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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05
UninHammable Wood.

The Pal Mall Gazette reports the re-
suits of trial at Devonport dock yard,
England, of method of rendering wood
uniDfiammable by saturating it with
tungstate OF soda. The prepared wood
is under all circumstances much less
readily infammabIe than the ordinary
wood, and chips and shavings of it,
although they may be made to burn,
will not by themselves set fire to sub
stantial timbers of the prepared wood.
The cost of preparing the wood, and its
largely increased weight, however, are
against these advantages. The patentee
desires large sum from the British
Admiralty for the right to use his
patent, but his cffer will not be accepted
until further tests are made. Two small
vessels are to be built, alike in all par
ticulars, except that one will be built OF
prepared and the other of ordinary
wood. These will be filed with COM
bustibles and set on fire. and from this
experiment decision will be made on
the value of the invention in retarding
the burning of ships. The prepared wood
can be burned by great heat, but
steadily resists a mere flame without
great heat. In building operations
(spart from its cost and increased
weight it could prove of little value ex-
cept in retardipg the spread of fire in
its early stages, and even then, with
combustibles of other kinds piled up
near the wood work, it would be exposed
to the heat which it cannot resist.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05
Effect of Chemical manufactures
Upon Health.

The Lancet points out that the alkali
manufacture, which has its chief cen
tres in Newcastle, Widnes, st. Helens
and Runcorn, has attained to enormous
magnitude of late years. One factory,
the Newcastle Chemical Works, now
covers 1877 acres of land, of which 60
acres consist of buildings and railways.
The works find employment for $500
hands, consume every year $50 ship
loads of raw material and $50, 900 tons
of coal, and turn out more than $4,000
tons of chemicals. The leaden cham
bers for the manufacture of sulphuric
acid are It's feet long, 81 feet broad,
and 30 feet high, and no less than 30 of
these chambers are in use. 1t has long
been suspected that serious injury is
done to the health of working by
some parts of the manufacture. ChlO-
ride of lime, or bleaching powder, which
is one of the staple articles of the trade,
is prepared by passing chlorine gas
over Stacked lime in large chambers of
lead or stone. When the lime is satu-
rated with the gas the doors are opened,
Ind workmen enter the chambers, their
mouths and nostrils swathed in flannel
respirators, to remove the powder and
shovel it into casks. The fue dust is
extremely irritating to the lungs, and
it is asserted by some that the men
suffer more than mere temporary in
convenience from the exposure. 1t
appears, however, impossible to obtain
decisive evidence upon this interesting
point, for the medical authorities seem
to hold Numerically opposite opinions,
and there are no statistics which throw
any light upon it. 1t could be effec-
tually solved only by the simultaneous
eIertions of all the medical men of a
manufacturing town.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05
Liberty :

Among the sentiments expressed by
Mr.. Froude in his works, 1.-The
English in Ireland" We find the fol-
lowing on Liberty" which it would
be we'll for many to take seriously to
heart; for on almost no subject is there
mere vague or incorrect opinion:
There is no word in the human
language which SO charms the ear as
Liberty. There is no word which
so littlt pains have been taken to define.
or which is used to express ideas more
opposite. There is a liberty which
is the liberty of child or a savage. the
liberty of animals, the vagrant liberty.
which obeys no restraint, for it is con-
scious of no obligation. There is q
liberty which arises from the subjuga-
ton of self and the control of circum.
stances, which consists in knowledge
of what ought to be done. and power
to do it obtained by patient labor and
discipline. The artisan or the artist
learns in an apprenticeship under the
guidance of others to conquer the diff
culties of his profession. When the
conquest is complete he is free. He
has bee ome q master. 1t is with life
as q whole, as with the occupations
into which life is divided. Those only
are free men who have had patience to
learn the conditions of useful and
honorable existence, who have over
come their own ignorance and their OWL
selfshness who have become masters
of themselves. The first liberty Is the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05
Mis- cenany.
The Origin ofOmnibuses.

According to an article in Land and
Water, omnibuses trace back AS far as
1862, in which year Louis XIV.
authorized line of carrOSses a cinQ
sous for the special benefit of the
middle classes. A company was forth
with formed for working the new system,
with the Duke de Roanes and other
peers at its head, and in a short time
seven omnibusses started, each con-
structed to hold eight people. The
terms of the concession to the company
provided that they should run at fixed
hours, whether full or empty, to and
from different quarters of the city, for
the benefit of the intirm and those en-
gagged in lawsuits, as well as for all who
could not afford to hire carriage. But
before very long the new conveyances
were diverted from their original pur-
pose, and became extremely fashiona-
BILE. The Grand Monarque travelled in
one to st. Germain, and his example
being followed by the aristocracy
generally, the class for whose benefit
they had been introduced were COM
pletely excluded. This fashionable
whim appears, however, to have lasted
only a short time, followed by the fall
ure of the company, owing to the SUBJ
sequent refusal of the poorer classes to
patronize the new vehicle. Nothing
more was seen of omnibuses in the
French Capital until 1927. when they
were again introduced by leading
banker, who made large fortune out OF
the speculation. 1t was not until two
years after this date that they made
their first appearance in London streets,
when Mr.. Shillibeer started two run
ming between the Bank and the western
extremity of the New road. These
ponderous vehicles carried twenty-five
passengers inside, the fare being one
shilling for the entire distance. But IN
some respects they appear to have been
greatly superior to the modern omnibus
The first conductors were sons of gen
tlemen, which can scarcely be SAID oi
their successors, and the periodicals
were provided gratis by the proprietors
for messengers to read en- route.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05
A Nervous Lot.

American men and women are ner-
vous, and naturally have nervous chill
dren, of slender physique, and easily
excited into precocious intelligence,
which is considered genius. Instead
of letting the little creature suck its
fists and grow fat it is jumped, and
danced and confused, and made to re.
peat like parrot. The English method
of placing your children in the hands OF
experienced nurses and making them
responsible is much better. A large,
airy nursery at the top of the house a
good, clean, wholesome Belgian, Swiss,
or Swedish woman to take charge OF it ;
breakfast of oatmeal porridge and
milk; dinners of roast or boiled beef
or mutton, and rice pudding, tea OF
bread and butter, milk and fruit, with
no confectionery or ''pieces" between
meals, and no late visits or rides with
mamma. In such quiet, uneventful
atmosphere the baby grows and thrives
best, the child is subject to less excite
ment, and with healthy and regular
habits lays the foundation OF an excel
lent constitution, while the mother is
not worn out by its constant presence,
or made nervous by being constantly
harassed with giving directions to
ignorant and inexperienced nurses.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05
AduIterafiOn i'm Teas.

Some interesting testimony has been
taken by the committee of the English
House of Commons to inquire into and
suggest means to prevent the adultera-
tion of food. Mr.. Reeves, who has
been connected with the tea trade for
half century, said that gypsum and
Prussian blue were used to color green
tea. He had never heord OF any injury
resulting from the coloring matter
used. 1t was in his opinion as neces-
sary to mix tea to render it palatable to
the consumers in England as it was to
fertify wine with brandy. There was
no such thing as natural green tea.
He believed that adulteration of tea In
England was carried on only to very
small extent, for he thought the tea
would not stand it. He did not know
of any instances where iron filings
were used for mixing, but large guam
tity of iron sand was made use of. His
experience was that black tea coming
from China was perfectly free from
adulteration. Another witness said
that tea did not grow in China as 1t was
seen in England. The black was fer
meuted before it was roasted, and the
green tea was not SO highly roasted.
The Americans gave preference TO
Japanese teas, which were uncolored.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05
Poetry.
A SWISS DAY IN SUMNER.

[The following lines seemed 10 be seasoaabre
viii you please insert them In your columns !?
They came into my hands some forty years since
and were anonymous would be glad IN some
one Of your readers could inform me Of their
authorShip.-E. ID. NJ.
lis Dawn; lovely Dawn, and the sky ia all
white,
And the cattle in wales on hill-sides are
lowing,
And the lake lies in vapor, half morning, half
night
And the breeze through the tops of the pine
groves is blowing,
the vineyards are shaking the dew from
their leaves,
And down In the valley the village roofs shine
And the doves are all rustlins their wings in
the caves,
And the earth aud the Heaven are cool.
lovely, divine.
lis Morning, rich Morning! The yagers are
out,
And the rifles are ringing from valley to hill;
But the sun rises broad and the horn and
the shout
Sink down, till we hear but the rush of the riIl
And far up the mountain, the rocbuck's
brown troop
are seen, with the nostril spread well to the
wind,
While the eagle above spreads his wings for a
swoop,
And the yagers toll on through the forest be-
hind.
lis Noon, burning Noon, and the far village
spire
And the peaks of the mountain. are arrows
of flame,
The air is & fever, the sunbeam a fire.
And the deer, like the hunter. are weary and
tame;
And the yagers by fountain and pine-tree are
spread,
Where the smoke of their meal curls up
thro the trees
And the shepherd is siumbering in chalet and
shed.
And the fainting earth longs for the shower
and the breeze.
'Tis Eve balmy Eve !, and above the hushed
world,
Like mothers red cheek DER her soft
sleeping child.
On the east, with her pinion of crimson un-
The twilight is STOPPING, sweet, dewy, and
mild;
And the planet of Eve looks on mountain and
lake,
Like sentinel spirit just glancing from hea-
ven:
Oh, thus may ,oe life and its trials forsake.
And the hour of our parting be calm as this
even.
-LFrom the Album al The Ian at Zurich.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05
Flowers.

There is a refinement in flowers, IN
love of art and nature that follows the
footsteps of their presence. He VINO
ministers thereto fulfills MISSION
whose sermons are in the woodlands
and the rocks, and its songs in breezes
and the babbiing brooks. Let no man
sneer at the love of flowers and fronds,
and tinge of leaf, which God has made
and tinted, as too frivolous and femi-
nine to become the toughness OF manly,
athlete, mental fibre. He who derides
them, knows not their meaning such
tastes mark culture and refinement,
and diviner levels reached In the ascent
of our race. From behind the flower
that blooms and smiles in the wlntry
sunshine of some humble cottage win.
dow there looks woman's soul, beyond
the hard facts of life, toward that re-
fnement and higher civilization which
comes with and follows that flower.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05

1t seems ike hearing of an elephant
waltzing, to be told that Napoleon /.
was the author of verses, but such Is
the fact, and among his poe:ic,l efforts
was a fable entitled, lie CHEN, le
Lapin ct le Chasseur. The little
corporal" had good deal or sentiment
in him, and could write love letter
with the dreamiest sophomore who ever
allowed his heart to run away with his
imagination.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05

A LITTLE boy and girl had been
cautioned never to take the nest-egg
when they gathered the eggs but one
evening the girl reached the nest first.
seized the egg, and started for the
house. Her disappointed brother fol-
lowed crying: Mother mother; Susy
she's been and got the egg the old hen
measures by"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05
Youths, Column.
The Little People.
sT JOIN c WHITTIER.

trea-y place would be this earth
Were there no little peop e in II.
The song Of life would lose its m rth,
We're there no children TO begin T.
No little forms Ike buds % grow
A make the admiring heart surrender;
No Lit le hands or breast or brow.
To keep the thri ing loye-chords tender
The sternc- souls wouli grow more s,ern.
Uufeehug nature more inhumAu.
And m an to stlic col lnass turn,
And woman would b. less the woman.
LIES song, indeed. would 'Ose It's charm,
We're there no babies 10 Dsg a Il.
A doleful p ace this world would De.
We're there no li.tle people in u
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05

Jules Janin wrote anywhere and any
how-in cabs, in the cafe, or amid the
hubbub of the greenrooms OF theatres.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05

The false shame which fears to be
detected in honest manual employment;
which shrinks from exposing to the
world necessary and honorable econ
omy, which bushes more deeply for a
shabby attire than for mean action,
and which breads the sneer of the world
more than the upbraiding of conscience
this false shame will prove the ruin
of every one who suffers 1t to influence
his thoughts of life.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05

TUE FIRST SrRAwBERRIEs.- little
girl once had bed of strawberries.
Very anxious WAS she that they should
ripen and be fit to eat. The time came.
"Now for FEAST" said her brother
to her one morning. as be picked some
beautiful ones for her to eat.
81 cannot eat these" said she, ''for
they are the first ripe fruit"
"Well," SAID her brother, 'all the
more reason for our making feast, for
they are the greater treat"
''Yes but they are the first ripe
fruit"
well, what of that -
"Dear father told MS that he used to
give God the first ont OF all the money
he made, and that then he always felt
happier in spending the rest and l
wish to give God the first of nv straw
berries, too"
''Ah but" said her brother, show
can you give strawberries 10 God And
even if you could, He would not care
for them"
ooh I have found out a way" said
she. ''Jesns said, Inasmuch as We
have done it unto one OF The least of
these my brethren. ye have done it unto
me, and l mean to so with them to
Mrs. Perkins dying child, who never
sees a strawberry, they are so poor"
Away went the children to give them
to the dying child, and when they saw
her put out her thin arms and take the
ripe, round fruit in her shrivelled
fingers, and when they saw her eyes
elisten. and her little faded lips smile,
they felt as if they had a richer treat
than if they had kept the ripe fruit for
themselves and something within them
told them that God had accepted their
little offering.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05

The Book OF THASKs.-'I feel so
vexed and out of temper with Ben,
cried Mark, "that really must
''Do something in revenge q inquired
his cousin Cecilia.
''No; look over my Book OF Thanks. "
"What's that ?" asked Cecilia, as she
saw him turning over the leaves of a
copy-book, nearly full of writing, in q
round text hand.
''Here it is" said Mark. Then he
read aloud
"'March sth-Ben lent me his hat. -
"Here again: January 4,h-When 1
lost my shilling Ben made 1t up to me
kindly"
"Well," observed the boy, turning
down the leaf, ben is good boy, after
all"
"What do you note down in that
book q asked Cecilia, looking over his
shoulder with some curiosity.
''All the kindGesses that are ever
shoSn me you would wonder how
many there are. find a great deal of
good from marking them down. L do
not forget them, as L might do If | only
trusted to my memory, so | hope that 1
am not often ungrateful; and. when /
am cross and out of temper, 1 almost
always feel go0d-humored again ii L
only look over my book"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05

CHILDREN RULES FOR HONE Il. BE
careful to shut the door after you,
without slamming it.
2. Never shout, jump, or run in the
house.
3. Never call to persons mp stairs, or
in the next room; if you wish to speak
to them, go quietly where they are.
4. Always speak kindly and politely
to the domestics, if you would have
them do the same to you.
). When told to do or not to do a
thing by either parent, never ask ,chy
you should or should not do it.
6. Tell Of your own faults and mis-
doings, not of those of your brothers
and sisters.
7. Carefully clean the mud or snow
off your boots or shoes before entering
the house.
s. Be prompt at every meal-hour.
9. Never sit down at the table or in
the parlor with dirty hands or tumbled
hair.
10. Never interrupt any conversation
but wait patiently your turn to speak.
IL. Never reserve your good manners
for company, but be equally polite al
home and abroad.
II. Let your first. last, and best con-
fidant be your mother.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-05

HKIP.-An old Scotchmsn was taking
his grist to mill in sacks thrown across
the back of his horse, when the animal
stumbled, and the grain fell to the
ground. He had not strength to raise
it, being an aged man, but he saw a
horseman riding along, and thought he
would appeal to him for help. But the
horseman proved to be the nobleman
who lived in the castle hard by, and the
farmer could not muster courage to ask
a favor of him. But the nobleman was
a gentleman also, and, not waiting to be
asked, he quickly dismounted, and be-
tween them they lifted the grain to the
horses back. John-fOr he was a gen
tleman too-lifted his KilmarnOck bon
net, and said (: MY lord, how shall
ever thank you for yonr kindness p
every easily, John, replied the noble
man. "Whenever you see another man
in the same plight as you were in Just
now, help him, and that will be thank
ing me"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-18
LOUISIANA.

MetrOpOIIfans Relieve the Federal
Troops at the state HOuse-The
Misunderstanding Board.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 17.-The United
States troops who have been occupying the
State House for some past were Withdrawn
at 6 A. N. Capt. Lawyer with 4 force Of
about thirty policemen supplies their place.
John NJ. Sandige, who was elected by
the Returning Board to I'll the vacancy Oc-
casioned by Gen. LOngstreet's resignation,
declines, for the reason that he has no ex-
preston or intimatiOn from the board that
a place would be made for another Con-
servatiye member, placing the party he
should represent On something like an
equality with that of IFS contestants, and
not having been requested by the Execu-
tive Committee Of the Democratic and
Conservative party TO act in such capacity.
The Returning Board met at IL a. NJ.
Hunsacker, of st. James, Republican can
didate for the Legislature, desired to be in-
formed whether returns had not been re-
ceived from st. James parish. The board
informed him the returns had been re-
ceived some days ago. The board re-
sumed counting at the twelfth poll of the
second ward of the city.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-18
Some OF the Missing.
ARKANSAS.
Grants Cabinet Put on Their
Thinking Caps.
They Conclude That They Do
Not Know MIR. Smith.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE Cabinet
was in session two and half hours to-day,
during which the Arkansas troubles were
discussed at length. 1t was finally decided
that there is not now before the Govern
ment the necessary information to enable
it to take any action in reference to the
controversy in that State. Hence, no
notice will be taken of the proclamation re-
Gently received from Mr.. Smith, who claims
to be Governor.
$1,000 to Find Smith.
LITTLE Rock, Nov. 1.-THE Senate to-
day passed the joint resolution commend
ing the prompt action of Gov. Garland in
the Smith matter. A bill was also inlro-
duced, and passed to a third reading,
authorizing the Governor to offer a reward
of 1000 for the apprehension of parties
charged with cOnSpiTing for the overthrow
Of the government and other crimes of a
like character.
The same quiet which has prevailed
since Smiths proclamation was made pub
lie still prevails. Nothing has yet been
heard of Smith, nor has there been any de-
mOnstration in his behalf by anybody in
any part of the State.
EOAhhus
Judge Poland, of the Congressional In
yestigating Committee, left for Washington
this evening. Judge Ward, of the commit
tee, remains here. 1t is reported that Judge
Poland was summoned TO Washington by
tine Attorney General.
The General Assembly has passed a Joint
resolution of thanks TO Gov. Baxter for his
course during the past two years.
All Quiet.
Gov. Garland received the following dis
patch tonight:
Helena, Nsu. 1T.-Gov. A. H. Garland:
The dispatch from Little Rock, stating that
troops are being raised here to support
Smith, is false. Everything is perfectly
quiet. II. b. ROBINSON, Sheriff.
Robinson is a colored man and was
elected under the new constitution, by the
Republicans of Phillips county. In no
locality in the State are there any dis
turbances, or any attempt to organize men
in the interest Of Smith.
LITTLE Rock, Nov. 1.-THE Republi-
cans are waiting patiently for some definite
action by the Federal authorities at Wash
ington. They can protect themselves, if
forced to do so. The Federal government
sustained Baxter in his conflict with Brooks
and by that means alone Garland and his,
mob of White Leaguers obtained possession
of the State, courts and all, and they at
once commenced regular system of mur-
derS, intimidatiOns and other fearful
crimes, which is resulting in all the hor-
rors Of civil war. Business throughout the
Statsis almost entirely suspended and the
White Leaguers roam at large. If we are
TO fight, We wish to know it; the earlier the
matter is settled the better it will be for all.
still Yearning for smith.
Gov. Garland has sent the following dis
patch TO his counsel here:
"All is peace and quiet here-perfectly
so. We will have no collision, unless it be
forced upon me by resisting the process OF
law. All classes of people, all parties, are
supporting me, and L cannot find Smith
| and his party TO arrest them with warrant,
and no one knows where they are.