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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

1t is a bad sign when men cease TO
respect women of their own or, indeed,
of any class, but tie women themselves
are to blame for the intolerably flippant
and impertinent tone pervading young
society. We do not want to go back 10
the formalities of Sir Charles Grandson,
and there is a winning charm in natur-
alness not to be had from the most per-
fected artificiality. Nevertheless, a
slight return to Old World forms of
courtesy, little dash of that stately re-
verence of speech and demeanor which
our forefathers exaggerated into pedan-
try, would be gain in times when, the
young men give, as their greatest praise
of a girl. 'sThere is no nonsense about
her," meaning no bashfulness, no re-
serve, no girlish shrinking modesty
while the girls justify the compliment
by calling the young men ''dear boys;
and sometimes when they have less nom
sense even than usual, and desire a
closer assimilation of style, cold men.
This is the Storm" which is taught
and held up for admiration in the ladie'
novels of the day, and il is impossible
to exaggerate the degree in which these
writings have tended to corrupt and de-
grade the sex who chiefly write and read
them. All these things are patent.
Patent, too, is the inference that when
woman, from no fault of her OWN,
falls info trouble, she suffers for the
mistakes and follies of her class and the
time. Personally. she may be wholly
blameless; but with all these lines of
demarcation blurred, these distinctive
characteristics confused, it is almost in
evitable that there should be mistakes.
Until we come TO more ethereal condl-
ton of existence the burden of self
protection must, we fear, lie on the
women themselves. That burden is not
very heavy, and the penance it includes
not very bitter. 1t is only that modest
women must show what they are by a
series of negatives, and take care not to
expose themselves to misconstruction
by an attractiveness of out-of-door dress,
a doubtful manner of speech, and a
Bohemian bonhompaie of behavior to
strangers which shift the labels, mis-
lead their companions, and end in the
confusion of a mistaken affinity, by
which they themselves are the greatest
sufferers in the end.-Sdturddy Rerieic.
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size in the Eye.

| Size with the eye, as with the brain
is generally conceded to be measure o
capacity. A large eye has wider range
of vision, as it unquestionably has o
expression. than small one. A large
eye will take in more at a glance, though
perhaps with less attention to detail
than a small one. Generally speaking
large eyes see things in general, and
small eyes things in particular. The
one sees many things as whole, con-
sidering them in a philosophical or
speculative way, often seeing through
and beyond them; the other sees fewer
things, but usually looks keenly into
them, and is appreciative of detail.
Some eyes, however, look at every thing
and vet see nothing. Fullness of the
eve, causing a bulging of the lower eye
lid, is well-known sign of language.
Persons with this sign large have not
only speaking eye but also speaking
tongue, whereof their fellows do not
long remain in ignorance. A general
projection or fullness of the eye above
and below, which brings the eye-ball
forward on line with the face and eye
brow, denotes the quality of physical
perception, or the capacity to see quickly
whatever appears upon the surface of
things. A person with such an eye on
entering room for the first time, would
note rapidly the shape, size, arrange
ment, and general appearance of the
different articles of furniture i'm it, the
color of the walls, curtains, etc.; take
in with equal facility the features, the
color of eyes and hair, size and appear
ance of any person who might be pres
ent. In looking at a picture such a
person would at once incline to examine
the details of color, number, grouping,
attitude, and costume of the figures
composing it.-AnRudl OF PkreRoloqy and
PhysiOJnOHly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06
VOL. xxx.
The CHILDREN OF TIE POOR.
By CHARLES MAcKAY.

PITY the children of the poor,
Who've never plucked the daisies.
Who've never watched the skylark soar,
Or heard it singing praises;
Who've never trod the fresh green sward,
Or rambled by the river
They need a holiday, We rich.
And Heaven reward the giver
PITY the little pattering feet
That swarm in fetid alleys.
and grimy hands that might be sweet
Mid coEslips Of the valleys
Pale lips that may grow rosy red
Where fresh free breezes quiver-
Provide holiday, ye rich,
And Heaven reward the giveri
Pity the little bright blue eyes
That never saw the ocean.
Or gazed with innocent surprise
At wild waves in commction-
Send-send them forth one happy day
To hill or sea or river;
lis great to them, but small to you,
and Heaven reward the gIveri
From healthy JOY comes wholesome thought
And sense of natures beauty,
And mid instruction, wisdom-fraught,
OF pity and of duty;
All withered in the noisome slums.
Deliver them, deliver
Twill cost We little, oh, ye rich
And God reward the giver.
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MIFFLINTowN, JUNIATA COUNTY PENNA. OCTOBER s.

ance, you wink at some fellow, stop in
front of him and go through the ladies'
chain, then clasp your partners waist
and take the other lady's right hand !;
the other fellow does the same, and now
with the music you sway up to the
center, sway back, and revOlye in an
elliptic at the same time, after the man.
ner of the planets. After swaying six
times you drop the other lady's hand
and gradually sail off again with the
step and turn. The girls cling quite
closely and gaze up occasionally,
Spanish fashion. Whenever the couples
ran against each other the girls sang out
with a sharp little "Hi" which was
very amusing. They have great way
of kissing each other all the evening,
and the fanciest kisses ever saw; first,
both kiss to starboard, and then to port.
The first time l noticed it, young
damsel kissed my partner good-by as
she started to dance with me. was as
tOnished, and said we were not going
far, which made them laugh. found
that the girls i'm contiguous seats kissed
good-by before every dance, as if to say
"You will elope this time, sure" When
the time for supper came, l fell into
the line, and escorted a blooming Phil
ippina to the table. l asked resident
American what l should help her to,
and he said, emphatically, ''Ham and
turkey! Give her plenty of ham and
turkeyW i gave her full plate which
she soon dispatched and called for more.
Everybody ate ham and turkey. The
gentlemen acted as walters, and after
wards sat down together. Spaniards are
terrible eaters. And no wonder,
on this occasion, for they came
to the ball at O'Clock and danced until
> a m
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cilitated and necessitated the cOnstruc-
ton of new and larger buildings. and
the workman is no longer senslbly the
worse either in health or longevity by
reason of the labor which he has to un-
dergO. Yet French, equally with En-
glish, observers speak of the prema-
ture decay which they observe in man
ufacturing districts, and which is ev-
identity due to causes that have no
connection with the necessary cOndi-
tiOns of the occupations pursued there.
The French committee are disposed
to trace this decay to premature excess
in alcoholic liquors. The merry work
man who refreshes himself after his
DAYS labor with a glass of sugar and
water, varied on holidays by little
light wine, is apparently unknown to
to these authorities. IL he has ever
existed, he has disappeared before the
growing tendency to overindnlgence
in unwhOlesOme stimulants. We be-
lleve that the spirits ordinarily sold In a
French cabaret are immeasurabiy more
poisonous than those which make the
stOck-in-trade of an English publican,
and in that the effects which the COM
mlttee mourn over cannnt be said to
Outrun the cause. 1t would be inter-
drunkenness in France is to be attri-
buted. The explanation often given
of the same fact in this country can
scarcely hold good in France. We have
been accustomed to preach that sObri-
ETY. and access to reasonable OppOrtu-
mites of amusement go hand in hand,
and to point to the French wOrkingman
as a striking example of this. 1t now
turns out that in country which has
beOD supposed to be especially rich in
opportunities of amusement, the taste
French artisan. especially in the south,
breathes a lighter air, and lives, or is
supposed to live, more enjoyable life
than the English but he is not free
from the drinking habits which do
more than anything else to degrade
the English MISUNDERSTANDING Re
riew.
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The Girls Of N auflla.

Promptly at O'Clock we drove into
the widows basement; we ascended the
stone stairway and scene Of splendor,
brilliant colors and black eyes burst
upon our view. The Mestiza girls were
sitting in a row on one side of the room
about forty of them; some decked in
gay plumage, yellow, pink and green
being prominent colors, others dressed
in somber hues; they were mostly very
pretty, with 1.-THE, graceful figures, and
ewes as black as coal. The gentlemen
lowered near the doors of the grand
sala, like hawks eying chickens; at the
first note of the music they all made a
pounce for partners. As saw that
pounciDg was the go, made dive for
a pretty yellow and green, ratified off a
sentence from the fifteenth lesson in
Ollepdorf, "Will you do me the favor
to bailar conmigo?" and started off on
a dance had never seen before, but
which was easy to learn; it was the
Habanera, a sort of walking embrace to
slow music; you make step to the
right, rise on your toes, step to the left,
rise, swing round, step to the right,
and so on then, when you wish to bal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06
The Great BtcycIe Journey.

Apart from the artificial excitement
of a wager there is some amount of ro-
mantle interest attaching to the an
nouncement that Mr.. Nairns set out on
Thursday morning upon his bicycle on
his long journey from Vienna 20 Paris.
The distance is go miles, and the route
following that of the Hungarian Lieu
tenant who performed the same feat
last year upon n single horse in fifteen
days, will lie through Ems, Munich,
Stuttgart, Strasbourg, and Nancy. Mr..
Nairns hopes to accomplish his under
taking in at least one-third less time;
and looking 70 what has already been
achieved by skilful bieyelists, we see
little reason to think him over san
guine. 1t is an established maxim that
even human power would beat that of
horse in the long run. DIR. kitchmer
i'm his Travellers Oracle" a work of
authority i'm pre-railway days, lays
down the rule of 30 miles day for a
horse for the first two days; and then,
if he is a good one, 30 or 40. with a rest
on the fourth day, to give him time to
recover his spirits. Twice such an
amount of work i'm the same period
would certainly not tire a skilful veloc-
ipede-rider very much. The Hungarian
officer rode 46 miles day; but his
horse must have arrived greatly dis
tressed. Mr.. Nairns proposes to ride
continuously about 60 miles a day. He
starts, moreover, in the heats of August
no small consideration in Southern
Europe, whereas the Hungarian trav-
eled in November. OF course Mr..
Marine will ride only i'm early morning
and in the cool of the evening; he will
he troubled neither TO find stabling nor
fodder for his steed; and, with a few
handy tools, will be ready for most ac-
cidents. Altogether the bicycle may
now claim to have risen from the posi-
tion of a toy to that of useful supple
ment to mans miserably defective
means of loeomotion. 1t is true that a
seat on bicycle is, in some peoples
eyes, a little undignified; but mira did,,
as Hood says, depends very much upon
where a man ''plants his Dig" Since
an ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer has
'showp that he can preserve a balance
on a vehicle of this kind, there is no
reason why the bicycle should not be-
gin TO gather even dignified associations
though our horses unfortunately still
regard these machines with distrust,
and whole population of bicycle-riders
would be rather an alarming spectacle.
London Nelrs.
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A Paris correspondent has some in
teresting gossip about the law suit con-
cerning the Life of Caesar" which the
imperial magnate, Napoleon Ill. amused
himself with writing i'm his Casarian
days. This work was never finished,
and some three years ago Plon, its pub
Usher, sued for dissolution of contract.
The case was postponed for a long time.
and death i'm the interim took both Plon
and Napoleon before higher court.
But the matter lately came again before
the Civil Tribunal, the heirs of Plon
demanding not only that the contract
be annulled, but also that the imperial
family should take back from the pub
fishing firm p 900 unsold copies of the
book, paying therefore 167 900 francs, or
about $33 400 in gold. The case, which
was decided against the plaintiffs,
brought out some curious facts. 1t was
shown that Napoleon grew dreadfully
tired of his work before he had half
completed it, and that, even in. 1866, he
had practically decided not to complete
it. Toward the close of his career he
could scarcely. as the lawyers said in
court, s'extOl either authoritative doc
trines or the theory of providential
men. lie TtCtlNtu iEoin the safe Vi
the published volumes, at different
times, as authors rights, 200, 900 francs.
or $40, 900, which he gave to the crowd
of literary men who aided him in his
researches, and to the officers of the
army employed in tracing out the foot
steps of Cesar in Europe. From 1867
until 1870 the unfinished work remained
almost entirely forgotten. During that
period scarcely 200 copies were sold,
and occasional mention of il in the
Salon or the public assembly provoked
only good d-natured smile. The defence
of NapOleon's heirs was that the En-
peror had never bound himself to finish
the work, and that, therefore, the pub
Usher had no right to demand an in
demnity. either by forcing the heirs to
buy up the unsold edition, or by any
other means. As Plon's heirs have lost
their case, it is thought that they would
do well to pile the 3, 900 volumes to-
gether and light a bonfire, whose bea-
con shall serve as warning to EN-
perors who have no literary genius not
to play at author.
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Spanish Women.

Mrs. Harvey writes: 1t is perhaps a
dangerous topic to touch upon, because
every nation has its own standard on
such points, but it would be difficult to
find anywhere more charming wcmen
than Spanish ladies. The average of
beauty is exceedingly great. but even
when the features are not strictly
pretty, the fine. eyes have such a depth
of tender expression, the slender figure
is SO graceful in every movement, the
low, sweet voice speaks in such tones Of
earnest persuasion, that critical indeed
must be the judgment that is not pleased.
And these charms are not those of mere
appearance, for Spanish women are true
and kind and gentle, and singularly
free from affectation of either mind or
manners. Many are very accomplished,
though perhaps the education usually
given to women is not very profound.
OF course there are admirable excep-
tions, and these ladies naturally take
the lead in society:
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

The report on the material and eco
pomicxl condition of the labOring clas-
ses which has recently been presented
to the French Assembly goes far q de-
stroy the belief in the superiority. as
regards sobriety and thriftiness, OF the
French over the English poor. 1t was
mentioned the other day that, while
the sanitary condition OF the Engilsn
factories has greatly improved OF iale
improyement in the physical strength
of those who work in them, and SIM
liar discouraging statement is made by
the committee of the Assembly. AT the
beeinning of the century, it is SAID,
employers had bit little capital, ana
consequently no money to spend on
bricks and mortar. A factory was too
often little more than an overcrowdeo
shop. The increase OF wealth mas H.
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An Insulted Hat.

| l once had hat adventure myself
1t was i'm 1856. / was at a ball i'm the
Hotel de Vile, escorting Nine. Victor
Hugo, while NJ. Hugo gave his arm tC
Madame Houssaye. There was a chair
empty and the one next to it contained
| hat. / took up the hat and gave the
chair to Nine. Hugo. OF course l did
not propose to hold the hat all night
so put it on the floor. Its owner soon
arrived. 1t was a celebrated duelist,
NJ. Sherbette, Deputy from scissors.
He came straight to the chair which
had had the honor of holding his hat.
He was about to attack Madame Victor
Hugo, but as | was talking with her, he
turned upon me.
nv hat 20 eyes, SIR s'Did YOU put
it on the floor?'' ''Yes. Do you think
| ought to have put it on my head? %
'But, Sir, you have insulted me. Here
is my card"
took out card and threw it in his
hat.
Monsieur" said the Deputy, furi-
Ously, ''dO you suppose L am going TO
pick up my hat?"
''Do you suppose 1 said, ''that 1 am
going to put ii on your head!"
Victor Hugo laughed, Madame Hugo
smiled. but Madame Houssaye was not
at all amused,
81 require. Sir" said the Deputy of
Scissors, ..that you replace nv hat ON
the chair where it was" / began to
laugh. A little circle had gathered.
NJ. Sherbette finally picked up his hat
under preteXt of taking my card.
Monsieur Arsene Houssaye," he
said. "We are from the same place. a
reason more for our meetinS,'' F.., F.
II await YOUR seconds, Mr.. Sher-
bette / replied.
s.At what hour:'' cat this hour.
We can fight as soon as we leave the
ball. ..... ...-........'.
NJ Sharhet,e hou.J 10 In. tYo Iod;os
and went of in Search Of ,wo seconds I
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mill raar,v dau-n
A. ;uNI,cL n-o,,ld hay. ~ ,va oil mo,
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nnds ssit i n,i;ianno !, Sa;d ono Of
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

The action of light on the human
skin is manifest. 1t browns and tans
the teguments by calling out the pro-
ductions of the coloring matter they
contain. The parts of the body usually
bare, as the skin of the face and hands,
are darker than others. In the same
region, country people are more tanned
thOn town residents. In latitudes not
far apart the inhabitants of the same
country vary i'm complexion in meas
ure pereeptibly related to the intensity
of solar light. In Europe three varie-
ties of color in the skin are distinctly
marked-olive brown, with black hair,
beard and eyes; chestnut, with tawny
beard and blush eyes; blonde, with
fair beard and sky-blue eyes. White
skins show more readily alterations oc-
casioned by light and heat; but, though
less striking, facts of variation i'm color
are observable in others. The Scytho-
Arabic race has bur half its representa-
tives in Europe and Central Asia, while
the remainder passes down to the In
dian Ocean, continuing to show the
gradual raising of climate by deepening
brown compilations. The Himalayan
Hindoos are almost white; those of the
Deccan of Coromandel, Malabar and
Ceylon are darker than some negro
tribes. The Arabs, olive and almost
fair in Armenia and Syria, are deep
brown in Muscat. g
The Egyptians, as We 90 from the
mouth of the Nile up stream to it
source, present an ascending chrOmatic
scale, from white to black, and the
same is true of the Tuariks,. on the
southern side of the Atlas, who are only
light olive, while their brethren i'm the
interior of Africa are black. The an
cient monuments of Egypt show us a
fact equally significant. The men are
always depicted al a reddish brown
they live in the open air, while the
women, kept shut up. have a pale yell
low complexion. Barrow asserts that
the MantchoO Tartars have grown
whittier during their abode in China.
Remuset, Pallas and Gutzlaff speak of
the Chinese women as remarkable for
European fairness. The Jewesses of
Cairo or Syria, always hidden under
wells in their houses, have pallid
color. In the yellow races of the
Sumatra Sound and the Maldives, the
women, always covered up, are pale
like wax. We know, too, that the Es-
quimaux bleach during the long winter.
These phenomena, no doubt, are the re-
suits of several influences arising at
once, and light does not play the sole
part i'm them. Heat and other condi-
lions of the medium probably have
share i'm these operations of color. Still
the peculiar and powerful effect of lu-
minous radiation as part of them is
las.w- Il
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Concerning Marriages.

young men of refined tastes but
small incomes says the Saturday Re-
view, "are supposed to decline mar
riage at present, because they cannot
find wives who shall be at the same time
Minervas and good cooks" The pres
ent age seems to demand too much.
Wives are expected to combine all the
housewifely talentso of our great grand
mothers, with the intellectual advance
ment which comes of Cambridge exam
nations. Josephine. spiritual relict of
the deceased B0naparte, at recent
seance in CINCINNATI, informed her
friends and the public generally, that
until our present marriage relations
were altered there could be no spiritu-
al advancement upon earth. Josephine
was badly treated herself during her
welded life,and it is not perhapsunna-
tural that she should desire to see mar
riage Ia mode abolished. We cannot
agree with the excellent widow of Ma
pOleon. believing marriage, even upon
5000 year, to be an excellent and
indispensable institution.
But there is, in addition to the COM
plaint made by young men upon the
extravagant ideas of the young woman
of the period, just the slightest chance
that they may expect too much. All
young men are not poets, nor scholars,
nor musicians because they happen to
keep books, dispense medicines. or sell
dry goods. Just as little can they ex-
Dect the average girl to concentrate all
the virtues and accomplishments in one
little person. If she is extra smart,
can cook dinner, rock cradle, tix
up dress, superinteDd the homework,
and then come up smiling, talk litera-
ture and science, and dash off a fugue
of Bach's to entertain her husbands
friends in the evening, what has he got
to show upon his side of the house A
twelve hundred dollar man has no
right to expect anything more than a
twelve hundred dollar wife. If she
can cook and keep the house in order,
let him do the taking, play the piano
and attend to the fiucuating emotions
of the baby. Fair play is a jewel. If
he gets the jewel, let him not forget
that his wife is fairly entitled to the
play.-Chicd0O Infer Ocean.