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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28

The Clus:Autinople central COMMITTEES
81 Polish immigrants has issued the fol.
lowing appeal:
"To our brothers dispersed in hanish-
mcut over the whole world
"Thc foe of our land for centuries,
who has dismcmbcrcd Il and wasted Il
with fire and swori. who deprived Us 81
our property, nationality, freedom, re-
hgiuu. and even our mother tongue. pre-
sumcs. under the hypocri,ical mask Of q
champion Of the Christians, 10 unfold
his war standard ana % send his savage
hur.ics against Turkey. our ally in the
time of uur independence and our mag
nanlmous protector IN the time of our
exile against Turkey, who alone Of all
the powers has refused 10 the present
day 20 recognize the partition of Poland.
Shall We remain uncuncerned spec
tators in TINS struggle between despotlsm
and constitutional institutions, the very
dcspotism which destroyed our constitu-
ton 81 the third of May. which would
have rcinyigorated Poland? No, our
place is on the side of Turkey. and all
friends of freedom and intelligence viii
hc with MS. To arms thea, to arms !!
which his majesty the sultan has 80 mag
unanimously placed at our disposal. All
Europe looks ON az this struggle-that
same Europe which hns allowed itself to
hc cntrappcd through the deceitful
promises and the iutrigues Of Muscovite
policy. Let us show il that We are still
alive: let us show il that we are able TO
do something.
Tho thunder Of cannon already
reaches our ears Let us not lose n
minute. Let us rend the chains which fet-
ter our white eagle. The wild hordes Of
czardom will not stand before our united
force, and we shall erect our colors at
the mouth Of the Vistula and the Memel,
and the mouths Of the Dnieper and the
Duiestcr. Europe will recover it's equi-
hbrium lost a hundred years ago, and
will owe il 20 us. To arms then, broth
ers, and again TO arms -
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28

A woodpecker's hole Is such n very
convenient place for nest, that many
other birds are glad 10 find one unoccn-
pied. Sometim1esa pair OF wrens viii watch
the motions of the woodpeckers while
they are work. until an unfinished hole
is let unguaried. when they viii take
possession OF il. As soon AS the lawful
owners return, the thieves are driven
of. bat they are so persistent and
troublesome that, although woodpeck-
or is larger and stronger than twenty
wrens, the owners sometimes abandon
the place, and make a new nest Still,
the wrens are not al ways allowed 10 keep
the house they have stolen, for the blue
birds are equally covetous Of il, and
sometimes fight fiercely with the wrens in
their attempts 10 gain possession of il.
Occasionally, both wrens and blue birds
are driven away by the martins, for these
birds also prize woodpeckers' holes very
highly. The fierce battles between these
various birds over an abandoned hole
are very amusing, and often last several
days for they all are very obstinate
birds. and as each one is determined not
to give up, the matter is not very easily
settled. Nicholas Magazine.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28
A Fnnr MlIe Rnce with a Fish.

The Mountain Pleasant Ind Journal
has the following: Fifty Dougherty is
the boss on fish. Last Monday night
while fishing at Oakland. something, he
didn't know what, took hold of his hook.
It gave q terrible pull. It "yanked "
Fizy from his place on the bank, and
started toward Webster's mills, dragging
thamlpoy along with him. He had no
time to call ON his comrnde for assistance,
for the something was carrying him
down the river about twelve knots an
hour. He stuck to it for four miles,
when the monster that was hauling him
let up, and near Webster's, by the as
sistance Of some parties who were there
fishing. he succeeded in landing n cat
fish weighing thirty-six pounds. It's
length was four feet, and across the
head il measured ten inches.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28

Near San Diego, California, a tomb
stone inscription thus reads:
Tins we're Is sakril to the memory
OF William Henry Skaraken. who cain
10 his deth by bein shot by Colts re.
volvcr-one of the old kind, bras mount
el. AMI uf sutch Is the kingdom Of
heaven.
4 stone cutter once received. from a
German. the following epitaph. to be en-
graved on tho toInbs me Of his deceased
wife
Ny wife Spsan is dead il she'd had
l.f till Hext Frsloy, she'd been dead -hust
two weeks. As a tree falls 50 she must
stand. All things is impossible NIT
Col"
From a tombstone in Cornwall, Eng
land
Father and mother and
Lie buried here a-uuder;
Father and mother lie buried here,
And / lie buried Of yonler
4 tombstone at Saratoga bears the fol-
lowing:
&" Emma, dau'r Of Abraham and NATL
ia C, and wife Of Theodore s.,
died Aug. 10, 1868, II 2G yrs, leaves five
children--married too young against her
fathers viii. Single women take warn
ing" "
In the churchyard at Childwald, Eng
land, is this stauza
Here lies tho BODY Of John Smith,
Buried IN the clUlsters:
II ho don't jump al the last trump,
Call "Oy-ters ="
Another in the same cemetery reads :
"Here lies the remains Of Thomas Woodhcn,
The most amiabe Of husbands, and excellent
Of men.
" His real name was Woodcock but
would nos come in rhyme. His widow
On tombstone in South Carolina
Here lies the body of Robert Gordin,
Mouth almighty and teeth accordin':
Stranger, tread lightly over this wonder,
II be opens his mouth you're gone by thunder
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28
IN Iona Fish story.

The Dubuque Times tells thefollowing
story: Two young gentlemen who took
a fishing excursion down the river hav-
ing fallen short Of bait, commenced using
the ewes of the dead fish already caught.
One of the fish caught ON this bait strug-
gled SO hard that the hook accidentally
fastened in one of its eyes and tore it out.
The pain occasioned by this accident
made the fish struggle i''ill more, aud at
last it slipped from the t5herman's hand
and escaped to its native element. The
Disguised fisherman retaiaad the eve Of
the fugitive, applied it a The heck, and
again launched his line into the water.
Only short time elapsed and he had a
bite, and jerking his line ont of the
water he was surprised to find the iden-
tical fish which had eluded his grasp a
few minutes before, and which persisted
by swallowing its own eye"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28
An Interesting Relic.

There will shortly be offered for sale
ut Lancaster, England, an article of
great interest to the American nation.
Mr.. JOS. Sly, Of the Kings Arms and
Royal Hotel, Lancaster, has for many
years devoted himself TO the collec-
ton Of rare and valuable pieces of
furniture and antiquities of various
kinds, and among his collection which
he offers for sale, is one of the three
clocks invented by DIR. Benjamin Frank
lin. of Philadelphia. This clock strikes
the hour, and has only three wheels, and
ON many occasions Mr.. Sly has received
tempting offers TO part with it. The
dial is arranged to mark the time on the
system Of the land watches in days gone
by. On the face is the inscription :
"Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia.
Inventor. 1t is one of the three clocks
invented by DIR. franklin; the others
are in the possession of the relatives of
the late Rev. George Whitetield, who,
along with DR.. Franklin, conceived the
idea OF making clock, for which pur-
pose the former found the money for
errying out the invention,
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Thought, for Satnrda, Night.


Friendship is infinitely better than
kindness
There have been fewer friends on earth
than kings.
Low, is "a flame which burns in heaven.
and whose soft reflections Tadiate on us.
They are generally better satisfied
whom fortune never favored than those
whom sAc Las fursAkcu.
As long as love prevails in the house
space Of the breadth Of a sword is salts
factory. As soon as II disappears sixty
haud-breadths are not sufficient.
Love teaches cunning even in iuno-
crnce, and when lie gets possession his
first work is d dig deep within "a heart
and there De hid, aud Ike miser ia the
dark, % lras, alone.
Life. whether IN this world or any
other. is the sum II cur entertainment,
our existence, our character. The con
dltious are secondary. In what other
world shall We be- more surely than We
are here?
There is not, perhaps. more whimsi-
cal figure iu nature than a man of real
moiesty who assumes an air uf lmpu-
druce; who, while his heart beats with
anxiety studies case and affects good
humur.
What is this life but the circulation Of
little actions? We he down and rise
again. drcs, Aul redress, feed and grow
hungry. work and play, and are weary
and .Lru We he doWa again and the
circle returns.
With virtue. capacity and good con
duct one can still bc unsupporiable
The manners, which are neglected as
small things, are often those which de
eide men for cor against YOU. A slight At
.tcutiou 10 them would have prevented
their ill Judgment.
Manners are the shadows Of virtues ;
the mom,u,ary display Of those quail
tlcs which our fellow creatures love and
respect. II We strive a. become, then,
vin. We strive 81 appear, manners
would often be rendered useful guides
% the performance oi uur duties
That p1li,eless which We put ON, in
order a. keep the prcsumptuous az Il
proper distance, viii generally succeed.
But It is sometimes that these obuusiye
characters ur uu such excellent terms
with themselves that they put down their
very goodness % the score 81 their own
grca, merits and high pretansiuns, meet
ing iGo culiuess ot our reserve with a
ridiculous collcsceusiun 81 familiarity,
iu order o. set Ms ut ease with ourselves.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28

bark, and the stump loo covered with
common oil and lead paint or IA coating
Of shcllnc yaTuinh.
How To Apply Paris Green, and also Ashua
To Potatoes.
j.. H. Nj. asks If common plaster is as
good mixed with paris green as -four If
gypsum, also, which is the best way for
using ashes for potatoes, IN or on the
hill
RErH. Common plaster is the hou,
of, or finely ground, gypsum that has
been treated 90 drive on the water uf
capitalization, Of which about twenty
one per cent. is contained IN H. When
tins is freed from water il in used as
plaster and when mixed with water
again II chemically combines with II and
forms Il solid mass II wall not answer
10 use tins with paris green, but instead
Of II the raw, finely ground gypsum, or
agricultural plaster, should be used.
A very good way h use ashes on pota-
toes is 81 scatter them about the hills,
now, and hoe them III when the crop is
hoed, which, by-tAe-bye, may be done
now very useiully.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28
A Domestic Romance.

james Boyd is one OF the wealthiest
young farmers Of O'Hara township, Pa.
Miss Minnie Brown is the daughter OF
another wealthy farmer of the same
neiuhborhood. On the seventeenth OF
last August Alderman Mckelvoy, Of Al
Ioghcny, WINS called to unite the two IN
marriage. The ceremony was performed
in the presence Of the family only, but
in little time after the knot had been
tied Boyd excused himself for a few
moments, and left thcToom. Instead of
returning he sprang into his carriage,
drove home. and from that time to the
present has never visited nor spoken 20
his wife. 4 few days ago the father of
the abandoned bride appeared before Al
dcrmap McKelvey and charged Boyd
with dcscrtlon, and the latter was placed
under bond Of 81 900 for his appear
nnce at the june sessions. The parties
are among the most respectable people
of the noighborhood, and the young
wife aud her family are heart-broken at
tlp gituutipu
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28
A Haunted Clock.

There is n clock in Raleigh, n. c.,
owned by a gentleman who is not at all
given to superstition, but yet he cannot
account for curious way his old family
clock is acting of late. 1t is an eight
day clock, but wind it up when you may,
and at half-past six o'clock on Saturday
evening that clock is dead sure to
stand still. 1t can be easily started
by moving the pendulum, and it will
then continue till it runs down. 1t has
been wound mp from the eighth day to
with an hour of the time, but it never
fails to stop when it reaches the half-past
six hour mark ON Saturday evening.
This is strange and unaccountable, but
as true as gospel, according to the
Raleigh Observer.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28
Fashion Notes.

Straw bonne.s Of tine natural color Of
the material are most IN demand.
Yellow and cardinal bonnet strings are
thc'latest combination shown.
Brocaded silk haudkcrchicfs have
either a yellow, blue, or cardinal bor-
der
Chatelaines are more elaborate than
ever. many having small watches at
tachcd.
Mousquetaire cuffs Of lace. to he worn
outside the sleeves, are fashionable
Long scarfs for neck wear remain in
favor.
Five-button silk gloves, "kid fts, "
are now the most fashionable for orli-
nary wear.
A novelty in fans is to have the paint
ca picture Of n child or friend in the left
hand corner, with border Of flowers.
italian Valcncicuncs lncos, with the
figures carried out ia colnrs, either buff,
navy blue or rose, are % novelty fortrim-
ming summer dresses.
Colored crepe liago is imported for
p!aitngs to bc worn inside the neck and
sleeves Of dresses. 10 is in the fashion
able yellow shades, mandarin, cream,
buttercup, and the creamy green tilleul.
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Tiine.

In all the actions which n man per
forms, some part Of his ife passes. We
die while doing that for which alone our
sliding life was granted. Nay, though
We do nothing, time keeps his constant
pace, and flies as fast in idlencss as in
employment. Whether we play, or
labor, or sleep, or dance, or study, the
sun posts on, and the sand runs. An
hour Of vice is as long as an hour Of
virtue. But the difference between good
and bad actions is infinite. Cool actions,
though they diminish our time here AS
well as bad actions, yet they lay up for
rs a happiness in eternity, AM will re-
compense what they have taken away by
a plentiful return at Iast. When we
trade with virtue, we do but buy plea
sure at the expense of time. So it is not
so much a consuming Of time as an ex-
change. As a man sows his corn, he is
content to wait while, that he may, at
the harvest, receive with advantage
OWen FelthaDi, 1885,
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A little son of James Chapman, aged
five years, had n very narrow escape
from death lately. says the New London
Tclcgram. He wns playing on the en-
bankment st the lower end Of Briggs
pond, when he slipped and fell into the
hume of the old oaRum mill, and wnR
carried rapidly down the stream, being
tossed about by the rushing waters like
n chip. 1t was thought that when he
reached the old wheel his brains would
be dashed out against it, MS the space
beneath was not large enough 10 admit
of his passing safely through. But he
shot under it like n fish, and went under
the bridge nt Cedar street, and into the
trough through which the water is con-
Quoted to Smiths organ factory. Here
he succeeded in clutching loist fasten-
ed across the trough, where he clung an
til he was rescued. His first words,
after he had been put in n place Of
safety, were Where's my top ?"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28
Ronmanian. Discretion.

The Roumanian soldiers look SO well
when they are ON dress parade at Bucha-
rest that some If the war correspondents
have been beguiled into the notion that
they can fight. An incident which n
correspondent Of the London Nc,cs re-
latcs shows that they would not have
offered much resistance to the Turks If
an attempt had been made from Rust
chuk or Widdin 10 forestall the advance
Of the Russians. There was "A corps OF
observation stationed at Giurgevo to
watch the Turks, and it occurred to the
minister of war that il would be good
thing 10 exercise these troops and accus-
tom them 10 the sounds of war. So one
night ne ordered the alarm to be sounded,
He has been heard to say that he bitterly
repented having taken so bold a measure,
for it took him a week to get the detsch-
ment together again
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The loom Of Life.

All day, all night can hear the jar
~ the loom " life. and near and far
II thrills with it, deep and mntlled sound,
As the tircloss wheels 50 always rouud.
Busily, ccasolcssly goes the loom
In the light Of day Sui the midnight gloom,
The wheels are turning early Suj late,
And tho woof is wound ia the warp of fate.
Click. c,a,k there's thread q love woy, ina
Chick. cacl 7 another q wrong ami sin
What chcckercd thing viii this life ts
Whom we see il uuroIlei in eternity
Time with = face like mystery.
And hands a. busy as hands can bs
SITS at the l>om with is arm outsrrrA3,
To catch in It's moshgs each S'an1lnS thr1al
When shall this wonderful web te dose
Ia $ thousand yesr~, perhaps, ~ oues
or tomorrow. Who Anoveth2 Nog yon 1T l.
Bat the wheels tura oa aai the shutt,cs ly.
Ah, ssa-Sred weaver, the yoars are slow,
Bat each oDe is nezsyr the end kpous
And some day the lA,tthrcsl shallbc uoyr'4 is.,
God grant j, Re love instead q SIN.
Arc We spinuers ~ wool for tins lfo Wgb->ay p.
10 We furnish the weaver tAread eaoh 3Syg
Il were better then. Oh my friend, % sgia
\ beautiful thread than thread of ,.a.
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Creep into thy narrow bed,
Creep, and let no more be said
Vain thy onset all stands fast
Thou thysclf must break at last.
Let the long contention cease
Goose are swans, and swans are geese.
Let them have il how they viii.
Thou art tired best be still.
They out-tSlkod thee, hissed thee, tore thee,
Better men Jared worse before thee;
Fired their ringing shot and passed,
Hotiy charged and hrtke az last.
Charge once more, then, snd be dumb
Let the victors when they come,
When the forts 81 folly fall,
Ead thy body by the wall
49, EaHhrvr IfaoI
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GeneraI Cnster and His Officers.

1t has been definitely determined to
remove the remains Of the officers slain
with Custer in the fight on the Rosebud,
and with the exception Of the bodies Of
General G.. A. Custer and Lieutenant
Crittenden, all will be removed TO Fort
Leavenworth, and deposited in the
National cemetery. General L. A. Crit
tendon, Of Kentucky, has requested that
his sons remains he left on the field
whore he fell and General Custer will be
buried i'll the National cemetery, at
West Point. 1t was General Clusters
wish, reI eatedly expressed during his
campaigns against the Indians, that he
be buried at West Point if he should be
killed in the service.
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THE RUSSIAN Rulers COURTESY. -
The car ought 70 be popular sovereign
for he knows how to ride and he courte-
Gu to his subjects. His horsemanship
IS perfect although his face is scanned
and careworn, in the saddle he shows no
sign of age. At Odessa he noticed n
poor woman by the roadside, who saluted
him as he rode by. Turning in the
saddle and looking back, he bowed and
touched his cap 10 her ns politely as
though she were a princess.
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If you have the feeling Of hate or re-
venge, subject it to a severe process Of
mental chemistry examine into its ma
ture, its uses, its philosophy and, be-
fore you have finished the scrutiny, it
viii probably vanish like volatile es-
sence into the air,
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g. humber Of dogs we're shot in the East
End last night Saturdays Leader. Served
them right. Let them keep their east ends out
Of danger. Oh city Derrick.
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Farm, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


MuFFiNs - Three pounds of -four,
onc-quurtrr pound Of Yeast powder.
three eggs. half u pound Of sugar, three
ounces Of butter. Mix the powder dry
IN with the flour IA another pan rub
the sugar and butter we'll together, then
add the eggs and beat 90 "a thin batter :,
then add the hoar and wet with milk !,
beat thoroughly fiji the rings and hnk"
IN "a quick oven. These mullins are good
cold as we'll us hot
To COOK SrISACH Wash free frum
dirt and grit aud boil twenty minut in
salt and water. Add small lump of
soda 10 give % handsome color Drain
we'll and chop AS fine as powder. Add
butter, salt, ii little pepper and nutmeg,
and garulsh with hard boiled eggs, cut
up m various shapes.
SrRAwsEmY SHuErCAKE One quart
Of flour, half "A cup Of butter, two spoon
iuls Of sugar, two teAspoOufuls ul Yeast
powder, Hour to roll Split open, spread
with butter, then thlckly with straw
berries. then sprinkle with sugar, then
pat ou the upper half. crust down,
spread with butter, berries and sugar,
and cover all over with large pad, 10
steam and soften, while hot. Eat with
cream.
ASPARAGUS The frrsher the better,
and all stalks not crisp aud tender should
be thrown aside. Cut of the white
parts, tie the rest IN punches and boil.
with % little salt IN the water. for almost
twenty minutes then iaEr ont and drain
q minute, las II dccu j. .-4 uu slices II
ID
covered with "a rich drawl butter Or
the stalks may bc cut m inch pieces,
boiled tender then seasoned and cooked
for few minutes longer IN thick cream.
CuFrE CUsrAKp.- Boil one quart II
milk with five spuuufuis sugar Adj
one cup very strong hot coffee, four
beaten eggs. one half cup corn starch,
yubbed very smooth. m q l;,Ic cold milk.
Suc well TIL smooth, put into cups, and
when cool ornament with tn beaten
whites, just before serving. Another
EpuI method is L. crush the coffee grains
coarsrly, and add one spoonful 10 the
boiling quart Of milk then proceed as
Iu an ordinary boiled custsui. and strain
into cups
VEAL LoAp.- Mlucc cold roast veal as
fine c.. possible, add one fourth iat ham
chopped very fine, one cap grated bread
crumbs ouv grated nutmeg two beaten
eggs. little salt and cayenne mix well.
form iu "a loaf. glaze over with eggs and
sprinkle with bread crumbs bake half
au hour serve with roast veal gravy.
heated, and thickrnei with beaten egg
pat ia Just before serving.
RHuHAER PM. Peel ala I cut the stalks
quite small iutp a rch paste. pat q LAYER
ui rAuharb. then deeper layer Of sugar.
sprinkle with nutmeg or cinnamon. Law
uu several small pieces ui butter and
cover
VEAL SWEET BREADS WITH TOMATOES.
Set over the lire two quarts Of nice.
ripe peeled tomatoes, ftew half aa huuI
slowly iu their own liquor and strain
through d coarse sieve then put ia iouz
or five sweet breads. well trimmed and
soaked ~ warm water add little salt
and reuue, and uue.quartoru Of pound
~ hl.ttcr, smuothri in three spuuuTuls
ui flour. Stew slowly tll the sweet
breads arr well DONE or about an hour
and half. \ few moments before
iI,hiug STIR IN the beaten yulks uf three
eggs.