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The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-04-27

+. Clark of the Mahaska County Savings
Bank, returned from the east where he
bought mammoth and magnificent safe
for the new bank building, paying there
fore, $4,000. 1t is beauty, and furnished
with one of the Chronometer locks, which
cannot be opened by any one, even the
one who closes it, until the hour on which
it is set arrives. Robert Finkbine, some
times called Bob" the architect, was in
town last week looking over the ground,
and will soon commence the work. Judge
Blanchard's goes up at same time.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-04-27

Hull again-Read.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-04-27

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The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-04-27

goods cheap as the cheapest 34-w1
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-04-27

When you want fine parlor set of fur
niture go to Phelps & Gould, south side.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-04-27

Morehead s. Co. will pay the highest
cash price for produce. 4-w1
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-04-27

Ladies call and see the splendid line of
hosiery at WILLARD & LORING's,
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-04-27

Jim Proudfit has refitted his room, and
everything is now in first class order. "a
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-04-27

If you want Cord Alpaca for Is cents
90 to WILLARD & LoRING's.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-04-27

Call at Fl. Snyder's and get nice House
Plant-just from the Green House. A.wl
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
Massive Furnfuure.

Another modern tendency that seems
TO have nearly run the length Of its
tether, is toward what is generally
spoke en- of as mdssire furniture. We
have been making our furniture so
heavy of late, that the amount of solid
wood in 1t, added to the carving, inlay
ing, and veneering with different woods,
has made it very expensive. OF course
the BOwery and Canal street have fol-
lowed Broadway and Fifth Avenue,
and we can hardly tell cheap furniture
from dear, by the price. The so-cailed
"Eastlake" furniture has much to do
with keeping up the tendency we speak
of. The one thing the designers of it
seem to be after is to make it look
"solid," and the one thing they seem
In constant dread of is that it shall be
graceful or elegant. Some of the pro-
ductions of the mills that turn out this
uncomfortable lumber are wonderful to
behold. One is not surprised TO hea-
of people being killed by such furni-
ture falling on them. Most of it would
look clumsy in an Italian palace. In
our American parlors and bed rooms it
is not at home. Many persons, how
ever, " no do not like 1t in a parlor
think it is just the thing for dining
room. Why We should consider that
the furniture of the dining-room ought
to be so much heavier than that of the
parlor, do no: know.-ScFibner's
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18

Women have their own place both in
nature and society; place beautiful,
important, ennobling. and delightful,
if they would but think so, if they would
but care to make it so. But with the
curse of discomfort resting on them
from the beginning, they prefer to spoil
the work of men rather than to try and
perfect their own. Say, of their own
special work, what is perfected to such
high degree of excellence as warrants
their leaving it to take care of itself
while they go to manipulate something
else? The servant question in all its
branches annoys and harasses every
one; but this, essentially a wOman's
question, circumstance of that part of
life which is organized, administered,
and for the larger proportion fulfilled
by women, is confessedly in state of
chaos and disorder, paralleled by none
other Of our social arrangements. The
extravaganza of living, Of dress, of ap-
poiutments, which is one part of the
servant disorder-because maids, being
women, will trick themselves out in f.
merry to attract as much admiration as
their mistresses; and men, being ami
mails. will gorge where their masters
feast-whence do these come save from
women, rulers of society, regulators of
modes and fashions as they are? Do
the husbands order the dinners or de-
eide the length of the train, and the
fashion of the dress? If ladies choose
that the rule of life should be one Of no
BILE simplicity, beautiful, artistic, full of
meaning and delight, tie false Orna-
nient and meretricious excess with
which We are over weighted now would
fall from us, and the servant question
among others would get itself straight.
1t Is matter of fashion, not necessity,
and the mot d. ordre comes from above.
But where is the spirit Of organization,
the resolution to meet difficulties, the
courage Of self-control, through which
alone great movements are made and
great reforms ledr The women who
want to influence the councils Of the
empire, to have voice In the making OF
laws which are to touch and reconcile
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
The Soul of Wine.

1t is difficult to describe the soul of
the human body, and il is almost as
difficult to describe the bouquet for
it Is the soul of the wine. 1t is an aro-
matte flavor which constitutes one of
chief excellences, and gives the liquid
its especial character. There Is a GER
tain degree of mystery concerning the
soul of wine which SO far has not been
satisfactorily determined. Most wine
makers believe, however, that this
aroma with which the wine is impreg-
mated Is born of the skin of the grape.
and this belief has given rise to prac
tice existing since many a day, of
hanging bunch of ripe and well-con-
ditiOned grapes in the cask until fer
mentatiOn ceases. This rich perfume
and flavor differs according to different
wines, appearing in some like the taste
of vIOlets, in others like that of rasp-
berries or Strawberries, or combining
together something analogous to the
three. OF the most perfect in this way
of the rich purple wines of the GirOnde
are, Latitte, Chateau Margaux, and
Haut BriOn; and of the Cote dor, such
as RichebOurg. Romance Cont, Clos
NOugeot, and Chambertin. But To de-
scribe the bouquet" as resembling the
perfume of any flower and the taste of
any fruit, gives only a suggestive idea
of what it really is. According to a
discovery of Liebig. It comes from the
presence of a small portion of the
ethereal substance which he calls
&nanthic ether. Ii appears To affect
the strength of the bouquet. although
il Is of intinitesimal quantity, but the
characteristic of the bouquet still fur
ther depends ON little volatile OIL
which the wine also contains. This
approximative explanation is the best
which has yet been given of this pecu
liar vInous flavor over which epicureaD
poets have so long rhapsodized. The
cunning mixer of adulterated wines
may produce something which will de-
ceive the ordinary palate in every other
quality belonging to it save that of the
bOuqet. The bees wing" the ''thick
crust on the bottle" and ''loss of
strength from great age" and all the
other signs of quality may be initiated
more or less successfully, but the mys-
terry which surrounds the chief virtue
of wine will probably for ever remain
veiled. happily for those who drink of
1.-THE Gdlary.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
The Ship Rat.

An English periodical, Al The Year
Round, contains an article on a kind Of
rats which infest ships. The following
is an extract:
When the East India Company had
ships of their own they employed a rat
catcher, who sometimes caught 500 rats
in one ship just returned from Calcutta.
The rat is the black species. Sometimes
black and brown inhabit the same yes.
sci, and, unless they carry on perpetual
hostilities, the one party will keep to
the head of the vessel and the other to
the stern. A captain of an American
ship is credited Tor discredited) with an
ingenious bit ofsharp practice as ameans
of clearing his ship from rats. Having
discharged his cargo at port in Hol-
land. he found his ship in juxtaposition
to another which had just taken In a
cargo of Dutch cheese. He laid plank
at night from one vessel to the other.
The rats, tempted by the odor, trooped
along the plank and began their feast.
He took care that the plank should not
be there to serve them as a pathway
back again; and so the cheeseladen ship
had cruel addition to its outward car
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18

among the Greeks, and we're offered at
Apollo's shrine, wrought in precious
metals.
Parsnips were raised and brought
from the Rhine TO add to the luxuries
Of Tiberius' table.
Beets were most esteemed centuries
ago, and carrots were in such repute in
Queen Elizabeth's reign that the ladies
of her court adorned their huge struc-
lures Of false hair with their feathery
plumes.
Peas at Elizabeth's court were very
rare, and were imported from Holland
as great delicacy.
Fruits were also in great repute
among the ancients.
The currant was cultivated centuries
ago in European gardens, and was
called the COrinthlan grape.
Evely in his charming diary, speaks
of his berries as Corinth's, hence the
name Of currant.
The damson plum was extensively
cultivated at Damascus, whence its
name.
The cherry came from Crosus, a city
of Pontus, and the delicious peach,
king Of fruits, was first known In Per-
sia.
The ounce was holy fruit dedica-
ted to the goddess of love, and was
called Cydonian apple.
Pears are as ancient as apples, and
are mentioned among the Paradisal
fruits.
Grapes were known at a very remote
period, and are often mentioned in the
Bible.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
Anec aose ofa Newton ndland Dog.

Agentleman connected with the New
fouDdland fishery was once possessed of
dog of singular fidelity and sagacity.
On one occasion a boat and crew in
his employ were in circumstances of
considerable peril, just outside line of
breakers. which-owing to some change
in wind or weather-had, since the de-
parture Of the boat, rendered the re-
turn passage through them most hazar-
dous. The spectators on shore were
quite unable to render any assistance to
their friends afloat. Much time had
been spent, and the danger seemed to
increase rather than diminish. Our
friend, the dog, looked on for length
of time, evidently aware Of their being
great cause for anxiety in those around.
Presently, however, he took to the wa
ter, and made his way through to the
boat. The crew supposed he wished to
join them, and made various attempts
to induce him to come aboard, but no !!
he would not 60 within their reach, but
continued swimming about short dis
lance from them. After while, and
several comments on the peculiar con-
duct of the dog, one of the hands sud
denly OWNED his apparent meaning ::
Give him the end of rope" he said !;
'that is what he wants." The rope
was thrown-the dog seIzed the end in
an instant, turned round, and made
straight for the shore; where few min
utes afterwards boat and crew-thanks
to the intelligence Of their four footed
friend-were placed safe and undam-
aged. Was there no reasoning here? No
acting with a view to an end, or for
given motive? Or was it nothing but
ordinary instinct.-The Zoologist.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
The Little People OF the sea.

The latest investigation into deep sea
life shows that the vast area lying be-
meath the ocean Is covered with sim
pie animal life, boundless in extent, and
infinite in variety. Under conditions
too rigid and severe to permit the
growth of the humble sea-weed, these
creatures live, and multiply, and die.
Far beyound the reach of light, in q
glacial temperature and under enormous
pressure, exists this wonderful fauna.
AS we strip the mystery of vitality of
garment after garment, as Its conditions
become fewer and its mode of existence
less complex, the wonder, instead of be-
coming less, constantly grows upon the
mind. The human intellect longs to
find a commensurate physical cause for
the effect which we call life. When, as
In the higher organic beings. the con-
ditions are many and the process COM
plicated, and the phenomenon of vitality
does not seem so puzzling, antecedent
seems to bear some sort of proposition
to consequent. The mind rarely trou-
bles itself to make some distinctions
between complicated machinery and
motive power. A liberal display of
wheel-wOrk is adequate to account for
results without any reference to the
initial force. But as we contemplate
the life of the protozOa, which reign
supreme in the oceans depths, we see
the awful and mysterious problem pre-
sented in its simplest terms; forms of
existence which are fOrmless, organisms
possessing no organs, life contradicting
the very definitions of life and yet per-
forming all its essential proportions.
The conditions, complex and multitu
dinous, under which we live are here
reduced TO two or three; the elements,
many and bewildering, which enter
into ordinary statements of the problem
are here eliminated, and yet we are
forced to recognize the same principle
giving functional activity to a mass of
structureless jelly which animates the
highest organic beings.
When we see this fOrmless life
governed by laws, each in itself as in
exorable as that which guides the roll
ing planets, and all in their various
as flexible as those which
control our human existence, We feel
the sense of awe which a whisper from
the unseen world would send thrilling
our nerves. We are standing
face to face with life stripped Of its
conditions. 1t looks us in the
eyes as the disembOdied ghost of the
life now so familiar to us.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
The Moral Character Of the Oyster.

With the first day Of September the
oyster comes again into favor and ia.
vor, and as he is to associate with the
men and women of tfis land upon
terms OF the closest intimacy during
the whole of the next eight months, II
is worth while perhaps to inquire re
specting his condition of life and his
moral character.
AS to his fortune, a punster has al.
ready said of him that his case Is most
uncommonly hard; that it is his fate,
peaceful as he is, to perish in many a
foreign broil; and it be added that he is
often in hot water and perpetually in
stew of one Kind or another.
In temper he is even mild to placid
iry, although he is sometimes slightly
ruffled, on his edges at least. He is
quiet always, and usually well behav-
ing, and yet he participates in nearly
every scene of debauch and revelry. He
frequents midnight suppers, and is the
ompanion (the bosom companion We
may say) Of wild fellows of every de-
gree. He makes no noise, does no quar-
reling, but he is present in well nigh
every riotous company, aud is found
at the table with wines and liquors of
every kind, name and quality.
In himself, so far as his personal be-
havior is concerned, the oyster is per-
fectly respectable, and the gentlemen
have him at the table without scruple I;
but there can be no doubt that his name
is suggestive of dissoluteness and dissi-
patton, precisely as the horse, noble as
he is, is indissOlubly associated in our
minds with certain forms Of kravery
and jockeyism sin al! its branches" as
the street signs say. Dickens. We be-
lieve il was, who pointed out the fact
that the moment that any man falls
into the poverty which comes of drunk
enness and idlenrss he begins to eat
oysters as regular diet, and, notwith-
standing the high estimation in which
most of us hold this mollusk, his name
somehow suggests tsirregularity of ofliving,
late hours, unwholesome haunts and
potations of gin.
Nevertheless he is fine fellew, and
we csnnot spare him from the list of
friends whom We are always glad to see
at dinner. There is placidity in his
bearing, decOrum in his conduct,
which give us confidence in him,
and wherever he is met he is sure of a
hearty welcome.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
stage Floral Language.

Thara yu t-sfnriac annnarfaA vn-ifh
,ba nra,,r AL osar;nns r,;,h yhich
,h, ,,ra,;, ao,ross or ,ha h,,dson,a
antrols IL nraSen,ed tbot Tho amd;encs
Ln,,.s 80 ~. I;,,Io -, - Too
nf,on ore tho hnnnu.ts snm.,;m.s 80
Iavisblv sbowered unon a favor;,e ac,
trsss mere business sbamS oftsnar ,hey
orc a ,neans of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS an1
49, soldon, ,ho ros,I, oT n,,ra ;,,,,Isa
Wb,t ia known ne tbe business hopnuet
Is sb.mafnI fr.nd on OH bry those
,vbo,, !, raach.s and This l. aan.raII,,
acme asn;ring ac,ress who nnrshassd !,
to he nresented m her ar n time wbeT, it
ia likely m attract the most attention !.
that is when tba nerform.nce ;s about
half tbrouob and the actress has inst
sung or nisved some i,nnortant mart
Those who aitend m the nresent;ng re
usually boobies. foolish enouob t5 he.
l;ava ,b.t tbav are loved I'm rsturp for
their iirtIe favor CommonIv ts.ese are
Lnoyn ne .ssmashers ,, Tho s.hus;ness
bououet,, is nsed for the same nurnose
Sometimes ever pigbt for a wa.t haing
carefuIIv snriniled and ..sal,ed,' when
no, In ,,Sa
Tbe messsrr.r ho,oust il an ent;reIv
d;1aron, a,Ta;r of,en aieg,n, and cos,IE
and ;s used for on;te different nnr,
nose moro bonest OF Ieas, than a ..hnsj-
ness houonet, ), It generaIIv contains
NOTE from the sender who is either an
old hald- -beadded Sat,n or some very
voung snront Who has heen .sstnct,, he
dresses cnt too short reones,;ng an in
tro,,uct;on On ;ntery;ew = drive nor.
hans an inyiration to dinner but- at all
balards on answer To sncb q nresent
,be the, renlv"wb;cb is only roo often and
wiJ,inpiy givanI;s litew;se a aoral
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18

A correspondent Of the Tyrone Qre-
land) Constitution states that a young
white shark was captured by the crew
of post boat between Bofiin Island and
the mainland. Notwithstanding lis
small size flour feet 1t proved on the
narrow space astern to be most unman-
ageable and dangerously active. In
dropping upon the stern sheets it seized
female passenger by the leg, infiicting
bad wound. Fortunately the grip had
not been fairly taken, and the woman In
her fright freed the limb. 1t was evil
dent there could be no truce now, and
the boatman, planting both feet upon
the sharks back, held the gaff firmly in
the left hand. and, plying his knife with
a will, severed the head and body. Dur
ing this operation, with native fierce
ness, the shark held on by the woman,
retaining a mouthful of her petticoats,
and only after the body had been tossed
overheard were the jaws pried open TO
free her from the savage death-grip.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
Age OF Vegetables.

The species Of vegetables We now
cultivate have been raised and eaten
for centuries. Even before the Chris
tian era many Of them were in use.
Lettuce has been used at the table
for thousands of years. Herodotus tells
us that 1t was served at the royal table
centuries before the Christian era, and
one of the noble families of Rome de-
rived its name from this plant.
Spinach, asparagus and celery have
been cultivated and eaten among tie
Eastern nations for thousands of years.
Jesus took the mustard seed as the ex-
ponent Of parable, showing that 1t
was esteemed among the Jews.
Radishes were known and grown
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
A RHYME OF ONE.

lou sleep upon your mothers breast,
Your race begun.
welcome. long = wished-for-g guest
Whose age is One.
A baby-boy. you wonder why
You cannot run;
You try to talk-how hard you try,
You're only One.
Ere long you won't be such Ounce
You'd eat your bun.
And fly your kite. like folk who once
We're only One
You'll rhyme and WOO. and fight. and joke.
Perhaps you'll pun;
Such feats are never done by folk
Before they're One.
Some day. too, You may have your joy.
And envy none;
Yea you. yourself may own boy
Who isn't One.
He'll dance. and laugh and crow. he'll do
As you have done;
You crown . happy home, tho you
Are only One.l
But when he's grown shall you be here
To share his fun
And talk Of days when he (the dear)
Was hardly One5
Dear child. it's your poor lot to be
Ny little son;
I'm glad, though am old. you see,
While you are one
Frederick Locker. ia CornhiN Ma odzi,.e.