Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-21
NO. 3.
Varieties.
A pretty foot and ankle get up stairs

Ihe Masonic brethren at Burlington,
Kansas, propose to build temple.
would not give straw for a mans
religion, whose very dog and cat are
not the better for il.
Winnie Rsam has large Newfound-
land dog who paws visitors. Why won't
his mistress pause, too?
A little girl was once asked the fol-
lowing question: What is faith %
She replied, Doing Gods will and ask
ing no questions"
"Aleck" says he has trouble in his
family. His ten year old girl, Cathar-
inc, dubbed herself kitty" and has
gone by this name, till Just now little
Harry insists upon changing his name
to ''Doggie." He says ''he has as good
a right to play he is dog, as she has
to play she is cat"
| 1t is estimated that over 40, 900 chill
dren under one year of age, die annually
in England Gncluding Scotland and
Irelans.) of diseases produced by i'm
proper diet, given them through mis-
take or through ignorance, and of only
two diseases. commissions and diarrhea.
Besides these, many other complaints,
sometimes fatal, are produced by i'm
proper feeding.-Goiden Words.
There appeared recently in the obitu-
ary columns of the Philadelphia Ledger
notices of the deaths of ten persons
men and five women-who had lived to
or beyond the advanced age of eighty
years, to wit Lemuel Swain, aged 80;
Andrew Walker. so; Lydia P. Johnson,
80; Cornelius Mclaughlin, so; James
Hutchinson, so; Sarah Ustick, Sc; John
ID. Shafer, Sc; Mary Rodgers, 81; Mar
tina Fairies, 81; and Martha Lowry, SO.
An English woman has set an exam
pie which American husbands will
doubtless commend to their wives for
imitation. She made will giving all
her property to her husband, directing
that her wardrobe should be sold to de-
fray the expenses of her funeral, and
expressing the hope that her dear hus-
band should straightway marry some
nice young woman who would be good
housekeeper. Such delicate considera-
tion is certainly beyond praise. It is
pity that some husbands would not try
to emulate it.
Marshal Bazaine has taken the place
of the "Map in the Iron Mask" on the
island of Sainte Marguerite, but, except
as regards his innocence or guilt, will
fail to furnish debating societies with
as interesting questions for discussion
as his predecessor. st. Maguerite is
one of the largest of the Isles de Lerins
in the Mediterranean sea, opposite
Cannes, France. 1t is about three miles
long and less than a mile broad. The
Marshal has been sentenced to seclu-
sion for twenty years, but it is expected
that he will be allowed to return to
France after few years of exile, and
if not, there will probably be abundant
opportunities for him to escape con-
finement presented by the changes of
government so characteristic of French
politics.
Upon the subject of taxation, a num-
Der of important decisions have recently
been made by the Supreme Court Of the
United States. One of them denies the
right OF the State to tax imported goods
in the original package, on the ground
that the right of importation carries
with it an unrestricted right to sell the
goods. Another decision denies the
right OF the State to tax national pro-
perty or the national credit in the form
of the public debt, the ground taken
being that the right to tax implies the
right to destroy. Another decision de-
clares that for purposes of State taxa
tion the port of registry of a vessel is
the domicile of the vessel. The power
of State to tax bills of ladlng, or any
form of commercial paper passing be-
tween the States, is denied, hence it is
restriction on domestic commerce.
Another decision denies the extra terri
torial operation of the tax laws of the
State, it being declared that State has
no right to tax a corporation on its
shares, bonds or coupons, which are
held outside the State.
A little circumstance has lust come
to us through friend of the parties,
which we are tempted to make public.
1t is as follows: A couple very we'll
known in the country are at present ar
ranging terms for a separation, to avoid
the scandal of a judicial divorce, and
friend has been employed by the hus-
band to negotiate the matter. The
latest mission was in reference TO q
valuable ring given to the wife before
marriage by the husband. For this he
would make a certain much desired
concession. The friend made the de-
mand. "What !" said the indignant
wife. "do you venture to charge your
self with such mission to me? Can
you believe that could tear myself
from n gift which alone recalls to me
the days when my husband loved me?
No this ring is my only souvenir Of
happiness forever departed 'Tis all
land here she wept) that now possess
of a once fond husband" The friend
insisted. The lady supplicated-grev
obstinate-grew Observation-Disclosures
to submit to public divorce as q lesser
evil than parting with the cherished
ring-and at last confessed that-she
had sold it six months before.
A correspondent recently wrote to the
Philadelphia Ledger an account OF
what ne supposed to be the fall Of "a
piece of the moon" on Christmas eve.
the falling mass "leaving a bright
comet-like tail behind it" in its descent
to the earth. The direction of its fall
is not stated, but it is noticeable TACT
that the Virginia paper of a late date
give accounts of a meteorological phe-
nomenon which occurred on the same
evening, and which may have some con-
nection with that noticed by our cor
respondent in Philadelphia About
eight o'clock in the evening there was
a great flash of light in Fauquier
county, Virginia, accompanied by
distinct vibrating motion of the earth,
and followed Immediately with a report
like that Of cannon. The light and
sound seemed to move from east to
west. The falling luminous body OBJ
served by the correspondent was pro-
badly a meteor, and the account OF the
Virginia phenomenon is similar to those
given of falling @rolites. These mete-
oric bodies sometimes burst with loud
noise, and their particles are scattered
over a wide extent Of territory, and
sometimes the force of the explosion
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