The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-01-31

worth. lhU great Partisan milliner,
employs |, 300 assistants.
Two widowerw, In Perry county. Tex,
married earh Others daughter.
n A cruaty bachelors objection 10 ladies
with beautiful teeth II that nine out o9
ton Of them would laugh at funeral.
| A florist on Fifth avenue, New York.
has sacred palm tree over Ave hundred
years old.
The man who promised 10 get his
boys some new skates this winter, hnf
since concluded 10 'let 'em slide.
A man would never lose his character
| provided he could fasten II 10 q jack
knife with n cracked handle and broken
blades.
Little "AIl Right" the first Of the
boy performers brought 10 this country
from Japan, II now living in his native
land, q cripple.
IL in calculated that II all the insects
, Of the world were piled in one mass the
heap would be greater thm Of all the
beasts and birds.
A cloth made from the down Of birds
IN coming greatly into favor I'm Paris.
IL IL waterproof, aud estimated 10 be i've
times lighter and three times warmer
than wool.
There ia nm old German proverb 10
the effect that q great war leaves tho
country with three armies-en army Of
cripples, an army OF monrnera and an
army Of thieves.
Mr.. Henry Stanley IN 10 receive o
gold medal from the King OF Italy; and
this viii be ita legend: "To the in
trepid explorer OF Equatorial Africa.
Stanley; given by Victor Emmanuel"
An English clergyman says that the
chattering OF the South African apes In
a language, and that if he could 1.-Two
long enough with them he could learn
30 understand il.
A new indmtEy has been started at
Oakland, Cal, m which the entrails OF
sheep are used in the production OF
what is pronounced an exceedingly
strong aud durable article Of betting.
such ~ have virtue always i'm their
mouth, and neglect Il in practice, are
like harp which ernits a sound pleas
ing % others, while its own body ia
wholly insensible 10 the mnsic produced
They were at d dinner party, and be
remarked that be supposed she was fond
OF eihnolORy. She said she was, but she
was not very well, and the doctor had
told her not 30 eat anything for dessert
except oranges.
"sing Sing. shouted the brakeman,
aa n Hudson river train slowed ny tO the
station. "Five years for refreeAments,
yelled passenger with short hair and
bracelets. 40 he rose 20 leave the car m
charge Of deputy sheriff
The amount al the fund for the relief
OF the widows bereft by the Custer fight
has been rendered; il shows q total re-
ceipt Of SO, ,06s, OF which SAT- was
distributed % the widows of officers, and
S5, 773 10 those of enlisted men.
The Pope has accumulated fund Of
S6, 600, 600, which In held by Toctonia
and some French and Brussels bankers,
for the paw Of ex-pontifcial soldiers
and officials. and divers other purposes
incidental 20 the papal interests.
Mrs D@lby, OF New Orleans, locked
her baby, i've months old. up in room
with pet terrier, and when she returned
found that the dog had almost eaten of
the little ones foot, which was 50 badly
mangled that il had 30 be amputat~d.
Senefelder, the inventor Of ithogra-
ply, has just had q monument unveiled
10 his memory. Too poor 20 get the
means Of printing his own works, be
sought some cheaper mode of multiply
ing copies, and by happy accident
invented Hthogaphy.
A family in Springfield, which was
disturbed by an untimely ringing Of the
deor bell the other evening, nj firEt sup
posed IL was done BY unruly bows, but
after q while discovered their dog with
the bell-pun in his mouth. and ringing
TO be let In ont Of the cold
Nothing can be more absurd than the
idea - looking guilty proves guilt An
honest man charged with crime i'm much
more likely TO blush at the accusation
than the real offender, who is generally
prepared for the event, and has his face
ready made" The very thought Of
being snsDected of anything criminal
viii bring the blood 20 an innocent mans
cheeks nine times out Of ten.
TO COW.
why, COW, how canss thou be 20 satisfied
70 well content with Mll things here below,
so unobtrusive and 20 sleepy-eEed.
So meek. 20 laKy aud 80 aWful slow
Do~f thou not know that everything Ia mixed
That nAnghi Is as il should be on this earth,
That grievously the word needs b be hKed,
That nothing we can gam ie any worth,
That times are hard. thai life ~ full of care,
OF sin and trouble and outwar1ness,
That love In a folly. friendship but n snare
Part. cow this IA NO time Tor lAxinems
The cud thou cheEest Is not what Il seems
Get up and moo. Tear round and quit thy
dreams -Dartd 4 Pr0~a&L