THE
CENTRE
DEMOCRAT,
BELLEFONTE, PA
THURSDAY, APKIL 1
1847.
THE BREAKING LEVEE.
The Southern Deluge Grows Hourly
to Enormous Proportions.
HUNDREDS OF MILES FLOODED.
Spreading
Milos
The
Over a
Devastating Waters
Territory a Hundred
Long and Twenty-five to Thirty-five
Miles Wide,
There
that protects
Memphis, March
breaks in
Mississippi One Is
miles below Greenville, Mis at Way
gide, which is 1.200 feet wide, one 40
miles north of Greenville, at the head
of the delta, which is 1,000 feet wide
and cutting rapidly as the rush-
es through, and the third miles
north of a point opposite Arkansas
City, and at last reports a stream
wide Hudson
through it and flooding the «
miles in the interior
The river from the
south
Rose
many
are now
three levee
jeven
the
water
seven
ns
as the was rushing
ountry for
break forms
lale Greenvill
other
tion,
south
last break
added to
vasse, will
tory.
Four ne
crossing
one m
They
lums
Doumas
Fears
San Fr
agents |
fine four
Dufferin
holme
Lord
is still some
The ' mt :
hered 67
wed
” re
the sams
advanced
lision an
board
are
Dufferir
General Lee Called Back,
Chicago, March 31 A special
Tribune from Washington says
eral Fitzhugh Lee
Havana, has been notified
his services will not be needed after
April 15. The notice from the state
department cor nominally in the
form of a leave of beginning at
that date, but it Is understood both by
him and the department that his suc
cessor will be on the ground at that
time. General lee expects to co
back to this country
to The
Gen
consul general at
1 by cable that
abs nce
me
at once
Schooner Lost and Six Drowned,
New York, March 21. -The schooner
Charley Hastings Is belley to have
foundered In Long Island sound and
her crew, consisting of six men. is
thought to have been drowned Bhe
left Newtown creek last Wednesday
with a cargo of phosphate, and should
have arrived at Orient on Friday. but
thus far nothing has been heard from
her. Terry Brothers, to whom she was
consigned, think all hands were lost
Ifteen Months for Pension Frauds,
New York, March 31. --Jesge CC. Han-
pee, the old pension attorney of Hoe
boken, N. J., and Ellenville, N. Y.. who
was convicted in the criminal branch
of the United Btates circuit court last
week of having presented false papers
in the claim of Anna HB. Hedges, was
yesterday sentenced by Judge Brown
to 15 months’ Imprisonment in Kings
county penitentiary.
ITEMS OF ETATE NEWS,
Pottuville Pa..
tloepatine, aged 7
he Pottsville
Injuries inflicted
The little
passing
literally
polices
in dragging
March 20
Veurs, Is
Jogeph
dying at
tal from horrible
by a vicious bulldog
attacked while
the which
boy's se Two
hosg
fellow was
a dark alley by
tore off the
with their maces,
the dog off by nearly beat
skull The dog Is still
dog,
alp
nen succeeded
Ing in its ut
Maren 20
I of
AY yi
Mr
attempting
Nel
olson
terday sentenced
» the Western pend
and to pay
ciemency
a fine
Wa
isbhand and
Mrs Nellis
was pro
1 10 the pend
collapse
ROUNCe
tentiary
Harri
Newman
Car 2 h
and des
wering
from drinking al
found In a barrel
a Harris
3
ath
MeKe
sterday, whet
LE We
Chartiers
at
and i]
A the
ly down
:
1
for }
mnkment water
was carried rap!
calied
though
made
They
that men
could not
gltrean
eip, and FI
swim
viteousiy
unable to
effort to
were carried
who
reach
heroieall
brother
quickly
rescue
an his
"no
RAVE
Away
to the
time
The pl
rushed
them In
Harrisburg, March 11
the erection of a new capitol building
are taking definite shape. The house
buildings and grounds committe ye.
terday reported. re that
the total cost of the proposed structure
shall not exceed 51.000.000. The report
gives the following figures as to the
vost of statehouses, Rhode Island, $1
$00,000; Connecticut, $2.600,000; Indiana
$2,000,000, Minnesota, $4,000,000; CGeor
gia, $1,000,000. Among the bills passed
finally was one to punish the loan
gift, sale or distribution of Indecent
and immoral writings, ote, and of all
drugs for criminal purposes, and one
punishing the sending of anonymous
communications of a libelous, defam-
story, scurrilous or opprobrious nature,
The bill to establish a state bureau of
geology and mines was defeated,
ang for
3
commending
| parts of the structure.
HOW TO KEEP COOL.
SOME OF THE
BY NATIVES
METHODS EMPLOYED
OF THE TROPICS.
Artificial Swamps of New Gulpes
“Floating Villages”
India’s
Subterranean Dwell.
of the Syrians
ings
The King of Siam's
Glass House,
ple will only profit by example
tho
it is al-
Just how
live
manages to be
‘ Pp ox ol. Be
How, who « whore
ways hot, comfortable,
d then you will have struck the key-
note, :
the inhabitants of the
to
the natural
countries
of
mechanical
For conturies
tropics have been devising ways
keep cool Not only have
been
cooling
skill of
been introduced
awlthy rulers of these
thelr own
mto
but the
nea h
bulously wi
rosources of
converted
SCHOMes,
methods
modern se as nlso
by the fa
sori barbarous lands
The natives of New
ompelled,
to go
ar, have
who are
intense heat,
of the
that is
nly bearable,
ghly jovabl n he long,
Guinea,
owing to the
t naked during
alin r most
vimed to make
{ sun is send
F TO ks of ng
his is largely accounted for by
with th us subterranoan
flow along under
the
tart
ts in rocks caused
¢ eruptions
androds « t beneath
and in, a8 It were,
Syrians pass the
day in quiet se
“Do wn there, h
earth's surface
a gigantic tu
heated portic
| n and peaceful rest
The Chin
fn «
backward
neverthe.
ugh a
and unprogressive have
lesa tried many experiments for keeping
they have
“treo dwellings.’ At
Is the & Aatisiactory
14
eRe, Bia
race,
ool, and think solved the
question by their
we at method
wration in
y trem
» by splitting
and fitti
y houses securely in t hese
hed uv
air m
ng the foundati
splits,
foot
tho direct sweep of the
branches
p there, a hundred in
“4 in
d when there is any, the Celestials
ireg away the tedions summer day
The
tion
type of architecture is more preten
8 than that displayed in the simple
log cabin. The are decorated
with curious designs, and the inter
woven latticework of palm and bamboo
which form the houses give them a de
lightfully cool and airy appearance, It
is an ideal and one in which the
Celestial never tires of lingering.
The king of Siam has a scheme on
which that swarthy ruler labored for
many years, and which, besides being
wholly original, represents an expendi-
ture of money that would make a dozen
men wealthy for life. In substance, it is
a mammoth glass room, measuring
some 20 feet square by 15 feet high,
sonstructed on the surface of a lake,
into which it is submerged on hot days.
With the exception of the floor, it is
entirely of heavy plate glass closely fit
ted into steel frames, It took over five
years of steady labor to make this re.
markable room, and so jealous of the
secret was i's imperial inventor that |
each particle of the room was manufac.
tured in a different place and by work
men entirely unfamiliar with the other
«New York Jour.
Walls
nest,
nal
Minks Fanish Snakes,
Water moceasing were formerly nu-
merous in the region close to Taylor,
La. In recent years they have become |
soarce, while minks have increased in |
numbers. Old hunters there say that the |
mink is the deadly enemy of the snake,
and that in a fight the quadruped al-
ways comes off victorious,
| bales
| Pennsylvania
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED,
March 208.
Navy Long
that civil ms
enforced at
Thursday,
the
Bocretary of
warned politic
ruies will bx trictly
ni
In
i went iron conference at
Clevel
John lockers repr
positively fused
duction
ore
Her's
pentatl tO assist In
in Wage re
During a heavy
terday in the not
Jersey an earth
duration was felt at
In i g y Fi 4 betw
2-3 brothers He
Holmes
thunder
thern
qunks f four sed
slorm yes
gaction of Ney
ond
nervill
een the
neny
was
imes
George
vin fatally
Friday, March 24,
ed In the
unlawful,
intions
pieture
that the
the UU
introduc
senate makes It
penaltle
publish
It Is
lant
At-
ates
North
nited Bt
York ha
Grant parade
ror
reme co
urt
over
i
ded that
IPC
throes
March
saturday,
. March
Wednesday, Marc?
!
General Markets
aware
pring ®_por
Khe do
September
Tan ‘orn corn
rt
Pi
firm. steamer
yellow for
No mixed March
do. April, WGN e.; do. May
do. Jun« nominal Oats firm No, 2
white } No. 2 white, clipped
oar white, March 4H
he ) do. May, BUG
Pe June, 2 Hay Arm for
good timothy, HAL7G14 for large
aulet family, 3550; extra
beef hams, MFI; packet,
dull; western steamed, $4.45.
family $10.50 11 Hutter
creamery. 14621c do
Elgins, 2c imitation
New York dairy, 12
1H@200.; fancy prints
do, extra, wholesale,
large, BI o. . small,
Mise. . full skims,
New York and
western, fresh,
spot, TLE
trade, 306
WGI «
bab RG rail
No local
ab
ba |
do
choles
Hef
mens, 2.00
8s. lard
Pork dull;
steady, western
factory, Si
creamery, 1061 18%«
1% do, creamery,
jobbing at BOM
22. Cheonn quiet
PE 2 part skims
Wade. Eggs steady
1067 10%0,
PLE southern, ee
East Liberty Live Stock Market,
East Liberty, Pa. March 30 Cattle
firm. prime, MOHE 10, feadern, £1.75604.40;
bulls, stags and cows, 5.95G0.50 Hogs
plow; prime medium, $24: best
heavy Yorkers, 80100415; light Yorkers,
HEALI0; pigs, BESGM; heavy, $41004.20;
rougha, $3G3.75. Sheep steady; Ohlo fed
westorna, $AGEAS: native, SEG6; com
mon, 3GL60; choles lambs, §5.60004.90;
veal calves, $669.50.
{ spring beds, wardrobes,
| fourteen bath
jo
would make no impres-
sion on the number of the
germs of consumptio
that exist in one affected
lung. All germs are lit-
tle enough, but those
which cause consump-
tion are very minute,
Cod-liver oil won't kill
them. We don’t know
remedy which will. The
germs float in the air
can't keep
and
«ali
from
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HAVEN,
low
State
dol]
a ET
to teach the
as La , aud §
uition, $1.
Lo
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cents a week
lucted 75 ¢
Heat,
The
A §4
weeks
whole
f thse
mposed
yg
rofessional
students. Graduates con mand good po
sitions and meet with excellent success
The handsome new building, erected
at a cost of one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars, is now finished and o«
cupied Accommodations first class
Electric light in every room, carpets,
new furniture,
Hot and cold
water on every floor. Fan system steam
heat. Smead system of ventilation.
Everything is new and convenient, Stu.
dents may enter at any time, Lock
Haven is accessible by rail from all di
rections,
We shall be glad to correspond with
any who are interested. Send for free
catalogue and secure rooms for next
term.
JAMES ELDON, A. M.. Ph.D. Principal,
rooms
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charge, Our foe nt due till patent is secured,
A Pamesrer, © How to Obtain Patents,” with
cont of aad | oh he! U. 5. and foreign countries
sent free,
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ANTHRACITE, BITUMINOUS
AND WOODLAND
COALS
Grain, Corn Ears, Shelled
Corn, Oats, Baled
Hay and Straw,
KINDLING WOOD
By the Bunch or Cord, in guanti.
fies to swil Purchasers,
Clean Washed Sand
leits the patronage of his friends
and the public at his coal yard
NEARPFP.R R. STATION
BELLEFONTE,
mous (ALS
RHOADS
R-1.P.A.N.S
TEN FOR FIVE CENTS,
Thie mpeein! form of Tih Tabmion te prermred
From the original proseription, but more aoonom.
poally put up for the purpose of meting the
univereal pol demand for a low poten,
PIHLCTIONS Take sl mend or hed
time or w you . Beallow
whole, with of withoat a
hes care nll ley Ry
Proluoe shoe | i, 1p i
Pest Fpwing diene. o
matter, cone will de
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