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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24
Getting Ready to be Happy,

That is exactly what most of us are
doing. We are not ready to be happy
to-day, this week, this year tomorrow
next month, another year, our cup of
Joy will be full. When the promised
time comes, and the acme of our hopes
in certain direction is reached, health
may be wanting, friends dead, and life,
however full of all we thought would
make it rich and worth the having, be
empty and dreary. But he who stakes
the best now and here" enjoys it, puts
himself into possession of that which
cannot be taken away. Certainly it is
right to provide for the rainy day-in
health to prepare for sickness-in youth
to lay up for old age; but there is much
more time than many of us think while
doing this to be happy in the present,
and there are thousand paths to hap
piness if we but have the skill and the
desire to find them.
We are too eager in the pursuit Of
some far-off result to take time to be
happy to-day. How often do we look
back on years that have fed, and see
many elements of truest enjoyment,
which at the time we took no notice of,
and which, could we count them in now,
would fill our cup Of Joy to overfowingl
Shall we learn o lesson from this?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24
Love by Wire.

The report of Mr.. Scudamore, the Di-
rector of Postal Telegraphs in Great
Britain, contains romance of the most
original description, After saying how
successful he found the system of employ
ing male and female clerks together, and
how much the tone of the men had been
raised by the association, and how well
the women perform the checking or
!ault-fnding branches of the work, he
goes on to speak of friendships formed
between clerks at either end of the tele-
graph wire. They begin by chatting in
the intervals of their work, and very soon
become fast friends. s'It is fact, y
continued Mr.. Scudamore, that tele-
graph clerk in London, who was en-
gagged. On a wire to Berlin, formed an
acquaintance with, and an attachment
for'-mark the official style of language
-''a female clerk who worked on the
same wire in Berlin that he made a
proposal of marriage to her, and that
she accepted him, without ever having
seen him. They were married, and the
marriage, which resulted from the elec.
trio atfinities, is supposed to have turned
out as well as those in which the senses
are more apparently concerned" MOI
must the prudent reader run away with
the idea that these young persons were
very rash, or that they married without
due acquaintance. For it is fact that
a clerk at one end of a wire can readily
tell by the way in which the clerk at the
other end does his work. whether he is
passionate or sulky, cheerful or dull,
sanguine or phlegmatic, ill-natured OF
good-natured.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24
This Will Do.

If anybody has seen black-and-tan
dog answering to the name of "Pedro, u
rowing about in Eastern North Caro-
lima in company with hard-shell turtle,
that won't answer to anything, and
certainly won't answer to tackle, as the
dog can tell you if you can get him to
stop long enough, please halt the elop-
ing pair, as they are the property of
the editor of this paper. We are fondly
attached to the dog on account of his
vagabondish Bohemian habits. He
knows every dog in Craven county
by name, and is on speaking terms
with nine-tenths of the granger dogs
that come in under the wagons and in
market boats, and he knows more of
the inhabitants of this city than the
tax collectors do. The turtle sent up
by DIR. Barker, from his plantation in
Carteret county, is more recent acqui-
sition. 1t was placed in the back yard,
and the dog spent an hour and half
trying to entice it to come out of its
shell and be sociable. The old IRON
clad maintained his reserve, however,
until the deg crammed his nose against
the forward part and began to snuff.
The pair seemed to come to some sort
of understanding at once, for the dog
made an impetuous remark on very
high key, and they both started on a
trip. When the dog jumped over Dick
Berry's cook-house we thought he had
struck the Eastern current and would
get right through, but we learn since
that he changed his course and landed
in Hyde county, and was seen saunter-
ing along like q whirlwind, the turtle
staying by him. We should be very
sorry to lose that dog now, as he has
acquired a very important and manly
quality. He knows more about turtles
than any other dog in Newberne, and
it's mighty hard to find real good
turtle dog.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24
The Centennial Buildings.

The Philadelphia Press says that the
''area of ground appropriated at Fair
mount Park for the Centennial Exposi-
tion is 450 acres, and is bounded by the
Schuylkill River on the east, Girard
avenue on the southeast, Elm avenue
on the south, and Fifty-second street
on the west-so that Girard avenue,
when graded and paved, as is contem-
plated. will be the main approach to
the buildings. Elm avenue and For
tieth and Forty-frst streets will also
lead to the Park, and steps have been
taken by Councils looking to the i'm
provement of these thorough-fares, In
order that they may be made available
before the opening of the Exposition.
The ground plans, as approved of by the
Commission, provides for the erection
of machinery hall, agricultural hall,
conservatory, art gallery, and the main
Exposition building. All of these will
be SO located as to be within easy reach
of each other, and upon the most beau
tiful portion of the park. The grand
pavilion, or main Exposition building,
will have frontage of 2,075 feet on
Elm avenue, or, in other words, will
extend from Forty-first street, on the
east, to Belmont avenue, and will have
depth of 1000 feet. Immediately
north, and near to the Lansdowne drive,
it is designed to erect the art gallery.
West of the Exposition building will be
the machinery and agricultural halls
the former to be 2,275 feet long, and
the latter 1,420 feet. These are to be
connected with the main buildings by a
covered passage-way, and will also be
upon Elm avenue. A better idea of the
immensely of the work to be performed
and of the extent of the ground to be
occupied will be had when it is stated
that the grand pavilion will cover an
area of 36.5 acres, which can be in
creased to Al acres. Machinery Hall
will occupy 9.5 acres, and Agricultural
Hall 4. 3 acres.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24
OF CROWN. Old.

When are we growing old ? y sound
Judgment and strict honesty are neces
sary to answer the question fairly to
ones self. Here is what the Country
Parson" says of it:
"By growing old 1 now understand
reaching point midway between 40 and
80, not without a tendency to get nearer
the latter age, once hardly imaginable
as personal reality. And when one has
in this grave sense grown old, Is there
any fact which is more pressed upon one
than this: that there is such long look
back now? The prospect stretches far.
Memory is still keen and retentive; the
distant prospect has not faded into mist
iness; and as you go on, and now and
then turn to look back, there is just so
much added to the view, Once it was
wonderful to hear man talk of what
he had done twenty years ago; still more.
what had happened thirty years ago; it
seemed vast stretch of time, possible
indeed in the experience of others, but
inconceivable in ones own. For every
human being is like Sidney's shepherd
boy in this, that he fails to take in that
he will ever grow old. 1t seems yester-
day since the writer reading for the bar
(hOw much English law lost in him y
diligently frequented Westminster Hall
and the Guildhall and seeing vigorous
barristers roaring away to common ju-
rieS, or going on with croSS-eXamlna-
ton IN which every question began
with the sharp and minaciOus Now, sir.
listened with wonder to the assurance
thIt the vigorous barrister had worn a
wig and gown for five-and-twenty years
or five-and-thirty. Surely he ought to be
dead long ago. That was the reflection
then. 1t is different now. 1t has been
discovered that time passes away to the
amount of twenty years or more; but
that it is really very short while; and
it leaves the human being not SO much
changed; still with the old likings, hopes,
and wishes: still with the old weaknesses
and faults; still the same man. Further
more, as years accumulate behind one, so
does work You have done such a deal.
1t mounts up into something awful to
think of. And this though very much
of the work done leaves 10 permanent
trace, but Just suffices to do what is re-
quired by the day, and to keep the ma
chinery going. You have written four
teen letters this morning; yeu have visit
ed eighteen sick folk this afternoon. 1t
had all to be done. Had you not done
it, you would have been miserable in the
sense of duty neglected. But there is
nothing to show for it. 1t is not like
the abiding pages of inestimable theo-
logy or mild morality, which, being
written, you lay up in box-the abiding
memorial of past labor. 1t frightened
one, in the old days, to hear men in
advanced life speak of the work they had
done. remember the sense of awe with
which 1 heard clergyman of about 60
years mention with no air of recording
an exploit) that he had at one period of
his life, written one hundred and fifty
lectures on st. Luke's Gospel. l gazed
upon him with the feeling ''And are you
there living to tell it ?''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24

The Capitol with all its defects, is th.
greatest architectural triumph thi:
country has produced, and which car
lack worldwide reputation only be
cause Americans themselves have no,
known enough to give such to it. Like
all the most famous structures, it was
not built in day, but has grown gra.
dually into its present development
and even unfinished as it is, hugely de-
fective as it is, and with unlimited ca.
pacity for additions and improvements,
it crowns the city and the landscape
with a glory unsurpassed by any secular
building in existence. 1t is not all OF
white marble, dear reader, but at first
you take it to be and its extent, its
strength, its evident costliness, together
with its singular external beauty, quite
initiate one with joyous patriotism and
pride, and in looking at it one feels that
our money-loving and money-getting
Brother Jonathan has the divine spark
of genius hidden somewhere within him,
after all
The first surprise and e1ultation over,
however, a succession of mortifying
discoveries dawns upon the visitor, of
which the most crushing to me was,
that, though splendidly situated upon
the ridge commanding the city, the
Capitol faces the trrOn0 t0ay! The front
is to the EAST, and those magnificent
porticos, with their crowds of Corin-
THAN pillars, their sculptured pedi-
ments, bronze doors, and countless
sweeping marble steps, the bronze God
dess of Liberty herself, f,-everything,-
turns its back upon the city, the river,
and the West, and the whole facade ex-
lists for the benefit of the trees that
were idiotically planted In the East
Capitol grounds just across the street
from it, and which have now grown so
great that they make q full or three
quarter view of the building impossible,
and so beautiful that the threatened
cutting of them down is ''enough to kill
one."
Washington expected and intended
that his namesake city should grow up
in state and splendor ON the hill, in
stead of down in the marshy, malarial
plain. But unfortunately he placed the
Presidents house down there, and of
course all society inevitably clustered
about it; beside which, the original
property owners held the land about
the Capitol at such e1orbitant rates
that for years people were actually
forced to purchase elsewhere.
So for a long time the hill was COM
paratively abandoned, while the plain
was peopled. But the marvel of mar
vels is, why, when the Capitol E1ten-
sion was planned twenty-five years ago,
and men had seen plainly where, con-
trary to the original expectation, the
city had built itself. that occasion was
not seized for making the grand facade
on the west instead of on the east front,
and of placing the statue on the dome
facing in the came direction; for now
the Goddess of Liberty looks as if,
Struggling her shoulders at the hap
hazard city behind her,-nay, at the
''great sloven continent" itself,-she
we're gazing regretfully toward the
ocean across which she had foated
hither, and were vainly wishing herself
safe back in the eight little island" of
responsibilities and proprieties that
gave her birth.-Atldntic Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24
"fOiierabend.''

There is, perhaps, no land where one
has a better opportunity to observe old
customs than in Germany. We wonder
sometimes how she has contrived TO
whirl through the giddy mazes of time
with her sister lands and yet get no more
shaken up than she has. One of these
old customs is the observance of the eve
ming before wedding. 1t is called POL
terabend.'' The verb ito potter" means
10 make a great noise, and the evening
rightly takes its name from the word. 1t
IS a proverb here that 1.-The more pots
herds. the more luck; therefore the
friends Of the bride collect all the old
earthenware which is horS dc combat for
household warfare, and bring 1t and
dash il against the house where the bride
lives Old cracked plates, saucers, earth
en- pots, handielesS cups, and noseless
pitchers close their crippled earthly ca
reer by the frantic plunge at the foot of
the altar of Hymen. 1t takes but a
short time for the news OF the potter
abend'; to reach the ears of the street
boys, and then the work goes on merrily;
for when could boy nature ever resist so
glorious an opportunity to smash some
thing? One living IN the house, or even
in the vicinity, feels as if Joshua with
his armed band were comprising the pre-
misses for the seventh time, and rs If the
walls might fall at any moment, or as If
that mythical bear had at last really
got into the ''chira shop" so continuous
is the crash. The family are obliged to
have these tokens of good luck removed
as soon as it is light on the following
morning. or be fined, as they obStruct
the sidewalk. 1t often requires a horse
and cart to do it. While this strange
ceremony is taking place outside the
house, the friends of the lady have gath
cred within. No invitations are given,
but the house is thrown open, and all
the acquaintance are expected to come.
Each guest brings some gift, and the
presents are placed ON a table as they ac-
cumulate for the admiration of the as
sembled company. 1t is customary to
have some short dramatic piece or pieces
acted. These are usually prepared for
the occasion, and weave in many sly
hit at the habits or tastes of the devoted
pair, or hints at the peculiar incidents
of the courtship.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24

we ought not to suffer our thoughts to
dwell on petty earthly concerns, but to
turn them heavenward."
''I'd rather go through nv examina-
tion q second time than to sit by these
dirty devils" groaned the medical stu
dent.
"Soot is perfectly wholesome, my
young friend, and you will not be COM
PEELED to violate q single hygienic rule.
The corner you selected is vacant. Pray
get in"
At these words, coachee, who had
stood grinning behind, actually cheated
into forgetfulness of time by the excel
lence of the joke, came forward. "Gen-
'lemen, you have lost me minute and
quarter already. l must drive on
without ye, if SO be ye don't like your
company"
The students cast rueful glances at
each other, and then crept warily into
their respective corners. As the hostler
shut the door he found it impossible to
control his features. "In give you
something to change your cheer, you
grinning rascalr' said the disciple of
Esculapius, stretching out of the win
uON Dul tllt uOSlitT ulIuUlJ tluutu lllc
blow.
"My white pantaloons !" cried the
lord.
"My beautiful drab surtout ~ ex-
claimed the lawyer e1pectant. ''The
filthy rascals u -
The noise of the carriage-wheels and
the unrestrained laughter of the spec
tators drowned the sequel of their
lamentations.
At the next stage bargain was struck.
The sweeps were liberated and dis
missed with gratuity; the seats shaken
and brushed the worthy sons OF the
university made up, among themselves,
the expenses of the postchaise; the
young doctor violated, for once, the
rule of hygiene, by taking a middle
seat; and all journeyed on together,
without further quarrel or grumbling,
except from coachee, who declared that
Ito be kept over time a minute and a
quarter at one stage and only three sec
onds less than three minutes at the
next, was enough to try the patience OF
a saint that it was ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24
Miscellany.
Twenty Rules for Health.

l. Remember the author of the laws
which govern the human body Is the
author of the Ten Commandments.
2 1nfdelity to the blished
that mankind should be healthy and
happy-is the greatest sin of the pre-
sent generation.
3. Be cheerful, trustful of others, and
faithful to your own best conception of
duty. Never brood over troubles that
you have, and be sure you never Dor
row any.
4. Be much in the sunlight, and pre-
fer ight-colored clothing.
8. Drones must die. Exercise hber
ally and live. Be outdoors all you
can while the sun shines.
6. Breathe pure air. Live with open
windows, and the windows of heaven
viii be more likely TO open for you.
Z. Pray with pure heart and clean
skin. Bathe often.
s. Avoid stimulation by spirits of all
kinds. strong coffee and tea, opium and
tobacco.
3. Keep the head cool, feet and heart
warm, hopes heavenward, and finger
nails clean.
10. Eat only three times daily, and
never between meals-not a nut nor an
apple. Drink nothing while eating.
II. One hearty meal of meat per day
is sufficient. The other two should be
spare.
II. Avoid late, hearty suppers. pork,
spices and pepper, rich pastry, and i'm
perfectly cooked beans.
13. Wheat, oat and barley meal, with
beans, peas, lean meats, fish and wild
game, are the best articles OF food.
II. Fruits are cooling to the blood,
and especially adapted to warm weather.
Is. Eat slowly, masticate your food
well, and eat nothing for three hours
before retiring.
16. Let the time spent at table be
happy. Encourage pleasant, cheerful
conversation; Joke, but do not argue.
Rest a half hour after every hearty
meal.
Il. Sleep eight hours of each day.
is. Brain. bone and muscle are built
of different material, and the brain
worker should have food different from
the muscle-worker. He is not thor
oughly educated who cannot select food
adapted to his needs.
19. Avoid corsets, and suspend no
article of clothing from the waist. Pro-
tect every part of the body from chill
and exposure.
20. Study hygiene, attend health lec-
lures and read health literature. AS
you are ignorant or intelligent in physi-
ology will your habits be wise or other
wise
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24

a sheriffs officer was sent to execute
a writ against Quaker. On arriving
at the house he saw the Quaker's wife,
who, in reply to the inquiry whether
her husband was at home, answered in
the affirmative, at the same time re
questing him to be seated, and her hus-
band would speedily see him. The Off
Ger waited patiently some time, but the
fair Quakeress coming into the room.
he reminded her of her promise that he
should see her husband. 'Nay. friend,
promised that he should see thee. He
has seen thee. He did not like thy
looks; therefore hath he avoided thee,
and left the house by another path.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24
Youths Column.
Children's Evening Hymn.

The little birds now seek their rest:
The baby sleeps on mo herr breast;
Thou giyest al Thy children rest,
God of the weary
The sailor prayeth on the sea;
The Little one at mothers knee:
Now comes the penitent to Thee,
God Of the weary.
The orphan puts away his fears:
The troubled hopes for happier years:
Thou driest all the mourner's tears,
God of the weary.
Thou sendest rest to tired feet,
To little tOilers slumbers sweet
To aching hearts repose complete.
God Of the weary
In grief, perpiexity, or pain.
None ever came g. Thee in vain,
Thou makest life joy again,
God of the weary.
We sleep that we may wake renewed,
To serve Thee as Thy children should,
With love, and Zeal. and gratitude,
God Of tne weary
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24

hear.
The heart repeats it over day by day,
And fancies how and when the words will
fall
What answering smile upon the face will
play,
What tender light viii rnger over all.
But eager eyes that watch for one alone
May grow reluctant; for the open gate
Lets in, with him, perchance a guest IN
known,
On whom SLOW words of courtesy must
wait
Or when the presence waited for has come,
1t may be dull or cold, too sad or light:
4 look that shows the heart away from home
Can often put the dearest words to fight
Perhaps the time of meeting, or the form,
May chill or wither what we've lOnged to
say:
What fits the sunshine viii not fit the storm
What blends with twilight, jars with noon
of day.
Again, when all things seem our wish to
serve,
Full opportunity may strike US dumb
May sink our precious thoughts in deep re-
serve,
And TO the surface bid the lightest come.
And often ere our friend is out of sight,
We start: the thing can scarce be cred
tied
We have been silent, or our words been trite,
And here's the dearest thing of all unsGid
-LiDDiacoffs Magazine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24

DoGs.-Dogs are great favorites of
mine. agree with the man who said
there is no friend like dog. Dogs are
so faithful and so forgiving. They
never get in the sulks. They never
want to borrow money, and then forget
to pay. They never go and tell tales
out OF school. They may sometimes
stay out all night, but they never expect
to be furnished with latchkey, nor do
they come stumbling home in the morn
ing, and go to bed with their boots on,
and have a headache all the next day.
They always remember favors, and are
so thankful for them.
A dog will wag his tail and be con-
tented with a bone, and be Just as
grateful to you as though you had
shared the best with him. Dogs are
always ready for frolic, and man OF
woman, boy or girl, who cannot take
real delight in a rough-and-tumble play
with dog, must be very cross grained.
There are some dogs, to be sure, who
are cross and snappish, and would like
nothing better than to bite you. But
then am sure this is the fault OF their
bringing up. They have bad masters,
who are responsible for their bad traits.
Even the worst of dogs always has some
good in him. He will at least be faith
full to his master, and guard his masters
property.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24

A PERSIAN philosopher, being asked
by what method he had acquired so
much knowledge, answered, by not
being prevented by shame from asking
questions when I was ignorant"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24

A CONNECTICUT schoolboy's compost
ton upon the horse describes it as ''an
animal having four legs, one at each
corner"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24
Poetry.


For days and weeks upon the lip has hung
A precious something for an absent ear
Some tender confidence but lately sprung,
Some dear confession that but one must
hear
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-24

Gov. Powers has convened an extra
ordinary session Of the Mississippi
Legislature to amend the election laws.