroxw Waren Conran, BY HOSMER P. HULLAND, Sec, Having most thoroughly tested the Rockford Quick Train Watches for the lust three years, | offer them with the fullest confidence as the best made and mos! reliable time keeper for the money that can be obtained, LOOK, To Your Interest Tan, 1880, ropointed “our I fully guarantee every Watch Jor two years, FRANK P. BLA IR, No. 2 Brockerhott Row, Allother American Watches at reduced prices. [mmenseBargains Are being offered from our Diouron, Jan, 27, 1882, bm | The Rockford watch purchased Feb, | < : | 1879, bas performed betier than a oo N r J | k Watch | ever bad, 30) CW oc Have carried it [ irregular, or in the least unreliable, ! Watch, improved and are worn ou any part of the | pain and | no i | very well the past year, | only twice during that time, Of | structions given in Painting. | Higa St, xexr poor 10 Berzenr's | PusLisuEns, every day and at 00 time has it been sn (J DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTIING. 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Are you disturbed at night and broken of your est by a sick child suffering and crying with pain of cut ting tooth? If so, send at once and get & bottle of Mes. Wisstow's Soormine Svaur son ORupass Teerurwa, Ita value is incalenlable, Tt will relieve the Jee little sufferer immediately, 4 upon It mot y there is po nist ake about it. 1t cures dys eatery and diarrhoea 1 04 lates the stomach and bow. els, cures wind oslic, softens the gums, reduces in fAammation and gives tone and energy to the whole, system. Mas, Wixsow's Sosrmine SYavr ron Cuiip. REx Teeruing is pleasant to the taste, and is the pre, soription of one o. the oldest and best female physic clans and nurses in the United States and fs for sale by all druggists then howt the world, Price 25 cents a bottle, 5%1y Remember, we will not be undersold by any firm town. We guarantee all our Prices C. UU. HOFFER & CO. Allegheny st., Bellefonte,’ Pa A UDITORS « NOTICE. —In the Orphans Oourt tre County in the matter Ef at Fo th
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