Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12

pushed right ahead. We wish to get il
circulated through the North that We are
going Ia bury the dead, clean the streets.
I'LL the bottom holes. and cndcayor to
make New Orleans what it should be-.
n healthy city"
The experiment Of homes for incbria,cs
j. to be tried in England under the
sanction Of an net Of Parliament. Inc
hriatc~, according Ia the provisions Of
the statutes, may determine for them
selves whether they will enter the "rc-
treat or not; hut having signiiici be-
fore u justice of the pcar" their wish Ia
be confined, they will 40 longer be free
agents, but must stay out the time for
which they have bound thcmsc.ycs. and
conform to all the regulations Of the c.-
tnbli-hmcut.
" You attempted 10 take the life Of the
king: the King givc- yop life, were tho
words of the Italian attorney general.
who communicated 10 the assassin pa--
sannnio in prison King lIumbcrt'- COM
mutation oi his sentence of death 10
imprisonment for life. Pa--luanic l.
said To have displayed ooH-idcrabl" emo
ton and expressed hi- deep gratitude
- " 80 AAAAATAl l4AN - NlNA'll'f ~ Ilil llAlfA
work in irons. The kings popularity
ha- been increased by this act Mon
arch~, a. "a rule, dislike to sign the death
warrants ui thcir would-bc a-sa--in-.
drunkenness tn Sweden and NORWAY
l. cured in th" following manner The
drunkard Is put in prison. and hi- only
nuuri-hmcni j. bread soaked in wine
During the first dag ho prisoner receive
the bread and wine with much pleasure.
On the second day the food j. not 50 ar-
ccptahlc. Afig that hc take- hi. food
with great r'pugnaupc. In general. eight
or ton day- uf this treatment suffice, TO
produce such q disgust of liquor that the
unhappy man j. compelled to absolute
abstinence. Aner leaving prison hi-
drunkcnncss j. radically cured. with an
occasional exception. and the oduT oi
liquor produces au iuyincihic ropul-iun.
The venerable Poi'r Cooper has a
device for prope,lins the cars ui the cic-
waited railroads In New York by means
Of an endless wire or chain. aud ho has
written letter in show how simple.
cheap. nui-uIc-s aud aafc his system
would be-. IL offers to turn over tho
invention 10 the east side road for -loO.-
oO in their stock. Ia hr Immediately
made over to tn" trustees ut the Cooper
Union as a fund for IT, support. and
thinks II would be- no more than fair that
they should take II at those figures. inas-
much as the institute has suffered great
deal from the proximity of the road.
which has inicrfered with the students
and cut down the income from the rooms
in the building that are rented.
Mr.. Mccormick. the commissioner Ia
the late Paris Exhibition. is Of the opin
ion that the proposed worlds fair in New
York in lS-3 j. all right. except A. to
time. He fayors I--6 in order to give
more time for the progress Of invention
and not 10 call ON exhibitors too often.
New York is the proper location, and
especially Port Morris rs against Central
Park. The great essentials are immense
space oi unoccupiei ground and deep
water frontage So as to avoid terminal
freighis, which. under unfavorable con-
ditions. are very hand on exhibitors.
Port Morris. situated as II Is on Long
Island Sound, can be made accessible
from every point. and can accommodate
any crowd which il anticipated.
The great tunnel under the Detroit river
will b. completed within two years. and
will cost about 81 500. 900. Mr.. Tilling-
hast. the president Of the Canada South
crn Railway Company, says that the lo-
cation chosen for this great undertaking
Is the only ono where the tunnel can
he made through the rock. as IL comes
within twenty-five feet of the surface of
the water nj the points selected. At De
troit the rock is nearly one hundred feet
below the surface. Amherstburg Is
fourteen miles below that city The
proposed location Of the tunnel will ac-
Commodatc traffic from both the North
west and the Southwest. The tunnel
will he built under the supervision of
+. G. Chcscborough. Of Chicago, who
has had experience in the construction
of both road and river tunnels.
Hereafter let nothing he said disre-
spectfully of the mule, L. moor men
imprisoned in the mine nj WIkesbarrc,
Pa, who were rescued in fair condi-
tion. after being cntombcd Tor over five
days by the fallen roof. owe their lives to
a member of this much-abuscd species,
for they killed him and for four days
lived upon him. Had the mule been as
positive in his character as mules are re-
puted 10 be. he might have refused TO
die, In which case carving him might
have proved dangerous operation.
Ais well that ends well, and that must
have been an exciting moment when the
seven men who Lad been in such immi-
nent danger Of death were liberated In
the presence Of eight thousand persons,
having been shut out from the blessed
sunlight since the previous Tuesday
morning.
John A. Sutter, the discoverer Of gold
In California. Is living in comparative
poverty at Litiz. Pa. A correspondent
Of the Philadelphia Times visited him re-
Gently. and found him a hale old man,
fond OF relating his Pacific coast expert
enccs. lie went TO California In is3g.
became the Mexican agent. acquired inn
mense landed possessions. and was for n
while literally monarch Of all he sur
veyed. lie first saw gold there in the
hands Of playing childrn, and soon his
land, to which he had no legal title, was
taken by miners. Litigation completed