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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-11

that can be done by such arrangement
their exquisite taste enables them to dc
easily. But taste FOR fine color could
not spring from a people as light and
artificial as are the French at heart, and
consequently, In spite of their many re-
nowned artists, they have produced
hardly one colorist. Color, in its ut
most height, can only spring from the
deepest feeling, and it can be general in
no nation till it has entered into the
hearts of its people, and they have
''basked in it, as if il were sunshine ;
danced in delight of it, quarreled for it,
fought for it, served for it = done, in
fact, precisely the opposite of what we
want to do with it-made it TO keep and
not to SELL" But it is possible to learn
to know good color when you see it,
though scarcely in England, for here
there are few days in the year when we
really see the sun as the Italians, for
instance. see it. Never, until 1 saw
dark cypress against an Italian sky, did
L gain an idea of the exquisite harmony
of green and blue, nor did | know what
crimson and gold really were until
saw them blazing under an Italian sun
in the bazaars of Bombay. Before then
/ had never understood In the least the
difference between French prettiness
of color and real nobility, and l think
unless each of my readers mas passed
through one such experience he will
hardly understand what | mean. To
see good color in dress. as l understand
it, you must go at least as far as Italy,
and look not at the imported French
robes which you will see trailing by the
Amos side, or lettering in the COrso,
but at the scarf of the Venetian Condo
lier, and the handkerchief on the conta-
dina's head. And if you turn your
eyes from those to the mountain sides,
dark with cypress or hoary with olive,
to the white houses amid the orange
groves and the blue sky, you will un-
derstand how, in such a country, the
love OF color springs up in the hearts of
the people, by daily, hourly association,
till it becomes part of their lives. And
so, after ell, L can tell no more about
color than to show the conditions under
which alone We can hope TO obtain it,
and these are constant sight and fervent
love. How, then, in this gray England
of ours, can we hope TO reproduce the
hue of an Italian summer! But it will
be no mean victory if we can bring
home to ourselves this truth-that far
beyond all neutral shades of gray and
brown and green, beyond all beautiful
things in this world, rises superemi-
nently the beauty of true color; and if
this truth once gladdens our hearts,
once makes us rejoice in the emerald
fields and the sunset sky, we may be
very sure that whatever color we spread
upon our floor, or paint our walls with,
will be right, for 1t will spring, not
from the elaborateness of mems rules,
but from the beauty of Gods creation.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-11
Indian Reverence for MeteOrie stone.

Some few months ago paragraph
appeared in these columns containinga
a short description of an aerolite which
was then and is still in the possession
of the Rev. DIR. Wood of this city. Lit
tie was known at the time about the
history OF this curiosity further than
that it had been from time immeInorial
in the possession of the Indians fire.
quenting the Saskatchewan Valley. 1t
is doubtful whether it will ever be
known the exact time this mysterious
visitor reached the earth, as the event
is too long past to be preserved in the
memory of any one now living. The
following particulars, however, taken
from letter addressed by the Rev.
John Macleod, of Morleyville, to the
Rev. DIR. Woods can be relied on; Gas
TO the meteoric stone, | have not met
with any one who saw it fall, and my
impression is that this occurred pre-
vious to the memory of those now liv-
ing. The locality in which it was
found and from whence it was taken is
about one hundred and thirty miles
southeast of Victoria, Saskatchewan,
and near Battle River. The native
Indians looked upon the Pe-wah-bish,
or iron as they termed it, al something
supernatural, and as such reyereneed
it. Parents made offerings at its shrine
for the life and prosperity of their little
ones; travellers for the success of their
journey; war parties TO ensure Of pos
sibie) victory over their enemies and to
aid in stealing horses They also laid
their tobacco and other stuff upon its
altar. Great attractive power was at
tributed to il for the bringing of the
buffalo and the animals to It's vicinity;
and as an evidence of this the more
now say that on account
of its removal the buffalo have entirely
left that part of the country"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-11
The Largest Book in the World.

The Trustees of the British Museum
are in treaty for the purchase OF the
copy of the largest book in the world.
Toward the close of the seventeenth
century the reigning Emperor of China
appointed an Imperial Commission to
reprint in one vast collection all native
works of interest and importance in
every branch of literature. In the be-
ginning of the following century the
Commissioners completed their labors.
and were able to lay before the Empe-
ror 4 very palpable proof of their dill
gence in the shape of a acOmpilation con-
sisting of g, 100 volumes, entitled Kin
ting koo kin too shoe tselh ching" or
"An illustrated Imperial Collection of
Ancient and Modern Literature.
Only a small edition was printed off
in the first instance. and before long
the greater part of the copper types
which had been cast for the undertak-
ing were purloined by untrustwOrthy
officials, and the remainder were melted
down and coined into cash. Accidents
by fire and by violence have considera-
bly, reduced the number of copies of
the imperial edition originally printed,
and it is believed that only a compara-
lively few now remain eXtant. The
Trustees of the British Museum having
become aware that one such copy has
lately been offered for sale at Pekin.
have entered into negotiations for its
purchase, and il i much to be hoped
that they may succeed in adding this
rare and interesting collection to the
national library London AtksnGam.
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Stuniped.

the vicar and church-wardens of an
English church objected to having in
their churcbyard the tombstone of a
professional cricketer. on which are
sculptured stumps, balls, and bat In
Scotland, however, it is not unusual to
cut upon the tombstone the symbols Of
the trade followed by the deceased.
Thus at Dunblane about e-quarter of
the tombstOnes that are from one to two
hundred years old are marked with
such symbols. A sugar-cone shows the
grave of a grocer; an axe and saw the
grave of a carpenter; while hammer
and awl are found on the tombstones of
shoemakers; while at Bunny Church,
Nottinghamshire, the monument which
was erected about the middle of the last
century to Sir Thomas Parkyns, who
was famed as a wrestler, represents
him in the cap and dress Of wrestler,
wrestling with Death. At Brompton
Cemetery, the monument of we'll
known Thames waterman exhibits his
wherry and sculls.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-11

| tured stones of India and Java, there is
the same tree and the same serpent, the
same destructive deluge and the same
saving ark, though the latter does not
always preserve the same form and con-
struction-being, according to the jew
or the Christian, made with all the
science of the carpenters art, while the
simple and poetic Buddhist sees his first
parents disembarking from the opening
petals of his sacred lotus. On the other
hand some traditions of the early his
tory of countries are fanciful enough.
The Montenegrin accounts for the name
and character of his rocky fatherland
by the following legend: After the
Creation, so the story goes, when the
great Architect was embellishing and
putting the finishing touches to His
work, he lowered over the universe
with supply of mountains in a sack,
dropping one here and there, according
to the exigencies of each country he
passed. When il came to the turn of
Montenegro, He was about to treat the
principality likewise, intending a
charming little mountain for her, when,
unfortunately, the sack burst, and its
whole contents fell pellmell on the
wretched CernagOra, and lay there in
an inextricable confusion.
As if the origin of Man were not
wonderful enough, the traditions of his
migrations are more wonderful still.
The Poles of Posen still preserve on the
facade of their old Rathhaus the effigies
of the three migratory brethren, the
ancestors of the Slavonic race, and the
Hiradchin (the colossal palace at
Prague) commentaries by its name the
white citadel to which the eagle of the
fable conducted Tchekh from his Danu-
bian home. Ii is one thing, however,
to be credulous lover of myth, and
another thing to make all early history
the humble servant of an inexorable
theory. Because the son of Thetis fell
In the western gate of Troy, and the
sun also disappears beneath the western
horizon, according to these theorists no
further proof is necessary in order TO
connect the one with the other. and in |
the same way the early struggles of
every people are made nothing else but |
various editions of the eternal story of
the conflict between light and darkness,
between the the dawn and the night. |
If. then, we must relegate TO the land |
of painted dreams many of those ami
able beings we fain would have known,
there are others whom Art has rescued |
from decay. The monuments of the |
past corroborate the history of nations.
''On ne quite jamais les Romains," as
said; and to-day, in their
ancient capital, the ruins they have left
steal us easily away from the newer
pomp of the modern city. Remains such |
as these are very precious to the true
lover of history. Without them we
might perhaps live to see realized the
prediction of Childe Harold.
that an age which had doubted Troy
might one day doubt of Rome.
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Moslem Marriages.

Brokers generally arrange the mar
riages, though there are some love-
matches in which the parties become
attached to each other without the in
tervention of third party. When a
man has reached the marrying age, he
is expected to enter the matrimonial
ranks, unless prevented by poverty or
some other impediment, and it is con-
sidered improper, and even dishonor-
able, for him 10 refrain from so doing.
If marriageable youth has mother,
she describes him to the girls of her ac-
quaintances, and enables him to decide
whom to take to his house and home.
Frequently he engages the services of
woman marriage-broker, who has ac-
cess to harems where there are mar
Iiageable women, and is employed by
them quite as often as by the men. She
receives fees from one party and fire.
quently from both. In her visits to the
harem she is accompanied by the mother
or other feminine relatives of the young
man; she introduces them as ordinary
visitors, but gives slight hint as to the
object of their call. If they do not like
the appearance of the maiden, they
plead many calls to make, and cut short
their stay; but, if satisfied, they come
to business at once, and ask how much
property, personal and otherwise, the
young lady possesses. When those
facts are ascertained, they depart with
the intimatlon that they may call again.
IL the young man is satisfied with the
report of the broker, he sends her again
to the harem to state his own prospects
in life, and if she reports favorable TO
his suit, the match is made. Every
thing is arranged by deputy, and the
lover does not see the !
face of his mistress until she is his
wife
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-11
I'VE BEEN THINKING.

I've been thinking I've been thinking
What a glorious world were this
Did folks mind their business more,
Ard mind their neighbors' less,
For instance: you and /. my friend.
Are sadly prone to talk
OF matters that concern us not
And others follies mock.
I've been thinking. if We begin
To mind our own affairs.
That possibly our neighbors might
Contrive TO manage theirs
We've faults enough at home to mend
1t may be so Of others:
1t would seem strange if it were not,
Since all mankind are brothers.
Oh would that We had charity
For every man and woman,
Forgiveness is the mark of those
Who know TO err Is human"
Then let us Danish jealousy;
Let's lift our fallen brother;
And, as We journey down Lies road.
Do good to one another.
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A BLACK mailer-A colored post
master. -sto
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A DEAD BALL-the moon.
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friendly that baby boldly clutched at
the bright buttons ON her sack, and
crowed with delight as he got one, and
we all smiled at the play, and were
sorry when the little lady with bow
and smile to us, got out at the church
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-11
& ssre,,s, re.tival 81 ssuslc.

fffCHAONps OeCCmUSE-AAV, 1O6sssi
SIS AT an informal meeting Of .citizens re.
gently isead Che question was discussed %
proyiding fwhat Is 30 much needed py on ~
city and State) "a library and museum .Ma!i,
where all the standard WORKS, la wei ... ~
with other curiosities gathered from all
narts OF theyworld, might be placed, thereby
affording TO our people an inexhaustible
sourcf, OF instruction and amusement. Ana
II was tssenght that Richmond College, whose
grounds will soon be greatly improved py
the opening OF new Streets eniarging ano
identifying the campus, planting trees,
shrnbbery, &C., would sbe q suitable point
for the location OF the same, inasmucn
an IL would become, Z to- even q greater
extent than now, a place OF general
resort for our citizens, as we'll as
strangers visiting the, metropolis OF the
Old Dominion. The undersigned were
appointed q j committee to solicit from
cur people subscriptions ! in aid Of this
object, and Il, is thought that, in con-
r1ectior with their efforts to raise funds, q
grand festival Of music would be appro-
pirate, as It would not only afford the
friends of the enterprise an opportunity oil
contributing their mite towards its consunl-
nation, but would at the same time cult
yate the taste OF our community by present
ing to them in the best style the musical
works OF the great masters, embracing,
among other things, q few grand choruses,
sung by our best yocalists and accompanied
by full and powerful orchestra.
The entertainment will be given on De.
cember 18th aud 10th, by the best vocal and
instrumental musical talent in Richmond,
including our leading soloists and chorus
OF about one hundred voices.
We earnestly appeal to our citizens to en-
courage us by their presence at these con-
certs. s $3.50 atg.ae
Tickets for sale by the members Of the
committee. eXchangeable without extra
charge for reserved seats, at Wyatts music.
store on and after to-day (Tuesday).
Respectfully,
SAMUEL. II. PULLIAM,
... ". MEREDITH,
r. 81. STEGER,
j. T. ELLYSoE, -
III. III. LEyF,
z. H. STARKE.
G. 81. RYLAND,
:. - Committee.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-11

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF THREE
~ VALUABLE HOUSES-TwO or FIGU.
TENTH STREET BETWEEN MARSIitJf
AND CLAY STREETS, AND ONE on TiiF
NORTH SIDE OF CHINA STREET BETWEEN
PINE AND LAUREL STREETS.-By virtue If !,
decree pronounced on the 9Th day Of Dccrmb.r
1877, BY the Chancery Court OF the CITY Of Rich
mond, In the chanccry cause Of Baker &C. Rsscr AMI
others, the undersigned special commissions Mi
proceed 10 sell by public auction upon The premises
on THURSDAY, December l3. ls77,at 3 O'Clock
p. NJ
First. TWENTY-NINE FEET Of GR0l-yD
on China street, running back between parallel line,
100 feet to an alley 13 feet wide upon which Their.
Is SMALL FRAMED HOUSE containing r,ur
rooms. This sale viii commence promptly AZ z
O'Clock.
Secoud. TWO BRICK HOUSES, Nos. 4os and
40, on Eighteenth street between CLAY ana Mar.
shall streets. No. 40S fronts Oh Eighteenth street
rs feet and runs back 1872 feet, being brick store
and dwelling two stories high: aud No. 40 A
three-stOry brick dwelling. fronting on Eighteenth
street 80 feet ~. inches, more or less and running
back 32 feet and adoins the residence Of the late
Captain John III. Freeman. This part OF The sale
will take place at O'Clock u. NJ.
TERMS: One third cash; balance on n crc,,i, Of
six and twelve months the purchasers executing
their negotiable notes with interest added and I'M.
retained by the court until the whole Durcla mo-
ney Is fully paid. III. a. ATKINSON g..
Special Commissioner
s. y. DAVIS. Salesman. de s-5t
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-11
BY j. Thomson Brown,
Real Estate Agent and Auctionccr.
No. 1l13 Main street.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF FOUR
" BRICK RESIDENCES AT TIE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF CLAY AND SECOND STREETS.
AND ALSO A VACANT LOT ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF CLAY STREET BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND STREETS, NEXT TO THE RESI-.
DENCE OF MRS. A. II. GLAZEBROOk.-By virtue
of decree of The Richmond Chancery Cour, entered
April 2S, 1877, in the suits Of Gillian. &C.. re-
Glazabrook, executor, &C., and National Bank Of
Virginia rs. same, we. the undersigned, comm!s-
soners appointed for the purpose, will sell on TUES
DAY, 18th of December, 1877, on the premises, At
4 O'Clock 2. NJ, those FOUR VALUABLE BRICK
RESIDENCES Nos. H. 1l3, lis, and III cast
Clay street, occupied respectively by Mesrs. W. H.
Childs, E. u. Fitzgerald 4. Noise and W. Z. Crutch
field, fronting about twenty feet each on the south
side of Clay street. and running back between para
lei lines 10 an alley about ten feet wide. The dwell
ings contain about seven rooms each, and detached
KITCHENS with three rooms. Also, that very dcsl-
rable BUILDING LOT an the opposite side Of Clay
street, fronting 80 feet and running back $50 feet
TO an alley about 8 feet wide and Immediately al
joins the residence OF Mrs. A. H. Glazebrook on the
west. s'
The attention Of parties desiring good investments
is called to this sale.
TERMS Zone third cash: balance at six, twelve.
and eighteen months. interest added and title re-
tanned till all the purchase-morey Is paid and con-
veyance ordered by the court.
49,, ,---,-' =. NJ. NJ. GILLIAN
....-.- A. AUSTIN SMITH,
Commissioners.
s T. THOMPSON BROWN, Auctionccr. lie
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-11
BVshfcHardsOn q Co.,
Real Estate Agents and AuctIoncers
11l3 Main street,

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALE,
~ BILE JAMES RIVER FARMS IN pnuI, "a
TAN COUNTY, ON SATURDAY TfIE 19nI,unH..
OF DECEMBER, 1877, IN FRONT OE Ri.
CUSTOM-HOUSE IN TIE CITY OF RifHmE
MOND..By virtue or decree OF the Circui, cant.
OF the United States for the Eastern D,,rtc,, uls
Virginia, entered Oh the 23d dav of Octnhrr ~
In the suit Of Howard, &c. ~. Seldens ad,nni,.h
tor and others, the undersigned. special nn,, Ta-
sioners thereby appointed win, In from, Of ,h %
TOM House Of the city OF Richmond sell m mill ,
auction. on SATURDAY The 22d day Of n. re
ber S77, at IL O'Clock 81. the following tsscIt
valuable Droperty-yiZ-, that certain TR,f"r Nv.
LAND belonging to the estate Of w. A. Turnin az
ceased, lying In the county OF Powhatan ON - '
river, about sixteen miles from the CITY ~ Pr
nond and adjoining the land Of f. J. Nos.,Y' 80, 80,
others, containing $40 acrcs-2 acres of wI;,c Hi
James-river low grounds. This land Is I'm thr -
region OF said county. and IS supposed 10 comet"
coal and has on tia good dwelling and Other y.I
BILE Improvements necessary for such farm a.
that TRACT OF LAND belonging to the r.,.,r y;
Thomas J.. Hobson, deceased, lying I'm said count
on James river, i've miles northwest OF Pnyyh,,.n,
Courthouse, containing $40 acres. with good vain
bic, and necessary improvements thereon ana At
Joins the land of Mcssrs. John Is. Cooke and Ja,n.
G. Jordan. ANS
TERMS One third cash the balance a, orn IN,
two years with legal Interest from day Of s,, w.
purchaser or purchasers executing bond, Tor ,b
credit payments, and title retained Until the yy'
OF the purchase-money IS paid.
ROBERT G.. SCOTT
: CHASTAIS WHITE
THOMAS VI. MILLER
special Commit sioncrS
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-11
BY j. L. Apperson.
Real. Estate Auctioucer,
1915 Main street.

-rrRUsTEE,S AUCTION SALE OF H0 ~
r. TAGE ASDTEN ACRES OF LAND AooIf
ONE MILE FROM RICHMoSp.-By y. yir, aS,v - :, :.
deed OF trust dated the 9Th OF May. !s.a nIh of
corded In Henrleo County Court on the AN ah -
January 1873, default having been maor aaI a.
ing thereto required by the beneficiary sf,.
acting trustee ssll on the premtses on he shove
dsscribed property lying ON Glilie's cress' aa''D
iny Blakey's,' now !. Fritz mill tract, &c. the
The COTTAGE contains stx soomss, .aA1
Mace il well adapted TO trucking dairy, 1c; xcs,t
TEENS: Although the deed requires sasa ~ e mste
ny to 5000, arrangements may proospi!, ale
for more liberal terms, and made KNOWN pnr ~
80 Acting Trestee.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-11
BY ROoert Is. LYME.
Real Estate Auctlonecr,
No. 1912 Main street.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF ONE
~ MOIETY OF TWO FRAME HOUSES AND
LOTS ON CHURCH HILL on TWENTY-NINTit
STREET BETWEEN o AND P STREETS. AZ NJ, D
FEE-SIMPLE TITLE OF ONE LOT ON WEsi
AND p STREETS, FOR SALE By AUCTlOS.-ln
pursuance OF decree Of the Chancery Court OF me
city OF Richmond entered on the Sth day "a Deccin
Home Building and Loan Association r8. Bell. g.,
shall proceed 10 sell, upon he premises ny puo'
auction, on THURSDAY the l3i DAY OF Deceh .',I
1877, ut o'clock r. 81, the above described pro-
perry. ,..,,s
The moiely is in two very good four-room iraiF
holiscs aud lots In good repair and located rs aD't
The LOTS front 29isxl25 feet 10 al alley each.
TERMS: One third cash; balance IN SIX ahI
twelve months, with negotiable notes. and ihlere'
~ w. +. G. GARRETT, JR.
DEF Special Commissioner