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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10
Harmless Amusements Necessary.

No particular possession, or condition
or course OF conduct, insures happiness
The rich pine over what, when poor,
they thought would be sure 10 make
them happy. He who II his days OF
toll, has sighed for leisure, finds, when
il has been obtained, that the pains Of
vacuity are not less than those OF OPP
pressive labor Rigid adherence 10 par
ticular systems are alike found TO disap-
point their votaries of the calm felicity
which was expected from them. But let
us think what sort Of world il would be,
il only one particular tangible thing, or
one particular condition, or one particu-
lar course of conduct, were to confer
happiness. Evidently il would be n
world OF utter sameness and languor, in
stead Of the world Of infinite variety and
incessant activity which il really il. We
may be satisfied, then, that happiness
was not designed TO be the invariable con-
comitant of any such particular things,
but to be temptation toward an infinite
variety of pursuits, and perpetual nc
tivity OF our faculties. How otherwise
could we have been active beings How
otherwise could the whole of our facul-
ties have received employment ? II is
true that some things continue longer
30 give satisfaction than others, and that
some OF the highest of our sentiments
and affections never tire of exercise. We
do not, for instance, so soon weary of
bread, or sound animal food, or any
other of the staple articles of life, as OF
the Injuries which are more rarely
presented. Nor can the practice of any
lofty duty ever appear less excellent than
at first, but rather the contrary, as
streams their channels deeper wear. "
But, while the reasons for their pecu-
liarities of our economy are obvious, il
il equally clear that changes in diet, and
varieties Of object end Of employment
are necessary, in order 10 maintain the
stimulus of life. There ought to be much
amusement, and ample facilities for oh
tanning excitements of an innocent kind.
Mental laborers should endeavor to oh.
tain occasional physical employment.
Every one should endeavor 30 to vary
his employments, and so 10 mix them
up with amusements and recreation, as
TO obvinte the inevitable consequences
~ ynopnkouv
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10

Happy is the man who has a little
home and little angel i'm il, OF aatur-
day night. A house, no matter how ht-
tie, provided il will hold two or mo
matter how humhly furnished. provided
there is hopa in il let the winds blow.
close the curtains What il they ara
plain calico. withoAt border, tassel, or
any such thing? Let the rain come
down, heap up the hre. No matter il
you haven't candle 60 bless yourself
with, for what beautiful light glowing
coal makes, rendering clondless, she'd
ding sunset through the room; just
light enough TO talk by, not loud, as in
the highways nor rnpid, aS In the hurry
ing world, but sSftly. d0wly, whisper
ingly, with pauses between, for the
10 fill up with. Then wheel the sofa
around by the fire no matter ff the
sofa is n settee, uncushioned nt that, ii
70 he il is just long enough for tao aud
a half In IL How sweetly the music M
silver bells from the time 10 cuEne falls ON
the listening heart then. How mourn
fully swell the chimes Of "the days
Mhnt are no more Under such circam
stances, end at such n time, one can get
at least sixty nine and half miles nea@
er kingdom come, than any other
point in this world Laid down in "MAlte
Brun." May be YOU may smile ut this
picture but there in a secret between
IN, viz: il is a copy ola picture ruAdely
done, but true As the Pentateush OF an
original in every human heart.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10
VOL. ~.


Cape Horn Island il the ssuthern-m
/ extremity of Terra del Fucgu, in south
latitude 55 deg. Is min. II i the south
cru termination Of group OF rocky
islands surnounted with dome-hke hill
oot of which Is a projection like u straight
horn. But Schouten, the Dutch discoy-
crcr, il said 10 have named Cape Horn
frem RocrR, in the Netherlands, hi,
native place, The whole hill is hare
rock indeed. how could any thing,
even the lowest forms of vegetable life.
find root ON place Smitten as this is by
the waves Only the hchenS, stealing
with seeming compassion over every form
IN nature doomed to harrenneSs, succeed
IN holding ON 10 these rocks. The hill
is about eight hundred feet high. its
base cnvironed by low. black rocks with
not n sign even of marine vegetation.
One line Of these rocks looks like fort,
the seeming gateway, higher than the
rest OF the wall. being composed Of per
peRdicular fragments. An along the
base of the rough hill, low, irregular
piles, like a growth Of thorns and BRAN
bles around boulder in a field, conSti-
tute fringe, as though nature felt that
the place needed some appropriate deco
ration, and what eould be more so than
that which she has here given ? For o
the Cape, sharp rocks stand up in groups,
and some apart, making gradual end
ing Of the scene, all in agreement with
the wildneSs which marks the region.
The sight Of this spot, the landmark
of our continent, can never fade from
the memory of the beholder. Like many
a remarkable object, il is OF moderate
size, its impressiveneSs being due, not
10 its bulk or height, but 10 its position.
At first yon are disappointed IN not see
ing at such IA place something colossal
YOU would have il mountainous at least
you would have thought that it would
be columnar Nothing Of this You have
the disappointment which you feel ON
seeing for the first time distinguished
man whom you find to be of low stature,
whereas you woald have had him Of
imposing appearance. But soon, how
ever, Won feel that You are ut one of the
ends of the earth. Here the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans begin, the great deep
dividing itself into those two principal
features of our globe. Any thing monu-
mental, any thing statuesque, or even
picturesque, here, You feel would be
tritiing. Like silence, moro expressive
ut times than speech, the total absence
of all display here is sublimity itself
you would not have il otherwise than an
infinite solitude, unpretentous, without
form, almost chaotic. Around this point
il is - though there were a contest 10
which ocean each billow shall divide
here the winds and waters make inces-
SAINT war the sea always roars and the
fullness thereof. The rocks which finally
terminate the Cape stand apart, as You
sometimes see corners of blocks OF build
ings where an extensive fire has ragged,
and the most Of the walls have fallen in
but here and there shoulder of wall
overhangs the ruins.
We stood together rs we passed the
last landmarks, and sang:
Praise God from whom all blessings Aow."
-Rcr DR.. Neiewizh adams.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10

Says correspondent: put on an old
suit of cloths, and, with the SupeTinten-
dent of the Crown Point Mine, dropped
suddenly down perpendicular shaft one
thousand feet into the earth. The tenn
peature WAS at more than one hundred
degrees Fahrenheit, and the miners were
sweltering at their labor like the work
men in rolling mill The only air they
get 20 breathe is forced down in air
pumps from above, and with the best
appliances the thermometer rarely goes
beyond 100 degrees, and from that 10 40
and sometimes 100. / asked the super
intendent how men could stand il to work
in such temperature. "They have 10
stand il, :" said he. " Sometimes a fellow
faints and has TO be hoisted up. but gen
enlly they sweat il through" lis il
not unhealthy ?" | asked "On the
contrary il seems to be very healthy.
Men are rarely sick who work in the
mines. and they are never troubled with
the ordinary colds that 80 annoy MS poor
devils above ground" What wages
do they get ?" -Four dollars a day. I"
" How many hours do they work p
" Eight hours at time. There are three
relays in every twcnty-fOur hours, and
tho work goes ON day aud night without
stopping" "How much further do You
suppose this vein goes ?" II don't
know, but the probabilities are that we
snail never reach the end OF il. And
il grows warmer the further YOU go y
'' Yes, warmer and warmer
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10
A Remarkable Family.

Here is the history OF a remarkable
Kentucky family, as told by o Kentucky
paper: About one mile from jamestown,
Russel County. there hives one OF the
most remarkable families in all this com
monwealth, and probably in the United
States. Mr.. James Jeffries. who Is now
in this city, serving upon the petit jury
in the United States Court, tells his own
story, and says that he was married be-
fore he was seventeen years old, his wife
being only five days younger than him.
self. They lived together seven years
without children when his wife gave
birth to twins, boy and girl. In the
fifteen years which followed, nineteen
@hildren wers born TO the happy couple,
each of the first three births being twins,
and each subsequent birth alternating
between twins and single births. until the
fifteen years we're accomplished and nine
teen children composed the family circle,
seven pair of twins being born during
the tune. Mr. Jetfries il only 45 years
old, and is still youthful in appearance
and very stout. His wife never had bet
ter health in all her life than at present,
though she will not weigh a hundred
pounds. Her greatest weight at any
time was hundred and ten pounds. The
boy of the first twins now weighs hun
dred and si1ty-fve pounds, the girl a
hundred and twenty-five pounds. AL
the boys who are grown have made large
men; the girls are OF good size and all
Ghe children healthy. But FIVE out OF
nineteen have died. Mr.. Jeffries hns ten
brothers, all Of whom are large men, and
within the families Of these eleven bro
thers there are thirty-seven pairs of twins,
making seventy-four twin children, 10
say nothing Of the host of single births.
Five OF Mr.. JefIries' children are mar.
ried, and, added 10 all these singular
fncts, Notwithstanding the absence oi
silvery locks on his head, he is the grand
father OF five children.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10

Blackened and blecdlng. helpless, painting
prone,
On Tho rharred Fragments nf har shattered
throne
Laa she who stood bat yesterday alone.
Queen ~ She went Nv sosma snchmmler ammehi
Io lin the glory az AiaddGn'a court.
Then lose tha aprll that aii THAI wundeE
wrought.
IAke her own pralriea by some chance seed
mnwn.
Lake her own BwalFHem I'm one brief Aay grown.
Like her own pfmlFiem IN one hefre night mgwm.
She lifts her voice, and In h@F pleading call
#e hear the cFy af Mn0oanm e0 Pmmi-~
The cry f8r heip that makes hnF kin w ail.
Bat haply with wan AngerB may she feel
The silver emp hid la the pfoHarmd meal
The gifts her kAnahip and nAF loves rnFaaA
October IH, 1871. INV Hrm H1yaN.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10

An ESCAPE. The president of one OF
the leading western roads, who resides a
hundred miles out OF Chicago, WINS Wis
Iting in Hartford, ct. when the fire oc-
Cured. He started from New York on
Monday evening, when in the same train
he found three cars full of ruffiang and
burglars, bound for Chicago. who all
paid their fares and behaved themselves
so quietly, that the conductor could not
eject them. Yet he and the president
and the police knew what class of char
meters they were. On reaching Albany
the president telegraphed General Sher-
idan Of the fact, and requested n tele-
gram at Cincinnati orat point this side
OF Chicago. The General telegraphed
that he had five thousand troops and
could safely protect all inhabitants and
property. This telegram was read aloud
In the train, and most OF the rowdies
got off before reaching Chicago.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10

Dying alone
Because he iA poor.
Going through the invisible door
To the unknown,
All Unattended
All unhctriended--
No one 10 see ID all ever and ended,
rricasly or lay;
No one 10 pray
No one 60 saw
Goodbye 10 the spirit dcnartlng to-day
Because he Ia poor.
Open yonr doors,
Ne angels that take
Unfricnded mortals for eharitys sake
Up TO your floors
Nay, have ye places
Where Loves lighted faces
Shall welcome him, freed nom the csrths eald
embraces.
Where he was torn
liy t&lons az soorn-
ManfGllv horne
Al night through, though ever more erying
fer morn
Because he was poor
ae died alone,
Because he was poor:
None fingered or watched Of the sad eArthl,
door,
For hearts are atone
Not 0ne to ache
EAt AtM tsttAIIi &AheN-
Al well that the morning was osgly O. break
There hy his bed
Meme al hin head
Save invisible dead
Who come in our places TO watch, ID In said
Because he was poor.
see how Il is
How il seems 20 me,
He treads the bright doors, which barely see,
And the Heavens are hIs;
HIS sickness, health
His pcaury, wealth
And bliss inSupportahlc comes. a. by stealth
From endless skies.
This is the prize
Of one who dies
Cnsanned in the warmth of cur human ewes
Because he ID poor.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10

WASTE PAPER.-Never throw away
old paper. II You have no wish 10 sell
it use it in the house. Some house-
keepers prefer it to cloth for cleaning
many articles of furniture. For instance.
volume written by lady who prided
herself on her experience and tact, says:
"After'a stove has been blacked, il can
be kept looking very well for long time
by rubbing il with paper every morning.
Rubbing with paper is n much nicer way
Of keeping the outside OF tea kettle,
coffee-pot and teapot bright and clean,
than the old way of washing them in
suds. Rubbing with paper is also the
best way of polishing knives and tin
ware and spoons; they shine like new sill.
yer. For polishing mirrors, windows,
lamp-chimneys, etc, paper in better than
dry cloth. Preserves and pickles keep
much better il brown paper instead OF
cloth, is tied over the jar. Canned
fruit is not so apt to monld IL q piece 81
writing paper, cut 10 fit the can, is laid
directly on the fruit. Paper is much
better 10 put under n carpet than straw.
It is warmer, thinner, and makes less
noise when one walks over it.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10
Pensions, and % Whom Paid.

The following facts i'm relation 30 the
pension system have been compiled from
data prepared for the support OF the
Commissioner of Pensions:
The aggregate annual amount oi
pensions az widows and dependent rela-
tives upon the roll June 80. 1871, was
less than ON the 30th OF june, 1870.
This was owing 10 the lesaening Of indi-
vidnal pensions by minors reaching the
age Of sixteen years. There were 5Tp p63S
Revolutionary soldiers penSioned for SER
vices, ii, ,30s soldiers of the Mexican war,
and lO3, ,Tal soldiers of the wMr Of
lS6l-5 pensioned as inralidA III In
thought that the annual expenditures
for pensions for other than the latter
class have nearly reached their maxi
mum. and that during the next Cen years
they wiIl gradually and materially de-
crease.
The following is N correct statement
compiled with great care I'M the Pension
Office, of the total number of soldiers
serving i'm che wars, &C., i'm which the
nation has engaged in since lT75. III
viii appear i'm the forthcoming report Of
tha Commissioner ar Pensions.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10
Marriage Relations I'm Frapce.

The following statistical statement OF
the number of applications for divorce,
or ratherfor legal separations, in France,
is interesting. In 1869 the petitions for
separations rose from 1889, which was
the number IN the previous year, to g.
O56. or these, 2,6li came from the
wife, and only 445 from the husband.
Four-tenths Of the whole number, that
II 1920, emanated from the working
classes, 545 from landed proprietors,
49O from peasants, and 4s5 from the
commercial classes. In 442 cases the
Judge succeeded in effecting a recon
citation, in 2S2 the petition was rejected,
and in 1882 the decree OF separation
was pronounced. The reasons given
In support of the petitions throw light
ON the character OF the lower classes oi
French society. In lat cases the wife
had been guilty of adultery in 65 the
man had kept concubine in the same
house with his wife in 230 one OF the
parties had suffered degrading punish.
ment. and in 1859 excuses, insults and
ill-treatment were the cause OF the separ.
alton.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-10

An ambitious project has been formed
by small knot of rahbis at Frankfort,
viz. 20 lead the scattered children OF
Israel back 10 Palestine. and 90 estab-
lish Jewish kingdom there once more.
Invitations to join the project have been
printed in great numbers, and are by
this time circulating among the numer-
ous members pf the ancient race through
ont Germany and, il we may credit the
report Of newspapers friendly 10 Judaism.
influential moaeyed men in the old inn
perial capital-the headquarters Of Ger
man Jews have given il their substan-
tiAl support. The originaioTs endeavor
10 prove that the undertaking is by no
means nm impracticahle as il nj tirst sight
seems and remind their fellow-creeda-
men that IL in what they pray for--if
they pray at all-three or four times
every day-viE, in the Shemoneh
ETech. in their noon and evening. and,
in fact, in every prayer sanctioned by
their law. Moreover, they interpret the
Bible passage. Return ~ rue and viii
return 10 you. aS meaning literally that
on the Jews returning 90 Jerusalem the
Lord, and with Him power aud prosper
ity, win return 10 them.
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To ExtermInate Rats.

Being sadly plagued with rats about
my house and farm-buildings, tried in
vain to catch them they are too cum
ming to be trapped, and to lly poison ]
dare not for fear Of killing my dogs, cats
and hogs, and to wait for them with a
gun was a loss of too much time, though
| have dropped three at shot At last
I purchased two goats, which / kept
about my fold, barn and stable, the pig
styes being in the fold. In a short time
all the rats emigrated-they evacuated
the place, cleared right out every Jack of
them, and have not seen n single rat
about the place for upwards of three
years, but my neighbors who are within
eighty rods have plenty of all sizes and
ages Perhaps it in not generally
known that where there are many horses
stabbed together very little sickness pre-
walls il there is goat about the yard
and stables.
A friend OF mine in Iowa was 80 infest-
ed with rats that they were 10 be seen
running about his fold and farm.build-
ings by the half-dozen at time and
playing like rabbits (his buildings
are extensively. He tried the goat sys-
tenn, and to his astonishment entirely
cleared his premises. He could not leave O
rug or buffalo robe in the stable single
night, without having it cut 10 pieces by
the rats. The smell OF the goat il OBJ
noxious to the nostrils Of the rats, and
the two won't be friends and companions
on any account whatever. Farmers and
livery-stable keepers, try the goat.
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The world is like N treadmin which
tnrna ineessantly and leaves mo ch0iee
but TO sink or climb.
A Tenneascan, who II already blind 0f
one eye, has been Obliged to have him
teeth extracted TO Rave the other ONE.
Many young ladies are acrnned of
wearing their engagement rings in their
pockets except when ha" is around.
II In said that the three hardest words
OF the English language 10 pronounce.
consecutiveIy, are i was mistaken. "
IL IN sweet TO have friends you earn
trust, and convenient sometimes 40 have
friends who arc not afraid 40 trust yon-
When aee o rnmn'a name
ScrAtrA'd upon glass,
kaDw he 0wna Diamond.
And hla father omnn nm m@m.
A vermont contemporary II in favor 0E
keeping hens, for the reaSon that every
kernel of grain they eat they give d
peck.
A cover-lid knit OF shell-work pattern
was recently exhibited nit fair lin Maine,
that contained 7SG, 240 stitches. NIL knit
by hand.
The average wages for laburers in the
Chicago ruins are sI.75 per day fnr
teams. $3.50 for carpenters, E3 t0
$3.50 brirklayera. % to S3.25.
Young ladies' declare that this seasons n
bonnets are perfectly lovely" Their
shape ia something indescribahle they
become most girls and cost Outrageous
Iy.
III In claimed that when the necessary
works are completed coal can he mined
I'm Alaska, and delivered at San Fran
cisco at a cost OF from $50 40 s6 per
Ton.
In northern Iowa, Notwithstanding the
ravages of the potato bug at the begin
ming OF the season, potatoes have mot
been Nd large or plentiful for years aa mt
present They are selling at twenty-five
cents bushel.
The prize OF the Cleveland County
Tenn. Fair for the best butter exhibit
cd, was awarded to Mrs. Patterson, who
was mistress of the White House dur
ing the administration OF her father, ex-
President johnson.
A lady teacher In an Iowa school made
n boy stand up and show how he kissed
the big girls i'm the woodshed, In hopes
that he would ahed tears and promise to
do 30 no more, all the boys are leaving
the other schools nov. and going TO this
hdy teacher.
A witty clergyman, accosted by nn
old acquaintance by the name uf Cobb.
replied: "I don't know you, Elk.
" MY name In Cobb, rei0ined the man,
who was about half seas ever. 'Ah.
sir, said the minister, "yon have NO
much corn on you that did NOT see the
cob"
IL il said that number of French |
soldiers, who were taken prisoners NV
the Germans and afterwards escaped,
are now lurking linz she forests of Ger
many, and that many ofthem have form
Cd themselves into regular bands pf ont
laws, who snhsiEt by robbery and dep
relation.
A Chicago young lady writes 10 her
lover postponing the wedding N year,
and remarks that he would he surprised
10 see her alter the fire, from which Hhe
emerged with wardrobe consisting of
q pair OF pantaloona. one slipper, and q
waterproof. After that Euit the youth
failed 10 press his. He, too. isa Chicago
amFFqrpr
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EireprOOf Bnildlngs.

Scarcely any modern structures merit
the cpithot Of "fircproof& IL has been
said ON good authority that in the city
of London only one building-the New
Record office--really deserves 30 be cali
ed so. This is builtof iron aud stone,
and has no room larger than seventeen
by twenty-five, and seventeen feet high.
None NJ he rooms tpeR info others, but q
vaultcd passage, by means of iron doors,
and il the documents in one apartment
were TO take fire, they would burn out
with as little effect on the rest of the edi-
fice as il they were Goals m CRATE. OF
course, buildings intended for trade can
not often be constructed in this way. but
the system might be i'm more general use
than itG. The French practice in build
ings is a good one. Instead of using
fiimsy laths for thin partitions. they EN-.
ploy stout pieces OF oak, as thick as gar
den palings. These they nail firmly on
each side of the framing OF the partition,
aud fill the space between with rubble
and plaster Of Paris. They coat the
whole with the plaster. The floors are
managed in the same way, as well as the
underside Of the stairs. Houses are thus
rendered almost ms near ''fireproof' as il
built OF stone throughout. In Nottin-
ham, England, where they have gypsum
in the neighborhood,a ms in Paris, they form
their floors and partitions in the same
solid manner consequently building in
rarely burnt down in that populous man.
featuring town.
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REPUTED Cure FOR SNAKE BTTEs. -
Mr.. Hetiodoro Ruiz, OF 0pin in Colon.
bia New Granada reports 10 his gov
ernment the successful treatment Of
snake bites by cauterization. That
country abounds in venomous snakes,
and their bites are quite frequent. In
all, this gentleman had treated some
seventy cases. His method is 10 drop
melted sealing-wnx on all the fang
marks, and he looks upon the result as
due not SO much to the cauterant action
Of the hot wax "a TO the complete exclu.
sion OF the air which the adhesion OF the
wax secures AT first the wax was given
internally as well ms applied to the
wound, but that part of the treatment
has since been abandoned as useless.