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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-25

When Wilfred Herbert took his seat
at the the breakfast-table he was in
state of terrible suspense and uncer-
tainty. and utterly unable TO account for
Lucilla's radiant demeanor. Was she
glad to be rid of him: Had his note
been delivered To her? If so, how was
il that he received no answer: Tie tor
mented himself with these questions
till everybody remarked his absence of
mind. lie helped his next fair neigh
Dor to deviled kidneys instead of game
pie. and electrified the housekeeper who
presided over the tea and coffee, by
asking for more sugar in his cup of
coffee when he had already taken five
humps.
Mr.. Fowler rallied the young officer
on his absence of mind, and suggested
that where his treasure was there 1t
was to be presumed his heart was also.
The Young ladies asked him if he
..had his considering cap on while
one acute damsel suggested that per-
haps Captain ii. was entangled i'll the
fowler's snare.
Breakfast over, Lucilla anxious to
make amends, and too happy 10 cere
much about overlapping the conven-
tional fence, Of maidenly propriety ad-
yaneed toward the young officer.
..You have not had your answer yet,
cantain Herbert" she said: IF you
can come with me two minutes into the
conservatory, you shall have il now. "
Bewildered. but tumultuously happy
the Captain followed Lucilla into the
place specified.
She came to the point at once, with
out any beating about the bush.
81 wrote you last night" she said,
placing i'm his hand the note which
Dorcas had returned 10 her.
Wilfred Herbert turned it over with
a puzzled look. There was one anxious
little word "No."
..what does this mean:" he asked
doubtfully.
1T means" answered Lucilla BLUSH
ing and smiling AT the same time:
Mo- answered you last night
Yes" this morning. sir. say,
Colors viewed by csndlelight
Do not look tie same by day.
Then like good, honest girl as she
was. she told him the whole story.
"Dorcas ought 10 be pensioned, he
said, rapturously. "You do love me,
/
then, darling, after all"
Yes" replied Lucilla, biusliing
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-25

although / have both said and written
No."
Never mind, Lucie, dearest, sweet
est, best" said the young man, taking
her in his arms unrepulsed, you know
two negatives make an affirmative"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-25

There are bad examples which are
worse than crimes, and more States
have perished from the violation of
morality than from the violation of law.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-25

No man becomes saint in his Z
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
IN OLD sOLDIER's FIGHT WITH 4
WOLF.

Thee young girls were minding
flock of sheep, few days ago, at Vergt,
(Dordogne), when large wolf suddenly
appeared, and, separating some of the
sheep, drove them before it. The cries
of the girls irritated it, and, passing near
one of them, Marie s., it few at her,
knocked her down, and tore her savagely.
Her cheek and upper lip were sadly in
jured. However, the dogs attacked the
animal and released the girl. The cries
and barking attracted the attention of
man named Moreau, aged fifty, who had
formerly been soldier, and who, with
his daughter, girl of eighteen, was en-
aged in cutting wood. He came out OF
the thicket to see what was the matter,
and found himself face to face with the
wolf, which Immediately sprang at his
throat. He had no weapon, so he clasped
the animal around the body, and they
both fell together, rolling over each
other. After protracted struggle Mo
reau managed to get the beast beneath
him and hold it firmly by the throat.
He then shouted to his daughter, whe
came and dispatched the wolf with
blows from pickaxe. Moreau was much
exhausted by the fight, but fortunately
escaped with only wound on the left
hand. The animal was found to measure
metre and half from the nose to the
end of the tail.
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a IHRILLING EPISODE IN A IVES
TERN HEWSPAPER OFFICE.

We don't wish to say much about it,
but even a skirmish with an editor must
be written up. After reading our article
last week, DIR. Bently came and inter
viewed us. He brought a few friends
along to see him eat us up, with his
hands tied behind him. He did not like
the reading of our last article, and we
don't blame him, for there were a few
sayings in it which were little severe.
But he locked arms with us, and we
waltzed around the room with him to
the tune of high words, and to the in
finite delight of the spectators. His
hands were not tied very tight, either.
There were numerous chairs and other
furniture in the room which were speedily
demolished and put out of the way. The
doctor got frantic and kicked over a two
gallon jug of ink, which of course we
didn't like, because it was new ink, and
besides it spoiled the looks of the floor.
We took the doctor for a sponge and
mopped the ink up as quickly as possible.
That's what made the doctor mad. He
then showed over a chair and we rolled
around for while, and then we began
to feel like fight, and we don't doubt but
what we would have had quarrel very
soon but the doctor suddenly concluded
he didn't care whether we took back
what we said or not, and as there was
not any prospect of our taking it back
right off, he concluded to quit just as we
had got ready to begin. After the whole
affair was over we felt sorry that it had
begun, but as it was none of eur insti-
eating we could not help it.--Rush city
(Ma1n.) Post.
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his shows an excess of twenty mil
lions month of exports over imports, in
goods alone, since June, and of over
nineteen millions in goods and specie
combined. 1t is scarcely to be expected
that this rate of excess will continue,
lput if it should, the years trade would
: result in balance of $4,000, 900 in
stavoroi this country. This is certainly
I tS.q0st extraordinary showing. and none
5heless whether tits Interpreted Is gn
evidence Of poverty or of prosperity; the
S186, 100000 of export excess for the
year ending with 1876 will probably be
not far from $500, ,OOO, 900 for the fiscal
year ending with June next. The specie
movement also had turned in this direc-
tion, and this fact may comfort those
who cherish the idea that sufficient
specie to pay the government notes can
be accumulated without any withdrawal
of bank notes. The production of the
precious metals, by DR.. Lindeman's fig
ures, was S85,350,O00 during the fiscal
year last completed, and 81, ,056, ,63l ,879
since June 1859. During the same
period the total export of both domestic
and foreign was 81 ,189, ,687 1856, and the
total import 1888, ,517 SOP, leaving as net
export S906, 100, ,9S4-an annual average
of about S53, 100000. The production
for that period in excess of the net ex-
ports, therefore, was $50, ,461 ,635. AL
lowing for use in manufactures the in
crease in stock on hand during that time
was about $65,000,000, and of this the
addition during the last year was, say,
10000, 900. The tables show that the
product during the last seven months
has been kept at home, and that there
has been a net import of more than So
100000 besides, against a net export of
$l4,000,000 during the previous year,
and $50, 100000 during l874-5. The in
crease IN the excess of imports of groods
is $10I ,344, 115 during the seven months,
as compared with 1855, and there is a
change of S19, ,456, ,4S9 in the specie move
ment, making a total change of $780,
800,604 in the combined movement, and
an increase of SS1, 1887 ,625 in the next
excess of exports over imports. If the
product of gold and silver be taken as
81 100000 a month, the stock in the
country must have been increased over
S5O,09G,0O0 since last June.-N y
Times
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
CONDITION OF TRE JErrJEs.

The sixth report of Gen. Comstock the
government engineer harged with the
improvement of the Suth Pass of the
Mississippi river undeFJ. B. Eads. was
received at the wardepartment last
week. The report is quite long. 1t is
accompanied by maps @d diagrams fully
illustrating the work. ID viii be sent to
the public printer t@ publication at
once. The following atracts are of in
terest
At the mouth of tbASouth Pass, be-
tween Nov. Is, 1879 s,a sn5a5eh ] 8,
1877, few wing -6ams SssSe beer buiit
and some old nes repaired. About
10000 cubic ya,ds Of material have been
dredged out appoints where the channel
was worst. A storm Of Dec. 80, 1876,
damaged the ends of the ejetties and the
wing dams near them quite severely;
%, 900 feet Of the west jetty mas been
raised by mattresses Two or three feet
thick built III place layer OF stone
eight-tenths of foot thick on this por-
ton gives it a height vgying from five
tenths of a foot to twoheu above average
flood tide. The other nd of this part Is
seven hundred feet abOre the sea end of
the lefty; one hundred and sixty-seven
new piles have been driven in the jetty.
Little work has been done on the east
ietty. The channel Of twenty feet in
depth at the mouth of south Pass, which,
on December y, 1876 had width of
two hundred feet from the pass to the
gulf, has narrowed at point near the
sea end Of the jetties so as to be but
seventy feet in width, md at a point a
little below the head of the west jetty
50 as to be one hundred and eighty feet
in width.
4 table accompanying the report
shows that depths could be taken through
between the jetties as follows:
June, 1879, 2-1O feet; May, 1876,
fifteen feet; August, 1876, 10 $40 feet !;
November, 1876, 2O31O feet; March,
1877, 20 30. A comparison of the
soundings off the ends d the jetties with
those of June 81, 1876, how that in that
period the fifty, seventy and one hum
dred feet curves have On the whole re-
manned in the same position. At the
head Of the passes the west T-head has
been extended up the sIeam to meet the
mattresses across the head of the South
west pass, and its upper part has been
made a solid dyke A line of mattresses
has been carried from the east T-head
down to the head Of Goat island. A solid
mattress has BEEN built across the old
east entrance to South Pass About 80, =
600 cubic yards of dredging has been
done, making the total amount of dredg-
ing here 10000 or $4,000 cubic yards
The river began to rise on January "A,
and caused a sharp scour between the
T-heads, so that twenty-three feet nine
inches could be taken from the Missis.
sippi river into the South Pass on March
7. 1877.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
A RAT IN Il BUSTLE.

But for the pluck of a Young and
pretty woman the other morning there
would have been an exciting scene in
local train on one OF our railroads.
The blustery condition of the morning
made people don their clothing with an
unusual degree of alacrity. The young
lady referred to took the train. and
having settled herself in seat COM
menced to review hastily-made toilet.
Feeling something move behind her
she gave an indignant look at the Young
man who occupied the seat with her,
supposing .hat he had placed his hand
upon the ground sacred to the latest
style of bustle. A crawling sensation
quickly convinced her that something
other than human hand was threading
the mysterious mazes of the garments
beneath her red petticoat.
She followed the object with her hand
until it made a semi.circle around her
body, and then seized it. Had the young
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

The question as to how far the brain
exercises an influence on the motions of
animals has been engaging scientific men
for years. DR.. Broca was among the
first to investigate the subject; he proved
that when a man was deprived of the
faculty of speech by a stroke of apo
plexy, there invariably existed a lesion
at the very same spot in the brain, viz,
in the anterior region, and on the pos
terror side of the third frontal circum-
volution to the left. Hence the con-
clusion that this was the seat of the
faculty of speech in man, and thus one
was led TO conceive a special place for
every intellectual action. Fritz, Hitzig,
Ferrier, Carville, and Duret, the most
prominent among those who have treated
the question, operate as follows: They
take off part of the skull of dog, then
apply electric wires to different parts of
the brain thus laid bare, and watch the
motions produced. Certain points cause
none, so that it is not the whole brain
that acts on the muscular system, but
only special points. Ferrier operated
on monkeys in the presence of the Lon
don Royal Society. According as he
touched various parts of the cerebrum,
the ape would shake his fist at the pub
lie, raise or stretch leg, or cut faces.
1t was shown that in the monkey the
center of motion of the tongue answered
exactly to that to which the faculty of
speech pertains in man. From all this
it follows that the surgeon may now
know precisely the point of the skull at
which to apply the trepan. Thus, not
long ago, man was brought into the
hospital st. Ansoine. He had received
blow on the left temple, and, on coming
to himself again, could only speak with
difficulty, and then he would call fork
an umbrella, lamp a hat, and so on.
Moreover, his right arm was half par
alyzed. The surgeon at once knew what
he had to do; be applied the trepan to
the proper spot, and hit upon a piece of
bone that compressed the brain. This
splinter was removed, and the patient at
once recovered the use of his right arm.
A few days later his tongue was freed
from all impeachment, and he left the
hospital perfectly cured.-GalignanPs
dTosseo0eg.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
SOUTHERN MANUFAOTURING IN
TERPRISE.

A new cotton manufacturing company
has been organized at Agusta, Ga, with
a capital of s15O,OOO. The mill begins
with 10000 spindles, which will he in-
creased to $4,000 as the times require.
The stock was promptly subscribed, ma
chinery secured and measures taken 10
have the mill completed within four
months. Most of the capital was sub
scribed by Massachusetts, manufacturers,
one of whom is president of the new COM
pany. In this connection a glance ut
the last annual report of the Eagle and
Phenic manufacturing company is of
interest. This report, for the year 1876,
shows that this company has invested in
real estate $685., 1928, machinery, 1907, 090,
and building and material on hand, cash,
(mill No. 81 $79,776. The capital stock
is 81 ,25O, 900. The company has declared
and paid dividends since 1869, s750,000.
From the profits of last year, sl26, $40,
two semi-annual dividends Of four per
cent. each, payable first of May and first
.of November-the total amounting to
500, ,OO0-passing the remainder, $780,
875, TO the credit of machinery account.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

Massachusetts, people claim to have
the laugh on manufacturer in that
state who has conscientious scruples
against paying his bills. A lady creditor
of long standing called at his efioe the
other day, and then, not finding him a.
the house, she was referred back 70 tne
Office, and arrived the second time Juss
in season to see the feet Of the owner
vanishing under the table. "Ive seen seen
a part Of you, and you'd better coms =
out % was her remark. He came ~" Z"
paid part Of the 50 due, Oss Peo-
wasn't able to pay it all that oas, .,D,,Iar
pie who shave called there J. o. 'ouSb the
errands, after seeing him 'sgss ne how
window have often wondered ,"A' n0"
i4 could disappear 80 rapiu'y
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

No tired heart, we'll not complain,
Though the winds are bleak and days slow;
Eometime the snow viii melt away,
+. Some etime.the springs f1r blossoms blow.
Think how we have borne the winter air,
1.-The cutting blasts, the chilling rain )
How far we've come in roughest paths,
Has or long toiling been in vain
Though ice is on the leafiess twigs,
Though the vithered grass shrinks ts the ground,
Sometimes fresh life will rise and say
q" Behold am no longer bound.'
Like psnid ghost of last years flowers:
The snow-drop win its Winding sheet
Cast of frail messenger from out thethrong
{. OF those Who come with tardier feet.
On hesrt We have our winter long
Our promised boughs of fruit are bare;
Long under gray and cloudy skies
: Our leaves have drifted In the air
Delay and doubt in fiuttering flakes
Have fallen, fallen day by day;
Mists have arisen, and their folds
fiave hidden the distance all away.
But, II to nature there comes a time
When all HES current rise and fill,
Her sluggish views will freshened strength,
Her deadened pulses quiver still.
When songs of bird and tints of flowers
Exult and bloom throughout world
That was so stricken; haunt in air
Her glorious banners all unfurled.
Perhaps, poor heart, our spring may come,
Our deadened life may feel the thrill
OF loftier aims, of tender trusts;
Green leaves may toss upon our branches still.
SO tired heart, well not complain
I hough winds are bleak. and days are slow,
Iky fairest lilies yet may bloom
From ground that lies beneath the snow.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
HYDROPHOBII.

Hydrophobia has been known for
5000 years, yet Its cause is still mat
terof speculation. 1t does not originate
from heat, for dogs in the warmest eli
mates, such as South Africa, Jamaica,
West Indies and South America, have
never been affected by it. Want OF
water does not produce it, since dogs
have been kept forty days without water
and not gone mad. Insufficient and un-
wholesome diet are not the causes, since
the ours of Madeira are the vilest and
most ill-kept of the world, and rabies is
unknown among them. Whether it is a
spontaneous production in the dog, cat
and wolf is also unsettled. The fact
chat in remote countries of the world,
where the disease has never been COM
municated, its existence is unknown
would imply that it must be acquired
by communication, yet Marray, an emf
nent writer on the subject, and others
believe the contrary. OF the real nature
of the virus little is known. 1t has never
been analyzed. Though rabies in man
is in most cases communicated by the
bite of a dog, yet the symptoms are
widely different. Man abhors and de-
tests water with spasmedic lOathing,
while the dog searches for it and drinks
it with avidity. The statistics and ex-
periments in hydrophobia are suggestive
and interesting. incubation of the
SALIVA of rabid animals, rs practiced by
Herbert Hertwig, succeeded in only %
per cent. of the animals operated upon,
II escaping. According to Faber's sta
tistics, out of 145 persons bitten by rabid
animals in Wurtemberg, only ,2S had
hydrophobia. John Hunter records a
case where, of 21 persons bitten by a
mad dog, only one was affected. Again
we have of Ia persons bitten by mad
wolves, 81, or more than one-half, fell
victims. In France, in 1852, commits
sion was appointed to examine into the
subject of rabies, and of 136 cases in hu-
man subjects, 105 were from the bites
of dogs, 20 from bite of wolves, from
bite of cats, and 3 unknown. In 50
cases, where the exact date of the ap-
of hydrophobia after the bite
was ascertained, it seems that II cases
were fatal after the first month after the
bite, Al cases from the end of the first
month to the end of the third, from
of fourth to end of sixth, and
6 from seventh to end of tenth month.
No cases occurred after one year. Three
died the first day, the second, % the
third, 81 the fourth, 4 the sixth day, and
the remaining 10 in from seven to twenty
days
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27

man dared he would have assisted her,
but those striped stockings, that had
just cost seventy-fve cents, were not to
be profaned by a mans rude touch.
Pale as death, the young lady whispered
to him to raise the window quickly.
He did 50, and supposing that she might
have eaten something for her breakfast
that did not agree. with her, instantly
hoped out of the seat. Scarcely had he
done so, when, with her other hand, she
drew forth huge rat and slung him
into the middle of next July. The ami
NAL had probably got into the hustle as
a roosting place in the early hours of
very cold morning.
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a. ,he arrival of enemies make

As the arrival of enemies MAKE
town to fortify itself, so that ever after
it remains stronger; and hence man
may say that enemies were no small
cause to the towns strength, so TO a mind
once fixed in well-pleasing determine
ton, who hopes by annoyance to over
throw it, doth but teach it 70 knit to-
gether all its best grounds; and 50, per
chance, of changeable purpose, make
an Interchangeable resolution Sir. y
,SidRe4.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-27
aOL. XIII. NO l2.

There isn't more respectable or more
ponest young man than I am living now.
! Gnd-afternoon."
Then he was off.
sits very ehrious story" said the
ela gentleman-svery. But he's evil
IDENTITY very conscientious young man
n6w."
re put his hand in his pocket for his
feckethandkerchief. 1t was gone-so
was his purse. They had gone with the
conscientious young man.
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Dame said: '' Have va the nonors Co.
that 7"-or, "Show thspapers for that
This enraged HaighEO the highest
pitch, and Dame waasd off Hsigbt
said: You throw tie blame Of tbis
thing on me and l wilIbe revenged on
you, if 1 have to meet leu in hell to get
IT .
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The French commission ch

The French commission charged with
devising means of arresting the ravages
of the phylloxera in the vineyards has
decided that the only remedy will be the
tering up, under government supervis-
ion, of all vines afflicted with the pest.
The canton of Geneva, in Switzerland,
has adopted a similar course, and has ar
rested the ravages of the insect,
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THAT Is ILL.

A little dreaming. such as mothers know
little lingering over dainty things;
happy heart. wherein Hope all agiow
Stirs like bird at dawn that wakes and sings
And that is all.
a little elasping to her yearning breast;
little musng over future years
heart that pIays, /" Dear Lord, Thou knoTest
best.
But spare my flower Iife's. bitterest engip Of
tears ~ -
And that is all.
A little spirit speeding through the night
a little home grown lonely, dark and stu ~
n sad heart, cropping blindly for the light;
A little grave beneath the hili-
And that is all.
A little gathering OF life's broken thread
A little patience keeping back the tearsi
4 heart that sings, '' Thy dariings Is not dsads
Good keeps him safe through ms eternal years -
And that is all.
--AacmiRdns Mdgasine-
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VISIBLE SUPPLY or GhAIN.

The visible supple of grain, comprising
the stocks in granary at the principal
points of accumulation at western lake
and seaboard perts, and in transit by
rail March 81 1877
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4 sNAKE STORY

Beware of pickpoekets." repeated q
benevolent old gentleman as he glanced
at placard posted in the car in which
he was riding. Dear me, how sad that
.snaaa q Barning should .be necessafy IN !,