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1t has puzzled many people to decide
why the dark wood 80 highly valued
for furniture should be called rosewood.
Its color certainly does not look like a
rose, so we must look for some other
reason. Upon asking we are told that
when the tree Is fresh cut the fresh
wood possesses very strong, rose-like
fragrance, hence the name. There are
a half a dozen or more kinds of rose
wood trees. The varieties are found in
South America and the East Indies and
neighboring islands. Sometimes the
trees grow so large that planks four feet
broad and ten i'm length can be cut from
one of them. These broad planks are
principally used to make the tops OF
pianofortes. When growing in the for
est, the rosewood tree is remarkable for
its beauty, but such Is its value in manu-
features as an ornamental wood, that
some of the forests where it once grew
now have scarcely single
specimen. In Madras the government
has prudently had great plantations of
this tree set out in order to keep up the
supply. -.-.f
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MFFLNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA. AUGUST 1875

married on Wednesday ran the risk Of
being deceived by his wife, while he
who married on Friday would be certain
to die a poor man. A Journal In Paris
actually published the dates of these un-
lucky days, which were forty-two In
number. rEna-- 81 sH1fi 1i s.i
Many old country folk will to this
day tell you that when two betrothed
give each other their hands before the
altar, the one whose hand Is the coolest
will die first-especially If the same one
should be the first to fall asleep on the
bridal night. Another curious belief Ia
that often expressed at English we'd
dings: "Ah! the bride shall weep, for
the rain doth fall In the Vosges it is
still believed that when two marriages
take place on the same day, and in the
same church, the bride who first steps
out of the church porch will have a boy
for her first born child. So strong does
that belief exist that 1t gives rise to
terrible quarrels, and even fights-the
friends OF the respective parties doing
all In their power to aid their own bride
to leave the church first, to the detriment
of the other. I-
q
certain village in the vosges had the
vented most serious riot on the occa-
sion Of double marriage. He offered
his two hands to the rival brides, and
thus triumphantly led them out of the
church door at the same moment. If,
while going to church, the bridal party
should meet funeral, it Is supposed
that, according TO the sex of the dead,
either the bride or her husband will die
the first. Should two persons of the
family intermarry with two members Of
another family, one of the four Is GER
tain to die within the year. In Brittany
if one Of the contracting parties would
not have their children born mutes,
they must fast during the ceremony;
while in the provinces of Arragon q
couple become man and wife by simply
together from the same glass.
In another province the enewly-wedded
pair must be struck sharply between the
shoulders TO preserve them from the
Evil Eye; or, again, with the same idea,
some ornament Of their dress Is stolen
from them the moment after the nuptial
has been given. Another man
ner of securing the happiness of the
bride was to cause her to pass over naked
swords arranged in the form of cross,
and called the cross Of st. Andrew. In
she Province of Arragon, in order to
insure large family, the bride, on en-
tering her house for the first time, was
bound either to break an egg by kicking
it, or to have some wheat thrown over
her. These are but few of the super
stitions still believed in some parts Of
Europe
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-04
Prehissorfe Grain a.d Fruit.

CarbOuized vegetable remains have
been preserved IN great abundance and
variety. to assist. as il were, IN eluci-
dating the mode fife of ancient lake
villagers. They undoubtedly raised
barley. wheat. and miliet, several kind
of each OF these cereals having been
found in the lacustrine deposits. Some
of these species of grain were cultiya-
ted in Egypt, and thererefore are be-
lieved TO have found their way from
that country tO Switzerland. RE was
not known to the cOlOnists, aud oats
not before bronze had come into use.
Barley and wheat appear either in
grains, sometimes in cOu siderable guam
titles, or, more rarely, still retain the
shape of ears; and even carbonizeh
wheat bread, in which the bran and
the imperfectly crushed grains can be
distinctly seen. has been found at Ro-
benhausen and Wangen. This unlea-
vened prehistoric bread. which is very
coarse and compact, occurs mostly in
fragments, but sometimes in the form of
small, r0undish cakes about an inch or
an inch and alalf thick, and was doubt
less baked by placing the dough on hot
stones, and covering it over with glow
ing ashes. Millet was employed In a
similar manner for making bread. lt
is probable, however, that the lake
people consumed their far;naceous food
chiefly in the shape of pOrridge. Car
BOMBED apples of small size, identical
with those growing wild la the woods
of Switzerland, have been found abund-
antly and in a tolerable state of preser-
vatiOn. Mr.. Messikomer discovered on
one occasion more than 300 of them ly-
ing close together. They are often cut
in halves, mole rarely in three or four
PAL Is, and were evidently dried for con
sumption during the winter. Whether
a larger kind of apple, found at Roben-
hansen. was cultivated, or n wild-grow-
ing species, remains undecided. Prof.
Oswald Heer, of Zurich. who has pub
lished an intel estiug work on lacustrine
vegetable remains. inclines to the for
mer view. Wild pears were treated In
the same manner BAT they were far
have formed q much-sOught article of
diet. Among other vegetable remains
in the lake mud may be
hazel-nuts, and beech-nuts,
both in great plenty; also water-chest-
nuts, which dpubtless were collected
and eaten by the lake-men. as they are
in Upper Italy at this day. Their pres
ent occurrence in Switzerland appears
to he restricted to tarn in the Canton
of Lucrene. There have further been
found abundantly the stones of sloes,
bird -cherries,and wild plums,and seeds
OF the raspberry, blackberry and straw
berry. showing that these fruits of the
forest were used as food. According
to DIR. Keller. the lake colonists of the
Stone Age drew their sustenance chiefly
from the vegetable kingdom. Their
animal food evidently was acquired by
hunting rather than by breeding of eat
outnumber those of the domes-
tic species. Milk, We may assume,
an Important article of their di-
et.-Harper's MagaSine..
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Thanks After Neat.

Thanks after meat are usually far
more emphatic and cordial than graces
before it.. Hunger Is an enemy to pious
emotion. The ravenous Christian is too
much occupied with sharp desire and
painful craving to have a devout regard
for the mercies he is only on the point
of receiving. But full of wine and veni-
son, the satisfied feaster speaks from the
plenitude of grateful heart. On the
other hand, it must be acknowledged
that the tone aud words of the later
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A large deposit OF amber has been dis
covered in the Kurische Half, near the
Village of Schwarzort, Germany, about
twelve miles south of Memel. II had
been known for many years that amber
existed in the soil of the Kurische Half.
from the fact that the dredgers employed
by the government for the purpose of
clearing away the shallow spots near
Schwarzort that impeded navigation had
brought up pieces of amber; these, how
ever, were appropriated by the laborers,
and no particular attention was paid to
the matter till recently. Some specula-
tive persons have made an offer TO the
German Government, not only to do the
dredging required at their own expense,
but also to pay a daily rent, provided
the amber they might find should be-
come their own property. The propo-
sal was accepted and the rent fixed at
twenty-five thalers for each working
day. The dredging was begun by four
machines, worked by horses; eighteen
other dredges aud two tug boats, with
about ] 900 labOrers, are now engaged
in the industry. The ground covers an
area Of several miles, and yearly rent
Of - 200 thalers IL paid by the company
TO the government.
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Dying Words.

st is Washington.
81 must sleep nOw."-Byron.
kiss me, Hardy.'-Nelson.
'Head of the army.n-Napoleon.
Don't give up the ship.r-Lawrence.
''Let the light enteI."-GOethe.
''lnto the hands. y Lord."-Tasso.
Independence fOrever."-Adams.
"The artery ceased to beat.r-Haller.
'Is this your fidelity.'-Nero.
"God preserve the Emperor
HAYDN.
This is the last of earth."-J. @.
Adams.
Give Dayroles a chair. Lord Ches-
"a dying man does nothing WE'LL
Franklin.
LET not poor Nelly starve.--Charles
III.
What is there no bribing death r.
Cardinal Beaufort.
"All my possessions for q moment of
time. Queen Elizabeth.
lit matters little how the head lieth.n y
Sir Walter Raleigh.
CLASP my hand, my dear friend. !
die.r-AIfieri. ..-. ...--..'...
81 feel as if were to myself again."
Sir Walter Scott. ---.s ..- .
LET me die to the sound of delicious
music. c."-Mirabeau. .r.r f-fi..
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The Voices Of Animals.

AQUATIC animals are mute. A world
Of radiates, mollusks, and fishes, there
fore, would be silent. Insects are about
the only invertebrates capable of pro-
ducing sounds. Their organs are usually
external, while those of higher animals
are internal, Insects of rapid flight
generally make the most noise. In
some the noise is produced by friction
(stridulation); in others by the passage
of air through the spiracles thumming).
The buZzing OF flies and bees is caused
i'm part by the vibrations OF the wings;
but it comes mainly from the spiracles
of the thorax. Snakes and lizards have
no vocal chords, and can only hiss.
Frogs croak, and crocodiles roar by the
vibrations of the glottis. The huge tor
toise of the Galapagos islands utters
hoarse, believing noise. The vocal ap-
paratus in birds is situated at the lower
end of the trachea,. where it divides
into the two bronchi. 1t consists mainly
of long drum with cross bone, hav-
ing a vertical membrane attached to its
upper edge. Five pair of MUSCLES lin
the songsters) adjust the length OF the
windpipe to the pitch of the glottis. The
various notes are produced by differen-
ces in the blast of air, as well as by
changes I'm the tension ofthe membrane.
The range Of notes is commonly within
ian octave. Birds of the same family
have similar voice. All the parrots
have harsh urterance: geese and ducks
auack. crows, ma9pies and jays cav.
while the warblers differ in the quality
rather than the kind of note. Some
species possess great compass of voice.
The bell bird can be neard nearly three
miles; and Livingstone said he could
distinguish the voices of the ostrich and
lion only By knowing that the former
roar BY day and the latter by night. The
vocal organ of mammals, unlike that of
birds. is In the upper part ofthe larynx
Ii consists of four carriages, of which
the largest (the thyroid produces the
prominence i'm the human throat known
AS Adams apple, and two elastic bands,
called vocal ellc-l just below the glot-
It's or upper opening Of the windpipe.
The various tones are determined by
the tension Of these chords, which is ef-
fected by the raising or lowering of the
thyroid prominence. The will cannot
influence the contraction of the vocal
izing muscles, except in the very act of
vocalization, The vocal sounds produced
by mammals may be distinguished into
the ordinary voice, the cry and the song.
The second is the sound made by brutes.
The whale, porpoise, ,armadillo, ,anteater,
porcupine, and giraffe are generally si-
lent. The bats voice is probably the
shrillest sound audible to human ears.
There is little mo,iulation in brute ut
terance. The opossum purs, the sloth
and kangaroo moan, the hog grunts or
squeals. the tapir whistles, the stag bel
lows, and the elephant gives hoarse,
trumpet sound from its trunk and
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deep groan from its throat. All sheep
have a cultural voice; all the cows low,
from the bison to the musk OK; all the
horses and donkeys neigh; all the cats
miew, from the domestic animal to the
lion; all the bears growl; and all the
canine family (fox, wolf, and dog bark,
howl, and whine. The bowling mon
keys and gorillas have large cavity or
sac in the throat for resonance, enabling
them to utter a powerful voice; and one
of the gibbons has the remarkable power
Of emitting complete octave Of mu-
sical notes. The human voice, taking
the male and female together, have
range Of nearly four octaves. Mans
power of speech, or the utterance of ar
ticulate sounds, Is due to his intellectual
development rather than to any struc-
tural difference between him and the
apes. Song is produced by the giottis,
speech by the mouth.-Scisntidc Ameri-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-04

1t was to see the novel tent-pegging
and the frowning sky. So buzz of
expectation rises from the drags and
carriages thickly surrounding the
ground when the sergeants are seen to
drive the targets-ordinary tent-pegs
lightly inserted into the soil-and TO
drop the flag, which Is the signal for
the first rider to make his effort. On he
comes, urging his steed with voice and
heel to attain the necessary speed,
giving his lance a flourish or two, and
finally, as he nears the peg, balancing
it for his aim as he whizzes by. He
fails, and so do eight of his immediate
successors, some striking the ground
wide of the mark. and others steering
so unsuccessfully that it Is scarcely
worth while for them TO make en- pdssdnt
the critical effort. Then starts lancer
favored by both skill and fortune; as
he approaches the mark-protuding, be
1t remembered, but few inches above
the turf-he steadies the lance in his
firm right hand, he draws his arm back
for the instantaneous lunge, and as mis-
spear flies round, over his head, there is
seen transfixed upon II the tent-peg
which was the immediate object of all
these furious gallops. As men and
horses warm to their work the practice
improves. until at last about one peg in
three charges becomes the average of
the game. There is ON this occasion no
competition between chosen sides, for il
NAV fairly be assumed that these twelve
Royal Irish horsemen could safely hold
their own against all comers-at any
rate in England. Before we had fin-
ished admiring not only the skill of the
horsemanship. but the pace and elan of
the horses legacy, by the by, of the
departed Ninth Lancers-a new exhibi-
ton was promptly prepared, and very
amusing were the speculations of the
drag occupants concerning the use to
which the baskets of oranges now in
troduced we're to be put BY riders who
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-04

Sing HheR the Battle Rdges.-At the
time of The battle of Gettysburg. the
cemetery had growing in it some peach
trees, and in them sparrows, or other
little singing birds, had made their
nests. On the third day, when thar
charge-0f ali charges the most hideouS
and terrible-was to be made. il was
preceded by an hour of such bombard
ment as was never known before, nor
since, on this continent. There was a
nail of iron On both sides and the hills
and valleys were searched away beyond
Three or four hundred guns opened
their throats at time. But the mo-
ment there was lull. where some men
had Laid down and hId themselves, up
-prang the birds into the trees where
their nests were, aud began to sing. In
one of the D iuses the sweet carol of birds
was heard. They could sing in the
midst of the rush of battle aud horri-
tile bewilieTmrnt such as never befell
their little lives before.
How is il with youf Are YOU not
even as much as bird Can not you
do what these least endowed creatures
could do, Are you Que that when the
battle RACES runs away, abandons the
nest, and will not singf
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unpalatable reproductions of yesterdays
fare, the worthy man used to pray in a
plaintively ylugubrious tone Of grievance,
as though he were protesting against ILL
usage, and implorinZ an impossibility :
"May the Lord make me thankful for
what have received" On hearing this
dolorous entreaty, Mrs. Clement seldom
failed to deliver some equally appropri-
ate and edifying remarks on the sin of
daintiness. But TO her honor il must be
recorded that the offensive hint was not
thrown away upon her. To the last
the doctors graces were instructions to
his wife, as well as thanks to Heaven
lAppletoN's Journal.
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All nations have added theirquantum
of superstition TO the institution Of mar
riage. That this particular event in mans
life should be- thus favored above the
rest may be. accounted for by its i'm
mense importance, and by the fact that
all other events in the life of man are
more or less connected with it. In the
middle ages it was firmly believed In
England that there were lucky and un-
lucky days for wedding. He who
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-04
VOL. xxx.
PATS PHILOSOPHY.

When the winter is cold go
keep me-elf warm:
When the summer is hot
/ keep meself cool;
Its mebbe I'm bold,
And it's mebbe I'm not;
Dut a gossoon's fool .He-e
When he goes into harm,
Sez my Old Cncle Dan ir-l- @
AHise one, aud s.iddy-
"Hhst's the world 70 a man
When his wife is g wildly e.
When the soliier struts by 80
With she sword at his side.
And the rattle. rattle drums
Beat the roll and the call.
&c ma- 90 or may fy--
] stay here TIL death comes.
And niDd me Of ali -. -.
That III battle have died,
lam like Uncle Dan.
For he ssid-troth and did he
What's the world TO man
When h.s wife II widdy5"
When the sailor hoists sail.
And stands out on the deep -
Lsvlns sseethesrt orwife
And the childer behind,
he t.npts the Wild gale,
Ana he titles with lie,
and he ziLks. dye mind,
Where the mermsideus sleep:
Pat" sez old Uncle Dan.
stay q; home with your Bidy;
What's the world to man
When his wife is aid5y?"
Let the scholar sit up
And write late and long.
To insure him a name
he may -It up fcr me;
Give me but full cup.
he NAV have ali his Tame;
For it's stun, dye see, r--a
And not worth an old song.
Let us i've, Uucle Dan,
Let Nd live-And love. Biddy;
Whst's the world TO man
Wien his wife is wildly;
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DO Not U'ai.-"I wish ] was big
woman to help you, mother" said a
little girl.
Bring mother her thimble, that
will help me- said the mother smiling.
Just as If God meant for little chill
dTen to wait until they grew up before
helping their dear parents, No, no,
God gave them twOnimble feet onpur-
pose TO take steps for mother. and eight
fingers and two thumbs on purpose to
briug and carry for her.
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Without decision of character no man
or woman Is ever worth button, OF
ever can be. Without il, a man be-
comes at once good natured nobody,
the poverty stricken possessOr of bui
one solitary principle of obliging
everybody under the sun, merely foI
the asking.
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The Woonsocket Patriot brings out
as its candidate for President in 1876,
General Ambrose E. Burnside, of Rhode
Island.
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During the twelve months ending
May SIst, 1873. Great Britain exported
i, AS, ,64S.oO0 yards of cotton goods in
niece
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A movement iias been started In
Pittsburg for the organization OF an
anti-treating society.
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Pickles in glazed pans, cross dogs,
and delays are dangerous.
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y0UTHs' Colleen.

Make Some One Happy To- Ddy.--A:
VI tbel Was starting IUr school ~ audma
sa Il. "GOnd-bve, dear, make some one
happy to dav,r and leaving kiss on
the rosy che K. she went back TO hel
kni ting
The wood-fi-e cracked away anG
blaZed, while 1t sung out. "Good-bys
Mabel make some one happy TODAY.
Good bye. grandma. good bye, old
fire y And Mabel threw another kiss "a
each and bouni.-d off TO school, drag
ging her sled after her.
just ahead cf her WAS her dear friend
Maud EaStlake. Mabel ran faster than
ever To overtake her. c
But around the corner. between her
and her friend. came Philip Saunders
aud his little sister Dora. A good mile
they had come this cold morning. aud
Dora was crying because she was cold
aud tired. 80
Mabel ran by and left them; but some
echo voice said. Make some one happy.
She looked on ar her friend. sighed a
little sigh. then turned straight around
aud nan back 10 Philip aud Dora.
This hnrse is too yay,' she said to
Philip. Put Dora on, then take hold,
and we'll be Il span"
"You're real go,d. Mabel; Dora is
real Iirrd. have helped her all can" "
And Philip lifted his little sister on.
Don't cry. Dora. Well have Won
there in five minutes" he said. as they
started.
But the tears had already been driven
back by the prospects of "A ride.
And when ut last Philip drew up in
grand yle, 1t was a pretty, happy girl
-. g. 81. Il.
had been made happy.
Thank you" said Philip, again. "a
they stopped. You've made US both
happy"
"Ah." said Mabel. chats what did
mother hid said To her at starting.
. We'll said Philip. ''you can count
two you have made. happy already. Its
Il good rule. believe I'll try il, too"
Aud grandma" said Mabel, as she
told of this aud some other things at
night, I've ought to count il thr ee, for
it made me happy. too"
The Cat and the For One day fox
met wild cu in tue midst of wood.
'Ah how do You do, puss z said the
fox. Il am glad to see yol. i hope yOu
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am on;,.. a vii AMI hon. yo, on' ora - ,ha
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Grid Riyhts-obliging answers.