Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-06
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TIMELY TOPICS.

| ne ladies oil the Bible and frutt mis-
sion in New York city have erected and
paid for u substantial and attractive
three stroy brick building opposite the
Bellevue hospital, TO furnish refresh
ments for the bare cost OF material and
cooking, to draw away rs mnny as pos
sible from the drinking saloons The
| first story is restaurant, the second
lecture-r6om, reading-Ioom and par
lor; the third is for lodging-Iooms.
| There Is field enough for several estab-
lishments of this kind in New York.
The London Times prints some statis-
ties relating TO the population of the
| United States, which "exhibit picture
of progress that cannot fail To gladden.
| the patriotic hearts of sanguine citizens
of the North American republic" 1.-The
citizens of the United States" it adds,
will doubtless have ample reason 10
congratulate each other as the figures of
each succeeding census are made public
! They are certain 10 become ms numerous
as the most exacting among them might
desire. We witness their progress with
satisfaction. As they widen the circle
of their nationality they Mt the same time
enlarge the bounds of our common race
and Of our mother tongue" The popu-
/ lhllbn III the CHIifu pitlfS III lSEu WIS
3, ,555, ,0S3. Seventy years before it was
about 5,30s 900.
The fire-dcsolatcd city Of Deadwood, =,
in the Black Hills, was situated in gulch
with few houses scattered on the sides
! of the hills, and when once on fire
draft was created which was irrcsisti-
BILE. II was the largest and richest town
in Dakota Territory, and il will be
promptly rebuilt and in n much More
substantial manner than before. 1t was
built so hurriedly and chCaply that the
wonder is that il was not sooner destroy.
cd by fire. The character and enterprise
of the sufferers by the Deadwood fire are
illustrated by the fact that for DAYS since
the fire the telegraph wires from there
were so burdened with orders for goods
that it was almost impossible TO get any
news through. The telegraph operator
established himself temporarily on n
bluff "A mile and half from the town
with n barrel head for desk and had no
reason to complain Of dull business.
A photographer Mt Scarborough. Eng
land. who died lately, was famous in the
business for the shrcwd way in which
he induced persons TO order portraits in
oil, when they had intended only to sit
for card photographs. Selecting the
most pleasing OF two or three negatives
which had been taken. ii was handed
into a distant department fitted up for
rapidly producing transparcncics. 4
transparency obtained, 1t was placed in
a magic lantern kept ready. and life
sized image was thrown on the screen.
The photographer had. in the meantime.
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size portraits well painted in oil and
handsomely framed. These. of course.
ELECTED admiration. and eventually he
led his visitor into the room where n
fine portrait of himself was presented
lifc-size on the screen. The effect. as
all photographers know. Is very striking
and fully admits Of little eloquent talk
on its fitness for painting.
Since 1874 there has been n consider
able development of the paper manufac-
ture by machinery in Japan. The first
paper mill was built in that year at
Mia. Gcddo. by Mr.. Doyle. an Ameri-
can. who carried il on with two Amcri-
can managers and $50 japanese workmcn.
Great opposition was thrown in the way
Of this undertaking by the governor.
Oyclaku. and the under finance minis
ter, Mutzo. who afterward fell from their
high estate and were stripped of their
dignities. This paper mill Is now gov
eTnmcnt property. The second Is also
Mt Ieddo and belongs to Assano, Count
of Gcischu. and was erected by an Eng
lishman named Bodgcrs. 4 third IL at
Osaka, and a fourth Kioto. built and
carried on by Germans. The fifth is an
American undertaking at Oil, and the
sixth was established by an English
company in Kobe for the working up Of
rags TO half-stuff, but IL did not succeed
and was sold to Messrs. Walsh, Hall e.
Go. 1t is now carried on rs n paper mill.
Neal Dow examined the English postal
service when recently in England. and
his opinion Is that II could not easily be
improved. On the great mail routes the
railroad trains are run very rapidly. and
they take in and throw out the letter
bags without stopping as they hy along
at the rate Of fly miles an hour. They
pause only at the principal towns upon
their way. Anywhere within three
Kingdoms letter of one ounce weight
goes for penny, md the teIms are very
cheap for other msilable matter This
penny rate includes the entire cost of
service in the transportation and deliv-
cry, not only in the large towns, rs in
this country. but also in all the smaller
towns and villages aRd rural districts.
There Is no cottage so remote or retired
that the letter-carrIer does not reach It.
The perfection Of this system Of actual
delivery.Iif II possible. Is thus illustrated
by Mr.. Dow; - have received among
the Highlands Of Scotland letter adj
dressed to me Mt Liverpool. II was
marked Mt the Office Not here. Try
Manchester There again II was re-
marked Try Edinburg.' And there Il
was marked Try Stirling where 1t
reached me-"
Awful and Appalling ALTERATION.
We want TO welter in the blood of the
blamed blatherskites who perenniallv