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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-26
Drunkenness In OIden Times.

The offence of drunkenness was a
source of great perplexity among the
ancients, who tried every possible way
of dealing with it. If none succeeded,
probably it was because they did not be-
ginearly enough, by intercepting some
of the ways and means by which the in
sidious vice is melted and propagated.
Severe treatment was often tried to lit
tie effect. The Locrians, under Zule-
neus made it capital offense to drink
wine if 1t was not mixed with water ;
even an invalid was not exempted
from punishment unless by order OF Q
physician. Pittaens of Mitylene made a
law that he who when drunk commit
ted an offense should suffer double
the punishment which he should do
when sober; and Plato, Aristotle and
Plutarch applauded this as the height
of wisdom. The Roman censors could
expel a Senator for being drunk and
take away his horse. Mahomet order
ed drunkards to be bastinadoed with
eighty blows. Other nations thought
of limiting the quantity to be drank at
one time or at one sitting. The Egyp-
tians put some limit, though what, is
not stated. The Spartans also had
some limit. The Arabians fixed the
quantity at twelve glasses a man, but
the size of the glass was unfortunately
not clearly defined by the historians.
The Anglo-Saxons went no further
than to order silver nails to be fixed on
the side Of drinking cups that each
might know the proper measure, and
1t is said that it was done by King Ed
gar, after noticing the drunken habits
of the Danes. Lycurgus of Thrsce
went to the root of the matter by or
dering the vines to be cut down, And
his conduct was initiated in 704 by Ter
hulus of Bulgaria. The Suevi prohibi-
ted wine to be imported, and the Spar
tans tried to turn the vice into con-
tempt hy systematically making their
slaves drunk once year to show their
children how foolish and contemplate
men looked in that state. Drunken
ness was deemed much more vicious in
some classes OF persons than in others.
The ancient Indians held it lawful TO
II king when he was drunk. The
Athenians made it a capital offense for
a magistrate to be drunk; and Charlie
magne initiated this by a law that judg-
es on the bench and pleaders should do
their business fasting. The Carthage
mans prohibited magistrates, govern
ors, soldiers and servants from any
drinking. The Scots, in the second
century, made it capital offense for
magistrates to be drunk, and Constan-
tine III Of Scotland, in SCI, extended a
like punishment to young people.
Again, some laws have absolutely pro-
hibited wine from being drunk by wo-
men; the Mass;lians so decreed. The
Romans did the same, and extended the
prohibition to young men under thirty
or forty-five; and the wife's relations
could scourge the wife for offending
and the husband himself might scourge
her to death.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-26
A Thoughtful Husband,

He went home one day last October
and saw his wife putting up peaches in
those .old-fashiOned tin cans that close
withsesling wax. She had an apron OH,
and two or three little blOtches of seal
ing wax ornamental the floor, while
the briudle cat under the table was lick
ing piece the size of a trade dollar
with assiduity and JUNCTION.
"See here, Maria,'' he said you'll
cripple yourself presently with that
hot wax" But she made him no ans
wer. He continued Oracularly: ''WO-
men never have any mechanical genius
any way. If there's 4 way of doing
anything wrong they are sure TO try
it,"
"Do you think you can do better?"
she observed, with some acidity.
"Why, of course l can," he replied,
with extreme self assertion.
''Well, here, just distinguish yourself
them"
So he sat down. She handed him Il
fresh can, just out of the hot water. He
took it in his hand and dropped 1t as if it
had been struck with lightning; while
he stuck his finger in his mouth and
looked sudden death at her because he
couldn't swear. She gave him a towel
to hold the next one with, and he took
it on his knee, lighted the sealing wax
stick, and commenced p-odding around
the top, but the bottom burnt his knsa,
and he jerked suddenly, bringing the
wax across the back of his left hand
with fearful precision. Then he jump
ed up and howled, and dropped the can
which emptied tablespoonful of fiery
fruit into his slipper. This made him
well nigh frantic, and he went dancing
about the kitchen like an inebriate
dervish, waving the burning wax Wild
ly, until large drop detached itself
from the flaming mass and dropped
plump upon his nose. In his furious
anger he kicked the offending can
through the window, scattering its con-
tents over the dog, who rushed into the
street bowling and raising an alarme
of mad dog" which engrosed the at
tention of all the people within three
squares. Then he submitted to be laid
on the sofa and plastered with flour and
sweet oil, until he looked like badly
gotten-up-seare-erow. He is now will
ling to make an affidavit the size of
barn-door that he will let the women be
lust as awkward as they choose.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-26
"Roaming Robert"

The wild, ungovernable passion a
barber has for trimming your hair! On
the fourth of December | was in Boston
thinking about lecture | was to deliv-
er in the evening. and so badly scared,
that | couldn't remember the subject
nor what it was about. l went into a
fremont Street "Institute of Facial
Manipulation and Tonsorial Decora-
ton" and inquired for the professor
who occupied the chair for Medieval
Shaving and Nineteenth Century Sham
poo. One Of the junior members of the
faculty, VINO was brushing an under
graduates coat, pointed me to a chair,
and climbed in. When the perfor-
nance was about concluded, the barber
said to me:
"Have your hair trimmed, sir?"
believed not
"Needs it very badly, sir" he said,
''looks very ragged"
Inever argue with barber. l said,
call right, trim it little, but don't
make it any shorter"
He Immediately trimmed all the curl
out OF it. | never discovered this my
self until few months ago, and then
| was very much surprised. | discov-
cred it by looking at my lithograph.
Well anyhow, he trimmed it.
On the 9Th of December | was at
Bath, Maine. Again was shaved, and
again the barber implored me to let
him trim my hair. When l answered
him that it had been trimmed only two
days before, he spitefully asked where
it was done. told him and he gave
expression to burst of sarcastic laugh
ter.
"well, well, well" he said at last, so
you let them trim your hair in Boston
Well, well. Now you look like q man
who has been around the world enough
to know better than that"
Then he affected to examine a lock
or two very particularly and sighed
heavily.
"Dear, dear, he said, 81 don't know
really, II L could do anything with that
hair or not; it's too bad"
"well, his manner frightened me and
I told him to go ahead and trim it, but
please not make it any shorter.
"No," he said, "oh, no, it wasn't nec-
essary to cut it any shorter. it was real
Iy too short now, but it did need trim
ing"
So he s'trimmed" it, and when faced
the Rockland audience that night, i
looked like prize-hghter.
In four days from that time was sit
ting In the chair of barber down in
New York State. He shaved me in
grateful silence, and then thoughtfully
run his fingers over my lonely hair.
'Trim this hair liltle, sir ?" he said !;
"straighten 1t up about the edgesY
meekly told had it trimmed twice
during the preceding week, and L was
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-26
Old and Young Lords.

In the English peerage the oldst duke
is the Duke of Portland, aged seventy
nine; the youngest, the Duke of Mont
rose, aged twenty-seven. The Oldest
marquis is the Marquis of Donegal,
aged eighty-two the youngest the Mar
qnis of Camden. aged, seven. The old
est earl in the House of Peers is the
Earl of Buckinghamshire, aged eighty
six, though the oldest bearer of the title
is the Earl of Kilmorey, an Irish peer
aged ninety-one; the youngest is the
Earl of Russell. aged fourteen. The
oldest viscount is Lord Stratford de Rad
cliffe. aged ninety one; and the young
est Viscount Southwell, aged seven.
The oldest baron is Lord Mastyn, aged
eighty-four; the youngest, Lord South
ampton, aged twelve. The Oldest MEM
Der in the House of Commons is Sir
Thomas Bageley, NJ. p. for Manchester
aged eighty-two; the youngest, Lord
Colin Campbell, NJ. P. for Argylefhire,
aged twenty-six. The oldest Judge in
England is Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Lord
Chief Baron of the Excheq Ler, aged
eighty-three: the youngest, the Hon.
A. II. Thesiger, Lord Justice of APP
peals aged Al The Oldest Judge in
Ireland is the Hon. James O'Brien, of
of the Queens Bench, aged 73: the
youngest, the Rt. Hon. Z. Palles, Chief
Baron of the Exchequer, aged 4S. The
oldest of the Scotch Lords of Session Is
Lord Ormsdale, aged "; the youngest,
Lord Shaud, aged so. The Oldest baro-
net is Sir Moses Montefior, aged 95; the
youngest, Sir L. L. III. Neave, aged 8.
The Oldest prelate Of the Church Of En-
gland is the Rt. Rev. A. Ollivant, Bishop
of Landau, aged 81; the youngest is the
Rt. Rev. Rowley Hill, Bishop of Sodor
and Man, aged 43. The Oldest prelate
of the Irish Episcopal Church is the
Rt. Rev. J. r. barley, Bishop of Kill
more, aged 79; the youngest. the Rt.
Rev. r. R. Gregg, Bishop of Cork,
aged As. The Oldest prelate Of the
Scotch Episcopal Church is the Rt.
Rev r. Eden, Bishop Of Moray and
Ross, aged IS, the youngest, the Rt.
Rev. j. R. Macharness. Bishop Of Ar
gyle and the Isles, aged Sc.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-26
Manufacture of Hair Cloth.

Hair cloth is made from the hair of
horses tails, which is brought, some o
it from South America, but more from
Russia. In the latter country it is col
lected a, the great fairs of Mimi, Nov
gorod and Isbilt. 1t is of all shades
color and for use it is dyed black.
The poorest quality sells for 30 cents
a pound; the b st for 81, the price rap
idly increasing as the length exceeds
twenty-four inches. In the fabrication
of hair cloth, the hair is wet with
water, and when well soaked is put on
the loom to he woven with a cotton
wrap. The weaving mechanism is so
perfect in its operation that if one of
the hairs forming the weft is missed,
the device acting upon it continues to
work until it has grasped it, all the 9th
er parts of the machine standing still.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-26

long, and then I've a great deal to at
tend to-"
"You seem to be a very stoutish kline
of man," said the officer.
"Yes," said Smith, his face getting
red and the warmth from the silk in
creasing, 'T'm pretty solid, but cam
stand n hot ROOM"
"Ah!' said the inspector, "what':
the trouble? Anything the matter with
your chest or lungs?"
'Only a slight oppression" replied
Smith.
Oppression about the lungs!" ex.
claimed the officer rising and advanc.
ing towards the suffocating agent
''Let me make an examination for you,
sir, it may be dangerous. Please re-
move your coat"
''It's nothing; it will soon pass
away" replied Smith, inwardly pray
ing for a chance to escape.
"My dear friend, you should not al
low yourself to suffer moment" said
the officer, "and insist upon exami-
ming your chest. Doubtless l can re-
lieve you of all your trouble"
The inspector insisted and the dis
cOmfitted agent, after vainly trying to
escape from his solicitation, finally ac-
knowledged the corn, and confessed TO
having concealed silk upon his person.
The officer laughed heartily and said /:
81 knew it all the while. Here's let
ter 1 received this morning." And he
handed Smith a letter written by
Ward, informing the inspector that a
smuggler would endeavor to pass a
quantity of silk, describing Smiths ap-
pearance and claiming one half of the
Information. Smith was indignant. of
course, but determined to get even with
the incorrigible joker, so he told the
officer about Ward having the roll of
cloth concealed in his panorama.
The inspector appreciated the joke
and let Smith go with small penalty.
The next morning Artemus Ward ar
rived at the Custom House with his pa
nOrama, when the officer commenced
interrogating him and insisted upon
his letting him have a glimpse of his
beautiful pictures.
Ward tried every excuse, but the Of
fetal was importunate, and finally he
was compelled to have his man unwind
one section of the panorama before the
inspector.
Artemus stood by and explained the
views until suddenly the cloth came to
light and as it slowly unwound in front
of the pictures Ward struck an attitude
like ms performance upon the stage
and in the drawl of the exhibitor said ::
This view is slightly encountered with
twenty yards of melton cloth. That
Smith told you all about it. What's
the damage?'
The inspector soon settled the ques-
tion of charges and Tor once Artemus
found himself caught by his own joke.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-26
Artemus Ward Sold.

Artemus was lecturing, with his pa
norama ,tSalt Lake, in Canada, and as
business was good he was in correspon-
din high spirits and his pockets were
fu of coin.
The day before they were to leave,
Smith, his advance agent, told Ward
that as silks were so much cheaper in
the British possessions than in the
United States he had purchased large
piece of silk and was going to take it to
his wife as a present. Ward was
pleased with the idea, and in the same
confidence told Smith that he had also
purchased piece Of melton cloth, and
both conferred with each other as to
the best way to secrete the goods so as
pass the Custom House.
Ward suggested to Smith to wrap the
silk around his body and Smith in turn
advised Artemus to place his cloth
within the folds of his panoroma oi
Salt Lake. They each agreed to take
the others advise, and Smith left the
next morning to go over to the States
in advance. The bundle of silk wound
around him made him feel quite un-
comfortable, especially when he came
to the Custom House and commenced
answering about his baggage.
The official was very polite and
passed his baggage without a murmur
and then invited him in his private Of
fee, handed him cigar and begged
him to take seat.
The heat Of the room began to make
Smith very uncomfortable and he rose
to 60.
'1Be seated, sir, said the official, 81
want to have little chat with you."
"No: / must be going" said the &C.
nial John. al can't stand sitting SC
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-26
THE OLD HOME.

b gone-I cannot always so. you know
Best It's So
Home, across the distant ridges OF the years.
With my tears
Aud the old house, standing still on the old
ground,
There found
In the parlor, in nv fancy, 1 could trace
Fathers face
And my mother. with her old accustomed air
Sitting there
While beside them brothers, sisters, true and
good,
Silent stood.
Thro' the stiffness swan the song of summer
bird
And there stirred
On the wall of the leaf-fecked sunshine and
the glow
Faded slow,
But from all the loving lips watched around,
Not sound
Then went upstairs, slow entering mid their
glooms,
All the rooms
And trod with softened step along the floors
Opened doors
But never heard q voice or met q soul
In the whole.
OF the breaths that stirred the draperies to and
fro,
Long ago
OF the eyes that thro' the easements used to
peep
Out Of sleep
OF the feet that in those chambers used to
Now are none.
OF the sunshine pouring downward from the
sky,
Blue snd high
OF the LEAKAGE and the ancient garden plot,
Brown and hot
OF the streamlet and the shingle, and the tide
These abide
But beyond iis azure yauitlng overhead
Are my dead
Though their graves were dug apart in many
lands.
Joining hands,
They have gathered snd are waiting TIL
come.
That is home
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-02-26
Steamboat Speed.

1t is claimed that two steamboat
launches lately built for the British Ad-
miralty have attained the highest rate
of speed ever recorded of any boat, ice
boats of course excepted. The boats
are constructed of steel, s5 feet long
and IL feet beam. The best time made
was at the rate Of 1856 miles per hour
with the tide, and something less against
it; the average being 25.2 miles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-30
Trade and Business.

The wool market has further stiifened.
Stocks of desirable fine woods are very small,
and for these an advance can be realized o, er
a week ago.
The London Telegraph's financial article
says that 10000. gold, were purchased in
open market for shipment to New York on
Friday. 1t is expected that goo, 900 in gold,
lust from Australia, will also 20 to New
York.
Our abundant harvest and the stiff prices
caused by the short crop in Europe. are said
to be likely to give farmers of the United
States $50, 900, 900 more for their wheat
than they expected when they sowcd their
seed.
The Economist says it is reported that a
new Russian 1 ] per cent. loan of fl5,00O,-
600 or f20, 000. 900 j. about to be offered in
London. the money to be devoted to the CON
struction of railways. Also that another and
a larger loan for the requirements of Russia
on account of war material will be likely to
follow.
The short-time movement in the Oldham
cotton trade is extending. Four-fitths of the
trade are now curtailing their production.
The Preston and District Spnners' Associa-
ton have issued "A circular, complaining that
the wages Of spinncrs are now % per cent.
less than in lS66, and stating that there is
great distress among the working classes.
leading English grain circular says
"Up to Wednesday the wheat trade showed a
hardening tendency at all British markets.
with a large consumption and speculative de
mand, but Thursday the tone was quieter and
the extreme advance was scarcely supported.
The weather for the past few days has been
unfav orabe for harvesting, and the quality
of wheat remaining a-ficld is daily deterior-
ating"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-30
Personal.

Sir Garnet Wolseley offered 10000 head OF
cattle for King Cetewayo, alive or dead.
The Supreme Court of Rhode Island has
appointed Robert Thompson trustee of the
property Of Mrs. William Sprague.
Mr.. William II. Vanderbilt is understood
to have an agent in Europe who is author
lied to expend $500, 600 for works of art
The Rev. Leander S. Coan of Alton, n.
H., we'll known in the G. A. r., and some
what famous as dialect poet under the non,
de plume of the "Old Corporal" died on
Wednesday night.
The ex-khedive Of Egypt has fortune, it
10 said, Of $50, 00O, 900, and yet so deeply in
grained in his character is the habit of as
sumed poverty that he has been humbly
writing to his son, the present ruler, for a
small sum for urgent and immediate need.
Tewhk, on the contrary, is represented as a
pattern Of economy.
One Of the few survivors of the American
naval service in the War of 1912 is Captain
George w. Taylor, of Milton, Saratoga
county, aged eighty-fivc years. He is the
last Of the crew of the sloop of war Hornet,
and when that vessel captured the British
brig Peacock, he was one of the detachment
ordered to remove the wounded from the lat
ter. When the Peacock sank he narrowly
escaped by leaping into boat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-30
MONEY RAPIDLY MADE.

Small and large investments from $50 to
$4,000. in the combinations of Messrs. Law
renee \ Co.. pay large profits. This new and
successful system unites thousands of orders
from customers into one immense capital, and
is managed with the best skill and expert
encc in the stock market. Profits are shared
pro rata by customers every month Share
holders thus obtain all the advantages of
large capitalists. Thousands are rapidly max
ing money. and many have acquired hand
some fortunes by this safe and legitimate
method, which has been among the most sue
cessful of the movements of the Stock Ex-
change. S2j will make Sl25, or ) per cent.
800 will return $500, $500 will net $1,000
ETC., according to the state of the market.
New explanatory circular, with ''unerring
rules for success mailed to all applicants by
by Messrs. Lawrence & Co., Bankers, 81 Ex-
change Place. New York CITY.
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should hahg around tnis stable, and pass
good portion of the evening, after 10 O'Clock,
leaning out of the window ne if watching and
waiting for some one.
The Funeral.
At = o'clock the hour appointed for the SER
vices, upwards of 1000 persons had gathered.
A gentleman who counted the vehicles scat
tered along the roadside, found that there
we're nearly three hundred. Very many came
from n distance. Knots of men gathered
about the premises for hours preceding the
funeral, discussing the murder and its attend
ant circumstances. Rev. DIR. Weston of
Westbrook Seminary, preached brief dis
course from jeremiah viii, % SIS there no
balm in Gilead; is there no physician there
The discourse counselled acquiescence to the
Divin, will, even if its DEGREES seemed mys-
FERROUS. \ light shower of rain made the
yard an uncomfortable point for listening or
observation, but the most earnest attention
was paid throughout.
The remains were placed on a bier in the
front yard, and viewed by the audience for at
least half an hour before the coffin lid was
fastened down. Except livid discoloration
on the right cheek there was no evidence of
the violence which had been exercised upon
the unfortunate man. A cross of pansies and
two wreaths lay upon the casket
The exercises were conducted under the d-
rection of the Cumberland Farmers Club, of
which Mr.. Lowe had been an active member.
/ About sixty were in attendance and acted as
an escort as the funeral train wendell its way
to the cemetery. There were sixty carriages
in the procession. AT the grave each of the
individual members of the Club deposited a
sprig of cedar in the grave and the manifes-
tations of sorrow were extremely poi gnant.-
II was a touching spectacle, as those strong
men wcpt lie children upon parting with all
that was mortal of their late associate. who
bore Il high reputation as a man and citizen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-30

Graves ana Curtis. furniture and china ware,
$4,000 (uninsurcd). and William Mcilugle,
liquor dealer, s23, 900 uninsured.
The following were among the heavy losers ;
The First National. So ,0OO-uninsured
Browning & Wingrose. grocers 1886, 000-un-
insured; Benjamin lIolstein, grocer, 81 900,
uninsured: Munlcr ( Lchental, clothiers,
$4,000, insured for -. 900: {. Il. Strauss.
dry-goods, $1,000, fully insured: Starr Il
Bullock hardware. S2j 900, insured for Sl5,-
600; T. Il. Cornforth. fruit dealer, $1,000,
uninsured; Iletchel & Co, $4,000, insured
for s. OOO Daniel Mclaughlin, on residence,
$4,000, uninsured; Matthewson 4 Goldberg,
grocers, $4,000. uninsured; l.. Liebman.
fancy goods, $50. 600, insured for $4,000
Jensen Bliss, hardware, $1,000, uninsured
Culbertson 4 Young. produce and commits
sion merchants, 1000, fully insured