Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-17

Facts and FnmrieN.
woman's rights Husbands.
High training Hanghty-cnIinre-
Operatic rcfraslmtnt-- High-bcrcaHaa.
A signal failure "A railway accident
I'm mixed society, clean hand often
carries Oh the palm.
The London Gazette i the oldest
newspaper Published in Eneliah I'm tho
world
The most troublesome sorf Of tenant
Il that which the landlord can get no
quarter from.
London has 3l6 newspapers. 2l daily,
and 2i6 weeklies- II has 473 periodical
publications
In London EoFimen ara carried On
the railroads, ten miles, once day each
way for n week for twenty-five cents.
A manufacturer Oh rmt poison in Paris
Is naid 10 have committed suicide on ac-
count Of the annihilntion o. his trade.
There ere 2T,O0D more males than
females IN the population % Minnesota.
or masculine excess Of about - per
cent
A Tauntonian caught In Sarnpson's
Pond, last week. pickerei weighing six
pounds twO ouncees and measuring over
two feet In length.
A Boston bank President has gained
notoriety by carefully turning mp his
vest several inches when nt his desk to
keep IL from wearing ont
An aeronAui has discovered that q
w0man's voice IN audible at height Of
two miles. while mans voice has never
been heard higher than 3 mile
III in estimated that 231. 600 persons
live on the banks nf thp Merrimac River,
and, 10 3 great extent. are dependent
upon il for motive power fnr their fnsto-
ries and Workshops
According 10 an English jnEeler, - the
Unitad States have Tor several years
absorbed, and do still absorb ALI tlo
diamonds 0f frst-rate quality that come
10 the European market
An item I'M mn account sued upon I'm
Winniskick Coun'y. Iowa, is For
burning q hole in NY hall and dancing
therein, SO" Tais Occurrences must
have taken place rn n holiday.
Charcoal and marsh hay, sfillfnIly
compounded with q chest of ordinary
tea. win increase its bulk tO tifinnu chests.
This compound u sold lid the Wisconsin
pincries % stimulate the wood-choppers.
A. man i'm Ossian, Iowa, was 10 he
married on the evening pl the lEt Inst.
but died on that day. The lady 70 whom
he was engaged attended the funeral in
what wAs 10 hare been her wedding
dress.
Capt Hall. Of the steamship .EEH,es A.
GarE, reports n hinge water spout I'm
Hatteras Inlet. and says the water came
down in one solid sheat, and IN ifs descent
struck n fiock Of wild eeese, killing All Of
them instantly.
Three or four months ago an italian
fisherman climbed Yesuvins and threw
himself into the burning crnter. Since
then Ave or six Neapolitnns have COM
mifted suicide IA the same way, and the
plan threatens 10 become fashionable,
AFlorsnce paper says of the American
ladies there !" These ladies are 50
handsome, these girls so lovely, that If
one but sees them. or, still worse. if one
enters into conversation with them, one
cannot help falling IN lore NJ once with
the New World.
How many persons there are who have
utterly misconceived their aim IN hfel
How many tenors are ready 10 die with
grief. because their voices are mot bass
How many Sim Tappertitz are constantly
endearoring 10 elbow their way 10 the
foremost rank among Cine chosen few.
During the siege Of Paris ell the Ger
man batteries scattered around the city.
were connected with Headquarters NV
telegraph communications The tele-
graph stations were bomb-pro0f, and the
operators were plentifully supplied with
cotton wherewith 90 stop their ears.
during the bombardment
A terrible warning is conveyed in the
statement that o yonnE lady in Missouri.
% test the truth Of the stories concerning
chignons being infested with insects tls@s
eat into the scalp. immersed her head
gear In hot water. and was somewhat
startled to find the surface covered with
hundreds Of jute bugs in = moment
The Naval Paymaster in San Francisco
appeals for contributions in aid of the
families of the men who perished while
making the trip from Ocean Island 90
Honolnlu i'm the cir OF the United States
steamer Saginaw, 10 secure assistance for
the wrecked crew. Two OF the men left
families of little children wholly unpr0-
vided for.
A lazy dyspeptic was bewailing his
own misfortunes. and speaking with
friend on the latter's hearty appearance.
- What do you do 10 make YOU so strong
and healthy n inquired the dFHpeptic.
q Live on fruit alone. answered the
friend. " What kind Of fruit p " The
fruit of industry and 1 am never trou-
bled with indigestion. F"
" What are you drawing, Anna y
Use maxim your pictur'." So the gen.
tleman sat very still and she worked away
earnestly for d while. Then she stopped 40.
compared her work with the original.
and shook her little head. {" don't
like il much" she snid "Tain't IN
great deal like you. i dess TIL put a
tail to il and call it . dog.
This thing Of wealthy gentlemen edu-
eating young girls, designing 10 marry
them some time, ought TO be stopped.
A rich man i'm Oshkosh, Wis, educated
n young lady with the intention OF MAX
ing her his Wife The wedding day was
near at hand, when yonng lover took
her from the church, where she was
attending service last Sabbath, and they
were speedily made one, and set of TO
ar Eastern home, leaving the elderly
lover TO console himself as best he might.
During the trial of famous divorce
case, now pending in Philadelphia, one
OF the lawyers in his argument said
something about witness named Kelly,
when that individual sang out g You're
a liar" Kelly was alTaigned for COM
tempt OF court, until his counsel inGen-
iously explained that Kelly meant no
contempt of court, but that he was so
carried away by the sweet dulcet strains
of Mr.. Casaidy's voice that he inyolun-
tarily exclaimed, {" You are lyreF
thereby intending to compare Mr.. Cassi-
dy to that delightful Irish musical
instrument