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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

We see but few muzzes upon dogs in this vicin-
ity. When muzzle is first put on dog, he is
much ashamed of his inglorious cage aud hides
himself for time. The patent muzzle allows a
dog to open his jaws at will, but not to use his
teeth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

have left there.
H. No.. ..,oo1 ,b,,..,. ,, t,,... . L.. s ,La;.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

PENNSYLVANIA.

Four hundred and sixty Mormon emigrants and
travellers arrived on the Guion steamer Nevada.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11
CON N ECTICUI.
Death.

HARTFORD, July 10. Jasper Costeller, a cigar
maker, aged forty two years, lying in bed wa.
sufiocated by smoke, from fire in the basement
of the house, this morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

We are pleased to see that l. f. Thompson,
Esq. is able to be the street again, after brief
confinement from his recent injury on Cushnoc
Heights.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

We regret TO learn that Hon. J. W. Patterson
is confined to his house, the result of recent
injury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

The travel Moosehead Lakeward is rapidly in
creasing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

Some thoughtful tcamstcrs use moist spopges
on their horses heads.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

The report is denied that Prof. Dare, who
recently exhibited on the tight rope here, fell in
y. II. and was killed. He s,il confines walking
on his be ad
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

READY TO GO TO THE AGENCIES.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

Moonlight excursions now are pleasant, and
Innch eninxed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

The over-crowded tenement houses in Unhealthy
localities are yielding the usual ho-westher crop
of fevers. A physician recently found in one ten
ement in Lewiston, nine cases of typhoid fever,
and two corpses awaiting burial.
We are happy TO learn that Miss Nettie A. Mil
liken of Portland, will sing at the Moonlight
Fete" given by the young ladies of the L Unitarian
Society, at the residence Of Mrs. Lslly, this eve
ming. Many will be glad of the opportunity of
again listening to her particularly sweet voice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

A new scheme for emigration to Texas is on
foot Eastern Argus.
Spare US travelling that distance on foot this hot
weather
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11
The Indians.

INDIANS ON THE WAR PATH.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

A horse ran away on State street yesterday noon
but no damage was done. The horse considered
it too warm 10 run very far.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-07-11

The little breeze we had yesterday felt good.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
An Old Shaver.

An English physician relates an an
ecdote of one Of his patients, which is
not only amusing but expressive of
that particular type cf man who, as a
rule, does not practice what he preach
es: a patient of mine, a middle-aged
clergyman, was suffering from some
slight symptoms of gout. Irecommen-
ded glass of hot whisky and water
every day, in preference to physics of
any kind, but my reverend friend, with
upturned eyes, absolutely refused to
accept my prescription, saying, "No,
no, doctor; have all my life preached
against alcohol in any form. If that is
the only remedy L mnst continue to
suffer. Besides" !" said he, ''if l rang
for hot water, my servants would guess
its purpose" Said l, "You shave, ,
ring the 5eii' for shaving water, mix
your glass of medicinal whisky, and
who will be wiser but yourself?" The
parson at last submitted and we warm
ly shook hands and parted. In a few
weeks time, my carriage passing the
clergymsn's door reminded me of my
clerical friend. l touched the bell and
the thin, care-worn face of a once rO-
bust housekeeper answered me. 'Well,'
| said, shows your master?" ''Stark,
starin' mad, sir-mad as he can be-"
.'Mad how what how mad ?" ''Lor',
sir, mad as he can be; why, he shaves
hisself about twenty times every day :"
was the innocent reply.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10

Some people are fond of denying that
there is any such thing as ''luck;" but,
be that as it may, there certainly are
persons to whom what seems like for
tuitous good fortune comes. Colonel
Green Wilkinson gave seat in his pew.
in London, to an old gentleman, who
left him $40, 900 a year.
A young Bostonian crossed to Eng
land three or four years ago and got
into conversation with an elderly gem
tleman, who observed thas tney had
the same name. u turaed out that they
were second cousins. The elder had
gone 10 California, i'm the early days,
made vast fortune, and entirely lost
sight of his relations. That chance
meeting gave the young man fortune
of between two and three millions.
Two young ladies had a box at the
opera, in London. An old man oppo-
site bored them dreadfully by perpet-
ually ''lorgnetting" them. The scene
came to an end, and they thought no
more about him. One day, a year af-
terward, a solicitor called on one of the
ladies, Lady Frances Bruce, and told
her that an old gentlemen, Mr.. W., had
left her property worth several thou
sand year. ''Never heard of the
man." she said. ''Must be mistake -
Every extraordinary" replied the So
licitor." Suddenly a happy thought
struck him. ''He lies in his coffin, in
st. James street, close by, at Bantings.
the great undertaken: will you come
with me and see him? She went. 1t
was the old lorgnetter. And it is said
that he left it to her in a mistake, after
all, having intended to leave it to her
friend, whOm-and not Lady Frances
he admired, but he was misinformed
as to the names Of the two ladies.
And to give one more-aquite recent
instance. A young New Yorker went
to San Francisco to seek the fortune so
many have failed to find. He got a
poor clerkship, and had to be thankful
for that. One evening at place of en-
tertaInment, he watched game of
cards, saw an elderly Englishman was
being cheated, exposed the fraud, and
had tussle with the cheat. The Eng
lishman has presented him with twcn-
ty thousand dollars to start him in busi-
mass. and there is every prospect that
there is more to come.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
Great Historical Work.

The National Publishing Company OF Phila-
delphia have sent ua advance sheets OF The
Pictorial History of the World embracing full
aud authentic accounts Of ereI-y nation 0J an
s-isnt aud modern times. and ucttnftng a HtS-
t0y-,J of the rise and fall OF the Greek and RO-
man Empires the grO,rh Of The nations 0J
NodsT.a Europe the Middle Ages. the CE7tsCttes,
the Fe,tclal SpSteni, the Reformation, the DIS
cOueTy and settlement Of the Netc Word, ETC..
etc. BY JAMES ID. MCCABE, a well known MS
torical Nrlter. Tn Is one of the M )st Yalua-
BILE works ever ssusd BY an American pub
sher aud It Is IN all respects the most com
plete History of the Worli ever published
The author does no. coHtent himself with
mere dry statement of facts, but sk tches the
life and manners of the various nations of
which he treats. in life-like colors. and po nts
out the causes which led to the prosperity and
decay of the great powers OF the world. lie
shows us the famous warriors. Statesmen,
poets, sages and orators of ancient aud mol
ern times. and makes them familiar to the
reader. The book Is a complete Iressury OF
history, and there IL not a question that can
be asked concerning any his orlcal subject but
an answer to 1t can be found IN this great
work. 1t contains l26O large douoie-eo umn
page and ls embelllshed with over go fine
eugravings illustrate of the events recorded
IN the narrative, embracing battles an other
historical scenes; portraits OF the great men
of modern times, and VI VS. OF the principal
cite. Of the world. TIe-e engravlngs are
genuine works of art, and were made at a cost
OF over SIS 900. The great numb T and high
character of these engravIngs make this the
most valuable art publication of The century.
We cannot too highly praise the numerous
aud beaut fui por' rats of his orical person.
ages " tn which It abounds. A marked fea-
ture of the work is full History Of he late
,oar bet,ceer Russia and Turkey, which IL the
only comp etc account Of this wa IN print
This IL an appropriate time to read the His
tory of the World. and We predict for this
book an immense sac
Ii Is sold by subscription only, and the rub
fishers want ageuts, as II be -en b. their
advertis -ment In another colu m
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
Russian schools.

Every city in the Russian Empire has
its lyceum, and every town its grammar
school. In the lyceums French and
German are taught; in the grammar
schools German sometimes, but not al
ways. English can be learned only at
st. Petersburg, Moscow and Odessa ex-
cept by private tuition. The charges
for maintaining boy as a boarder vary
from $500 to $3.50, and at the aristocratic
military school of st. Petersburg ex-
tras generally bring the sum up to
81 ,250. Russian boys sleep in dormitor-
les; and it is only within the last fifteen
years that they have been allowed bed
ding, Formerly they curled themselves
up in rugs and lay down on wooden
cots. Possibly this practice still pre-
walls i'm some Of the inland schools.
Their fare is the eternal cabbage soup,
with beef; and tea with bread, but no
butter. They wear uniform-a tunic
in summer, and in winter a caftan, like
an ulster coat, with the number of their
class embroidered on the collar. Their
heads are cropped close, and they walk
upright as ramrods; for the most thor
ough part of their education consists i'm
drill. They are usually quiet boys,
very soft-spOken and not much addicted
to romping-havlng no national game
beyond that of leap-frog, which they
play in a large empty room warmed
like a hOt-house. They spend their
pocket money in cigarettes and sweet
rum to put into their tea. These deli
cacies are forbidden, but can always be
had of the school porter for little over
charge. There is no corporal punish
ment nominally, since the present Car
abolished the birch by special ukase,
but discipline could scarcely be main
tanned among Russians without cutting,
so the Professor cuffs his scholars, and
they cuff one another with national
heartiness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
Peculiar People.
Old bachelors who never smoke.

Old bachelors who never smoke.
People who will suffer from chronic indiges-
tion constipation, and torpid liver, or bilious.
ness. when DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery and Pleasant Purgative Pe.le 8 are
known to be reliable and speedy remedies for
these diseases.
Old maids who do not love cats.
People who have catarrh. annoying and dis
gusting every one around them, when Dr.
Sage's Caiarrh Remedy is known To be a potent
remedy for this sease.
Women who do not love babies.
Women who will suffer from al those pa n
full seases TO which the sex is heir. when DIR.
Pierce's Favorte Prescript on 10 admitted by
every lady who uses it to be an efficient rem
edv for tn. Sc maladil g.
People who believe their progenitors were
apes
People who will read about Helen's Ba-
bies," and That Husband # Nine" and
That Wife Of Mine," and That Mother-in-
Law of Mine and That Son-in-law of Nine ~
and vet fail to read about THEMSELVES in 1.-The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser"
Christians quarrellng with each other on
their way to Heaven.
People who will seek health at fashionable
watering places, smotherins at Saratoga OF
Long Branch. or sacrificing themselves to
Graham diet" at Water Cures and Health In
stitutes, when tie magnificent Invalds' Hotel
at Buffalo. offers all the elegant comforts of
the finest hotels combined with the best sani-
tary advantage -Ru- sian, Turkish and plunge
baths. gymnasium. etc-and is situated in and
near some Of the finest natural scenery in the
Empire State.
The most peculiar of all are the peorle who
read these paragraphs and fail to profit by
them
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
Mohair-Gingham.

Mohair was originally stuff made OF
the hair of a wild MinOr-Asiatic goat.
called "mo"-whence mohair abbreviat
ed by the French into moire. Gros-de
Naples and Florentine need no explana
ton. We have to thank GAIA, in Pales-
tine, whose gates Sampson carried away
for gaze, or gauze. GAIA means treas.
ure, and precious to the fair is the tissue
which covers, without hiding, their
charms. Voltaire, wishing to describe
some intellectual but perhaps dressy,
woman, said-"She is an eagle in a cage
of gauze." Muslin owes its name 70
Mossoul, a fortified town of Turkey in
Asia. Tulle is a city in the south of
France; Worstead a market town in
Norfolk, England. Travellers by rail in
Brittany often glide past Guingamp
without remembering that it is the in
ventor of that useful article. gingham.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10

Ii is scarcely possible to imagine
without having witnessed it, the scene
which the commercial streets of Pekin
exhibit every day. The busy, bustling
crowd, the horses, mules, carriages,
hand-barrows and sedan-chairs, all
mixed in inextricable confusion, and
amongst them the itinerant dealers,
some with hampers, containing the
stock-in-trade suspended round their
necks, others standing before portable
stoves on which they cook the viands
they vend. These and many others are
to be seen in the Streets, not silently
offering the'. wares, but endeavoring
TO attract the attention of possible buy
ers by shrill ear-piercing cries and
loudly vaunting the low price and SUI
perior quantity of the commodities. The
barber with his little bell summons all
who have not performed their toilets to
be shaved in the open air. He motions
his customers to a low seat, with one
turn of the hand lathers his head, and
dexterously performs with his triangu-
lar razor; he then paints his eyebrows,
and adjusts his queue, brushes his gar
ment, and, receiving a small fee, sends
him away satisfied. Often a crowd col
singer, to watch the tricks of a conjur-
or, or to hear of the marvellous proper
ties possessed by certain drugs and
remedies sold by loquacious quack,
but suddenly there is a stir amongst the
assemblage, which hurridly disperses
or draws to one side, leaving room for
the passage of some grandee, who,
seated in his chair, and surrounded by
numerous cortege, expects all interiors
to make way at his presence. Guards
of soldiers are stationed day and night
in the principal thoroughfares, with
strict orders to use their whips upon all,
without distinction, who are disorderly
or betray the slightest inclination to
quarrel; besides this, every street is di-
vided into sections of ten houses, which
are each under the surveillance of one
of the Inhabitants, deputed by the au-
thorities to fill the office of ftithing-man.
As soon as night falls, each householder,
be he rich or poor, mandarin or me-
chanic, must light the lantern which
stands at his door. At both ends of
each street there is wooden barrier
which is closed at dark, and sentries
posted at these barriers will permit of
neither ingress or egress unless the ap-
plicant carries a lantern and can show
good cause for his absence from home.
Watchmen patrol the streets during
the whole night, who, instead of crying
the hour, show the vigilance by striking
tube of bamboo every few minutes,
causing dull, hollow sound, which it
takes Europeans some time to become
acquainted with and sleep through.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10

PLASTER FOR VISEs.-I have large
quantity of grape vines planted in the
open ground, and trained on poles and
wires along the gravel walks. In plant
ing these l had the holes dug about
twenty-five inches deep. l then threw
into each hole five or six Jumps of old
plaster, about the size of my fist.
then threw a little dirt over these Jumps
and planted the vines in the usual way
The result has been wonderful; the
vines which were not half an inch
thick when planted three years ago, are
now two inches and more in diameter,
and bear finely. The grapes are also
free from disease. Other vines, not so
treated, are much smaller and produce
less, the fruit being also more liable to
disease. To try The effect of this plas-
ter in planting two American black
walnuts, We put plaster to the one and
not to the other. The former grew
twice as fast as the latter. Last year
we dug about the roots of the one to
which no plaster was put, and threw in
seven or eight large Jumps of plaster
among the roots; the trees are now both
of the same size, and though only four
years old, are sixteen or seventeen feet
high.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
A Pedestrian and His Shoemaker.

The pedestrian O'Leary recently said
in conversation with a reporter:
"In walking / come down heel first,
and then spring from the ball of the
foot. The constant pounding makes
the soles of my feet very hot, but my
legs never swell and never tire. The
track in Agricultural Hall was made of
potters clay, and told terribly On my
feet. There was no spring to it and il
peeled up like carpet. For years |
suffered for want of an easy shoe
Shoemakers in France, England, and
America sent me cart loads of them,
but they were no good. At last | dis
covered an Irishman in New York
that knew how to make shoes for a
pedestrian. He has the shoes with
which | won the match in Agricultural
Hall in shoecase fronting his store on
Canal street and Broadway, and to day
when came down there were hundred
people looking at them.
"Why do you always clutch u corn
cob in each hand when walking your
matches. Mr.. O'Learv?"
The pedestrian laughed. "I'm sure
can't tell you," he said. Il think it
is habit as much as anything else.
They probably absorb the perspiratiOn
and keep the hands from swelling. In
walking hold my arms up and work
my hands across each other toward the
opposite shoulder. | used the cObs
first because tight grip on them seemed
to make ne solid, and agreed with the
tight lacing. That got me into the
habit of walking with cObs, and never
have been able TO break myself of it.
NV back is well arched when | walk,
and strike straight out from the hips
The peculiar way in which carry my
hands sometimes creates unpleasant
comments. Many think that | am show
ing of, and when | began my walk i'm
Agricultural Hall the reporter of the
London Standard took one look at me
and said, We'll, that Internal fool won't
last long"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10

The bread on the waters has returned
to young lady in Clappertown, Pa,
after few years. On December 2S,
1873, she met, on railroad train, lady
who was very i'll, and kindly minis
tered unto her, taking care of her and
accompanying her to her place of des-
tination. When they parted, the sick
woman offered to reward the young
lady for her Kindness and attention,
but she would take nothing. The old
woman wrote down the name and ad-
dress, nodded familiarly to her, and
said, "You will be paid some day.
The young lady never saw her chance
acquaintance again, but the sum of
500. COO has recently been bequeathed
TO her. The old woman had no relatives
in this country, and left all her money
TO the girl who had befriended her.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10

The peach tree requires peculiar man.
agement to make it bear good fruit and
live to good old age. AT recent
meeting of the Western New York
Horticultural Society, Mr.. Halgrove
made good recommendation when he
advised that the peach tree be subjected
to severe cutting back once in four
years. He said that if the tree be cut
back moderately each year when it is
young, it fills the centre with a great
quantity of small, weak branches,
which are good for nothing and soon
die out, and this course persisted in,
causes the tree to die very young. On
the contrary, if allowed TO grow and
bear fruit about four years, and then
subjected TO severe cutting, the new
head comes back in a compact form, and
bears well, and the tree thus treated be-
comes as long lived as most other fruit
trees. The year of the cutting back
no fruit, or but very little, will be pro-
duced.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10

K,rnak, which was not only temple
but one of the series of temples which
con stituted Thebes, is about a half mile
from the Nile, mile or two from the
temple of Luxor. The front wall or
propylon is $40 feet broad, 90 feet deep,
and the standing tower no feet high.
Leading up to this main entrance is an
avenue lined with statues and sphinxes
200 feet long. When you enter this
gate you enter an open courtyard, 2io
feet by 3l9. There Is corridor or
cloister on either side; in the middle
double line of columns, of which only
one remains. You now CO ne to another
wall, or propylon, as large as the en-
trance, and enter the great hail-the
most magnificent ruin in Egypt. The
steps of the door are 4) feet by 10.
The room is 10 feet by 339, and the
roof was supported by 13l columns.
These columns are all or nearly all
standing, but the roof has gone. Twelve
are 62 feet high without the plinth, and
IL feet inches in diameter. OLe
hundred and twenty are II feet inches
In height and IS feet in circumference.
They were all brilliantly colored, and
some of them retain the colors still;
and you can well imagine what must
have been the blaze of light and color
when the kings and priests passed
through in solemn procession. We
pass through another gate into an open
court. Here is an obelisk in granite 20
feet high. and the fragments of another
its companion. The inscriptions on
them are as clear as though they had
been cut yesterday so gentle is this
climate in its dealings with time. They
celebrate the victories and virtues
of the kings who reigned 100 years be-
fore Christ, and promise the kings a
the name of the immortal gods that
their glory shall live for ages. We pass
into another chamber very much in
ruins, and see another obelisk, 81 feet
high and square-the largest in the
world. This monument commentaries
the virtues of the kings daughter,
womanly and queenly virtues, which
met their reward, let us hope, thirty
five centuries ago. You may form some
idea of what the Egyptians could do in
the way of mechanics and engineering
when you know that this Obelisk is IA
single block of granite, that it was
brought from the quarry miles and
miles away, erected and inscribed in
seven months. The next room was the
sanctuary, the holy of hOlies, and is
now mass ofrubbish requiring nimble e
| feet to climb. You scramble over stones
and sand until you come to what was
the room where King ThOthmes Ill,
who lived sixteen centuries before
Christ, was represented as giving Offer
ings to fifty-six of his royal predecessors.
The hall is ruin, and some French
vandals carried off the tablet-one of
the most valuable in Egypt-to Paris.
Altogether the building alone was l los
feet long and about 800 wide, the circuit
around the outside, according to a
Roman historian who saw it in its glory
being about a mile and half.