The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-17

put in smacks.
Creinloua people are digging in Ten.
nessee for gold fortune teller has told
them lies there. II win probably ho
found the fortune teller lies there.
A remarkable phenomenon il reported
from Naples, Italy. III la that for three
whole days In one week there were no
births ont Of population Of 10000
s0ulE.
The reason why lovers are never weary
Of one another IN this---they are always
talking Of themselves
General Sherman proposes, ia case Of
d foreign war, 10 allow some Of our ablest
young officers 20 60 abroad and serye as
volunteers ON the stats Of the command
ing generals.
A Wisconsin man las parted frgIa his
Wife because she wouldn't hold still and
let him shoot an apple OF her bead.
Wives should do everything 10 mike Il
pleasant for the family.
Tie salary Qi tire German ambassador
IN England las been raised by his govern
ment from 100, 600 marks per aunum 10
100, 600 marks, or, in round numbers,
SO. 600, gold, Of our money.
The Young Mems Christian Union Of
Boston has consented tO RssnIue all the
dates and expense Of sending poor
children into the country for O. weeks
vacation during the heated term.
Take notice that when this post Is
out of sigit, II N not safe 10 pass this
road, was the intelligent warning placed
on q spot In n road IN Cambridgeahire,
England, very liable 20 be flooded
10 infectious was the marriage cere-
m0ny of couple IN Keokuk, that the
bridesmaid aud gu0omsman promptly
made tie preliminary agreement and
we're united IN wedlock the same
evening.
DIR. Inglis, missionary IN PolynesiR.
says of the natives +" II Is far easier
20 get them 10 pray, sing hymns,
hear sermons, and read the Scriptures
than 10 be truthful, honeSs and un-
selfish {"
A man at Stuttgart, Germany, named
Gottleib Greiner, who had hitherto
borne a good charaeter, after stangling
his wife and four children, attempted 20
hang himself, but failed through the
breaking Of the rope.
A bucket Of white paint viii work
marvellous improvements about a mans
premises but perhaps the most pic
turesque effect possible % pr0dnce with
IL, j. obtained when a man leans his
back against q fresh painted fence.
A Halifax fisherman asserts that, hay-
ing caught a young halibut six months
ago, he cut his initials upon il and let
il 90. and that recently BE caught the
same fish, nov much larger grown, and
with the letters plainly visible.
Ii is almost impossible 10 view the rear
elevation Of the stylish young mans
shirt collar without thinking Of the busi-
ness revival that would take place If our
merchants could utilize this white eT-
panse for advertising purposes.
"Sorne confounded idiot has put that
pen where / cant find Il :" growled a
man the other day, as he searched about
the desk. All, um, yes 1 thought
50 - he exclaimed, in a lower key, as he
took the article from behind his ear
Persons having anything peculiar on
invited by M. e. Mayreder to send them
10 him at his address. ''HeiigenkreuzeT-
hofT, Vienna" He is making a grand
collection for some unnamed purpose.
An Omaha man is doubly in trouble.
He deserted his wife 60 el0pe with a girl,
and the wife is chasing him. Then he
deserted the girl, and she is chasing him.
The chasers have joined in the pursuit,
and he fears the worst If they catch him.
A burglar escaping from a store in
Ottawa. III. with his plunder, was met
by twelve-year-old boy armed with a
pitchfurk. The burglar rec0iled, and
the boy stood guard until 4 policeman
came aione, when be delivered up his
prisoner.
Willie Sampson. the son of an Albany
lawyer. ran away from home four years
ago. when ten wears old, and came to
New York. where he has since been a
bootblack aud neWsbOy. Recently the
boy was discovered In the newsboys'
lodging house, and consented 10 return
home with one % his uncles.
The editor oF the Scientific Monthly
expressed himself ia the following forci-
hle manner in answer 20 somebody who
asked him what he thought ot Pleasont0n
and the blue glass cure 50 We think the
man is a pestilent ignonmns, and his
book the ghastliest rubbish that has been
printed in n hundred years.
The Rochester Democrat indulges in
the following "reminiscences 81 wish /
were you about two hours, with great
tenderness. And why, my dear?" he
asked. with considerable interest :" Be
cause," she said, toying affectionately
with his watch chain, q" because, then /
would buy my wife s new set Of furs
Nova Scotia sends this little story A
farmer, passing bad piece Of road,
upset his load Of potatoes. Angrily he
declared he would make the uaad COM
missioner pay roundly for the amage.
TO the list he discovered that
he was the commissioner for that district.
and he concluded 70 overlook this neg
lect OF the roads
Il will give anybody ten dollars to
get that man out Of doors, bawled an
auotioneer 10 his hungry crowd after he
had been bothered for half an hour by
4 drunken wretch who was constantly
giving in empty bids. "Hand over your
= came back from a listener MS he
slapped the false bidder ON the back
and said: Come along with me and
LII give you half. "
A ST. LOUIS newspaper man rescued
eight servant girls out Of a six-story
window at the burning Of the Southern
Hotel IN that city. And when his hero
ism in rewarded by the respective fathers
Of those eight rescued maidens calling
upon him, accompanied by their daugh-
tiers, and placing the girls hands in the
palm Of their preserver, with the words:
g Take her, my boy, and be happy you
saved her life and she's yours, he will
say it is too much-eight too much-and
wish he had persisted in the flames
himself
A barber in Atchison, Mo-, loved a
carpenters daughter, and her smile was
AS sweet as light from the West. But
her fathers frown was as dark as a storm
from the North, and he kicked his daugh-
ter's suitor out OF the house. The bar
ber wrote 70 his sweetheart suTepti-
tiously, and suggested an elopement in
April. At four o'clock in the morning
he whistled softly under her window and
she heard the music. She dropped a lit
tie bundle Of clothing over the sill and
he caught it; then she jumped out of
the window and he caught her; then