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Sharp County record., 1879-06-26
IZARD.

Circuit court closed in lizard county last
Thursday. The Clipper states-that large
amount of business was disposed of ga
young man named Jones, from Independ-
ence Co., was imprisoned 4 hours and fin ,
$500 for an assault with intent to kill -"
Ab. Shell, for an aggravated ASSAULT was
jailed five minutes and fined $lCO, T.. Not
withstanding the dry wehthery crops in
lizard are doing we'll A debate on rcJig-
ious topics will be held at Melbourne, com
menciug on the 4th of August. Vm Car
nett. JAS Morris, A. S, Wright bnd J. J.
Lane will be the leading paTttlpants in
the discussion. -. The mumps is fbsiding
in the vicinity Of Franklin. .Dhlfe Of the |
Bryants and oRe Campbelt bad 'esuSsion !,
Evltl-r rl--~nejr pfa,ti ,a--,--i i.'.>y> '75 -.
resulting in Campbel's defeat. after sever
al bruises mad been sustained on both
sides.
Sharp County record., 1879-06-26

The Evening Shade high school
is turning out several young teach
ers, MesSrS. J, L. Hare, D.L. King,
B. G. Noel and D. W. Simmons, all
Of this place, have secured schools
and will commence teaching in the
north part of the county next week.
Sharp County record., 1879-06-26
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Sharp County record., 1879-06-26
THE RECORD
is
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
y. w. Buckley, Editor

demand.
Transient advertising, ten cents per line. each
insertion.
NGrriGgc ard death notices. not 0rcr ten
lines, free; more than ten lines, half transient
rates.
Legal notices ut St0tutc prices. No jegai ad-
refreshments inserted unless pQjd for IN ddrGRce.
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the editorial excursion to Ch' an
elsewhere, if he can compromise
wash woman and get possession Of
paper collars. The crop prosp,
good in White. A drummer who m
White county gill last week. teC
wife and fled to the woods, WI,
"camped OUT two OF three days TO /
collision with a rival lover, who thrca
to take his life, thus showing himself
worthy the fair one he had captivated.
judge Cypert, who returned last W
from Philips county circuit court rcpo
46 convictions in felony cases and 3G pei
sons sentenced to the penitentiary fror
that place.
Sharp County record., 1879-06-26
INDEPENDENCE.

Rev J. {, Brown, the new pastor for the
Batesyille VI. f. church. has entered upon
his duties there, and is highly complmcnt-
ed by the local papers ....Jas. Rutherford
had wheat threshed and a wagon load of il
converted into flour last week. The Pilot
of lest week reports five deaths in indie
dcndcnce county. John Martin. of Inde-
pendonCc, bought some California oats at
Little Rock, sowed them, and when harvest
time came he found he had a crop Of barley
instead of oats. The Guard is OF opinion
that the recent reports cf rich silver mines
in the Buffalo mountains We're greatly eX
aggerafcd, an experienced miner having
pronounced the deposit lead I'D, 3. Tug
gle and Miss Ada Houston were matrimo-
nially Joined at Sulphur Rock on the 10th
instant
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Ripe peaches are in markSbt searcy.
Tie farmers Of White couiN had abcitt
hfihet whoat harvesting cp s1st inst.
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03
a Case of Conscience.

The Rev. DIR. Macleod, father OF DIR.
Norman Macleod, passing through the
crowd gathered before the doors of Il
new church he was about to open was
stopped hy an elderly man with doc
tor, if you please. l wish to speak to
yOu." Asking if he cOald not wait un-
Ill after worship, he replied that it was
a matter upon ms conscience.
"Oh, since it is matter of conscience,
Duncan" said the good uatured min
lister, 81 will hear what it is"
"Wen, DOCTOR" SAID Duncan. the
matter is this. Ye see the clock yOn
der on the new church. Now there Is
really no clock there, only the face of
one ; there is no truth there, only once
in twelve hours and In my mind that
is wrong, very wrong, and quite
against the conscience, that there
should be lie on the face of the house
of the Lord"
The doctor promised to consider the
matter. But" said he, I'm glad to
see you looking so well. man. You are
not young. | remember you for many
years, but you have fine head of hair
STILL"
"Eh, doctor - exclaimed the unsus-
pecting Duncan. "NOw ye are joking.
1t is long since had my hair"
DIR. Mcleod looked shocked and an
swered In a tone Of reproaeh: "Oh,
Duncan, are you going into the house
of the Lord with lie on your head ?"
lie heard no more of the lie on the face
of the clock.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03
NO. 81.

Thus. We get, ''Night Mares" or
Might Riders" always in a Valkyr
sense. In folk-tales still current in Ger
many quite lately-or, for aught know
even nOw-it is said that Mar or Wor
Riderske of the first mentioned kind has
sometimes been captured by means of
the key-hole, or knOt-hole in the beam
of the room in which she had penetra-
ted at night being stopped up, when she
was discovered to be beautiful maiden.
Many a "Mare" so struck mans fan
cy that he married, and had children
rom her. But when consumed with
longing for her spectral home, she ask
ed him to draw the plug from the knot
hole, she suddenly vanished. The tale
shows the ease with which the messen-
gers of the former StOrm-GOd Odin
made their entrance and escape through
the smallest opening where his and
their element-the air-cOmes in. The
MarUt character of the Teutonic Mar
forms is also apparent from the facility
of theirs of penetrating through the
smallest holes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03

He was dapper little fellow, as tidy
"a new pin, and as he entered one of
the sample rooms" on Woodward
avenue, Detroit, the other day the bar
tender mentally remarked:
''That fellow will cali for cham
pagne," but he was mistaken; the little
fellow leaned over the bar and said:
81 want tumbIer two-thirds full OF
water and some pieces of pure ice in
the tumbler."
1t was handed him and he asked:
ado you ever have a lemon about the
place."
"Yes."
''Well, gently squeeze one into the
tumbler.'
The squeezing process took place and
the little man continued:
''Do you have raspberries out here ?"
eve do
"Well put two into the tumbler"
They were added, and he put his
hand TO his brow, tried hard TO collect
his memory, and suddenly exclaimed:
"Ah! yes-sugar' 1 knew | could
think of 1t. Add spoonful of sugar
While it was being added the little
man dropped on 10 three kernels of cof-
fee, powdered cracker and 4 bit Of
cheese and then said:
''lf you keep Madeira you can add
spoonful
The Madeira was added, the glass
shaken, and the little man opened a
long morocco case which he took from
a side pocket, took out solitary straw,
carefully cut OFF an inch or two from
one end and said:
"Owing to the prevalence of malarial
diseases in your western country find
it the best way to carry my own straw
with me. y feIlah kinder hates, you
'------y -. - ->--~---i>eI--'s rniI
He pinned his handkerchiefunder his
chin, brushed back his mustache and
began drawing. The bar-keeper's pet
dog came in when the glass was half
drained, and the little man took the
straw from his mouth and said:
"Plwease remove your dawg to the
rear room, l can nevah dwink lemon
ade with a dawg in the ROOM"
The ''dawg' was escorted out, and
when the bartender returned the little
man had disappeared and the glass
had been emptied of even the lemon
peel.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03

In some parts of Germany the night
mare is simply called Mar or Mghrt. 1t
is mare or horse figure. At the same
time it reminds Us, by name as well as
by some of its attributes, of the Ver1ic
spirits, departed souls, or storm phan-
tOms-the NdTgtS, no assis. lndra with
their roaring tempest-song in the bat
tie he has To iight-eyen as the Nalkyrs
assist WOdan. The special connection
of the North-Germ6n -HHr with the
Valkyrs, or shjeld-maidenS, those terri
ble chOOsers OF victims that came on
horseback from the Clouiland of the
Odinic creed. Is provabIe through the
name which the nightmare sill bears
in Gutenberg lt i. there called die
Wdl- -RtderSke-tha is. the Little Battle
Rider. or Little CarriOr of the Slain.
This spectral figure as the feminine ar
ticle shows, is conceived as a maiden
like all Valkyrs. Besides the U'di-Rjd-
erSks, there is another German night
mare form, called tt-LeUe-Riding
Maiden. This name, too, reminds us of
the Horse Tdl-Ws5JdT, or Battle Maid
ems The Nalkyr character of the Ger
man Mar comes out even more strongly
in Il nocturnal witch-phantOm-alsO
called al-RiIerSks-which uses the
horses in stables for "a spectral ride.
In the morning these animals are said
to be found in their place quite ex-
hausted and covered with sweat. 9th
erwlse they are well fed by, and thriv-
ing, under the hands of ghOStly figures
that bestrides them; whereas. those
horses in the stable that are not used by
the Little Battle-Rider, remain lean.
Here we seem to get the superior effect
of a Semi-divine treatment OF the steeds
by spectral forms that once were cup
bearers of Odin and his heroes in Wal
halla, as well as shield-maidens and
battle-messengers of the great god. As
late as the eleventh century, the belief
fingered in Germany that some women,
supposed to be witches, were raised at
night into the air, when they engaged
in spectral battle, giving and receiv-
ing wounds. 1t was said that these We
men formed part Of the retinue of Holda,
or Frau Holle. This fay of the folk
tale is but a later mirage of the goddess
Freia-Holda, who once acted as the
leader of the Valkyrs. \ connecting
link of all these superstitlOns is con-
tanned In an antistrophic Song of the
Edda, between Thor and Harbard,
I (Odin) mentions witch-like ''riders of
the night, or nocturnal hOrsewOmen,
whom he lures away from their hus-
bands. In the Eddie Song of Helgi
also, Nightmares, or Night-Riders, are
mentioned in the sense of semi-divine
or Titanic spectral forms, who ride out
of the mouths of rivers or to sea, in or
der to deliver up the heroic vikings to
Ran, the destructive goddess of the wild
and seething sea-wayes, and eonsort
Aegir, whose name (''Eager'') still
] fingers in English bOatmen's language.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03
she Took Sugar in Ber'n.

The coach stopped to change horses at a
hotel in one of the Western States, when
one of the guards, big, red-faced droii
man. came bustling up TO the window TO
sec if the s.insides" wanted anything.
ssGuard.n whispered an old lady. =.
seWell. ma am, what can | do for you:
Gould you"-in a faint voice-"couid
Won get me glass of water 2
$50 be sure, ma'am; with all the pleaf-
in life. ~,
ben-Td-a alike it hot.
1.Hot water, Oh, all right ma am Why
NOT if il is pleasing to you =
"With a lump of sugar, guard, II you
please.
..By all manner Of means, ma am
"And-and- guard, dear'-a small
sa.eeze of lemon, and a little, just thin
bleful of-of spirits through it.
.SOch, isn't that punch" :" shouted the
g,ard. .sWhcre was the use OF beating
about the bush Couldn't you have asked
ont for tumbler of punch at once, ma am,
like man!'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03
Hunting Orans-Ouranss.

TO get down To business, Mr.. Horns
day. III like to listen to your own ac-
count of orang-Outang hunting in Bor
neo,' luoth a young man with a PEN
ell and notebook.
"All right; fire away with your
questions and I'll keep even with you,"
replied the naturalist. as he gave
another twist to TIE flax padding with
which he was winding the wOoden-arm
skeleton and iror rod TO ill out one of
the largest beasts hide.
'.When and how did you get settled
down to business as a hunter in BOrneo?
at was in the fall of lS7S-l think in
the month of september, that | shot
this specimen upon which | am now
working. He was in size and weight
next to the largest one secured-weighl
Il little more than 10 pounds. The
orange inhabit the river country and
adjacent marshes. where there Is quite
a growth of scrubby forest. One day,
as several OF my native assistants and
myself were padding our boat lazlly
down the river, we heard one of those
howls, or growls, or bellows, which
could not be mistaken for anything else
than the expressive voice of good big
mias. We kept close lookout. and by
and-by | caught the first glimpse OF
one of those great, red, shaggy knees
up in top tree. Then | saw the ugly
old monster laziIy reaching from bough
TO bough-and the sight of such an
orang, reaching six or seven feet every
time, was Il spectacle to behold. l
waited my opportunity, fixed the stock
of my gun snugly against my shoulder
and drew bead on his majesty. The
rifle ball lodged in his great, broad chest,
and his huge, ugly form swayed little
in the struggle between life and death.
Then down it came with rattling,
cracking crash, almost falling into our
boat, which would certainly h;ve
swamped US. Oh! how | would like to
shoot that old fellow over again now
There was game for'you, such as the
American hunter would hardly fee, en-
couraged to dream of. | had six or
eight of the natives TO assist me, and
thev at once declared that this was the
largest mias they had ever seen. Ac-
cordingly they gave him the name
"Rajah Pedang," or, in other words,
the Governor of PedAng. They are al
most sure TO call big thing, either in
the form of man or beast, a ''rajah."
ssThe orang must be beast of very
ugly disposition when captured alive,
/ is he not?'
"Yes. sometimes. | got one aliAe
/ during my stay in Borneo. He was a
Young one-not longer than an eight OF
ten year old boy. When we discovered
him he was in tree which stood ont
alone by itself. The darkies cut the
tree down, aud there he was. We had
forked sticks already for him, and We
put one of these over his neck, thus
pinning him down to the ground.
would rather have put my head against
a buzz saw then than into his mouth
He was as mad as tiger, and tooh
no pains to conceal his ferocity. Or
the contrary, he displayed il to the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03
A Balloon Line.

Several publications have recently
been made in regard to projected line
of balloons to run between Spanish
Fort and New Lake End. 1t has been
found impracticible to construct, with
out great expense, railway between
those points, owing to the swampy ma
ture OF the ground. The details of the
I contemplated balloon have not been
correctly or fully stated, and are given
below. The plan is not original so
I far as the principles involved are con-
cerned, but the application Is genius.
Ii is well known that, while balloons
have been constructed which are capa-
BILE of sustaining very large weights no
successful method of directing the
course of the air-ship has been devised.
The plan referred to above utilizes the
full lifting capacity of the balloon and
provides the means of controlling its
movements, Spiles or posts are set
along the lake shore, making complete
circuit, resembling telegraph line.
Along these posts on the top are placed
guide rails, OF u peculiar form. Fit
ting these rails, and sliding freely on
them, are riders or attachments to
which are made fast the guide ropes
holding and guiding the balloon, and
so arranged as 10 brace it against the
wind from any direction. Fitted in
the posts are pulleys, over which is
passed a wire rope, making a complete
circuit like Il belt and gliding on the
pulleys; and this rope is moved at any
proper rate OF speed by an engine sta
TONED at proper point in the circuit
The balloon is made in an eliptical
form, the length twice the height and
pointed at the ends, thus giving the
least surface for resistance to the atmo-
sphere. From this suspended by the
netting which envelops the balloon is an
iron frame. on which the ear is hung
by double piyots, similar TO a ships bin
nacle. The weight being in the ear it
remains in its proper position, being
braced by the guide ropes, while the
float or balloon oscillates above it il
moved by the wind. The ear is fitted
with a graphing attachment which
passes through tackle in the frame and
TO the car. The moving wire rope is
seized by the graphing hook and the
car and float move forward, drawn by
the endless rope and guided by the rud-
ders which slide along the rails, from
which it is impossible for them TO be-
come detached. II it Is necessary to
stop, the grapple can be let go instant
ly and the ear stopped. Any number
OF cars can be used, following each
other at short intervals. The guide
ropes can be heightened at will and the
ear allowed to float at any desired
height. being under perfect control.
The posts having only weight of the
guide rails, and no grading being re-
quired, it will be seen that cost OF con-
struction is comparatively small. Thes
10 be seen how 1t will work when put
into actual operation. Ii the attempt
is successful, the aerial route viii he
extensively patronized. 1t is under
,tood that company is being formed
TO undertake the enterprise.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03

ESli ClOuse and man named licfneT,
from Rock Island, H., met with an adven-
ture in the Rock river forest, adjacent to
Penney's slough, ILL.,, that favorS strongly
of the marvellous. Clouse and Hefner were
fishing in Penney's slough. and about mid
nighsthey were startled by series of the
most hideous yells, emanating from the old
Indian burying ground, just over the edge
of the precipitous bluff that rises few rods
back from the slough. Hefner said !:
"There is that animal again. On being
asked to explain, he related that he had
seen large, strange, animal in that neigh
borhOod about year previous. Both then
seized their guns (dOuble-barreled breech-
loaders), and, leaving young man named
Lawson in charge of the camp, clambered
up the bluff, and were soon in the old bury
ing ground. Each had a lantern, and by
the light of these soon saw an animal about
the size of large Newfoundland dog stand
ing erect on its hind feet on one of the In
dian graves. Clsuse says that the beast
had no hair, but seemed to be covered with
large bOny plates or scales. Two large
white stripes ran down his back. His head
was small, and surmOunted by a pair of
long pointed ears, which he Tapped up and
down with great facility. He stood and
stared fiercely at the men, blinking in the
light of the lanterns. Tie pounded his
breast yehemently with his fore paws. BOh
Clouse and Hefner fired into his body with
BIB shot frOgl a distance of about three rods.
The effect was to knock the animal over /;
but he was Immediately on his feet again,
and howling like a demon. Clouse de
scribes the sound of the shot rs they struck
his body to be similar to striking a hollow
stump. They gave him another load each.
He then took to racing up and down an old
hollow tree about the centre of the grave
yard. While this was going on they gave
him in all a dozen charges of .eavy shot.
Finally he ran into hole in the tree. De
termined to secure him if possible, the men
ran to the camp and procured couple OF
axes, with which they soon felled the hol-
low and rotten tree. The screams of the
brute as the tree fell were absolutely hor-
rible. He rushed from his lair and into the
forest, returning several times and making
at the men as if to attack them. He final
" departed and was seen no more. The
men visited the ground next day, but could
detect no trace of blood. In the hollow OF
the tree they found the sleeve of a coat, a
pocket and some buttons. Bear traps and
various devices are now planted about the
brutes haunts, and hopes are entertained
that he may be captured
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03

very best advantage. After W e had
secured him safely we tantalized him.
just to see how far he would 90 in his
anger. He actually became so enraged
that he took one of his own fingers be-
tween his teeth and bit it through to
the solid bone. Then, when we got
him into the boat. he mana ged to get
hold OF one of the fingers of his dead
mother laying beside him, and bit that
quite as fiercely as he did his own. /
tied rope around his neck and took
him home to headquarters. There |
assigned him TO bathroom, where he
could have every hing his own way.
But he was surly and wouldn't eat much
of anything. though did my level best
to keep him supplied with the delicacies
of the season, and especially with boiled
rice, which is deemed good for the
orang-outang when in captivity. But
he only hung upon the rafters with
those long arms of his and wouldn' eat,
except when he tried to eat me. |
couldn't induce him TO become an ad-
mirer of mine, and lie pined away. "a
orang-outangs always do in captivity
Their disposition seems to be such that
they prefer death to bondage, and this
is probably the reason they are so sell
dom seen even in the best of menager-
les. One night we heard heavy thud
in the bathroom, and when we went
in to see what was the matter there lay
the little mias. whose own obstinacy
had been the death of him.
snow, MIR. Hornaday, people will
doubtless be curious to know what you
think about orangs or gorillas handling
clubs in fighting man, As has been alleg-
ed By some persons claiming Il know
ledge on such subjects. How is itr'
~ do not believe there is a beast in |.
the world that does anything of the /.
kind, | an aware that one of our re-
cognized authorities in natural science /.
has stated that the gorilla will utilize
almost anything he can lay hold on for
4 weapon. However, have my doubts 4
on that point, confirmed By considera-
bic observation and experience.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-03

A Novel Institution for :. .insters.

There exists i'm Denmark singular insti-
tuition, established mainly for the benefit of
the daughters of the nobility. When a man
of wealth is blessed by the birth of daugh-
tiers he causes her to be enrolled at this in
stitution, paying a very small sum, with a
fixed annual payment of moderate amount.
When the young girl reaches the age of
twenty one years she not only finds herself
in possession of very comfortable little
income, but size has right to occupy and
enjoy fine apartment, well furnished, in
an elegant house, with parks and gardens,
and her companions will be ladies, young
or old, who are members of the association
1t is not obligatory upon member to live
longer at the chateau or more frequently
than suits her convenience. II the father
dies and the young girl is unprotected she
has an asylum at once, even II the suDse-
quent annual subscriptions are not liquida-
ted, and when she attains her majority her
annual income begins. If she should die or
marry, her interest in the association passes
to the general fund. If she should be mar
ried when she is twenty, all that is paid In
by her father accrues to the assertion,
and it is this source of income that enables
the institution to demand only small an
nual subscription, which renders it easy for
a father to meet the demand, with the as
surance that if his daughter cannot be mar
ried without a marriage portion she VIII al
least be in the enjoyment of comfortable
home for life This institution has been
prosperous at Copenhagen for sixty years.