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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

The following will be ragarded one of
the most eccentric freaks Of nature II IL
be- freak at ALL A gentleman about
% wears OF ace, ruddy complexion and
curly red hair, who had an intractahle
and painful ulcer on the left arm, resist
ing all previous modes OF treatment,
Welded to the reqhesfof trying the effect
az trnnsplantinR n piece Of skin 10 the
ulcer from another person. The ulcer
was prepared An The usual manner by bis
physician, aud bik of skin about an
inch square was taken frpfn the arm oi
a fine healthy negro man and immediate
In spread over tlie ugly ulcer and then
carefully dressed and bandaged. The
skin transplantasiBn had tine desired
effect. Healthy pranuiation sprang mp,
and the nuEghtly ulcer soon healed A
few months afterwards he went 10 his
physician and told him that ever, since
the sore healed the black skin COM
menced to spread. and IL was increasing.
About one-third Of his arm was CONF
pletely neeroed. The high probability
IA that the whole skin Of tins white man
win become negro. This III a new thing
under the sun. 10 wuold be rather diff
cult to explain the physiological process
which takes place to bring about such q
skin change as this. The problem ~.
how can the coloring matter OF the skin
be SO radically changed and how is the
pigment change propagnted ? L. Ger
tain that Che law Of capillary attraction
plays no insignificant part in the spread
ING process. Grating pears on an apple
tree has communicated 10 the apples .
pear taste.-Saa Francisco paper.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01
The Famine In persIa.

The following account OF the famine
in Persia Is taken from statement made
al q public meeting recently held ia
London 90 mise money for the relief oi
the sufferers
'''rho IAnIentable famine now raging
ia Persia, aud threatening 10 carry 90
hundreds OF thousands Of the seanty pop
ulAlion OF that extensive kingdom. hAs
been caused by the unparalleled drought
which has prevailed throughout tht
country during the last three years.
"In an area far exceeding that ol
Great Britain aud France together. no
river Of any importance exists, aud the
quantity Of rain in the spring and sum
mer is insignificant In ordinary years,
however. the fall Of snow between
November and March is considerable.
II thickly covers the huge mountain
ranges which intersect Persia, aud as il
melts in the spring aud summer il fills
the Watane0nfses. aud small canals from
which the peasants irrigata their crops.
The soil ia the valleys ~ naturally fer.
tia, and a little labor insures large
harvest il only the winter snowfall has
been abundant. This, unhappily, has
for the last two or three years bBen ain
gilaTly wanting the springs water
courses, and riyulets have been complete
ly dried up. the corn sown over and over
again has been wasted, the supplies Ia
the country have been exhausted, aud
famine, with disease in It's train, is nov
rapidly doing It's deadly work.
"The population Of Persia has recent
" BEEN estimated at about four millions,
large proportion nf whom are Eclyants,
wandering tribes who correspond to the
BedaWeen Of Arabia and Mesopothmia
These EelyAuts principally inhabit the
southern and eastern parts OF the empire.
where the drought has been most severe.
Their means of subsistence depend
mainly on their focks and herds, which
have now in some places altogether per.
ished, owing 10 the total want of grass on
the mountain slopes aud Ia the valleys.
The most pitiful destitation and tho
most appalling mortality are the results.
The towns have scarcely suffered less.
At Bashire. where relief in most easily
afforded, and where mech has been done
under the auspices OF the British Resi-
dent, deaths by starvation are OF daily
occurrence. III IN reported that the pop
uiation of KaEeronn, lately estimated nj
tan Thousand, has fallen during these
days OF visitation 10 one-fifth that num-
ber that in round numbers some four
thousand have died Of famine since this
time last year, aud a like number have
fled the place. A similar condition of
affairs exists nj ShirAE, Koomesheh, and
more or less all over the large provinces
of Kirman aud Khorassan, while even in
the less afflicted northern districts the
most iAIneniahle distress prevails. II is
reported that in tho city Of Ispalan alone
NO less than twelve Thousand people have
died az want and more than double that
number in the province No material
improvement can be looked for until
next spring.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

Ii is estimated that tho diminu,ion of
the working elasses NJ Paris amounts "a
one hundred thousand, chiefly killed,
prisoners aud fagltiyes. daring aud sipoa
the Commune In 1899 there were
thirty thousand tailors in Paris, to-day
only about twenty thousand then TWEEN
" thousand cahinetmakers, now but
fourteen thousand while Of shoewakeFs
ana other artisans there is Ike de-
crease ia numbers. The consequence is
that the city is in danger Of losing lbs
supremacy in elegant astisanship as for
want of wOrkmen many orders cannot be
flied for export and OF course trade
will seek other sources OF supply, where
conditions are moro favorable. Ii is
daily beonning more apparent that the
ThinHs Government made stnpendous
blunder in its frantic and indiscrimlnate
arrests after the fall Of the Commune,
Not only were great numbers ot the
most valuable workers withdrawn from
industrial pursuits which would have
benefited the whole community, but the
Government now has tens Of thousands
OF prisoners On its hands whom Il must
support, has promised to bring TO trial,
daresj NOT reltase, andSe a great pro-
portion of whom il will be unable 10
convict Of any offence. When the Yer
salles troops entered Paris, reckless
slaughter of the Communist-and all
the inhabitants of that ill-fatad city who
waFa poorly dressed were deemed COM
niunists--lwas followed bywholesaie ar
rests, the killed and prisoners amount.
ing. il Is thought, 10 not less than fifty
thousand Many of those imprisoned
we're the victims 90 denuhciatiOns in-
spired by personal malice others were
seized in the blind rage OF the moment,
without any reason y phnteyEg. Now
anguishing trade, a changed public
opinion, and continual development
OF facts favorable 20 the prisoners and
injurious 90 ihe Government, combine
10 render any further postponeinent of
general amnesty an invitation for fresh
cdnspiracies and yet Thiers is power
less to move In the matter, as a law has
made the act Of amnesty a privilege Of
the Assembly, which is in vacation.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

THR NEWSPAPER NEcEssTrY.-The
Cincinnati Commercial, describing n re-
cent visit Ia Chicago. dwells upon the
wonderful display of newspaper vitality
MS one Of the notable signs Of The time.
Political and personal antagonisms have
been sunk in efforts for the common
good rival sheets are printed amicahly
in the same Office and on the same presss
the old spitefulness and abuse have been
put aside; the business men are pouring
in their embellishments by the hundred,
and the improyised recommendations are
inadequate TO supply the demand. In
short, the Chicago dailics are revived
with the best promise, and their profits
are so largo that q great part OF their
heavy losses viii be made up in ayear
or two. The newspaper has become q
necessity in every civilized community,
and neither fire noritempest can repress
the energy which il represents.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

A SUNSET Incident AT BUFFALO. The
Buffalo Express says: The sunset Of
Saturday evening, as witnessed from
Central Wharf, exhibited most singu-
lar phenomenon. As viewed from that
point the great luminary appears to sink
into the waters of the lake. and presents
beautiful sight on all ordinary occa-
sions, but at the time referred 10, Just at
the moment when the sun appeared to
be floating, rs it were, ball Of fire on
the surface of the lake, it suddenly as
sumed a conical shape, MS II OF molten
iron and the sides had run down, the
whole form evidently mngnifed to twice
its usual size. Directly in the centre OF
this body of FIRE was plainly visible the
form of ship, as if sailing in and part
Of the sun. Many of the business men
of Central Wharf, who have for years
witnessed many curious features and
beautiful scenes in the western sky, never
before saw the like OF this" -aE
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

No wondrous romance wreathea her hie
Nor hath che led martyr tram;
Nor beautiful nor r7ch Is she,
But poor-and some would call her plain,
No silken robe entoldR her form
No dainty leisure hath her hands,
Her Jewels arc a simple ringi
A ribbon binds her hairs smooth band
Yet I'm her garments simple grace
Her souls purity You trace.
She walks in humble ways Of life
That lead ofttimes through gloom and ahads
And cares and crosses not a few
Are on her patient shoulders laid,
Yet smiles and drinks each hittor cup
And keeps her brave eyes lifted M,
And homely ways she wrcathcs with grace,
Harsh duty turns 30 loving zest
And CHEEKY hope and stcadfAst will
Arc Al her side I'm work and rcet;
Yet never dreame she yon can spy,
The Angol looking nom her eyel
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

The Chicago TfAos gives the follow
ing 9ome dozen years ago, In q quiet
village i'm the State cf IEin0is.i there
lived young married couple named
Warrington. On the occasion Of the
birth Of their Arat child. girl, a woman
named Coulter was engaged NJ domestic.
In about three weeks after her conhne-
ment, Mrs. Warrington died while her
husband was hllsent Mt work, and upon
his return, be found himself not only q
widower, bat cl1ildlesH, as the nnrse bad
absconded. taking thn child with her.
and no traces Of her retreat could be
found. ~8
A few weeks since Mr., Warrington
arrived AZ a small town in this vicinity,
and, while stroiiing through the rrinct-
raj street, met bright girl Of shout a
dozen years, in whom be recognized the
exact plctHre ~ his dead wife: but he
had long since given up the idea of ever
seeing hiE child. But after making a
few inqRirics ha becamc satisfied that
his daughter was living, with, as she
thought, her mother. in an adjoining city.
The woman had been since married, aud
was now u widow. He discovered the
woman. and WIS recognized IN turn.
Tho widow ENLISTED 20 desire whatever
tc retain the custody of the girl. and
asked 10 be allowed few honrs 10 pre-
pare her for her departure. Mr.. War
rington called on the following morning.
md was informed that Miss Coulter was
not NJ home that she had gone ont the
evening before. and bad not rctarned,
Mr. Warrington In again on the hunt
for her, and will spare no pains 10 no.
cover the possession OF his child.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01
The Episcopal Convention.

The Triennial Convention al the Epis-
copal Church in the United States, has
been in session in Baltimore. A very
critical position and many trying ques,
tons were met discussed ina conciliatory
spirit The discussion on the ritual. the
point OF divergence between the evan-
gelical and ritunlistic wings OF the de-
nomination, and the leading feature Of
interest before the Convention, was
aniicably adjusted. After . long dicus-
sion on the subject. a special resolution
was adopted, thirty-fiye to. thirty, with
seven divided, forhidding the elevation
OF the bread and wine by the clergy when
dispensing the communion, calculated to
make them objects Of Worship, and n
comprehensive resolution was unani-
rnouAly passed condemningn NIL ceremonies
expressing any idea foreign to the au-
thorized standard Of the Church, aud as
serting that the advice OF the Bishops is
all that is needed TO secure uniformity
The resolution condcmning unauthorized
changes in Prayer-book, after being so
amended as 10 include the introduction
of unauthorized italics. punctuation and
musical notation, was also passed..
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

The wArcH. Watch is from a
Saxon word signifying "to wake" Az
trst the watch was as large as saucer +;
II had weights, and was called the pock-
ct-clock. The earliest known use OF the
modern name occurs in record Of .l5A2.
which mentions that Edward vi. had
" one larum or watch OF iron, the case
being likewise OF iron-gilt with two
plummets OF lead" The first great i'm
provement, the substitution OF the spring
for weights, was about 1856. The earli-
est were not coiled, but only straight
pieces of steel. Early watches had only
one hand, and required winding twice q
day. The dials we're silver or brass /;
the cases had no crystals but opened
back and front, and were four or five
inches in diameter. A plain watch cost
the equivalent Of Sl, 800 In our currency,
and after one was ordered it took year
to make il.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01
The History Of Coal.

Once year, and al this season, ID is
conventional for newspapers 30 say
something concerning the discovery OF
coal in this country. Complying wilh
this custom. il may be noted that bitu-
minous coal was mined near Richmunh,
Va, as early as in l7O0 Ii was exten-
siFely used in tho vicinity in l775. and
a RishmoRd foundry. ehiIJoyed il in
making shot and she'll during the Revo-
luton. Ii was sent TO Boston, Philadel-
phia aud New York in 1859. Obadiah
Gore and his brother. bhekSmiths fFom
Connecticut, were the hrst 90 make use
OF anthracite coal in the Wyoming PA. }
Vaiicy IN I7GS Jadga Jose Fell. OF
Wnkesbar1e, v'lIs ihe hrst 70 apply il 10
household uses. Philip Ginter. hunter
in the Manch Chunk region, discovered
the Lehigh coal in l79l., Mines were
opened in 17e2. hut il was ten wears
later before the coal was sent To Phila-
delphia. The Schuylkill coal was first
sent TO Philadelphia in 1914 This brief
" sums up thA early discoveries or ecal
in this country Tho man who believes
that coal viii ever fall 10 its former price
Of three or four dollars ton is vet 10 be
diseovered.-&, T., Paprr.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

How 10 HAApLH 0rSa The following
rules should be observed when YOU take
n gun into your hand Whenevar you
take q gum into your hands, inquire III IL
is loaded. Should there be no person 20
answer you, II the gun is a muzzle load,
or, place the butt ON the ground outside
the left foot, having previously hxcd the
hammer nj half cock, and holding the
muzzle in n forward direction, clear Of
your person, draw the ramfod aud insert
Il gently in the barrel, IL there j. a
charge in il, yon viii feel the thud Of the
ramrod upon il. while the rods upper
end win project about three fingers
breadth above the muzzle. Should the
piece not be loaded, the ramrod win sink
right down. aud the broad metal end will
soon announce the empty barrel by the
tap against the hreech plug. Never han
die a loaded gun except for the purpose
OF discharging il and never, ut any
time. either in Jest or earnest, point q
gun, loaded or unluaded, at any living
thing you don't deliberately intend "a
kill.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

q little feet that such long years
Must wander ON through doubts and fears,
Must ache aud bleed beneath your load
I, nearer 20 the wayside inn,
Whore toll shall cease and rest begin,
Am weary, thinking of your road.
o little hands, that, weak or strong,
Have stin 10 Fcrve or rule SO long,
Have still 10 lang 20 give or aek
I. who 40 much with book and pen
Have toiled among my fcllow-mca,
Am weary, thinking ef yenr task.
O httle hearts that throh aud beat
With such impatient, fcvcr1sh heat,
Such hmitlcss and strung desires
Mine, that 90 long has giowcd aud burned,
With passions into ashea turned,
Now covers and eoneeals its ares.
~ w LeaT6sos
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

A SCIENTIFIC DIscoTERT.--It in re-
ported that physician in Australia has
discovered a way Of distinguishing hu-
man blood from the blood Of other ami
mails. II is wonderfully simple, and in
thus described "A small drop, not 9
mere speck, of the blood is to be placed
upon microscopic slide, and carefully
watched, at temperature Of ffty-four
to fifty-nine degrees Fahrenheit until
the picture Of network formed by ita
coaculation is developed. Human blood
speedily breaks up into small pattern
network the blood Of other animals
takes a longer time and makes o large!
pattern but the blood Of every animal
seems to form characteristic picture.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01
A FAMILY OF FIVE Persons MrsTER

A FAMILY OF FIVE PERSONS MfsrER-
IousLY MURDERED "A family named
Parks was found murdered in their
house near Henryville, Indiana The
family consisted Of Cyrus M. Parks, his
wife, Isabella, his son John aged ten
years, and his daughter Eyeline, aged
IL, and Ellen aged II, The heads of
all were terribly beaten and crushed by
some blunt instrument The brains OF
Mrs. Parks and her son were scattered
about the room, while their bodies were
lying in beds. The daughters were
found sitting in the kitchen, alive, but
were delirious and fatally hurt, The
neighbors heard shots in the night, but
the bodies bear no bullet marks. Mr..
Parks was leading member Of church,
and was much esteemed in the commu-
nifty. Great excitement prevails in the
vicinity
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

The SMAII.-PoK. There are grounds
for alarm in the report from Washington
as to the cause Of the terrible spread oi
smallpox in our Eastern cities, 1t il
semi officially affirmed that the infected
buffalo skins bought and captured from
the Indians two years ago, having dis
appeared from quarantine, have been
sold to the public, and that the pre-.
valence Of the virulent diseases is attri.
butable thereto.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

a.
GAMnL1Na ON RAILROADS. We near
4 good deal 81 complaint that gambling
should be allowed on the passenger
trains A few weeks since man was
swindled out of $50 in d Maine Central
smoking car by blackleg, who intro
duced him into the beauties Of = three
card monte" TO be sure, lt .ls strange
that any man Is 80 green or devoid of
common sense as to be inyeigled into
card -playing and betting with strangers
on railroad-cars-bu such people there
are n the world, and we do not think
our railroads should be the field for
such lnaves to ply their pursuits in-
Wa have recently noticed warnings
posted up in the Eastern Railroad-cars,
like this: 4 Beware Of strangers who
nsk y0u 10 play cards. That is very
useful placard, to say the least.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

INDUCING CAPITAL. I'm order TO in.
duce capitalists from other States to in
vest, il is now proposed that the Common
Council OF Portland, Me-, shall pass o
resolution exempting from taxation foi
a period of FIVE or ten years all factories
started within the city limits during
1872. This plan has been tried with
considerable success in quite number
OF Western towns. 1t viii no doubt
work satisfactorily in Portland, as in
deed in every town.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

WHAT IS 1r2-Some Western newspa-
pers talk about mysterious, but fearful
enemy, which is destroying flocks oi
sheep about Manitowoc, Wis. Nomarkt
of violence can be discovered save small
hole behind the ear, from which the blood
has been sucked. The prevailing idea il
that it is the work of vampire. $50.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

CHICAGO SUFFERERs. - About "Chi-
cago refugees" the Journal says Let
other communities shelter and provide
for those helpless and destitute women,
children and infirm men who may have
thrown themselves upon their charities,
but when ON able-hodied male refugee
who claims to be from Chicago, comes
whining round, let him be sent of Ia
sfoRfsr, and tell him to 60 to work, either
at Chicago, where labor is much needed
and well paid, or somewhere else"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

ISDIoSATIoN.-Sh Sheridan solicitor cali
ing one day found his wife alone,
and walking about in a state of violent
excitement. He asked what was the
mntter, Her only reply was " that her
husband was villain" After some
time she added, with some hesitation,
!" Why have discovered that all the
love-letters he sent me we're the very
same MS those he sent TO his first wife. "
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

GoNE HoME.-The citadel Of Quebec
will be left without single British sol
dier within It's walls. The sound OF 0
familiar tattoo, the marching through
the streets OF fine regiments of red-coat.
ed soldiers, will soon be recollected
among the past. All the forts, military
stores and armaments viii be handed
over 10 the Dominion Government.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

FopSD IT.-As laborers were al work
euttingn new read through hin, IN n
hollow known as Hang Hollow, near
Council Bluffs, they excgvated sack
containing Sl2, 900 gold and silyermoney.
hidden there eighteen years ngo by one
Muir who murdered comrade, n Cali
forninn, in that city. Muir was hung by
D moo of Californians, and said he had
hidden the money under stump in this
hollow, but refused 10 tell where. Many
persons have huntad for this secreted
treasure in vaiR. The laborers shared
tire booty eauallv.a-a ar-.s.s-s-asesa-..a.a.s =.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

CoNsoLIpAT1oS. The workingmen of
Berlin are earnest in their preparations
for carrying out their recently announced
programme of intimate union of all the
workingmen's associations in general
society for cooperative action in regard
to pay, hours of work, and other ques-
tions OF common interest.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

Can you realise Mrs. Malaprop's be-
wildermentat hearing her grandson read
from an article in the paper, about
Rome "The ground is SO parched
that it is full OF fishers -
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

No matter how prosperous their busi
ness may be, whalers and lardmakers
always have trying times.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01

ADVERTISING. .---Advertisin is an art,
and is the mother Of the nrt Of money
making. Successful advertisers unhosi-
tatingly and gratefully declare that they
owe the beginning of their prosperity
and the foundation Of their wealth TO
the liberal and judicious use of printers
ink. 1T is paradoxical, but not singular,
that printers ink, by hlOckeninp n mans
reputation, actually benefits him. The
ingenuity displayed by some accomplish
ed advertisers makes advertising almost
a fne art These shrewd men manage
to make the most unwilling read their
announcements.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-01


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folInwing lotiHr written hT n hfiMht hi.
tlc Chicago hhN hf AHm vNRN
kAnn. tek 3, 1871.
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mnali nMmm
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ronple vito nncn we're saluf
Nav newer ~ vain again
Eiwft fsiina of buildings wFappnd a. llHhta
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No. o. lsd niil consists ~ nuQs
What 40 hnmf Bpnmi boom
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The Gre can w stopped nuus tvp Appn.
Twfu finish flsepe verses in my next
letter. II hope mil nFe waii NFmr mlfecr
tionslo friend. WuaTam W.T. w.