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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-15
THE COURTS.
Circuit cOurt-Chisf JustiOe Cartier

Circuit Court-Chief Justice Cartier.
This court was engaged as follows Saturday:
FenHick vs.. Mullett. Motion filed for leave to
withdraw pleas and to demur.
Keefe Va. Malone. Motion for new trial on ex-
eeptions.
A number Of judgments by default and on con-
fession were entered.
Special Term-Judge Wylis.
This court was engaged as follows Saturdar:
Kennedy VS.. Fay. Order confirming trustees
sale.
Keogh vs.. Gilbert. Decree making absolute
former decree, pro conTeSSo.
In re. Mcsherfy. order confirming probate
walsh Ts. Todd. Order ratifying auditors re-
port.
Cartel vs.. Mccarthy. Order for report on sus-
eeptibility Of partition.
stanton, receiver, VS.. Fleming. Order author
king petitioners to intervene.
Adams vs.. Caltman. Order Professionally dis
charging trustee.
The court then adjourned until Tuesday next.
Criminal Court-Judge Macarthur.
This court held short session on Saturday and
passed an order for the payment OF DEFENDANTS
witnesses in the case Of the United States vs..
Judge Wright, tried some months since.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-15
GROCERIES.
u, G, CORNWELL & SONS
FINE GROCER8,

Have the LARGEST STOCK and CHOICEST
quality of FAMILY GROCERIES to be found
south Of New York, and do as large RETAIL
GROCERY TRADE as any house in this country.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-15
Froztad Limbs.

Ponds Extract invariably relieves the pain and
finally cures.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-15
ABANDoNRD BY THE LEE FAMILY

on the breaking out OF the rebeIIIon. Subse-
Quently the United States came in possession Of
It by virtue of o taX sale. When, during the war,
in 1862, proclamation was issued from the Presi-
dent declaring slaves contrabands Of war, this
Arlington farm was converted into q rendezvous
for these fugitiyes as also for white refugees es-
Gaping from the States In rebellion. This
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-15

IF T. IO"NSAND'
TIE POPULAR AND VERSATILE READER,
WILL DELIVER A LECTURE AT
LYCEUM HALL,
street, between Eleventh and Twelfth,
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY Is, 1875,
Commencing At 8 o clock,
Subject: SCRAPS
InteTspersed with Comic and PaLhC tic Selections
from various Authors.
Admission, IS cents. febll-5t'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
Fat or Thin.

A story is told about Perlet, the well
known French actor, whose leanness is
described as something phenomenal, y
and who therefore naturally desired to
''get some flesh on his bones. n well
known physician advised him to go to
one of the bathing-pl in the Pyr-
enees. Perlet accordingly asked for
leave of absence from his theatre, and
went off to the prescribed locality,
where he drank and bathed with the
utmost zeal and perseverance. But
neither drinking or bathing seemed to
have any effect on him, and he re-
mained Just as much of a skeleton as
before.
s'Patience ~ urged the local doctor,
in reply to his expressions of disap-
pointment. There is nothing like the
water of our springs for making people
fat ~
One day when Perlet was perfectly
soaking himself IN bath in the hope
of an increase of weight, which seemed
in no haste to declare itself, he heard
a colloGuy in the bathing cabinet next
his own, between the local Esculapius
and lady of enormous obesity.
Doctor" remarked the lady, 81
am really losing heart and patience.
''Why so 2" inquired the doctor.
because, though 1 have been taking
these waters regularly for two months,
| am not one ounce lighter"
Patience, madam, " said the doctor,
in his most persuasive tones; ''there is
nothing like the water of cur springs
for making people thin ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
Useless Worry.

Life has great troubles in store for
all of us and few live to be men and
women without knowing terrible grief.
But, fortunately, these intense moments
cannot fill all the years. Time helps
us to forget at least, the sorest OF the
pain. To every one would come some
ioy but for the little worries that hap
pen with the passing hours-cares
about money and the cost of things.
small quarrels, petty iealoasies, false
shame, and an awful dread of what
s.they" will think IL we take little COM
fort, and dress and eat to suit our
selves, and know people we like whether
they are ''genteel" or not, and say what
we mean, instead of what is expected.
Worries eat the life away. They
gnaw and bite wrinkles into the face,
and bring gray hairs on the head, and
half the time they are not only abso'
lutely needless but absurd, Why IN
the name of all that is sensible, can we
not wait until the draught of sorrow is
forced to our lips, and not sup need.
lessly at the cup of gall and wormwood
If every man could say to himself,
ssSmall worries shall most certainly not
lepgthen my face" if every woman
could refuse to fret over such trifies as
impudent cooks, and napkins with un.
timely holes in them, more OF us would
live out the threescore and ten years
allotted to us by Heaven, and we should
all certainly be much better company
while we lasted.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
Power OF Beauty.

ga woman is only as old as she
looks, says the old adage and history
is full of the accounts of the fascina-
tions of women who were no longer
young. Thus, Helen of Troy was over
forty years old when she perpetrsted
the most famous elopement on record I;
and, as the siege of Troy lasted de-
cade, she could not have been very
juvenile when the ill-fortune of Paris
restored her to her husband, who is
reported to have received her with un-
questioning love and gratitude. Peri
cles welded the courtesan Aspasia,
when she was thirty-six, and yet she
afterward, for thirty years or more,
welded an undiminished reputation
for beauty. Cleopatra was past thirty
when Antony fell under her spell,
which never lessened until her death,
nearly ten years after and Livia was
thirty three when she won the heart of
Augustus, over whom she maintained
her ascendancy to the last. More
modern history tells us of the extraor-
binary Diane de Poitiers, who was
thirty-six when the young Duke of
Orleans-afterward Henry II.-became
attached to her. Anne Of Austria was
thirty-eight when she was described as
the handsomest queen of Europe, and
when Buckingham and Richelieu were
her Jealous admirers. Ninon de fEnclos
the most celebrated wit and beauty of
her day, was the idol of three genera
tions of the golden youth of France,
and she was seventy-two when the Able
de Bernis fell in love with her. True
it is that in the case of this lady, a rare
combination of culture, talents and
personal attractions endowed their
possessor seemingly with the gifts of
eternal youth. Blanca Capello was
thirty-eight when the Grand Duke
Francisco of Florence fell captive to
her charms and made her his wife,
though he was five years her junior.
Louis XIV. welded Madame de Main
tenon when she was forty-three years
of age. Catherine IL, of Russia, was
thirty three when she seized the EN-
pire of Russia and captivsted the DASH
ing young General Orlof. The cele-
brated Mile. Mars only attained the
zenith of her beauty and power between
forty and forty-five. At that period
the loveliness of her hands and arms
especially we're celebrated throughout
Europe. Madame Recamier was
thirty eight when Barras was ousted
from power, and she was, without dis
pute, declared to be the most beautiful
woman in Europe, which rank she held
for fifteen years. The reader will per-
ceive that although youth is an 'esti-
mable thing in woman," its loss does
not necessarily destroy her power of
fascination.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27

started from his cousins the signal
fioated from the window to warn them.
And when they saw the pursuing party
dash madly down the road to the river,
and recognized the British uniform of
the leader, they pulled swiftly out to
sea. The horsemen reached the shore
only in season to see the boat with two
men in it, nearly out of sight; and sup
posing their destined prey had escaped,
relinguished the pursuit.
Meanwhile the hunted victim lay
safe and quiet. where the simple
shrewdress of the little cousin had
hidden him, until the time came for her
return for supper. Then he babe her
go as usual to her home, telling her to
ask her mother to place the signal
lamp, as soon as it grew dark. in the
window, for the boatmen, and to send
him there some supper, with his valise
which. in the hurry of departure, he
had left behind.
The signal recalled the boat, which
after twilight had ventured in sight of
the shore and the farmhouse, and the
Governor quietly made his way to the
river in safety. When he reioined his
father in a secure home, he named his
infant daughter, which had been born
in his absence, "Hetty Marvin" that
he might be daily reminded of the
little cousin whose truth and shrewd-
ness saved his life.-t Indiana Church
man
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
POETRY.
AN AUTUMNAL DAY.

A living, pulsing glory fills the world.
And bids me break
Ny bonds. where slumber banners are un-
furled,
And / awake.
he subtle wine of sun-glow fills the air,
And DER the plain
The rising god Of glory everywhere
Showers golden rain
Across the shades that dancing oak-boughs
fling,
The yellow tide
Creeps on, and melts to gold the dusky ring
From its far side.
The lance leaves of the chestnut fieck the air
With emerald glow;
A thousand quiyering jewels futter there,
And to and fro.
The naughty maple, princess of the wood,
Is blushing red,
Because the pine bowed low from where he
stood
His kingly head.
The sombre hemlock, silent and alone,
In garb of woe,
Mourns still for grief 1t never can atone,
In anguish low.
The slender birches sound their wonted tune.
Light, glad and free;
And send, as always, tides Of sweet perfume
Across the lea.
The beeches, hoary, monumental, tall,
Stately and grand,
Laugh while the oak-kings quiver to the fall
Which they Withstand
The dome Of God is blue from bound to bound
Unmeasured, vast
A universe Of circling worlds around
All ours at last.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
Using the Same Towel.

Health follows neatness, and disease
the departure from it. The use of the
same towel by many, common in a
public place, though more allowable
than the use of the same tooth brush,
is nevertheless a not much healthier
practice.
A prominent Oculist says that the
contagious Egyptian or graz 1lar infiam-
nation of the eyes is spreading rapidly
throughout the country, and adds: Il
have in many, and 1 may say in the
majority of cases, been able to trace
the disease to the use of the so-called
rolling towels. Such towels are gener-
ally found in our country hotels and
the sleeping apartments of the working
classes, and being thus used by nearly
every one, are made the carriers of one
of the most dangerous, and as regards
its symptoms, most troublesome dis
eases of the eye. | therefore would
strongly recommend that the use of the
rolling towel be abolished, for thereby
we will discard one of the great instru-
ments for the spread of such dangerous
disease of the eye, by which thousands
of working men are annually deprived
Of their means of SUPPORT"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
Mistakes Matrimonial.

That the subject is lamentaoly old
we readily admit but what matters
that, so long as humanity is ever new
Marrying and giving in marriage will
continue to the end of the world F.; but,
for all that. a great number of marriages
prove a mistake. Unfortunately, when
men and women have matrimonial de-
signs upon each other, they endeavor
to hide their true characters, and, how
ever dissimilar their tastes, to pretend
that they are alike. The rules of eti-
quette are such that a course of decep-
tions is rendered surprisingly easy ;
indeed, so facile, that we're there no
intention upon the part of those most
concerned to dissemble, almost the
same end would be attained. 1t is not
natural to us to display our best attri-
butes to strangers of either sex ? Men
are often captivated by the seeming
amiability of women who are, in reality,
while women shrewish admire the no
bility Of men who can not define the
word "honor." In either case matri-
mony follows-afterward misery in five
cases out of six. For, after marriage,
the true traits of characters begin to
show themselves. A scowl, or sharp
word, or a mean action, will not then
involve serious consequences. Things
that before the Gordian knot has been
tied would probably bring about a sep
aration, after the honey moon has been
passed are quietly received, probably
upon the principle that what can't be
cured must be endured 1t must not
be understood that we mean to imply
that the majority of marriages are en-
tered upon without affection being at
the bottom of them. We grant that
there is love of certain kind in many,
and very sincere love in some. What
we MAINTAIN is, that it is brought to fru-
ition under such circumstances that il
can not be expected 20 endure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
An Old WOman's Story.

A singular trial for murder has taken
place at Massivria, and has ended in
the acquittal of the prisoners-two
brothers, who were accused of the muir
der of their uncle, q rich old Odessa
merchant.
The old man, having retired from &C.
tive life and wound up his business, re-
turned from Odessa some years ago and
settled down in Missivria, his native
town. Here he gave much in charity
to the poor, and behaved handsomely
to his two nephews, with whom he
lived, and whom he helped out of pow
erty into a respectable position in local
trade. Three years ago the old man
suddenly disappeared. No serious in
quiry, however, was made to ascertain
what had become of him, His nephews
made liberal donations to the churches,
and inherited, or rather appropriated
the old mans wealth. Probably they
would have been left undisturbed in
the enjoyment of their riches but for
a circumstance which, for time, must
have caused them some trouble and
anxiety.
On certain day in the early part of
this year, and old woman asked for an
audience with the cadi, and on being
admitted, made a deposition as follows /:
at was dark, stormy night, the old
woman said. "The wind had several
times blown in my window sash, put
ting out my lamp, and causing the en-
bers of my fire to fly about the room.
Suddenly amid the bowling of tine storm
L heard a shrek, then moan. Strange
sounds followed, which seemed to come
from the house of my neighbor, the
Odessa merchant. 1 crossed myself,
and drank little raki to keep up my
courage, and then 1 remembered that
there was a crack in the wall of my
closet, through which could see into
the house of my neighbor the merchant.
Thither went, and applied my eye to
the crevice in the mud wall, and this is
what saw.
1.-TWO men were pressing down a pill
low upon the face of another man, whom
they Kept PROSTATE, and woman was
holding light. The old mani rec
ognized him-was very strong, for he
overthrew his nephews, although his
throat was cut. and blood gushed from
the wound. He would have escaped,
but the woman struck him in the face
with a chair. His head was bent back
ward, as though he could not keep il
in its place on account of the cash
across his throat. Still his eyes flashed
life !; he staggered toward the window
but there he was again struck down by
his nephews. Then thew sawed away
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
The Scientific FrOg...A Fable.

A discontented and curious frog, see-
ing a couple Of men sitting under the
shadow ola tree by the side of stream
of water, and engaged in conversation,
hoped up the bank, and seated him.
self before them to learn something
from their conversation.
One of the men was q scientific quack,
and was Just now warmly advocating
.the development hypothesis" 1--WE
know nothing of God," he said; "this
stream flows ON because water runs
down hill the winds blows because ma
ture makes it blow the snn shines and
the plants grow, all as the result of law.
Who sees any design in it A man is
a fool to believe what he cannot see.
What are we men? Only higher devel-
opments of some lower animals, such
as fishes and frogsl" And then the
men departed,
Thenceforth the frog was a philoso-
pher. He held up his head with pride,
and endeavored to hop only on his hind
legs. He was not particularly proud
of his ancestry, but entertained great
expectations of his numerous families
of polliwigs. One of them, at least, he
hoped would develop into little man.
After this he determined to travel
and enrich his mind by observation.
The first place he visited was q saw-mill
of which he had often heard his father
speak. He seated himself upon a log
with his back toward revolving saw,
and began to soliloquize.
"Now this saw-mill," said he, "my
father told me was designed by higher
power for the purpose Of making boards
Nonsense There is no such thing as
design. This mill made itself. 1t
was developed by nature and law. How
foolish to believe in what you cannot
see."
In the meantime the miller let on the
water, and the log began to glide
smoothly along and the saw to revolve,
and while the frog was absorbed In
meditation the saw reached him, and
presto he was cut asunder, and that
was the end of his travels and philoso-
ply.
Moral: 1t is not well for frogs OF
men to pretend to know too much, for
excess of knowledge and stupidity are
sometimes the same thing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
Eye and Ear.

The deepest musical wave note that
can be heard by the human ear, is pro-
duced by regular successive impulses
Of sixteen times a second, while the
highest note which is susceptible to the
ear, is four thousand times a second,
hence the range extends over eleven
octaves. The human eye can perceive
the difference between the red and the
violet rays. The waves of the former
are LAO, ,0O0th part of an inch apart,
and of the latter Lee, ,000th of an inch
long-about one octave. Hence the
ear is eleven times keener than the eye.
Roscoe,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
A GIRLS FOREVER.

The mulberry flowers came dropping down
Sweet over the two that stood together,
Parting there by the gateway brown.
Still and sad in the soft May weather.
lie held her close for a last, long kiss;
IN wait for YOU dear, he said, forever
No later hour shall be false to this;
For mine is love that can alter neveri"
The mulberry flowers drop down once more
Sweet over the two that stand together;
But not the two that stood before,
Parting sad in the soft May weather
For the earth has changed its bloom again,
And the love has changed that would alter
never.
But year has come and gone since then
And this is the length of girls forever
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
SHOW.

The world is crazy for show. There
is not one perhaps in thousand who
dares fall back on his real, simple self
for power to get through the world,
and exact enjoyment as he goes along.
There is no end to the apeing, the
mimicry, the false airs, and the super
fetal airs. 1t requires rare courage,
we admit. to live up to ones enlightened
convictions in these days. Unless you
consent to join in the general cheat,
there is no room for you among the
great mob of pretenders. If a man de-
sires to live within his means, and is
resolute in his purpose not to appear
more than he really is, let him be ap.
plauded. There is something fresh and
invigorating in such an example, and
We should honor and uphold such a
plan with all the energy IN our power.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27
Habits OF Insects.

DR.. Packard, of Salem Massachu-
setts, says there are more than $4,000
species Of insects in the United States,
and of this large number 10000 are
found in the State of Massachusetts.
Among the 10000 there are Eat least,
/ 900 destructive species" The ravages
Of these destroyers are really appalling,
and are TO be estimated by hundreds of
thousands of dollars. 1t is obvious that
no means of checking the mischief can
be employed until the particular way in
which each species does its particular
mischief has been ascertained.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27

JOIN QUISCY ADAMS Love FOR HIS
MoTHER.-The mother of John Quincy
Adams said, in letter to him, written
when he was only twelve years old a:
81 would rather see you laid in your
grave than grow up a profane and
grsceless boy"
Not long before the death of Mr..
Adams a gentleman said to him: II
have found out who made you"
"What do you mean ?" asked Mr..
Adams.
The gentleman replied 'I have
been reading the pnhGshed letters Of
your mother"
"If," this gentleman relates, "I had
spoken that dear name to some little
boy who had been for weeks away from
his mother, his eyes could not have
flashed more brightly, nor his face
glowed more quickly, than did the eyes
and face of that venerable old man
when L pronounced the name of his
mother. He stood up in his peculiar
manner and said
"Yes, sir, all that is good in me owe
to my mother"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27

PRoPERTY.-Property left to a child
may soon be lost but the inheritance
of virtue-a good name, and unblem-
ished reputation-will abide forever.
II those who are toiling for wealth to
leave their children, would but take
half the pains to secure for them virtu-
ous habits, how much more serviceaDle
would they be. The largest property
may be wrested from child, but virtue
will stand by him to the last.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27

A Maine man asks why it is that at
the coolest season nature takes of her
duds
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-01-27

To DO WHAT is difficult and disagree
BILE, with a faithful and cheerful spirit,
is the first great achievement.