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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08

New Years might an infant child was
found iu "a basket a. tAr Ceut,yiilr
depot. uu the New Jrr~,y Central rail
rlaj hy Edward Marshall, % track walker,
aud by him taken home 4 card ia
srribcl Martha jenkins fastened to
the chili's clothing l,el the old folks tn
believe that II might be- thrlr daughters g
child. she having ylupcd from thc.r home
IN Liverpool, England, with "a man named
Jenkins. They were sn strongly inn
pressed with the idea tia: they requested
the reporters who called iu search oi thc
facts to mention it IN their story. Aui to
say that their daughter would receive "a
welcome home II She would return a.
them. she being their only child. Chief
Whitney. az the Eayounc police, learned
ui probable case uf m.au'glio. aud IA
working ii mp learned That q poor.
miserable woman, living I'M tenement
house ON Avenue II. .layounc Ind had
an infant child until few days ago, hut
r,ccuily il hal not been heard cor seen.
lie learned that the woman WAS q Mrs.
jenkins, and on questioning her about
the fate of her child learned further that
she hal put it ont in the SNOW IN a basket
on New Years night She told him her
story, how she hal cloprl from LAyor,
pool. and lvcl IN Now York with her
husband untgl about wear ago. when he
took t1 drink because hu could not obtain
work. and then deserted her She had
four children, hut three had died. and
the last one was born after her husband 4
flight. She nearly starved after the
birth Of her child, and was kept alive
only hy the charity Of her ucighbors. As
poor almost as herself. When she could
60 ont she could not find employment,
and by reason Of i'll health and scani
food she could not nourish her child.
She knew from a letter she received from
friends in England whore her father was
employed, and knowing his fondncss for
children determined 30 put her child IN
his WAY She watched him, and knowing
when Inc would pass the depot at Centre
vile she left the child just where he
would see it, She Ind to see what bc.
came Of il, and when he picked It up she
ran away. She intended to commit
suicide the following day, but her courage
failed her on seeing the ice on the rivcr,
aud she went back to the tenement house.
She would scarcely believe the chici
when he told her that her father wanted
her to come home again, because he had
been 80 much inccnscd at her clopcmcnt
Finally she consented to 60 10 her father
and returned home.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
What Game in a Potato.

The Worcester (Mnss.) Spy saws A
friend Of ours received a day or two ago
through the post Office, from Olympia,
Washington Territory, roundish, ir-
regular package, which ON examination
proved 10 contain a large potato. Fur
thur investigation showed that the pota-
to had been cut in two aud the inside
scooped out, and in the cavity were
found flowers and leaves, which, as he
learned 10y note previously received,
had been picked in II garden in the open
air on the twenty-sixth day of December.
The flowers, pansies, geraniums and
others were MS fresh and bright as il
they had been gathered within an hour,
though their journey across the con-
tinent had occupied fifteen days. Olym-
pia is in about the latitude of Quebec,
though its winter climate is not more Sc
we're than that of Memphis.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08

numerous other resources 0f this great cont.
nent have been produced IN quantities auiiicifnl
10 Weld nearly one Thousand millions Of dollars.
While the producing power 0f the nation has
thus been exhibiting itself on the one band, the
/ economy of it, Ioople has bnfn equally clearly
demonstrated GA the other The importatiOni
I have dsindled 10 dimensions smaller than was
I a. one time thought possible, had the Restricted
purchases uf domestic Ra vel ne foreign goods,
Ia all sections ~ the country, hd0rd the
strongest possible indication that tbs foolish
I catraYagAnoo which 80 universally prevailed in
the first dye years Of the decade i being sue
oeaded by lcasenod living and business en-
penses. and a safer basis generally ls thus De-
ing reached.
Even the severity nf the winter, which
10 many is an undOubted calamity, has,
according to the circular before us, com
pensating advantages that may contribute
to an improved spring business. Our
country friends will be able 10 say
whether these conclusions are well found
ed or not, though they seem sensible
enough
- The abundance of snoN., which il termed
0he psuf mans manure. aud which unqneatl0l-
tbly enriches and ifTigates the soil, also pro
tocts the fan crops, besides providing an abuii-
dance uf. .WaieI foTthe cattls GA thousand hills,
early spring last yeaF lt also makes magnih-
ceHt country nlAds, the advantages uf which
are obvious when d BE- rctnefnbeTud how hefluus-
IN trade lAst year Was inteTferod with a. tlis
and latcI periods. when the roads IN whole
sections ~ the country were impossible fTuEl
tie want ~ frost and SHOW Ihe delivery Of
grain pork aid other farm produce vii during
the present season through the North and
Northwest be AZ least double that q the winter
months of last year, while the operations Of
luinhermen viii be gTeatly facilitated. Tbs
consequences Nlll he much froer purchases n
country stores, larger Absorptiun Of goods,
and S more acilge circulation q currency than
has been witnessed IN some years past.
The agency concludes it's very eEhaus-
tive review by a suggestion, that in times
when economy is 80 much IN vogue, care
should be taken 90 distinguish between
what ls true and what is false economy.
IL is very truly remarked that redue-
ton in expenses, which impairs efficiency,
OF which increases the unavoidable risks
20 which all business men are exposed, is
not true economy. In would be, for IN
stance, false economy % cease 20 insure
against FIRE. because the saving Of the
premium might reduce expenses; Il
would be equally unwise to change from
strong 20 weak insurance companies, be-
cause saving could be effected; and Il
would be the EXTREMIST folly 10 dispose
oi first-class fireproaf safe and procure
a weaker one, only because II was cheap
er. On the contrary true economy would
be more evident CA the part Of the mer-
chant II he sought 10 strengthen tEf
companies in whose safety he had 80 di-
rect an interest; or still more evident Il,
being in weak companies, he changed Il
the strongest.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
An InhannH Po.lma>lrr.

The postmaster uf SI,,arsr!ufi y. Y,
II not happy His las ua.l.y:> account
shovel hmm indebted o. ihr government,
over aud aluHr-hls >a.aIy aul dIshurse-
mgnts. ia thc sum ui SIS TO- This
amount hy ha, on hand and cannot legally
get rid 81 H. The department ordered
him to pay il over to the agent Of the
Hudson River railroad company. hut thai
individual declines Ia receive Il. as the
larger portion Is composed Of silver com,
and thc law ls specific that silver com Is
only % legal tender ~ sums ui s. or lesa,
section 49, 81 the Postal laws provides
that uo postmaster shall loan. invest,
appropriate or exchange any money
coming into nj, hands IN his official
capacity. and section 359 makes II a
Drima fdri, case 81 ombczzlcmert II be
ncplcct- ar refuses 90 honor dustt, duly
certified presented hy anv contractor OF
agent for carrying the mails. No excuse
whatever will lee received FOR non-com-
pliAnco
The position uf the unfortunate man
j., therefore. this. The government
cauuo, compel the Hudson River nail
rual company tn receive more than 50
worth ui SILVER coin. They have ordered
the postmaster 10 pay over his surplus
Ia the aforesaid rnad That surplus CON
sists principally oi silver, which the law
furhids him To exchange for other money,
and which the department itself is, under
tho law. forbidden 10 receive from him
IN any amount over -.
The unfortunate man has written n
ttififfYl uupgal tD Postmaster James IN
New York. but the entire wisdom Of the
department has thus far been inadequate
TO suggest any means Of relief. Until
the law is changed he stands seli-con-
victcd Of being an involuntary felon.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
The Lkc Shore Disaster.

When the conductor Of the tram that
was wrecked in the Ashtabula Rvine was
told that about fifty of the passengers
had been saved. he exclaimed: Ny
God have the rest Of the 200 been
burned up o. When he went before the
coroncrs jury he testified that there
were only l3l passengers on the train.
The Cleveland Lcdfr,' very sensibly re-
marks that the absolute truth ought TO
bc brought ont without misrepresenta-
ton and pettifogginE. We do not
charge That the conductors testimony
before the jury was inspired by his Off
cial supcriors: we do point out the fact
that il is already impeached hy the eyi-
dcucc of another conductor and by other
Witnesses, and that II is. therefore, no
only Intellectual but damaging. We have
placed no faith in the absurd story that
the officers of the company forbade the
use Of it's steam pump and hose, which
stood ready on the shore beside the
wreck, to qucnch the fire that was con-
suming the cars and the wounded within
them. but We want ta see that charge
ovrrthruwn and buried hy testimony
which viii convince every one. Plain
language and perfect frankness ON the
part Of witnesses. and cool, Judicial fair
ness on the part Of those who hear and
Judge. are essential Nothing else will
gufiiCs
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
nnn hnKS.

Don't bc discouraged. Slow growth
is often sure growth Some minds are
like Norwegian pines They are slow
in growth, but they are striking their
roots deep. Some of the greatest men
have been dull boys. Dryden and Swift
were dull boys. So was Goldsmith. So
was Gibbon. So was Sir Walter Scott.
Napoleon at school had $50 much diff
calty in learning his Latin that the mas
ter said il would need Rimlet to get a
word into his head. Douglas Jcrrold
was 30 backward in his boyhood that nj
nine he was scarcely able 10 read. Isaac
Barrow, one Of the greatest divincs the
English church has ever produced, was
so dull that his father more than once
said If God took away one Of his children
he hoped il would be Isaac, as he feared
he would never be fit for anything IN
this world. Yet that boy was the genius
Of the family.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
4 Party Comes to Grief.

The Albany Times gives the following
interesting account Of the untimely end
ing Of party in that city: family liy-
ing in Lancaster street went 10 New
York, leaving the servants in charge Of
the house. Supposing that the visit WAS
10 bc prolonged till after New Years, the
Bellies Of the Kitchen determined b
improve their opportunity and give a
select party. Invitations were issued and
as Jolly n crowd collected as was 10 he
found in the whole city. The spread "
WIS ample, the luxurious belongings
were well enjoyed. and all went merry as
a marriage bell Suddenly a sharp ring
at the door startled those who heard it.
A telegram was handed in announcing
that the family would arrive within an
hour - All was CONSERVATION: the
GUESTS were made aware Of the stu
alton, and leaving the table but partly
cleared Of its good things donncd their
outer garments and departed. The
"hostcsscs begun the almost impossi-
ble task Of putting things b rights in
the short time allowed them; but did
their best, and Mt the expiration Of the
hour something like order reigned once
more But the family came not, and
haven't come yet Tho Telegram was a
heartless forgery committed by some en-
vious creature who didn't get an invita-
fipu
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
The Child'S Epitaph.

Readers remember the sinking Of an
immigrant ship. year or two ago, off the
coast Of Kent, England, when $50 persons
persisted. The people Of the parish ad-
joining are very poor, and were for
some time in great distress, expecting
that most Of the bodies would be washed
ashore, III which case the law would com
pei them to be Mt the expense Of their
burial. Curiously enough, however,
only solitary corpse ever reached the
land, and that was of little boy few
months old The parish constable took
it to the parish carpenter TO have its
coffin made, and, on being asked its
name, replied, simply and naturally
enough "God knows" Some one must
have heard and been touched by the
constable's pious ejaculation, for the day
after the child was buried there was
found at the head of the grave little
slate tombstone, on which we're engraved
these two eloquent words: "God
] Knows.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
Cotton Statistics.

According to Ellison & Co.'S annua
report of the cotton trade for 1906, the
number of spindles in the world is 6s,
060, 900, and they consume 2, ,9O6, 100000
pounds of cotton annually. In the Uni
ted States there are 1900, 600 spindles,
consuming 900, 900, 600 POUNDS, and in
England $4,000, 900, consuming 1887
600, 600 pounds. The cotton used in the
United States is exclusively American,
and in Great Britain mostly American,
while in the other countries Of Europe
the cotton consumed is partly Egyptian
and partly American. From 1S54-5 to
1901 the cotton crop of the United
States amounted to %, 728, ,942 bales, Of
which 19,965,071 bales were exported;
during seven years, from 1S6970 te 1876
6, the number of bales raised was 27,-
102. 1874, of which lS, 789, ,2ll were e1-
ported,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
Tho Dance Of Death.

1t was New Years night at Cole Camp.
sixteen miles from Sedalia, Mo, ana
there was a bar in the ballroom. A young
man. while dancing gnear the counter, stag
gercl felltothe foorHnd broke hisnose. IL
was $50 common nm incident that no at
tention was paid TO 1t. The man lay on
the floor for half an hour, and the dance
went on. A physician came in, felt the
mans pulse, aud gravely remarked that
he would die in n short time. In twenty
minutes the man was dead. AS the
waltzcrs whirled by the corpse they chat
ted pleasantly about the cause of death.
Some thought that II was the bad quality
of the whisky; others attributed it to
undue indulgence in Kimmel others
said it was the shock caused by the fall ;
others mentioned heart disease. But the
dance went on ut Camp Cole until day
break, although the man under the. bar
had increased his distance from Sedalia,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
CHARITY.

The pilgrim and stranger who through the day
Holds over the desert his tracslcss way,
Where the terrible sands no shade have known,
No sound Of life save the camels moan,
Hears at last through the mercy Of Allah to
all,
From his tent door at evening the Bedouins
call
Whoever thou arr whose need is great,
In the name Of God, the Compassionate
And Merciful One, for thee wait.
For gifts in his name Of food and rest
The tents Of Islam Of God are hlcst.
Thou who hast faith in the Christ above.
Shall the Koran teach thee the law " love
Oh, Christian open thy heart and door,
Cry east and west TO the wandering poor
"Whovcver thou art whose need is great,
In the name Of Christ, the Compassionate
And Morciful One, for thee wait
--,IlsH q, hAsasJ7'
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
A Story Of Immigrants.

Antouia gcG Appenig came to thus
country from Germany accompanied by
her brother, 10 whom she was greatly
attached. The brother fen overheard
from the steamer, and was rescued by
Christopher Josephson. During the
rest of the voyage. and on their way
across the continent 70 California, Jo-
sephson became n suitOr Of Antonia's.
She did not desire to marry him, but she
was very grateful. and her brother
urged her to consent She said that she
would be miserable az his wife, because
she did not love him. but that she would
marry him, II he insisted upon il, as a
recompense for saving her brothers life.
He took her ON those terms. and they
were married in San Francisco. Her
show OF repugnance was noticed by the
clergyman, and he asked her If the cere-
mony was against her will She said
that she had of her own accord consent
ed. On the following morning Joseph
son was found dead in his bed, having
been shot, and Antonia's body was taken
out of a dock where she had drowned
herself. The supposihon il that, frenZied
bv the hateful union, she killed him, and
then hurried 70 the water to kill herself
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
Her Answer.

AL day long she held my question
In her heart
Stunned my ewes that cravcd an answer.
Moved apart
Touched my hand in sonl-niEh, greeting,
ENSivr grew
should leave tomorrow early
Then adicu
Bent her head in farewell courteous
Onward passed
Whilea cold hand grippea my heart>trinss,
Held them fast,
SIN I waited, stm listened;
Aumy soul
nemblcd in the ewes thatNutchrl her
A. she stole
Up the stairs with measured footsteps
Bu, she turned
Where lamp in brazen bracket
Brightly burned
showed me all the gl,n,iuE rrTles
~ her hair.
Yelled her eyes in violet shadows
GAmmersd vhgrs
Curved her mouth in soft compllsn1v
As she bent
Toward ME from the du>ly railing
Wh,r she ltAut.
Al. my love 's' Oae white hand wander,
To her hair.
Slowly lifts the raso tha, ncsuos
SolI.y theTr;
BgeAthcs she "a its heart my srswer
Shyly SWEET,
And loves message mutgly hutyggs
Tony fey,.
-Bs.rgv.G.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
A Disaster at Sea.

The following statement Is made by
one II the SURVIVOR, uf the steamer Mont
Eume-v. of the Havana line, sunk by the
Seminole. Of the Boston and savannah
line: The watches were set for the nigh.
as usual, AMI the watch below hld turned
in. Shortly after two bells hal been
struck | heard sounds oi confusion ON
dcck. and cl.rs rs ii au accident 81 some
kind had happened ur Wis impending
Nv berth WAS in the forward house. and
~ S p1u as avoSc jumped from my bunk
aui pulled GA my truuser- | WAS en-
gHgei putting on NY bnuts when the
crash came. uul the steamer seemed a.
stnr. rs Il Il had struck a rprk. There
WAS crashing uf timber and slight rc-
cpll. | sVrnc out upon the deck. ami
on looking through ,he mist discovered
that We hal been run into hy q bark rig-
gel steamer. All WAS confusion. Those
who were below rushed ON deck Just aa
they left their hunks, terrified NJ the
thought that tie steamer ha struck
something and was about o. 90 down.
while 10 their number were a.ldcl several
men who had jumped from the ycs-e!
they had run into. Ii Was hut a second,
50 II seemed. we hal chance a. see what
We had struck. When | first saw her she
was settling by the head, and, in another
moment she made a luugc forward and
sank beneath the waves. carrying num-
bers down with her. By their agnnizing
cries It appeared to me that large ship s
company were struggling for life. but
these voices were soon hu,hcs There
was quite high sea running nt the time.
ami the Scmiu1les boat forward ON the
s;arboard side was with difficulty cleared
away, launched aud manned, anl sent a.
aid any that might bc floating ON any
part Of the wreck. But there was little
left 10 mark the spot where the III fatcd
steamer hnd gone down. The boat re-
turned with but one man. Presently a
boat belonging to the other steamer
boarded the Seminole, and when all hands
were afterward mustered II was found
that only fifteen 81 the tvcnty-eight per.
sons who had left New York for Havana
in the steamer Montgomery were alive.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
Real CannihnlS.

Real cannibals have been discovered
by missionaries ON the islands of New
Britain and New Ireland, off the north
east coast Of New Guinea These natives
are nude savages of the Oriental negro
type, who live more like beasts than
human beings. The Rev. George Brown,
a Wesleyan missionary, reports that he
saw women roasting the leg and thigh OF
n man who had been killed in a fight.
In arother hut smoke dried human flesh
was hanging. In another he counted
thirty-fve jaw bones Of men and women.
Cannibalism seemed to be common
throughout the islands, not as a religious
rite, but as an ordinary means of sub
sistence. The natives assured the mis-
sionary that the accounts heretofore pub
lished of a race Of tailed human beings
were true, and were certain that these
strange creatures were not monkeys.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
What Made Them 80 .

must say il Human beings, con-
sidering how talented they are, are very
foolish. II not, why do they make other
living things afraid of them instead Of
teaching love and confidence by their
own example? Almost all animals who
see men for the first time approach them
without fear. am told that when the
naturalist. Darwin, went TO the Galapa-
gos islands, he there found hawks that
had meyer seen men, and they were SO
tame that he showed some of them gently
off branch with the muzzle of his gun,
while others came to drink from apitcheI
he held IN his hand. II is only because,
for generations, beasts and birds have
been SO often deceived and cruelty treat.
ed 10y men that they have become sus-
picious Of them.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
What Increases Drnnkenness !

The Quarterly journal of Hcbricty
says Ii il "A curious fact that great ii.
nancial reverses and upheavals Of society
are felt like waves, III the increase of pa
tients in all the larger inebriate asy-
lums. The Black Friday Of Wall street,
the fire of Chicago, and the present fl.
nancial crisis, with its sudden revolu.
tions, have and are still developing thou.
sands of inebriates, all over the land
The better class of these unfortunatef
come to inebriate asylums, others suffer,
ing more severely appear in insane hos
pitfalls, and another class drop to the
lowest level and soon disappear.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08
: THE FINANCIAL PROSPECT.


II re,un b. safety and prosperity by
the trade u ihe country is to be judged
by the comparative number Of failures,
the figures for 1876 indicate that these
conditions are further away than ever.
From information CLEANED from the usual
annual circular Of the mercantile agency
uf Messrs. Il q. Dun A Co. We learn that
there has been a marked increase ia the
number of these casualties as compared
with prcyious years. though We are glad 10
observe that there is "A considerable
diminutiOn ina the amount Of liabilities
The figures showing the number of fail
ures throughout the United States, to-
gether with the amount Of liabilities, for
the past and several previous years, IL as
follows
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08

Prompt payment of newspaper sub
scriptions will meet with due reward. In
proof of this statement, read and ponder
the following incident A gentleman lost
his pocketbook at the Centennial. The
other day he received it by express, with
contents intact, from New York lady
who had found it, and identified it from
a receipted subscription to newspaper.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08

The marked reduction in the average
liabilities for 1876 indicates that. the
wider the wave of trouble extends, the
greater the number uf small traders il
includes.
In order 10 illustrate in what sections
Of country the financial pressure has been
most severe, the agency las compiled
the following instructive table for 1876 t.
so D. -. &, -.ae.ssasi 3,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-02-08

There is no wisdom save in truth.
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- D. - n / Aa.asaI .
han-s.. l.lL.ls. LlallnIls.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-08-23

SPECIAL DISCOUNTS will be made to Clubs and Deserving Parties.
 Usual time required to complete the Full Commercial Course, from 10 to l5 weeks.
 Students can enter the College at any time, as there vacations.
 Be sure to visit or address this College before going elsewhere. 45-i2m AARON BALES, Principal.
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