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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
New Testament Financiers-

Judas Iscariot was the first; he car
ried the common purse, and probably
lid the marketing of the little band in
which he played so notorious a part.
He was the great father of embezzlers.
lie took advantage of his office to fill
his own pocket, Peter and John and
the other apostles were the financiers
ON the day of Penteeost, when great
company of proselyres sold their land
and possessions and brought the price
and put it into common stock. Peter,
rs the chief apostle, was doubtless the
chief financier, but yor see his integ-
rity IN the fact that some time after,
when the lame man at the gate of the
temple asked him for aims, he had 10
say. ''Silver and gold have / none"
Not penny had stuck in his hands
he had distributed il all. Later in the
history we find Paul In the character
Of financier. He was agent for the
churches in their rcommunistic relation,
receiving funds from one church to re-
lieve the necessities of another, thus
maintaining an equality. So far from
being ar embezzler, Paul refused to
take his living out of his agency. He
worked with his own hands, that he
might not be chargeable to those who
owed him much more than a living.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
Railway Ticket Printing.

Imagine table about twice the size
Of page of a magazine, with long
thin box rising above It at the back, and
another box falling below it at the
front. The table contains the printing
rollers and the type case; the boxes
(the interior horizontal section of which
is the size of a ticket) are for holding
tickets. The upper box is filled with a
pile of pieces of cardboard. One at
time, the lowest card is jerked By a
spring under the printing machinery.
and falls into the lower box; and in less
than quarter of second it is printed
and numbered and safely stored in the
other box. All the man has to do
is to keep the upper box filled with
cards, remove the lower box when
filled, supply fresh empty boxes, place
the tickets in rows, and see that the ink
reservoir is full. The machine does
the rest, including the printing, the
linking of the type and the moving and
storing of the tickets The numbering
is done by means of four wheels, with
their centres in horizontal line-thus
forming a cylinder. These wheels have
raised numerals on their edges, which
imprint themselves on the tickets. The
wheel which bears the numeral in the
units place, moves so that fresh type
is ready for each successive ticketi that
in the tens place, at one tenth that
ii Thu ~ of
counting the tickets, is a curious one.
Though the greatest care Is taken To In
| sure accuracy, mistakes Will occur in
printing the numbers on the tickets.
Sometimes a number IS omitted; some
times two tickets are printed with the
same number TO provide against such
casualties the tickets when printed are
counted; and as 1t is impossible for
human eye and memory aud judgment
20 be infallible, they are counted by
machinery. This machinery again con-
sists of a table with two boxes as before.
This time the table is table with
hole in it large enough to allow the
| number of ticket to be seen through.
| At the side OF the table Is cylinder
wheel similar to that above described.
The number on the cylinder is adjusted
to be the same as that printed Oh the
first ticket to be couDtel. The tickets
are in consecutive order As the boy
turns a handle, they are jerked from
the upper box to the lower. showing
their numbers under the hole. The
cylinder wheel revOlves at the same
rate, and therefore the number on each
ticket and that on the wheel ought to
agree. If they do not agree, then it is
evident that number has been omitted
or perhaps duplicated. The deficient
ticket being supplied or the surplus one
removed, the tickets are pressed together
by machinery, tied, packed and sent TO
their destinations. Such Is one OF the
interesting industries of our time.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
An Indian Mandatory Of Dishes.
Early in the present month Mr.. An
ell. of Providence. Z. L, while GUAR

Early in the present month Mr.. An
gell, of Providence, r. L. while quar-
rying about a ledge in Johnston. came
upon what appeared to have been a
manufactory of dishes. Let no one sup
pose that building eq1ipped with fur
naces and furnished with tools has
been unearthed. The Indians who
roamed over the Johnston hills were
delightfully."- primitive in their manu-
featuring enterprises, as IN other things
They made their dishes of soapstone.
The soapstone bed, the existence of
which has hitherto been unknown, lies
between two slate lodges. When Mr..
Angell's workmen uncovered the bed
it was about six feet under ground. At
tention was first attracted to it by find
ingquantities pulverized stone. Cart
before anyone had the least idea what
the curious substance was. At last the
workmen came upon a rock so curiously
uneven as to attract attention at once.
The whole surface of the rock was COW
cred with hollows and projections.
Quantities of Indian hammers and axes
were then discovered, and then the
truth began to dawn upon the minds OF
the explorers. The soapstone bed was
about twenty-five feet wide and it was
cleared off as rapidly as possible for fifty
or sixty feet.
In the space thus cleared one sees
just how the former owners of the soil
shaped their rude vessels. The soap
stone is quite soft. The adjoining slate
is very hard and it could not have been
very difficult, with suitably shaped
pieces of slate, TO cut away the soap
stone, leaving the proposed vessel solid,
of course, bottom side up on the rock.
Chipping under the projection thus
formed room was gained for the inser-
tion of wedge, by means of which the
half-completed dish was split off of.the
ledge. 1t then remained to cut out the
inside, which appears to have been done
by means of sharp stone scoops. When
the spot was uncovered q number of
stone basins were lying on the bed;
others had been begun but not finish
ed, while others still were just blocked
out in the work. The stone axes used
were nearly all such as would fit nat
urally to the hand. There were two
great stone hammers, apparently used
for splitting of the proposed dish when
the outside had been worked. One Of
these hammers would weigh nearly, if
not quite, hundred pounds. 1t ap-
pears 10 have been followed out in the
middle, so that a withe could be bound
around it and used as handle for
swinging the great hammer. Upon no
ting the ledge more closely it was seen
that the bed of soapstone had been cut
away-that is, lowered several feet be-
low its original height, and this, with
the immense quantities of pulverized
rock, now known to be soapstone chip
pings, that have been carted away,
shows something of the vast amount OF
work which had been done at this bed.
In the small space uncovered the re-
mains of something like $50 cuttings
are 10 be seen.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
The Largest Rock.

Probably the largest and highest roch
in the known world is the South Dome
of Yosemite. Standing at the fork OF
the upper valley, it rears itself, solid
rocky loaf, 6,CC0 feet above the ground.
A more powerful hand than that of IL
tan has cut away the Eastern half,
leaving a sheer precipice over mile in
height. No man ever trod the top OF
this dome until last year. Former
visitors gazed in wonder at the spikes
driven into the rocks by hardy spirits,
who had repeatedly endeavored to scale
it. The shreds of rope dangling In the
wind told the story Of their failure.
Last year, however, after thousands of
dollars had been spent, several persons
found their way to the tcp of the dome.
and last summer two sheep were dis
covered browsing on the hitherto inac
cessibls peak.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

The first forms which could be called
by the name of money, were ingots in
various shapes, stamped or sealed with
the seal of the ruler, as 4 certificate OF
the quality of the piece, no attempt
being made to fashion the coin as TO
guard against alteration of weight.
Some of the early pieces were stamped
on but one side, and it was only By
very gradual steps, that the handsome
circular pieces, which we now use as
coins, were evolved. But these are
still defined by Jevous as ingots, of
which the weight and tineness are Ger
tilted by the integrity of the designs
impressed upon the surface OF the
metal.
The stamping of the bits Of metal has
always been assumed as perogative of
the ruler, and to supply the people with
coin, has become to be a generally con-
sidered function of government. Ii
will be well to bear the above definition
of coin in mind; for the fashioning,
stamping and certifcation have caused
a very important fact to be lost sight Of
which Is, that throughout these chan
ges the metals continue to be commodi-
ties and nothing more. The stamp
works no alteration in the metal, any
more than does the label on a bolt of
muslin, showing the width and the
number of yards, convert it into some
thing other than cotton cloth. The
conversion of the unfashioned metal
into coin in no way affects the princi-
pie of exchanges, and its transfer is bet
ter Just as much as it was in the begin
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
Strong Men.

There was trial of strength betw cen
Capt. Bogardus and Prof. William Mil
Ter, at Gilmore's Garden, in New York,
recently. Two kegs of lager beer were
placed on the stage by Bogardus' at
tendants. and several huge dumb-bells
by Miller's men. The Captain looked
at the dumb-bells and Miller at the kegs
of beer. Bogardus appeared in ordi
nary street costume, except that his
coat and vest were removed. Miller
was in full athletic dress. Mr.. L. c.
Bruce, the referee, came on the stage,
when the articles of agreement were
called for and read by Prof. Whitaker.
They called for ''feats of strength and
main grip" each man to perform two
as he chose, and in case of tie the fifth
to be tossed for. Bogardus objected to
the dumb-bell feat, claiming that it
would not show "actual grip but the
referee ordered the men to proceed.
Miller first put up dum-bells weighing
100 pounds, and followed it by lifting
those of 1l0 pounds, one in each hand.
BOgardus again called for the decision
of the referee upon the objection he had
made, and that official deciding against
him the Captain performed his first
feat. He washed his hands with soap
and water, to show there was no resin
on them. Then he grasped with his
fingers the lager beer kegs by their
chimes, carrying the two nearly across
the stage. The kegs each weighed
about lis pounds. Miller looked at the
feat and shook his head, and in answer
to shouts of ''Try it. made the attempt
but failed. A dumb-bell of 165 pounds
and then one of $50 pounds were sue
cessfully raised at arms length above
the head by Miller, the latter requiring
three trials. This exhibition of strength
was received with appreciation. Bogar-
dus admitted that he could not do the
dumb-bell feat, But" said he, Il can
carry some Of them around" and, TAX
ing hold of a pair, one in either hand,
weighing 3S5 pounds, walked with
them the entire circuit of the stage,
which caused great applause Bogar-
dus then lifted one of the kegs with his
fingers, using the right hand and then
the left hand, one on top of the other,
and finally lifted the keg on an ordi-
nary table, saying, ''This is my second
feat" \ decision was then asked for,
and the referee caused it to be an
nounced that leach having performed
what he specified in the articles of
agreement, the match is tie." Bogar-
dus objected on the ground that Miller
had not complied with the ''main grip
stipulation, which objection seemed to
| find much favor with the audience.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
81 Th,nk I've See You Before"

Recently downtown shipping mas
ter received in joke, a ten-dollar coun-
terfeit bank note. He put , it in his
pocket, thinking that he might have
some fun with it. That evening he be-
came engaged in an angry alteration
with a sailor ON Grand street. Blows
were struck. and the shipping master
was about to be taken to the police sta
ton bv a stalwart officer.
"See here, my FRIEND" said the ship
ping master, 81 don't want to be locked
up. I'll give you S. to let me 60"
The stalwart officer scorned the pro-
position. Then the shipping master
displayed the counterfeit bank note.
The officers eyes snapped as he put the
note in his vest pocket. He shook
hands with the shipping master, and
they joyfully separated. The stalwart
and sad-eyed officer subsequently met
the shipping master, and groaned, II
think I've seen you before"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
meat ware extepsirelr sampled during

meat were extensively sampled during
the siege, though not in the way that
by many may be imagined. On account
of the want of provender nearly all the
horses of the garrison were turned out
of the lines. and as the other side could
not safely take them unless they strayed
within reach, many of them were killed
by the cross-fire. Early in the siege,
when some of the men complained of
the scanty ration, General Smith, be-
lieve, who had seen the thing done on
the plains, issued circular to his
brigades, recommending that the ex-
pertinent of horse meat be tried to piece
it out. / was on hand that very even
ing when somebody, waiting till dark,
slid over the works and cut steak out
of horse that had been shot that day
beneath them. 1t was cooked at General
Vaughn's fire, and everybody tasted a
little; but the flesh was coarse and
nobody hungered for any more. Some
of the soldiers did like it and eat it;
not to speak Of rats and other small
deer which the Louisianians, being
Frenchmen, were said to prepare in
many elegant styles for the table. When
Pemberten was thinking about cutting
his way out he had half fdozen fellows,
men who looked like Mexicans or
Indians, cutting mule meat at the old
depot of the Southern Railroad and
jerking it over slow fires to make ii
handy and lasting. One morning, for
trial, bought a pound of mule meat at
this market and had it served at break
fast for the mess. There was no need
to try again. On the day of the sur
render, and only then, ration of mule
meat was actually issued; but nobody
need eat il, as General Grant issued
abundant supplies of the best that his
army had.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
A Tussle with u King.

Victor Emanuel one day, hunting in
the neighbornood of Rome, shot at Il
hare at the very moment when a stout
citizen, out enjoying the pleasure of
the chase, discharged his piece ut the
same object. The King claimed that he
had killed the hare, and the citizen ig-
norant of the person of his rival, de-
clared in very impolite terms that he
himself was the successful marksmen.
The result was regular trial of strength
for possession of the game-a tussle
which resulted in favor of the King,
who walked off with his prize, while
the citizen poured upon him perfect
food of such abuses as only an Italian
of a certain sort has at command. At
the city gate the King ordered the com =
mandment of the guard to follow the
angry citizen and report his name and
residence.
After few hours the officer was able
to say that the unknown hunter was an
honest cabinet maker of the Porta del
Popolo, when the King sent one of his
carriages TO bring him to the palace.
Naturally the man was terribly anxious
as well as full of wonder why he should
be wanted at the palace, and he was not
much relieved when he recognized in
the King the man whom he had abused.
Master Salyina," said his Majesty,
and at the sound of his own uame from
royal lips, the man trembled in every
nerve-"Master Salvina, l have sent
for you because have found shot diff
ferent from mine il. the hare; we both
hit the beast. Come, we will eat the
hare together, and thereupon the door
of the dining room was opened, where,
between two plates with appurtenances,
smoked the hare properly roasted.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
Bronze Figures.

In Nara, Japan, was erected, twelve
hundred years ago, the largest bronze
figure the word has ever Known. IL
weighs $50 tons, and the third temple
now covers it, without apparent injury
to the immense statue. We went
around it, but could form no estimate
of its size. Our minister at Tokoi told
me that it was sixty feet from the seat
of lotus leaves to the top of its head,
and that man could climb through
the nostril. An officer is said TO have
taken chip of the casting, and an an
alysis of it gave 500 pounds of gold in
the alloy. A great halo of gilded wood
sets off the dark features as they are
revealed in the shadows Of the roof.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

whom you married?" "Why, I mar
ried her to another man, my dears. "
The portraits of those girls at that mo-
ment would be worth a fortune to an
artist. Surprise, ehagrin. joy, and hu-
initiation were depicted upon their
countenance, which grew first red and
colorless, changing from one to the
other in quick succession. The daugh-
ters had urgent business elsewhere,
and the father was left in the room
alone, until called to supper. the like of
which he had not enjoyed for many a
day. When he arose the next morning
the house had more than its wonted
cheerfulness and order, while his
daughters were all smiles in their neat
est attire. Their fear of 4 stepmother
had greatly decreased, while the father
has much more freedom and is not con-
stantly under surveillance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
WE REAP WHAT We SOW.

For pleasure OF pain, for veal or for woe
It's the law of our being-we resp what we
SOW.
We NAV try TO avoid them-msy do what We
Will;
But our acts, ike our shadows, will follow US
still
The world is q wonderful chemist, be sure,
And detects in a moment the base or the pure
We may boast of our claims TO genius or birth,
But the world takes man for just what he s
worth
We start in the race for fortune or fame,
And then, when we fall. the world bears the
blame
But nine times in ten, its plain to be seen.
There's screw somewhere loose" in the
human machine
Are YOU wearied and worn in this hard, sarthl
strife?
Do you yesrn for affection to sweeten your
life?
aemember-this great truth has often been
proved;
We must make ourselves lovable. would we be
loved.
Though life may appear desolste track.
Yet the bread that We cast on the waters comes
back
This law was enacted by Heaven above;
That like attracts like, and love besets love
We make ourselves heroes and martyrs for
gold.
I'll hezlth becomes broken and youth becomes
old.
All did We the same for beautiful love.
Our life might be music for angels above,
We reap what we SOW. Oh wonderful truth
4 truth hard to learn in the days of our youth.
Bat It shines out st last as the hand on the
WALL
FOR the world has its debit" and credit" for
all
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

The business firms Of the Black
Hills number 1000.
The Morning herald., 1878-10-09
FrGII tine Earliest Ages

sCaofULA has been the bane, and as Il
were, the curse Of mankind, Moses, in the
18th chapter Of Leyiticus, lays down, very
explicit rules on this ulseaze. so terrible
and loathsome had II been considered then
that person known TO be Injected with ii
would not be allowed t. mix with society
The Jews regarded Ii as a divine infiction
and believed there was no cure for II; Ii
was then the sins ofa youth Or diviation
from the paths Of virtue were punished as
long as life lasted Happily In our day,
the sience Of medicine{haS been developed
the great storehouseI OF Nature furnishes a
remedy. the disease is stripped OF its ter
ror by the use OF the eSA MAdITAN'SR ROOT
AND HERB JUICEs, and the yietim o.
SerofalA, Ulcers, Sores, PfmpIes, Blotches,
Tittsr, ete can be restored 70 sound health
in a few weeks. That there are thousands
now whose conditions are as bad as those
Of the dark as es wksare we'll aware. MANY
now TAIL to find q cure as well az they did
then, To AL such the Samaritan's Roo!
and Herb Juices will prove abappy boon
eradicating all Impurities rrom La blood
and making the complexion bright and
healthy. A few, bottles wIlEremove pim-
pies or blotches, thereby doing away with
cosmetics and powders, hOOT AN DHERE
JUICES SL2o per bottle; Sent by express
toany address,
..,.,-l.. lh &scestreht Phsfadeiphia p.
The Morning herald., 1878-10-09

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nusciyal re<rn had szksn yizcfDas root
.snd II sbous to szpp -nP isss rap-h@lz@
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dsesd Eve nilhGs laSvezE md tho1gh
tkA x Phas1srsA h~ns8 bsn dinAi
Cd D % lzs m eztest, san ss1L u
1ios fxss bsss EPpsd AZ Sih he FEos.
psa Of aiH farther diruinaiioa.- Ihs y
ose Of dss results Of The municipal rezons
HaTezasnt, shieA, fruaa tissts fz1e hss
been made the suE5ecs ofso much ridscals
By polifie;av nnthe working d he
Ieassr now begisning 10 become ssfsrsss
The Morning herald., 1878-10-09
That England will make war upon Al

That England viii make war upon Az
ghanjstan ID now an established fact. OF
courss, British public opinion will approve
the undertaking bat it is diReuit TO see
how 1t can obtain the communication Of
British rnoralists. Because the Amser
has chosen 70 decline to receive British
embassy At his capital, England win begin
war which, under the most favorable
conditions, will cost hundreds OLIVES and
millions Of money. The Amer has no
injured an English subject, or touched Eng
lisb property Or menaced English territory
he ID 70 be compelled to pay a, bloody
penalty simply because be has wounded
British susceptibilities. 'a VI .'"...
The Morning herald., 1878-10-09
4 FABULOUS TaEAsURR-

HrxDEkDs or NIELSoss or FEIrcs Hn-
DEN II DITcs sEAE PoET-AF-
PEIycK- - * II
Everybody knows the story Of The ga
lsons of Yigo, witch fo1noervd ~ TIE en-
trance Of TIE hsr+cr O. VsSo, sDd sk3ek
hsve lain eFsr since az tae bottom Of the Sea
9TH fsh1loas sssxs1rst. .Thze ere cher
kfdfsr treasures EhfeA eoEtsHze TO eIeEk
the c1y85itF Of fortune tunte-s, EB3 ole Of
then l. the treasure nt EsstE TOassaiD-
POuver-rre, afths B0azPsssS of the hiaeks,
ss be eailsi himself, f0fse<fng rhsl be
would be obliged TO E1rTso3er 70 GeEsysl
Ledero. was snLsosze 20 ecoee2f treasure
OF $50 900 Q9 fse) oShEDes ia soE ssich
be had IN hand. He hal TIE coin yzE tito
saes and ordered IL p3sneers 70 dig . deep
ditch I'd De ee1rtrT near 70 Por-f1-PrfneS.
"You Win stsYby he dseb,D he ssn 70
workmen, AAnnta some one byf1gs some
thing here 10 Be bQried, The iE.ssuent
osee scconpisbed, the bole closed. and the
earth replseed. Jon Will ret1rnf0 10 Company
Of an escort TITS eseort was eomposd
of three carriages and tan soldiers Whe1
toe orders oftfe general hEd teen exeea.H
the workman started 70 return, but II the
end Of sz hour alta turp ip fke resd they
bexrd the no.se Of hri1g by psstooIs- i
cane from . squsd Of sktrmishess con
msDded by TousssiD:rp pOuTegture birasslf.
pioDeers, soldiers and drivers were ssot a
and killed On the spot, 30 that nobody bu.
tie black Bonapzrfe survived TO tel who're
the 150, ,000, 900 Of francs we're b7r1sds The
grass OF tie Antilles has pos been grewing
oEes the fpot for sevept5 fss yesrs. Why
does not sous one 90 ard dig mp this treas
uref
The Morning herald., 1878-10-09

Razors as nurderous weapons are as
suming an unpleasant prominence, as most
Of those will agree who read Of the double
murder attempted in Washington and an
other deadly assault in this city, in both Of
which rszors were used and all Of them &C.
curing on the same day. If our act Of
Assembly forbiddipg the carrying Of con-
cealed deadly weapons were not practical'
ly obsolete, 1t might be worth while tosug-
gsss that rszors be putintb same category
with pistols, dirks and sword canes.