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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06
Thirty Years Fatal Shipwrecks.

The annals OF maritime disaster dur
ing the past thirty years fail to show
any catastrophe entailing such lament
able loss of life, as that which marked
the sinking of the Princess Alice by the
Bywell Castle, on the Thames, England.
Setting aside the loss of the Grosser
Kurfurst, the most fatal accident OF
like character that has taken place in
British waters during the period in
question was the running down of the
Northfleet emigrant ship, while at an
chor off Dungeness On the night of JAN
uary 22d. 1873, by the Spanish steamer
Murilio, when 203 persons were drown
ed. A collision almost equally disas-
trous, and strongly recalling in some
respects that which has just occurred on
the Thames, took place on Lake Michi-
gan on September Z, 1868. The steam
boat Lady Elgin, which had started
from Chicago on a pleasure trip with
nearly 400 excursionists on board, was
run into by a schooner and sank within
a quarter of an hour with $50 people.
The year 1854 was marked by series
of fatal collisions. The Italian mail
steamer Ercolano, left Genoa on April
oath, with a number of passengers, in
cluding several English, French and
Italian families, and at midnight was
cut down to the waters edge by the
Stella; only fourteen of the passengers
escaped. among them being Sir Robert
Peel, whose Secretary and Mr.. Charles
Halsey, the member for Hertfordshire.
were among the drowned. On April
2sth, tina emigrant bark Favorite. from
Bremen, was run into of the Start BY
the Hesper, and went down like stone
with 201 of her passengers and crew,
six of the crew only saving themselves
by'clambering over the Hesper's bows.
On September 27th. the Arctic, a splen-
did ship of the Collins Line. came into
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06
Novel Funeral system.

A novel suggestion in the way of
funeral reform is made by cores
pondent to a French newspaper. He
suggests that bodies might with ad-
vantage be buried in the sea, which he
considers to be the natural cemetery for
the dead. He proposes that funeral
boats, large enough to contain several
bodies, be periodically despatched from
convenient places on the sea shore, and
that the bodies, be committed TO the
deep at such a distance from the land as
will prevent all possibility of their
interfering with the public health. Tine
japanese, in fact, have already adopted
a similar system. One Of their funeral
junks was recently reported about one
hundred miles north of San Francisco.
There was not living person on board,
but number Of corpses were found,
some shackled together. They must
from their appearance have been dead
at least month. Many of the bodies
were dressed in costly materials. There
was no food in the vessel, and appear
ances indicated that the craft and its
CHASTITY burden had been left to the
mercy of the waves, or else had acci-
dentally got loose from those entrusted
with the duty Of sinking the cOrpses.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06

Judge -, of the Judicial District
OF Arkansas, had brought before him
convicted felOn TO be sentenced. The
opportunity to Improve" the occasion
was not to be lost, and 50, after the
usual demand for reason why sentence
should not be pronounced, his Honor
slowly and with genuine feeling ad-
dressed the prisoner: NV poor fellow.
you are about to go to the penitentiary.
You are required to give up everything
which the great world values; your
fGmily-and, instead, to take for your
associates only felons like yourself;
your h0me-and To take instead what
can never have the semblance of
home; your lrHl-and so be subject 10
order of men who have no sympathy
with you. Even your ordinary cloth
ing you will exchange for here his
Honor hesitated, and raising his left
arm, pointed TO it with the indeX-finger
of the right handl-you will exchange
for striped clothes, the stripes running
not lengthwise, like these, but So
round and round ike cOoH'S taii.'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06
The Pine Apple.

The pine apples we get here are so
unlike those that ripen on their native
soil, instead of being plucked green,
and allowed to mature with time, that
they do not taste like the same fruit.
The Bahama pines enjoy an axellent
reputation, especially those of New
Providence and a new industry has re-
Gently sprung up in that island which
cannot fail of appreciation by lovers of
fine fruit. Ii is preserved in tins when
fully ripened, and sent off in perfect
condition. Quantities will soon be
shipped to the L. States large factory
for preserving it having been establish
ed at Nassau. Ii is said to be almost
delicious as when gathered from the
plant, and ought to be a welcome inn
provement upon the fruit we have been
accustomed to eating here. Delicious
as the pine is at its best estate, the
first particular account given of it was
by Oviedo, the Spanish historian, in
1918. The Netherlanders were the
first to raise it in hothouses; but it was
introduced into England at the end of
the seventeenth century, and has been
extensively cultivated there. 1t is not
more than seventy years since it re-
ceived attention in Continental Europe.
The English claim that, as raised in
their hothouses, it is better than when
grown in the open air in the West In
dies; but those who have tasted it in
both places will not be likely to agree
with them, particularly since so much
attention has been bestowed upon it in
the Bahamas -..---.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06
NO. 40.
Scripturai Antiquities. A


Many rude instruments have been
collected by modern travellers, and are
but little changed from their ancient
forms. The drum or timbrel Is made OF
thin baked clay, somethingiu the shape
of bottle. with parchment stretched
over the wider part. On being struck
with the finger, I lis instrument makes
remarkably loud sound. These rel
les are lodged in the London Scriptu-
raj Museum, and are all ticketed with
the texts they serve to illustrate. This
arrangement is very judicious, and
gives great additional interest TO the
sacred objects while under inspection.
The distaff was the instrument which
wrought the materials for the robes of
the Egyptian kings, and for the little
coat" which Hannah made for Samu-
ell; by it, too, were wrought the cloths
and other fabrics used in SolomOn's
Temple. Nothing can be more simple
than this ancient instrument, which is
a sort of wooden skewer, round which
the flax is wrapped; 1t is then spun on
the ground in the same manner as a
boys top, and the thread wrought OF
and wound upon reel. ''Quei ns," or
stone hand-mills, of various sizes, hive
been repeatedly found in connection
with Roman, Saxon, and other ancient
remains in England They are still to
be met with i'm constant use over the
greater part of India, in Africa, and
also those districts of the East which
are more particularly associated with
Holy writ. Ii may be worth while 10
mention that this description of mill is
an improvement upon the method of
simply crushing the corn laid on Nat
stone held in the hand. The '.quern''
is a hard stone, roughly rounded and
partly followed, into which another
stone, which has a handle, is loosely
fitted. The corn required to be ground
is placed in hollow receptacle ,and the
inner stone is moved rapidly round,
and in course of time, by immense la
Dor, the wheat etc., is ground into
flour. The Scripture prophecies men-
tion that of two women grinding at the
mill, one shall be left and the other
taken-the twO-handed mill will ex-
plain the meaning Of this passage.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06
Lace Making.

Brussels, Belgium, is chiefly known
in America from being the source Of
product of that article which the ladies
are fond of describing as ''real lace"
Lace, in these modern days, makes its
presence known in Brussels by appear
ing in myriads of shop windows, and
tempting the eye and threatening the
pocketbook on every side. Itis a great
sight to visit lace factory and see the
patient workers fasnioning this lace,
which looks so fine but involves such
terrible labor. The girls begin work
at six years of age, and gradually ac-
quire proficiency in handling the bob
bins or plying the needle until death or
wornout eyesight ends their toll and its
tediOusness. | was shown one piece of
lace that an old woman was working
inches, yet in this space there were
over four hundred threads, each at
tached to its bobbin, all of which she
was skilfully twisting, turning and
fastening among the thousand or more
pins stuck INTO Il cushion which formed
the plan of the work. This looked diff
fieult enough, yel was told that only
the eOarser laces were made in this
way, and that the finer ones had all to
be made with the needle and by hand,
and there were other patient toIlers
using their needles with thread as fine
as hair to work out the gossimer IA
brio that had such an electric influence
over the female mind Talk of the
''Song of the Shirt that ''stitch stitch
stitch, " though hard enough, is moth
ing to this. There they worked, twen-
ty-iive women, of all ages, in room,
some of them bent almost double, Others
with magnifying glasses, some with
strange, nervous twitches, that con-
vulsed their entire bodies every time
they took stitch; yet all patient and
plOdding, and hoping that some day the
slow weaving of the tedious web would
end. Near them hung the medals of all
the international exhibitions to attest
their proficiency, including the medal
and diploma from Philadelphia in 1876.
These were the workers in the house,
but there were besides nearly 5000
others outside who did the work at
their homes. In the wareroOms the
sight of carrying about these almost
priceless laces by the armlOads, and
tossing them over counters regardless
of their great value, was calculated to
create the same impression on the mind
as the sight of men shOveling gold
about in the Bank of England. Ii was
certainly unique. The thread of which
this lace Is made is spun from the finest
flax, and the best grows just outside of
Brussels, near Halle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06
LONGING.

OF all the myriad moods of mind
That through the soul come thronging,
Which one was e'er so dear, so kind,
So beautiful as longing?
The thing We long for, that we are,
For one transcendent moment
Before the present poor and bare,
Can make its sneering comment
StiIl. through or paltry stir and strife.
CLOVIS down the wished ideal,
And longing moulds in clay what hfe
Caryes in the marble real;
To let the new life in, we know
Desire must ope the portal;
Perhaps the longing to beso
Helps make the soul immortal.
Longing is Gods fresh, heavenwsrd Will
With our poor earthward striving;
We quench it that We may be still
Content with merely living;
But would we learn that hearts full scope
Which We are hourly wronging,
Our lives must climb from hope to hope,
Aud realize our longing.
All, let US hope that to our praise
Good God not only reckons
The moment when we tread his ways,
But when the spirit beckons
That some slight good is also wrought
Beyond self-satisfaction.
When we are simply good in thought,
Howe'er we fall in action.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06
4 startling Calculation.

1t requires ten-directed blows with
an ordinary boot-jack to kill the aver
age cat; and at the distance OF a foot,
the chances are ten to one that you Will
miss the cat. If you don't believe it,
try it. Secure the cat by a string one
foot long, so as to give the cat plenty OF
play, and after weeks practice you
will consider that a scant estimate for
the cat. Therefore, at distance of one
foot, it will require one hundred boot
acks. But your chances of killing the
cat decrease as the square of the dist
ance increases. This is an axiom in
natural philosophy, and fundamental
truth of Technology. Therefore, at a
distance of ten feet, it will require ten
thousand. Again, the force of the pro-
jectile decreases as the square of the
distance increases. Ten squares equal
100, 10,OO0xl0O, 1,0O0, 900, equals numb
er of boot-jacks on this count. But
then the darkness of night decreases
the chances of fair hite two to one.
Hence at night, it will require 10000.
600 boot-jacks. Fourthly, the Tomcat
being black, decreases the chances
twenty TO one, according to the WELL
known rule of optics. Fourth count
2OO, ,OOO, 900.
At this stage of our solution we will
leave the domain of science and draw a
couple of logical differences. First,
after man has hurled POO, ,000, 900 boot
jacks he will be old, As we shall here
after show, and very feeble. We hav
no means of knowing how much his
projecting forces decrease or his aim
fail. But, at very fair allowance the
chance from these two causes would
decrease in the ratio of 100 To /. Count
fifth. q, ,0O0, 900, 600. Ii is true that 20,-
600, ,000, 900 bOOt-jacks thrown round
promiscuously might afford the cat al
most invincible shelter, but TO save
paper, we will suppose this to diminish
the chances only as ten to one. Count
six and answer, 200, 600, 900, 600. 1t is
true the man might IMPROVE in his aim,
but the cat would improve equally in
his lodging. Now, suppose Adam to
have thrown, on average, 800 per day.
This is a liberal estimate when we make
no allowance for Sundays, ''bums",
mending his breeches, blowing Op Eve,
etc. lie would have a job of LOSS, ,22O
years. At present the cat would be l.
lSjth dead. Or, suppose the weapons
to contain one square foot of inch pine,
and six eight-penny nails The lumber,
third clear, would cost s26 per 1000
feet, or S5,2 900. And the nails, l5,-
400, ,000, 900 pounds ut three cents per
pound weuld cost SI62 900, 900. These
figures are startling. Ii ever Tom eat
is killed, it is by special intervention
of Divine Providence.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06
A Family Ahoat.

During the late rain storm in North
western Pennsylvania, Mr.. George
Randall, whose house was upon the
bank of the creek at North Springfield,
Erie county, suffered the loss of all his
earthly possession, which, though not
large. vet like the widows mite"
constituted all his living, and narrowly
and almost miraculOusly escaped with
his life. Mr.. Randall's family consists
of wife and child about two years of
age. At about O'Clock Mr.. Randall
was awakened by the rushing of the
waters, and on arising and drawing on
pair of overalls lying Uear, he COM
menced picking up things from the
floor, and placing them on the table, TO
protect them from the water which
had commenced to enter his house.
SuppOsing the worst was past he made
no attempt TO escape. In an instant the
tidal wave caused by the breaking of
the dams above, struck his dwelling.
and it fiOated away and was dashed
with such violence against the railroad
embankment that it was crushed like
paper house and the inmates hurled
into the seething flood. The current
caused by the waters rushing through
the aqueduct, which was now nearly
or quite full, drew in the shattered
fragments of the house. The strug-
Cling family were swept through the
aqueduet, a distance of some fifteen
rods, and on emerging AT the lower
side the husband deserted the wife
holding the child clasped in her arms
floating near him. Fortunately at THAT
instant log came sweeping by, and
seizing it with one hand and his wife
with the other, they drifted down with
the current until they struck cluster
of willow trees and affected a landing
where they remained till rescued the
next morning, The wreck occurred
about half-past three. and the rescue
about half-past five in the morning. At
early dawn it was discovered that the
house was gone and search was imme-
diately instituted for the inmates. They
were soon discovered and no time was
lost in providing means for the rescue
The telegraph operator, fastening
rope about his body, one end of which
was held.by the spectators on the shore,
plunged into the flood and reached in
safety the trees where Mr.. Randall and
family were. The rope was then fas-
tened at both ends, and Mr.. Randall,
tying his child upon his back, started
for the shore, which he reached with
his precious freight in safety. Return
ing in a similar manner, he brought
his wife to the shore, and thus the
whole family were rescued, but nearly
in as destitute circumstances as when
they made their advent upon this mum
dane sphere.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06
Fifteen Penalties.

The penalty OF popularity is envy.
The penalty of thin shoes is a cod.
The penalty of tight boots is corns.
The penalty of a baby is sleepless
nights.
The penalty of public dinner is bad
wine.
The penalty of marrying is a mother
in-law.
The penalty of a pretty cook is an
empty larder.
The penalty of godfather is a silver
knife, fork and spoon.
The penalty of kissing baby is half
a dollar-one dollar if you are liberal
To the nurse.
The penalty of having hauneh of
venisOn sent to you is inviting dozen
friends to come and eat it.
The penalty of interfering between
man and wife is abuse, frequently ac-
companied with blows from both.
The penalty of remaining single is,
having no one who cares a button for
you, as will be abundantly proved by
the state of your shirt.
The penalty of buying very cheap
clothes is the same as that of going to
law-the certainty of losing your suit
and having to pay for it.
The penalty of a legacy, or fortune,
is the sudden discovery of a host OF
poor relations you never dreamt of, and
of a number of debts you had quite for
gotten.
The penalty of lending is-with a
book or an umbrella, the certain loss of
it; with your name to a bill, the sure
payment of it, and with a horse, the
lamest chance of ever seeing it back
~ In ear1nd
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06
How 1t Feel to be struck by Lightni !;

Rev. DR.. BartOl, of Boston, who came
near being killed by lightning, has
written an account of his sensation. He
SAYS its suddenness beyond conception
is the marked property. 1t gives no
time for fear or even surprise, and the
selfloss does not appreciably last. If
the blow be not fatal the restoration
may be so quick that in less than a
minutes time horses and cows and pigs
and men, escaping or delivered, swarm
together, under the flash and tempest
on the greensward. A resistless, heavy
weight, steaming and running through
the frame, is the consciousness chief
ly remember, with the idea that | had
been chosen as part of the lightningrod
for huge and incOmputabled discharge.
The experience was, moreover, sin
gle moment in wonderland. All Gus
toms and institutions were abolished
for time. In such passage as was
allowed to stand in far moment, death
becomes nothing and life is all, but a
wakeful night and a weeks headache
was the result.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06

ours soonest in the young and robust,
their vital organs being accustomed to
greater action than those of persons
past the adult age. In the foregoing
cases, the lives of the sufferers may be
said to have been in dormant state,
the natural functions being in great
measure suspended, and the exhausted
condition OF the frame, as in state of
disease not permitting the action of
the stomaehic juices When death from
hunger occurs in persons of good health
of body, the pangs they indure are tru-
ly dreadful Hunger and intense thirst
are felt at an early period; the nervous
system becomes disordered; the cOnser-
vative power of the constitution, dis
tressed by want of nourishment, urges
the absorbents to prey upon the intes
tines and delirium and madness often
conclude the scene.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06

of the 264 millions of capital IN
vested in British railways, fOrty-one
and half paid no dividends at all last
year, and less than ten millions paid
over eight per cent.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-06

Great Britain has 81 ,25O, ,OOO, 900 in
vested in live stock.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-05
Mixed with White Riooh.

What a tramp will not do to obtain
a free ride Is not worth mentioning.
Take the case of a stalwart six footer,
who had plodded his weary way along
the narrow.gauge until he reached the
point where the passenger engine
stopped to wood up. He had dropped
IN the fact that Indians rode free, and
in pursuance of his little game. had
Drowned his face and assumed
wal paint, the bright vermilIon
streaks giving him a most ferociou>
appearances. When the engine halted
he tackled the wood pile with an en-
ergy hat astonished the boys, and
drew Conductor Ricker's attention TO
him. Ed. was satisfied from the vital
ity the man displayed. and The alacrity
with which he gathered the largest
sticks and hoisted them into the ten
der, that there was very little Shoshone
blood IN his veins, and so informed
him. The man replied n the best in.
jun dialect that he coutd muster, "Oh
yes. me heap big injun, my mother
squaw, father he n dam Merlkan -
1t would not do, however. The VIII te
blood predoininated too much and Ed.
was hard hearted enough to refuse
him the privilege of playing lnjun in
the mater of free transpor alton, aud
left him at the wood pile awaiting the
arrival of the freight train, on the con
ductor of which he was determined 10
try the same Dodge. Whether he got
away with Dave Taylor or not, we did
not learn, but there was a fellow bath
ing in the ditch yesterday, Immediate
ly after the trains arrival. who started
his ablutions as a dnsky red man, and
emerged a sunburnt tramp, An mel
dent that inclines US to the belief that
his expedient finally won.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-05

We refer our readers to the advertise
ment of Adam F~orepaugh's great show
that is 10 appear in Eureka on the 18th
instant. 1t is spoken Of highly by the
press at all places where Its mammoth
tents have been pitched. The Los
Angeles Heratd says: 1.-THE largest
aud best tented show, the most thor
ougbly equipped canvas exhibition
that has ever visited Los Angeles, gave
a fete here yesterday. The grand Mardi
Gras entry into the city was a display
never before made by any show. But
this dwindled into insignihcance before
the afternoon and evening ex hibitions.
The great eight center pole pavilioDs
were damned with people, and the an
dience looked like one great million
headed monster. The menagerie
shows care IN its selections, the ani
mails being rare and numerous. The
six elephants, including the perform
ing group OF five, and the baby ele-
phant Chicago, the hippopotamus, the
horn antelope, the gnew, potoguaine,
bIen book. hart bpeste. ETC., are new to
most aud interesting to all. The col
lection of lions, tigers, leopards, sea
lions, etc, is remarkable for it, fine
specimens-not old, tpotbless, hairless
heroes of a hundred caravans. The
circus proper introduces many new
and excellent features.