Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-02
TIMELY TOPICS.


American catch Of whales by about
2OO,0 gallons. Man takes from the
water rvery year nearly 00O. 900. 600 Of
menhadcn, weighing from 200, 900 10
30O, 600 tons, valued at about 81 600. 900.
1hcy SWIM in enormous schools, pnrked
as closely as saTdineB in box. and sink
at the slight alarm. They are caught
all along the New jersey coast
Georgia is about 10 erect q monument
TO Sergeant William jasper. Of South
Carolina, who fell in the assault ON
Savannah, October o, l779. This Is tho
hero who lcapcd from the pnrapet Of
Fort Moultrie and regained the flag
which had been shot away by ball
from the British Acct. On another oc-
casion, aided by single companion. be
captured British guard Of ten soldiers
and rescued twelve American captiyos.
wild Bill" tho froniiarsman, Who In
hi- day was as notorious as Kit Carson,
and who was killed three years ago, has
turned 20 stone from scalp TO toe. Ills
remains, which were buried at Dead
wood. in the Black Hills. were taKcn
from the grave for re-iutermcnt at an
other place when they were found 10
have become pctTihed. The features arc
~ natural "a life. save that whitcncss
uycrsprcading all gives. to the face the
appearance of chisclcd marble
George Baxter has been until recently
Il sort of Jnphct in search Of his grand-
mother. He is middlc-aged man of
Grcensburg, Ina, and heard many years
ago that his only living relative was
Mrs. Margaret Baxter, his dead fathers
mother. He padded around the country
for long while in search Of Mrs Mar
garet 10 learn by some accidental occur
renee a few days ago that he had been
serving her with milk for decade lie
had straycd off from the family when a
mere lad
At the present time thc United States
Is making more than onc-third 81 all
the paper made in the world. The
product Is about l,a30 tons daily,
amounting 81 about Gi0. 600 tons per
year There are now ~ mills. repre-
srnting capital Of nj least 500. .OOO, 900
These mills employ p. 900 persons, who
draw about 50 $4,000 in salaries per
year. 1t Is estimated that the cntirc
paper interest. including manufacturing.
printing and publishing, furnishes en-
ploymcnt 20 5000 persons.
The following statistics will prove in
tcrcstinR 20 those who raise either dogs
or sheep: In isG0 Massachusetts, had
ia 900 sheep and IL, 600 dogs. and il is
believed that the present number Of
sheep in that State j. actually below
50, 600 while there are good reason for
believing that IL has more than so.
perhaps nearly three dogs to cvcrysHcep
kept in the State. During the year 1875.
II .4-a dogs killed .673 sheep; and in
1878, there were 10000 dogs taxed. and
sheep killed by them to the value oi
slo jsi IS.
The cotton crop in tho South this ycaa
viii correspond well with the enormous
crops of wheat and corn in the West and
Northwest. The report OF the executive
committee Of the National Cotton Tx
change. just received. says that dur
ing the last Eve years cotton-culiurc in
tho United States has ouistrippcd the
most Fanzuinc expectations; that the
problem of free labor has been virtually
solved. and that the South must be re-
gaTded rs the future reliance Of the cotton
manufacturers OF both America and Eu-
rope"
II l. net generally known that there
exists in the northern part of Arizona
600 Indians who Fubsist entirely upon
what they can pick up in the way Of
acorns. berries, nuts, grass seed and
little wild game. Still such Is tho case.
The WallApAl Indians. including a small
hand of some $50 Ava-Su-Pais. II any
thing. exceed LOCO in number. and for
several years have lived without aid
from the government, profcrring 10
suffer almost anything. even starvation,
rather than give up their country in the
North and go on TO the reservation 1T
San Carlos.
OF medical novelties there If no end
One DIR. Christian, not satisfied with
any existing pathics. has proposed in
the principal German and Swiss jour
mails something which he regards as bet
ter than water cure, milk cure, whey
cure or grape cure, viz. night-air cure.
open your windows. says Dr. Chris
tian, and allow the cool spirits oi the
night To enter your chamber ana ~
swecten and calm your dreams Some
time ago Miss Nightingale advanced the
theory that night mir was absolutely
harmless TO the sick; but Dr. Christian
goes further, and declares that II will
make them well.
The plague of rats in the Deccan,
Bombay, for the second season in sue
ccssion. is occasioning serious alarm.
These animals ovcrsprcad the country
like loCusts, destroy the crops almost ~
thoroughly. and are even more difficult
to keep down. So grave had become the
aspect of affairs that a" Rat Committee"
WAS appointed TO inquire into the best
means of disposing of these creatures.
They have advised the people 20 turn
out en- usdSsc and face the enemy. Re
wards are 10 be offered for dead rats. and.
In fact, the invasion Is to be treated as n
matter 10 be dealt with vigorously by
the whole community. In the meantime
the question has arisen as 10 how the
rats have multiplied.