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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-08

Ponson and Bonnet gros-grain silks
tpoult de soiel, sell at from $500 10 sic
per vard, a New York fashion paper tells
us. grOs-grain-from - Il
$50: taffetas at about the same rates.
The latest colors are the DaGf-ron cameo,
in three shades turtle-doye, in three
shades; olive brown, olive green, and
sage green, in three shades; invisible
green, vert antique, cypress green, Lon
don smoke, marine blue, peacock blue;
clarct, aud currant For dinner and
evening dresses. peach-blossom pink,
and peach-blossom (which are entirely
different shades of color, turquoise
hlne, eiel, Nile-green, and coral, with
rose, lilac, lavender, and ashes-of-rose IN
many shades. They vary IN price from
ss. 50 10 $40 per yard.
Irish poplins, in all colors and shades,
sell at from 81. so 10 S. % (; French pop
Inns. from 95c. 10 81. 25; velours, from
81 TO Sl.75; cashmeres, IN all colors
aud shades, from Sl.75 10 So; colored
Thibets. one and three-eight yaids In
width at 2; empress cloths, from 42c.
TO 81. IS; satins, from Toe. 20 Sl.25i i'm.
perial all wool serges, from Sl.5O 20 S2 ;
beaver. mohair and buffalo alpaca. from
62c. to 81. - merinoes, from 75c. TO 81;
drap d etc. f0rty-eight iHches wide from
81. so TO S.: and Irish satinets, in all
the new shades, at 50 per yard.
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The Russian Prince.

The young Duke Alexis, who received
so cordial reception in New York aud
Washington, in thus described His
blonde hair was combcd back aud lay in
soft tiikcn waves, leaving the high in
tellecsuAl forehead entirely exposed. A
light well-trimmed mustache overhung
a pair Of hips as soft and rosy and as
delicaiely cut as any that ever graced q
maidcn's face A pair Of whiskers, not
bushy nor vet meAgre, adorned the sides
of his face, nj the same time adding
much 10 bis manly beauty His we'll
defined chin. his high. arched brow, the
classical cut of his general features, and
the uncommon softness Of the skin,
were all indications Of his royal parent
age, thorough education, and princcly
culture. Altogether his face was such
one as every person conld look upon
and admire. aside from being " marvel.
I lously handsome" II has the true
/ light Of intellect. and It's whole express
sion in that Of a noble, ambitious, gen
/ tie. commanding. brave officer. Having
studied has face, ono could not holp re-
I garding his muscular form. While
standing erect ia the prcseuce Of the
committee. the well-formed head tower
ed above them all, and even Gen. Nc
DowelL the giant commander OF the
Eastern Division. was obliged 30 look up
whenever he addressed any remarks TO
the Grand Duke. His broad shoulders,
I deep chest, muscular arms and we'll
made limbs, showed how thoroughly
every sinew Of his body had been de-
veloped. The Duke was in the full nni-
form of lieutenant, consisting Of blue
cloth tunic, and pants, cooked hat, and
sword. His shoulders carried the
epaulettes customary to his rank, and a
massive epaulette extended from his
shoulder 10 his right breast. He wore a
sash of blue watered silk, which repre-
sents the Order of Saint Andrea, an
honor conferred on all Russian princes
OF the blood at their birth. His left
breast was decorated with two badges,
one worn by the imperial family, the
other the order OF his regiment.
The militia, which took part in the
reception, numbered about 5000 men,
and the reception they gave the Duke
was a grand affair. As the last OF the
procession passed, the crowd, breaking
through every effort Of the Police to res
train them, closed in around the hotel
cheer after cheer for Alexis arose, and
after he had entered the house, the yells
of thousand throats called him back
three times. The Police charged in
vain the crowd was in the ascendant,
and the Police were powerless. Again
and again they called for the Duke, and
when nc last Il was understood that he
was about TO leave the hotel, n rush was
made for the Eighteenth-street entrance.
Then only the Police began TO gather
sufficient strength to control them, and
in short time they we're dispersed.
Soon after tho arrival of the Grand
Duke at his apartments in the Claren-
don Hotel, .he dispatched the following
message to his father by cable:
Emperor OF Rnssi0, lS Petasbmy::
Entree ct reception cordiale magni-
fique. Parade de In milice. Tout la
vile en- fete. ALEXIS.
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80 strange Death.

OAsad AM extraordinary case OF death
by hydrophobia, consequent ON poison
communicated 10y a rabid dog. took place
in New York. il being peculiarly inter
esting from the mode Of its occurrence.
II appears that Frederick w. Beetsop,
aged fl years, a native OF England.
about four weeks ago was playing with
a fayuri.e spaniel, when the animal, IN
return for the fondling and caresses of
his master, leaped zap and licked his
lips. Beetson put him gently away, and
thought no more Of the occurrence until
evening, when the dog began 20 show
signs of great disturbance, giving rise "a
the suspicion that he was mad. Beesson
then remembered that he had n crack on
the lip, and becoming anxious, watched
the dog carefully, Two or three days
after his fears were too fully confirmed,
and though he tried 20 laugh of The
anxiety OF his wife, she insisted on haV-
ing the dog destroyed hy poison. A few
days more elaSped and the man expert
enced severe headache, followed by IN
mistakahle symptoms Of rabies. His
horror of water was extreme, and liquids
OF any kind could only be administered
by covering his eyes. Several ply
sicians were called in, who administered
opium, hydfate OF chloral, and other
remedies, but their efforts proved un7
availing, and the unfortunate man died
in great agony.
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The steamer City Of New London,
Capt. Brown. of the Norwich and New
York line, took FIRE on the river Thames,
and in short time was q complete wreck.
The loss of life by the disaster is as fol-
lows. There we're only seven passengers,
but Of these the following are known TO
he lost William Norton, G. u. Rogers,
Ha-risona r. Aldrich. OF the officers
aad deck hands known 10 be lost are :
William sP. Ely of Hamburger, Conn,
second mate, M. w. Baker Of Norwich,
engineer, Henry Dagan, New London,
steward, Webster Cooper, second cook,
Frank Flowers, residence unknown,
waiter, Warren Mitchell, oiier, Driscoll
Patrick Mahony, and Thomas
Rourke, deck hands ,s
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Cruelty 20 Sailors.

II the charges alleged against Captain
Semnes of the United States Navy arc
true. and court martial at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard has been investigating them,
that officer deserves the seyerest pun
ishment that II is possible To intiict. ke-
lerring 10 the time when he WIS III com
mand Of the sloop-Of-war Portsmouth,
il is said that the situation upon the.
vessel had become so unbearable that
while the vessel las in the harb0r ot RIO
Jauriro there were one hundred deser'
tions guards rowcd around the ship in
the night time, armed with REVIEWERS,
and ordered to shoot any one attempt
ing TO leave the vessel. Men were pun
ished for the most trivial offences by be-
ing hoisted into boats alongside the ship,
tied hand and feet, were left exposed 30
the blazing sun until they wcie burned
so that their skin peeled OF IN huge
fakes. The grossest indignities we're
offered 10 Che seamcn OF all grades, nm
der the name % punishment Some
times the Commander ordered man
crIcnmed into box three feet long and
tbout eighteen inches deep then heavy
planks we're hammered down upon the
IinEnrtunate victim. and in one case n
sailor Was kept thus crushed and almost
diving forone hundred and tweniy hodrla
Men were sometimes chained together
by tens 80 that they conld hardly move,
and laid 6tft On deck to endure Che
terrible fervor of tropical nights, until
their nervous systems gave way under
the intolerable torture, and they were
transformed into little less than maniaes.
ut does not seem possible that such
crimes can have been sanctioned by any
officer Of cur navy and only one side
Of the story has been made known.
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The TRrS Crosses.
. From Leoglellow's new Poem.
mANAurnr -uv r,ssvN.va~

HASAnEM, THE EssENrAS.
Three crosses In this MONDAY night uplifted,
Three human figures, that in mortal pain
Oiean white against the supernatural dark
ness
Two thieves, that writhe in torture, aud be-
tween them
The Suffering Messiah, the Sonzof Josaph. : Z
Az, the Messiah Trinmphanf, son az Dasidt
A crown OF thorns on that dishonored hcadl
Those hands that healed the sick, now pierced
by nails, aFn4 U43fNtAsl
Those feet that wandered homeless thrcugh the
sand, aH tRt@sA Y
Now crossed and bleeding. and at rest forever.
And the three faithful MAEys. essFghelmed
ing,
Q Joseph oaiaphaa, thou great High-pricst,
How wilt thou answer for this deed ~ bloodg
scRBEs AM EI.nEes.
Thou tS, that a.cs'roycst /. $40 'rengAs arsil dsst
In three DAYS. save thysclf; and IL thou be
The Son of God, come down now from the cross,
CHIEF PRIESTS. f
Others he saved. himself he cannot saVel
Let Chrlst the King NJ lHrafl dcsccGd
That we may see and hehesoi kF
scRmEs AND rtREss
In God he trnsted;
Let him deliver him II he viii have him;
And we will then believe,
Afdsfgs. n tafa
Fathcrl forgive thenss
They know not what they DO. +,
THE rsAtESrfsSr rAisr. = Y 'i'.A.
save thysolf and us.
rHS rENrrESr rHiEr.
Resnaahssme,
Lord, when thOu contest mo thine OSn king
dom.
This day shalt thou ee with me In Paradise,
MANAwFM.
Golgotha Ciolgotha, o the pain aud darkness.
o the uphfted cross, that sAall forcver Y
Shine through the darkness, and shall conquer
by the triumphant nensry,cf thus AQnrf n {
sfNtS xEat-s. '''~
O Nararcnei nna thee here at lAssl
Thou art no more phantom unto mes
This is the end OF pno who calscsl hiInself
The Son Of God fSnesh Is the fate txtAose
Who preach new doctrines. I is net what he
But what he said. hath brought him unto this
viii speak evil ~ no dignitares,
This is my hour Of triumph, NaaArenel
THE xoUNG RUrER.
This is the end az hun who said b uap.
Sel that thou hast S4nd gtHa uahh m peor Is {
This is the treasure b heaven he aFomisel me !
seHeHFrS alGE 44zgSA 81
Eloi, Es0i, sapaa sRhsctAdHis as.s & y;
sotnIERs prsp@TRg tAs 4sssop.
He calloth for ERas saN4f
ANOTHER {.
was-bl Nay, Jet ne! =
Sec IL Elias now win come 10 save him
CIfRlsTUS.
thirst. .-.-,5.,
A solpSERs Cd srs8 ,
Gisn AiEn tha4wnrmwaodl
cERESrUs rith hEa cry, bda-h&g Ms Asad
" 4 anasheag
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SUCH CoRH DoCroR. A curious fact
is related of the Maine wood-choppers,
who in the Winter months, while felling
trees amid snow and ice, cannot wear
close-fitling boots, but very large sizes,
that allow their feet TO slip to and fro,
thus causing friction and warmth. But
from this they have their feet completely
incrustedr with IONS. In the Spring
When they raft down their logs they do
not change their clothing or boots for
weeks, until their arrival at the saw-mills.
All the while their feet have been satu=
rates GineMater. and when the boots agb
removed the corns fall off like nutshells
from the kernel.
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HARD ON BUBnY. A charming actress
who plays light parts in theatre. who
is also an excellent wife and mother, bad
been annoyed by the overwhelming at
.entions of young down town leweiler.
At last, his notes and bouquets becoming
too frequent, she mentioned the fact 10
her husband, who immediately fired mp
and threatened 10 punish the infatuated
youth. A powerful athlete, he armed
himself with cane Of the genus blud-
geon and left his hotel the next morning
With the avowed intention OF giving his
rival a few blows and teaching him to
mind his own business. Entering the
shop where he was employed, he strobe
hastily through and inquired il there was
n Young man there named H. "Thers
is. said the owner OF the establishment:
q he is at the window tinkering watches.
Mr.. H. you are wanted. As the
little male firt arose and confronted the
large man, he trembled and turned pale.
" Did you send my wife these notes
said he, producing some of the offending
billsi-dour. "I-I-yes-I did, STAN
mered the culprit, trembling in every
limb. He saw the weapon. and he thought
his time had come. Well, well, said
the broad-shouldered, hig-hearted actor,
reaching over the counter and pating
the poor, frightened fellow gently on the
top of the head, Z" look here, hubby,
you must not do so any more. " And he
left poor H. to the tender mercies OF
his fellow clerks. N. I. Paper.
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FINANCIAL.


jar cOoKE Co. ars Ro~ ssiing. nnd naeammehd a.
pFuatsls And safe inrssasnt isF Al slaAsss a Frul
RAaroad cognpany. bsarias Seven Hna Thrse-T~utias
pei esas gold inisrest thhn per cent earsncy
ana seearpd b. hrat snd oais mortgages ts nntrs
foaa aad ogaipienls aud uars ltsa ra 900 Arres
sf LaaA 10 sFery mile q tFaek or 800 Acres of L4nd is
saeh slleoo Boud TIE AaFsest ourrat pEsos waii b.
Esid fos T. s Frs-Tvsusias Gsd an other lEstssabls
Securities received in s1shanse PaaBhista maps AID
fan iniarlaaiiaz wsll shs bads themselves. ~ be
tasuisAsa srp appliealioA by JAZZ ucoEE ca. Fhla-
dslshGa Ss~ Vort and wAsAinslal and ~ aoat EAakr
ana BAakss thFoaEhsut ths e0sa
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Indigestion. depression Of spirits, and
general debility In their various forEpA
also. aa a preventive against fever and
and agne, aud other Intermittent feverA,
the {" Ferro Phosphorated Elixir OF Cal
isaya," made by Caswell, Hazard 4 Co,
New York. aud sold by druggists, Is the
best tonic, and as a tonic for patients
recovering from fever oF ether sickness,
il has no equal.
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Tun American ship Yang.tszeo has
been WRECKED in tho China Saas the cap
tain and. d.ftur3seaiAAn being drowned.
Tur commission for the arbitration OF
the Alabama claims assemble at Geneva
on the iath % Deoomher. About Ave
hundred cases have 90 be investigated,
Tlrs Grand Jury OF Los Angeles Conn
ty, CAL, have found number Of inliet-
ments against persons charged with par
ticipaton In the hatchery Of Chinese m
the iAir riot ia the town OF Los Angeles.
Most Of the accused have fled from the
county,
Moar Of the finest diamonds recently
put up nj Dehenham's, the great lcwelry
auctionevr1in GaFfIak street London,
we're bouphts nn for Arnerica, Hunt6
Roskill, the frst jewellers in London, say
that they can't got the price For them
there.
TnE report Of the sinking of two yes
sells i'm the Mersey. with all ON board, is
confirmed, = The vessels have hegn lden'
titled as tie tiafll MARY Baker of 1fOston,
bound from liverpool for Bermuda, and
the British ship Arrow, from Sierra Leone
Cor Liverpool. The Mary Baker was
built at Yarmouth, n, s., in 1853 aud was
PSF tons burden.
TlIR accounts Of ex Payuaster Hodge
have been settled hy the Second Auditor,
and make the following exhibit Total
amount of disbursements, slA ,95O, SIl so
balance due The. United States as per ee-
counts, $3.50, 500 10 amount on deposit,
50, 7T9 II; deficit, S445, 100 05 amount
of suspensions, 81. 100 Al actual amount
Of detaloAlion, SAC, 2i9 AZ.
THE Delhi Gazette says: A woman
murdered her husband the other day IN
the suburbs Of Agra, She was arrested
aud, condemned. The rumsrs spread
through the city and station that the
authorities, viewing the crime with Ga
haoFdinary adherence, had resolved mp
on signal example. They had deter
mined that the criminal should be tom
and devoyued by foxhonnds upon the pa
Underground. AcroWd OF natives actually
assembled in gala attire TO witness He
taniasha. sl 1913 fltr
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THR HOUSES We LIVE MIN other
words, our bodies-6re held on repairing
leases, We must prop and sustain them
when they exhibit signs Of weakness and
decay, or they viii inevitably break down.
In DIR. WALKER's CALIFoRNIA VINEGAR
BrrrERs, n matchless compound OF newly
discovered medicinal herbs, peculiar TO
the Pacific region, the debilitated, the
bilious, the rheumatic, the consumphve,
will find the most genial tonic and re-
storatiyc ever offered to the suffering
invalid. IT contains no alcohol, and con-
seduently leaves no sting behind.
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BRoUoHT TO TrEE.-A lady, whose
husband wouldn't get her n patent
clothes dryer, took the pole out from
her old-fashioned line the othe- evening,
and crouching down near the fence
yelled murder" In an instant her
startled lord came flying out OF the
house, and was Immediately caught
across the throat by the obstructing line,
and Before he could recover himself it
had nearly sawed his head of. The
next morning q sedate-looking chap was
putting up a patent clothes-dryer in that
ward
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TIE GAIy OF SUNDAY REST. Says
Lord Macaulay We are not poorer, but
richer, because we have, through many
ages, rested from our labor one day in
seven. That day is not lost While in
dustry h suspended, while the plow lies
in the furrow. while the Exchange is
silent, while no S,-oke ascends from the
factory process is going ON quite as
important tothe wealth OF the nation as
any process which is performed on more
busy days. Man, the machine OF ma
machine compared with
which all the contrivances OF the Watts
and Arkwrights are worthless-is repair
ing winding up, so that he returns to his
Iabors on the Monday with clearer intel-
lrct, with liveIier spirits, with renewed
corporeal vigor
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THE NEW York TANNERIEs. The tan
neries in the State Of New York are re-
cedine farther, and farther northward
iuto the wilderness, as the supply OF
tan bark is gradually becoming exhaust
ed. mot very long ago Fort Edward
and Conklingville, on the Sacandago,
werethe extreme Northern limits Of the
tan-pits, and now the nighborhood OF
Chestertown in the very heart of the Adj
rondacks, are filed with tanning manu-
factories, and the owners are contem-
plating their removal higher up, as the
hemlock bark is consumed. An inn
mense amount Of standing timber is
used up every year to furnish bark for
the tanneries.
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The proprietors Of JoHSsoS's AsoDyNE
LINnfKNT, PARSONS PURoATIyE PLlA,
and SHEhIDAS's CAVALRY CONDITION
PowDERs, have published readable and
instructive pamphlet, which may be had
free at the stores.
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Mondos WvEs.-It is reported at
Salt Lake that many OF the well4to-do
polygamists Of that city are preparing
to send away their plural wives in the
event OF an adverse verdict in the forth
coming trials for lascivious oohabitation.
These gentlemen believe that polygamy
is a Cody doctrine, but entertain grave
doubts as to the expediency OF coninu-
ing its practice in violation Of the law.
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THE remains of the wife and child Of
Buckslin, alias Pyburn, the desperate
who was shot near San Rafael, Lower
California, by the Sheriff OF Los Ange-
les, some months since, have been found
near Guadaloupe Rancho. IL is sup
posed the woman became insane, and
wandered away and died. e. ,-tt
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For EUROPE The U. s. Steamer
Wabash, with General Sherman and
Lieutenant Fred. Grant on board, has
sailed from New York for Europe. Gen.
Sherman goes out in private capacity,
and viii visit the most notable cities OF
the old country, being absent some six
months
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MoxrAxA.-A private letter from an
army. officer stationed in Montana about
sixty miles vest bf Fort Benton, gives
a glowing description of the soil and
climate OF that territory. The writer
says 'gThis,is magnificent teonntry.
Plains very extensive and scenery in the
mountains. Climate splendid never
very hot in summer, and the cold in
winter not severe. Cattle and stock keep
fat all winter on the ranches; no one
pretends to put mp hay 10 feed stock.
Cattle TINT are worked from Aprs 70
December are turned ont for the winter,
and taken up in the early spring in fine
condition for work the next summer.
Have scarcely been in aperspifation this
summer. Always cool IN The shade, and
sleep under sheets and blankets all the
time" All this may be true, but it re-
minds ons very much of the old story
about Che fox with his tail cut OF, and
his eloquent attempt TO induce other
members -oi his Il species to be similarly
"a &.
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FoR COUGHs, CoIDs, and Throat Dis
orders, use "BrOnB's Broaolsidi 1i'ocbes, I
having y,rore,i their efficacy by a test Of
mans years.
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A SIzzLER.-A little girl was much
in the habit of reproving her dolls for
misbehaviour, and sometimes after a
most alarming fashion. Her mother
overheard her one day, while she was
taking the prettiest TO task for being SO
naughty. "Oyou naughty sinful child, I"
said she, shaking the poor little waxen
image. "You will go 10 the lake Of fire
and birthstone, you will and you wont
burn up like other babies-Youll only
inst sizgle =" EG .5Ffi
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CONSUMPTION.
A Remedy Found at Last !!
II win Care your Cough.
8
II viii Prevent and Cure Consumption.
That Cough. which you are neTieetinE, may
result ~ fatal Consumption, ~ snrI1c
prompt Remedy Il act used.
Why sncrtnoe your ttxe
when your disease can DC
cured 40 quick, and NJ
knmmn n eoste
5e ~
WHAT Is THE VALUE OF MONEY WHEN
COMPARED TO HEALTHi ag

Those Who sss Aslscted with = oOaxa or with can-
unmrtnn read the following iCttgr from prominent
merchant az Narinr City, Mich. dated Juy &' islo
nrnr Sgrs.-Tho Aliens Lung BalKam hmR arrived
would like % be without iG for IL has saved Ig lte
took bad cold and couHh, and hnais cananiR ptlon
seated upon wAa in aYaEy bed gate. tired
evfrythtnx that recommended, mrd spent greet
deal % money, and got no hclp. had Alens Lung
not like 70 take 10 without knowing n0re about a.
had rot sold bottle When yodf aren't called on ine,
about He urged ms 70 try Il mysef. did 20 ana %
eeu surprise, the first bottle stopped cough
Mnd hafore fhe thiri hottie was TAKEN Inv lnnEs
headed and wai and can now srcak 1nasinEiF ~ my
friends and customers of the g0od qualities va Aliens
--''-s ''-. l. q. COTTRELL.
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THE House A-FmE.-A gentleman once
offered TO bet that he would empty the
whole of algo0d winter fire in a drawing
room out OF the CRATE, and place it upon
the carpet in the center OF the roem, all
thu compsny 10 be seated around il in a
circle, and that the room should not take
fire. Mr.. Braidwood, formerly Captain
ofthe London Fire Brigade, said that
he would have backed such bet and
that the fire In such a case would proba-
bly have died out of itselE II is notv very
easy TO set fire 10 house without first
lighting curtains or other articles that
produce a lively flame. This fact, how
ever, shonld not make us less careful re-
specting the causes Of fires. Nearly all
fires can be managed at the outset by the
inmates Of the house. BY shutting the
doors and windows, so as TO prevent the
supply Of mir TO the fire, and by resolute-
~ attacking the flames with water, rugs
or blankets, door-mats, etc, the larger
part Of fires in dwelling-houses may be
smothered.