The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-04-22
TIMELY TOPICS.

A Chicago engineer proposes to get
rid of the sewerage and the river there by
damming up the river, pumping it out
and using the bottom for the RAILROADS
which come into the city. A large
sewer should be laid under the bed of
the river, extending out into the lake,
current being kept up by pumps at the
mouth of the river. Then it is proposed
to fill in a large space of the lake in
which would give all the water front
needed. The project is large one and
appeals to the Imagination.
New England capital is to build rail-
road further "Down East" than Boston
is. The road starts from Cairo, in
Egypt, crossing the Suez canal at Port
Said, its northern terminus, and run
ming north through Palestine, little
back from the Mediterranean coast.
until Megiddo is reached, beyond the
Carmel range. Crossing the famous
plain of Esdraelon, the line debouches
to the western shore of Lake Gcnnesaret,
north of which the Jordan is crossed
and the mountains separating the Jor-
dan valley from Damascus. after which
it continues on across the Euphrates to
Mosul, on the Tigris, where it is to ter
inmate on proposed railroad from Dia-
bekir and the Black sea. Several
branches are contemplated, including
one easterly from Ramleh to Jerusalem,
where depot has been located near the
Damascus gates and another from the
same point westerly to Joppa.
Judge DAILY, of New York, in his re-
cent annual az dress before the American
Geographical society, said that fresh
discoveries of the cur eiform inscriptions
at Nineveh have revealed the fact that
the ancient Assyrians were acquainted
with the existence of spots on the sun,
which they could only have known by
the aid of telescopes. These, it is sup
posed, they possessed. Mr.. Layard found
a crystalline lens in the runs of Nineveh.
The Assyrian cyclopedia. imprinted on
bricks, was an exhaustive work. The
inscriptions on these bricks, on being
deciphered, disclosed that houses and
laLds were sold, leased and mortgaged,
that money was loaned at interest, and
that the market gardeners, to use an
American phrase, worked on shares" !"
that the farmer, when plowing with his
homely songs, two of which have been
! found-thus connecting this very re.
mote civilization of 1000 B. G. with the
usuages of to-day.
The latest sect IN Enc LAND is that =. Of
the Danielites. 1t had itslrise ln ioIo'
; and its founder was 7. w. Ric1facoo ;on
f student of medicine and vegetaff5es
The organization has a form of initis
tion, degrees, badges, scarfs, and all tn
5 symbols of secret society. The pei
g Son who desires to become q membe
: takes a solemn VOW to abstain entirel
$ from fish. flesh, and fowl, from spiritr
+ Gus and malt liquors, from snuff and tC
t bacco. When this promise has bee
q, taken and solemn pledge of secrec
e given, the candidate is ushered into th
e garden" which is the Danielite nam
r for lodge. The head OF each garden
t called the chief gardener. The sect ha
y no theological system. A member ma
believe what he chooses SO long as i
A: atlirms the existence of Supreme B,
!, initiation fee is two shillings. 1t is sal
+ that the order has many adherents, an
is spreading in England.
q A man who passed through man
q stirring and dangerous scenes was T.
/, Gently killed in most -prosaic mann,
!, on the Philadelphia and Baltimore raj
q road. This was Professor Louis Bine
: French teacher of languages and
Q lecturer on French literature. He W;
v about tifty-eight years of age and was
q native of Normandy, where his brothe
yet reside. During the Crimean war
/. was the correspondent of the Journal d
n DebatS, of Paris. He was selected
q one of the commission which accor
4 panied the ill-fated Emperor Maximili,
q to Mexico, and acted us his direct leg
> adviser upon the provision of the co,
4 Napoleon, in which he was deep
# versed. After the execution of Max
Il milan, Miramon and Mejia, Profess
= Binel came 10 the United States, I
X sacrificed large estate by his devote
v to the imperial cause, and he was almo
! penniless when he reached this countr
y In Philadelphia he soon found acquair
II ances who assisted him in formi
4 classes, and he became the owner of
J. valuable property in Germantown.