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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
Flowers I'm Ancient Times.

Flowers played no unimportant part
in the public and private life of the
Greeks and Romans. At weddings and
funerals, at their feasts and festivals,
upon state occasions, in their divina-
tions and incantatlons, and in the wor-
ship of the gods, flowers were used
with lavish hand. At marriage the
bride and her attendants were crowned
with garlands. The dead were decorated
with flowers, and flowers were placed
upon the tomb. All are familiar with
the story of the Greek lover who placed
upon the grave of his mistress basket
of acanthus flowers, the leaves of which,
being pressed down by 4 tile, grew
gracefully over the sides of the basket,
and gave rise to the first idea of the
ornate Corinthian capital. 1t was Gus
tomary for the guests at feasts to appear
with crowns of flowers upon their
heads; flowers decked the walls and
tables and were profusely strewn over
the floors of apartments. Victors in
the Olympic and other games were
crowned with chaplets of flowers; no
religious ceremony was complete with
out them; while each god had his ap-
propriate floral emblem.-The Galdrg.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
ACOld-Country A Dress.

That last was a hot-country dress.
Now you shall hear how the natives of
Siberia array themselves.
It's cold up there | understand, and
that is why they dress so warmly. Two
complete suits of fur from neck to heels
-one suit with the hair side in, the
other with the hair side ont. A hood,
tied under the chm, is made of the fur
from a reindeer's head, and besides the
holes for eyes and mouth, it has often
the ears of the departed deer sticking
up on top of the mans head. He's an
object TO behold; but he Is comfortable,
and he doesn't care if be does look like
some wild animal. His wife dresses IN
almost exactly the same style, so do his
ehlldrnn; in fact, everybody does. It's
the fnshion.-lSt. Nicholas.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
Spanish Prison Ind u sfry.

eSpanish Prison industry system is:
a. Every man who knows trade may
work at his own trade and no other.
(2) Every man who does not know a
trade may be apprenticed to other
prisoners who are experts, and thus
learn one. (3.) Those who are too OBJ
stinate or too stupid to learn a trade
are to go and sweep the roads, and
wheel barrows of stones, and repair
bad highways, &c. Cast your eyes
round the quadrangle. There is the
barber's here the shoemaker 5; there,
the carpenters /; here, the basket
makers shops, and so on. We enter
the shoemaker's shop; here are some
twenty or thirty plying their trade ;
but pass into the shop of the sandal
makers, and 10, here are well-nigh
hundred men at work, making strong
hempen sandals for the Spanish sol
diery. | bought pair of beautifully
made sandals for eighteen pence, and
asked the worker how much he made
by his trade. The cOmdnddnte here IN
terposed, and said: ''He is workman
of the first-elass he has to pay thirty
reals" Ca little over six shillings of En-
glish money! ito the prison. A flash
of color mantled in the prisoners
you meaD.n Each man who can work
at trade pays, according to his capa-
bilities, fixed sum from his earnings
toward his support in prison; of the
rest of his earnings he takes One-half
himself, and the remaining half is
saved by the prison authorities. and
given to him on his release. What
does he do, you will ask, with his earn
ings, or rather that part of them which
he is allowed to appropriate for his own
usef He buys food, clothing, and
other little extras, or stores up the
money in his pocket, Buying some
few articles of prison work, had moth
ing but gold. Never did | dream of
the possibility of one of these poor fell
lows who surrounded me giving me
change for a gold piece but in a
moment, observing my confusion, one
of them said, pulling out handful of
silver, Here you are, Senorito, here's
lots of change ~ The hours of work
are from seven TO one, and from two to
i've. From visiting the various work
shops we passed into the schoOl-room
here was an intellectual and evidently
true-hearted schoolmaster at work he
is paid by the cOmdRddnte, and his
labors have been so well appreciated
by these poor ignorant fellows, that in
eighteen months eighty grown men
who knew not letter when they en-
tered the prison gates are now able to
read fairly well, and to write a little.
This fact surely, will give some idea of
the slow but sure, and steady under
current of good and honest work of
Improvement going on throughout the
PenInsula.-Iemple Bar.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
IceIandic AdmOn:fi0ns.

A venerable Icelandic writer, who
lived at the end of the twelfth century,
gives the following excellent advice for
self-government,- which il may surprise
many a one. should come from such a
country and from so remote a period {:
"Accustom thyself to a busy and wake
full life, but not so as to iDjure health
by over-exertion. Keep aloof from
sadness, for sadness is sickness of soul.
Be kind and gay. equable and change
able, tina. is, of easy manners, and not
stiff. Avoid evil speaking, and give
your counsel to him who will accept 1t.
Seek the company of the best men.
Keep thy tongue carefully 1t may
hOnOr-it may also condemn thee. III
thou wax angry speak little, and that
little not vehemently. Men would give
gold sometimes to buy back passion
ate word, and know of nothing that
so destroys unity as the exchange OF
evil language, especially in the moment
of strife and there is no nobler. no
higher motive, than that by which a
man can keep his own tongue from
cursing, slandering, and other foolish
prate. There are other things To be
avoided like the tiend hImself-as sen
sual excesses, games, wagers and other
improprieties and vices. These are
the roots of many worse evils, and un-
less great care be taken, Will hand
thee over to great shame and SIM
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
Sehenck's PuImonie Syrnp. for the
Cure OF Consumption, Coughs and
Colds.

VOEUSs
Tho ,, ,;r.r or ,his r,adic;na Ia
tho, - 80 ,he ,e|T wa,,er ~ , and throws il
ont @ Of Of IL IN srl,om .ne ~ nnr;ties tbe blood.
o"I ,hrS ~ 49, 80, c,,re
'''>' ''-''7
SchENcks SEA WEED TONI, FUN IT dhA
o1hE Oh pisfEfsiA' iNpi'A-' iioN'
Ihe Tonic produces a healthy ac.ion
OF the stomach, creating an appetlte,
forming ehyie, and curing the most oo-
stinate cases OF Indigestion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
Modern Women.

1t is a sad commentary upon our
boasted civilization that the women of
our times have degenerated in health
and physique until they are literally a
race of invalids-pale, nervous, feeble
and back-aehy, with only here and there
a few noble exceptions i'm the persons
of the robust, buxom ladies character
istic of the sex in days gone by. By a
very large experience, covering a pc
riod of years, and embracing the treat
ment of many thousands of cases of
those ailments peculiar to Women, DIR.
Pierce, of the Worlds Dispensary, Buff
falo, n. Y, has perfected, by the COM
bination of certain vegetable extracts, a
natural specific, which he does not ex-
tol as cure-all, but one which admir-
ably fulfils singleness of purpose,
being most positive and reliable rem
edyfor those weaknesses and complaints
that affiict the women of the present
day. This natural specific compound is
called DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. The following are among those
diseases in which this wonderful medi-
cine has worked cures as if by magic,
and with a certainty never before at
tanned by any medicines: Weak back,
nervous and general debility, falling
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
.,,.. .1.e,,x,ou. rd.aee. q. italy.

The sniris of devotion and charity,
oontampIat1on aud study, takes refuge
in ahbeys- monasteries, and converts,
which as though in defiance OF tpe
nrond castles of the oppressors, also
chose the tops of lofty mountains anu
the most enchanting spots of land tnus
showing their admiration Tor tne
beauty of nature and their sagaelVy In
nreferrings situations where the eontem-
platiOn of that beauty brings man more
Close to his Maker. This taste IN the
choice of a spot for religious e9ince
has been always remarkable III Itaiy
Where there is beautiful scenery, IL
there be an elevated place whence you
can see from afar the turmoil OF lno
world as at your feet; II Ar,enly
hand may be needed, wnen uanGei
threatens the traveller ana the piigrinl
there is a church, or sanctuary, VI
n monastery. or it may be only cross,
at the foot of which the wayfarer can
sit. and rest, and pray. The Alps ana
the Apennines. from the st. Bernard TO
the Hermitage on the slope OF Mount
Etna, all the mountains and peaks Oh
Italy testify by those glorious signs 10
the religious fervOr of the middle ages.
Ii YOU would have one proof Oh IL
among thousands, go twenty miles from
Florence to the romantic valley OF
Inner Arno. There among the most
magnificent fir trees which carry your
mind to the stern grandeur OF a Nor,
wegian forest, You see the church and
convent of Vailom brosa, the site and
name of which are remembered by Mil
ton. Higher up is the Ereno del Pdfa-
disino (the Hermitage of the Little
Paradise,) from which the view en-
larges on the clear horizon until 1t Is
lost in the azure waves of the MeuIt-
terranean. Ascending to the sources
of the Arno, through the fertile Cosen-
tino, you arrive at the Cameldoil, an
other convent, and the cradle OF an
other mOnastic order. Proceeding on
to the ridge of the Apennlnes, you
reach the SderO Eren,O, spot whlch
truly seems to invite man to the con-
temDlatation of God In the wonders
and beauties lavished on the land.
Thence you can see the slopes descend
ing to the Mediterranean. Further on,
on the summit of another steep and
solitary mount, you will find the Al
vernia, the secluded place selected by
st. Francis, which would enchant the
traveller had he not first seen the
others. In these most pleasant So
iourns retired those hermlts, cenobItes,
and anchOrets, and there assembled
those legions of monks, which cOnstl-
tnte one of the most prominent fea-
| lures of the Middle Ages. Cloister lie
was refuge from the world for all
those who, having made sad expert
ence of life, or satisfied their ambitious
desires, wished to end their days peace
fully. But there was also another
class who took shelter in those tranquil
and retired places, these were the men
who, abhorring the struggles of the
world, wished for leisure that they
might devote it 10 noble and intellec-
tual pursuits. Hence monachism exer-
cised great influence upon the learn
ing and the art of Italy and Europe
MacWifldH's Md1d-lRe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06

Messrs. Barral and Salvetat, in a me-
mortal presented to the Academy of
Sciences of Paris, refer to the fact that
large proportion of the wool impor-
ted from Australia and South America
contains a greater or less percentage
of vegetable matter mixed with 1t,
which of course is injurious to its quail
ity, and which usually resists the me-
chanical means of separation. An i'm
portant problem, therefore, has been
the destruction and elimination of the
vegetable fiber by agencies that do not
affect the wool. In summing up the
results of their experiments, and con-
siderlng those of other workers in the
same field, Barral and Salyetat re-
mark that the cellulose and woody
fiber can be decOmposed under the ac-
ton of several chemical agents, prOvi-
ded that the tissue, dried in the air at
ter soaking, is then raised in a stove to
a temperature of about 359 deg. f.
These agencies are sulphuric acid. hy-
drochlorate of alumina, hydrochloric
acid, nitric acid, chlOrides of zinc, of
iron, of tin, and of copper; nitrates of
copper, and magnesia, and of iron ;
sulphates of tin and of alumina, &c.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
HOW SOON FORGOT.
II you or l
To-day should die,

II you or
To-day should die.
The birds would sips as sweet tomorrow
The vern,i spring
Her flowers would bring.
And few voud think Of us with sorrow.
Yes. he is dead,
Would then be said;
The corn would floss, the grass yield hay,
The cattle low,
And summer go.
And few would heed US pass away.
How soon we pass,
How few, alas
Remember those who turn to mold
Whose faces fade
With autumns shade,
Beneath the sodded churchyard cold
Yes, il is So
We come and go
They hail our birth, they mourn us dead
A day or more,
The winter DER,
Another takes our place instead.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06

"IFho are You Sir Pn-The follow
ing story is told of Col. Samuel Colt,
who, in his lifetime, was sometimes
inclined TO be trifle pompous. When
he was building dwelling houses for
the workmeu employed in his great pis-
tol factory, he one day encountered a
boy picking up chips on his grounds.
"What are you doing here 7" he said
grutiiy.
"Picking up chips, SIR" replied the
yOungster, evidently unawed by the
great presence.
Perhaps said the Colonel, drawing
himself up with great dignity you
don't know who | am. am Colonel
Samuel Colt, and l live in that big
house up yonder."
The boy straitened up, swelied out,
and answered:
perhaps you don't know who | am.
Pm Patrick Murphy. and live in that
little shanty down yonder," pointing
in the direction.
Sonny said the Colonel, blandly,
patting the boy on the head, Ego on and
pick up all the chips you want, and
when you get out, come back for
more"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
To Parents.

If your child is suffering from worm,
use DIR. WIsHART's WORK SUGAR DRoPs
an old and reliable remedy, that necsr
fails in thoroughly exterminating these
pests of childhood. Being made in the
form of Sugar Drops. having neither
the taste or smell of medicine, no troD-
bic is experienced in inducing children
to take them. Sold by all Druggists ar
25 cents a box, or sent by mail on re-.
ceipt of price, at the Principal Depot
GIG Filbert Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06

An OLD BACHELOR, very fond of geo
logical studies, had an old housekeeper.
The minister, meeting her one day in
the road, asked, swell. Lizzie, how is
your master9'' '.Deed, sir, he's no
weel ava" she replied. ''No? What is
the matter with him, Lizzie?" 'Gude
kens, sir; but he's aye complainin', and
troth, sir, he II ne'er be weel." ''How
is that, Lizzie?" "Weel, sir, ye see
he's ae write, writin' a the day maist,
an lang into the hours o. nicht, an he
Gamma get richt and weel." ''What is
he writing about, Lizzie?'' "Ah, guide
kens, sir; but it's nae guide. He reads
lang skreeds o. it TO me whiles i the
forenight; but deed I'd rather he'd
keep it a to himself" "Bnt what is he
writin about?' "Weel," said she,
drawing close up to her interrogation,
and speaking in subdued voice. ''as
said, it's nae guide, sir; it's history o.
the warld afore the creationw
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
YOUTHS cOLUNN.

Patchino Their Clothcs.-Nine o'clock.
Charlie and Eddie abed sound asleep,
and ali these knees and elbows to be
PATCHED tonight, ready for them TO
mt on in the morning. All me- Pow
erty truly brings toll and care. lt was
not ALWAYS thus. There was a time,
when their papa was living, did not
know that patching was one or the
necessities of life. But here they are
all these great holes-starlng at me,
demanding work, work, work. L must
work on. to keep the precious lives en-
trusted to my care hopeful and happy !;
to shield them from the rude blasts Oh
life as much as possible.
Here is Charles coat sleeve, poor
bov! He is proud and sensitive, and lt
is so hard for him to wear patches An,
this ia one of life's crosses for you,
dear boy! You have begun early, but
Won must bear them bravely. By-and-
bye YOU will be older and stronger,
and help your widowed mother, as she
il heIpine YOU now. The coat is done.
Charley, and doubt not that every
stitch have put into it will be a thorn
in YOUR proud spirit. But you must be
brave, my boy. Pride and poverty
are bad playmates. They never did
and never will go well together.
And now for Eddie's knees. An
enormous patch on each. Little, care.
less. prattling, play loving, mischief
making rogue, Old clothes don't trou-
BILE him much. He glOries IN the pat
ches and dirt. and good clothes are
his special adherence. He doesn't fancy
sitting in doors to keep his clothes
clean when there are such 'llelous mud
pies to be made. such glorious mud
puddles to wade in, and SO many other
nice things outside. Would tnat ne
might carry that happy heart, un,
pierced by the arrows or SORROW all
thrO' life.
vented patchIngf Was 1t sam Pateh
and did it derive its name from that
illustrious character? lt couldn't have
been him. for he was too wild and vi
sionary. and the inventor OF patching
must have been of practical or econ
omicaI turn of mind. Besides, 1t dates
further back than that, I'm sure; for
do we not read in the Bible that If we
nut new patches upon "old garments
the rent is made worse" Whoever did
invent them wish had invented patch
ing machine at the same time-a noise
less one that would not waken chill
dren.
Patch, Patch, Twelve o'clock, and
Pm so tired, and this great patch to
sew on yet Let's see. There are
thirty-five stitches on this side, and
three more sides just like 1T. That
makes one hundred and forty STITCHES
in one patch. Well, Eddie must have
his pants for tomorrow II l nave 10
work till morning for it. He must not
be deprived of his "'licious Iaud pies.
There goes the last stitch, and the
candle is burned TO the socket. Now
can lay me down in peace TO rest, per
chance to dream of that perfect rest
which we shall know when we get over
on the other side, in that beautiful land
where there is no poverty and where
patching is unknown.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06

"I Wisk. "A dog saw a eat on the
top of high wall, and said, 81 wish
could get up therel IL must be so nice
to sit up SO high but | cannot climb"
And he was cross, and would not wag
his tail.
Then he came to a pond. and saw a
fish in it. And he said, 81 wish | could
live in pond all the day. Then |
should not be so hot as | am nOw.'
Aud he would not look at the fish, but
shut his eyes, and lay down on the
grass. 80,
Then he heard the fish say. "Oh. |
wish could lie down on the the fresh {,
green grass, like that dog. 1t does look
so nice and warm out there !"
The dog sat up, and went back by the
road he had come.
AS he went, he saw the bird, and he
heard it say, II wish | could play all
day long like that dog, and have a
house made for me to live in l have
to make a nest, and my wings are SO
tired yet must fly to and fro, day by
day, till it is done"
Then he saw the cat on the wall. and
heard her say, "There goes that spoiled
old dog home to get his plate of meat.
| wish / was as well off. and could get
meat like him. | have had no food all
this long day. Iwish was like that
dogw
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06

and other displacements of internal Or.
gans, resulting from debility and laek
of strength in natural supports, inter.
nal fever, congestion, inflammation and
liberation and very many other chronic
diseases incident to women, not proper
to mention here, in which, as well as in
the cases that have been enumerated
the Favorite Prescription effects cures
the marvel of the world. 1t will nor
do harm in any state or condition of the
system, and by adopting its use the In
valid lady may avoid that severest of
ordeals-the consulting of a family
physician. Favorite Prescription is sold
by dealers in medicines generally. 80
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06

Professor Chapman, of University
College, Toronto, has published an in
teresting paper on the purpose" of the
saitness of the sea-water. After Civ
ing reasons why he does not accept the
usually received opinions, he urges the
theory that the object of the sadness is
to regulate evaporation. If any tenn
porary cause raises the amount of sa-
line matter in the sea to more than its
normal value, evaporation goes on
more and more slowly. If the value
be deprecated by the addition of fresh
water In undue excess, the evapOTa-
ting power is more and more increased.
He gives the results of various expert
ments in reference to evaporation on
weighed quantities of ordinary rain
water, and water holding in solution
2.6 per centum of salt. The excess of
loss OF the rain-water compared with
the salt solution, was, for the first
twenty-four hours, O.54 per centum at
the close of forty-eight hours, LAG per
centum and so on in an increasing
ratio.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
(From a Distina,,ished .Lurist.l

''I have tried the PERUVIAN SYRUP
and the result fully sustains your pre-
diction. 1t has made new man of me,
infused into my system new vigor and
energy; am no longer tremulous and
debilitated, as when you last saw me,
but stronger, heartier, and with larger
capacity for labor, mental and physical,
than at any time during the last five
years"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06

Home Made Beduty-The more they
use their muscles, the stronger.
and consequently the more beautiful,
my girls and boys will grow They are
something like trees and plants. The
more rapidly the sap flows through
their trunks and branches, and the
stronger and more beautiful they be-
come. Boys and girls have this advan-
tage they can exercise just when they
wish, and need never wait for the wind
to come and blow them.-St. Nicholas
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06
A GENTLEMAN stopping at fruit stand

A GENTLEMAN stopping at fruit stand
and inQuiring the price of some pine
apples displayed was dissatisfied, and
said so. The dealer replied that he
didn't make any profit on the fruit,
anyhow, keeping it merely for show.
The possible purchaser then remarked
that pineapples were not very good eat
ing, and the dealer answered that pine
apples were nice if they were only fixed
rightly-sliced thin, soaked in sugar for
a few hours, seasoned with lemon and
nutmeg, and then taken in sherry wine.
The only remark of the other man as he
turned on his heel and walked away
was: "Why, turnips would be good
that way!''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06

SMUGGLING IN THE OLDEN TIMEs.-The
Rev. Donald Macleod, in a note to the
life of his brother, relates an anecdote
illustrative of smuggling in the good old
days. An old woman whose ''habit and
repute'' were notorious was being tried
by the Sheriff of Argyleshire. When
the charge had been fairly proved, and
it fell to the judge TO pronounce the
sentence, he became unusually tidgety,
and thus addressed the prisoner-''I
dare say. my poor woman, it's not very
often you have fallen into this fault?"
"Deed no, shirra," she readily replied,
81 ha'ena made a drap since yon wee
keg sent yourself"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-06

"Pa," exclaimed Elmathan Dorkins,
Jr., to his respected sire. pa, what's
the difference between an elephant and
a treei" Mr.. Dorkins said something
about both having trunks, but was
scornfully interrupted by his offspring,
who shouted ''Cause the tree leaves
in Spring and the elephant leaves when
the menagerie leaves.n