Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-10
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Names hay crop of 1873 il worth
$40, 600, 900.
There are now 6fty-two papers pub
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How many great men have bean
crushed before they became great
Strong passions work wonders when
there Is stronger reason to curb them
America consumes annually 5000, 900
pounds of Turkish figs in round fggsrs.
| Wrong always Furnishes, sooner or
later, the wrongdoer. There is no e.
cape.
Mental pleasures, unlike those Of the
body, never cloy, and arc increased by
repetition.
Nothing elevates Us SO much 20 the
presence of spirit similar, yet superior
to our own.
Employment is to man what oil In to
machinery; it makes the wheels Of sx-
istence run smoothly.
Happiness is a perfume that one can
not shed over another without few
drops falling on himself.
Mormon husbands in Utah arc said
to be cutting down expenses. by redu-
cling the number of their wives.
The melancholy days have come. the
saddest of the year; it's q little too
warm for whiskey hot, and little too
cold for beer.-EE.
A man in Smyth county, Va. knocked
an apple off tree with the butt end Of
his gun, and went to his long homo
with bullet in his insides.
Coleridge, when lecturing as young
man, was violently Kissed. He imme-
diately retorted, "When q cold stream
of truth is poured on red-hot preiudicss.
no wonder that they hiss" f.r.
A neat, clean, fresh aired. sweet,
cheerful, well arranged house eyerts .
moral influence over its inmates, and
makes the members of Q family peace
able and considerste Of each others
feelings and happiness.
/ There is Professor Capen, in Ban
gor, who prognosticates the weather
some days ahead. Sometimes he hits
it and sometimes he does not. When
he does hit it, he attributes it to his
sagacity, but when he does not hit it he
attributes it to disturbances in the DIFF
fusive influx of the fine lines Of the
suns solarity. .--. ...-..
! A timber fall has occurred in Wiscon-
/ sin, which is estimated to be three miles
in width and from sixty to ninety miles
in length. The engineers, in locating
railroad line through this mass of fallen
timber, were obliged to walk on trees
| twenty feet from the ground. A large
portion of the timber is frst-class pine,
and there is also considerable hard
wood mixed with it.
Millard Bledsos, Missourian, Of
I Doniphan county, determined to shuttle
off his mortal coil by the good old way
of windpipe and razor, and waded out
into the river to commit the dreadful
ooed, so that he wouldn't make such an
awful muss on his clothes. But while
wading in he dropped the razor and had
to go back to shore disappointed. He
never thought of drowning till he got
home and had got his dry clothes on,
and didn't want to spoil a second suit.
Don't complain of the selHshness Of
the world. Deserve friends, and you
will get them. The world is teeming
with kind hearted people, and you have
only to carry kind. sympathetic heart
in your bosom to call out goodness and
| friendliness from others. 1t is Q mis-
take to expect to receive welcome, hos
pitality, words of cheer, and help over
rugged and difficult passes in life, in
return for cold selishness, which cares
for nothing in the world but self. Gull
tivate consideration for the feelings Of
other people, if you would never have
your own injured. Those who complain
most of ill-usage are the ones who abuse
themselves and others the oftenest.
A newly-married man took his bride
| on q tour to Switzerland for the honey
moon, and when there induced her to
attempt with him the ascent of one of
the highest peaks. The lady, whs at
home had never ascended q hill higher
than q church, was much alarmed, and
had to be carried by the guides with
her eyes blindfolded, SO as not to wit
ness the horrors of the passage. The
bridegroom walked close TO her, expos
tulating with her as to her fear. He
spoke in sweet whispers, but the refrso-
| ton of the air was such that every word
was audible. "You told me, Leonora,
that you always felt happy, no matter
where you were, so long as you were In
my company. Then why are you not
happy now?" "Yes, Charles, I did
replied she, sobbing hyster;cally, "but
never meant above the snow line"
The employees of a large Market street
house, in Philadelphia. with q view to
economy, resolved to club together and
have their meals prepared in the base
ment of the store. Amongst the mem
bers of the club was one, the compass
of whose appetite had not been gauged
in advance.
| Imagine the CONSERVATION of the re-
mainder of the party when that voracions
individual, without any seeming extra
effort, quietly made away with . pound
Of beef-steak, q quarter Of q peck Of
roast potatoes, a whole loaf of bread,
four cups of coffee, and eight apple
dumplings, and then, ,wiping his mouth.
and complacently laying his hand upon
his Inner man." asked whether that
was all they had for dinner.
The cooking stove and utensils were
sold forthwith, and the club disbanded.
If any boarding-house landlady has
''one vacant chair" at her table and de-
sires it filed by one who is competent
to do justice to her yiands, the young
man in question is open for proposals..
Some curious particulars regarding
the Pope's wardrobe are given by the
Neue Freis Presse. The head Of the
Roman Church adheres strictly TO an
cient tradition in respect Of the color Of
his attire, which consists Of q white
cassoek with narrow collar and white
sleeves, and purple cloak cut in cir
cular shape. The material varies in
thickness according to the season. In
consequence of an inveterate habit OF
snuff taking, his Holiness requires i've
or six white cassocks during the year,
each of which costs about four hundred
francs. In winter the Pope wears white
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