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SCHOOI BOOKS, I

THE HAUNT is especially fortunate and AT HOME -disposing of these necessaries of life in vsst quanfitfes It Slso supplies Town and Parish Iibraries with Standard, 6cfentifc, and Miscella- neous Books on the most fGuorable terms. The Haunt is, also, at all times furnished with good supplY of Fine AIbums, Portfolios, Rosewood and Mahogany Portable Writing Desks, Work Boxes,. Dreesing Gases, Gold Pens, Sheet Music, Music Instructiona Books, and af variety Of TANCT GOODS. Also, the imglensntg M for the p0pu@lar @ BALL, MARTEI &c.. .&c. And, THE HAUNT
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l, NeWspaper Mart,

is transcendeutly superior to, and ahead of, any sihiilar stablishmenti in the entire EommonWealth of Connscticnks More papers Daily and WeekIy, axesold 1t THE HAUNT fhan ara cold at any other concern in the State. Address:: hns4grassss
 aaa sata, ,nassr WILLIAM PATTON aya.a os 10-6mdi II It Bank Street Waterhnry, Oonn.sa
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Gold Jewelry.

The most useful sets of jewelry are
those made entirely of gold. These can
be worn on all occasions, both for day
and evening The pale yellow gold
known as Roman and Etruscan, the red
gold with copper alloy, and the picked
gold, bright yellow with frost-hke dec
orations, are used for these sets. The
designs are artistic and beautiful, and
and most varied Long pendants are
the most becoming earrings for round
faces hoops and balls for slender faces
From $35 10 S125 is the range of prices
for gold sets. A brooch and earnings Of
hoops, with gold knob in the centre
and many pendants, is marked S66. The
pierced or perforated gold, OF reddish
cast, is exceedingly pretty for brunettes.
An elegant set, with quivering pendants
that is impossible to keep still, is mark
ed $50. The design is pure Moorish.
A set of Roman gold, without polish, is
in the Egyptian style price S97.
Turquoise blue enamel on gold is the
favorite enamel at present. The designs
are similar TO those Of plain gold sets,
but they are colored pale blue. They
are exceedingly becoming to blondes,
and cost from $50 TO Sl25 for brooch and
earrings.
Coral and turquoises are much worn
this season. The former is associated
with diamonds, the latter with pearls.
There is not, however, marked partial
ity for any special stone, as there was a
year or two since for amethysts. Plain
GOLD sets are preferred by ladies who cam
not afford variety in jewelry, and these
are becoming TO brunettes and blondes
alike, are worn beth by the old and
young, and with costumes of every color.
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Society nt Washington.

A Washington correspondent gives an
insight iaio Society there, that viii be
found interesting IS Is curious % see
the stack Of cards on the marble slab IN
the entrance hall of the house OF Mrs.
Secretary Fish on bright day in the
height OF the season. IL is curious when
seen once or twice, but when this noun
tain of pasteboard has been observed
many times, il ceases 30 be curious and
becomes appalling For, O, it means
work tedious, aud too often thankless
work. Every card is q bond, whose obi
cations rast upon the holder, and the
time for the discharge of which is limited
by certain fixed laws Of social etiquette.
From three 10 thirty days is the limit
A distinguished parsonage " hose hus-
bands or fathers rank in the political
world calls for special consideration,
expects a call 10 be returned within a
week. The merest idler at the capital,
whose claims upon the time and temper
of a Secretarys wife have no shadow Of
foundation, win be grossly insulted,
should her card not receive a response
within q month. A lady OF prominence
in Washington said, last year, she
thought, among other charitable and
societies, should be one for the " Relief
OF the Oyerworked Women of the Cabi-
net" Five hundred calls are received
each week, while the season is in its
glory, by most of these ladies. There
are really but four DAYS in the week when
they can visit One day they receive ;
another day Mrs Grant receives and it
is usual for them 10 appear at each OF her
receptions, either as her assistants or as
her visitors. There are about Ave hours
in day during which calls can be made
With the utmost expedition used, il is
scarcely possible 10 make more than
twenty calls in an afternoon, or twenty
five, perhaps IL one has good luck %,
and no one is at home. In four days
ose hundred obligations might be dis
charged but what becomes Of the other
four hundred debtors impatient for a nod
of recognition from the powers that be {?
Next week another five hundred come.
at least half of whom have never called
before, and deeper and deeper in debt iS
the hospital hostess plunged. She has
other social duties, too, besides giving
card for card. Dinners given and dinners
eaten iill up the hours between twilight
and nine o'clock, and from one 10 three
evening parties are 30 be attended before
bedtime. Last winter the Secretary Of
State and his wife gave each week day
reception, an evening reception, and one
or two dinners, besides being present at
numerous entertainments given Mt other
houses. There is no provision made by
act Of Congress or other known Legislative
body for forcing such duties upon the
wives of the officers of the government,
but custom decided the matter long ago.
The wives of the Secretaries have the
worst of it because they receive more
calls than any other ladies'
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Cremation Of an East Indian Prince.

The Florentines have had another
novelty added to the variety 10 which
they have lately been treated A young
at one of the hotels, and, according TO
the customs of his country, il was neces-
Sary to go through the ceremony Of burn
ing his body It is good many hum
dred years since the Etrascan and Roman
ancestors of present Italians gave up the
habit of reducing the body 10 ashes after
death, and SO il was nj first difficult TO
get the authority to consent 10 function
so out of date. But by the Intervention
of the British Minister, a compatriot of
the deceased, liberty was obtained, and
between ] and o'clock in the morning
of raw and windy dEy OF December,
about five hundred persons OF both sexes
met in a remote part of the public prone
made of the Cascine, to be witnesses of
the strange spectacle. The body was
wrapped in robes OF princely dignity
worn in life, with the pearls and other
ornaments so much loved in the semi
barbaric East The attendants threw
upon the burning mass camphor and
other gums, going through n variety of
rites prescribed in the system of Buddha
for similar dismal occasions. The ashes
were gathered up in due form, and in
closed and sealed, to be sent to the native
country of the deceased. The Floren-
tines came back, half-chilled with cold
and horror, content that their wierd GU
riosity had once more found something
to feed upon and the newspaper writers
have exhausted themselves upon their
new theme
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The United States Senate.

A Washington correspondent figuring
mp the prospects of the Omitted States
Senate, SAYS "On the 4th OF MaTch
next, IL the close of the Xl4Ist Congress.
the terms of service of "a Senators viii
expire, namely Abbott of North Caro-
lima, Anthony of Rhode Island. Cattell
Of New Jersey, Cragin of New Hamp.
shire Fowler OF Tennessee, HnMilton Of
Texas, Harris of Louisiana, Howard of
Michigan, Howell Of lowe, johnson Of
Virginia, Morrill, OF Maine, Mcdonald
Of Arkansas, McCreery of Kentucky.
Revels Of Mississippi, Robertson Of
North Carolina, Ross of Kansas, Sauls-
bury Of Delaware. Thayer Of Nebraska,
Warner of Alabama. Window OF Mime
sofa, Wiley OF West Virginia, Wilson of
Massachusetts,, Williams of Oregon, and
Yates of Illinois. OF these, Messrs.
Anthony. Cragin, Robertson and Hamil-
ton have been reelected, and the fois
lcwing-named new men have been
elected from the States named Alcorn
of Mississippi, Cooper Of Tennessee. Gold
thwiate of Alabama, Kelly of Oregon,
Stevenson Of Kentucky, Wright of Town,
and Vance OF North Carolina. Two of
these, Stevenson and Vance. are doubt
ful of admissions on account of their
record during the war. The States yet
10 elect are Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois,
Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan,
Minnesota. New Jersey, Nebraska, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia There Is also
a Senator 30 be elected from Missouri,
owing 10 vacancy oocasioned by the
resignation of Senator Drake. The
candidates in Arkansas are Mellon
aid, the incumbent, aud Governor Clay
ton. The candidates in Delaware are
vet in doubt In Illinois there are Lo-
gan, Gov. Oglesby, Gen. Palmer, Lieut.
Gov. koener, and John Medill The
prominent candidates in Kansas are
Ross, the incumbent, Representative
Clarke, Gov Carney, and Stephen Col
well, she contest beng mainly between
the two first-named In Louisiana, the
contest is between Harris, the ineum-
bent, 1t Gov. Dunn lcolored), ex-Gov,
Hahn, and Gov. Warmoth. In Maine
the principal candidates are Morrill,, the
incumbent. end Gov. Chamberlain. In
Michlonn ..ilere are Howard, the incum-
bent, Representative and ex-Gov. Blair,
and ex-CongresSman VIM. III. Howard
II Minnesota the indications point to the
election of Window, the incumbent. al
though ex-senator Wilkinson and Mr..
Driscoll are candidates. In New Jersey
ex-senator Frelinghuysen is = strong
candidate. Mr. Cattell declines re-elec-
ton, and Secretary Robson says he will
not consent 10 rnn. In Nebraska the
principal candidates are Thayer, the in
cumbent, Gov Baker, and Representa-
tive Taffee In Virginia the result is in
doubt, and the candidates are not vet
declared. although il is understood that
Gov. Walker will run. and also johnson,
the incumbent. West Virginia is also
in doubt, the prominent candidate being
Charles J. Faulkner. The contest in
Missouri for the vacancy viii be hotly
contested. the struggle being mainly be-
tween Gen. Frank p Blair, and ex-
Congressman John T. Phelps This
list of candidates is prepared from the
best information 10 be gathered at this
time
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-01-13

A gentleman residing in Portland in
serted an advertisement in this paper for
o few days, s-.lting that he wanted man
to take care Of his horse. The result
was instantaneous The very first day
he had applications from men enough to
constitute full regiment OF cavalry.
The number went on increasing in geo
metric ratio, till our unfortunate patron
found himself receiving as lar num-
Der OF letters "a il he was max ager OF a
mammoth lottery" or the i 7oprietor
OF new kind Of saIsparilla or 8 hair re-
storer." Letters encumbered all his
tables and desks, and peryaded every
nook and corner of his house The post
man staggered under his unaccustomed
load, and the Postoffice Department was
NJ Last In fair way to become self sus-
INNING Postmaster General Cresswell
was In ectasies, but our friend was in de-
SPAR and rushing into the Office he inn
plored that the notice might be discon-
tinued- Hls request was promptly COM
plled with, but the stream Of applications
flows steadily on. He has already had
specimens of the chirography OF the
people OF all the counties in Maine and
New Hampshire, with scattering letters
from the Dominion of Canada. New
York and the West have some represent
atiYes, and an lnsinuating Cuban put in
hls claim. Our patron is now awaiting
with the keenest apprehension the ar
rival OF the next European steamer. He
has NO doubt that after the lapse of a
sufficient interval he will hear from
" Greenland's icy mountains " and '' In
dia's coral strand from Kamschatka,
lspahan, Yokohama, Quito, Abyssinia.
Bankok. Timbuctoo, Skowhegan and
Madawaska. Portland Press.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-01-13
How He lost bis Eve.

A correspondent relates the following
story about NJ Gambetta: " Hf has lost
an eye; they say 20. at least end GER
tainly there is something queer aSout
one of his eyes but, however, this is
the story. When boy, Gambetta WAS
sent by his father 20 q college, where he
was 70 be educated. 1t would seem little
Gambetta had strong dislike for that
particular school, 90 he requested his
father to withdraw him from that school !;
his father, however, not hardening TO
his request, the boy declared that ii he
were not taken away by certain day he
would put out one OF his eyes. The is
ther lid not for an instant believe the
lad capable of performing the threat, aud
did not give the matter o second thought
However, few days afterwards he re-
ceived letter from the principal Of the
school, informing him that the boy had
put ont one of his eyes. The father
went TO see his son, but still refused 10
take him home, upon which young Gam
beta declared that unless he did take
him home he would put ont the other
eve. Upon this the father th6dght il
advisable 10 give in. Gambetta's ad-
mirers cite this as an instance OF the
man d precociOus determination and firm
ness of character; others, however, can
not see in il anything but an evidence
Of an undisciplined and unruIy spirit,
which has not improved since. H
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-01-13
Rlg Gnus for Paris.

An Englishman" writes to the Los
don Spectator the following curious
information at is within my own
knowledge that guns have, for weeks
past, been lying in parks around Paris ot
inepmparahly greater range and calihre
than any yet employed during the present
war. In the city OF Frankf0rt-on-the
Main. ] witnessed last September the
arrival Of train laden with siege pieces !:
these guns were on their way from
krupp's factory in Essen TO the French
capital and. as they call him in Germany
King Krupp's' workmen had labelled
the trucks with the following announce
ment We the guns are otto Paris,
and wen see 10 that little affair alone.
Two cannon lay side by side on the
trucks, the latter being quite new and Of
sufficient strength TO bear the enormous
weight. The guns were each some
twenty feet In length. with bore OF
twelve inches all well rifled, and the
conicsal shot thrown by them scaled, as an
officer informed me. about five hundred
weight English. Such are the pieces
with which King William proposes TO
gain possession of the forts around Paris
and when they are brought into play
resistance will not, in all probability last
much longer than that OF the Strasburg
citadel.
No guns so formidable as those here
described, have ever yet been employed
in actual warfare and even the two or
three huge naval guns brought from
Cherbourg to Paris before the siege are
no match for them.
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Il heard good thing of the late Gov
ernor Corwin. It seems that while this
gentleman was in the Senate he sat nj
dinner one afternoon entertaining the
mess with amusing stories and witticisms,
such rs Corwin only could throw out,
when the servant, new hand at the
business, announced visitor in the par
lor desirouS of an interview with the
Senator Corwin paid no attention 10
the man at first but, after a time, irri-
tated by the continued interruption, said,
impatiently, 20, tell him 10 go to
" Corwin continued his dinner, and at
the end, suddenly recollecting the vis-
tor, hurried 10 the parlor and found no
one there. He rang for the servant and
when the man appeared, said
" John, did you tell me there was
some enc here ~
" Yes, sab, responded John. I.
"Why didn't he wait 81
"Wel, sab. / took him your message {"
what message ?" asked the aston
ished senator.
"Why, sab, / told him dat you said
he should 60 to, and he went Cor
wins indignation at tho stupidity Of the
servant was only equalled by his anxiety
less the person insulted should prove TO
be constituent, or perhaps brother
senator He heard nothing. however,
for two weeks, when he was called upon
by an old friend who belonged to the
ministry, looking after. the charities aAd
welfare OF other people. The Reverend
gentleman, when he saw Mr.. Corwin,
burst into tears. The political humorist
thinking that some of their numerous
relatives had departed this life, hastened
to ask the meaning Of the sudden grief
"Ah, Governor Corwin, responded
the poor man, 81 thought never TO cal
upon you again. The last time I was
here you sent word ont TO me TO go to-
to 90 to- Y
Bless my soul !" cried Corwin, " was
that you ? am 50 lad i feared il was
one of my constituents, and my constitu-
ents are such tarnal fools, while you are
too sensible 10 mind such an absurd
Here, let ne give you ten
dollars fyr the ready relief of aged cler-
gymen"
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Ar Mrrz ARTILLERY and engineer off

AT METz ARTILLERY and engineer off,
GERS have arrived from Berlin for the
purpose of directing the armament and
restoration of the forts on the PrIissian
system. A governor, commandant, and
police superintendent have been appoint
ed, and all the arrangements seems TO be
designed for permanency, whereas at
Nancy and other places they are tempo
rary The explosion in the large outer
fort of Piappeville on the 21st is attribu-
ted to accident. A detachment of the
Seventh Westphalian Artillery was en-
gagged in exploding the large stores of
French cartridges and powder when a
part of the powder suddenly took fire.
The soldiers tried TO ascend to the door
of the casemate, but could not open it
quickly enough, and, portion OF the
casemate being blown up, seventy artil-
lerymen were killed or severely injured
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-01-13

BRITISH tea-drinkers have been alarm
ed by a horrible suggestion that the
offended Chinese may attempt to poison
the whole British race by means Of tea.
There seems little danger of such an
event, since thereby the Celestials would
lose their best customers, and they are
as fond Of the almighty dollar as
other people. There is, however, little
doubt that snndry azticles, not tea leaves,
are sold under that name. Investiga-
ton has brought various adulteratons
to hght-such ms rice and pea husks,
leaves of the Chinese willow, decayed
wood, seeds, us well as iron filings,
lampblack, and Prussian blue, which lat
ter is actually poisonous, and is used to
color black tea TO make it sell for green.
The Chinese do not want to kill their
customers, but they are willing to de-
ceive them.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-01-13
Home Instinct Of Animals.

The instinct which enables the car
rier-pigeon 10 find bis way home IL ais
shared by other animals. A writer ~
the London Daily Nrrs says: a
subject that has long had IN deep In
terest for natnraliAts IL the power pos
sessed by birds and animals pf finding
their way back 10 given spot by o road
never before travelled by them. There
appears 30 be no doubt that Providence
has bestowed an instinct upon them
which we, who do not ro6eess It, ala
hardly able To comprehend Birds 81
passage find their way by means OF this
unerring guide TO the rcmotest regions
of the earth, and seem 10 prefer
travelling by night, as the keepers of
lighthouses are well aware, inhsnnuch as
they frequently fined woodeocks and
other birds lying dead under the win
dows, having been killed by lying
against the thick lpDate-glasE, attached,
like moths, by the hight
"The same faculty exists In various
domestic animals, but is not s0 strongly
developed as In birds. A horse belong
ing 10 friend OF mine wRs turned out
In some marshes AdiouminR the Thames.
The distance in a straight hne from .hia
owners house was only a few miles, but
he had 10 be sent long way ronnti 70
cross a bridge. In less than twenty
four hours he made hig appearance at
the stable-door dripping wet, having
swun the river and taken q straight line
home. During tbs life OF the celebrat-
gd sportsman, the late Sir Richard Sut-
ton, drnnght of young hounds was sent
up 20 London, by wagon, from the kennel
near Lincoln, and there pot On board o
vessel 10 10 abroad While ahe ship was
dropping down the Thames one OF them
jumped overheard, and SWAN ashore
Some weeks after itmade It's appearance
ut the kennel half starved and covered
with hites bestown upon il by its more
fortunate fellows, =
'Sone years since dog fox was run
TO ground. ON Hathheld-heMth, near
Ashford, Kent. When dug ont he was
found to have some remarkable white
spots upon him, therefore the Earl 0f
Thanet had him sent TO his seat nc West
moreland-- Applely Castle--a distance
Of three hundred miles, and turned
down, A fortnight afterwards the same
fox was killed near Hathheld-his native
place. Not very long ago saw q COW
bought at farm aastipn- About sir
o'clock in the evening she was sent Of
home by the purchaser, and was placed
in the yard. distance OF fifteen miles
from her former home. At six o'clock
the next morning she xas found back in
her old shed, quietly chewing her tud.
and waiting 10 be MIXED as usual
Il once purchased a brood Of dnck-
hngs, about o month old, without the
hen that Matched them. / took them
home and placed them, as X thought,
safely in a pig pound In the morning
/ found they were all gone, and dis
covered them snugly huddled together
at their old quarters, at the other end
Of the village, in the nest in which
were hatched. A laborer told me he
had met them i'm the street. hDrneRmrd
bourd, nc o'clock A. NJ, ns he was go-
ing to work. They had not been of the
premises where they were bred before, "