The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-10

leresi IN the State 70 eight per eentum.
House flies that have survived the
winter are beginning 10 twist their hind
legs together and kick out, to gain
muscle.
The Massachusetts, House of Repre-
senatiyea has voted, l22 20 IVY, not 90
permit women 10 vote in municipal
elections In that State.
/ A vessel Is loading at Port Royal for
( Holland. II win carry 10000 feet of
I lumber. and viii be the first shipment
thence 10 that country.
The salaries Of good base ball players
will this year range from $50 per week
lown 10 Whack under the jaw for jump
ing into a mans garden after The bah.
+ One Of the most ambiguous oolnmuni-
cations Won can make 10 . partially bald
+ headed man IL 10 observe that his hair y
coming ont. Think IL over and see II II
isn't
+ The author OF +" Home, Sweet Home,
never had q home and George Nc
Z Donald, who has eleven children, ~ the
author Of Annals Of Quiet Neighbor-
hood
II ia said Of German, an inveterate
beer drinker. that when he rises IN the
morning he Is beer barrel, and when
he retirea 20 rest al night be is barrel
0f beer.
There are nine things that viii make ,
/ man mad. but one il enough when his
wife tells him be cant have any dinner
because she couldn't get the Wash boiler
OF the stove IN time.
Our lawyer says that in breach oi
promise case, although the lady a often
described as interesting, or g0od-loonngt
or possessed Of considerable personal
attractions, she is still almost invariably
the plaintiff.
Let us discuss the question Why q
woman can pin on mans collar the
first time trying, when the very. same
min. II engineered by man, would
double up and run backward 10 stack IN
his thumb.
ITS nice 10 have slippers given to
YOU, said the naughty boy who had Just
been corrected for lying, when DE saw
the fine pair his big brother received
from his girl; . but il makes ali the
difference how you take them.
People generally VIII be glad 20 know
that charcoal has been discovered 10 bea
sure cure for burns. BY laying small
niece Of cold charce al on the burn the
pain subsidies Immediately. BY leSylng
lie charcoal on for an h0ur the wound ~
healed, as has been demonstrated on
severAl occasions.
There are in Colorado over fifty peal<s
which rise more than 1900 feet above
sea level Blanca Peak, In that Stata
the elevation Of which was determines
last wear by HAYDEN surrey. il probably
the highest point within the limits of the
United States, being Ia, 464 feet above
the level Of the sea.
A woman entered post-oflce and said:
"a Mr.. Kreps, one day there was a slNhider
walked over my hand, und come TO the
post Office, und / got le3der. Und this
morning there was a sphider walked
over my hand. und ] coined for the
ledder. But the sign failed this time,
and she went away disappointed
why do we live; what is there for us
in life ?" inquiries the Christian
Register. We don't pretend 20 answer
the question, but We DO know that
when a man has walked four miles
through the mud 10 see a glfl and finds
another fellow sitting mp with her, il
comes home. il comes home. -A0riCfch
Bulletin.
This is the brief tale the Hazelton (Pa.)
.SeatiRcl tells: A tramp stopped at the
house Of Philip Harris, II ColeraIne, and
was given something 10 eat Noticing
that John Harris, aged eighteen. was
blind in one eve, he told hila 10 cut .
sour apple In two and rub the cut edges
ON the eve. The young man did as be
was told and regained his sight he had
not been able 70 see ont Of the eye for
seven years.
He was praising her beautiful hair.
and begging for one tiny curl, when her
little brother said: "Oh, my faint
nothin' now. You Just ought TO have
seen how long il hangs down when she
hangs il on the side of the table to comb
it." Then thev laughed. and she called
her brother a cute little angel, and when
the Young man was going and heard that
boy yelling, be thought the lad was
taken suddenly III.
A sad case Of home sickness in report
ed from France. A young soldier In
garrison at Mortimer fell prey 10 this
malady 10 such degree that be excited
the compassion Of the officers, who tried
by indulgence and kindness 20 cheer him
mp; but the mountains Of his native
Correze were ever before the eyes Of the
poor conscript, and one evening he fail
ed 10 answer the roll-cal. His body was
found on the railroad track, where 1t had
been severed from his head by passing
train.
The wars Of this century have been the
most bloody and costly since the palmy
tlavs OF Rome and Greece. For It's ten
great bloody periods, viz, the Napoleonic,
Cfrecian, Crimean. italian, Danish, Aus
trian 1868. Brazilian, American, Abys-
sinian and Franco-i German wars-leaving
out minor expeditions and skirmishes-
the figures foot up SIS, 967, 600, 600 ex-
pended. and IL. 70S, 600 men destroyed
from 1900 10 1871. Two-thirds of this
aggregate outlay Of men and moGsy are 70
be charged on the ledger TO Napoleon l.
up TO his closing battle fought mt Water
loo.
A Young Frenchman. to avoid con-
scription, pleaded that his right arm was
paralyzed The story was not believed,
and various pretexts were resorted to 70
NOMpSl MN 10 dAhilUN1tNtsc bAc SlhNASAAea
Of the member. 1t was proposed TO cut
it of, but the young man did not shrink
in the presence Of the surgeon and his
Instruments Under pretext Of taking
him to another hospital for the operation,
he was thrown into the river that was
crossed. He at first swarm with his left
arm, but finding that insufficient, finally
struck out with his right, and revealed
his trickery.
Three years ago the visitors at the Pc
quot House, New London, were startled
when they sat down 10 breakfast by the
appearance of very well looking lady
guest with pair of whiskers that thou
sands Of men would envy. In ali other
respects her appearance was perfectly
feminine. A radical and non-disfguriDg
cure for misfortune Of this kind seems
to be unknown, for n medical man bas
written lately to a London paper to ask
ii anybody can suggest one IN the
interest Of lady patient of his, whose
life is made burden by beard and
mustache which defy local applications,