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Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03

The london Quarterly Journal ~
her Of gentlemen lately met AZ the
Lancashire Engineering and Compress
ion Casting Works of St Helen June
ton. 10 witness the new process of cast
ing in brass and iron, chased and en-
bossed work of the most elaborate des-
crlption. The process. which was then
for the first time exhibited in England,
IN an American invention, and it, utility
was shown 10 consist in this-that any
design. whether IN high or low relief,
chased on metal Of any required pattern
or shape, whether fat rs door-plaie or
round as vase, can be reproduced by
casting al btGaiiH. and each casting
viii show upon il all the sharpness OF the
original casting. Molds are made with
n preparation Of fine elav The making
Of one of these molds takes from five 20
ten minutes They have then 20 stand
twenty-four hours exposed 70 dry air,
after which they baked in q furnace
for eight hours. These clay molds, into
which the metal is afterwards poured.
are 10 all inten,s and purposes, encaus-
tic tiles. The molds are.placed in box.
and the air is extracted from them NO as
10 form a vacucm. after which the mol
ten metal is forced into them and in
this way in ten minutes a casting can be
completed. When the casting il taken
ont. the design. however intricate, is
found 30 be perfectly represented. with
the exception ~ removing sligh; sur
face OF clay from il, which can be done
in half an hour. and the article is then
ready 20 be sent 20 the hronzer, instead
Of having 10 be put in the chaser's hands
In this way an enormous amount of
cost and labor on ornamental articles in
metal il saved.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03
PennsyITanla's Insane.

From some careful statistics concern
ing the inmates treated in the great
Pennsylvania Lunatic Asylum daring d
period Of years. some important facts
may be CLEANED. giving valuable hinta
concerning the age and sex which are
most liable 10 insanity, the habits and
occupations which are most conducive
10 il, and tho causes which most fire.
quently result in the overthrow OF the
intellect IL is between the ages of -
and 80 years that We shonld guard most
carefully against excitement, for more
persons then become insane than in any
other decade Of life Men, il appears,
get more Of the wear and tear OF life. or
do not stand il as we'll AS women, for ont
of 2.9ls patients only l,26I were Of the
fair sex. Widowers stand their grief
better than widows, for there were l59
of the latter and only "a Of the former.
This is the more remarkable, as women
patients were, ON the whole, less hume
rous. Out Of total Of 29ls. only / .264
were women. The numbers Of married
and single persons were surprisingly near
equal, !, ,3i2 wers married and | .343 were
single. leaving majority not sufficiently
large 10 found an inference ON. The
WOman's Suffrage orators might gain an
argument from the fact that majority
of the women were housekeepers, 6lS Of
whom succumbed under their cares,
while there were only IA teachers, and
% seamstresses. Doctors would point n
moral with the circumstance that the
cause assigned for the largest number
of eases was III health. Evidence 10
cOrroborate the statement 80 often made,
that Americans live too fast, and that
the race Is wearing ont, might be found
ia the large number of native-born
among the unfortunate wrecks
Of humanity, u whom ABS were of
native birth, while Of excitab.e Hibern-
ians there were the small number of go,
of beer-drinking Germans $50, and of
hearty. contented Englishmen, only 81
Perhaps the most surprising item. and
the most contrary 10 received opinions.
Is the preponderance Of outdoor work
srs. Out Of l, ,G54 crazy men, there were
800 who had been farmers, and 400 who
had been laborers while Of representa-
tivcs 81 brain-racking professions there
were no, IS in all, 10 Of them physicians,
a6 teachers, 10 preachers, Is lawyers,
and editors.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03

A practical engineer in Australia, who
is described as having literally dug up
his facts, puts forward theory con
cening the formation of gold veins in
quartz rock In the course Of his exper-
iments in gold mining, this gentleman
studied the geological as well rs the
lucrative side, and he arrives at the
following conclusions That the aurife-
GUS quartz lodes never continue their
course into the granite that they are, on
the contrary, invariably broken OF as il
were at the point Of contract that they
are twisted and, turned from their due
course. or else broken mp into fragments; /;
that the quartz lodes are intcrsected by
granite dykes that fragments OF granite
are never found IN quartz loies, and that
in some instances these last have been
subjected % the metamorphic action Of
granite. These facts, when viewed Sc
quently and logically, proved 10 demon
stration that the quartz lodcs are Of
date anterior TO the eruption Of the
granite rocks There are quartz lodes
nevertheless sitting in granite, and which
are said, on doubtful authority, 10 be
auriierous. Should this litter position
be established. il would certainly argue
IN favor Of the more recent formation Of
quartz lodes At present there is no
good reason for anticipating that that
position can be maintained
The quartz lodes, when forcing their
egrcss. often disturbed. fiSsured, and
rent asunder the enclosing schists, the
openings so effected being instantly filed
by the quartz stone. and thns giving rise
to those capricious. irregular. or zig-zag
shapes yulgarly termed East and West
veins. But there are other than the cos
ME and geological conditions mentioned
which prevailed at the time ~ the forma-
tion Of the quartz lodes, and they also in
dicate the Plutonic character Of this dyke
formation Under this head is 10 be-
rcckoned the occurance of felspar in
quartz veins. for il is an established
scientific truth that mica, felspar, and
amphibOle, or angite. are all minerals
which cannot be formed apart from
igneous chemical iction. This single
circumstance alone goes FAR 20 prove the
original mohen state Of the silica Of
quartz lndes- Another argument to the
same end NAV be drvvn from the fact
that the auriferous quartz lodcs have
cxcrciscda manifest mctamurphic action
on the adjacent walls or casing. They
have done so partly in u meteorological
sense, but generally there will be found
n true metamorphic alteration Of the
rock
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03

not dead Yet, Charlie 7" My senses re-.
turned once more and opening my
eyes | saw the stalwart form Of Wiil
Somers. who had shared similar fate 10
mime bending over me, rs he spriukled
my face with ice-cold water II was
broad day light The sun had risen in
all his glorious majesty, and levelled his
streaming rays fun upon us All our
number We're standing round, save one,
and he lay stff ON the grass, a corpse
Morgan and his band fearing % raise the
whole country against themselves by the
wholesale butchery of 80 many of the
Queens officers. hal hung AS over a
blum about ten feet high. so that while
suspended, at no time had our feet been
more than ward from the ground, but
they had rightly coniectured that we
should hang on rs long rs our strength
permitted, and so give them ample time
10 escape The horrors OF the situation
had been too much for Morris -. he
was but yuungster, and sheer fright
had killed him. We returned IL the
store-keeper's, and, after intcrriug poor
Butler and Morris ia grove of wattlrs,
started for Ballamt On arriving there
az once rendered my resignation. for
my nerves had received such u shock
that felt myself totally incapaeitated
for duty
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03

Mr.. Frcar's bin in the Assembly OF
New York, entitled for the Protection
Of employers and indentured appren-
tees" provides that no person shall
sake an apprentice without the consent
Of parents or guardian that written
indcnture shall be signed by both part
les, for a term not less than three nor
more than five years, the employer 10
furnish the apprentice with board,
lodging. and medical attendance the
indenturc not 10 he annullcd except
in case Of death" or by order of the
county or Supreme Court that an
apprentice leaving his employer may
be arrested and be subjected 90 i'm
prisonmcnt for such time as the justice
may think iit or until said apprentice
" shall have attained the are OF twenty
ono years" the refusal Of any apprcn
tice TO perform his contract shall give
the employer liberty 10 cancel the in
donture with the forfeiture of all back
pay and claims against him. IL also
provides a penalty Of not more than 81.
600 and not less than 500 against the
employer il he neglects 10 teach the APP
prentice his trade or fail 10 provide him
with proper board, &c, and any one
harbonng or employing n runaway ap-
prentice viii be liable 20 "a fine OF not
more that $1,000 or TO Imprisonment
not exceeding six months.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03

They relate some very interesting sto-
ries. fan of romance, about the French
prisoners in the German hospitals. For
instance, one writer says:
"Tn q corner Of the room was young
artiIleryman with face OF the strangest
beauty \ could have conceived IN poSsi-
BILE for man 60 possess. His attitude
was so moti0nless, that il might have
been taken for death, but that his eyes
were open, and looking with a long
wearing gaze through window that was
opposite. He was q Breton, and had had
two brothers. They fought side by side
in the same regiment Mt Sedan, and
where he lay after the battle previously
wounded, and his two brothers lay dead
hes de him. The mother OF the three
Young soldiers was q widow; and when she
heard the news she set ont from Brittany
10 90 TO her last SON, but died OF grief
on the way. The violets that lay upon
his bed were sent to him by young girl
who lived in the town, who had never
seen him, but who had heard In common
with all, his sad story. "
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Fearful TRAGEDY.

A terrible tragedy occurred in the town
Of Wavland, Steubcn County New
York. A Mrs. Mary Hess shot and In
stantlv killed Mr.. William III. Lewis,
doing business in Wayland. lie called
upon her on business and she met him
III the door and shot him dead. She
then proceeded TO the residence Of her
brother, Mr.. Warren Northrup, some
half mile distant from her own, and ask
ed him 20 come out of doors, as she
wished 10 speak 10 him privately. he
declined to GO out, but invited her in
"a the house and led the way INTO a bed
room. she followed closely. just after
he entered the bedroom door she placed
revolver to the back OF his head and
fred, the bali passed entirely through
his head. She then closed the bedroom
door and turned toward q son of Mr..
Northrup, who was in the sitting-room,
but before she could fire upon him she
was seized and the revolver taken from
her. Mr.. Northrup lived until 4 O'clock
that day. Mrs Hess was taken into
custody, and upon being Intercepted
as 10 why she had committed double
murder, she replied that she would learn
Mr.. Lewis not to be the cause Uf SO
much talk as there had been about her.
II is stated that she had not been on
friendly terms with her brother. The
circumstances Of the case are being in
yestipated.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03

The care OF the young ranks as enc Of
the most important OF ali things 10 the
state and the race, and one on which no
pains bestowed could be too much. Yet
how many mothers understand the man
agcmcnt OF the young IN any scientific
sense How many study the best modes
of education, physical or moral, and
bring their stnalies to good issue How
many mothers viii ever receive advice
and not consider il interference in their
own distinct domain ? and how many are
there who SO much as doubt that mater
nity Of itself does not give wisdom, and
that bv the mere fact Of motherhood
woman Is fully capable Of managing her
child without more teaching than that
which she gets froin instinct We give
less thought, mot less love, less study,
less scientific method, 60 tho management
OF our own young than 20 the training
OF future racehorses or the development
of the prize heifer on the farm. The
widest ideas OF food, the most injudi-
cions fashions in dress. amusements
which ruin both body and mind such as
children's evening parties. theatres, and
the like make one often think that the
last person 30 whom her children should
I've entrusted is the mother. Add 70 this
a moral education, good or bad accoriing
30 individual temperament an Ignorance
Of psychological laws as dense as that OF
the physiological and hygenic, and the
personal care Of the little ones delegated
10 servants, and we have the base on
which the modern nursery is constructed
This delegation OF the mothers duty 90
servants is as amazing in its contraven-
ton OF instinct ms the revolt against
maternity. Every woman sees how
nurses treat the children Of other mothers,
ani every mother trusts her own nurse
implicitly, and gives into the hands OF
coarse aud ignorant woman, the temper,
the health, the nerves, the earliest men
tai direction, and the consequent penna-
nent bias of the future OF her ehlld.
while perhaps she goes out on a crusade
30 help people who need example rather
than assistance. This is no overcharged
picture. The unscientific management
OF children, and the absolute surrender
Of them while young. and therefore while
most plastic, into the hands OF servants,
is too patent to be denied.--Mocmitlaa-
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03

The ceremonies Of the profession Of n
nun attracted a large and brilliant audi-
ence to the convent, corner OF Fifth
Avenue and Seventeenth Street, New
York, recently, the lady being Miss Ellen
G.. White. daughter of late Judge OF
the Superior Court. The chapel was
brilliantly lighted for the occasion, the
pure white maible altar being illuminated
by two hundred wax candles, and adorn-
ed with vases OF rare flowers and gilded
palm-trees. A procession OF nuns fled
in and took seats while the choir chanted.
Then came Miss White, accompanied
on one side by the Superior-Genernlo OF
Converts in the United States and
Canada, and on the other side by the
Assistant Superior, followed by pro-
cession of priests and acolytes The
solemn ceremony opened with prayer
and the blessing of the ring and cross
then followed a sermon by Pere Beavde-
win, the distinguished orator of the Order
OF Jesuits, and the VOWS Of Miss White,
who knelt mt the altar STEPS. Then the
Mother Superior advanced and placed
upon her finger a costly but plain gold
ring, rs a proof and token Of her having
chosen the Savior of mankind for her
spouse on this her betrothal day to her
Lord, and at the came time encircled her
neck with delicatsly-wrought jet chain,
supporting n silver cross, which is for n
sign and n remembrance 10 her that she
will take up her cross and bear it cour-
ageously for His sake. After mass the
professcd nun advanced with tall can
die in her hand, and received commun-
ion, after which she was congratulated
by her friends.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03

FRoM MARsEILLEs a correspondent
writes: 1--WE begin to have n very
anxious time here The rich are now
alarmed for the poor. as we are without
magistrates or police. so as If any one
knocked you down in the street YOU
could get no redress. The rich gentle
men are having meetings TO make ar
rangcments for giving assistance TO the
poor. People here who have hitherto
kept seven or eight servants are now
keeping three or four only. All the
merchants are losing daily, and there
are great fears of an instruction II Paris
is taken. The French were absolutely
mad fortnight ago. II was one of the
most exciting days / have ever seen.
At one o'clock in the morning the can
mons began firing. news having come
that the French army had left Paris and
driven the Germans ont of Versailles
and as far rs Fontainebleau. All day
long bands of music paaded the streets,
and the people sang the Marseillaise.
At night the whole town was illuminat-
ed, though the snow was falling and
lay two inches deep. Two days after
wards the news was contradicted, and
despondency has prevailed. but one dare
not say 10 French person that Paris
will ever capitulate.
Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03

Whether II be that age canses animals
/ 10 become reckless, or that then length
ened soj0urn IN the world has familiar
lied them with their strength, aud
impaired 10 them q knowledge of their
powers OF destruction. oF that the
lassitude resulting from infrmitles causes
their tempeFs 30 become soured, know
not-but when the old bull buffalo has
separated himself from the herd. and
retired, as it were, into private life, be
becomes most pugnaciona. and feaFieasly
attacks all inirnders. Fortunately his
activity has deserted him nj thai s0urea
proportion or his eristence. and but
little eKerti0n In necessary 10 avoid his
onslaught. l once saw one Of these
her-yeterans die a natural death, an
unusual occurrence, for their enemies are
numerous, and always ready 10 attack
them when IN that weak state that pre-
eedes dissolution. Well. my hero MAS
sitting on = mound, a setting heFy snn
slowly dipped the western bounds of the
landscape behind him, and made hls
huge outline loom donbly grand. Food
had been scarce with me, aud consequent
iy 1 made n more than usually careful
stalk 10 get within range ; the games
position was such that almost doubted
the possibility Of success. yet closer and
closer. without causing any visible alarm.
advanced. At length, when had de-
cided that the range did not require
lessening. i felt convinced that had
been seen, for the head and eyes Hare
turned toward me but no angry shake
OF the horns, paw of the ground or Hash
Of the eye eFinced hostility, and more
over, the figure appeared 10 lessen with
each, respiration, and an air Of ineapacity
for further exertion was indelibly stamp
cd upon the veteran monarch Of the
prairie My gun was for the moment
forgotten, and / gaEed with wonder, and
possibly with sorrow, et the apparent
approach of death. BY degrees the Fete-
mans fore-lega were placed farther and
farther apart -- rapidly diminishing
strength inssinctively compelled this
methcd Of supporting the towering Eg-
ure az length the body sWayed, and,
with lurrh like laundering ship. relied
on It's side, and life departed trom the
carcass nj the same moment Up 70 the
termination OF the career OF the noble
brute be had remained upon his limbs,
defying decay with his last breath. With
sorrow looked upon the body, regretted
that life had fod although, Ut the same
time, had been drawn 10 the spot with
the intention Of executing the Office in
which had been fore-stalled. Betting
was such a death 10 the greatest hero.
succnmbing only when nature refused 10
grant further support, yielding mp the
life and strength he had gloried In with
out a sigh OF regret. All Round h4e
World, by Capt. Parker GilBorc.
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have not found her. bat know
That somewhere on the fruitful earth.
The stars Of love aud joy have sung
Their welcome 10 her happy birth
have not found her. yeg know
How, year by year, the gentle days
Have led her up, through light aud shad,
Tho lovely heights of Woman NAYS
drvam her eyes arc softly dark
Bul whether dark or heavenly blue,
know the light within them is
Nv htes North star, so bright aud true /!
dream her mouth to swectly proud,
Retieent-sincr Il waits for me
And 'roand her brow her brown hair lies
In nperfamed wavvless, light and free.
or voice and hand, aud hgh,some step,
The blissfal kisses u her mouth,
l dream, a. ous Who, winter-huaad.
Dreams u the ever radiant South.
have not found her, yet shall
Though Fats scum coldly ta defer,
She Is my own. Aud viii keep
My htg al pure and true tor her.
MldNoNEIrE.
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(oF rHE rRAIRN AEIIA, ,


Wan, no. can't tel whar he lives,
Because be don't i've, yoa secs
Lcastways, hes sot oat II ahc habit
Uf hvin' hke YOU AID me.
Whar have yon heen for the last three year
That yun haven't heard folks tell
How jimmy Rlnaso passed In his checks,
The night OF the Prairie Belle
BE weren't no saint-,hcm engineers
l. all pretty much ALIKE
One wife in ateheE-ander-she-hM
And another one here, in Pike,
A kcerlcSs man IN his talk was Jim,
And an awkward man IN = rQw-
Bat he never tlnnkoa and he never he'd,
Irsekon be never kn0wed how.
And this was all the religion he had
To treat his engine well;
Never he passed on the river
To niina the pilots bell
And IL ever the Prairie Bell tOok ire
A thousand times he swoce,
He'd hold her nozzle Agin the hank
III the last soGl got ashore.
Al boats has their day on the Mississip,
And her day come a. last
Tho Movassar was a better boat,
Bus the Belle she wouldn't lie passed,
And 40 she come tcarin' along that night
The oldest cEaft ON the line,
WIN = AkEe@JE squat On NCI -@AcNN Ea-NC
And her furnace crammed, rcsin and pine.
The fire bnst ont IS she clAred the bar,
And burnt hole in the night
And quick as fash she turned and made
For thA; willer-bank on the right.
There was running and enrsing, bat Jim yelleS
out,
Over sn tho internal roar,
" I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank
I'LL the last galoot's asho-o."
Through the hot, black breath Of the burning
boat.
Jim Bludso's voice was heard,
And they al had trust in his eussedness,
And knoved be would keep his word.
And snre's you're bora. they al got OF
Aforc the smOkas;aeks fell
And Blndso's ghost went up alone
In the smoke Of the Prairie Belle
BE weren't no sAint-but a. Judgment
II run nv chance with jim.
Inngside Of some pioas gentleman
That wouldn't shake hands with him.
He seen his duty. dead sure thing
And went for il thar and then:
And Christ aint gcin' 70 be too hard
On man that died for men.
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There is a good deal of amusement in
the following magic table Of figures. --
II will enable you to tell how old the
Young ladies are. just hand this table
10 IA young lady and request her tell you
m which column or columns her age is
contained, add together the figures at
the top Of the columns in which her agc
is found, and You have the great secret
Thus suppose her age 10 be seventeen, Won
will find that number the first and fifth
columns, and the first figures OF these
two columns added make seventeen.
Hef,s h fh,, mari, tal,ia
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THE San Francisco Aha California tells
this incident 4" II IL related Of n young
son of Beriah Brown. that, failing TO re-
ceive the assistance Of the democratic
governor OF Oregon in an application for
naval cadetship. he went boldly on 70
Washington to seek il for himself BE
was but boy. and son of fierce
apostle of democracy but he had boys
undaunted hope and courage, and ar
IDENTIFY desired to enter the navy OF his
country. He penetrated the awful pre-
sence Of the Executive of the United
States and told his story. He was
recommended 10y the Oregon and Califor-
mia senators, irrespective of party, and
his expenses were paid 10y similar friends
at home best Of all, he got his commits
sion from the President, and, as cadet at
large, enters the Naval Academy"