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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

an Egyptian north wind blowing
through the boat, will fully appreciate
this recommendation. Again, on the
downward voyage, when BOreas blows
sharply, the stern windows should be
covered with the satara, and the boat
allowed to drift stern foremost while
the patient is seated in the cOzy nook in
front of the saloon. A cOmfOrtless
boat, without satara, and full of
drafts from the badly fitting doors
and windows, Obliges the invalid to
shut himself up during windy weather,
and thus the full benefit Of the climate
is in a measure lost. The grand advan-
tage of the Egyptian climate in winter
is its daily serenity and sunshine.
However strongly the wind may blow,
a sheltered corner after breakfast time
will always be o sunny one. To per-
sons, therefore, with delicate lungs it
is a matter of no little importance to
be aware of this circumstance and to
be enabled at the same time to utilize
q few simple measures of protection
against the asperities of the weather.
The climates Of Upper Egypt, Nubia,
and the desert are, from their superior
dryness, far better suited for certain
lung diseases than the damp atmos-
phere of the Delta and cultivated
tracts of the low country much, how
ever, depends on the condition of the
patient, who must consult with his me-
dIcal adviser on this point. The eli
mate of the Nile Valley in Nubia is
much dryer than that of Lower Egypt;
while the sharp, bracing air of the Nu
bian Desert is often trying to the very
delicate. The experience of years
suggests to the patient that, provided
benefit is obtained by the voyage to the
First Cataract, he will do well to push
on to the second cataract, and tarry in
Nubia as long as the weather will per-
NIT. He may return to AssOwan to-
ward the end of February, and bask
for few days among the sunny creeks
of the rapids, where he will enjoy the
fine scenery and delightful climate.
Ii equal to the exertiOn, he can stroll
among Philla's interesting ruins, and
anchor the boat in the sheltered nook
just under the grand temple of Escu-
lapius-nO unsuitable place for the in
valid who feels the better for his Nu-
bian tour. Indeed. if his gratitude for
the art which has been the means of
suggesting remedial measures for his
good has any eccentricity he may nni-
tate the ancients, and there and then
sacrifice a cock at the Temple of
Health, where doubtless many an
ancient Egyptian had offered up simi-
lar OblatiOns.-Chambers's Journal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
London Conductor. and Casmen.

When people are disposed to murmnr
at careless conductors or at exOrbitant
cabmen, let them remember their hard,
exposed lives from morning to morn
ing. Let them also believe that they
are not willingly cruel to their horses
when they appear so; indeed, they are
often fOnder of them than of their
wives and children. We heard one
touching instance of genuine feeling.
An omnibus horse fell. The coachman
got off his box and tried to raise him,
but the cold had seized him: He took
off his coat and wrapped it round the
poor animal-caressed him-spOke to
HMM vain. The man burst into
tears, for the horse was dead. W.
ourselves saw an elderly conductor
with two large pieces of bread in his
hand. which he gave to the horses at a
particular spot. "They afays look
round for it Just here, whether I've got
it or no" he remarked. Christmas was
the worst time for man and beast. Day
after day, night after night, luggage
vans and carriers carts, laden to an in
credible height and width. threaded
our ice-maze with much difficulty. The
country must have starved itself to
feed the town, but neither the one nor
the other knew the labor of delivering
the boxes, hampers. and baskets that
contained the good cheer sent to cele-
brate Christmas withal. Much of it
arrived too late for the occasion. 1--WE
would a brought it last night" said a
youth, in return for tritling Christ
mas-bOx, "but the North Mail was late
owen to the frost, but there was such a
sight o. goods that twas impossible to
deliver 'em. l haven't been in bed
myself since last Saturday" What a
revelation! While we were celebrating
the event, most important and most
blest to mankind in the worlds his
tory, in a church artistically decorated
with evergreens and flowers, railway
officials, vino had not slept in comfort
for a week, were dropping food from
door to doOr.--LOndOn Society.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
A Royal Meeting,

When the allied armies occupied
Paris in 1915, the emperor of Russia,
who resided at Talleyrand's palace, was
in the habit of taking every morning,
in the strictest incognitO, walk in the
Tuileries and from thence to the Palais
Royal. One day he fell in there with
his two allies, and the three sovereigns
were going together to the Rue St.
Florentine, when they were met by a
man who, i'm all probability, had arrived
in Paris but few days ago.
Gentlemen" said he to the allied
princes, "can you tell me where / can
find the Tuileries?"
eyes" replied Alexander, "follow
us; we are just going there"
The stranger thanked him, and the
conversation was continued. A few
minutes after they reached the palace,
and, as their paths separated, they took
leave of one another.
some word more, added the stranger,
who was an honest Gascon; 81 should
like very much to learn the names of
the gentlemen who have been so ex-
ceedingly kind to me?"
81 believe you have already heard of
me-" replied Alexander. 81 am the
emperor of Russia"
"a capital JOKE" exclaimed the Gas
con; "the emperor of Russia?'' Sand
you," he asked, ofthe second, 'whO are
your"
81 suppose am not entirely unknown
to you either, as am the king of Prus-
sia."
Better and BETTER" replied the Gas
con. "And your" he said, turning to
the third.
81 am emperor of Austria"
The Gascon burst into fit of laugh
ter. Alexander then said to him:
81 suppose yOu will tell us now like
wise with whom we have the honor of
speaking?"
"Certainly," replied the Gascon,
himself up to his full height
and walking majestically; 81 am the
Great Mogul."
The Emperor Alexander often related
this amusing episode to his friends.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

"A very rich deposit of gold has
been struck in the Centennial lode near
Laramie City, W. I. At depth of 100
feet large body Of quartz has been
found, showing an amount Of free gold
which it is believed exceeds anything
ever before seen in rock. A large solid
mass of this rock will be sent to the
Centennial Exhibition.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
YOUTBs' COLUMN.

Josepks WUe.-The fame of Joseph.
the son of Jacob, and the great minis
ter and servant of Pharaoh, is not by
any means confined to the present
readers of the Bible. In Egypt he is
still remembered, although they don't
think so much of him as we do, while
the Mahommedans have, or pretend to
have, his full history.
1t may not be out of place to give
their story of his marriage. They say
that one day, when he was in the full
tide of power. he went out driving, and
by the roadside an old woman stopped
the horses of his chariot and begged
for aims. As he looked at her, Joseph
thought he had never seen so very ug
ly a woman, and as he was rather plain
spoken in those days, he told her so.
The old woman told him as his God
answered all his prayers, he should
pray that she might be made young
again. promising him that then she
would not be so ugly. Joseph at once
lifted up his hands and voice, and
prayed God TO make her young and
beautiful, and when he turned again to
look at her, she was SO young and So
lovely, that he fell in love with her and
married her. She long outlived him,
and died very old, becoming the only
old woman in Heaven, because, accord
lug to the MOslem or Mohammedan
belief, all women are made young in
Heaven. but only once, and Joseph's
wife had already been changed, so she
must remain in Heaven forever as an
old woman.
Such is the Moslem story, and there
are several morals in it, which you can
hunt up if you will. and while you are
looking them out, let those who know
the meaning of the word ''usurer" and
'usury," try to think how and where
Joseph became the first usurer in his
tory, and what were the consequences
of his usury; and as may as well tell
you that we ravens don't like Joseph,
see if you can tell the reason whyf
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

An ANCIENT Present.-A very learned
man once came to one of the dear little
sehOOlma'am's picnics, and what do
you think he said in the course of con-
versatiOnf
give his remark entire.
I've all know said he, raising his
eyebrows, that rivers in time will car
ry land from one place and deposit it
in another. Perhaps the best illustra-
tion of this fact is lower Egypt. which
Herodotus said the Egyptian priests
considered to be present from the RI
yer Nile
The little schOOlmistress was busy
dealing out sandwiches at the tirle,
but she nodded her head. So sup
pose the learned man was right.-St.
Nicholas for February.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

Fire Island, near Norfolk, Conn.,,
is garrulous with l,00O, 900 wild geese.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

The Duke of Wellington was a great
soldier, perhaps, with the exception of
King Henry | / and Marlborough, the
greatest warrior of England. He was
accustomed to the rough life of the
camp and on the field was notOriOusly
bluff, cross and severe; and yet lin
net who lived in the Dukes irOn-g girt
house, told me once that the last words
of the Iron Duke were "f you please
just before he died an attendant asked
whether he would have some tea. We'll
lington said, "Yes, if you please y
drank the tea, looked his thanks and
never spoke again. If the great mar
shall of England thought it worth while
to say IF you please" wouldn't it be a
good sentence for some of us, who are
not field marshals, to use more fire.
quentlyi
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

Children asked Fayette county
minister. addressing Sunday school,
"why are we like flowers! What do we
have that flowers haveT
A small boy in the infant class,
whose breath smelled of yermifuge.
rose up and made reply, Worms"
The minister crept under the pulpit
chair to hide his emotions.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

A Blackbnd not long since told me
that in an old town hall in Massaehu-
setts he saw a book of town records,
dated two hundred years ago, and in it
was the following: "Voted-that the
town clerk buy half quire of paper
for the use of the town. Fancy a
town council voting on such a question
nowadays. Paper may have cost more
then than now. but if / didn't know
that blackbird, wouldn't believe the
story.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

A Child's Fdncy.-I knew little girl
who spent a winter with two maiden
ladies, and who had been presented by
one of them with paper doll, gorge
Ously arrayed. She named it the Mar
quls, and at once assigned to that no.
bleman the heart and hand of her
younger hostess. He was thenceforth
always treated with the respect due
to the head of the house chair aud
plate were assigned to him at table,
though, for reasons of practical eonve-
nience, he usually sat in the plate.
"GOOd-morning' must always be said
to him. The best of everything must
be first offered to him, or else Lizzie
was much hurt, and the family were
charged with discourteOus neglect.
Indeed she always chose to take the
tone that he did not receive quite the
consideration to which his rank and
services entitled him and when she
first awaked in the morning, she would
give reproving lectures to his supposed
spouse. "He does everything for yOu,"
the child would say to this lady che
earns money. and buys you all that
you have; he shovels your paths for
you"-this being perhaps on snowy
morning when that process was audi
ble-"and vet you do not remember all
his kindness" The whole assumed re-
lationship was treated as an absolute
reality, and the lively farce lasted,
with undiminished spirit during the
whole of a New England winter
ScTibRer for january.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
All North Conway.

THE MIsTAKE OF AN EVENING.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

When ] hear the waters fretting,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-09
Old 81 on BankruDtcy.

Isl approached one of his white
friends yesterday, says the Atlanta Con-
stitution, and asked:
Boss, is you got any ole pair gloves
round dat you don't want; dc cold is
mighty nippin' this mornln' ?"
"I'll see when I 60 home, ST; but
you ought to buy you new, warm
pair" t
"Yas, sab; dere's lots of tings
ouehter buy, but how am I gwine ter
buy 'um?"
"Why amt you working and making
money these winter daysa"
"Oh, yas, sab; Use wurkin' an
maxim some little, but fore de Lord
it's little shure huff. sab Sides dat,
I don't get it all u
How is that?'.
"Well, sab, de times is nightly dis
United, an dere's muffin much gwine on
now, SO dey tells me, but payin' oh
taxes an, Dustin up in de bankrupt
courts, sab. Ebery.day somebody shots
up his store, and seq dat he's failed
can't look at q store now but what it
busts, pears like, and cherry one dem
stores owes me somewhat 'twixt two
bits an dollar, an dat's what's a
keepin dis nigger's hand onkivered,
you see y aa
The case was considered we'll made
ont.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-09
Measuring by the Eye.

Years aBo, says correspondent,
when we went to school in q little
weather beaten school. house, what ex-
citing contest there used to be over the
teachers favorite exercise of having the
scholars estimate with the eye the size
and weight of different objects in the
room! He would hold up his cane, and
would have each one tell how long he
thought it was, and it was lucky child
that could come within half foot of
the right length. He would measure
an urchin and then have the scholars
try to reproduce the measure on tie
wall. He would mark off an inch or q
foot or yard in some conspicuous place
and then see how near anybody could
come to chalking the same length up
on the blackboard. And it was aston
fishing how far astray one would 90.
The fact is, our eyes deceive us ridicu-
lousy even upon the commonest
things. At first thought, which should
You say was the taller, q three-year-old
child or four-barrela and could any
thing but actual measurement con-
vince you that the same child is half
as high as six-footer2 There is an old
saying that q child two years old is half
as tall as he ever will be, and after q
few experiments in measuring one can
easily believe it, but rot before.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-09
SADDLE OF Murros RoAsrpp -Mut

SADDLE OF MurroN Roasted. Nut
ton intended for roasting may be kept
longer than mutton for boiling, as the
color is of less Importance. Out out the
pipe that runs along the backbone,
which taints SO easily. It. may be
busted lightly with -four and pepper
every day while hanging, which can be
washed off previous to roasting. Most
of the loose fat should be cut off. Roast
before Q rather quick fire, to concen.
trate the juices of the joints. About
two hours is the time of cooking, unless
the saddle is very large. 80 ii.
CABINET PuDD1Na.- q pint oil
cream with a bit Of lemon peel and some
fine sugar, and pour it hot over half.
pound Of crumbled newly baked Savory
cake in basin; cover the dish; when
the cream is soaked up, add the yolks
and whites of eight eggs separately well
whisked; bake the pudding and serve
with custard sauce; stoned dates may
be added, as we'll as raisins, grated cit
ron aud almonds.
. Snow Eaas.-Whisk the whites Of
six eggs with little powdered lump
sugar into q stiff froth, set one quart 81
milk sweetened to taste, to boil; drop
the the gfr9sh IN it Thy By tablespoonfuls;
out and put them on q sieve to drain.
When all the egg-froth is cooked; strain
what is left Of the milk; let it get cold,
and mix gradually with it the yolks OF
the eggs, with any favoring you like.
Put the vessel containing this into q
saucepanful of water, and keep stirring
on the fire until the custard thickens.
To serve, pile up the whites on the
dish, pour the custard round them, and
sprinkle the top with Hundreds and
thousands"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-09
Profit I'm Pickles.

Many farmers in this state do not
know that they can realize more money
from raising cucumbers than from any
other crop. There is always good
demand for them if they are picked
small and we'll cured. They should be
sailed by making strong pickle, not dry
sailed, as that will shrink them up and
cause a loss to the grower as we'll as to
the parties who put them up for mar
ket. We are now compelled to 60 to
Chicago for pickles, on account of the
scarcity of them here. Even in Boston
and New York the supply does not meet
the demand, and millions of dollars go
out of this state for the very article
that we should ship to other large
cities. This state is we'll adapted to
the growing of cucumbers.-Ma
Farmer.
The above fits our case ia every re-
spect, as we'll as It does That of Maine.
We could "beat all creation" raising
cucumbers, and everything is decided
~ favorable with us for the manufacture
of pickles, yet we must send away to
Chicago or st. Louis or Baltimore for
every pickle used in our towns and
citiesl And we are decidedly q pickle
eating people. What a strange world
we do live in l-EE. 81
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-09
The Menu at the Zoe.

The following table of contents Of
"the market basket" of the geological
Garden during the past year is interest
ing. as it shows how. the animals live.
The menu meets all tastes: Fresh
meat, 9, TAO pounds; oats, $40 bushels /;
whole corn, 60 bushels; cracked corn,
$500 pounds; hay, 2O5, $50 pounds
straw, 28,050 pounds; bread, 35, &c
loaves: bran, 10, 600 pounds; sweet po-
tatoes, 1916 bushels; white potatoes, 1853
bushels; carrots, Is bushels; ship &
biscuit, ~ barrels; milk, 1856 quarts;
condensed milk, 343 cans; barley, 25
bushels; apples, $50 bushels; cabbage,
81 barrels; fish, 81, SOC pounds; salt
(rock), 260 pounds; canary seed, Is
bushels; hemp seed, 6 bushels; millet,
8 bushels; buckwheat, s bushels; wheat,
8 bushels; shellbarks, q bushels; black
walnute, 81 bushels; brown sugar, 20O
pounds; onions, 2 bushels; peaches, u
crates; green corn, 10 barrels; meal
worms, 10000; rabbits, Guinea pigs,
rats, mice and frogs al lbituns - PHI.
adelphiG zSn1e8 s aas9e
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-09
Truth Stranger than Fiction.

Isoe6e nlVoT tNoV.) 1keVoftB
There was one old fox which for q
period of several years had continually
evaded the feetest and keenest-scented
hounds. the scent invariably being lost
in the vicinity of house situated in
the woods and far removed from any
habitation, and which was used as 8
storehouse for pelts. At last one day
the hounds started the old fox, and
away he went in the direction of the
house, with pack of young hounds in
full cry after him, but on nearing the
house he disappeared, leaving the
hounds and hunters nonplussed as usual.
While the hunters were gathered in and
around the house discussing the fire.
quent mysterious disappearance of the
fox, an old veteran hound came limp
ing up, and entering the door set up
vigorous barking, and tried to Jump up
on the wall. His singular &C
ton attracted the attentio-4 of the hunt
ers, and, AN examination eng made,
the old fox was found susp ded by his
tail to a nail in the wall, k eping per-
fectly still, and looking, uni So closely
observed, like the pelts with which the
walls were hung. This plainly showed
that the old fox when too closely press
ed, had t ken refuge in the house and
hung himself upon the nail by his
tail, which was the reason for the dogs
always losing the scent at this particu-
lar place.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-09

The Utica IN. Y Herald says: ''Pro-
gress in the matter Of the Poughkeep-
sic bridge was made Friday. On that
day contract was signed in New York
with the American Bridge Company of
Chicago for its construction. The struc-
ture is'to be Of the undergrade or deck
pattern, and wide enough for double
tracks. With approaches the bridge
will be about one mile In length. It
will rest on four piers Of masonry, tho
spans being 525 feet each. The river at
the point of crossing il from 80 to so
feet deep, and below the wate- q depth
of some 90 feet muEt be- excavated to
reach rock bottom. As the lowest line
Of the trusses is to be 80 feet from the
water surface, the total height OF the
pier will be $50 feet. The tracks will
be 100 feet from the water. The con-
tract price is between four and five mil
lions. The COMPANY into whose hands
it is put has an excellent business repu-
tation, aud its nndel taking of this Job
give the latter substantial appearance
It has not previously worn. rev Eng
land expects to reap benefits from the
Poughkeepse bridge line to the coal re-
gions and the west.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-09
Lighthouse Building Under Difficulties.


A celebrated French lighthouse is
that of Faux de Brehat, recent erec.
ton based upon huge and treacherous
porphyry rock, for ages a terror OF
every seaman who approached the
Brittany coast. It's architect had to en-.
counter every species of obstacle during
his work, but, above all, incessant races
and eddies of the sea among the neigh.
boring sandbanks. The foundations
had to be sought for far beneath low
water; an artificial port had to be
created; the necessary stonework was
hewn and shaped on the island of Bre-
hat, seven miles distant. Even when
the foundations had appeared above
the water the lower walls of the lower
story were submerged twice day, leav-
ing heavy deposits of marine plants,
shells, and sea-weed. The workmen
lived in huts upon reef, to which they
retired when the tide rose; and thus
they pushed on their labors, quarrying
and squaring at one time, arranging and
fixing at another. Theirs was q masonry
almost without mortar. The blocks
were grooved and literally dovetailed
together, the course being connected, as
it were, by oogs, SO that every part re
lied upon every other, the result being,
as nearly as possible, an absolute CO.
hesion. In spite of this happy issue the
reporting architect would not recon-.
mend similar experiments in the future
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-09
January, 1873.

It is remarkable that the first month
of this Centennial winter closely resem-
bles that of 177e. The journals of that
year speak of the unusual mildness of
the season. It was even sai6 that the
lack of the usual ice in Boston Harbor
prevented Washington from crossing
his forces and attempting surprise on
the city, and the Americans were
enabled to continually send forth vessels
from all parts of the harbor to the West
Indies for munitions of war. The mild
season enabled Gen. Schuyler, in these
first days of January, to dispatch his
well planned little expedition up the
Mohawk Valley to surprise the High
landers, under Johnson This officer.
one of the ablest in our history, was
then exceedingly popular, but oombi-
nation of unlucky circumstances and of
sectional prejudice deprived him subse-
quently of the glory, which was entirely
his, of the first great victory of the war.
~ Y Times.