Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-03-10
NO. 10.
VARIETIES.

collection
Broken China. A civil war is impend-
ing in the celestial Empire.
Every pound of cochineal contains
20. 900 insects, boiled to death.
Whalebone is reported scarce, and
the dress reformers are correspondingly
happy.
/ The worth of State, in the long run
is the worth of the individuals COM
posing it.
gist of life till he begins to appreciate
his own company.
An eminent foreign doctor asserts
that the drinking of coffee invigorates
and preserves the sight, and so pre-
vents the use of spectacles. Chocolate
is considered injurious.
1t is said that a little coarsely-cut
gentian-root, well masticated, the saliva
being swallowed. taken after each
meal, will soon take away all desire for
the chewing of tobacco.
Some of the poor-house authorities
in London have discovered new
method of utilizing paupers. The
more picturesque are let ont as models
to artists at % cents per hour.
In Belgium it is now no longer
necessary, when taking an oath before
n magistrate, ''to invoke the saints and
angels" This relic of the mediSval
ages has existed in that country until
now.
The great decline in railroad bnild-
ing during the last two years, amount
ing to difference of 5000 miles be-
tween 1872 and 1874, involved the
throwing out of employment loo, 900
men.
In London they think more of our
'Pub. Docs" than we do ourselves.
The solemn publications of the Govern
ment printing office bring very high
prices there as for instance. the Re
port of the Bureau of Statistics is sold
at 81. - the report of the Commits
siOner of Education $3.50; United
States Digest $3.50. These books cost
from % cents to Sl.25 in Washington.
Speaking of law books, a recent
lecturer on the subject said: "Another
popularity of these books is, that none
but lawyer ever reads them. All
other books have readers outside the
class for whom they are specially writ
ten and we have accordingly, amateur
men of science, amateur physicians,
amateur artists, and even amateur the
olOgians, but no one ever heard of an
amateur lawyer"
In 1775, the superfcies of Paris was
about thirty million metres it is now
seventy EIGHT millions. A century ago
there were in the city at the most a
thousand streets, places, boulevards
and lanes there are now over three
thousand. The population in 1775 was
so, 900 and the inhabitants occupied
10, 900 houses. To day it amounts to
nearly two millions in round numbers,
and there are 60, 900 houses within the
municipality.
When spectacles we're first introduced
it was considered fashionable to wear
them, even by people who were not in
the least near-sighted. In Spain they
formed part of the costume Of every
well bred person. This absurd use of
glasses was meant to increase the
gravity of the appearance, and conse-
quently the veneratiOn with which the
wearer of them was regarded. The
glasses of spectacles we're proportional
in size to the rank of the wearer.
Those worn by the Spanish mobiles were
as large as ones hand. The Marquis
of Astorga, viceroy of Naples, after
having his bust sculptured in marble.
particularly enioined the artist not to
forget his beautiful spectacles.
The first Roman journal, over 1000
years ago, appeared only once a year.
This paper, intended especially to he
read by the public, was known by the
title Inmates MGriHi. The editor of
this paper was the Pontrifex Maximus,
whose duty it was TO chronicle all i'm
portant events OF the year. The news
was written on white wooden tablets.
and attached to the residences of
citizens. But the thirst after knowl-
edge and the curiosity of the people
grew rapidly, and in such measure
that the government, the only issuer of
the journal, found itself obliged to
issue a daily. 1t is very interesting to
know that some of these journals. hav-
ing reached 2,04l years, are still in ex-
istence.
A piano should be timed at least
four times in the year by an expert
enced tuner Ifyou allow it to go too
long without tuning, il usually be-
comes flat and troubles tuner to get
it to stay at concert pitch, especially in
in the country. Never place the in
strument against an outside wall, or in
a cold damp room, particularly in a
country house. There is no greater
enemy to pianofor5e than damp.
Close the instrument Immediately after
your practice, by leaving 1t open, dust
fixes on the sound board, and corrodes
the movements, and If in damp room
the strings soon rust. Should the
piano stand near or opposite to a
window, guard, If possible, against it
being opened, especially on a damp
or wet day and when the sun is on the
window, draw the blind down. Avoid
putting metallic or other articles on or
in the piano such things frequently
cause unpleasant vibrations. and some
times iniure. the instrument. The
more equal the tempature of the room
the better the instrument will remain
in tune.
Amongst certain persons-and the
class is rather a numerous one-that
which is comfortable is uneonsciously
considered to be wrong, and obiectless
Standardization assumes the character
of virtue. Such persons never wear
a topeoat, never have a fire in their
bedroom, always shave with cold
water, break the ice in their tub of
morning in order TO bathe. They are
apt to boast of these feat', and to look
down upon their weaker erfellow-creatures
who do not initiate them. There is
remnant of old ecclesiasti-
cal terrorism in this, trace of the
chair shirt and no shoes" of the pill
grims, which is singularly out of place
at the present day. In the matter of