The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-02

disastrous Tor the lhfAh.
"I came of with flying colors, as the
painter said when he fell from ladder
with palette ON his thumb.
Men should not think too much OF
themselyea, and yet man ahould be
careful not 10 forget himself
IL takes twelve letters, or nearly half
the alphabet, 30 express tbs year IN
Roman numerals; MDCCCLXXVIH.
I" Fodder-Land "--AmeFica-As thiS
country now supplies Europe with beef,
Aour, Apples, potatoes, butter and
cheese.
II ia estimated that sixty millions Of
dollars are drunk mp i'm detail in one
single week throughout the United
States.
The number Of books In the Congress
sionAl Library At Washington is 23I, lis
volumes, and there arc about 10000
pamphlets.
The proprietor Of bone mill adyeI-
tises that those sending their own bones
10 be ground win be attended 10 with
punctnality.
A man In New York has a machine in
operation with which heproposes 10 Light
streets and houses with electricity by
means Of wires.
There was a clever boy who said that
he liked Z" good rainy dAy-too rainy
10 60 20 school, and just rainy enough
to go a-hshing."
The Deprecated Turkish paper money
is valued at g.. 60 against &i gold that
Of Russia at 81. 90; Of Austria, Sl.l9i
and OF Italy, Sill.
Little boy at the opening of pro
posed spelling match: " Let's start fair,
grandmother. You take Nebuchadnez-
Eer and III take cat.
japan in starting national banks In
every city and town, aud the EtAid old
Japs are struggling with such words As
protest and discount
ALAwrence paper says that young
man recently ''shot himself with a riyal-
The young fellow doubtless had reason
10 believe that the rival wouldn't 60 of.
- Worcester Press.
The ancient Egyptians used 10 glue
Z the mummies Of their ancestors 70 tbs
walls Of their households These are
4 the earliest instances Of "stuck up
men and women ON record.
The arms Of the thirteen original
states Of the Union are represented ON
panels between windows on the front Of
/ the building which is 10 give 3 specimen
T OF American architecture az the PariH
show.
I Beetles and butterflies, and all sorts
/ OF hies OF silver, gold, and steel hlAgree,
and tipped with imitation iewels-OpalR,
diamonds, pearls, rubies and emeralds
ARE seen nestled among the bonnet
I trimmings.
Out of eighty-nine samples Of beer,
and materials used in the brewing OF
4 beer. examined last year by the internal
revenue authorities OF England, sixty
one we're either Adulterated or consisted
Of illegal ingredients
"oh tell me geatle seraph,
With those rnddy lips Of thine,
Tell me fondiy, tau me often-
That you're mine. forever nine"
Then she gApe a gnpe and nodded,
Then another cape was born.
And her very silence answered,
"I an yswn. forever yAvn.
Some practical Joker broke into an
undertaker's establishment nt Schuylkil
Haven, Pa, the other night, and the
next morning the cofins we're found
carefully arranged on the doorsteps Of
the doctors Offices and the drug stores
Of the toEn.
We find in DR.. Is. B. Foote'S HealtA
Monthly an account OF a man who, in
one wear, reduced his weight from 304
pounds 10 200 pounds. A regular diet,
plenty Of exercise and profuse perspira-
ton accomplished the diminution IN
ayoiriupois.
In q party of ladies, on its besng re-
ported that q Captain Silk had arrived
In town. they exclaimed, with one ex-
ception ." What a name for a soldier
{" The fttest name in the world for
captain" (" reioined the witty one, "for
silk can never be worssed
In the spring the husband yeArnoth
For his other Suit of clOthes,
And be Hnarcheth throagh the gMrret,
And he SweArS and bumps his nose-
10 the Epr1ng the young wife's fancy
Turneth back ia wild despair,
She remembers that she traded
His old clothes for chinA-wAre.
The ease Of Miss Margaret Thomson,
who had her pet horse shod with golden
shoes and distributed showers OF gold
among the poor OF various European
towns, is in the Royal LunRtic Asylum,
Gartnaval, near Glasgow, whittier she
was taken on her arrival in Scotland
from Barcelona, Spain, having been
taken charge Of there by the British
Consul. She ia about forty years OF
age. On the testimony OF DIR. TannAhill
she was declared unable TO manage her
affairs.
The fever tree Eucalyptus glO6tElsss),
so extensively extolled for its medical
properties az was supposed 10 drive
away fevers wherever planted), has at
length been the object OF special inves-
tigation at scientific hands. It is found
that there are no medical properties in
the plant itself. The immensely rapid
growth requires an immense supply of
moisture, and. hence, the plants make
wet ground dry by the sheer demand OF
the roots for moisture. In 70 far as
they dry swampy ground, the trees are
q good sanitary agent.
A topper in the interior OF Georgia,
having determined upon a reformation
il possible, publishes the following nd.
vertisement: NOTICE. Whereas, at
particular times / may importune my
friends and others to let me have liquor,
which is hurtful TO me aud starvation to
my devoted wife and children; this is,
therefore, TO forbid any person selling
me liquor, or letting me have any ON
any account or pretence; for if they do
/ will positively prosecute them, not
any promise may make
TO the contrary at the time they let me
have il.
According TO the Quitman Free Press,
n farmer living in the Morven district,
near QuitmAn, Ga, undertook, some
evenings ago. TO cure his hogs Of vermin
by rubbing them with coal oil. He pro-
vided himself with a fat hghtwood torch
and commenced work. Unluckily, Just
as he had gotten them Ewell CREASED, a
spark froHA his torch fell on the back Of
one, and in an instant he was in a light
blaze. The flames communicated to the
others, and in few moments the drove
was running wild, fleeing with lightning
speed, and appearing in the darkness
ike fre- -fiends. The next dag the farmer
Iound his bacon not only cured but done
mp brown.
Several years ago number of Ameri-
Jan women, who had become interested
n the question, sent to Worth, the
celebrated Partisan modiste, asking
lim. What costume can be devised