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The New York herald., 1879-09-27
SPECIAL. NOTICES.

SFECAAL NOIlCESs
A.
LUCKY MAN
RESIDENT OF CHARLEsTowN, A NAVY YARD
NAN. DRAWS $500 IN THE KEN.
TUCKY STATE LOTTERY.
From tho Boston Globe, September 25.l
"A fool and his money are easily parted" is old
which and have ofton confirmed
but there great many who part with their
money and there persons who their all
and have nothing to show who neither fools
spcndthrifts In tho outlay money general rule
safely be followed times evident the
circumstances of svsry emergency, tho changing
phases Of all spsculations the
cool but judgment the money and modify
Richards time down This fully
appreciated by man, will read it in Boston
night-a poor mechanic who laid out 81 for a lottery
ticket and g. 500 which he received in return
for it last Like hundreds fellow citizens Mr
George s. washburn of SO Washington St, Chsrlsso~n,
had but little realizing anything worth
ing when he paid ou. dollar recently and took chance
that it barely possible might lucky number
and receive comfortable return S.me day which would
surprise and gratify ham, So Mr. Washburn thought but
little Of his venare Time wore .nd he attended TO
erabIe old Which has stood o9 opposite the
Navy Yasd das these He hardly thought Of hear
did not dca knowing il chance game at
best and which he took his risk with thousands OF
Others The lottery drawing for the 10th of
September. however. and Mr.. Washburn Of the
fortunate investors His ticket, for which he had paid
but u dollar, drow $500 and he
notified Of that happy TACT Last Saturday by his
thority the Adams Express Company from
Messrs. Williamson Co.. 500 Broadway New York the
General Eastern Agents for Messrs Simmons Dickinson.
Managers of the Kentucky Lottery and Mr. Wash
burn promptly received his reward Monday evening he
went away to New York pleasure trip. and to call
old friends whom he had not for several
years to tell them Of his good luck He will soon how,
on at his usual work Mr. wsshburn lives in comfora
BILE house Washington street and is young yet.
Hard times have not over him lighter than they
of the which he possesses is welcome lift" to
him and his family May he make good OF it and live
long to enjoy 1t.
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A RESIDENT OF cHARLEsrowN. NAVY YARD

NAN. DRAWS $500 IN THE KEN
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
Chiih Lie ON The Amman. =.

1t is interesting 10 watch how The
mental traits of the race appear even in
the young babies on the AmaZ 1n- III
plavthing Is given them they examine
ft grayely for a little while and then
LET il drop. Observe how different this
i from a white baby's actions. a
bri rht little six mOnths-old at home
has four distinct methods of inyestiga-
tion: first, by looking; second, by
touching: then by putting the object
in its mouth; and finally by banging
il against the floor. The brown infant
last looks; he does not investigate at
all. As the children grow older the
same trait i apparent in almost every
case. An Indian is content to see and
hear thing, without troubling himself
about the why's and wherefOres; even
such incomprehensive pursuits Is fos-
sil-collecting or butterfly catching, or
sketching, provoke hardly any curiosi-
ty. The people look on quietly, some
times asking a question or two, but
soon dismissing the subject from their
minds as something they are incapable
of understanding. With all the crowd
ing 10 see the Lady of our party, hardly
a person asked why she came. So,too,
the babies are unambitious; they do
not cry after pretty colors or stretch
out their hand TO candle. And the
men have no apparent desire to better
their lot. They 20 on just as their
fathers did; submit to the imposition
ofthe whites. a little sullenly, but with
out a thought of rebellion, unless there
is white or a half-breed to lead them.
The children do not care much for
playthings; we rarely see one with
rag doll; the little boys delight in
bows and arrows, but they take them
as part of their training. Sometimes
the people have dances, in imitatation
of the fiesta" sports; and We hear
them humming the waltzes and quad
riIles which their quick ears have
caught from the musicians. As an In
dian will paddle steadily all day, while
his wife at home hardly ceases her mo-
nOtonous cOtton-beating, so the little
ones have an IneShaustible gift of pa
thence. Where a white child would
fret and cry, the brown one sits all day
perfectly still, but watching every
Thing around him. To see a little In
dian boy in a canoe, you would say
that nothing of him was alive out his
ewes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
In the Jaws Of a Lion.

was out after porcupines, and was
lying down one night rear porcu-
pines hole waiting for him to come out.
| had no gun, but only my hunting
knife and my knohkerrie, with which
to knock the porcupines on the nose;
for that, you know, kills him at once.
| did not hear a sound until | found the
grass near me move and a lion put his
paw on me and lifted me up. The
brdte pressed his claws into me, but
luckily my leather belt prevented his
teeth from damaging ME, and he car
ried me by holding on my belt and coat
If either Of these should have given way
| should have been laid hold of in far
rougher manner. 4 lion is like cat
in one thing, he can hold living crea-
ture in his mouth and not damage ii,
Just as have seen cat carry mouse.
| knew the nature of the lion well
enough TO know that if | struggled L
should have my neck broken or nv
head smashed in an instant, so L did
not struggle, but quietly drew my knife
and thought what best to do | thought
at first of trying 10 strike him in the
heart, but could not reach that part
of him, and his skin looked so loose
that | feared that could not strike him
deep enough, carried as ! was. 1 knew
it would be life or death with me in an
instant, so, turning myself bit, | CASH
ed the lions nose, and cut il through.
The lion dropped me as should drop a
poisonous snake, and jumped away
roa. ing with pain. He stood for an in
stant looking at me, bu. did not move
and he did not seem 10 like TO carry me
again. More than once he came up TO
within a few yards, licking the blood as
it poured from his nose; but there
remained like stone, and he was fair
ly afraid to tackle me again. l know
buffalo and an OK are very sensitive
about the nose, and eat If just tipped
on the nose can't stand 1t, so thought
a lion might be the same, and so it
urOyel
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
A lump of Soft Coal.

Forsyears no one had supposed that a
lump of soft coal, dug from mine or
bed in the earth, possessed any other
purpose than that of fuel. 1t was next
found that 1t would afford gas that
was combustible. Chemical analyses
proved it to be made of hydrogen. In
process of time, mechanical and chemi-
cal ingenuity devised mode of manu-
featuring this gas and applying 1t to
the lighting of buildings and cities on a
large scale. In doing this other pro-
ducts of distillation were developed un-
til, step by step, the following ingredi-
ents are extracted from it: An excel.
lent oil to supply lighthouses, equal to
the best sperm oil, at lower cost. Ben
zole, light sort of ethereal fluid which
evaporatos easily, and, combined with
vapor or moist air, is used for ihe pur-
pose of portable gas lamps, so called.
Naptha, heavy fluid, useful to dis
solve gutta-percha and india rubber:
an excellent oil for lubricating purpos-
es. Asphaitum-which is black, solid
substance, used in making varnishes.
covering roofs and covering over vaults.
Paraffine-a white crystalline substance
resembling white wax, which can be
made into beautiful candles similar to
wax; it melts at temperature of 10
deg. and affords an excellent lioht
All these substances are now made from
soft coal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
The Loon

The loon is, ia the sIrictest sense, an
aquatic fowl. 1t can hardly walk upon
land, and one species at least cannot
take flight from the shore. But IN the
water its feet are more than feet and
its wings are more than wings. 1t
plungss in the denser air and flies with
incredible speed. lis head and neck
form a sharp point to its tapering neck.
Its wings are far in front and its legs
equally far in the rear, and its course
through the crystal depths is like the
speed of an arrow. In the northern
lakes it has been taken forty feet under
water upon hooks baited for the great
lake trout. | had never seen one until
last fall, when one appeared in the
river in front of my house. / knew
instantly it was the loon. Who could
not tell a loon a half mile or more
away, though he had never seen one
before? The river was like glass, and
every movement of the bird as it sport
ed about broke the surface into ripples,
that revealed it far and wide. Pres
emily boat shot out from shore and
went ripping up the surface toward the
loon. The creature at once seemed TO
divine the intentions of the boatmen,
and Sided off obliquely, keeping a
sharp lockout as If sure it was pur-
sued. y steamer came down and passed
between them, and when the way was
again clear The loon was still SWIM
ming on the surface. Presently it dis
appeared under the water, and the
bOatman pulled sharp and hard. In
few moments the bird appeared some
rods further on, as if to make an OBJ
servation. Seeing it was being pur-
sued, ami no mistake, it dove quickly
and when it came up again, had gone
many times as far as the boat had in
the same space of time. Then it dove
again, ard distanced its pursuer so easi-
ly that he gave over the chase and rest
ed on his oars. But the bird made fl
nal plunge, and when it emerged upon
the surface again it was over one mile
away. Its course must have been, and
doubtless was, an actual flight under
water, and half as fast as the crow flies
in the air.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
y Shocking Fellow

George Bell, of Portland, Oregon,
possesses the remarkable peculiarity oil
being able to deliver a shock as percep-
tible and distinct as that from a gal
Vanic battery Ga the evening OF the
4th he attended the ball given by the
Master Mariners Association at B'nai
Birth Hall, and there created cOnsid-
cradle amusement for those who knew
the secret of his powers by the way in
which he treated the ladies to whom he
was introduced and with whom he
mingled in the dance. A reporter
called upon him to request an explana-
tiOn of the phenomenon.
You can call 1t a phenomenon or
anything else,'' said Mr.. Bell, ''but |
can give no explanation of it. | siE-
ply possess the power Of giving these
shocks, and that's about all there is
about il. Idon't care about any sense
less publicity on the subject, though
you can mention it if you want to.
will tell you how it works. There is
= uNeiA VI NACIAl III sum,
and when | catch q person by each
hand it seems to pass from me to them.
You've seen people take hold Of the
handles of battery; well, my hands
are like those hardles. Give me your
hands and 1 will show you"
Mr.. Bell took the hands of the re-
porter in his and pressed them tightly.
A shock Ofelectricity, in no way differ
ing from that given by battery, was
received.
'YOu see," said the living battery,
when | draw in my breath the cleo
tric current seems to acquire great
power" The reporter felt TIE truth
of the remark as the sharp prickly SEN
sation increased, as if few hundred
invisible needles were being shot
through his arms.
There, you have the whole thing.
description and experience, rs much as
1 can give" SAID he, as he dropped he
hards of the reporter.
Il understood you could pick up nee
dies, Mr.. Bell, with your fingers, as
with magnet" said the searcher for
facts.
'.Oh, no, / never could do that.
These stories are always exaggerated
you know" replied he, as he lit his
cigarette and blew the white smoke out
through the open window.
81 presume it furnishes yourself and
friends abundant of amusement when
you desire it," suggested the reporter.
"Well, yes, can have some fun now
and then. l give the shock, you know,
when no one expects it, and often /
frighten the ladies when l place one
hand upon shoulder and grasp their
hand with the other. They take it in
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
.praetical ScieDre~

Under the above heading, the 81.
Croi1 Courier, of st. Stephen, N. B., in
referring to the analysis of DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, recently made by
Prof. Chandler. of New York, and
others, says: "Nothing was discovered
which we think objectionable, and the
published analysis should increase,
rather than retard, their sale. To us,
1t seems little unjust to call a man
quack, simply because he seeks to reap
as much pecuniary reward as other
classes of inventors. The English
Press is conservative, yet after a care
full examination of all the evidence, it
not only endorses but recommends the
Family Medicines manufactured by
DIR. Pierce. No remedies ever offered
the afflicted give such perfect satisfac-
ton as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
A Butterfly Collector.

Mr.. Metzger, a resident of Albany,
y. v, has one Of the largest and fine-t
collections of butterflies in the world.
Ii took Mr.. Metzger twenty-five years
to gather them. From Russia, France,
Great Britain and Spain; from Florida
and Texas; from Maine and Canada;
from the woods OF the North and the
groves of the South, these marvels of
nature have been brought and now
preserved in manner maintaining
their living features, they present a
picture of beauty simply indescribable.
There are over ten thousand of these
richly colored flies, and they are a
study indeed. The writer suggested
they represented a fortune, Yes"
said Mr.. Metzger, with shrug of his
shoulders, ''but never sell fly. That
| would not do. Sometimes | want a
particular fly from abroad, and it costs
ME often ten or twenty dollars, but be-
ing a poor man | endeavor to effect an
exchange with my duplicates. Others
more fortunate than | can buy them
outright. | confine my collection to
The latitude of the Northern HeInis-
phere. There is fly named after me,
and over in that corner is one that is
simply priceless. There are but two
known to exist. You see that deli
cately constructed insecs. That is of a
remarkable family. 1t matches as a
butterfly in September; lives through
the frost of winter; cold, however in
tense, cannot kill that gossamer bit of
Gods handiwork, but when the spring
comes and the soft nights of May makes
all nature lovely, this little thing gives
up its eggs and dies. Its mission is
over. There is the common moth.
How graceful and dainty it is, There
is the outcome of the tomato worm,
which has desolated acres of tomatoes
in certain years. There is an insect of
which the male only is wingeI, and
yonder fly of metallic hue, which is
considered by us very valuable"
Have you caught many of these
butterflies yourself?"
Tine greater part of them. When a
boy in the old country. it was my hobby,
and for eighteen years in America
have been busy. Even in this neigh
borhood / am out nearly every summer
night, hunting for my treasures. I
will spend ali day in the woods, or all
night, for that matter, in search of
what | want. In this way l got many
flies that had not, and many that are
wanted abroad. / am an enthusiast, of
course, and take great care of what l
have"
''To you, then, it is a delightful oc-
cupation to search for and find new
butterfly"
1t is delightful occupation. Every
thing in nature is beautiful, not mere
ly butterflies. Take the birds..Or fishes,
or different insect life. 1t is study OF
man for which lifetime is too short.
Nature is as rich and bountitul in
beauty as in utility, and it is pleasant
to find this out by personal experience"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
HUMOROUS.

ovrxc TO THE WEATHER.-A Dig
awshov doubled over bench at the
Citv Hall market, too sick to move, anu
roo discouraged TO care what became Oh
him Two or three of the mother mar
ket women fixed him up doses oil pep
nor and when he was little better one
of them said:
''Boy. you want to let har'es' aPp''9
alone" .D
..Harvest apples?" he sneered- DO
YOU think eight or nine harvest apples
could double up big boy like me
81 saw you eating cherries, put III
a second woman.
81 know you did, but hain't L USED 70
cherries? Humph. Why, l'm nity
times as big as quart OF cherries
And he bought two cucumoers on
my stand an hour ago.. squeaked
little black. eyed woman.
..Yes, did," answered the boy, "but
they didn't make only mouthfui;
T'other night | ate ten all at once anu
they didn't hurt be Bit"
"And saw him eating tomatoes ana
turnips ?" solemnly remarked Il tall man
with green glasses on.
rs 'posin' you did," walled the boy,
as the collie got fresh grip. "wasn I
tomaters and turnips made TO eats
Don't you folks want to give boy any
show to git along? | tell We it,s shis
here storm what affects me, and II you
women had any mercy on me you
bring me some plums and green corn
and bologna and pears and dish OF ice
cream to take this pepper taste out oil
my mouth ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20

good part nearly always, though | now
and then get into little trouble with
those eross-grained specimens Of hui
manity who never can take joke.
'sHow do the ladies treat your cleo
trical powers? Are they frightened
more than the men?"
"Of course. Did you ever know a
la ly who wouldn't scream louder than
a man could when she saw a child fall
down stairs? Those who don't know
me al all sometimes get frightened; but
the ones who do, usually say, "Oh,
how you shock me, Mr.. Bell and
laugh. 1 shock the ladies often, but l
can't help il you know"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
A Boys Fireworks.

Josephus Thistlehummer is good
little boy, and he told all the boys that
he was ''goin' to have bully old
Fourth, you bet yer boots" He kept
his money in a savings bank. The bank
was tin, and he put the money in at the
roof. The savings banks always pay
out 100 cents on the dollar. Some 9TH
er savings banks do not pan out so well.
Josephus held meeting of directors,
and it was unanimously resolved to re-
move the deposits from the vaults OF the
bank until after the Fourth. Perhaps
labor riots were feared. He removed
the nickel and copper accumuiations
through the roof by means of case
knife and a two tined fork. They
amounted to S3.9l, which he put into
tirst-class ecurities-rockets, Roman
candles, ,serpents, ,torpedoes, pin-wheels,
crackers. etc. He took advantage OF
his younger brother Sebe's (Eusebius)
absence to climb to the top Of the book
case and put his pyrotechEic acqulsi-
tions there. In two minutes he thonght
of better place. Hide 'em under the
bookcase. His mother will find some
toe scratches on the mahogany to-mor-
row, and somebody'll get hurt Then
he thought of tiptop place, and took
them TO the kitchen. He'd be up be-
fore daylight in the morning, of course.
But the cook got up first. She was
up at five o'clock and much surprised
was she to find the fire all ready for
lighting-stoye filled with nice round
pine sticks and colored paper. Old
Thistlehummer was growing kind, she
thought. She touched the kindling of
with a match and began pounding the
beefsteak. The cat came in from her
family OF six at the stable and rubbed
her side and back on Malinda's ankles,
her tail waving her spine gracefully
and billowy. She purred loud and eX-
pectant. The fire was cracking glee-
fully. Great guns, sizz-whiz bang
boom. The top of the stove went out
first. The cat bowled through the win
dow. leaving a strong smell OF burnt
fur trailing after her. The hired girl
ran on into the yard and went over the
fence like hurdle jumper. Then she
fell in a fit. Old 1histlehummer
awoke and remarked to his wife that
he supposed the blanked idiocy had be-
gun. Then he heard more, and the
house rocked like canal boat in a
storm. Thistlehummer is brave man
but when ne came down stairs and
gazed in the kitchen he was somewhat
shaken. Rockets, RomIn candles pin
wheels, serpents and fire-crackers were
holding high carnival in the sacred
place, chasing each other as if posses
sed. \ sky rocket which had been i'm
potently sputtering away in a corner,
reused itself for a final effort, and car
ried away two of the old gentleman :
front teeth they were false, though
then gave him a parting kick in the
back, leaving a permanent lumbago.
They managed to save the rest of the
house without calling on the fire de
partment, though the end next the
kitchen was burned "a black a free
lunch liver.
Josephus will never forgive Malinda
never. "NOthin' but kerlessness,
says Master Thistiehummer; "she'd
orter looked"
But Malinda went to the hospital,
and the cat, as she has never returned,
has, it is presumed, found another
boarding house.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20
Languor. Its Cause aud itemcJ,

The cause OF languor, when it is not the i'm.
mediate r indirect consequence Of positive
disease. Is traceable to a deoilitating tempera-
ture.' Persons living in a warm. moist climate
are peculiarly subject to t. Diminished phys
ical vigor and an indisposition to active exer-
ton are Its characteristics. Sometimes it is
accompanied by undue relaxation Of the bow
els, and by dyspepsia or bI ious symptoms A
reliable remedy Is Hostetters Stomach Bitters,
strengthening and alternative medicine de-
rived from the purest and most eff acious
vegetable soulc ces, with pure spirituous basis,
pronounced by eminent physicians q mild and
wholesome stimulant. The Bltters, foremost
Of American TONES, is largely used in the
tropps, where the climate is very productive
Of debility, malsrial fevers. and disorders of
Ne bowels, liver and digestive or. ans.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-20

STARCH FOR FINE MUsLINs.-A sOlu-
tion of gum arabic in water makes Z
nice starch for lawns and thin muslin,
giving them new appearance. Dilute
the dissolved gum until you fiud by ex-
pertinent that you have it just right.
1t takes but minute to rub cloth in
it, slightly dry and iron it, to test the
strength OF the gum water. Lawns
renewed IN this way, after washing,
not only lcok as though just made up,
but retain their good appearance won-
derfully well.