Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-02
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An expert printer viii set about 25,
600 letters daily, his hand travelling
more than nine miles, and in the work.
, ing days of year about 5000.
: Speaking well of all mankind is the
worst kind of detraction, for it takes
, away the reputation of few good men
in the world by making all alike.
, A Kansas minister lately took butter
, IN payment for wedding fee. He said
, 1t was coming it rather strong over him,
but it was butter than nothing.
, A Philadelphia youth was recently
married to girl who had refused him
eighteen times. He wishes now that
he hadn't asked her but seventeen.
A bridal pair were easily recognized
on the cars recently by the comfort they
took in making room for a third person
on seat that was only intended to &C.
commodate two.
By an order of the Emperor of China,
a collection OF Chinese poems, from the
earliest times to the present, Is to be
made. II is expected that the collec-
tion will fill two hundred volumes.
! 1t is good rule for every one who
has competency of fortune, to lay
aside certain proportion of his income
for pious and charitable uses; he will
then always give easily and cheerfully.
Never be ashamed of confessing your
ignorance, for the wisest man upon the
earth Is Ignorant of many things, inso-
much tina: what he knows is merely no.
thilg in comparison with what he does
not know.
Fine black silk is now manufactured
at Grueteli, the Swiss settlement in
Grundy county, Tenn, which is pro-
nounced by good judges to be of a very
superior quality. 1t is an entirely new
industry in that State
Head master (sweetly):-"Have you
caught anything, Brown ?" Brown, the
truant:-''No, sir; nothing, SIR" Head
master (stIll more sweetly):-"Well,
come to my studs a. ten tomorrow
morning and you shall catch some
thing"
A Massachusetts, man lately died
with a cigar in his mouth, the physi-
clans acceded to his request, he might
smoke, and expressing the opinion that
it soothed his sufferings. 1t was only
''ashes to ashes. in accordance with
the prayer book.
Deprived by the progress of Just and
liberal opinions, of that power which
at first she exercised, after the example
of the Spiritual Despotism of the Pa
plcy. the English Church is now, in
almost every sense destitute of author
ity, and lies at the mercy of her foes
and of her friends. To be qualified to
exert a more general and beneficial in
huence, the Church must breathe with
her own lungs, speak with her own
mouth, and show the energy of pulse
and heart-her owu.-Lsaac Taylor.
The production of precious metals on
the Pacific Slope reached, during the
last quarter of a century, 81, ,5S3, GA, 934.
of which California mines produced
three-fOurths, nearly all of which latter
was in gold. The amount obtained is
now increasing yearly, partly from the
opening of new mines, but chiefly from
the introduction of improved methods
of extracting the precious metals from
the ores. The yield of the Pacific
Slope, last year, was $50, ,2S7, ,436, against
so, 236, ,9l4 in 1872. The increase is
mostly in silver, a much more useful
metal than gold, except for coinage.
A dog belonging to a gentleman who
lived near Chester was in the habit of
not only going to church, but remain
ing quietly in the pew during service,
whether the master was there or not.
One Sunday the dam at the head of a
lake IN the neighborhood gave way, so
that the whole road was inundated.
The congregation, III consequence, con-
sisted of a few who came from some
cottages close by, but nobody attended
from the great house. The clergyman
stated that, while reading the Psalms,
he saw his friend, the dog, come slowly
up the aisle, dripping with wet, having
swum to get to church. He went as
usual into the pew and remained to the
end of the service.
An East Saginaw, Mich, paper speaks
as follows Of the place nf its publica-
ton: "A city of IS, 900 inhabitants,
without a wagon factory, barrel-mak-
ing establishment, a boot and shoe
mandatory, car shop, a single fac
tory to supply tub, pail, or article
made of wood for every day use, and
millions of feet of the best material in
the world unsold or rotting in the riv-
ers and bayous. A city of great conye-
niences, capital and energy, with one
planning mill for retail work, one flour
ing mill, one small tannery, one furni-
ture factory. Contrast these with 200
saloons and whiskey shops and our
hundreds of idle workingmen, the ex-
penditure of Sl5, 900 to $40, 900 year
to support the poor. and it does not
make good showing for the future"
1t seems to be appointed, in order to
remind us, In all we do, of the great
laws of Divine government and human
polity, that composition IN the arts
should strongly affect every order of
mind, however, unlearned or thought
less. Hence the popular delight in
rhythm and metre, and in simple musi-
cal melodies. But it is also appointed
that po,cer OF composition in the fine
arts should be an exclusive attribute of
great intellect. All men can more or
less copy what they see, and, more or
less, remember it : powers of reflection
and investigation are also common to
us all, so that the decision of inferi-
ority in these rests only on question OF
degree. A has better memory than
b, and G reflects more profoundly than
ID. But the gift of composition is not
given at all to more than one man in
a thousand in its highest range, it
does not occur more than three or four
times in a century.-Ruskin.
The satirical powers of Dryden were
- - Dl-a
himself, yet, it is not claiming too
much, perhaps, for the latter, to say
that, in one or .wo instances, he sur
passed his master. Dryden had quite
an exalted idea of satire, and was apt
to ego on refining" in the production
of his satirical eff1sions to a much
greater extent than the intrepid and
apparently unstudied styles of his spieces
would seem to imply. Dryden values
himself, indeed, on the Baeness OF his
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