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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
Lalnarline's Generosity.

Like all Frenchmen," says a writer
on Lamartine, ''intense egotism was
one of the prominent errors of his char
acter. This fault was redeemed, how
ever, by so many noble and shining
qualities that it almost disappears in
their lustre. He was the soul of honor,
the bravest of the brave, the most gene
rous of men. Pages could be filled with
anecdotes of his gentleness of heart and
boundless charity. The emoluments
which he derived as a member of the
provisional government he distributed
freely and unasked among the poor
authors of Paris, and the letters which
accompanied these gifts doubled the
obligation. Sunday, his only holiday,
was devoted to charity his doors were
open to all who suffered, who were in
want. All who came, whether known
or unknown, he greeted with extended
hand, with kindly smiles and words, to
soften the bitterness and humiliation of
their position. Il am dying of hunger,
one day wrote laconica,ly an unknown.
Il have five hundred francs; they are
yours with all my heart, wrote back
Lamartine. If had hundred francs
L should be truly happy" exclaimed
poor author in his presence. "Here are
a thousand" answered Lamartine, Civ
ing him the money. Only the revenues
of a prince could sustain such munifi-
cence. For years before his death he
was overwhelmed with debts and re-
duced to comparative indigence, but
the divine impulse of charity remained
as active as ever. He was saving up to
buy himself little pony-chsise to take
the air in. He had gathered just q
thousand francs, when a poor woman
who lived in the neighborhood came to
him with piteous tale her goods had
been seized by a hard-hearted creditor,
and homeless destitution stared her in
the face. "How much do you require ?"
he asked. a thousand francs, was the
answer. There was a momentary
struggle, and then he went away,
fetched his little hoard, and placed it
in her hand.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
The Old Age of n Martinez.

A Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Telegraph remarks that the En-
peror William no longer rides on horse
back. but has to review his troops from
his carriage. He is now i'll his 18th
year. '.It is true,n adds this writer,
THAT Count Wrangel, who is nearly
thirteen years his senior, may still be
seen from time to time threading the
paths of the Thiergarten upon a steady
going hack, to the saddle of which he
is carefully strapped; and that the
grandfather of the PrusSian army
promenades the Linden with feeble
jauntiness, chucking servant-girls under
the chin, returning eagerly all the salu
tatiOns paid to him, and distributing
new silbergroschen to the little boys
and girls who follow him in gleeful
groups, and look upon 'Papachen'
Wrangel as a certain, though irregular
source of revenue. This lively and
simple-hearted old gentleman has trag-
ical past behind him, too, and was
very terrible fellow in his day; besides
which, he has been wounded dozen
timeS-more than once severely-and
has achieved as many victories in the
boudOir as in the field; yet he bears
himself as though the idea of death
never crossed his mind, and even defied
the laws of nature So utterly as to re-
cover entirely from sharp stroke of
paralysis at lightweight years of age.
But the cares and responsibilities that
Oppress crowned heads has been un-
known to him. He has ever been a SOL
dier, pure and unadulterate; TO poll
tics, literature, or other puzZling matter
of that sort has he ever allowed to
bother his brains. As subordinate, to
carry ont to the letter his Orders-aS a
chief, to see that his own commands
were accurately fulfilled-these have
been the sole cares and preoccupatiOns
of his public life. Private griefs of the
most tremendous and crushing nature
he has met with the stOical courage of
a hero, and has dealt with them invari-
ably in manner dictated by the honor
of soldier-mOre than once with the
most tragical results. but in such sort
that ones admiration for him, though a
slight shudder may permeate it, can
never for moment be qualified by the
remembrance of any word or action of
his in the least out of keeping with the
maintenance in unsullied brightness of
his personal and professional honor; a
regimental cadet when King William
was born; decore, for valor in the
field, Of the first days of the present
century; colonel at Waterloo, and
general tifty-One years ago, it is very
possible that this extraordinary veteran,
of whom the Berliners say that he has
forgotten the way how To die may out
live his sovereign, whom he little less
than worships has already outliyed
four PruSsian Kings -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
The Tomb Of Marshal Ney,

There is in the city of Metz hand
some statue of Marshal Ney. and his
name certainly lives in history. But
according to a correspondent in Notes
and Queries, his grave is sadly neglec-
ted. 1t is in Pere Ia Chaise, in the
principal avenue, and close to that in
which Beranger and Manuel, the ora
tor, lie together, surrounded by the
sumptuous tombs of his brother mar.
shals. and in sight of those Of the Gen.
erals Foy and Colbert, and that of Ba-
ron LarIey, the surgeon of Napoleon
I. HE has no cenotaph, or simple
headstone even, to tell the passer-by
who it is that lies within the ichen-
covered rusty iron railing; and few
there are who recognize it, unless
prompted by individual interest in the
intrepid and unfortunate soldier, or by
curiosity at the wildness of the neglect
ed, uncared-for place. Years ago some
body laid out the enclosure as q small
garden but no one since has ever tended
It, and weeds have choked all but few
small wild flowers. There is no slab or
inscription such as was described as
existing in 1927, or if there is it is com
ple.ely hidden beneath the ground and
tangled briar."
Another correspondent says he visited
Marshal Ney's grave in 1861, and it was
lust in the condition described, the
rank grass growing all over the grave.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
The Gentle Life.

This is the beautiful heritage of the
well-born man and the gentle woman.
They may be poor or rich to-day, they
may be living life of leisure or toiling
for their bread-all the same they carry
with them the grace, the care, the gen
tleness, the consideration, the knowl.
edge which we call intuition or instinct,
which comes from generations of cul-
ture and a thousand qualities of mind
and heart which win social recogni-
ton and bring happiness to the pos
SCISSOR.
The accumulation of more money as
an inheritance for children is often
worse than nothing in their hands; it
sonal effort and unfrequently proves
the means by which they ride fast to
destruction. Money is worse than
nothing if the lives of the past and
associations of the present have not
taught US how to put it to its noblest
uses.
But the order, the training, the expe-
rience of a life are invaluable. They
form, with education, key that un-
locks the recesses of the world, and be-
comes power that no loss in stocks or
bonds or houses or lands can deprive
the fortunate possessor of. They make
him the equal of the best, and there
fore at ease with all men. Deprived of
leisure and of resources which he would
know how TO appreciate, he still finds
within himself more than others find
outside of themselves. Outwardly, his
life is isolated; inwardly, he holds COM
munion with all that is best and finest
in art and society and literature. His
gracious and kindly manners, which he
retains in spite of poverty or wealth,
show that he consorts only with the
noblest. whether his dwelling here be
a hut or palace.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
A Curious story of Recovering a
Lost Voice.

The Springfield Republican tells a
curious story of the way in which A. 3.
Leonard, dumb man, at Southbridge,
Massachusetts, recently recovered his
voice, which he lost about year ago,
after an attack of cerebro-spinal meni-
sitis. A few mornings ago he was
awakened about four o'clock by sense
of oppression and faintness. He be-
came conscious enough to understand
that gas was escaping from coal stove,
and that he would soon die unless he
could get to fresh air; so, after many
falls and tumbles he gained the outside
door, when he tainted, but was soon
aroused by the tapping and tugging of
faithful Newfoundland dog. Then
the thought came to him that his wife
and child were in the house and though
he had not spoken for months he called
loudly for help, his cries, united with
the howls of the dog, soon rousing a
neighbor. to whom he told his troubles,
and again tainted and was insensible for
two hours. On recovering he was un-
able to talk, but the doctor, on hearing
the case ordered him to visit the gas
house and breathe the air in the puri-
flying room. After spending an hour
and half there he could talk in a
whisper, and since then has gained the
perfect use of his voice.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
AbSinthe.

The Swiss Times gives the following
account of absinthe and its history:
In the Canton of Neuchatel, in the
long, broad, wild Val de Travers, IA
nous for its asphalt mines, is the seat
of the manufacture of absinthe. The
manufacture of this pernicious drink
dates back to the last decades of the
eighteenth century. A French exile
and doctor is credited with the first IN
ysntion of absinthe, which he employed
ss a medicine, and at his death, left his
receipt to his servant girl, Mile. Grand
pierre. She sold it to the daughters of
Lieutenant Henriod, who at the begin
ming of this century, sold to NJ. Per
nod of Couvet, and from that period
the .'Extrait d'Absinthe" appears IN
commerce. The quantity of absinthe
manufactured at the present day is
estimated at about $40, 600 litres. The
herb (Artemisia absinthium) of which
the absynthe is first prepared is a plant
growing to height of FROM two to four
feet. 1t is found throughout Central
Europe on stony hills and also IN gar
aens. Consumers of absinthe are
principally found in France, England.
North America and Switzerland al
though the hurtful effect OF the liquor
ON the nervous system has been repeat
edly pointed out by medical men.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
The Editor.

Some people estimate the ability OF
newspaper and the talent of its editor
by the quantity of original matter. 1t
is comparatively an easy task for a
frothy writer to pour cut daily acolumn
of wOrds-words upon any and all sub
iects. His ideas may flow In one weak.
washy, everlasting flood, and the COM
mand of his language may enable Mm
to string them together like punches of
onions and yet his paper may be mea-
ere and poor concern. Indeed the mere
writing part of editing paper Is but a
small portion of the work. The care.
the time employed in selecting. is far
more important, and the tact of good
editor is better shown by his selections
than anything else; and that, we know,
is half the battle. But, as we have
said, an editor ought to be estimated,
and his labor understood and appre-
,,ated by the general conduct OF his
paper-its tone, its uniform, consistent
course, its aims, its management, Its
dignity, and its propriety. Topreserye
these as they should be preserved Is
enough to occupy fully the time and
attention of any man. If to this be
added the general supervision OF the
newspaper establishment, which most
editors have to encounter, the wonder
il how they find time to write at al:
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
Humming-BirdS' COurtsllip.

When catching the ephemeridm that
play above the water, the tail is not ex-
panded: it is reserved for times of
courtship. / have seen the female sit
ting quietly on a branch, and two males
displaying their charms in front of her.
One would shoot up, then suddenly
expanding the snow-white tail like an
inverted parachute, slowly descend in
front of her, turning round gradually
to show off both back and front. The
effect was heightened by the wings
being invisible from distance of few
yards, both from their great velocity of
movement and from not having the
metallic lustre of the rest of the body.
The expanded white tail covered more
space than all the rest of the bird, and
was evidently the grand feature in the
performance. While one was descend
ing the other would shoot up and come
slowly down expanded The entertain
ment would end in fight between tine
two performers; but whether the most
beautiful or the most pugnacious wss
the accepted suitor, know not.-7nc
Naturalist in Nicaragua.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
Mis- .eIianV.
Curing Insanity by Irritating the
Skin.


There are many cases published in
the medical journals, relating to insan-
ity, says DR.. Brown-Sequard, showing
that large number of patients have
been cured suddenly by means of irri-
tation of the skin, that was either acci-
dental or employed by a physician.
There are other means more curious
and equally effective, as in the case l
am about to mention. A patient in a
lunatic asylum met another one who
struck his head and broke the Uranium
on the right side. The brain oozed
ont; a good deal of it was lost, and the
patient was cured of his insanity and
epilepsy. This is rather a dangerous
means of treatment, however, and of
course L speak of il only to show thai
an irritation brought to the brain may
often cure. 1t is in that way that bold
sugeons-as many there were in this
country in the period from 1926 to 1859
who have brought their instruments
to the cranium and made an opening
there, in cases of epilepsy. in search of
e disease at that place that did not ex-
Ist, have very frequently cured their
patients. But not because they have
taken away the disease that they sup
posed existed there, but because they
lave produced an irritation which has
done 1t. But / may add that it is not
necessary to open the cranium, though
it has been done, to nv knowledge.
more than fifty times in this country
All that is called for is an irritation of
the skin of the Uranium and of the
fiJrous band that covers the bone be-
tween the skin and brain. Irritation
there has a very good chance of curing
epilepsy in many very obstinate cases.
There are many cases on record show
ing that an Inflammation in almost any
of the organs of the body is sufficient to
check insanity. In the same way other
affections of the brain, such as amau-
rosis or paralysis, may be cured sud
denly sometimes without any cause that
We can find, but with good ground GER
tainly to believe that irritation has
acted which has produced a change in
the cells of the brain and diminished
their morbid activity. For there are
clear cases in which those affections
have been cured by such irritation.
Those alterations of cells that were pro-
ducing an arrest OF the power of sight
or paralysis have been submitted to an
irritation of parts of the skin or OF
some viscus, and this irritation going
10 the morbid part and producing a
change IT the activity of those cells, has
cured the disease. So that q double
mechanism of arrest may take place In
all these cases. There is In the brain
an irritation starting from the place
where there is a disease. That we can
see after death. That irritation goes to
parts at distance and acts on cells to
stop their activity; but another irrita-
ton starting from some parts of the
body goes to the parts that are diseased
aud there acts on the morbidly active
cells and stops their activity, so that
the effect that resulted from the disease
ceased. So one phenomenon of arrest
produced the cessation of another.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24

The English grape cultivators have
thus far eIcelled all others in the pro-
duction of enormous punches OF grapes.
The latest wonder Of the kind was a
bunch of Black Hamburger grapes
weighing 13 pounds ounces. 1t was
raised at Lambton Castle, the seat of
the Earl of Durham, and was exhibited
at Manchester in September last. 1t
NAV be considered the most extraOr-
binary bunch of grapes, for size, even
in England, nor excepting Specify s
twenty-pounds Syrian, and those i'm
mense Syrians of more recent date pro-
duced at the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Internationals. This bunch was the
product of a vine struck from an eye In
1859. The vine was cropped the second
wear and carried six bunches. one OF
which gained prize at Glasgow In
1872. This last year the vine bore
seven punches besides the one men
toned above, the ightest Of the eight
weighing over four pounds,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
Buddhistie Hospitality.

The honli or ecclesiastical residence
of the chief priest of the Nichiren sect
in Echizen was a temple-like structure
of the kind peculiar to japan, and SO
well fitted for country in which the
chief concern is rather about subter-
ranean "probabilities" than those in
regard to the weather. The first duty
of a good house in japan is not so much
to look beautiful as to keep on its legs.
/ have seen some poorly-built houses
made giddy, reel, and fall into fiat
ness that makes founder round by
comparison. In well built japanese
house, however, one is as safe during
an earthquake as on Cunarder in an
Atlantic gale. My clerical friends
house was evidently earthquake-proof.
From one massive crest swept down on
either side the heavy roof of black tiles,
making two colossal gables on each
side. To support this awful weight of
tiles, the roof timbers are whole trunks
of trees, so Joined together as to rock
easily in an earthquake. The uprights
rest in sockets in boulders set in the
earth, so that when an earthquake
comes, the continuity of the shock is
broken by the joints and not too tight
transOms, while the inertia of the heavy
roof preserves stability until the shock
has passed. That the Japanese under
stand the science of earthquake proof
architecture is most evident, since
scores of their pagodas, temples, and
towers have withstood the shocks of
hundreds of years. Any one knows
how he can balance gold headed cane
on his finger-tip, and move the base
foot or more from the perpendicular
while the heavy head scarcely changes
position. The supports of japanese
house seem frail and the roof danger
ously heavy, but the house is gold
headed cane, and the earth the moving
hands. In the earthquakes which we
have IN Yeddo about twice or oftener a
month, the foreigner prefers to be in a
Japanese house.
Our host meets us in the soft-matted
room, with glistening skull freshly
shaven, and clad in new robes of finest
Quaker-colored silk and gorgeous collar
of gold-embroidered brocade, but
having bare feet. The mutual saluta-
tions consume several minutes. An
acolyte brings us cups of tea, then con-
versation for an hour or more ensues.
during which the dinner is served.
Though in priests and abbot's dwell
ing, it was no anchorite's fare that was
set before us. 1 would not insinuate
that all Japanese BONES live as luxu-
riantly as his Reverence Kun, but l
doubt whether any class of men in
Japan will average heavier in the scales,
or illustrate better the laws of gravity
if they should happen to fall outside a
vacuum. Fasting is, of course, often
practised, and some of the young BONES
look as pale and spiritual as those
among our own students of theology
who cultivate dyspepsia as means of
grace. Indeed, there is very pale and
handsome, dark-eyed young bOnze, who
performs the part of warden to the
tombs of the taikuns at Uyeno in Yed-
do, and acts as cicerone to visitors, of
whom one of party of young mission
ary ladies that visited the.tombs a short
time ago naively remarked, "What a
splendid convert he would make p
LippincOtfs Magazine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
Poetry.
THE ROSE ON THE WALL
BY MRS. ooRNIE-LAws ST. JOHN.

Lost in the gray, tangled shadows,
Black in the morning of years.
Lost in the dust Of wild ruin
And dim through the hazing Of tears.
Lost, o thou Queen of spent seasons
One Summer, the crown of them al,
That called the dumb fields into flowers.
And the rose from the mold of the wall.
The days, for one roses bright blooming,
Through the faintness of distant years seem
Like sunny hills, far off and golden
Thy nights, like cool valleys between.
Lost, save thy memoried beauty,
That lays on my heart, soft and sweet.
Like the pure, tender palm of an Angel.
Thst stilleth its hot, fevered beat
Thou gav'st me one gift gentle summer
The brightest that Woman may wear:
Thou gathered ii back from nv bosom
When the wall of its roses was bare.
hold the Crown-Saint of all Summers.
because of that tender love-iow
That fell mid my hearts rugged :.
And bloomed for one life-giving hour.
But the gift was too bright for my wearing:
forgive thee its gentle recall:
For perhaps mid the harshness of ruin.
'Twouid have died like the rose on the wall
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24

A collection of Chinese coins in the
Museum of the Paris Mint consists OF
nearly 800 specimens, some of gold and
silver. One of the pieces dates from
/, 700 years before Jesus Christ. A fact
worthy of notice is that the Chinese OBJ
serve the decimal system in the division
of their money. There are gold and
silver ignots, covered with regular con-
troll marks,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24

Debt is a word of Latin origin, with
a aperfectly well defined meaning, though
ali sorts Of expedients have been started
for Disgusting its meaning. Debt is
what one owes. What one owes one
ought to pay. This is plain and well
settled. Doubt only seems to mean
with some men the amount they have
had the luck to be able to borrow.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24
Youths Column.
Lullaby.

Baby, what do the blossoms say
Down in the garden walk,
They nod and they bow in the twilight gray:
Pray, can you hear them talk
They say: 30 darling baby bright.
For the lullaby breezes have come TO sing
How God takes care of everything"
Sleepl sleepi
Baby, what does the robin say.
Do you hear his evening song.
He ziIs and sings his sunset lay
BE sings: Good night, my baby dear.
Sleep soft, sleep well, and do not fear;
For somehow know as l sit and sing.
That God takes care Of everything"
Sleepi sleepl
Baby. what does the cricket says
Do you hear his measured voice.
He says: "The sun has gone away,
And I've come out TO rejoice;
For the cold dew falls upon the grass.
And the hrefiies whisper as they pass,
Cricket, cricket, come out aud sing.
How God takes care Of every hing"
sleep! sleep!
Baby what are your mothers words,
As you nestl- upon her breast!
She says: Come hither. my sweetest Of birds,
For you must seek your nest
The flowers and the robins have gone 10 sleep,
The cr1ckets and glOW-wOrms their watches keep !.
And your mother will sit by your cradle and sing
That God takes care Of everything"
Sleep! seepi
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-06-24

Do be grumbler. Some people
contrive to get hold of the prickly side
of everything, to run against all the
sharp corners, and find out all the dis
agreeable things. Half the strength
spent in growing would often set things
right. You may as we'll make MP your
mind, to begin with, that no one ever
found the world quite as he would like
it; but you are to take your share of
the troubles, and bear it bravely. You
will be very sure to have burdens laid
upon you that belong to other people,
unless you are a shirk yourself; but
DO mt grumble. If the work needs do
ing, and you can DO it, never mind
about the other boy who ought to have
done it and didn't. Those workers who
fill up the gaps, and smooth away the
rough spots, and finish up the Job that
others leave undone, they are the true
peace-makers, and worth whole regi-
ment of GROWERS.