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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-01
The Embroidery of History.

| One of the bits of history most famil-
lar TO Americans is Jackson's battle of
New Orleans, where, from behind his
breastwork of cotton bales IA material
which the enemy's cannon could not
pierce, he repulsed with prodigious
slaughter Packenham's veterans, fresh
from their European victories. This
story of the rampant of cotton, as re-
lated in both English and American
histories, is, however, purely apocry-
phal. Its origin seems to have been the
fact that, many days before the battle
of January s (for Jackson's troops had
been working steadily at the intrench-
ments since Christmas), about fifty cot
ton bales were taken out of a neighbor
ing flat-bOat and thrown into line of
earthworks TO increase its bulk. About
week before the assault, in a prelimi-
nary skirmish, as Walker tells us in his
jackson and New Orleans" the enc
my's balls, striking one of these bales,
knocked it out of the mound, set fire to
the cotton, and sent ii flying about, TO
the great danger of the ammunition.
All the bales were consequently re-
moved. after this" continues the ac-
count, mo cotton bales were ever used
in the breastwork' The mound was
composed entirely of earth dug from
the canal and the field in the rear. The
experiment of using cotton and other
articles in raising the embankment had
been discarded"
Again, for eighteen years after this
battle it was gospel with ms that the
British officers at dawn promised
their troops plentiful dinner in New
Orleans, and gave them Booty and
beauty as the parole and countersign
of the day" In 1888 General Lambert
and four other officers, who had been
engaged in the luekless expedition, de-
MED this story, which accordingly has
measurably vanished out of history.
The absurd fiction OF the Booty and
beauty" watchwOrd reappears, however,
at intervals in our own civil war,
ascribed TO General Beauregard and
other Confederate officers.
Our ancestors, also, used TO enjoy the
story of Putnam's exploit at Horseneck.
where he escaped from party of Try
on's troopers by forcing his horse down |
a flight Of seventy steps another ac-
counts swells them to a hundred) that |
formed the stairway by which the vii
layers ascended 70 the church on the |
brow of the hill. This is the narrative
in Peters History of Connecticut a
book which Dwight calls Ia mass of !
folly and fasehood." The story of the
stairway is sheer fabrication, founded |
on the fact that common stones here |
and there aided the villagers to ascend |
the hill; yet there exist pictures Of
Putnam charging down long tier of
steps as well defined and regular as
those of the capitol at Washington,
while the discomfited dragons at the !
top pour in volley that does not harm |
him.
\ partial parallel to this eXaggeration |
may be found in the current descrip- |
tions of 'Sheridan's Ride" at Win
a solid exploit, brilliantly |
touched up in Buchanan Reads verse,
which last the great cavalry |
general is said TO have loosely re-
marked that if the bard had seen the
horse, he never would have written the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-01
Musical Warriors.

Russian soldiers upon marches sing
to while away tedium, and the solos,
always in minor key and mOnOtonous,
are varied by lively bursts in the chorus.
The solo singer always imprOvises, and
is usually accompanied by man with a
fiddle, triangle, clarionet, or by one
who whistles. The ordinary uniform
of the infantry consists of a KEPT,
tunic, and pantaloons of dark green
cloth, the latter garment being inserted
in the boots. The gray Overcoat Is
carried in roll at the back, from the
right shoulder to the left hip. Two
cartridge boxes are attached TO the
leather belt in front. A canvas hayer-
sack hangs at the right behind the
bayonet, and the knapsaek covers the
back.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-01
The Hague.

The Hague is the most fashionable,
the handsomest, and the most modern
looking town in Holland. II is the resi-
dence of the court. Here the King has
his palace within the town, and the
Queen her palace in the woods. The
latter Is reached by short but delight
full drive, amid treee which shelter you
from the glare of the sunshine. 1t is
not large house, and il is built after a
very struggling style of architecture !;
but the portion inhabited by the Queen
is fitted up with an exquisite taste and
refinement that eclipses many palaces
of far greater pretensions 10 gorgeous
ness and grandeur. One of the few
pictures in the japanese saloon was a
portrait of Motley, showing refined
intellectual face, but scarcely doing
justice TO the expression of the eyes.
The Queen is universally beloved and
reverenced for her great virtue, piety,
and amiability; but she lives a some
what retired and secluded life. The
The appearance of the Hague is quite
different from that of any other town
in Holland. There is an atmosphere
of fashion and gayety about its broad,
well-built streets suggestive of a small
Paris or Berlin; an atmosphere which
the presence of a court invariably con-
fers. Signs Of wealth, too, ,Are manifold.
Fashionable equipages abound, as well
appointed as any 10 be found in Hyde
Park during the London season. Ladies
dress as luxuriously as those of Paris;
and possibly the small rivalries and
jealousies that reign in the two great
capitals are not absent here. Human
nature is much the same all the world
over, and like causes bring forth SINH
lar results.
One of the chief attractions of the
Hague is its admirable picture-gallery,
containing some of the finest examples
of the Dutch school TO be met with in
the wide world. Paul Potter's famous
Bull is once more here in safe posses
sion. 1t was carried away to the Lou
vre, and kept there considerable time
as one of its chiefest attractions. 1t is
a picture great in size and stupendous
in execution, faithful to the very life.
One wonders at the amazing vigor pos
sessed by so young man; a man, too,
whose constitution yielded TO consump-
ton before he reached his thirtieth
year. In the firm set of the lips, and
the general outline of the profile, as
seen in his bust, there is something
which reminds one slightly of Gustave
Dore. There are few who have not
seen or heard of Paul Potter's Bull, for
it has been produced in oleographs and
engravings without number.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-01
THE BLISD NAN AND The LANE ONE.
fsox TEE GERMAN OF sELLEsI.

One dsy blind man chsnced TO meet
A lame one hmping in the street
The former hoped with fond del ght
The latter would conduct him right
The lame man cried, Lend aid to thee;
/ cannot walk. unhappy me
And vet methinks. to bear q load
Thoa hsst good shoulders strong and broad
II thoult resolve TO bear me hence
I'll be thy guide as recompense
Thy firm, strong foot VIII then be mine
And my bright eye be also thine.
The lame man. with his crutches. rode
Upon the blind mans shoulders broad
United thus achieved the pair -.--
What each would have accomplished neeI-
The gifts of others thou hast not
While others want what thou hast got
And from this imperfection springs
The good that social virtue brings
If other men the gifts possessed
With which by nature am blessed.
Their care but for themselves would be;
They ne'er would waste thought on me.
Plague not the gods with wall and cry
The gifts which they to thee deny,
And give another. profit thee;
We need but sociabilIty.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-01

SLAVES ofthe Ring-engaged maidens.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-01

A HEALING medium-A cobbler.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-06

cloaks, stepped up to the carriage,
one holding lantern in his hand. tho
high helmets with horse tails, made
them known as French Dragons.
"Votre passport. Monsieasr," was
the polite but decided demand. ai
s'.rhe pass dear brother" said Lo-
diska, gently pressing Frederick's
arm. II. fi'
Frederick drew the paper from his
breast pocket, and handed It over.
However little discovery here was
to be apprehended, yet the con-
sciousness OF his situation made his
pulse beat quicker. BY daylight an
attentive observer would have noticed
the uneasiness OF his countenance:
he was as yet q novice in such ad-
ventures. - tif - st'i
The officer entered the house with
the passport; in five minutes he re-
turned, giving it back to Frederick
with the words: "Totre passport,
Monsieur, le Compter' - =
fTo be Continuedl 1.' sD
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-06
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-06
A Petition.
EY VI. d. BROPHT.

Mr.. Clerk of the Weather, greeting:
Sir, We honor your Office and you;
But we citizens have just held a meeting,
Without any fuss or ado,
No reporter was admitted nor scribe,
No, sir, we excluded the press;
That quil-driving ink-bottle tribe
of our meeting dared not hazard guess
Well, sir, you must be aware
That amendments are all the style:
The constitution viii soon make you stare,
To say nothing of raising your bile.
The laws made a century ago
you remember you were in Office then)
As applied to those times are "no co.
We are now rather different men.
But, sir, TO come to the object point,
Permit to say, the weather. see;
The past season is quite ont of joint,
To which with you we do not quite agree,
This continuous snow-"beautiful snow
Was so plentiful as to overrun our shoes,
And place US in position to scold and blow,
Which, in the end, gives us the blues"
You are silent-no word of dissent,
Ills well, SIR; we know what that D.eans,
For silence Is everywhere, consent,
Now we know which side your mind leans,
No matter; the charge could not be refuted,
For our minds made up on that score;
So the citizens have me deputed
TO say. we need you no more.
No, sir, you're an uncertain temper;
TO put il mildly, and say but the least,
We might say, "1yrunnuss sempeI,''
But we choose not the part Off beast,
You sneer at my Latin? l changed Il.
Change Is the order of the day
Elections, laws rapid transit,
Ar bearing the old tides away.
So, sir, we respectfully beg you'll step down
And out-plain English. L hope you'll perceive
We wish TO pay no more heed TO your frown,
And beg you gracefully 10 leave.
Yo must be quite respectable age
Prehistoric your birthday I'm sure;
Rest will suit such venerable sage
'Tis wonderful how long you endure.
This the citizens wished me to say,
With s'they wish new nan in your place."
And your, weather would soon turn them gray
II kept up at this beastly pace
So, Mr.. Clerk of the Weuther, twere well
II you give this your special attention;
have the honor, sir, to bid You farewell;
Ihave no more just at present to mention.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-06

B II there Is any state In tho Union
that owes heavy debt Of odium to
the dsmocratic party it u Indiana.
The democracy held the state back
in the race Of progress as long as
they could, and by tkeir Ignorance
and Bourbonism made the name OF
Hoosierdoom byword throughout
the land During the war the leaders
OF the party tried to plunge the state
into revolution, planning the murder
OF the Governor, the release Of rebel
prisoners, and all sorts OF devilmert.
Since the war their greatest exploit
Is the election Of Jimmy Williams as
Governor-an event which may fairly
be classed as among the greatest dis
asters the state has ever Suffered.
We repeat, therefore, If there Is any
state IN the Union that owes q heavy
debt OF odium to the democracy
1t Is Indiana.-husliandpolis Journal.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-06
now ne startled Her.

A whoop- bang sort OF boy, With
feet as broad as a Pie tin, trotted
through the central market yesterday
till he reached a stall kept by a single
woman about 30 years old. Halting
there he yelled out: esli b'3oH s<f
- "Sayl sayl your little boy has
been run over and killed, up by the
city hall!"u se19aIxa -ae1lua sol
prOh! obi Heavens-ohI ohis She
screamed as she made dive under
the counter, came up on the outside
and started to follow the boy. After
going ten feet she halted, looked very
foolish all Of a sudden, and remarked: !:
Rf What a goose am. Why, amt
even married." a9ps ysioE sel49e4
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-06

At every twist and turn we are, re-
quested to @Look out for paintlS and
though there Is nothing in the words
to lead man to look at his coat tail,
yet there is where he will find the
most paint. d ftl e~4
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-06

Summer time is here, and once
more the poetical young man wand
ers by the river side and tries to get
into a rowboat by reaching for ii
with his hands, and have it gently
glide off from the shore with oil of
him but his feet. fi fra .alsf.f
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-06
Indiana News.

General Sheridan has promised to
be at the soldiers reunion at valpar-
also on Sept. 10. tst'.s as
The rectifyilg house OF Bingham
Bros. at Evansville, was bought in
by Hon. William Heilman for 81 500.
Mat Houghton, proprietor Of the
Posot House hotel. Carrolington, died
very suddenly on Sunday. Aug. o.,
"Thel lightning mule.v said to be
the fastest mule on record. is at Ia
fayette. The owner claims that his
mule can trot In 80. s'.s a
Charles Schaub, senior proprietor
Of the City Garden Varieties at Ft.
Wayne, has decamped with all the
funds OF the company. 80 s1ss -
Two roughs of North Vernon visi-
ted the house OF Alexander Bane,
near that place, few nights ago, and
gaining admittapee terribly beat and
ma.treated young man named Jesse
Babcock, who is a cripple and goes
on crutches. They deserve to be
hung at the end Of a rope. 'i
Two brothers. named James aud
wm. Bridget of Carroll county, we're
arrested by Sheriff Gresham, OF
Delphi, last Friday in Frankfort. on
charge of horse stealing.
The Russian soldiers are said 20
live and fight almost wholly upon
tea. The Cossacks often carry it
about in the shape Of bricks. or rather
tiles. which. before hardening, are
soaked in sleeps blood, and boiled
in milk, with the addition OF -four,
butter and salt so rs to constitute
kind OF soup. The passion OF the
Russian for this beverage is simply
astonishing. In the depth OF the
winter he will empty twenty cups In
succession, at nearly boiling point,
until he perspires at every pore. and
tnen In state or intense excitement,
rush out, roll in the snow, get up, and
go on to the next place OF similar
entertainment. SO with the army.
With every group or circle Of tents,
travels the invariabIe tea cauldron,
suspended from a tripod; and it
would be vain to think OF computing
how many times each soldiers panni-
kin Is filled upon halt 1t Is his first
idea. Frequently he carries IL cold
in copper case. as a solace upon the
march. Ht ale fls lslt
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-06
HISTORY OF THE
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND

Its Organization, Campaigns, and
Battles; toriftese at the request OF
Major General Gro. III. THOMAS,
chiefly from his Private Military
Journal, and Official and other
Documents furnished by him. BY
THos. B. VAN HORNE. u. s. A.
LIBRARY EDITI0N-2 vols 8 yo with an
Atlas of ~ Campaign and Battle Maps. Price.
Cloth. ss.oc Sheep, 5000; Half-Morocco, si2Oo.
POPULAR EDITIoN.-with Campaign Maps.
vols. syo. Cloth, $500. WIS
Esery family in the land should have copy of
this most truthful, thorough aud valuable contrbu-
ton to the military history of the rebellion.
The subject matter Il admirable, well arranged
and well digested.-Gn. W. r. slers,aa
The Book of Books' on the war OF the rebellion.
--Mqy-GeH. Joseph Hooker.
se"'es ~aa' free Of eAavs, on reeeip< Of price,
al koIlkT (IABKE, &tO.,P
CINCINNATI, o. tft
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-06

Every style OF the srt from q Gem or Photo
graph to the fines. India Ink picture. exc
cuted In the highest artistic skill. Also copy
ing and enlarging made specially. We have
the best OF light. so that pictures may be
taken In any kind Of weather. Picture frames
kept constantly on hand With our kindest
regards for an already liberal patronage. we
would besDeak a continuation OF the same.
hoping to be able to render perfect satisfac-
ton. both in price and qnality OF work. Re-
member the place. Michigan street. near
Wheelers Bank. Plymouth. Ind. q ~
1yrJan77 J. Z. PORTMEss. Artist.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-09-06

Two brothers. named James aud
VIM. Bridget Of Carroll county, we're
arrested by Sheriff Gresham. of
Delphi, last Friday in Frankfort, on
charge Of horse stealing.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-03
Mourning i'm France.
[Appletons' Journal. |

As regards mourning, the French are
far more sensible than we are. The
rules of bowed shutters and of wool and
Grape habiliments of the hue of outer
darkness, donned for an indefinite
length Of time, would appear absurd to
this peculiarly intelligent nation. Their
rules on this head are extremely pre-
else, each shade and style of mourning
being severely regulated. A widow
must wear mourning for two years. She
must wear black wooden stuff, with col
lar, cuffs and veil of Grape for one year !;
she must not crepe or friz her hair, and
she must wear a cap in the house during
that period. At the end of one year
she can wear black trimmed with black
lace; this not very oppressive costume
is de rigeur for six months. During
the following six months, all shades
of violet, gray and lilac are permissible,
after which, her two years mourning
having expired, she can dress as she
pleases. The mourning for parent or
child Is to be worn for one year-six
months of Grape and bombazine, three
months of black silk aud lace, and
three months Of grays and puppies. For
a grandparent the rule is six months,
and for a brother or sister four
months, the half Of which period only
is to be passed in black stuff and Grape.
In deep mourning it is not considered
proper to wear kid gloves, cloth gloves
being considered appropriate; nor is
any ornament, even of dulled jet or OF
Berlin iron, admissible. When the
head Of a family dies, the servants
are put in mourning as we'll as the
relatives. Each servant receives from
the heirs two complete toilets, one Of
every day wear and one for Sundays.
Children under twelve years Of age are
never put in mourning. Abstention
from society or worldly pleasures is
marked by the duration of the deep
mourning only; that il to say, for one
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-03
The Russian Priesthood.

Russian priests are disgrace to
Christianity. He has priests eyes," Is
proverb which means that the person
30 characterized is lustful, greedy, and
self-seeking. Moreover, they are, In O
drunken nation, the most drunken. A
friend OF mine, who stayed several
months at Russian country house,
says 1t was common sight to see two
priests lying in q cart, as pigs do when
1hey are driven to market. One saint 3
day, he tells me, the priest came to
chapel too far gone to read the
service; instead Of being struck
dumb with shame, he actually whined
out an apology: 1--WE poor fellows spend
all our time In praying for others, and
have no one to pray for us; no wonder,
therefore, we fall under temptation"
Things are just as bad in Bulgaria; an
English engineer, who has just written
book Of his experiences there, went
over one Sunday to attend q church,
whose pope" had q great reputation
for sanctity. There was no service, for
the pope was lying dead drunk among
the nettles at the back of his vodko
(whisky) shop. II heard" quantity
adds the writer, ''that for the five pre-
vious Sundays his place had been
among those vegetables" Is it any
wonder the Turks look on q religion
which has such teachers as filter for
swine than for men?
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-03
BRIBERY,
why the Turks are Defeated.
ILondon News


Bribery has always been the surest
weapon Of the Sultan's enemies. The
surrender of .Verna in 1898, which
opened Roumelia to Diebitseh's daring
advance in the following spring, was
mere matter OF sale and barter. The
battle Of Nizeeb, in 1929, was decided
against the already victorious Turks by
the desertion to the Egyptian standard
OF three or four previously bfibed regi-
ments; and the superseding of Sail
Pasha, In 1863, by the veteran Mussa,
barely saved Silistria from being
knocked down" to Prince Paskievitch.
In fact, one may say Of Constantinople,
as Jugurtha said Of Rome, "a city for
sale when purchaser comes;" and
the state of the Sultan's forces Is aptly
summed up by military critic who has
seen more OF them than most men .
For more than year [ had shared the
fortunes Of q Turkish army; / had seen
the merits of these poor, patient,
staunch, unflinching troops, and the
shortcomings OF their corrupt and venal
officers. | knew none better-how the
Turkish soldier has to bear hunger,
thil st, starvation. ill-usage, arrears OF
pay, and bears all without murmur.
| have seen him starved and cheated
that his colonel might gorge, aye, and
drink to intoxication of the forbidden
liquor; and l wondered not Gas none
who knew the nation need wonder) that
Russian gold will work its way to the
defeat Of o Turkish army far more
swiftly than all the steel that bristles
over the thronging columns Of the Mus
covite."
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-03
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Adam and Eyes Wedding.

Did you ever contemplate the poverty Of Adam
when he took Eve for better or worse2 Only
think OF 1t. He hadn't hat to bis head, coat
to bis back, pair OF shoes to his feet, nor "nary
red cent" in his trousers pocket Eve brought
no dowry; she had nothing to bestow save her
love and affection, and he was the only young
as pot poor as her husband she came to him Without
bonnet, shawl, calico gown, or even pair OF
slippers. Moses forgot in his "reminiscences to
give us any account Of the wedding trip, but
robes Of that day, their baggage would have
proved no incumbrance-for limited amount
sufficed and dressing to please everybody was Of
no account, for there were none but themselves
to please. What contrast with weddings now
a-days, when 30 many beautiful and useful articles
are brought into requsition. Just step in at
Moody's magnificent shirt emporium, corner
Canal and Royal streets, and see what wonder
full revolution he is making in prices of neck
wear. sleeve buttons, shirts, umbrellas, in fact,
everything one could desire for q perfect outfit.