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

II has been proven imposaihle to raise
The wrecked British ironelad Vanguard,
aud her nnats viii be blown up by dy-
Mantle, ns they are dangerous 10 shiP-
ping.
The English post-ofinea forwarded In
1874 no fewer than 96T, ,og1 COO LETTERS
7s, OO0, 600 postal cards, and u.s. s0oos coo
book packets, mostly At half penny and
penny ratee.
IL is staied that 00,000 Philadelphia
families viii break mp housekeeping on
the first of January and slart around the
country making Centennial calls. Re
yenge IL sweet.
Thought ia leave ny measure on
your floor, said a man who fel down in
4 barrooEa. 4" 40 necessity for that, T"
said the hsrkeeper. - We know exactly
how much you hold.
There are two ways Of going Through
this world. One is 20 make the best Of
Il and the other is 10 make The woFt %
IL. Those Who take the lNttSE c0urse
work hard for poor par.
When your steak is hroiiel done put il
on n hu; dish. sprinkle With nlineea par
sley. salt and pepper, lay un Jumps ~
butter. and put ii into q hot oYen until
there is NO juice or butter visible
Mother. have any cililllrenf n aslsed
an urcliin uf eight sumiaerA Why,
not WHIST pm that IN your headf y re-
turned tie surprised parent :. BecagEn
/ read to-day of chldreB's children,
answered the acute juvenile.
The average speed II railroad trains
from New York 10 the Pacific cuast is
nineteen miles an hour. and the san
Francisco newspapers urge that y De n
creased 10 thirty. which would shorten
tie journey over two days
A minister IN Lexington, KY., lately
said IN the pulpit Ulat he had seen
pack uf cards and q backgammon board
In the parlor II q member Il hls church.
and after services sewers plpus men
scoldcd their wives foT c.relessness.
What il tho trouble among our
younr men p Around here it sreEns to
be that there ara SIX working days hl-
tween every two Sun6avs. and tAey faai
that il Is nm Uniuss dasrallsaitoa, afid
that there ought to he more Sundays.
The paragraphs og .le iuiuze will
write such items CO. lhsf 4 etr0ng
wind came through r window and over
turned Airs. Wce3ers c0en3atazv jar
Yesterday forenoon. and her husbana's
uTnings were swept av-ay IN t1sInkhng.
General Hawlev says that the bes3
thing he saw at the Exhibition Was the
American people, and that during tlle
whole time he was there lie did not see
single intoxicated person on the grounds,
nor did be witness any difficulty or alter
cation.
In China agriculture is considered the
noblesi ~ arts 10 which man can attain.
To such degree Is the worship 0f this
art Carried ulai the annual fctr day Of
agriculture IL attended hv the emperor
in person, who ON this day huInbly wiesds
the pillow.
Let Turks delight 70 howl and fight,
for tbs their nature %: lot besr and hon
growl and bite. for madness made them
sa But. Yankees, yog should never let
your angry passions rise; don't quarrel;
trade. work hard. lie low, and forward
the supplies.
A man named Watts. living IN Sac
county, Wisconsin. saw a prairie chicken
on the top of his wheat stack and shot
nj II. The wadiing from tie gun set
tie stack on fire: the FIRE destroyed that,
the barn and the house Less. s., 800
The chicken few away.
an the department. Of Biscay. Fmnce,
every landowner must plant two saplngs
for every timber tree he cuts down. In
Java the birth of every child is cele-
brated bv planting n fruit tree. which in
as carefully tended as the reoord of the
age uf the child whose birth it registers.
A novel attempt at suicide is reported
from Delphi. Ind. One Greiss, "A hard
drinkor, purchased ten cents worth Of
powder. filed his mouth with powder,
and touched il off with a lighted
coal. His mouth and face were terribly
burned, but it is Thought he VIII recover.
Seven Cinnamon are partners in busi-
ness in San Francisco. A creditor, find
ing il hard work 10 collect debt, learn
ed that the money was IN the safe. the
safe had seven different locks, each part
ner had one key, and they had 10 be
unanimous before the money could he
got at.
One az the customers in a BARRIERS
shop sees dog of ungainly aspect sitting
opposite intently Watching linn. Why
does that dog look at me 50 ?" why,
sir, occasionally my hand slips, and / am
so unfortunate rs 90 snip of bit Of ear. "
"Elrg and what thens" Why, then
he eats IT,
The property of the proprietors Of a
faro bank in San Francisco has been at
tached at the suit Of Parrott & Co.,
bankers, who charge that their default
ing clerk lost some $685. 900 Of the funds
Of the bank at the gaming tables OF the
defendants. It is rumored that a num-
Der of prominent citizents VIII be sub
pmnaed rs witnesses fer the plaintiffs,
and the affair is likely to oause some ex-
element
At n recent Sunday-school reunion the
superintendent proposed that they form
line and march 70 the song Hold the
Fort. Accordingly the line was formed
with Deacon B. at the head. All went
beautifully until they came to the second
verse
- See the mighty host advancing,
Satan heading on,
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 general roar of laughter at
the expense of Deacon B.