Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-27
TIMELY TOPICS.

TIMELY TOPICS.
There is another astonished English
| man making tour Of the West-George
! Jacob HolyOnke. the veteran English re-
| former and radical lie is " enchanted"
/ lac says; this Is marvellous country
and ii has n tremendous future; and he
adds: The beauty of the women and
, the comcliness Of the men have aston
/ ishcd me, for that is not what we have
/ been led 10 expect From this he
/ hastcns to infer that % the human rice
generally is improving.
From four 10 five carloads per day of
/ black walnut logs, rough sided (gquarrd
on four sides and the corners dressed
DOWN, are brought TO Chicago by the
Chicago and Rock Island and Chicago,
/ Burlington and Quincy railroads. These
logs go East by rail and water 10 the
scaboard, whence they are shipped TO
Europc-Germany being one of the
largest consumers. The logs, on reach
ing their destination are sawed 10 the
/ sizes and shapes demanded by the mar
kct. Tie trade Of this nature passing
through Chicago il estimated at from
5000, 600 to 10000, 900 feet per year.
The loss Of life and property from the
Hoods in Spain amounts 10 "A national
calamity. Making allowance for cxag-
gcration il would appear that al least
1000 people have been drowned and
eight million dollars worth Of property
destroyed. II is greater than the de-
structiOn from all except the greatest
fires; while IA pcstience 10 fatal would
he remarkable. The mountain sides Of
Spain have been stripped Of their forests,
and these sudden floods overwhelm
without warning whole towns and vii
lagos, like the bursting oi miil-dam.
1t is reported that Russia will ere long
attempt to place loan in the American
market. Her debt il already rcspecta-
bic rs the following statement will
show
Debt proper ....... 2.i5O, ,O0O, 600 rubes
Paper money and
forced currency l,076, ,3l3,fH0
Total .............3, ,526, 3l3. $50 rublcs
In American currency thi. amounts
to about S2.6i4. 735, 40 England's
debt is E777, 9sl .5g7, or 50. $50, gO7, ,fssj.
The debt of the United States il about
s2 2j6, 205, ,sg2
France has made a decree in one of
her departments that will bc approved
10y spinistcrs the world over. The gen
oral council Of Rhone cnacts that, mas
much as Cclibacy is contrary 10 nature
and the cr"cds Of Providence and "a
mature cclibatrs arc class Of men who
Till tho State with corrupt opinions, all
bachelors in the department Of the
lihonc shall be taxed to the amount Of
onc-qUaTtcr Of their pay or pension for
/ the support Of abandoned children. The
/ council disclnims any intention Of un-
Justly discriminating against the uu-
married men, but announces a. its final
Judgment that children who have been
abandoned should be- supported 10y bach
clors rather than by men who already
have families dependent upon them.
In view of thr announced visit Of the
Mikndo Of Japan 10 England. whittier
hc expected % proceed by way Of San
Francisco through the United States. it
is regarded hy foreign journalists as a
proof Of the superior civilization af
Japan. Some time ago the Chinese gov
ernmcnt imported feet Of war steamers.
but the japanese have built their own.
whether tor commerce or war. which
are tangible evidence of their progressive
character. Mutsu Hito. the present
Emperor Of Japan. whom foreigners
designate by the ancient title of mikado.
or "The Venerable" WAS born in 1852;
succeeded his father in 1867: became
absolute ruler in temporal and spiritual
affairs by the revolution of 1869, and
though he is aided with the aid Of the
grand council and executive ministry
and a senate, may be said 10 govern as
well as reign.
One feature Of the las eruption Of ''e
remarkable volcano OF kilanea, in 1 p
Sandwich Islands, j. tie fact that u f
great molten lake of lava. occupying
huge cauldron nearly mile in width N
known as the South Lake, was drar
of subterrancously. giving no warn ng
Of its movements. and having no visible
indication Of It's pathway or the place
of It's final deposit. Other eruptions
/ have blaySG>SSeir way on the surface of
the r,vilc on their subierranean
path. haSA-srnt the superintendent
beds, throwing out Jets of steam and
sulphurous gasscs. with here and there
| small patches of broad acres of lava. But
as yet no surface marks of this kind re-
I veal the silent, solemn course Of this
/ burning river. One theory is that it
1 flowed in deep assures and become lost
finally far out at sea. The old process
Of rcplenishment of the South Lake
las already begun.
The Chinese continue 10 pour into the
/ Hawaiian islands in such numbers that
/ the question of how to stop them is
growing To be of serious importance.
thpy constitute ALREADY over a hfth of
/ the entire population, aid are almost all