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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
The Suburbs of London.

As for the river, in talking about
London suburbs We should have come
to that first Of all. The Thames is the
great feature of suburban London; and
these neighborhoods are, for the most
part, worth describing only as they
bear some relation TO it. Londoners
appreciate their river in the highest
degree; and they manifest their regard
in a thoroughly practical fashion.
They use the Thames; it might almost
be said they abuse 1t. They use it,
mean, for pleasure; for above Chelsea
bridge there are happily few traces of
polluting traffic. When once indeed,
going up the stream, you fairly emerge
from the region of the London bridges,
the Thames turns rural with surprising
quickness. At every bend and reach it
throws off something of its metropolitan
degradation; with each successive mile
it takes on another prettiness. By the
time you reach Richmond. which is
only nine miles from London, this
suburban prettiness touches its maxi
mum. Higher in its course the Thames
is extremely pretty; but nothing can
well be so charming as what you see of
it from Richmond bridge and just above.
The bridge itself is very happy piece
of pictures9ueness. Sketches and
photographs have, ! believe, made it
more or less classical. The banks are
lined compaetly with villas embowered
in walled gardens, which lie on the
slope of Richmond hill, whose crest, as
seen from below, is formed By the long
bosky mass of Richmond park.
To speak of Richmond park is to speak
of one of the lOveliest spots in England.
IL has not the vast extent of Windsor,
but in other respects it is quite as fine.
Itis poor work talking of English parks.
for one is reduced to ringing the chang
es of few lamentably vague epithets
of praise. One talks of giant oaks and
grassy downs, of browsing deer and
glades of bracken; and yet nine-tenths
of what one would say remains unsaid.
will therefore content myself with
observing that, to take a walk in Rich
mond park and afterward repair to the
Star and Garter inn to satisfy the
appetite you have honestly stimulated,
is as complete an entertainment as you
are likely to find. 1t is rounded off by
your appreciation of the famous view
of the Thames from the windows of the
inn-the view which Turner has paint
cd and poets have versified, and which
certainly is as charming as possible,
though to an American eye it just grazes
a trifle painfully, the peril of oyer-tame-
ness. But the river makes a graceful
conscious bend, and wanders away into
that thick detail of distance character
istic of the English landscape.-7he
fyIllru.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
Consultations OF Age.

Let us ask whence old age is to de-
duce most of its consolation? There
should be some unfailing supply of
mental peace for old age. That is a
mighty change in nature when the
white hair comes. 1t would seem that
ones heart ought to break when one
finds that he has crossed the line and
will never return to youthful days
again; that for him the great sun is de-
clining and will soon set; that his
friends will be fewer in number and
these less demonstrative in their devo-
ton. But mol the heart does not break ;
for what is little in the present is atoned
for by the strange power the mind
possesses to gather up long past and
hold it as a part of the earthly day. Into
this noble consciousness the last years
can withdraw, and can there find a
blessedness which youth and beauty
might envy but could not surpass. The
orchards which the old man planted,
the shade trees by path and house, set
there years ago, the home itself, the
part he took in defending the State
against foes from without or within, the
city or village he helped TO greatness
from the condition of a trading post OF
a few wigwams, all these array them
selves around old age as so many angels
of consolation.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
Green and Red Days

Binary and Multiple stars-being
suns-are probably attended by their
planetary systems, giving rise to cos
mical conditions of extreme interest.
The inhabitants of those earths-if
there be any-will frequently see two
suns, or two sunrises and sunsets on
the same day. Occasionally there will
be no night. from the continuance of
one of the suns above the horizon, or
one sun may be rising while another is
setting. 1t often happens, TOO, that the
stars are of different colors, from which
the most singular and beautiful appear
ances will arise. "It may be easier
suggested in WORDS" says Sir John
Herschel, ethan conceived in imagina-
ton what a variety of illumination two
stars, a red and green, or yellow and
a blue one, must afford a planet circu-
lating round either, and what charming
contrasts and grateful vicissitudes-a
red and a green day, for instance,
alternating with a white one and with
darkness-must arise from the presence
or absence of one or other or both, from
the horizon."-G. Chaplin Child.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12

that all the galleries of Europe are
within day or two of your writing
desk whenever you choose to visit them.
Besides this, in a country like England.
a wealthy writer has a prestige which a
poor one has not. The advantages
which he has are very great, but people
imagine them to be still greater, and
have confidence in his superior oppor-
tunities for information. They are
glad to think that he does not write for
money, and so believe in his honesty.
The general report exaggerates rich
mans means, and so gets him greater
respect. Mr.. Ruskin's fortune, before
his own revelations, was estimatrd in
London at half million sterling, and
his opinions came with the weight of
all that gold behind them. His volun-
tary poverty will diminish his authority
as writer, not at all among really SUI
perior people, but with the vulgar, who
are the majority. 1t is an odd coinci-
dence that Mr.. Ruskin's periodical
Keeper of the Keys" (Fors Clarigerd), 3,
when we reflect with how little tenacity
fortune has kept the keys of his own
treasury
| may add that he sells his own books
now through an agent who lives in
country place, and only for ready
money. Ten per cent. is the allowance
to the trade. Including this percentage,
the price of the illustrated volumes is
thirty shillings each, and that of the
volumes without plates one pound. All
this is done in obedience to the authors
theories of political economy.
The books are well bound in blue calf,
vet dear, nevertheless Even the dear
ness is matter of principle, as Mr..
Ruskin objects to cheap books, forgetting
that the difficulty of purchasing is vari-
able when, the price is not, being depen-
dent upon the means of the buyer. Il
do not care" he says, THAT anybody
should read my books who grudges me
doctors fee per volume" Surely this
is a wrong view of the subject. One
man may be greater admirer of Mr..
Ruskin and begrudge him nothing, yet
simply not have the means to buy ex-
pensive books, while another may care
very little about him, yet toss him a
sovereign for the qualification of an
evenings transient curiosity. For my
part, | always wish that the money
question could be ignored entirely, and
books given for nothing to all who cared
To have them.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12

seemed to have about the poorest con-
ceit of his smartness of any wolf ever
seed. He had got himself into nice
pickle by tryin' to steal pig, and he
knowed it jist as well as if he'd been
human, and was ashamed of himself ac-
cordin'. Noquarter could he expect
anywhere in all that sea of open, roar
in moths.
Sich was the noise, and chargin' and
plungin' and surgin' to and fro that |
hardly felt safe behind my tree, 100
yards away.
determined to try an experiment on
that wolf. | raised my gun and fired
into the air. At the report the eritter
forgot himself. He bounded from the
stump at the crack OF the gun, and he
never touched the ground. Halfa doz-
en- open mouths reached up Tor him, and
in them he landed. There was jist one
sharp yelp, then for rod around was
seen flyin' strips of wolf skin, legs, and
hair-for half mint was heard a crun-
were lickin' their chops, rarin' up onto
that thar stump ana prOspectin' about
for more wolf.
Bout that time | concluded the neigh
borhood was likely to prove unhealthy,
and got up and peeled it for the near
est clearin 's.-Neradd Territorial En-
tervrtse
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
The Wolf and the Hogs

But what was goin' to tell you about
was big piece of fun l had one day
when out huntin' on the Whitewoman
bottoms.
As was slippin along hOpin' I'd see
somethin' to shoot, all at once | heerd,
away off through the woods, awful
rOarin' and .'bOoh, bOohin'.'' of hogs.
| didn't know what in thunder was the
matter with 'em, but ! determined TO
find out. 1t was a wet, drizzly Kind of
day, and | could git along over the
leaves and not make bit of noise. |
scooted along from tree TO tree, and at
last | come TO place where thar was
about two acres of hogs.
Sich a sight of hogs | never did see.
Thar they stood and squirmed about,
kiyerin' all the ground. All had thar
bristles up, an all war 'bOOh, boob,
boohin' - at 4 fearful rate. Thar was
white hogs, and hogs of all sizes, colors
and degrees of cussedness. Mad. they
was lust bilin' mad-frothin' at the
mouth and champin' their teeth fear
full. \ sort of steam rose up Out'n the
wet hair of that mass of ragin' beasts,
and filled all the country round with
an overpowerin' smell of mad hog.
What was causin' of all this eOmmO-
ton was not long in seein'. Thar in
the middle of the great convention Of
hogs, stood a big OAK stump, about five
feet high, and i'm the centre of the stump
stood a big gray VOLTA gaunt, hungry
lookin' devil as ever | seed.
He was handsomely freed, and wasn't
in any pleasant fix, as he was beginnin'
to find out. All about him was mass
of uneasy hair, devilish eyes, frothin'
mouths, and gleamin' teeth. Poor dew
IL, thar he stoOd-his tail tucked close
between his legs and his feet all gather
ed into the exact center of the stump
and Lord, wasn't he sick lookin' wolf
He seemed to be thinkin' that he had
sold himself awful cheap.
Right close about the stump, and raj
rim up against it, was a crowd of the
biggest and most onprincipled sows
ever sot eyes onto. Every half mint
one of these big old she fellers would
rair up, git her fore feet on top of the
stump and make savage snap at one
end or 'tother of the wolf, her jaws
comm together like flax brake.
The wolf would whirl round to watch
that partickeler SOW, when one on
'tother side of the stump would make 8
plunge for his tail, an so they kept the
poor, cOwardly cornered eritter whirl'
in round and round, humpin' up his
back, haulin' in his feet and tail, and in
every possible way reducin' his aver
age.
Almost every instant their was
charge made on him from some quar-
ter. and sometimes from three or foul
directions to onct. Lord, wasn't 1t hur'
ryin' times with him then!
When he had a moment to rest an
gaze about all he saw was them two
acres of open mouths, restles bristles
and fiery eyes. His long, red tongue
hung out of his open jaws, and as ne
moved This head from side to side he
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
The Future of Women.

Sir David Solomons has recently pub
lished pamphlet expressly devoted TO
a consideration of the future OF woman
in England, and suggestive of practical
methods for insuring her elevation in
the scale of social develOpement. The
author commences his work by setting
forth the numerous disabilities under
which the girlhood of the humber
classes of that country has suffered in
past days, and then propounds under
the following three heads his plans for
their removal in days to come Il. To
provide better education for girls and
improved means for studying when
they shall have grown up. ,. To find
a larger number of occupations for
women suitable to their capabilities, and
for performing the duties of which they
shall be fairly renumerated. 3. To
found organic .tion for carrying out
practically the first two divisions of
the scheme, Sir David suggests the
subjoined as the principal points TO be
attended to:-'' Every wOman," he
says, whether single or married, and
whatever her station of life, should
know something about elementary
physiology and the principles of health
domestic economy and account keeping
culinary manipulations, elementary
geometry, social science and moral
philosophy" With this as programme
and after having mastered it in detail,
there is no doubt, as Sir David SOlOmons
observes, that women will live with
much more comfort TO themselves, more
satisfaction TO society, and become
generally more agreeable companions.
After enumeratiug forty or fifty varie-
ties of occupation to which women
might. as he thinks, easily adapt them
selves, and thereby obtain subsistence,
the author of the pamphlet concludes
by expressing hope that "all local
societies at present in existence for pro-
noting the employment OF women will
amalgamate and become a national
society for the employment of women
and for the promotion of womeu's
rights"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
Observations on a Singing Mouse.

The singing of mice is phenomenon
which was recently affirmed by DR..
Berdier in letter to La Nature. A dis
tinguished herpetologist, VI. Lataste,
suggested that he may have made con-
fusion with the singing of a raniform
batrachian, the BOmbindtOr igReus, but
DR.. Berdier said there was no marshy
ground near the room in which he had
heard it, and he stuck to his assertion.
His observation has been confirmed at
a recent meeting of the French Societe
d'Acclimation, by NJ Brierre, who
stated that he, with several others, had
heard mice sing at Saint Michael-sur-l'
Heron On Vendee) in 1S5l-lS53. The
singing (Which was at first attributed to
reptiles) came from an old cupboard
bought in a market-place, and conceal
ing mice. 1t was about sunset that the
sounds generally commenced. Nj Brierre
soaped the joints and wood so that he
might open the cupboard suddenly with
out noise. He did the latter one even
ing soon after the sounds had COM
menced, and succeeded in observing,
for about a minute, the movements OF
the throat of a mouse, which emitted
song like that of wren, the snout
being elongated and held up in the air,
as a dog does when he howls. He seized
the animal with his hand and called
others to see it, but it got off. The sing
ing was resumed the same night and
those following. NJ. Brierre is unable to
attribute the singing of the mice (as
DIR. Berdier does to imitation of that
of canaries, for he had no birds in the
house, nor had the previous proprietor
of the cupboard any.-Ndtare.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
Taste.

The gospel of good taste was probably
never preached with so much energy as
it has been during the last ten years.
Looking back at the history of the
world, indeed, one might almost say
that, till the middle of the present
century, the gospel of good taste was
never preached at all. The periods in
which art was most prosperous, and
in which all the instruments of daily
life were made most beautiful, were
precisely the periods in which there was
least talk about "culture" and the least
need to sing its praises in the streets.
Even when conscious thought about the
principles and aims of art came in, it
never happened till now that discussion
of these topics passed from the studio
and the drawing room into the parlors
of the poor. There might be great
deal of fself-conscious and curious refine
ment, but it was limited to the classes
which enjoyed wealth and leisure. No
ODt VI EVDu ti-Nt
sal; but rather the aesthetic Pharisees
of the day held themselves peculiar
people, separate from fallen world
out of which they were not anxious TO
call any proselytes. They themselves
were ''the polite;" they haunted curl
osity shops and public auctions, and
went into raptures over Chinese mon
sters, or the forearm of some decrepid
Greek statue brought home by my lord
from his grand tour. The rest of
humanity was "the vulgar" and was
not expected to know anything of these
joys, or to ape the modes of dilettanti
and macaronis. The modern change is
remarkable enough. Persons of taste
and it is very much TO their credit
are of the mood of Dorothea in Middle,
march. They cannot enjoy their chintzes,
etchings, roses, and Nankin blue with
a clear conscience while an enormous
majority of people pass their existence
in the midst of foul sights, sounds, and
smells. Hence come popular lectures
on the Beautiful, hence worthy little
books on domestic art, and hence the
existence of benevolent Society which
endeavors "to bring beauty into the
homes of the poor" One might think
that the demand for soap and fresh air
was even more imperious than the need
of carved brackets in soft wood trimmed
with Berlin worsted work. A well
cooked dinner will do more to keep
man from the public-house than a
photograph of even the most admirable
design of Lorenzo Credi. Granting
this, however, it would be superfluous
cruelty, to sneer at the efforts of people
who, finding almost their chief good in
beauty, try to spread the knowledge and
love of it. One need not go all lengths
with Mr.. BrownIng's Fra Lippo Lippi:
Ifyou get simple beauty and nOught else,
You get about the best thing God invens'
That somewhat
The taste for ''simple beauty and nOught
else" has proved one of the worst quali-
ties of a man or of stage of society.
But it is not the imminent danger of the
London poor, and We need not, so far,
be afraid that workingmen will grow
too much absorbed in contemplation OF
the paintings of Lumi, or in the study
of that high class of poetry in which
sense is just swOOning in melodious
nonsense-SdtUFday RerielJ.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
Words of Wisdom


A grain of prudence is worth pound
of craft. Boosters are cousins TO liars,
Confession of faults makes half amends.
DENYING fault doubles it, Envy
shooteth at others and woundeth her
self. Foolish fear doubles danger.
God reaches us good things by our own
hands. He has hard work who has
nothing to do. 1t costs more to avenge
wrongs than to beat them. knavery is
the worst trade. Learning makes a
man fit company for himself. Modesty
is a guard to virtue. Not TO hear con-
science is the way TO silence it. One
hour to-day is worth two tomorrow.
Proud looks make foul words in fair
faces. Quiet conscience gives quiet
sleep. Richest is he that wants least.
Small faults indnlged are little thieves.
The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
Upright walking is sure walking. Vir-
tue and happiness are near kin. True
men make more opportunities than they
find. You never loose by doing good
turn. Zeal Without knowledge is fir
without light.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
Woman.

The perception of woman Is as quick
as lightning. Her penetration Is IN
tuition: almost instinct. By glance
she will draw deep and just conclu,
sion. Ask her how she formed IL ana
she cannot answer the question.
philosopher deduces Inference, ana ms
inference shall be right; but he gets 10
the head of the staircase, if | may say
so. bv slow degrees, mounting step py
step. She arrives at the head Oh .he
staircase as well as he; but whe'ner
she flew there or not is more thaii sne
Knows herself. While she trusts ner
;nst;nct she is seldom deceived, and sne
is generally lost when she oesinS -
reason.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
TINE TO GO.
They know the time to go

They know the time to gol
The fairy clouds strike their insudible hour
In field and woodland, and each punctual
flower,
Bows at the signal an obedent head,
And hastes to bed.
The pale anemone
Glides on her wag wi h scarcely goodnight
The violets e their purpe nisht-caps tight
Hand in hand the dancing co.umbines,
In blithsome lines,
Drop their last courtesies,
Fit from the scene and couch them for their
rest;
The meadow lily folds her scarlet vest
And hides 1t meath the grasses leugthening
green,
Her sister Idly floats
On the blue pom and raises golden eyes
To court the golden splendor of the skies.
The sudden gnsl comes, and down she goes,
To find repose
In the cool depths below.
little ater and the asters blue
Depart in crowds brave and CHEEKY crew;
While golden-rod still wide awake and CAV,
Turns HIM away.
Furis his bright parasols
And like little hero, meets his fate
The gentians, very proud to sit up late.
Next follow. Every fern is tucked and set
Meath coyeilet
Downy and soft and warm
No little seeding voice is heard to grieye,
Or make complaints the folding wood beneath;
Nor lingering dares to stay, for well they know
The time to so.
Teach us your patience brave,
Dear flowers. tll We shsll dare TO part like you.
Willing Gods will sure that his clock strikes
true,
That his sweet day augurs q sweeter morrow,
With smiles. not sorr W.
-Aetc Jerusalem Messenger.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
Human Nature Among Ants,

Wars among the ants have very much
the same causes as among men. 1t is a
piece of territory that is coveted, and
the stronger tribe goes out In force, van
quishes and elects the weaker; or 1t is
the possession of its flOcks and herds,
which one colony wishes to wrest from
another; or in the slave-making species
a colony requires new relay of servants
to relieve it of all care. In this case a
number Of Formica rufd or Formica san-
guinea muster and advance against nest
of Formica nigrd, after desperate battle
for the red ants are very brave, and
fighting for their young-the aggressors
who are almost always victorious, bear
off the pupa of the black ants to their
own nests. When they hatch out into
perfect insects the slaves take upon
themselves the whole care of tho colony;
they tend the young, take charge of the
nest, and even feed and carry about
their lazy masters, who will often die
of starvation rather than help them
selves, even when food is close at hand.
The slaves, however, have something
to say in the nest. They detain their
masters when they desire to 60 out on
slave-making expedition, till after the
time that the males and females of the
negro colonies shall have taken flight,
so that the species shall not be exter-
minated. When the red ants come
home without booty, the slaves treat
them with contempt, and sometimes
even turn them Out-Of- doors. They
are willing to work for their masters so
long as they can hold them in respect.
In these combats the ants often mani
fest singular resemblance to human
beings in the effect which battle pro-
duces in the case of raw recruits. An
ant which at first seemed fearful and
hesitating, after time becomes excited
and shows a frenzy of courage, reck-
lessly throwing away its life without
accomplishing anything. When an ant
which has reached this condition of
insensate fury happens to fall in with
body of self-possessed workers, they
quietly lay hold Of it, several of them
holding its different feet, gently touch
ing it all the while with their antenne
till it calms down and is able to listen
to reason"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12

The man who lives right, and is right,
has more power in his silence than an
other has in his words. Character is
like bells which ring out sweet music,
and which, when touched accidentally
even, resound with sweet music.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-12
A Few BOarderS.

BY HELEN FOREST GRAVES.