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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19
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A MOdOc AT Church.

One tolerably good thing is report
ed on that small section of the ModoC
tribe now on a tour throughout the
country at the expense and FOR the
profit of two or three white men. One
of these Indians recently taught
several small boys how to conduct
themselves in church. The Indians, ii
seems. took Lexington, ky., in their
tour, and chanced TO be here on Sun
day, when several of them attended the
Baptist church to observe the white
mans way of prOpitiating the Great
Spirit and smoothing the path to the
happy hunting grounds.
As matter of course, where the In
dams were there were the small boys
also, and company of the boys man.
aged to secure seats directly in front
of the noble red men. where curiosity
could be satisfied. When the sermon
began the boys turned round and
stared ut the Indians uninterruptedly,
never tagging bit in the gaze of
open-mouthed wonder. The Indian,
as a rule, is stOlcal: but he was not
Stoical enough to endure the gimlet
look of those boys, which became final
" uncomfortable. One of the Modocs,
forced to action, leaned farward and
seized a boys head as though he wan
ted scalp, but he didn't make any at
tempt to secure that trophy. He sim
ply twisted the boys head around until
it looked in the direction of the minis
ter, and at the same moment signifi-
cant gesture to the other boys caused
them 10 look the same way.
Never did boys pay better attention
to a sermon than did those of Lexing-
ton during the remainder of the exer-
cises, and the ModOc demonstrated
that he had in him big material for a
Sunday school superintendent.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19
Flirting.

1t is remarkable but nevertheless
true, that, rs a rule, flirts both male
and female do not marry quickly. The
chances are that a girl who becomes
engaged at eighteen, and goes on be-
coming engaged and disengaged, as is
the custom for fiirts to do, ultimately
settles down into a confirmed old maid.
If she does wed, as a general rule, she
develops into yirulent wasp, and
makes her husband miserable, and
brings up her children badly.
1t is not very difficult TO find reasons
why flirts do not marry. Sensible men
admire in a woman some thing beside
a pretty face and engaging manners.
They love intellect, common sense and
heart qualifications, which the tiirt
does not possess. The true woman al
lows her affections full play, and is not
ashamed of them. She will not lead a
man to believe she cares for him when
she does no such thing; she Will not
flirt with him Just for the sake of flirt-
ing.
She has a truer conception OF what is
right, and possesses a great deal more
common sense. She has derived her
education from something else than
three volume novels and the society of
the emptypated. She can be thoroughly
merry but she knows how to be merry
without being idiotic. She may attract
less attention in drawing room than a
firt does, because she is less noisy and
obtrusive; bnt, for all that, she will be
married sooner, and make her husband
"a better and truar wife
\ true woman does not care for the
spooney young man. She dislikes his
foppishness, the vivid compliments he
pays her, and his effeminacy. He
quickly finds this out and leaves her in
pearp
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19
"reminiscences OF Lincoln.

It was properly a ball, given in the
winter OF 1861, when General Mcclellan
then the idol of the whole country
called the young Napoleon and wor.
shipped, looked up to, believed in, and
hoped for, was IN command at Wash
in0ton Of the army of the north-the
army of the Potomac. On his brilliant
staff were the two young French princes
Count de Paris and the Duke de Char
tres. wishing my nephews TO add to
their education the finishing touch
without which the training of French
gentleman is incomplets-the power OF
drawing their sword in a good cause. u
said tho Prince de Joinville, 81 have
put them on the staff Of General Nc
Clellan."
There were FIVE thousand people in
vited to this grand ball, and yet many
were disappointed. All the upper
grades of the army and navy were IN
vited-the diplomatic corps, the two
houses of Congress, and OF course the
cabinet and Supreme court. Among
the guests Of unofficial distinction was
y. p. Willis, still bearing that "hya-
cinthine front" of curling hair, which
lasted him to the end, although then a
man of more than fifty years. The two
princes were Of course m lst conspicu-
GUS and honored. The Count de Paris
was tail, slender, and very handsome,
with manners of great sweetness and
cordialitv. The Duke de Chartres was
taller, thinner, less handsome than this
brother, but with the same beautiful
manners. Both spoke English per-
fectly, and enjoyed the ball like young
men. There we're many of those bril-
liant and distinguished men who after
ward fell on the various fields of the
next three dreadful years. There were
those who were destined to do their
duty, and yet be mistaken and de-
frauded Of their Just inheritance of
glory. It is the fortune Of war, per-
haps, but so much worse than death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln did the honors
of this occasion with great dignity.
He was very tall and she was very short
and they made a striking tsbleau as
they stood at the door of the East
Room. There they stood, patiently,
for many hours, as the nation defiled
before them.
At the supper hour some unlucky
steward had locked the door, and had
lost the key, so that there was hungry
crowd pressing onward against an un-
yielding obstacle. Then the irrepres-
sible humor of the American people
broke forth-that grim humOr which
carried them through the subsequent
misery. 81 am in favor of a forward
movement" one would shout. "An
advance to the front is only retarded
by the imbecility of commanders, y
said, another, quoting a speech Just
made IN Congress. To all this General
Mcclellan, himself modestly strug-
Cling with the crowd, laughed as hear
tily as anybody. Finally the key was
found, the door opened, and the crowd
fed
1t was like the ball given by the
Duchess of Richmond the night be-
Waterloo. People parted there never
TO meet again. Many a poor fellow
took his leave that night of festivity
forever. The partings were tender and
sad, and as the ball broke up, the band
played The girl left behind me. -
APpisfoR's journal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19
Dyspepsia! Dyspepsia {,
Dyspepsia!

! Dyspepsia is TIE most perplexing of
all human ailments. Its symptoms are
almost infinite in their variety, and the
forlorn and despondent victims of the
disease often fancy themselves tine
prey, IN turn, of every known malady.
This Is due, IN part, to the close SYM
pathy which exists between the stOm-
ach and the brain, and in part also to
the fact that any disturbance of the
digestive function necessarily disorders
the liver, the bowels and the nervous
system, and effects, to some extent, the
quality of the blood
f. +. kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron
a sure cure. This is not a new prepar-
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1t has been prescribed daily for many
years In the practice of eminent physi-
clans with unparalleled success; it is
not expected or intended to cure all
the diseases to which the human family
is subject, but is warranted to cure
Dyspepsia in its nest obstinate form.
kunkers Bitter Wine of Iron never
fails to cure Symptoms of Dyspepsia or
loss of appetite, wind and rising of the
food, dryness of the mouth, heartburn,
distenslon of the stomach and bowels,
constipation, headache, dizziness, sleep
lessness and low spirits. Try the great
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For sale by all Druggists and dealers
everywhere
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19
Royal Simplicity.

A writer says, in describing the
garden parties given by Queen Victoria:
when yOu are conducted to the garden
by one of the scarlet flunkies of majesty
said funky is about the only visible
hint there is of Its being royal party
You see pretty tents and canvas pavil-
ions disposed here and there under the
oaks, on the velvety lawn, or by the
side OF the pretty miniature lake. If
this is in the Buckingham Palace
Garden, which Is in the very centre of
fashionable West End London, the mo-
ment you have passed behind the high
wall which shuts it out from st. James's
Park on one side and Grosvenor Place
on the other, you would never guess
that you were in the midst of the city.
The surroundings are exquisitely and
most illusorily rural. You see a
number of gentleman and ladies, ele-
gantly dressed, standing about in
groups, or partaking of the by no means
sumptuons fare which is being served
without ceremony in the tents. The
scene is cheerful, elegant, bon tom, easy
and unrestrained. You catch a glimpse
of the Queen dressed IN black, with
here and there relief in rich. white
lace, but with no suspicion of tinsel or
Caudiness about her-a plain lady, of
substantial proportions, in the prime
of life, the center of a respectful but
by no means awed or abashed circle, re-
ceiving those whom she recognizes
with a slight smile and pleasant word
and the presentation of those whom she
does not know with a slight bow.
There are faces here familiar to You in
the windows of the print-shops-noble-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19

A simple and usually successful mode
of extracting a needle or any piece of
steel or iron broken off in the flesh is
accomplished by the application of a
simple pocket magnet. An acquaint-
ance of ours had little daughter who
recently broke needle off in her hand.
A surgeon was called, who made sew
eral efforts to find the needle by prob
ing and incision, but without success.
After the surgeon had left, the mother
conceived the idea of trying a magnet /;
one was procured, and after one or two
applications OF it the broken fragment
of needle was discovered attached to
the magnet. This idea will be of es-
pecial utility to workers in iron. Ma
chine shop surgery is not the most
delicate or least painful, though men
herOically undergo it rather than stand
the loss of time due to an inflamed eye
or festered finger. Iron filings have a
way of imbedding themselves in the
eye, which defies almost every ordinary
means for their extraction. For their
removal, small, blunt. pointed bar of
steel, well magnetHed, will be found
excellent, and we should recommend
that wOrkmen liable to such injuries
keep such an instrument about them.
1t would be good plan to insert such
a bar in penknife, i'll manner similar
to a blade.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19

The G0Ssip.-Beware of the gossip,
no matter how plausible his or her
manner. The artistic, accomplished
gossip is great IN asserting his own in
nocence of intention. He repudiates
altogether the classification which
would include him in-the category of
the slanderers-thOse conversational
assassins against whom we make spe-
cial suppication and, When he is
brought to book on the charge of
spreading abroad false reports and
hearing his part in slying stones at
his neighbors' houses, answers de-
murely; IL did not mean to do any
harm only told so and soto Mrs. This
and That and she had no business 10
repeat itr' This only telling so and so
is just the whole burden of the mischief.
Mrs. This and That is as great a gossip
as himself-as much of sieve; and
when two sieves are put together to
hold water, bow much will be left for a
thirsty soul to drank by the end of a
summers day? And again, Hrs. This
and That's promise of secresy is no
valid plea for conformation. The thing
we cannot keep for ourselves We have
no right to expect others will keep for
us, ami we only play monkey tricks
wi tn our conscience when we pretend
to believe that every one else is more
trustworthy than ourselves.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19
Earshauake Investigations.

Father Bertelli, an Italian monk, FOL
several years past has made study o.
the tremblings of the earth, and more
especially those which are so extremely
slight as not to be perceptible, save by
pendulums placed in the fields OF micro
scopes. In one year he recognized D, ON
of these movements; and graphically
representing the same over many years
by a curve, he finds that the line cores
ponds neither with the thermometrie
curve nor with the tidal phenomena
nor can it he brought into any relation
with the distances or positions OF the
sun or moon. With the barometrlc
curve. however, it is otherwise; and il
appears that, in the large majority OF
eases, the Intensity of the movements
augmented with the lowering of the ba-
rometric column tas the Investigation
states the gaseous masses imprisoned IN
the superficial layers of the earth
escaped more easily when the weight OF
the atmosphere diminished.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19
A Few Words TO Feeble and Del
icate Women.

By X. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., of the
WORLDS DIsPENsARY, Buffalo. y. \.
Knowing that yOu are subject to a
great amount of suffering, that delicacy
ON your part has strong tendency to
prolong disease, and the longer it is
neglected the more you have to endure
and the more difficult of cure your case
becomes, l, as physician, who is daily
consulted by scores of your sex, desire
to say to you, that | am constantly
meeting with those who have been
treated for their ailments for months
without being benefited in the least,
until they have become perfectly dis
couraged and have almost made up
their minds never to take another dose
of medicine, nor be tortured by any
further treatment. They had rather
die and have their sufferings ended
than to live and suffer as they have.
They say they are worn out by suffer
ing and are only made worse by treat
ment. OF anything more discouraging,
we certainly cannot conceive, and were
there no more successful mode of treat
ing such difficulties than that, the
principles of which teach the reducing
and depicting of the vital forces of the
system, when the indications dictate a
one adopted for them, their cases would
be deplorable indeed. But lady suffer
ers, there is a better and far more sue
cesSful plan of treatment for you one
more in harmony with the laws and re-
qulrements of your system. A harsh
irritating caustlc treatment and strong
medicines Will never cure you. If you
would use rational means, such as
commOn-sense should dictate to every
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as embody the very best nvigOrating
tOnics and nervines, compounded with
special reference to your delicate sys-
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which has received the lOudest praise
from thousands of your sex. Those
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you to feel scarcely able to be on your
feet or ascend flight of stairs, that
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your systems all your former elasticity,
and driving the bloom from your
cheeks; that continual strain upon
your vital forces that renders you irri-
table and fretful, may all be overcome
and subdued by a perseyering use of
that marvellous remedy. Irregularities
and distinctions to the proper work
lngs of your systems are relieved by
this mild and safe means. while period
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sure indication of serious disease that
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sOnable length of time the special
cause of these pains is permanently re-
moved. Further light on these sub
iects may lie obtained from my PAM
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sent on receipt of two stamps. My
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gists. IA
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19

Morn ealleth TO a fair boy strsying
Md golden meadows Tich with clover dew;
She calls, but be stI thinks OF naught save
playing
And so she smiles, and waves him an adieu-
While he, still busy DER his fiowery store,
Dreams not that morn, sweet morn returns
no more. a..
Noon eometh, but the 10y to manhood growing,
Heeds not the time; he sees but one fair form
One sweet young face, from bowers of jasmine
glowing,
And all his blissful heart with love is warm.
So noon, unnoticed, seeks the western shore,
And man forgets that noon returns no more.
night tappeth lightly at a easement window.
cleaning
with the thin frel.ght nickeTing faint and
low,
By which q graz haired man II sadly dreaming,
Der plessures gone, as all life's pleasures go,
Night bids him come TO heT, he leaves his door,
Silent and lone, and he returns no more.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19
SCIENTIFIC.

Honing RG-or.-The first requisite
is to have a well-shaped. well-tempered
and well water ground razor; unless
very truly ground, it wilisbe impossible
to hone II properly. Take an Italian
hone, of not too fine grit. face it per-
fectly with fine emery paper glued on
board: dust it OF, and drop 6 or 5
drops of sperm oil on its face. Hold
the razor perfectly fiat on the stone,
draw firmly but lightly from heel to
point from the further right hand
corner to the lower left hand corner,
against the edge; if q wire edge be
produced, run the edge lightly across
the thumb nail, and few strokes on
the hone will remove all trouble on that
score. If you will examine the edge of
the razor now, by aid of a magnifier,
you will find that the fine grooves or
teeth incline towards the ileel.
IwOuld here say that the hone must
be kept perfectly clean, as, after using
few times and then neglecting it, the
pores will get filled with steel, and in
that case it will not be possible to get a
keen edge on the razor. have had n
hone in use for forty years, for my own
and friends raZOrs. | have Kept it
perfectly true, and yet there has been
no perceptlDie wear.
| make my own straps as follows:
select piece of satin, maple, or rose
wood, 12 inches long, II inches wide,
and inch thick allow 81 inches for
length of handle. Half an inch from
where the handle begins, notch out
the thickness of the leather so as to
make it flush towards the end. / taper
also the thickness of the leather; this
precautiOn prevents the case from tear
ing up the leather in putt;-g the strap
in. | then round the wood very
slightly, Just enough (say lie of an
inch) to keep from cutting by the razor
in strapping and turning over the same.
| now select proper sized piece of fine
French boOkbinder's calfskin, cover
with good wheat or rye paste, then lay
the edge in the notch, and secure it in
place with a small wise, proceed to rub
it down firmly and as solid as possible
with tooth brush handle always at
hand or should be), and, after the whole
is thoroughly dry, trim it neatly and
make the case.
Use cold water for lather, as it softens
the beard and hardens the cuticle; hot
water softens both and makes the face
tender. Always dip the razor in hot
water before using, and also after use,
as it will dry it and prevent rusting.'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19
Stage of the Paris opera House.

The stage is the largest in existence.
Communication with the rear of the
building can be cut off in case of fire
by an iron curtain and iron doors, and
a curtain of iron network can also be
lowered to keep the flames from the
auditorium. The ''fiies" are twenty
metres above the floor. Nearly all the
scenic machinery is made of iron, but
no changes of Importance have been ef-
fected in the working" of the stage,
although some innovations on time
honored methods are to be attempted
hereafter. A large organ, and caril-
Ion of ten bells, the heaviest of which
weighs six hundred and fifty kilogram-
mes, are on the stage.-ScriJner for
Mdy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19
Dependency.

What right has any person. endowed
with an ordinary share of intellect, and
blessed with 4 respectable share OF good
health To pe>pond: What l. the cause
of dependency What i the meaning
of it: The cause j. a weak mind, and
the meaning is sin. Providence never
intended that one of His creatures
should he the victim of desire TO feel
and look the gloom of the thunder
cloud. Never despond. for one of the
first entrances of vice To the heart l.
made through the instrrImentality OF
dependency. Although we cannot ex-
pect all our days and hours to he gilded
by sunshine. we must not. for mere mo-
mentary griefs, suppose that they are to
be enshrOuded i'm the miSts of misery,
or clouled by the opacity of sorrow and
misfortune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19

Teeth ia the Different Races Of Men,
The conformation of the teeth in the
inferior varieties of man presents some
curious approximations to the dental
structure of the ape. In the latter, the
premolars, or bicuspids, are implanted
10y three fangs; in the Caucasian race
of man they generally have, seemingly.
only one fang, which, however, con
sists OF two more or less completely
united: but in negroes these teeth have
two distinct fangs. "it is only in the
black varieties says Prof. Owen, ''and
more particularly that race inlIabiting
Australia, that have found the wisdom
tooth with three fangs as a general
rule ; and the outer ones are more or
less confiuent.' In most of the black
varieties of man. especially the Aus
tralians, the true mOlars attain larger
dimensions than in the yellow OF white
races, and as well as in the apes, are
supported by two distinct fangs !;
whereas, in the white and yellow races
of the human subject, these fangs are
not infrequently united in the second
molar, and are usually found TO be so
in the third.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-19

Neu Imitation SIrer O,ndments.-In
several stores in Munich various OBJ
iects of art have lately been displayed,
which are remarkable for their brilliant
silver hue. 1t appears that they are
mere plaster models covered with a
thin coat of mica powder, which per-
fectly replaces the ordinary metallic
substances. The mica plates are first
cleaned and bleaehed by fire. boiled in
hydrochloric acid, and washed and
dried. The material is then finely
powdered, sifted, and mingled with
c0ii0dion, which serves as vehicle for
applying the compound with paint
brush. The objects thus prepared can
be washed in water, and are not liable
to be injured by sulphuretted gases or
dust. The collodion adheres perfectly
to glass. porcelain, wood, metal, or
pdpier mdche. The mica can be easily
tinted in different eOlors, thus adding
to the beauty of the ornamentation. I