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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25

The Melbourne (Australia) .irgaS tells
the following story: "a getleman of
the legal profession, at one of the great
mining centres, having spent a CANDY
evening at leading hotel, found the
fresh air too much for him. Instead of
reaching the bosom of his family he
gravitated TO the lookup, with the
much-needed assistance of 4 servant of
the queen i'm full uniform. The lookup
keeper didn't know him, and cOnse-
quently couldn't send for his friends to
bail him out, as is frequently done by
those tender-hearted officers of justice.
So he was allowed to sleep until in the
morning, when he was aroused and
asked his name, which be promptly
said was Johnson He obtained soap,
water and a clothes-brush, and was re-
freshed by a cup of tea. He then pro-
posed to the lookup keeper that the
officials should walk beside him to the
police court. When the time came this
was done, and by keeping the officer in
earnest converse, 1t appeared as though
the lawyer was engaged upon some
business before the court, and when the
name of johnson was called, he calmly
rose. and said, 'Iappear for the prisoner,
your Worship What said the police
magistrate, do You deny that he was
drunkf' oh, no. he replied, he was
very drunk, but is very sorry for it.
Five shillings or six hours imprison-
ment,' said the police magistrate. Il
will pay his fine myself, said this ready
witted gentleman, who, i'm this instance,
showed that the man who is his own
lawyer hasn't always fool for a client. y
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25
Chrfstisnify and Burial.

Christianity m ade a considerable rev
olutiOn in the ideas and practices of
dispOsing of the dead throughout the
civilized world. The laws of both re-
republican and imperial Rome inter
dicted all interments-excepti indeed of
the vestal virgins, and later of the En-
p-rors-within the limits of the Cries
of the republic or the empire. But
when Christianity gained the ascendant
another set of feelings came into being.
Gradually. as the pagan temples and
endOwments were converted and ap-
prOpriated by the priests of the new
faith, the groves and meadows that fire.
Quentiy surrounded the temples were
partly devoted to the burial of the
faithful, a horrible desecration in the
eyes of the partisans Of the old rite. To
understand the desire of the early
Christians to sleep their last sleep in
the neighhorhood of the places made
holy by the tombs of the saints and
martyrs, we must bear in mind that it
WAS the prevalent impression among
them that cOrpoIeal resurrection was
thing imminent, and almost imnedi-
ately to take place. Thus they eagerly
desired to rest beside their holy men,
as the sheep around the shepherd,
ready with them TO rise and salute the
birth of the new morn. Nor we're the
holy men themselves backward in turn
ing this fond sentiment co useful ac-
count. They encouraged the belief in
the speedy arrival of the last and dread
full day, when the earth should melt
and the armament disslve, when the
last trumpet should sound, and the
faithful alone be snatched up into
glory. And this faith they fostered al
30 by the pi0us stories they told Of the
incorruptibility Of the bodies Of the
saints.-Besgrdria,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25

Philosopher declare that the instinct
of the chase is common to almost the
whole human race, from the seal hunt
ing Esquimaux at the north pole to the
African with his club and poisoned
arrows at the equator. They tell us
that among our own people it pervades
all classes, from the whaler who strikes
the leviathan of the Arctic seas and the
Captain sahib who boards some re-
nowned "man-eater" i'm Indian jungles
down to the cockney schoolboy firing at
unwary sparrows with his eatapult, or
the tiny urchin of two and three years
old pursuing the bluebottle across the
panes of his nursery window, and then,
flushed with conquest tearing off the
legs and wings of the wretched fly. And
although i'm some cases the passion in
question is converted into a trade-as
where certain admirable persons under
take for consideration the destruction
of some of those pests of human Ne
which the world would most "willingly
let die" if they would he so obliging
rs TO do so-yet even here the natural
hunting instinct develops itself very
clearly, and, to use Sydney Smiths Ian
guage, 1.-THE rat-catcher delights in the
capture ofrats the bug-destroyer pursues
his victims with keen delight, and the
suppressor of vice Is charmed when the
vice il found and hunted. .''-Beiqroria.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25
How Mou.s.i.. are Sawed q. Two

The contracting or shriveling of the
earth Causes the rocks near the surface
to wrinkle or fold, aud such a fold was
started athwart the course of the river.
Had it been suddenly formed, il would
have been an obstruction sufficient to
turn the water in new course to the
east. beyond the ex ensiOn OF the wrin-
kle; but the emergence of the fold
above the general surface of the coun-
try was little or no faster than the pro-
gress of the cOrrasiOn of the channel.
We may say, then, that the river did
not cut its way down through the noun
tains from a height of many thousand
feet above its present site but having
an elevation differing out little, per-
haps, from what it now has, as the fold
was lifted, it cleared away the obstruc-
ton By cutting canon, and walls were
thus elevated on either side. Theriver
preserved Its level, but the mountains
were lifted up, as the saw revolves on
q fixed pivot, while the log which it
cuts is moved along The river was
the saw which cut the mountains in
two.-PopMiar Science Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25
overdue and CareIe.. Men.

How many years of her life does a
woman spend looking out of the window
for men who are 0verduef | have not
lived half of three score and ten years
vet, and | am sure l have wasted time
enough in the fruitless operation to
have made myself mistress of all the
hieroglyphics ever discovered. Only
one thing have | learned. that man.
like the peasant wOman's watched pot
that never boils," never comes when
he is looked for and that hasn't done
&c any good for, still, whenever /
have occasion, invite the influenza by
81. ting in a strong draught, with my
ewes fixed on the furthest point pOssi-
5ie, with visions of hospital ambulance
Il woeful telegrams before my eyes,
whenever any one, from my erandsa-
1ef to nv little nephew. doesn't "ar
i've HIMSELF" 10 proper time. "Well.
Polly, what's the marterf You look
solemn" Solemn! Well. you know
enough not to fling yourself int his
aim and cry The sea has give1 up
y dead, or anything of that sort.
You say: "Ah!n in an offended tone.
in an unnatural calm one, and per
.'ps remark that "dinner was burnt to
a crisp four hours ago. or that you
nave sat Win
for the concert from seven until nine,"
and wait some explanation. It is some
times vOuchsafed, and then generally
proves to be: met a fellow Yes.
meeting a fellow is reason enough
for any amount of staying out. Who
is fellow l wonder, that he should
outweigh wife, mother. and sweetheart.
daughter, neice and auntf Why should
a '.feilOwr have such influenced No
one ever sees fellow" or hears all
his name. He is never produced. Ask
after him, and you hear that he is not
the sort of fellow to be introduced. He
is never brought home. Apparently
he is not good enough but he is i'm
pOrtant enough to upset household,
to keep meals waiting. to keep people
up until midnight; to have met him is
ample excuse for anything forge tful or
neglectful.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25
MatrimOui,sl Failures.

If husbands are sometimes remiss in
| fulfilling all the eexpectatiOnsregarding
them. wives. it must be confessed, af-
ford them only too ample excuse for
their shOrtcOming. For if a wife does
not render her full share toward max
ing herself and her home alluring, she
has small right to complain-hOweyer
his own conscience may or should up
braid hin-if her husband finds other
people and other places more attractive.
and makes no resistance to the attrac-
ton.
Too frequently do we hear some wife
IN her neglected toilette, slipshOd, un-
kempt, declare, 'Oh. it's no matter; my
markets made !ras if her marriage had
been a circumstance of bargain. and
sale. and deigling to accept the piice
of her husbands devotion, she had
completed her part of the bargain. Her
mal ket is made that is, she sold her
self for doubtless all she was worth.
But allowing it, yet with how much
honesty we may ask, does she fulfill
the conditions of the tradef How faith
time is she tO-dayi 1t was certainly
no slipshOd, unkempt woman that was
the object offered in the market. On
the contrary, 1t was girl in the bloom
of her early years, and with that bloom
set off by all the adventitious aid OF
the prettiest toilette, the dantiest frills
and furbelows, the sweetest tones, the
sweetest smiles, attainable. The bloom
of early years was not expected to last,
OF course but the smiles, the tones, the
pretty tollets--it was never dreamed
by the buyer that they were not thrown
in.
Yet, on the other hand, 1t is by no
means improbable, it Is by no means
unusual that the offence should come
first from the husbands side, and with
no fault In the beginning OF the w,fe's.
Tired of the novelty, the husband has
ceased to execute his portion of the
contract, has sought distractions, has
despised and half fOrsaken his home,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25
Cats.

Cats from time immsmorial have been
favorites with the old and the young.
the rich and the poor; and though at
times prosecuted by some thoughtless
school boy, have upon the whole been
received into the blossom of the family"
Dr. johnson sent out to purchase oys-
tiers for his pet, Hodge, when he was
old and sick, and fancied no other food;
and the poet, not content with cutting
one hole in his library door to let his
smaller hole for the necessities of the
kitten. What would Whittington be in
history, or i'm our love and reverence,
without his cat? Puss, however, gen.
orally falls to the favor of womankind.
The Arab eDdOws the cat by miraculous
interposition at the beginning of the
world, with thespirit of gentle woman;
and DIR. Stables, with whom cats are
''darlings," assures us in his book on
Cats, that one sitting purring on the
hearth-rug to the music of the Kissing
tea-urn, blinking her eyes before bright
fire, is the very personification of femi-
nine virtue. Indeed i'm this favorable
view of pussy's lady-like character, he
was preceded by Mr.. Broderip, who tells
us, in his Geological Recreations, that the
cat is closely connected with the un-
translatable word, '.comfort''-a word
that has neither name nor representa-
ton out of Great Britain. The Doctor
gives us hut little, if ary, reverse to this
amiable picture; but surely out of doors
all likeness to womankind must cease.
for we cannot be so ungallant as to fol-
low the simile on the tiles, or compare
a cat parliament, with Its unearthly moi
ses, to the sweet and dulcet vocalism of
the gentler sex, however, gossiping may
be their tendency. If cats could always
be kittens, redolent of fun and mischief
as schoolgirl, we might be disposed
TO admit some resemblance, but the COM
parison becomes fiighty and far-fetched
when it reaches our chimney-pots. How
ever, eats are so greatly petted under
the Doctors pen that they can afford a
little wholesome detraction. 1t is an in
teresting sight, that of cat teaching a
kitten its future duties, in which do
mestic cleanliness, as well as mice-hunt-
ing, bears an important place. Some
instances are given in which greediness
Is reproved by the mother, but not one
in reproof of the errors of late hours.
What open atmospheric influence is it
that changes cats nature, swearing and
splitting at each other-fur-pulling and
blood-letting being then their great de-
light, which nothing short of descend
ing boot or the discharge OF loaded
blunderbuss seems sufficient to disturbg
-Ckdmber's Journal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25

adopted by government, that the agree
ment for sale in 1512 was made void by
William Penn's inability to execute the
surrender in proper manner.
As before stated, Penn was buried in
the peaceful rural churchyard of Jor-
dams. near UXbridge, in grave next tn
that of the beloved wife of his youth,
Gulielma Maria. Near by repose his
friends, the Pennington's; nearer yet,
his son Springett. and the exemplary
EllwOood, the reader To and pupil of
Milton, who had succored his master at
Chalfont when the plague ragged in
London, and suggested to him the COM
position of Pdrddise Regdined.
Hence these memories i'm a manner
make the rural graveyard classic
ground; and We are not astonished to
learn that many an American tourist
in England seeks the sequestered place
to mediate over the life and labors of
one who most truly has exercised a
mighty and abiding influence on the
character and destinies of the United
States" Thither, too, We learn once a
year, usually in the first week in June,
amid the flush and brightness of the
opening summer, the Friends of London
and the home counties betake them
selves, as on a pilgrimage, to hold a
solemn gathering for worship in the
ancient meeting-house which Overlooks
the green and silent burial ground. On
these occasionally alone of all the year,
the place assumes live aspect. After
the service the visitors dine together in
groups, about the grounds, and well
come the chance stranger TO partake of
the good things brought in their baskets
and hampers. The afternoon is spent
in walks and rides to other places of
interest in the neighborhood, associated
with Penn, EllwoOd, or Milton; soci-
able tea follows; and when the sun has
set, and the moon shines upon the white
headstOnes of the clustered graves, all
is again as still and silent As it is wont
to be.-Mdahdttdn Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25
"Reminiscences Of Penn.

1t is proper to remark, says Thomas
Clarkson, that when William Penn
made his last will, his estates in Eng
land and Ireland, which produced up
wards Of fifteen hundred pounds annu-
ally, were esteemed Of more value than
ali his property in America, especially
as only part of the mortgage thereon of
170S had been discharged; but during
the interval of rather more than six
years between that and the time of his
death, progressive increase Of trade
and population, almost unexampled,
during happy state Of uninterrupted
tranquility, had improved the value OF
the Pennsylvania property far beyond
what could have been imagined; in
addition to which the crown lawyers
had given joint opinion, which was
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25
THAT Child"

There was tap at Mrs. Phillips side
door the other morning, and hastily
taking her hands out of the dough she
hurried to answer the knocking, NUT
tering as she went, mercy, hope it's
not Mrs. Gadder," Instead of the long
winded Mrs. c., aforesaid. there stood
on the steps a diminutive little lady
sucking thumb and twirling the corner
of her apron. ''Well. child, ." interro-
gated Mrs. Phillips, gradually diminish
ing the inviting gap in the door. The
''child," however, dexterOusly inserted
herself and sitting down on the nearest
chair remarked, II come to stay aw hile,
Miss Phillips" and then proceeded to
take a calm and critical survey of the
room. Mrs. Phillips returned to her
baking. Soon sweet voice at her elbow
inquired: "What we making, Miss
Phillips:" Bread" and Mrs. Phillips
kneaded more vigorously. What's in
them tin boxes?" pointing to two boxes
marked respectively "bread' and
"cake." Nothing" 4 pause ensued.
during which two golden brown cakes
were taken from the oven. The ''child''
watched the process of turning them
out of the tins and heayed deep sigh
when they were safely deposited on the
table. "What kind of cakes is them ~
No reply. 81 like cakes" Silence
followed this remark. ''When Susie
wilkins comes to our house my ma
ALWAYS gives her some cake"
''There, there, run away home, ! hear
YOUR mother calling you," answers
Mrs. Phillips.
"No you don't, for ma is gone TO Ann
Arbor, and Aunt Sarah minds Us chill
dren now"
''Then it's your Audit Sarah that's
calling you," tartly replies Mrs. Phil
lips.
"No it amt neither, for Aunt Sarah
told me TO come in here, cause she is
busy and can't he bothered"
When Phillips came home to dinner
and wanted to know "what the Dickens
made her face so red, she just told him
to "shut up and mind his own busi-
ness,r
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25
THE SWEETEST SONGS.

The sweetest songs that were ever sung
Are those that please the best,
Though sorrow and grief and tears are wrun 8
From some o'er0urdened breast;
Though the words breathe only Of mirth and
bloom.
And the strains are the gisddest and hghtest,
Remember that after q light of gloom,
The rays Of the sun are brightest.
The rain must fall ere the spring-time grass
Grows tender and green and sweet;
Through the pangs Of travail q soul must pass,
Ere song is born complete.
After winter of storm and SNOW,
Blossom the buds in our bowers-
After q season of tesrs and woe
Blossom the poets flowers
There are few who give the poet thought
When they read the pleasing strain;
There are few who know that q poem is
wrought
Through scrrows and tears and pain.
The merriest song and the bllthest lay
And those that are sweetest and glsddest.
Are woven in gloomy and cherries ray,
When the poets heart is saddest.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25
A Bank Of England Note

The paper has been made since 1s19
at Laverstock, Hants. Note-1, its pc
culiar whiteness; 2, its thinnness and
transparency 3, its crisp and tough
feel 4, its water-mark-made in the
paper, and on the same side as the
printing 5, its three uncut edges 8,
its strength-made out of new linen or
cotton. A bank note will support
thirty-six pounds before being sized,
and afterward support man for years
if it is only for the right amount
Once Week.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25
YOUTHs' cOLUNS.

A Bird tried 10 initiate Jenny Lind
..liave you heard Jenny Lind, sir ~
inquired my Antinous of theistables.
'Ies, often"
"Great woman, sir. Don't you think
soi''
"Idc.-
'She was here last week, sir.-Get-up
Charlie -
"Did you hear heri r. asked.
"les, sir, and drove with her to the
Falls,-that is, Tom Higgins drove. put
| SAT on the box"
"And was she pleased r.
Yes. sir only when she was going
to see the Falls, every body in the hotel
ran to the door to look at her, so she
went back to her room, and then slip
Ded out of the back door. But there
Was something better than that, sir.'
what was that y
"She gave Tom Higgins fifty dollars
when he drove her back. But there
was something still better than that,
sir
" Indeed, what was that ~
why, SIR, as we came back we pas
sed little wood and she stopped the
carriage and stepped out with the rest
OF the party, and me and Tom Higgins,
anu NtHt INTO tue NOOu. III Was tOWaruS
sunset and the wood was beautiful. She
walked about little, and picked up
flowers, and sung, like to herself, as if
it were pleasant. By and by she sat
down upon a rock and began to sing
aloud. But before she stopped little
bird came and sat upon the bough close
by us. | saw 1t, sir, with my own eyes,
the whole of it,-and when Jenny Lind
had done, he began to sing and shout
away like she did. While he was sing
ing she looked delighted, and when he
stopped she sang again and-oh it was
beautiful. sir. But the istle bird
wouldn't give it up, and he sang again,
but not until she had done. Then Jenny
Lind sang as well as ever she could.
Her voice seemed to fill the woods all
up with music, and when it was over
the little bird was still for while, but
tried it again in a few moments. He
couldn't do it, sir. He sang very bad,
and then the foreign gentleman with
Jenny Lind laughed, and they all came
back To the carriage"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25

Help Toarseif-Fight your own bat
ties. Hoe your own row. Ask no IA
vor of any one, and you will succeed
rive thousand times better than one who
is always beseeching ones patronage.
No one will ever-nOr can they-help
You as YOU help yourself, because no
one will be heartily interested in
your affairs The first step will not be
such long one perhaps but carving
your own Way up the mountain, you
make each one lead to another, and
stand firm in that while you crop an
other out. Men who have made
fortunes are not those who mad five
thousand dollars to start with, but boys
who started fair with well earned dol
lar or two. Men who nave acquired
fame have not been thrust into popu-
laritv by puts, begged or paid for. or
given in friendly spirit. They have
outstretched their hands and touched
the public heart. Men who win love
do their own wooiug. | have never
known a man to tail so signally as one
who had induced his affeetionate grand
mamma 10 say good word for him.
Say 81 will, and some day you will
conquer. Never let any Iuan have TO
say, Il have dragged you up Too
many hurt mau more than none at
all.-drGce GreeHToOd.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25

Boys, did you ever think that this
world, with all its wealth and woe, with
all its mines and mountains, oceans,
seas. and rivers; with all its shipping,
its steamboats,, railroads and magnetic
telegraphs; with all its millions of
cropping men and all the science and
boys like youf Believe IL, and look
upon your inheritance, and get ready
to enter upon your possessions. The
presidents, kings, governors, states
men, philosophers, ministers, teachers,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25

A Little Deed, bui a Good Oae.-Lit-
tie Ellie found thirsty flower by the
side of her path. She thought it need
ed water, and so she went with big
pitcher, and poured a little stream
gently upon it. 1t was very little thing
To do, aud yet it was a very good thing.
If the flower had not had some water
it might have dropped and died, bnt
when the water fell upon it, it re
vived and grew, and all summer long
it sent out sweet perfume and showed
bright blossoms that pleased every
body who looked at it.
A great many good deeds are Just
as simple as this. 1t is the kind words
and bright smiles that make people
happy often. They are worth more.
sometimes, than great speeches or rich
gifts, and any little boy or girl can give
them.-Apples Of Gold.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25

Hens.-One cold afternoon, on going
into my woodshed. heard peculiar
noise. had never heard anything
like it before; it was sort of a Groom
ing sound. ] found an old hen, which
was sick, sitting on the wood-pile and
Shelly her chicken. which bad grown
to be as large as the mother, standing
over her, with her wings Outspread,
making this queer noise. watched
them, aud pretty soon the old hen went
under the young ones wings and she
covered her mother.
What was that but filial affection
j have read of a gentleman who didn t
think 1t beneath him to contribute even
10 the pleasure of hen. He said he
buried corn in the hen-yard that they
might have the pleasure of scratching
il up; that it gratitied their love of in-
dustry, made them contented and they
did all the better for it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-25

-Havard has conferred upon Tbomas
Carlyle the honorary degree of L. L. b.