Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-03

POWER OF KINDNESS. driver be-
longing to the Great Northern Railway
goods station, had occasion to pass up
the Quadrant Road highway, New York,
to deliver package. On approaching
one of the houses, he was seen by a
lady in the window, who Immediately
said to same friends staying with her
Here comes the kind driver do
come and see what power he has over
his horses"
The friends accordingly came to the
window, when the driver in question,
was asked by the lady to shake hands"
with his horses. With great good
humor he at once complied. Standing
IN front of the pair of horses, he called
out
Tom, shake hands,"
Instantly the near horse lifted up his
right foot. After shake, the driver
said /:
Now, Tom, the other foot"
Up went the foot instantly. The
driver then went in front of the other
horse, when similar scene occurred.
Perhaps, however, the most pleasing
incident remains to be told Retreat
ing backward several yards from the
horses, he cried out
NOW, Tom, turn around and come
on"
Instantly the horses pulled away at
their load, turned the van round, with
out the slightest need of so much as the
crack OF whip, and followed the clever
driver, as the dog would the shepherd.
Such an instance shows clearly how
much can be done with animals but
especially with the horse, simply by
the power of kindness.-DetrOH 1drcr-
tiSer.
ORIGIN OF GREAT MES.-St. Andrew,
apostle, was the son of a fisherman
st. John was also the son of a fisher
man Pope SextHs V. was the son of a
swine-herder-he was also one Aris-
totle, of doctor Boccacio, of mer-
chant; Columbus, of a woolcomber A.;
John Basth, of fisherman DiderOt,
of cutler; Cook, of a servant Hamp-
den, of carpenter Talma, of a dem
tist; Gesner, OF a..bookseller Salvador
Rosa, OF a surveyor Euripides, of a
fruit-wOman Virgil of baker Hor-
ace, of a denizen Noltaire, of a tax
collector; Lamothe, of halter ;
Fletcher, of chandler Masillon, of a
turner; Tamerlane, of shepherd !;
Quinault, of baker Rollin, of a cut
ler; Mollere, of an upholsterer Ros-
seau, of a matchmaker Sir Samuel
BOwditch, of a silversmith Ben JON
son, of mason Shakespeare of a
butcher; Sir Lawrence, of a custom
house officer Collins, of a halter {;
Gray, of notary Beattie, of a Ia
borer; Sir Edward Sugden, of a bar
ber; Thomas Moore, of a swordmaker a;
Rembrandt, of a miller; Benjamin
Franklin, of chandler; Cardinal
Wolsey, of butcher Napoleon, of a
farmer.
A WONDERFUL CLOCK.-An old trav-
eler's tale has it that a certain HindoO
prince once owned q strange clock. In
front of the clocks disk was a gong
swung upon poles, and near it was a
pile of artificial human limbs. The
pile was made up of the full number of
parts necessary to constitute twelve
perfect bodies but all lay heaped to-
gether IN apparent confusion. When
the hands of the clock indicated the
hour of one, out from the pile crawled
Just the number of parts needed to
form the frame of one man. part com
ing to part with quite click and
when completed, the figure sprang up,
seized mallet, and, walking up to the
gong, struck one blow. This done, he
returned to the pile and fell to pieces
again. When o'clock came, two men
arose and did likewise and at the
hours of noon and midnight, the entire
heap sprang up, and marching to the
gong, struck, one after the other, his
blow, making twelve in all then, re-
turning, fell to pieces as before.
BAD HABTTs.-As the snow gathers
together, so are our habits formed. No
single flake that is added TO the pile
produces a sensible change no single
action creates, however 1t may exhibit
a mans character but as the tempest
hurls the avalanche down mountains,
and overwhelms the inhabitant and his
habitation, so passion, acting upon the
VI AuAoCLACAs
habits have brought together by i'm
perceptible accumulation, may over
throw the editice of truth and virtue.
THE ALPHABETs. - The Sandwich
Island alphabet has II letters the
Burmese, 10; the Italian, 30 the Ben.
galese, 81 j; the Hebrew, Syriac, Chal-
dee, and Samaritan, % each the
French, % /; the Greek, "a j.; the Latin,
25; the German, Dutch, and English,
26 each the Spanish and Scalvonic, q
each the Arabic. %; the Persian and
Coptic, 80 the Georgian, 80; the Ar
menian, 50; the Russian, Al; the
Muscovite. 43 !: the Sanscrit and ia
panese, so; the Ethiopic and 1artariar
202 each the Chinese less than 30, ,0O0
An important fact has been estab-
lished in the tea trade since the panic,
namely, that Jspans are rapidly taking
the place of Oolongs. During the past
two seasons, it appears that the ship
ment of blacks have increased only
from : 600 600 pounds. while those of