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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24
English Servants.

English servants are really what
Thackeray has pictured them-the very
caricatures, SO to speak, of their mas
ters. They have their social status
among themselves, and the servant Of
Duke would no more think of associst-
man than the Duke himself would
contemplate hObRobbing with the shop
keeper. The servants of these great
families are accustomed to have for
their own use a convenient and COM
Portable apartment called the servants
hall, )" a parlor, in fact, where they sit
and read, or perform light and clean
duties and wait in readiness to be rung
for; and they will not enter a service
where such a room is not provided for
them, rs they consider that such a
house cannot Dc occupied by a gentle-
man. To the American idea il seems
odd to know that these servants also re-
quire servants to wait upon them; but
how could it be otherwise? Take the
case of a footman who waits at table,
opens the front door, and answers my
lady's bell in the drawing-room. An
elegant looking tall fellow, fresh from
his daily morning bath, his linen speck-
less as baby's pOwder-puff, his silken
hose drawn as neatly as a ballet
dancers tights, his hair powdered, his
hands gloved, his livery mass of gold
lace and delicate-hued cloth or plush,
and which cost perhaps two or three
hundred dollars. how can such an ex-
quisite do dirty work, even for himselfi
Yet, that he should be an exquisite is
an imperative requirement in a house
hold where life is conducted on a scale
of sustained magnificence which never
flags, never swerve for an hour from
its high standard of princely splendOr.
Certainly, much might be written to
fiagellate this system and for the Fleet
street penny-a-l liner-or even the brill
liant but impecunious satirist, Thaeke-
ray-de- unciation, scorn and contempt
is always easy written.
From the moral standpoint of the
time equality, social and political, of
man and man, and the real wickedness
of caste superiority, the whole social
fabric of monarehical governments is
wrong yet, so far as the fluukyism and
sham sristocracy is concerned, 1 have
seen as much pretenston In that way in
America it was laughable, too, for there
the fiunky neither exhibits obsequiOus-
ness nor is animated by its spirit;
neither Is the employer an aristocrat
who feels he has inherited vast possess
sions by the direct intention and ar
rangement of the Divine power itself.
This lhe English nobleman believes,
ann In th at helief his seryant acnuiesces
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24
Ecceptricitv of One of Mars Moons.

An explanation of the remarkable
speed of one of the newly discovered
moons of Mars is undoubtedly needed.
The trouble with this satellite is that it
goes around its primary about three
times as fast as the latter revolves on
its axis. Unless the circumstance can
be specifically explained, we must bid
adieu to the nebular hypothesis, which
very few astronomers would be willing
to do at present. Professor DoOlittle,
of the Coast Survey, has recently urg-
ed, as satisfactory explanation, the
ory to the effect that the little moon
has had its orbit shortened by the i'm
pact of meteerites. But no evidence
is brought forward to prove that the
meteors of the early ages of the solar
system were so strikinely numerous.
Ii they were, would they not have left
their mark in the most ancient strata of
our own planet? Possibly, however,
this new theory may strengthen an old
er one that latterly has been lost sight
,f, which explains the cup-like cavities
in the surface of the moon by suppos-
ing that they were made by great eor-
lites falling into our satellites while yet
it was of pasty cOnsistence.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24
A Smart Boy.

On one of the warm days of last week
a young man neatly dressed, and with
a pale, interesting countenance, knock.
ed modestly at the back door of Mr..
Coville's residence, and on it being
opened TO him, announced to Mrs. Co
vile that he had horseradish to sell.
Mr.. Coville himself had just completed
a light breakfast, with no appetite to
wait upon it, and the prospect of that
excellent restorer of the nerves OF the
stomach-horseradis was welcome in
deed. The young man sold the article
at thirty cents a pint, or fifty cents a
quart-nicely grated, and ready for the
table. Mrs. Coville thought pint
would do, but Mr.. COville reasoned that
there might not be another chance to
get horseradish for a month or more,
and ordered a quart, The young man
was supplied with bottle TO put the
article in, and proceeded to do it. 1t
was slow and tedious process, as the
neck of the bottle was small; and then
the stirring up and prodding of the
stimulant excited the nerves of the
nose of the dealer TO a degree that was
painful. He made the most dreadful
grimaces, and occasionally would draw
up one leg in a parOxysm of sensation,
and shrilly ejaculated-
"Jimmyneddy ~
"Pretty strong, eh?" observed Mr..
Coville, approvingly.
Il should say it was" sobbed the
young man, aud again one leg went up,
and he pressed his eyes with the sleeve
of his coat, and was very miserable.
Mr.. Coville paid the fifty cents, and
observing to his wife that now he
would eat something, went down TO the
store
At dinner, the horseradish, in con-
junction with boiled corned beef,
formed a tempting spectacle to the tired
man. Remembering the contortiors
of the dealer. Mr.. Coville approached
the stimulant with great caution. 1t
was full five minutes before he actually
comprehended that he was trying to
escort boiled beef into his system with
an inferior article of ground turnip.
1t was a cruel swindle, but Mr.. Co
vile was not the only victim. 1t had
swept through the whole village and
taken in four-fifths of our citizens in
its awful clutch. Toward night the
excitement was very great. Places Of
business were closed, the bells rung,
and the fire department called out.
But the young man with the horse
radish leg was not found. Ii is to be
regretted that his wares did not possess
his smartness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24

over by hand before being fired. The
great object appears to be to prevent
the leaf from breaking; hence, in the
commoner kinds and those intended for
home consumption, which do not re-
ceive the same care, the leaves are
found to be very much broken. In fact,
the preparation of this latter sort is
very simple; mere drying in the sun
after which it presents a dry, broken
appearance, like autumn leaves.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24
The TINES.

The times, the times-I say the times
Are getting worse than ever;
The good old WAYS our fathers trod
Shall grace their children never.
The turniptop and pumpkin vine.
The produce Of his toll.
Has given place to flower pots
And plants Of foreign soil.
Farewell, the pleasant husking night,
Its merry after scenes,
When Indian pudding smoked beside
The giant pot Of beans;
When lasses Joined the social band,
Nor once affected fear,
But gave pretty cheek TO kiss
For every crimson ear.
Affected modesty wss not
The test of virtue then,
And few took pains to swoon away,
At the sight Of ugly men;
For well they knew the purity
Which woman's life should own,
Depends not on appearances.
But on the heart alone.
Farewell. the jovisl quilting match.
The songs and merry play,
The whirling of the pewter plate.
The many pawns to pay,
The mimic marriage brought about
By lesping over the broom.
The good old play of blind-msn's buff,
The laugh that shook the room
Farewell, the days of industry.
The time has glided bv,
When pretty hands were prettiest
As making pumpkin pie
When waiting-maids we're needed not,
And morning brought along
The music of the spinning wheel.
And the milkmsid's careless song.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24

rehearsals, abandoned the part. A
stage tradition long interfered with the
performance of ''Venice Preserved" "
When Pierre, challenging the conspira-
tors, addressed one of them in these
terms:
o. thou. with that lean, wi i'hered, vretchei
face
it was usual for an actor ''Of most un-
fortunate figure, with pale counte-
nance" his sword half-drawn, to ad-
vance and confront his accuser, the au-
dience the while laughing heartily.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24

ip, can you ever forgive me for doubt
ing you, /" but the sweet, penitent
words are hushed by kisses, and Flor
ence Mortimer knows she is forgiven.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24

The New Hampshire State Fair
will be held at Manchester. October Z,
8, 9 and 10.
The debt of the United States on
the lst of March was estimated at
81, ,062, ,037 ,129.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24

A month has passed, and Florence
Mortimer is standing gazing eagerly out
into the street, when carriage drives
up and two gentlemen spring out ;
another moment and they are in the
room, while Eugene says, 81 said l
would bring him to you, Florence dear,
and I've done so, and now God bless
you my children, and I'll exit and as
Eugene turns to leave the room, Flor
ence is folded close-close in those dear
arms, while she whispers softly, "Phil-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13
THE MAINE GTRT,

A New York newspaper correspon-
dent who reached down East Summer
resort early in the season, writes:
Let us speak a good word for the
Maine girl. She is a splendid house
wife; she has beautiful arms, and the
time to see them is when she is MAX
ing bread. Why hasn't Longfellow
written Of '.The Baking of the Bread
along with the building of ship? Or
has he? The Maine girl is feshy as a
general thing, but the Maine man is
lank. She has rosy, round face: she
has hazle eyes, swept by long, silky
lashes; she has high cheek bones and
a high forehead; she has brains as
sure and true, if not surer and truer.
than Boston brains. Her lips are ripe
and full. She sings from sunrise IN
til she seeks her doWny pillow at
night. She is as merry and chirp as a
sparrow; when she laughs she throws
back her head. She looks beautiful.
1t is a grand sight to see a Maine girl
laugh; it is thrilling, natural. unaffect-
ed. 1t is splendid; it is nature-poor.
fallen nature-risen. Whereas the az
fist to paint the Maine girl laughing?
to save that face on canvass to du.
plicate that mouth in oil colors? If
your photograph has nothing but an
Eastern girls laugh to throw back up
on you, you are rich in MELODY. There
is a sweet simplicity about the girl.
We are happy at introducing her to
any strangers, and hope that we may
be remembered, either by cake or in
yitation, when the marriage bells are
ringing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13
SOUP.

One pound of beef, two quarts Of
water, one cup of rice or barley, salt to
season; put in a soup pot, let it boil
slow and steady for two hours; in
another vessel have good soup bone,
leek, parsley, one onion, potato, half
carrot, turnip; let it boil as long as
the meat; when ready to set the table,
strain the soup off the bones and vege
tables into the other; stir up when
ready to put on the table; take two
eggs, beat well in the soup tureen, and
add the soup gradually so the eggs will
not curdle. always boil bones and
vegetables separate, and strain them,
and always have good as well as a
cheap soup.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13
A MOTHERS WORD.

A mother on the green hills of Yer
mont was holding by the right hand a
son, sixteen years old, mad with the
love Of the sea. And as he stood by
the garden gate one morning, she said
Edward, they tell me, for I never
saw the ocean-the great temptation
of a seaman's life is to drink. Prom
Use me before you quit your mothers
hand that you will never drink"
"And," said he for he told me the
story, 81 gave the promise, and / went
the globe over, Calcutta, and the Med
iterranean, San Francisco, and Cape Of
Good Hope, the North Pole and the
South. saw them all in forty years,
and [ never saw a glass filed with
that sparkling liquor that my mothers
form by the garden gate did not rise
up before me, and to-day [ am inno-
cent of the taste of liquor"
Was not that sweet evidence Of the
power Of a single word! Yet that is
not half. For" said he, yesterday
there came into my counting-room a
man of forty years.
"Do you know me?"
"No."
'Well," said he, Il was once brought
drunk into your presence on ship
board, you were a passenger, they
kicked me aside, you took me to your
berth, and kept me there till l had
slept off my intoxication, you then
asked me If had a mother; | said /
had never known a word from her
lips. You told me of yours at the
garden gate, and to-day | am master
OF one OF the packets in New York,
and | came to ask you to come and see
me-"
How far that little candle throws it's
beam! That mothers words in the
green hills of Vermont! O, God be
thanked for the mighty power of a
single word. The Christian.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

Mrs. Annie G. Bracket writes to the
New York Tribune that the Stewart
Woman's Hotel failed, first, because
its idea Of isolating one thousand hui
man beings Of either sex is wrong
from the start; secondly, because Of
the deplorable ignorance of those who
had it in hand of the real character
and needs of those for whom it was
intended; and, finally, because the
working women Of New Y ork are real,
wholesolued women, and notmachines;
because they are conscious Of right
Intentions and honest work; because
they like pets and flowers and children
in the house which they must call
home; and because they are not one
sided, perverted beings vowed to celib-
acy, but whole-hearted real women, as
the Creator intended they should be,
who would gladly, if so it is to be, find
their own happiness in, and make the
happiness of, some possible future
home.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

The country newspapers are not the
only ones in which ludicrous mistakes
are made. For instance, the Milwau-
kee Evening Wisconsin ola few days
since contained an item which said
that there are no less than eighteen
million, seven hundred and sixty-nine
thousand, five hundred and thirty-one
cheese factories in this state. So that
it is apparent that mistakes will hap
pen in the best newspapers as well as
in the best families. Prairie du Chen
Union.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13
SWISSHELM VERSUS VASSAR.

SHE DID SAY 1T AND SHE is NOT
ga ASHAMED TO OWN TT.
Mrs. SWisshelm recently wrote to the
Chicago Tribune as follows:
A newspaper extract which troubles
my friends quotes me as saying that
',Vassar is college with about 500
pupils, principally fools.' Those who
think well Of me cannot believe / did
really say anything SO wicked; but /
did, and unhesitatingly repeat it. Any
woman who Injuries her health and
shortens her life by wearing clothes
which compress the walls Of her chest
and cramp her vital organs, is q fool;
for fool, according to Webster is ga
person Whe is somewhat deficient in
intellect; but not an idiot; OF a person
who acts absurdly, OF who does not ex-
ercise his reason; one who pursues q
course contrary to the dictates Of wis
DOM"
A woman who sacrifices health to
costume is fool Of fools-a fool par
excellence; and,as have every reason
to believe that vast majority of the
Vassar pupils do this, I am in duty
bound to say they are fools, accord ing
to the definitions Of the term. M ore
over, their folly is especially criminal,
since their brains have had special cul-
ture, and one has right to demand Of
them the exercise CT reason" whereas
they set an example If atrocious folly
to the millions OF other fools who have
had less opportunity of learning to be
WISE JANE GREY SWIssHELM.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

The Senate has passed the bill to
pay the Canada fishing award Of S.
100000, provided, the President should
become satisfied, after correspondence
with the British Government, that that
Government insists upon the enforce
ment of the award as fair and just
The bill authorizes the issue of gov
eminent bonds to secure the necessary
funds for the payment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13
TRUE ELSEWHERE.

A Brooklyn man says: Il know
plenty Of intelligent children
who have been under the instruction
Of the music teachers frcm four to ten
years, but who can not to-day read the
simplest music alone. The wonderful
music that so charms the ears of the
members of the Board of Education is
mere rote singing. The music teach
ers skillfully manipulate the masses of
children, and the uninitiated are made
to think them actually reading music
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

The G. s. N. w. r. r. have put a
new coach on the Geneva Lake Line,
and it is the finest common passenger
car that is run by that enterprising
company. 1t seems almost too bad
that such a handsome piece of work
should be allowed to be used by all
sorts of bummers able to buy ticket.
A smoking car would be great addi-
ton and would keep the new car in
good order. This car was run Tor the
first time on Wednesday night, and
commemorated the event by killing q
man in Elgin.-Geneva Lake Herald
June /.
AS usual the G. & N. w. r. r.. is dis
eliminating in favor Of Geneva Lake,
but it need not also commemorate the
event by killing a man.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

EX-COLLECToR GEORGE @. ERsKINE,
of Racine, has received from the Sec
rotary of the Treasury draft for 1852
in final settlement Of his account with
the Government, which has been ow-
ing him for four years. The Govern
ment tried to connect him with the
whisky frauds Of his district, but fail
ed, and nov, after so long delay, pays
him the above amount.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13
Circuit Court, ounty of Gzenosha.

0UdTo 01 1sco1T51T7, UCOTgT h0yCT.
You are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the complaint of Sarah J. 3. Roger with D
which has been fled in tIeo{fice Of the clerk ' Of
the Circuit Court for KenoSha 0unty at his Of
flee, in the city of Kenosha, and to serve a copy
OF your answer On me at my office, in the city
within twenty days after the service hereof, ex-
elusive Of the day Of such service and if you
fail to answer the complaint as aforesaid. the
said Sarah j. B. Roger will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint
Dated May IA, 1878.
j. V. QUARLES, Plaintiffs Attorney.
5OW6
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

The Democrats investigated Oregon
and uncovered a Democratic agent
trying to buy an Elector. They inves-
tigated Louisiana, and found another
on the same mission. Now they have
begun on Florida, and at the outset
have hit upon q Democratic agent who
tried to buy an election canyasser. No
wonder the party yell fraud" NEW
York Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

Thurlow Weed has sold for ST to his
grandson, Thurlow Weed Barnes, Of
Albany, his interest in the big Albany
printing-house Of Weed, Parsons s. Co.,
and the real estate it owns.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

Charles Amman, who last week COM
mitted rape upon Sarah Evans, a little
girl pleaded guilty in the Racine Coun-
ty Circuit Court, Saturday morning
and was sentenced to eight years i'm
prisonment at Waupun.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

FREDERICK WILLIAM, the Crown
Prince, has been appointed regent Of
Germany. He was strongly opposed
to the regency, but under the pressure
of Emperor William and Bismarck he
has received the commission and is
performing the duties Of the office.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

THE House judiciary Committee
has agreed to report a resolution de-
claring that the Presidential election
was settled by the Electoral Commits
sion and the last Congress, and cannot
be legally reopened. Proctor Knott,
Of Kentucky, dissented.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

In the United States Court at Mil
waukee, Saturday morning, in the case
of The United STATED VS.. the Goodrich
Transportation Company, for carrying
empty wine packages with uneffaced
stamps upon them, the jury returned a
verdict of $1,000 or $500 each for four
barrels so carried.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

Pennsylvania is arming and prepar-
ing to defend herself against any lille
gal or riotous combinations or demon
STATIONS which may exhibit them
selves.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

THE governments of Switzerland,
Russia, Greece, France and Italy have
accepted the invitation Of the United
States to be represented in the propos-
ed monetary conference. 1t is said
that the Secretary Of State now consid-
ers the question as to the conference
being held as settled.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

THE steamer Montgomery on her
way with cargo Of grain, burned on
Lake Huron Sunday night. The
steamer was valued at $4,000 insured
for $4,000. The freight was valued
at $4,000, and understood to be well
insured.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

THE CIsCOEs have arrived and are
making their annual visit in Geneva
Lake and the Genevans are now do
ing their annual cisco-fshing and have
but few days to do it.