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

the East. The man who first found
gold in Arizona Is equally unrewarded.
according TO correspondent of the Chi.
cago Times. who came across him Mt
Horse Head. lie is an old Spnniard
named Barardo Treycs, and keeps mis-
cradle tavern; but once he was wealthy,
the yield OF his first " find being S6O, 600
Rascally companions robbed him.
Speaking of General Fremont's plan TO
make highway Of commerce by tap
ping the northern end Of the Gulf Of Calf
fornia, and letting II run into and fiji up
the Colorado desert. the New York
Tribune says: Every now and then
some uneasy person, who disapproycs of
the surface ofthc earth as nj prcscnt ar
ranged, steps forward with plan to
cover up some Of the land with naviya-
bic water. The valley Of the Dead Sea
llas always been tempting basin for
these assailers of the established. and
they live ON the hope Of seeing a ditch
cut which will let into II the waters Of
III" Mediterranean. 1t needs little
imagination TO picture the bottom of this
parchcd depression, more than a thou
sand feet below scl-lcvel. as the "ver-y
roofing of Sheol." And in spite of the
advantage. which the enlarged area of
evaporation would bring. in theory. To
the climate and temperature Of Europe.
ASIA and Africa, the dread of some con
vulsion which the weight Of 300 feet If
water might cause, If poured over the
bot crust which thinly covers the central
Tires OF ih" cartlI In this region Of death.
VIII probably discourage .judiciOu- per-
-ftF Ff-sHs sY,ff 4. 1
engineers. too, have been for years meas
uring the heights and distances. with a
view 10 the irrigation Of Sahara, the
plan being to convert thousands Of square
mile. into an inland -ca. with depth Of
300 feet. fed by the Mediterranean.
John j. Andrews. "a phiadclphia
merchant, io-t the sight of his left eye
twenty years ago, and physicians told
INN that there WAS no cure. The useless
member CAV" him no trouble until l-T7.
but thereafter il was occasionally 80
painful that he wriihcd on the floor until
tn" attack was over. Many of the best
uruil-j- made careful examinations. and
were unable 10 ascertain the nature uf
ia" disease. Lately he put himself in
-" hands nf "A Philadelphia physician.
OF who's" investigation he says: " He
bli-t"rcd lne around the eye 10 draw out
the inflammation. and at last he said
know what IL j. not; it is not inham-
nation, and that j. one point gained
He drew out diseased tooth and cut
out picc" ui the Jaw bone and did some
probing: finally he said: 1t does not
com" from tooth nerve. and that j.
another point gained IIc do-cd me
with quinino until hc was satisfied. and
thon hc said II j. not miasma. and
that J. another point gained H put
me in darkcnrd room. and. throwing
an indc-nrihahly bright light into my
cyc, looked into my eye for two moria.
hour At last hc exclaimed: i have
the -'r-t.' Looking in through the
pupil oi The eve ho could 500 live cysti-
corcu,. or ombyro tape worm" This
WAS the iir-t ca-c 81 the kind IN America.
and was exhibited 20 most of the phvsi-
clans uf Philadelphia. An operation with
= knife removed tho creature.
In hi, ihirty-ninc years Of journalism
the lat" NJ dc NiIlomcssant. proprietor
of the Paris Figaro. established nineteen
papers. Alphonsc Daudot tells a story
oftho " brutality with which Villcmc--
sant got rid of his writers the moment
they ceased to draw Half a dozen Of
them. says VI. Dnudct. were. gathered
round the table clipping papers. writing.
smoking. chatting, among them NJ.
Pau dIvoy. the famous chroniqucur
who had been lured from,tho Courier 10y
an engagement ai a very high price.
NJ. Paul dIvoy was writing. smiling.
like man who is satisfied with him
self. Suddenly there was heard the
sound Of a heavy footstep and Nillcmes-
sant entered. Pens scratched. Joking
ceased. cigarettes were flung away. NJ
Paul dIvoy alone dared raise his head
and gaze Familiarity upon the deity
That right, boys: all nj work. ] see
Well, d1voy, how's the chroniquo for
tomorrow? Are you satisfied with it2'
] think II is pretty good That's right
quite lucky; glad it Is, for it is Ia be
your last My lastH Exactly; I'm
in earnest about II. Your articles are
fcarfully dull: everybody says so.
You've been running the paper into the
ground long enough But your en-
gagom"nt with me oh. that doesn't
amount To anything. just 60 10 law and
Ill have your articles read in open court,
and see il any judge will declare that
1m compelled TO stick such stupid stuff
INTO my paper This fashion Of shaking
his editorial staff out If the window. Ike
an old carpet. SAYS NJ. Daudct. sent a
chill down my spine
A New York scribe has paid Edison.
the great inventor, visit 1T his work
shop in Menlo Park. y. J., and saws Of
him; He looked little enough like
man who had succeeded half dozen
times in his short life Of thirty and odd
years in setting the world agog. and no
one would have guessed that he had an
income Of an indefinite number Of dol
lars year and had recently solved that
much-mooted problem of an economical
electric light. lie docs much and says
little about 1t, and while money comes
10 him from many sources, he Is one of
those peculiar men who never seems to
have any. If he feels rs II he could
enjoy holiday, he takes one and every
body about the place participates. They
On dawn fa Staten 1slapd CntoH On