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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
Spring Fever.

simultaneously with the breaking up
of winter and the increased power Of
the sun, comes to mankind a malady
denominated spring fever but for
which the term of constitutional lazi-
ness would be quite as appropriate. The
complaint attacks all alike-it spares
neither the high nor the humble; the
nobleman and the peasant, the million
aire and the beggar all feel its enliven-
ing influence. a general spirit of list
lessness and inertia also pervades the
brute creation, and even our mother
earth seems to participate therein.
Animals begin to loathe their food, and
10 search along the hedge rows for tufts
Of grass, Men and, women, too, get
tired of bread and butter, pancakes be-
come a burden, and even beefsteak
loses its charms. Appetizers are sought,
found and indulged in-yarieties used
depending ON the taste of the user.
Horse radish does for one, lager for an
other, onions and vinegar for a third.
Canned fruit slightly favored with tin
is brought into requisition, but after all
the efforts, made to 'cook up an appe-
tite,' eating like labor becomes irkssme.
But warmer and more settled weather
brings us around all right, for though
burdensome, the complaint is not dan
gerous.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

The beginning of his great adventure
was ola romantic character-youthful
love for the beautiful Gyda, then glo-
rious and famous young lady of thrse
regions, whom the young Harold as
pired TO marry. Gyda answered his
embassy and prayer i'm distant man
ner: ''Her it would not beseem to wed
and jarl or any poor creature of that
kind; let them do As CORN or Denmark,
Eric of Sweden, Egbert of England,
and others had dOne-subdue into peace
and regulation the confused, contentious
bits of jars around him. and become a
king; then perhaps, she might think of
proposal; till then, not" Harold was
struck with this proud answer, which
rendered Gyda tenfold more desirable
to him.
lie vowed to let his hair grow. never
to cut or even to comb it till this feat
were done, and the peerless Gy,la his
own. He prodeedsd accordingly to
Conquer, in fierce battle, jarl or two
every year, and at the end of twelve
years, had his unkept (and almost nm
imaginable) head of hair clipt off-Jarl
Rognwald [Reginaldl of More, the most
valued and valuable of all his subject
jarls, being promoted to this sublime
barber function-after which King
Harold, with head thoroughly cleansed
and hair grown or grpwing again to
the luxuriant beauty that had no equal
i'm his day, brought home his Gyda, and
made her the brightest queen in all the
north. He had after her, in succession,
or perhaps even simultaneously in some
cases, at least six other wives; and by
Gyda herself one daughter and four
sons.-ThOmds Cdrtyie.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

disposition. A hasty temper only sup
poses itself properly alive; an indolent
indulger imagines he is as active as any
one; but by close and severe examina-
ton each may discover something near
the truth.
Z Thinking is, indeed, the very germ of
self cultivation-the source from which
all vital influence springs. Thinking
will do much for an active mind, even
in the absence of books, or living instruc-
tors. The reasoning faculty grows firm,
expands, discerns its own power, acts
with increasing facility, precision and
extent, under all its privatiOns. WheE
there is no priyation, but every help
from former thinkers, how much may
we not expect from it Thus great char
acters rise. While he who thinks little,
though much he needs, or much he sees,
can hardly call anything he has his
own. He trades with borrowed capital,
and is on the high road to literary, or
rather tn mental, bankruptcy. q
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

There Is no dock. however watched and tended.
But one dead lamb is therel
There 10 NO nreside, howsoe'er defended,
Mi hnn vacaDt eh

There Is no dock, however watched and tended
But one dead lamb is tberei
There IL NO nrestde, howsoe'er defended.
But haa one vacant ehairi"
The hour of bereavement is the COM
mon lot Of us all; and we come back
from the new-made grave when we have
laid our loved ones to sleep, come back
to the vacant chair, the desolate room,
the empty life-oh, how empty! Yet
not for all this do the cares and duties
of life press on us with any less weight
or diminish aught of their demands.
Wisely is it thus ordered. To sit down
and nurse our grief, to give full rein to
the indulgence of sorrow and tears, is
the worst possible thing for us and for
those around US. If grief opens our
hearts to feel the woes Of others, inclines
us to forget self aud selfish sorrow in
binding up other bruised and bleeding
hearts, leads us to double our diligence,
that before we too are summoned away,
the whole work given US to do shall be
done and well done; it will be possible
in some near future for US to say from
the, heart 1T is good for me that have
been afflicted"
Bitter as is the cup of bereavement,
cruel as are the pangs of separation at
the jaws Of the sepulcher, lasting as is
the sense of loss, yet, from these all
good may be evolved, for only those
who have had this baptism, know how
to feel for others woes, to speak words
of consolation and to keep silence when
no words can be of any avail. Death
runs mis- plOw-share through our house.
hold tearing up the sod, cutting of at
the r0ot roses and viOlets, and the
tender blossoms whose fragrance cheered
our lives wither and perish, but by and
by a richer harvest justifies the ways of
God; and, as little by little, our affec-
tions are transferred from this to an
other world and the fruits Of patience
and hope and resignation ripen above
the sod thus rudely up-torn, We begin
dimly to perceive that "whom God
loveth He chasteneth."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
THE HAPPY VILLAGE.
By KANE o'DosNEI-

As often pass the roadside,
When wearily falls the day.
/ turn to look from the hilltop
At the mountains far away.
The red sun through the forests
Throws hithsr his parting beams
And far in the quiet valley
The happy village gleama
There the lamp is lit in the cottage
As the husbandman's lsbors cease,
And think that all things are gathered
And folded in twilight peace.
But the sound Of merry voices
Is heard in the village street,
While pleased the grandame watches
The play OF the little feet.
And at night to many freside
The rosy children come;
To tales Of the bright-eyed fairies
They listen and are dumb.
There seems it JOY forever
To labor and TO learn,
For love with an eye Of magic
Is patient to discern.
And the father blesses the mother,
And the children bless the sire,
And the cheer and JOY Of the hearthstone
Is rs light from an altar fire.
Oh, flowers Of rsrest beauty
In that green valley grow;
And whether twere earth or heaven
Why shouldst thou care to know?
Save that thy brow is troubled,
And dim is thy helpmate's eye;
And graves are green in the valley.
And stars are bright in the sky.
-SGibner's Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
A Gracious Bow.

He LOrd Carteret) said, when all his
other stories failed him, Ireland was
constant resource. During his stay
there as Lord-Lieutenant, there was no
end of the ridicule with which it sup
piled him. Both he and Sir Robert
Walpole were above money, particularly
the former Lord Carteret was more
careless than extravagant. When his
daughter, Lady GeOrgina, was going to
be married to Mr.. Spencer, much against
the inclination of Sarah, Duchess of
Marlborough-with whom he had been
in great favor, but had lost it on some
political account-he suffered the day
to be fixed for signing the settlements
and solemnizing the marriage without
any thought how he was to pay her for
tune. His family, knowing that he had
not the money, were under vast un-
easiness as the day approached, and as
far as they could venture, reminded him
of it to no purpose, till the very day
before Sir - Worsley, Lady Carteret's
father came to him, and, speaking of
the marriage, said he hoped he was pre-
pared with Lady GeOrgina's fortune,
ucC0uSc uc AucW VIC OuCucoo VI MAIL
bOrough's violence and her aversion to
the marriage. He said undoubtedly
that it could not be supposed that he
was unprepared. Because, if you are,
said Sir - Worsley, II have f5, 900
at my bankers with which l can accom-
mOdate you." He said, ''Can you
really? If 50, shall be much obliged
to you for, to say the truth, 1 have not
a hundred pounds towards it." At one
time he had an execution in his house,
brought by coal merchant to whom he
owed f2,000. His coach, &C., were
stopped. As soon as it was taken of,
he saw man in the hall whose face he
did not recollect. 1t was the merchant.
He went up. to him, made a very gra-
ciOus bow, and the man served him to
the day of his death.-LTe Of VILLAIN,
Enl Of Sielbsrne.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
Apait.aes I, Men.

1t is very certain that no man is fit
for everything; but it is almost as
certain, too, that there is scarcely any
one man who is not fit for something,
which something nature plainly points
out to him by giving him tendency
and propensity to it. Every man finds
in himself, either from nature or educa-
ton (for they are hard to distinguish),
a peculiar bent and disposition to some
peculiar character; and his struggling
against it is the fruitless and endless
labor of Sisyphus. Let him follow and
cultivate that vocation, he will succeed
in it, and be considerable in one way at
least; whereas if he departs from it he
will at best, be inconsiderable, probably
ridiculous.-LordC Chesterfield.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
Courage.

Timidity never accomplishes anything
in the world. Getting up in life is very
much like getting up to make a fire in a
cold room. If you crawl timidly out of
bed, go on tip-toe to the stove, and allow
the shivers to get control of you before
the kindling starts, your fire will prob
ably be a failure, and you will half
freeze to death in the operation. But if
you jump out bravely, hustle around,
pull on your clothes, knock over a chair
or two, and pitch in the stove wood, you
will probably be warm by the time the
fire gets to burning, and have to open a
window. So is life. Attack it timidly
and you will fail Grapple with il,
hurry up things, stir around, conquer
fortune, and you will be success.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
A Hint for Mothers.

The newborn English aristocrat re-
ceives as soon as born, a little bed with
a hard mattress. From its earliest age
it is taken, warmly wrapped, into the
fresh air. After the first year, its
meals are reduced to three, and this rule
is so Interchangeable that no child thinks
of requiring anything more. After
breakfast it remains several hours in
the open air and then sleeps. The
whole afternoon is passed outside. From
earliest childhood, the children of the
aristocracy have the extremities clothed
i'm the warmest manner. Never are
English children entrusted to the care
of young nursery maid, but to an
elderly, experienced person., under
whose direction they constantly are.
As soon as the young girl goes to
school, the carriage of the head and
shoulders becomes an object of atten-
ton. and under no circumstances is she
permitted to sit otherwise than upright.
my child grows but once" says an
English mother, "and, therefore, moth
ing is so important as her physical de-
velopment." Everything else can be
acquired later. An English child rises
at seven, breakfasts at eight, dimes at
one, sups at seven, and at nine goes 20
bed. Until twelve years of age, il
passes the greater part of the day in the
open air, with only about four hours
mental work. An English maiden at
eighteen, is fresh and blooming as a
rose, with light step and eyes beaming
with pleasure and life.
OF course, the life of gay society un-
dermines to some extent what the early
training has accomplished; but the SEN
sible physical education of the first
years leave permanent effects, and the
English woman remains equal to the
duties of life and the requirements of
wife and mother. III she does not con-
tinue perfectly we'll, she retains enough
health to be very beautiful.
One sees i'm Great Britain ladies of
sixty with compilations fairer than
those of our young maidens, and whose
hair, though silvered, is yet abundant
and handsome. ,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

II is said that the late Lord st. Leo
nard taught that it was the sacred duty
Of every man to make his will, and he
wrote book to show how it should be
done. He made his own will with the
sound of trumpets, as it were, and now
that will cannot be found-lost appa-
rently, in the wilderness of his papers,
or, as conjectured, perhaps buried with
him-for he kept it sometimes in the
pocket Of his dressing gown.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26
IOUrRs' COLUNN.
May.

Pretty little violets, waxing from your sleep
Fragrant little b'osssms, lust about 10 peep,
Would you know the reason all the world 10 gayf
Listen 70 the bobolinks. telling you It's Nag
Little ferns and grasses. all 80 green and bright
Purple clover noddiag. daisies fr sh and white.
Would You know the reason all the world is gayi
Listen 70 the boboinks, telling you It's Nay
Darling little vArbien, coming In the SPRING
Would you know the reason that yoa love 70 sin, 2
Hear the merry children, shouting - thew rlsy,
" Listen 10 the bo' olisks. telling rs lis Msyr
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

OF WHAT good is it to learn? That we
may become modest; that we may
occupy life with something better than
those things to which our vanity
prompts us; that We may make our
selves Of some little use to our fellows,
without exacting gratitude from them.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

a HERO.-'Tf were a general" said
Freddie, laying down his history, 81
should be happy"
"Are you not happy now." asked
Aunt Margaret.
''Oh, yes! but long to he hero. 1t
IS something to be hero. Do you not
think sop
YES" said Aunt Margaret, 81 adj
mire a hero. Shall / tell you how you
may become one now, boy hero, which
| think is far more nobler than being a
general?"
"Yes," said Freddie, eagerly, ''do tell
me-"
by being master OF yourself. Do
not give way to angry, wicked feelings.
The Bible SAYS, He that is slow to anger
is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a
city, Think of this, and, when tempted
to do wrong, fight for the right, and you
will be hero greater than general
Chiidren's Friend.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

The whole number of females EN-
ployed in industry in the United States
Is over l,S00, 900, One-tenth Of whOr
number are under the age of fifteen.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

JUsT GOING To.-''I suppose YOU have
mailed my letter in time, Bob" said his
father.
'N-n-o-O-sir," he answered. 81 was
just going to run over to the office with
it, and the stage drove off,"
''Then | must send a telegram; and
that will cost me several dollars"
81 am so sorry" said Bob; 81 will
try to be more prompt next time"
..But one day soon after, when he
vas coming home from the mill, he
stopped to see Rodney Browns grey
squirrel.
"Your horse seems q little restless"
said Mrs. Brown, opening the window;
had you not better fasten him :" the
post" -.
"Yes'em, / was just going back to tie
him." said Bob. But at this moment
a bit of white paper fiuttered over the
ground; the horse took fright, and ran
down the street, breaking the wagon,
and losing most of the -four. "Oh
dear.' said Bob, Il wish had started
a little sooner" That was the way with
him most of the time; he was little
late at table, at school, and at church
and people began to see that he could
not be trusted to do errands.
What kind Of man will that boy
make who is 'just going to- do things.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

SOMETHING roR Yor-xs Fo1xs IN
Srtpy.-A vioiIant 0azetteer with tbs
sobriouet of ..(oloneI +, Who hal com
hated the raillerv of the nIebeians and
the eunbuisms and sebisms of the vac;l-
lating' iliosyneratie erndite natricians
received witb nnnaralIele,I cach;nn,t;on
n cbaJlenoe tn am or,bopranbic,I ,om,a'
tition.
To his tr,nsean,lant surnr;s. ,bs
nroffered nr;ze was d,yuarraotvnas n,
NendeIssobn Kosc;usLo n and Ren.i..l..r
or if the eonmneror nreferred comics of
the Sentu,oint .nncrvnba and West-
minister catecbisml Ue tbongh, with
debatablv admis.ibla egot;sn of tba
~ratuirons annlause of tbe nonnIaeo and
the annearance of his name in hurgeo;s
the next dav and his choice v,s a.
cernible in bil,r;tv and The biero1Ir,Shi
cal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS which be trans
mitted to the Embarrassed stunef;eJ
Uynsv- who left with a rongh conrtesv
lie changed his annar.I donnaJ nj
Nassau. lister and his worsred gapnt-
lets. and Travelled towar,l the trysting-
Mace He stonneJ at a Jrngg;st,s 70
obtain dose OF ebloral and Jozen
trocbes Here he fonnd a nbvsic;an
who was nnrrbasino a dram n5iaI ~
ipecaeuapba and an 0unee of Iieoriee for
a coIicky patient- who NOT only had the
collie. hut rbenmatism nenraIci. billions
erysinelas and was tbreatened win
hemorrba0e -eerebro-sn;naI mening;r;S
pneumOnia- and beminleoia
He met a surveyor and an arebirect
who we're ouaoinS the width of E;gbtb
street for \ arrisscr0ss trestIeworl hri1g,
A ferreous derrick almost mauleJ his
Uranium. and he bawled aloud- HI.
clamor brought an ally from a neioh-
boring alley who administered A adranSbt
of rectified whisky. and a teaspoonfuI of
pareeoric mixed with ehloroform. Ar
the same time this thief with consum-
mate yillainy purlOine,l his chronometer
and the balance of specie i'm his rockets.
He committed this niece of rascalitv
with impunity. and il was unpunished.
for our punctilious friend WAS harassed
and perplexed at the lateness of the
hour.
He next met a sibyI. who wore a de
bege polonaise with a cuirass basaue
and a shirred tablier- all eIahoratelv
trimmed with bias pleatings and passe-
menterie-and carried n sacbeI. porte-
mOfllllle anu reticule. She SInlIlngly
offered him temptinr bouauet of
fuchsias, lilies, mignonette and phlox
in a conch-like basin. But he saw a
caterpillar costly ensconced among the
posies, and refused the nosegav.
A groceryman tried 10 inyeiyle him
into buying a supply of peas. POTATOES.
celery. caulifiower. or Kerosene. but he
thought of his embezzled funds. and
passed on. A Teutonic tenant of a tene-
ment house, forgetting the tenet of the
law, was bastinadoing the soles of an
The murmur of the parental harangue,
preceded by a yolley of yirulent jmDre-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

care you the, daughter of Frederick
Raudot?" inquired the stranger.
81 am" rff rs.t.l-EN f-frser .
s'GOd be thanked, for can now rem
der his daughter 3 service, and accord
her the friendship 1 entertained for her
father" ..-........
"Did you know my fathere" in
quired COsette. fes rEE al "a 81 s-
eyes, and death could alone have
broken the link that bound us. l am
the Count Paul de Beauvalet. Youmay
have heard my manner" -f..5 rril,.
MANY times have. 1 heard it mem
toned" replied Cosette. at was you
who befriended US when we were in
want"
"You have called me coward, Count
de Beauvalet,' - said de Presval. .'Know,
then, that in full, return the cOmpli-
ment."
-"Your name, MONSIEUR" responded
his listener, haughtily. mann
Henri Count de Presval," was the
proud retOrt.
81 will be It your service tomorrow p
replied de Beauvalet. o. -
Tomorrow, then, In the Bois de
Boulogne. sYou will hear from me to-
night, when time and place shall be
named" With these words de Presval
walked rapidly towards the great gate
of the cemetery.
'.Let us pray. together beside your
fathers tomb, Cosette," said de Beauva-
let. '"To-mOrrOwwe will meet again"
When they rose from their knees the
Count led the young girl from the grave,
and at her own door bade her q respect
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-06-04
~ 81 3D. -

lF is very plain that If there are no
degrees of guilt in the crime of theft,
there are degrees of meanness in it.
Several chiefs of the Sioux and other
Indians, including Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail, were at Washington last
week for the purpose of having big
talk with the President and that bland
and chilG-like gentleman. Columbus
Delano, Secretary of tho Interior. in
reference To the sale to the government
of the Black Hills i'm Dakota. and also
to set forth the grievances which their
people suffer at the hands of the thiev-
ing agents with whom they are com
PEELED to transact business. While
these noble red men of the forest were
at dinner the other day some unmiti-
gated curse entered their room and
stole eight shirts from the Minnecon-
jon band, 81 from Spotted Tail, So
from Swift Bear, Sl9 from Face. and
50 from Pawnce Killer An Indian
thoroughly understands what it is to
be fleeced officially, but to be robbed
unoificially is one of the white mans
accomplishments which was never
dreamed of i'll his untutored ohiloso-
ply. The Minneconjonsa at least would
have good case in law against the
landlord for the value of their shirts
whatever might be said about the loss
OF the money of the others. Webster's
dictionary does not contain, the word
which would adequately express the
sublimity of meanness III creature
who would permit his larcenious fingers
To Freeze to the shirts and greenbaclls
OF a party of Indians who have already
sounded all the depths and shoals of
pale-faced plundering and rapacity.
The wretch who could steal shirts and
ereenbacks from chivalIous, HIGH
minded and guileless Dakota Indian.
would steal the gliding from an angels
wings
And rob the palace Of the King of kings"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-06-04
z-ip-r.u us

We suppose that after the practical
experience of the three gentlemen who
represented this county i'll the Lancas-
ter Convention, they will not be rash
enough TO deny that Simon Cameron
carries the Republican party of this
State in his breeches' pocket, or that it
moves obedient to his remorsclcss will.
To Republican outside of Pennsylva-
mia, it has long been an enigma how Il
man with the tainted reputation of
Cameron can dominate and control the
State organization of a powerful party.
Nevertheless is the fact. "'Tis true,
and pity 'tis 'tis true Republicans
like Samuel Henry C.. 7. Roberts, and
Gen. Jacob NJ. Campbell, however
strongly they may favor the nomina-
tion for State office of bold and
fearless leader such as Butler B. Strang,
must abandon him if Cameron demands
the sacrifice, and gracefully step down
and out without further ceremony.
For them and those that believe with
item his imperious will is the iron bed
OF Procu5tes.