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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27
Why Cinnamon Wear Pis.Tails

The history of Chinese cities is told
by the Rev. Julius DOOlittle, a mis-
sionary in China. as follows:
The first Emperor of the present dy-
nasty, who began to reign in 1874, hav-
ing usurped the throne, determined to
make the tOnsure of Manchuria, mis-
native country, the token of the sub
mission of the Chinese 10 his authority.
He ordered them to shave all the head
except the crown, and allowing the
hair on that part TO grow long and
dress it according to the custom of
Manchuria. The Chinese had been ac-
custOmed, under native Emperors, to
wear long hair over the whole head,
and to arrange it in tuft or coil. The
change was gradual, but finally pre-
vailed through the Empire. At first
those who shaved their heads and con-
formed to the laws, received, 1t is said,
a present of a tael of silver, after a
while only half tael, and then only a
tenth of a tael, and afterward only an
egg-ahd finally even an egg was not
allowed. The law requiring the peO-
pie to shave the head and braid the cue
was not often rigIdly enforced by the
penalty of immediate death, but it be-
came very manifest that those who did
not conform with the wishes of the do
minant dynasty would never become
successful In a lawsuit against those
who did conform, nor would they sue
ceed at the literary examinations.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27
Heraldry I'm England.

When the Herald's College was in
corporated, it took upon itself not only
the regulation of arms, but also the
ordering of those sumptuOus funerals
in which the bad taste of our fore
fathers delighted. Ifa great man died,
the body was sometimes kept lying in
state for weeks. More frequently, how
ever, the remains were privately in
TERED, without pOmp, or heraldlc dis
play, and some time afterward mag
pificent hearse was erected IN the
church, hung round with the arms,
crest, and motto of the dead and his
ancestors, and the family and retainers
went at night by torchlight to hear a
funeral sermon in praise of the virtues
of the deceased. For all this display
heraldic knowledge was needed, yet so
perverse were the gentry around that,
instead of employing HOlme and
Smethley to superintend the pageant
and paint the banners, they often en-
gagged what the Senior Deputy Herald
calls "pOorsnaks, bedge-paynters, and /
take il, plasterers," to do the blazOnry
for them. This was unbearable to the
men in authority, who were defrauded
of their fees and long and bitter were
their complaints to the authorities IN
st. PauTs Churchyard, urging that
sharp measures should be taken with
the arms-painters, and that the people
who had these stately funerals provided
for their relatives should be compelled
to pay the accustomed fees to Messrs
Holme and Smethley, whether they
ayailed themselves of their service oil
not, There were, however, difficulties
in the way which the members of the
college fully understood, but which
were not so clear to these men who
felt themselves defrauded. The her.
aids, since their incorporation, had, il
is true, jurisdiction over arms and othel
heraIdic insignia; but it was well un-
derstoOd by themselves, and by al
others who had information on the
matter-and heraldry was then one OF
the necessary accomplishments of ar
English gentleman-that there were
numbers of families whose rights tt
bear arms were unquestiOned, of whom
the heralds had no notice in thei
books. Many members of the highe
families were too proud to acknow
ledge them. There is a tale told of ,
Gel tain northern squire who. wheI
served at the instance of Sir William
Dugdale with a summons to attend hi
visitation, to prove his arms and pedi
gree, replied Tell this new knigh
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27
saving q Life.

At the opening of the century the
public facilities for anatomy were less
than now; so then robbing the church,
yard was quite trade, and an egotist
or two did worse-they killed people for
the small sum dead body fetched.
Well, male body was brought to
certain surgeon by a man he had often
employed, ,and the pair dumped it down
on dissecting table, and then the ven
der received his money and went.
The anatomist set to work to open the
body; but, in handling it, he fancied
the limbs were not so rigid as usual, and
he took another look. Yes, the man
was dead; no pulsation either. And
vet somehow he was not cold about the
region of the heart.
The surgeon doubted; he was hu-
name man; and so, instead Of making
fine tranverse cut like that at which the
unfortunate author of"Manon Lescaut"
started out of the trance with shrek TO
die in right earnest, he gave the poor
body chance; applied hartshOrn, vine
gar and friction, all without success.
Still he had his doubts; though, to be
frank, 1 am not clear why he still
doubted.
Be that as it may, he called in his as
sistant, and they took the body into the
yard, turned high tap on, and dis
charged small but hard hitting column
of water on to the patient.
Noeffect was produced but this. which
an unscientific eye might have passed
over: the skin turned slightly pink In
one or two places under the fall of wa
ter.
The surgeon thought this strong
proof life was not extinct; but, not to
overdo it, wrapped the man in blankets
for time, and then drenched him again,
letting the water strike him hard on the
head and the heart in particular.
He followed this treatment up, till
at last the mans eyes winked, and then
he gasped, and presently he gulped, and
bye-and-bye he groaned, and eventually
uttered loud and fearful cries as one
battling with death.
In a word, he came to, and the sur
geon put him into a warm bed, and as
medicine has its fashions, and bleeding
was the panacea of that day, he actually
took blood from the poor body. Thi;
ought to have sent him back to the place
from whence he came-the grave to wit
but somehow 1t did not; and next day
the reviyer showed him with pride tC
several visitors, and prepared an article
Resurrectus was well fed, and, being
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27
The Gift of Cab.

A writer to Tmsley's Magazine dis
courses on the "Gift of Cab"
To make a good after-dinner speech
requires special talent. A man may
be eloquent on paper and ready and
witty among his friends, but the mo-
ment he rises to propose a toast or to
return thanks he generally manages to
make mess of ii. Thackeray could
not do this nervousness quite over
came him. Theodore Hook, with all
his rattle in private, was failure. Even
Jeffrey felt at sea; and Froude is in
sipid. Dickens was an exception. He
was always ready, always bright, and
at his ease: and, when he could be
secured, was the best chairman any
cause or committee could find. Dining
has become one of our recognized
modern institutions; and, as no public
dinner is complete without its accom-
paniment of speech-making, it follows
that there is not even provincial COM
munity which cannot boast of its local
orators. Any country newspaper will
give us an idea of the nature of the
utterances of many who believe their
forte TO be an ability to talk, and who
are always ready to discharge their
wind-bags at ''Mr. Chairman" and the
reporters. No municipality is more
profuse and ostentatious in its hospital
ity, or more honOred with the presence
of guests of distinction, than that of the
metropolis. Yet even of this greatest
of dining bodies 1t has, alas, been said
that the "gOOd things of the corpora
tion as a rule, are those that go in at
the mouth, and not those which come
out of it." When so many are given to
talking, how rare it is to find good
listener It is an art as much as talk
ing is; but it is little understood and
much less practiced. A good listener
evinces intelligence and manifests an
air OF respectful attention. Even if he
has previously heard the narrative, or
is familiar with the knowledge that is
being impaired, he exhibits certain
amount of interest. Let him tell us the
difficulty of this requirement who has
tried TO practice it on all occasions,
however uninteresting the cOmmunica-
tion and however tiresOme the speaker.
Uneducated people experience con-
siderable difficulty in expressing their
ideas fluently and correctly. They are
guarded in their choice of words, some
times from u rear Vi GuucIc>s. uut
generally from natural reticence or
diffidence. They express their feelings
in an artless way, and often convey
their impressions more suggestively by
their simplicity then if they aspired to
grammatical precision. Have you ever
observed the eOurtship of a couple in
the humber walks of life? You in
similar circumstances would discourse
without an effort, to an interested
listener, on literature, or sentiment, or
the topics of the day. For lack of the
resources which training and education
supply, they exhibit their attachment
by playfulness and innocent diversion
by pushing, or pulling, or chasing or
teasing, with the accompaniment OF
laughter and screaming; and all this is
to them as natural and rs mutually en-
joyable as intellectual conversation is TO
more fortunate individuals who possess
the gift of CAB.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27
Reptiles In Newfoundland

As a natural and somewhat curious
feature it is mentioned that the island
of Newfoundland, though abounding in
game, is not infested with reptiles. The
absence of snakes and toads in Ireland,
for many years has been the subject of
comment; but we believe the peculiar
condition of Newfoundland has attrac-
ted but little general attention. Cap
tain Chearlney writes :-"In Newfound-
land there is not snake, toad. frog. or
reptile of any sort. There is not squir-
rel on the island, no porcupine, moose,
or mink; whereas. with the exception
of the porcupine, wanting in Cape Bre-
ton, Nova Scotia, all these creatures are
found in the neighboring provinces.
The Arctic hare is found in Newfound-
land, but neither in Cape Breton nor
Nova Scotia" Captain Hardy, an En-
glish officer, calls attention to other de-
fciencies. He visited Newfoundland
at midsummer, and could not help re-
marking the fact that fireflies were moi
to be seen there; while in Nova Scots
they swarm by thousands, their scintil
lations adding beauty TO the pail of
quiet night. The island is full of bog
and swamps, which renders 1t difficult
to account for the total absence Of rep
tiles.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27

that the Watertons bore the thre'
bloody crescents for five hundred year
before the usurper Richard incorpOr-
ated his college, and that the Water
tons will continue to bear them a thou
sand years after some righteous king
has suppressed it." Whether this be q
fable or, as we think more likely, a
slightly decorated version of real
message, il is is certain that many of
the nObler of the untitled houses did
not acknowledge the authority of the
heralds. With the lesser gentry it was
much the same. Their arms might not
have got into rolls or printed volumes,
but they possessed plate carvings and
embroidery which showed that they
had borne them in days gone by and,
as their position was well known and
acknowledged among their own neigh
bors and kinsmen. they were little con-
cerned to avail themselves of the SER
vices of the London Office. Then, as
now, the chief occupation of the her
aids was with the new men, who
wanted, as far as armorial bearings
could do it. to be put on the same plat
form with the older families.-The
Athen6uBt.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27
Queer Superstition

Of omens there are still enough and
to spare even in this sceptical genera
ton of ours. when the laws of evidence
are somewhat better understood than of
old, and there is rather wider demand
than the old for causes to precede re-
suits. Grave, thoughtful. educated peo-
pie still refuse to sit thirteen at table and
resort to all manner of old devices and
puerile tricks to avoid the fatal number,
and so to cheat the future. Crossed
knives are sign of fast approaching
sorrow, which even increasing them
with the left hand will not wholly ar
rest; and the salt split between two
friends is a sure presage Of disturbance
in the amicable relations. 1t may be
little mollified by throwing pinch
over the left shoulder, but the sign is
more sure than the act of modification.
So, too, the fire burning persistently
on one side of the CRATE for many days
together fortells, without fail, the de-
parture of one of the house inmates; /;
and boots or shoes placed inadvertently
on a table as surely fortell serious
quarrel-as surely as does the loaf of
bread turned on its face bring misfor-
tune i'm France. The origin of this su-
perstition was told to the writer as dat
ing from the "executioner's loaf" 1t
was part of the;priveleges of Monsieur
de Paris, Monsieur de Lyons, Monsieur
de Bordeaux, and all the other terrible
messieurs in the business, to receive ra-
tions of bread from the local bakers.
These, to mark the loaf assigned, turned
the face downwards, and not the boldest
spirit among their customers would
have touched or taken that loaf. 1t was
loaf accursed, full Of misfortune and
distress; and had any one but the mon
sieur in question eaten it, there is no
saying what might have happened.
Hence, to turn the bread face downward
is a porte malheur to the French, and
the English offend their feelings by
their ignorance of the superstition.
The one unlucky magpie flying across
the path can make the gay heart heavy
if some business is on the point of being
begun; perhaps the omen may be aver
ted if, after rapid, triple nod, and
crossing the ground with the left foot.
the fowl, as Poe would have called 1t,
flies to the right; butt after this exor-
cism it flies to the left, all hope is at an
end, and the misfortune is as certain as
the funeral met when you have set out
on any expedition is the certain herald
of disaster. The bridal procession which
meets a funeral train had better turn
back and break the bond before it is
ratified. Nothing but sorrow can come
of a marriage which has such woeful
forecasting, just as the christening par
ty which also meets with funeral
might as well order the coffin instead of
the cradle, for the child will not live,
however robust it may be now, and
however wise the cares bestowed on it.
I-LOnfOn Times.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27
A Dfgnffied I.abOrer.

s.Do you know where could get a
harvest hand?" eyes; do you see that
man across the road holding the awning
post in front of that saloon? Well, 60
for him, he wants to work" They met
and commenced negotiations. "What
do you pay for your harvest hands %
81 pay from 81 50 to-$2 80. 1t depends
all on the man." swell, sir. l guess
1 am your man; l want work, but
whether / work or not depends alto
gether on the wages" 81 live nine
miles from here, and if you 60 out with
me in the morning and work one day
then we'll fix the wages satisfactory
"Is there a cover to your wagon ?" "No
sir, no cover, but nice spring seat
sNo covert yelled the laborer, do you
think I'd ride nine miles In an oper
wagon to get work in the harvest field
Why you must be sick! Stranger, pull
down your vest. ''-Denrer Netos.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27
COUNTRY REST.
BY JOHN STUART BI.AcKIE-

Away from the roar and the rattle,
The dust and the din of the town.
Where to live is to brawl and TO battle,
Till the strong treads the wexkling down
Away to the bonny green hills
Where the sunshine sleeps on the bras.
And the heart Of the greenwood thrills
To the hymn Of the bird on the spray.
Away from the smoke and the smother.
The vail OF the dun and the brown.
The push and the plssh and the pother.
The wear and the waste Of the town!
Away where the sky shines clear.
And the Wild breeze wanders st will
And the dark pine-wood mods near
To the hght-plumed birch on the hill
Away from the whirling and wheeling
And steaming above and below,
Where the heart has no leisure for feeling,
And the thought has no quiet to grow.
Away where the clear brook puris,
And the hyacinth droops in the shade.
And the wing Of the fern uncoils
Its grace in the depth Of the glade
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27

The London Globe says: "The Pre-
feet of the Seine has just hit upon q
scheme which, as the French papers
say, interests in the highest degree the
fathers of families. The idea is ex-
planned in a letter addressed to the Mu-
nicipal Councillors, who are, it appears,
expected to find the necessary funds. 1t
is proposed to reward the good boys of
the higher class municipal schools in
Paris by giving them, not books nor the
ordinary school prizes, but ten days
trip to the seaside. The place selected
for this year is Dieppe, and arrange
ments have already been made for Sc
curing the school-house there for the
use of the excursionists. Here they will
take up their abode, accompanied by
the Director of the school, the Professor
of Natural History and other masters.
and everything will thus be done to
make the sojourn at the seaside instruc-
tive as well as agreeable. OF course, the
fifty who are selected out of each school
W mdhc up tuc patty VIII AhuSiieSAy
prefer the natural history lectures, the
company of the director, and the accom-
mediation of the empty school house, to
the miseries of home during vacation.
If this should by any mischance turn
out to be not the case, it might be advis-
able on a future occasion to try the
effect of similar system on the fifty
worst instead of the fifty best boys. This
system would have one decided advan-
tage over that which the Prefect Of the
Seine has now devised. 1t would be far
more welcome to the parents. For
whereas the good schoolboys are gener-
ally given to reading or study, or real
work of some kind, and do not make
much trouble in the house, the conduct
of the fifty worst boys of a school in
their respective homes is thing too
dreadful to contemplate. If the Prefect
could devise some means for cribbing,
cabining, or confining in an effectual
way these disturbers of domestic tran
guilty, he would earn the gratitude of
society in general, and more particular
ly of the parents and next-door neigh
bors of the juvenile marauders."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27

a pauper, was agreeable to lie in that
bed forever, and eat the bread of science.
But as years rolled on, his preserver
got tired Of that. However, he had to
give him a suit Of his own clothes to get
rid of him. Did say years? must
have meant days.
He never did get rid Of him; the fell
low used to call atintervals and demand
charity, urging that the surgeon had
taken him out of condition in which
he felt neither hunger, thirst nor mise
~, and SO was now bound to supply his
natural needs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27
Settling n Knotty Account.

A merchant once had a dispute with
a Quaker respecting the settlement of
an account. Me merchant was deter
mined to bring the meter into court, a
proceeding which the Quaker very ear
nestly deprecated, using every argu-
ment in his power to convince him Of
his error; but he was inflexible. De-
sirous to make last effort, the Quaker
called at his house one morning, and in
quired of the servant if his master was
at home. The merchant hearing the
inquiry and knowing the voice, called
out from the top of the stairs, ''Tell that
rascal am not at home" The Quaker,
quietly looking up at him, calmly said.
swell, friend, the Lord put thee in a
better mind"
The merchant, afterwards struck with
the meekness Of the reply, and having
more deliberately investigated the mat
ter, became convinced that the Quaker
was right and himself wrong. He re-
aucsted to see him, and after acknowl-
eding his error, he said, 81 have one
question to ask of yOu-how were you
able, with such patience, on various oc-
casions, to bear my abuse?" "Friend, J"
replied the Quaker, 81 will tell thee. l
was naturally as hot and violent as thou
art. 1 knew that to indulge this tenn
per was sinful, and also found it was
improbable. | observed that men in a
passion always speak loud; and L
thought that if could control my voice,
| should repress my passion. l have
therefore made it rule never to let my
voice rise above certain key, and by
careful observance of this rule. have.
by the blessing of God, entirely mas
tered my natural tongue"
Such good, frank philosophy was not
lost upon the merchant in after years.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-27

The decrease of the whaling inter-
est is marked. New London, Connec-
ticut, which thirty years ago had one
hundred whalers, now has but ten.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-08-10

Either the East or West is being deceived
The Democrats of both sections express
entire satisfaction with MIR. Tildens letter
Of acceptance, and, strange to say, both
can find words and sentences in the letter
TO sustain their views OF finance. Perhaps
this is what Mr.. Tilden calls "wise finance. =
1t is at least crafty and cunning in design,
Tor every one must feel that there was
method in such writing. No one will accuse
MIR. Tiiden of having put suchsphrases into
his letter by chance. It was too long in its
incubation for that. They are there to he
taad both in favor of hard money and soft
money, Of reputation snl the maintenance
OF the rational lonor. With one foot on
the granite bills Of New England and the
other en- the plains Ct the West, aTr. Tildon
attempted to straddle tho country, but he
wss to- saort, ard split himself wido open.
The poa .9 noY hn2w the interior 8. his
competition.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-08-10
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