Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-21
SHORT ITEMS.

a French journal says cabbage leaves
will ctre the worst ulcer.
BY shooting wood-pile thief with salt
Wisconsin woman preserved her wood and
put the thief in frightful pickle.
New Jerseys two hundred iron mines
Yielded last year 10000 tons of ore, of
which l50,09 tons were manufactured in
to pig iron.
A Detroit woman who had been divorced
from her first hGsbl,,d, recently married
again. The first husband, to show that he
bore no malice, headed party who sere-
naded the newly married pair.
The store OF Daniel Piersol, At Morgan
town, Berks county, was robbed of its en-
tire contents on the night of the 9th inst.
The whole stock was removed in vehicles,
and there is no clue TO the robbers.
The custodian ,f what had been Carl
ba.di's straw bed in lsehia WAS heard to
mutter, on seeing lady carrying away
few straws Is relic, '.They will do il l'ye
stuffed 1t six times already since the Gen
eral left.''
A Springfield girl threatens TO sue her
father for breach Of promise. She says
the old gentleman fist gave his consent,
and then refused to. and that her beau, hav-
ing got tired of waiting, has gone after an
other girl.
A modern philosopher thinks it a mistake
to suppose women haY" stronger attach
ments than men. A man is often attached
20 AN Old hat but be asks, '.who ever
hearrl OF a woman beirg attached to an old
hOnncti''
Professor Owen HIS just discovered in
the London clay at Shcppy a new fossil bird
with teeth somewhat resembling those in
the Australian hooded lizard He concludes
il to have been web-iooted and a ish-eater.
No evidence of true teeth had previously
been known in any bird
The late King of Saxony called at tel
egr.lph Office in his dominions to inspect
the working, of the institution. The oper-
ator telegraphed the fact to his next neigh
bor. and received for an answer, s.The King
pokes his nose into everything" This ar
rived during the royal presence, and the
operator WAS obliged to lead the edifying
intelligence to his majesty. Imagine the
feelings of that poor employee
The Swiss Times saws that the cattle
plague is extending to an alarming extent
in some parts of Switzerland. The latest
information shows that it has broken out
afrcSh IL. several cantons, more particularly
Berne, Ncuehatel, and the GriSsons. In
the canton of FTiburg, where it had disap-
peared, it has again attacked several DIS
tricts at once, and in consequence of its
yirulence 1t Vaud large number of cattle
have had to oe destroyed. In the latter
canton all cattle fairs, and markets have
been suppressed until further orders.
Col. Thomas Y. Stillwell, minister to
yenezuel. during President Johnson's Ad-
miniStration. was shot and instantly killed
by Jehn E. Corwin, at Anderson, Indiana,
about 5 O'Clock P. NJ ON the l4th inst t
Corwin and StiIiwell were diSputing about
some financial matters connected with An
derson when Stillwell drew pistol and
fired. The ball struck silver dollar in
GOWNS pocket, wouuding him slightly IN
the le.- Corwin then fired, hitting Still
well in tie temple, the bail passing through
the brain. Gown gave himself up.
The poison sol snine is found now both in
boiled and raw potatoes; but is only in the
skin and at the base Of the sproui. In wa
ter. whether lresI. o, salt, in which potatoes
had been boiled, but slight traces of sola-
nine were found after evaporatInS down
large quantities of it. Ev en- when boiled
for six hours the result wis TIC same. Inc
presence of the solaninc in th,' skin was
easily proved. Whether, as some s'ppose,
this alkalod is distributed throughout the
plant and whether fresh POTATOES conta.1 II
or whether it is germinated during gar
milatiou, tie CncuIlSt UoeS iot utChe-
An old colored preacher, prior to taking
a collection to pay church debt, made the
following good, though homely, exhorta-
tion: '.l've known naHy Il church to die
cause it didn't give enough, but | never
knowed church to die cause it gave too
much. Dey don't die dat way Brederen,
mas any OF you knowed a church to die
cause il gave too much ? If you do, just
let me know, and I'll make a pilgrimage to
dat church, and III climb by de soft light
90 dc moon TO its moss-covered roof, and
III stand dar and hit my hands 10 heaven
and say, BLESSED are dc dead dat die in dc
Lord
Here is a toTchinsly beautifully iIlustra-
ticn of the power Of music /; y New York
clergyman. who is fine singer, on recent
visit to a mad-house, APPROACHED the cell OF
A maniac, who rushed fo- him as far as his
chains would allow, shouting, " l'll Kill
you ~ |.I'r beat Your brains oJt" "Clear
outl" Instead of moving the preacher be-
gan TO sing sour Home IN Eeaven." Firsi
the madman listened then he stretched
himself out to the full length Of his chain.
First one arm relaxed and then tine other.
Tears moistenei his eyes. Then he coiled
up on his bed of rags as qriet as a child.
And when the hymn was ended he looked
up, saving, More. more" The preac her
sang till his strength gave way and then
left.