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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
The Irrepressible Yankee.

a New Yorker having business in
the city lately, jumped aboard the train
at the Grand Central depot, and his
meditations continued undisturbed un-
til after the cars passed Meriden, when
a long, drawn out Yankee entered and
seated himself by his side. The New
York man was taciturn but the Meri-
den man was not.
Unpleasant day, SIR" observed the
latter.
YES" replied the other.
stranger in these parts,r continued
the Meriden man.
''Would like to be- laconically re-
piled the other, looking neither to the
right nor to the left
Perhaps like myself YOU may be GO
ing to Hartford?"
Perhaps" responded the other,
yawning frightfully, and looking in
tently out of the car window.
SIN that case, perhaps. you will put
up at the United States?"
81 may or 1 may not" answered his
companion.
pardon me the liberty of the ques-
ton, sir, may / ask if you are a bache-
lor?"
Mo-
"Oh. married" ?"
''No, no.
"Sir, l beg your pardon; may have
unintentionally touched upon q pain
full subject-your black dress ought to
have checked my inquiries. l beg your
pardon, sir-a widower?"
'No, no, no""
s'Neither bachelor, nor married
man, nor widower! In heavens name
then, sir, what can you be?"
"a divorced man, since you must
know!' exclaimed the stranger, ri
sing hastily and taking another seat.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04

sled would be safe. They ran few
yards and stopped, just as our. whole
party came up. out of breath, carrying
their weapons and inquiring for the
mailman. | pointed to the top of the
load and one of the men climbed up and
found him dead. His back had been
broken.
inquired for Jim, and was informed
that the mailman had crept upon him as
he was walking by the side of his team,
and had killed him with heavy beetle,
and thrown his body against tree.
The parents of young Hayden were
wild with grief, and blamed us all Sc
verely. He was their oldest son and
chief support.
We advertised the death of the maniac
in the nearest city papers. and week
or ten days afterward heard from his
relatives.
lie had been wealthy physician of
New York State, with a large practice.
but had lost his reason through giving
a patient poison by mistake.
On hearing of Jim's death the brother
of the maniac made the Haydens pres
eEt of five thousand dollars. He also
paid for all the damage his brother had
done elsewhere.
After everything had been settled we
went back to our logging, and although
we were very successful, that winter
was the dark one of my life.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
blowing the Bellows.

During the journey of the Emperor
Joseph III to Italy, one of the wheels of
his coach broke down on the road, SC
that it was with difficulty that he
reached small village at a short dis
tance. On his arrival there His Majes-
ty got out at the door of the only
blacksmith's shop the town afforded,
and desired him to repair the wheel
without delay.
"That l would do willingly" replied
the smith, "but it being holiday all my
men are at church; the very boy who
blows the bellows is not at home"
IAN excellent method then presents
itself of warming oneself" replied the
Emperor, preserving his incognito;
and he Immediately set about blowing
the bellows, while the blacksmith
forged the iron. The wheel being re-
paired, six soils were demanded for the
job, but the Emperor gave six ducats.
The blacksmith returned them 20 the
traveller, saying:
"Sir, you have made mistake; and
instead of six soils you have given me
six pieces of gold, which no one in the
village can change"
"Change them when and where you
will, said the Emperor, stepping into
his carriage; San emperor should pay
foi such pleasure as that of blowing
she bellows"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
A Dormant Wasp.

A West Hill minister picked up a fro
zen wasp on the pavement recently, and, +,
with a view of advancing the interests
of science, he carried it into the house
and held it by the tail while he warmed
its ears over the lamp chimney. His
object was to see if wasps froze to death
or merely lay dormant during the win
ter He is of the opinion that they
merely lie dormant, and the dormantest
kind at that: and when they revive, he
says, the tail thaws out first, for while
this ones head, right over the lamp
chimney was so stiff and cold it could
not wink, its probe worked with such
inconceivable rapidity that the minister
could not grasp fast enough to keep up
with it. He threw the vicious thing
down the lamp chimney, ana said he
didn't want any more to do with dor
mant wasp, at which his wife burst into
tears, and asked how he. a minister Of
the gospel, couid use such language
right before the children, too.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
Two Ways of Doing Business.

Deacon H., OF r., was IN his wood lot
busily engaged in preparing load for
market. On the other side of a low
fence bis neighbor, s., was also loadin z
for the same market. 5. paused in his
work and watched the deacon for a
while, and then exclaimed: Deacon,
vou are fool in being so precise with
your load. You are altogether too par
tlcular. What is the use of packing so
closely, rejecting so carefully every
small and crooked stick, and every one
which wants single inch of the requir-
ed length? Look at my load /; it does not
contain nearly as much as yours,
though it will measure well, and will
sell as readily as yours, with consid-
erably larger profit The deacon simply
answered: You may do business in
your way; will do il in mine
They both drove to a neighboring
city and waited in the market place for
customers. S. was fortunate enough to
find customer without much delay,
while many hours passed before the
deacon could dispose OF his load. Upon
his return late at night, his neighbor,
who had been at home long while,
said to him: Il said you were a fool,
and was l not right. l sold my wood
for the same price you did, and, besides
a larger profit, have saved much time
The reply was, You may DO business
IN your way will do it in mine
Several weeks passed. Deacon Ii.
anu his neighbor were again with their
loaded teams in the city, where they
had been many times for a market for
their wood. The deacon was met by a
wealthy merchant of the city, who said
to him. Take your load at once TO my
yard; you need not stop to have it
measured; and do The same with every
load you bring, and | will gladly pay
your price
That night deacon II. was early at
home. Late in the evening ;. arrived
with his wood unsold. 'How was it,
he said, THAT you found such ready
sale to-day, while | could not dispose of
my wood at any price?'
You do business in your way, and
do it in mine. Who is the fool? 2 said the
deacon.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
ROYAL Female Gambler.

Princess Souwaroff, during a recent
stay at Saxon les Baines, happened one
evening to have an extraordinary run
of bad luck while gambling. Her
neighbor, a retired tradesman. sympa-
thized with her, and begged to be per-
mitted to place his purse at her disposal.
She refused at first, but the desire to
continue to play was strong enough to
overcome all her scruples, and she
finally accepted, borrowing 81 900. The
money was punctually repaid. and the
lender, NJ. Delagrange, was delighted
to find that the princess had conde-
scended to make use of him, and that
she invariably spoke to him when he
met her in the Casino. He thought he
had acquired the privilege of being
considered among the intimate friends
of the princess, and when she again
asked him for an advance of $2i 900 he
complied with alacrity. This sum re-
manned unpaid, and an arrangement
was made by which the lender was to
call on his fair debtor in Paris at
stated time. The princess, on her re-
turn, refused to receive as one of the
habitues of her receptions the retired
tradesman, who, vexed at the apparent
slight put upon him, began TO clamor
for his money. He wrote TO the Prin-
cess Basilewsky at st. Petersburg,
complaing of the treatment he had re-
ceived from her daughter, and receiving
no reply he began an action against
Princess Souwaroff, who has been or
dered to pay at once under pain of seiz-
tlrp
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
..i TAKING. TOLL.

A country road DER hill and plain:
rustic bridge. in distance seen,
Spsnning a stream whose silent flow
Divides broad fields and meadows green.
4 still and cool September night,
LIT bv a fnll-orbed harvest moon,
Whose silver radiance, soft and white,
Der stream and bridge and hill is thrown
our carriage, drawn by sleepy steeds.
SLOW down the hill and DER the green.
Tts course pursues, till near the bridge
We pause to view the peaceful scene.
To the sweet maiden by my side,
4 lover fond and true I've proved,
But till this hour. the prudent fair
Has given no sign that 1 am loved
All. softly sighIng, blushing warm
She rests. a dear load, on my breast
Nv arms enfold her slender form.
In close embrace, long. sweet and blest
We nesr the bridge-our hearts beat high
With loves first. fondest deepest bliss;
Just as we cross the sounding plsnks
Our lips unite in one fond kiss;
Our horses quickly turn the ridge.
Beyond our wheels more swiftly roll,
and as she glanees toward the bridge,
Ny maiden whispers, taking toll :"
Daring cry "a joy like this
Repsys whole months of toll and pain,
And hope and fear" She sm ling, saws:
Then. love. lets cross the bridge again
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
Grandfather Lickshingle on the Hot
Weather.

''This is very unpleasant weather,
said Grandfather Lickshingle, the other
day. 81 am goln' on two hundred
years old now, an | don't remember
ever seein' nuthin' like it,"
''It's awful" growled a member of
the family ''if it doesn't soon get cool
er do think we shall die"
Cooler? die?" exclaimed grand
father; ''wh-wh-what dye mean,
child? l wasn't complainin' about the
heat" he went on, buttOning up his
dressing-gown. Il was about to re-
mark that | never seen such confound-
edly cool weather at this time of year.
Why, only think, here it's the middle
of July, and the thermometer down to
hundred and ten in the shade,' and
he shrugged his shoulders as if lump
of ice had slid down his back.
IL wouldn't be surprised" he con-
tinued, ''if the blamed mercury would
git down to hundred afore it stops,
and freeze half of us to death, same as
it did once out West"
"Out West?"
eyes; in st. Louis"
'sYOu must be mistaken, grandfather;
st. Louis is the hottest place in the
world. People are dying there from
the heat by DOZENS"
"Oh, | know they are now: and |
don't Sonder at it-people have become
so everlastin'ly delicate these days that
they can't stand nuthin'. Now, when
| lived in st. Louis it was inhabited by
a different breed of eats. In them days
the regular temper'ture was from $50 to
800 in the shade"
unperceived by grandfather, who con-
inued:
''That made it kind of pleasant and
healthy. But one summer, right in the
middle of harvest, the thermometer fell
down to hundred an five, an never
seen such distress in all my life. People
just literally froze to death. Il your
grandfather hadn't been tougher than
pine knOt-hole, I'm sure he wouldn't
be here now to tell it. But | had lots
of heavy elOthIn' an managed to worry
through. There's somethin' i'm the air
that reminds me of that desD'rit
time, an I'm afraid history is to be re-
peated, and he began blowing on his
finger ends, at the same time turning
around to see what effect was being pro-
duced by the recital.
Finding himself alone, he said:
'.All right; can stand it if they can.
was only tellin' the story that they
might know little of the history of
their own country; but if they don't
want to hear it, they needn't. If they
prefer TO remain as ignorant as the
beasts of the field, itain't my loss. For
my part I'll go down to the ice-house.
1t can't be very much cooler there
than it is here" and picking up his
cane and fan, he went.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
Bear Hunting In Russia

The following singular means of cap
turing for killing the bear is said to be
frequently practiced by Russian peas
ants who cannot easilyprocure firearms.
As is well known the bear has fond
ness for honey, and will track his way
a great distance to where the wild bees
have filled some hollow tree. Their
stings cannot hurt him, and they and
their stores are entirely at his mercy.
In a forest known to contain bears, the
hunters examine all the hollow trees,
branch of the tree is then chosen, d.
rectlyabove the hole; ifthere is no such,
a stout peg is driven into the trunk. To
this peg a strong cord is fastened. and to
the end of the cord a heavy stone or a
cannon ball is suspended, at about half
a foot from the ground. The bear In
his researches comes upon the treasures
of honey. The pendulous barrier OBJ
structs and incommodes him a good
deal. He is an irritable brute-in such
cases one of the most irritable as well
as stupid in the forest. He begins by
showing the weight or stone one side !;
but it presses against his head, and he
gives it slight knock to free himself
from the Inconvenience. It recoils a
on the ear. His temper is reused and
he again pushes off the hard and heavy
mass, more violently; he gets a heavy
blow on the side of his skull, on its re-
turn. He becomes furious and with
a powerful jerk sends the rock swing
ing away. The pendulum cannot be the
first to tire Of this game; and it is a
game in which the blows are felt on one
side exclusively. The bear alone Suf-
fers; and the point is that he suffers as
much by the blows he gives as by those
he gets. He takes double punishment.
His very retaliations are all against him
self; and for every furious push, which
makes his skull acne, he receives an i'm
mediate equivalent, which makes it ache
again. At last his rage is unbounded he
hugs the block; he strikes it; he bites
it; but whenever he would thrust his
head into the hive, back on his ear
falls the obstruction, against which his
terrible hug or the blows of his paws
are of no avail. The brute ismaddened.
He faces his strange and pertinacious
tormentor and once more makes it re-
bound from his skull. But back again
it swings like a curse, which returns
upon the head from which ii started.
The bear falls exhausted under these
reiterated blows, one more violent than
another; and if he be not dead, the
hunters who have watched the contest
from their hiding place, soon dispatch
him.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04

occupied" ''wen, then, some other
ROOM" Almost Immediately the hus-
band arrived. He had traced her and
followed her i'm the next train.
''Was she crazy?''
''fes crazed, and yet had such ration
al ways sometimes that it seemed as
though she was all right. She was
very ill, and the physicians said she
must be taken 10 an asylum. She
raved of her mother and talked of her
babe as though it was herself; that she
had been ill-treated, and was fleeing for
her life through the winters night,
Oh, it was such a terrible time in this
old house. How | pitied her young
husband -
And now?''
''Now she is, indeed, ,insane-perhaps
hopelessly so-in an asylum near -"
And mine hosts tale was ended.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
Fields of Roses.

The roses of ChazipOor, on the river
Ganges, are cultivated in enormous
fields of hundreds of acres. The de-
lightful odor from these fields can be
smelled at seven miles distance OH the
river. The valuable article of COM
merce known as ''attar of roses" is
made in the following manner: On
forty pounds of roses are poured sixty
pounds of water, and they are then dis
titled over a slow fire, and thirty pounds
of rose water obtained. This rose wa
ter is then poured over forty pounds of
fresh roses, and from that is distilled,
at most, twenty pounds of rose water,
this is then exposed to the cold night
air, and in the morning a small guam
tity of oil is found on the surface From
eighty pounds of roses-about two hum
dred thousand-at the utmost an ounce
and half of oil is obtained, and even
at Cbazipoor, il costs forty rupees
twenty dollars-an ounce.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
Ventilation.

Many persons complain of always
getting up tired in the morning. This
is very often due to defective ventila-
ton of the bedroom, or from using an
undue amount of bed clothes and bed
ding. Feather beds are too soft and
yielding, and partially envelope the
sleeper, thus producing profuse pre-
spiration. The habit of lying too much
under blankets is also very pernicious
by reason of the carbonic acid exhaled
by the sleeper being respired. Again,
il is a common error to suppose that by
simply opening a window a little at the
top a room can be ventilated. People
forget that for proper ventilation there
must be an inlet and outlet for the air.
In bedrooms there is often neither, and
if there is fireplace, it is generally
closed up. Again, ii. is a mistake to
suppose that foul air goes to the top of
a room. Certainly the heated air goes
to the top, but the chief impurity, the
carbonic acid, falls TO the bottom.
There is nothing so efficacious in re-
moving the lower strata of air as the
ordinary open fireplace, especially II
there is fire burning.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
back part of the house tainted dead away

back part of the house tainted dead away
and the sexton yelled ''fire! ~
S'There-Is-some-t -terrible-mistake
here" gasped the deacon, after a few
minutes of painful silence. IL must
have turned the crank the wrong way
or maybe the linch-pin is loose, or the
safety-valve has lost screw, or some
thing" And, perspiring at every pore,
the deacon essayed another turn and
the machine yelled:
"Gee, Bill, Where in the destination
are you going you son of a mule, Ped
di-whoa-a-a Blast your eyes, can't you
-
The awfulness became more awful.
Three more sisters tainted, several
brothers clapped their hats on their
heads and their fingers into their ears
and started for the door shouting ''po-
licer' and the sexton halloaed 'mur-
der" while the deacon wildly clutehed
the phonograph by the neck and chok-
ed it until it was black in the face, and
its eyes bulged out an inch.
But twas no use. The internal ar
rangements of the machine were evil
IDENTIFY demoraliZed, and the cylinder
continued to revolve grinding out the
most frIghtful language ever heard out
side of political ward convention and
when the audience were saluted with
"I'll knock your dashed brains out,
you long-eared-" they didn't wait for
the remainder of the address" but
got up as one mainland one woman
and made dash for the door in de-
cidedly panic-stricken manner. The
Deacon, with the color of a smallpox
flag, threw the phonograph over the
pulpit, sprang after it, and kicked it
down the aisle into the street, where
the sexton smashed it with an axe,
just as the DeacOn's address began 10
issue from its mouth-piece, and then
placed il under the hydrant and let a
stream of water run on il all night. a
committee was appointed on the spot to
investigate what appeared to be the
Deacon's highly improper and pain
ful conduct, and that well-meaning per-
son has concluded to move West and
grow up with the country.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
Execution of French Women:

Sophie Gauthier had been found guilty
of horrible crime; she had killed all
her children by means of pins, which
she stuck into their brain. The death
of this revolving criminal recalls a few
Interesting fact connected with the ex-
ecution of women in France. Since
1910 nine women have been executed.
and they all met their death with firm
ness. Ten years ago man and woman
were executed at Chartres for having
murdered their parents. In those days
the guillotine was not the horribly. ,.neal
and compact little instrument that it is
now there were some steps TO ascend
before coming in contact with the eX-
ecutioner. When the criminal couple
reached the foot of the scaffold the wo-
man said, 81 should like to embrace
my husband before dying. Pray unite
my hands you can tie them again imme-
diately afterward. This supreme wish
was reluctantly granted for it was con-
trary TO the regulations. Her hands
were no sooner free than she gathered
up all her strength, and gave her hus-
band a ringing box on the ear. Accord
TO custom she was the first to suffer.
the extreme penality of the law. Be
fore the man had recovered from the
stunning blow she had dealt him her
head had fallen into the saw dust.
Another woman, who created great sem
sation was Virginie Dezon, who had
murdered her husband and two chill
dren. She was only twenty-five years
of age wonderfully beautiful, and be-
longed to one of the best families in
France. She had not the slightest fear
of death, and the moment the sentence
was passed she sent letter to the En-
peror, begging there might be no de-
lay in carrying it out. Prison life and
the loss of her long black hair produced
a much more disagreeable impression
upon this delicate woman than the sight
of the hideous chopping block and knife
Many summary executions Of women
took place when the regular troops en-
tered Paris during the lnsurrectlon. i
remember seeing one of the advanced
Republican ladies placed behind the
Great Northern Railway station. She
had just been taken with Il recently
fired rifle i'm her hands and standing by
the side of a dying sentry. Did you
shoot this MANI" inquired the officer,
pointing to the writing body of the
sentry - did, was the replv- land
am only sorry that | did not see you
before, as you were better worth the
trouble" Two minutes afterward she
was lying on her face with twelve
bullets in her boIy. Death had been
instantaneous; her victim, the soldier,
lived two hours after and expired in
horrible pain
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-08-22
Pulling the Rtbbon. a, Utica,

UTICA, n. ", August 1.-THE Park
Association meeting: The 2:26 unfinished
race-Nancy Hackett, who had two heats
yesterday, stiilled his hip bone On the
seventh heat and was distanced. The
eighth was declared no heat, the Judge be-
lievinz that Bateman was not driven to
win. Jno. Murphy was put in as driver in
place of Ames. Goldsmiths Jersey Boy,
i, 1; Bateman, 2, 3; Walford u, 3, 4;
Lady VOORHEES,, 4, =; Nancy Hackett, dis
tanced Time, 2:23, 2:25. jersey Boy
took the first money, Batemen second,
Walford z. third, and Lady VOORHEES,
fourth.
The go class-eight starters, Powers
selling as the favorite in the pools from the
start, odds of three to one being offered al
ter the third heat. Lew Scott, 3, ), 2, =, 2,
drawn; Adelaide, ., !, 5, 6, l, 2; Banquo,
Z, 4, g., 7, drawn; May Queen, 8, s, ), s,
drawn; John II 4, 3, 5, ), drawn; Rich
ard, l, 2, s, 2, 3; Powers, 5, 7, l, l, 5, l ;
King Phillips, 6, 6, :, 4, 3, drawn. Time,
2:2l, 2:2l, I'll, 2:2lf, 2:23!!, 22:22!. Protes,
was entered against Richard, taking the
third money on account OF running.
The special purse-a pacing roll, Sleepy
George, ], Great Eastern, =, =. Time,
2lSl PIG