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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01
A Picturesque City.

The wanderer in Tunis will traverse
narrow winding alleys with regular
white buildings; through the old ara
besqued Moorish arches are glimpses OF
cool, bright courts, with waving trees
and trickling water. Suddenly he will
emerge into the brilliant bazaars.
Series of vaulted roofs are supported on
light, graceful arches, all white, and
springing from delicate, brightly col
ored pillars; the little shops are recess
ed on either side. The costumes of Tu-
nisians, Moors, Tripolines, Djerbans,
Algerians, FeZZians, Arabs from Djerid
and the desert, blacks and infidels ofall
nations, are indescribably picturesque.
The Tunisians' costumes are almost in
variably in perfect taste. The silk dub
tdS were of deep red and apple green,
or deep blue and golden, the vests and
jackets pale rose colored, or of delicate
blues, greens or yellows, in silk, cotton
or wool.
1t is constant picture, always vary
anu a. W a. iANiN - %
regular Moor, with a cinnamon face,
a snowy turban, rosebud above his
ear, a deep blue embroidered jacket,
waistcOat and drawers, white stockings
and yellow shoes. The next man to
him is dressed in slaty blue and pink,
the next a negro in blue cloak lined
with brown fur. Women pass in white,
woollen haiks, holding out in front of
their faces red, black and blue silk
scarfs. Strolling from one bazaar to
another, the traveller will be more
pleased as he goes on, past beautiful an
giles of Moorish buildings, mosques,
arches and eolonades; past caravansa-
ries, where vines or fig trees throw cool
shadows on the camels feeding in the
courts, while the dark-faced white
robed Bedouins lounge among them.
Thence perhaps to the silk bazaars,
where lovely floss silk hangs in bunch
es, suggesting wonderful embroidery
Then to the merchants of carpets,
shawls, and stuffs, and through zigzag
streets beyond the bazaars, with the
beautiful sky overhead, and where soli-
tary palms stand up from courts and
gardens. Lovely minarets abound,
square, arabesqued and tiled, others
thin and graceful, with delicate little
galleries; domes covered with old green
tiles, like dragons scales; inviting
cafes, with splendid studies of Arabs.
The traveller will decorate his coat with
sweet musk roses, his lips with the gol-
den tinge of orange juice, and he will
drink numerous cups of coffee as he
squats on little square sugar-cane stools.
The evening sky melts from turquoise
into golden, and thence into the rosy
color of flamingo's breast. The
abundance of flowers in the bazaars Is
charming. Small bouquets of rosebudS
and orange blossoms, stuck on slips OF
wood, are in almost everybody's hand,
and cost one caroub. There are four
caroubs in one penny. a bouquet Is
very generally worn over the ear, just
| beneath the turban.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01

to break in the east, il will not infre-
quently be at fifty. You are tired
perhaps, and sleep comes by the mere
force of fatigue. But never from your
walked mind goes the consciousness of
cold. You lie with tightly-folded arms
and up-9athered knees and shiver be-
meath all your coverings, until forced
to rise and seek safety by the fire. If
you are novice and have no fire, then
count your heads and say your prayers,
for your sleep will be long.
This low temperature, however, is
vastly preferable and more enjoyable
than the shifting climate of the lake
regions. One always knows just what
to expect and prepares accordingly
the air is crisp and entirely free from
moisture, and there is an utter absence
of that penetrating, Iharrow-chilling
quality which makes winter life further
south burden. No sudden changes to
pile cold upon cold, and keep ones
lungs in n continual congestion. The
climate, while cold, is equable. From
November till April, one knows he can
go out without abundant wrappings.
Just what constitutes an abundance
varies considerably in amount. The
native attires himself in pair of cordu-
roy trousers, retaining about as much
heat as pine board, a calico shirt, an
unlined coat, very much open at the
breast to show the figured shirt, a fur
cap, mOccasins, and a pair of dutfle
socks without legs. Thus apparelled
he is ready to face all day the toughest
weather of the winter. But then he is
continually in motion, and possessed of
an unimpaired circulation. The for
eigner, not to go into the minutie of his
wardrobe, simply puts on all the cloth
ing he can conveniently walk in, then
closely watches the end of his nose. As
for the aboriginal occupants of the
country, little Indians may be seen
any day running about in the snow be-
fore the lodge doors, with the thermom-
eter at thirty degrees below zero, clad
only in their own tawny integuments.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01
Words of Wisdom

Despair has ruined some, but pre-
sumption multitudes.
Delays increase desires, and some
times extinguish them.
Let them obey those who know how
to rule.
The near miss of happiness is great
misery.
Haste trips up its own heels, fetters
and stops itself
Look well into thyself; there is a
source which will always spring up il
thou wilt search there.
The virtues of man ought to be
measured, not by his extraordinary ex-
ertions, but by his every day conduct.
Liberality, courtesy, oenevolence,
unselfishness, under all circumstances
and towards all men-these qualities
are to the world what the linchpin ia to
the rolling chariot.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01
Wearing Carriers.

Children should never wear. garters,
as the stockings can be kept up by the
attachment or elastic straps to the waist
band. If garters are worn, it is i'm
portant to know how to apply them
with the least risk of doing harm; at
the bend of the knee the superficial
veins of the leg unite, and go deeply
into the underpart of the thigh between
the hamstring tendons. Thus a liga-
ture below the knee obstructs all the
superficial veins, which return the
blood from the legs; unfortunately,
most people. in ignorance of the above
facts. apply the garter below the knee.
Elastic bands are the most injurious.
They follow the movements of the
muscle, and never relax their pressure
upon the veins. Non-elastic bands
during muscular exertion became con-
siderably relaxed at intervals, and allow
freer circulation of the blood.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01
NO. Is.


The word is often used, but there are
many who do not understand its import
The term refers to collection of build
ings on one OF the seven hills of Rome,
which cover a space of 200 feet In
length, and 200 feet in breadth. 1t is
built on the spot occupied by the cruel
Nero. 1t owes its origin to the Bishop
of Rome, who in the early part of the
sixth century, erected a humble resi-
dence on its site. About the year 1850,
Pope Eugenius rebuilt it on a magnifi-
cent scale. Innocent H., a few years
afterwards, gave it up as a lodging to
Peter H., King of Arragon. In 1905.
Clement ", at the instigation OF the King
of France, removed the Papal See from
Rome to Avignon, when the Vatican
remained IN a condition of Obscurity
and neglect for more than seventy
years. But soon after the return of the
Pontificial court to Rome, an event
which had been so earnestly prayed for
by poor Petrarch, and which finally
took place in 1876, the Vatican was put
in state of repair. again enlarged, and
il was thenceforward considered as the
regular palace and residence of the
Popes, who, one after the other, added
fresh buildings to it, and gradually en-
riched it with antiquities, statues, pic
lures, and books, until it became the
richest depository in the world. The
n r Il
fourteen hundred years ago. 1t con-
tains 10000 manuscripts, among which
are some by Pliny, st. Thomas, st. Char
les BOrrome, and many Hebrew, Syriac,
Arabian, and Armenian Bibles. The
whole of the immense buildings COM
posing the Vatican are filed with stat
ues, found beneath the ruins of ancient
Rome; with paintings by the masters;
and with curious medals and antiquities
of almost every description. When it
is known that there have been exhumed
more than 10000 statues from the ruin
ed temples and palaces of Rome, the
reader can form some idea of the riches
of the Vatican. 1t will ever be held in
veneratiou by the student, the artist,
and the scholar. Raphael and Michael
Angelo are enthroned there, and their
throne will be as endurable as the love
of beauty and genius In the hearts Of
their worshipppers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01
MERRY RAIN.

Sprinkle. sprinkle, comes the rain,
Tapping ON the window-pane
Tricklipg. coursing,
Crowding. forcing
Tiny rills
To the dripping window-sills-
Laughing rain-drops, light and swift,
Through the air they fall and sift;
Dancing. tripping,
bounding, skipping
Thro' the street.
With their thousand merry feet
Every blade Of grass around
Is ladder to the ground;
Clinging, striding.
Slipping, sliding,
On they come
With their busy zip and hum
In the woods, by twig and spray,
To the roots they find their way;
Pushing, creeping.
Doubling, leaping,
Down they so
To the waiting life below.
oh, the brisk and merry rain.
Bringing gladness in its train
Falling. glsncIng,
Tinkling. dancing,
All around
Listen to its CHEEKY sound,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01

one-went away upstairs again leaving
mother and son to the sweet sacredness
of their glad meeting.
In all her life, Blanche had never
felt so lonely as in that half hour she
spent up stairs, knowing how entirely
forgotten she was. She was not sell
fish, either, but it seemed as if all the
trouble she had ever known came surg
ing its waves of keen remembrance
over her.
She realized as she had never done
before how pitifully alone she was in
the world, and then into the midst of
the narrowing thoughts, the tears tina,
had left her heart but had not vet
reached her sweet, sad eyes, into the
midst of the desolation of her young
life, came Mrs. Pemberton's voice
quick, glad, exultant, as she called from
the foot of the stairs:
Blanche, Blanche, do come down
There's mystery / can't quite under
stand. Come here."
And Blanche, half smiling at the dear
old lady's pardonable excitement, went
quietly, promptly, to be presented to
her son.
Mrs. Pemberton caught her by both
hands, to drag her perforce TO her par
lor.
SIT beats all | ever did hear of, l
uraS sn
Just then tall handsome gentleman
came through the parlOr door, with
quick, eager steps, and Blanche looked
and saw Elmer Westcourt.
"Blanche Carroll. My darling, whom
| thought had lost until few minutes
ago! Blanche, my love-"
And the girl stood looking at him,
clutching Mrs. Pemberton's hand in a
vice-like grip, that was chill as death,
her face pale as her dress, her eyes full
of mingled piteous bewilderment, and
wondering doubt, and mute ecstacy.
.sTo think l never once thought of
telling you that Johns name was West
court. You see, l always call him
John, although Elmer is prettier, and
he has an equal right to ii, it being his
middle name. And TO think-Well,
I'm clean beatn'
Aud Mrs. Pemberton sank down in
the hall chair, and wiped her eyes and
her glasses, while Mr.. Westcourt took
Blanche in his arms and kissed her.
and hastily explained what she did not
fully understand till later-how he had
written TO her in the hour of his sud-
den, imperative departure abroad-how
he had sent her letter after letter, and
how he concluded she had done with
him.
And they both knew then that
Blanche's equally sudden removal from
her old home. and her self-elected re-
tirement TO the country, had been SUI
ficient reason why she never had re-
ceived what would have changed all
her life for her.
But the sunshine was come at last
the glad, bright sunshine, that was all
the better for the dark weather that
had so long hidden it. And Blanche's
life blossomed out anew, under the
radiant influences of love and hope.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01
Flowers and Flower Girls.

She is little brown, black-eyed, ,
gypsy of a girl, and sits on the side
walk in Fourteenth street New York,
and sells her flowers every afternoon to
ladies as they shop on that thronged
pavement, or on their way from the
matinees: or to gentlemen who walk
home in the afternoon from their busi-
ness houses.
"Where do You get all these pretty
flowers?" / asked the little flower girl
of Fourteenth street.
"From my fathers garden over the
river on Union HILL"
$50 your father is fiorist?'
"Yes, small one. My mother and
help him in his garden, and we make
bouquets all mornings; and after l have
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01

San Francisco is to be supplied with
water from the Blue Lakes, distant
nearly 125 miles. There are three OF
these lakes, the highest being nearly
8, 900 feet above the sea. The contract
price Is about SIG 600, 600.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01

During the first three months Of
the present year, the total immigration
at New York was s.s79, against 1880
arrivals for the corresponding period Of
1S7z-an increase of l 536.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-09-13
\ 10 Faitar Chiliran.

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The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-09-13
Gambling in Nevada.

They still buck the tiger in the most
approved fashion out in Neva "a, and that
expensive beast couldn't have more
convenient jungle than Virginia City
He is not only tolerated, butthe best peo
pie OF The city are on familiar terms with
him. judges. lawyers, mining superin-
toAd nts and evea clergymen do not lind
it at ali nee ssary 70 fold secrecy arou.d
heir some hat frequent visits to his lair.
Faro is me Of the recognized and l.-gi
innate industries Of the town. The sigh
licenses which the owners of games are
compelled to pay constitute a rich source
of revenue to the city and form the
stfaagest possible argument with the law
giver for allowing the tiger to flourish
Mere moral obi .ctiols are weak BY the
side Of stacks Of twenties. The city has
at present siyteea faro banks, and the
proprietor Of one Of the most aourshing
faro banks reports that the expenses oil
running the games, exclusive Of license.
foot up Sz8,4o0 per year. One Of the two
banks with which the Cold Hill IS blessed
clears fegu' 'arIy every month 5000. Yet
The average Constotker itels rather IN
suited vixen one who is not to the manner
born hints that one does not get fair play
II faro. 4 popular delnsion prevails that
faro is conducted ''on the square IN
Nev.l The fact that the owners of The
games live, as y geaeral thing, N about
IS handsome houses as can be seen in the
cir, aud that they ire themselves behind
f5st horses, counts for nothing with the
III. d Ling Constoeker, who Invariably has
lis system l.early perfected, and i
sure d burst the game before loag.
This ardeatly lopged for triumph u oc-
caFioualIy achieved. Within tue past siz
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-09-13
The G;Ided Age--About How It Was
Written.

w I4GeGHs
Tie story If the \ Gilded Age" writes
+ Charles Warren Stoddard to the San
/ Francisco Chronicle ltom Germany, was
written in this wise: Mark and Charles
Dudley Warner were w~lHing to church
one Sunday in Hartford. Said Warner,
Let Us write a novel Mark wondered
what in the deuce there was to write a
novel about, but promised to think the
matter over, and proceeded to do 50.
From the voluntary TO The benediction his
in. ID was deeply engaged; probably he
vas aever more devotional in his life. On
the way home it was decided that Marx
should begin and write till he got tired,
aud that There should be Il gatne Ing Of
the wlyes and Joe Iwitchell, tie clerical
chum, WHO has just gone over TO summer
n Switzerland Wilh Mark aud his family,
tot the reading Of the same. lie wrote a
dozen chapters and read them 70 the Do
meslic critics Do you catch the idea /?
said Mark 10 Warner. Warner thou hi
!, .10l .o.,. ~ aan..,t;.. ,vbara
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The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-09-13
Rooms Of Enormous width.

The London Times says: The desire
to construct the largest single roof in the
world was achieved in the roof of the
Midland Railway station at St. Pancras,
which now possesses that distinction, hav-
| ing eclipsed the roof Of the Imperial
Rising School It Moscow by few feet,
The span of the former being 240 feet.
and that If the latter. 235 feet, but apart
rom ambitious motive, the principal rea-
son for adopting these large single spans
is that it obviates the necessity for
columns or other intermediate supports
which hamper the station arrangements
aud interfere with alterations, should they
become necessary. The most recent ex-
amples of large span roofs are to be found
at GLASGOW and Manchester, both OF
which are in course Of construction. The
Glasgow roof is to cover the large new
station at St. Enoch Square for the Glas-
gov Union Railway and which is to be
Used by the Glasgow and Southwestern
and Midland Railways. The roof, which
il we'll advanced toward comp elton, is OF
the same general character US that Of the
Midland Railway, already referred to. It
is, however, smaller, the Glasgow roof
having 4 spaa Of 1873 eet, and length
Of 5Ia feet as against a span Of 240 feet
and length of 689 feet in the Midland
Roof. The new roof will be 80 feet high
srom platform level, and will be sup
ported by fifteen maia rios, twelve ot
which have already beeu erected in place,
..nd the iron work for the remaining
three is being sent for, The total weight
of the IRON WORK il this roofis about ,4OU
TONS The roof at Manchester is for the
new Joint station Of the Midland, the Great
Northern, and lie Manchester, Sheffield
and Lincolnshire Railways, and the
he orNs have recently oeen commenced.
The design is also OF the same character
as tnat OF the ST. Pancras root, the span
oelng zl0 feet anl the length $50 teet.
The cast an wrought iron vii weigh up
! ara of 1900 tons, ot @hica ne rIy The
Whole viii oe in The roof Itself.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-09-13
Daring Speculators.
counties

The fascination of the Stock Exchange
is constantly leading men to abandon reg
Iular business in order to improve the rapid
way Of getting rich. This class cannot
be made to understand that whatever IS
cleared IN Wall street is at the equal loss
ot another. That there IS a retribation
OF q very certain character following in
the track Of Wall street stock iobbers is a
permanent feature in the history of the
street. This is shown by the fact that the
very sharpest men eventually prove the
worst bitten. The most brilliant gains,
indeed, turn to loss in the moment when
nope is looking for It's fruition. Perhaps
the saddest of all histories of which New
York Is capable might lie included in the
narrow precinct of the Stock Exchange.
Among The more recent names on the list
OF . lame ducks > is that of Fl. F. Fowler,
who has been one of the most active on.
elators of the present day. For six years
he has been alternating amid tremendous
fluctuations At one t;mo 10 bad 49,
run Of success and was Close on = tba :
dignity Of millionaire The lnca toal,
a change. and ba heo.n - ,as. a.
could notstop however f., tb;s-;. La.ll..
possible The ;nfstnat;,,n af a. $50.
EIator forbi1s i is lang - AM. le
OVER was 'ne siase of that hablt which
- Aa4 created anu The bondage never
esaaF1 u'''l' sle "lole capital was gone.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-09-13
A Mans F!gh. With IN Eagle.
The Bakersville (N.G.) Republican 0

The Bakersyille n. C.) Republican Of
he l4th nit. tells the following Las
eek, while Z. ]. Campbell was engagy
4ging wild ginger on the side OF III
soan, about one.and-a "a half miles from
y9u;land Hotel, he fouad the nest of a
grey eagle in fallen tree-top under the
cliff of the mountain, containing one
young eagle. While xamining the nest
and It's contents, suddenly he heard a
loud noise, and before he could ascertain
what it was the old eagle had struck him
in the face with her bllI and claws, ana
zaking a circuit through the air, alightee
on tree about 200 yards distant, but Ii.
plain view Of the nest, Again the parent
2ird made an attack, aiming at his hea j,
but he avoided her, and she struck him
Oh the arm, making slight wound. She
returned t. hel post y observation, bat
as soon as he attempd1So touch the nest
containing the young eagle she made a
third attack, when Mr.. Campbell struck
her with a stick and IT her *to the
grouud, where, after a severe struggle,
he snccet ded in killing hrr. She measured
seven inches from tip to tip of her wings
The male bird was not seen. The place
Was wild, un.reqaented pant of the
mountain. 1t has generally been sup
posed that the eagle always built her nest
in the clefts of the rocks, but this one had
her nest in a fallen tree-top, some fee.
rom the ground. but in a spot seldom
visited Hhis bird is the one
known sae grey or bald eagle.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-09-13
Poetry.
THE FAR TzEts.

. farmer rtrroyvcd his swarded field,
And flItered not for the day;
II. <e,t from the north a frost-wind blow,
And the path Of the sun was gray,
AID tbc whcat-bird5 whistle he heard from tn
boIgh,
AMI ha knew that the weeviI oft f1llowed the plough
IT. bent his lowly form to the task
Believing his abor prayer?
eo 5s ploddeJ the pace ofa cheerful man,
Preparing his ground with care;
vhstIcd and pIodled then cast an'sia
7.,r the harvest hear the seeding grain.
A rtraor sst IN his cottage door,
E51..os noen-tide na3,
And ths wh!tened wheat across the way,
Waved Oh the meadows lap
with heavy heads, in slumbering haze,
Tho stalks bent down in the August days.
Az the farmer dozcd, he dreamed and smiled,
For his acres waved on his eye;
Ard then the clink of the reapers he heard,
And his stacks aud his mows swelled high;
And over his cheek soft tear crcPt
FOR the Joy be felt MS he nodded and slept
yTe woke: in the haze Of the hot afternoon,
In health was he bent to the snath,
And over the field the graveIs stretched,
In many winding path;
Tho vision be saw had ltghtened his task,
And be learned that to pray i'll labor should ask
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-09-13
An impossible story.

They are telling now aoodt man II
Dubuque WHO buried two i zeu bottles oi
WHISKY in his cellar tweny-thre9 yeas
ago, aud forgot all ,ebont them, an when
they were accidentally lug up ia>t wees,
he wuisHey was fouu t oe superb. h1w
people viii lie. The ma may have buried
lie hi,hv il lis ItHt, bat if he tor5o-
..oouL it, II was because he was struck by
.l4h,n n1 o. htasel the next day.-De-
tr0I Frer Press.