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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20
Miscellany.
Newspaper.
What do You read, my lord :
Mords words. words.

Has.-words, words, words.
The familiar author of Linguistic
Notes and Queries" in The GALAXY,
informs the public. in the latest issue
of that magazine, that an intelligent
correspondent has requested him to
point out hundred great books, the
reading of which will secure o man
against dullness. Mr.. White explains
that the "dullness" here referred to is
THAT lack of mental stimulus, that
seeming emptiness of life, which makes
men listen to gossip and to scandal
with pleasure, and even read newspa-
pers with a complacent consciousness
of well spent time"
There Is some valueless matter in
every issue of newspaper. This is
according to the nature of things, and
can never wholly be remedied. But
when Mr.. Richard Grant White de-
fines "dullness" as the slack OF mental
stimulus which makes men read news
papers with the complacent conscious
ness of well-spent time" he simply
convicts himself in a sentence OF what
his diffuse writings have already sub
stantially convicted him, of being q
who, as the bard puts it, ''has lived long
in the alms-basket of words, and who,
in masticating this beggar's dish, has
forgotten reason, no less than civility.
A well-conducted daily newspaper is
surer antidote against this dullness,
this lack of mental stimulus, than any
boon that ever was or ever will be
written. 1t is an efficacious antidote
for a greater number of minds than can
be Influenced in equal degree by any
book. 1t will prove a mental stimulus,
a healthy, correct stimulus, more days
in the year, than any book that ever
was planned or will be consummated.
This for two reasons: A newspaper is
the exhibitor of every days existence
and every days progress OF the world;
and it is the intelligent-we do not say
prefound-comment upon this pro-
gress. Any human being who reads
this astounding daily record, which
constitutes seven-eighths of great
newspaper, and peruses the daily COM
mont, which, professiag to be nothing
mrre, constitutes but one-eighth, and
does not derive from this q healthy
mental stimulus, must be feeble
minded. or incapable of reflection upon
events because too much engrossed
with accidentals of forms; because too
much given to linguistic notes and
queries, perhaps. and therefore poorly
adapted for making notes and queries
about matters more important for his
soul. his mind, and his body.-Chicago
Iines..
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20

like thistles traces its first and last con-
fession of remorse SIT may be that
Allah is wroth with me for what have
done; wherefore 1 would fain have ex-
plated my sins by exterminating the
idolators of China" What picture
The mightiest intellect of the age, ,dimly
conscious of something higher, some
thing better, than it has ever known,
and seeking a cure for its restless long
ings after the Unseen only in fresh
murder and fresh devastation. Peace
be with him. He has learned, long ere
this, what it was that he sought in
vain upon earth; and it may be that He
whose mercy is high as the heaven
above the earth has had pity even upon
him
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20
Good Word for Coffee.

Some persons disapprove OF coffee,
and doubtless there are constitutions
for which it is inappropriate. But
there is high medical authority in favor
ofits general use, particularly amongper-
sons predisposed to sluggishness of the
kidneys, or to gout or rheumatism, or
devoted to sedentary pursuits. Some
one has computed that cup OF well
made cafe au taa contains from Elk to
ten times as much solid nutriment and
three times as much nitrogenous matter
as does the same quantity of ordinary
broth. In hot summer weather it is
most refreshing and invigorating drink,
taken either hot or cold.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20

THE RUBY AND THE ROSE

He was the lord Of Merlintower,
And Was but of low degree;
She had her beauty for her dover,
Nor other treasure needed she:
He came, when hawthorns were a-hower,
Aud strove to steal my love from me.
oh she was sweeter than the wind
That bloweth over Indian Isles;
As April bright, than June more kind
Fawn-wild. and full of winsone wlles.
And l, alas had learned to find
Nv only life beneath her smiles
lie sent my love a ruby rare,
Tha; might have graced impe rial brows.
No gem had L To deck her hair
sent her-hut simple rose;
And prayed her, on a night to wear
The gift of him whose love she chose.
Come. queen of all my hearts desire,
Crown me or slayi Ny soul is stirred
To challenge fate Ny pulses tire
OF fears's chill tremor. Sings the bird
OF hope for him who dares aspiref"
A lovers scroll, and wild of word
We watched her coming, he and /;
With utter dread nv heart stood still
The moons wan crescent waned on high.
The nightingale had sung hls fill,
In the dim distance seemed 10 die
The echo of his latest trill.
The fiower-trailed gate, our tryst Of old,
Cleaned whitley meath the clustering bloom
of the dusk-starring jasmine. Cold
His shadow fell; ghostly gloom
Lurked where it lay. Oh, heart oerbold'
Hast thou but hastened utter doom
A still cold smile slept on his face,
That all my hope to anguish froze;
Then in the silence of the place,
We heard her iower-pied porch unclose,
And-in her hairs silk-soft embrace
There nestled warm ripe red rose
-Hdrpe-'s BdzGr.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20
WE LAY Us DOWN TO SLEEP.
By LOUISE CHANDLER MouLToS.

B1
We Law us down to sleep,
And leave to God the rest;
Whether TO wake and weep.
Or wake no more be best.
Why vex our souls with care?
The grave is cool and low;
Have we found life SO fair
That we should dread to go?
We've kissed loves sweet, red lips,
And left them sweet and red.
The rose the wild bee sips
Blooms on when he is dead
Some faithful friends we've found,
But those who love US best,
When we are under ground,
VIII laugh on with the rest.
No task have We begun
But other hands can take;
No work beneath the sun
For which We need to wake.
Then hold us fast. sweet Death,
If so it seemeth best
To Him who gave us breath
That We should go to rest
We lay us down to sleep,
Our weary eyes We close;
Whether to wake and weep,
Or wake no more. He knows.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20

Leather made from the skin of the
white whale, it is said, is now a regular
article of manufacture at some of the
villages in Canada. 1t is both fine and
durable, and shoe thongs made of it are
said never to break.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20

The MoTHER's LAST LESSON. - A
mother lay dying. Her little son, not
knowing of the sorrow coming to him,
went as was his custom, to her chamber
door, saying:
"Please teach me my verse, mamma,
and then kiss me good night L am
very sleepy, but no one has heard me
say my prayers.
"Hush u said a lady who was watch
ing beside her. "Your dear mother is
too i'll to hear you tonight" and COM
ing forward, she sought gently to lead
him from the room. Roger began to
sob as if his heart would break.
81 cannot go to bed without saying
my prayers-indeed, l cannot"
The ear of the dying mother caught
the sound. Although she had been in
sensible to everything around her, the
sob of her darling aroused her stupor,
and, turning to her friend, she desired
her to bring her little son to her. Her
request was granted, and the child's
golden hair and rosy cheeks nestled be-
side the cold face Of his dying mother.
my son." she whispered, "repeat
this verse after me, and never forget it
When my father and mother forsake
me, the Lord will take me up" The
child repeated it two or three times,
and said his little prayer. Then he
kissed the cold face, and went quietly
to bed.
In the morning he came, as usual, to
his mother, but found her still and cold.
This was her last lesson. He has
never forgotten it, and probably never
will, as long as he lives.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20

The Baroness Burdett Coutts does
not confine her charitable actions to
England, but is about to build lodging
houses for the poor in Dublin and Bel
fast
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20

A venerable Boston lady thinks apple
dumplings are the best vegetable pills
for q gnawing in the stomach.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20

81 come to steal" as the rat observed
to the trap. "And spring to embrace
you," as the trap replied to the rat
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20
Youths Column.

A GREEN Communications ago
into a Wholesale grocery store in Boston
walked a tall, notwithstanding, raw
boned man, evidently fresh conner
from some back town in Maine or New
Hampshire. Accosting the first person
he met, who happened to be the mer-
chant himself, he asked
"You don't want to hire q man in
your store, do you?"
"Well, said the merchant, l don't
know what can you do?"
"Do p said the man, II rather guess
1 can turn my hand to almost anything.
What do you want done9"
swell, if was to hire man, it would
be one that could lift well-a strong,
wiry fellow; one, for instance, that
could shoulder q sack of coffee like that
yonder, and carry it across the store
and never let it down."
"There, now, captin," said our coun-
tryman, "that's just me- What will
you give a man that can suit you?"
81 tell you," said the merchant, ''if
you will shoulder that sack of coffee,
and carry it across the store twice and
never lay it down, 1 will hire you for a
year at 800 per month"
"Done," said the stranger and by
this time every clerk in the store had
gathered around and were waiting to
join in the laugh against the man, who,
walkin to the sack, threw it across his
shoulder with perfect ease, as it was
not extremely heavy, and walking with
it twice across the store, went quietly
30 h.A Il ,h faofa 10
the wall, and hanging the sack upon it,
turned to the merchant and said
There, now ; it may hang there till
Doomsday shan't never lay it down.
What shall 1 go sbout, mister? Just
give me plenty to do and 500 month.
and it's all right"
The clerks broke into laugh, but it
was out of the other side of their
mouths; and the merchant, discounted,
yet satisfied, kept to his agreement, and
to-day the green countryman is the
senior partner in the firm and worth
half million dollars.
(Quick wit, good sense, and a willing
ness to work were the foundation of
this mans success. One cause which
prevents half our young men from
''rising in hfe," is a disinclination to
work. They are afraid of doing them
selves that which was appointed for
another to do, and so Eight shy" of
their own and the interests of their en-
ployer. To succeed, one must make it
his duty to do all he can for the good
of the concern in which he is employed !;
eye service will surely be detected, as
real service will as surely be discovered,
appreciated, and rewarded. Young
men, if you would be promoted, make
yourselves worthy of it by honest SER
vice.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-20

They often eat out of the same dish,
sleep together in the same barn, and
play together in the same yard. have
known them to chase each other for
hours, leaping, skipping, and lodging,
like boys playing tag. Then they will
rub their heads together, kiss and fon-
die each other, like two loving children,
or a mother with her darling in her
arms.
Sometimes carlo goes to the pasture
and stays all day close at the side OF
Jim, following him about the field
where he is feeding, wagging his tai,
looking so loving and kind, that he
seems to say, L am happy to be with
you. won't leave you.
If Jim is hitched to the carriage,
Carlo always leaps for Joy but if he is
compelled to stay at home when Jim
goes away, he cries hard, and feels very
bad. And finally, he has learned to
ride on horseback, taking the reins in
his mouth.
l could tell you a great many other
things about these two friends, how
they love each other, and never quarrel
or hurt each other. But I must tell
you of two little brothers who live not
far away. They, too, are nearly of the
same age, have been brought up to-
gether, sleep, and eat, and play to-
gether. But it sometimes happens that
they do not perfectly agree. Sometimes
they do not seem to prefer each others
society to that of all other boys and /
have known them hurt each other at
play, or in quarrel.
Now what shall we think of this? Are
horses and dogs better than children ,
Yes, sometimes. Though children know
the most, can talk and learn to read,
and know they have souls, and must
give account to God, still they are
sometimes less loving and kind to each
other than horses and dogs.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12
Driving Out the British.

Inone of the little villagesin Winches-
ter county, lived an old fellow, somewhat
fond of his glass of tOddy, and hanging
around the bar-rooms of the village tav.
erns, to hear the gossip, and occasionally
indulge, and sometimes to an excess, OF
which he was afterward very much
ashamed. He went by the name of Old
Sam," and was really very entertaining
parsonage. He had seen General Wash
ington, and was, according to his own
story, the cause of the British evacuating
the city.
"Come, Sam," some village lounger
would say, "tell us about your driving
the British out of New York"
"Well, now, squire, l don't exactly
say that did do it, but I will give you
the facts, and you can draw your own
conclusions: You see the fact was,
knew the British were in New York, and
| knew, and we all felt that they had been
there quite long enough, and for one l
was determined they should be there no
longer. One night, after we had been
talking about it some time, before going
to bed, l said to our folks, 'Ishall ride to
the city tomorrow morning, and be there
before daybreak; and l shall go armed =
/ went right out to the stable, with a
lantern, three hours before daybreak,
saddled our old white mare, put two
loaded pistols in the hostler of the sad
die, and took my fathers sword that he
carried at Bunker Hill, and l got into
New York early in the morning, and
the British had left
"Do you mean to say they had evac-
uated the city,"
az mean to say that they had re-
treated-gone---run away! Now don't
mean to say that the British knew that
was coming but 1 do say that it looked
very much like it'll"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12
GENERAL INFORMATION.

THE following are the number of let
ters in the alphabet of different nations:
English 20, French rs, Italian 20, Span
ish n, German 20, Slavonic AZ, Russian
36, Latin %, Greek "a, Hebrew %, Ara
bic %, Persian 81, Turkish %, Sanskrit
A, Chinese radical characters 214.
SEwING-MACHINEs are opposed in
China on the score that they cheaper
labor. Several tailors in Hong Kong
who tried to introduce them were
mobbed. In America Chinese cheap
labor is derided, and in China American
cheap labor by machinery is forcibly re-
pudiated.
ALL the District Engineers of the Bos-
ton Fire Department have been ordered
to report the buildings that are considered
especially hazardous, and all are ex-
pected to familiarize themselves with the
general character of every building, and
the internal arrangements of the more
important ones.
SEVEN comets appeared in the heavens
in the year 1873, five of which were first
seen from the observatory at Marseilles.
The seventh was Coggia's comet, which
ornamented our northern sky early in
the past summer, but was first detected
as telescope object on the 10th of
November, last year.
WHILE Northern wOOlen mills are
stopped, those of Georgia are increasing
the number of looms and reaping divi-
dends. Columbus has $4,000 spindles,
60 wOolen and $40 cotton looms, all built
in less than seven years, by city which
lost 10000 bales of cotton, worth $15,-
100000, and millions of other property.
A DISPATCH from Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, says Sergeant James David
son, who served for over fifty years in the
United States army, died at Fort Con-
stitution on Saturday. He was the old
est enlisted man in the service, having
served in the wars of Florida and Mex
leo with distinction. For several years
he has had charge of Fort Constitution.
THE Great Salt Lake is now thought
to be some twelve or fourteen feet higher
than it was in 1S47. In 1852 percepti-
BILE permanent rise was evident; but, from
1856 to 1861, gradual subsidence of the
waters took place. In 1862 the lake be-
gan to extend in area, and continued to
rise until 1868, since which time the
oscillations have been about equal.
Mr.. NORMAN WIZARD, who has been
experimenting with heavy ordnance on
Nut Island, in Boston harbor, for some
weeks, has proved that the instant pres
sure of fifty pounds of powder in fif
teen-inch gun is 27 1000 pounds to the
square inch, against the bore of the gun
and the end Of the projectile, making
the total pressure againt the projectile
%, ,476 tons.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12
Old-Time Wills.

In will made by Charles De Witt, of
MarbletOwn, the 9TH of July, 1776, few
days after the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, we find the following:
In the name of God amen. /, Charles
De Witt, being at present ut my house
in Marbletown, and considering the un-
certainty of life, especially in those times
of trouble, and as am in a few days to
60 down to New York where l may fall
victim to British tyrants who are ar
rived in order to invade the Metropolis,
it may be uncertain whether ever 1 re-
turn, do make and publish my last will
and testament" &c.
In another will, made by David Crage
in 1775, the testator, wishing to secure
his wife in the comforts of home, says ::
"ITEM-I give unto my loving wife,
Martha Crage, her riding near and year
ling colt, and to be kept for her on the
farm whereon now dwell, to be at her
disposal; and l also give and allow unto
my said wife, and my will is that she
have her choice of any room in the house
where we now dwell, and that the same
be furnished in decent and comfortable
manner. That my son Adam give her
sufficient maintenance therein, and a ne
gro wench to attend her during life. But
in case of any disagreement, and my wife
inclines to live elsewhere, then l order
and allow the sum of eight pounds per
year, and as much wool and flax as she
may reasonably stand in need of during
her natural life."
Another, which bears the date of 1907,
made by Henry Crauss, contains the fol-
lowing:
az give and bequeath to my loving
wife one Near, one COW sheep, with her
beding and cloathing and household fur
niture; as for the rest of my effects to
be equally divided among my children
except Zekiel he having got his part be-
fore"
Thomas Goldsmith in 1887 wills to his
"beloved wife Catherine Negro boy
named Dick, likewise the feather bed and
all the furniture thereunto anywise be-
longing to the same on which. we now
lye; likewise all the furniture and cloth
ing she brought with her when we were
married likewise one of my best Milsh
cows at her own choice. Likewise my
best copper tea kettle and my best tea
pott with all the tea furniture and the
side saddle she now rides, over and above
what she is left underneath"
One Revolutionary hero leaves to his
favorite son his two guns and cutlas,
while another gentleman who seems to
have been the owner of some twenty-five
colored slaves, disposes of them by giving
one to each of his children, of which he
has thirteen, and the remainder to his
sisters. One clause of his will reads as
follows:
81 give to my son Wilhelmus my smith
shop, also my bay mare and her daugh-
ter which is also bay, my fishing nett
and my negro wench Dina and all her
children excepting her daughter Bet
my cider press, and apple mill, and my
pleasure shleat, and one iron pot holding
about half skipple."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

The London Globe says: Coming events
cast their shadows before, and if fashion
has any influence on Fahrenheit we are
likely to have winter of very great Sc
verify. The Paris designershave already
made their arrangements for it, and the
last novelties are revealed to an expect
ant public. For the last few years the
milliner's idea has been to dress her GUS
toners as like men as possible, to give
them stand-up collars and leather-belts,
to arm them with umbrellas hanging
from the waist as if they were swords, to
supply them with gentlemen's watch
pockets and gentlemen's watch-chains
Even in fashion the world must advance,
and the move for the coming winter is
decidedly move forward. Fashionable
ladies' who have been dressed like men,
must now be dressed like wild animals.
All the new tissues are to resemble furs,
and as a few years ago young ladies were
said to wear Dolly Vardens, so now they
will put on their "camels." That is the
generic name by which the Partisan mo-
aistes have called this years fabrics,
though of course there is a variety al
lowed, and young lady may appear as
reindeer, as bear, as northern elk
in fact, as any rough-skinned animal she
may select. But it is necessary that the
skin should consist of as few pieces as
possible. The "camel," and a collar
which will be known in the fashionable
world as a dogs collar, will complete the
costume. But this new invention of the
French dressmakers has not much orig
inality after all. The idea is merely a
development of the Ulster great-coat,
which was borrowed couple of years
ago from the Irish peasantry. The de-
sire for the toughest materials and the
rudest make has produced already strange
results. In Switzerland Englishmen are
dressed so like guides that it is difficult
the taste for walking sticks has declared
that perfectly plain bit of ash cut out
of the wood and innocent of scraping
and vanishing is the most fashionable
cane. A silver ornament is allowed near
the handle as a sort of trade mark to
show that it belongs to a gentleman.
Even if the winter Of 1874 should be so
inclement as that of 1870, there may yet
be days when the "camel would be too
warm, and so less heavy garments have
to be prepared. Still the relations with
the animal world will be kept up. La
dies, when they can not 60 out like
beasts, will 90 out like birds. All trim
mings are to be made of feathers--cocks'
feathers, pheasants' feathers, peacocks
feathers This plumage is to cover the
dresses, but whole bird will be in the
hat. A very fashionable lady may
therefore, assume parrots head and 9
peacocks tail.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12

Strength of character consists of two
things; power of will and power of self
restraint. 1t requires two things, there
fore, for its existence: strong feelings,
and strong command over them. Now,
we very often mistake strong feelings for
strong character. A man who bears all
before him, before whose wild bursts of
fury the children of the household quake,
because he has his own way in all things,
we call him strong man. The truth is
he is weak man; II is his passions that
are strong; he, mastered by them, is
weak.
You must measure the strength of n
man by the power of the feelings he sub
dues, not by the power of those which
subdue him. And hence, composure is
often the highest result of strength. Did
we ever see man receive fragrant in
jury and then reply calmly2 That man
Is morally strong. Or did we ever see a
man in anguish stand as II carved out of
solid rock, mastering himselfY Or one
bearing a hopeless daily trial remain
silent, and never tell the world what
cankered his home peace? That is
strength. He who, with strong passions,
remains cbaste; he who, with indigna-
tion within him, can be provoked and
yet restrain himself and forgive, those
are strong men, the moral heroes,