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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

CHLoRoFoRM DID IT.-Dr. Goldsmith
of Rutland, Vermont, relates an incl
dent occurring in his army experience,
illustrating the power Of chloroform in
detecting fcigned contraction of the
limbs. While in Jefferson Hospital
there came man who had run the
gauntlet Of several hospitals, having
been discharged on the ground that a
contraction of his arm, which was bent
mp so that il nearly touched his shoul-
der or breast, was incumble. II was so
rigidly and firmly fixed that could not
with any strength land the doctor is a
"heayy weight " which seemed to me
not to risk the breaking Of his arm,
straighten IL. / directed the nurses to
watch him at night, and go TO his bed
side, and suddenly try 10 straighten it.
They uniformly reported that they we're
unable TO accomplish the desired result
He was then allowed TO pass out and visit
all the rum shops nt will, in the hope
that under the influence Of alcoholic
stimulants the case might be solved, but
il found no solution. then put him
under the influence OF chloroform, and
ms soon as tho chloroform began to act
his arm was Strengthened out, and / tied
board on the back OF il, aud when he
awoke and looked at his arm, he said,
"Well, doctor, / suppose I will have TO
go back to my regiment 2" Ireplied, /
That's just where you will have to go,
my friend He went.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

VERY SAD.-A lady writing from Chi
cago says, one of the saddest features is
the suffering among women in delicate
health. 1t is estimated by O responsible
physician of our city that FIVE hundred
babes were born on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, after the fire among the
sufferers. Forty were born in Lincoln
Park on Tuesday. Events Of the most
heart-rending character are being
brought to light. One poor woman on
the North Side was in bed with babe a
few hours old when the house caught
fire. The inmates in their fight forgot
the poor woman and her babe She rose
from her bed, raped sheet around her
self and child, and made her way 10 the
street. There she was found dead, with
the babe in her arms.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

THE CHINESE MAssACRE From fur
ther advices concerning the Los Angeles
iChinese) massacre, we CLEAN that the
majority OF those lynched were innocent
Of the crime for which they suffered, and
that most of the guilty ones have escaped
during or after the time of the riot. hetn-
button, however, viii follow. 70 Hing,
the shooter Of Officer Bilderrain, Is In
jail, and two Americans are also abiding
I'm the same place-one for breaking
open trunk i'm China house, and the
other for robbing the Chinese doctor,
while hanging, of dimond ring-which
was found in pawn-shop. Others have
been "spotted as having something TO
do with the elynching and plundering and
the officers !" shadow them day and
night.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

FISH IN JAPAN.-Mr. Brooks write,
from Japan that the national food i.
fish. There is not an ocean or river
creature that the Japs do not eat, even
sharks, and the uglier the more appetiz.
ing. And most OF the fish sold are not
dead fish, but living, jumping, wrigglinp
fish. You buy an eel all squirming.
The fish-market men bring their fish 70
market in water tubs, and the fishermen
keep huge bamboo water fish tank on
each side OF the junks, into which they
throw the creatures that they haul mp. or
in. So much is thought Of the fish
here, that on certain festival day every
family that has had boy born during
the year hangs out great painted fish
10 boast OF it.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

THE ENGLISH STRIKE. The Newcastle
engineers resumed work after a. five
months strike. You may, says an Eng.
ligh correspondent, almost say 10 wat
settled in five minutes. Mr.. Joseph
Cowen of The Nepcdstle Chronicle, and
Mr.. Philipson, town clerk, found them,
selves all at once endowed with the re-
quisite cleverness and good sense,
coupled with an intimate knowledge ol
what both sides would insist on and
what both would concede. The men 60
to work on a 81 hours timetable from
now 10 Jan /, 1872, then the nine hours
pure and simple are to be the rule.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24
WOMEN vorERs. The names Of

WOMEN VOTERS. The names Of severa
women were inscribed ON the voters re-
gister in New York. Mary A. Leland
writes describing the courteous treat
meat she received at the registration
office of Nineteenth District of the Six
teenth Ward. Learning that Victoria
A. Woodruff and Tennie G. Clafin had
registered their names, Mary A. Leland
determined to follow their example.
The registrars referred to the Constitu-
ton of the United States, and not finding
any interdiction Of female registration,
politely acceded TO the request of the
lady aspirant TO the privilege Of suffrage.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

FLo0GNo IN THE BRITISH ARMY. -
An English journal states that last year
in the English army Al cavalry soldiers
we're hogged, who received 19,751 lashes
in all. In the infantry 96 men received
4,647 lashes, in the artillery Al men
5, 760 lashes, and in the engineers one
man 25 lashes, while in the militia no
case Of Aogging occurred. Thus, in the
cavalry, for example, each Of the unfor-
tunate culpits drew as his share 4S9
strokes Of the cat, and fraction.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

THE FExrAS OATH.-The following Is
n copy OF Fenian oath, found on the
person OF prisoner "In the presence
Of God do solemnly swear that i will
do INV utmost TO establish the national
Independence of Ireland, and that / win
bear true allegiance to the s. c. of the
/. R., and win obey the orders Of the
officers of the S. @. of the I. r. So
help me God"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

WATCHING THEM.-Forty thousand
dollars was collected on passengers bag
gage at New York during the last year,
being a larger sum than has ever been
collected before on such goods in one
year. This is the result Of the examina-
ton which is considered so obnoxious.
IL is estimated that in nine cases out OF
ten the owners OF such baggage would
smuggle through the goods thus dis
covered and taxed, and cheat the govern
ment If il was not for the inspectors.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

That never could bear the winsry blast
And know but few short hours can last
Yet Oh such priceless dover !
A few pale buds Of white;
Yet dearer to me than wealth untold,
Priced as the miser prizes gold,
For il lay on her breast Hast night,
Law ON her fair white breast
Rose and fell with her beating heart
How gladly would feel hfe depart
LftherV my head might rces
Yes, Ills siaArle iowess
But given to me by her own dear hand,
And therefore aowes Of fairyland,
A bud from Loves inmost bower,
It viii die bat not the spell
That hand and that bosom gave.
Our love will. | know, ontltve the grave,
For aye Interchangeable.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24
Tale Kite

such a wuadrous kite 10 ~
Tinted Ylapcr fecs high,
Nothing small woula 40 tor him
Bcy l tell of, Boosting Jim.
biggest kite of all the hos:
Miles cg strongest twfnc he got,
Small ones 20 a certain heights
les he'd send clean ont az sight
Down the street, one tlay IN Fan,
Went our Jim, kite. string. and all
"kNe!H his comrades shout in Joy,
~Mhere are yen going with that hoy
All was ready soon, snd-whewl !
Ger the trceS the giant flew,
Mhisking Jimmy from the ground.
Jast as u he weighed Po1aA
UP they sailed, elose to the moon,
Heard the msn there sing a tune.
k0rcign BsndS jim saw aud knew
IArtAxy and nmbuctoo.
Mt y comet in his hight-
Silver tail, inst hike Kite.
Couldn't starve, YOU well might say,
TIP there in the Milky Way,
Across the s0a he few, and then,
F0ndly sighed for home again.
smaller kites are safe, he saias
Fopl he woke UP in his bed
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

CHICAGO POLLING PLAcEs.-The poll
ing places for the Chicago election
were in the localities designated for
them before the fire, where temporary
structures we're erected. 1t was deemed
illegal to hold them elsewhere, and so,
although there were no inhabitants upon
several square miles of area, the former
residents came back to the ruins Of their
homes and cast their votes.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

HoERrBLE. While we Of this country
have been suffering much from Ere,
China and India have been visited by
desolating floods, which have done an
enormous amount OF damage. A Tient-
sin correspondent of the North China
Herald says that after the partial subsi-
dence OF the great floods. many human
bodies were found floating about In the
east plain. The distress of the inhabi-
tants was great, and thousands Of them
would probably die for want Of food,
The banks OF the Yung-ting river-an
aflluent of the Pciho-has burst and oc-
casioned the mischief Southern China
also was suffering, and bodies Of drown
ed persons were floating past Swatow.
In India The city of Jounpore, contain
ing over twenty-five thousand inhRbi.
tants, has been dissolved and borne
away by the rising waters of the river
Gumti. This disaster was accompanied,
or rather preceded, by deficient harvests,
and the whole section Of the country is
in the deepest distress.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

THE SUFFERERs.-Rev. E. b. French,
Chairman of the Relief Committee,
Hartford, Wis.,, in acknowledging the
receipt of remittance, states that the
losses in Chicago cannot compare with
the northern conAagrations, which des'
troyed whole families and their posses
sions, and MANNED hundreds for life.
Many hundred families are, he says
thrown upon the public for help unit
next harvest,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

A Scotch Journal says that wiioevef
sleeps uncomfortably cool VIII get sick
To hoist the wjndow sky high when The
mercury Ii at zero IN All sbsnrdity. Tho
cooler sleeping apartment y tlia more
unhealthy does II become, because ecid
cohdensea the carbonic acid formed by
the breathing Of the sleeper IL settles
near the hoor, and Is re-breathed, and
Il In very condensed form be will die
before morning. Hence We must be
governed by circumstances the hrst
thing Is; Won must be comfortably warm
during sleep, otherwise you ere mol re-
fFeshed, aad inflammation pf The lungs
may De engandared, aud life destroyed
within very few days. An open door
and an open Fireplace are sufficient for
ordinary purposes IN cold weather.
When outer windows are opened, II Is
well 10 have them down nj the top two or
three inches, and up at the bottom for
the same space. In miaEmie localities (;
aud these are along the water courses,
beside mill-p0nda, marsllcs, biyonacA,
river bottoms, hnt islands. and tine like;
IL In the most Important from The lsf of
August until several severe tr0siA have
bean noticed, 30 sleep Eish al external
doors and windows closed, becansc The
cool air of sunset causes the condensation
Of the poisonous emanatiOns which were
caused by the heat Of noonday sun 70
rise far above the earfh. This eonden-
sation makes the air "heavy by the
great qualification Of the emanhtions by
cold these resting on the surface OF
the earth In the more concentrated and
malignant form, they are. hreatbed into
the lungs and swallowed into the sto-
mach, eorrupting and poisoning The
blood with great rapidity. BY daylight
these eondensations are made 30 com
pact BY the prOtraesed GOODNESS Of the
night they are too near the surface OF
the earth 10 be breathed into the hys-
tenn bat as the sun begins 10 ascend
these heavy combinations begin to rise
10 the height OF several feet hbove the
ground, and are freely taken into the
system by every breath and swallow |;
hence, the hours Of sunrise and Runset
are the most unhealthy hours OF the
tweBty-four in the localities named and
noondda, when tlie s0n is the hottest, Is
the most healthy portion of the day, ne:
cause the miAsmA IN 40 much rarihed
that IL eseends rapidly TO the upper re-
gions. The general l-~sonh are First.
10 avoid exposure 90 the outdoor mir i'm
miaHmatic localities for the hours in
Guiding sunrise and sunset Second,
having blazing FIRE on the hearth OF
the family room AZ these hours 70 rariiy
and send the miasna upward. Third,
take breakfast before going out Of doors
in the morning, aud take tea before
sundown then being out at night is
not iuirriens,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

PorAroEs. If kept in pits over winter,
select dry spot, cover with dry straw,
and then throw over il three or four
inches o! soil. Let them remain so until
winter il about 10 set in. Then put on
another laycr " sty'or, six or eight inches
thick, and cover with soil as before. This
middle layer of straw, acting as dead air,
viii do more 10 keep out frost than q
foot of solid earth, and saves great deal
Of hard work.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

Here is now field for rivalry: A
LancesviIle man, eighty-seven years old.
was born when his father was seventy
eight, and he wants to know if there 10 am
other man living whose father was born
one hundred aHd sixty-aye years ago,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

A Michigan doctor who was arrested
because his patient died, has been acquit-
ted on the ground that he did the best
he could, giving all the medicine he
knew the names OF,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

The following article was signed by the
Captains Of the thirty-three wrecked
whalets
Know all men by these presents
That We, Masters Of whale ships now
lying at Point Belcher, after holding a
meeting concerning our dreadful sitna-
ton. have all come 10 the conclusion
that our ships cannot be got ont this
wear. and there being no harbor that we
could get our vessels into, and not hay-
ing provisions enough 10 feed our crews
60 exceed three months, and being In q
barren country where there Is neither
food nor fuel 30 be obtained, we feel
ourselves under the painful necessity OF
abandoning our vessels and trying 70
sork our Nay south with uIir boats, epdi
il possible, get ON board Of tile slips
that are south az the ice. We think y
would not be prudent 30 lesve a single
soul to look after our vessels as the FIRST
westerly gale will crowd the Ice ashore,
and either crush the ships or dTiye them
hard upon the beach.
- Three Of the feet have already been
crushed, and two are now half out OF
the water which have been crushed by
the ice, and are leaking badly. We
have Ave wrecked crews distributed
among us We haze barely room 30
swing at anchor between the pack OF ice
and the beach, and are lying in three
fathoms Of water. Should we be cast
upon the beach, il would be at least
eleven months before we could look for
assistance, and In all probability nine
/ But uf ten Of the men would die oi
starvation or scurvy before the opening
of the Spring. Therefore, we have
arrived nj this conclusion, after the re-
turn of our expedition under command
Of Captain ID. Frazer, of the Florida,
he having with whale boats worked 10
the southwark as far as Blossom Shoals,
and found that the ice pressed ashore
the entire distance from our position IN
/ the Shoals, leaving in several places only
sufficient depth Of water for our boats
10 pass through, and thus liable at any
moment to be froEcn over during the
twcnty.four hours which would cut of
cur return even by the boats, as Captain
Frazer had To work through consider
able quantity OF young ice during hii
expedition, which cut up his boats bad
! lv.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

A young lady who has been married
nix months, says il il all nonsense to talk
about love in cottage. There IN more
love in a full -four barrel than all the
roses and poses and woodbine that ever
grew,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

IRoS.-At q recent meeting Of the
London Society Of Civil and Mechanics
Engineers, one of the members, D..
Dawson, remarked that il wrought IRON
work was always immersed in boiling
linseed Oil before leaving the manuAhe-
tory, and afterwards painted WITH tour
or fve coats nK the BEST uil paant, II
wouId efgeotnAIly keep the iron nom
soHcding tcg mary yessA
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

Seized. Eighteen hundred sheep and
ak horses brought through from Cana
IA by RuRg & Mcfarland, we're seized at
White River Junction, by Customs
officer. for under-yaluation. The train
ON which they were loaded had backed
over from West Lebanon and was about
to start. Twelve carloads we're seized
al Roxbury.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-24

A Colorado man has organized com.
pany for catching wild horses and tam
ing them, and II pays well.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06
The Universal Safeguard.

1t is useless for State Legis. 10 pass Avs
for the preservation Of the public health, II the
great law OF selfpreservation, which depends for
its enforcement upon the will OF the individual, Is
suffered to remain q dead letter.
There is scarcely an adult member OF the COM
runty, OF either sex, in the country, who has not
seen the testimony in favor of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Btters, furnished over their own signatures
by persons of acknowledged eminenos in science,
literature, art, commerce, and every department
of business and professional life. These witnesses
have declared in the most explicit terms that the
preparation is q safeguard against epidemics, g
sovereign remedy for dyspepsia, q valuable anti
bilious medicine, promoter Of appetite, genial
and harmless stimulant, good acclimating medi-
cine, strengthener OF the nerves, a general in
vigorant, a protection against the deleterious
effects OF malaria and impure water, and that ii
inparts degree OF vigor and activity to the vital
forces which is not communicated by any other OF
the tonics and etomachics in use. Under these
circumstances the self-preservstiye law of nature
should teach every rational person who, either by
reason of inherent debility or in consequence OF
exposure to unwholsome influences. is in peril OF
losing the greatest of all temporal blessings,
health. the importance of using the Bitters 4
defensive medicine. Dyspeptics who neglect to
give it trial simply their own enemies. 1t is
guaranteed to indigestion in all its FORMS and
the bilious and nervous will find nothing in the
whole range of oficinal and proprietary medicines
which will afford them the came relief.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06
Turning Down Green Crops.

In has got into the papers that blowing
down green crops produces acid in the
soil from the decomposition which Is hurt
full to crops; that it is better to turn under
when the crop is matured, that the decom-
position will then be slower, and no hurt
will result.
This is doubtless true with some soils
those deficient in alkaline matter. But
as most soils contain lime and potash and
other kindred materials, this acid is not
only harmeless but beneficial, as it unites
with the alkalis making plant food, which
otherwise might lie as it already has for
ages, useless to vegetation.
1t is for this reason that the turning
under of green crops is highly recon-
mended, not because its chemical action is
known, but because experience has demon
strated its advantage. The great majority
of cases have demonstrated that il is a
good thing TO turn down the full, blossom.
ing, succulent crop. The alkalis are most
always present in some form to take up
and unite with the acid. In soils where
the acids remain free, would it not be well
to sprinkle the clover with lime before
blowing, or previously apply it to the soil
In such a case, lime would be benefit in
any event, as the soil requires it.-UicO
Rsr1Id
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06
Easy Method OF Cutting Glass.

THE cutting of glass, says the 76chnolo
glst, is an operation so frequently put in
practice in the laboratory, that any simple
means of etfecting it is sure to run the
rounds of the press as soon as published
Almost all the methods in common use
are very old. Of course, for cutting fiat
glass, such as window panes, the diamond
is the best agent. For cutting rounds, or
ovals, out of flat glass, the diamond is the
best tool; and if the operator has no dia-
mond, it will always pay to carry the job
to glazler, rather than to waste time and
make poor job by other and inferior
means. When, however, it is required to
cut off very little from circle or oval,
the diamond is not available except in
very skillful hands. In this case, pair of
pliers, or very dull scissors, is the best
tool, and the cutting is best performed
under water. A little practice will enable
the operator to shape a small round, or
oval, with great rapidity, ease and preci-
sion. When bottles or TASKS are to be cut
the diamond is still the best tool in skill
full hands; but ordinary operators will
succeed best with pastiles, or a red hot
poker. We prefer the latter, as being the
most easily obtained, and the most efficient ;
and we have never found any difficulty in
cutting off broken TASKS so as to make
dishes, or to carry a cut spirally round a
long bottle, so as to cut it in the form of a
corkscrew. And, by the way, when so cut,
glass exhibits considerable elasticity, and
the spiral may be elongated like ringlet.
The process is very simple. The line of
the cut should be marked by chalk, or by
pasiiDg thin strip of paper alongside of
it; then make a file mark to commence the
cut; apply the hot iron, and crack will
start; and this crack will follow the iron
wherever we choose to lead it.
For drilling holes in glass, a common
steel drill, well made and tempered, is the
best tool. The steel should be worked at
low temperature, so as to be sure not to
burn it, and then tempered as hard as pos
| sible, in either murcury or q bath of salt
water that has been well boiled. Such q
drill will go through glass very rapidly, II
kept well moistened. A good LIQUID for
moistening such drills is turpentine, in
which some camphor has been dissolved,
This was the lubricator recommended by
Griffin in his work on chemical manipula-
ton, and it has been frequently published
since. Diluted sulphuric acid is equally
good, if not better; and we have found
carbolic acid singularly efficient.
1t is stated that at Berlin, glass castin ps
for pump barrels, etc., are drilled, plane d
and bored, like iron ones, and in the same
lathes and machines, by the aid of sui
phuric acid.
A little practice with these different
plans will enable the operator to cut and
work glass as easily as brass or iron.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-06

has been kept for one day will hardly sink
to the bottom at three days old 1t will
float in the liquid, and when five days old
it will float on the surface, the proportion
elevated above the surface being in pro-
portion to its age. These phenomena are
caused by the drying out of the eggs; and
the extent to which they take place in q
given time depends somewhat on the
weather. Smearing the eggs with lard or
butter prevents this; but these oily mat
ters are apt to become rancid, and thus
destroy the flavor of the eggs. Dipping
the eggs in lime water is also recon-
mended. The lime fills the pores of the
eggs, and serves the same purpose that the
grease did. But of all the materials that
have been recommended for this purpose,
water glass, or silicate of soda, is the most
effectual and least Objectionable. Scottish
Hlr1neT