The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-29

the blRek NILS viii have pupmlhtlu
of from 10000 iu31 00l
II not prayer n study Of truth, sall
Of the soul into the unfeuud infinite
No man ever prayed heartily with0u
learning something.
II ia nm old practice In Cambridge
shire, England, villages 10 sprinkle witt
ohan the doorstep of a house belonging
10 man suspected of beating his wife
chah being the result ~ thraahing.
"What do you get from iodine2" ask
ed the medical professor. We Ret--a
ah--nsually get idintic acid, " yaWned th,
student. I" Have You been taking
some 2" quietly asked tho professor.
Among the many useless and cumber
some nppurtenanoes Of the nineteenth
century that win go down % p0atcrity
iH the man who laps his spoon with hii
tongue, and then dips il in the sugar.
There are in Connecticut, New Jersey
and New York, hat manufactures which
ii run nt their full capacity, could easily
make in two months all the soft hats the
country would demand In the next vii
months.
Why, my dear fellow, whispered d
friend, +" did mot know y0u were Bc
badly maltreated IN the affair /" Nor
| neither" s0bbed the victim, "till ]
heard my lawyer a tellin' the jury all
about il I"
The latest uHe 10 which paper In put
il that Of a protector of ships bottoms.
Experiments show that when a cement
% waterproof paper IL employed. ii ii
the best and cheapest material for pro
tecting iron.
The Japanese toilet mirror allows q
woman 10 see All sidUA If her head at
once; but what ii needed in this country
IL d mirror which will deceive her into
thinking that a last years bonnet in one
of the latest style.
DR. BFoEn-Sequard says that coughing
may be prevented by pressing On the
nerves u the lips in the neighb0rho0d
Of the nose, by pressing in the neighbor-
hood oi the ear, and by pressing very
hard on the top of the mouth.
Since the disclosure of the fact that
an old apple woman Of New York had
large bank account, her survivors Of the
trade nov appeal 10 public sympathy by
card Ny savings are no more 1 In
vested In an insurance company.
Brown, meeting Jones, his friend, and
seeing him look very miserable, said
Hull0, old man Why. you've a face
just fiji for funeral 7" " So / ought 10
have, " replied Jones, " considering I've
inst had an execution in my house.
A New Bedford instice Of theu peace
recently married couple in what l. sup
posed 20 be tie quickest time on record.
Did You come % be married p he ask
Ell. Yes. Go ont. Won are mar
ried, and they went out Wonderingly.
When yon try 10 carry home heavy
article, Won should take every advantage
Of il. Some men who can carry4a iHgof
whisky home when ii il kept in tie jug.
require the aid of two policemen when
they attempt to carry il home inside
'em.
The oldest duke IN Great Britain in
the Duke Of Portland, aged seventy
seven, the youngest, the Dnke OF Mont
rose, aged twenty-five. The oldest mar
quis il the Marquis Of Donegal, aged
eighty; the youngest, the Marquis Of
Camden, aged five.
David Dudley Field doesn't like 10
bacoo. Entering n committee room the
other day be found q reporter smoking.
{" Young man, said he, throw away
that cigar; smoke il offensive To me. I'd
just ~ soon a man would spit i'm my
face as 10 smoke where | am.
What a borrid young one, said
lady ia low tone 90 her companion. az
the baby show Then approaching the
child the same Young lady exclaimed in
the presence of the mother. Oh, the
sweet darling l-prettiest one we've seen
vet the little precious darling
A temperance sanitary colony has
been organized in Fresno county, Cal.
The members pledge themselves TO pre-
serve the sanitary condition Of the
colony by maintaining the purity Of the
air. to sell or make no intoxicating
liquors, and to belong to no secret or
ganization-
III is claimed that over 1--we hundred
commercial travellers 0f New York. Bns-
ton, and Philadelphia have formed n
hotel league, and have mapped ont one
hotel in each city and town oi the coun-
try az which 60 stop when ''on the road,
with the view Of securing special rates
and cheap accommodations
Ont West no man ! ambition has been
faIly satisfied until lie has been mistaken
on the train for "a commercial traveller.
Then the radiance that streams from a
eontented soul illumines his grateful,
happy face, and H. he looks around ii
seems to him that all the bright world
takes its sunlight through blue glass.
A gentleman in San Francisco, whose
Chinese cook left him. was unable to re-
tain any Of the numerous :" Johns for
over 4 day. until be induced one Of them
TO explain that some apparently mean
inEless strips Of red paper on the kitchen
Nall contained the Chinese inscription:
- Boss woman long time tongue. Muchee
jaw, jaw"
About six months ago young man In
Rock Island voluntarily escorted an old
LADY home from q church sociahle. Last
week she kindly died and left him
$1,000. And now the old women of
Rock Island are fairly besieged with
beaux, and the prettiest girl in town has
30 walk home alone every time ii there IL
an old woman in the congregation.
A pleasant instance Of true generosity
and its reward, occurred at a suburban
town recently. A woman who supported
two children by hand work was asked by
a fellow worker in the mill TO aid in max
ing mp a purse for n poor woman.
Though having only sixty cents left 10
carry herself and children through the
week, she gave twenty-five cents, and
little later the person returned and told
her that she was the one for whom the
purse was intended, and handed her SIS.
Don't work too hard. SAYS Smidgkins.
Don't work SO hard that you cant 60
home at night and Jaw around If your
supper isn't ready, and have strength to
kick things around, and get up after
supper. feeling renewed strength, and
60 down town and play billiards till one
o'clock. and come home and sleep till
nine. No, don't work too hard. IL is
best 10 have little pleasure ms well az
work in the world, and besides work
breaks down the constitution.
The Cincinnati Enquirer prints the
bit of history in answer to the
inquiry Of a subscriber: The expression:
% Pull down your vest, " was first heard
IN this country in 1868. A New Eng
and deacon named Spilkins had n vest
which was too short for him. When in
| heated debate or controversy his vest
s.ns,fI work y,ra ryalaF his chin pnorte