Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-17
NO.. 81.
Varieties.

Many cases OF diphtheria have re-
Gently occurred in various parts of Cam
bria county.
You may CLEAN knowledge by reading,
but you must separate the chaff from
the wheat by thinking.
Glasgow is about to honor the mem
ory of Robert Burns by erecting q col
ossal statue of the poet.
Rev. Mr.. Ancient has received an
other gold watch. 1t is evident that be
is getting his reward in time.
London thinks that in the course of
a few years the Thames embankment
will be the finest promenade in Europe.
A bale of cotton was sold a. auction
in Memphis, for the benefit Of the suf-
ferers from yellow fever, and it brought
! 81, 500.
The supply of young ladies' at Salt
Lake is not equal to the demand, and
More-men region cries out for more
women.
Keep company with persons rather
above than beneath yourself; for gold
in the same pocket with silver loseth
both its color and weight.
When your companion bows to lady
you should do 50 also. When gentle
man bows to a lady in your company,
always bow to him in return.
The most extensive wedding on record
occurred few days since in Cincinnati,
when q widowed mother, three sons and
two daughters were all married at once
A citizen of Connecticut, recently in
troduced to a newly-married man, con-
graduated him warmly, and said, "Ah,
these Litchfield county girls make
clever wives I've had three of EN-"
Economy is the parent of integrity,
OF liberty and of ease, and the beaute-
Gus sister of temperance, of cheerful
ness and health. Profuseness is cruel
and crafty demon, that gradually in
wolves her followers in dependence and
/ debt.
1t was reported that large amount
of practical treasure was found within
a few miles of st. John, n. B., a few
days ago, owing to the caying in of the
bank-earth caused by the encroachment
of the sea. The treasure consisted
mostly of Spanish coin of the sixteenth
century.
When they opened the case of the
plaster of Paris casts of statues and
busts presented to the San Francisco
Art Association by the Government of
France recently, they found that only
the legs of the beautiful Apollo Belvi-
dere remained, and the head that was
on Alexander the Great.
The Brazilian Cable between Portugal
and Brazil will not be completed for
some months. Tempestuous weather
has prevented the opening of the first
section of the cable between Lisbon and
the Madeira Islands, and the contrsc-
tors have therefore been permitted to
defer sending the second section to sea
until next spring.
The inhabitants of Santa Cruz Bay,
on the Pacific coast, depend for living
We are told, upon the whales washed
ashore. Lately they were lucky enough
to secure pair of these monsters, and
all the inhabitants, young and old, went
to work securing blubber. We know
some people In this part of the country
who try to live in this same way. They
are always waiting for a whale or some
thing ''very like whale" to arrive, but
he never comes. The way to be sure Of
a whale is to embark on the ocean of
enterprise, hunt him up, and then hunt
him down.
Now that it is the fashion for ladies
to load themselves with all manner of
breloques hanging from their chste-
lains, there Is an ingenious way OF
cheating the watch-grab thieves. A
Norwegian knife of tortoise-shell, q
vinaigrette, tablets, pencil, scissors, and
the everlasting cross and heart and
anchor are all appended to the chate-
laine, and watch-case of tortoise-shell,
showing its face but hiding the jewelled
back and the gold which would tempt
the thieves. The costly watch seems
like another cheap tortoise-shell orus-
ment, and the thieves pass it by.
DIR. Dio Lewis tells good many old
truths inafresh and interesting manner.
He has recently pointed out the results
of the habit so common among business
men, of keeping the head constantly
covered while about their business. He
says that you never see man lose q
hair below where the hat touches, which
If statement not strictly true. We
have often seen cases Of badness ex-
tending far below the line where the
hat touches the head. There Is no
doubt, however, that wearing of silk
hats tends to promote badness. We
do not pretend to explain the fact, but
we think experience sufficiently demon
strates it.
A social reformer, writing in Lippin-
COTS, says: "One effect of the panic, il
is to be hoped, will be to make the din
ners less magnifcently heavy. / am
sure every lady in New York who was
last winter constrained to sit from seven
o'clock until eleven o'clock at those
monstrously elaborate and expensive
dinners which have become so much
the fashion, will be glad to dine in q
more simple manner, in a shorter time,
with less display, and with fewer courses
and fewer excitements. One entertainer
last winter introduced live swans and
small canaries to enliven his dinner.
The swans splashed rather disagreeably.
DO you know why he had the swansr
said lady to O gentleman. Il suppose
he wanted the Ledas of society, said
the gentleman. We'll, yes, said the
lady, but did not know, although he
is as rich as Jew, that he was Ju-
piter.'"
The women are catching it hard in all
quarters on the score of e1travagance.
Preachers fling texts at them. Leo
lures toss society Jokes at their bonnets
and chignons. The papers print all
manner of squibs about their ruinous
spendthrift ways; and new even the
German journals have taken the matter
up, and dish out whole columns Of ho-
miletic sourkrout for their female read
ers. Really this thing is rather over.
done. Considering that woman has but
one pet weakness, while man has .
whole family OF them, and that Tor
every dollar she throws away on dress
he wastes ten on cigars, champagne.
fancy rides, cards, terriers. dinners ct
the clubs, and other things OF the sort.
there is rather more talk than there Il