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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17
Street Life I'm Venice.

Nenice's great impression is its street
life-so brilliant, so highly cOlored, so
unlike that OF any other city. The
commonplace shows of the guide-boOks
are fiat and disappointing; the prisons,
dungeons, Bridge of Signs and so forth.
The school girl glamour thrown over
these places is mainly traceable to By
ron's sentimental wash of verse. The
unbalanced poets judgment On the his
toric events of Venice is about as weak
an d vicious as his dgmant on other
matters and his ignorance of fact is APP
palling. The daily picture of Venice.
however, is something of which one
never tires and which changes ever
with the hour. Gondola life is some
thing deliciously dreamy and luxurious
in the soft light of day or under the
sheen of moon and starlight. Let dark
night come and rain, however, and
these long, narrow, deep black boats,
seen mysteriously from the faint point
of light on their PROV take to them
selves the likeness cf floating collins
steered by the shades. The effect is
iEdescribably sepulchral. You seem to
be alone in the waters of Hades among
the spirits. The gondolas are all of
funeral black, with black draperies
over the dark cabin. Many centuries
ago Venetian law ordered this pattern
and color, for what reason | do not
know. The laws of Venice do not
change, and the gondolas are all black
and ghostly to this day. The streets |
are narrow and blaze with light. Their
rrowness-sometimes not over three
feet-makes a very little light serve to
illuminate them, and the |
i"ts in the shop windows, kept open till |
late at night keep them bright and |
blazing almost without the outdoor
lamps. Through them the people |
surge in constant streams-all nations, /
all classes. all colors. You study the |
world, but even the Venetians them- /
selves present some strong contrasts, /
for they in time are made up of the
blood of many people. One striking
contrast, which you soon note, is that
.he Venetian men as a body are dark,
heir women blonde. The sounds, too,
IRE polyglotta, and everything is inter-
1t was my first sight,
for instance, of Greek money which |
received several times in change.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17
Recovering Lost Timber.

That timber in considerable quanti-
ty and OF substantial value is daily
found floating on the surface of the ST.
Lawrence river is well known, but that
large deposits of timber lie sunken at
the bottom of the river at various
points adjacent to Montreal is a fact
that will by no means be so readily
credited. Such, nevertheless, is the
case, and daily the timber is brought to
the surface by gangs of inhabitants and
others, who sell it to dealers. The bot
tom of Longueuil bay, near the shore,
would appear to be literally covered
with timber, and during the past few
months number of men in canoes. and
provided with chains and graphing
hooks, have been busily engaged IN
bringing up the logs, floating them
ashore, where they are hauled away by
horses and piled for sale. The timber
consists almost entirely of white oak
and walnut. 1t has been estimated that
most of it has been in the river at least
from thirty to forty years, and has
formed portions of the numerous tim
Der RATS that. in transit from the West
to Quebec, have been wrecked or dam
aged in or above the Lachine Rapids.
The length of time it would require
even so dense a wood as white oak to
become sufficiently soaked with water
as to sink TO the bottom of the river
and cause it there to lie as a stone, war
rants the belief that it has been there
at least during the period named. Our
informant states that the timber is in a
perfect state of preservation, the action
of the water or insects having in no
way impaired its texture or affected its
value. Some of the logs brought up at
Longueuil are two feet in diameter and
from thirty to sixty feet in length.
They command, when delivered in
Montreal, from thirty to thirty-tive
cents per foot. Timber bee of similar
character are stated to exist at many
points along the river below the city,
where logs like that of Longueuil Oc-
cur: indeed, it is difficult to know the
number or extent of layers of valuable |
wood resting on the bottom of the no.
bic water highway that flows past that
city, and which short time only may
develop.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17
Mules in Mines.

Colliery mules so.Ietimes live many
years without seeing daylight, as they
are only taken out of the mines when
work is entirely suspended. The mules
are used i'll hauling cars of coal from
the various parts of the mine to the
foot or slope of the shalt from where it
is hoisted to the surface by steam. The
mules 90 to work with the miners and
continue until evening. They are sta
bled in the mine and are carefully at
tended to. Strange to say, coats OF
larly smooth or glossy-and miners at
tribute 1t to the coal dust that settles on
the hair and polishes it. The lead
mule in team always carries a miners
lamp attached to his cellar; but min
ers say that the lamp is unnecessary as
the mules never get off the track in the
dark. In some places where 1t is not
convenient to haul the cars mules are
trained to push them, and it is not un-
common to see dozen of the animals
working in that way. In pushing cars
the mule is provided with heavy
breast-pad instead OF the ordinary har-
ness. The ample time the mules have
for reflection does not however, seem
to improve their dispositions, as every
mining report contains accounts of men
and boys who have been kicked to d. ath
or severely injured by them. Owing to
the constant teasing 0f the driver boys.
mules occasionally become so savage
that they cannot be approached.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17

In l771, John Adams was appointed
commissioner to France, to take the
place of Silas Deane, and embarked on
board the Boston frigate. In the course
of the voyage, the commander of the
Boston saw sail, which carried the
flag of the enemy, and the temptation
to engage with her was so strong, that,
although contrary TO his orders, which
were limited to carrying Mr.. Adams to
France, he determined, if possible, to
capture her. Having obtained the
permission of the commissioner, he
made sail in chase; and when coming
up with the enemy, he represented the
danger of remaining on deck, and in
sisted upon Mr.. Adams retiring below,
out of gun shot. Having seen his
charge safely deposited with the sur
geon, the captain returned to the deck;
the courses were clewed up, all hands
beat to quarters. bulkheads down, decks
sanded, matches lit, and the fight begun.
In the midst of it, the captain saw, to
his surprise, that Mr.. Adams had es-
capped his confinement below, and, with
musket in hand, was doing the duty OF
a marine with great dexterity and COM
posure. He Immediately went TO him
and said, "My duty, sir, is to carry you
unhurt to France, and as yC.- are un-
willing to 60 under matches of your own
accord. it is my duty to put you there"
and seizing the future President of the
republic in his arms, he had him con-
veyed to place of safely, and took meas
ures to keep him there, which were
effectual.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17
Betting On Saratoga Funerals.

They bet on funerals at Saratoga. or
rather, not on the funeral, but on the
tOlling bell. They were sitting on the
talcony of the States, talking about the
price of wheat for September delivery,
when all at once the old Presbyterian
bell began to toll:
'Ding-dOng-ng-ng, ding-dOng
-ng-ng, dins-dong-ng-ng-'
''I'll bet the age is over twenty :"
said Mr.. Trayers, breaking the solemn
stiffness.
''Two to one its under twenty-fve?"
responded Mr.. Belmont, religiously,
"I'm no better" said Jim Keene;
never sell what can't deliver; but III
risk one hundred to fifty that it's a wo-
mani"
Taken" responded several voices;
and then all the brokers sat still and
listened to tue tolling bell. AS the bell
came to the age and struck thirty-one,
Belmont paid his bet and said; 'Now
for keene. The bell strikes one for
man and two for a women"
Then came moments silence, and
the bell rang out:
"One-two"
"keene's got :" said Travers.
81 knew | should" said Keene; and
then he whispered TO Belmont. "My
cuachman boards at the house. and he
told me the mans wife had died not
twenty minutes ago. | had a sure
point"
So, as usual, keene had the wheat to
deliver.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17

The wealth of these companies is
simply enormous. Sir John Bennett,
for he is on the court of one, if not
more of the companies-said they had
''lOads of money" and that some of the
companies, Like the fly in the treacle
pot, could not move for wealth." In
the city of London-that small speck in
the centre of this metropolis covering
barely squire mile-the city guilds
are possessed of real property the val
ue of which exceeds half million a
year, as is evidenced by city rate books
carefully examined by the present
writer. Some of this is doubtless un-
productive, for the halls of the COM
panies are stately buildings erected at
greaC expense-the drapers' spent near
$50. 700 upon theirs-and covering
much ground in the heart of the city,
are absolutely useless save for festIvi-
ties. Not long ago the GOldsmith's
company was asked to lend their hall
to hold an exhibition of theological in
struments, ETC., but the company re-
fused to grant the application on the
ground that they feared the costly dec
orations would be damaged. Much UNI
bragg appears to have been taken at
the term "shrines of gluttony," which
has been applied to these halls. But it
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17

| Deen all over the world since | first
went to sea. I've been in Greenland
but not at all seasons of the year at the
same time. I've been round the Cape
OF Good Hope a good many times. The
Niagara saw the biggest sunfish oil the
Cape that ever | saw or read about"
when was that?"
''In 1S73-in lS69-besore the war
when she was taking the Japanese to
their own country"
But the sea serpent?"
Tell him about the sea serpent,
Young" Devlin replied.
''We did see something very like a
sea serpent, Mr.. Young said. THAT
was on the goth, the day before we en-
countered the sunfish. 1t appeared on
the mizzen crosstrees, and it was prob
ably thirty feet in length. Other gem
tlemen besides Mr.. Devlin saw it,
at was in sections" Mr. Devlin re-
marked, impatient over the common
place description of his friend, '.like a
tapeworm. 1 couldn't see it all at once,
but each section was-well, let me see
ten or fifteen feet long"
''What was its color:''
Brown or black
Are you sure 1t wasn't the remains
of Il garbage scow - sung one of the
sailors engaged in cleaning the brass
work, a Ia "PinafOre''
Bring out the bottle of seaweed,
Young" cried Devlin, and then turn
ing to the reporter. he said, impressive
ly :-"Remember, I'm a scientific
cuss."
The bottle of seaweed was produced.
1t was really very beautiful thing OF
its kind, 80 beautiful in fact that it
would attract general attention and ad-
miratiOn in cabinet of curiosities.
There were ferns and sea berries and
minute specimens of shrimpS and crabs
the size OF pea and a fish in size and
share very like whiplash. In color
1t was brown, purple, variegated. 1t
looked more like a snake than fish.
What kind of fish is this ~ the re-
porter asked.
1T is like a sucker about the head but /
Is body resembles a gar-fish," Mr.. /
Devlin SAID.
And its color is zebra-like," Mr.. /.
Young added
The reporter rose TO take his leave.
Before you CO." Mr.. Devlin said, 4
let me tell you about the meteor we
saw on this voyage. | have seen me-
Jeors in the Grecian ArchipelagO-ev-
rywhere-rainIng down all round the
sky, but never saw one shoot up be-
fore"
That is so," said Mr. Young 1t
started near the horizon"
ION line with the mainmast." ." in
terrupted Devlin.
sit started near the horizon and .
seemed to follow the path of the milky /
way, upward, upward, describing a
semicircle in the heavens. 1 never saw
anything more beautiful, and | wish
that | could write, so that | might
write about it,
1T is something for the astronomers
to SETTLE" Devlin answered.
"Goodby," said the reporter.
''Goodby, and be sure you give us a
good report cried number of voices
after him. n
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17
TIE WIND AND STREAM.

a brook came stealing from the ground.
lou scarcely saw its silvery CLEAN
Among the herbs that hung around
The borders Of that winding stream
pretty stream, placid stream.
softly gliding, ba-hful stream.
breeze came wandering from the sky.
Light as the whisper of dream:
lie put the o'erhsneing grasses by,
And Saily stopped to kiss the stream
The pretty stream, the flst;ered stream,
The shy, yet unreluctant stream.
The water as the wind passed DER,
Shot upward many glaucing beam,
Dlmpled and quiyered more and more.
And tripped along a liyelier stream.
The fa'tered stream, the simpering stream.
The fond, delighted, silly stream.
Away the airy wanderer flew
To where the fields with blossoms teem.
To sparkling streams and rivers blue,
And left alone that little stream
The hatiered stream. the cheated stream,
The sad, forsaken, lonely stream.
That careless wind no more came back.
He wsniers Yet the fields, deem,
But on its melancholy track
Compla ming went that little stream
The cheated stream, The hopeless stream
The ever -murmunng, moaning stream
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17
NO. 80.

cannot tie shown that the halls are used
for any other purpose. The offices nee
essary for the management could be
rented for fl00 year. Aud it may be
as - as cOntended by Mr.. Alderman
Cotton, in the recent debate in the
House of Commons, that there was
great difference between gross esti-
mated rental and actual rents; that the
income actually received by the COM
panies in respect of their city proper
~ Is considerably less than the before
mentioned figure; but if the companies
deliberately lease away their most val
uable estates for less than their real
value, that Is their own lookout. It
does not affect their wealth in the least.
In addition to tins they own extensive
and valuable properties in LONDON out
side the city. In St. Martins lane,
fOI instance. the MERGERS company
owns an estate-Lady Bradbury's-
which is now rated at E27. .515 year,
and in all parts OF the metropolis they
are possessed of properties ever in
creasing in value. The new ''DoOms-
day Book" also shows that the city
guilds are the owners of estates of more
or less value in nearly every shire in
England and Wales, to say nothing
of estates producing some $90. 900 year
in rents held by eight of the large COM
panies in the north OF Ireland. Their
investments in the funds are also very
considerable. We have, indeed, little
doubt that Il 100000 year would, if
anything underestimate the annual VAL
ue of the real and personal estates
vested in the city companies.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17

There is no dispute as TO who is the
best English jockey. His name is Fred
Archer, and his record is as follows
In 1873 lie won 229 races, out Of 6l9 in
which he rode. This " as the largest
number of races ever won by Jockey
In single season, being in excess o
the total attained by Archer in 1877
when he won 2lS races, or in 1876,
when h9 was successful 207 times.
This year, up TO August fSt, he had
won l01 races, in Il toatl of 3l3 mounts
or an average of say one-third. The
extraordinary victory of the horse
| 'FalseItO" has revealed the champion
ockey of America. who happens 10 be
a colored boy with the decidedly Celtic
name of Murphy. The New York
Times contends that he is quite the
equal of Archer, and to prove this as
sertIon give the subjOined sketch Muir
phys riding in the Travers Stakes race,
july Is, and in the Kenner Stakes race,
August p, were the two finest eXhibi-
tiOns of skill in the saddle that have
been seen in this country in many
years. Murphy has a steady hand,
quick eye, 4 cool head and bold heart
four qualifications absolutely neces-
ary TO the success of every jockey.
That he is very obseryant during the
progress of a race, and is quick to per-
ceive the weak points OF an adversary,
prompt to take advantage of them, was
signally illustrated i'll the run for the
Travers Stakes. Asked, soon after the
race, why he went up to Harold and
Jericho at the half mile, only to fall
away again, he replied: ''N ell, | did
not care for Jericho, but, while |
thought Spendt.lrift was the dangerous
horse, | wanted to 90 up to Harold to
see how he felt; so | tapped Falsetto
with the spur one I me, went up to
them, felt of Harold, found him sprawl
ing over the course, and saw he was
out of the race, | fell back to keep
Feakes from thinking [ was at all dan
gerOus." He was then asked how he
happened 10 get between Harold and
the pO,e on the turn. Il didn't intend
to go on the turn" was his reply ''but I
when we started toward the stretch, /
Harold was tired and unsteady, and he /.
leaned away from the pole, and gave 1
me room TO 90 in. | thought it better /
to run for the position than to have to /
round him, so jumped at The chance, /
and went between him and the rail. | /
s;eadied my horse here a moment to I
compel Harold to cover more ground I
on the turn, and beat him good, for he .
was very tired, and just before We got .
to the stretch lett him and went after /.
Spendthrift. No explanation could I
be better than that. Murphy mas al .
ready had thirty-seven mounts this /
year and has won twenty-five. besides +
riding a dead heat, and this il n much /
better average than any English Jockey
can show.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17

1t would not be doing justice to the
lnfanta Pillar to say that she was the
handsomest member of the family. She
was singularly beautiful, and in no
wise Bourbon. IL is no secret that her
father was CapitanO Pug Motto, of the
Spanish Artillery, with whom Queen
Isabella cOnSOled herself after the de-
sertiOn of the Duke de SestO and before
she made the acquaintance of Seniors
Manfri and Pe2nta, for her unhappy
marriage. The deceased Princess had
attained her eighteenth year. If the
next Queen COnsOrt of Spain shOull
furnish the church with christening,
the Infanti was to be married to the
Crown Prince of Austria; if no chill
were borne she was to remain in
Spain and choose a husband who
would be satisfied to live there.
The Infanta had a clear olive complex
ion, regular and finely chissled feat
ures, eyes dark and profound as those
OF Mile. Rachel, and dark hair that
might have been stolen from pagan
goddess. Her figure menaced clumsi-
ness. bus not to the extent of her moth
er's. She was called after an Arago-
.nese Madonna he'd in great Veneration
by Queen Isabella. Death came upOs
tie poor girl with fearful suddeAness.
IL appears that she inspired Prince
Rudolph of Austria with a passion,
which she reciprOcatel. The uncer-
tainty OF her marriage tOrmented her.
Was she to be Empress of Austria or
was she to be kept in spain to provide
heirs for the throne: She would have
readily renOunced her contingent BIRTH
right; but jurists held that if she an
nOunced her own claim to the success
sion she could not prejudice the rights
Of her children. The Infanta, without
being seriously ill, ran dowl. Sea
baths were ordered, and she went to
place on the southern shore OF
the Bay of Biscay. While bathing
there she was seized with a fit of the
spileptic type which lasted several
hours, from which she only awOke in
mother world. The King and Prin-
;ess of AsturiS, who were telegraphed
'Or, did not arrive in time TO see her
PASS away. Queen Isabella was at her
country house reading letter which
he postman had just brought from the
ufanta when the telegram announcing
Ter decease arrived. The unfortunate
mother was overwhelmed with grief,
or she is most affectionate toward her
and has keenly felt her sep
ration from them, Notwithstanding the
with Puenta and his family.
The lnfanta PdZ now stands on the
tep of the throne occupied by her sis
er Pillar. She is the age of the Duke
e Montpensier's son Antonio, and in
IL likelihood will be his wife, Thus
he GuizOtine policy of the Spanish
marriage: has fresh chance of being
eallzed. Princess Paz or Peace, is
air and of pleasing appearance. She
vas confirmed by the late Pope. and is
opposed to be Marforiy- BOrbon. The
rsJ telegram of coincidence which
ling AlphonSO received was from his
hivalrOus young friend, the Crowned
'rince of Austria.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-17
Tall Fish Stories.

~ was at the wheel, said Mr.. Young,
of the bark Kentish Tar, "some of the
men being ill. 1t was bright, clear
day, and while was enjoying the fresh
breeze which was blowing at the time |
heard some of the forecabIn passengers
say, There is fish alongsiden Look
ing out OH the starboard side | saw it
lying on the water lazily summing it
self. Its eyes were open and its fins
were going just enough to keep him it
the top of the water. Ii was about six
feet by fourteen, and was the finest
specimen of that species of fish any Of
us had ever seem"
"Six feet by fourteen" said the re-
porter meditaIively, trying to bring all
his arithmetical knowledge to bear
harmonizing this statement with that
contained on the log.
81 could not see it all at once" said
Mr.. Thatcher, diyining the reporters
thoughts, "but as near as | could make
out that was about the size of il.
don't think Mr.. Young's estimate at all
exaggerated"
81 am 3 sAnd hand with the har-
poon," Mr.. Young remarked, ''and L
generally try to keep one on hand. On
this occasion, unfortunately. my har
poon was on the main deck, or ! could
have had the fish on board"
Anything we could get with the
harpoon," interposed Mr.. Devlin, his
talk beginning to flow as freely as the
exciting cause "we gathered in the in
terest of science or anybody else."
"Any sea serpents?" queried the re-
Orter gently.
"Sea serpents! l should say So"
Devlin answered confidently, "l've