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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

IL is reported that Miss Moody,
daughter of the American revivalist,
who is now preaching i'm London, NOT
sharing her fathers views, went to the
play, and coming down late to breakfast
next morning, was greeted by him with,
well, child of Satanr' to which she
calmly responded, ,"GOod morning,
papa"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30
DONEsTIC.

A Good Bed.-"DOctor. / have mad,
up my mind to try housekeeping here
after. Among other things that my
dear wife and have been talking Ovel
is the kind of beds to purchase in ordel
to preserve health. Now, we SHOULD
be thankful for your advice
at shall be given cheerfully. Buy {
good bed, rather than a good carpet, il
you cannot have both.n
lyon are very emphatlc.n
81 am, and for the best of reasOns.n
"HOw sOf,
THE carpet is for appearance chiefly
I the bed for nest. Are you aware of the
large proportion of time we spend in
bedfn
at has not occurred to me before, but
/ see it must be considerable.
1T is, indeed-at least one third OF
the time Tor well persons, and, includ-
ing infancy and childhood and old age
nearly One-half of each twenty-four
Though some get along with six or
seven hours, the average for each ac-
tive, healthy, adult person is about
eight hours in every twenty-fOur. In
infancy and old age the average is
much greater, and this will, of course,
be still greatly increased by taking into
our calculations the proper estimate of
sickness. repeat it, taking the whole
human life, with all its disabilities and
needs, into account. nearly halt Of 1T is
spent IN bed"
81 see your argument, Doctor; the
Importance of securing a good bed is
apparent.-NOw, be so kind as to advise
me as to the kind of bed which should
be preferred"
"DOn't sleep on feathers. They
gather dampness and foul air, and are
really less healthy than most others.
Feather pillows will do, for they are
outside the blankets, and the head re-
posing upon them gets the free air of
the ROOM"
"Then do you prefer hard bed7'
by no means for hard bed press
ing hard against portions of the body
imDedes the circulation of the blood,
and only hard, muscular persons can
well endure it. l would recommend a
springfield, with either cotton or hair
covering. These are becoming common
just now, a fact specially grateful to all
who care most for comfort and health" !"
81 understand you. My family shall
have such beds, even though they
should cost little more. You have
my hearty thanks, Doctor, for your
suggestions"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

band because he gets corned So often.
He says. tho it's because she wants him
to shell out too frequently.
''He prorokred me into loving him."
was a Rochester girls excuse for en-
gaging herself to man whom she had
always professed to hate.
4 LADY who asked her lover if he
would like TO see the lambs feed, was
surprised to hear him say he had rather
see her eye brows (e).
adam had one consolation when he
feli-fifteen or twenty aequaintances
didn't stand on the opposite corner and
laugh at his mishap.
A couple of sailors were recently ar
rested in New Orleans for throwing
buckets of tar at each other. 1t was a
pitch battle.
Professor of rhetoric-'.What impor-
tant change came over Burns i'm the
latter part of his life:" Senior-'.He
died"
In the case of the man who stole a
iodu VI nay an up-couhtry JUSTICE nis
decided that the offence is bale-able
one.
A Chicago man says that if job had
jealous wife, instead of boils, he would
have known what real misery was.
CcFee grounds-A West Indian plan
tation.
The end of everything-The letter e.
A matter of policy: Insurance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

A matter of policy: Insurance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

Inspector (who notices backwardness
in history =" "Who signed Magma
Charta 2" (Noanswer.) Inspector (more
urgently "Who signed Magma
Charta!" (No answer.) Inspector
langrily) : "WhO signed Magma
Charta. ~ Scapegraee thinking
matters are beginning to look seriOus)-
-Please, sir. 'twasn't me, sir"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

The end of everything-The letter e.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

4 lady who asked her lover if he
would like to see the lambs feed, was
surprised to hear him say he had rather
see her eve brows (e).
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

A Western editor, thinking to stock
his depleted larder, advertised, Poultry
taken in exchange for advertising"
The villainous compositOr, seeing his
opportunity TO pay up a long-standing
grudge, set it up-''Poetry taken, etc. /"
and since that time the Office boy has
been clearing fifty cents a day from the
waste paper man.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

In the case of the man who stole a
load of hay, an up-country Justice has
decided that the offence is bale-able
one
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

We are assured by Prof. Tice of st.
Louis, that 'when the arial malstrom
pours down through the anticyclonal
column of high barometer, the dyna-
mic is on the sky and the static on the
earth.' Just at that critical moment,
we presume, it behOoves people who
have any regard for their personal
safety, 10 stand from under.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

A couple of sailors were recently ar
rested in New Orleans for throwing
buckets of tar at each other. 1t was a
pitch battle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

adam had one consolation when he
feli-fifteen or twenty acquaintances
didn't stand on the opposite corner and
laugh at his mishap.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-30

Professor of rhetoric-''What impor-
tant change came over Burns in the
latter part of his life:" Senior-"He
died."
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
Prehistoric Handicraft.

In lecture on the subject of "Iools
of Prehistoric Man" before the society
of arts. the Rev. Arthug Rigg, Nj. A.,
gave some very interesting particulars
in regard to the curious implements
which have from time to time been
found. He says; The word "prehis-
toric" has clearly defined meaning
with geologists. If one turns to II
scheme of geological strata, then those
strata found above the tertiary are di-
vided into three classes--the post-gla-
cial, prehistoric and historic. In the
former (post-glaciaD there are not any
traces of handicraft work. In the
second (prchistoric)thcrc are found re-
mains of canoes made of trees, OF
dwellings erected on piles, implement
made of flint and stone, and fragments
of charrcd wood, When speaking of
the third or historic period, even then
geologists do not refer to such written
history us we understand by the word;
but to the foregoing implements they
add such as are made cf metal. with
the fora and fauna of these periods We
are not concerned) Each may toi
himself decide how many years are
comprehended in these three geologi
cal periods. For our purpose these
are three ages one of which tool
were of stone, and this is again subdi
vidcd into two periods, when the pal
eolithic or ancient stone period, when
the stone toolS were left with rude and
rough oxtcriors; and the neolithlc ol
recent, when there was somewhat OF
an external finish or polish on the
tools. A second age in which tool,
are found formed of pure copper or
bronze, the pure copper tools being so
rare that they are comprehended IN the
term bronze. A third age in which
tools are formed of iron; these intro
duce Us to the age in which we live.
1t must not, however, be assumed that
these ages are markedly distinct. 1t is
more than probable that whilst in one
part of the world men are using bronze
in another part they might be using
iron. Thus much, however, is certain,
that in times to which even gcologists
might hesitate to apply the term ''re-
cent" the smelling of copper and of
tin were known, and the combining OF
these metals to form the hardest bronze
made and used at the present time was
also practiccd An analysis Of these
ancient bronze implements shows that
the copper is alloyed with from five to
ten per cent. of tin.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

everybody feel poor People out of
work and with little TO eat, farmers
who have no market for their produce,
mechanics with nothing to do, manu-
flcturcrs whose business j. at n stand
still feel that something is wrong and
demand II change of some sort The
constant element in all the democratic
speeches was the badness of the times
and the necessity of change for their
improvement. The diagnosis of the
disorder may have been all wrong, but
the pain was real; the specific may
have been quackery, but the paralysis
was there. Then, too, the existing
national bank monopoly furnished an
unfiiling argument for the greenback
eruters.- Here w,s ~ real iueongruity
in our financial system; II vast privi-
lege given to incorporated capital at
the expense of the industry and wel-
fare of the country. The people could
see at Il glance that there is manifest
injustice in taxing the nation some
twenty millions year for the sake of
enabling twelve hundred banks to make
from twelve to twenty per cent. on
their money. The proposed substitute
for the national bank system may have
been idiotic, but the common sense of
the country saw clearly enough that
the system Is wrong.
With two such solid reasons 10 back
them, and coming within five thousand
votes of victory after an excited cam
paign, il is not probable that this fnan-
cial agitation will subside as a passing
furry. The Ohio agitators have thrown
a great question into the political arena,
and there will be no peace until it Is
settled. The next congress might do
much to solve the problem were it to
set about the business in downright
earnest.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS.
4 Single Years Pro..rtton Of the Mine.
Of Nung.ic;.

The year 1876 will rank as an event.
ful one in American mining. Whether
in the line of new and rich discoveries,
increased yield from old ones, or better
methods of taking out and reducing
ores, it is equally a year of great pro
gress. The yield Of precious metals in
the United States, which has for some
time huctuated from $50, 900, 900 to
$40, 900, 600 per Xear, will in 1876 'ag-
gregatc very. nearly 500, ,000,00O 1t
i. claimed also by those who have Civ
en- the subject most attention that the
Weld in actual cash has been greater to
the number Of men employed, and the
average per cent. Of profit higher, in
mining than in any branch of manu-
featuring or commerce. Since the pan.
ic of 1873 mining seems to have passed
entirely from the domain of speculative
investment and become a systcmatized
business, in which money i made by
the same management and nice atten
ton to details as in manufacturing.
Perhaps the greatest progress has
been made in the reduction of "rebel-
lious ores, notably those of Colorado.
For instance, in Griffith district, in
that territory, the first ores produced
had to be sent abroad for reduction,
mostly to Swansea, Wales, but some
even to Germany. As late as 1861 the
mills which first succeeded in treating
the ores of that vicinity charged Sl0O
per ton for reducing, and did not claim
to cxlct more than sixty per cent, OF
the silver contained in the ores, II
shown by fire assay. Under this sys-
tenn only the richest ores could he
proiitablv mined, and many of the
mines now most valuable necessarily
were abandoned for the time. Success.
sive improvements have been made un,
til now the average ores that country
are reduced at Il charge to the miner OF
but $50 per ton, and the freest ores for
S25. According to the prevailing syS
tenn the mill owners deduct the cost and
pay the miner for the remainder. Thu,
ore Welding 100 ounces in silver pen
ton i worth at the mill so, the re
mainder being retained as toll. Obvi
ously even at this reduced rate ore,
cannot proftably be mined which yielC
less than fifty ounces per ton, as the
margin above thirty is nearly consumed
in MINING and TRANSPORTING.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
Secret Societies in Europe.

The secret societies of Europe have
assumed new Importance within the
last five years. The Masons of France
number SOC, ,00O and are acknowledged
to be a great agiiating force. No 10
man catholic can be member Of thai
order in England or any continental
country, and in even the United States
the most solemn of all the sacraments,
that of extreme unction, will not be
administered until the dying man re-
nounce his connection with Freema-
sonry. The result is that that popular
organization has become, certainly III
France, viglant enemy of the church
of Rome. II must he confessed, how
ever, at least in Latin countries, that
the Masons, in what they call their
war upon the Jesuits, do not console
themselves with any other special form
of religion, aud so the charge is freely
made that when lheyattack the Roman
catholics they find in those countries Il
refuge in what is known rs inidelity.
The Odd Fellows of England, accord-
ing to Mr.. William +. Foster, NJ. F.,
in his last speech at Bradford, numbers
close upon half million members
$50, 900 in England, and the rest in
colonies, Scotland and Ireland, with a
money capital of II, ,00O,OOo. The
cooperative element among the Odd
Fellows of Great Britain is its strong
point, and might be prostably initiated
among the working CLASSES oi the
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

ICompctcnt Literary critics have pronounced the
following poem unsurpassed lp any other nrndrc,ioh
utits cnss ~ our angntgo. " is rcf.oc in rhyme
hedutltul IN heurc ahd eNprr"s'uh;I
I.c,na. the hour lrawsnigh,
ihe hour we vc waited 80 long
Tor the angel 10 open door thruu.h the ky,
That my spirit may break iron its prisoa and try
Its voice in an inaniie song,
Just now. as the slumbers Of night
Came DER me with pcace-giying BREATH
The curtain, hali-itcd revealed 10 my siSht
Those windows which ook OF the kingioui Of lighl
That borders the river of death.
And a vision fell solemn aud sweet,
bringing CLEANS OF q mornng-lit land
saw the whitc shore which the pale waters beat,
And heard the low hull as they broke at heir ie,t
Who walked on the beautiful strand.
Aud wondered why spirits could cling
To their clay with struggle and sigh,
When lilies purpl. autumn v hrlurr than spring,
Andthe soul ri,% away, Ikea sparrow, to sing,
IN a climate where leaves never dc
Icona, come close to my bed,
And lay your dear hand on my brow;
The shme touch that thrilled me In days that are
And raised the lost roses Of youth from the dead,
Can brighten the brief MON ints now.
We have lived innn the cold wo III apart,
And your trust was too generous aud true
For their hate To o'crthrow when the slandtrers
dart
WAS dcirer than ever to you
thank the Great Father for this
that our love is not layishcd In vain
Each germ Ia the future will blossom 10 bliss,
And the forms that we love, aud the lips that we
Never shriuk at the shadow Of pain.
By the light ofthis filth am taught
That my nbor is only begun;
In the strength Il this hope have ! struggled and
fought
with thr lcgions Of wrong, ,ll my arnof has caught
The geam OF Eterniiy's sun
Leona, look forth and behold
fron healland from hillside aud deep,
The day-king surrendcrs his banners OF golt
The twilight advances through Woodland aud void,
And the dcws are beginning To weep
The moons silver hair lies uncurled
Down the broad-bfeasted mountains away
The sunsets red glory again shall be iurled
Ca the walls of the West, Ger the plains oil the
world,
Oh come not in tears 10 my tou,b,
Nor plant with frail flowers the sod
There Is rest among roses too sweet for its gloom,
And life where the lilies etcrnally bloom,
IN the balni-braihiny lq,rens of God
Y,t deeply those memories burn
Which bind me to you aud To earth,
And I sometimes have thought that my being
In the bowers Of the beautiful home. to return
Aud visit the home of Its birth.
'rwould even he pleasant to stay
Aud walk by your side Ia the last
But the land breeze oi heaven Is Sbegnuing oplay-
Iifc-shadaws are meeting Eicrnity's day,
And its tunlult IS hushcd In the past.
i.cona, goodbye; should the grief
That is gathering now, ever bc
Too dark Tor your faith, you will long for rehci
Aud remember, the journey, though lonesome Is
brief,
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

ravelling. Grace said he, eve have
been mtying knots. Let Us see if we
can not tie one which will not unite in
a lifetime" With n piece of tape he
fashioned half II true lovers knot,
Miss Fletcher perfected ii and kiss
pu, the seal to the symbolical bargain.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
Fire Under the Smoke.

The Daily Graphic has this to say
Of the late election, in Ohio: The
Ohio clcctisn has blown most of the
smoke from the political field. But it
leaves the public in better condition
than before to ascertain exactly how
much fire there Wa underneath and
where it is located. Those who i'm
dgine that this sott-moncy agitation is
purely gratuitous, Il mischi,vous inven-
ton of a few uneasy and malignant
politicians, are profoundly mistaken.
They represent large and powerful
constituency. Wien over two hun
dred thousand citizens of one of the
most intelligent States in the Union
vote against contraction and in favor
of grecnback currency, it may be
safely assumed that there are plausible
if not valid reasons for their course.
And it i morally certain that an issue
which polls thousands of votes more
than were east at previous elections
conducted on the old party grounds is
not settled by a paltry majority of
1000. The financial question which
was raised in Ohio is a real and vital
one, and will agitate the country till
it receives an approximate if not a sat
isfaetory solution in the settled policy
of the Government.
There is fire under the smoke. The
democratic vote in Ohio expresses a
profound dissatisfaction on,the part of
a large body of the pcopL. And it
has a selid reason in the conlinued hard
times which depress tradaand lower
,,,.i..ns and denro.in<n 1sruni1 and make
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
Nothing Mean About Him.

A western paper tells the following
\ man went into Sights confectlon'
cry store Il few days ago, in an excited
manner, and rushing up to the propri-
ctor said:
"Do you make wedding cakes:'
"Ics, sir said Slight.
"Well,' said the other, "I'm goin'
ter git married ter-day, an | want a
cake. I'm no slouch, an I'm goin' ter
dew things right up ter the handle. |
don't intend ter git married but once,
an yew bet I'll make things howl"
Slight smiled blandly, and com
menced lifting out ten and twenty dol
lar wedding cakes, gorgeous in beauti-
ful frosting and artificial flowers.
Among the rest was small plain cake.
"Iiow much is thaty' askcd the cx-
cited purchaser.
"Four bits" said Slight.
"That's the one for me;-here's your
money, old pard wrap her up. Thar's
nothin' mean about me; wouldn't care
if it was six bits"
Slight gazed on the purchaser as he
went out about five minutes, the picture
of amazement, and then he sat down
and famed himself for half an hour,
and then got up and consumed half an
hour more in slowing away the piles of
fancy cakes and talking to himself
softly, but his bland smile had passed
away for the time being.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30
Children's Rights.

The first right of every child i 10 he
well born; and by this | mean that il
has Il right to the best conditions, phys
ical, mental and moral, that it is in the
power of the parents to secure. With
out this the child is defrauded of his
rights at the outset, and his life can
hardly fail Of being painful protest
against broken laws. Centurie, of prep
aralion fitted the earth for mans oc-
cupancy, limiting thus the grandeur of
his destiny, and suggested that in an
event of such magnitude As the incar-
mating of Il souls provision should be
exercised, and all the best condition..
secured in aid of Il harmonious and
happy result. Good health, good
habits, sound mentality and revcrent
love should form the basis of every
new life that is involved. The mother
who gives herself up 10 morbid fancics,
who considers her health an excuse for
pctulance and non-cXcrcisc of sclt,con-
troll, proves herself unworthy of the
holy office of mother, and ought not
to be surprised if she reap at later
day the bitterest harvest of her unwise
sowing, second in Importance to none,
as the means Of securing the happi-
ness and best good Of childhood and
youth i the right to bc taught obcdi-
cnce. 1t is easy to submit to what we
know is inevitable, and TO the little child
the requirement OF the parent should
be the law without appeal. The ten
der, immature being, shut in by the
unknown, where every relation i Il
mystery and every advance an expert
mcnt, has a right to find itself every
where sustained and directed bv the
parent. 1t should not be tempted TO
resistance by laws that are imperfcctly
enforced, nor subjected to the injuri-
ous friction of discussion by having
long list of reasons for every require
mcnt. The habit of obedience to the
parents may be formed before the child
is two years old, and this is a necessary
precedent of obedience to law the next
stage Of true development. The child
has a right to ask questions and to be
fairly answered; not to be snubbcd as
if he were guilty Of IN impertincnce,
nor ignored as though his desire for in
formation were of no consequence, nor
mi.led a. if it did not signify whether
true or false impression were made
upon hi, mind. lie has a right to be
taught everything which he desires to
learn, and 50 he made certain, when
ANY askcd-lor information j. withheld,
that il is only deferred until he i, Older
and better prepared to receive it.
Answering childs question is sowing
the seeds Of it, future character.
Victoria -Hrgo-inc.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

IL olden times it was the tahion fer
a suitor to go down on his knees to Il
la.y when he asked her to become his
wife, which, with very stout gentlemen
was an uncomfortable proceeding
The way in which Daniel Webster
proposed 10 Miss Fletcher was more
modern, being at the same time neat
polite. Like many other lovers, he
was caught holding -kein of thread
or wool which the lady had been un-
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

\ WEALTHY New Yorker in Long
Island stopped man who was driving
a spanking team along the road and
inquired whether the outfit was for
sale. Yes" said the driver. What
is the pfic 2" ''Fiily-six thousand
dollars was the reply. The New
Yorker thought he wouldn't luy. The
horses were Lulu and Flscty Goiddusi,
and the driver was Charley Green.
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

4 CORRESPONDENT of the Jewish
Messenger says: The small hoy sharp
encd his pencil and wrote the advent
ures of the day. The diary was
passed around, and we admired the
graphic description of sea life couched
in sentences like these; June 18th
Very Ruff. june l4th Rufier to-day.
June 10Th, To-day we went 81 nots.
/, is still very ruff. june 18th, There
were not many at dinner to-day, aud
liked the plums. June 18th, | didn't
keep diary yesterday. Ma said i
wss the pluss, 81 nots to-day
The Osceola times., 1875-10-30

"AIN'r YOU cxprised to see meY
said five year old girl, as she tripped
into my house in the midst of RAIN
storm. "Thc rain fell all over me like
it ram down through a straincr, and |
shook it off, but it wouldn't stay
shocked. | asked God TO stop, but
there was big thunder in the way,
and he could not hear me, ! under
spcck; and ] most know he couldn't
see me, cause a black as--any thing!
Nobody couldn't see little girls through
black clouds. I'm going to stay till
the sun shines, ard then, when 60
home, God will look down and say;
"Why, there's Neltiel She went to
see her auntie right in the middle OF
the rain;' and | glcss he'll be just as
much cxprised as YOU wasl