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The Republican journal., 1878-04-11
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The Republican journal., 1878-04-11

inns Is the way poor devil Of 4 colo
NAL governor was belied by the telegraph.
and 1t may be useful in the shape OF a
warning to our readers Sir Arthur Ken
nedy is Governor Of the British Colony Of
Queensland. The other day the London
papers contained telegram announcing
that Lady Kennedy has given birth to
twins, the eldest being son" At first
Governor Kennedy was congratulated
nen It Was remembered that the Gov
crnor was unmarried, and the twins could
not he those Of Lady Kennedy who did
not exist Explanations were demanded
of the Reuters News Company. who pro
duced the original telegram. in these
words 'GoFernor of Queensland twins.
first SON. This shedding no light upon
the matter, inquiry was made, with the
result that the original dispatch was
found to be "GOvcrnOr of Queensland
turns first sod, alludng to the begin
ming OF a new railway Ill the colony. But
with the greater portion of the ncwspa-
per reading people of Great Britain, Gov
eInor Kennedy will remain a husband
and the father Of twins, one being a son
and heir.
An old friend of the late ex-senator
Wade tells the Athens, Ohio, Journal OF
the reply he made to the reproof that
swearing was q sin: "Now that depends
entirely upon circumstances for instance,
if swearing is part Of ones daily conver-
sation, the outgrowth of his feelings loom
ing up from an honest heart, not meaning
harm, there is none. But if he swears in
a mean, pinching way, damn him, he is..a
sinner ard ought to be lost
The Republican journal., 1878-04-11

We have examined the model Of the
''Osbornc Plow Sulky sold by Mr. Fred
ATWOOD Of Winterport, Maine 1t con
sists of a piow attached to a pair of
wheels, to the shaft Of which the team is
attached, also having seat for the team
ster The plow requires no one to hold
it and can be raised from the ground
whenever any obstacle is met with. The
draft, it is claimed, is higher than with
plows without the wheel attached The
cost Of the machine is so. Lewiston
Journal
Western horses do not seem to do well
IN this climate. They are especially fat
ted and fitted for the eastern market, but
do not stand wear and tear. Many of
them die off or become disabled before
becoming acclimated.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07
Reckless Competition.

A couple of stationers living oppo-
side resort on the south coast of Eng
land, recently got at loggerheads. One
of them, in order to draw his neigh
boris customers, piled his window with
shilling packets of note paper marked
at elevenpence. People stared, walked
in and purchased. The next morning,
when the other mans shutters were
taken down, the window was filled
with shilling packets of note paper
marked at Sd. Dav by day this little
game went on, one underselling the
other Until prices, dropped to Cd. sd.
I'd. 81, and I'd.
By this time the town saw and en-
joyed the joke, and, Notwithstanding
the efforts made TO keep the sales down
by taking at least ten minutes to seal
up every purchase, the two stationers
were heavy sufferers, and every man
woman and child in the town was
stocked with enough note paper to last
them half lifetime. However, the
fight went on, each man devoutly wish
ing he had stuck to his legitimate
trade, and had not tried to unde-sell
his neighbor. The morning following
the sod" day found the opposite win
dow with the shilling packed Id. This
was too much.
Within ten minutes an enormous
placard obscured the window of the
other man, bearing in huge letters the
words: ''Go to the fool opposite"
But the ''fool opposite" had had
enough. In few minutes the penny
ticket disappeared, and in its place the
old price, one shilling. In twinkling
down came the poster bearing the OBJ
noxious words, and an exactly similar
-placard appeared announcing that
'sThe price of shilling packet Of note
paper is one shilling" And thus the
war of determination was ended.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07
A Nice Old Man.

Old Ebenezer Brown had long ths
reputation of being the stingiest man in
Ohio, and the following incident re-
garding him is said to be true:
One day a discussion arose as to the
extent of his meanness, and in order
to settle dispute, a committee of three
went to the old ruinous dwelling where
Brown resided. He met them at the
door, and the lady member of the COM
mittee said:
"Mr. Brown, we have come to see il
you are willing to accept barrel of ci-
der.'
Good cider? 20 asked the miser.
eyes,
.'W:ll you bring il here?"
Certainly"
"Put it in my cellar?'
eyes"
''Tap it, and give me glass to drink
il out off,"
Assuredly. Anything else?' asked
the fair speaker, waxing indignant at
the miser's barefaced meanness.
eyes"
Old Brown looked at her a moment,
the greed of avarice sparkled in hi:
deep set eyes. and then he slowly NUT
tered:
.'what would you give me for the
barrel after the cider is gomez
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07
The Gamblers at Monaco.

From a sound sleep last night L was
awakened by a sudden, strangely start
ling noise. | thought something had
fallen in the room; struck light,
and finding everything in its place,
went to the front window, opened the
shutter and looked out upon the street.
All was silence and darkness. But in
the morning lit was now quarter past
onel II e body of man was found upon
the sidewalk. He had shot himself
through the heart. 1t made me sad to
think had heard, and perhaps was the
only one who did hear, the sound of
that death-shot. The man had come
back to Nice from Monaco, ruined by
gambling, and, in madness and despair,
had made one leap from the he.ls of
Monaco TO another from which there is
no escape.
Its nothing strange" said my
friend who explained the suicide; they
often kill themselves, these gamblers {:
and we have the same, or worse TRACE
dies every year. You noticed the sud-
den death of a young man last week:
the papers said he committed suicide,
but the facts were concealed. A mere
boy, he got in the way of gambling,
till his fresh youth was blighted, and
he murdered himself before he was Is
years of age.
1.-TWO years ago a young married
couple came here: they had apartments
close by me: the wife had the money,
and the man could spend only what she
let him have: when she found that he
was frequenting the tables at Monaco,
she refused to give him more: he was
already in debt and in his desperation
he killed her and then himself. The
tragedy was hushed up as well as it
could be, but it was one of many in the
history of the internal regions next
door.
This vortex Ofruin has had depress-
ing influence upon Nice, as winter
resort. Thousands and tens Of thou
sands come and enjoy the season; the
numerous and spacious hotels are
crowded; and new ones are every year
added to the number; but it is said that
the growth of the city has been check
ed, and hundreds of families that for
merly made this their home in the win
ter now seek other climes where such
temptations are not presented.
A standing notice in the daily papers
says that no Inhabitants of Nice are
permitted to enter the " "saloons of
' play" at Monaco unless they are mem
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07
llla Girard street. philadelphia.

lll2 Girard street, Philadelphia,
medical practitioner of over twenty
years standing. 1t is now more
than ten years since he became
identified with this treatment, and
in that time its remarkable curative
and re-vitalizing power have become
known in all parts of the country, and
hundreds stand ready to give their
grateful testimony in its favor. More
recently DIR. G. f. Palen, a physician
of high character and professional abil-
ity, has become associated with DR..
Starkey in the work of Introducing this
new agent of cure more widely to the
public.
In cases of low vitality, and in con-
valescence, this treatment, it is alleged
has been found of great value. After
medicine has done its work of breaking
up some acute disease, and the physi-
clan leaves his patient, as he must to
nature for repair and restoration, he too
often finds that nature builds again so
slowly that the period of convalescence
is often prolonged through weary
months, while in too many cases the
old vitality is never restored. In this
condition, it is said that compound OK
ygen is wonderful restorer force
and taking the theory of its action TO be
true, il is just here that its value should
most certainly appear,
If all that is claimed for this new
combination of oxygen and nitrogen be
indeed true-and we have the most un-
equivOcal testimony to its curatiye pow
er from many persons of high character
and intelligence, who are well known
throughout the country then it looks
as if a brighter day had come for thou
sands of invalids who have heretofore
sought relief from suffering and slow
decline.-LutherdR Observer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07
A Disappointed Man.

He was short man with a voice like
a file, and whenever he spoke he waved
his arms in furious manner.
= This is the hair that breaks the
camel's back.' he squeaked as he trot-
ted out before the desk
My dear Mr. Fuller, your back is
not broken" replied the Court.
Well, have been swindled and de-
fIauded and disappointed till I'm ready
to lie in the last ditch. I'd like to buv
this town and sink it into the sea,''
"Such excitement may result in ap-
poplexy," cautioned the Court.
- Well, let 'er come came here last
Monday to see the regatta, but all there
was too it was a few boats rowing
around. l looked all around for horse
race, but there was n)ne. | looked for
dog fights, but they were not. My
board was as much again as 1 had fig
ured on. These boots were all bruised
out on your stone pavements. lost my
hat in the river. Wife went home sick
yesterday, and last night | felt like a
raging. lion"
''Got into a fight and got choked,
hear" observed the Court.
"And that was another swindle bring
ing me in here, continued the man.
& The officer told me right up and down
that I'd have regular hotel supper, a
bedroom on the first floor, with high
bedstead and sea moss mattress, and
he'd lend me money this morning to
pay my way home. Did / find things
as he represented? Where is that high
bedstead: Where are those hotel meals !:
Where is my money to go home on?
Il do not know )" solemnly answered
his Honor.
"When / think of how / have been
one.' shrieked the prisoner
ats awful sad, remarked the Court,
90 you raised great row, made good
deal of trouble and ought to be fined. :"
"Would you deliberately cap the eli
max of all my troubles by imposing a
fine on me 90 asked Fuller.
His Honor hesitated.
"You would-you would see you
would ~ squeaked the little man, as his
arms were tossed around.
"Iguess | would. L guess I'll fine
you about So"
Mr.. Fuller stepped back little.
He braced his feet.
He creased his elbow.
He got his voice voice round under
his left ear.
And he squealed =
"I'll r-r-r-rot in your Bastile first'.
And he's rotting there. Such things
never occur without making other
hearts ache.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07

Carrots and Mangolds are subject to
but few diseases. In discussing their
nutritious value, chemists differ some,
what, according as they measure this by
the nitrogen they contain, their per
cent. of dry matter or sugar, but they
agree in ranking them much superior
to the early varieties of turnip and
somewhat superior to the Ruta Bsga or
Swede class, particularly when fed to
full grown cattle. Prof. johnson ranks
Carrots with Cabbage when fed to oxen,
for nourishment, and ex experiments ap-
pear to have proved that when equal
measures Of each are fed, Mangolds will
give a greater increase of milk than
potatoes, by about third. For some
reason not fully understood. (perhaps
the depth they penetrate the soil has
something to do with IT'D Onions will
do better after Carrots than after any
other crop, the yield being larger, the
bulb handsomer, while the crop will
bottom down earlier and better. Un-
like Turnips or Swedes, with high ma
nuring the crop can be profitably grown
for years on the same piece of land.
Swine prefer Mangolds to any root ex-
pect the parsnip, and both in this coun-
try and in England store hogs, weigh
ing from l25 lbs. and upwards have
been carried through the winter in fine
condition, when fed wholly on raw Su-
gar Beets or Mangolds. Chemists rank
Carrots, when compared with oats, with
reference to their fat and flesh forming
qualities as to 5.
Not only have roots value i'm them
selves as food, but they have a special
office, taking to large degree the place
of grass and preventing the constipation
that dry feed sometimes causes. While
practice proves that they should not be
relied upon to entirely supersede hay or
grain, sill they increase the value of
either of these to large degree; and
for slow working stock they may be fed
with profit in place of from third to
half the grain usually given. Carrots
add not only to the richness of the col
or, but also to the quality of the milk,
while the flavor of the butter made from
such milk is improved. Carrots fed in
moderate quantities to horses give ad-
ditional gloss to their hairy coats, and
have not only medicinal value when
given to such as have been overgrained
but aid them in digesting grain, as may
be seen in the dung of horses fed on oats
with Carrots, and that of those fed on
oats without Carrots. When cooked
they are sometimes fed to poultry, and
either cooked or raw to swine. In the
family economy they have their place,
particularly when young and fresh,
while in Europe they enter largely into
the composition of the well-known
vegetable soups of the French.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07

The question is often asked, where dc
sea birds obtain fresh water to slake
their thirst? But we have never seen
it satisfactorily answered till few days
ago. An old skipper, with whom we
were eonversing on the subject, said
that he had frequently seen these birds
at sea, far from any land that could
furnish them with water, lowering
round and under storm-cloud. chatter
ing like ducks on a hot day at a pond,
and drinking in the drops of rain as
they fell. They would smell a rain
squall hundred miles. or even further
of, and scud for it with almost incon-
ceivable swiftness. How long sea birds
can exist without water is only a matter
of conjecture; but probably their
powers of enduring thirst are increased
by habit, and possibly they can go
without for many days, if not for
several weeks.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07
Remarkable Finger Billiards.


Yank Adams, a young man from the
country, visited New York recently
and astonished the natives by mis- Won
derful proficiency in finger-billiar6s.
His play is thus described: His execu-
ton is simply marvellous, and his game
is so strong that he is abundantly able
10 cope with the best experts who de-
pend upon the cue. In his exhibitions
he accomplishes all the ordinary shots,
such as draws, cushion-caroms, follows
and spreads; and then executed others
of more difficult nature, all of which
were made with ease. In one of these
shots he made his ball take four differ
ent directions, all in the space of
square foot; in another he effected a
spread between two balls occupying the
opposite lower corners of the table, he
playing from the upper rail ; and in an
other he made double earom, playing
from red to red at opposite ends with
first one white ball and then the other,
the two taking different directions and
coming together upon the dark red.
Placing three hats in line, with the
two reds at the lower end of the table,
he starts his ball from the upper end
with twist, sending it around and be-
tween the hats in a sinuous course that
ends only when the carOm is made.
Among his most astonishing shots are
those made on the rail; but in all that
he does he shows the most remarkable
skill. Adams is self-taught, has never
seen lizard or any other great finger
PLAYER. and never played game OF
billiards until year ago. He is said 10
be able 70 grand discount any player on
this side of the Atlantic.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07
FINDING FAULT.

In speaking Of persons faults,
Pray don't forget your own;
Iemember those with homes Of glass
should seldom throw q stone.
II we have nothing else TO do
Than talk of those who sin,
lis better we commence at home,
And from that point begin.
We have no right to judge man
Until he's fairly tried,
should we not like his company,
We know the world is wide;
Some may have faults, and who has not
The old as well rs young,
Perhaps we may, for all We know;
Have fifty to their one.
III tell you Of a better plan,
And find it works full well,
To try your own defects to cure,
Ere others faults you tell
And though som,t time hope to be
No worse than some l know,
My own short comings bid me let
The faults of others 90.
Now let us all, when We begin
To slander friend or foe,
Think of the harm one word may do
To those We little know,
Remember curses, chicken-like,
Sometimes TO roost come home;
Don't speak o: others faults until
You have none of your OWL
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07
Law of the Road.

First. Persons driving i'm opposite
directions and meeting in the highway
must turn 10 the right, as the law di-
rects, and each one must give Sufficient
room for the other to pass. If col
lision should occur and it should salts
factorily appear that one had kept the
centre of the road and had not given
the other sufficient room to pass, the
first would be responsible, civilly, for
any damage resulting from his negli-
gence. and also, criminally, for an as
sault and battery. If both parties
should keep in the middle of the road,
both would be guilty of negligence,
but neither could maintain civil ac-
ton against the other. Each would
be guilty of breach of the peace.
Second. When parties are travelling
on the same road and the one behind
comes up to his fellow, who refuses to
let him pass and who purposely and
maliciously retards his progress, the
one behind must bide his time. He
cannot take the law into his own hands
and punish the man who causelessly
kept him back, but he has a remedy at
law by an action of damages. Or, il
one comes up behind another and reck
lessly undertakes to pass him, and
thereby infiicts damage upon the one
in front. he is. not only guilty OF
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07

them in my coat. They can't take it
from you, DEAR
"My name-take it from me-" re-
peated Mrs. Job, utterly bewildered.
81 have had pleasure in every nail 1
drove and plank laid, continued Job,
.because it will be my work over and
around you, and 1t will keep me i'm your
mind"
'And you never told me-" moahed
his wife, kneeling beside him With
tears and sobs.
''To break your heart twice, dearl'
murmured job.