- ——————— AN ENTIRELY NOVEL RESEARCH. Mr. Galton's Analysis of the Statistics of British Temper. Mr. Francis Galton has lately pub- lished the very interesting results of gome statistics gathered by him on Tem. wr, a subject exceedingly difficult to i lle statistically, becanse it is so ob viously dithicult to obtain unbiased test- imony coacerning it. Mr. Galton has secured descriptions of the characterist- jes of about 2,000 persons, and has been at groat pains to insure their accuracy. ¢ finds that out of the 1,981 spect mens who have been the unconscious gubjects of vivisection more than one- hall fifty-two per cent.—are reported as bad-tempered. He classifies his subjects according to sex, and obtains the result that women are better tempered than men. Of the women reported to him only forty-five per cent. seemed to their relatives and friends to display bad t:mpers. This makes the difference in their favor about ten per cent. But the question of sex is of much less interest than that of heredity, aud here Mr. Galtoa's statistics have a positive value, They are summed up as to re sults in the following paragraph: “Do good-tempered parents have, on the whole, good-tempered “children, and do bad-tempered parents have bud-temp ered ones? I have 34 cases where both parents are recorded as gool tempered, and 25 where they were both bad-temp ered. Out of the children of the forier 30 per ceat. were good-tempered and If per cent. bal; out of the latter, 4 pet cent. were good and 52 per cent. bad tempered. This is emphatic testimony to tue heredity of temper.” [ The Old Man Cared 'Em. It appears that in this bank the clerks were frequently compelled to asc the paying teller for a little financial assist- ance bustween pay days, and he, being of a kindly disposition, cashed their due Yills, carrying the paper in the drawer as so much cash, At the end oth: month the advances were deducted from the salaries of those favored. These pieces ol paper were professionally known as “snakes.” It so happened on one occasion that the bank exaniner paid his oficial vis when there were in the drawer “sndkex” amounting to about $200, and the pay ing teller was compelled to confess that he often advanced moneyto the clerks in this manner. “It's a bad practice,” said the examiner, “for it encourages extrava gance, and is liable to get you into trouble with the board.” “Soon after his departure the eashior— a venerable gentleman since decease — approached the paying teller and asked what was meant by the term “snakes” which he had overheard used in the conversation with the examiner, There was nothing left him but to explain the whole matter, which he did by telling how the young gentlemen in the bank had gotten behindhand in their finances and were forced to negotiate short loans each month. - “And this is really the condition of our young men?" remarked the cashier. “1 am sorry to say yes.” “How much of this paper is there in the drawer 7” _ “About $200.” ° * “So much as that? Let me sec the 7 er." rT little due bills were handed him, and he walked into his private office. In a few minutes he came out with a check in his hand. It was his personal check for the full amount of the “snakes.” Said “Put this in the drawer. I will give young men a choice,” and he tore into small pieces the numerous due bills “They are now free; and let them keep Lo, n't advance any more money. Herafter I will loan it out of my private funds. What they owe now is can- celed. It took about five minutes for this little affair to be known in the bank, and every man in the place at once proceeded to grumble to himsell because he did not have a “snake” in the drawer at that particular moment. — Philadelphia Bulletin, Oettiag Mis Five Cents’ Worth, I turned and looked at that beloved man, and I see that he wuz a drinkin’ lavishly of the noble water. I see that he wuz a drinkin’ more than wuz for his his linement showed it, and sez | be wuz a liftin’ another tumbler full onto his lips, sez'1, Pl Josiah Allen, snd don’t imbibe téo m : ‘Why,’ he whispered, ‘you can drink all you are a mind to, for 5 cents. I am bound for once, Samantha Allen, to get the worth of my money." And he thetwmbler full down st one awoller. He looked bad, and eager, and sez 1, ‘How many have you drnkod ¥ Sez he, in a eager, animated, whisper, 9." And be whispered in the I axents, ‘5 Sinite 9 is fair, or Fourth of Ju w have cost me nad been to a church ~@ times 10 is 90. It would have cost me a dollar bill! And here I am a havin' it all for 5 cents. Why,’ sez he, ‘I never see the beat on't in muy lite.’ And ag’in he drinked a tumbler full down, and motioned to the frightened boy for another, t I took him by the vest and whisp- ered to him, sez 1, Josiah Allen, do you want to die, because you can die cheap ? Why,’ sez 1, ‘it will kill you to drink so much. think of the ¢ Famantba | The chance 1 But I whi _,— be i i ’ ness on't, red back to him in anxus axents and told him, that | goose d i funeral expenses wuz added t) tha B cents it wouldn't come so cheap, an woz I, ‘you won't live through miny nors glasses, and you'll see you won | woz I, ‘you are a drowndin’ vat your in- ‘There fs such a thing as bein’ too n', Josiah Allen.’ Sex I, “The children of Israel used to want to Tay up wore manny than they wanted or neaded and it te on their hands.’ From Wyanila at Saratoga,’ by Josiah Allens —— has invented a novel { pains mode of cxiraeing square of soft rubber, in the cen is pushed over the npper part enveloped, The bber excercise a ve of my \ uy,’ J A COMMON OCCURENCE. Over 87.000 Found in the Room of a Woman Whe Died a Beggar, i “ht » A Boston dispatch says: From a bea. gurly litde room at the rear of No. 71 Albany street Mrs, Mary Smith was re- moved to the city hospital, where she died. She was seventy-six years old, and without doubt the most rageedly dressed woman in Boston, Her apart went was miserably filthy, and her clothes were little better than old rags, kept together by strings. Irs, Smith was a professional beggar, and it was while limping about on her daily round in search of charity, that she was knocked down and run over by a careless butcher boy at the corner of Howard and Hudson strects. Somebody removed her to her home and notifle | the police and had her taken to the city hospital. She was not badly hurt, but her advanced years and her enfeeblod condition resulting from long years ol wrivation could not withstand the shock. delore she died she said something about her money and asked that Lawyer Charles Colbeth be notified, The hospi tal attendants believed the poor creature was wandering in her mind, However, word was sent to the lawver, when they were surprised to hear that the oll woman hud recently made a will and was worth several thousand dollars, The police were notitied an | an gficer detailed to pearch the miserly lodyings, Opening the door of the old woman's room a foul odor greeted him, and a dozen rats disappeared leisurely into their holes. The officer began his search by ripping open the first of the two old roattresscs, when, to his surprise, several handfuls of gold and silver coins rattled down on the floor, The sawdust, chips and husks with which the mattress was stifled, were poured out in a pile besi le the bel. Feattered among chaff was"a hat ul of bank notes. Officer Franks poked over the pile and saw that many of the bills were rolled up into wads and tied with greasy strings. He cut thes: with a knife, and, «counting the woealily found $630, On the wall over thn bed hung an old - petticont. Mechanically thrusting“his hand nto the pocket, he drew out 8 hard rag. Opening ths 3.0 in bills lay in his hand. As the officer grasped it to replace it on the Ire felt 4 hard bunch of somethioe insidn the lining. Cotting the threads with his knife a little bag dropped out and $ in small silver coins rolled off on the floor Inside the door another dirty article of apparel hung. It was searched and in the lining was found secreted a large pocketbook. Sewed info this were bills of varions denominations amounting peventy dollars. On the floor lay a mattress black with filth and rolled up and tied with a piece of clothes line. Po le this and wrappe | carefully in a8 dozen newspapers was a package of United States government bonds of theissae of 1787, bearing 4 pt cent interest, and amounting io value to $300. Down in a corner of the bag wer two bank books of the Franklin Savings bank, each showing a depot of £1,000 Continuing the search, a black dress was found, and in various paris of tne lining were found, sawed in separately, $15 in bills and silver. ln a bureau was found money an | bonds amounting to between 86.000 and $3,000, which was turne | over to the police authorities, . i. F noo - BF Bow Stonewall Jackson Fall, After night fell, Stonewoll Jackson rode out with his staff to reconnoitre in front of the line he had gained. It was his idea to stretch completely around the rear of Hooker and cut him off {rom the river, The night was dark and Jackson soon came upon the Union lines. Their infantry drove him back, and as he returned in the darkness his own sol- diers began firing at their commander, of course mistaking his party for the enemy. Jackson was shot in the hand and wrist, and in the npper arm at the same time. His horse turned, and the General lost his hold of the bridle rein; his cap was brushed from his head by the braoches ; he reeled and was caught in the ars of an officer, After a moment he was assisted to dis mount, his wound was examined, and a Litter was brought. Just then the Union artillery opened again and a murderous fire came down upon the party through the woods and the darkuess. Une of the litter-bearers stumbled and fell, and the others were frightened ; they Ixid the litter on the ground, the furious storm of shot and shell sweeping over them like hail. Jackson attempted to rise, but his aid-de-camp held him down till the temn- pest of fire was lulled. Then the wounded General was helped to rise and walked a steps in the forest; but he became Just then Genersl Pender, one of his subordinates passed, He stopped and said ¢ are not seriously hurt fear 1 shall have to retire my troops they are so much broken.” But Jackson looked up at once and ex- eiaiieds ob “You must hold your General Foner, you must Boll your ground, sir ”" . This was the last order he ever gave. He was borne some distance to the near- est house and examined by the surgeon, and after his left arm was am- putated at the Ider. When Lee was told that his most trust. - ony drome. or he Tisions was Detwoen thom were most tender, “,ackson has lost his loft arm.” said Lee, “but I have lost my right we," _— The Names of Long Age. In no way are our usages, more radieally changed (om those of a cmturey ogo than bi to we veer of Christian aes eau ay among the ladics—wbo always dd like “new styles.” The Portland (Me) Press thus the names occuring in a list of marriages from 17/8 to 1814: “The names of most of them are fam- We find Jobn, James, Boab ow ac upo'ns Mace, On the outside wall of Twickenhan Church there 1s, or used to by aovlan stone, with the following inscepioa “To the me aory of Mary Bracu, who died November 5, 1725, aged 78 Alex. Pope, whom she nursed in bi infancy, an | constantly attended os U8 years, in gratitude to a faith. ful old servant, erected this stone,” Whatever was the irritability of the poet, and his satirical vein towards dances or the great who offended him, this epitaph shows kindly domestic feeling. He was truly grateful for services rendercd to him in his infirm health, His old and faithful servant, John Sear], was provided for in his will --the watchful attendant to whom he addressed the well-known lines “Shut, shut the door, good John, fatigued | said Tie up the knocker, Say I'm slek—U'm dead! And who can forget the lines about his mother 7 “We let the tender ofies long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother’s breath, Muke languor smile, sod smooth the bed of death," College Men as Car Cleaners, “Most of the men who apply to me for work sre from the east,” said Master Car-Repairer W, B. Ludlow at the rail: road yards yesterday, “and it goes with out saying that they are broke. I have had some very intelligent men at work in the yards cleaning cars men who have been educated at Oxford, Cam- bridge, Yale and Harvard, and who have held high and responsible positions in banks and well-known commercial houses There was one time that I could have supplied A man for any profession or trade, from a minister of the gospel to a bod carrier. 1 bad one graduate of a European university cleaning cars for a year, He afterwards taught a country school, studied law, and is now admitted to practice, with a good prospect of emi nent success in his profession. - Another ear cleaner ig a prominent lawyer in Oak land, He was a first-rate car cleaner. | had three ministers of the gospel work. ing for me at one time, and they are all doing well in their profession.” ——————— A ff SS A— No Microbes In Tobacco, There is one think about tobacco tha has always surprised microscopists, an which is highly favorable to that distin gushed weed, It is the purest of all vegetable substances when paced under a wieroscope, There is an entire absence of micro-organisms of every description While almost all else in nature, even soma of the acids, are alive with ani mated substances bacteria, aniwalcake, microbes or fungi of sce kind-tobacco is entirely free of everything of the kind It presents nothing to the microscope but its fibers and texture—its organic struct ure. Nor does this condition appear u thangs. All through the different pro cesses of its manufacture, after being removed from the stalk, it presents the same appearance, The microbe app ars to shun tobaoes, probably because: of its destructive qualities to the lower organ- ists, ~~ 0 he Democrat, A The Small Boy and the Fourth, The appended gem of poesy, from St Nicholas, may be taken as a good general description of the Fourth of July joys and woos of most youngsters : i was a wide-awake little boy who rose at the break of day; 2 were the minutes he took to dress, then he was olf and away. 3 were hig leaps when he cleared the stairs, although they were steep an! high; 4 was the number which caused his haste, because it was Fourth of July ! 5 were his pennies which went to buy a package of crackers red; 6 were the matches which touched them of and then —he was back in bed. 7 big plasters he had to wear to cure his fractures sore 8 were the visits the doctor made befors he was whole once more. ¥ were the dolorous days he spent in sorrow and in pain; but then, 0 are the seconds he'll stop to think before Lie does it again, | y . A Pig Nugget of Gold. The talk in mini circles recently was the discovery of big gold nugget near skenndge. The n t was found at a depth of many feet from the surface, and weighs exactly 156 ounces and tive penpyweights. There is a little lead in it and some quartz, butas a speci men it could likely be sold for close on to $5,000. It is said to be the la lump of gold ever found in Colorado, but one almost, if not quite, as large, was taken from the Little Annie mine in summit district, Rio Grande county, late in 1576. To 4.asealia Delob the honor o has in prishaced wid g) vered. It weighed 136 Jona aud was found at Ballarat, near Geelong. Disappearance of Poplar, lar, one of the desirable Southern has already reached that point of limit in supply where large consumers are loo around for & mnbstitute, Some of the St Louis chair miamufactar ers are now giving the cottonwood # trial in the manufacture of chairs, and are so well that they will be likely in the future to use more of it than of costly material whose place it takes. It requires a very close examina- tion to distinguish certain varieties of cottonwood from poplar. The difference in cost between former wood and poplar is bound to bring it into market in general competition with the latter, —— Tux statement is made by the kee of the Morgue in New York city, t four-fiiths of the five thousand bodies that reach the city dead house every year, are sent there by drankenness. Nor 1 ey ali eae from the lower classes ; | wioms of osiorabie stock have been found | hare tou olen, for aleohol is as merciless bleveler as death itself, Tue dootor who had been men ding a number of broken limbs of ndividuals who had safferel from the | sollapw: of a platform remarked that he was doing “quite a brisk fall trade.” Evra, yot they see not Potatoes, Ears, yet they how not-—Corn, Monti yt they speak not — Rivers, Han is, yd thay feel not—Clocks, Braios, yot they think not — Dudes, He whose claim to the tithe “gen. tieman” is in his elob must neces sarily be earciul as w what he wears, Juevennes fs a sort of gonios for inst auntsity, Ib is Jie brain of the —- — i A QUAINT JERSEY FESTIVAL. An Oyster Jubilee Which Talies the Place of Harvest Home, o— The institution of Harvest Home, the grand rural picnic of the year, und tig of mutual joy and congratulaton over the successful harvesting of abundant craps, is known to us all by experience or narrative ; and who has not heard the fine hymn of “Harvest Home?" Down by the sea in South Jersey everything has a salty flavor, that impreghates even the annual merry-making, which is a Harvest Home so strongly saline that it is called Salt Water Day. The costo is dying out, us is the orthodox Hardest Home in inland regions. Harpers Weekly sketches it as follows: It is a fact established in history that the New Jersey Indians were in the periodical habit of assembling in the neighborhood of the salt water for the purpose of feasting upon oysters, and the gathering and eating of oysters was one of the chief features of the Salt- Water Day observed among the Moumonth County farmers in later years. Before oysters became private property, and when there were natural beds of them along the Jersey shore, farmers living within twenty or thirty miles felt a keen oyster hunger about the first of every August: and on Salt-Water Day, which occurs at this season, the beds were made to suffer. They suffered so much that the New Jersey Legislature finally passed a law restraining people from taking oysters by any means except the nnsup plemented feet and hands, so that for several years previous to the time when oysters ceased to be public property the farmers on Salt- Water Day could oblain this delicate food only by “treading” it; that is, by working the oysters from the bottom, and skillfully bringing them to the surface with their toes, South Amboy used to be a favorite place of gathering on Sali-Water Day, and so lately as five years suo as many as one hundred tent-top wagons brought in their loads of people from the back. lying farms to assist in this celebration. Of course, at these festivals at the edge of the sea there have come to be other joys than the ‘joy of eating oysters Jathing, dancing, and miscellaneous feasting are to be reckoned smong the delights of Sait- Water Day. But the observance of Sait- Water Day is not what it used to Railroads have brought the sea and the oysters nearer to the farmers, and the season for the celebration is largely gone, The colored people still observe the day with be considerable fervor at Long Branch, but | the festival, speaking generally, is one | which is rapidly guing out. Rallway Bullding. The Railway Age submits the following statements and figures in respect to the progress of railroads in the United Slates : “Our records, which are based on a very thorough and continuous examina tion of the entire field, with the kind co | operation of the chiel engineers and | other railway officers, now show that be- tween January 1st and June 30th, there were laid in the United States a little over 3.750 miles of new main line track, besides several hundred lines of sidings, etc., which are not taken into account This is an addition of 1,403 miles since our statement of June ist, a very large increase for a single month's report . . . . This is a far larger showing of new con- struction than that for the corresponding period in any previous year, excepling 1882, when nearly 5,000 miles were laid down in the first six months and 11.563 in the year, The nearest approach to this was in 1881, when about Z500 miles were reported in the first six mouths out of 9.796 for the year. But in 1586 the returns gave for the first half only 1,755 miles, while the work of the year, accord- ing to our corrected record, was about 8.500 miles, “We feel safe in predicting that the total new wileage laid down in 1887 will not be less than 10000 miles, with the likelihood of considerably exceeding that, and perhaps surpassing the record of the year of greatest railway construction in the history of the country, Issz, Of the 136 lines — not companies — coverad by the table, eighty-five, or sixty Awo per cent are still in course of extension, while track-laying is about to begin on a large number of other lines not incladed in the list. Several of the great railway companies will each lay hundreds of miles of addi tional track before the year ends. Among them may be named the St. Paul, Min- neapolis and Manitoba, which promises to add about 700 miles to the 300 miles or $00 miles more to tae To ie , Milwaukee - ul, C Buriington and Qui and Rea other great systems which each has hundreds of miles in process of construc. tion.” Railroad construction in this cotintry Is one of the great factors in its industrial and commercial swimmer, and nothing than a plunge into the salt water, temperature of the island is delightiul and I could not resist take a swim. Alter 1 had been in an ho one vory busy jan was Groceries, Bua, Oravuisted Bugsr Bc a pound adot £1 Jowest prices, po BY RUPE. Good bargains in all grades, M( LABBE ~Finest Now Orleans ag 86c per nllon, COFFEE Fine assortment of Coffees, both green and rowsted, Our roasted Coffees sre siways fresh. TOBACOOB. ~All the now snd desirable brands, CIGARS. —Bpecial attention given to our cigar trade. owe, TEAS. Young Hyson, 60c, 80, §1 3 ial, 60c, Bo, 81 3Lpae Jonng Taper green and black, 0c, Koc, $1 per uncolored Japan tes. Also, & g Hyson at 40c per pound, and A ver fine bargaisin older, two gallons of common vinegar, CHEESE. ~Finest full creat cheese at 16¢ per pound. | i SECHLER & All «ther | STONEWARE 18 a1 | | | We try to sell the best 2for Be and Bo cigars in r pound. Guapowder, Sc, #0c, $1 | por pond, Oolong. 00c, 80c, $1 per pound, Mixed | VINEGAR. Pure old cider vinegar made from whole | One gallon of this goods is worth more thas | | FRUIT JARS We buve the new igh oung | OUR MEAT MARKET. i ain co, Provisions, FOREIGN FRUITS | and CONFECTIONERY. MEAT MARKET in connection. Ielnen of 81] the desirals bast quality of Akron ware, This arabia thube factory govds io the mar ket, j FOREIGN FRUITE fronhest goods to Le Jucient Jetons we cheaper than the ver Jranges sud lemons of th bad, Wo buy the best and wi Bud. They are better and y low priced goods, tuing fruft Ja nat Lop jars, The b o Ite sn rid rd # fur ahead of wuything yet kvows * higher in price thas the M itis worth more than the difference god) ph the lightuing jar aod yom will Bot regret it We bave thew in plate, quarts and half gallons, : and Mason's poreslain lis Hghtaing nied snd g) MEATS «Vise sugarevred Hams resk fhoutd fast Bacon, snd 3vied Beef. Naked and yr dn Weguarantes e ory piece of ment we sell, We have 811 ism dross for our werket ws wanted HA fae nH stlention to getting Boe Iatube and i lw haves fine Sock aberd Our onstomers pbs aa ue on getting mice lamb stall times, SECHLER & C0. GROCERS & MEAT MARE RY, Bush House Block, Belletonie, Pu. SALESMEN Sock! Bendy employment gunrantesd, SALARY Ao WXPERSES FAID App i a2 unos, Klating sge, Chase Bro’s., Mics sav) 250, NXECUTORS NOTICE. ~—Latters tes J testamentary upon ihe estate of Henry Dopp, late of Howard township, deceased, baving been granted to the un- dersignea, all persons knowing themselves indebted to the maid estate will please make payment thereof, and those baving claims against the said estate will present them duly authenticated for setilement. GEORGE D. JOHNSTON, 80 HL, Executor, WILLIAMS for the sie of Nursery dow Shades. EMPORIUM, XO. 46, HIGH STREET BELLEFONTE, PA. se] J rom We are now ready for spring trade. Our line §s now full and complete ; choice goods of all grades from 10c. 0 $3.50 BROWN BACK 10¢; PATENT BACK 12; WHITE §BACKS 18¢; SATINS 20c ; MICAS 80¢ ; BRONZES from 40 to 50 ots ; EMBOSSED GOLDS from 60 to 90c » HAND PRINTS and VELOURS, from $1.00 to $5.50 ae J pee A FULL LINE OF WINDOW SHADES FIXTURES Can put them up at short notice. 4 ws JO pr We also have good paper bangers, ceiling decorators and bouse | painters. ots ® oc ! amen Are prepared to executes jobs nZtows for, country Have telephone connection. Sn! 0! Please drop in and see our line, or call os and we wil come to see you snd bring samples. S, H. WILLIAMS, [0-4 ——————— A A ——_—. A ———__ pe W.R.CAMP Manufacturer and Dealer in AND ed FINE FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING and Embalming A SPECIALTY. 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