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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11
Miscellany.
The Alteration of Woman.

That alteration which young man
gives to a woman whom he feels to be
greater and better than himself, is
hardly distinguishable from a religious
feeling. What deep and worthy love is
not so? whether of woman or child, or
art or music? Oar caresses, our tender
words, our still rapture under the infiu-
enee of Autumn sunsets, or pillared
vistas, or calm, majestic statues, or
Beethoven symphonies, all bring with
them the consciousness that they are
mere waves and ripples in an unfathom-
able ocean of love and beauty our
emotions in its keenest moment passes
from expression into silence; our love
at its highest food rushes beyond its
object. and loses itself in the sense of
divine mystery. Is it any weakness,
pray, to be wrought on by exquisite
music? to feel its wondrous harmonles
searching the sublest windings of your
soul. the delicate fibres of life where no
memory can penetrate, and binding to-
gether your whole being, past and
present, in one unspeakable vibration,
melting you in one moment with all the
tenderness, all the love that has been
scattered through the toilsome years.
concentrating in one emotion of heroic
courage or resignation all the hard
learned lessons of self-renouncing SYM
pathy, blending your present JOY with
past sorrow, and your present sorrow
with all your past Joy? III not, then
neither is 1t weakness to be so wrought
upon by the exquisite curves on a
woman's cheek and neck and arms, by
the liquid depths of her beseeching eyes
or the sweet childish pout OF her lips.
For the beauty of lovely woman is
like music, what can one say more !?
Beauty has an expression beyond and
far above woman's soul, that 1t clothes,
as the words of genius have wider
meaning than thethought that prompted
them: it is more than woman's love
that moves as in a woman's eyes-lt
seems to be far-off mighty love that
has come near to us, and made speech
for itself thsre; the rounded neck, the
dimpled arm, move us by something
more than their prettiness-by their
close kinskip with all we have known
of tenderness and peace. The express
sion in beauty tit is needless to say that
there are gentlemen with wlriskers dyed
and undyed who see none of it whatever)
and for this reason the noblest nature
is often the most blinded to the char
acter of the woman's soul, that the
beauty clothes. Whence, l fear, the
tragedy of human life is likely to con-
tinue for long time to come, in spite
of mental philosophers, who are ready
with the best receipts for avoiding all
mistakes of the kind.-GeOrge Eliot.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11

ladies' in the room. One an old lady in
a brown front of false curls, the other
my cruel lady-love, Jessie Grey. For
a moment 1 fancied I must be dream
ing. 5000
Sure it's the right number ?" asked
Jessie.
Twenty -one-yes, said the other.
"And here's my bandbox. Oh, dear
I'm sleepy"
81 am not" said Jessie. 81 wish I
was. aunt"
''You didn't sleep a wink last night, :"
said the aunt. ''Nor you haven't eaten
your meals to day. You'll go into a
decline If you 60 on that way. I'll see
DIR. Black about you to o-morrow."
81 don't want DR.. Black to be called,
sighed Jessie. '.I'd rather die"
whats the matter p cried the old
lady. You are not yourself. You don't
eat or sleep, and cry perpetuaily. What
ails you?"
I'm miserable" said Jessie.
"Why ?" cried her aunt.
"Oh, aunt" said Jessie, sits all your
fault. You told me over and over again,
that girl must never jump at an offer !;
that a man must be refused at least
once, or he'd not value a girl. And l
liked him SO And, oh he liked me !!
And when he asked me [ felt SO glad
But remembered what you said, and
oh, how could l do t?-I said, 'Oh,
dear, nor and he left me without a
word. And I'm so sorry oh. so sorryi
because loved him, aunty.
"You little goose !" cried the old lady.
"As for me, you can fancy how felt.
I had no thought of suicide now. My
desire WAS to live and ask that question
of mine over again. / pocketed my
pistols and crept down on the other side
of the bed. / stepped toward the bu-
reau and blew out the candle. The faint
red light of the fire was still in the room.
As / dashed out at the door, L heard
two female screams, bat L escaped in
safety.
Il met the waiter on the stairs.
Found ont the mistake, sir" he said.
'Just coming to rectify it."
Don't mention it" / said. '1m very
glad-that is, it don't matter. Here is
something for your trouble, and gave
him five dollar bill
''He said, Il thank We, sir, but saw
that he thought me crazy. He was con-
firmed in his opinion when. as / passed
to the door of my own room, l cried:
"Heaven bless twenty-one, It's a
lucky number!'
But L never was saner than / was
then, and never half SO happy
"Of course, proposed to Jessie the
very next day, and 1 need not tell you
that her answer was not oh, dear, no ;
and that's why | call twenty-one my
lucky number"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11
An Eccentric Peruvian Plant.

In speaking of the wonderful fertility
of the soil in Peru, have never spoken
of little plant, or leaf, they have here.
which never met with in any other
place or country. do not know the
botanical name, and 1 hope that some
botanist or savant can give me the name
and species. The natives take simple
pale-green leaf, something like a fern,
and pin it 10 the wall with a common
pin stuck through it-just pin it on to
the plain adobe wall. Sometimes they
fasten it up with tack. The leaf itself
is not so large as geranium leaf. In
credible as it may seem, from this leaf
will spread out tiny tendrils and shoots,
and delicate leaves will form, and will
spread, and run, and cover the whole
wall. had one in my own sideyard,
or corral, that covered the entire side of
the wall, and it grew from one small
leaf. pinned on to the adobe to hold it
in place. 1: becomes a thrifty running
vine. would not believe it possible,
but that l have seen it repeatedly and
successfully tried.-Corr. Of Chicago
Tribune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11
A Beauty Oflhe Land Of Flowers.

"Silver spring." according to Flo
rida correspondent, is the most unique
spot near that most unique of rivers,
the Oclawaha. One maryels over the
clear transparent water. Your boat
seems to float in the air, and objects
can be seen eighty feet down at the bot
tom-fish, too, are plainly seen. The
bottom is silver sand, varied with pale
emeralds, huge colored rock, strange
formations of lime crystals and white
coral. The spring throws out thousands
of gallons of water minute, but there
is scarcely discernible ripple on its
surface. Drop in a coin and you can
follow it with your eyes to the sand at
the bottom as it zigzags downward.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11
The Good and Rad i'm Humanity.

You make out humanity worse than
it is. 1 have seen many countries,
studied many men, mingled in many
public transactions, and the result of
my observation is not what you sup
pose. Men in general are neither very
good nor very bad; they are simply
mediocre. l have never closely exam
ined even the best without discovering
faults and frailtries invisible at first. /
have always in the end found among
the worst certain elements and holding
points of honesty. There are two men
in every man it is childish to see only
one: it is sad and unjust to look only
at the other.-De T0cgueUitte.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11
Another Freak of Nature.

The Brooklyn Eagle states that there
were once female rivals to the Siamese
twins in Biddington, Essex, England.
"They were joined at the shoulder and
hips. They were somewhat noted for
their comely looks, and were the happy
possessors OF large circle OF acquaint-
ances. They were connected with
family of culture and considerable
property, and lived to about the prime
of life. So far as is now known, they
were born about the year 1881 or 1882.
They were of that refinement of nature
which precluded their putting them
selves on public exhibition, and there
fore remained quietly at home superin-
tending their domestic affairs. The
arch little God of Love never planted
an arrow in either of their hearts, and
they lived their comparatively few years
wholly devoted to each other and their
mutual friends. Their property, at the
time of their death, which occurred
some fifteen years since, was consider
able. They owned large tract of land
in Biddington, and by their wills,
opened after THEN death, the inter6 st
on it was left for the benefit of the
poor. The provision of the wills was
to the effect that on certain day of the
year a sermon was to be preached in
one of the churches of Biddington, the
expense of which was betrayed out of
the interest fund. The following day
the full amount Of the interest on their
property after the settlement of charges
for preaching and church opening was
divided in equal shares among the poor
of Biddington. A provision of the will
which was religiously observed was that
the maidens of the village of Bidding
ton should once every year decorate the
graves of the sisters with choice flowers,
and upon this occasion small pamphlets
containing an historical account of their
lives and death were gratuitously dis
tributed. These twin sisters, who had
lived joined together during thirty years
died within two hours of each other"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11
Self-Reliance.


BT LAURA THORNTON
Oh eager heart, oh earnest mind,
That travel on the crowded way,
How reeklessly you hurry on,
Impatient Of an hours delay
You faint beneath the binding heat
The vista stretches bare aud long;
oh, wherefJr blindly follow thus
The common road, the common throng
RePressing still your eager steps
To formal stages, dull and slow;
Though fretting at the forced restraint,
And eager far ahead to go
Oh, cast aside the base restraint,
Nor let the world your thoughts control;
And in its place take ye for guide
The earnest heart, the lofty soul.
So shall We tread HES higher paths;
So shall your Auls grow firm aud strong
For God will give TO those who seek
Will guide to right, protect from wrong.
AIrrco9, February ls74.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11

In England, street railroads are COM
monty known as tramwsys. The word
sstram" is said to be an abbreviation OF
"Outram," the father of Sir James Out
ram, renowned for his military exploits
in India, having been the inventor OF
trans and tramways.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11

PoST AND THE MAIL.-A very severe
winter, when the ferry boats on the
Tyne were stopped by ice, the mails
were carried on horseback. One day
when the carrier was fording Whittle
Dean Burn, his horse grew restive, and
threw him and the two mailbags into
the water. The man succeeded in get
ting upon the bank, but the bags were
floating fast down the current. A large
and strong Newfoundland dog, belong
ing to Rev. w. 7. Shields, and living
close by, plunged into the river Of his
own accord, and brought one bag to
shore. Not waiting to rest, he swan
after the other, and landed that also in
safety. The first letter that was deliv-
cred from this mail contained a large
sum of money.
The owner in his grateful feeling gave
the dog a handsome collar CHiidren's
Hour.
DEcAPTATIoS.-Behe river in In
diana, and leave to confuse.
Behead a gulf in Africa, and leave a
cave.
Behead river in the United States,
and leave boys name.
Behead a cape in North America, and
leave capable.
Behead river in Asia, and leave a
marsh.
Behead lake in the United States,
and leave correct.
The initials of the words beheaded
spell city in Europe.
Solution :-(W) abash; (A)aen; (R)ed;
(S)able; (A)moor; (W)Ight; Warsaw.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11
Poetry.
Agnes.
BT MARGARET ;. PRESTON.

BT MARGARET ;. PRESTON.
Surely there hangs DINNER thine
over the sky than moath ago; --
Aud it seems to me this oughing pine
Has tears in Its yoies-it is sobbing 50,
YOader lonely robin weave.
Whole heart-bresks into his plsintiEe veet:
And even the scarlet naple leaves
Fall with q Sigh sbout my feet
Aud the Indian summer haze drOops wan
Ag~ss-slE gone:
II.
Tier is the resson:-out Of the sky,
Purplea aud paled with dreamy mi-t,
sisksn from breezy watts that lie
Gained In their isles OF amethyst-
Gursling from every bird that eroons.
Heard in the Iea:-t4ll, heard IN the rzin,
Under the n ghts aud under the moons,
Ever there sounds the -sd refrain.
Thros5!ug and sohbing over and on,
Agnes has goal
All, for the left-who bear 10 miss
out Of their lives this life how rare
Tender, 30 teuder!-su angels Kiss
Hallowed 1; daily unaware;
Gracious as sunshine-swest al dew
Shut in nly's golden core,
Fragrant with goodness through and through,
Pure as the spikeasrd Mary bore,
Psn-iEs a. twilight--calm as dawn
Agnes has gone.
Close BY the side Of our Hero lay,
(saii she not so!) The darling down;
Close, that the shsdOwings Of the bay
Jointly her resting place may crown,
Has she not borne her womsn's part,
Bitterness exile, lo,s-as h.s
Pillow then the royal heart
Daughter with father-Lee with Lee
ScOthed, that TO lin, though from as witbarawn,
Agnes has zone.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11

PEPPER-If you like to season your
food with pepper, you may venture to
ask for it in almost any land and feel
pretty sure of being understood. In
Latin it is piper in Italian pepe ; in
French pOiUre in old Saxon pepper ),
in Dutch pepper in German pfeter in
Danish pe6er; in Swedish peppar ),
and the tongue of Iceland piPar. All
wonderfully alike, and all quite peppery
in sound but it does not seem quite
clear how they manufactured the name
out of capsic,m, for that is what the
botanists call all the pepper family,
wherever they grow. They all like a
hot climate, as you might guess from
their fiery nature, but are not very par
ticular about anything else. Black
pepper, as we see it, is the dried berry
of climbing-plant that grows IN the
East Indies. White pepper is the same
berry, stepped in water until the skin
comes off, and then dried in the sun.
Red pepper grows in Cayenne. Guinea
pepper in Africa
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11

The Iowa Senate is heavy body, the
average weight of each member being
over 40 pounds.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11

II you cannot do as well as you wish,
do as well as you can
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Youths Column.

MUSICAL MIcE.-It is a well-known
fact, that pleasant sounds attract mice
from their hiding-places, and cause
them to forget all fear. They come in
broad daylight into room where one
is playing on a musical instrument.
Some people declare that mice walk
over the keys of pianos which are left
open, to hear the tones, and many
stories are related of mice learning to
sing-that is, to utter sounds which
resemble the low notes of the canary
and other Gagged birds. Disputes have
arisen among learned people about this
singing, some declaring it to be only a
plaintive utterance of danger or distress,
whilst others say that mice in their
healthiest and gayest moods utter these
pleasant sounds. A man whose name i
do not remember says, Some mice had
chosen their habitation behind the
woodwork N my kitchen. 1 allowed
them to go on undisturbed. What a
charming family they werei A fine
singing canary hung in the kitchen /;
and, strange to say, the twittering of
the mice became a complete imitation
of the notes of the canary, at first weak
and imperfect, but improving from day
to day. Although it did not reach the
strength, fullness and richness of the
notes of the bird, yet it excelled them
in softness and tenderness. / often
listened to them with the greatest plea
sure in the evening, when the canary,
with its head under its wing, was fast
asleep. More than one kitchen guest
looked toward the canary and about the
room with astonishment, saying, SIS
that bird singing, sir ?''
A lady writes "When was a girl,
l used to practice my music in an old
fashioned parlor, separated from the
rest of the house by large hall think
L might have felt lonely, shut up in that
room three consecutive hours every day
but for a dear little mouse that evi-
IDENTIFY appreciated my music more than
did, and often made me a visit.
'For more than a month that little
creature, or some other, seated itself
fearlessly near the instrument every
time began to practice, and often re-
NAMED half an hour or more. Some
times it would go and come two or three
times in the course of the forenoon. 1t
must have come for the music, for no
food was ever allowed in that stately
old room"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11

FACTS ABOUT THE FLAMIyGo.-
flamingo is wader, and, of course, has
exceedingly long, thin legs. Probably
the joints are too long and awkward to
be tidily folded up in any pretty nest,
and SO this is the plan resorted to : The
bird builds the "under-pinning" of her
nest of sticks and dead weeds, much in
the shape of the fashioned dasher-
churn. 1t is compact, and symmetrical
and high, and on the summit the nest
is carefully modelled and softly lined.
On this the bird actually sits astride,
like man on a milestone, a long leg
touching the ground ON either side.
Coming upon the famingo taking his
MONDAY nap, no one would be apt to
recognize bird in the snowy ball of
features poised above the water upon a
tall, slender crimson reed yet the
crimson reed is leg, and the perfectly
round ball conceals the head and neck
somehow packed under the wing.
In the Garden of Plants, at Paris,
there is a hamingo pond, well shaded
on one side, and planted with water
weeds, where these birds may be seen
in most fourishing condition. One
species has brilliant streak Of crimson
along the whole length of the wing. 1t
was one of this variety that had the
misfortune, some years ago, to lose one
of its legs. OF course, walking was
after that, for it must be
quite a feat to preserve equilibrium
even on two such legs as the fiamingo's.
In this strait of the poor bird, kind
surgeon of the society tried the expert
ment of fitting him wooden leg. 1t
worked admirably, and, no doubt, he
may be seen still hobbling about like
an old soldier for in the massacre of
the animals in the Garden of Plants
during the siege of Paris, we may be
sure that French sentiment was careful
to spare bird having so singular his
tory
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-03-11
HIS LUCKY NUMBER.

Livery one has lucky number, ="
said the old gentleman ''AIine is
twenty-one. Twenty-nine might have
been, would have been, an unIucky
number for me. Yet 1 didn't know it !:
both were painted in black letters on a
white oval. Twenty-one-twenty- nine.
Not much difference, you see-2l, 29-
very like indeed; and yet because i
chose the number without flourish and
a long leg, / am here to-day, and have
had a long and happy life, 1 should
have been the occupant of sTiicide's
grave ever so many years ago had /
chosen twenty-nine. 49,
81 really can't understand" said I.
'Was it lottery or draft, conscrip-
tioD, or what? Was it game-was it?"
at was the number on door," said
the old gentleman. "Wait a minute !;
I'll tell you all about it..
81 was very much in love everybody
is at come time in his life. AT twenty
five l was desperate. Talk about Romeo
He was nothing compared with me.
I'm not ashamed of it. She was a
worthy object. Not only because she
was beautiful, but she was good and
amiable. and such a singer She sang
soprano in the church choir. And I've
heard strangers whisper to each other,
'.is there really an angel up there ?"
When she sang her part alone, clear
and sweet, and fute-like her voice was.
I've never heard its equal"
"Well, l loved her, and, thought she
liked me but l wasn't sure. / Icourted
her a good while. hut she was as shy as
any bird, and couldn't satisfy myself
as to her feelings. So | made up my
mind to ask and know for certain. Some
old poet SAYS:
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be q distinguished blackbird trait.
What still no music? Then begin to
suspect"
"Let us try our influence" gasped
Jacky; perhaps it may soften him. :"
And they began to sing wavering song.
"How improving that is y said the
crow, with a claw suspended. "Really
there was one instant when / felt so ex-
allied that was on the point of putting
the morsel back in the nest, il it hadn't
been so juicy. However, may be l won't
come back for more"
"Still, let us sing" said the parents !;
"if we lose our influence he will eat
them ALL" And while be was picking
the little bones, they sang until their
voices failed with anguish.
Soon their large cousin left. but next
day he returned.
'I regret" he remarked, "that you
fail to bring me more fully under your
done it. But ! feel assured that the
sight of so much patience and humility
will have an indirectly exalting effect
on my nature" And he clawed out an
other birding.
"Ob, cousin, don'tl" cried the parents,
no longer singing. Don't take our
children don't make us so unhappy !"
There is something quite amiss
here" said the crow, with displeasure.
'.Blackbirds waiting and e1postulating
-proclaiming themselves unhappy in
their relations with us? Why, that is
as much to say that we do wrongl And
how ;p,polific in them In ecream aWay
the sweetness of that voice which is
their only charm declare they look
so dowdy with their wings all dropping,
that / feel no compunction at all in in
conveniencing such creatures. And
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-03-26
ne EIss!en OF Craugers.

Last week Grange store in winona
failed to the time OF sl3 ,00O; a short
time before a Grange establishment near
Owatonna was closed out $, loss Of
$4,000.
We believe that tie Grangers are ca
pablo OF being Il srca; benefit IN the az
ricuiiural class, but il VIII be- by making
them better informed rs TO the require
mcnts of their swn calling. The vital
question with The farmers is how to pro-
duce the most valuable crops and 10
market them TO tie be.; advantage ; and
when they ara satisfactorily settled, the
farmer can well afford to devote his
whole time 10 his own calling and pay
the people of ether pursuits the price
which competition among themselves
may fix. Let the Changers give their
attention 10 srch topics as these, and
they will accomplish great results. But
all efforts TO break down monopoIies by
building up the greatest monopoly ever
projected in the country cannot bat be
fruitless, aid will cost them the sympa-
thy and support Of other classes
jVhderater Register.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-03-26
cc0D MATERIAL.

Our congressional district, though
@rncd not at all as We would have pre-
Efsrrcd, possesses good material tor man
.,facturlng congressman. I.savenw orih
has such mon as Fenlon, Stiilin.s, Hal
dcrman, NJ. S. Adams, Kellogg, d. W.
Houston, and several others who might
he sacrificed. Atchison has John NJ.
Price, John A. Martin, and one or t,ro
others who do not already gil important
positions. Then, there are Nathan Price,
Gov. Green, Secretary Sma!lweod,
Brumtaugh, Griffin, G. W. Martin. Strick-
Ter, Anderson, Reasoner, Hodge and
Prescott. Lots of good material. Law
renee, with her vast array Of aspirants,
Is not with Us. Enporia, with nor many
able men, are not Of tn elect. Southern
Kansas-grangers and !eagucrs-c t
help fix up our slate. With all the vas.
array of talent mentioned above-bc7
sides much that is not mentioncd-cant
we fill one place in the Kansas dclega-
ton with a good man We think SO.