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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AfTGRNutDN.

II ATIMEK CLEARY,
- Real Estate Brokers aud Auctioneers,
southwest corner Penna. avenue aud 18th street,
Star Office Building
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INTHE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT

Special Term, Probate Juisdictioa, March So 1875
~ In the matter Of the will of DUNNING Il.
MCNAIR. Application for letters testamentary ON
the estate Of Cumming r. NC MAR, of the District
OF Columbia. has this day been made by Annie
;. Coyle. All persons interested are hereby
notified to appear in this court on TUESDAY,
the 10th day OF April next at II O'Clock q. to
show cause why letters testamentary on the
estate Of the said deceased should not issue as
once a week for three weeks in some one news.
paper published in the the city Of ashington pre.
Vious 10 the said day. Test: Wv
msr3l w-3t A.WEBSTER. Register of Wills
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FAMILY SUPPLIES.

ELPHONSO YOUNGS g. co.
ARE SELLING
LBS. NEW TURKEY PRUNESfor 81 90
10 LBS. CHOICE DEMERARA SUGAR fer 81 90
10 LBS. &C. Nearly whiteJ SUGAR.....for Il 90
1OLBS. CHOICE GOSHEN BUTTER. for So so
LBS. "a ......r............for 8 L 90
"a LBS. GRADUATED sUGAR..for 81 90
"a LBS. CRUSHED SUGAR......for 81 90
LBS. CHOICE OOLONG TEA.-....for so 90
LBS. CHOICE GREEN TEA...........for So 90
CANS sTABLER's GENUINE BARTLETT
PEARS, IN Syrup So 90
ga LBS. CHOICE GOSHEN BUTTERfor 81 90
DOE. CANS SUPERIOR TOMATOES for 81 so
LIB SUPERIOR GOSHEN BUTTER for 4oc
LIB. SUPERIOR OOLONG TEA-.........for SOC
LIB. SUPERIOR GRELN TEA .............for SOC
GOSHEN BUTTER BY THE TON.
ELPHONZO YOUNGs . Co., Grscsrs,
(MAsoNIc TEMPLHJ
9fH STREET, opposite o. 9 Pstsnt once.
ELPHoNzo I9uNas.}
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goo MAGNOLIA GRAN nE FLORA TREES
AT AUCTION.
- On THURSDAY MORNING. April 18th
1870 at O'Clock, in front of the auction
= rooms, will sell a fine collection Of the above
Trees from the celebrated Nurseries of j NJ Ban
rot Norioih, Va. THOMAS BOWLING,
apIZ-u Rep.I AuctIonear.
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AUCTION SALES.

WASH. b. WILLIAMS, Auctioneer,
w Successor to Green & Williams, Aucticneers
No. 1901 northwest corner of 10th and d streets
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WEDN ESDAY, April st, same time and place
BY order of Trustee.
apis YOUNG MIDDLETON Aucfs
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I ATlMER & CLEARY,
IL AuctOneers and Real Estate Brokers
Southwest corner of Penn. avenue aud 18th street
Star Office Building.
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10. Real Estate Broker and Auetioneer,
Federal BuiidiI g, corner 9TH and 4 ste northw est
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THODAS BOWLING,
Auctioneer and Real Estate Broker,
Successor to Latmer K CIearyl
Southwest cerner Pennsylvania avenue and IIth st.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05
MISCELLANY.
The Power Of a Word.

Did you ever think how much power
is vested in a word 1t may have
caused but a little eXertiOn on your
part to utter it. Only a single breath
may have been required TO watt il from
your lips to the ears of your listener,
but when once spoken, ii was past re-
call. Ii revealed the secret motives
and brought to light the hidden
thoughts of your heart. All the word
may have been a tbOughtless one spoken
in an unguarded moment; but it left
its impress, and may he remembered
long after yOur voice is hushed, and
you are sleeping the sleep that knows
no waking.
Perhaps the word was an unkind one,
harshly spoken, and accompanied by a
cold, chilling look, which cast a gloomy
shadow DER some loving, sensitive
heart. Perhaps il was one of malice,
envy, or deceit, and enkindled a bitter
feeling of resentment which will live
on and on while memory lasts; or it
may have been cheerful, pleasant,
loving word, proceeding from heart
brImful of the purest kindness, which
fell like sweetest music Oh the listening
ear, touching hidden chord III the
soul, which will ever respond in strains
of love and harmony. Perchance 1t
may have been a word of sympathy or
encouragement. spoken in tenderest
accents, so that very word may have
scattered the clouds, dispelled the
gloom, and dIffused sunshine into the
heart well nigh crushed beneath its
burden of woe.
Words may seem but little things to
us, but they possess a power beyond
calculation. They swiftly lily from us
to others, and though we scarcely give
them a passing thought, their spirit
lives. Though they are as fieeting as
the breath that bore them, their iDtiu-
ence is as enduring as the heart they
reach. All well may we guard our
lips, so that none grieve in silence over
words that we may have carelessly
dropped. Well may we strive to scat
ter loving, cheering, encouraging words
to soOthe the weary, and awaken the
nobler, finer feelings of those with
whom we daily come in contact. Well
may we endeavor 10 use right words,
for they are indeed precious. How they
endear each TO the other Though they
cost the speaker nothing. they are more
valuable than diamonds, and shed a
brighter lustre on all around.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05
Pandered Puppies.

''In Paris, lit is quite common to
see mother dragging her almost infant
child by the hand, weary and fretful,
and carrying dog in her arms, which
she will occasionally stop to kiss, or
dispose of SO as TO make it more com
Portable. This trait is peculiar to no
one class, but all seem to have a strong
affection for the dog. To see lady at
her door or window without a lap-dog
is almost a novelty, whilst many OF
them carry in their arms or lead them
by a ribbon in the streets. The corners
are posted with handbills of hospitals
for dogs, where the best medical at
tendance can be had, and dog medicines
and dog soaps are placarded in all di-
rections. On the boulevards, at night,
the dealers in dogs are constantly per-
ambulating with two or three pups in
their arms, and ladies VIII stop and
bargain for them on the public thor
oughfare. They teach them all manner
of tricks, and they are valued according
to the education they have received
and the intelligence they display.
When they travel they take a nurse
with them to attend to the wants and
comfort of the dog, and these nurses
can be seen in the public square airing
and exercising the dogs, and leading
them by ribbons. Some idea of the ex-
tent of this dog mania may be judged
from the fact that the dog tax pad into
the city treasury last year was 420, 900
francs, or nearly 800, 900. The men,
also, have their dogs, but not to such a
great extent as fenales. They are
mostly beautiful little animals, as white
as snow, and are kept scrupulously
clean, more care being evidently be-
slowed on them In this respect than
many of the children receive from their
mothers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05
Great Seal Of the United States.

1t is curious fact. speaking of these
former days, that the seal of tine United
States was devised by an Englishman,
Sir John PTestwick. Il baronet. AT least,
this is declared to be so. As soon as
the Declaration of Independence was
adopted a new seal became necessary
for public papers. Some very odd de-
vices were suggested. One was Moses
with his rod dividing the Red Sea,
while Pharoah in his chariot was over
whelmed in the water. On the other
side of the shield, containing in six
compartments the symbols of the six
countries from which the United States
had been mainly peOpled. Thus in one
division there was rose for England I;
in a second, a thistle for Scotland; in a
third. harp for Ireland; then golden
lily for France, a crowned lion for HOl-
land. and black eagle for Germany
Another device was representation of
the Children of Israel i'll the Wilderness
led by cloud. A third represented
Hercules resting on his club, while Nir-
tue urged him up a rugged mountain
path, and Sloth pointed to tlowery,
suppose, dOwn-hill road. This last de-
vice was not very complimentary to the
new nation, for it seemed to point at a
possible danger from laZiness. All
these and a number of other sugges-
tiOns did not meet with general ap-
provai. At last, in 11S3, after the mat
ter had been discussed for about six
years, John Adams, then in England,
sent over the design suggested by this
baronet, who, it appears, was an anti
quarry. The main device was an eagle
with a shield on his breast holding in
one talon an olive branch, and in the
other bundle of arrows, and bearing
in his beak scroll with the now fa-
miliar motto, T. PiuribHs Unum, one
ont of many. Without further parley
this was adopted, and thus the seal of
the United States came from England.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05
Beautiful Answers.

A pupil of the Able Sicord gave the
following extraordinary answers
"What is gratitude ?"
Gratitude is the memory of the
heart"
"Whst is hope?"
Hope is the blossom of happiness. r"
"What is the difference between hope
and desire 2"
"Desire is tree in leaf, hope is a
tree in flower, and enjoyment is tree
in fruit"
"What is eternity 2"
"a day without yesterday or to-mor-
row line that has no end.
"What is time ?"
"a line that has two ends a path
which begins in the cradle and ends in
the tomb2 p
"What is God ?"
"The necessary being, the sum OF
eternity, the merchant of nature, the
eye of justice, the matchmaker of the
universe, the soul of the world"
Does God reason ?"
'Man reasons, because he doubts :
he doubts he deliberates he decides.
God is omniscient: He never doubts ;
He therefore never ressops."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05
POETRY.
THE FOOTSTEPS OF DECAY.

THE following is translation from an an
ReUierc is surpassed by nothing with which We
are acquainted in the Spanish language except
the 'Ode OF Louis de Leon.
oh. let the soul its slumbers break
Arouse its senses, and awake
To see how soon
Life, in its glories, glides away.
And the stern footsteps Of decay
Come stealing on.
And while We view the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide
Away so fast
Let us the present hour employ
And deem each future dream joy
Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind,
Ne happier let us hope to find
Tomorrow than to-day;
Our golden dreams Of yore were bright,
Like them the present shall delight
Like them decay.
Our lives like lasting streams must be
That into the engulfing sea
Are doomed to fall
The sea Of death, whose waves roll on,
Ger king and kingdom, crown and throne,
And swallow all.
Alike the rivers lordly tide,
Alike the rivulet's humble glide
To that sad wavei
Death levels poverty and pride,
The rich and poor sleep side by side,
Within the grave
Our birth is but a starting place;
Life is but the running OF the race.
And death the goal
There all our glittering toys are bought,
The path alone, Of all unsought,
Is found of all.
See, then, how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of Garth,
That lure us here
Dreams of sleep that death must break;
Alas before If bids us awake,
We disappear.
Long ere the damp earth can blight
The checks pure glow of red and white,
He passed away;
Youth smiled, and all was heavenly fair
Age came and laid his finger there
And where are they!
Where is the strength that spurned decay,
The steps that roved 80 light and gay,
The hearts blithe tone?
The strength is gone, the step is slow,
And joy grows wearisome and woe,
When age comes on
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05
DOn't be TO Critical.

Whatever you do, never set up for a
critic. We don't mean a newspaper
one, but in private life, in the domestic
circle, in society. 1t will not do any
one any good, and it will do you harm
if you mind being called disagreed
BILE. If you don't like any ones nose,
p. object TO any ones chin, dont put
Jour feelings Into words. If any ones
manners don't please you, remember
your own. People are not all made to
suit one taste, recollect that. Take
things as you find them, unless you can
alter them. Even q dinner after it is
swallowed cannot be made ANY better.
Continual fault-finding, continual crit
icism of the conduct of this one and the
speech of that one, the dress OF the
other aud the opinions Of t'other. will
make home the unhappiest place under
the sun.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05
BuneOmbe County. North Caro-
lima.

My fishing consisted principally in
sitting on q safe rock near the shore
reading some newspaper items about
the mountain country. q always try
to read ND while on the ground, having
discovered that line on the spot is
worth two volumes away.) | learned,
in the first place, that Buncombe
County, where we then were, was
named from Colonel BuncOmbe, a gal
liant officer of the Revolution over
the door of the family mansion once
stood this legend,
"To Buncombe Hall
Welcome all"
Ii was a Congressional representative
of this mountain neighborhOod who
made himself and his district immortal
by "only talking for Buncombe.r Close
upon this information came the fact
that in 1871 BuncOmbe took the first
premium for tobacco at the Virginia
State Fair, surprising even the cele-
brated yield of the Danville region.
BuncOmbe apples were giants of their
kind, weighing from twenty-five to
thirty ounces. and measuring fourteen
and sixteen inches in circumference.
Q was not surprised at this, having
seen the men who eat them.) The
Catawba grape originated in Buncombe,
on Cane Greek, a branch of the French
Broad. In the surrounding region
there were sixty mountain peaks more
than six thousand feet high, and thirty
nine over five thousand feet.
vent on with the climate, and dis
covered that while in New England two
hundred and fifty out of every thousand
deaths are from consumption. in Min
nesOta and California one hundred and
fifty, and in Florida fifty, here, even
with an almost total lack of luxuries,
the proportion was only thirty in the
thousand.-Hdrper's Magazine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05
The story Of Little Jack norner.
1t turns out that there is a historical
concealed i'll the nursery rhyme
Little Jack Homer sat In a corner
Eating Christmas pie;
He put m his thumb aud pulled out plum,
Aud saih. What a gnod hny l am i,ii


Eating Christmas pie.
He put IN his thumb and pulled out plum,
And said, What good boy am ~
For Jack HOrner was n real person,
and his action thus recorded really
happened. There are several versions
of the story. One version is that the
abbot of Glastonbury had offended
Henry VIII by building his kitchen So
substantially that the destIoyers of the
monasteries were unable to throw it
down. In a rage the King sent for the
abbot, who, hoping to appease the
monarch, sent to him his steward, Jehn
HOrner, with a wonderful pie, the
interior of which was composed of the
title deeds of twelve manOrs. Bnt, as
John Horner sat in the corner of the
wagon that carried him TO the King,
he was induced by curiosity to lift up
the crust and abstract therefrOm a title
deed, which, ON his safe and successful
return home, he showed to the abbot,
and told kim that the King had given
him the deed for a reward. The deed
was that of the manor of Wells. The
second version of the story changes the
scene to Wells and the steward to Col.
HorDer, and makes the King hang the
abbot. The third version changes
Wells to Mells, and the colonel to a
country lad. The recent owner of
Mells Park was Rev. John S. Horner,
rector of Mells and prebendary of
Wells.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05

The ruins of old friendship are a
more melancholy spectacle to me than
those of desolated palaces. They e1-
hibit the heart that was once lighted up
with Joy all damp and deserted, and
haunted by those birds of i'll omen that
only nestle in ruins.-CampbeH.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05

One of the saddest things about hu-
man nature is, that a man may guide
others in the path Of life without walk
ing in it himself-that he may be a
pilot, and yet a castaway.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05

A RESPECTFUL BoY.-An old man en-
tered railroad car and was looking
around for a seat, when a boy ten or
twelve years of age rose up and said,
'Take my seat, SIR"
The offer was accepted, and the infirm
old man sat down.
"Why did you give me your seat q
he inquired of the boy.
because you are old, sir, and 1 am
a boyl" was the reply.
A hundred years ago there would
have been little need to record, as re-
markable, similar incident. Among
things that are good or hopeful in the
rising generation, there is one great
change for the worse manifest to every
body,-a declining spirit of reverence
towards age and towards God. "Thou
shalt rise mp before the hoary head.
and honor the face of the old man, and
fear thy God; am the Lord"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05
YOUTHS COLUMN.
Little Brown Acorn.

Little brown Acorn swung on q tree.
While the leaves turned yellow and red.
MANY q day have been herr" said he.
''And 50. as I'm tired as tired can be,
think will go to bed"
Little brown Acorn hid under gray
Messed rock on the side of the HILL
l never have heard that he's gone away.
So should you look there this very day,
I'm you Will find him still.
Little brown Acorn under the snow,
When the Winter days come,
While the winds blow high and the winds blow low,
Whiltbhe mornings dawn and the sunsets go,
stays in his chosen home.
Little brown Acorn naught viii befall
Till the stormy months DER;
But when in the oaks the robins shall call,
He viii lift up his head so green and 50 tall,
Little brown Acorn no more.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05

Half the ills we hoard within our
hearts are ills because we hoard them.
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25thalers. a siIber z grosehen

25thalers, IA siIber grosehen
There Is however an end 10 ones patience and 10
the giving Of credit for | want my money my self
very much. There 1t remains, and after this COM
plaint will be made.
TOBIAS WERNER, Bootmaker.
As his wife was still out in the kitchen
the schOOlmaster put the bill, which he
had read signing, into the breast pocket
of his Sunday coat, so as To conceal 1t
from her, unless she asked for it. She
did not ash, and there the matter rested.
On the day before which the kings
arrival was expected, the schOOlmistress
asked her husband, "Dear Fritz, have
you made fair copy of the hymn and
its tunei 1t is possible that the king
would like to have one, in order that he
might afterward read it to himself.n
"YOu are right, dear Mary" said the
schOOlmaster and he added, you
women always think good bit further
ahead than We men,"
Then he went to his cupboard and
took out some of his best paper. First
he copied the tune in notation, and
wrote the first verse underneath. Then
followed the other verses, neatly writ
ten, till the hymn was completed. He
put the copy into his cupboard for the
present time, and said to his wife,
Help me i'm the morning to remember
to put it in my pocket and take it with
me-"
The morning of the longed-fOr day
arrived, and the small village was
already i'm a lively and cheerful stir;
for the children, who could not wait for
the time, had been walking about, fully
dressed, since seven O'Clock. The king
was expected at ten o'clock, but the
little people were out of bed at five, and
since then had given their mothers no
peace. Even the schOOlmaster was
ready at last. His wife beheld him
with loving pride and satisfaction for
to-day he looked so well, dressed in his
very best. His coat, which had served
him for many years, looked quite clean
and decent, though 1t was darned and
blacked over. Even the hat was now
fit to be seen. So all was arranged to
their satisfaction, and the schOOlmaster
was about to collect the trOup of rest
less children. just at the right moment
his wife reminded him. "Dear Fritz, do
not forget the copy of the hymn" SO
he took the paper quickly out of the
cupboard and put it into his breast coat
pocket. Then he went from the school
house to the children, who were stand
ing already in rank and file, and greeted
MN WIN uooG morning, naster, III
loud ana cheefiui voices. ne arrahseu
the llttle mui,ituue, anu leI tleil,
slowly OUT oL the villase 70 tne roa"
over which the King "ouid driVe'
His wife was soon there with the
women; the men and nOtables of the
place having gone before them: Not
long after the whole village stood wait
ing and expecting. The schoolmaster
arranged the children as they were to
stand when they sang. Behind the
girls came the women and maidens of
the village; and the men and youths
ston% be on sae heUts %h the
chiefs of the community. all dressed in
their Sunday and festival garh; and the
whole effect was bright and pretty
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05

"HERBERr, said perplexed mother,
why is it that you're not a better
boy 2" "Well," said the little fellow,
soberly, looking up into her face with
his honest blue eyes, 81 suppose the
real reason is that don't want to be p
We think the child gave the real reason
why all of rs, big as well as little, are
not better than we are.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05

What piece of carpentry becomes q
gem a. soon as finished ?-A-gate.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05

If YOU PLEAsE.-Boys and girls, we
will print for you the last words of the
Duke of Wellington, 'if you please"
When the Duke of Wellington was
sick, the last thing he took was little
tea. On his servant handing it to him
in saucer, asking if he would have it,
the Duke replied, Eyes, if you please"
These were his last words. How much
kindness and courtesy are expressed by
them ! He who had commanded great
armies, and was long accustomed to the
tone of authority, did not overlook the
small courtesies of life. All, how many
boys do! What rude tone Of command
they often use to their little brothers and
sisters, and sometimes to their mothers
They order so. This is ill-bred, and
shows, to say the least, a want of
thought. In all your home talk, re-
member '1f you please" To all who
wait upon or serve you, believe that
''if you please" will make you better
served than all the cross or ordering
words in the whole dictionary. Do not
forget three little words -"If you
please"
"Speak gently; it is better far
IUir La ltgls fhsu fear
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05

Enjoyment stops where incidence be-
gins.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05

Uod llNtth ever.
Wherefore, soul. despair thou neverl
Our God is good In every place
His love i known, His help Is found;
His mighty arm and tender grace
Bring COED from ills that hover Us round.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05

"Speak gently; it is better far
To rule by love than fear"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-05


There Is, however. end to ones patience and to
the giving Of credit: for I want my money my self
very much. There 1t remains, and after this COM
plant will be made.
ToRI.s wFRxrR Raotmaker