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seut III tne WY o'er the "afes u cnaeaeos Ans
the foolish minority here complain about IT, Hha
| seond satisfg them .
The ice at Escanaba is reported to be 50 inches thick
but It must have been measured opposite the bung
! hole.
The leading produce markets wero irregular On Sat
| urday. There was more frmness in some depart
menta, while others easier. The lending ceresi
were chiefly affected by the weather, which appar
emily veeriug round towards SOFT" which threatened
to lessen the volume Of daily supplies from the
t, by making the roads too rnry to permit the pas
sage Of teams. There is little change in the character
Of advices from other points.
The demand for dry goods was reported fair. Dur
ing the past weak there w.s steadily improving in
quiry from tho Interior trade, and pretty large as
gregate OF sales WIS effected steadiuess at charao-
terzes the Market Groceries were ordered with I'll,
Nbezalty and were held rather more firmly than ut
the beginning II the week. though quotations have not
been subjected to any important change Cooees are
, 1876-02-27

Withdrawn from store on Friday for city con-
sumption: 5os5 bu wheat, 100 bu cats, 4oa bu rye,
$50 bu barley
Ths following gram WAS inspected into stqza On
, 1876-02-27

Long and short clears quoted at II h911xc cash. and
1l3<c seller March. boxed: green hams, la49G4c;
swsetpickled do. 114@12Hc: Cumberands. llLc
cash or seller February; long cut hams, 13@13Ec,
boxed bacon hams, 13A(al4c.
GnElgE-Was quiet at TS9c,
BEEF PH0DUCTs-Fere steady and quiet st $3.50
21o.00 for mess, $9.sO910.uo for extra mexs, and
, 1876-02-27
PROPOSALS.
Notice 10 Railroad Contractors.

GENERAL OFFICE '.WHEE11sa LAKE EHIE * ~ =
Road CpxPANy.' MARTINS FKRRYs t., Eeo. = Insa
Tho 'sWheel{ox Lake Erie Railroad lumpau{ srrs
proposals. until March o. 1876 father sepasae H. al
bned} for ths construction and eQutpmsus Of r. a. ias
pAyts tbereof. Also TOR railway materials.
,tDEL WOOD, Pres!ds1Ee-4
, 1876-02-27

go at that price to one At the present Ring rates
But if railroad companies choose to be selfish.
arbitrary, and short-sighted, the sooner they
cut their own threats the better for the pubic.
, 1876-02-27

bris. tcs. ! tos. ! lbs, lbs.
, 1876-02-27

eAnAr1yE gtATEMESr' Fon THE wEEH ENDING
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-20
Culture I'm Glasses.

Dark colored glasses are the best, the
roots being impatient Of light. NOvem-
Der is good time to begin the culture
of hyacinths In water. Nothing can be
more simple than the modus operdndi.
Almost ali the single varieties named
above are well adapted for growing in
water. Having selected good bulbs, fill
the glasses with soft rain water, place
the base of the bulb near to, but not
touching, the wate:. Set the glasses in
cool, dark closet for about six weeks.
or until the glasses are well filled with
roots; during that period keep the glas-
ses filed, but never allow the bulb to
touch the water. 1. is not necessary to
change the water over once month
by placing piece of charcoal in the
glass it will keep the water fresh and
free from decomposition. Never use
guano or any kind of manure mixed
with the water; they succeed better
without it. / knew an amateur who,
to have an extra display, treated his
bulbs to a dose of ammonia, which had
ITO HIM the unlooked-for effect Of en-
tirely running his show for the season.
There were only two out of about fifty
bloomed-a memorable lesson for him.
Bring the plants gradually to the light
they will soon be enabled to stand the
full sunshine. The more sunshine they
enjoy, the stronger the spikes and the
more brilliant the colors of the flowers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-20

the speed was slackened. 90 that I could
run in here and tell you all was safeI r.
While we spoke, my wife's finger had
first united the handkerchief around
my neck, and then, In the dark; foan6
some Of the knots of the cord binding
me. But ] was still tied fast and strong,
when there was a rush of many feet
upon the staircase, and In another
moment light and joyful voices.
"We've captured the whole nine p
was the good news. "Three, including
John Martin, are desperately wounded,
but the surprise was perfect! Now, old
fellow, for you'll"
A dozen clasp knives at once severed
my bonds, and dozen hands were ex-
tended in greeting.
As for the praise showered on my
plucky little wife, it would require vol
ume to tell half of it.
The would-be assassins and robbers
were sent for trial and sentenced to
penal servitude.
Alice and l lett for a more civilized
community the following year. But
before We went, there was an invitation
sent to us to meet committee from the
ailroad company at Postville. We ac-
had dinner; were toasted and
complimented, and then Alice was pre-
sented with a tea service as a testimon-
ial, from the passengers upon the
threatened train, the company and the
railroad directors, in token of their
gratitude for the lives and property
saved by my heroine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-20
The Grave OF Charlotte Cushman.

Seldom does year pass during which
some illustrious name is not added to
the long list of those who are sleeping
their last sleep in the cemetery of Mt.
Auburn. This year the grass is grow
ing for the first time over the grave of
Charlotte Cushman. 1t is no longer
ago than the Autumn of 1874 that she
rode out there for the purpose
of selecting lot, requesting to
be shown one where there was an sun
obstructed view of Boston," She was
conducted to one a long way from the
entrance, away over the beautiful coun-
try, which lies fair and and green and
peaceful beyond the inclosure OF the
city of the dead, to reach which she
had to pass the graves of many of her
old friends of whom she spoke tenderly.
When she arrived at the small triangu-
lar lot designated, she stopped, satisfied,
and gazing yearningly at the distant
roofs and spires, she said ''See, yonder
lies dear old Boston," and expressed
her great delight in the place she had
chosen saying, "This is a delightful
spot;" and returning to it for second
visit some weeks later, she seemed hap
DIV i'm the certainty that her last resting
place was to be in sight of the city of
her birth. TO that delightful spot" F"
in little more than year afterward,
she was borne, from the very Stone
Chapel, the Kings Chapel, in which
she had been wont to worship, before
whose altar her lifeless body had rested
for a few hours while the funeral hon.
ors were being paid, while friends and
strangers, and the girls of he Cushman
School heaped flowers-laurel and ivy.
pond-lilies, forget-me-nots, and immor-
telles-upon the casket where she lay,
with a lily-of-the-vally in her hand,
while along the arches of the venerable
church thrilled the solemn music of
chant and hymn. Not many weeks
after her death, while rambling about
Mount Auburn we came upon her soli-
tary grave. The prospect was enchant-
ing. Turning little to the right, we
beheld scattered farm-houses, villages,
wooded knolls and green fields, making
lovely landscape, outlined by gentle
hills, and in the rear valley river and
meadow, willow skirted. In front, in
full view, perhaps four miles distant,
lay 'sDear old Boston"-the stately
pile of buildings crowned by the burn
ished dome of the State House, close by
her birthplace, whose chimes had
been among the most familiar OF her
childhood. Her grave, as yet unsodded
was in the center of the three-cornered
lot on tile fair slope looking toward the
sunrise; and so, with her face toward
the city she loved, and her feet to the
East, she awaits the resurrection morn
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-20
Capturing Ostriehes.

The greatest feat of an Arab hunter
is to capture an ostrich. Being very
shy and cautious, and living on the
sandy plains, where there is little
chance of taking it by surprise, 1t can
be captured only by well planned and
long-continued pursuit on the swiftest
horse. The ostrich has two curious
habits in running when alarmed. 1t
always starts with outspread wings
against the wind, so that it can scent
the approach Of an enemy. ITS sense'of
scent is SO keen that it can detect an
enemy at great distance long before
he can be seen. The other curious
habit is that of running in a circle.
Usually five or six ostriches are found
in company. When discovered, part of
the hunters, mounted on fleet horses
will pursue the birds, while the other
hunters will gallop away at right angles
to the course the ostrich has taken.
When the hunters think they have
gone far enough to cross the paths the
birds will be likely to take, they watch
on some rise in the ground for their ap-
proach. If the hunters hit the right
place and see the ostrich, they at once
start in pursuit with fresh horses, and
sometimes they overtake one or two
the birds, but often one or two of the
fleet horses fall completely tired out
with so sharp chase.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-20
Life In Hlgk Lasltudes.

The next place we stayed at was from
50, Norway, where we anchored od the
sewn three days. and now the sun mere
iy revolved round the sky, and At mid
night was high above the horizon, and
shining with brilliancy even greater
than that seen under tropical skies.
The effect of this phenomenon has been
often and variously described, more or
less POLITICALLY, by many travellers; but
all unite in one senoment-that of its
wondrous grandeur and solemnity. For
myself, l experienced feeling Of mys-
terious awe and dread, as il we were all
phantOms on the confines of the land of
which it Is said ''There Is no night
there" One popularity in this region
is that, although all nature is hushed
and palpable silence reigns over all,
there is something in the atmosphere
which renders sleep almost needless.
Midnight found us quite as lively and
bright as early morning-ladies sketch
ing or reading on deck under parasols; !;
gentlemen lounging about fishing, ig-
hitting their cigars by aid of burning
glasses from the suns rays: and one had
10 darken the cabin windows with thick
curtains even to obtain the four or five
hours sleep we allowed ourselves dur
ing the twenty-four. From TrOmso We
visited the Lapps, and saw herd Of
reindeer. A six mile walk up the
Tromsodal brought us to some fenced
in-inclosures, and farther on, three or
four dome shaped huts, abou. seven feet
high in the center, constructed of mud,
stones and timber, each having door,
also circular-shaped opening in the
roof, serving for chimney and window.
On entering the hui, through doorway
about four and half feet high, we saw
very grimy old Lapp woman sitting
in the smoke of wood fire. On the
ground were what seemed through the
smoke to be several small bundles, and
by four cords from the roof of the hut
HING smaller bundle; examination,
however, proved the latter to be baby
about a month old, and the others vari-
Gus members of the family, covered
with reindeer skins. The baby was
laced up with gay cords In acradle hav-
ing the form of a large shoe. We were
not 10th to make our exit, anu asking
for the reindeer were told to look up
ward, where they were pointed out-"a
magnificent tribe of 400"-slowly de-
seending from the bare-looking noun
tains. In time, by the aid of sagacious
dogs. they were driven into one of the
Enclosures, and some of the animals be-
ing adroitly lassoed, were brought near
for our inspection. These Lapps and
their reindeer wander into the interior
of the country during the winter, and
return to these their summer haunts
every spring. 1t is said that their ap-
prOach is always announced before
hand by the arrival of wolves, these
latter animals making point Of being
continually in attendance on the herds
of reindeer-I am afraid with sinister
mOtives.-LoHdoH Queen.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-20

=
Pants-or, rs they call them in Eng
land, trousers-are not a subject which
the average citizen cares, except in the
presence of his tailor, to discuss. ''The
lean anu slippered pantaloon mentioned
by Jacques may have contained fore
shadowing of coming events in the
Western world. Be that as it may, the
male biped wears pants, pantaloons, or
trousers as the case may be. His ances-
tor, presuming him to be of Scottish de-
rivation didn't deem it necessary to in
suit their-ahems-with anything of
that kind; they preferred petticoats,
and even yet cling to the short skirt, or
male ''chemiloon," with an ardor wor-
1hy better cause: But kits are un-
suited for business, sporrans and skein-
dhus to to the arts of peace; so man,
American man, however descended, has
settled down in his pants. Many stripes
have been added to his lot since first he
put lis foot in it. He has stepped into
garments a world too wide for his shrunk
shanks, and pulled them on the same as
he would cover over corpulent um-
brella. Many and varied have been the
changes in pants since their first ap-
pearance upon man, and humble though
he may seem to be, he still has a pride
in his inexpressibles, and why shouldn't
he, it isn't much he has to be proud of
anyhow. "There," exclaimed a dis
consulate widow, upon receiving the
well-known neither garments other de-
ceased husband. There's the breeks,
but where's the legs" A young OK
ford swell once described his stock in
trade after this fashion: 81 have my
walking twousers, my standing up and
my sitting down twousers, my morning
and my evening, my dining and my
dancing twousers." He was all twou-
sers. We trouble TO think what might
have happened had he put on his stand
ing trousers when he was sitting down
or his sitting when he was standing.
But touching pants We read with
interest, and congratulate the swells
ihS hiOct pAV-
nounced authorities in London checks
are once more the rage. The check is
so large that it takes two men to carry
it, or two pairs of trousers to show off
the pattern. The swell puts on one
pair in the morning. and another in the
afternoon. He might with advantage
pin upon the first, Ito be continued in
our next" Who pays the cheques we
do not presume to say. AS the boy is
father TO the man, perhaps he pays the
tailor himself. But then, as every
swell knows, it is such deucedly low
thing to pay a tailor at all, perhaps he
doesn't. May he not hand in his
checks, and leave them legacy to his
creditors. But that is subject beyond
our province We started in on pants;
the more we think of their career and
their cheques, the more we are mex
pressibly reminded of Adam and origi-
nal sin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-20
Chinese Coinage.

China has no real coinage for pur-
poses OF trade. Little bits of silver as
sayed and weighed, and dollars of the
Mexican Republic, battered out of shape
and classed one, two, and three, at diff
ferent values according as an affected
comprador pretends to have found
more or less bronze in their compost
tion-this is the ridiculous Coinage
of the coast. In Hong Kong itself,
when took my letters to the post and
gave a dollar to the clerk to pay for
stamps, had TO wait while he bit it,
tried it with an acid, weighed it and
gave me change, not as though my dol
lar were a dollar, but according to its
weight, which was 80 100 of what il
should have been. This was no excep-
tional case, but was the practice gone
through in every instance. Such is
the repute of English coin, that the
Hong King mint would in few years
have introduced the use of its dollars
by the Chinese people throughout the
trading portions of the Empire. with
out continuing TO impose any charge
whatever on the English taxpayer.
The history of dollars would be very
curious one. The Chinese look doubt
fully upon all that do not bear the
name OF some well-known Chinese firm
stamped upon them, as we write names
across the back of bank-note, except
they are of one kind: Mexican pillar
dollars, the two pillars of which are
described in their Chinese name, Two
piecy-cannel.ick" dollars, that is two
candlestick dollars. A note in the
| l. So IAI lar \
have to record the fact that our expe-
dictionary force to Abyssinia had to be
supplied with Maria Theresa dollars
of which none were to be obtained in
the market, these being the only coins
received by the natives Of that country
The Austrian Government had to bt
applied to by the British Government
and the coins hal to be specially strucl
for us at the Vienna Mint.-H0cmil
lan's Magazine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-20
Paper I'm Central Asia.

Nearly all the paper which is used in
Central Asia is manufactured at Khok-
and, and at Tcharku, little village in
the khanate of Khokand. The process
of making it is rude and slow. yet inter-
esting As hint of the achievements of
the native Asiatics in the industrial
arts. We extract an account from the
interesting works of Mr.. Schuyler on
"Turkista': ''The rags are alternate
ly pounded and macerated until they
are reduced to thick pulp, which is
then collected into round ball. Por-
tions of this are then placed in tub of
water and well mixed together. The
paper-maker takes an oblong sieve,
made of thin glass stretched over
wooden frame, and puts into il quan
tity of the pulp-shaking and inclining
it until it is equally distributed over the
surface. After allowing it to stand for
a few moments, he turns it out on
board. In this way one man can make
about 300 leaves per day which are
placed one on the other, with layers of
felt between, and submitted to heavy
pressure to squeeze out the moisture.
In the morning they are taken out, and
hung for drying on wall exposed to
the South. The sizing and polishing
are done in the bazaar, by different
set of workmen. The size usually em-
ployed is a kind of dextrine found
i'm the roots of the .Shirash, a plant of
the lily family; and the polishing is
made by a smooth, heavy stone. By
this process the value of paper is nearly
doubled from ten to thirteen or 20
cents sheet. Imperfect paper is,
however, never thrown away; for at
the time of sizing, holes or assures are
patched up with their strips, and the
surface is made so even that the defects
can only be discovered by holding the
sheets up to the light. This paper,
which is usually gray, although some
times colored pink and blue, is very
tough and firm, and excellent for the
gummy ink with which the natives
write. For the purposes of the Europ-
cans it is of little use, and the Russians
have to import all the paper they re-
quire.''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-20

I A writer In the Home Journal thus
nttingly rebukes the fiippancy and
thoashtlessness ofsome young women:
81 think It must Be jolly thing 70 be
a young widow" heard this remark
the other day in a group Of laughing
girls. 1 think remember saying such
thing myself in my girlish times. Do
you know, girls what 1t is to be Wild
Ow? 1t is to be ten times more open
to comment and criticism than any de-
moiselle could possibly be. 1t is to
have men gaze as you pass, first At
your black dress, then at your widows
cap, until your sensitive nerves quiver
under the infiiction. 1t is to have one
ill-natured person say, 81 wonder how
long she will wait before she win mar
ry again ?' and another answer, s'un-
til she gets good chance, suppose. -
1t is now and then to meet the glance
Of real sympathy generally from the
poorest and humblest men that you
meet, and feel your eyes fill at the tok-
en-, so rare that it is, alas unlocked
for. 1t is to have your dear fashionable
friends console you after the following
fashion: "Oh. well, it is dreadful
loss. We knew you'd feel it, dear.''
And in the next breath, "You will be
sure to marry again, and your widows
cap is very becoming to you."
But it is more than this to be widow.
1t Is to miss the strong arm you have
leaned upon, the true faith that you
knew never failed you though all the
world might forsake you. 1t is to miss
the dear voice that uttered your naWe
with tenderness that none other could
give it. 1t is to hear no more the WE'LL
known footsteps that you flew so gladly
once to meet. To see no more the face
that to your adOring eyes seemed as the
angels of God. To feel no more the
twiDing arms that folded you so loving
ly; the dear eyes that, looking into your
own, said plainly, whatever it might
seem TO others, yours was the fairest
face earth held for him. 1t is to fight
with sorrow as man fights with the
waves that overwheIm him, and to
hold 1t at arms length for while only
to have-in the hours of loneliness and
weakness-this torrent roll over you.
while-poor storm-driven dove-you
see no haven.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-12-20
Ministerial Eccentrfcitfes

One good lay brother found difficulty
in mouthing the names of Shadrach,
Meshach, and AbednegO, and when he
came to them again, he said, naively,
''Please, the same three gentlemen as
BEFORE One who had resolved he
would take the people by guile said.
in expounding "All the world went
out to be taxed etc; This Is figure
of speech called by the learned an hy-
perbOle, a sort of exaggerated state
ment;" and added, by way of applica-
cation, IF said you were all asleep,
it would be an hyperbole for not more
than half of you are in that condition. y
Great care should be taken to be very
exactly truthful in pulpit ministratiOns.
A great gun of party, in one of his
sermons, said, "a striking illustration
just comes to my mind,n which was
very telling; but a friend of mine, a
physician, happened to hear the
preacher deliver the same discourse
again, when the same apt illustration
just came to his mind in the same place
In the sermons. My friend got into a
way of sceptical suspicion that injured
him for years and made him sadly
doubtful OF pulpit integrity. \ preach
ing pedant in Leicester. who had a
introducing his text with learned NOR
sells of criticism. For instance, he
would say, "Our version does not give
the real Specification of the original
Greek text. Tholuck says it ought to
to read thus; but the more recent Ger
man expOsitors say it ought to read
thus; but | say this is the right render
ing.n And So the stockingers stared
and were taught and edited. That
Gods people were like evergreen
leaves, it is said, excited the cry in a
Methodist meeting, Lord. send us a
leaf." And the fact that hens were
among the most grateful creatures,
never drinking without lifting their
bills upward, produced the esupplicatory
exclamation. ''Oh that we were all
hens :" The clerical John Berridge
said some strange things, and wrote
still stranger in his correspondence
with the Countess of Huntingdon.
Rowland Hill was naturally wit, and
often uttered odd things. So did Mat
thew Wilks. But either wit or humor
would require careful watching and be-
ing kept under check of good sense, or
the pulpit will become a grinninc-
post, and not rOstrum OF sound speech
which cannot he condemned. But
many persons like these things, as the
old man who listened to Rowland Hill,
in his latter days, said, "Bless his dear
heart he Is as funny as ever. .7-FOrty
Years Christian Ministry.