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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-17
LATEST DISPATCHES.
Especial to the Daily Lyon Comfy
Times.
Death OF Lander County's Sheriff

UeHtn OF LHuUtr CUUHty SHeIfH'
AUSTIN, New, April 16.--John IL.
Emery, Sheriff of this county, died
of pneumonia this afternoon. Flags
throughout the city are at half-mast
in respect to his memory. Deceased
was member of Austin Lodge No.
10, |. O. O. F., and his funeral will
take place under the auspices Of that
society Tomorrow
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-17
Odd Fellows Centennial.
Horse Race and Other Gambling,

There was a two-mire ana repeat
race at Oakland Park yesterday, for
purse of $4,000, between "Dirigo,"
''Red Cross" Long john" "Gold
Note" and "Henry." "Red Cross
won the first heat in 5:06M. "Hcn-
~" took the second in $50 and
Gold Note" the third and fourth
and the race in 5 061 and 5:12.
Complaints are again made that
the faro banks recently closed are
again running.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-17
More Silver Troubles.

SAN Francisco, April 16.-Some
doubts have been expressed in regard
to the assertion that silver coin will
flow from the East to this State as
soon as the redemption of fractional
currency is commenced. A merchant
In this city has already an order in
New York for large amoGnt OF
silver to be shipped here as soon as it
can be obtained for fractional curren-
cy or greenbacks. One of the banks
in this city has 100000 in silver coin
now en- route from New York, and
it is believed in well informed circles
that such shipments will continue
until silver again touches a discount
when such transactions will be no
Iopror nrnfita hln
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29
low to Find Ont whom Any Given
Person Will Marry

1t doesn't require any astrologer, or
medium, or gypsy with a dirty pack of
cards. 1t is very simple, lies in a nut
shell, and can be expressed in a very
few words. The plan is this. If girl
expresses fondness for majestic men
with large whiskers, make up your
mind that she will marry very small
man with none. If she declares that
"mind" is all she looks for, expect to
see her stand before the altar with a
very pretty fellow who has just sense
enough to tie cravat bow. If, on the
contrary, she declares she must have a
handsome husband, look about for the
plainest person in the circle of her ac-
quaintaince, and declare "that is the
man, "for it will be. Men arealmostas bad.
The gentleman who desires a wife with
a mind and mission marries lisping
baby, who screams at sight of amouse,
and hides her face when she hears a
sudden knock at the door. And the
gentleman wro dreaded anything like
strong-mindedDess, exults in the fact
that his wife is everything he detested.
If girl says of one, "Marry him! I'd
rather dep look upon the affair as
settled, and expect cards to the we'd
ding of these two people. If a man re-
marks of lady, "Not my style at all, {"
await patiently the appearance of his
name in the matrimonial column in
connection with that lady's. And, if
any two people declare themselves
"friends, and nothing more," you may
know what will come next.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29

Refinement is not fastidioushess. 1t
is not luxury. 1t is nothing of this kind.
1t is far removed from excess or waste.
A person truly refined will not squander
or needlessly consume anything. Re-
finement, on the contrary, is always al
lied to simplicity and a judicious and
tasteful employment of the means of
good and happiness which it has at
command. 1t seeks to divest itself of
superhuities and aspires continually to
the utmost possible purity. Refinement
leads TO personal cleanliness and ele-
CANT neatness, good taste and simplic-
ity in dress. All "loudness" or "flashi-
ness" is repugnant to its spirit. In its
home and neutrality-suspicious. pal
atial, affiuent, or humble-the same
chasteness and natural grace is main
tanned. The abode of genuine refine
ment and mere pretender to 1t are very
different. In the former you will find
no excess, gaudiness. or false glittering /;
but the latter abounds in it. In per-
sonal manner, refinement is most con-
spicuOus. A man of refinement is al
ways polite without flourish, gentle
without effeminaney, and conslderate
without stiffness. Display and cere-
mOny are not identical with refinement,
and are poor substitutes for it. There
is of course no refinement like that of
the heart, which impels its possessor to
show on all occasions thoughtful and
kindly regard for the feelings of others.
No adherence to etiquette can compare
with it for the spontaneous observation
of true and gratifying politeness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29

1t was my good fortune often to hear
Webster at Faneuil Hall in his palmiest
days. l have seen him when every
nerve was quivering with excitement,
when his gestures were most violent,
when he was shouting at the top of his
clarion voice, when the lightnings of
passion were playing across his dark
face as upon athundercloud. marked
the terrible effect, when, after repeated
assaults, each more damaging than the
preceding-upOn the position of an op-
ponent, he launched with superhuman
strength the thunderbolt that sped
straight to its mark, and demolished all
before it. The air seemed filled with
the reverberations of the deep. mouthed
thunder.
In speech which he delivered In
Boston shortly after Qualification"
times, l remember his referring to
Haynes speaking of "one Nathan
Dane" Mr.. Webster always considered
Dane as the author of the celebrated
Northwestern Ordinance, by which that
large territory was consecrated forever
to freedom. He exclaimed, very scorn-
fully: 'Mr. Hayne calls him one Ma
than Dane? tell yon, fellow-citizens,
that, as the author of the Northwestern
Ordinance, Nathan Danes name is as
immortal as if it was written on yonder
armament, blazing forever between
Orion and Pleiades." 1t is impossible
TO give an idea of the effect which Web
ster's delivery of these words produced.
Throwing back his head, raising his
his face toward the heavens, lifting
both arms in front of him, and pointing
upwards to the overarching sky, SO
magnificent was his attitude, and so
thrilling the tones of his voice, that we
almost seemed to see the starry charac-
tiers shining in eternal luster upon the
armament. The effect was sublime. l
have never seen 1t equaled upon the
stage, not even by the greatest actor
american La,o Rerie,c.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29

to take the measure Of the shrewish
Katharine; nor has the custom, as Is
pretty well known, quite gone out yet.
Some critics, in their heat, blame the
ladies for the sometimes uncOuth fash
ions that invade society; as a fact per-
sons of their own sex are the culprits.
The ladies bnt submit to long -estab-
lished and very obstinate depotism. 1t
is but matter of justice to declare that
the 'pull-back' and the 'bustle' were
the products of some masculine brains.
1t saves the reputation of the gentler
sex for taste, and all that can be said is
that the ladies have not the masculine
trait, courage to defy the fashion
tyrants. History records that French
medical student invented the hustle,
and an American gentlemen the crinO-
line; and we suspect that every fashion
that has been decried as a deformity
may be traced to a masculine source.
The Partisan despots must be unearthed
and depOsed before we can hope for a
reform in the creation of fashion. We
are quite sure that, if they were super
ceded by fashion-court of intelligent
ladies. dresses might vary in form, but
would never cease to be graceful.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29
Feminine Fashions and Masculine
Critics.

"Pray, SIR" said a fair anonymous
correspondent of the Spectator, ''what
have you to do with our petticoats:"
The substance of the same question is
very often asked in these days by
ladies who are called to task for their
extravaganza or want of taste in dress.
Not long since long and certainly elO-
quent complaint was made by an ardent
''women's rights advocate Of the on
slaught made by masculine critics on
each new fashion as it comes into vogue.
Yet it may be doubted whether our
wives, sisters, and daughters, in gener-
al, would be any more inclined to echo
the complaint than to follow its auther
into the heat and dust of the conflict for
woman suffrage. Our ladies, undoubt-
edly, like to have their male kind take
notice of their toilets and attire; they
are frankly pleased when their careful
Iy-prepared devices to array themselves
are complimented; and we suspect that
they would rather be criticised on this
score than have their pains 60 for moth
ing. The author of book prays for q
"slashing criticism" in preference to
being utterly ignored; and, for less
mereenary reason, Ophelia is better
satisfied to be told that pink is less
adapted to her complexion than magen-
Ia, than she is when her husband tells
her next morning that he really
thought she wore blue. 1t is to the
credit of the ladies that they dress, in
very many cases, to please the sex Of
blunter tastes; and, as to extravaganza,
the domestic chancellor of the exche-
quer has assuredly the right-and the
sensible ladies freely accord ito al
lude to the annual estimates.
Besides, the young lady who SO sharp
ly took the Spectator to task was posi-
bly, ignorant or forgetful of certain men
who have, and always must have, a
great deal to do with our "petticoats. I"
For some of these, Worth of Paris, is q
brilliant example. Is it not fact that
not only the makers, manufacturers,
jobbers, and sellers Of laces and silks,
are men, but that the fashioners of these
fabrics into elaborate, careful, and in
geuious robes, the people who measure
for them and cut them out, are men
also? Not only so, but the mysterious
creators of the often bizarre and start
ling fashions which lends new life to
trade and feminine ambition every
month or two are little coterie Of FASH
ion-draughtsmen, hid away in some
street of Paris. We know that in Shake
speare's time men-dressmakers were
extant, for it was such a one who came
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29
Usury I'm India.

The people of India are a very i'm
prOvident race if a story told by the
Pail Mall Gazette is true. Some years
ago Christian capitalist advanced to a
EuIasian co -religiOnist the sum of S2J
on the borrowers personal security, the
interest paid to be at the rate of 75 per
cent. per anDum. At the end of two
years, no interest having been paid,
the debtor gave his note for the
amount then due, the rate of interest
being fixed at 100 per cent. Three
years more passed and there was a
fresh settlement. About this time the
debtor obtaining an increase of salary,
began to devote a moiety of his salary
to the extinguishment of his debt, sue
ceeding SO well that at the time of his
death few years later, he had reduced
the amount due to the comparatively
small figure of FIVE hundred dollars
Quite recently Hindoo sued another
of that race for $40, the balance due OF
$40, which was the principal and inter
of $40 advanced two years before.
From IS to 200 per cent. are not at all
unusual rates of interest, and the re-
suit is that the land is rapidly passing
into the hands of the usurers, the peo-
pie being poor and generally in debt.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29
Not Ashamed OF work.

Two of the most agreeable girls we
ever met, kept grocery stOre-yes, and
kept 1t well, though they had been a
rich mans daughters. When that father
lost his wealth, and became a confirmed
invalid, did they sit down and wiring
their hands? Did they 60 moaning all
their days, begging men to give them a
little sewing, little teaching, little
copying? Not they. They began, in a
small way, to keep dry goods and
grocery store. They gave fair measure
and right change. They kept what
people wanted: and if anything was
called for which they had not, they put
it down in the list of their purchases.
They had the cleanest, the incest groc-
ery for miles around, hired clerk,
bought horse, built house, and are
at this moment independent property
holders, as well as piQuant and agree
able women. 1t paid them to step out
of the beaten track, and find new
road to fortune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29

you first as last. wrote that letter in
order to go into tunneling."
"And the 'blazeH tree," said l; how
about that? The blaze is certainly
two years old"
Jack hesitated.
"why, you see." said he, "we found
that tree and wrote that letter, to suit
it,
'Then what do you think Of this ?''
l asked showing him the bag l had
found in the cave.
Jack was nonplussed. On opening
the bag we found about three thousand
dollars worth of gold. Jack would
never confess, but always insisted that
variance between the statement in the
letter and the amount in the bag was
proof enough that there was no con
nection between the two. l don't
think so, however, and l believe that
Jacks assertion of having written the
letter was untrue. We could never as
certain anything about Mr.. Forrest, so
we divided the money among us.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29

81 rushed from the house drove home
like some lunatic, and without giving
any explanation of my conduct packed
few clothes into valise and left town.
1 never knew or cared what reasons the
parties interested gave for my disap-
pearance.
81 went to California. The country
was new then; L worked in the mines
l lived the life of a mailman. Talk
about roughingit, that was the country
for it, tell you. But lucky? You
never saw such luck as l had; every
thing turned out gold. i tried to for
get that ever had home or friends; but
there were times my boy, when that
scene-the girl and her lover-the girl
that was to have been my wife, the
mother of my children-Pshaw! even
now the memory of it seems to turn my
soul into demons and my heart into a
burning hell! but it will force itself
upon me.
"Go lind an honest woman-if you
can-marry her, and be happy. Some
of these days my toes will turn up for
good and all. You shall have my money
to buy all the feathers in Christcndom
for her. But, see here, my lad, don't
you ever go ask me to go visiting among
the sex. L took an eternal farewell of
'em the day L took an affectionate leave
OF my rival"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29

When / run against man who pro-
fesses to be Christian, and yet who
has foul mouth and foul mind and a
foul lip, whose wit is vulgar and whose
speech is coarse. whose Imagination is
like duck whose necessities compels it
to play in a dirty puddle, feel that the
man needs a cellar of decency under his
professional superstrueture. \ vulgar
mouth is sure evidence of a vulgar
mind, and l cannot conceive of any
thing more distasteful to Gods pure
spirit than human vulgarity. / think
profanity hurts the fine edge of pure
existence less than coarseness. For
myself, speaking from my innermost
soul, could sooner hear a man swear
than to hear one tell nasty story. /
would sooner be struck by lightning
than to be killed by stencil.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29
The Use OF Alcohol.

A correspondent asks question which
is pressing for reply in many minds
What quantity of alcohol may be taken
daily, in perfect temperance and with
advantage, by lady? The answer to
the question cannot be an absolute one.
Alcohol has two uses, if we are to ac-
cept what seems the clear teaching OF
scientific observation it is food and a
sumed in the system and yields force
it also directly affects the functions
of the nervous system. 1t is its lat
ter use alone which must decide
the question of how much must betaken.
The quantity which can be utilized in
the system as food is so considerable as
to be certainly deleterious by Its over
stimulating action on the nervous sys-
TEN. Moreover, as . food it has not
been shown to have any special advan-
tages. This part of its use may be thus
neglected. As stimulant the quantity
really needed is very small, especially
when a sedentary life is led. 1t is prob
able that in most cases two glasses of
wine day, according to our customary
regulation of the size of the glass by the
strength of the wine, is as much as can
be taken with advantage. By many
this is more than is needed. An estimate
by the sensation produced is beset with
all acies. The pleasurable sense of
stimulation is absolutely misleading.
The use of stimulants is to facilitate
work, and the ease with which work
can be done, and the state of body and
mind afterward, afford a surer test. If
the sense of stimulation be the guide,
use establishes tolerance, and larger
quantity can be taken without the sense
of pleasant stimulation being over
passed, but not without permanent
damage to the nervous system. What
ever is taken, however must be taken at
meals, once or twice day. One large,
perhaps the largest, part Of the benefi-
cial action of alcohal is to aid digestion
by its direct action on the stomach, and
by its action on the stomach through
the nervous system. Alcohol effects
most of its evil and least of its good
when taken alone. All use of alcohol
between meals should be absolutely
prohibited.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29
Shabby Gentll1ty.

Ipity, more than all other unfortun-
ate people, the shabby genteel. Their
dignified suffering is what poets cali
exquisite agony" There is something
in the battered hat, the threadbare coat,
and the disordered but highly lustrous
boots, which the fiintiest of natures can
not deny. Poverty does not always ad-
dress itself to the sympathies, and sell
dom, if ever, in the ratio of its degree.
The poor homeless vagabond In tatters
and filth, the shivering mendicant
whose empty pockets canno; afford him
more than a mouldy crust to gnaw, ex-
horts charity more frequently than he
invites. But shabby gentility seduces
the finer instincts of the charitable man,
and winsupon human nature insensibly.
1t is not the number of tatters, or the
hideous minutie of privations, but that
which lies beneath the threadbare suit
the mental suffering, of which this is
the evidence and symbol. In this lies
the vital principle on which the pathe-
tic quality Of shabby gentility is based.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29
THE WINDS PLANT.
BY MARY THOMSON.

My rosetree shivers rs the wind
Sobs through its leaves in sudden pet.
Where coming it had hoped to find
Some late. sweet blossom lingering vet.
Sad wind in vain the blooms of fall
For him their richest hues unclose
Disdainfully he sights them all.
And seeks his vanished love, the rose.
The rose. the rose, whose lovely face
Looked up 30 bright but yesterday;
All : it is he who mourns her grace
That bore her bloom of lips away.
He held her kiss his royal right.
He dsllied with her fragrant leaves.
And wore loves favors all too light,
And learns it late. and lonely grieves.
Wild lever wind, go seek in vain;
Blow back the clouds from wooing sun,
Till all the world glow glad again,
Thy lady rose not then were won.
For she is dead-sad wind-be still
But up and down the land he goes,
And mourns with griefs impetuous will
The rose. the rosel my love. the rose.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29
"They Say ."

What's the use CT minding what "they
say" What's the use of lying awake
Of nights with the unkind remark of
some false friend running through your
brain like forked lightning? What's
the use of getting into q worry and fret
over gossip that has been set afoat to
your disadvantage by some meddlesome
busy-body who has more time than
characterf These things can't posi-
bly, injure you unless, indeed, you take
notice of them, and in combating them
give them character and standing. If
what is said about you is true, set your
self right at once; if it is false let 1t 60
for what it will fetch, until it dies of
inherent weakness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29

The expedition which is to be sent
out by the Dutch Geographical Society
to explore the interior Of Sumatra will
start in about three months.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29

Only one Smith signed the Decla-
ration Of Independence; and his name
wasn't John, but James.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-15
NEW.Y0RK ANn Lake KRANCH RI.
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA NEV
BOUND BROOK ROUTE.

FOR PHILADELPHIA ASD THE CENTENNIAL
Commencing MONDAY, June 10, 1879 rains
Leave New YORK, foot Of ibeTyst at go 14a $40 a. m
l:30. 8, $50 D. n. - 49,.
4:2O, $50 y. IN. 80. -,
leave PHILADELPHIA from station NorhpennEYvania Rail
road Third ri 7JO $3.50 1880, 3:ZJ .,
ESQ Leave CenenHi. Grounds al $40, 'lt g. H. liz
8. 4.5', go D.
Pullman Drawing Room Cars attached to the fi1 a
p.l5 a trans from NewNOrE. AND 70 CAus leaving Se.-
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passengers ana freight a. 10" rs y fole
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Pass Agent