The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-22
Items or Interest.

Tho French leather trade is suffering
greatly. Over production In tho chief
cause assigned.
Men talk about the idle wind, but the
wind Ia always bnHy, and. like "a cheerful
farmer, whistles at its work.
When q collector IL told 10 call again,
II In not 30 muclf TINT he In desired ro
come aa that he should g..
Jones always remains silent 10 hp-
! peals 81 charity, aud then hattera him.
self that he IL benevolent gives
accent.
An Irisliman returned from his travels
qalantly compared his landlady 10
Veauyius, because she waa a fine old
crater ,na
Soliloquy Of drunken n: "How
can leave theeY" as he hugggd a lamp
! post A policeman solved the oonundrum
at once.
II IA better 10 be button ON the seal
skin sack Of the girl you love, than 10 be
a 81, 600 diamond pin dazzling on an old
buffers shirt front
The New Orleans Republican re-
marks that " the soul Of Sergeant Bates
ia marching ou, but his body In saving
wood ia Illinois.
The Senate Of Nevada has passed bin
10 tax the profits of churches, secret
societies and colleges, and exempt
mortgRges.
II has been officially decided that the
reason why lAw book il like fr0lic-
some nam jumping over fence, Is be-
cause they are both b0undin' sheep.
A woman is very much like q kettle,
II you come 10 tllink. Of IL She sings
away 10 pleasanily-then she stOps-and.
when you least expect i, she boils over
Bald headed gentleman in the par
quet, 10 young lady IN the dress circle,
during an affecting passage IN the play;
" i respect your emotion, madam, but
you are shedding sears on my head. F"
The Jesniis, according 30 nn annual
Just published by themselves &C Vienna,
now number e.B4G. France has 3,00i;
Germany, Austria. Belgium, Holland,
1888; Italy, .4G6; England; l.l65;
Spain, ,3S2; North America, 727
South America, SS4.
Another new design Of postal card
Is 10 be issued by the post-Oiiice depart
ment Many people, il Is SAID, s'lll per
sist in writing the message, address and
signature on the same side with the
stamp, and II Is 20 be the object Of the
new design 30 make Il impossible 70
write more than the address on the prop
er side.
Edward Ivory, coloned, in Augusta,
Ga. put on "a white Rhirt, and went 10 a
barroom % display himself thus attired.
He fell asleep there, and William Henry
Sullivan made pictures with lead pen
ell on the glossy bosom of the shirt
Mhidened by the indignIty as he aWoke,
Ivory Immediately killed Sullivan with
revolver.
A party of yegetarians who were board
ing at q water cure establishment, while
taking walk in the fields, were attacked
by q bull, which chased them furinuEly
ont Of his pasture. That's yoRr gaii-
tude, is Il, you great, hateful thing :"
exclaimed one Of the ladies, painting with
fright and fatigue. After this I'B eat
beef three times q day.
The news from India in reganl to the
famine existing in Bombay and Madrns
is no; cheering. The number Of per
sons now on the relief works IN Bombay
has increased 10 1877 600, while in Madras
IL has risen 10 ], ,0I5. coo besides those re-
ceiving gratuitous support. Bengal and
Burlnah are exporting large quantities uf
grain 10 the distressed districts
Theus. the Albany butcher who re
Gently killed q boy by throwing knife
at him. pleaded guilty 10 naRnslaUghter,
and Mas sentenced to the penitentinrY
for three years. He said he threw the
knife IN anger, without intending 10 kill
the boy, and that tine white face al the
boy is constantly before him. turn which
way he may, botll day and night
An English factory inspector says that
" cleaning machinery in motion continues
Go lead 10 very numerous and painful
mutilations. In the half year ending
April. 1876. I26 persons were Killed in
EngIand by factory accidents, 4sl ampu-
tatiuns were necessary, there were 26D
fractures az limbs or atmes. end 2,l83
other injuries in al Z, ,497 males and 100
females
A supennnuated cognette, who WAS
suspected Of giving rem 30 her loquacity
for the purpose Of displaying very fine
set uf teeth. once asked taciturn old
laslv what. IN her estiszation, constituted
good conYeusatioualist, and the old
lady snRppishly answered that, IN her
opinion. n good conversationRlist was
person who could talk without betTaying
her dentist
The entire cost Of moving The obelisk
called CleopaiTa's needle from Egypt to
London. is 30 he borne 10y nn eminent
English surgeon, Mr.. Easmns Wilson.
He has made the necessary arrangements
with Mr. Dickson, the civil engineer. at
an estimated o0stof SC. 600. The obelisk
viii be surrounded with water-tght and
air-tight casing Of boiler plates, viii have
a wooden keel and Al iron deck, and VII
be towed through the Mediterranean by
powerful steamer.
Richard A. Proctor, writing about the
probability of there really being such
things as sea sarpeuts, SAYS II Is not
likely that naturllists know al The forms
of animals that exist in the oceans. BE
reminds us that the first account of
ginaffe was laughed AZ, that the gorilla
was for long time disbelieved IN, and
that those who originally described
cuttlefish were regarded as liars.
Mr.. Proctor's conclusion is that the stor-
les of "sea serpents," therefore, are not