Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-16
NO. 90.
VARIETIES.

times.
Advice IL like kssing-it don't kost
nothing and Is pleasant thing to do.
lis better to have loved and lost,
than never to have had mother law.
Punch has discovered that the friends
OF the unfortunate lie long way off.
Why is U the gayest letter in the al
phabet? Because 1t is the center of
fun.
"A splendid ear, bat a very poor
voice. the Organ-grinder said to the
donkey.
4 drunkard is generallya bad arguer,
Tor the oftener he comes to the pint
the more incoherent he is.
Why is the bell of an omnibus like
mans conscience Because it's an in
ward check on the outward man.
Barnum never publishes a full-lensth
portrait because he wishes it to be IN
derstood that he is always ahead.
"Digby, viii you take some of this
butter ," THANK you, ma'am, be-
long to the temperance society-can't
take anything strong" replied Digby.
Yes, sir" said Michigan Fourth
OF July orator. Putnam went right
into the VOLTS den, dragged her out.
and the Independence of America Was
/ secured"
An exchange has an acquaintance
who remarks that he has often heard
the proverb, a friend in need is Il
friend indeed, but he says he cant see
where the laugh comes in. He has a
friend IN need who is always borrowing
money OF him.
The ex- King of the Cude, who receives
a pension of $4,000 from the British
government, spends the entire sum in
maintaining mimic court in his little
domain on the banks of the HoOgly.
bis devoted subjects number about
6OOO- His court is perfect in form, his
officers of state having the same titles
and dlgnltIes as their predecessors had
IN Onde. His menagerie Is the finest
In the world, containing 10000 birds,
beasts aud snakes. He has four houses
where he alternately spends his days.
the grounds are beautifully kept, en-
plOylng 800 gardeners.
The canal through the isthmus of
Suez has had a sad result for St. He
lena, the little rock in mid ocean, which
was the place of the first NapOleons ex-
lie. Before the new route was opened
most of the European ships boand for
India and the fsr East stopped at st.
Helena. Now a-days scarcely vessel
that rounds the cape of Good Hope ex-
hibits her flag on its deserted shores.
The commerce of the little island has
almost ceased, and many Of the inhabi-
tants have emigTated TO the Cape. Ac-
cOrdlng to the account of the governor
those who remain are very bad settlers.
One cause of accident in blasting.
but little understood, and which ap-
plies to powder as well as nitro glycer-
Inc, Is thus stated "The blaster. not
aware that he is walking charge of
electricity, proceeds to his work, in
serting cartridge after cartridge of nj
trO-glycerine. until he comes to the last,
which is armed with the electric fuse.
The moment his hand touches one of
the naked wires, the current passes
through the printing, and explosion fol-
lows. Let blaster. before he handles
these wires, invariably grasp some metal
III moistened contact with the earth, or
walls of the tunnel"
The proverbih quickness of irish wit
is illustrated by an anecdote related by
Captain A. While on the PENN
sull, during the war, he came across "A
private belonging to one of the most
predatory companies of the Irish
brigade, with the lifeless bodies of a
goose and hen, tied together by the
heels, dangling from his musket.
Where did you steal those, you rascal?
he demanded. Faith / was marching
along wild Color Sergeant Mcguire, and
the gOOse-bad cess to it-cime ont ami
hissed the American flag" But the
hen, sir, how about the hen ?" It's the
hin, is 1t ? The him, bless We, was in
bad company, aul Lying eggs for the
rebels"
A writer attributes the superior dura-
biiIty OF the Chinese embroideries over
even the celebrated BIyeaux tapestries,
IN which QIeen Matilda and her maids
20 graphically depicted the age of chiv-
airy. to the vegetable dyes known only
to the Chinese and the pure heavy silk
of which they ere composed. SILK in
its natUrA state has much the same du-
rability as the human hair, which is
often found in tOmbs when all other
remains have turned to dust. Under
the test of every day wear pure silk
proves, beyond comparison, the most
satisfactory of fabrics. Especially is
this true of certain American silks.
which are free from the chemicals
added TO many French silks, to give
them lustre and weight, and which
canse them TO crack on the slightest
wear.
The aliases will have to be revised
again. Mount Blame Is no longer the
monarch OF the European mountains.
He must bow his "bali and awful head"
before Mount Elburz on the Northern or
European side OF the Caucasian water
shed. The height of Mount Blanc il
variously estimated at from II. 733 to
10, ISi feet, but its rival Mount Elburz,
which has Just been ascendet by some
members OF the English Alpine Club,
IS found to be Is J26 feet high. In
shape, the mountain - described as
fiattened dome like an inverted teacup
and although it has all the Alpine CHAR
acterlstics Of snow fields, ice lakes, and
glaciers, it can be climbed without
much difficulty by experienced noun
taineers. Mr.. Grove, one of the climb
ers, says 1.-The Apennines from Mont
Blanc are nothing compared TO the cas-
chain seen from Eiburz. The Cauca-
sian groups are finer and the peaks
sharper"
NineyAh was fourteen miles long.
eight miles wide. end forty-six mile.
round, with wall 100 feet high and
thick enough for three chariots abreass.
BibylOn was fifty miles within the walls
which were seventy-five feet thick and
100 feet high, with 100 brazen gates.
Fhe Temple OF Diana at Ephesus was
i20 feet to the support of the rOOf-lt
was 100 years in building. The largest
of the pyramids WAS 4Sl feet in height
and S53 feet on the sides. The basis