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New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

NJ one connected with the Centennial ar
rangements at Philadelphia has had such
knowledge in the matter of worlds fairs as to
be above learning from Mr.. John Jay. That
gcntleman's experience as United States
Minister at Vienna from the original
announcement of the last worlds fair
till its disastrous end, should make
his suggestions of special value. What
nc has to say on the subject is included in a
second letter given elsewhere this morning.
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
IIiania:

The difference between the total exports and
the domestic exports, ranging from I'll 900. 900
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
The PLAN OF NATIONAL PLOTS.

For rural population the plan of national plots
already alluded TO- would afford an excellent OppOr-
tunity of observing and comparing the farnl-stcad-
ing. and dairy gemcniS Of the different nations,
and of borrowing iden, Of utility and beauty from
the model buildings. and nothing could give greater
scope to the interesting displays OF fsrcgn florists.
Such plan would do much to develop that inter-
national rivalry To which the Vienna Exposition
chioiy owed It's succoSJ aRd while its adOp-
ton would impose litte or no expenditure
on tho Centennial Commission, it's expense
TO the Foreign Commissions needs not bc large,
the displays would be generally by exhibitors for
their own purposes. If adopted by tho prime pal
POwt45 ii would constitute a feature which no pIcG-
Ous Exposition has presented excepting IN the Japan
garden at the Pracr and in slight degree in
the surroundings of tls buildings of the British
Commission. The pleasing effect of this plan would
depcnd neither Oh magnlhcence nor cOstlneSs. IL
would arise from tho stamp Of nationality given to
each plot by It's separate COmni.sion and that stamp
whether English, French, Dutch, or Italian might
he as recognizable rs i'll the japanese garden, even
if marked sy a like economy, and citizens of almost
every nationality can b0 found in the country
ready to assist in the necessary work To
reproduce the llneameuts of thor kthelland.
The further allotment of plots to tho several Stntcs
which might CHOOSE To accept them even should
their number bc snail, should several States COM
bne to improve single plot, would present
characteristic wholly American aud should this
scheme awaken an Interstate rivalry, the State
grants made FOR the purpose and the monuments aud
buildings erected 10y the States and their citizens
might accomplish u reasonable success without in
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

A GpowIyG. SUCCESSFUL, SOUND LIFE Com
4 % Of NartfOrd.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03
Happy Husbands.

1t is a mans own fault If he is un-
happy with his wife, in nine cases out
of ten. 1t is e very exceptional woman
who will not be all she can be to an at
tentive husband, and a more except
iOnal one will not be very disagreeable
if she finds herself willfully neglected.
1t would be very easy to hate a man
who, having bound woman to him,
made no effort to make her happy hard
not to love one who was constant and
tender, and when a woman loves she al
ways strives to please.
The great men of this world have often
been wretched N their domestic rela-
tions, while mean and common men
have been exceedingly happy. The
reason is very plain. Absorbed in them
selves, those who desired the world s
applause were careless of the little
world at home while those who had
none of this egotism strove to keep
the hearts that were their own, and
were happy in their tenderness.
No woman will love a man the bet
ter for being renowned or prominent
Though he be first among men she will
only be prouder, not fonder and if she
loses him through this renown, as is
often the case, she will not even be
proud. But give her love, ap-
probation, kindness, and there is no
sacrifice she would not make for
his content and comfort. The man who
loves her well is her hero and her king.
No less hero to her though he is not
one to any other; no less king though
his only kingdom is her heart and home.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03
A Poor Mans Christmas Gifts.

The story of the widows mite was forei-
bly, brought to the attention Of a Dayton
household, says the Journal, on Christmas
day. During the past year a poor, feeble
old man had called daily for food. He was
kindly treated, and never left the kitchen
without expressing his thanks to the ser
wants Meantime a queer little old colOred
woman in the family had given him the
soubriquet of Lazarus" Christmas after
noon the mistress of tine household heard
uproarious laughter in the kitchen. When
''old Aunty" went up stairs to the family
room, inquiry about the uproar elected the
following:
Aunty-''Why, bress you, missus, ole
Lazarus guv US all Christmas gift"
Missus-'.Who is Lazarus Aunty ,"
Aunty-''Why, bress you chile, he's the
poor old man you'uns been feedin' so long.
He jess had his dinner, an what you think.
He guv us all Christmas giit.'
Missus-"Well, what did he give you,
iunty?"
Aunty-"Why, bress you missus, he guv
all he could, spect He guv The. twenty
ole shirt buttons; and Maggie, he guy two
rows of pins, and me he guv one row OF
pins" (And here Aunty fairly exploded,
but between her paroxysms she added :
"But Lor' bress you, missus, twas al poor
ole Lazarus had | spect, an it done US a
heap O. good, and Maggie and mes got so
many pins | guess well feel mighty stuck
nm 4"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03
MISCELLANY.
Display.

A love of display is treated by most
persons as harmless kind of weakness,
and those who do think, speak of it in
q charitable, commiserating manner,
as something to be expected from those
persons who have no real jewels in their
heads. This view is certainly a most
mischievous one, and if all would fully
realize the terrible train of evils arising
from an inordinate love of display, the
failing would be treated with as much
severity as a crime. The basis of this
vanity is disposition to pander to the
superficial senses and to pass for more
than mere worth, which is essentially
vulgar and dishonest. To a well bal
anced, rightly-instructed mind one
quiet virtue in our friend or neighbor
is worth all the diamonds that glitter,
and in contemplation will bring US more
real happiness.
In summing up the evils of the dis
position, we find legions in its wake.
In private life it will cause us to over
look and undervalue real merit in our
servants, and neighbOrs. 1t will create
an inordinate desire for wealth, making
us hard, selfish, grinding and cruel.
II " III W iht VI
humanity, neglect our children, who
should receive our most valued time
while being fitted for the business of
life, and, in fact to fritter away time
which should be used for higher, more
imperative and substantial duties. If
shown in the language of our conver-
satiOn, it is ridiculously disgusting,
and reveals a streak of littleness which
we would be too happy to conceal if we
could see ourselves as others see us.
In public matters it shows itself accord
ing to the vulgarity and unsubstantial
character of the people, and leads to
the building of grand structures, be-
fore the wealth of the country will jns-
tify snch an outlay, while really deserv-
ing institutions perish for lack of means
and the unfortunate poor starve for
want of bread. Then the necessity for
economy is felt it will strike at the
roots of our most serviceable institu-
tions in public as well as private life,
compelling those who have compare
lively little to get along with much
less. In religion it manifests itself In
fine churches and useless decoration,
while the widow and orphan are tnrned
lntO tHe street w prey uPon 1no soOiS'y
at large. This trait is never the ac-
compartment of true greatness. We
have all seen persons who had spent
their whole lives in impressing the
world with the magnitude of their pres
ence upon this earth, the effort requir-
ing eternal vigilance and a vast expen-
diture in goods, and these very persons
will literally shrivel up with contempt
for their own insigniticance when In
the vicinity of true worth, wisdom and
culture. If the time expanded in the
qualification of this frivolous vanity
was conscientiously used in making
ourselves wiser, better and more use
full, as individuals, we should be much
more prosperous and honest, and as
people vastly happier.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03
a Boys Adventure.

Just at the close of the war of 1912, a
United States man-Of-war entered Bos-
ton Harbor. The Commodore was
known as a bully of the first water.
Catering Il barber shop in Boston, and
finding no one but the boy was present,
lie demanded in an insOlent and over
bearing way:
Where is your master''
Not down yet, sir"
well, want to be shaved
81 can shave YOU"
"Ioue"
"les, sir"
"Well You may try it, but look here,
my youngster,"-laying his loaded pls-
tol down upon the table-''the first drop
of blood you draw on my face I'll shoot
you"
'All right was the reply.
The boy shaved him and did it well.
After the operation was through, the
bully turned to him and said, rs he took
up the pistol:
Wasn't you afraid?'
"No, sir" retorted the boy.
Didn't you believe | would shoot
you p
"Ies, SIR"
"Tben why wasn't you afraid'T
The boy very cody replied, because
had the advantage
advantage, howf" demanded the
irate bully.
why" said the boy, with the utmost
nOnchalance, IF | should have drawn
blood, should have taken the razor
and cut your throat from ear to ear"
The bully turned pale. but never for
got the lesson.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03

Dancing itself is a harmless and
healthful amusement when not carried
to excess but the seeds OF death are
too often sown In the ballroom, not
from dancing, but from the circum-
stances under which it is carried on,
For instance, what can be more likely
to produce apoplexy or some serious i'll
ness than the practice of eating ices
when thoroughly heated by violent ex-
ercise.
Again, the atmosphere of many a
ballroom, crammed, as it often is, with
three times as many people as it can
comfortably contain, is enough of it
self to poison any one not acclimated
to suffocation by previous training.
Then there are the sudden changes of
tempature to which young ladies, in
sufficiently clad, are exposed on leaving
the heated rooms as they retnrn home,
overtired and in precisely the same con-
dition under which such changes OF
temperature are likely to affect them if
they have any tendency to lung disease.
The late hours, also, which are neces-
sarily kept in the season, cannot be
otherwise than preiudicial to the health
of both old and young, and probably
cause many illnesses that are unlustly
credited to other sources.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03
Encouragement.

There are very few men, women or
children who will not do better and be
better for a little judiciOus encourage
ment. Indeed, it is absolutely neces-
sary to their welfare. Every kind of
worker, whether in the pulpit, class
room, desk, or workshop (and that
includes editOrs), will be more thrifty
and skilful for a little lubrication by
the way OF sensible and timely express
sions of appreciation, when his work is
worthy of it.
We do not mean that fawning and
tiattering eulOgies must be forever ex-
pressed, and people be treated like
spoiled habies who will cry most
Justify if the sugar-pOt is not in con-
stant use. There is a wide difference
between judicious praise and baby-talk
What We mean is: when a minister,
teacher, OF scholar is making proper
efforts to do his duty, and is making
anything like due progress, let him
know in quiet and subdued way that
you notice it and appreciate it. Thous-
ands of persons, both young and old,
are languishing in their work for the
want of little encouragement.
A good many persons have the faculty
of quickly discerning when a thing is
done right or wrong. lfit is done right,
they have nothing to say. But if there
is any flaw or shOrtcOming, they deem
it an important duty to speak of it in
deprecating tones and manner, and
they feel that their cOnsciences would
be deranged if they failed to rebuke
the fault. The consequence is, they
are regardedas scOlds-a sort of human
currycomb; and the more sensitive the
objects being curried, the more wincing,
laying back of ears, and occasionally
kicking, results from ii. The best way
To curry, it Is said, is to use a brush.
The currylng process may be neces-
sary, and therefore not to be dispensed
with. Ii is the manner of doing it that
makes it for better or worse.
Every observer of human nature
knows that the fault finding, scolding
style provokes a rebellious spirit in
those who are the subjects of it, and
when that style is the pre-
vaIling style. They may even know
that they deserve it, but, after all, when
their good work is passed by III silence,
and their imperfectiOns loudly con
demned, it Is not well received-indeed,
it will discourage and drive away such
persons.
Let imperfectiOns be pointed out and
duly corrected, by all means, and level
up the account by giving due credit
where credit is due. Sensible people
are never hurt by little timely encour-
agement, and 1t is about as good plan
as any to make the other kind sensible.
Lubricate Don't scoldl
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03
Reverence for Old Hats.

1t is singular how a rich man will
cling to an old hat.
1t is not born of his veneratiOn for
antiquity, for rich men revere what is,
or may be, and not what was.
A man with millions in his Golfers
will 90 for months without fur enough
on his beaver to furnish Winterquarters
for mosquito.
He scours it with his coat sleeve
morning and night, and is mad enough
to make his mOther-in-law present,
if. anybody accidentally tumbles it on
the floor.
When he enters his Office he carefully
hangs it up on the peg and casts a
warning look at the boy with the
duster.
When he takes it off at home in the
evening, the children pass round it
timidly, and his wife surveys it as
scornfully as if it were a poor relation.
Nothing but the death of the man or
the decomposition of the hat can part
these true friends.
And even in death he has been known
TO go SO far as To order this relic to be
buried with him.
1t will probably be one of the most
exciting spectacles of the Judgment
Day when the rich approaches to beg
for mercy i'll venerable tile that
wouldn't bring cents at auction.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03
Beauties OfShadOWs.

The shadows all day long play at
silent games of beauty. Every thing
is double if it stands in light. The
tree sees an unrevealed and muffled
self lying darkly along the ground.
The slender stems of flowers, golden
rod, wayside asters, meadow daisies,
and rare lilies (rsre and yet abundant
in every nice, level meadow cast forth
a dim and tremulous line of shadow,
that lies long all the morning, shorten
ing till noon, and creeping out again
from the root all the afternoon, until
the sun shoots it as far eastward in the
evening as the sun shot it westward in
the morning. A million shadowy ar
rows such as these spring from Apollo's
golden bow Of light at every step. Fly
ing in every direction, they cross, in
terlacing each other in a soft network
of dim lines. Meanwhile, the clouds
drop shadow-like anchors, that reach
the ground, but will not hold every
browsing creature, every fitting bird,
every moving team, every unconscious
traveller writes along the ground in dim
shadow.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03

A few evenings since there dropped
into an uptown hotel q man about five
feet eight, with heavy chin-whiskers,
and with rather an intellectual cast of
countenance, but slightly under the in
huence of liquor. He was attired in
rather seedy and patched suit, but
clean. He wanted lodging for the night,
and inquired of the landlord, if he could
''bunk" with him. The landlord, not
liking his condition and appearance,
told him"he guessed not" The stranger
took a seat and entered into conversa-
ton with some of the boarders. The
landlord discovering during the evening
that he was an educated man, re-
membered the saying of entertaining
angels unawares," told him he might
stay if he paid in advance. The stranger
at once took out about ten dollars in
currency and rendered five-dollar bill
for payment. The landlord soon after
took him to bed and left HIM in his
room, but stationed himself where he
could see the occupant of the room.
The stranger after taking his boots off
got down on his knees in front of the
bed and delivered the Lords prayer in
a most impressive manner, after which
he prayed for all the inmates of the
house, for his friends and for his
enemies, that they might lie preserved
from all danger and that they might be
happy. He then arose and commenced
in the meanwhile talking
to himself and making expression aloud
like the following "What a fool /
hsve been :" ''Some thieves might have
picked me up" 81 wonder if 1 have
got it?" The last remark being ex-
planned by his taking two large rolls of
bank bills from different parts of his
person, which he put under his pillow
and soon got into bed. The landlord
says he never heard the Lords prayer
repeated in a more impressive manner.
The stranger is heavy lumber dealer
from the upper Hudson.-Iroy Press.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03
Don't count the Steps.

1t is, perhaps, well for us that We do
not count up in early life the number
of steps, many of them weary ones, we
shall have to take in treading the long
road that reaches from the cradle to
the-grave. 1t is well for the. young
housewife that she does not estimate
the number of million of dishes she
will have to wash during period of
Housekeeping forty years long, in each
of which years the table must be cleared
and the dishes washed a thousand
times. It is well that the poor seam
stress does not count the number of
miles of seam and gusset and band,
band and gusset and seam her tired
fingers must form till the lamp of life,
like the table lamp. gives out. 1t is
wise and well that sine, who sits from
one year to another in the same little
room, does not realize that her hand
moves, in forming stitches, more miles
than a steamship travels In crossing
the Atlantic
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03

upon anything like a thorough study
of oyster grounds and their effects upon
the growing oysters. They vary as farm
lands do on shore, the oystermen of any
locality being able to recognize, at
sight, the oysters of different beds
within gunshot of each other, often
those of different parts of the same
bed. A novice can tell by its plumpness
the cultivated from the natural oyster.
Even when the latter has had the best
of advantages, and has attained the
rounded outline of the perfect oyster it
invariably lacks the depth of body,
the thickness of meat, which the culti-
vator strives to attain. 1t will be very
apt to lack, also, firmness of flesh and
delicacy of flavor.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03
YOUTHS COLUMN.

THE BLIND GIRL AND HER BIBLE.-A
tile girl who low ed the Bible dearly
became blind, and when she could no
longer see to read it she only loved it
more. A kind friend gave her New
Testament, printed for the use of the
blind, IN raised letters, which she could
feel with her fingers, and so make out.
Never was child more delighted than
she. 1t was a touching thing to see
her, every movement she could spare,
passing her fingers slowly over the
page, as her lips silently uttered the
precious words. But her touch was not
quick enough for her /; her fnger-ends,
poor child were rough, and sometimes
she had to stop d long time over word.
So one day she took a penknife and
lightly pared away the skin from Just
the tips OF her fingers, hoping that so
her feeling would be more tender, and
she could get on faster. What was her
distress IN finding, after a few days,
that her skin had grown again, but so
hard that she could not feel the shape
of single letter She tried and tried,
but all in vain then bursting into an
agony of tears, she pressed the much
loved pages to her lips, to bid them, as
she thought, last farewell But as
she did SO, she suddenly found out that
her lips had the feeling which her
fingers had lost. The letters, the
words, were quite plain l cannot tell
you her Joy that she still could read.
And hundreds of times since the blessed
book has been held to her lips, not IN
sorrow for farewell kiss, but IN thank
fulness and Joy, that even she can read
the words of everlasting life.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03
PhOsphOrOus Steel.

Among the results of extended e1-
periments, conducted by Euverte, to
ascertain how much phosphorus may
be added to steel, the following seem
important By bringing suitable quanti-
ties of substances containing phos-
phorus in contact with iron of different
kinds-spiegeleisen, for example
treated in o Siemens- Martain furnace,
he found the resulting metal to be
malleable, and generally of good
quality, and he also determined that
cast-steel may contain certain amount
of phosphorus without losing its quality
as respects its tenacity, and that steel
containing OOO3 of phosphorus and
O.OOI5 of carbon affords most excellent
rails.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03
ScOlding.

What good does scolding do. 1t does no
one the least service, but it creates infinite
mischief Scolded servants never do their
work well. Their tempers are reused. as
well as the mistress's, and they very often
fail in their duties at awkward moments,
simply to spite her and to ''serve her out ="
Very wrong in them doubtless; but human
nature is frail, and service is a trying insti-
tuition. 1t does no good to husband or child,
for it simply empties the house Of both as
soon as possible
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03

A farmer from the interior districts
of Michigan brought barrel of -four
to Detroit, some months ago, and
shipped it with the address, Queen
Victoria, Windsor Castle, England" I"
He waited long and patiently for an
autograph letter of thanks, and was
very much chagrined at learning, the
other day, that his -four had been sold
at auction, with q mass Of unclaimed
freight, some time before.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03

An important fact has been estab-
lished in the tea trade since the panic,
namely, that Jspans are rapidly taking
the place of Oolongs. During the past
two seasons, it appears that the ship
ment of blacks have increased only
from !, 900, 900 pounds, while those Of
Japans have increased from S.000,0O0
to IL, 900. 900 pound, and those of greens
from ), 200, 900 to 1900. 900 pounds.