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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
Running a Bank.

The first national bank ul Franklin.
johnson county, Indiana. has closed its
doors, the cashier, Richard r. TAYLOR.
having abscondei after long series Of
forgeries, which have nearly absorbed
the entire capital o3 the institution An
Indianapolis letter says Tie desalca-
tion is the largest ever perpetrated in the
State, and the fun particulars have not
Yet been disclosed Taylor was in this
city and sold sic. 600 worth of exchange
belonging % the bank a. the Indiana
banking company. $40, 600 on New York.
50 900 on Louisville. and g. 600 ON Gin
cinnati. He kept $40, 600 and left IL. 900
90 the credit of the bank. De was last
seen going toward the depot and said lac
was going home His disappearance led
30 an examination Of the Affairs Of the
bank, and il Was ascertained fhat he had
taken ont 81, 600 Of the reserve, and
that the running money % the bank was
-, 600 short The bills rec .yahle are
about So, 600 short, and the opposition
is that he discounted them and used the
money, as many foreign bankers have
lately been writing here making inquiries
about the bank. His brother, Elmer
Taylor, who is assistant cashier Of the
bank. received letter from him explain
ing that the affairs of the bank were in
a worse condition than one would mag
inc; that be had been forcing balances
and deceiving the bank examiners for a
long time, aud had been paying divi-
dends 10 stockholders without earning
them. He took with hEn the general
ledger. in which all the accounts of the
bank were kept, and therefore il il im-
possible 10 tell the condition If the
bank The bank is the fiftieth national
bank in the United States and the second
IN this State. and had "a capital ~ Si32.-
900 and surplus of Sl6,00O making
total Of $3.50. 000 The deposits were
probably few thousands less. The
bank is owned by rich farmers of the
county, who know little about banking
business. and Taylor has been cashier
aud general manager of il since 1870,
and had almast unlimited control If its
affairs. He il abou; thirty-two years 81
age and has always stood high IN the
community. He leaves a wife and one
child behind him. He had good habits
1t is thought that he has been operating
largely in Chicago margins. and tins is
supposed to be the cause oi his downfall.
II il expected that he has absorbed the
entire capital Of the bank, and as he was
not required Ia give bonds the farmer
stockholders will have to stand the loss.
IL is feared that an examination will re-
veal that some Of the banks Of this city
will lose 10y his deialcations, rs the bank
had almost unlimited credit Such sn
excitement was never known in the town
OF Franklin before.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
A Case Of Medical Skill.

Just now medical men in Paris are
busy discussing a curious case which has
come under the observation Of the
learned DIR. Yerneml. The doctor had
a lad brought 10 him for treatment at the
Hospital de Ia Pitie, who had swallowed
by accident q dose Of caustic potash.
The terrible escharotic produced so tight
a construction in the gullet that no food
would pass down into the stomach.
Death from inanition must have been the
result had not DR. Yerneuil couragcously
resolved to perform the dreadful opera
ton known as Pastrotomy. On the
twenty-sixth of July, accordingly, he cut
right into the lads stomach, and inserted
into it an elastic tube, through which
food could be injected In this way
soup, fine chopped meat, mashed vege-
tables and drink were administered. On
the tenth of September the young man
recovered his health and spirits. He was
able to go about and help the servants in
the hospital, and seemed to have as much
life and energy as he had before the acci-
dent Between the eighteenth of August
and the fourteenth of September he
gained ten pounds in weight, while be-
ing fed through the hole in his stomach.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
How a Woman Orders a Chest.

,HoholJus writes During our married
life my wife has insisted that we couldn' I
keep house properly without large
chest, for bed clothes and odd traps.
Last week | took the dimensions from
her, questioning rs follows:
How long?'
"Well, say ten feet" and she held
her hands about yard apart.
How wide?'
Well, pretty wide, say ak feet, "
measuring it on her apron.
How deep?'
"Oh, have it deep, guess eight feet
viii be about right.
Bridget arrived while we were Mt tea
Sure, sir, said she, that Ryan, the
storckcepcr, is here wild small barn on
n sthone boat. He's torn down both
the gnte posts driyin in. think it's n
chist he calls it, and he says wherelyez
have il ?"
I've succeeded in proving by the origi-
nal mem. Of measurements TINT there
was an error somewhere. The "chist "
has n window in it, ard contains the
cow, calf and one bale of hay. Wife
says she is going to find a man that
knows how 10 build n chest and not
make it large enough for a cattle barn.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
The FIRST White chiId.

Ia 1897 Jasper DankeIss and Petel
SlHyter, two travellers, appeared in New
York, who had been sent from Europe
by religious sect, called Lahadists, u
find some suitable place Tor a colony.
The founder of tie sect WAS Jean DE
Labadie, native oI Bordeaux, aud lac
had not many converts to his doctrines
among persons of learning. His public
declaration that he was inspired and
specially directed by Christ filed the
clergy with dismay, and caused him aud
his followers t0 be driven 10 Westphalla,
and afterwarl 10 Denmark.
Tie tr0 envoys landed ab0ut four
o'clock ON a September afternoon, and
were invited 20 a supper by fellow pas-
sengcr at the house IL his father-in-law
Jacob Swari, where They were invited b.
spend The night, and grncioasly ac-
ceptpd the invitation. Ihenext day was
Sunday, and. after partakina Of an ap-
petizing breakfast Of Ash and fruit. they
went to church 70 avoid scandal aa
they said. Ia the afternoon they were
escorted by Mr. and Mrs Swalt 10 a
tavern. where their daughter lived.
Toward evening they called upon one
of Mr.. Swart's neighbora His name
was Jean Yigne. He was the first male
child born IN New York, of European
parents. The date Of his birth. accord
ing to these travellers. must have been
1914. the very earliest period Of white
settlement. Ills mother owned farm
near Wall and Pearl streets He
was at tins time III possession Of the
old homestead. and kept an ancient wind
mill constantly NJ work upon the hill
back Of his hoase. He was a brewer,
a. well as q farmer and he was one ot
the great burghers Of the city He filed
the Office Of schepen in 1868, i'm 1856 and
in 1856. He left no children but
the descendants of his sisters are scat
tered through the country.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
Remarkable ures.

Con. A. J. Pieasauton's theories con,
cyrulue the influence uf blue and sun.
light up0n life and disease are attracting
'auch attention. 4 correspondent of the
Chicago !ribufr has recently striven to
renew public interest IN the matter by
relating some IL the remarkable cures
which have hesn wrought by means oi
blue glass. For instance, two old friends
II Gen. PleaSaut1n were afflicted with
rheumatism in the furtarms. from then
elbow JOINTS 10 u4eir finger ends. 10 se-
we're az times that they were unable tu
hold pens They obtained piece 81
blue glass and set il up loosely IN one Of
their windows For three days they
cared their arms and held them in the
associated blue and sunlight for thirty
minutcs Each DAY brought them re-
lief and al the end ul three DAYS the
rheumatism had disappeared. A little
child that had, from its birth, scarcely
any use ot it, legs WIS taken % play
daily In "a room where blue glass formed
"a portion of one of the windows. In a
very short time It obtained the use of
lis legs. and learned 10 walk aud run
without difficulty. The correspondent
gives page from his own experience.
" A lady ~ my family, about six weeks
ago, had violent hcmorrhaCe Of the
lungs. and for ten DAYS raised more or
less blood daily. She was very much
weakened by the loss of blood. aud con-
sidcrahly frightened w1thal. I obtained
some blue glass and placed it in the win
dow where she was IN the habit Of sit
ting, the blue glass constituting une-half
Of the lower sash Of the window. The
lady sat daily in the associated hghts, al
lowing the blue rays especially 30 fall
upon the nerves of the back of Che neck
for about nh hour n day. The second
day, the suns rays being unusually
strong. she got too much blue glass, aud
OF night felt peculiar sensations in the
back of the neck. among the nerves, and
an unpleasant fullness in the head
These sensations wore off next dRv, and
since then she has not remained so long
at time under the blue glass. But
from the frat she begun 20 grow strong
er, her face soon gained its natural full
ness. aud in week she was 60 all ap-
pcaIunces as well a. ever. OF course
She was not cured Of the trouble in her
lungs in SO short "A time, but the sore
ness in her chest has passed AWAY and
sho begins 10 feel well again. Another
lady who had lost her hair sat under
glass and reRnined it. Anothor-hut a
paragraph. like all other good things,
must come to an end sometime.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
How We Take Cold.

Getting wet. and wet feet, occupy n
very serious place in the list Of colds:
aud there is no doubt that damp and cold
applied To the general surface il the most
efficient means Of producing chill aud
vital depression, with congestion Of the
internal organs II is necessary that
cold be combined with moisture to pro-
duce this effect Even il MI the clothes
on the body are wet, no harm will come
go long as they are kept warm; and this
suggests the very great value, to oil per
SONS liable 20 exposure "a wet, of light
waterproof overalls. They may either
be put on to keep the underclothing
dry; or il the Undertaking haa become
wet, either by weather or by perspirntion,
they may be put ON 10 prevent too rapid
ev poration and consequent reduction Of
temperature, especially when the person
is about TO remain still after getting warm
with exercise. In this variable climate,
therefore. schoolgirls, govcrnesses. shop
and factory girls, and all women whose
occupations call upon them 10 brave the
weather, ought TO carry with them COM
plete waterproof mantleR, made rs light
ns possible, but extending from the neck
to the ankles, which can be put on or not
as required; and boys and men, similarly
exposed, should carry waterproof over
alls.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
Power Of sympathy.

At the union depot at Toledo. Saws a
local paper. a coffin lay ON baggage
truck waiting 10 be put on TO Lake Shore
train No. 4. when il should go ont. III
was directed 10 Parma. Mich. Ii con-
tsinei the remains of the son of a woman
who. in one short year, had lost every
near relative she possessed on earth
husband. daughter and tao sons. This
was her last son, who had lust died i'm
Cincinnati. She hal been summoned to
HI 81 e when he was suddenly taken III,
a.ld just arrived one hour after he breath
ed his last. calling vainly in the agunies
of death for his mother. At times the
realization OF her terrible grief and luneli-
ness would weigh down ON her with snch
unheanble force that she would almost
grow wild with anguish. She paced the
floor Of the depot impatiently, and finally
walked out and stood over the coffin,
wringing her hands and meaning with
grief. Another woman saw her and came
to her side. They were utter strangers.
hut sorrow made them sisters DO not
give way to your grief so completely, =
said the strange lady % the poor woman.
" How can help it ?" said she, almost
fiencely. Z" 1t Is well enough for YOU to
say So. but what DO YOU know about suf-
ferinc2 This was all had.
"Ah, my dear woman, said the stan-
ger. taking her by the hand, Il know
what sorrow is. Last week I buried MI
/ had ON earth. =
Almost instantly the poor woman stor-
ped her weeping. grasped her comforter's
haul nne~arl.- and w-aika1 avx-nv fvsasn cha
coffin with her into the waihng-room.
~ viii learn 20 bear il, SAID she but
I did not believe that in this wide world
there was one human being called 10 suf-
fering like mine.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
A ferYent Appeal.

A good story Of hospital Sunday ser
mon was told mn exchange. In district
inhabited hy wealthy people, but mostly
connected with trade. and in which com
mercial credit is everything, the clergy
man in question prefaced his discourse
with these words " Before commencing
my appeal to your purses, my friends, i
will mention n case Of conscience which
has been put to me this morning by an
esteemed member Of this congregation.
He Is, he says. to oil appearance a rich
man, but in reality is on the verge of
bankruptcy. He would wish to put his
g note in the collection plate as usual !;
but would il be honest. he asks, seeing
that what money he has left is, in fact,
his creditors, and not his own. have
advised him, dear friends, not to give I;
and if any Of You are in n similar un-
happy plight, i also say: BE just
before You are generous Those in good
circumstances will, on the other hand,
give according 10 their means" 1t is
said that SO many s. notes were never
seen in the collection plate before as on
the occasion of that sagacious appeal.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
The Troops In Washington.

A Herdid dispatch says. Anticipat-
ing n request for information from the
special committee on the use Of the
army in certain Of the Southern States
~ TO why troops were concentrated in
Washington, it is understood the Presi-
dent hns instructed the secretary of war
to answer that in November last, when
the order was given for troops 60 come
here, there was grave apprehension lest
the negro population of the District of
Columbia, then represented to be in
great destitution. should attempt n raid
ON the treasury building and otherwise
endanger the peace of the citizens of
Washington generally. That there was
great political excitement growing out
Of the Presidential vote, and the exi-
gency demanded the presence here of an
armed force which was brought here at
very little extra expense over that Of
transportation, and that on the whole q
change Of station had been beneficial to
the troops. Any political intent is dis
claimed for the order bringing the
troops to this city.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
NUMBER 9.
Fa.hIon Noles.

Plnsi IN the rage.
I Kid bonneta grow ID favor
The Breton is n new jacket
/ Plush b0nnets are novelties.
Trailing skirts are moribund.
Shopping for valentines has begun.
Fancy ball costumes are In demand.
Gray il 10 be the fashionable spring
color.
Brazilian insect ornaments are in de-
mand.
The Emma Abbott il the newest
polohaiae
Dresses are made narrower than ever
ia front
Icelandie costumes viii De worn at
fancy balls.
Childrens paletots arr a. long A. their
dresses.
Gentlemen wear black silk or alpaca
dominoes.
japanese styles of costume are eJming
in vogue.
Sleeves ARE so tight that i Is dificuit
b. belld tie arm
Tie Dunicheff domino IL IL black
Woire, trimmed with red.
Large pockets and eapes are seen On
ehildreu's palet0ta.
All opera bonnets and hats are small,
and have low crowns
Satin and plush ribbons are the rage
u the moment i'm London.
Black cashmere II s6n t4e favoriie
fabric for dresses for old ladies
Jewela aud feathers are very fashion
able for trimming ball dresses
japanese costumes Are very popular
for fancy balls and masqner1ales.
Turban hats are very fashionable IN
London.
historic costumes are very fashionable
tor uiAsquerades and fancy balis
A new trimming used IN the place oi
fur is a mnrabout of silk aud chenille
Fashionable girls win not wear the
Martha Washington dress this season.
Brazilian feathers and insects are very
fashionable for fancy bah coiffnres.
Venetian dominoes, with long sleeves
and y cape, are seen IL tae coatumer.
No fashionable lady wears Gains
borough or large lmt to the theater or
opera.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
Loves Belief.

| believe il were dead
And you should kiss my cyclds where l lie
Cold, dead and dumb to al the world contains,
The folded orbs would open At thy breath,
And, from the exile in the isles Of death,
Life would some gladly back slons my veins.
i believe il were dead.
And you upon my llfcless hear, should tread
Not knowing What the poor elod ohanced Il
be-
II would dnd sudden pulse beneath the touch
or him il ever loved in life 50 much,
Aud throb again, warm, tender, true 70 thee.
believe il in my grave,
Hidden in woody depths by all the waves,
Your eyes should drop some warm tears q
regret
From every salty Seo.l of your dear grief
Some fair, sweet blossom would leap into Leaf
To prove death could not make my love forget,
believe il should fade
Into the mystic realms where light i made.
And YOU should long once more my face to sec,
would come forth upon the hills ot night
And gather stars hke taegcss. ;..i thy sight,
Led by the beacon blaEe, fell fun ON me,
believe my love for thee
(Stroag a. my hfeN q nohly placed 80 be,
Ii conld as sOon expecg 10 see the sun
FAn Ike 8 dead king from ms heights sublime.
His glory stricken from The throne of time,
As thee unworth the worship thou hast wen.
believe love- purv and true.
Is - the soul a sweet, immortal dew
That gogns hfe's petals in the hoar of dusk
The waiting angels see and recognize
The rich crown jewel love Of paradise,
When life falls from Us like witherea husk
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
Lnnk Followed Him.

One Of the chief purchasers at the
Menzies book sale in New York, was
quite new collector whose history j.
curious. Years ago he took it into his
head that he would take to farming ON
Long Island, and set out to find desira-
BILE farm He went on tour OF inspec-
ton, carrying with him q shovel with
which he dug up ground and then had it
analyzed. However, not finding aught
to his taste on Long Island, he determin-
ed 10 90 to Rhode Island, and there pur-
chased farm for $40, 600, on which he
expended $4,000 more, and then. ap-
parently tired Of it, rented the ground
Tor few hundreds a year, and with the
small remnant of his fortune went TO Cal
fornia there he made a lucky hit, aild
not long since returned TO tile East TO
make the agreeable discovery that during
his absence the city Of Providence had,
providentially for him, been steadily ad-
yancing toward his farm, which had be-
come immensely valuable Presently he
sold off $50, 900 worth, and then, arriving
at the conclusion that he had let ii 60 too
cheap, he had the rest surveyed and laid
out IN streets hdd lots. He has now sold
altogether ao00, 600 WorthI
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01

A handsome boy boarded for year
in a Nashville hotel, and conducted n
sewing machine agency. He was active
and successful in business, and pet of
the women, with whom he was fond of
associating. His youthfulness insured
him more freedom with the mthan would
have been accorded an older beau; but
one day he hugged and kissed cham
bermaid, and was complained OF to the
landlord. At this point in the story the
pronom "he" must be changed TO
" "she," for the offender confessed to
being a woman in boys clothes. She
said that, being compelled to earn her
own living, she learned 10y experience
that her sex was n detriment. So she
took to trousers. and in that guise she
not only did better in business, but was
able to bamboozle the women.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01

When you feel disguised because the
street cars are cold and your Office chilly,
says a city paper, imagine yourself q
farmer out watering g drove OF stock in
a creek five miles from home, with the
ice twenty inches thick, the snow two
feet deep, the mercury clear down in the
boots Of zero, the wind blowing like a
1,000-horse tanning mill from the north
east, and every animal in the crowd try
ing to horn You In the back becanse YOU
don't chop holes fast enough,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01

week g. week as Ia whnt enemies should
bee guapitd against, ami what preventive
and remedial measures should bu adopt.
ed The weather signal bureau, first
suggested aud urged hy thc late l. A. Lap
ham, was not instituted without r,dicule
and opposition, hit Il hHs saved millions
Ia our commerce and agriculture. The
maintenance uf an chronological COM
mission and the appointment of State en-
tomolnglats, would involve comparatively
little expense,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01
The Flight Of Time.

Time speeds away, away, away;
Another hour, another dAy,
Another month, another wear,
Fall from ne as the leaflet eera.
Time will our choicest strength invade,
The rose bloom from the cheek win fade,
The tresses from the temples fall,
The eye grow dim and strange to all
Time speeds away, away. away
Like torrents in q stormy day
He undertnines the stately tower,
Uproots the tree and snaps the flower,
And tears from our distracted breast
The Friends that loved the friends that
hlest,
And leaves us weeping on the shore
To which they can return uo more,
Time speeds away. away, away;
No eagle in the skies of day.
No winds along the hills can flee
So swiftly or SO smooth a. he.
Like fiery steed. from stage 20 stage,
lie bears us on from youth % age,
Then plunges in the fearful sea
OF fathomlesS eternity.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-01

TURN ABOUT" Going into partner
ship with Jones I should have thought
you'd had enough of partnerships, after
BroEn." "Ah, you see. when we first
became partners, Brown had all the ex-
perience, and / all the money. Now,
Jones has all the money, and I've all the
experiences"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-03
LEGAL NOTICES.

DE THOMAS cox. DECEASED NOTICE Is HERE.
1lby given that r. John Cox, panoortc tuner who
employed by Mr. Potts Of Brighton and who eits
the 9TH OF june 1853 ana since been
heard ~ by any member 81 his nmy will amply to Mr. A.
" Tatersa OF No ~ boughborough Park >tockvcll. IN
the comfy surrey before the 18th
next he will receive the Legacy duo him under the will
Of his latter the late Mr. Thomas Con- Of Holland Urove.
North riNton II application j. not made before the
said 9TH day Of November ~ the saia legacy will be a
vded among the next OF Rim Dated the 18Th day Of APRIL
1877 A. ~. TArTEESnALL. ~ Lou ghborongh Park,
ana FRA CTS COX. OF Mosyn road. BriNton. Trustees