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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-16
4 Chinese Hell.

4 traveller thus describes a represen.
tation Of the punishment Of the wicked
after death, according to the Buddhist
theory, which he witnessed in tho
suburbs of Canton:
After walk Of about mile we came
to the temple Of horrors. This is a hor-
rible place--that is, the scenes are
hideous. The intention il TO represent
what bad man would suffer after
death. 1t is composed Of ten different
groups of statuary, of clay, and many Of
them are crumbling to pieces. The
first group represents the trial of the
man; he is surrounded by his family
and friends, who are trying TO defend
him; the second, where he is con-
demned and given yer to the exc
cutioncr; in the third he is under
going semi-transformation from
the man to the brute; the fouth, where
he is put into mill head downward,
and is being ground up; his dog is by
the side of the mill licking up his
blood. In the flfth scene he is being
placed between two boards, and Is
sawed down lcngthwise; sixth, he II
under large bell, which is rung until
the concussion kills him; seventh, the
man Is placed upon table, and two
men are beating him with large wooden
paddles; eighth, he is upon a rack, and
tho executioners are tearing his flesh
with red-hot pincers; ninth, he is in q
caldron of boiling lead; the tenth
scene represents him on gridiron,
undergoing the process Of roasting. In
all these scenes the family are present
also large figures who represent the
judge, exccutioners, little devils, and
various instruments Of torture.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-16
"Tranceyoyauce." 4" ;"

Some interesting scientific expert.
ments demonstrating the truth OF the
disputed phenomena Of clairyoyance
have recently been made by DIR. q. NJ.
Beard, of this city. The sensitive -
was lady, the wife of lecturer on
mesmerism. A first experiment failed,
but on second trial the lady. whose
eyes we're covered with cotton and
closely baudaged, was able to name
actually cards drawn at random from a
pack and held by the doctor upon her
forehead. She also read the title-page
of volume which the doctor took from
his pocket. Other experiments with
coarse print were equally successful,
but she was unable TO read fine print.
DIR. Beard calls the faculty trance
voyancc, and thinks that it may be de.
veloped to such q degree that the per.
son gifted with Il can read entire pages
Of ordinary print held against the fore
head The lady, describing her SEN
sations when in the trancevoyant state,
says that an electric light seemed to be
thrown forward from the back of the
brain upon the object held upon her
forehead, illumining il and enabling
her to see il distinctly. A further study
of this curious power of reading without
eyes will no doubt be of great
vAlue to the development of the
still rudimentary science of brain
and nerve action. Such ex-
periments as those Of DIR. Beard are
heavy blows at the theories OF the mate
rialists who claim that all mental action
is physical phenomenon depending on
the organs Of sensation. What power
is it, will they tell us, that reads coarse
print when tho eyes are practically
blindedY There must be faculty of
perception in the brain quite independent
Of the organs Of sight, which under GER
tain rare conditions comes into play.
What Is Il that sees without the aid Of
optic nerve or retinai Hore il ques-
tion which opens a wide and interesting
field for speculation. Pork Tri-
bune.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-16
The stopping OF the Clock.


Surprising falls the instantaneous calm,
The sudden silence in my chamber small;
1, starting, lift my head in half alarm
The clock has stopped-that's all.
The clock has stopped Yet why have | SO
found
An instant feeling almost like dismay2
Why note its silence sooner than its sound 2
For II has licked all day.
SO may life beside my own go on,
And such companionship unheeding keep
Companionship scarce recognized till gone,
And lost in sudden sleep.
And so the blessings heaven daily grants
Are in their very commences forgot;
We little heed what answereth our wants
Until il answers not
A strangcness fallcth ON familiar ways,
As If some pulse were gone beyond recall
Something unthousht Of linked with all our
days;
Some clock has stoppcd-thats all.
George H. CoomeT, in Youths Companion.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-16
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Steam engines on the average do not
use more than ton per cent. Of the
power represented by the coal they
burn.
The friction of two bodies, one against
the other, produces heat. BY rubbing
together two pieces OF ice in a vacuum
below zero, Sir II. Dayy partially melt
ed them.
Wave lengths Of the sounds emitted
by mans voice in ordinary converse
tion are from eight to twelve feet, ana
that of womnn's voice two TO four feet
per second.
The intensity Of illumination on a
given surface is inversely as the square
of it's distance from the source Of light.
If the page of book, held twelve
inches from candle, be moved six
inches nearer, the light on the page is
made four times stronger.
Tho last application of the luminous
paint promises to be n very seryiceable
one. Mr.. Browning, the wcll-known
optician of London, has hit upon the
idea of coating compass dials with the
pigment, 80 that the belatcd traveller or
seaman need have no fear of losing his
way for want of light.
There were sanitarians in the days
of our ancestors. SO long as eight hun
dred years ago, in the time Of Richard
H., an ordinance was enacted forbid
ding the pollution of rivers, drains, etc, (;
another in the reign OF Edward H..
against selling muzzled swine-hosh, "
etc, and in the reigns Of Henry VI.
and Henry VII. and Elizabeth, for the
inspection and cleansing of sewers
against the slaughtcring OF cattle in
towns, and against the ovorcrowding Of
dwellings,.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-16
Chinese Patients.

The Chinese make, on the whole.
very good patients. Occasionally some
of them try our patience not a little.
One gets a four days supply of medi-
cine away with him, the recipe bearing
on 1t, "aspoonful three times daily
after each meal" He comes back next
morning for more, thinking to fiatter
you by stating that he drank the former
quantity at one dose Another has his
arm carefully put mp in splints. aud on
his next visit he brings his dressings in
a separate parcel. They are great be-
levers in internal administration, and
although he have only cut finger, IL is
difficult for Chinaman to see why he
should not get some medicine TO "eat."
They have peculiar palates, many of
them, and can drink castor oil al naa-
sem--a stage which is not so easily
reached in their case as il is in ours.
Here. as elsewhere, the medical has ali
along been found TO be a valuable aux
iliary TO the general mission work.
Luaoa.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-16
Railroads. Steamboats, and TeIegraphs.

Little does the world think what trc-
mendous capital is required to carry on
its travel, traffic and commerce. The
railroad net, woven all over the globe,
consists of 900, miles. Asia, Aus
tralia and Africa can claim only the
fourteenth part, the other thirteen
fourteenths being nearly equally III
Yided between Europe and America.
The rolling stock in use over this rail
road net consists Of GG,OOO locomotives,
10000 passenger cars and 1900, O0o
freight ears. Tho capital invested in
100000. The commerce on the seas Is
carried on 10y II, 900 steamers and over
10000 sailing vessels. The tonnage Of
these vessels amounts 10 over 100000
tons. Tclogrnphic communication IL
maintained by 100000 miles Of wire, Of
which abont fivc.cights fall TO Eu-
rope. two-cights TO America and
fully one eighth 10 the subma-
rine telegraph system. There are
10000 stations, from which llO.O dis
patches are sent annually, or on an aver
age Of 80, 600 daily. According to pop
ulation, Switzerland does the most tcle-
graphing, there being one dispatch sent
annually for every inhabiian,. This is
undoubtedly due TO the great annual
influx Of travellers and plcasure-seekcrs.
Next comes the Netherlands and then
Great Britain. Russia stands last on
the list. as she sends only forty five
dispatches for every thousand inhabi-
tants. The transmission Of letters 10y
mail amounts in round numbers to
about 100000. According to the
populations Of the several countries, the
Americans write by lar the most let.
tcrs: next como tho English. then
Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands,
Denmark, Austria, France, Sweden,
Norway, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Por-
tugal, Greece, Russia, Servia, Rou-
mania, Turkey. Chicago Tribune.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-16
Suicides at a Gambling Resort.

The present proprietor of the notori-
ous gambling establishment at Monte
Carlo holds lease of this lucrative
privilege which will not expire till 1916.
The prince Of isanomalous little state
receives as ground rent $4,000 francs
per annum and a tenth of the profits of
the tables. besides which his little army
of forty soldiers in light-blue uniform
and his twenty gendsrmes in cooked
ha.s ara clothed and maintained from
the same source. The number OF sui.
cides last year traeeable to losses at the
gaming tables is officially reported as
forty only, and the number Of delin-
quencies attributable 10 the same cause
as forty-seyen. According TO Mr.. Pol
son, however, gentleman Of high off,
cial position at Nice estimates the real
number of suicides at about three q
week. It appears that the local Jour
mails, for obvious reasons, do not encour-
age the publication OF these distressing
details, and that Il is not unusual 10 re-
gard q suicide by means Of q revolver
as lamentablc example Of the incau-
tious use of firearms. Tee
aTnpI.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-16

II will save many sleepless nights TO
know that the Russian Of IT, for
/" knout." is "connoot," and not
"nowt."
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-16

The first cotton mill In California Is
In process OF erection.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-06-16

A soolding wifo Is not "ioy for
ever she's only temporary affair.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25

Austin Dobson, the well-known
English poet, in a chapter on
illustrated books in The Library,
the latest volume of Macmillans
Art at Home, says: "To close
the account of modern wood
engraving, some brief reference
must be made to what is styled the
new American school, as exhibited
for the most part in Scribners and
other transatlantic magazines.
Authorities, it is reported, shake
their heads over these perform
ances. But to the outsider it
would certainly seem as if the
chief ground Of complaint is that
the newcomers do not play the
game according to the old rules,
and that this alleged irregular
mode of procedure tends to lessen
the status OF the engraVer as an
artist. False or true, this has
nothing whatever To do with the
matter, as far at least as the pub
lie are concerned. For then the
question is, simply and solely,
what is the result obtained? The
new school, availing themselves
largely of the assistance of pho
Biography, are able to dispense, in
great measure, with the old
tedious method of drawing on the
block, and to leave the artist to
choose what medium he prefers for
his design, be it oil, water-color, or
black and white; concerning them
selves only to reproduce its char
acteristics on the wood. This is,
| of course, deviation from the
method of Bewick. But would
Bewick have adhered to his method
in these days? Even in his last
hours he was seeking for new pro-
cesses. What we want is to get
nearest to the artist himself, with
the least amount of Interpretation
or intermediation on the part OF
the engraver. Is engraving on
copper to be reproduced, we want
fac-simile if possible, and not a
rendering into something which is
supposed to be the orthodox utter
ance of wood-engraving. 1t is not
TO be wondered at that the public,
who, for a few pence, can have
practical fac-similes of Blake, OF
Cruikshank, or of Whistler, are
loud in their appreciation of the
new American school. Nor are
its successes confined to reproduc-
ton in fac-simile. Those who LOOK
at the exquisite illustrations in
Scribner to the tile club at play.
to Roes success with small fruits
and Harris insects injurious tc
vegetation, to say nothing of the
selected specimens in the recently
issued portfolios, will see that the
latest cOmers can hold their OWL
on all fields with any school thai
has gone before" D."
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
C. H. STOCKTON.
CARRIAGE PAINTER,
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Street Improvement Notice.

NOTICE Il HEREBY GIVEN THAT the
~ Common COuucIl 0f the City uf Astoria,
ClatSOp county, State uf Oregon, did ON the
18th day 81 June. lS>!. adopt q resolution de
claTiug the intention Of tlie Common Council
Of the City uf Astoria, tD improve and repair
Water street. in Shiyelys Astoria. from the
east side Of WeSt-SINth tO the West side OF
said Water street. by removing ail defective
piles. StungvTS. caps, ur other timhCrS, and
substituting therefor new and sound piles
StTingprS. caps, or other tjmbcF>. similar To
those used in the construction Of the original
roadway or street. and by the removal Of all
defective plank on said portion Of said street
and by the substituting therefor Of new and
sound plank uf not less than : inches i'm
thickness. All of S.lid Improvements and re-
pairs tO he made lt the expense Of the adj
iaceut property and notice = hereby given
that unless q remOnStrancc signed by the
OWnerS Of two thirds uf the property fronting
ON said portion Of said street De fled with
the Auditor and Clerk within ten days from
the final publication Of this notice the Com
mon Council will order said improvement
and repairs tu Ice made.
BY order Of the Common Council.
T. ~. CARDWEIL.
Auditor and Clerk.
Astoria June l.. ISL.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
American independence

l. Sunrise-Salute of Is Guns;
2. ga. M.-Open Air Promenade
Concert by the Band;
3. $50 A. M.-Boat Race by
Whitehall and other Row Boats;
4. 10 A. M.-Grand procession Of
Pioneers, Military, Firemen, So
cieties, Invited Guests Liberty
Car, Sunday, Public and Private
Schools, Citizens on Foot, Horse
back and in Carriages, etc, ter
minating at the Custom House
Square;
5. Reading of the Declaration of
Independence, followed by an
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
Street Improvement Notice.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT the
~ Common Council Of the City OF Astoria.
ClatSOp county. Oregon. did on the 18th day Of
June 1881. adopt a resolution declaring the in
tentiOn Of the Common Council Of the City OF
Astoria. To repair that portion Of NeSt-SiXth
street in ShiVelyS Astoria. lying between
Water street and Cedar street. by the re-
mOyal Of all defective piles. caps. StringerS
OF other timberS AMI substituting therefor
new and sound piles. caps. StringerS or other
timbeTS similar To those used In the original
construction Of said portion Of said street
and by the removal Of all defective top plank
thereon and the substituting therefor of new
and sound plank not less than three inches
I'm thickness. All of said improvements to
he made at the expense % the adjacent
prOpeTis and notice IS hereby given that
unless Il remOnStranee signed by The owners
Of twO-thirdS Of the property fronting on
said portion Of said street he filed with the
Auditor and Clerk within ten days from the
final publication Of this notice the Common
Council Will order said Improvements Ia BE-
made.
BY order Of the Common Council.
r. II. CALDWELL,
Auditor and Clerk.
Astoria, Oregon. June ~. 1881. 4l-I0,l
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
The Cycl6pedia War.

The Cyclopedia war and the.
Literary Revolution are working
wonderful and happy results for
the readers Of books, and search
ers after knowledge. The great
Library Of Universal knowledge
is announced to be completed,
ready for delivery TO purchasers,
the early part Of July. 1t Is prob
ably the largest and most import
, ant literary work this country and
the century have seen. 1t Is based
upon Chambers Encyclopedia, the
last London edition of which is re-
printed entire as a portion of its
contents, a large corps of Ameri-
can editors and writers adding
thereto, a vast amount of informa-
ton upon about fifteen thousand
subjects in every department of
human knowledge. Chambers
Encyclopedia, whose distinguished
merit is universally known, is the
laborious product of the ripest
British and European scholarship,
but being a work Of foreign pro-
duction it has been naturally de-
fcient in its adaptation TO the
wants OF American readers. In
this new form it is most thorough
ly Americanized, and becomes at
once the largest and most com
plete encyclopedia in the field, at
a mere fraction of the cost OF any
similar works which have preceded
it, containing about ten per cent
more matter than Appletons Ency-
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cost, and twenty per cent more
than Johnsons Cyclopedia, al {
little more than one-fourth il,
cost. The superlative value ano
importance OF this great encyclo,
pedia, however, lies especially IN
the fact that it is brought within
the reach OF every one who aspires
after knowledge and culture. II
is really a library of universal
knowledge. 1t brings a liberia
education easily within the reacl
of every plow boy. Every farmer
and every mechanic owes it Il
himself and 10 his children that
such 4 cyclopedia shall hencefOr
ward form part Of the outGr
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man in every walk of life cyclic
pedia is Indispensable. 1t is is
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varying in price from fifteen dol
lars for the edition in cloth, t
twenty-five dollars for the edition
in full library sheep binding
Liberal discounts even from thes,
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sides, propose during the next TIVE
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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25

The vote of Portland, polled at
the city election on Monday last,
stands 1875 for Thompson, 1874
for Simon; Thompsons majority, l.
The vote of the city, 1863, is
small compared to the population
claimed In the city.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
Street Improvement Notice.

NOTICE II HEREBY GIVEN THAT the
~ Common Council of the City OF Astoria,
ClatSOp county, state of Oregon. did ON the
I4th day Of June. 1881, adopt a resolution de
claTinE the intention Of the Common Council
Of the City Of Astoria, 10 improve and repair
SquemOcqha street. in McClureS Astoria.
from the west side Of CaSS street in said city
to the east line Of said SgemOcqha street, by
removing all defective piles. StFingeTS, caps.
or other tmberS, and substituting therefor
new and sound piles. StTingerS. .caps. or other
timbeFS similar to those used In the cUnStruc-
tiOn Oi the original roadway or street. and
by the removal Of all defective plank on said
portion Of said street. and by the .SubStitu-
ting therefor Of new and sound plahk Of not
less than inches in thickness. All of said
repairs and improvements tO be- made at the
expense Of the adjacent property and no
tice i hereby given that unless a remOn-
STRANGE signed by the owners Of twO-thirlS
Of the property fronting ON said portion Of
said street be filed with the Auditor and
Clerk within ten days from the final puhlicst-
tiOn Of this notice. the Common Council will
order said improvements and repairs tO be
made t. II. CARDWELL,
Auditor and Clerk
Astoria. June l., ISL.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25

The Oregonian offered 'Bro."
Banks this much consolation yes
terday: "a shooting affair is re-
ported at Vancouver. The pistol
habit is bad habit; and so is sour
rilous and irresponsible jour nalism.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
NEW TO-DAY.

SCMMONS.-In the Circuit-court state Of
- Oregon for ClaiS0p county.
Mary \. Van DuScn plainiih vS Edwin
Van DuSen defendant.
To Edwin Van DuSen The above named
defendant Ia the name Of the state Of
Oregon. you are herebg reqHired 10 appear
and answer the cOnplaint OF the above
named plaintif. filed against YOU i'm the
above entitled cOuri. IN toe above entitled
suit. on or before the iirSt day OF the next
tenn Of said court. Nhich WILL be OH Tuesday,
the 2d day of August ISL. and II you do not
so answer said complaint, for want thereof
the p!ainilit viii apply % the court for the
relief prayed fog therein which IN substance
Is decree. oiSeOlylng fhe bonds OF matrimO
ny existing between tie plaintiff and defen-
dani and thsI the care and custody Of the
minor children be awarded Ia piaintih ; and
that there b. decreased and vested in the
plaintiff all of the personal property and one
third Of all the real estate owned BY de-
fendant in said state. which is the tract of
land cOntalning one hundred and ten acres
of of the East end OF the donation land claim
Of Daniei {. Ramey. in tOwnship west
range :, within said county. conveyed 10 de-
fendant by said Ramey by deed dated
April p. 1867. and recorded on same day, on
pages - and g. book ''C," record of deeds
for said county,
This summons is published by virtue of an
order made by his honor. Raleigh StOtt
judge Of said court, at chambers. ON the oath
day Of jane, 1851. G. w. FULTON.
d6t-Sat. Attorney for plaintiff
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
Notice,

A LII PERSONS ARE FORBIDDEN BUY
N ing certain note for She sum Of five
hundred dollars. payable 10 G. a. MeGuire or
order I'm one year from date Of the same, il
bearing date the 9Th day Of April. 1880. and
signed BY =. r. Ferchen. Said note was lost
and never endorsed by me.
dGw2w. CA MCGUIRE.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25

A total of 52G votes was polled
at The Dalles city election Monday
for mayor. George A. Liebe was
elected by 73 majority.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25

The FIRE at Tombstone swept
over the space of six blocks, de-
stroying 80 buildings, including
a large part of the business portion
of the town. Losses will probably
aggregate 100000. About 500
people are homeless. The fire
originated in saloon from the
opening of a barrel of whisky,
the fumes of which communicated
with a cigar lighter.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25

The Oregonian, referring 10 a
new celestial visitor which made
its appearance Thursday morning
last says: "The tail spread fan
like, reaching back through several
degrees, dipping slightly toward
the west. Who the stranger was,
or from what portion Of 'illimitable
space it came, is the question.
The advent of this comet seems to
have been overlooked by astrono-
mers.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25

The fish hatchery on the Clack-
amas will soon be thing of the
past, having been abandoned.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-25
@ r A tt n !

After which ali are invited Ia par
take OF the Barbecue.
Arrangements will be made for
those wishing to have Il Basket
Picnic. location announced here
after, depending on the weather.
AT MESSRS ORDERS x COS PLEASURE
GROUNDS.
{. y M.-NatiOnsl Salute of is
Guns;
s. P. M.-Steamboat, Tug and
Yacht Races:
Q. , T. M.-Fishing Boats, Sloops,
Scow and Schooner Races;
10. 3 p. M.-Bycicle, Foot, and
other Races, until sunset:
l1.-Salute of Is Guns: