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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07

received and paid for, and | continued
writing. Soon after new book was
given to the public, and loudly applau-
ded. A few evenings afterwards, Mr..
Graham called and brought me the
book, saying he wished me to read it,
rs he felt sure l should like it. The
arthor was unknown, he said; she on
ly gave fictitious name; and all the
efforts of the public had been unsuc-
cessful in finding her out. / said moth
ing. | chose to keep my secret.
L had made up my mind to give up
copying, and told him so. He looked
at me in a surprised way for moment,
then said: "may ask why, Miss Wilde
Are you to be married: Tell me that
it is not so,''
He took my hand, then went on, hur-
riedly: IL love you. You cannot be
surprised at this; you must have heard
it before Tell me that no one else has
a claim On your heart"
told him the story Of my past life.
''You cannot care for second love" :"
| said.
But he only clasped me in his arms
saying, "Your second love is more pre-
cious to me than the first love of any
other woman"
l told him that evening who was the
authoress of the book, he so much adj
mired. A look of proud joy came into
his face.
81 thought it was like you; it made
me think of you when | read it; but |
did not dream of this. Why have you
kept it such a secret:"
"Can you wonder!" replied. "HIave
for my good fortune, and then forsahen
when it forsook me: l wished to be
loved for myself alone"
Only once have | met Albert Free
man; it was seven years after my faith
er's death. He didn't know of my
marriage, and begged me to forgive
him.
80, Marion.'' he said, ''You would
forgive and pity me if you knew what
had suffered. Only forgive me Mar
ion, and let me win your heart once
more. Promise to be my Nife, and
nothing on earth shall part u.s."
What flood of bitter memories OPP
pressed my soul.
There was time long past" | an
swered, "when my heart was all your
own; but you cast it back as worthless.
Have | not suffered, think you? |
would not trust you with my heart if it
were ever so free; but it is not; | have
given it To- one that loves me, not for
my gold, but for myself; l am married
to a good and noble man, and love
him with my whole heart"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07
How a Manager was Eucired

John Schofeld, was standing in the
street entrance of Hooley's contcm-
plating with extreme satisfaction
the procession that was passing
into the house, when his attention was
especially drawn to two young men
with noisily checkcred ulsters and en-
ormOus diamonds, who were confer
ring in some earnestnsss with the jun
ior Hooley, who presides at the box Of
flee. 'Want pass, suppose y thought
he. "Don't get it this trip, all the
same" Presently he saw the treas
urer point him out, and directly after
the pair approached.
"Say! your Eame SchofeldE' asked
one of them,
eyes, sir"
care you the manager of this here
show:"
yes
''Do you pass the perfesh:'
''The what?"
"'rhe perfesh."
whats that:
CAV, don't screw yourself too high.
Do you pass the perfesh?"
"Do you mean the profession -
"Why, cert-the perfesh."
''That depends-who are yOu!"
"We're McGlannahan and McGlaber-
ty.
'EWhat do you do"
Each put a hand to the others
nearest shoulder and danced three or
four steps as they sang:
Oh, hate to tell,
But then must.
winding up by raising their hats and
striking an attitude.
"Song and dance men, are you? Sor-
ry, but | can't pass you"
"wh-w-well, I'll be blam' a. said
one, incredu1ously astonished. 'YOu
don't pass the perfesh?"
"Why," exclaimed Mr.. Schofield, 81
can't let you in; I'm turning people
away from the house that want 10 pay
money to get in. How do you suppose
| can afford to give you roOm?"
s'Then won't you pass us?'
"No."
''That settles it. Your names SchO-
field, is :" (producing piece of pa
per-.
eyes, my names Schofield."
'Got pencil? Lemme take ii"
Mr.. SchofieId let him take it.
Glow do you spell that ungodly
name of yours:' preparing to note
the spelling).
"S-c-h-o-f-i-e-l-d, Schofield."
"S-k-o-w-. Do you know what I'm
goin' to do?"
"No."
'I'm goin' to give it to you in th'
perfesh. I'm goin' co write you uI
strong"
"Oh! You are, are your" And here
about Mr.. Schofield began to look ex
traordinarily quiet.
"Yes, am, S-k-o-hue! / can't spell
that beastly old name-write it down
yerself. want to get it just right.
want to let you have itso that nobody I
be able to mistake it."
"Gimme that paper and pencil" F" salt
Mr.. Schofield, with sudden energy
I'll write it for you plain enough
Therer' writing against the walD, 81
B. Sehofield, bigawd. There, SEN
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07
Danger In n Seal Skin Sack.

1t was fearful battered up citizen
ess that walked into police headquar-
tiers the other day and demanded
warrant.
Certainly" said the p. A., picking
up blank. "What is the scoundrers
name, madame?"
''It wasn't man. 1t was that ugly,
spiteful hussy, Mrs. MeGuffey. I'll
have her hearts blOodr'
''You don't mean to say that it was
a woman that battered you up in that
fearful manner?"
''I'll tell you all about it. You see
the disgusting creature lives next to
me.
''And this morning was just polish
ing up our cake basket-real silver
your hoDor-when what should | see
going past the window but Mrs. Gufrey
starting out for walk i'm seal skin
sackr'
Eyes, madame, but-'
''The idea of her in a seal skin when
she can hardly pay her rent. l just
ran to the window to see if it was seal
skin or not, and leaned out to look"
81 insist, my good woman"
"And L leaned-and / leaned-and
the first thing knew, 1 fell clean out
on my head"
"And that's what injured you in this
manner?''
Exactly, sir. Now l want to get
her arrested and sent to Jail for ten
years, if you can fix it that way. Seal
skin sack, indeed :"
But the official heartlessly refused to
interfere, and the female wreck walk
ed of, consoling herself with the re-
lection that it was wash day, and that
1t all events, she could cut all the
clothesl.ne tied to her back fence and
ct down the MeGuffey linen into the
dir
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07
The American Flag.

The flag of the United States was Origi-
nalIy adopted by an Act of Congress June
14th 1777. 1t was then composed of thir-
teen stripes and ornamented with thirteen
stars, because there were thirteen separate
states represented in the Union. In 1874
Senator Bradley, of Vermont, moved that
the FLAG consist of fifteen stripes and fifteen
stars, Kentucky and Vermont having been
added to the number of States, and this
was adopted In 1918 Congress went back
to the thirteen stripes, with new star for
each new state, and this is the present regu-
lation for the regular flag. In 1899, when
the revenue flag was adopted, Tennessee
had been admitted, and there were then SIX
teen states, so the flag had sixteen stripes.
This has never been changed. Thus the
revenue flag has sixteen perpendicular
stripes, the union being white with the
national arms in dark blue and the regular
flag has thirteen horizontal stripes, the
union being blue, with white star for
every state.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07
The Fuel supply.

There is one point in household econ
omy upon which the landlord and the
guest will never agree. Ii is on the
quantity of wood required to heat a
room. Now. the landlord is firmly
convinced, and he grounds his convic-
tions upon long series of actual tests
and practical experiments, extending
over a term of years which dates back
to the year he began to "keep tavern"
that tno sticks of wood, about two
inches in diameter and somewhat long
er than match, will, if properly used,
keep bright fire, swapping and roar
ing in a large oven stove all day, and
then, if you cover them up carefully
when yon retire, they will shoulder
all night long, and you will only have
to open the damper 70 have nice warm
room to dress in, the next morning.
He knows this, because he tells the
guest he has tried it, and does try it
very successfully in his room every
night. | never heard the guest dispute
the landlord, but | can't remember
ever having seen him look convinced.
When | order a fire in my room usu-
ally have this kind of circus. | say to
the boy in commanding tones:
Bring up some wood"
The boy looks amazed, goes away
slowly, and just before the fire goes
dead out, he returns with two armsful
of wood, one stick in each arm.
The sticks are short, but thin.
seize them gladly aud thrust them
both into the stove.
"Now, them" 1 cry cheerfully,
"bring up some wood."
The boy disappears, and | catch
parting glimpse of his white, terror
stricken face as he slides down the
banisters. In due time comes TO the
room, not the frightened but with hea-
w solemn tread, the landlord. There
is trouble in his face.
"What do YOU want?" he asks sus-
iciously-
"wsod, - [ say, ''wood! wood!'' my
crv is still for wood. Fuel. COmbus-
tibles! Inflamable substances. Nege-
table growth and development! wood "
"Why, he asks, with puzzled ex-
preston on his face, ''didn't the boy
bring you up some wood just now?"
"Yes," reply truthfully. And
seems kind of oddly to me, but after
all, | am glad told it under the cir
cumstances.
The landlord looks wonderinSiy
around the room, glances behind thu
stove, stoops down and peers under th'
bed.
well, why" he says at last, in
perplexed tone of confidence, "wher'
is t?'
'sIn the stove," | say.
An expression of incredulous Devil
derment spreads over his questioning
face. He asks, feebly and falteringly
sYes, but the rest of it?"
"In the stove, too" | say,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07

that wherever you like, and tell 'em l
don't pass hamfatters nor beats, in the
perfesh' or out OF it. Dye hear?"
"All right. You'll hear from us
again.
''Not if can help 1t, 1 won't" q.
"The BEATS" soliloquized Schofield,
when they had gone. ''write me up,
will they"
Mr.. Hooley called him up stairs at
this juncture, and the incident was soon
forgotten. Half an hour later NJ.
Nichols stopped at the door with "Mr.
SchOfield, thought you were giving
no passes this week"
"I amt"
"Well, look at this. \ couple of glue
brothers brought this in little while
ago"
Mr.. SchOfield looked at it. There was
no mistaking the trick. The gentle
men of ''the perfesh'' had taken his
wrathfully given signature and written
over it the simple preface, -'Pass Two"
''Where are they nOw?' he asked.
'Inside, shall fetch them out? ?"
''NOt by any means. Go take them
into one of the boxes, and send them a
quart bottle at my expense"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07
The Great Pyramid of Egypt

Tie Great Pyramid was originally
four hundred and eighty feet high, and
each side of its base measured seven
hundred and sixty four feet, dimen-
sions slightly reduced by its use rs 4
quarry in later times. The successive
Muslin capitals of Egypt, of which
Cairo is the latest, have been built of
the monuments of Memphis.-The city
and is temples have disappeared, and
left scarcely a trace; yet the larger pyr-
amids have lost but a small proportion
of tleir materials, and where there are
marks of ruin, il is rather due TO the
efforts of explorers than TO the actual
removal of the stones from the site.-
Seen from afar. on what Horace well
calls their royal site. the vastness OF
the pyramids strikes us; as weapproacA
them, and begin to distinguish the
courses of stone, this impression wanes
to return with an oppressive force as
we stand beneath them. All other
works of man are dwarfcd by them,
\ but it must be remembered that no
other works of man occupied whole
nation, rs it is all but certain the
greater pyramids did, for one or evan
two generations each. No public
works save the pyramids are known of
the Memphite kingdom. When true
public works begin, pyramids become
far less costly, like that of the wise
! king who excayated the Lake M9ris.
The OBJECT of each pyramid was to en-
tomb a single mummied king; some
times two sepulchral chambers may
point to double burial; in one case an
early monument, the third pyramid,
seems to have been enlarged by later
sovereign; but in general each monu-
ment seems TO have been designed for
an entombment. The purpose of so
vast labor is no longer a mystery, If
we may assume that the Egyptians held
the preservation of the body to be es-
sential to Immortality. lt Is certain
that all Egyptian tombs were con-
structed under the influence OF be-
lief in the immortality of the soul.
The final aim of the pyramid builders
was that each head of the religion and
state should rest securely in these vast
monuments, whose form is type OF
immortality, resting on the solid rock,
themselves solid and indestructib'e
yet pointing heavenward. 1t Is
weakness of practical nature to iaug b
with Pliny at the pyramids, as mere
monuments of human vanity.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07

"Whatl,.'' the good man shouts,
"All of it:'
'.All of it," / say.
s'He doesn't believe me. He stoop'
down before the stove, opens the door
and looks in. His worst fears are real
lied. With hollow groan he closes
the door and shuts the damper with
such an easy, quick, long practiced
turn of the wrist that an inexperienced
man can never detect it, and rising to
his feet goes feebly down stairs, hold
ing one hand to his bewildered head,
and the other to his throbbiLg heart.
By-and-by he comes back to the room,
with the wan, silent face of spectre.
He bears two sticks of wood, somewhat
thinner than the ones the boy brought,
but on tho other hand, considerably
shorter. lie shudders as he walks
past me, and lays them down in the
bottom OF the w.ood-box and covers
them up with a piece of an old envel-
ope to hide them from my extravagant
eyes. But seize them from under his
hands, even while he is hiding them,
and not needing the tremulous hand
he reaches forth to stop me, 1 thrust
the sticks into the stove, and say, calm
" and sternly:
"Send the boy up with some chunks -
The landlord presses his hands over
his eyes and goes reeling out into the
hall. He says, in ghastly whisper:
"Well, if you can't crowd more wood
into that stove than any man ! ever
saw
And he goes down stairs and l can
hear him sohbing. and telling the hall
boys they'll have to keep an eye on the
crazy man in No. ~ or he'll set the
house on fire.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07
had Dreams

They tell a story of a brakemen on
4 western train, who while dreaming
at night, imagined he was on the plat
form ofhis ear darting across the plains
AT fearful rate. The danger signal
was given, and swinging himself to
one side he saw in the distance the red
eye of 4 locomotive coming with head
long speed toward him. lie seized the
brake and twisted it ronnd with fran
tic vehemence-meanwh his ears
were assailed by the most frantic
shrieiS>, which in the confusion he mis-
took for the screams of the locomotive.
But imagine his horror when on
awakening he found he had seized his
wife by the ears and had nearly twisted
her head from her shoulders. The ex-
perience of this eccentric railroader
was on par with that of well known
gentleman of this country, who in his
dreams imagined he was in fierce dis
cussiOn with political opponent, and
to clineh the argument. pulled the nose
of his antagonist. Unfortunately it
was his wife's nose he pulled however, ,
and that indignant female realizing the
situation in an instant, went for him
something of the fashion OF cata-
mounts assault upon a rival wildcat.
: The conflict was brief, but interesting.
When the gentleman finally ended the
struggle by rolling ont on the floor, the
blood was trickling down his face from
I half dozen wounds, and there was
about enough hair on his head to make
an Indian scalp lock. Since then the
gentleman has discouraged dreams and
and eschewed politics.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07
The Ear.

The canal of the ear is narrowest at
its center and widens at each extremity
and at the inner end the drum is placed
No attempt should be made to push
any instrument into the ear farther
than it can be seen, for it may lacerate
the drum or even the delicate organs
of hearing. Ii foreign bodies are push
ed beyond the narrow portion of the
canal, they will go still further on to
the drum and cause intense pain and
noise. The best means to get such ar
ticles out of the ear is TO throw with
moderate force a stream of warm water
from a syringe against the obstruction,
which VIII finally wash it out. Some
times delicate hook may be bent from
wire or hair-pin, and iEsinuated
around the object whence it can be eX-
tracted. If an insect, as often happens.
creep into the ear, it may be killed by
few drops of glycerine or sweet oil,
which will suffocate it, and then it may
be syringed out. If button is in
the nose, usually slender hook will
Withdraw tiff not, with a small stick
covered with cottonwood, push it down
if possible, upon the floor of the nose
aud thence through into the throat
whence il will be coughed out of the
mouth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07
The HousecIeaning Mania.

John Jacobs had been married nine
or ten months, and thought he was pc.
culiarly blessed. His wife was mild
and gentle and his home peaceful. "A:
he left things in the morning so h6
found them when he returned ut night
If his slippers were left reclining in
neglige in the middle of the parior floor
after breakfast he knew just where to
find them before supper. Some men
might have objected TO this arrange
ment as careless and prodigal, but John
did not. He wanted peace, and for the
first ten months of his married life he
got it. The dream was broken up last
week. Jacobs got up one of those ex-
ceptionably fine mornings, which come
so seldom this time of :he year, and
found his usually tardy spouse already
up and skipping from room 10 room
with the fire of stubborn resolution us
urping the dreamy, resigned expires
sion of her eye. She vas moistening
her fingers and making hieroglyphics
on the wiEdow-panes, peering under
dOor-mats and wash-stands, blowing
clouds of dust of the innocent books
that lay ronnd the room, and carrying
on generally rs though she had sud-
denly changed individually with some
daftv.
John eat his matutinal meal in sill
ence, Notwithstanding madam held his
plate up to the light before she would
allow him to touch it, and then tested
il much as he had seen her do the win
dow-paneS.
This was on Tuesday. When he
came home that night he looked in vain
for his slippers, and found the volume
of Mrs. Johnson's Garter" out in the
backyard under the coal-shed. On
Wednesday, when he left for the office,
after a scrap breakfast, he noticed NAL
am had her head tied up in white
napkin, and venturing to ask if it ach-
ed, received for reply suggestion ''to
90 about his BUSINESS for a stupid"
On his way down he took the precau-
ton to stop at the office of the family
physician, and leave an order for him
TO call at his housT.
When he went home at noon, contra
~ TO his usual custom, he found a
crowd on the other corner looking in
tently toward his domicile. Directing
his own eyes that way, he saw madam
on top of the roof, scrubbing it of and
washing down the bricks OF the Chin
ney. Finding it was no use TO ring
the bell, he clibmed over the back fence
running a twelve dollar pair of breeches.
the backyard, and the balance obstruct-
ing the stairway. In his frantic affOrts
to get up stairs he dislodged a piano
stool, which let down a chamber stove,
which precipitated 4 washstand, which
started down a wardrobe, which tum-
bled a promiscous collection of .and-
boxes. caal-scuttles, wash-pitchers, mu-
sic racks, &C., down on his devoted
head.
The next morning when Mrs. Jacobs
relieved him from durance and got his
wounds dressed, she condcscended to
explain to him that she was done
hOusecleaning now for one year, and
he said he was so glad.
Nothing more was said about il for a
while. and then Mrs. J. remar ked that
she did not know how some people lived
in so much dirt.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07
"DisentanSle. March,"

General Hardee, whose manual Of lnfan-
try tactics is so well known, was at one
time in an interior town, and the command
er of ''second-claSs militia" company
sought to do himself and the general honor
10y parading his command in front of the
inn in which Hardee had rooms. The
writer upon tactics came out upon the bal
eony to review the command, and the mill
tia officer put his men through their PAGES.
In one of the manpuvres the men became
confused and got into a hopeless tangle.
Hardee, in telling the story, said that he
could think of no possible way in which
they might be eXtricated, and waited with
great curiosity to see what the militia com
mander would do That rural tactician
looked at the confused mass for n moment
with a scowl of perpleXity upon his fore
head: then his face cleared, and he shout
ed the order:
''Disentangle to the front; march
Whereupon the men rushed forward and
formed a new line without regard To the
order of the old one. Hardee said the COM
mand was not in his own or any other book
on tactics, but that it ought to be.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07
THE PINE TREE.

Before your atoms came together
was full-Srown, a tower of strength,
Seen by the sailors out at sea
With great storms me asur ng all nv strengt
Making my mighty minstrelsy.
Companion of the ancient weather.
Yours just as much as the stars that sbiye
When the frost sparkles overhead,
Csll yours As soon those viewless airs
That sing in the clear vault, and tread
The elonds, Less yours than theirs
those fsll-hawks swooping round the riv el
In the primeval depths. empowering
My broad boughs with nv branching peers
My gums spilled in precious drops
Ay, even in those elder years
The eagle building in my tops,
Along my boughs the panther covering.
Beneath my shade the red man slipping.
Himself shadow, stole away;
A paler shadow follows HIM
Races may go, or races stay.
The cones upon my loftiest limb
The winds viii many year be stripping.
And there the hidden day be throwing
His fires, though dark the dead prime be.
Before the bird shake of the dew.
All what songs have been sung to me
What songs will yet be sung, when you
Are dust upon the four winds blowing
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-05-07
Not In Ny Line, Socially"

Sport levels rank-fOr the time being.
DevOiees of the turf will talk horse with
anyone at Il race, however particular they
may be about their associates in everyday
life. But they miss it sometimes. Not
long since a well-knOwn Boston minister
and editor. famed quite as much for his
love Of horses and outdoor sports as for
''mildnesS, peace and prayer, was trying
one of his pet nays on the Brighton road,
when gentleman came along with his pet
nag, evidently ready for brush He
got all he wanted-the minister disappeared
in cloud Of dust Next day the two
Glanced 20 meet in the street. GLOW are
YOU - sail the hOrSe-lOving divine, hearti-
w. '.You have the advantage of me, sir,
answered the other ''Gou can't have for
gotten thai little race we had yesterday,
continued the minister. ''NO, Of course
but 4 brush on the road is one thing, and
subsequent acquaintance quite another.
You must excuse me horse trainers are
not in my line, socially and he bowed to
close the interview you'll at least take
my card, said the clergyman, who had to
pucber his mouth to keep from laughing.
Ills lofty highness condescended to take the
pastel board, and-came down.