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In discussion Ia tue Sa1csar Lying Club Inst
night, Hesabaf assorted thAt mules ucycr de-
He said they TOOK on tho ecmhlancs Of death,
but II WAS q deception. Sometimes thry aFe
turned Into newspaper e1it0rs aud Aoalan
wEestlcrs but they never Cease to exist. tlu
said there Is a niulo now used on q wlisn on
milne In Humboldt County that was use0 a. a
b-castwusk Vt tbs battle of New oz!saus, was
owned aul r!ddrnby Grant in California, ,wsnt all
through the War OF tbs lloholli0n, was bIown
up iu hitrugiy3rfno c1p1oaion white assistlng
ln tho gonslrletioS of thu Ecntra, iaciH. Rail-
road, was IN tho Indian BATHS Ii. which Custer
was slain, wAa In st. Loua when tue Houthcrn
Hotel was bufncl, aud IL pretty ROOD lnulc
yet, with the strength OF !.s Aind leg only IT.
minlshcd 70 about tie striking powaf Of q A00.
ton steam hammer.
a ROOSTER WITH A WOODEN LEO.
P,uyAtt<psts EIyls.
On the farm Of Alfrel Moore, Of MooEe's
Malls, In this county, Il rooster which WIS -
unfortunate ~ " loso lex just bclow tho frat
5olnt. The wuuud, tuyeses, haalol. sad the
rooater lnauaged With uittlculty to mako his
way frutu place to plaee Thls summer, u
young nan ffotu thls city. with Mr.. Moore. be-
catue Interested IL tha e4sv, and resolved to
, 1877-07-09
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-11-28

Superfciality Is the leading features
of the age, the characteristic that runs
through all society, and all grades of
society. If we have any men amongst
us who are thorough, they are an ex-
ception, and appear odd and out of place
among their compeers. There never
was an age when information was scat.
tered about so freely, when every kind
of knowledge was brought within mems
reach, and yet how few real books have
the last fifty years produced, All effort
seems to be merely to popularlze and
exhibit knowledge in run and read
form. This is not the way scholars used
TO work, and it has produced a school
very different from the old race. Litera-
ture has become, so 20 speak, machine
made. Books are published by tn ton,
and IL is wonderful how little original
after permtates the great mass. The
patient student, whose one or two
volumes were the monument and record
of his life, gets no sympathy IN an age
of veneer and French polish. Every
man, said Swift. should hope to leave
son behind him, should plant a tree,
and should write book. But in these
days every young lady of average ability
has written her book and exhibited
what she calls her views. and what
proves to be her inexperience. 1t Is
pleasant, of course, to think that where
there are so many hundreds OF writer's
there must be many thousands Of
readers. Publishers are, after all, COM
mercial men, aud carry on their busi-
ness on trade, not on philanthropic,
principles. If the books are printed,
they are sold, and we take comfort to
ourselves that the age we live in is an
zoe of readers. On the other hand, If
what Goethe says be true, that the
worlds wealth consists OF its original
men, then we must admit the world we
i've in to be not in very wealthy con-
,ition.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-11-28

and then she took the house next to
our own, her own claim and Freddie's
to Carroll Vests property being un-
disputed.
We were warm friends for two years,
and Mrs. West, senior, with the beauti-
full blonde, were occasional visitors at
the widows house: but when the violet
and white took the place of grape and
bombazine, | ventured to ask Adelaide
West if a second love could comfort her
for the one she had lost, and my mother
became Freddie's grandmother in truth,
when his ''pretty mamma, became nv
wife.
Mrs. West is dead, and Lucy married
to titled Italian, who admired her
blonde beauty, but, unlike many of his
compatriots, finds the lovely lady fully
able to take care of her own interests,
and guard her money against his too
profuse expenditure.
Other children call me papa, and Ad-
elaide mamma, but / do not think |
give any of them warmer or truer
love than feel for brown-eyed Fred
die, who was Lost and Found
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-11-28
Taking Comfort.

The dream of mortals is of time
coming when cares shall cease to infest
anxieties TO oppress, every wish to be
| gratified, and they shall take "solid
comfort" Many waste all their lives
in the vain pursuit of this dream, which
like the will-o'-the-wisp, leads them a
sad chase over bog and fen and morass,
eluding them to the last. A few
thoughtful souls arrive seasonably at
the wise conclusion that not i'm this
world will the time ever come when,
without any dregs of bitterness, the
chalice pressed to our lips WILDE full of
only comfort. We must take the bitter
and the sweet as we go along.
Contentment is not of an outward
growth. Its roots spring from the very
depths of the soul, and are nourished
as well by rain as by sunshine, by sor-
row as by joy. When once one has re-
solved within himself to take life as it
is and make the best of it, then he may,
even in tribulatiOn. take comfort,
though the majority of people do not
prefer to take it i'm that form.
The delights of life, like pleasant
weather through the year, are scattered
all along the way, and unless we enjoy
them as soon as they come. the oppor-
tunity once past never returns.
1t is all very well to provide for a
rainy day, but the man is very foolish
who allows himself to be soaked by
drenching rains that he may save his
umbrella for some pOssibl future storms.
Pleasure-taking is not nearly as much
provided for among our earnest, intense,
energetic American people as it should
be. We live altogether too much in
the future, TOO little i'm the present.
We live too poor that we may die rich.
We get all ready to be happy, and when
we are quite ready, infirmity or disease
or death steps In. and the chance to
take comfort in this short life is gone. |
If We could only be content to seize up |
the little pleasures that lie just outside |
and often within our daily pathway, |
they would make large sum total at |
the end of the three-score and ten.
Far too many ofus scorn pleasures that
are cheap and near and within our
grasp, and complain because we cannot
have such as are costly and remote and |
But if we only magnify |
the little things that make life pleasant
as we do those that make il unpleasant,
the cup of our joys would continually
overflow. We complain of cloud and
storm, but do we rejoice i'm the sun
shine and fair weather? We grieve at
he coldness of friend, but do we val
lie the fidelity of those who remain true:
We count the hours when sickness pros
rates us. but how many days ofhealth
PASS utterly unnOticed and without
We mourn passionate
v for the dead, while we neglect the
living whom tomorrow we may weep
Is dead. Ii is well for us to heed the
ayings of the wise man, "There is
nothing better than that man should
'ejoice in his own works; for that is
Iis portion: for who shall bring him
o see what shall be after him.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-11-28
Birds of Paradise.

| Mr.. Wallace has remarked that the
birds of New Guinea present larger
proportion of brilliantly plumaged spe-
cies than those of any other part of the
world. To this result the birds of Para
disc largely contribute. OF this family
twenty-four species are known, all con-
fined to the Papuan Islands, with a
single exception, M0nacOdid, which
has extended its range to North Aus
tralia, and which is without the char
acteristic piumage of the true paradise
birds. Whether for singularity or
beauty of fplumage the birds of paradise
are without rivals in the bird-wOrld.
Most of them have superb tufts of
feathers issuing not from the wings,
but from each side ofthe body, forming
sometimes wavy, silky plumes of con-
siderable thickness, sometimes fans
which spread on each side of the breast.
sometimes shields or long trains be-
hind the wings; while the central tail
feathers are often produced to great
length, elongated into wires, twisted
into fantastic shapes, or terminated by
lustrous spangles, and all adorned with
the most brilliant metallic tints- In
the sub-family EpimdchiRG instead of
tufts from the sides of the body, the ac-
cessOry plumes spring from the head,
the back, or the shoulders, while in the
specles that strays into North Australia
these peculiarities are absent. There is
scarcely hue among the colors of ma
ture which is not found in the endless
variety of the painting of the paradise
birds; not only the lustrous metallic
of the humming-bird, but yellows, reds,
blues, and greens of every degree of in
tensity. Yet these fantastic freaks of !
coloration and feathering are confined |
to the males; the females are all |
clad i'm the most sober browns, and are |
the most unattractive of birds. Doubt
less this provision of nature is intended |
as protection from observation during |
the labors of the nesting season. |
Strange notions formerly prevailed |
among the vulgar as to the birds OF para |
disc. As until recently no European
had been able to observe them in life,
all our specimens were supplied by the
natives, who always cut off the legs
from the skins, on which account they |
were reputed to be without feet, whence
the name of the best known species,
Apoda. Peculiar and strange as are
these creatures, yet there can be no
doubt that their nearest allies in nature
are a family marked by an extreme
and sombreness ofplumage,
and by the absence of any difference of
in the sexes-,he crow tribe,
between which and the starlings the
paradise birds are naturally placed
Good Words.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-11-28
king Vodki.--The Universal Prevalence
of Intemperance In Russia.

An English resident in Odessa writes
One morning a soft-spoken policeman,
in gray topcoat, calls to say that our
coachman, who vanished overnight, is
| lying at the station under a charge of
assault committed while inebriated. Is
ii our pleasure that he should be made
TO act a public scavenger for three days
in the Drunk Gang: We have a pri-
vate idea that to sweep the streets would
do our istvoschik no harm, but the point
is really this-shall we bribe him out of
his scrape, or by declining to do so stir
up the police to prefer charge which
may keep him in prison, not for days,
but months? We produce three rou-
bles, rejecting that we can deduct them
from Ivan Ivanowitch's wages, and by
and-by Ivan turns up, sober and thank
ful. TO explain that he would have
never been arrested at all if the police
had not felt sure that his master would
buy him off. This is so true that the
man will be sacred in policemen's eyes
for perhaps three months 30 come. Let
him stagger about as rowdily As he
pleases, be quarrelsome and insOlent,
the police will take no notice of him till
the time has arrived when they may de-
Gently claim three more roubles. As
influential persons, such as great no
blemen, bishops, diplomatic and con-
sular agents, cannot be called upon for
black mail. their servants enjoy full
license as TO intoxication. so do petty
civil servants and military officers in
their own persons, for a policeman who
meddled with them might find himself
in trouble. But all non-official people
whose servants exceed sobriety, or who
do so themselves, must bribe or take the
which are unpleasant.
A person may also be severely pun
ished for not getting drunk, "a certain
Polish schoolmaster whom we met one
day disconsolately welding bosom on
the quays in company of dozen ko-
peckless rogues who are being made ex-
ample of because they have no friends.
The crime of our schOolmaster was that
he lifted up his voice in his school and
in tea-shops against King Vodki, and
tried to inveigle some university stu
dents into taking temperance pledge.
He was privately warned that he had
better hold his peace, but he went on,
and the result was that one evening as
he was walking home somebody bum
ped against him; he protested; twopo-
licemen forthwith started up, hauled |
him off, charged him with being drunk
and disorderly, and the next day he |
was sentenced to sweep the streets for
.hree days-a sentence which unfortu-
lately does not involve the social ami
which it would in other coun-
ries. The fact is that in Russia you
must not advocate temperance prinei-
)les; the vested interests i'm the drink
rade are too many and strong. Nobody
'orces you to drink yourself. The Ras-
lolniks, or dissenters, who are the most
class of the Russian COM
nunity and number ten million souls,
ire i'm general abstainers, but they, like
,thers, must not Overtly try to make
,roselytes. There are many most en-
ightened who hate and deplore the ma
ional vice, who try to check 1t among
heir own servants, who would support
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-11-28

and all beings, created or uncreated,
mortal or immortal, are liable to the
wrath or this terrible being, who seems
TO have been god after Calvin's own
heart. silva, the first person of the
Hindoo triad, was driven into madness
by SAM, and, deeked with living SER
pents and human bones, danced with
demons amid graves. Yishnu was tied
TO rice mortar by shepherdesses, for
having at Sani's instigation, stolen
butter and ghee, Subramania was
changed into Vengai tree by the same
power, while paying his addresses to a
kurava damsel. Vigneswara, when an
infant, had his head .bnrued up by the
evil glances of Sani-a legend recalling
| the malOcchio, or evil eve, of the Ital-
ians, which Plus IN. is believed to
possess The most noted instance of the
persistent malice of SAM is the theme
of splendid episode of the Maha
Bharata-the adventures of Nala and
Damayanti. Resenting the preference
shown by the latter for the former, SanI
first melted Nala TO gamble away his
kingdom, and then turned the pair
penniless and forlorn into the desert,
where he brought on them a series of
misfOrtunes, the recital OF which strikes
the reader with horror. IL would be
difflcnlt to find a parallel tale in any
other literature, containing so much
misery and terror, with such conjugs.
fidelity and such unbending fortitude.
There is temple dedicated TO SIni at
kutchanur, in the southwestern part of
the Madura district. Like all edifices
of this nature, il is divided into the
three portions of outer apartment, holy
place, and celia or saHc'um sanct0rum.
The image of Sani is mounted on
gigantic crow. His ministers are
Brahman priests, and his ministratOrs
resemble those of other Brahmanical
pagados, with the exception that no
OASIS, or vessels are at ached TO the
temples Of Saturn. A great festival of
three days duration is held, cOmmenc-
Ing on the Is h of Adj each year, In
honor of the misOgynist god; on which
contrary TO, the usual custom, all the
worshippers are feasted at the expense
of the temple, although the offerings
made far exceed the amount of the ex-
penditure. Sheep, poultry, rice, cam
phor, plantains and artificial flowers
made of gold and silver are offered.
The animals are brought alive, and are
sold by auction by the priests on the
third day of the feast. The special
of this rite is that all the
earnestly supplIeate not
the presence but the absence of the god
and beseech him never to visit their
homes or to turn the evil light of his
upon tEem.-PaH Mall
Gazette.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-11-28
On the Top of Araref.

The London Spectator, speaking of the
recent successful ascension of Mount
Ararar by Mr.. Bryce, says:
''Mr. Bryce has given to the world a
wonderful word-picture of that amazing
and awfHl spectacle, of that landscape
which is now what it was before man
crept forth on the earth, the mountains
which stand about the valleys as they
stood when the volcanic fires that piled
them up were long ago extinguished;
but he could not tell us what were his
thoughts, his feelings there, what the
awe and yearning that came over him
in that tremendous solitude. where
Nature sits enthroned, serenely calm.
and speaks to her children only in
the storm and earthquake that level
their dwellings in the dust
''His vision ranged over the vast ex-
panses within whose bounds are the
chain of the Caucasus, dimly made out,
but kazbek. Elbruz, and the mountains
of Daghestan visible, with the line of
the Caspian Sea upon the horizon: to
the north, the huge extinct volcano of
Ala Coz, whose three peaks enclose a
snow-patched crater. the dim plain of
Erivan. with the silver river winding
through it: westward. the Taurus
range; and northwest, the upper valley
of tie Araxes, to be traced as far as
Ami. the ancient capital of the Armen-
ian kingdom; the great Russian fort
ress of AlexandropOl, and the hill
where Kars stands-peaeeful enough
when the brave climber looked out upon
this wonderful spectacle.
while it was growing upon him,
not indeed in magnificence. but i'm COM
prehensibility, while the eye was still
unsatisfied with gazing the mist-eur-
tain dropped, embodied him and shut
him up alone with the awful mountain
top. The awe that fell upon me- he
says, with the sense of utter loneliness.
made time pass unnOticed, and might
have fingered long in sort of dream,
had not the piercing cold that thrilled
every limb recalled me TO a
sense of the risks delay might involve.
Only four hours of daylight remained. |
the thick mist was added danger, the |
ice axe marks were his only guide, for
the compass is useless on a volcanic |
like Araret, with iron in the
rocks. The descent was made in safety. |
but by the time Mr.. Bryce came in
sight of the spot, yet far off, where his
friend had halted, the sun had got be-
hind the southwestern ridge of the
and his gigantic shadow had
fallen across the great Arsxes plain be-
low; while the red mountain of Media,
far TO the southeast, still glowed redder
than ever, then turned swiftly to
splendid purple in the dying light
AT 6 O'Clock he reached the bivouac
and rejoined his friend. who must have
looked with strange feelings into eyes
which had looked upon such wondrous
sights since sunrise. Three days later
Mr.. Bryce was at the Armenian mon
lstery of Etchmiadzin, near the north
,rn foot OF Ararat. and was presented
o the archimandrite who rules the
louse. This Englishman, said the
Armenian gentleman who was acting as
says he has ascended to
he top of Massis,' (Ararat). The ven-
rable man smiled sweetly, and replied
With gentle decisiveness, That cannot
'e. No one has ever been there. 1t is
"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-11-28

The malevolent power OF the god SAM
the Hindoo Saturn, is an essential part
of the Hindoo faith. The sacred writ
ings abound with instances of his i'm
placable hatred 70 mankind. We have
various sources of information rs to the
character ascribed to this deity, the
accounts drawn from which, though
now differing much in detail, seem to
denote common origin. In Greek
mythology, Saturn is the son Of heaven
and earth, deposed ruler of the gods.
According to the view of Ptolemy and
The astrological writers, he is the
supremest or highest of the planets,
placed between Jupiter and the firma-
ment, and governor of the airy tripli-
city," When joined by an evil aspect
TO the ascendant, he causes sickness,
family affiiction, accidents, falls and
bruises. The mind becomes dull and
heavy under his influence; the body
suffers lingering diseases, coughs, colds,
phlegmstic complaints, and low feyers.
When Ill dignified he is envious covet-
Gus, jealous and mistrustfuI, timorous,
sordid, assembling, sluggish, suspicious
stubborn, contemner OF women, a liar,
malicious, murmuring, never contented
and ever repining. This cheerful char
acter is not inconsistent with the my
biological accounts of either branch of
the Aryan race. The use among our
selves of the adjective saturnine indi-
Gates a sullen and gloomy disposition.
The Grecian Saturn mutilated his
father and devoured his children. But |
the Hindoo Saturn delights in acts of
wanton cruelty and mischief, pursues
his victim with the ferociry and relent- |
less of bloodhound, and seldom quits |
his prey until the utmost wretchedness |
has been attained. 1t is very remarka-
BILE, however, that the power of Sani is /
not supposed to extend to the depriva-
tion of life. In this there is a remarka-
BILE resemblance to the Satan of the
Book of JOB. Sani oppresses his victims
for longer or shorter period, but never
longer than seven years and half,
which is the maximum period of the
duration of his malevolenee, according
to the Hindoos. According to Ptolemy
his three periods are thirty, forty three
and half, and fifty-seven years; and
his greatest term, referring to States,
buildings, and matters of permanent
nature, is 465 years, 1t is useless to
attempt any escape from misfortune so
long as Sani is against us. His power
extends over the heavens, the earth,
the sea, and the regions below the earth,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-11-28
Nassau Dlrkies Diving for Pennies.

There is nice httle public square
which lies on the water side of Bay
street, where are the court-houses,
houses of Assembly, Bank, and other
similar places of resort. Whenever we
would go-on a pleasant morning, after
noon or evening-to this stair, to sit by
the stone bOat-stairs, or TO stand on the
sea-wall, and view the lovely water
with its changing hues of green, its
yachts, its ships, and all its busy smaller
craft, and sniff with delight the cool
salt breeze that blows so gayly over the
narrow back of Hog Island, there would
certainly come running TO us two. three
or dozen little black boys with the en-
treaty: "Please, boss, gives us a small
dive. If happened to have any change
and wished to see some funny work in
the water, put my hand in my pocket,
and instantly every little black boy
jerked of his shirt. Ii is no trouble for
the negro children to undress in Mas
sau. The very little ones wear only 4
small shirt and straw hat. SOme-
times there is not much muslin in this
shirt, but they are always particular to
have it come down low enough to cover
the breast-bOne. If | find penny, |
toss it into the water, and instantly
every dsrkey boy, clad in seanty trOw-
sers, plunges in after It. Sometimes
spry little fellow catches tbs coin be-
fore it reaches the bottom, and it is
never long before some fellow comes up
with the money in his mouth. Some
times when coin Is not readily found,
it is curious to look down through the
clear water and see the young rascals
moving their legs and arms about down
at the bottom like a lot of enormous
brown frogs.-Scribner.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-11-28
A SONG.

L know not if moonlight or starlight
Be soft on the nd and the sea,
| catch but the near light, the far light
OF eyes that are burning for me;
They scent OF the night of the roses,
NJ V burden the air for thee. Sye t
lis only the breath of the sighing
L know, as lie at thy feet.
The winds may be sobb ng or singing,
Their touch may be fervent or cold.
The night bells may toll or be ringing.
care not, while thee L enfold,
The feast may go on, and the music
Be scattered in ecstasy round
Thy whisper. i Ioee thee love thee,-
Hath flooded my soul with its sound.
think not of time that is fiying,
How short is the hour have won,
How near is this living to dying.
How the shadow still follows the sun:
There is nsught upon earth. no desire,
Worth thought though twsre had bv sig
love thee love thee, brin igher
Thy spirit, thy kisses. to mine.