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

4 supplement 20 the american ship
furnishes the public with an elaborate
table Of maritime disasters compiled by
Mr.. G.. II. Winslow from records in the
archives of the Atlantic Mutual Insur-
ancc Company. II will be invaluable
for future reference. II shows the num-
ber Of vessels lost in transatlantic steam
navigation from 1898, when the Sirius
first crossed the ocean. The whole num-
her OF vessels. by the different casualties
specified. is las; of which never were
heard Of after leaving port. 26; wrecked
on coasts. so; foundered AT sea. 6: sunk
at sea, 6; abandoned, :; by collision
with icebergs. 3; collision with other
vessels, I; capsized. l; burned, II. The
loss Of life by several kinds of disaster.
as far rs ascertained. was as follows:
BY missing vessels, $50: hy vessels sunk
at sea (including loss by Arctic. 502). rs:
by vessels burned, $40: by vessels
wrecked, l.6Il; hy collisions. a50: by
vessels foundered, 10; by other casual
ties, 20; total. 4.202. Ii is remarkable
that the loss Of life appears TO have been
matter of open record in the case of only
three out Of the twcnty-six missing YES
sells in the list given. These were the
President. which left New York for
Liverpool in ls4l, and of which the loss
y vaguely given rs 200, when ii has
always been supposed to be much
higher; the City OF Glasgow. of the In
man Line, which left Glasgow for New
York in 1853; and the Pacific. Of the Col
Inns Line, which left Liverpool for New
York in 1866. The united loss by these
vessels was $50 The total loss. as given
above. does not include that Of the
twenty-three vessels against which the
record Is, " Missing, all lost" As FAR
as can be judged from the character OF
these, and from their points Of departure.
they were mostly transient ships. carry
ing few or no passengers. With an aver
age Of 100 person 10 each. including
crew. the total loss of life on the list
would be increased TO 6.Soo human
beinrS.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12
Tuning Up the Nerves,

An Italian physician claims To- have
made valuable discovery - ono that
should be- warmly welcomed in this
country. II l. method oi tuning up
nerves, just as the strings of violin.
guitar or harp arc tuned up. and q
bringing them into such harmony that
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS person shall be-
instantly and entirely relieved. The
nerves uf the human body. in the lial-
iau's opinion. lose their tone precisely ~
musical instrument loses tone. lfthcy
All run down alike. il j. of small consc-
qucncc, as they will still bc in unison
But when some run down completely,
some partially and others not at all. har-
mony u wholly destroyed and nervous
disturbance and suffering is the necessary
result. \ great deal Of ill-hcalih and
any number Of deaths are directly trace
able to dcrangcd nerves. particularly In
America. where. owing to the stimuiat-
ing air, the extremes of heat and cold.
the nature of our institutions and our
ever-shifting conditions. with other
causes. we are the most nervous people
on the globe. II we as n nation could
bc periodically tuned up. or rather tuned
down-foT we need repression far more
than eNaltation-we should he not ON IL
H"'h H"it ''ltht'h anu pHNrl'ihiN
much stronger. hut we should have n
vast reserve of force Of which we have
not hitherto been able to boast. We
make copious music. such rs il is, over
here. hut its quality and volume might
he improved and augmented by tho
proper tuning Of our nerves. We need
to have our discords reduced: our chords
are altogether too tense. and are contin-
ually swapping by ovcrstrain. The Ital.
ian should come 10 our land and begin
his experiments. 1t offers an admirabl,
field. d.--NctC York Ptpcr.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12

communication with Russia, offers so
many advantages that more than one
criminal whose term had expired has
remained there In preference 10 return
ing home. Eastern Siberia, called by
The Russians "Ia Baikalski" (beyond
Lake BaikaD, Is dreaded by the c0nyicts
Tor It's remotfness and sterility. IL being
a common saying among them that
one year In the East il worse than two
IN the West" More terrible than all.
however, In the sentence Of hard labor In
The mines, cspeci lily those of auick-
silver, which. by its corrosive action
upon the bones. make certain and
horrible death the inevitable climax of
The penalty. Escape is all but Impossible.
from the countless military pickets. and
the strictness Of their surveillance; but
~ II 10 make assurance dOubly sure. the
Russian government is now sending
many Of it, political prisoners to tho
cwly-arquired island Of Saghalin. living
b@w"cn the Siberian coast and Japan.
In the reign Of Nicholas. prisoners were
Often compelled to march the whole dis.
tAncr with chains on their ankles; but
happily this barbarity has become rare
OF lat" years. though there seems reason
to fear that it may be revived before
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12
Lee I'm ihe slel Raam.

Mention Il made In foreign paper of
plan pursued by an ingenious physician
for insuring supply Of Ice for use in sick
rooms during the hottest nights. and
without disturbing the patient. This
plan Is to cut apiece of flannel about uine
inches square, and secure II by iirature
round the mouth ofan ordinary tumbicr.
so rs 10 leave cup-shapcd depression oi
flannel within the tumblcr 20 about half
It's depth, In the flannel cup ~ formed
ice may he preserved many hourS-all
the longer If piece of flannel from four
TO five inches square be used n loose
cover to the ice cup. Cheap flannel.
with comparatively open mcshes. is pres
ierablc. as the water easily drainsthroueh
II, and the ice Is thus kept quite dry.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12
The Prospects OF Cotton.

Mr.. Edward Atkinson. one Of the
shrewdest business men Of New Eng
land. has lately made trip through the
cotton States to investigate the prospects
of cotton culture in the South. The re-
suits of his investigation have been given
in the New York Herald. Touching the
main point Of his inquiry, he says:
consider an ample supply of cotton
ne sure or even more sure than that of
any other crop. So long as the cotton
States can buy from the West corn and
bacon Mt such prices that forty cents will
pay for all that an adult laborer can eat
in week-about three and half to four
pounds of bacon and peck of meal--thc
South will raise cotton. II Is their money
crop. II Is now the product Of the farm
and not Of the plantation. The farmers
Of Northern Georgia make n hundred
bales Of cotton where they made ten n
few years since. and the increase oi
cotton by white labor in Georgia, North
Carolina and Texas will offset any possi-
BILE decrease In Louisiana and Mississippi.
even If the exodus amounts to severe
drain on labor. Moreover. the value of
the seed Of cotton has hardly begun TO
be known Within ten years the seed
will be worth half as much ms the bale.
ifnot fully as much. The lint LEFT on the
hull by { he gin r. useful for batting; the
hull for tanning or for the extraction of
dyestuffs; the spent hull for paper stock
for which II Is admirable; the kernel first
for oil and the residue for feed. There
are new methods lately disclosed for ex-
tracing every particle of oil. which
leaves the residuum sweet, dry and ex
trcmely nutritious for food for sheep or
cattle--more nutritious than beans: and
IL the residue be fed 81 sheep ON the cot
ton field the crop of cotton will bp
doubled and elm Of wool added
thereto,a
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12
FOR The YOUNG PEOPLE.
siHa-Song.

Sing song Of snow flakes,
Iciclcs and frost;
Four and twenty snow-birds
In the woods were lost.
When the storm was ended,
Happy birds were they,
BY some crumbs boirionded,
They lived TO fly away.
Sing a song of rain-drons.
Clouds and April weather;
Four and twenty rcd-brosusts
Caught out together.
When the shower WIS ended,
What song was heard
About the rainbow splendid,
From each dripping bird
Sing song OF sunshine,
Bees a-humming praises;
Four and twenty hours
Lost among the daisies.
Hunt the wide world over.
From sea TO continent,
You never will discover
Where the hours won't,
Mary ~ Prescott Ia 81. Nicholas,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12

A record kept in Raleigh, ". c., In
the closing Confederate days of Febru
ary. 1865, shows that apples were 81 per
dozen, bacon 81 10 30 per pound, beef
$3.50 per pound. butter 80 per D 5und.
corn $40 per bushel, coffee $40 per
pound. eggs 81 per dozen, flour 1856 to
sJ25 per barrel. sugar $3.50 to 900 per
pound, syrupy 25 per gallon, sheetina
40 80 per yard, salt ST5 TO siOO per
bushel. calico si5 per yard, wood SIS to
300 per cord.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12

Ifthcre Is anything that makes man
yearn to come home early Mt night, Il is
the Inst fond words of his wife. who says
to him just as he starts down town afte
supper. Dear, come home early so you
can put up the new window curtains" ("
That man agonizes TO 60 home early.
but he sometimes stays out late just to
show his wife that he can resist tempta-
ton.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12

The world averages an annual product
of 6sl 100000 pounds of tea, China pro-
ducing COG. O.000. 900, Japan 10000, 200.
India $4,000, 600 and Java &, ,O0O, 900.
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 n correspondent of the Chi.
cago Times. who came across him Mt
Horse. Head. lie Is nm old Spnniard
named Barardo Trcyes, and keeps mis-
cradle tavern; but once he was wealthy.
the yield of his first " find being 900 900.
Rascally companions robbed him.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12

4 business letter from New Orleans 10
II firm in Providence says; I'VE are
now organizing Ci,izcns' Sanitary
Corps that just means business, and II
we cannot keep yellow fever out of here
this season, then we give it up. 1t is n
very popular movement, and will be
pushed right ahead. We wish to get il
circulated through the North that we are
going t" bury the dead, clean the streets.
ill the bottom holes. and cndcayor to
make New Orleans what it should be.
n healthy city"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12

The experiment of homes for incbriatcs
Is To be tried in England under the
sanction of an net Of Parliament. Inc
hriatcs, according Ia the provisions Of
the statutes, may determine for them
selves whether they will enter the ere
treat or not; hut having signiGci be-
fore q justice of the pcu'o their wish to
bc confined, they will 40 longer be free
agents. but must stay out the time for
which they have bound thcmsclycs. and
conform To- all the regulations Of the c.-
tHbli-hmut.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12

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 hale old man,
fond OF relating his Pacific coast expert
ences. lie went TO California In 1889.
mense landed possessions. and was for n
while literally monarch of all he sur
vcyed. lie first saw gold there in the
hands Of playing Children, and soon his
land, to which he had no legal title. was
taken by minors. Litigation completed
his financial downfall. and he came 10
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12

Taking the entire length OF the New
York Elevated railroad, on both the east
and west side lines, and multiplying il
by the number Of trains run during the
twenty-four hours, and again by the
number of locomtivcs and cars. IL is
found that the distance Travelled in one
day Is 81, ,352 miles. or nearly one and n
half times around the world; the pro-
portion of miles Travelled ON the west
side, rs compared with the east side.
being about one Ia seven
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12

" You attempted to take the life Of the
king; the King givc- yop life, were tho
words of the Italian attorney general.
who communicated to the assassin pa--
sananto in prison King llumbcrt'- com
mutation of his sentence Of death 10
imprisonment for life. Passananic l.
said To have displayed considerable cmo-
ton and expressed hi, deep gratitude.
Ilc will finish his existence with hard
work in irons. The king- popularity
ha- been increased by this act Mon
archs. a "a rule, dislike to sign the death
warrants Of their would-bc a-sa--in-.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12
TIMELY TOPICS.

Although the existence of petroleum
In several Of the provinces OF Japan II
said To have been known for 200 years.
the Japanese did not know how To refine
IL till about six years ago. Now, how
ever, refining establishments are spring
ing up rapidly, and its manufacture Is
becoming an important industry.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-12

Siberia has long been not merely the
political but the universal prison oi
Russia, capital punishment being now
reserved for eases Of high TREASON and
murder punished with transportation
Tor life. But In this transportation
isliment To- one Of the border fortrcsses
Is It's mildest form. usually inflicted
upon military offenders. Next comes
Western Siberia. which. fravcrscd by
several commercial highways. contain
ing many large towns. and in constant
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20

Items OF Interest Cuiied from a
Exchanges.

Virginia Turner's will celebrate.
Indians play baseball in Belmont
Business is looking up in Tuscarora.
Carson has a Chinese lottery swindle.
Virginia has a s'Silver Star" literary So
ciety.
Only one patient in Elko county's hos
pital.
Tuscarora Masons viii give ball on the
Fourth.
A burning barn stirred Reno fearfully
Tuesday.
There is an Indian in Reno who claims
TO be ITO years old.
The Enterprise" ~pronounces the sing
ing of.the Hyer Sisters exquisite.
A ball !nr the benefit Of the school fund
is talked of in Tuscarora for July 4th.
Piuafore. the great operate sensation,
was presented to a Carson audience for the
first time at the Opera House last evening
1t is positively announced on the an
thority Of Mr.. Sutro that the water from
the Comstock lode will be received in the
Sutro tunnel July |, on which day the con-
trac. time expires.
The citizens of Reno are preparing to
celebrate the coming Fourth in an appro-
pirate style, with procession. Grafton, poem,
reading. etc. After the exercises they VIII
have sack racing. hose-cart racing, foot
racing and lots Of other fun, and fire.
works in the evening.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20
PUBLIC OPINION.
A shown by Che Press of the Pa
ci6c Toast.

NEWSPAPER REQUISITES.
From the Gold Hill News.
Amy oyster-brained editor can find plenty
to put in a newspaper, but it requires
artistic taste and judgment as well as COM
pound cathartic wisdom to know what to
leave out.
1T MIGHT HAVE BEEN AvoIpED.
From the Silver State.
All this trouble would have been ayerted
had the Comstockers, like the Carsonites,
announced in due season their intention to
celebrate the Fourth, aud extended an in
yitation to the military to participate in
the procession, instead Of wa ting until
the eleventh hour, and until it was pub
licly announced that the military were or
dered TO Carson.
A GgowL FROM VIRGINIA.
From the Virginia Chronicle.
IT Commander-in- Chief Kinkead feels
that the safety of the State demands that
. review Of the available war forces shall
be made not later than July 4, 1879, whv
has he not ordered to Carson the militia
from other parts of the State as we'll as
from Storey county?
A DISASTROUS PRACTICE.
F-cn. the Sacramento Record Union.
The whole striking system is false in
theory and disastrous in practice. 1t has
done more to injure labor thar any thing
else, if we exempt self-indulgence. Ii
never can coerce capital, but 1t may aud
often does blast the happiness OF the poor
mans hearth, and wrecks all his prospects
beyond recovery.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20
A
News Notes Cleaned From Various
Sources.

oac0McI EOkAA v8fkOuS
Sources.
Garroters infest Bodie.
Chsllis is a good place from which to
~emigrate.
Burchard, Director OF Minis, is en- route
to this coast.
Warming has Teen given q number Of
iootpads to leave Leadville.
The Salt Lake Tribune" is making a
determined war on polygamy in Utah.
The Christy mine, OF Utah, produced
S2l $40 in silver during the month Of NAV.
Recent rains nave furnished the miners
of Southern Oregon with a good supply of
water.
The Virginia 4 Truckee road will con-
vey troops to Carson on the Fourth Of July
free Of charge.
The Portland, Oregon. Democratic CITY
Convention has nominated Judge William
Strong for Mayor.
The rich bunch-grass makes cattle fat in
Idaho. Nine hundred head left Boise CITY
for Cheyenne last week.
The Idaho Avalanche SAYS that bullion
Of the value Of S25. 600 was shipped from
Silver city last Saturday The Owyhee
mine ~prcdsced over Sl7. 900 of the amour
aud the Black Jack over s7,Ocee.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20

THERE has arisen a demand for another
American product hitherto net included
among the imports Of England. That use
full hybrid, the mule. is now in great re-
quest for use on the various lines Of city
passenger railways, that have come to be
nearly as indispensable throughout the
British Islands as in this co-ntry. in which
they originated, little mo than 80 years
ago. II has been ascerta4ned by expert
ence-thas best instructor and authority
that three mules can be maintained at less
cost thar two horses ; that they do much
more steady work are less liable to sick
ness, and much harder.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20

noon. ran into a tramway used to roll legs
across the track. throwing the engine and
~ cars, loaded with coal and oil, from the
rails. The engine and seven cars going
down the embankment Is feet. The en-
gineer, Edward Squibbs, jumped from the
engine, and 1t is feared he is under the
coal. which is burning fiercely, being fed
by the escaping oil.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20
SPECIAL NOTICES.
A NAN HUNG IN TYH0!

Nr. A. and Mr.. B. started from Typo on the
called at the woRKINGMAN's CLOTHING
STORE, and purchased a neat and nobby outfit.
store, and FOR twice the amount paid by Mr. A.,
purchased an old shelf-worn suit. On their
that the citizens called an indignation meet
ing, and hung Mr.. b. to the nesrest telegraph
pole, with the following placsrd on his breast
and back:
This man did not buy these clothes he has
on from the 'workingnian's Clothing Store"
After hanging for three hours, he was pro-
nounced dead, and the people t~elegraphed to
the 'workingman's Clothing Store" to have
that house send on a suit to bury him in. The
Coroner held an inquest. and returned the fol-
lowing verdict:
ave find that Mr.. B. came to his death at the
end of 3 rope. the other end being in the hands
VI mahy ciuZens; tnat we nolu no one 10 DIANE
for his death. as it was well deserved. Fur
thermore, we would warn any person or per-
sens who may be coming this way. not to come
unless they buy their clothes at the best and
cheapest place in Eureka. This is
"a sad, but not DER true tall"
For the originator, call at the
wORKINGMAN's CLOTHING STORE,
Two doors below Paxton & Co.'S Bank.
Friends. to save your lives, and money, too,
buy your goods of us, and only us. Should you
be poor, you can have all kinds Of goods at
your own price. my25
Ice Cream ParlOrs.
MRS. ASHIM will open her Ice Cream
Parlors to-day, and will serve. both day and
evening, the incest favored creams, cakes, tea
and coffee. l have hve OF the contest parlors In
Eureka. MRS. NJ. A.. ASHIM.
Proprietress.
Eureka, June 8, 1879. jeS-tf
Notice.
All parties indebted to NJ. H. Joseph, of the
Golden Rule store will oblige him by coming
forward and settling their accounts: and those
having bills against him will please present
them as soon as convenient. my24
Jusr to hand, fifty white coats. for BARRIERS,
walters and b~arkeepers, at 50 each, at the
Headquarters.
FRANK DOUTRICK h co.
GET a roll of choice Gilt-edge butter at
FRANK DOUTRICK l. cos.
SOME very stylish straw and summer hats:
also lightweight Office coats. Call and get
prices, at FRANK DOUTRICK L cos.
TAKE a look at those nobby Scotch chiveet
shirts. The finest line ever brought TO Nevada
has just been received at
FRANK DOUTRICK L cos.
Headquarters for Gentlemen's Outitting.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20

FREDERICK BTLLISGs. the new President
OF the Northern PaciGc Railway Company,
carries 81 600, eco of the stock of that Com
pany. He is wealthy Vermont lawyer,
who made his fortune in San Francisco in
the beginning o! 1919.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20

FoGTY-srx thousand two hundred and
eishty-six persons emigrsted last year from
Germany, very nearly 5000 more than in
the preceding year. The number in the
past ten years is estimated at S45, IA.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20

In a recent trial in England, in which
the case turned upon the quality of $1,000
pieces of shir .irxs. made in that country, a
chemical expert testified that by analysis
the goods contained of fibre SO per cent,
and of authorizations, such as china clay,
chlorides Of masni SUM, calcium and zinc,
starchy and fatty matters, Al per cent.
The Lord Chief Baron, in charging the
jury. spoke Of the cloths as half cotton and
half adulteration.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20

SAYS the Galveston News: Two news
boys we're standing in front of a Houston
cigar store when one of them asked the
otner: Have you got three cents %
Yes" well, I've got two cents; give
me your three cents and I'll buy a five
cent Havana cigar" .sAll right" saws
No. 2, handing out the money. He enters
the cigar store, procuring the cigar fpos-
sibly on credit lights it, and puffs with a
great deal of satisfaction. s.Come, now.
give us a pull" says No. 2; Il furnished
more than half the money" 81 know it,"
said the smoker, .'but then I'm President.
and you are only a stakeholder; you can
spit"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20

At the present time in the Pennsylvania
oil regions there are about 465 wells drill
ing and 400 more wells in process Of con-
struction. The daily production Of the oil
regions Is about $4,000 barrels, and it is
that the consumption this year
will be equivalent to about Al 600 barrels
daily. The stock of crude oil in tanks
above ground is about $3.50, 900 barrels,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-06-20

In 1852 a human skeleton was dug up
from a depth Of sixty feet in New Orleans
beneath four successive buried forest OF
cypress. DIR. Bowler. in whose possession
it came, believed from its position it had
lain there 5 600 years.
New Orleans has a female base ball club.