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

r,Fjaut whistle Gryrt red lamps luomed
agl ui the darkness Ike dragons cyt.
I Grursr drew Edith hastily uu ouv side that
-hc might 10, h. struck by rhr chain oi a
huge eHr,bar-r which pas-ei eln-e by lhym
800 It's way 90 bring up coal-turk. II
Sas very cold, ami ,hey stamped up ani
down. nd Grar-- enjoyed % fragrant cigar
E.Fy yuur -.ats p. shouted luc porter
Take YOUR scats" Aud ,hyy resumed
thyir place
Them q bride ana bridegroom said o
stout ruuu;ryUuman 60 friend and the
loud cultural lar with which the news
wa- received reached ,h, ears ui the
travellers.
\ blazing lamp va. in ,hc carriage, and
under IL, yellow light Filth tried 90 read
p.u't raai, Ei,th. said the young
uncle, suddenly. Talk instead.
~h, shut up her book.
70 toll vau the truth. Uncle bcurgy,
sh~ said we ar' getting sn near 'h1, ! am
beginning 10 feel ridicIlnu,ly ncrv 3u-.
lie looked at his watch, and suddenly
started.
> late" hc'said. ave shall be there
in Ten minutes
OH
And she fact Is" he began, nss,les.ly
hdGc,iug; the fac, iz-a-a---l have got a
confession GO make O. you.'
To me Oh. Uncle George"
a. Uncle George
Edith looked startled h,rond measure.
The fac, Is, Edith, ! avn not my
father
What do YOU tncan|'
mean | am nv SON
But he is dead
No. no only, what wa a fellow 10 say
when YOU pres ed me SO hari2 am your
Cousin George
ooh :"
And we have byen such friends, YOU
won hc angry? Are Won yyxcd, Edith p
and be took both her hands
No; only a-toni-hcd. think---un the
whole ] ana raiuer--Clad.'
That an right; for, do YOU know,
Edith, seem 90 have known YOU Tor year.
You have shown 60 day every good quality
n woman can pos-ihly pa.-cs-.'
Don't spoil me by such sayiug..'
Nui Elith. dear Edith. do Won know
coufoUni IT, here We are only this, !
should like 10 go on travelling with you,
Hike this, for ever and cycr--and '---
Hauon Hauon, tickets, please, Hat
ton
"Herc Jone,! take Mi. Eiith's bag. Is
the carriage upg'
Yes, SIR
And o car there is a hcapoi luggage"
"AH right -ir'
Come along, Edith! here we are, and
my father is in the ,arriSgc.'
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Renrn,inr n Turkish Gn,crnor.

The old Adam is still strong in the
Turkish disciples of constitutional law.
The other day s.me inhabitants of Pog-
noniani came 10 Constnntinoplc TO com
plain personally to Parliament OF their
governor, Yusuf Ali Bey. On being in
formed that Parliament could not receive
their complaint in that form they de-
parted much disappointed, when, fortu-
nately for them, and unluckily for
Yusuf, they cspied him quietly slipping
his mocha in n convenient coffee house
They all marched up 10 him, and the
el2er OF the party, standing before him,
began to recapitnlate all the enormities
he had been guilty of. Having thus ad-
monished him, the whole party then fell
upon him and thrashed him mmerciful-
ly, till the Zaptiehs interfered, and as
sured the aggressors that their conduct
was highly parliamentary,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-17
New lork's Foundations.

Tie lowest apparent foundation of
Manhattan island Is a bed Of granite
Generally, above that there is a thick
layer If puciss, aud above that. a dilu-
yium Of sand. gravel and small powders.
the wash long since rolled down from the
upper Hudson. There are points, as in
the valley 90 Mauhatiauyillo, CA the
Harlem flats. and those at kIngsbridgc,
where the dluvium lays deep, and where
the granite and gueifs do not reach above
tide mark. At Fort Washington, quartz
lies Immediately atop Of the granite; and
Oh the hills just south OF the Spuyten
Duyycl, primitive lime stone intervcncs
between the granite below and the
gueiss on top. About Sixtieth street
there seems 70 be deep interval sopn-
rating the granite bed, and the chasm Is
filed mp with sycuite and serpentinc
But under the present main city, from
the Battery to Sixtieth street, three con-
tluuous, equal and parallel strata ox-
tend: granite below, guciss next, and di-
luvium above. Such is the geological
structure of the island.
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nrlrlng Horses br Electricltr.

The French papers describe an inven-
ton for driving horses by electricity.
The coachman is to have under his seat
an electromagnetic apparatus, which he
works by a little handle One wire is
carried through the rein to the bit and
carried to the crupper, so that current
once set up goes the entire length of the
animal along the spine. A sudden shock
will, we are grayely assured, stop the
most violent runaway or the most obsti-
nate jibber. The creature, however
strong and vicious. is 81 transformed into
a sort of inoffensive horse Of wood, with
the feet firmly nailed TO the ground. "
Curiously enough, the opposite effect
may be produced by a succession Of
small shocks. Under the influence Of
these the veriest screw can be endowed
with vigor and fire indescribable,
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The Longest Tunnel In the Union.

Few people know how great an engi-
nccring enterprise is going on in Balu-
more county. Nd. For one thing alone,
n tunnel six aud four-fifths miles long
36. 5l0 feet-is being built under ground,
for over four-tifthS the distance through
hard gnciss and granite. IL viii be the
longest tunnel in the country, and there
will be only two larger in the world-the
Mont Gems, which is eight miles in
length. and the st. Goihard, now in pro
gress Of construction, aud which is to bc
nine and a quarter miles Tho tunnel is
a circle twelve feet IN diameter. The
country along the line ~ the work ia
hillv. and the tunnel varies in depth
below the surface from sixty-seyen 10
three hundred and fifty-thrce feet.
There are fifteen shafts in the main tun-
mel, the deepest extending 29i feet below
the surface The water rains down from
the crcviccs of the rocks, and pours along
the bottom Of the drift. Gangs Of men,
each with his miners lamp attached to
his hat, are hard at work picking and
delyiug In the iIinty bowels Of the earth;
and the monotonous clangoi the hammer
upon the drill il constantly heard, except
when everything is in readiness for firing
n mine. when all retire to a safe distance,
and thundcrous reports roll through the
rocky corridors. he work of tunneliug
is all done by hand, il being cheaper
than the machine work in a drift of such
narrow diameter.
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Fashlon Notes.


i-'''' 'l'''s = y '''''''''I wan '"0s'
Small shawls are coming IN vogue.
Lime blossom is n new shade OF tillcul,
M, a.. !,
tba pse,
- -. ''i''' - anu '''''-' '''' '''0 ~ -
Al KINDS oi BLACK and white lace Is
iaaiii"haoie'
lace striPcd grenadines are the most
fashionable
Light cloth Jackets are worn with black
silk dresses
~. ,,,;,,,,., - :, n, r,,.;,.., os tssh
;o,sl,ls Ja,,s
larasoleties are giving way 20 pAfasois
an" u'i'i'i'''
Sacks are disputing with dolmans
for popular favor.
Mother ~ psarl ia the favorite sinh.
stance for buttons.
IN. ..-,.,.-,..,. A.. -.
n' li,'N' s'' l'a' eIeu''''iiie uA''SSeS are
h!"'A sIel"'lhe VIII pe - popular
MS ever 'hls summer.
Plastrons and revers appear on Rll
pms - '".' ''s.'''
WIDE belts oi nlas iolds oi satin and
HIh are coming ~ vogue
The bottom honce on most summer
suits Is alike al around.
Imitation Yles with real lace IN beauty
and iineness tins season
Large steel buckles ON garden shoes
are considered most stylish.
Shan, contrasts in color are usel in
the composition of silk costumes.
Rl,ct Isc, il t,sal extensivelv IN max.
mo ami tr;,n,,inr, summer bon1ats
sell 20 -, ,,I,,,, .,l ,,aIl,,, ,,,,.r
49,. H., "a /, fa,.o,.;., ,,,,,i,;rot;n,,
1-,,.,.,.sa., IA ,r;,l s,,,r t,,,,,,,,s a.,
.,, C 80. .I;i, ,rt ,e, ,s,,,,,,s
,-...,.-,,....., -, 80. -.
Net'eu anu hho'.eu "vui Itii'geS "le
'he poP"l"F trimmings q 'he lnoi'en''
Mhi1e "ooi perege iluye oVeiufesses @
aIg N - ue N"iH "'e4 "i"0N ann ''''''"
SIN ui'NN'N'
Some of the handsomest black grena-
dine suits are finished with stylish folds
Of yellow satin around the neck, over
which falls collar of plated black lace.
Tho Rraton hutton has nm evelat on
ono - Ia ;ns,aad 80, 80 ~ tbe m;adIc so as
10 admit the overlapping required in
thot peculiar style Of trimming known as
tho Breton
n. - r ,r;,,s,, hI,o or,
nj ii.o 9'l,,'il a a., '.- -,,,ar .,,,,aI'.
Pa.e s3lu aPle'i ~ siis ''i',,' ~ -
u"lI la"tlcs' on bl',iuOs - -, ,i' tliI''
s,'SIi IL i""ii' "ii'e ''''''''''' "''' 'l'''''''
gray
me 1lVe oNe,.liosst's ~ uI''eA ueIeee
ana pia'h g,tila,'ilie NIllon 'ie il','ie w
ior young l'ti's ui,S SUMMER aie iu'ti,'e
10 oe worn over ooiofeu OF "l'''e "r p'aoA
SILK dresses
Some Of the handsomest dresses have
altemated hounccs ON the bottom OF the
skirts Of plnked SILK and knife plaihngs
sometimes a tiounce OF lace or lmita-
ton Is added at the top.
The new Italian iewelrv is becoming
much sought after bv our ladies. An
ornament having sentiment is twice an
ornament. and Italian art has given TO
its Jewels sentimental, heroic or poetic
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Fishing in China.

The lakes and rivers Of China. and es-
peciAlly uf the north. are 80 ahundRntly
stocked with fish, that IN some places
the mcu called fish caichcn make their
living bv actually seiziug and drawing
them ont with their hands. The man
goes into the water. aud proceeds half
walking half swimming. TaIsiug his
arm. above Isis head. und letting them
drop, striking the surface with his
hands. Meanwhile hls fce; are moving
ON the muddy bottom. Presently he
stoaps with "a rapid dive and brings up a
d-h IN his hand The striking of the
suriacc was intended 60 frightcn the fish,
which when alarmed sink 10 the bottom:
then the naked ire, !cel them among the
mud and once felt. the practiced hand
secures them iu moment. Catching
fish IN this manner is Of course q trade
iu itself. and the plentiful supply Il inn
plies is somewhat explained 10y the fact
that even the little ponds Of northern
China swarm with scaly hfe.
Another curious method employed hy
the Chinese is generally prachccd at
night, and depends upon a peculiar
power which q white screen. stretched
nHAtl Aiif NaAfE, NtNfAN iH lftr~trr hh'i
the fishes. dccoyiug them 20 it and max
ing them leap. man. sitting at the
stern If "a long narrow bnat. steers her
with q paddle 10 the middle 81 n river.
and there stops. Along the right hand
side ui his boat narrow sheet uf white
canvns Is stretched: when ne leans 70
that side it dips under the surface, and
if IT be moonlit night. CLEANS through
the water Along the other side of the
boat q net rs fastened 50 as 10 form a
barrier two or three feet high The
boatman keeps perfectly STILL II another
boat passes by, he viii not speak; he Is
only impatient ~ the slight breaking Of
the silence. While he keeps thus with
ont sound or stir, the fish. attracted 10y
the vhitc canvas, approach and leap,
and would 60 over the narrow boat and
he free in their native waters on the
other side. but for the screen of netting,
which stops them, aud throws them
down before the mans feet
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As we fill up the feotng moments,
As We pass through She busy day,
As VIC saw in the up,urued furroWs,
Or reap Tor the harvest gay,
A. We follow lfg's varied faaoios,
Rejoicing in our youth,
10 We max, tho ola falSs happy2
10 We heed their wants flrsooth a,
Pi,Nqous mother, how she loved Us ,
AuA, al how she loves Us ,till
A. she sits scrcnr,y smiling,
In her cap with rs snowy taA
Ald yet otyumos NC forget her.
When y0unsyy Aeas,s outAraN
I,tus make dear mo;hyr Aspy
Na she hears che auS,Is sail,
Aud pccr tathcr, leu, ana tpykrn.
IISe a reed in the dyi,iug vH,3--
1t as steady A> NavcFius toltstep,
And bosyNa,h h.s taildnA mlal
HG was oacg gUr pride aud ~e..re,
In his strong DAYS hong ago
L,t Us make dear father happy
While he, >paryj % 81, Dy.oV.
l.: Us make the Oh folks happy,
LEST we 200 when growiug old
should lo1k in vain 20 our children
E1r the oaIutor We withhold
whlc the hshtis fi..lerius grsliy
In its dlm. uncertain glow
1t Us make the o,l guIA, happy
With loves sweet overflow.
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The Opium Eater.

A resident of Knightstown, Ind, after
eating opium for ten years, wandered
into hotel in New Orleans week ago
yesterday. and committed suicide 10y
boring hole in his neck with a penknife
and cutting the jugular vein with pair
of surgeons scissors. The confessions
Of this opium eater have terrible signi-
ficancs; God only knows how / have
fought this terrible habit, but whenever
it gets hold of the system it is too late.
God pity the opium eater Am almost
past going now. The opium habit was
contracted more thnn ten years ago,
though not confirmed until about eight
years since. / then began. al fight it
with the desperation that al1 erazed
ma, and when nearly well VA come
discouraged and go back aplan
had . dearer wife and faifH u ad
IA better wife and childrslt u osiillfpt
recall my life.H -
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BE Happy Now.

Come be gay, while vet we may,
Darker days betide us;
Nouth goes by with JOY and gladness,
Age comes with care aud sadness;
Then the earth will hide US.
Whore are they who ere our day
Rovelled happy hearted?
some 20 realms Of light supornsl,
some 20 Stygian shades internal
All are now departed.
Isfc as brief as fading leaf,
Fast away is fSTiug;
Death comes rapid. rushing on Us,
LAYS his icy hand upon US,
No enc mortal sparing.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-04-12
THE CENTENNIAL APPROPRIA-
ZION.

The last Congress appropriated
81, 500. 600 from the national treasury
to assist the Centennial managers in
erecting suitable buildings and making
other necessary arrangements for the
great exhibition. The bill making the
appropriation provided that the amount
should be returned to the Government
before any dividends were paid. The
spectators who invested in Centennial
stock entertained different view of
the matter and fondly hoped that the
appropriation would not have to be re-
funded unless it could be paid out of
the net proceeds of the great show.
The Government brought suit torecov-
er the amount in the United States
District Court and the decision resulted
In favor of the spectators. The case
was appealed to the Supreme Court Of
the United States and that tribunal has
reversed the decision of the lower
court and decided that the appropria-
ton must be returned before any diyi-
dends are paid. This is severe blow
to the ring who managed the exhibit
ton and endeavored to make it appear
to the country that they we're aetuated
solely by patriotic, not mercenary mo-
tives.
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EASTERN DISPATCHES
THE ST. LOUIS FIRE.
Further Particulars of the Disaster.

ST. LOUIS, IL.
AZ 1:25 o'clock this morning the
Southern Hotel. a building of six
stories hight, was discovered to be on
fire and before the FIRE department
could reach the spot the entire upper
portion of the structure was in flames.
The scenes presented in the neighbor-
hood were indescribable. The upper
windows of the hotel were filed with
shrieking men and women whom il
seemed impossible to rescue. as the
ladders of the fire department fell far
short of reaching that portion of the
building. Some. however, were saved
from terrible death, among the mum
Der being Peter Blow, son of ex Min
lister Blow, who thinks that majority
of those in the upper stories of the
hotel must have persisted in the flames.
Two men, as yet unrecognized, were
killed by jumping from the third story
windows to the stone sidewalk below,
their bodies being horribly mapgled.
Five women were rescued from the
fourth story by several daring iremen.
1t is as yet impossible to estimate the
number of lives lost, bat fears are en-
tertained that at least forty, and proba.
bly, fifty of the guests persisted in the
conhagration. The fire caught on the
ground floor and assembled through the
elevators to the sixth story, which was
almost entirely occupied by employees.
The gas jets in the numerous corridors
OF the building were extinguished and
the occupants CT rooms rushed madly
to and fro through the binding and
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RELIGIOUS CONVENTIONS.

The proceedings of several of the
! religious conferences now being held
in the Atlantic States, as reported in
the papers, appear more like the work
of political conventions than of church
gatherings In every instance political
resolutions are presented, and the
sentiments embraced ia them Kissed or
appiauded. At the New England Con
ference of the Methodist Church which
met III Lynn, Massachusetts, last week
resolutions on the Southern question
were presented by a Boston d. D..
Two of them read as follows:
Resolved, That we are alarmed and
filled with apprehensions for the future
when We contemplate the practical sale
of one OF the great political parties OF
the republic by two politicians of that
party Sho have held and bow hold,
very Intimate relations to the Presi
dent. thus sacrificing principle and
purity and righteousness for the sake Of
temporary success.
Il solved, That we protest most
earnestly against the action of the new
Administration in making terms with
the chet of the Ku Kux instigator of
the Hamburg massacre NJ &. Butler
ana sill more earnestly do we protest
against the official recognition by the
Administration of that arch-ememy of
the republic, who long since ought to
have been hung for treason. Wade
Hampton of Sonth Corolina. aud who
how, by threats and Intimidation, I'm
der the very roof OF the White Eonse,
as we'll as on railroad platforms and III
other public places, defies the power of
the Government and buliies the Presi-
dent into compliance with his traitor
Gus aud wicked usurpations.
These were received with great
applause, as being in accordance with
the views of the Church, and referred
to a committee. Subsequently, not
withstauding the applause, they were
laid on the table, probably through the
influence of some of the doctors or
elders who had sense enough to See
that they were not in accordance with
the peaceful teachings of the Bible.
This did not deter further artion on
political affairs however. and resolu-
tions were adopted which read more
like the platform of a partisan nom
mating convention than the emination
of an assembly composed of the
spiritual advisers of large and in
fuential religious denomin 4tion. The
action of those religious bodies GU
political issues indicate that it is their
desire to blend Church and State
affairs. Notwithstanding the Constitu
tional inhibition.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-04-12
TELEGRAPH SUMMARY.

Savet Pasha thinks the rejection of
Montenegran proposals will cause war.
A dispatch from Fort Smith. Ark,
says the Kiefers. recently arrested as
the Bender family, have been released
DR.. Muhlenberg was buried in New
York yesterday afternoon. The New
York Presbytery adopted fitting reso-
buttons deploring his death.
A special from st. Petersburg saws:
Bad news has been received by the
Government from Turkey. and a war
manifesto may be expected on Friday.
The Post states that the Emperor
William in gracious terms has refused
Prince Bismarck's request to be PEN
stoned off. but had accorded him a
heightened leave of absence.
A Bucharest dispatch SAYS the Turks
are displaying great activity in prepar-
ing for probable war Ammunition.
arms and provisions are being rapidly
transported to different points.
The statement that Z. Gilman. one
of John D. Lees guards, has fled an
affidavit at the Attorney-General's
office in Washington to the effect that
Lees confession was obtained by Dis
trict Attorney Howard promising
reprieve, is denied by the Attorney
General.
A st. Louis dispatch says the report
that number of dead bodies had been
taken from the ruins is false. The Mr..
Adams killed proves to be Rev. A. r.
Adams, incumbent of parish of Berk-
shire, England. and was en- route from
Florida to California. His remains
await the order of his family.
Washington advices state that the
subject of Withdrawing tre ops from the
Territory of Alaska and turning it over
to the control of the treasury depart
ment has been discussed at the Cabinet
meetings and it has been decided to
instruct General Mcdowell to withdraw
his troops.
The Louisiana Commission, in ses-
sion at New Orleans, yesterday heard
the statements of the Board of Educa-
ton regarding the affairs of that de-
partment. After the interview with
the board, the commission divided and
had interviews with Governors Nichols
and Packard. spending considerable
time with each.
The London Times in q leading
editorial reviewing the situation says.
a circular has been issued by the Porte
giving an unfayorable reply to the
protocol. The demand for disarma.
ment, even though refused, may not be
SO absolute as to preclude further
negotiations or to dissipate every hope.
The determination may be reconsidered.
1t is impossible to look upon it except
as very grave event, for only the
most urgent representations of the pow
ers at ST. Petersburg aud Constant.
nople can prevent collision.
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suffocating smoke in their vain efforts
to find way of escape, finally being
compelled to seek the windows. leap
from which, in the upper stories, was
almost as certain death as to remain III
the binding. Those who did not fall
back in a fainting and stupe6ed condi-
ton were in majority of instances
rescued Miss Kate Claxton, the ac-
tress who had such narrow escape at
the recent burning of the Brooklyn
Theater, was guest in the house, but
succeeded in effectlng her escape I'M
harmed. Loss, 81 100000; insurance
unknown.
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ARTESlAN WELLS.

TIME UNDERSIGNED BEGS LEAVE
to inform the public that he now
prepared, with tie most approved machinery
to sink Artrsian Wells in any part of the state
on the shortest notice.
All orders or communications on the sub
ject address to Cahoon Palmer, Battle
Mountain, viii receive prompt attention.
CAUOON 4 PALMER.
Battle Mountain. October 9. 1876 II
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The Sentinel says that an attempt
made to establish lying club in
Eureka similar to that of the Sazerac
In Austin was an iguominious failure.
Good story tellers, like poets, ere born
such. not made-tbongh the SentineI
has or mere than one occasion almost
proved the contrary.
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G. W. GILMORE. ex-Shorik of Eureka
county, died at Eureka last Monday.
He was pioneer both Of California
and Nevada H was AZ years of age
'1nd 4 native eff Rostou. Massachusetts.
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Names of the Dead

The names Of the dead, so far as
ascertained are. Rev. A. Il. Adams.
England; Geo. Frank GouIey. Grand
Secretary of the Masonic fraternity OF
this State; Kate Reilly. Kate Doolan.
Mary. Moran. servants; Henry Haser,
auditors department of the Missouri
Pacific r. H., formerly from New
Castle, Del; wife of W. S. Steward,
OF the firm OF Derby & Day, of this
city; Andira Estimau, Of the firm Of
Flushman Il CO., Chas. q. Finan and
l. Haiden. The number known to BE-
killed is reduced to eleven; how many
mere cannot be asoertained until the
authorities search the ruins thorough
ly. At any rate, the loss of life is evi
IDENTIFY not so great as at first reported.
Suicide.
ST. LOUIS. u.
William Felix. a member of the Brit
ish Parliament, committed suicide in
this city this morning. Cause, trouble
with his wife.