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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-09

There is a general tendency to speak
slightingly OF those who save money,
and to extOl those who do not. 1t is not
easy to indicate the precise grounds
upon which this is done; but there ap-
pears to prevail an impression to the
effect that one class are meaD-souled,
sordid, and greedy, while the other are
full of generous impulses. This i'm
preston, however, does not seem to be
justified by the facts of the case. In
many cases, those who spend recklessly
are by no means philanthropic. They
throw about their money, it is true, but
they do so more in a spirit of bravado
than from charitable impulses Their
beneyOlence is, to say the best that can
be said of it, decidedly erratic, and un-
fortunate indeed is the being who is
dependent upon them. Because they
scatter their gold with an apparently
lavish hand wherever they 60, and
when the eyes Of the world are upon
them, it does not follow that they are
doing more than giving way 10 partic-
ular form Of self-indulgence. They
may treat their friends to costly enter
tainments, but there is little charity in
vol, ed in the proceeding where the en-
tertainments are given at the expense
Of creditors who are being defrauded of
their rights. OF course it may be held
that it is a rather clever thing to didle
ones creditors in order that one may be
generous to ones acquaintance but the
man who does this invariably fails to
stand the wear and tear of time. The
probability is that, sooner or later, he
attemps to diddle you with the same
skill that he has diddled his creditors;
and the chances are that you discover
ere long that his promises are not to be
relied upon, and that 1t is hopeless to
expect him to keep his engagements.
Nor Is this all. 1t will be found that,
Notwithstanding all his great show, he
is Indifferent who suffers so long as he
is not forced to deny himself. On the
other hand, the man who saves money
will generally be proved a man of his
word. Unlike the spendthrift, who
readily promises to do everything but
actually performs next to nothing, the
money saver is slow to promise, but
what he does engage to do he is quick
to accomplish. This arises from the
fact that when he does make an en-
gagement he carefully calculates how
far he will be able to fulfil it. He does
not say he will pay you a certain
on certain time on the strength
Of vague hope that something will
''turn up" 'twixt now and then, but
upon that of carefully-thought-out and
reliable calculations. He realizes his
so keenly that he is OCCASION
ally lie i, perhaps, to be unduly cautious.
At the same time, if you want man to
to do a real serviceable act of charity
you must go to him rather than a mag
nificent being who holds money in COLI
Tempt. 1t is not surprising that he
,omes to the front in social life, and
hat he is placed in positions OF power
md responsibility. Self-denial and in
egrity can never go unrewarded, their
influence is so powerful and enduring.
People may sneer at what they call
But providence is not
and the man who saves
money Is not necessarily a miser.-
Home Journal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-09

told him he ought to call his donkey
Slow-coach.
After that, Yacob called him Slow
coach, not knowing any more about
that name than he did about Lightning.
But this change of name. instesd of
mending matters, made them worse.
In short, no one would hire his donkey
any more on any condition, and Yacob
and Slow coach were a rueful pair, az
they stood Idly before the hotel.
One day, as he stood thus, the Prince
of Wales came out from the veranda
(the Prince was then on his way to the
East Indies), mounted Slow-coach, and
rode him two or three yards, and then
got off and took another donkey. There
upon Yaeob bemoaned his bad luck in
hearing of an American sitting on a
tilted chair on the verandah.
"Yacob," said the American, "your
donkey shall be hired as much as any
other, but hereafter his name must be
the Prince of Wales"
The American had a certificate drawn
up and sworn to before the American
Consul in Cairo, to show that the
Prince Of Wales, had, without any
doubt, mounted Yacob's donkey; and
when the lad wanted to hire the animal
to any man, woman or child from Eng
land, all he had to do was to show this
certificate. and they straightway en-
gagged him, Notwithstanding his mop
ing gait and stiff legs. They engaged
him for whole days, fondled him, and
begged Yacob not to poke him up too
sharp from behind. They fed him with
whatever he would eat, and the only
drawback to the donkey's pleasant life
was that his tail was plucked a good
deal for mementos.
Yacob said, and says still, that the
luckiest day of his lite was when he
was spoken to by the American gen.
tleman on tilted chair.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-09
THE bot SEASON.

As the weather demands and deserves q
article every day. and the editors have fainte
IN the task we copy the following poem writ
ten by Oliver Wendell Holmes:l
The folks that on the first of MAY
Wore Winter costs and hose,
BEGAN TO say. the first of June,
GOOD Lord hos hot 1t grows,"
At lat two Fahrenheits blew up.
And killed two children small,
And one barometer shot dead
A tutor with its ball.
Now all day long the locusts sang,
Among the lesfiese trees
Three new hotels warped inside out
The pump could only wheeze;
And ripe old wine. that twenty years
Had cobwebbed DER in vain.
Came spouting through the rotten corks,
Like Jolly best champagne!
The Worcester locomotives did
Their tnp in half an hour;
The Lowell cars ran forty miles
Before they checked the power;
Roll brim-tone soon became q drug,
And loco-focos fell;
All asked for ice, but everywhere
Saltpetre Was to sell.
Plump men of mornings ordered tights,
But ere the scorching Moons
Their candle-moulds had grown as loose
As Cossack pantalaons
The dogs ran mad-men could not try
II water they would choose;
A horse fell dead-he only left
Four red-hot rusty shoes
But soon the people could not bear
The slightest hint Of fire;
Allusions to caloric drew
A food of savage ire;
The leaves on heat were sll torn out
From every book at school
And many blackguards kicked and cussed
Because they said Keep cool"
The gas-light companies were mobbed,
The bakers all were shot.
The penny press began to talk
OF iynchIng DR.. Mott;
And all about the warehouse steps
We're angry men in droves,
Crashing and splintering through the doors
To smash the patent stoves
The abolition men and maids
We're tanned to such hue,
You scarce could tell them from their friends
Unless their eyes were blue.
And when left Society
Had burst its ancient guards
And Brsttle street and Temple place
We're interchsnging cards.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-09

Bryant Ia not only the Oldest of
living poets, but also the richest. His
fortune is estimated at $500, 900.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-09

-Doa Pedro Travelled twenty thou.
sand miles In one hundred and one
days.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

the nation. Whether they shall find such a
man, or be able to nominate him, is uncer-
tain. But there are ominous signs in the
heavens The knees of the prominent poll.
ticians are shaking together. There is a
growing tendency among the people to have
the httest man. II is quite evident that
they are making Roadway rs political
factor. They count for more than they did.
Whether they count for enough TO decide
the nomination, remains to be seen but ir
is pretty certain that they count for enough
to defeat it, II it does not suit them The
machinery Of party is not so strong as II
was There are no war cries that will now
rally to the support Of either party all its
members unless pure and honorable states
man is nominated
The old watchwords aud partisan calls are
comparatively powerless. Neither party will
continue 10 hold It's ahlest men, except by
worthy action at their conventions. And
we hope that the patriotic and intelligent
sentiment Of the country will be equal TO the
task Of securing snch a nomination as Bris-
tow or Adams, at Cincinnati. And if the
other party should do as well, the canvass
might be Invested Of much of its bitterness,
and successfully inaugurate the second cen
fury Of the republic. However, in this day
of politicians, it is well not to expect too
much OF Presidents. The millennium will
need good many hard days work before it
rot,ee
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

Arr on Waive have description of
an immense iron-clad just completed for the
British navy-the lnhexible, This ship was
designed to surpass any other known vessel
in its power of offence and defence, and to
be in advance both of guns and armor. 1t
has been outstripped by both, however.
When the design was made for her the
eighty-one ton gun had not been constructed,
and the limits of armor plating were thought
to have been reached in the fourteen-nch
plates which protected the Devastation.
Now guns of one hundred tons are being
built and it is thought possible TO make
them of one hundred and sixty to two hun
dred tons while solid plates of iron twenty.
two inches thick are being prepared for two
Italian vessels, and the manufacturers are
confident that they can roll plates thirty or
even forty inches thick. The lnnexibe is a
turret ship with two turrets, each carrying
two eighty-one ton guns and placed in sort
of citadel or castle, which is one hundred
and ten feet long and seventy-five feet broad.
The ship is described as a floating fortress,
covered with twenty-four inch armor TO five
feet below the water line, 1t cost over two
million five hundred thousand dollars for
hull fittings and engines, and is one of the
most costly vessels yet built The armor
consists of two twelve inch plates, not riveted
together, but separated by composition of
wood and iron mixed, and forming two dis
tinct layers of armor. It is believed that
the resistance 20 proiectiles is in this way
substantially increased This ship is con-
sidered the most powerful vessel in any navy
in the world
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

To TnE PoINT.-A Western newspaper
recently revived the old story that the House
committee on the revision of the laws had
reported bill for the correction OF over two
thousand errors in the Poland revision of
Statutes The stale Islander was reiterated
by certain Vermont papers notably the St.
Adams Messenger. In reference to this,
Perley," Of the Boston Journal, says
The whole number Of amendments proposed in
the bill is one hundred and scyenty-fye. OF this
number one hundred and thirty-twQ are mere YER
bal corrections words misspelt, substituting sing
ular for plural, the reverse, errors OF pnctua-
tioh and in few cases striking ont sections which
were duplicated. The remainder are generally
additions of something from the old Statules-at-
Large, which were omitted In the revision Nome
Of them are important, and many of them are UNI
necessary. The error In orthogmphy, pnnctua-
ton and grammar were the common and usual
errors Of copyists and printers and the wonder ..
that in so vast work that had 10 be hurried
through the press, there are 80 few errors There
was no esscRtidl error In the whole work and il il
unfair TO charge Judge Poland. who bestowed
such immense labor ON H. with having issued u
work containing two thousand error.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.-1he House
has passed the bill to carry into effect the
treaty with Hawaii by vote OF one hun
drcd and sixteen to one hundred and one.
This vote shows that the sentiment of the
House was very nearly balanced on the sub
ject. Considerable opposition to the measure
came from the protectionists, as they look
upon it as n free trade scheme ON a small
scale. They claim that it will cut off mil
lien dollars in revenue for the special benefit
of foreigners. without any equivalent adj
vantage to us. Other objections were also
raised, but were overruled by tine vote in its
favor As the treaty met the approval of
the Senate, that body will promptly pass the
bill to enforce its provisions, The Hawaiian
islands do not amount to very much after
ALL The population, which is now small,
has rapidly declined within the last twenty
five years. But the commercial intercourse
between the islands and this country is be.
coming of some Importance, and it is thought
this treaty win be of mutual benefit The
king made MS a visit year ago for the pur.
pose of negotiating it, and returned home
highly satisfied with the assurances Of
auocaeu
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

TnE BLACK Reports from the
Black Hills are not calculated TO excite ad-
venturers TO hastily start in that direction.
1t is-exceedingly difficult to get provisions
TO the miners consequently, prices are very
high, with fair prospects of great suffering
for want of food. Thus far, few miners
have been able to obtain enough gold to pay
them for digging, and in no instance have
they obtained much beyond fair wages for
each days work. The gold veins are under
the beds of streams, in the gulches, very
deep, and mining operations cannot be sue
cessfully carried on without large invest
ments of capital. This cause alone must re-
tard operations in the Black Hills, since cap
italists will be slow TO invest where there is
no protection afforded against hostile In
dams. Within month, fifteen whites have
been killed, and a large number of horses
and wagons captured. Unless person has
plenty OF money and can go with large
party, his chances for avoiding murder or
starvation, are not very flattering. Better
60 to the Black Swamp and raise corn, than
TO the Black Hills to hunt for gold.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

the politicians who are the greatest enemies Of
such reform in either party, and who are assisting
him In his struggle for the Presidency, while
Bristow Is entirely free from any obligations to re-
ward helping friends--a fact which makes his
nomination moro difficult, but his election much
easier These facts, and othcrs equally patent, go
to prove Bristow the most available candidate a.
against Blaine.
Your special correspondent from this city, who
signs himself "a Reader" shows his hand, in
his letter last week, when he says "the best poll
tican will make the best President" For
tunatcly the people do not think so, ms they well
demonstrated in electing Grant in Gs and repu-
dating Greeley In ~ OF COURSE under these cir
cumstances, we have nothing further 10 offer In de-
Tense Of Bristow II politician is what he is after
Blaine will suit him far better We understood
from his first letter, that he was extolling Blaine
from a far higher standpoint and abusing Brstow
for his lack Of those needed virtues, which henow
admits were only the shrcwdness Of politician.
Did the people, or even the party, believe so much
in politicians when that Republican cradle was
rocked We trow not Again. 10 be " the most
successful statesman and the most skilfnl politi-
clan at once and the same time, is some
thing never before dreamed Of, and II Blaine
combines these two separate and distinct qualities
in himself, he need not fear competition, not even
from 90 the great unknown"
The charges made against Brstow by the same
correspondent are so utterly without foundation
in fact, As to be beneath any reply. Besides all
this the man who takes the New York Tribune
for a guide in party questions must he very
" solid a. Republican
CONGRESSIONAL ITEMS.
Speaker Kerr has again been granted a leave Of
absence for ten days, and It Is thought probable,
from the serious condition Of his health, that he
will never occupy the speakers chair again, for
any length Of time Sunset Cox fills his place a.
speaker pro tenn
The Arguments are all made in the Impeachment
jurisdiction case. and the question is now before
the senate for its decision. They will take it up
on Monday next, and il ia thought some little dis
cnssion will arise before a vote is taken.
\ letter from Governor Peck, Of Vermont, an
nouncing the contribution by that state Of the
statue OF Ethan Allen 10 the National Statu.
AIRY Hall, and the delivery Of the same 10 the
architect Of the Capitol, was laid before the SEN
ate yesterday, and on motion Of Senator Morrill,
the communication was ordered 10 be printed and
laid IN the table Sot.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17
New Books Received.

BosroN 10 WAsHNGroN-A CeHtennidl Guids
BOOK. Boston llurd q iloughton At an i'm
mense cost. as we are informed, these enterprs-
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complete in Its way, aud an indispensable conf
panion 10 all who propose 10 visit the great exhi
bition. II contains two hundred and fifty pages
of closely-printed matter, and with its minute de
scriptions, elegant maps and appropriate illustE-
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Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington, and especially Of the Centennial
grounds aud all It's appointments. It is also ac-
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which Of itself is worth the full price Of the work.
The book is quite rs much a necessity for those
who stay at home "a for those who 90 TO the Cen
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WHlrnrRs POEMS entennid Edition Bos-
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for this timely, elegant and cheap edition Of the
complete works Of this great and good American
poet In his Centennial Hymn" just sung at
Philadelphia, Whittier thanks God for the era
Noh'f anu trusts lbi Aut bh's ~
reading II, we thought there was no man living
who had heen 2 more diligent and successful
laborer in the great field OF human progress and
elevation during the era done" or who had left
pnrer example ora more Christ-like influence
to mould the "openng one, than the venerable
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his gift Of song nobly, 80 faithfully, and 50
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has been sharp and swift sword Of justice to
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

ONE thing at least will be gained by the
recently uttered ISLANDERS against prominent
Republicans. Their yindicaton now will
save just so much labor after the Cincinnati
Convention shall have made its selection of
a candidate for the Presidency. For this
reason we are greatly obliged to these demo
cratic scandal mongers. Whichever one of
the distinguished gentlemen talked of shall
be nominated, he will enter the canvass
scandalproof for whatever could be posi-.
bly, said against any one of them has been
said already, and triumphanty refuted.
This, however, cannot he said Of some of the
democratic aspirantS. Their dirty linen has
not vet been washed
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

II has long been seen that the existing
method of counting the electoral vote in
wolves serious dangers, and various PROPOSE
tions have been made to reform the system
The Senate judiciary committee has at
length reported the plan of Senator Ed
munas, which transfers the counting to the
hands Of the Supreme Court. That tribunal
is removed from the immediate field of poll
ties it is judicial; it is free from iempta-
tons and influences which might reach Con
gress aud on the whole, the power could
probably be deposited there more safely than
anywhere else
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

THE GuBERNAroRIAL QuEsTIoN.-The
gubematorial cauldrun is boiling and bub-
bling furiously, and it is impossible to pre-
diet, at this time, what the result will be.
During the past week the name of Hon,
Charles Dewey, of this place, has been
brought forward by some of his many friends I;
while a correspondent of the Windsor Jour
nal adds to the already numerous list the
names of Hon. Samuel W. Porter of Spring
field, and Hon. William NJ. Pingry, of Wealth
ersfeld. Meanwhile there is a great deal of
good sense in what the Cdieionian says
As far as we can Judge, the man whom
the people want is +. r. Walton, of Mont
pclier, and one who completely fills the bill"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

W. are happy to see that the yexed ques-
ton of the Goyemorship is not only effectu-
ally but POLITICALLY settled by Brattleboro
correspondent of the Rutland HGaid, as fol
lows "The Estey movement sweeps on
with unruffled earnestness, quietly and calmly,
but with confident assurance, gathering
strength and dignity every day, and 1t is as
certain to overbear all opposition aud tri-
umph in the end as the channel current of
the grand old Connecticut is to glide down
irresistibly 10 the sea-"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

TIM confederates in Congress have re-
ceived a strong recruit in the election of
Governor Coke, of Texas, TO the Senate.
Coke was rebel of the most approved type
during the war, and he has experienced no
change of sentiment since, lie is especially
proud of his confederate record and defends
it tothe utmost of his ability. lie has taken
decided ground against Judge Hancock,
whom some of the Texas democrats want to
send to Congress. Coke says he will never
submit to it, Hancock was Union man
during the war, and that is enough to arouse
the eternal enmity of Coke and his ilk.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17


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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17

TINS Plymouth church committee in
Brooklyn, Wednesday night, reported in ia
vor of communicating Henry c. Bowen,
but after long and bitter wrangle-during
which DIR. Ward, Bowen's friend, was turned
out-the adoption of the report was post
poned to give Bowen an opportunity TO tell
his bottom facts " to Rev DIR. Taylor, in
Mr.. Beechers presence, which he proposed
to do, and the offer was accepted by the
church. Now look out for "bottom facts"