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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
A Heroic LIght-House Keeper.

The Acadians have tradition that God
enjOined perpetual silence and desolaiiOn on
Labrador and AnticOsti when he gave them
to Cain for heritage. However that may
be, it is certain that, while other wilds of
the earth yield TO mans conquest, these
vast wastes remain ever void and empty.
The Indians called the Island Natiscotte-
the country of wailing-and under the
modern corruption of Anticosti it has added
to its terrible renOwn Its whole history,
from the day it was discovered by jacques
Cartier, in 1884, to the present, is a record
Of human suffering. Here and there, how
ever, there is tale of heroism worthy of
a nobler scene. In August, 1869, the family
of Edward Pope, keeper of the Ellis Bay
l.ight-hous was stricken down by typhoid
fever, and, to add to his misfortunes, the
revolving apparatus of his light broke. The
government steamer had gone; and Pope
had no means of communicating with the
marine department at Quebec or elsewhere.
The light revolved or flashed, as the tech
nical phrase is, every minute and a half
and if il flashed no more it would probably
be mistaken by passing vessels in that region
Of fog for the stationary light at the west
point of the island. and thus lead to dire
loss of life. Pope found that with little
exertion he could turn it and make il flash,
and at once determined to nil the place of
the automatic gear. Accordingly, this
humble hero sat in the turret, with his watch
by his side. turning the light regularly at
the allotted time every night. from ! Il. VI.
until \. NJ. from the middle of August
until the first of December. and from the
first Of April until the end of June, when
the Government steamer came to his relief
with a new apparatus. All through the
first season Pope. daughter and grandchil-
dren were i'll unto death, with nobody save
him to nurse them. He waited on them
tenderly through the day, but as night fell
on the iron bound coast he fastened TO his
vigil in the turret, doing his duty to the
Canadian Government and to humanity with
unflinching devotion. In the second season
his daughter, vino had lived through the
fever. took turns with him in the lighr-room.
This may have saved thousand lives. He
died in 1872, and his deed has never until
this DAY been chronicled, for of the heroes
of Anticosti, as of the long roll of her vic
Tins, the world knows nothing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
What Il I'm the Bedroom.

II two person are to occupy bedroom
during a night, let them step upon weigh
ing scales as they retire and then again in
the morning. and they will find their actual
weight is at least a pound less in the morn
ing. Frequently there will be a loss of two
or more pounds, and the average loss
throughout tine year will be more than one
pound-that is, during the night there is
loss of a pound of matter which has gone off
from their bodies, partly from the lungs
and partly through the pores of the skin.
The escaped material is carbonic acid, and
decayed animal matter or poisonous exhala-
tions, This is diffused through the air in
part and in part absorbed by the bed clothes.
If a single ounce of wool or cotton be burned
in a room, it will so completely saturate the
air with smoke that one can hardly breathe
though there can only be an ounce OF Tor
eign matter in the air IL an ounce of cot
ton be burned every half hour during the
night, the air will be kept continually satur-
aied with the smoke unless there be an open
door OF window for it to escape. Now the
sixteen ounces of smoke thus formed is far
less poisonous than the sixteen ounces OF
exhalations from the lungs and bodies OF the
two persons who have lost pound in weight
during the eight hours of sleeping, for while
the dry smoke is mainly taken into the lungs
the damp odors from the body are absorbed
into the lungs and into the pores of the whole
body. Need more be said to show the i'm
portance of having bedrooms well ventilated
and thoroughly airing the sheets, coverlets
and mattresses in the morning, before pack
ing them up in the form of a neatly made
bedf
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
Stanmering.

.HaDtDiering is the result of a function
al disorder of that part of the brain which
presides over the faculty of speech, accord
ing to an article by DR., Hammond on the
Voice This is proved, he says, by the
fact that all stammerers can at times speak
as well as other persons. ''There is no de-
feet with the organs of speech, no paralysis
of the tongue or lips; but there is a condI-
ton present which, at times, especially
when the subject is excited or interested,
or specially tries TO do his best, prevents the
normal systematic articulation of certain
syllables. And this appears to be due to
an impossibility of co-ordinatin;. the mus
cles by which speech is effected-of bring
ing them into harmonious and system attic
action" DIR. Hammond was a stammerer
at nineteen, but entirely cured himself,
mainly by the performance of some slight
muscular action spontaneously with the
# the difficult syllables. "With
each troub ESQ ne word, he explains, ''es-
pecially with one beginning a sentence,
made some slight motion with the hand or
foot, OF even with single finger, and found
that this plan enabled me to get the word
out without stammering. In this procedure
the attention is diverted from the effort to
speak to the performance of the muscular
action mentioned, and hence the speech
becomes more automatic than it is with
stammerers generally, And this is the
whole system of cure In consists in efforts
to render the speech automatic" He oc-
cupied two years in curing himself.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
Interesting Facts Concerning Wild Geese.

1 Mr.. Henry Faucet, of Dilworthtown,
Chester county, at one time purchased a
pair of wild geese from which he has raised
flock of seven. These geese have become
very tame and more readily caught and
handled than his dpmestic ones, but still
they have a strong desire to to migrate, and
to prevent this he has been compelled to
clip their wings. On Sunday morning he
was surprised to find his flock had increased
TO eleven, and were quietly feeding in his
barnyard. They have since remained there
and in the immediate vicinity, evidently
endeavoring to persuade MIR. Faucet S
geese to accompany them. They keep in
the immediate vicinity, at no time going
more than n mile distant, when they will
alight in some wheat field and again return.
They disappear at night, and notwithstand-
ing Mr. Faucet has made strenuous efforts
to discover their roosting place, for the pur-
pose of capturing them, he has been unable
to do so. On Wednesday morning they
returned with an additional number max
ing the flock eighteen. They fly very close
to the ground, at no time soaring higher
than the house top. When they alight they
keep the same position as when flying show
ing that they hold themselves in readiness
for any alarm that may be given Another
singular circumstance is given of heir move
ments, which is that each bird has his place
in the procession when flying which was
shown by the shooting of one next to the
leader. Since then that place is vacant and
the following one keeps his station in the
line as he did before his predecessor was
shot
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
Dining ON the Scsffold.

Two negroes recently executed IN Nir-
ginia made a request that they be permitted
to take their last meal on the scaffold. The
sheriff consented to this whim, and the exc
cution was delayed somewhat on this ac-
count. The prisoners said they only wanted
coffee, cornbread and molasses, but they
wanted good deal of it, such as it is was.
Accordingly a woman in the neighborhood
went to work and prepared the meal. In
the meantime the murierers sat composed
ly, the observed of all observers. About
twelve o'clock the repast WAS ready. \
rickety old table and two chairs were loaned
for the occasion. These were placed on
the scaifold, and on the table were pot of
steaming coffee, two pOnes Of cornbread,
mug of sorghum, plates, spoons. &c. Smith
took his coffee without cream, but Christian
called for some Of the tactical fluid The
cook had forgotten to send any, and after a
little delay it was brought. Then the men
began their meal 1t tool; them nearly one
hour to eat it. They laughed great deal.
and when they had cleared the dishes they
remarked: The old woman gets up first
rate dinner Then they each smoked a
segar, and at one O'Clock they arose on the
scaiTold. and confessed the crime for which
they were condemned, and said they would
90 straight to glory. At the close, and Just
before the ropes were tied, they requested
the crowd to sing the hymn, peace, peace,
on the golden shore. Christian had fine
tenor voice, and Smith sung pretty fair
bass. and after the tune had been raised
they both joined in with good will. All
of the spectators sang; and altogether it
was a musical feature of the show that
might have been enjoyed by disinterested
spectators had not the occasion been such a
serious one. At LIS o'clock all was ready.
Smith and Christian said, Farewell in a
loud voice, the prop was knocked from un
der them, and the sentence of the law was
carried to its completion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
Colors in Horses

Ii is curious fact, that while the various
shades of gray, from steel-grey to pure
white, and the grey that turns white after
seven wears old, are the most common colors
among Arabs and other Oriental horses of
the Arab class, there is not single grey
horse of any shade of any reputation on the
English turf, and has not been for more than
thirty years. Bay and chestnuts are the
prevailing colOrs of English thoroughbreds.
In the Arab studs bred in Wurtemberg, in
Russia, and in Hungary, which were ex-
hibited al the Vienna and Paris Horse shows,
grey-and particularly flea-bitten grey
was the prevailing color. Brown is also a
common color amongst the Syrian Arabs
Chestnut is the favOrite Arab color. On
the English turf, bay, chestnut. and brown
are the colors Of the more popular sires Of
modern times, and is something like that
order in proportion of numbers. In breed
ing superior carriage horses or any riding
horse, good bay. with black legs, is the
best stling color. Greys are out of fashion
and difficult TO sell. Brown, with tan
muzZle, is the most fashionable harness
color Dark chestnut is a good color in
every respect, but many purchasers object
to light chestnut; yellow bays with mealy
legs are still worse to sell. 1t is curious
fact that thoroughbred sires, unlike pedigree
bulls, can rarely be depended on to produce
their own colors in their stock. \ chestnut
sire will get bays and browns as well as his
own cOlOrs. ROans are more esteemed in
trotting sires, but can least of all be de
pended on Tor reproducing their own colors,
,Chich ara in fapf a niNflir,s pf Sgypr,,l colnrs
The only roans on the English turf of any re
pute were all of the Physalis blood, and intht
hands of the late Lord Glasgow They
varied from a red or strawberry roam (the
best of all that class of colOrs) TO a deep blue
roam, the last bad color TO sell in
half breds, and requiring to pass muster,
extraordinary action. The disfayor in
which this color is now held was shown on
the dispersion of Lord Glasgow stud, when
purchaser could not be found for one Of
five roam stations, even at 30 gs. 4 huuter
of any color with a character will find pur-
chasers, but hacks of any staring calor hang
on hand. On the continent, on the con-
trary, where riding horses are chiefly re-
quired as chargers, or for parade purposes,
grew is the favOrite color. You may see
more grey horses of all kinds in Paris than
in all England The cart-horses are nearly
all a grey-white The Percherons were
originally bay, but as the postmasters pre-
ferred grey they became grey. If, by any
tluke, grey horse were to win the Derby
or ST. Leger, we should see a number of
grey race-horses, and consequently of half
bred horses.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
How to Throw a Fly.

Seth Green, who has wide fame as n fly
fisher as well as tishculturist, gives the
following hints 10 anglers, which are timely,
rs the trout season is now open: Il am
asked a great many times. What is the Sc
cret of fly-casting, or how is it that | take
the prize when throw There are three
principles: First, quick out of water; sec
ond, give the line time TO straighten behind
you; third, throw. | will explain these
principles more definitely. Raise your rod
TO an angle of about forty-five degrees, back
of you; then make quick stroke forward;
make the stroke without carrying your rod
forward. When YOU take the line from the
water it should be done with a quick jerk !;
then give your line time TO straighten be
hind; then give it the same stroke forward
that you did to get ii out of the water. Why
so many fail in fiy-casting is, they throw
the rod backward too near the ground be-
hind them, and when they make the for
ward stroke, when the line gets Strengthened
out, it is some distance above the water and
kinks back, and when it ia Is upon the water
it lies crooked and is some distance short Of
what it would have been if il had struck the
water as soon as il was Strengthened out. II
a fish should strike at your flies at this time,
you are pretty sure 10 miss him. BY never
throwing your rod back more than on an
angle of forty-five degrees, and making the
stroke forward, your line goes straight out
and the flies go to the point you desire.
Great care should be taken when you have
thrown the line behind you that the line is
given time to straighten before making the
stroke forward | have thrown seventy
feet of line against strong wind, first by
giving my rod quick, strong back stroke,
carrying my rod not farther back than an
angle of forty-five degrees, and giving the
line time to straighten behind me, and
making the same stroke forward that | did
to get it back of me. / nearly forgot to
mention that it is more important to have
your line fit your rod than than it is to have
your coat tit your back, unless you are a
fop, and if you are, my advice is to not go
a-fishing You may think it strange that |
should tell you three or four times over in
the same article that in order to do good fly
casting you must not throw your rod back
only Just so far, and then wait for your line
to straighten behind you, and when your
rod is up to make quick stroke forward,
without carrying your rod forward even a
little, before you deliver the line.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
Fay As You Go.

The best of all rules for successful house
keeping and making both ends meet is TO
''pay as you CO. Beyond all countries in
the world, ours is the one in which credit is
the most used and abused. Passbooks are
the bane and pest of domestic economy, a
perpetual plague, vexation and swindle.
Abuse by servants at the store and the house
disputed constantly by houskeepers and
dealers they are temptations to both parties
to do wrong.
81 never had that"
''Wc neglected to enter this.
81 forgot to bring thu book.
'sNever mind, we'll make a note of it,
and so it goes.
But the worst of it is that housekeepers
are tempted to order what they have not
the means to pay for, and when the month
or quarter comes for settlement they are
Strengthened.
A family can live respectfully on very
moderate income if they always take the
cash in hand, and buy where they can buy
to the best advantage. Then they will be
careful first to get what is necessary. Extra
comforts will be had as they can afford
them. But it is bad policy to buy on credit.
No wise dealer sells 50 cheaply on credit as
for cash
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
Gold Lace.

One of the most singular mechanical
operations imaginable is the making of gold
wire for what is known as gold lace. The
refiner first prepares solid rod of silver
about an inch in thickness; he heats this
rod, applies upon the surface sheet Of
gold leaf, Furnishes this dOwn-and so on,
until the gold is about one-hundredth part
the thickness of the silver. The rod is then
subjected to train of processes which
brings il down to the state OF fine wire,
when it is passed through holes in a steel
plate lessening step by step in diameter.
The gold never deserts the silver, but ad-
heres closely to it, and shares all its muta-
tions; it is one-hundredth part the thick
ness of the silver at the beginning, and ii
maintains the same ratio to the end. Asto
the thinness to which the gold-cOated rod Of
silver can be brought, the limit depends on
the delicacy of human skill. II has been
calculated, however, that the gold actually
placed on the very finest silver wire for gold
lace is not more than one-third of one-mil-
lionth of an inch in thickness; that is, not
above one-tenth the thickness of ordinary
gold leaf,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
The Mule and the Indian.

/ see the beautiful Indian leaning up
against the fence, calmly surveying his ter
ritory And am free to admit that the
territory is powerful sight more beautiful
than the Indian The Indian is chewing
tobacco, and swearing at the mule He il
six feet high, the Indian is and his tail is
full of burs, the mules is. He wears but
ternut jeans and fur cap, the Indian does,
and you can hear him bray clear into the
car, the mule that is: He has bushy head
of hair and shocky whiskers, tanned out by
the sun, has the Indian; and he wears more
flat leather harness than he has hair, the
mule does. He carries black snake whip,
the Indian does, and as he swears, he lar
raps it over his hunkers, the mules hunkers.
And every time he, the Indian, fetches him,
the mule, one, he, the mule, kicks down
whole panel of fence | trust | have made
this clear enough
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
A Railroad on She Riri.

Two hours ride on Lake Lucerre, south
east from the city, brings us to the
Rigi, an isolated peak, and one of the most
remarkable of the whole Swiss Alps; not
on account of its altitude SO much as its
position and character commanding as it
does the view of more than twenty lakes,
nearly dozen cities and villages, and
mountain peaks innumerable on every side
Its northern escarpment looks sheer down
six thousand feet on Lake Zug, into which
person standing upon the brink seems al
most able to hurl a stone. The summit is
reached by railway, which is mastery
piece of civil engineering. Judging by the
eye, the incline ranges from thirty to fifty
degrees from horizontal: ami the car,
holding sixty passengers, is propelled by the
engine which puffs and labors in the rear.
and masters the incline, not by bite of its
wheels, but by third and cogged rail in
the centre between the other two; the mo
tion of the piston axle is gearei down TO
slow movement of the driving pinion, so as
TO give the engine increased power: and
the car moves about rs fast as a good brisk
walker would travel on a level road Every
thing connected with the road is constructed
upon the most scientific principles, and with
a view to absolute safety. \ few of the
arrangements will readily illustrate this fact
and they are as follows: The car, being pro-
PEELED, cannot run away if the coupling
should break. as the engine is behind it 90
ing up, and before il in coming down the
car moves at so slow rate that it can be
brought to a dead halt in a second of time
powerful brakes are attached both TO the
engine and the car, and bind upon the cog
ged wheel shaft, and not upon the smooth
track wheels: but above all is the fact that
the brakes are not used AT all, except for
auxiliary restraints, as the steam in the de-
scent is let into the cylinders on the reverse
side of the piston head, and thus becomes a
resisting, instead of propeliing power. OF
course, any unscientiiic mind can readily
comprehend the fact that if the steam has
power to push the car up, the same steam
in the reverse order can prevent its coming
down. Even the old lady who dreaded to
embark upon the canalboat, fearing accident
need not hesitate to scale the Rigi, and en-
joy the magnificent panorama, not presented
20 many in lifetime. The day was cloudy
Is i; often is. when we were there; but
when about to return in the last car down
the fog lifted for half an hour, and presented
a landscape lit up by the rays Of a setting
sun. never to Ge forgotten by those who
were witnesses 10 its glories.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-23
He Got Them.

evil you give me two centsl' inquired
a tramp of a man whom he found standing
on the corner of a street in New York.
1.-TWO cents" repeated the person ad-
dressed, meditatively.
at amt much ~ went on his trampship,
in a low piping key.
IF thought you really needed tt
al do need it, he broke in
''Do you want to get across the river T.
''No, sir, don't; New York's good en-
ough for me-"
''Do you want to buy bread for starving
familyi'
.'No, sir; amt got no family; I'm a
single man, l am"
.'Do you want the money to play policy
With"
'Indeed / don't"
'sWell, what do YOU want it forl"
Snow, then, I'll tell you. You see I've
got three cents myself-and I'm truthful
man-and | thought if could prevail upon
YOU to give me two-cent nickel, would
90 off quietly and have beer"
He got the two cents.