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Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

The ehignon's reign Is ended.
Tnrban hats are more in vogue than
ever.
Trimming on the front Of dresses il
revived.
Bonnets strings are wider and very
much longer.
Chatelaine braids win not be worn
much longer.
Sack overcoata with eapes viii l,e the
style for BOYS.
The plated GAribaldi waists oontsnue
10 grow in favor.
Donbls and single round eapea are 10 be
worn for early fall
Short curls and friEettea on the fore.
head are stu in vogue.
The hair ON the temples continues 10
be worn high and smooth.
Plated aud twisted coronelA of hair
are 10 Eupersede and Pompadonr roll.
Shoulder seams are ssill high and
short, following the hne OF the shoulder
Not much change in bonneta, but
they are larger and more cottage shaped.
Felt bonnets are TO he worn for wealth
er suits by those who do not like hats.
The short skirt for walking costume
is still 10 be retained hy sensible women.
Many ladies have become really Grip
Piled by wearing the French high heels.
Aprons 10 oyerskirts are much wider,
and the side loopings are drawn very far
back
Camel's hair searfs viii be worn nexE
season for the neck instead Of fur tippeta
or boas.
Very long eoat-shAped Postilioha are
10 be worn with demi-train skirts for in
door toilets.
The general effect in the new style Of
hair dressing ia Grecian, but M rough
and frowsy as ever.
Satin and velvet striped silks win be
very much worn neat season. with plain
silk or cashmere oTerdresses.
Large jet or tortoise shell butterflies,
with gilt edges. are worn in the center
Of large bow on the top OF the head
Demi-trains are 30 be adjusted for
street wear by means Of tapes TO loop
them up 10 the waist MT the back Beana
Deep honnces are more in favor than
pArrow ones. When both are used i'm
combination, the marrow one 10 under.
meath.
The double cape of bright Scotch plaid
is aSery fashionable aud stvlish street
garment for young girlS Of from ten TO
fifteen.
A polonaise, or close cut paletot, with
pelerine cape or large collar. wall be the
fashionable garment for girls for early
fan wear.
Gray and light brown Melton cloth In
the most approved material for boys
suits, comprising jacket vest and
trousers
The style Of arranging the back hair
for the next season will be u French
twist surrounded by a twisted coil or
heavy braid.
The new style OF wedding cards are
markell with one letter only, instead Of
N monogram. and are plainly engraved
on thick white paper.
Large silk and velvet cloaks reaching
noarly 10 the bottom Of the dress,
with long circular cspes, are 10 be very
fashionable next Winter.
Low-necked dresses are now entirely
a thing Of the past, all evening dresses
being cut a lT Pompadour, heart-shnped,
or square over the shoulders
Indoor dresses are made up much
palmer than last season OvcrskirtS are
frequently omitted. the plain demi-train
and stylish basque being deemed Sufii-
cient.
Solid colored silks and rich poplins
will be most fashionable for street COS
tunes dark green, brown, black. ma
room and navy blue win be the most
fashionable colors.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29
The Suicidal Mania.

IL il said that an ancient law -giver once
put a stop to n suicidal mania among the
young women of his country by ordering
the bodies Of all who took their own lives
TO be exposed naked 10 the public view.
The dread of that which was TO come after
death, the ignominy of exposure and the
insults OF the rabble, was relied upon to
stay the fatal hand, and is recorded TO
have justified the faith reposed in it.
To mark its apprehension of suicides, the
Athenian law cut of the hand which
dealt the blow and for centuries the old
common law OF England ordained the
burial of the self-murderer in the high
way with n stake through the body. As
public opinion would not tolerate any of
these usages now, unless, perhaps, the
exposure, half-naked, mt the Morgue of
the men and women who drown them
selves be an exception and these usages
are pretty much all that mankind has
devised to deter from suicide. il becomes
question whether some ignominous
punishment might not be awarded such
wretches as are arrested in the act Of
suicide before their purpose can be
crrried into execution. In England, il
such person is found under the influence
of liquor, he is put away in Jail for a
month or so TO get sober il lunatic, he
is sent to the asylum and in case he is
sober and well.to-do, a heavy fine is added
to the imprisonment. IL would be well
il this were the course OF law in the
United States. Every now and then we
read OF some would-be suicide pulled ou.
OF the water, or cut down from n tree
limb or rafter, or otherwise prevented
from self-murder, and yet no pain or
penalty is inflicted. But n few days since
a man was soverpowcred by the police just
as he was about 10 blow his brains out,
and that was the end Of IL, instead Of
some ignominious punishment having
been awarded.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

CoLoR- BLINDNESS. - Mr.. Monck. of
Trinity College, Dublin, propounds n
novel aud interesting theory of color
blindness. The ordinary explanation il
that the eye is not sensitive TO certain
colors. TO which il in objected that
color-blind person sees the whole spec
trum, and that were this explanation
true there shonld not be complimentary
eolors-red and green for example. Mr..
Monck bases his theory on the pheno-
mena Of accidental colorS Thus, IL the
eve be very sensitive 70 the excitation of
the complimentary tint, then this latter,
appearing with vividness while the eye
gazes upon the original color, is so COM
bined with Ii an 10 give rise 10 the grey
ish tint with which color-blind persons
no often confound colors. The brighter
the light the more quickly and wildly
would the accidental color be produced.
Another argument is, that color-blind
persons rarely see accidental colors.
According to this theory, then, the color
blind eve is one in which the compli-
mentary color is seen very rapidly and
very vividly while looking at the primary
color.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

VERY SAD. Tho first wife OF the Lou
isyille millionaire who caused something
OF flutter some time ago by inducing
the Kentucky Legislature, as is alleged,
to pass bill making il lawful for man
having an insane wife 10 marry again, is
still an inmate of private asylum near
Boston, without the least hope OF re-
covery. She has been there for nearly
twenty years, aud first revealed her mad
ness in Louisville hy throwing her four
children. one night, from the attic win
dow Of her residence into the yard be-
low. Two OF the little creatures were
killed. The others were almost miracu.
lously saved from destruction, though
they suffered for years from the severe
injuries they received. The unfortunate
lady was passionately fond OF her chill
dren, and tho death of the eldest de-
ranged her naturally fine mind by caus-
ing a religious monomanis, accompanied
by the morbid phantasy that God wanted
her offspring, and that she was sending
them 10 Him by destroying their lives.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

Losr Hrs TEapER.-A warning TO
those given 10 losing their temper oc-
Cured at correctional tribunal at Tou-
louise, France. A man was accused Of
theft, but MS the eevidence was insufficient,
the court was about to acquit him, when
he, doubtless surprising that he was go
ing to receive sentence of condemna-
ton, became most violent, and burst
ont with volley OF threats and insults
against the judges, 40 that he wns
Obliged TO he handcuffed The prisoner,
who in possessed of extraordinary
strength, broke the chain with O vigor-
ous effort and redoubled his abuse, and
number OF gendarmes had great diff
Guilty in overpowering him. Al the de-
mand Of the public prosecutor, the tri-
bunal condemned the accused 20 one
year imprisonment for menaces against
the bench. n.s
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

A VALUABLE HoRsE- The Pottsiown
PA. Ledger gives an account of a mare
which is employed at the iron works at
that place. Her business is 10 haul
carts loaded with iron. Part Of the day
she il required 10 draw a cart from the
furnace to the pudding mill, and the
rest Of the time to the plate mill, which
lies in another direction. The distance
TO each place is over two hundred yards.
The mare has been engaged in this busi-
ness for over three years, and after only a
few trips has made her rounds without
driver. One route leads over n rail-
way track, and such is the sagacity oil
the animal that il she sees n train APP
preaching at some distance she hurries
over the track, but il it is near at hand
she stops for the train 10 60 past. Ar
the wages paid 10 drivers in this estab-
lishment are SAL per month il viii be
seen that this mare has saved her present
employer sl,0oo by gsiAg witA0ut .
driver.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29
pEcrprp.-The Paris Gnulois gives. il

DEcIDED.-The Paris GduIois gives, in
paragraph signed "Un Domino" the
following anecdote about Sir Walter
Scott "When the celebrated romancer
had finished Quentin Durward, he
offered the youngest of his daughters, on
whom he had not yet settled dowry,
"a, 900 or his last novel. Miss Scott re-
piled, blushing, that before taking a
resolution on the subject. she wished to
read the manuscript Hardly had she
received il before she ran to her fathers
bookseller, who immediately gave fi, 800
for the novel. The young lady returned
TO the house enchanted. and said TO her
father, blushing, that she preferred the
novel to CA, 600. and the poor man, Gre
dulous as poets and fathers are, wept
with emotion in the arms Of his daughter,
who blushed anew"
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

FooLED HIM.-Recently, two persons
travelling on the road to Gotham in a
light wagon, we're smoking cigars, from
the fire OF which some straw nt the bot
tom ignited. The flames soon drove them
from their seats, and while busy extin-
gushing the fire n countryman who had
been for some time following them on
horseback, alighted TO assist them.
81 have been watching the smoke for
some time, said he.
"Why, then, did you not give us
notice ?" asked the travellers.
"Well, " responded the rustic, there
are so many new tangled notions nova
days. 1 thought you were going by
steqnn
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

SwIxDnED. 1t is not strange that for
eign travellers who land in New York
complain OF the miserable hack system
Of American cities. A California United
States Senator arrived at hotel in New
York. In the evening he concluded to
go and see Forrest as " Coriolanus In
front OF the hotel he found haclman,
and told him to drive him 10 Niblo's
Garden. Said haclxman drove him round
nineteen blocks and landed him safely
at the theatre, waited until the theatre
was ont, and drove around seventeen
blocks back 10 the hotel. His fare was
fifteen dollars. 1t was not until the next
day that the successful politician ascer-
tanned that both the hotel and theatre
were under the same roof, and that the
entrance to each were less than twenty
feet apart.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

An ExTRAoRDNARY SoANAMBULIsT.-
In Mt. Vernon, Indiana, there is an in
teresting "old citizen" of whom local
paper says He viii attend n church and
listen to sermon, and that night he will
repeat the sermon in his sleep perbdfim
et hterdfirn. He has been known to listen
to lectures on scientific subjects, that he
knew no more about than n hog, and
would repeat the lecture in his sleep, so
with public speeches. He is an illIterate
man, using commonplace language, yet,
when under the influence Of somnambu-
lism, uses the most chaste language.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

BEWARE An English medical journal
publishes n warning against the wearing
OF green kid gloves. 1t has been OBJ
served in several cases that the hands Of
those wearing gloves Of this color soon
become covered with an eruption which
physicians find hard to cure, as the
poison seems to enter the system. Upon
analysis, it has been found that the green
used for dyeing the kid contains arsenic.
Though not all the green kid gloves in
the market arc so dyed, il is nevertheless
safer to wear others OF less bright snd
less dangerous colcr.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

The total expenses of the Mount Ce-
mis- Tunnel amount 10 GO, 900, 900 francs /;
of these, 10000, coo francs are to be con-
tributed by the Victor Emmanuel Rail-
way, or Railway of Northern Italy.
This sum is TO be paid ON or before the
opening OF the tunnel The French
Government was 10 pay 1900, 900 fr IL
the work was accomplished within twen-
ty years, reckoning from 1862. But il
the work was accomplished at an earlier
date Frnnoe bound herself 60 pay 500, :
600 fr. more for every year thus gained
upon the stipulated time. As there
have been eleven years thus gained,
France will have TO pay $500, 900 fr. be-
side the 10000, 900 fir. OF the original
stipulation. She has, besides, to pay
per cent. interest on the money due for
the work ms il proceeded from year 10
year. Thus Italy will pay something
less than 20,000,O00 fr. Had the con-
struction Of the tunnel continued be-
yond the stipulated term OF twenty
years, Italy would have lost SOC, 900 fr.
for every year in excess Of that period.
Frogs steal honey from the bee hives
in Jamaica. West Indies.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

MAPs.-During the operations OF the
Versailles army around insurgent Paris,
the only map in possession OF the Off
GERS, I will not say of Marshal Mac
Mahon, but very probably he was no
exception, for the engineer corps were
mott was thirteen cent map OF Paris,
as inaccurate as could be. Yet first
class map OF Paris was TO be had for So
and at few hours notice. The lessons
taught during the Franeo-German war
of 1570-7l are too hard for Frenchnnen
to learn
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

CURIOUS. 1t is certainly a curious
chemical fact that the substance required
TO form common table salt are both OF
them poisonous-chlorine and sodium.
No one can use either OF these articles
separately with safety, and yet oombine
them, and they form substance neess-
sary 10 health, and one found upon
every table
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

THE LAST FIsH STORY, The North
Wales Chronicle treats ikR nRMders 90 NN
fine bold hsherman's adventure. Fishing
at Llanrwst, so the story runs, IN AgAnKsr
ington gentleman landed "a salmon weiHh-
ing twenty-five and one half noahds and
had it conveyed 10 his hotel With HAAe in-
tention OF dining On one-hhll Hflk ON
the salmon being opened ii was discover
ed he had gorged aneel, weighing about
two and one-quarter pounds. The eel was
dissected and one and three-quarter-
pound trout was brought 10 light. Tho
trout was cut open, and inside we're
found eight minnows, making the total
catch OF ten fish. The search was not fur
ther pursued.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

REVENGE. remember once says q
novelist, hearing of lady who had mar
ried out Of sheer revenge. The right
man had omitted to propose or had pro-
posed 10 somebody else. Whereupon
she took man who was simply ugly, old
and stupid. In advanced life she can
didly owned how il was that she had
made such q marriage. Itfwas simply
done out of spite. She had % sort OF idea
that the man she loved would be grieved
at her marriage, and she wanted TO grieve
him. L believe after all. that she found
very tolerable husband.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

Nor So FUNNY other day one
J. w. Ashbun called at telegraph Of
fee in Portland, Me-, and sent an inno-
cent dispatch Of inquiry about his wife
TO Halifax. An hour later the worthy
Collector of the Port was astounded at
the receipt of q telegram from Halifax
which read. "To I. Washburn, Port
land: Your wife sailed for Liverpool
yesterday with young man 4"
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29


Hwd w I'd w in sll thn earth.
Thoa ll.N faFas 8 jsilie worah.
rae / nMmA Ia at ihY InmA
TO b. gpurned Wy thee " awati.
Need ltfmbt. nur alusp aamhe
What lavish fnr thy WMhe
Scarcely cHst ON Y thine eye
90 thy Naf, and ii "A H.
on, that An q llying iipn
Were Ten thousand snvea llEe nine
pr0mmmla laisi, fhai am fhafu Mli
Thlme uaaeedlng foct nHight fAil I
90 shy way, most sweet, most fAlri
Tread mm down, And ho nat SPARE
Trnmple VI cur heads, fuY wH
Only I've 10 honor shoe
An along the g~vm-paWwa road.
LADY. pass 20 thine abode.
0uean al loves, ascend thy ihr1na,
Where thon wilt mot MEA alone.
Sweetest maid In ~ the earihs
Tmmv love too little worth
Even t0 he iFAmpAmd mn
a. thon pnasest ~ thy thruuog
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

War HE CoULD Do.-A Green County
farmer recklessly publishes the following
challenge stI win ret $4z.25 that my
hired man can take longer to 80 70 the
harvest field. get back to- dinner quicker
eat more, do less, and bear down harder
on panel Of the fence, than any other
hired man within fifteen miles OF the
flagstaff in Jefferson
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

The Digger Indians of the Pacific coast
have an unpleasant custom, when q sduaw
dies leaving an infant, Of burying the
child with her,
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29
Lettering Years.


All Years have lcitcrcd by, mother,
A weary, weary while,
Since last I saw Thy gentle face,
with its sweet, patient emile;
Since last I felt thy fingers light
paRs fondlv through my hair,
Az at thy knee / knclt nj night
To say my childish prayer
into the world i've gone, mother,
The old home left behind
New ties Of friendship and OF love
About my heart have twincd;
Yet in its holiest recess,
All dry and joyless etill,
There lies one well of tenderness
No earthly love can fll.
Thy self-forgetfnl care, mother:
Thy counsel, ever near;
Thy sympathy with every Joy,
Thy grief for every tear;
Thy loving glance. thy tender tone,
Thy warm kiss on my brow
7one from my life, forever gone =
know their value now.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

IT is denied that the cholera is abating
In Russia, and stated that there is still
an average Of $50 deaths per day in
Kiev,
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29

Frogs steal honey from the bee hives
in Jamaica, West Indies.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-12-21

A CHEAP Ice E-HousE.-Throw dozen
or two old rails or poles on a piece of
ground sufficiently inclined to carry off
the water, fill the crevices between the
poles with sawdust, cover with old boards
slabs or barks, get from the saw-mill a
few loads of slabs, take four, say twelve
feet long, notch the corners like log
house, set them on the platform, and you
have a crib about ten and half feet square
by the width of the slab deep; fill this
crib with sawdust and pack it down hard.
Cut your ice so that it will pack close,
and two by four feet lay it on the saw
dust, put on another CRIB of slabs and fill
up and pack hard with sawdust, all around
and SO go en- until you get six or eight
feet; then put q foot and half of sawdust
on top; over this put shed roof of slabs
one end of the slabs nearly to the ice,
raising the other three feet. If ice is all
that is wanted, it will keep in this man
ner as we'll as in vanished house
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-12-21
FalSehOod Exposed.

lnr. Elitor i see an article going the
rounds Of the papers, in which it is stated
hat have become convinced of my error
in opposing the Kankakee Vally Draining
Co. and am now about joining them in
their operations. This statement is un-
qualitiedly false; have no connection
with them, nor do | intend to have any
other than contest what | deem their
illegal claims. Many of the statements
made to induce those who are opposed
to join this close corporation, are so well
known to be absurd and incorrect, that no
intelligent man could so far stullifv him.
selfas to lend his sanction to their schemes
l, for one, can not consent to even have
the suspicion attached to me that regard
this scheme other than an illegal attempt
to deprive land holders of their lands.
Such appears to be the opinion of those
most affected, as over 300 appeals have
been taken in this county from their as
sessments, and the assessments with the
mortgages upon which they We're based,
have all been declared ijy the court to be
null and void and of no effect in this
county-and all further Operations of
the company will be vigorously contested
ISAAC FsMAY.
South Bend, Dee 12, 1871.
! Lapofte He1dld
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-12-21
A Military Outrage.

On Monday night of this week, A. =.
Wait. good, quiet citizen of Allen town
ship. remained in town, having some
business in the Common Pleas Court
The hotels being crowded he Went 20 ene
boarding house of VIM. Hagce, on Sec
ond street, to secure lodging. W Wniie
there in the sitting room, about 10 CLOCK.
with half a dozen men, all OF whom "ele
unknown to him, he was arrested as q
deserter from the 4th Cavalry, 0y a oei-
geant of the First e. s. Infantry, strang-
er in those parts, who was su)porteo ia
the perpetration of this outra sc py inc
voices of all the men in the room saying,
"he's the man, take him along.
After the Sergeant had hand -cufted his
prisoner, he read his authority from the
War Department to make the arrest: Mr..
Wait submitted of course without resist
ance, although stoutly denying his guilt,
and they sailed forth TO find some proof
that he was really himself. 1t happened
that Major Blake was yet busy in his Of
fee, whittier the officer and innocent vic
tim repaired, and on his testimony the
captive was soon set at liberty.
This Is how it came about: The guilty
party in the room; Col. Wilson had called
there with the Sergeant few minutes be-
fore, ascertaincd the fact and described
| the person wanted 1t seems the Sergeant
did not correctly understand the Colonel,
hence made the humiliating mistake or
his return. The realJ deserter escaped,
during the abs enee of the officer, and has
not vet been arrested
Of course no person can be seriously
blamed for the mistake, as the innocent
prisoner suited the description from the
War Department, and yet it does seem 8
great outrage that SO good man as Alb
ner Wait should suffer the humiliation
of marching up Broadway, in Peru,
prisoner in irons, while he had SO many
friends and acquaintances in hailing dis
tance. What pity they were all asleep
We now invite him to lodge with US mex
time he comes to'town.-Peru Republican