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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-17

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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-17

Untold numbers Of valuable trees, both
fruit-bcaring and ornamental, have been
destroyed by the devastating fires OF the
West. Yet, In most instances, the vital
ity of the roots has not been impaired.
II may not be generally known that by
cutting OF the trees close 10 the surface
of the ground, before Winter, and GOV.
cring the wounds with heavy coat of
rfafting wax, the life Of che tree will be
preserved until next Spring, when most
yonnV trees. and many large ones that
have been standing for more than score
of years, will send up strong and luxuri-
ant canes, which viii grow rapidly into
desirable trees. Some varieties OF ever
greens and some deoiduous trees will
not Bnrout, while fruit-trees OF every
snre. erape vines, cnrrant and berry bush
On OF every variety, rose bushes and
valuable shruhhcry, the tops Of which
harn been killed by fire, will Sprout
again. provided that the tops are cut OF
close "a Che ground before Winter. IL
left until next Spring, the vitality Of The
roots Of many trees and many valuable
grapevine viii be impaired to such an
extent that no sprouts viii ever appear,
Apple-trses and pear trees, six 10 ten
inches in diameicr, which have been
burned 70 hlackneSs, below the collar Of
the tree should he removed with axea
and carpenters adE until the live wood
and bark have been reached beneath the
surface OF the ground. Small trees and
gral>e vines should be sawed of smooth.
ty close 20 the snrlace of the earth and
il the wood has been injured below that
point remove the soil, and continue 10
cat on the heated portions nntil q live
surface is laid bare. Then apply heavy
coat of warm grafting-waS, IN a liquid
state, and before the WAX has become
hard press piece Of strong brown paper
or a piece Of any sort Of cloth into the
wax. after which cover the stump with
fine and mellow earth. several inches In
depth. Early next Spring remove the
soil. leaving not more than an inch IN
depth over the stump, A suitable graft
iur.wax for such purpose may be made
az canal parts of tlllow and resin of any
Kind. or pitch. We have frequently
made II az one part Of hnseed oll,
mingled with two parts Of course, cheap
resin or pitch, heated in an iron kettle
until the pitch is all dissolved, and the
mass is of the eonSistenee of thin tar.
ii should not be applied scalding hot.
In hen Of paint-brush, employ "a swah
made of piece OF course cloth wrapped
around the end of stick. Veay few
young trees, and but small proportion
'ut grape vines and shrubbery have been
burned 10 such an extent rs to iniure the
wood below the collar of the main stem.
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linnn nmnnr The Marmon..

Grace Greenwood, who has been among
the Mormons thus speaks OF them:
You hear good deal about that
"croSs," from both Mormon husbands
and wives, but You only see the shadow
of Il in the faces of the women. i do not
mean 20 intimate that they all look de
cidedly unhappy. There isuthor in their
faces n quiet battling, negative and ab-
negative expression, which certainly ~ as
far from happy content ms II in from des-
porAto rebellion. Naturally, they arc
moro alive 60 the outside pressure OF
public opinion. moro sensitive to the
obloquy and oStaoism which their posi-
tion proyokea, than mon, Patient aud
passive ms they seem, they feel these
kcenly the moro intelligent among
them, at least. aud though upheld 10y a
Sinecrc, devont faith in this strange delu'
sion, they have toward strangers a pecu-
liar mir of rctieence, Of mistuust, almost Of
ropulsion. l DO not wonder az it-their
hospitality and confidence have often
been ahuse,l-they have been tntruded
upon by impertinent intorviowers, and
their reluctant answers 30 persistent
questioning published abroad, With
startling additions and dramatic embol'
ishment Those | have met appear TO
me, l must say, like good and gentle
Christian women. They aro slngnlarly
simple in dress, and modest i'm demeanor
What sRddens me is their mir OF extreme
quietude, retirement and repression.
But for the children around them yon
would think some of them were women
who had done with this world. / ana
told that the wives Of even the highest
dignitaries show little pride in their lords.
IL we've perhaps difficult 10 feel much
pride in the sixteenth part of man, as
men 20. Even the first wife Of wealthy
saint, hetrays in her husband and house
hold, they say, no exultant JOY of posses
sion. An investment in Mormon heart
aud home must be rather uncertain stock
for woman. l am assured, though,
that the second wife is seldom taken
without the full consent of the first. Not
only are the poor woman's faith and zeal
appealed 10, but her magnanimity toward
her sister-woman out in the cold. II
m"st he through great suffering that
such heights OF self-ahnegahon are
reached. The eruoitixion Of the divine
Weakness of a loving woman's heart must
ba a severe process. But there is some
sorry comfort in the thought that for
these poor polygamous wives there Is
no wearing uncertainty. no fcverish
anxiety-that they are spared the bitter
est pain of jealousy the vague nightmare
torture Of suspicion, the grief and horror
of the final discovery, the fierce sense Of
treachery and deception. Tl@y know the
worst Perhaps il is the dead oertain-
"" that gives them the peculiar cold,
still look have referred 10. As 10 the
Mormon men whom l have met, mostly
leaders in the Church, and prominent,
well-to-do-citizens 1 must say that they
look remarkably care-free and even Jolly
under the cross. Virgil, believe. has
somewhere the expression, 80 three
times and four times happy !" Well,
that is the way they look.
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Morning Drives.

Take ride In the morning. Say what
yon will OF the after part Of tho day,
there in nothing else like n ride in the
early morning.
In these Autumn days, when the air is
crisp and bracing, ride ia the morning
puts new life into your veins.
OF course il must be behind . lively
horse. We do not suppose a ride with a
yoke Of oxen would be very inspiriting.
Who ever gets up and goes out early
for single morning, without resolving
that he viii never lio i'm bed late again Y
Many persons experience fatigue and
exhaustion from exercise In the early
morning but it is because they take IL
before breakfast, and on an empty sto-
mach. This consequence is easily eyoid-
ed by taking a cup Of coffee, or some
thing, however light. before going out I;
and the drive gives an excellent appetite
for breakfast after your return.
The early bird catches the worm.
The early drive catches health, strength,
rosy cheeks, and rosy view OF things
in general.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-17

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WenderraH Cmrmflve Mmwc1ns
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Gases Mi apnEiaca Ehs nesl ifarnaMioun % tsAf rs
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LTTTGATToN.--A ease Illustrating lftira-
ton has iuEt been concluded i'm Mnssa.
chusetts court -Four years ago two
ladies were riding with about dozen
others in n four-horse coach, on a pic
pic excursion in Ashfeld, when de-
fective bridge gave way and precipitated
the team, with the passengers, some
twelve feet into the stream below. Both
ladies were injured The defect in the
bridge and the liability Of the town
seemed undoubted- One OF the ladies
offered 70 settle for Sl, 500, but the
selectmen refused. The matter went in
to court, and now after four years OF
litigation the town is indicted in the
sum of SIC, ,135, and must besides paw a
large bill Of costs for their own wit
nesses. I ~ ~ ~y
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Is rHE WAY or RoMAScE-A colored
man, VINO gave his namc as Edward Dye,
was brought 10 the Newark Police Station
in a wagon, being too severely wounded
to walk Upon examination IL was found
that he had been shot In the leg. his
wounds were dressed, and he was then
locked up 10 answer q charge of burglary,
for which crime the detectives had for
.@omo time been bunting him. Dye told
4 singular story regarding the aaray in
which he was hurt He says he went 30
East Newark with two men, members Of
a gang Of thieves, with whom he had for
long time operated, 10 draw lots with
them 10 see which one should kill man
named Cole. who had betrayed them.
The lot fell % the negro, and when he
refused 30 commit the murder they shot
him. A squad OF officers were sent 10
East Newark 10 arrest his RsSailants, and
they succeeded in apprehending Michael
Lorton aud Robert Quail They were
found an a cave dug out Of the ground
and boarded over The men were held
20 answer the charge OF shooting Dye,
and all three are under arrest for several
burgiaries.
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FINANCIAL.


Jar CooEr a Co. Erv now selling. and recanmeud ~
rruaiale znd safe Investment Tor all glasses shs First
Mortgage 7-so Gold Bonds of tho Nesshesn Pacific
RAllrosd Cenpsny. bearing seven and ThFee-Teath'
per cent gold interest than per eeut earvury,
and secured hs hri and onl5 moFtrAee The sfiire
Road and eanipnen's and on mere than $4,000 Acres
o. Land 10 every o Of track. VOC Aros of Land 10
each ei.0n Bond. The hiRhc~s carrrnt price wil ee
paid for u s Fvcrwrntips aud all other mnrArsahAp
Securities received In cHcAAnFe Pamphlets, apa and
fan ,usoraaoa. - well The bonds themselves win be
furnished on Application hy jar COOKE a 90. PhSls-
aerhsA Ncw Yosk and wsshins.oa. and hs moss Banks
and Bankcas tarsslrhost the s~-s-,rv.
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no I.ate Gen. Andersnn.

General Robert Anderson died at
Nice, France. He had gone from Venoy
to Nice about three weeks ago, hoping 10
receive benefit from the change. His
family were with him. His remains will
be brought by the United States vessel
Guerrero 10 this country for interment.
General Robert Anderson has occupied
prominent position in the history oi
America, and the news Of his death will
be received throughout the country with
unfeigned regret. He was born in Ken
tucky in 1906, graduated at West Point
in 1925, and on the first Of July in that
year resolved his first commission as
brevet second lieutenant of Second Artil-
lery. During the Black Hawk war he
was inspector-general OF the Illinois
volunteers. In 1857 Robert Ander.
son was assistant instructor and inspcc-
tor of the West Point Military Academy,
and during the Indian war in Florida he
was aide-de camp 10 General Scott. For
his successful conduct in the Florida war
he received, in August, 1888, the rank of
brevet captain. He accompanied General
Scott through the Mexican war until the
fall OF the City oi Mexico, particularly
distinguishing himself at the battle Of
Ell Molino d'al Rey. His gallant and
meritorious conduct on this occasion was
rewarded by his promotion on the Sth OF
September, 1Si7, TO the rank of brevet
major. When Fort Sumter was built
Major Anderson was appointed COM
mander of it and of all the works round
Charleston and for his defence of this
port was Immediately promoted 10 the
rank OF krigadier-general, and ordered
to the Department Of Kentucky Here
his health falling him he was obliged to
retire from active service He grew
gradually more and moro feeble until,
being advised 10 leave his home and
try the effect OF change OF air and scene,
be went to France, where, as the above
despatch informs us, he elingered until he
died.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-17

The Court Journal states that there is
nj present in London one of the greatest
" sensations" Of American perseverance,
and confidence in self which has ever
been beheld even amongst the persever-
ing and self-confdent people of that
country. This gentleman, now ranking
amongst the highest and most distin-
guished authorities OF the United States,
the guest Of princes, and the counsellor
of diplomatists, is n barrister Of high
standing, who left his humble and re-
tired New England home at tho age OF
eighteen, with thirty dollars in his pock-
ct and n paper sewn up with thread
made of hemp Of his fathers own SOW
ing, and his mothers own spinning
Outside the paper was written, ITO lie
opened in 1854, or at my death, shonld
/ die before that time" The paper was
opened on the night mentioned, and
found 10 contain these words, written in
n large, school-boy hand, This day /
leave my fathers house with thirty dol
lars in my pocket TO seek my fortune,
aud here do take a solemn vow before
God, TO foreswear all gambling, smok-
ing or drinking, or any self-induIgence
which can stand in the way of my firm
determination 10 advance. Heneeforth
my motto must be Push i" The vow
was registered in Heaven, and the New
England boy has changed his thirty dol
lars into thirty millions, II report spseak
true, by sheer industry aided by great
talent and Epotless reputation.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES. correspon-
dent says of the value OF insurance stock
When surprise is expressed that business
men should have had so much invested
in a single interest, il must be remem.
bered that for years and years our fire
insurance stocks have proved n most re-
numeratiye investment. In n recent
law suit it became necessary 10 deter
mine the present value of S265 of stock
in one company, which was alleged 10
have been misappropristed in 1851,
twenty years ago. a careful computa.
tion by the value of tbe stock, with all
the dividends that have been paid TO
date at compound interest, showing the
enormous accumulation Of ga, 900.
And in the smaller companies equally
astonishing results have been attained.
Another company started in 1850 with a
chartered capital Of $500, 900, only ten
per cent paid up. Since then the whole
capital has been made up by stock divi-
dends and the handsome cash dividends
paid on the shares, which were quoted
at $40 before the fire.
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BABIES IN CHnsA.-0ne Of the first
things impressing traveller in China,
says James Brooks, is the babies, the
countless babies. Girl babies. however.
alas for the poor things.are deemed rather
curses than blessings. more especially If
you have too nsany vi fthem- m--snch curses:
that often the little lasses are tumbed
away TO perish-boy babies, never. All
the junks we passed, or saw, were more
or less filed with babies-naked babies
mixed up with the eeeks, and hens and
dogs, and httens Fathers were az often
fondling them as the mothers. This
love OF babies il is that makes ND the
Chinese countless numbers, ever popu-
lating the land, and forcing the poor
often TO starFe, or 10 live ON kitten cut
lets and puppy steaks What we saw
people eating most Of, on our boat Jour
ney, was Uatermelons, pretty good ones !;
a species Of cantelopes, that they aibble,
as monkeys would then peaches, that
nobody else could eat, they arc 50 bad
with onions, onions, onions innumerable.
Indeed, the whole popnlation hereabout
seems saturated with onions and opium.
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"Thcro was q frog who lived In a spring,
He caught such roid that A. could n0i sing.

"Thcrc waH frog who lived IN q nprinR.
Ho caught such roid that Me- could NOD eing.
Poor unfortunate Batrachinn I In
what sad plight he must have been.
And yet his misfortune was ono that
often befalls singers. Many once tune
ful voice among those who belong 10 the
" genus homo il utterly spoiled by
" cold In the head " or on the lungs. or
both combined. For the above-men-
toned " croaker we are not aware that
any remedy was ever doyihcd but we re-
i0Ece 10 know that MI human singers
may keep their heads clear and their
throata In tune by a timely mne of DIR
Sage'h Catarrh Remedy, and Dr. Pierce'a
Golden Medical Discovery, both OF which
are sold by druggists b70
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We often sec large stocks of cattle which
do not seem 10 thrive. and come out
"Epring poor, al for want of something
10 start them In the right direction. One
dollars worth OF SRERTDAN's CAVALRY
CONDITION PowDERs, given 20 such M
stock occasionally during the winter,
would be worth mUre than an extra half
ton OF hay.
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pEsrryEp Ir.-A sentenee Of six mon

DEsERvKD IT. "A sentence of six months
imprisonment was imposed on an English
collier named Brady, who, hnving some
grudge against his wife, locked the doors
OF the house SO that she could not escape,
and then deliberately melted large bull
dog to worry the unfortunate woman.
The details Of her frantic struggle with
the brute, which were given in evidence
before q magistrate, were unspeaksbly
horrible. She was savagely bitten In
many places by the dog, her husband
doing his best TO shut ont all means OF
escape. At last, torn and bleeding, she
escaped from the house, and Bradley
was given into custody. There is eyi-
IDENTIFY room Mt the Lancashire collieries
for an earnest advocate OF women'a rights.
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A Busy Place. Every carpenter or
mason in Chicago can now earn from
three TO four dollars per day, every
laborcr two dollars, every half-grown
boy one dollar, every woman capable of
doing household work from two to three
dollars per week and her board, either
in the city or country. Clerks and per-
sons unaccustomed to outdoor labor, il
they cannot find such employment as
they have been accustomed TO, must take
such as is offered, or leave the city. Any
man, single woman, or boy, able TO work
and unemployed at this time, is SO from
choice, and not from necessity.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-17

The foundation of the Russian mon
archy was lard more than n thousand
years ago 1851 BY Rtrik. prince OF the
tribe known ms the Russians. But the
present royal family is of much later
origin. For the House Of Rurik, after
producing many rulers of rare ability,
such as Olsg, his immediate successor,
who was brave, energetic, and wise, the
wise qneen Olga, Vladimir the Great,
Yaroslay, tho patron Of literature and
civilization, Ivan the Great, and Ivan the
Terrible, came 10 IN end by the death OF
the imbecile Fedor in 1855, and the nc
cession OF his usurping brother-in-law.
After many disorders the Russians ele-
yated 20 the throne MichaI Fedorovitch
Ronanof, the first emperor Of the pre-
sen. family. He was the son Of a Bishop
Fedor of Rostov, and related TO the
family Of Rurik by the female line. The
present family has produced several
princes OF rare ability, the chief of whom
lwas doubtless Peter the Great. the son
of Czar bearing the same name as the
young Grand Duke now visiting this
country. Peters wife, Catharine l.,
who succeeded him, was equally able,
and indeed the family has been remark
able for its able women the two Cath
arines and Elizabeth have not been sur
passed by any other rulers Of that great
Empire. We speak Of the Catharines as
members OF the family, for though not
descended from previous Emperors, they
were ancestors OF the present Gar, and
have doubtless contributed to the hered-
itary ability Of the family. Catharine
the Great was a low-born woman Of i'll
fame, q sort of n slave, when she cane
INTO the possession of Peter, and the ex-
tremes OF wretchedness and grandeur
were never 30 strangely combined in one
Life Hs in hers. Nicholas, the father of
the present Car, was man OF great
force Of character, and Alexander IL,
now re1gning, Is at least man OF clear
intelligence. Tho Grand Duke Alexis is
his second son.