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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
The japanese Army.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

A correspondent of the Cologne Ca
sette gives an account of the new law
introducing general compulsory SER
vice IN the japanese army. In the
preamble it is stated that "The Father
land is for all, and all are for the
Fatherland; it is therefore the duty of
every man to serve his country and as
sist in defending it." Every Japanese
between the ages Of twenty and twenty
three is to be liable to serve for three
years IN the standing army (yobigun);
the number of recruits required is to
be fixed yearly, and the selection is to
be made by lot. The reserve (kobigun)
consists of those soldiers who have
completed their service in the regular
army. They are attached to the re-
serve for four years, but are only to be
called out except in case of war, for
a short period of training in each year.
There is also sort of national guard
(kokumingun), which comprises all
the men OF the country between the
ages of seventeen and forty. This
force is only to be called upon for SER
vice. in case of invasion, when the re-
serve will be incorporated with the reg
ular army.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03

lshed IN Persian patterns and dark col
Ors. Next to this suite is that of the
Empress. Her parlor is carpeted with
pale Moquette of delicate colors and
pattern. The ceiling has been hand
ssomely frescoed, and the chandelier,
IKE most of the others, is of pale green
and gilt. The curtains and parlor set
are finished in crimson and black. A
handsome rosewood chiffonier, a grand
piano, and bronze ornam ents and clock
under the large mirror finish this room,
which IS the most attractive looking of
the entire suite Next to the Empress
parlor is her sleeping room, furnished
IN blue, with plain but rich set of
French walnut furniture. Opening in
to this room is one finished in green. de-
signed for the Empress lady Of honor.
Each sleeping-room has a completely
furnished bathroom connecting with
it. The last suite on the Twenty-third
street side Is carpeted with Administer
IN single piece. The curtains are of
ponso tapestry, in a Moorish pattern,
and the parlor set is upholstered to
match. On the inner side of the hall
by which all these rooms are connected
are six rooms, all handsomely fitted up
for the accommodation of the ssubordi-
nate members Of the suite The charges
to be made for these accommodations
are to be only s. a day for each person,
which is the regular price of board at
the hotel, but the Eextras" which an
imperial taste will undoubtedly demand
will probably swell the bill which Dom
Pedro will have to pay to large figure.
In the room prepared for the En-
press had been placed large and beau
tiful bouquet Of flowers, and the parlors
and diningroom were decorated in the
same manner. A beautiful floral de-
vice representing the Brazilian coat-of-
arms, which had been sent by a gentle
man residing in this city, was placed in
the corridor. Shortly after his arrival
number of Brazilian gentlemen called
upon the Emperor to pay their respects,
among whom were Mr.. j. G. Rodrigues,
the editor Of the Brazilian illustrated
paper, 0 Novo Matndo Capt. Azeyedo,
of the Brazilian corvette Niterohy, and
several Of his officers.
Five male and two female domestics
come with the royal party.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
Full Grown Trees Discovered Forty
Feet Below the Surface.
From the ST. Joseph lMo. ) Herald.

from the ST. Joseph (Mo.) Herald
The work progresses finely on the
new well near the Exposition grounds
for the Kansas City, St. Joseph and
Council Bluffs Railroad. The curling
has been put down depth Of forty-two
feet, but not until great deal of extra
labor and skill were called in requi-
sition. So great was the pressure to be
overcome, that it required the COM
bined weight of 265 car wheels, weigh
ing 48O pounds each, and four extra
heavy jack-screws, the aggregate pres
sure of the car wheels being 10Y 900
pounds.
The workmen are now operating in
strata of quicksand, which has boiled
up seven feet, and it will require the
heaviest kind of curling to force the
mercurial soil aside. There is an
abundance of water, the volume being
heavy and at times almost uncontrol-
liable. 1t bo-ls like a spring, and moves
in an eddy with the swiftness of great
maelstrom, throwing up at times, at a
distance of three feet, limbs of trees,
bars of wood, and huge boulders of
stone. The varieties of wood are wal
nut and cottonwood, and the puzzle to
all is, how did these tree limbs and
heavy blocks of wood become located
at a distance cf forty or fifty below the
surface of the earth? Of course, there
are numerous theories concerning it,
but the most reasonable is that at one
time this was forest, and by some
unexplained and unknown river wash,
the earth has been heaped upon the
old localities of the surface of the
earth, and an almost new country
created.
The wcrkmen are pursuing their la
bors, and what other remark able dis
coveries will reward their almost cease
less toll, time alone can tell. There
may yet something be developed of
prehistoric interest to naturalists, that
will tend to explain satisfactorily what
manner of men we are.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
THE BEAUTIFUL BALLAD OF vyASKA WEE.
BY M. M. d.


Her voice was sweet as a ban-go-lin 81
Her mouth was small as the head of pin !;
Her eyes ran up, her chin ran down
oh, she was the belle of Yeddo town.
Now lovely Waska Singto Wee,
So good to hear, and sweet to see,
The fairest maiden in all Japan,
Fell dead in love with Turkish man.
This Turkish man turban had,
This Turkish man was sly and bad;
He whispered unto Miss Waska Wee:
- o fly with me to my own Tmkee
Q fly with me to my own Turkee!
And robes of gold I'll give to thee
A girdle of pearl and love for life,
If thou wilt be my eightieth. wife,"
Now Simple Waska Singty Wee,
So good to hear, so fair to see,
Resolved behind her bashful fan
To be eightieth wife to this Turkish man;
But though her heart was full of glee,
She hung her head and said to he;
eff you 81 ouldst die, my Turkish beau,
Where would poor Waska Singty go?"
Then this horrid, sly old Turkish man
Declared he'd die on the English plan.
ssAnd So" said he, "my bright winged bird,
.Thou'lt have for thy fortune the widows
third"
Then flew the maid to the Mi-ka-do,
And told the plan of her Turkish beau.
tAnd now" said she, the whole thou'st
heard,
How much will it be, this widows third?
Now, the Mi-ka- do was wondrous wise,
He opened his mouth and shut his eyes;
1.-THE widows third, 0, daughter, will be
Whatever the law will allow to thee"
Then few the maid to the Court of Lords,
Where every man wore a brace of swords,
And babe them name what sum would be
hers
When her Turk should go to his fore-fa-
theirs.
They sat in council from dawn till night,
And sat again till morning light
Figured and counted and weighed to see
What ali eightieth widows third would be
And the end of it all, as you might know
Was naught but grief to the Turkish beau
For lovely Waska Singty Wee
Said: :" Go back alone to your old Turkee.
-Scribner for Nay.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-05-03
THE CAPTIVE.
BY JANIS LAVALLIN

BY JANIS LAyALLIN
upon dropping tree, one day, there perc,
= A tiny bobol1nk; its merry tune
Di rev chlldren near, who gayly searched
Mid flowers and blossoms all the noon,
And vainly tried the rogue to find
Who, hidden in the leaves behind.
Sang merrily:
"Foy joyous me
NO gilded cage was e'er designed.
inside Its bars to pine confined"
WITHIN IL acage of wire tiny bobolink
W was wa IN mildly swinging; its longing eyes
were G SAD, and, as it stopped to drink,
Thoughts came of sunny streams and
skies,
. VI leaves and blossoms, woods and
flowers
1t, dreaming of past happy hours,
Suag piteously
20, hopeless me
L droop and pine for liberty
And wonder if I'll eer be free"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20

In all languages there exist sounds
vowel and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by
the letters of the alphabet. This, in the
opinion of some linguisis, is an evidence
of a common origin, while naturalists
hold it to be the inevitable effect of the
functions of an organ whose cOnforma-
ton scarcely differs in any perceptible
degree between one race and another.
Nevertheless languages differ very much
in the number of their intOnations. If.
in this respect, the languages Of un-
civilized nations stand lowest. ii does
not necessarily follow that the languages
of the most highly-civilized peoples
must hold the highest rank. The Hin
dustani is distinguished by an unparal-
leled abundance of consonauts; the
Semitic languages surpaSs the Greek
and Latin, as also the languages of
modern Europe; the dialects of Polyne-
sia afford instances of the greatest
poverty of cOnsOnant sounds. OF the
Hurons and MOhawks of North Amer
lea, who habitually kept the mouth
open, il Is asserted that they knew
nothing of the Use of the lablals-articu-
lations so natural TO Us that we might
be disposed to regard them as instinc-
tive. Sundry nations eschew the use
of Kissing and trilling sounds; others
have no gutturals. Some years ago.
preferences for harshness or for soft
ness of language seemed TO US to show
that neither the vocal organs nor the
auditory perceptions are absolutely
identical in all races of mankind: this
is now rendered more probable by null
tiplied observations and experiments.
We know how great is the difficulty of
rendering certain sounds in a foreign
language, and hence il is that words
change in migrating from place to
place. The Chinese invariably substi-
tute the soft for the hard trill, and this
substitution is common among other
nations. The Polynesians put gutturals
in the place of dentals, and the mis-
siOnaries who are educating the youth
of the Hawaiian Islands have had to
abandon sounds that the people are un-
able TO pronounce. 1t is almost as diff
cult rightly to hear as it is correctly TO
initiate articulations foreign to ones
own tongue; travellers hardly ever
agree in their representations of names
that they have heard pronounced by
natives. Are differences of voice and
of auditory perception the result TO a
small extent of organization, but to a
greater extent of early education? One
is tempted TO believe that such is the
case. But experiment and observation,
hitherto very limited, have not yet
thrown upon this subject the light of
scientific fictruth.-POpuldr Science Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20
Right Living.

1t is hard saying, but true one,
that many professed Christians are not
seemingly happy themselves, neither do
they help to make others happy around
them. Why is it so? 1t is because they
are trying to get ready for the next
world, altogether forgetting it is their
duty to make themselves and those
around them happy in this? 1t is very
important to know how to live wisely
and happily in this world. The earthly
life is to be lived here. We do not know
much about the other world if the hea-
venly gates are ajar, we can only catch
a faint glimpse, now and then, of the
beauty there is within.-God loves beau
ty in this world; every flower that
blooms, every tree that waves, proves
this; so it becomes US to make our own
lives and homes as beautiful and happy
as within US lies, trusting the future in
the hands of God.-The religion that
does not make us and those around us
better and happier in this life is not
worth having; and they who strive to
do this are serving God as truly as upon
their bended knees, or in the services
Of the sanctuary. Then, if we are ever
striving to make others happy, it will
increase ourown happiness, In this world
and in the world to come.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20
Poison and AnffdOtes.

Ii not unfrequently happens that
serious and distressing results are occa-
stoned by the accidental employment of
poisons: and il occurred TO us that we
might do a service TO some of our readers
by presenting TO them a brief and COM
pendious list of the more common poi
sons and the remedies for them most
likely to be close at hand.
Acids-These cause great heat and
sensation of burning pain from the
mouth down to the stomach. Remedies
-Magnesia, soda, pearl-ash or soap,
dissolved in water; then use stomach
pump or emeties.
Alkalies-Best remedy is vinegar.
-Remedy-Lemon juice or
vinegar; afterwards, milk and water or
flaxseed tea.
Alcehol-First cleanse out the stOm-
ach by an emetic; then dash cold water
on the head, and give ammonia Spirits
hartshorn.l
Asenic-Remedies- the first place
eyacuate the stomach; then give the
white of eggs, lime-water, or chalk and
water, charcoal and the preparations of
iron. particularly hydrate.
Lead-White lead and sugar of lead.
Remedies-Some cathartic. such as
caSteroil and Epson salts especially.
Charcoal-In poison by carbonic gas,
remove the patient TO the open air.
dash cold water on the head and body,
and stimulate the nostrils and lungs by
hartshorn, at the same time rubbing
the chest briskly.
Corrosive sublimate-Give white of
eggs freshly mixed with water, or give
wheat flour and water or soap and wa
ter freely.
Creosote-White of eggs and the eme-
tics.
Belladonna or night henbane-Give
emetics, and then plenty of vinegar
and water or lemonade.
Mushrooms, when poisonous-Give
emetics, and then plenty of vinegar and
water, with dose of ether if handy.
Nitrate of Silver lunar caustic)--Give
a strong solution of common salt, and
then emetics.
Opium-FirSt give a strong emetic of
mustard and water; then strong coffee
and acid drinks; dash cold water on the
head.
Laudanum-Same as opium.
NuX Nomica-F'irst emetics; then
brandy.
Oxaiic Acid-Frequently mistaken
Tor Epson salts. RemedleS-Cnalk, /,
magnesia, or soap and water freely !;
then emetics.
Nitrate of Potash-Give emetics; then
copiOus draughts of flaxseed tea, milk
and water, and other soothing drinks.
Prussic Acid-When there is time,
administer chlorine in the shape of soda
or lime. Hot brandy and water, harts-
horn and turpentine, are also useful.
Snake Bites, etc.-Apply Immediately
hartshorn, and take it Internally; also
give sweet oil and stimulants freely !;
apply ligature right above the part
bitten, and then apply a cupping glass.
Tartar Emetic-Give large doses of
tea made of gals, Peruvian bark or
white oak bark.
Tobacco-First an emetic; than as
tringent tea: then stimulants.
Verdigris-Plenty of white of egg
and water.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20
Schenrk's PuImonic Syrup. for the
Cure of Consumption Coughs and
Colds.

The great virtue of this medicine is
that it ripens the matter and throws il
out of the system, purifies the blood,
and thus effects a cure.
sCHESCK's SEA WEED TONIC, FOR THT
CURE OF DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, ETC.
The Tonic produces healthy action
of the stomach, creating an appetite,
forming chyle, and curing the most OBJ
stinate cases of Indigestion.
sCHENCK's MANDRAKE PILLS. FOR THE
CURE OF LIVER COMPLAINT. ETC.
These pills are Alternative, and produce
a healthy action of the liver without
the least danger, as they are free from
calomel, and yet more efficacious i'm re-
storing healthy action of the liver.
These remedies are 4 certain cure for
Consumption, as the Pulmenic Svrup
ripens the matter and purifies the blood.
The Mandrake Pills act upon the liver.
create healthy bile, and remove ali
diseases of the liver, often a cause of
Consumption. The Sea Weed Tonic
gives tone and strength to the stomach.
makes good digestion, and enables the
organs to form good blood; and thus
creates healthy circulation of healthy
blood. The combined action of these
medicines, as thus explained, will cure
every case of Consumption, if taken in
time, and the use of the medicines per-
severed in.
Dr. Schenck is professionally at his
principal Office, corner SIXTH and ARCH
SITS, Philad'a, every Monday, where
all letters for advice must be addressed.
Sehenck's medicines for sale by all
Druggists,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20
what n Plant Did.

A little plant was given TO a sick girl.
In trying TO take care of it the family
made changes in their way OF living.
First, they cleaned the window that
more light might come in to its leaves
then, when not too cold, they would
open the window so that fresh air might
help the plant to grow. Next, the clean
window made the rest of the room look
so untidy that they used to wash the
floor and walls and arrange the furni-
ture more neatly. This led the father
of the family to mend IA broken chair or
two, which kept him home several eve
nings. After the work was done, he
stayed home, instead of spending his
leisure at a tavern, and the money thus
saved went to buy comforts for them all I.
And then, as the home grew attractive,
the whole family loved it and each other
better than ever before, and grew
healthier and happier with their flow
ers. Thus the little plant brought real
as well as physical blessing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20
The Climate of Rome.

There is a subtle influence in this pc
culiar climate of Rome which, in act
i've life, is favorable to the perform
ance of swift acts, fine projects, any
thing that can be speedily carried out;
but it lacks certain supporting
strength when crisis arrives, sudden
trials, accidents and the untoward
events of business. At such supreme
moments men sink instead of rising
equal to the occasion, as they do in
colder Northern climates. The infiu-
ence of the Roman climate is delight
full, however, in its effect on the stu
dent. 1t gives long breaths to mental
application it is favorable to clear
and quiet thinking, and patient, end
less, untiring study. 1t is especially
suited to the old ecclesiastical life of
Rome, which had for its first rules !;
early to bed; long sleeps, quiet and
undisturbed leisurely rising, an hour
or two after the sun had purified the
air; frugal wholesome meals, taken
at reasonable hours and an utter alb
scence of vexatiOns. The shibboleth
of good breeding in that old Vatican
society was the avoidance in CONVEX
sation of all disagreeable subjects, no
matter how prominent they might he.
"Cdrissimd mia" Iheard an old Prin-
cess say, I'VE never mention the names
of diseases. and we never talk of trOu-
BILE of illness In our sdtons.-Letter
from Anne Brerster.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20
a GnIIic s.Jeames.''

0I remember, "Isays Mr.. George Au-
oustus Sala, sin the year 1867, traveilng
From Toulon to Paris in the special tram
conveying his Imperial Highness tne
Sultan. The carriages apportioned 70
the suite were inconveniently crowdeu,
and lest | should be left behind was
Glad enough to obtain seat In COM
5artment otherwise filed with lacqueys 5
IF the Emperor Napoleon Ill, and Oh
the great officers of his household. l.
found the gentlemen in plush most 9i-
verting company, but somewhat 10 Ia
miliar in their conversation. For eX-
annie when we halted at early morning
at LYONS for an hours refreshment, L
heard one gorgeous creature III green
and gold saw to a confrere in sky biue
and silver: Where then is Talleyrand-
Perigord ?'-or, perhaps it was DE era
mont. or De la Rochefoucauld, or some
equally lofty duke, marquis, or count.
sHe is just going to clean his man
boots The idea of French grandee s
cleaning another mans boots DEVIL
dered me at first; but in process OF time
| began to understand that L had been
listening to n choice bit Of .fiunkeyana
that 'Talleyrand-Perigord' meaut, Tor
the nOnce, the lacquey, and that MS
man was the nObleman TO whose SER
vice the Gallic Jeames was attached.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20
AGRICULTURAL.

To LEARN HoRsE's AGE.-The Jour
nal Of the Farm tells how to know the
age of horse as follows: The colt is
born with twelve grinders; when four
front teeth have made their appear
ance the colt is twelve days old, and
when the next four come forth, it is
four weeks old. When the corner teeth
appear the colt Is eight months old ;
when the latter have attained to the
height of the front teeth it is one year
old. The two-year-old colt has the
kernel (the substance in the middle of
the tooth's CROWN ground out in all
the front teeth. In the third year the
middle front teeth are being shifted,
and when three years old these are
substituted by the horse teeth. The
next four teeth are shifted in the fourth
year, and the corner teeth in the fifth.
At six years the kernel is worn out of
the lower middle front teeth, and the
bride teeth have now attained to their
full growth. At seven years hook
has been formed IN the corner teeth OF
the upper jaw, the kernel of the teeth
next at the middle is worn out, and the
bride teeth begin to wear off. At eight
years, the kernel is worn out OF the
lower front teeth, and begins to decrease
i'm the middle upper front. In the
ninth year, the kernel has wholly dis
appeared from the upper middle front
teeth; the hook on the corner has in-
creased in size, and the bride teeth
lose their points. In the tenth year,
the kernel is worn out of the teeth next
10 the middle front of the upper jaw.
and in the eleventh year the kernel has
entirely vanished from the corner teeth
of the same jaw. At twelve years old,
the crown of all the front teeth in the
lower jaw have become triangular, anu
the bride teeth are much worn down.
As the horse advances in age, the gums
shrink away from the teeth, which con-
sequently, receive long narrow ap-
pearance. and their kernels have be-
come metamorphosed in darkish point,
gray hairs increase in the forehead and
over the eyes, and the chin assumes the
form of an angle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20
To Parents.

If your child is suffering from worms.
use DIR. WIsHART's WORM SUGAR DROPS,
an old and reliable remedy, that nersr
Jdits In thoroughly exterminating these
pests Of childhood. Being made in the
form OF Sugar Drops, having neither
the taste or smell of meuicine, no trou-
Die is experienced in inducing children
to take them. Sold by all Druggists at
% cents box, or sent by mail on re-
celpt OF price, at the Principal Depot
sI6 Filbert Street. Philadelphia. Pa.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-20
THE KISS AT THE DOOR.

When / took my leave last night,
Nellie-she could do no more
Softly brought candle-light
Just to show me TO the door.
How it was l cannot tell,
When felt her hand in mine,
Somahing said, "Why not as well
Press her pretty lips to thine 2"
Then clasped one hand quite tight
Tother held the light, You know
SO that Nellie, helpless quite,
Felt she couldn't say me ''No."
But she gave little scream.
That did ne'er the bliss deny;
And-too brief the happy dream
In went she, and out went l.