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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11

A fuancier was receiving at dinner a
distinguished guest renowped for his
taste. and in the course Of conversation
the latter spoke Of having dined the day
before at a house where the host had
" entertained the company with some ex-
len; epigrams The financier's jeal-
uusy was excited. He rang for his cook.
and. in the presence OF his distinguished
guest. asked him whether he could make
epigrams. and. II SO. how II happened
that he had hitherto concealed his talent.
Without allowing the astonished cook 30
reply. the financier ordered him in a per-
emptory manner to serve up dish Of
ppigrums at the next days dinner, and at
the same time invited the distinguished
guest 60 come and see whether they were
rs good as those of which he had just
spoken.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
THE POSITION IN MEXICO.



Asvrrtalnrd.
The position uf affairs ia Mexico is
somewhat intricate. aui pussessrs q re-
murhahlr difficulty la the way ut being
easily understood Ia the year 1871,
Juurrz and DsaE were the rival prcaldvu-
tial candidates, and Diaz WAS defeated
JuurrZ died in utlitc, and Was succeeded
10y Chief Justice Leriv When LrrIo'b n
term of utliyr expired lac became - candl-
date Tor "A second term. Whether hc WAS
elected or not Is "a disputed point lie
claimed that hc Was and assumed the
office.
Judge Iglesias. us chief justice of the
supreme court, MAS the person deslg
mated los the last c,itti.a uI the c1nstitu-
unu 60 become president In ease Of Va
cAnry in that office. lie declared that
lerdu was not elected, and that he
illegally held the position. There being
no president elected the Judge himself
assumed "a he president and assumed
the rrius of power, being sustained by
all the clergy
Dug, who was defeated first by Junr,Z
in 1871 and had been waiting ever since
for au emergency, now said that It was
NOT worth whilc 10 bother about his per
soual claims. Al he wanted Was Ia Sc
cure the triumph ul his friend, lglcsiGs,
and 70 that end hc would command the
lglr,iasticsl army. HIS assistance was
accepted. and he marchei to the attack
of the capital With hls success We are
already familiar President Lrrio nan
away, hut WAS caught and lockcd up.
His general, Escubg,la. wa, executed
piuz entered Mexico and announced that
hc WAS the only genuine Mexican prrsl-
dent. rl others, including Lerln and
lglgsias, being lmpastors unworthy Of
the slightest attention.
Tins is now the actual condition ~
Affairs IN Mexico. Dia1 being pres .vut.
What Lerio and IglcH.as propose lo do
about It, the future alone can disclose.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
The Winter and the Poor.

The Christian fnfcHigCHccr haa taken
up the cauRe Of the poor, most appro-
printcly at this season. II says: AT no
time have these unfortunatcs been go
lnrgely re-cnforcoi as they have th'- ycnr
by persons who belong % the Industrious
laboring and artisan clGag, who nra mos
tera Of some calling and who arc able and
willing to work. Merchants have re-
duced the number Of their clerks, factor
les are running on half time or have
stopped work, building has almost entirely
ceased and AS n result wherever We turn
we see = score Of men waiting 10 do one
mans work, and thousands cannot pro
cure the privilege 10 labor at any ex-
penditure OF effort or solicitation.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
The unltcd States supreme Court.

Tie Albany La5r Journal opposes any
amendment oi the Constitution which
shall provide for the cs1uyassing uf the
electoral votes hv tae supreme court uf
tine United States, for reasons which GER
t4in'y hnyc q great deal of force. Il says;
AZ present the supreme court stands
high in the respect 81 the people. and
cvcrv une has confidence in the purity of
the motives influencing its members.
Bot lct Il bc brought into the conflicts OF
politics. whether is sn arbitrator al
otherwise. and the high regard which is
icl; for IL VIII no longer remain. Nc
matter how pure aul exalted the indi-
vidJul. the moment he becomes involved
In a.c,ut,sj FOR public Office lac is charged
with every kind 81 wrong. and whether
the charges he true or false they have
the effect 90 stain his reputation, and no
yiniira;ion will completely effacc the
stain. II the supreme court takes part
in politics. those not satisfied with its
decision will impeach the motives lead
ing to such decision, and many VIII he
Ted to believe that proper motives did
mot influence H. Then. too. the tcmpt1-
ton to do wrong viii often be very great,
and there is danger that il may some
time he strong enough % influence even
our highest tribunal. and II such should
ha the case we would hr well on the way
toward q destruction of constitutional
government. We have a court II last re-
sort above the shadow Of suspicion. Let
us keep IL so.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
The Sioux Treaty.

The Sioux commission has made its
report to Secretary Chandler BY the
terms Of the agreement the Sioux sur
render all claim 10 any country lying ont
side the boundaries Of their permanent
reserve as defined 10y the treaty OF
1865. and to 50 much Of said reserve
as hes west Of the one hundred and
third meridian OF longitude, and MS il in
cludcd between the north and south
forks Of the Cheyenne river, east of said
meridian. The United States govern
mcpt thereby secures full possession Of n
tract Of country which includes the
Black Hills and is defined by natural
boundnriq3. The Indians grant a right
Of way over their reservation for three
roads from Missouri river to the cedcd
territory, the routes to be designated by
the President They also agree 70 re-
ceive all subsistence which may hereafter
be furnished at such points on or near
the Missouri river as the President may
designate. The area ceded in the treaty
is estimated at from ten 20 twelve thou
sand square miles.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
A French Commune.

4 French agricultural paper gives on
interesting account of remote garden
commune called Rsscof. in Brittany.
where immense quantities Of vegetable
nre raised for the French md English
markets on laud now valued at from
81. 600 to 81 400 nm acre, which tradition
INSERTS was reclaimed from tho rca.
During 1875 some II. .ss7 tpua " ycCcia-
blcs, valued at $500, 900. left tho port
Bcsidcs this immense quantities are sent
off hv rail from Moridx, wEi.hor they
are conveyed in old fashioned numbering
carts. for in most respects tho Ro5cufiius
are still very primitive. Tho principal
articles grown arc potatoes, onions. ant
cholles. and brooch. The temperature
in winter rarely does rny Of these harm.
Scarcely any manure is used but that Of
marine plants known ~ E)cmons.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11

A remarkable cure of case Of mem
brnnous Group in New Haven, Conn, in
little boy two years and nine months
old. is reported. The child seemed GER
tain tn die and surgical operation was
decided upon. A hole was cut in the
and bent tube inserted. In
side Of this tube was one of smaller
size, the two being necessary in order TO
keep the one through which breathing is
carried on free from the distinctions Of
blood and membrane which we're given
of in coughing. The tubes we're in use
from Tuesday noon until the Thursday
OF the following week, and for five days
the only nomishment administered to the
patient was little milk. His recovery
is remarkable considering the exhausting
character Of the disease, but perfect sue
cess attended the hazardous operation.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
The Burning o. tac Richmond Thcatcr.

The Richmond Theator was burned IN
the month of December, ike the Brook
lyn Thpatcr. but the day after Christmas.
Richmond bad then only 10000 inhnbi-
tsints. hut there were six hundred people
al the play. The points Of the tragedy
were much like those of the present one,
4 chandelier set the scenery on fire, the
stage mechanics became panic stricken,
the flames burst upon the audience, and
there was only one door for escape, and
the windows were very high. SiXty-one
persons were published next morning as
dcaJ, and in Oh about zone hundred
persisted. among them many fashionable
Indies and children. the governor Of the
State. the president Of the bank, and
members Of such families rs Mayo,
Vcuablc. Bolts. Brston. Gallego. Page.
Coutts. Nelson, Marshall, Stevenson,
CLAY. Griffin and Greenhow. 4 slave,
Gilbert Hunt. personally rescued twelve
ladies by catching them in his arms.
"Hc obtained his freedom, wrote the
nunalist Of the city.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
IFS Just Awful.

Mr.. George William Curtis. talking OF
railway manners. tells this story: A
Young woman suddenly hounces in her
seat and throws up her arms, and ex-
claims to her fellow travellers. through a
companion: Did YOU ever know any
thing SO hot Tn sitting. Can't YOU
open this window? Whew whew On,
dear It's dreadful. isn't II It's always
So in these ears. Ny it's awful !" On
one occasion, when this kind of remark
had been made at some length for the
cdiication OF the company, @ voice was
heard from the other end of the car:
" Yes'm. it's awful But let's try TO
bear up. Tain't uothiu' to the sufferin's
of the early Christians |" A general
laugh followed, and nothing further was
heard from that young woman.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
Disasters in Thcatcrs.

While the Brooklyn Thcnter calamity
is pre- eminently the most terrible the
United States has ever been called on TO
bcwail in the number of its victims, and
in the horror of their fate, in Europe it
has been exceeded 10y the burning Of n
in Amsterdam, in 1772, when
800 people were killed; by the dcstruc-
ton Of the Saragossa Theater in Spain,
in the same year, when /, 900 people per
ished: by the destruction Of the Pnlais
Royal in Paris, 1871, when 800 people
were burned; and by the fall and conse-
quent conhagration of the Cafe D'Istria
Theater in Italy, by which disaster over
1000 men and women lost their lives in
1894.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
Never Grow Old.

looked in the telltale mirror,
And saw the marks OF care,
The crows feet and the wrinkles,
And the gray in the dark brown hair.
MY wife looked over my shoulder
Most beautiful was she;
"Thou wilt never grow old. my love, che
said,
Never grow old TO me.
"For age is the chilling OF heart,
And thine, as mine can tell,
Is as young and warm as whom irut VIC
heard
The sound Of our bridal hell !"
l turned and kissed her ripe red lies
:" Let time do its worst ON me-
II in my soul, my love, my faith,
never seem old to thee !"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
Discharged.

-Four hundred employees Of the Uni
ted States bureau of engraving and
printing at Washington were discharged
nearly one-half the force Of the entire
bureau. About two-thirds Of them were
woman, many of them being press-girls
who have been employed by the printer
individually These discharges are due
to the recent action Of the government in
giving the work of printing revenue
stamps to the bank note companies in
stead Of to the engraving and printing
bureau.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11

HaTS Journal Of Heath advises
oyer&talt people not to seek to reduce
desh by drinking vinegar or smoking,
hut to maintain as perfect digestion as
possible and avoid fatmaiing foods, such
as starch in the shape of potatoes, flour
bread and rice. Spirits, malt liquors
and sweets are 10 be abiured. The
gluten Of wheat is the best food. 1t
will sustain life in full vigor, but ID Fil
not add an ounce Of fat to the body.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11

do You believe it is true" asked a
gentleman, Of rather slim reputation for
honesty, OF lady, "that whenever a
man gets into trouble there is always n
woman at the bottom of it ?" 81 don't
know but it is true, demurely replied
the lady "I have heard that in your
own case there wasa certain nlis-demeanor
at the bottom of your trouble"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
Disabled soldiers.

The board of managers for the United
States national home for disabled volun-
teer soldiers say that the attendance is
larger now than it has ever been. There
are 9, 200 disabled soldiers at the central
branch, Dayton, o.. 754 at the Eastern
branch, Augusta, NE 75S at the North
western branch, Milwaukee, Wis; and
627 at the Southern branch, Hampton,
Va, making total Of $3.50.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11
Christmas Time.

Heap on moro wood tho wind il chill;
Bat le, /! whistle as il will,
Wen keep our Christmas merry Stn.
Each age has deemed the newborn year
The iittcst time for lcstal cheer:
Aud well our Christmas sircs of ola
Loved when tao yoar It's course had rollel,
And brouSa, bl.,he Christmas bach again,
With all his hosp.table train.
Domestic and religious right
Gave honor - the holy uiSht;
On Christmas eve the bells wcrS runS;
On Christmas eve DE mass was sung;
That only night, in al the year.
SAW the s,o,el priest the clAl,oe rcar.
The dAmsoI do,l.od her kir,lo sheen;
The hall was dressed with holly greca;
Forth to tho wooj lil merry men 81,
To saiher ia the uisyle;oe.
Then opened w.l, the barons nau
To ySSsal. tenant, syri, and all;
Power laid HIS rod oi rule aside.
And ceremony Jouyl las prila,
The heir, with roSgs IN his shoes,
That night might yi.lasy partner ehcosc;
The lord, undeross ting, sham
The vulgar game ~ post and pair.
Al hailed. With uncuuuoylcl delight
And general voicy, the happy might
Iha, % The cottage, as tko crown.
Brought tidinss ~ salvation down.
The fre, with wei dried logs supplied.
Wen: rosrinS up the chimney wide;
The huge hall ;Abl, $ o=kea tace,
Scrubbed I'll i shaue the day io grace,
Rore then upon is massive hoard
No marx 10 part thc squire ana lord
Then Was broGSh, ia the las;y lgawn,
ny old tlae coateI serving man;
Then the grim hears bead f.ovEcd On high
Crested With hays and rosemary.
Wen can the greea gss,ej ranger tell
How, when, aud where, the monster fcu:
Whist Digs bsfgrr his death hg tore.
And al, tbs hating q the bo-r.
The vassol roug3 in god brown bowls
GaraiShed Nth ribbons, bl.hJ.y trowla
There the huge Sr.o;a rrckci hard ty
Plum p1rr.3Sc stood, and Christmas I;s;
NoE fsilsd o.l Sooylaud - produce,
AZ such hisA tide, htr szyoyy goose.
Then c4ne tae-megry makers N.
And carols rosry1 with }lthesgrcc din;
II uanclolligBs was .hy s.ns,
1t was hearty Eatr. and strong.
Wha lists may ia their nlunlming see
Traces of als5gut mystery.
White shirts suYli.,l the masquerade,
And ssUtse3 cheeks the 5isars made
Isat. oh , wins; glssze-s richly dighi
Can boast 70 lrsou.s half So Echis
Essiaal aa> merry E4siAnl, when
0,1 Christmas brought his sports again.
Twas Christmas s-1acht1 iEc ulerg.est ale
Twas Chris;Ez2s told the Iacrric.t tale
A Christmas samboi Oft would cheer
The poor mans heart through half the year
-Sr HG1sr S-lr.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11

A FAMINE. "A Calcutta report says the
accounts Of the famine received from Ma
dras are worse than those from Bombay.
Large numbers of starving people are
flocldng into Madras. Deaths from star
walton have occurred. Much distress and
disease exists in the country districts.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11

Polar PEcULIARIrIEs.--It is well
known that the spot at which the ships
Of the Arctic expedition wintcred was so
far north that they lost all advantage
during their long night Of 140 days of
the aurora borcalis Apparently they
got behind not the north wind, but the
polar light This, however, was not al
together unexpected, but what was a
surprise TO most on the expedition was
that by way of compensation they got
nothing but full moons.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11

At last she knew she loved Wilfrrd
Herbert Not submit 60 him, indeed !
Why. Il would he her joy 10 recognize
his right t. demand ui her "a return for
the love he bore her Lucilla Fowler
had been hitherto Nillml, umpctuous
girl suddenly she had become trans
formed into loving. submissive W.
man. Bcatrce's wopis
And Beuo,i.yk. love uu / will ry.Iu.tc thcr.
Turning my Ws.3 heart e. Thy loving hand.
rose 20 her mind. and the spoiled beauty
and coqurttc. overwhelmed with shame
for her own wlllfulness. opened her ewes
to her own faults clearly and without
disguise, and sinking back IN despair ON
her pillow. burst into a passion ui
tears.
Lucilla scarcely slept all that night ::
hut when purrls came IN the morning
with the hot water and the iutimauuu
that il MAS nine o'clock, she felt almost
ashamed les, her mui should remark
her heavy ewes and haggam appearance,
Please, iaa ann, I'm very sorry hr-
gan poras, penltgntly, but ! forgot
all about IT,
Forgot all about what I" asked Lu-
ella, isylessly
The note, lnaum, for Captain Her
bert It's Christmas time, yvu see.
pleaded the laiy's maid apolugctic.lly !.
and when / left your ruum last night.
ma'am. to take 1t 70 the captain, | met
Mrs. Knox, the huusekvcpcr. IN the
corridor, and she told nee there WAS a
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11

when they were all so impressed with
the exceeding appropriateness Of the
thing, that singing, marching, decorpm
and all solemn feelings were knocked
into pi by a general roar of laughter at
the expense of Deacon B.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-01-11

Heap on noyo wood tho wind IL chill;
Bat le, /. whistle as il WILL
Wen keep our Christmas merry still.
Each age has decmcd the newborn year
The ittost time Tor fcstal cheer
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10
Mortgage Sale.

WHEREAS. Default has been made in the
conditions Of a certain mortgage, made Dy We
Nypuard. mortgagor, to Samuel Mayall, ana
Mary A Mayall, MORTGAGES, dated the louItn
Office Of the Register of Deeds Of Ramsey county
in Book Y. Of mortgage deeds page BOO, on the
tenth day Of June, D. 1872 to secure the
payment of FIVE hundred and fifty dollars, with
interest at ten per cent per annum, accord
ing to the conditions of six promissory notes,
each for ninety one dollars and sixty -slx Genus
payable in one, two, three, four, I'VE ana SIX
years respectively, with interest az zen per cen.
Der annumn, and one hundred dollars attor-
news fe-s in case OF foreclosure, Of certain
tract or parcel of land lying and being in the
County Of Ramsey, and State of Minnesota, de-
scribed as follows to-wit:
The south half Of lot eleven (l1), of block
nineteen (19), of Ashtons Il Shuburnes Addl-
ton to the city Of st. Paul, according to tue
plot on file in the Office OF the Register OF DEEDS
for said county. :,
And whereas the MORTGAGE Samuel Mayall
did on the eleventh day Of June, A. u. 1872,
duly assign said mortgage to james d: .ano
Ada L. Mayall, by an instrument IN Wr1tlng
duly executed, acknowledged and delivered,
which assignment was afterwards on the IiS
day of March, A. D. 1877, recorded IN tne
| Office Of the Register Of Deeds Of Ramsey coun.
| tv, in Book F. of assignments on pages l4s
and l46.
And whereas, there is now claimed to be due
on said mortgage at the date OF this notice
three hundred and fifty seven dollars and elgh'
tv-three cents principal and interest and ont
hundred dollars attorneys fees making in thu
aggregate four hundred and fifty-seven 83-lO'
dollars, and no suit or proceedings at law nave
been had to recover the same nor any par
thereof
| Now therefore notice is hereby given tina
pursuant to power of sale in said mortgag
contained and of the statutes in such case mao
and provided the mortgaged premises abov
described will be sold at public venoue O
Saturday the nineteenth day of May, a. u
1877, at ten O'Clock iu the forenoon at the iron
door of the old court house in Saint Paul IN tn
County of Ramsey and State Of Minnesota, to tn
highest bidder therefor, for cash, to satisfy an
pay said mortgage debt and the costs and dis
bursements allowed by law for such sale
Saint Paul, March oath. 1877:
JAMES H. MAYALL,
ADA L. MAYALL,
Assignee of Mortgage.
JOHN B. w 81. SANBORN.
Attorneys for Asignees.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10
JUST SUPPOSE 1T.

Home Rulers! Call mass meeting
n any centre or outskirt of Ireland.
Propose to it your thirty years lease
nd any-year rent raising. Tell them
hal "a good fat, fOx-hunting landlord
idins on their backs is not such Il bad
hing after all. Tell them that if they
c,nsent loyalty to this, why you may
lave Home Rule seat in some con-
'enient corner of Dublin, and that
When any of them visit the metropo-
is they will hear the chirpings of
our sweet, rent raising voices, and
he voices of your accomplices in a
ugatory Home Rule Parliament.
Tow this and no other thing-no less
nd no more-is the prize set before
he Irish people by you. the Home
rule squadron. 1t is a great stretch
f charity to suppose that you do not
now what you are doing-that you
o not know that of all the stumbling
blocks that lie in the people $ way yor
re at this moment the biggest. Its
haritable to suppose that you DON
now the evil part you are acting b,
re teople-diverting their gaze t.
,ur idle gymnastics in the parlia
,ntary ring.=Irish World.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-10
CRUMBLINC AND WHINING,

II several of our Irish exchanges
notice, week after week, a success
of whining complaints that are
lheeded by Alien Parliament as
j, are monOtOnous to us. The small
st concession for the ''poor peasant
- is petitioned for in beggar's ac-
ants.
But zoe don't complain. Complaint
no forte of ours. Our thought takes
tie another direction. Our work is
unteach men the error that lies
On them. the error that obscures all
lanly perception and paralyzes all
nanly resolve. The habitual heredi-
ary error, that idle impostors who
lever did, who never learned how to
10. any useful things in their lives,
re better than the true, active, en-
.rgetic workers who have redeemed
he world from it's state of wilder
Tess; who have made everything and
,njoy almost nothing-that sour prin
ipal mission. Let man come to the
ull knowledge of who he is; let him
ret rid of the superstition of caste
ct him rise up mentally to the true
lignity of manhood. When he doe:
hat he will be fit for liberty. and IN
will get it. too.-irish World.