“DIAMOND FIELDS. THE PROCESS OF MINING AS CON: DUCTED IN SOUTH AFRICA, The Steady Fall in the «From S15 Down to $535. Price of Diamonds Chicas Thnes A letter in The LonJon Times from the dinmond fields gives ug Lome inleresting particulars of the business. he discovery of these shining gems reminds Indian in Brazil who first found ou them in the roots of a shrub Le had pulls) up ind took it home as a play thing for his | ’ i und the children A Boer grin 18567 first dinmond, also in the roots of a tree and human nature having its weak side that rude section of the world as well in London, D'uris, and New York adorned herself wih it and made a sensa tion among the kraals of Hoer society did not take long forthe news to spread, The great grassy plain where found was soon covered with armed with picks and spades, every for himself After the yellow surface soil had be exhausted a blue soil was fou was still richer in diamone soil was observed to exist in large circu lar depesits which geology soon defined as the remnants of mud volcan es. A regu lar community began to center about the locality, and the land owners, private in dividuals, corporations, and cvep govern ments eammenced squabbling vier the claims, which at [ast necess tated the or ganization of companies for tense, and now the whole ns the gem was prosp clors, man a n which Is I hi I dinmond orate machinery The manner of working is thus described “Round each great basin or UALTY Is 8 circle of steam engines working wire rope ! lifts up and down to the bottom of the quarry; and round the brink run locomo tives and trains of trucks whisking ‘blue’ so brought up away out like so much manure over the veldt, and to be taken when tegrated by the weather, band, and harrowed and washing places where it hydraulic tion through a rotatory sieves and pulsators on the ciple of, in successive mechanica tions, washing away all dirt th than « thence broken up i (4) R a up uy rolled. to of prin ra ni SOTINS el 14S ers bat the each At thes men th gems ue of oH) LAUREL | LA nnum Ket v I ersto ced and AS Dintul to the va i Ee Nat t Journal of ery It is known that the Atiantic con tween Hatteras and Cape Cod has been sinking steadily for cemturics, aud it is within the bounds of probibility that before 2,000 years have « apsed the cities of New York and Brooklyn may le under water. When the 1 utch colonized Man- Lattan island 200 years ago Indians told them that in the time of their grand fathers that it was possible to cross Hell dry shod from (abe i thie Cinte on bank other yot d that the lowering of the Atlantic coast was twenty-two and half inches every tury At the time it is tain that the greater portion of the American cont'nent is rising, while the continent of A lin is certainly sinking. How Conkling S«w Chicago. t rofessor 4 uyo timate one 1 Samu i “ourbstone Crayons Ex Senator Conkling, when he ded the business that brought did a thing that few mea would have thought of doing was a rainy, dismal day, but started done and afoot tu see He or four the streets hii the hotel Bat lie TO His ter Oo cone to { hicagy i he 0 Chicago hours on interested way about turacd te spent three taking in whatever ba ing his own business He re great sporits, and said to me never Chicago so muc! fas ti mn bx ’ and is een satis for Mard to Hemeom be Life Embarrass d young man (1 say someting | Mis that 1 have had the pleasure of ou before Miss Dellenirs not remember it E.Y. M—Was ern? Miss B E. XY. M. linrd to think lends meeting It is possible, but 1 do it not nt I have never been there Neither hmve | Canse of a Mill 1 x Josion Chidengo H In & German’ grist mill recently n sack of flour felldown stairs «pened, and scat | tering the contents in a burning gas ame, get fire to the dust, causing an explosion | which lifted a part of the roof of the mill and broke almost all the windows, Result of a Boer Girl's Discovery = : ¢ of the | of | on she | it | | question arises ' of | Hine mutual de | ares | is worked by these companies with e ab | the | | yards, the | to be spread | or duly disin- | the | all sent by | t be- | to the | had | him | other | It | whole | in | had | Mount | os | TWO. | Holen M. Winslow} I'wo streamlots, 1 kuow, whose head watery clear [ntermingle their murmuring song; | But one seeks the north, and the other fows | south By a roundabout course and along, | And the streams which at first blended i every low strain Flowing ever unto the deep sen, Leave costantly wider the distance be. tween, -As bet ween you, love, and me, | Two hearts s de who e I once know, who d welt side hy And thoughts each vtaer; But differing sims lead by separate paths And euch find; their joy in another Anl the tw. which at frit clo e together were hound Def apart on the world's changing sea * And Phe distances grows wider as the years roh Ly w= As betwoe) you, love, and me, intertwinel with A DiMoult Cateh, Sportiag Life | propos of the attempt of a number of players to catch a ba'l dropped from Washington monumeni, pressod as to the ability accomplish font, the if of them has an idea ac u..ed by a ball dropped ght of 550 feet by the time it Lae 104 otic Lo hse the any thie velooity from a In trix (RIT round rnent was tried by Paul fam Trou, Charlie Snyder, Phil t nker, and others, but none succeeded in holding it Now the fact is that a ball so dropped has u velocay of 13, felt per second when it strikes the ground. This velocity can Usp . | be better comprehended by comparing it with a batted ball The longest hit which the writer has any knowledge of was made by George Wright, ot indianapols, whea the ball struck the ground a few loches over 200 The ball, in this lance, was thie air at an angle f about 45 Os the most favoruble angle fora ns hit into iegrecs { long hit Without state that, the formula, 1 will y calculated, distance ng of ball about lu giving as near as can be angle and the initial velocity found I given, the this Cisne } Lin in IE] 10 iw second Allowing ball have hit in direction, at the angle with sutlicient fore Deen sine it toe that it mnmument the same the same samme velo ney ires in falling top, it would have Would anv of hold of a Lit si HO rt fe Wigs for Statues R t ot Jus matrons the hair on Ya arranged } or Lucius have LW The statue Emperor ’ ” . latest fashion 1 hit LUCHA wile of U \Verus, in the museum o r wig of black marbie ff; and in tl represe 1 Ju in f hie ilome, has Vatican a Venus Sommias i be taken « e i bel eved to the moiber of the Emperor Elagabalus, ith hair that may removed. There ws also a bald bust of a woman, with wig attacked in the of Souci at Pottsdam, Sans be | marble ace A New Tanning Agent. A that nret Aron A 8] V Le statement {Ss made Tempe T snl fann two ort years ago «db which carried a larg and which, when f leather covered ag pro sen extra partion of tannin in the manufacture 6 weight product. Tl of annunl growth, indigenous to the deserts dry uplands, and known and Indians as “gonagra ™ mewhat loager and mors the cultivated beet, though in appreannee gave thie eo plant is and Is Mexicans bas a4 ropt & serazryy than resembling 1 The Largest Locomotive. Gs in i Phere is "wing built at the Tabize works a monster of a locomotive which will figure at Anvers exposition. This en gine wi the wd Jargest that wen constructed since the estab { railroads It will have more than a yard in dismeter, incl will weigh, mn rooniog erder, 165,000 pounds. Lim In heaviest has ever | lishment © w heels of The Average of Fishw or mas. [Chieago Tadger The scientific people claim that | average of fishworms to the sere 67, but any small boy who has ever | handled a hoe on a warm day, while the rest of the crowd, with poles and bait, the is O53 were impatiently waiting, will seratch out | | the last three and tell baldbends don’t you the Advie to a Son, 1Chieago Tribune Fdwards Pierrepont once wrote 10 his son: “You may be invited 10 a ball or ! | which {EH 3 per ] $ James Vex Sruawnernigs, This new and valuable berry criginated with Samuel Milier of Biull on, Montgomery county, Missouri, As a seedling it al tracted nttention by the unusasl glossi- of i t fraite |, snd this vigor and strength ness nnd vigor s folinge, before of grow h has to a still grea‘er degree appeared in its enormous bearing quali ties, The berries «re newly round, of uni. formly Lirge size, deep scarlet and of e ccellent flavor, ig qualities, it is among strawb riies In respect to its keep- what the Hansell and 8 wuwhegan are smong raspberries, Its fruits has been konowp to stand on the vines ga week after becoming ripe, without sofiening or ottening, It is oot only a stand-by ior family use but for a market berry it The originator of this ‘berry is well known stands pre-eminently at the head, oa horticulturist, having originated the Martha Grape and other fruits of He has naver sent out g ‘eat value, a new variety which has taken held allowed not is it, the front that place in the rank sod he lames Vick to come before the public itself o and the fact has ix one of his seedlings is of vi fence of its excellence, The valuable qualities of this new fol great vigor and hermaphrodite (or perfect 21, rd, Ability to remain on the strawberry may be summed up as lows. Ist Fine quality of frat, blossoms Color, of berry ; Yines 4h, Uni nw time long Ability re ] [ ormity o without stand injury; to drought ; 5h ' size of fruit, which ages large ; The rapidity ith, eof with New sels } f wy a beau Mo appestan the relainiog ots verdure until very the | i waking order plants for Hos i ! r pl as fon wer Leds thint Re ale In all, ong of the finest t oo now anything about i | 130% St} norn nea Lil, vl mn can be obits us produ HAVE, HAVE, HAVE he capitol at | that can | YOUR CLOTHING, Made:-:to:-: Order, BY FLENING, THE TAILOR, fen | ‘Full Stock, LLow Prices, NO FIT, NO SALE. N. E. Cor. Diamond, diner because you dance or tell a good | story. but no one since the time of ( neen El abeth has been made a eabinet minis {ter or u lord chancellor for such reasons, ” The Difference, Atlanta Constitution palist and an editor? Yes | The journal ist 's a wan who writes things for newspa pers. The editor is the man who leaves BELLEFONTE, PA Is there any difference between a jour: | . | form and Hrmoess | RUMFORID’S, when fresh HANFORD'S, when fresh REDHEADS CHARM (Alum Powder) % CZAR SNOW FLAKE Grotry) LEWIY PEARL (Andrews & Co.) HECKER'S... GILLET'S con covvvnen oe. ENDED ANDRE WSACO. Regal” BULK (Powder sold loose RUMFORD'S, when not fresh ll open market, and find ft og of tartar powder of a high degree o phosphates, or other lujurious substances. — the market stance, » it ts composed are pure sad wholesome, nver. | The | COMPARATIVE WORTH or BAKING POWDERS. ROYAL Graoiutely Pure) ES GRANT'S (Alum Powder) % TR, A i He Es a I Bil i hh ha PR. PRICES. ......... ee NE, Ll REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS As to Purity and Wholesomeness ofthe Royal Baking Powder. #1 have tested a package of Royal Baking Powder, which I purchased fn the wed of pure and wholesome ingredients merit, and does not “It is » scientific fact Abat the Hoyal Baking Powder absolutely pure 4 “1 have examined a package of Royal Baking Powder, purchased by myself in I find it entirely free from alum, terra alba, or any other injurious sub- Hexur Morrox, Ph.D., President of Stevens Institute of Technology.” “1 have sualyzed a patkage of Boyal Baking Powder LL a” HA. AMAZON (dom powder) sw... CLEVELAND'S short we jor. (A PIONEER San Francisco)... Ko ST It is a cream ontain either alum of E. G. Love, Ph.D.” YH. A. M6TT, Po.D." The materials of which 3 XX Hares, Btate Assayer, Mass.” The Royal Baking Powder received the highest award over all competitors at the Vienna World's Exposition, 1578 ; at the Centennial, Philadelphia, 1576 ; at the American Institate, New York, and at State Fairs throughout the country, No other article of human food has ever received such hig! versal endorsement from eminent chemists, physicians, scientists, Health all over the world, Nore wer bel A pound can of each p each can calculated, the result Prof. Bchedler only proves Powder kn more than age of better work fair minded pe was taker what every ordinary kinds, it fs far more « A singletrial of the facts w-—" * While t} of strength that ing that they are Lo Le avuls ther powd DAYS RADY Yailm ed as dangerous, All slum The above Diaonax {lustrates the eo Powders, at shown by Chemical Analysis and experiments made by Prof 3, ug as indi , emphatic, and and B mparative worth of various laking Schedler, the total leaver ry power or volume in ated l ws by practical experience, that, whi anom R va wdcers, 1 ‘Walter W, Bayard, HAS OPENE] DRUG STORE. | ' , sl ' | ¢ 3) I’ Night paved at all free ny. 77; THE National Life Insurance.» « caer CO MONTPELIER, Vr. 1845 OF Ineo Assis 835 000 000), Surplus 81.050 000 $1000 B 0 year natal is Fhe we ni r Puy A } rat the « XJ Vis Lids rd Ld] tnt of gr or stout payubie 10 cach at ' te rr al XN) years ated wd of eat, er the | on sur render R. M. McENALLY, Soeci Office D N Post BELLEFONTE, PA al AgL* th of (nF re Quick Railway Time, Rockford, Ill., Jan, have apy ointed | Farndk PP. B aty, sole agent for the sale of our wick Train Railroad Watches in the Bellefoute 1 880). ‘ih : rertify that wi town Rockronp Warcu Couraxy BY HOSMER P. HULLAND, See Having most thoroughly tested the Rock tord Quick Train Watches for the st thitve the v« the best made and time keeper for the mongy onhanined yerrs, » offer them with ot oovtifidence rolinhile ft oan be {fu YU Aranice every Watch for tu FRANK P. BLAIR, No. 2 Brockerhofl’ Rove, vears, ; , 1 ; pW All other American Watches at reduapd | A AIR prices | Dianrox, Jan. 27, 1882, | The Rockford wateh purchased Feb | 1870, has performed better than any | Wateh | ever had, Have carried it | every day and at no time has it been | irregular, or in the least unreliable, ! cheerfully recommend the Rockford | Watch. HORACE B, HORTON, at Dighton Furnace Co, Tavxron, Sept, 18, 188], | The Rockford Wateh runs very ae: | armed, ; better than any watch | ever owned, and | have had one that cost { $150, Can recommond the Rockford Watch to everybody who wishes a fine | timekeeper, 8S. P. HUBBARD, M.D. | FT 'Wothers, there is no nist oke about it eatery and diarrhoea, 1egilates the stomach and bow els | INCH on and examine specimens of fammation and gives tone and PUErEY te aystem scription of one clans and nurse. ha bottle . DUFF & BONS, ¥ DO YOU A BN 4 BOOT or SHOE ! 1S59--1S85 Our Stock BARGAINS DRY GOODS, NOTIONS MICHAIL COCNEY'S GROCERIES! Well known Boot Shoe Stand, Mc! afferty’e Build. ing, opp. Depot. ELLEF € A and o 4 PENNA STUDIO. 2nd floor Bush A fc | am nou PAINTING PORTEAITA SCAPES. MIGN a ORNAMEN TAI FANUC] DECORA TING a GRAINING 2 SPECIALIT} ade, ready | fo idx ol { ’ LAND Niue, Satisfaction guaravteed in all cases. I would be pleased to have vou eall work. Ia. structions given in Painting. Very ResrrcrrviLy, C. ? A€ilder.. ADVICE TO MOTHERS Ate fou disturbed at night dd broken of your est Uy nick obild sulferie «rd dying with pain ofeut tg teh? 11», send at once and got a bottle of WR BooTHIxe Byrvr ror OWnsess Toe value in incaloulabie, Tt will relieve e poor ttle safferer immediate! s Depend upon it tours dys asl a cures wind colic, sofiens the gums, redoces in the whole Mus. Winston's Soorming Syney 1 on TT REN TeEruine ia pleasant to the taste, snd i (he pre; the oldest and best female physi ne United States and is for sale the world, Price 25 conte 5TAy by all druggist. . AGENTS WANTED wancocas RASPBERRY RANCOCAS Only 1) ont deve their entire 4 ome proed sppldy why Hime and attention bo the work. The Jiisine « sus wel Jar ed sueeced share thers 1 GROWERS of a Yall Line of FRUI'™S AND ORNAMENTALS, A good a | vee erred wer, R. C. CH \ & CO, Brad: Ta \ . Give us a Call. We Guarantee Satis- faction. Country Produce On hand, and Wan ed at all times. C. UU. Eo “ . v : } JSTATE NOTICE —Notice is 4 hereby givan that fetter testamentary on the outal : of George Luts, of Walker township, dec'd., | awe boeti granted ta the andersigosd, All persone | pdobited to said satate, are requested to make Tne dinte payment, and thoes having ehlms will present The Quinine Habit, On the southern front of the White House at Washington, quinine is the prie- cipal food of those om night duty, and the wachmen learn to like It ax a dally ton ¢ The French call love thy the Lourt, ” This is to certify that the Rockford | Watch bought Feb, 22, 1870, has run | very well the past year, Having set #t | duit Swiel duving that time, ie only ir In Ameria Jr dt money faster | them duly anthenticat 4 fur settlement, | variation being three minutes, It has | Hp AXO in presents | ELIZABETH LUTZ, run very bo better than | ever an. | tof a pod a ved a Samy ar hat i wAiminisrateix. | ticipated. It was no! adjusted and only | Tork for ue at their own homes Fortones for all | cost $20. R P. BRYANT, In presents given away: Send | Fount what the lournslist writes | | | 0A 5 cents pastage, ahd Le nit hat Thinks I ossuth thinks the greatest two men in the word today are Bismarck and the emperor of Japun-the latter beoanse of | the wonderful progress his country ha wade in the last few years i Wosanth HOFFER & CO. | | Allegheny Bellefonte, st, Pa $200,000: goods 6f large value, that will start you fw work that | Will at once bring you In money factor than anything “toothache of na, 1 workers absolut ely sasured, L . 300 Tortiand, Hapad: Po'tdatng, 1. Havas
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