The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1872-01-05

Kusa-Jasaknya, Buddhistie legend,
has been rendered for the first time into
Engiish verse, from the Sinhales. by
Thomas Steele. OF the Ccylon Civil Ser
vice, and published in lsondnn by Trnb
ner & Go. IL In the story OF nm Indian
Prince. son Of tho greatest sovereign OF
Damhadiva (IndiaD, who is pit0i with
every intellectual and moral quality, but
iIl-fnyorcd in bis personal Appearance,
asks in marriage u princess OF great
beauty, and has her brought In pomp 70
the court OF the king. his father. As
soon an the lovely PrabaEAti has seen
her bridegroom. Prince Knsa. in broad
daylight. she takes 20 flight and returns
10 her fathers house Kusa follows her,
and after practising various trades IN the
town where her father reigns, ends by
obtaining access To the palace, where, ns
a cook, nc distinguished himself by his
uncommon talent But neither his euli-
nary skin nor his lamentations move the
heart OF sPrabayah !; aud. being insult
inGiy rejected, ha ia induced 20 return
10 his native town. Immediately after
his departure. seven kings arrive. each
at the head nf nm army, 10 demand the
hand of Prabayaii. The father Of the
princess Is much embarrassed II he be-
slows his daughter upon one OF the seven,
the other six win unite against him in a
war which may ruin his country. In
this dilemma, the king. touched with
compassion, for his people, decides that
has daughter shall be cut into seven
pieces, aud the portions carefully equal,
! 10 A.
satisfied. and no one made Jealous.
The prospect ni this seyenfold marriage
causes PrahavAii TO reflect she begins
to consider that Prince Kusa. whom she
50 arrogantly rejected, is certainly not
handsome, but fnil OF intelligence, Of
constancy, and love that he IS the son
of the most powerful king. and M the
head of the most brilliant court 90 be
found; she declares herself therefore
ready 30 sccept him as her spouse. Kusa
has in the meantime returned by his
superior talents, without shedding OF
blood, he defeats and takes prisoners
the seven kingly suitors and as his
clemency equals his bravery, and Pra-
bavati fortunately has seven sisters, he
gives one in marriage 10 each Of the
conquered kings, AS for himself, his
ugliness is suddenly transformed into
beauty, he i'm married 10 Prabavati, and
they both live happy ever afterwards "
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A RAT lSFoRr. Remar kable stories
about the sagacity of rlts abound, and
rats "of the period seem TO be improy-
ing on the wisdom OF their ancestors. A
Lady OF Brunswick, Maine, vouches FOR
I the truth az tale as strange ms any We
have heard lately. The lady was greatly
annoyed by rats in her cellcr. where she
kept. among other things, several dozens
OF bottles of preserves ON shelves, She
often found the corkS out Of some of the
bottles, and mn evident decrease of the
preserves, circumstance which puzzled
her much. One day, ns she was in the
yard near the cellar window, she hap.
pened to shy an old gray rat run across
The cellar and climb on the shelf. Stand
ing ON his hind-legs, with his fore-lhgs
around the neck OF the bottle, he npsed
out the stopper, AMI drawing n quart
box that vas on the shelf 10 the side Of
the bottle, got up on it. He then turned
about and dipped his tail fun length m.
10 the preserves. Carefully drawing his
tail ont. he doubled himselfup, and drew
his tail through his mouth until he had
removed all OF the preserves. He re1
peated this same process, and the lady
wntched this bailing, for nearly half an
hour, tiutil the rogue had settled thep
serves some two inches ~ ~
AUBHrun CRow. crow owned by a
farmer in Stanton, Va, has constituted
himself superintendent OF the culinary
department OF his masters household,
and when the dogs invade the premises,
clears them out He destroys every
frog about the well allows h meuse no
chance for his life; drives away hawks
from the poultry, and bids fair TO act as
the best squirrel dog in the country.
With his argus eyes he readily spies a
squirrel either upon the fence or on trees,
and, with natural antipathy DO the whole
squirrel tribe, his shrill, keen note is
readily detected by his owner, accom-
panied by rapid darts up and down, and
the owner Is thus led to the game. 81
CoSTENTED, Indiana has one editor
who is thoroughly content with this
world and its belongings. Indeed, he
is inclined to " bTag" stiffiy of his com,
Portable situation. He says: The
editor is now in the possession of the
prettiest and the smartest daughter in
the State, the handsomest and most IN
telligent wife in the State, the fastest
and best horse in the State, the best
COW in the State, the best pig in the
State, he prints as good paper as any
body else does in the State, and IL this
state OF affairs he is happy" We should
say he ought 10 be, +