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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-08

NLxAN TOWELS AND SHARP RAzoRs.
" Quick. Smooth, Neat, yirstolsss Work,
Hair cutttng and Dressing done In the most
ars1stio, suitable and satisfactory styi.
Thso old Pioneer Saloon ID the placs. and dcu1
yoa forsst 70. I'm
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-08
THE PloNEER
sHAvRaA HAIRDREssINa SALOON

o. POLL. PROPRIETOR.
MAIN 8TRRRT...--.G0LD HILL,
Opposite 0ibson's Saloon.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-08

THIs oLp-ksrABLrsHED AND RRLI.
quantity Of Rsnoystsd ana Clean Linsn MY.
ost being damaged ~ msnipulaston o. b
chemical APPLICATION
Packages punctually called fs and ~
TUNED.
OPPlcEs-Theodors Mola.s Clothing stors.
gtnta. and vsssy Houss. Cola HUI. In
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-08

NJRW YORK MINING COMPANY.
IN Location Of principal place Of business.
San Francisco. California.
Location OF works, Geld Hill. Storey county.
Nevada.
Notice IL hereby given. that 81 . meeting Of
the Board OF Directors. held on the sixth
(6th) day Of April. 1850, an assessment NE. 2Y
Of Fifteen usl Cents per share was levied
upon the capital stock Of the corporation, pay.
able Immediately. In United States gold coin,
TO the secretary. at the once Of the Company.
Room II. No. 2oS Bush street Cosmopolitan
Iotsl), Ban Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the TENTH u0thl day
Of NAY, 1880, VIII DO DELINQUENT, and
advertised for sale st public auction. and
unless payment 10 made before will be sold on
MONDAY, the THIRTY FIRST tSlst) day
Of NAY, 1880, TO pay the delinquent assess-
nsnt. together With cost OF advertising and
expenses Of sale. By order Of the Board Of
Directors.
D. L. THOMAS. Secretary.
Onice-Room u, No. Us Bush strsst. Cetmo-
politan Hotel, San Francisco. California. std
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-24
The Cars Grandson.

Mrs. Lucy Hooper in one OF her Paris
letters says: Sometimes one hears lit
tie things about the Car OF Russia
which makes one inclined TO pardon
Nihilism and TO comprehend the dyna.
mite plots. The other day / went 20
visit n very charming old lady, who is
an American, and who has lived for
many years in Europe. Whilst turn
ing over the pages of her photograph
album. | came across the portrait of s
child. boy of some six ur eight years
of age. 50 singularly beautiful that my
attention was at once interested. The
little fellow was dressed in a knicker-
booker suit of black velvet. with his
fair hair cut Holbein- ise over his
brow. and lovlier or nobler image Of
healthful boyhood never gladdened S
parents heart. On my making some
exclamation of admiration. my friend
produced several other photographs Of
the same child, remarking at the same
time that the picture, so far from ex-
aggerating his beauty, hardly did 1t
justice. She then told of her meeting
with the boy and his mother Swim IL
zerland.
The child was the son of the Grand
Duke Alexis of Russia. the mother be-
ing his secretly-wedded wife. BY ono
mand of the car the husband and wife
were separated, and the latter was
orced. not only to consent to a divorce,
but to marry another man. How
could you consents" asked my friend
when the unhappy lady related her
story. The eyes of the speaker flied
with tears and her lips quivered. II
was for my sons sake" she Whispered.
and then she said no more. being evl-
dentiy still not wholly freed from the
tolls of the "giant spider of the North,
as Whittier once called the czar in one
oil has fervent lyrics on freedom.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-24
Royal Bridal Dresses.

Honiton lace owes its great reputation
TO its sprigs, which were at first woven
into the ground, but latterly applique"
or sewn on the ground. In the course
of the last century the making of the
plain net ground on the pillow was "A
separate branch of the trade. The net
was beautiful and regular, but expen-
sive. as may be judged from the fact
that the thread by which some OF the
! finer qualities were made cost as much
as $3.50 to S525 per pound weight. The
worker was paid in rather curious
fashion. The lace ground was spread
out and covered with shillings, and as
many coins as the piece would accom-
modate were the reward of the maker.
II was no uncommon thing to pay $500
| for n Honiton lace veil when the busi-
ness was in its palmy days. The inven-
tion of machines for making lace dealt n
severe blow to the peculiar industry of
Devonshire. and il threatened to become
altogether extinct. Mrs. Bury Palliser
records that when wedding lace was re-
quired for her majesty Queen Victoria,
it was with difficulty the necessary
number of workers could be obtained TO
make il. Ii was undertaken by Miss
Jane Bifney, who caused the work to
| be executed in the small fishing hamlet
OF Beer and its environs. The dress
cost 5000; il was composed entirely of
Honiton sprigs, connected with pillow
| by variety of openwork stitches; but
the patterns were immediatly destroyed,
so it cannot be reproduced.
The bridal dresses of the Princess
| Royal, the Princess Alice and the Prin-
cess OF Wales were all of Honiton point,
the patterns consisting of natural
flowers, ferns, etc. Many of the mo- e
experienced hands find employment in
restoring and remaking old lace, and the
ingenuity they display in this direction
| is said to be marvellous.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-24
A Giant OF the ReyolutIon.

A letter TO the Petersburg (Va.) Ap-
peal says: The allusion in q recent let
ter of your Louisa correspondent TO the
old revolutionary giant-hero, Peter
Francisco, revives many traditions and
"reminiscences of the wonderful perform
ances and daring deeds of that extra
ordinary man. Ny father, recently de-
ceased at the age of ninety. well remem-
bered him, having often seen him in his
native county of Buckingham, and re-
lated many anecdotes of his stirring and
perilous adventures and hairbreadth
escapes as he heard the recital fall from
the lips of the giant himself. He de-
scribed him as six feet one inch in
height, his weight 260 pounds, his
complexion dark and swarthy, features
bold and manly, and his hands and feet
uncommonly large, his thumbs being as
large as an ordinary mans waists.
Such was his personal strength that he
could easily shoulder cannon weighing
l, 100 pounds. and lac had seen him take
man in his right hand, pass over the
floor and dance his head against the
ceiling with rs much ease as If he had
been a doll-baby. The mans weight
was 1876 pounds. Partaking of the pa
triotic enthusiasm OF the times, he en-
tered the American revolutionary army
at sixteen. He was present at the
storming of Stony Point, and was the
first soldier, after Major Gibbon, who
entered the fortress, on which occasion
he received q bayonet wound in the
thigh. He was at Brandywine, Mon
mouth and other battles ut the North,
and was transferred TO the South under
General Greene. where he was engaged
in the actions of the Cowpens, Camden
Guilford Court House, etc. He was &C
brave and possessed such confidence In
his prowess that he was positively fe ar
less. He used sword with n bl adt
five feet long, which he could wielC
like feather, and every swordsman
who came within reach of him paid the
orleit of his life.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-24
Advice TO Correspondents.

Never write with pen or ink. 1t is
altogether too plain, and doesn't hold
the mind of the editor and printers
closely enough TO their work.
If you are compelled TO use ink, never
use that vulgarity known as the blot
ting-pad. If you drop blot OF ink on
the paper, lick it off. The intelligent
compositor loves nothing 80 dearly as
TO read through the smear this will
make across twenty or thirty words.
We have seen him hang over such a
piece of copy half an hour, al the time
swearing like pirate, he felt that good.
Don't punctuate. Weprefer to punct-
uate all manuscript sent TO us. And
don't use capitals. Then we can punct-
uate and capitalize TO suit ourself, and
your article, when you see it in print,
will astouish. even If IL does not please,
you.
Don't try to write too plainly. 1t is
sign of plebian origin and public
school breeding. Poor writing is an
indication of genius. It's about the
only indication of genius chat great
many men possess. Scrawl your article
with your eyes shut and make every
word as illegible as you can. We get
the same price for it from the rag man
as though it were covered with copper
plate sentences.
Avoid ali painstaking with proper
names. We know the full name of
every man, woman and child in the
United States, and the merest hint at
the name is sufficient. For instance, If
you write character something like a
drunken figure "6," and then draw Il
wavy line, and the letter M and another
waving line, we will know at once that
you mean Samuel Morrison, even though
you may think you mean Lemuel
Messenger" 1t is "A great mistake that
proper names should be written plainly.
Always write on both sides of the
paper, and when you have filled both
sides OF every page. trail line up and
down every margin, and back TO the
top of the first page. closing your article
by writing your signature just above
the date. And how we would like to
get hold Of the man who sends them.
Just for ten minutes. Alone, in the
woods, with a cannon in our hip pocket.
Revenge is sweet; yum, yum, yum.
Lay your paper on the ground when
you write the rougher the ground the
better.
Coarse brown wrapping-paper is the
best for writing sour articles on. If
you can tear down AN old circus poster
and write on the pasty side oft with a
pen stick, it will do still better.
When your article is completed,
crunch your paper in your pocket, and
carry it two or three days before send
ing in. This rubs off the superlluous
pencil marks, and makes it lighter to
! handle.
If you can think of it, lose one pag
out of the middle OF your article. We
can easily supply what is missing, an d
we love TO do it. We have nothing lse
to Burlington Hd ,ckeye.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-24
Colds Affected BY Diet.

There is no question that when the
system Is in perfect condition 1t mas a
marvellous ability to withstand not only
the extraordinary changes OF our New
England climate, but even these with
what would generally be considered
gross carelessness added. I have known
men who would stand in the snow with
almost frozen feet and chop in the log
ging swamp. day after day, all winter,
and when spring came join the drive,
standing hours together, upon occasion,
In cold water, wet to the middle, often
retaining wet garments all day, exempt
from any kind OF illness, until, the sea-
son over, having period of loafing in
summer, they would be subject to severe
"colds" for the first time during the
year. and perhaps be laid up with fever
of some form. 1t may be said that
these men had become FUSED up" by
the winter and spring campaign and
that the summer sickness was the nat
ural result. Such is not the fact. So
long as they were working hard all day
long, and the cold weather lasted, their
systems could not only Withstand the
large amount of food swallowed. but
absolutely needed it to keep up flesh,
strength and animal heat. Hence,
while these conditions lasted, these
men remained in perfect physical con-
dition, equal to any amount of labor
and exposure incident to their business.
But when all these conditions were re-
versed, and the men ignorantly held to
the same diet, which they invariably
did so long as appetite lasted. disease
was the inevitable result. Often they
would lose their appetites in season to
save them from violent illness, but
few escaped more or less harm from
eating in excess of the requirements OF
the system. In the army, during ac-
tive service. with no surplus of " hard
tack" colds were comparatively rare,
though we marched all day in the rain
and slept on the ground in wet clothes
at night; but when we were in camp, in
comfortable quarters, taking little ex-
e-cise, and got a nice box of turkey,
pies, cakes, and the like, from the dear
home friends who pitied us so, the
prevalence of "colds" was something
fearful to contemplate. How often we
remark upon the fact that when in
winter we have week or two of nice
warm weather, everybody has n
healthy" and unreasonable" II our
stOVeS anu IuIuhCeo uau pdIuIes W
tickle and were self-feeding, what
summer complaints there would be.
Fires would burn as briskly in July as
in January, and fire pots would be
burned out as fast as stomachs are used
up under the prevailing custom of sup
plying fuel to the human machine with
out regard to the weather or other modi-
flying conditions. Let us continue to
exercise sufficient care as to wraps
flannels, avoidance of draughts. and
unnecessary exposure; but aside from
all this we should live in so rational a
manner with regard to diet, air, exer-
else and cleanliness, as to be proof
against disease, and become less like the
old lady who caught her last cold TAX
ing Cruel out OF damp basin. ~
Journal of Chemistry.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-24
What a Shoemaker Did by Study,

Most OF our readers have heard O,
1.-THE learned blacksmith" (Elihu Bur.
ritz, but 1.-the learned shoemaker"
though not nearly so famous, was, il
his way, quite as remarkable man.
Charles &. Frost. learned shoemaker
recently died at Brattleborough, VT,
aged seventy-four years. he received 5
common school education. and learned
his fathers trade. Suffering from dys.
pepsia, he was advised to walk one hour
every morning and evening in pursuit 0!
the field study of botany, OF which be
was very fond.
He sent to London for standard work
on botany, and on its arrival discovered
that it was written in Latin. a language
of which he was ignorant. He bough,
a Latin grammar. and in six months
| could read his new book as easily as j!
il were written in English. In the same
manner he mastered French and Germal,
and his scientific studies soon cause.
him to be widely known To savans.
He received the degree OF A. NJ. from
Dartmouth and Middlebury colleges. lie
devoted part of every day (Sundays
| excepted) TO the study OF tie languages
and sciences, and at the time OF his
death was well versed in geology miner.
alogy, entomology, zoology, concho,ogy,
meteorology and botany, especially the
latter. to which he devoted his particu.
lar attention, and in the department Of
cryptogams he became leadir {
authority.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-24
The international Exhibition at New
York In 1888.

For two years a constant agitation
has been kept up in New York for the
holding of an International exhibition
in this country in 1888. The dwellers in
towns remote have, during this period,
heard but little of the labors of the
handful of public.spirited men who
have persistently carried forward the
movement to the point 1t has now
reached. Patiently and prudently they
have gone on from stage to stage, hav-
ing the satisfaction at each successive
step to witness a decided advance in all
the essential elements of success. The
holding of an International exhibition
in this country in 1888 is now an as
sured fact. The initiatory difficulties
inseparabiy connected with a scheme
of such magnitude, particularly those
in regard to the obtaining of necessary
legislation, have all been overcome, and
the preliminary arrangements and COM
plete organization of the United States
international exhibition commission oi
1888 are being pushed forward TO a
speedy completion. A special act OF
Congress providing for the holding oi
such exhibition has been obtained
bills have been passed in the New York
legislature granting to the commission
ers who may be appointed, powers 70
acquire such lands, etc., as may be re-
quisite, and the governors of the several
States are rapidly nominating com.
missioners TO assist the project TO a sue.
cessful termination. The plan of the
proposed exposition is on scale o.
such magnitude that it completely
ecliPses everything of the kind in the
past, and may probably never be sur
passed in the future, and the movement
has now entered upon a career of public
recognition and public favor which
guarantee the ultimate accomplishment
ali its projectors have hoped Il
Oealize
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-24
Where the Icebergs and Ice Field :
Come From.

The icebergs come chiefly from Green
land, being formed by rivulets, etc. The
vast ice fields seen upon the banks of
Newfoundland are brought there by
the vast currents of the sea and wind.
They come mostly from the coast OF
Labrador. and are parts of the fields that
are formed durin < the long winter in
the great bays and inlets of the Labra-
dor coast. Icebergs are continually
changing their line OF floating, owing
in part TO the breaking off of pieces of
the upper mass and the melting away
of the submerged portion. Their mo-
ton In always slow, and accidents can
rarely happen from them to prudent
mariners. They float along the banks
of Newfoundland. and finally, striking
the warmer waters Of the Gulf stream.
soon disappear. The movement of a
field of ice Is accompanied by much
crashing, and Is often obscured by q
dense tog, through which rise the tops
of the bergs. On two occasions during
the Arctic cruise of the Juniata, in the
Polaris search expedition, that vessel
barely escaped destruction by icebergs.
One of these was in the middle of July,
1873. During a dense fog at midday,
off Cape Farewell, an immense berg was
suddenly seen 10 loom up out OF the fog
not more than n ships length directly
ahead. Fortunately the vessel was rum
ming at slow speed, and her course was
quickly changed, and she cleared the
ice mountain by about 100 feet. On
another occasion, off Fiskernaes, in a
dense fog. another very large berg was
seen n little on the port bow, and n
ledge Of rocks on the starboard bow,
not more than 500 feet distant. The
engines were stopped and reversed, and
the vessel only escaped destruction by
. few feet. --PhGladeiphia Bailain.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-24
Lady on tsymnastics.

"a Lady Physician writes TO New
York paper as follows:
For years past / have been con-
vinced that the mania for gymnastic
exercise. athletic development and
muscular power has been productive of
"A vast deal of harm. Years ago a
theory in vogue for gaining health was
dieting, and hundreds of people dieted
themselves into insanity or the grave.
Now the mania is for exercise, and hun
dreds of young men. and (although il
may seem ridiculous statemenU young
women also, are killing themselves by
exercise" Nature rebels at knot
ted muscles, and requires the full pay
ment of serious penalty whenever the
folly Is perpetrated of developing mus
Gle as business. through the swing
ing of dumb-bells and Indian clubs.
The long walks which are taken too
frequently and with quite too much
vim, under the influence of n spirit of
emulation TO win bet. are productive
OF far more injury than benefit. But
most of all. l want TO cali attentionto
the idea of daily bathing. II is sim
pie form of suicide. lacking the element
of crime. because done through igno-
rance; lacking the horror, because it
lacks the crimson stains and mangled
form OF the ordinary suicide.
Our young men are not ccntent until
they are scrubbed bald-headed by the
willing barber, and look IN their youth
very I" near of kin indeed to their aged
grandsires. Wererebellion raised W hen
the whiskers are tampered with. and
the fact that fashion benevolently and
acknowledgements against them, no doubt
they, too, would be shampooed out of
existence so effecturally as to leave the
coming man" without that becoming
adornment.
The poor body is literally scrubbed
out Of existence. Nature guards her
outposts very jealousy, but she cannot
do double duty in one direction without
signal failure In some other. Conse-
quently, when the surface of the b~dy
is daily denuded OF the cuticle undel ne
vigorous application Of the barbarous
coarse towel" she must repair dam
ages Mt the expense of the digestion or
the natural eliminations of morbid mat
ter; some organ loses the harmony with
its fellows which Is necessary to a per
feet whole. Cleanliness Is not only
next 10 godliness. "but'a very large part
of IL, and Il Is highly important that
bathing should be employed as hvai-
enic force; out not the shower-6ath
when an exhausted body IL slowly wax
ing from an unnatural sleep, nor : cold
sponge when the days duties have ex-
hausted both mind and body. To change
the clothing frequently and permit a
thorough airing, % expose the entire
surface OF the body for few moments
70 the ar OF the room on rising and re-
firing, light brushing with a soft brush
or fine towel, and good bath once or
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-06-24
Water Supply.

OF the danger of injury 10 health from
polluted wells, it is hardly possible n
say too much. In one cholera seasn. !.
in London ak hundred deaths We, -
traced TO the use OF n single street un,
Typhoid fever has been repeatedly. IN,
deed many times, known 20 affect who.
families who resorted 10 a well for
common supply, while others in tbs
same neighborhood, using difTere,,
water, were not attacked. Worse ve,
perhaps, seems to be the subtlety viii
which organic poison may be con eyed
by water, through milk in dairymen',
supplies. Several times this has ha,.
pened in London and elsewhere in Rny.
land. In one instance, 80 far AS AZ.
peared, the only mode ofcontaminatin,
was by the milk-pans at the dairy being
washed in water from stream inf
which leakage had occurred from =
neighboring vault. At another tims
several well-to-do families in London
one of them that of physician, were a.
fected with typhoid fever. II va
found that thev were ali supplied witt
milk by n company which furnishef
milk from several dairics. At last /,
was ascertained that cases of fever o..
CURED only in those families TO whom
had been sent the milk of one particu,a,
dairy; and local cause OF contain ina.
tion of its supply was also traced
What exquisite cleanliness of all thing,
is enjoined by this experienced Moth.
ing is more sensitive than milk and
cream to all impurity. Even the wa,e-
which cows drink, when marshy and
bad, has been known 10 make their mill
unwholesome. Butter can be made goo1
only where the most scrupulous sweet.
ness, cleanliness, and freshness of every.
thing is maintained. This is the chic
secret of good butter-making; and tht
moral OF it may be extended and ap.
piled by saying that perfect cleanlines.
OF water, food. air and person, is every.
where absolutely necessary 10 periec,
health. HcdLh Primer.