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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08
THE
OLD TIN, SHEET-IRON
AND
ST0uE HOUSE.
NEXT Door 10 the O,oings House, Market House
building.

AWING 10 the low price ruling for Tin
plate, Sheet Iron, Zinc, Galvanized Iron and
Copper. we will from and after this date, greatly
reduce the retail price on all good, manufacture
by us. and will allow the usual discount from Gus
retail prices 10 the trade.
ROOFING =. s5POUTTNC
We make a specially. and at prices ioeer Than r.
samc Aa- been furnished for maHy gears.
The very many thousand feet, both Of Roofing
and Spouting, furnished BY our house since h..
organization, must be sufficient guarantee that
we have worked good material aud done good
work.
stoves of Various Ikfudss
on hand and any Stove manufactured will be-
furnished on short notice, at small cost over
Factory prices. Our facilities lar furnishing any
piece needed to repair hall WORKOUT Stoves are
such that parties calling ~ can have thc stoves
repaired at a small cost and save the oXpcnsei
fnr q iinn NJ hnrinn now nmna.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08

- - " A. Al ~ " wv
Clerk Of the Circuit Court
White & Trapnell, P o.
September S, ls77-lt.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08
The State of West Virginia,

:
AT RULES HELD IN THE CLERKS
"a Office Of the Circuit Court of Jefferson
County, September 8, 1877,
GEO. v. TABB, Plaintiff,
against
ORA 5. JANNEY, ]. Campbell Janucy
Joseph Hout, Martin Swimley. n S
White and Joseph Trapnel, Trustees.
s. f. White, y. NJ. Evans and Thomas
Turner, Defendants,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08
Monday, the 18th Day of Sep
TENDER, 1877,

the Valuable Real Property in Jefferson County
near Charlestown, described as follows, to-wit: :
The Share or Interest to be sold is that OF Johr
w. Kennedy, in the CAVE FARM" which con
tains in the whole farm
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08

W. Z. ANDERSON, Auctioneer.
August Is, 1877.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08
SPEER'S
PORT GRAPE WINE.

Uscd in Hundreds Of Churches for Communion
purposes. Excellent for Ladies' Weakly persons
and the Agtd.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08
Cattle For Sale.

Sent. s, ls7T.-Spirit Copy.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-08

The Mechanics Band Of this place on Mon
day night serenaled Judge Okey johnson as
a small testimonial Of the high appreciation Of
that gentleman service 10 behalf Of our town
whilst a Senator Of West Virginia. Judge
johnson, in consideration Of his present posi-
son aPar. from political life, Acknowledged the
comPl.msu, by a kindly private note rather
than 10 public address.
We are indebted to tie officers Of tbe Mont
gomey County, Maryland, Agricultural Fair
iCr an invitation TO attend This Fair viii be
lellat Rockville o. The l2il, 18th and 18th
us,lut
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21
Healthy Houses.

DIR. Richardson has come little
nearer TO the level of ordinary life since
he startled the world by his picture of
city of health. The kind of house
which he recommended is not beyond
the reach of any one who is about to
build dwelling for himself, and has
strength of mind enough not 10 be
turned from his purpose by the object
ions which builders are sure to raise i'm
the first instance. DIR. Richardson
mentions four essential points in which
a house constructed on his plan would
differ from ordinary houses. In the
first place, there would be no rooms I'M
derground. The basement would be
simply an arched subway, with a free
current of air passing through it, thus
preventing any damp from ascending
into the upper stories, and affording an
opportunity of warming the air ad-
mitted into the house. Secondly, the
kitchen instead of being in the base
ment, would be at the top of the house,
by which means all smells of the cook
ing would be kept out of the living
rooms, and the conveyance of hot water
TO the bedrooms would be much easier,
Next, the staircase, instead of being in
the center of the house, would be in
distant shaft at the back. There would
be door on each floor communicating
with the staircase, and lavatories and
similar apartments would be placed in
the shaft so that they would be out of
the house, and yet accessible from each
floor. Lastly, the roof would be level.
paved with asphalte, and covered with
glass. In this way a garden would be
obtained on the top of every house,
sheltered from the weather, and pro-
tected from frost by the warmth of the
kitchen beneath. There is no doubt
that DR.. Richardson's picture is an ex-
ceedingly attractive one, and there
seems TO be no reason, beyond the diff
Guilty of getting new Ideas accepted
within any reasonable time, why it
should not at once be subjected to th
test of experiment.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21

lowed it to the grave. By the time all
this was ascertained, the rogue had
taken refuge in America; but after a
while he ventured upon a trip to Ant
werp, where he was arrested and de-
livered to the French authorities.
An old couple living in village not
far from Berlin, as many proyident
souls have done, anticipated certain
want by purchasing pair Of collins,
keeping the cheerful reminders in a
stable, to serve as cupboards for the
storing of baked fruits and other winter
necessities. At last the old man died,
and his eldest son, soldier quartered
at Berlin, was summoned home to the
funeral. The widow emptied one of the
collins of its contents TO make room for
the corpse, filling the other with the
elected comestibles. The day after the
funeral the soldier had 10 return TO his
duty. The dame went to fetch him
some fruit, ana on opening the solitary
coffin was startled and confounded at
behOlding her dead husband. Some
body had blundered, and the coffinful
of good things had been solemnly put
under the turf. and everything had to
be done over again !-AH the Year Round
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21
Little by Little.

If you are gaining little by little,
every day, be content. Are your ex-
penses less than your income, 80 that,
though it be little, you are yet constant
ly accumulating and growing richer and
richer every day? Be content; SO far
as concerns money, you are doing well.
Are you gaining knowledge every
day? Though it be little by little, the
aggregate of the accumulation, where
no day is permitted to pass without ad
ding something to the stock, will be
surprising to yourself.
Solomon did not become the wisest
man in the world i'm a minute. Little
by little-never ommitting to learn
something, even for single day
always reading, always studying little
between the time of rising up in the
morning and lying down at night; this
is the way to accumulate full store
hou;e of knowledge. Finally, are sou
daily improving in character? Be not
discouraged because il is little by little.
The best men fall far short of what they
themselves would wish to be. 1t is some
thing, it is much, if you keep good res
olutions better to-day than you did yes
terday, better this week than you did
yesterday, better this week than you
did last, better this year than you did
last year. Strive to be perfect, but do
not become downheartened so long as
you are approaching nearer, and nearer
to the high standard at which you aim.
Little by little, fortunes are accumu-
lated, little by little, knowledge is gain
ed; little by little, character and repu-
tation are achieved.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21
MOVE ON.

The bright, sunny nils keep on flowing
Along by the banks and the brses,
And not one Summer blossom stops growing.
No matter how dark are the DAYS.
Tie clouds too, keep sailing and lifting.
To let the bright sun arrows through;
Thus nature by changing and shifting.
Keeps moving with plenty to do.
Stand still, and you miss the bright places
Thst wait for You further along;
Stand still, and the booming oasis
Will comfort you not with its song.
Move on with the grand working army
That labor with purpose of soul;
Move on, and the air will grow balmy,
aud victory be yours st the goal.
Step back and the's small hope of winning.
For courage true fieetness must lend;
Step back at the very beginning,
And where will you be at the end9
Go forward, young sowers at dawning,
With gladness and hope to the field;
Go forward, for sweet III the morning,
TO labor for Autumn's rich yield
Great worlds in their orbits are moving.
And planets unpeopled keep pace.
While in contrast, all living and loving,
Dumb life adds its mite to the race.
Then why, in this busy creation,
That moves without rest or delay,
Oh. why. fair young souls of the nation,
should man be the lsggard to-day
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21

The multiplication of 9S765432l by 40
gives A, Al 444 AS. Reversing the
order of the digits and multiplying l23-
4567s9 by As we get result equally
curious, 5,555, 555, sos. If we take 1884,
567S9 as the multiplicand, and inter-
changing the figures of 40, take "a as a
multiplier, we obtain another remarka-
BILE product, 6 ,666 ,666, ,606. Return to the
multiplicanl first used, 9S765432l, and
take "a as multiplier again, we get 90
333, 333, ,334-all threes except the first
and last figures, which read together
"a, the multiplier. Taking the same
multiplicand and using %, the half of
81, as the multiplier, We get the product
of &c, ,G66, ,666, ,667-all skies except the
first and last figures, which read to-
gether give 27, the multiplier. Next
interchanging the figures Of the number
27, and using ~ as the multiplier, with
9s765432l as the multiplicand, We obtain
product of u, ILL, I'LL. .ll2-all ones ex-
cept the first and last figures, which
read together give y, the multipller.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21

The American people have this great
quality-and have it, we think. in an
even higher degree than the English
the quality of being sobered by the
very presence of danger. There Is no
people among whom what seems GER
the very verge of the most alarming
catastrophe, and yet none among whom
we can feel certain that the immediate
presence of imminent danger, instead
of exciting them to the fatal plunge,
will brace their nerves, clear their
head, and reduce 10 sober seriousness
the very leaders who, before the peril
was imminent, were the hottest par
tisans of the policy of danger. In Eng
land there is, we think, more DISPOSE
ton to be carried away by the impulse
in the moment of peril than there is in
the United States. In fact, it is the
most striking feature in our political
institutions that they express and coll
cOntrate the waves of popular feeling
which, indeed, they sometimes tend
to eXaggerate-while it is the most
striking feature in the institutions of
of the United states that they repress
and dissipate the waves of popular
feeling-which, indeed, they somewhat
tend to underrate. And both the ma
tions appear to have got the habit of re-
fiecting, TO a certain extent, the ten
dency of their institutions. There is
no doubt that the uppermost phase OF
British feeling often assumes too i'm
posing an air to spectators who are not
in any way behind the scenes, and that
what the nation really thinks and
wishes, it appears to think and wish
with even more intensity and unanim-
ity than it really does. The opposite
thing happens in the United States.
The very fact that strong popular
feeling is gaining a marked ascendency
there seems to call out all the restrain
ing and self preserving power which
the nation contains. If we remember
how long public feeling in the North
was in breaking down the constitution
al respect for the Fugitive Slave law,
how long it was again, even after the
war for the niaintainance of the Union
had broken out, before the enthusiasm
for turning it into an anti-slavery war
could gain any Influence with the politi-
cal masses and statesmen of the fedora
tion, We shall understand at once how
great were the forces, both constitutional
and moral, which seem To hold back the
American people from anything like
rash surrender TO the tides of political
enthusiasm. And 50 it has always
happened that at critical moment the
people of the United States have shown
not merely true self-command, but
perhaps even too much self-command, /
certainly more self-command than they (
did in the early stages of exciting ques- |
tiOns. And it is the same now that this I
very difficult and dangerous question a.
TO the Presidential election has arisen /
only in this case, as no greater and I.
noble principle is sacrificed for the /
sake of moderation, We can afford to
give fuller need of sympathy and |
even admiration to the society of the /
people than it seemed TO US I
possible to give at the time of the great
er crisis to which we have alluded
London Spectator.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21
Influence.

In our personal history we are often
brought into contact with natures that
seem 10 drop into our lives an element
of goOL-we can hardly tell how; but
there results sOftening of rough lines
and angles; new emotions of pleasure
quicken the pulses new power for use
fulness, aud new energy in the active
duties Of probation; while an elevation
of thought and purpose brings US nearer
God, and arms us with capacity to Diff
fuse everywhere a healthful influence
over those around us at once ennObling,
purifying, and elevating. This life
potency is not ephemeral. 1t goes with
us through duty and suffering down to
the last hour. Death does not destroy
it, for it sends its healthful glow across
the dark river through the eternal years
of our Immortality.
On the other hand, we have met with
persons filled with envy, selfishness, and
dark depravity. who have dropped
into our life current an element of dis
cord-a bitterness most unpalatable
(unless il finds in us a congeniai soil in
which TO vegetate and grow, so that
the calm rivulet is in eommotion; a
rocky bed tears to shreds our hopes, and
wounds our sensibilities, or plunges US
into dark and muddy pools of unhappy
diseord and misrule. The stream no
longer runs clear, the translucent
waters of life are polluted and we sink
into unhonored and miserable tombs,
or wake amid the blazing justice of
eternal truth to the fearful sentence,
"Departl" We call this element influ-
ence. When good, it wonderfully bles-
ses the world. and when bad, il is an
curse. We all have infiu-
ence. We are not isolated. Society is
around us. Into it we are continually
dropping the one or the other element.
We can say which it shall be--a bliss
full, healthful influence, or the reverse
Reader, which shall it be?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21

he saw how completely he had been de-

he saw how completely he had been de-
feated.
As the men began to search the room,
the landlord protested his innocence,
declaring that they had no right to hold
him or his men prisoners, or TO search
the house.
Breaking open the door, above which
was the bust, the men rushed in. The
room was empty, save for long ladder,
which reached a shelf above the door.
A hole above the shelf disclosed the bust
TO be broken in half, so that man could
easily climb up the ladder, get on the
shelf, thrust his head in the bust, which
was large enough for an ordinary mans
head, and see all that was going on in
the adjoining room.
This certainly looked suspicious, but
absolute proof was yet wanting. On re-
turning to the room occupied by Mr..
Spencer, they again searched every moo,
and corner. Suddenly Carrie and mir.
James, who had been standing by the
fireplace, gave loud cry, for on close
examination, they had found spots OF
blood Oh the bricks which formed the
hearth.
They began TO pull up the bricks,
which proved loose, when Carrie, feeling
faint, gave way TO the sheriff and his
men, who soon had them all pulled up,
when a cavity was disclosed, containing
the murdered body ofa gentleman whom
Mr.. James and the sheriff remembered
TO have stopped at s, three days be-
fore. The evidence was conclusive.
The landlord and his confederates
were well guarded through the night,
and the next day were lodged in Jail,
where in due time they were sentenced
and suffered the extreme penalty of the
law.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21
The CurIew's sense of II caring.

\ writeri in Nation advances the theory
that the curlew is directed by the sense
of hearing in its probings in the sand
for food. The bird has bill often eight
or nine inches long, and this it forces
into the soil as far as the nOstrils, and
rarely misses securing a worm at each
thrust. 1t cannot be supposed that it
makes its bOrings at random, else these
would be repeated many times fruitless-
ly. Neither can the sense of sight assist
it, as its victims are imbedded too deep
ly in sand or mud, which is often per-
fectly smooth on the surface. Ii must,
therefore, go the writer suggests, be
guided solely by hearing. ''It is diff
cult" he confesses, ''tO believe that this
sense i is so delicate and precise As TO
enable the eurlew TO perceive 50 exceed
ingly slight sound as that which must
be caused by the movement, say, of a
small worm at distance of ten or
twelve inches from the surface of the
sand, and at the same time to localize
the exact spot beEeath the surface from
which so slight sound proceeds. |
cannot see, however. that any other ex-
PLANTATION is open, and perhaps the one
now offered may not seem so incredible,
if we remember the ease of the thrush.
No one, | think, can observe this bird
feeding and doubt that il finds its worms
and grubs almost exclusively by the
sense Of hearing. And. if the distance
which il runs between successive pauseS
for listening represents-as we cannot
but suppose it must-the diameter Ofthe
circle within which this bird is able to
hear the movements of a worm, think
that the hypothesis have just advanced
with regard to the curlew ceases TO be
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21
Egyptian Architecture.

Owing to the climate of Egypt, it has
never been a woodland country. Palm
trees are found about the deserts of
Lydia, and near Denderah timber of
all kinds Is scarce, as the soil is not
suited to the growth of trees. The
acacia and the palm do grow, but the
oak does not, and fir has to be imported
from Arabia; and thus for solid struc-
lures of great magnitude the old build
ers of Egypt were shut up to the use
of stone, which abounds liz profusion,
and in the use of which the Egyptians
were great prOficients, as may be seen
both in the rock temples which were
excavated adorned with sculpture, and
in the temples which were erected in
the open air. While the sculptures and
the hieroglyphic figures which adorn
their palaces and temples attest the
progress of their wOrkmen in the art of
the newer of stone, it is evident that
they had made great progress also in
the department of construction, for
many of the blocks which they used
were of enormous dimensions, and that
they were lavish in their use OF materi-
al is shown by the fact that the walls
of some of their temples are of the al
most incredible thickness of twenty
four feet. At Thebes, the walls of the
principal entrances gate are at the base no
less than fifty ct thick. Then again
the stones instead of being dressed as
in modern masonry on one side, are
cut inside as we'll as outside, and
the whole mass is sOlidly joined to-
gether, thus tending to secure the du-
rability of their monuments. In these
great structures no arch is ever intro
duced. The columns stand at such
short distances that great stones can
reach from capital to capital, and thus
the roof is formed of huge blocks laid
on horizontally and forming solid bed.
Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21

finish 10 textile fabrics, for making
plasters to take the impressions, and
finally in the kitchen for making jellies.
The amount of caviar consumed in the
United States is not very large, and Is
almost wholly imported. The market
and shipping merchants of New York
are sufficiently large to make the busi-
ness very profitable one. Smoked
sturgeon is very palatable meat, afford
ing quite a good substitute for smoked
halibut. The oil obtained from the
sturgeon is sold under the common
name of fish oil. As the sturgeon Is
very fat fish, this production is quite a
profitable one. An effort has been
made to utilize the skins in the manu-
facture of leather. A number have
been tanned by way of experiment, in
a few instances, making good, durable
leather, though the presence of the
plates on the sides, back and belly will
probably prevent it ever becoming an
extensively used article.
The Lower Columbia river and its
several tributaries are known to be the
homes of countless numbers of these
fish. Every season hundreds and thous
ands are captured and brought to Port
land, where the flesh is used for food,
being commonly known as ''sea bass"
Why could not some enterprising per-
sons, with a small capital, engage ex-
tensively in the business described
above? Any number of sturgeon can
be easily obtained along the Lower Co
lumbia, and all that is necessary ia
capital and experience, to build up and
maintain very large and lucrative
business The question is certainly
one worthy of the attention and careful
consideration of those who have the
means and disposition to embark in
such an enterprise. The suggestion
has been made that salmon eggs can also
be manufactured into good article of
caviar in the same manner as the roe OF
sturgeon. SO tar as is known the ex-
pertinent has never been made. During
the fishing season immense quantities of
salmon roe are thrown away, which
might be converted into a marketable
article. Is not the matter worthy of ex-
pertinent!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21
The First stain.

Do our young readers ever think how
little it takes to stain their characters? ?
A single drop of ink is very small
thing, yet dropped into tumbler of
clear water, ii blackens the whole; and
so the first oath, the first lie, the first
glass, they seem very trivial, yet they
leave dark stain upon the character.
Look out for the first strain.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21

There is at the present time in the
Mexican treasury, the sum of seventeen
cents in specie. IL has slipped into
crevice, and cannot be got at.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-21

I'm Switzerland 150, 600 persons OBJ
tain living by watch making.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-07
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

Toledo Blade The American pres.
did itself proud in the recent trouble.
There was not paper anywhere, of the
least standing that lent itself for mo,
ment to the designs OF the mob
Indianapolis News, independent re-
publican II President Hayes wise and
just policy had not been adopted where
would the troops have come from TO
enforce the orders,or the United States
COURSE
Baltimore Gazette, Now that the
trouble is about over we are likely 10
have some very sage opinion rs to lis
cause We should Ike TO know whether
Mr.. 4. Chandler attributes il TO the i'm,
creasing aduIteration OF liquor or de-
nuding the republican party Of its
bloody shirt
Chicago lnterOcean; That's real
good platform Of the Ohio republi.
cans, only it was SO excessively hot.
and the delegates were so very
tired, they stopped before they got
through The second edition of the
document will probably contain the re-
maiuder and serve as key TO the first
part
Cincinnati Enquirer ltisa resump,
ton platform Had there been noword
in the platform indicating the attitude