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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08

And ct that she turned her face from
me, and hid Il In her hands.
Too much-tOo much. You might
have saved mo that" she said. "Iet
ne 70 away. I wish you hkd never
brought ne hefe.n ...s
And aroes ana went to her. / ben,
over ~ yem9h t2ngo1. Ie6nci,odl hes
With my hand; her son hair brushed
my cheek.
"OIive." said. eff coming here has
brought pain upon you, I wish I had
not. would have died to make you
happy"
And my voice trembled, and nv hand
shook, and she turned her face towards
me again and looked Into my eyes.
What she saw III mine do not know
the truth, think. In hers read this /:
! was not old TO her; not too old to be
love
l stole my arm about her. she did not
untwineit. uttered her name, ''Olive, :"
huskily. Afterwards told her of my
struggle with myself, not then. said !:
''Olive, I love you, but 1t cannot be that
you care for ME. l am old enough to
be your father"
And again saw In her eyes the happy
truth and took her to my heart.
But we kept our secret for . while,
for we both loved Ashton, and both
knew that this wound was not too deep
to find balm; and within q year, when
the boy brought home bride, pretty
creature whom he loved, and who loved
him, I claimed Olive.
And she Is mine now; and the autumn
blossoms Of my heart will only fade OIL
earth to bloom again through all eternity
In paradise.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08
Feet.

10 those unhappy American women
who. when they visit their shoemaker,
are obliged to call, though in faint, NOR
titled tones, for IS or 6s, letter C. Mr..
Burroughs, author of "Winter-Sun-
shine, administers generous comfort.
He says, In commenting upon our ma
tional vanity in ga small, trim foot, well
booted or gathered, }" that "a truly large
and royal nature is never stunted in the
extremities; little foot never suppor-
ted great character" He also adds
at is said that Englishmen, when they
d. st come to this country, are for some
time under the impression that Ameri-
can women all have deformed feet, they
are SO coy Of them, and so studiously
careful to keep them hid"
Again, while discussing, In the same
connection. on the pleasures and
benefits Of walking, Mr.. Burrough re
marks:
When you see an English country
church Withdrawn, secluded. out of the
revel of wheels, standing amid grassy
graves, and surrounded by noble trees,
approached by paths and shaded lanes,
you appreciate more than ever this beau-
Iiful habit Of the people. Only q race
who know how to use their teet, and
holds fOOt-paths sacred, could put such
3 charm OF privacy and humility into
such a structure. think l should be
tempted To 10 to church myself il saw
all my neiS hbOrs starting Of .cross the
fields or long paths that led Ia such
charmed spots, and was sure that |
should not be jOstled or run over by the
rival chariots of the wOrshippers at the
temple doors. think this is what ails
our religion; humility aud devotedness
of heart leave one when he lays of his
walking shoes and walking clothes and
sets out for church drawn by some
thing.
Indeed, I think It would be tanta-
mount to an astonishing revival of re-
ligion if the people would all walk TO
church on Sunday and walk home
again. Think how the stones would
preach to them by the wsyside; how
their humbled minds would warm up
beneath the friction of the gravel; how
their vain and foolish thoughts, their
desponding thoughts, their besetting
demons of one kind and d.another, would
drop behind them. unable to keep up or
TO endure the fresh air. They would
walk away from their ennui, their
worldly cares, their uncharitableness.
their pride of dress; for these devils al
ways want to ride, while the simple vir-
tues are never so happy as when on foot.
Let US walk by all means; but, if we
Will ride, get an ass.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08
GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
BY JOEL STACY.

Etp little grape, dear that clings unto . vim,
Expects some day to ripen its little drop o.
xina
yyry little girl think expects in time 10 b
p,.s,. Ike her own nnnms - esuna -
sweet and FREQ
yyr, little boy who has pocket Of bis own
y,p-c.s to h, the bi. gest man the world h,I
evsr knoSn.
Ey'rr title plgg, wig that mskes its little wall
Expects to te great big p,y with very curl,
yy'ry Ett 9 iAmbkin. too. that frisks upou the
grs-n.
Ixpec.s to be the finest eheep that ever yel
wss seen.
gr'ry little baby colt expects to be borre;
Evry little pup expects 70 be . dog, Of course,
Fy'ry little L tten pet 70 tends and 70 nice,
Expects to be 8 grown-up cat and live on rats
and mice
gv'ry little fluffy chick in downy yellow drest,
E.. ec,s come day to crow and strut, or csckie
at Its best
Evry little baby-bird that peeps from out its
nest
Expects some day to cross the sky from glow
ing East and West
Nov ev'ry hope I've mentioned here will bring
its sur- event
Provided nothing happens. dear. to hinder or
prevent
-S Aio1o,as
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08
The Yosng Cesple's Friend.

At the best, love is fatal to friendship !;
tie most that friendship can do is 10
listen to loves talk of itself and be the
confidant of its rapturOus joys, its
transports oI despair. The lover fam
cies himself all the fonder of his friend
because of his passion for his mistress,
but i'm reality he has no longer any
need of the old comrade. They cannot
talk sanely and frankly any more !;
there is something now that they can-
not share; even if the lover desired to
MAINTAIN the old affectionate relation.
the mistress could not suffer it. The
spectre of friendship is sometimes in
vited to haunt the home of the lovers
after marriage; but when their happi
ness has been Haunted in its face, when
1t has been shown the new house, the
new china, the new carpets, the new
garden. il Ia trcitly exercised, and is
not always called back again except to
be shown the new baby. The young
spouses are ever 20 willing to have the
poor gnost remain; the wife learns
whether It takes two or three Jumps of
sugar In its tea; the husband bids It
smoke anywhere 1t likes, and the wife
smiles \ menacing acquiescence; but
all the same they turn it out-of-dOors.
They praise It when IL is gone, and they
feel % much more comfortable to be
alone.-[W. D. HotcelI's Prirate 1heqtri-
calls in Atlantic.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08
Insect Statistics.

In lSS2 the caterpillars of the brown
tail moth were so numerous as to defO-
late the trees of very large part OF
the South of England The alarm wa:
so great that public prayers were offered
In the churches that the calamity might
be stayed. The poor were paid one
shilling per bushel for collecting cater
pillars webs to be burned under the in
spection of the Overseer of the parish
and four score bushels were collected
daily In some parishes. But on the
other hand, the benefits derived from
the labor of some insects should not be
overlooked; some species feed only on
noxious weeds, and others prey on still
more noxi0us insects. One of the great
est friends of the agriculturist is the
family of the ichneumon flies, which
lay their eggs In the bodies of living
caterpillars, in which they are Matched,
thus destroying them; although the
caterpillar, after being, ,''ichneumoned"
has still voraciOus appetite. The ca
erpillars which feed on the cabbage eat
twice their weight in day; the Larvae
of some of the flesh flies eat a much
much larger proportion than this. The
productive powers of insects vary very
much. Some lay only two eggs; others
such rs the white ant. 40, ,000, 100, laying
them at the rate of sixty a minute. The
queen of the beehive IL capable of lay
ing 50, ,t0J in a season; the female wasp
5000. The majority of insects how
ever, lay but one hundred; i'm general,
the larger the insect, the fewer eggs it
lays. Most inserts have two genera
tons in a year; some have twenty I;
others take seven years from the time
the egg is laid until their death In a
perfect state. But probably not above
hive per cent of the eggs laid become
perfect insects. Our insectivorous birds
are diligent in destroying the larve of
insects, but they will not do all that is
required; hard labor is also needed
London Times.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08

The penRuins arc ia uily of web
fooled buds, with very iDperfectly
developed wings; they Sre found in
immense numlsers around the rocky
cOxais Of the southern Pacific Ocean.
and on the shores If the Cspc of Good
Hope. The aing penguin h one of The
be>t known Of the species: il belongs
tn tine genus apfenodrtes. being particu-
larized by zsnIloRists as apteR0dytes
PeRRaRfii. The bill is slender and
curved nc :he points. which are acute
and the wings are very small, resemb-
ling fins in appearance. and having no
Quill feathers or plumes; they are
therefore unit for purposes of flight.
Indeed, it would appear that this sin
Rular tribe is entirely untitled for ira
yelling through the air, as the homes
have no air chambers, are filed with
marrow. and are very heavy. The feet
are very far back. and the posterior
surface touches the ground as the bird
walks.
Great numbers of these birds were
found in Kerguelen's leland. q rocky
island in the Indian Ocean. by the ex-
peditiOn which travelled thithrr to OBJ
serve the transit of Venus. which took
place ON December 8. 1874. At dis
tance they appear as " hite stationary
bodies; but on approaching. they are
seen to be waddlinR along with an in
describably ludicrous gait, which Ia
made still more absurd by the turned
heads, as the birds look back distrust-
fully at their pursurrs, As the body
sways from side to side. the bird looks
like an animated coat with empty,
swinging sleeves. When attacked at
clOse quarters. the penguins will use
their beaks with considerable effect !;
but their sense Of lielplessness il strong,
~ d they sOou take tO running away.
Being clumsy and .lOw in walking, they
frequently fall on their breasts, and
move their wings Gas il they were in
the water' like fins. When conRreRa-
ted in numbers. they will unite tn resist
an attack, and will form a close pha-
lanx. They are frequently killed for
the sake of their skins, which are COW
eied On the breast with fur, close
feathers of remsi kable sOftDess. and
are used. in place of furs, for wearing
apparel. They are generally slsugh-
tered by being knocked on the head
with . club; hut sometimes they are
taken alive with . las<0 thrown over
the head. Ii they can reach the water.
they can usually elude the pursuer, a.
they swim and dive with asI Ouishing
rapidity. remaining under water tor
come time and ieappearing ut n con-
siderable distances from the place of
firsr immersion.
The king penguin, the largest of the
species, has au orange tinted breast,
Which becomes white near the abdO-
men. The back is gra, ish black, and
the front and back are separated by q
sharply deiinifive line Of steel gray
color. They stand about Q feet 8 inches
high, and their plumpness gives them
weight. Their diet eau
ses the hesh to be rank and fishy, but
1t is eaten by the natives of some coun-
triea
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08

Few persons know, and still less ap-
preciate, the resources of Japan. Ever
sine the famous Perry expedition and
the subsequent opening of some portions
Of the country to ''foreigners," the land
has been almost myth to the civilized
word. Even encyclopedias Of recent
date fail to give the products of the
country. Thanks to the Centennial
Exhibition we are about to increase
our knowledge Of the capabilities of this
peculiar people. In mechanism espe-
cially we are learning something, by an
inspection of the building now In the
course of erection upon the Centennial
grounds. No cabinet work by the
most expert joiner has ever excelled
the structure which Is now going up
under the exclusive control of Japanese
mechanics. Their tools excite derIsion
la sOme quarters, but that they are ef-
fective Is shown by the character and
finish of the work. Outside of this the
general exhibitors will reveal some of
the wonders of Japan. No less than
ninety contributors have already entered
their goods, and these embrace articles
which will cause amazement 10 our
people.
In agricultural products there will be
displays of plums, peaches, ounces,
pears. apricOts, persimmons and all the
other delicate fruit of which we thought
We had monopoly. In minerals the
display will be especially noticeable,
and will include specimens of iron,
lead, silver, coal steel. plumbago, blend;
and in chemicals, copperas, yItriol, sui
phur, and, indeed, all the articles
known to our ow;. laboratories. Textile
fabrics will make fine show. Silk,
cotton and wOollen goods are among the
Articles. OF course there is an expects
tion of seeing specimens of japanese
wood work, especially the we'll known
lacqurred ware. There will bt no dis
appointment In this direction. Nearly
every exhibitOr-and the ninety re-
present nearly every province in Japan
sends bamboo work, writing desks,
vases, trays, bowls, glove boxes and
vessels for holding sweetmeats. Incense
cups are also largely represented.
In bronze ware there will he several
braziers for warming hands, together
with vases, trays and other articles.
Strange rs it may sound, there will
even be All exhibit of beer glasses. This
will be supplemented by china ware,
wicker work, all in the form of domestic
Paper and straw work will
also form one Of their exhibits, and al
together, xglance at the ninety invoices,
Indicates that great surprise Is in store
for those who may be fortunate enough
to witness the gOods when exhibited
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08
A West India Hurricane.

In the year 1866, occurred the most
terrible Hurricane experienced i'm the
West India Islands, during the present
century.
The ocean rolled completely over Hog
Island into the harbOr of Nassau, in
surges SC enormous, that the crest was
even with the gallery of the lighthouse,
sixty feet above the sea.
Houses aud forests went down before
the wind like reels; mary which with
stood it force when IL blew from north
east collapsed when it shifted to south
west. In twenty-fOur hours the city
was like q town sacked and burned by
the enemy, and q large part Of the
wealth accumulated during the war
had disappeared into thin air. The
Islands have never entirely recovered
from the blow.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08
"Ariisaic" Houses.

The curious chaos and confusion into
which the age is plunged in respect to
all the principles OF the arts of Orna-
mentatiOn. and its incapacity either 20
originate anything, or even to see the
Necessity of working with its own ma
terials for its own uses, Instead OF max
ing clumsy adaptations of things out of
date, which were made for habits ell
tirely different, is nowhere better ex-
empiified than in those last new modes
of furnishing which hurry the ignorant
from auction to auction in search of the
novelties of the old-fashioned. The
amount of absolute falsity involved,
the newly-fabricated old china, with
all its marks and evidences more con-
vincing than reality, and the newly
made-up old furniture, sticky with glue
and varnish, Is almost less offensive
than the fundamental ictitiousness of
the attempt to make a room Of QUEEN
Victoria's time look like room OF
Queen Anne's, If nOt-heaven save the
mark-of Queen Elizabeth's. The ages in
which art has reached its highest have
always been those in which she has
worked with the materials nearest to
her hand, and i'm order to supply the
natural requirements of existing life.
with nothing more than a just respect
for the past, but no servility of defer
ence to its example or over regard for
tradition. But the very idea Of any,
thing 20, or original to be produced
among ourselves ceases to be enter
tanned by the superior classes. Our
rooms are becoming museums, aud
WardOur street Is sort of Mecca to
which the devOut continually turn
their faces. The man who sets forth
innOcently to pay round of visits to
half dozen recently married friends
may calculate on sweeping gi.O across
two or three centuries, through, medieval
Germany and flowery Renaissance
France, with flight into the East, all
in The course Of an afternoon. In one
house old oak will frown ON him from
every side; in another delicate mar
quetry will thrust iis curved legs In his
way; in another he will have y Chip
pendale chair TO sit down In, and tiled
fireplace to contemplate, and will not
be able to move without brushing up
against some collection of cracked tea
pots or array of old plates against the
wall; while, last of all perhaps, he will
reach drawing-room decorated like All
Eastern tent, with Arab rugs OIL the
floor, and cool mattings aud rea-green
draperies to keep out the light OF q
November dav-each one Of them being
. sign aud token Of the absolute uncer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08

defined and brilliant auroras, precede
rain twenry-four 70 sixty hours.
Z. Barometer rising or falling con-
botjss failing wsafheF, subject to modi-
fying Influences Of the neighb9ring
ri = q mpntrtns anil hilis, <-.s
. Prscsp1Iatlon generally 50l1ows {
rapid indux or re6ux Of atmosphere.
9. Ii wind Is IN the southwest and
rain sets in, the rain is of short dura-
tion and light yield.
10. Banks Of water clouds or heavy
haze on the south and southeastern hori-
zOn Indicate rain.
H. An area OF low barometer at or
near Fort Monroe and running up the
coast surely reaches here a. a north
caster.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08

We are born in hope; we pass our
childhood In hope; we are governed by
hope through the whole course of our
lives; and in our last moments hope is
flattering to US, and not till the beating
If the heart shall cease will It's benign
influence leave Us.
When spring unlocks the flowers It
paints the laughing SOIL. Heber.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08

Z 144r 49, 3ne - 80 eD6 0f n
- 8 Isa5s she saf'
- en q other
- : s 8: 8: s. :: : :;
can afford the luxury the ambition ol
furnishing house in some altogether
esthetical and exquisite way, with a
perfection which no one has attained
before. Novelty, indeed, is very rarely
attained, or II attained lasts but q very
shurt time. 20 eager are the next batch
OF neophytes to emulate and excel their
predecessors. But oddity and inappro-
priaieness are easily attained: aud as
houses unfortunately cannot be ordered
In character, the contrast Of the four
square London Victorian walls, looking
down cynically aud sturdily upon the
outlsndish gzrni<hing TO which they
are subject, givee . point TO the joke
which nothing can surpass. And X is
worth noticing that these elaborate and
circle ''artistic, seem to be gradually
pushing out altogether from tue decOra-
tion Of the English house the higher
developments Of art. Old platee which
one time in . hundred may be worth
preserving In . COLLECTION, and perhaps
one time In . dozen (Which Is liberal)
might be an ornament to the dinner
table, are now strung up upon the walls
where pictures once hung; or what Is
still worse than plates. gzudy Japanese
fans made for the cheap use Of celestial
PEASANTS, but which English ladies and
gentlemen arrange with simple pride
upon their walls, and look upon with q
delightful modest consciousness OF su-
periOr txste. If, perhaps, those dimsy
decorations take the place here and
there Of the staring portraits with which
we were once familiar, there Is . GER
tain compensation Ina them; but surely
. pretty watel-col0r drawing or good
pfiue b . higher aod more refined Kind
Of decoration than paper fans and din
uer. plateau We have nothing to say
against dainty glimmer Of pretty old
china in corner, or the use Of Japan
ese fan when it may happen to serve
purpose, and give quaint little touch
Of color to wall en- attendant the mo-
ment when 1t may shield q lady's face
from the fire. or even hide her yawn in
4 dull interview, or help a pleasant
dirtation. Such legitimate and reason
able uses give sanction to anything;
but ''the artistic feeling" which sub
stitutes this kind of foolish ornament
for pictures is surely any thing but an
upon the old traditions of
decoration. Photographs are the only
pictures popular i'm such aesthetic house.
holds, aud particularly those dubiOusly
ones which are ''taken direct"
from famous pictures; and are, there |
fore. with curious mxuer-of-fact COM
placency. assumed to be more ''true"
II an any other rendering-just as some
unhappy critics will assert In face Of
reason that horrible black libel on a
lovely face ''must be like, you know"
u II is done By the sun himself.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08

The tao Blls.-TWo bills were wait
ling in the bank for their turn to 30 out
| infs the wurld. 0oe Was = little bill
| only one dollar the ether was . bie
| bill. 4 tbuuannd dollar bill.
WktIo laying thsee otag b. ui1es they
fell talking about their usofulnoss.
The dollar bill murmured out:
'Ah! il | were ~ big - You, what
good | would do could move in such
high places, and people would be so
careful of me, wherever | should 90
Everybody would admire me. and want
tu take me home with them; but.
small as ! am. what good can | do !
nobody cares much for me. ! am too
little tO he of any use.'
"Ah, yes that is sO.n aaid the thou
sand dollar bill and il gathered up its
we'll trimmed edge that WAS lying next
the little bill IN conscious superiority.
That is sO," it repeated eff you were
as great as | am, thousand times big
ger than you, then you might hope to
do some good in the world" and its
face smiled q wrinkle of conte mpt for
the little dollar bill.
Just then the cashier comes, takes
the little mutmuring bill, aud kindly
gives it to pOOr widow.
''G"d bless you! !" she cries, as with
smiling face she receives it. "My
dear hungry children can now have
some bread"
A thrill of joy ran through the little
bill rs ir was folded mp in the widows
hand, and it whispered. II may do
come guod; if am small" And when
it saw the bright faces of her father
less children, it was very glad that ir
could do little g,Wd.
Then the little dollar bill began its
journey to usefulness. IL went FIRST to
the bakers for bread, then to the mil
l-r's, then To the farmers, then to the
then to the-d0ctOr's, then to
the minister's, aud wherever it went it
gave pleasure, adding something to
their comfort and Joy.
At last. after q long, long pilgrimage
Of usefulness among every r0rt of pe0-
Pile, it came back to the bank again,
crumpled, defaced, ragged, sOftened bv
It's daily use. Seeing the thousand dol
lar bill lying there, with scarcely q
wrinkle or finger-mark upon it, it ex-
claims:
"Pray, sir. and what has been your
mission of usefulness
The big bill replies: have been
from safe to safe among the rich. where
few could see. and they were afraid to
ct me go out far lest | should be lost.
Few indeed are they whom I have
made happier by my mission"
Then the little dollar bill said 1t il
better to be small and g0 among the |
multitude doing good. than to be so
great as to be imprisoned in the safes |
,f the few" And it rested satisfied |
With its lot.