Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-05-06
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, Spirit of the press-A glass of cider.
Trout have been grown near Atlanta.
Ga, twelve inches long.
The new style of note paper called
celestial" is appropriate for writing
sermons on.
Time cuts down all. both great and
small. How about the provision and
grocery bills?
God hath promised pardon to Him
that repenteth, but he has not promised
repentance to him that sinneth.
A minister walked six miles to marry
a couple lately. He said he felt q sort
of fee-bill like. The groom saw it.
1t takes twenty-five cents worth Of
ice to keep ten cents worth or beef from
spelling until dinner time in Texas.
The Italians have proverb that He
who takes an eel by the tail or a woman
by the tongue is sure to come off empty
handed
The Missouri papers say that hemp
crops in that State being no longer pro-
ftable, the farmers are turning their
attention to jute.
] 1ucrc 10 uo pOilCf hnC ROiASchcoS, auu
good manner is the best thing in the
world either to get good name or to
supply the want of it.
| The gross receipts from British rail-
ways have increased from Sll0, 600, 900
in 1858 to S256. 600, 900 in 1872, having
more than doubled in IA years.
| ASt. Paul woman who used to keep
tiree girls, now does her own work
cheerfully. she found her husband
throwing kisses at them.
An obituary notice of a much res
pected Louisville lady concludes With,
in her life she was pattern worthy to
be followed, and her, oh how consoling
to her friends.
One of the most eminent public men
of the State of New York, in declining
a high position, declared that he was
too much interested and too busy in
growing potatoes.
A st. townsville man, on LIS dying
bed, remembered that his wife was
smoking some hams, and he said, ''Now
Henrietta, don't go snufiing around and
forget those hams.
Trinity Church, which was founded
in New York in 1896 The first edifice
was destroyed by the great fire of 1776.
The present structure was seven years
in building, and was completed in 1916.
A gentleman remarked to friend the
other day that it would he pretty hard
to tell his wife everything that happens.
"That is nothing" said the friend. 81
tell my wife lots of things that never
happen at all.
To wish that others should learn by
our experience is sometimes as idle
as to think that we can eat and they
be filed but when we find that we have
ate poison, it is doubtless mercy to
warn them against the dish.
DIR. Newman Hall is eloquent on the
dignity of labor that everybody believes
in for other people, and sentimental on
the doctrine of prayer that so many
people are sceptical about. He thinks
it belongs to the order of things, and is
as much a condition OF grace as eating
is of nutrition.
An ambitious young lady was talking
very loudly about her favorite authors,
when literary chap asked her if she
liked Lamb. With look of ineffabls
disgust she answered that she cared
very little about what she ate, compared
with knowledge.
A discovery which evidently admits
of wider application has been made
recently. 1t has been found that q
small quantity of lime in the bilge- water
wholly prevents the corrosion of the
iron plates of ships. The lime neutrs-
si1ac tho aid nf .ba
A papyrus manuscript found in an
Egyptian tomb has lately been trans
lated by scholar of Heidelberg, who
pronounces it to be the address of RAM
ses Ill. to all the nations of the earth,
detailing infinitely all the causes which
led to the exodus of the Jews from the
land of Pharaohs.
The sardine fisheries in France at
present employ 90, 900 sailors and some
Is, 900 men, women and children on
land to prepare the fish for market. 1t
seems that the catch is now diminishing
every year, and the almost complete
failure of the fish may be anticipated
at no remote period.
We commend to the consideration Of
ministers who are given to preaching
long sermons the anecdote of the little
boy who kept awake in church as long
as he could, but finally went to sleep,
had his nap, walked up to find the min
lister still preaching, and innOcently
whispered: Mother, is it this Sunday
night or is it next Sunday night?"
Don't forget to take off your hat when
you enter the house. Gentlemen never
keep their hats on in the presence of
ladies', and if you always take yours off
when mamma and the girls are by, you
will not forget yourself or be mortified
when guest or stranger happens to be
in the parlor. Habit Is stronger than
anything else, and you will always find
that the easiest way to make sure OF
doing right on all occasions Is to get in
the habit of doing right. Good manners
cannot be put on at a moments warn
ing.
A strange death is reported to have
occurred In India recently. A native,
while cltchiug fish In tank put the
head of one i'll his mouth and bit it, as
the fish was rather troublesome in the
matter of wriggling Suddenly one Of
the sharp points III the back fin stuck
Al HIS manu- LC Opchtu his AAoubu "
call for help, and the fish, giving q
quick plunge, jumped down his throat,
and there tirmly stuck. 1t was only
taken out, and by small pieces, after be
had been carried to the hospital. He
was SO exhausted that he died as soon
as it was removed.
The Republic of Chilli has, through
its representatives, formally notified
our government that an international
exposition will be held at Santiago. to
open in September 16. 1875. Some
valuable general concessions are to be
made to exhibitors at the exposition.
There will be o reduction of fifty per
cent in the price of freight from Valpa-
raiso to Santiago and on lines belonging
to the government. Articles, excepting
such as relate to dress fabrics, furniture,
house decoration, ,jewelry, glass, earthen-