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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-15

Examine yourself. Do il impaFtfally.
DO il faithfully Do il often.
sat down by yourself. and shutting
out all thoughts ON other subjects. ne
view your own life for the last dAy-fog
the last week. Recall both your acts
and Your Words-for. both 10 others aud
yourself. your words are often as serious
realities as your actions.
We believe there is not human being
who will NOT be brneftt~d and improved
by the habitnal review Of bis or her own
life. in this manner.
Have yoyr hours been turned 20 ac-
count, either in work cor recreation or
have they been frittered away, in man
ner profiiless. or positively injurious, 10
both mind and body?
Have You made any acquisitions of
knowledge within the day or week iaEf
gcpe2 Can you say. Iinow this thing.
or that, which did not know before ?
Have You strengthened your princi-
pies. which reqnire constant brarin4, for
a thousand temptations are always at
work 10 undermine them We say 20
undermine them for IL is only the
worst of men who sit down and deliber-
atoly concoct plans Of NickedDess. IL
Is the insiduoRs aud unpcrccived np-
proach Of the Teupier. in disguised
and undisiingulshahle form, from which
the greatest danger is 10 be apprehended-
Have you helped yunr unsuccessfui
and troubled brother where you had it
in your power Have You said kind
and encouraging word where that wEs
all that was needed HAVE yon done a
kind aud generous act Wherever il vas
your duty 20 do onel
We shall all be judged by our works,
and there is no more efficient aid in ini-
proving our works, and in rendering the
future better than the past, than by a
frequent. searching review. and aa an-
prejudieed. unsparinE Judgment oF the
pasi.--N Y. LSsl9er.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-15

The author a. . work entitled ''Cycii-
cal Deluge," recently published By APP
! pieton A Co, argues that the ocean hns
I grand secular tides or delugen, which
occurs every ZEN thousand Eve hundred
years. two In eneh eycle 0f the equinoc.
tiai repression. Tho inst dalnge was
that tn which the traditions 0f many
languages refer-the Il arnat dainge I
aud occurred four Thousand tao hun
dred years ago when fhe sup'a heat
having sufficiently s0siAned the ymnt CO.
cimHlati0n or re around fhR North
Pole. the fragments of the Zee mountains
rushed ina body 10 the Souih. caaiaing
lamnddcn displanemaIIf In she enrfh,s cen
ire ni gravity. and carrying With them
the gigantic eratic houidcrS. whone pre-
senee ia northern- latiindes still pEexIes
geologists. According 10 Mr.. Wakes.
the author On the work, the next grand
break-up Biil occur nbomi Eix tlaOnHEhd
years hence, when countar OSCILLATION
Of the s1nth seas win erour the An.
iaFctic Rlaeier wall ID hhatsared; y The
FsontheEp waters viii be rushed HDwR
upon the northern henisphera, which
wlii once more be Submerged. While IN the
south unknown continents VIII appear. =
Admiral Wilkes, Of cur navy. win look
forward with interest 10 thhf daS, far
then the Antarctic r0ntinenf which Be
claims No have discovered in iRAn. hns
which has Rince been invisible, and over
which Captain Ross and 0.har yoyn@ern
have repeatedly sailed, may then eozaa
30 thf Euyiace .pf tho wsfef and Lin,
memofy ceasn Nv ba u source of mmusr
ment 20 Feographers and nautical men,
The theory Of the periOdieify Of ssunat
deluges Was propoundnd hF Alphoase
Joseph Adhemar, i'm hiS work entitled
: ReyDlutiopa de "a Mer.P whaFa he err
gues that The yaieFz are nov rising IN she
Seas Of the horthern henisphefc. and
that the Antarctic ice ih already pllnd un
20 height "a aixsy nailes. Ht invites
Attentions 10 tlse contour a the eafth'x
shadow npon tha moon daring lI1mnrs
eelipscs, with view OF verifying his
ealcninli0nA The rnsultA pf these nrc
accepted by the present author, who
seeks 10 sustain them By vaxions aEen.
Tnenta drawn from geology The vol
ume la reported. Ivy thoEr who have read
IL, 10 have much scientific merit This
probability q it's conclusions, izoEeyer,
Is point that only nathemmticimns can
settle. Meanwhile ID in rnAnRnrinR tb br
told that the neat cyclical delHge win not
occur until the year 1882 OF our era,
even though upon that occasion = .naaa-l
table aud animal life on the north OF The
'cqustor will I'm M great meaSnSr, be drha
tsoyed Whiia this same mus happen DO
the human race On that hemisphere. ex-
oeptsng. perhaps n few tribes or hmi-
lies. who, escaping Go tho highest table
lands, and mountain ranges of The earth,
may survice, only % fRu back almost
Immediately into state Of torpid bar
h@EiKrn. - Ms
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-15

The ball given IN New York in Honor
Of the Grand Duke Alexis, vas certainly
a magnificent affair. ii We may believe
the Journals Of the eity. Au immense
crowd of lookcrs-on gathered about the
Academy of Music early in the evenings
and quite = number OF policemen were
necessary 70 keep this crosd in proper
order. About half-past ten O'Clock "a
movement was disucrnnblc, and, stimuli
tancous with n grand rush Of the patient
walters toward the Academy, the Princes
carriage. followed by several others.
dashed np ~ The canopied entrance.
The Prince was the first to aliehi, and
as he did 50 the crowd on the corner 81
Irving place gotta glimpse Of him, aud
there then ensncd a most exciting crush
and rush toward the carriagc. women
yieing with Che mer in their eagerness 10
get as near IA possible 20 the handsome
young Russian Thr Prince hAd on a
heavy gray .ovucoat Of th6 Russian
style and "pancake" cap % The same
color, and as he got out Of the carriage
he handed the cap 10 u gentlcrann In
waiting. He pulled on his cuss the
minute lac crossed the Threshold Of the
door.
The reception and ball rooms were
handsomely decorated. The hrst set for
tho lnncers was formed on the stage i'm.
mc'iiateIy IN irnhi Of the pfisInatiq. .foun-
tam. The Gnmd Duke and AIiss. lIoa-
pihn took the head. PiS-a-ris ~ them
were General Mcdowell aud MrA Con.
Aspinwall. Tho sides were made up gf
Governor Hoffman and Madnhe Cata-
cazy aud Mrs- Richard living Rna Mra.
Cutting. Some delay WIS experienced in
forming the other seis, the. Acadent.bc-
ing 50 crowded. At length tho band
struck up the familiar air. and rhe ball
WAS opened. The distinguished dancerE
however. were exceedingly unfortunate
They got mixed MP generally at the he
ginning, and 50. .fhey continued until
tho end. X wns great relief TO alt
concerned when the first dance was FIN
ished. After tiris the'Prince prornenlid-
cd and danced alternately for an hour.
until supper was announced IN the se-
cond and third dances his partners wsre
Miss Morse. daughter OF tho professor,
and Miss Mcdowell, daughter Of the
General. Ii was nearly one O'Clock
when tho Grand Duke and the whole OF
the imperial party were conducted into
the supper room. The Duke retired
about two o'clork, but the ball went on
until four.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-15

The ban gwen at Governors Island.
I'm honor bf che Dnke Alexis, was opened
lhy General Mcdowell and the Grand
Duke, Hiss Nellie Murphy being the
first partner selected fnr the Prince.
The band strnrk npn lively galops and
the General With has partner started Of
IN good time The Prince essayed 10
start, but had Hcnrcely turned around be-
fore his feet slipped and threw him out
of tsrnes 50 very smooth and oily was the
door. He. quickly recovered himself,
aud then with some caution Inc proceed
ed I'm good atrle. On returning hiB part
neE 70 her friends she complimensed the
Prince. on being a good gentleman to
dance with. The Grand Duke, as he
appeared on The ballroom noar after d.
vestfng hlnself OF hat and long cloak,
revealing has princely head and dark,
gnld<sfudded uniform, was entirely be-
coming 40 hiR high rank. Had lany
stranger stepped into the place and been
asked 10 point out the most distinguish
ed looking unhn on the floor he would
certainly have selected the Grand Duke.
His was the. taliest figure there, and his
perfect eelf-possession gave him grace
full bearing, and there seemed to be haT-
mony in every gesture. The next part
ner' al the Prince was Miss Morse who
danced o waltz with him. The gother
partners were Miss Blodgett, Miss
Mcdowell, daughter Of General MeDow-
ell Miss M. ". Shaler, daughter OF
General Shaler and Miss Snllivant an
Ohio belle, and niece OF General Nc
DoweEl. From all that has been seen Of
the Grand Duke Alexis in is evident that
be is not q = lady 4 man." While arting
as escort he is always polite and .occ.i-
sionallF gay. But he never hirts. AS
soon as the ceremony of dancing is over
wsUr IL Ii little more than ceremony
foF him-he relieves his partner Of his
company and goes his way, leaving her
10 Go hers. iii he can sieal away he viii
walk or alone, get In back r00m roll
Il cigarette, aud smoke it. While Alexis
attracted everybody's attention his
brother officers were improving the op-
portunity TO put themselves on good
terms with the ladies, in which they suc-
eeeded admirably, being al hne-lookng
and wen educated men.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-15
American Cheese In England.

The Utica Herald reports The cheese
which we sent to England in the fore
part of the season was much Of it too
green when shipped, and arrived in bad
condition. Some Of our hot weather
cheese also disappointed the receivers,
but our later make has been excellent
A Utican who is interested in our dairy
ing interest, and is now sojuurning in
England, writes n private letter from
London, from which we are kindly per.
mitted to extract. He snys : American
cheese, tins Fall, am happy TO say, is
excellent. There is only q small guam
tity Of Cheddar that can bentit On this
trip have been 10 Cheltenham, Glouces-
ter, Hereford, and Swindon. l saw q
very large amount of American cheese.
In fact, ii In 10 be seen in abundance all
through England. In London and it's
suburbs every grocer and butter-dealer's
is full of our cheese. The priceissolow,
and il is so much better in quality this
year than il ever has been, and they have
all dealt freely in il, and laid in all the
stock they could raise. One cheese
monger here in London, at the first news
OF the Chicago fire, asked me il j thought
il would raise the price OF cheese much.
II thought it would, he should buy all
he could, even though the price had adj
yanced little. He was making capi-
tai thing out Of what he had, which was
4d. per pound net profit. He said, "I
tell you It is capital cheese and if the
Americans go on like this, they will have
the whole cheese market" ~
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-15

According 10 "a very ancient tradition,
I the Amazons were nation OF women,
/ who suiit red no men TO replAin RmoAg
/ them, hut marched 10 battle under the
I command of their queen. aud formed
\ for long time formidable state
They held occasional intercourse with
the men of the neighboring states. II
boys we're born % them, they either sent
them 10 their fathers, or killed Them
But they brought up the girls Tor war,
and burned OF their right breasts. that
I they might not be prevented from hetRl-
ing the bow. From this custom they re-
eeIVed the name of Amazon, that Is,
''breastiess Such is the CULINARY tale !;
the origin ot which is perhaps 10 he ae-
counted for 10y supposing that vague
I reports, exaggerated and POLITICALLY em-
I belliShcd, had reached the Greeks OF the
peculiar way in which the women 'of va
rlous Caucasian districts lived, perform
ing military duties which elsewhere de.
yolyed on husbands, aud also 0f the
numerous examples of female heroism
which. travellers inform us, stiu dtatin-
gulsh the Women of that region. In
later times, however, the woCd Amazon
has been supposed 70 hayesone rppnee-
tlon with the Circassian word MaEa, ="
Fsignifying the moon, as II the myth nt
the. Amazon had taken its origin in the
worship of the moon, which prevailed
ON the borders Of Asia The nations Of
AmaZons have been mentioned BY the
ancien's, First, the Asiatic AmnEons,
from whom the Others hnAnehed on.
These dwrltnn the shores Of the Black
Sea, and among the mountains of the
Caucasus, especially in the neighbor-
hood of the modern Trehisond, ON the
river Termodon, NOW Termob. They
ara said tp have at one time snhNlund the
whole OF Asia and 10 have built Smyrna,
Ephesus, Cuma. and other cities. Their
queen, Hippolyte, or, according 10 9th
ers, Antanc, was killed. by Heronles, as
the ninth q the labors imposed on him
by Eurysthuus consisted in taking from
her. the shoaldcr.belt bestowed on her hy
Mars. On one of their expeditions, the
Amazons eame 30 Attica, in the time Of
Theseus. They also marched under the
command Of their queen. Penthesilta,
To assist PrIam against the Greeks
They even appear upon the scene in the
time of Alexander the Great, when their
queen, Thalestris paid him a visit, in
order 10 become mother 10y tie con-
qneror ol Asia Second, the Scythian
Amazons, who, IN after times married
among the neighboring Scyihians. and
Withdrew further into SaTmhtia. Third,
the African AmaEons. who. under the
command of their queen, Myrina. sub
dued the Gorgeous and Atlantes. marched
through Egypt and Arabia, end founded
their capital on the lake TritoniK, bat
were then annihilated by Hercules
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-15

Rev. Mr. Conkling OF New York de.
liyered diacourseon marriage. I'm which
be said Marriage Is honorable 10 nh.
God sanctioned the holy rite of mar-
mage in the very beginning. Ere sin
entered into the world Eve was created
20 be- wife unto Adam I'LL haa always
been the strength Of country and a
great and necessary preventive against
sin. And when the laws which regulate
marriage, which loosen its ties. winch
grant divorces Tor mere trivial thibgs,
which delay Gods commandments and
shock the common sense Of mankind
when these laws, / say, are altered,
mctgiifed and overthrowfl, 80 soon does
tllat naii0n 10 doing commence the
downward pxth 10 utter ruin. Let baa
thesth0eEics 0f Robert Daic 0mnH. of the
community and the like. prevail, aud
our lives woaId be but bestiai oDss The
government should put down the Utah
poiyenmists Talk about IL beinr
Founded on - religion, and TINS shinld-
ed from -assanlt: why, some thieves
might as well club together and decihret
robbery religions No II It will Ne
tine crowninR ant of this administration II
they grapples with this outrage on com
mon sense, md consignit 10 ohlivion. is
win he severe, no doubt, on tie wives
and children, but the former knew what
they were doing. s .is 4
Families are che grand safeguard I OF
thein nation. When Adam was created
but one wife was crested for him and
Jesus Christ says THY flrafa shall be
one flesh. Jesus sanctioned marriage.
he performing his first miracle a nTnar-
riAge feast F .~ s
Where there are families theru are
generally children. But one of two
things prevent children. Either physicAl
Disability nrzsn on fafe para OF the Enotn-
er. And 4 AEA. glad Ihave an opp0rfuni.
ty TO, speak on the latter point. The
small number of children IN American,
families las but one cause for it. IA has
become more and more fashionable %
regard children aS cunbrAnces, as
nnnoyances. taking away from time and
pleasure. Aud this has indeed deferred
many from entering marriage bonds
But many OF those who have. have cem-
mitted wholesale murder FOR il is moth
ing else), running thcmselyes physically
aud morally. / cry out against this and
saw. "They that do these things shall
a4 enter into The Kingdom Of God,
A he'll Is prepared FOR them. aa
/ advise MI young men 30 marry. i
can conceive nothing more abiect, mere
lonely, unhappy and selfish than an old
bachelor, Young men, refuse no good
opportunity 70 marriage and the grand
preventive of sin. -
A womsh's love is deep in Tho afec-
tons and hence, il her husband is lIn-
faithful or adrunkarsi, or cold, she loves
him still through ID all. But let wo-
man be untrue and she il denounced,
spurned. thrown of by her husband. i
Hence il is that when a woman does fab
she is far worse than q man in like cir
cumstanccs ever afterward.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-15

A strange occurrence Is reported from
the island Of Jersey the Kidnapping of
a Frenchman by French detective oiii-
eer. 10 appears that during the war last
year the man who has been kidnapped
engaged himself as a substitute for one
who lad been drawn for military service.
he waa paid far his substitution tha sum
OF 1000 francs This money be deposit
cd for safe keeping in bank at Paris.
but instead Of fulfilling tue enSaRemeni
he had made he left France aud took
refuge at Jersey, where be had since
been employed at lnboriag work Pre-
suming ON the restoration of peane as
an immunity from danger. he wrota 20
Paris two on thrae weeks ago for his
money 10 be forwarded 10 Lim. His
letter gave the iong-lust clew 10 his
place OF abode, and a detective officer
was sent after him. Landing nj Jersey
with the wife Of th8 man who bad been
vicnmized, the detective and NE woman
proceeded in cab 10 ST. Mary's parish.
where, unrecoenized by linn. they il@n.
tilted their man. Next day the detective
went in n cab alone, aud introduced him
self 10 the man as the owner ~ q small
cargo in vessel lying In 81 Anbia'a Bay.
He had, he said, q quantity of damaged
goods ON board that he wished 20 have
landed, and having been recommended
10 him as an industrious man who would
suit him, pressed him 10 accept the job.
After some demuT. which was set aside
by the promise OF good pay, the man
agreed, and accompanied by q feuow.la-
borer, At whose house lie lodged, LIE pro-
ceeded with the detective. On their ar
rival at the town the two entered hotel,
where brandy aud cigars we've supplied.
After drinking for some time they enter
ed the cab and proceeded b. the pier.
On the way thither the detective pre-,
tended TO be i'll, and stopping the cab he
gave the second man a lf-franc. request
ing him 10 &c back 20 town for powder
al a druggists. Before the man could
return he had recovered. and ordered
the cab to drive on At the pier-hana q
boat was engaged, and the two put OF 10
the Small Roads. where was lying pilot
cutter that the detective had previously
engaged Getting alongside the passeii-
gers were put ON board, the boatman
paid, and in few minutes the captor
and the captared we're sailing with a fair
wind for France.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-15

ia France there was once little dog
whose name was Iido. He belonged
% poor woman who did not always
lave food enough % give him.
lido must have thought il over Il
himself in this way " Ny mistres.
loves me but she is so poor, that often
she does not have food enough for her
own dinner How. then, can she afford
10 give me mine ? am strong dog,
and wise dog too aud ! mast get my
dinner without troubling my good mis
treSs
Not far from the place where he lived
there was a convent, which Was homs
for some good nuns aud one day, a.
Fid0 kat near by in the sun, he saw d
begger go and ring the bell Of the con
vent door and soon a woman came,
aud brought bowl of soup and meat,
and gave il 10 the beggar.
Fido trotted up and looked in the
beggar's face. as much as 10 say,
'Couldnt YOU spare ona Of those
bones ~ But the beggar did not See
things in the light that Fido did "Gc
away air !" said the beggar 40 Fido
trotted back TO his place ia the sun, and
lay down.
Bat he was very hungry. He had not
had any thing 10 eat for twelve hours.
The beggar over the way, As soon as hs
had eaten his food, put the bowl in q
hole over the door, and then walked Off
Those must be good women 30 give
food 10 beggars, thought Fido. -
wonder II they wouldn't give me bow
Of soup There's nothing like trying.
SO Fido trotted across the street, and
putting up his paw, rang the bell.
" Ding. dong, ding !" What q noise he
made
There's another heggar after food J!
thought the good nun; aud she came
With a plate Of boiled meat, and looked
round Theirs nobody here, aftei
all 9" said the woman, shutting the door.
"She calls me nobody" thought poor
Filo. i mnst try again. So be
jumped up. and rang the bell once
moro. Ding, dong, ding, dong |" II
made = much louder noise than before.
But nobody came. The woman stood
watching NJ a hack-window 30 see who
Was ringing the bell. Fido waited a
while aud then jumped up again, and
gave the bell good pull.
Then the woman came out, aud iangh-
ed 20 ind that's dog had been ringing
the bell What do YOU want, sir p
asked she. Bow. WOW, WOW e. said
Fido. II know what that means" said
the woman "you want some dinner"
so she gave the dog some dinner. and.
every day after that, he would come Rt
a certain hour, and ring the bell. and
the woman would feed him and one
day she put some food in q basket. and
said. Now. sir, take that home 10 your
mistress"
And the dog took il home safely and
his mistress bad a good dinner that day,
as wen as Fido himself. Folks wonld
como from a great distance to see him
ring the bell FOR has dinner. i would
like 10 own a. bright n dog as Fido ;
would YOU not.-FTom ne Ls'AnTsry
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-15

! La the category of Obscure aud loath'
/ some diseases is one Vulgarly called the
( barber's itch The very sound of the
I title has "A repnlsive influence, but the
disease itself is yet more rrpugnanl q
look upon or describe Laitory several
malignant eases have come to the notice
I uf physicians, and il becomes n very i'm
\ portant matter to investigate as 10 she
nature and extent Of the disorder. The
majority Of the thousands who daily
luxuriAte in the pleasures aud comforts
| Of the tnnsorlal art, seldom il ever dream
of possible danger Bat from the chair,
the bath and appurtonAnees, disease may
be communicated OF course this liza
bility 'is greater where the surroundings
are uneloan, and the habits OF the bar.
/ bors are careless or untidy, but occasion
ally eases have been traced To the best
regulated saloons Sometimes the cush-
ions Of the chair may he infected from
the perspiration Of diseased person, or
the bath-tub not having been thoroughly
eleansed, may retain a scum of the soap
aud refuse deposit from the body these,
however, ara nrs and improbable occur
rsnoes Oftener the hair-brushes may
transfer scalp eruptions, dandrutf, &c
The most frequent and certain causes
are towels, napkins, lather aud brushes,
and other bArber-lp articles used upon
various people Even the polished st.ael
0f the koen-eigcG razor 10 "a medium for
transferring the infection. IL is by no
means necessary that pimples or other
marks upon the face must appear IA
view % render caution imperative. There
may be no visible outaneous disease
about customer. he may have com
paratiVely clear skin, and vet the subtle
virus Of impure or disoNlerel blood will
exude through the freshly opened pores
oi the akin, exposed by the close scrap
Ing Of the sharp razor, and SO moistep
the napkin, towel, lather, brush. or razor,
and be impregnated in the face of the
next customer on whom the same ARTICLES
may be used. in the better clasA Of
tonSorial resorts the operatives exercise
all the discretion possible. and thus, IN
a large measure, ubviats the liabilities
OF infection. They furnish 90 every
customer clean, fresh napkins, and not
only cleanse the brush aud razor, but
always change the hther. The same
linen is never nsed upon two persons.
without being fresh from tho laundry.
but the only way to secure perfect safety
ia 90 insist upon each customer having n
separate and exclusive brush, lather,
towel napkin. powder and razor. This
is not an expensive or an impossible
arrangement A few dollars thus dis
bursed is happy investment II il saves
one from even the mildest type Of \
loathsone and tantaliEing disease.