davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14
Prussisan Trophies in France.

There are only four old Prussian col
ors remaining in France, with exception
of two old flags on the grave OF Napo-
leon L. 20 this number must be added
the Prussian cavalry standards, which
are in the groups of colors of the Sec
ond Battalion Of the Sixty-frst' Regi-
ment of Infantry, which were lost at
Dion during the last war. All other
Prussian trophies which were formerly
in the possession of the French were
either retaken by the Prussians In 1914,
Or, as the French say, burned, together
with all the colors kept at the Hotel des
Invalides, at Paris, by the veterans resi-
dent there; as they saw that the capture
of Paris was unavoidable. 1t is said
that they collected the ashes of all the
trophies burned, threw them into a cssk
of wine, and drank the mixture to the
health of the Emperor. The sword of
Frederick the Great, which the First
Napoleon took from Potsdam in 1906,
could not be found in 1914 and 1916, in
spite of all search. It had been con-
cealed in the cupola of the Hotel des
Tnvalides, but it is said that it is now in
the possession of some private gentle
man. Whether the upper part of the
colors of the Second Battalion of the
Sixteenth Regiment of Prussian 1nfan-
trv, which was shot off at Vionville
and found on the field of battle by the
French, has been sent to Paris or not
has not been ascertained. Two Prus-
sian guns lost at Gravelotte were re-
turned at the surrender of Metz; and,
in fact, only one Prussian gun lost du-
ring the late war at Beaune-la Rolande
! remains in the hands of the French.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14
Manners.

i make it point of mortality never
to find fault with another for his man.
ners. They may be awkward or grace
full, blunt or polite, polished or rustic.
L care not what they are, il the man
means well and aufs from honest inten-
tions, without eccentricity or sffecta-
tation. All men have not the advan-
tage of "good society,"" as it is called,
to school themselves in all its fantastic
rules and ceremonies, and il there is
any standard of ceremonies, and if
there rs any standard of manners, it is
one founded in reason and common
sense, and not upon these artificial
Manners, like conversation, should
be extemporaneops, and not studied.
always suspect a man who meets me
with, the same perpetual smile on his
face, the same congeing of the body,
aud the same premeditated shake of the
hand. Give me the hearty-it may be
rough-grip of the hand-the careless
nod of recognition and when occasion
requires, the homely but welcome salu-
tation-"how are You, my old friend y
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14
The Gods are Hungry.'

Never did war. among either savage
or civilized peoples, assume SO sinister
an aspect, as when 1t was carried on
under the guise of religion, to furnish
those, human ,banquets which some
peoples have thought it necessary to lay
before their gods. That .'the gods
were hungry,s was the carise of wars
among many ancient races, but notably
SO among the Mexicans. The object of
wars among the Aztecs was far less
territorial or personal aggrandizement
than the procuring of human victims to
place before their deities. More than
two thousand of such victims, upon a
moderate estimate, were annually sacri-
feed in the; Mexican temples, and in
some years more than hundred thou
sand human beings are believed to have
persisted in this manner. They also
had yearly sacrifice to one of their
idols, In which the victim was beauti-
full youth, who was worshiped as god
for q whole year before he was killed
lScribner's Magazine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14
An Odd Genius.

An Irishman died, a few weeks ago,
IN London, whose career and attain
ments entitle him to a niche IN the an
mails of literature. The deceased was
about fifty years of age, andiwas as odd
q figure as one could meet in a day. S
ride. He was snail, but firmly knit,
generally wore a white hat snd dress
coat, and always had an old volume
under bis arm. He was confirmed
book-werm. .Mezzofanti was hardly a
more accomplished linguist. Mortimer
was a graduate of the University of
Dublin, and deeply versed in classic
lore, but he added a polish to his erudi-
ton by his intimacy with at least a
dozen modern tongues. He spoke
French, German. Russian, Polish,
Spanish, italian, Modern, Greek, Tpr-
kish, Arabic, Irish, and Danish with
fiuency. In his youth he had been,
cabin boy IN an American BARI, and sub
sequently became medical student in
Paris, but had TO leave it on account of
his connection with the June insurrec-
tion of 4s. = - <-''''' -
He was q very strong man, and util-
lied his strength by taking an engage
ment as a Hercules IN a circus In Aus
tralia. By turns he gave lectures on
Shakespeare through Germany, was g
Greek professor at Hamburg, had q
troupe of Spanish ballet dancers in Hol-
land, and was a companion of Sir Will
liam Don, the baronet actor, in his Wild
est continental frolics In his time he
had been tutor to Charles Levers chill
dren at Florence. He came to the sur
face one day in the employment of Tom
Thum; another in the company of Muir
ply the Irish giant, who was distant
cousin. He had been In London since
the Franco-Prussian war, which ruined
him IN fortune. His learning was of
little profit to him, for he died very
poor in ward of hospital, and is
buried in a nameless grave.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14
Wan as q Leaf.

.Mau is no better than a leaf driven
by the wind until he has completely
mastered his great, lonely duties. If
he has no habit of retiring from all that
isworldly, IS and of conyersing face to face
with his inner man, il he does not draw
down upon his soul "the powers of the
world to come, then he is no man yet ;
he has not found the life of man, nor
the strength of man; he is poor, un-
happy man, sporting only with shadows,
and affnghted before the real and the
eternal. He owns great house, won-
,derful house, but it is shut up, and he
lives outside with his fellow-cattle; the
inside is wholly unknown to him, and
he has lived outside so long that he is
afraid of the inside. Think, my good
brothers and sisters, of the great, high,
serene world, in which you might live
and move and have your being.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14
VOL.a aXXNIII. n,7sz ~
uearfsease.


OF all the bonuy buds that hiow s'si .'t.rDL
Ia bright or cloudy weather; as,t 80 3D. -
ofau the flowers that come ani gov 'rH I'd
The whole twelve moons together. t'--' = I
This little purple pansy brings i.i,n i'hApl7
Thoughts Of the Eeeiest. sad Hest thisss 81
So. t..r- -..,. .t.stis Fs ga. fgsts -
lad Httle lSver once, $50 N.gsArnuBl
Who used TO give me posies;N N,.y .sitofl
Hi. eyes were blue ,s hyaeiniAs., ol -epsssa
His lips were res,s. rsses,. aM II atUH
And everybody loved to praise s',rW@ A'ikr3t
Hls pretty lOokt and yinsoHs ways vHi-Jss'
The ris that went to school with ne ,iniii'
Made lirt.e jealous tpeeehes[ .,liBI .G.,,fi
s,eaase he brought ne rpy.uy Jue ~rn5-
BIS biggest p.uus and peaches, -...
Aai always Il tie soot Would war
Ts carry home my book and slats.o so@n''ei'
rsey couldn't i.ee-wt:h pOa. and an, an, p - :
"rhenighty faseinAtion
Asou: that lit.le sr5-b-sossd tAtps .,,.'
To win such admiration; "a, =. =, ',,,t,
AsiEthere weren's a dozen girls No,yt. ,,to-,'
With aiosF eyes and longer suIis "
And this ! knew a. well IS they, No l-e9iO
And never eeuld zee eiesriI ''N iHS riacs
Why mere tbsa Marion or Nay yu'Nl- NH.,
I.hOuld be loved SO desriy.' ~ "i,if Ati
Soonee asked him, why was this, 1870 ''hi
BE ealy answered with kiss .','l'.' -, :,
Uaiii teesed hin--s'Teil ne why-sl, sLN 1z.
LwAnG 70 kaOw thereason ,i,AAaiE .Ansl
When from the gaIdsa-bsd closely as .ssr,,I
The pansies were IN season. If,tU v4Ipi
na a g. ~ 81 Hs.
With sweet and siuaple gszuty. aHiG ol as','
'The garden sin. bloom. nh. said, '"ih 80
with lilies p le nd slender. aY2 sSii
With roses sad verbenas red, d,.,rr.,s..T
aud fuehsias' purple sPleador;
Bat over and above the 1ezt, - % - l. T i
This HI'ie heAstseasse satsirle bssis3 Z 81
AMI ypar lit lie hearsssss, ;heuf7 "a r Sos
asked with blushiug pleasure:
He answered yesi and yes sssiI-
Heartseal e, and dearest treasure; = T.
That the round world and all the .es
Held ng,hias half % sweet as NEE L -
: listened with a Woui delight .rs.H, ell
Too rare for words to capture,
Nor ever dreamed what sudden blight
Would come to chill my rapture ...r .
Could foresee the tender bloom .....E
or paasies rouHd q little tombg
LIE holds some steTa experience, ..
As most Of us discover, -.. r...
And I've had other losses since ..
lost my little lover; ID
But still this purple pansy brings o.. ID
Tloashts Of the ssddest, sweetest things.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14

Mr.. ". P. Bush,- of Monroe City,
No., is in possession of calf, the body
of which presents shape very similar
to the letter s, its head being twisted
far to one side, curving in curious
manner, and its headquarters drawn
around to the opposite side in the same
way. One eye is on the top Of the head,
looking up; the other is under the bot
tom and turns Immediately down.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14

A ludicrous incident occurred at Hay
market Theatre, London, recently. Miss
Edith Gray appeared as Juliet. She was
about to pledge Romeo in poison, and
was exclaiming, 81 drink to thee !"
when a soda-w water bottle burst with a
loud explosion in the gallery. Juliet
had enough presence of mind not to
heed the formidable interruption, but
the public went into commissions.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14

'.Did you ever go to q military ball ?"
asked isping maid of an old veteran.
mo, my dear" growled the old soldier;
Gin those days I once had military
ball come to me. And what do you
think it did? 1t took my leg off
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14
The spsritna,ify OF women.

Lord Byron felt or affected the great
est hcror.of women with good appe-
tite. The a. ArtadiGa, although an
aesthetic Journal, inaulges- in these
remarks:
'.If anybody wants to believe in the
spirituality of womanhood let him not
visit, between twelve and two, noon, any
of the downtown restaurants. His be-
, lie will be sadly shaken Women have
q right to eat, no dogbt. Nature, has
given them stomachs and digestive or
gans whose demands are Just as clan,or!
Gus as the same apparatus IN man. We
think none the less of woman for going
to the table with a good appetite. We
have no admiration for the Blanche
Amorys, who would have US believe that
they subsist on air, but who take private
lunches on tine sly, and trifie in public
with plate of soup or bit of pastry,
conscious that the demands of nature
were more than satisfied only couple
Of hours ago. Only, there Is point
beyond which good appetite ceases to
be a virtue, and this point is daily passed
by the women who frequent pubic res
taurants. You will ask us why do
not attIck the men. Bless you the
men are not worth attacking. We gave
them up, SO far as eating and drinking
are concerned, long ago For tneir gor-
maRdism we expect no cure-until the
women shall have set them a better
example,, We defy Tepnyson and Long
fellow to take a lunch at Curriers', for
instance, and then write an ode in praise
of womankind, ,2deduct their inspiration
from the scene from, whence they have
Just come. The thing cannot be done.
1t is impossible TO adore the woman who
smacks her. lips over juicy chop and
orders fresh relay of steak after she
has had quite sufficient. Observe the
happy medium, ladies-as Charles II.
Foster would say were he writing the
present article. Don't eat too much.
Use your digestive organs as You ought
TO use your tongue, and find out when
to STOP. A woman never looks beauti-
full to anybody but a restaurant-keeper
when her face is flushed with a bottle
of Scotch ale and roast beef 'ad libitum.' ;
Recollect what Cornaro, that model of
Temperance, said three huRdred years
ago, and keep in mind especially when
you swallow a repast before room-full
of male observers. that what, we leave
after having eaten heartily does us more
good than what We have eaten. So shall
your days be long in the land, and more
pin money be accruing to you.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14

THE Boy AND THE NUTs,-A hoy once
found some nuts in jar. Like all
boys, he was fond of nuts, and was glad
TO hear that he might put his hand once
in the jar. and have all the nuts he
could then take out. he thrust his
hand down the neck OF the jar, and took
hold of all the nuts he could. When
his hand was quite full, he did his best
to draw it out of the jar. '-i i1ri
But the neck of the jar was small,
and his hand was so full of nnts, that
he could not draw it out. He felt SO
sad, that tears fell from his eyes. His
friend who stood near told him to let go
half the nuts. He did so, and then
drew OUT his hand with ease. -" 7.
We shall find it so in life men lose
all, if they try to get too muoh.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14

Anna Brewster writes that the gem o.
monuments in the Lucca Cathedral il
-'by Jacopo delle Quercia 13SS-142s)
the master of Donatello. 1t is of the
wife of one of the rulers OF Lucca in the
early part of the fifteenth century. Hel
husband was that Paolo Guinigi who
gave premiums to every peasant that
planted chestnut tree In the Lucchese
Province. The Guinigi was powerful
family that ruled Lucca wisely from
1880 to 1480. This tomb is of the second
wife OF Lord Paolo, and the figure on
it is said to have been a portrait. Her
name was IIaria del sCarre.to. The
figure, lifersize, lies as if sleeping on q
couch, dressed in the costume of the
day. The gown, a long robe which
covers the pointed shoes, is bound in ut
the, waist by belt; it haas a high ruff,
buttoned by long row OF small buttons,
which run from the pretty chin down,
following the slope of the throat to the
breast; the cuffs at the wrist are but
toned in the same manner. The head.
dress is very peculiar; it is aturban or
thick fiAet, divided OF by narrow binds
Of little flowers. fancy this thick roll
must have been covered with some sort
of rich stuff. velvet or satin, and that
these bands of flowers were gems, sort
of cham or band of jewelled flowers
wrapped around the roll But the
beauty OF the face is enchanting; the
features are delicate and refined; the
mouth and chin delicious the eyelids
soft and exqmsitely shaped the brow
almost infantile. Part, of the fine nose
has been injured, for this beautiful
tomb was thrown into cellar and for
gotten for centuries. AT the feet is a
short-haired dog who looks as if placed
there to watch his sleeping mistress.
Her husband must have prized her
beauty as well as her memory for,
after her death, he ordered Jacopo della
Quercia to make this tomb, and when
1t was completed he placed it in the
centre OF one of the great halls of the
GuiniGi palace. After the downfall of
the Grinigi, and during other warnings
and civil distractions in Lucca, this
masterpiece of della Quercia was, as 1
said above, tumbled away, neglected,
into snbterrsnean chamber The base
OF the tomb was separated, and part of
II, by some chance. went to. Florence,
where you may see it in the Affizi gal
leTy. It has on it bhs relief of winged
genu holding long rich garland of fes- I
toOns of flowers. The Academia della
Belle Arti Of Lucca wish to buy back
the remaining 'slabs Of this fine base
and place the torab in the centre of the
left transept of the Duomo; now it
stands against the wall, with but one
: Al
sacristan gave me a photograph OF the
monument, which shall have framed
and hung somewhere near my writing
table,. l shall Ike to lock at the facei
aud form OF the lovely young Ilaria,
whose name sounds so joyful, and
whose marble face andiform are so gra-
eiously beautiful; and while L enjoy I
her beauty, shall try to hunt out in !.
old books something of the history Of !
this lovely lady of Lucca." 'u.Ii. ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14

-t THE NAM.--.A tradesman hui once
transacted a good days business at q
fair, disposed of all his goods, and filed
his purse with gold and SILVER. He
prepared afterwards to retnrn, in order
to reach home by the evening. So he
strapped his pOrtinanteau, with the
money in it, upon his horses back, and
rode of. At noon he baited III small
town, and as he was about to set ont
again, the stable-boy who brought his
horse said to him, ''Sir, O nail is'want-
ing in the shoe on the left hind-foet OF
your animal. -
Let it be wanting," replied the
Tradesman; Il am in hurry and the
iron viii doubtless hold the SIX hours /
have yet'to travel. ~ ~ -t.'ui7
3 Late in the afternoon he had to dis
mount again, and feed his horse, and at
this place also the boy came and told
him that nail was wanting in one of
the shoes. and asked him whether he
should take the horse to q farrier. "No
no, fet it bel" replied the Master ); ''it
will last ont the couple of hours that i
have now to travel 1 am in haste"
So saying he rode off but his horse
soon began to limp, and from limping
it came to stumbling, and presently the
beast fell down and broke it's leg.
Thereupon the Tradesman had to leave
his se'lyiDg on the road to unbuckle
his portmantesu, and to walk home
with it upon his shoulder, where he
arrived at last late at night. te -'i.
"And all this misfortune" said he to
himself, lis owing to the want of nail.
More haste the less speed -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14

LETTER To BoYs AND GIRLs.-I am
going to ask you, Young folks, il any OF
you ever have kept a diary, or a journal
OF passing events connectedS with your
self or your family affairs You would
find 1t very usefuL 1 have done so for
seventeen years, and never missed a
day-which fact, shows q methodical
mind at least. And it is a good thing
to cultivate a methodical mind, let me
tell you. The practice OF keeping q
journal has been of great service to me,
as it would be to you. Get printed
diary with blank leaves, and under the
days OF the week write whatever hap
pens to you during the day, what the
weather may be also, any important
public event; and again, if you have
room, put down your good and bad
actions-which will be apt to keep you
IN good behavior, for, if you are truth
ful and omit nothing, you will feel
ashamed OF your wrong doings, and
strive to do better, when you see them
every day in black and white. And
then, as to the weather and passing
events, you will find it very interesting
to refer to these entries in after days or
years, and perhaps many of them may
be OF great importance to you, should
You wish to recall the date..o some
event in your family. In another part
of this blank book or diary you will lind
cash account where you can enter all
your eSpenditures-that is, the money
You spend every day, and also what you
may receive from your parents or
friends. AT the end of every month
You can add them up, and you will thus
know at the end of the year whether
you have been economical or extraYa-
giant. Now, / want you to ask your
parents or friends if this wonld not be
a very good plan for you to carry out {?
Suppose you ask them to procure you
the blank books, and commence, say,
next week; or should you prefer 1t,
begin on the first. day OF the New Year,
1S74.-R.,'al Ne,0 Vorkel.. -'n''.''' ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-14

b WHERE does the salt on our dinner
tables come from? In the first place
two very strange things were Joined
together to make it a siivery metal
called sodium, and poisonous yellow
ish gas called chlorine. This queer
metal will swim on the surface of water,
in little dancing globules, which soon
take fire and vanish in blue flame ) but
no sooner is it breathed upon by the
poisonous gas, than both vanish, and
leave in their place the little crystals of
salt. without WHICH life could not be
sustained.
Salt is found IN immense quantities
in the mines of Poland, Norway and
Spain, where it is quarried like coal,
and is quite pure but a great deal is
found mixed with sy and sand, and
has to be purified by dissolying it and
then incorporating the water. In Germany,
and in our own country, are many valu-
able salt springs, which hold the salt in
solution and lakes around which the
salt constantly forms in solid blocks.
These solid crystals must be ground
fine before they are e. for table use.
Trees and plants need salt as well as
human beings but there are great salt
plains, where nothing can grow, like
the great region in South America, con
tanning more than twenty thousand
square miles and another in the heart
of Persia, covered with glittering crys-
tails of salt, and which have been thought
to be the beds of great oceans, whose
waters have been d1Gined away by vol
canOas
Arizona weekly miner., 1874-03-06
NiLTT1RY EEWS-DEPARTHENT OF
 ARIZONA

General Crook left for Verde this morning, accompanied by Lieut. Ross, his 4. D. c. They go through to Verde today and start carly tomorrow morning for San Carlos and Grant.
 The news from San Carlos today is mos. favorable. Captais Randall has all the h. dian scouts he needs and one hundred more from the Sierra Bianco Reserve who are anx. ious to assist in the pursuit and punishment Of the renegades. The report of the surrcu. der at Camp Apache of three large baDds (be- tween 300 and 4O0) is confirmed. One of the chiefs was IIuancliske. prominent Ara, vaypa Apache. The others still out are be- ginning to weaken perceptlbly.
 Randall, Rice, Babcock, Hamilton and Reilly are in the field, with about lj0 ihdi- an scouts 10 act as trailers. It is very prob able they will soon be joined by Schuyler, with large detachment of cavalry and 100 Verde InGian scouts, and that Gen Crook will personally superintend operations. ' Col Joiirs, inspector General Military Di. vision of 'ip Pacific, will be at San Bernar- dino on ite 10th inst, coming to Prescott.
Arizona weekly miner., 1874-03-06

CoArRACrs.--We were not in very good health previous Co the recent letting of Gov egnmcnt contracts and the results of that cycnt have not tended 10 improve us Most all of the bidders "went it blind,n regardless of their own or The Tcrritory's interest. The prices are low, very low, depressingly and |di-fnstinely low. Not ono contractor will lc able Co make anything like decent prof, lby his contracting business: the farmer, |freighter, almost all classes of our population are pc'"set for another year, and, unless we sh all succeed in bringing capital and people here, to work mines, etc, and so create a new demand for our farming products, the future will como upon us with crushing weight.
 Prayers should be offered up, all over the Territory, by all true friends of Arizona, for the "breaking up in businesssn of every man who has in any way aided to inaagurate tue reign of such prices of grain, transpor. atiOn, etc, in country whose storekcep-
 PTS cannot afford to sell goods used and con- Plnled by people at less than treble their fost in California, where, notwithstanding
 his fact, grain is, to-day, worth more than it
 s in Arizona.