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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-19
Mhat the RniIroad Traln Sims.

Lying broad awake in o berth Il
sleeping car. SAYS Brett Harty, I could
not helr making some observations which
| think are not noticed by the day tny-
elar First, that tie speed ~ q train is
not equal or continuous. That ~ Ger
tain times the engine apparently starts
up. aud SAYS e. the baggage tram behind
il. Come. come. this won't lni Why,
it's nearly ha'f-past two; how shall We
get through Don YOU talk tome. Pouhl
pooh Z" delivered IN that ryihmicll fash
ION which all meditation assumes on q
railway train ErgnyE grgfiG: One
night having raised my window curtain
81 look over mpDul!t snowy landscape.
as | pulled IL down the lines Cd! q popular
comic song flashed across me. Fatal
error The train instantly took II mp, and
during the rest Of the night | was haunted
by this awful refrain: "Pull down the
bcl-lind. pull down the hcl-lind. some
shoo," Naturally this differs on diirc %
cut railways. On the New YORK Central.
where the road bed is quite perfect and
the steel rails continuous. IhaychcHrd this
irreyercnt train give the worlsofa q certain
popular revival hymn after thlS fashion:
Hold the fort. for l am Sankcy. Moody
singers still, wave tho swish swush back
from klinky, klinky, hankv kill" On
the New York and New Haven, where
there are many switches, and the engine
whistles at every cross road, have often
heard: Tommy, make room for your
whoopy that's little clanc. bumpity
bumpity boopy, clikitty, cliEttv. clang.
Poetry, | fear, Jared little better. One
starlit night, coming from Quebec, as we
slipped by virgin forest, the opening
lines Of Evan gcline flashed upon me.
But all ] could make Of them WIS this
This is this forest prim-cynl-eval; tho
groves Of the pines and the hom-locks-
locks-locks locks-loooock ~ The train
was only slowing or "brabing' up at
q station. Hence the jar in the meter.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-19
Success la Life.

Do We ever quite succeed IN Our own
estimatiun2 Is not our success ncces-
sarly beyond anything We have accom-
plishod L. not success another name
for the unattuiued and uuAttuiunhle 2 In
not our success called such only 10y
others But, taking the word IN lta
mere practical and rather vulgar mean
ing theHcquiremeut uf "A crl tam amount
ui property, there are few who succeed.
Perhaps everybody N tAis country
vaguely hopes that he shall some day be
rich, riches hayIugnu special significance
excepting relief from labor aud accom-
pulyIug ease uf surroundings. After IA
number Of years Of graphing with the
world, the majority Of men find that all
they can expect a. DO ls 10 live, aud they
make no active effort for accumulation.
Privately, al least, they admit they have
failed. having IN mind acquaintance and
friends in possession uf houses, lots,
bonds and stocks not 10 be computed.
Have they failed2 Compared with the
houdholiers and stock owners, yes COM
pared with q host Of others, NO. II
they have managed To keep ont of debt.
they have done better than the mass. for
not one ia fifty, IL is said, quits the world
financially even Therefore. .t may be
asserted they have been successful In
quIre ut the euyivd bouuhollers II they
have succeeded, ami YOU Will discover
that they, tDu, are disappointed. some
one un whom they have fixed their eve
has succeeded. but not they The little
they have scrapel together amounts 90
nothing. They are no nearer content
mcut than those who simply make both
ends meet; IN all likelihood they are not
a1 near, for they are ambitious aud rest
less Tor further acquisition. while those
are resigned 10 their condition.
lt is astonishing the small proportion
oi thc successful "a the unsuccessful IN
any aud every walk of life. OF a thou
sand who study law and are admitted 10
the bar, the majority are driven from the
profession 10y want If practice; hun
dred, perhaps, earn scaniy living,
twenty gain pscuulary independence,
five get some reputation, one or two be-
come distinguished. Among the Young
men authorized to write NJ. ID. after their
names. how many take ANY rank as pAysl-
ciausF Hardly one IN seventy, and 81
these. comfortable competency and wide
reputation come not "a five. ClcrEymrn
of real ability are exceedingly scarce,
and even these frequently suffer from
lack of appreciation. Unless chance
favor. they may deliver clever sermons
down 20 old age. from country pulpits,
and NOT ala ocho II their clrycrucss reach
the sources that chronicle fame. Never
tAclcs,, theological scmiuUr.cs are full Of
-.udcu;s, aui liberal donations are con
stAutly making for their support -Nttr
l'u-. Ila.ts
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-19
A Ne,aory.

II he had come in the carly dawn,
When the sunrise flushed the earth,
would have given him all my heart,
Whatever the heart Vas worth.
II he had come at the noontde hour,
Hc would not have come too late.
would have given him patient faith,
For then ! had learned to wait,
II he had come in tho after-elow,
In the peace Of the eyeutide,
I would have given him hands and brain,
Aad worked Tor him TN died.
IL he comes now the sun Is set
And the light has died away.
lvll, not give him broken HE,
But will turn and say him Nay"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-19
The Sen. the Sea.

At a dinner party given by Secretary
Sherman to the members Of the cabinet
the table was graced by q three-masted
ship composed Of flowers. On the main
mast was o small United States flag,
which Secretary Sherman said his little
daughter had placed there. Senator
Hoar OF Massachusetts, said, in his drys
Yankee way, TO the secretary Of the navy,
who sat opposite him: 'fWell, Mr..
Thompson, viii you please tell us If that
is the correct position for the American
flag to occupy on a ship?" Everybody
awaited the reply, for it is well known
that the new secretary is no sailor, and
they thought he was cornered. But he
took advantage of the cabinet custom,
and replied in a dignifed manner !:
"Ahem I viii refer you, SIR, to the
attorney. general.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-19

- AttAA VIZ aAAAhf
Whose blood lepe madly when The trumpssa
bFaycd
To joyous battle mid storm Of sieeds
Won . rich kingdom on battle day
But In The sunset he was ebhlng fast.
Hinged by his weeping lords. His left band held
Ills white asoed, 20 the belly Eplaahcd with
blood,
That seemed 10 mourn him with hia drooping
head
Ills right, hih broken brand and in hla car
Hla old victorious banners Zap tho winds.
He called hia faithful herald 10 his side
100 tell tho dead come = with proud
smile,
The warrior with = stab let out his soul,
Which fed and shFiekod through all the oths
world
"Ye dead my master oolnesr And there
vas pause
TN the great shade should enter
--Alezaadv smi0.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-19

FRIGHTENED. An old fashioned clergy
man named Moore was riding on horse
back one stormy day, enveloped in
loose cloak of large proportions and hav-
ing broad scarlet collar. BY the nc
about in all directions, when gentle
man rode up on n spirited horse, which
SHE'D and almost threw the rider. "That
cloak of yours would frighten the devil,
said the gentleman. You don't say SOL"
replied Mr.. More why, that's just
my trade"
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-19

SIMPLE ADDITION. Rose (who
has kindly taken in hand an illiterate
housemaid-" Five and one make six.
That's right. Now, what do one and
six maJe?" Jane prcmptly)-" Eighth
pence, Miss -
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-19
Urecn Morm- on Cabbnge.

@. Alexander, Staunton, Va, wrote
the American farmers club inquiring the
best means for destroying the green
worm on cabbage. The worm referred
to the writer described as from an inch
to one-half inch long at maturity. 1t has
for several years past been very destruc-
tive to the cabbage crop in his vicinity.
The application Of salt, lime, saltpeter,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-04-19
Root Pruning

never had much faith in pruning the
roots Of trees 10 make them bear fruit
It appears 20 me that the more extensive
the roots, the more fruit the trees ought
10 bear but / may be mistaken. An
English fruit grower says in an English
paper that having some very free grow
ing plum trees which bore no fruit. he
dug a trench two feet six inches from
their trunks. half around the trees in a
semi-circle, cutting,off all the roots rs far
as he dug, and with sharp knife
smoothed the ends of the roots cut Of.
The result was that the first season the
trees did not make So much wood ms pre-
viously, but many spurs formed all over
the trees which were covered with buds !:
and the second season they bore n large
crop Of fruit He closes his article as
follows: ''The inference gained is to root
prunc all gross growing unfruitful trees
We proved the good Of II years ago IN
the treatment of apples, pears, and even
figs. besides plums, and there is no bet
ter time Of the year for performing the
same than the month of October. The
great art Of fruit growing is to so manage
our trees that they shall possess sufficient
vigor to produce fruit of good quality,
but not to overgrow that limit, by max
ing good growth at the expense of
crop Of fruit II is quite probable that
root pruning in certain cases may cause
barren trees TO produce good crops but
we need more light on the subject than
we now possess. In the above case the
roots were cut OF but half way around
the trees butt is evident that he would
have badly injured them if the entire
roots had been severed two feet and n
half from their trunks. A better way
than to cut half around would be TO dig
further from the trunks of the trees,
according to their age and growth, and
to cut off the roots entirely around them,
from four TO six feet from their trunks
T. g. Miner, in the NetO York World.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-02

rbis coin instead OF weighing like the dollar OF our
fathers 4I2ia grains, weighs 40 grins ana ~ Old e
n, Of nearly II OF silver to Of gold depecahR n.
nor cent Instead of the contemplated PER 'ehI
~ Mr. Hands bill. Mr. seyd has said vi tols piece
of lcy,s,aion "a more miscicyous and wanton pro-
c.edup than the coinage of this piece. directly in'uhg
IN. svc-oinx interests in the dcased price, cannot
wcll be Imagined: =: and set II wa at the dieeV nS"oo
NJ tbo owucrs of silver mines that the Jaw WAS paSS'"
n vos A rash and ill-co.sidered bid FOR inc u'he
,f China and an attempt TO undersci tho
Mexican dollar. For very trlhing PfeSe'i'
,dy,utnse the sellers of silver were foolish enough
IN dcbasc not only the existing stock but the whoe
tu,,re ,roIuct of their mines. Shall we repeat that
cosv experiment on broader scale by passing thc
Bland bill into lawi sincerely hope not H tue si-
ycr urobem receives right treatment at our haos zee
In Il opportuntrs incicuabla future advantage IL
will help 10 define and aid perhaps determine the mon
cary policy OF all Europe II will bridge the gnf winch
st lies wcen and specie payment ana what ls 10
mean object IL will reconcile the domestic conict De-
tween the partisans OF hard and soft money ana give
standing ground for the lever which Is To move our iure
industries IT, the contrary, by ignorant ana precp
egsatio we isolate ourselves from the rest of the
world and make ourselves the receptacle for discarded
silver there s no degradation which has been predicted
for that metal by the most ardent patras of the god
standard which shall not be prepared to SEQ IL undergo
Your oie'iicnt servant, GEORGE "ALAEh-
Nelc- York. Dec .6 1876.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-02
POSIIL EIILUII COMMISSIONS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS OF RAILWAY OFFICIALS
riiE COMPENSATION iNsufFIClENI-IHE LAAM-
lNATIDN ENDED.
BOsrON, Jan. 1.-The United States Postal
Railway Commission met the fremont House tOday.
Mr.. Holmes, la reply To question b. I'll" Chairman as
To what would the effect II ali Railway poStutces
were abolished, replied that the distribution of the mails
IN the Boston PostOnicc could not be made with dis
patch under tDo present arrangement.
MI stcarns of the Fitchburg Railroad presented
statement Mr.. Albert A. Folsom, General -upclintcnd-
r the Boston and Providence Railroad testified "A, 10
IT,. value the mail carriage that road The com
pcsatiOn moi sufficient the gross amount paid being
little over $4,000 lie of opinion that the Govern
in.nt should pay or the mail service III proportion To the
number of cubic feet occupied by the malls. Under the
present Of sending mails Ia Newlo.k, he
Thought that his road carrying than 100 per
cent what they pad for He thought that the
whole postoice arrang unsatisfactory ~ far
as ny OF mails Ovef railroads. whs concerned
Mr.. stewart, Superintendent Of the Cheshire RuirOad
was also witness and testified AZ To the method oi ear
Tyng The mails tua ROAD Tnis virtually ended tle
by the comm briunrtS. Unfinished
testimony viii be furnished 10 the connissoh 10 dOtd
New-York tribune., 1877-01-02
SPORTS AT THE HIPPoDRoME.

About 500 persons made their way through
the snow last evening GilmOres Garden, where the
chief attractions trOtting race under sadde ana
mule rucc The trotng best three in nNe, WAS
omen TO all horses that beat minutes ana there
were five entrles-John ROgeIs's Roanoke, lhoihas
Walkers Bay Jake, t. Wilson's Pat Lynch, ana JOhn
Muruly's Flora Roanoke took the first heat III LOO,
Flora the second and third heats in 253 and 2o1 Pat
Lynch the fourth in 2:jl2 aud the fifth IN TO- ana
Flora the sixth with the race, in 2j6 Flora going Under
the string only head behind.
The mule race best two in three, was free Tor all
muies the last mule To win The riders were changed
each heat and each rider therefore Interested To
have the mule that rode lose the by going as fast
as possible -Four exceedingly dllatOry mules were en-
tered: John Fergusons Refer J. McKenna's Faugha-
Bllaugl T. Walkers Brown Jack and James CAROLS
Dandy jim The chief point 10 which each rider directed
hs energy was get his mule past the exit gate on
trot and noteworthy successes OF this Kind we're
mules discovered s powers of endurance and seemed
to mini the rcSuuadug NhGck which Vrr" Crn' II ~
bestowed upon them no more than II tliey hat been
sho,tls of rose leaves. But whatever resources FOR
slow ioromotion his three companions may have pos
sessed Jack easily surpassed them all AMI a!Ed
the cheers the spectators, won TWO SiIHlgh, meats III
lUlO and lO3Ti. The pre- raminc was diversified ~ Z
Roman chariot race. npN game, called "Jeu dc Bat,
and frats of uOrtcman,hip 10y MoWry, who illustrated
thc manner in which hc Won TIM ~lO,ono purse IN Can
fOnia hy riding 3ol mites IN hours aud ii minutes
New-York tribune., 1877-01-02
THE WRECK OF THE CIRCAssIAN.


ARRIVAL OF THE TUG AND uGiITERs-THREE
BODIES RECOVERED.
The tug CyclOps of the Coast Wrccking
Company which left the ship Crcasson at o'clock on
Friday afternoon with the lighters g. T. Merritt Edwin
POST and Only Son. seek safety from the gale which
broke up the ship, arrived in this city on Sunday
evening. The ting, finding the gale increasing In fury
put into New-London, from which place she came
directly city n response to teegraphic orders
from the General Agent OF the Coast Wreckng Company
Having left the disaster several hours before
ts occurrence, and not having revisited 1t since, she
brings no further details OF the wreck. The three
lighters ran for Fire Island light which they reached In
safety they then returned TO this city arriving here
yesterday without accident loss Of life, but with no
information In regard to the wreck.
Philip Kearnes and Patrick D0nOhue, two OF the engl-
neers the Coast Wreckng Company VINO were lost re-
sided on staten Island, and were married the other,
Luke sman also married, lived in Brooklyn The lost
foreman, John Lewis who In charge OF the gang of
wreckcrs left board the Crcassian vas about 40
age and had been for time in the employ
OF the Coast Wrccking Company. He was chlldless
wreeker, having been lost about two years ago while
working Ia get vessel of Brgantine Soa south 0f
Norfolk Va. telegram from the scene Of TIE disaster
ycstcrday morning brought the information that three
bodies had been washed ashore the beach at con-
siderable distance this side Of the wreck. They were
those Of two Of the ShinnccOck Indians and one Of the
ships apprentices; the names were not given.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-02
FAr1L or1RRLL or TUO DRUNKARDS.

The Eighth Ward was excited last night by
fatal siooting ahlay that occurred abon, ococH at
Domiicl and Varicss. James Blake, ~ years Oi axe
of No 29O VarIt.-st had been making New Years Gale
with man supposed TO he Michael Walsh Of No. -
West Twenty fOurth-,t. They quarreed ABOUT tt pay
rcni for some liquor and at Na1ck and Donin!ch-'I-
their voices were raised high 10 attract the notice
of those passing by. Among those VINO hdhtchtn
10 the scene were john McGrath and Richard E"urE'
of No l2J Narck-st As they were about separate the
two men, Blake drew a small revolver, ana pointing The
mulze a. Walsh, fired. The ballet en-; red the I'it
teutlc aud al the time Blake slipped. and bGth
fell together No blows struck. as lar a- c0nid br
learned before the firing Of the shot Blake sping 10
his feet and fed but al Spring ana Nafcksts hc vas
arrested by Officer Shea Of the Eighth Precinct alter
violent struggle In which the Off rr used his club rceY
before hc conquered his prisoner. Blake was taken I"
the Prince Street Police Station ANA locked ~ UiOh
being questioned II found that IA" was 80 much uhdT
the Influence liquor tDat hc moi ADJ" to answer
cOhelently. The wounded mhn Was taken 10 IN police
station on a strctccI. POlictSurgcU Cook examiner
his wound ana found tat the bullet had entered the riI
tepe anu buried itself sOcWhcr AT the base ol The
BRAN. Paralysis had areidy become evident ia ihc
riyt aide wounded mans body. Tie was taheh "a
The Chambers Street Ho.i al, but there h 40 hop" o
hs recovering. iOurkc aud hcGfiih were dcained 10y
CAN'T. Mcdonnell nc Witnesses.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-02
FROZEN TO DEATH IN SIGHT OF HOME.

On Friday night while the binding snow
storm at its hight J. KehOe, an emplOye OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Central Railroad heard cries Of distress
in the vicinity OF the Singer scwingmachne Factory at
ElIzabethp0rt. He heard distinctly the words " Save
me, save me- I'm lost" but from what direction the
voice came he could not tell After answering and not
hearing cries repeated he searched for while in the
gloom. but becoming chilled through he went home.
on the following morning kehOe went in the direction
he had taken the night previous but he discovered no
footprints In the any trace of lost person. At
10 O'Clock Sunday morning several citizens who had
been searching for Michael O'Ne resident Of Eliza
bethport who had been missing from his home since
Friday morning. found his body frozen stiff in the snow
short distance the Singer factory At the time Of
the discovery the unfortunate man covered with
snow but a small portion Of the head being visible.
and from all the circumstances surrounding hl.
death It is apparent that the cries heard by
Kehoc on Friday night were those made by
O'Ncl. After collecting his wages at the Driver Eoun
dcry where he employed he was seen walking IN the
direction OF ms house in COrt-st. at nightfa and IL Is
thought that missing his way and becoming bewlldered
he wandered to the open meadows where benunbed by
the cold he sank his tracks and porshed almost within
sight Of the lights from his dwelling. In his pockets
we're found his almost intact aud several articles
for his family. The deceased was member OF the
Elizabeth Building and Loan Association, and leaves
large family.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-02
THE NEW YEARS WELCOME.
SCENES IN THE CITY.


NOISE FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL DAwN-MERRY PAR
TIES ON THE LAKE AND AvENUEs-NEw YEAR's
CALLS.
The Centennial New Years Day and its sue
were ushered in with equal amount Of noise
and enthusiasm. With the stroke of ~ Sunday night
people abandoned their patriotism and cast &c away as
ungratefay If they remembered and resented It's la
TO fulG all the promises of year ago. Bells peaied
fully loudly pistols out with equal fre
Quency. tin horns showed less energy Of sound ana
congratulations and hopes fully as fervid as when
the manifestations of satisfaction announced Tue
first day Of the nations 100th year. From midnight
until dawn the Of GOthams citizens was disturbed
BY the boStcrous tunu of the small boys but as many
Of the hearers had injured their dgestions in watching
the Old year out and would have been unable To sleep
nner any the unnelodious street noises
proved dverting than aggravating ana as these
nocturnal confined TO very lew hgh's III
the year, ,rc, general thing, take thehl soou
n, ,u al aud make no complaint about then' puiluS
Tie ~ and evening many fshhorns passed INTO hauuS
ol t1 .nnsc Of the urchms and from numerous LOADS
Of callers, in carriages and 81 iss came i'
notes ~ ANY tling but music.
Morn pc opcned dark and dreary and with threaten
NO %, snow m the Sky With the exception Of the pres
cnce ot children md few early pedestrians tne s'uo
walks until Ii o'clock bore deserted appearance AT
this time the calling began the streets ana avenues
were soon much more animated Carriages ana sois"s
I'm every style appeared generally bearing lu io VI
gentlemen sign Of the times was seen III TIE huuiooie
Of parties that filed the vehicles. men finding II much
more couvenien 10 pay portion than the whole of the
oh,,s ,or carriage Another sign OF the times showed
itself i the s larger number who found II every way
desirable 10 20 afoot BY far tile gayest part OF inc oy
WAS found in Central Park and the avenues beyond
Here New Years Day evidently a happy one oo'n
among the skaters and the jolly seighlng parties ta'
throngcd the The ice fairly creakcd uhder the
thousands of gaylyressed merymakcrs who spent the
snowy afternoon and in graceful or unSracelu
evout,ons on their skates After darkness set in the
lake was illuminated and the scene was peculiarly pc
turesque the falling covering the skaters az WIN
cloaks OF erminc. Many amusing miSla's occurred
during the day and evening, causing much hllarly
among the spectators and much confusion 10 tAe uh
lucky victims.
New-York tribune., 1877-01-02
i SYRACUSE HOTEL DAHAGED By FIRE.

SYRACUSE, y. Y, Jan. IA lire broke ont AT
4 O'Clock this morning in the Remington House formerly
tbe II Charles Hotel. The buidinS wac badly damaged
nv fire and wafer No lives were lort Ihe following
are the sufferers A. c. Hotter, aidoid 4" ihc H''hhS
ton House loss by fire and water FS'ooi iuiN m7eu'
l =, p,a,t drnopists 81 900 10 y, 900; insurance,
"a nno l. p Howe a CO., booksellers, ~5.JDO; iusui
s,,rr - 900 Thomas ". Draston ~ Co., ho"Ascli"it,
ainui ~ 900: fully insured. ndmbcr OF Ia" rndrd
go 80 f, MT ins. small amounts The DIlluuE j. lh'
nrnrrty of the Syracuse University ana college :" Ms
sniis the gft Of PhilO RcIunPtoh "i ION. n'i' AZ
m tr s1ctnrc is IRON SO 900 5000, anu l. covered
l,Vi