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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
\ Heavy Stoekholder.

\ granger entered one Of our railroad Of
fees the other day, and found Young man
within. The farming man spoke up and
said: ''Is this the superintendent - The
young man was immensely flatteFed, and
Just to let himself down easy, said: ''N-n-o,
not exactly; not the superintendent, but |
am heavy stOckhOlder. Anything | can
do for you. -
''The granger said '.No,' and wandered
off into the next room, met a clerk, and
pointing with his thumb over his shoulder
toward the department he had just left, he
said:
''Young man, that, to be heavy stock
holder on this road. -
The clerk took squint, saw who it was,
and calculated, ''Who: Him :"
''Yes," continued the granger; ''big
stOckholder is he,
''Yes, oh, yes, said the clerk turning
purple in the face.
''What amount of stock do YOU suppose
he holds, now p said the curious granger.
swell, said the clerk, with the air of a
parsOn at a funeral. ''Well, he holds the
superintendent horse, sometimes
The granger wouldn't hear to anything
else, so the clerk had to go out and take
something.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
There IL q Reaper"

Jasper Smith, farmers hired man, wa:
sent to town to buy scythe. After he haC
taken several drinks to sharpen his expert
ence, he started out to buy the scythe
BY the time he was ready to buy hi.
scythe the beer had worked up into his
head, and he insisted on trying the blade
before paying for it. In his ardOr he came
nearly moving the legs off several pc
destrians, and when he failed to lop Off d
hitching post at one awful blow he threw
down the scythe in disgust and refused tC
shell out for damages.
''Sun-beaten agriculturalist, what mean:
such conduct" asked the conrt as the
sheepish looking prisoner was brought
forth
"All | can remember seems like d
dream, answered the man.
''You don't remember Of trying to NOW
an alderman's feet OFF,"
..No."
''Nor of moving down bales of calico
and strings of straw hats. -
"No."
''Well, I'll fix it so you won't be so alb
sent-minded next time. Your fine is five
dollars"
That's a heap of money, remarked the
prisoner as he went down for his sinking
fond.
'Well, no one else had any fun out of it
but you. 1t wasn't like going off on an
excursion and dividing up the scenery and
eating ice cream off the same dish with a
cross-eyed woman"
The man paid, but he looked purple
around the mouth and the nose as he went
out, and when Bijah called to him that he
had left his hat he turned and replied:
''Oh, III remember you, you old bald
headl The first time catch you out ON a
huckleberry excursion | break you in two
across a fence-railr'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
That Barrel.

Just as the last rays of the setting sun
were gliding the church spires and white
washing the back kitchens of Detroit, man
and barrel were discovered at stairway
on Monroe avenue. He was small man
and it was big barrel, and pedestrians who
saw him looking up the stairs and back at
the barrel inferred that il was his intention
to elevate it to the third story. But how
I'D rig tackle and pulley in that third
story window, said the first man who halt
ed. "That's your easiest way, and there's
no danger of accident"
He leaned against the lamp-post to calcu-
late on the length of rope and the lifting
power required, and along came a man who
took in the situation at a glance and said:
go and get some scantlings fourteen
feet long and lay EN- on the stairs. Then
two men can roll that barrel up there as
slick as grease.
The little man looked around in a help
less sort of way, and a third man came blus-
tering up and called out:
''Want to get that barrel up stairs, ell
Well, now, fasten your pulley at the head
of the stairs and ten men down here can
snake the barrel up stairs in no time.
Where's your tackle."
By this time the crowd had increased to
twenty, and was pretty evenly divided be-
tween a dead lift through one of the front
windows and pulley at the top of the
stairs but the man who suggested the skids
mad very loud voice and was determined
to carry his point. Taking off his coat, he
said:
II know what I'm talking about, and
say that can skid that barrel up there alone.
You just wait a minute.
He crossed the street to an unfinished
building and returned with a couple of 2X4
scantlings and laid them on the stairs, and
the crowd now numbered fifty.
''You want this barrel on the third floor
do you?" he asked of the little man.
Yes-but-but-"
.'But what Z"
"Why was waiting for my wife to get
the clothes-horse out of the upper hall.
She's all ready now, and I'll take it up"
And the little man shouldered the barrel
and trotted briskly up stairs between the
kids. 1t was empty
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
Berkley's Masquerade.

Better 90 Dick. said Ned Hatton,
Lots o fun. The grandest thing of the
season. Nuthin' vet like 1t. The masks
and git-Ups all Of the latest and funniest
Partisan style.
Dick Berkeley took the cigar from his
mouth, blew out spiral cloud of smoke,
and reflected a moment. They were in
Beckley's sitting room, and the door which
opened into the hall was slightly ajar
Both men had their backs to the door, and
faces towards the blazing crate.
Il would 90 if was sure could keep
my wife from knowing it, said Berkley.
"Why, to be sure you can" replied his
friend Hatton, gray bachelor of thirty or
more. ''What is the use of being bound
in the iron bonds of petticoat government,
tied to a woman's apron strings, and make
both a slave and fool of yourself all your
tife | tell you men like us, who are kept
in courts and among legal papers and
documents, need a little recreation some
times.
MY wife would raise thuhder if she
knew Of any going TO masquerade"
1.-The deuce she need never know il, =
replied Hatton vehemently.
At this very moment Mrs Berkeley was
passing through the hall, and paused al the
door. having heard her husbands remark
Lets see. when is it !" asked Berkley
"Next Tuesday night"
"I'll go"
$50 will l." thought Mrs. Berkeley, as
she disappeared unobserved from the door
way.
''In my carriage asked HattOn.
"Yes; expect me in front of the Lin
dell, for there we can drive to Kruth's or
Mrs. Purcelrs for our costumes and
masks"
Tuesday night came, and our two frienGs
were at the masquerade. Berkeley was dis
guised as Turk, and his friend in the
more hideous garb of an Indian.
There was one faultless form, dressed as
a page Of the olden time, which seemed to
be the admiration of every one. Our
friends were not long in finding this
strangely disguised and evidently fast
young lady, and she made herself espe-
cially pleasing to Berkeley. The latter
promenaded and danced with her, and they
retired TO another room for refreshments.
The eyes which cleaned out from the holes
in the mask our hero declared to be the
most lovely he had ever beheld. While
chatting and drinking sparkling cham
payne with the artful beauty, he chuckled
to himself to think what nice trick he
had played on his wife
Snow, my charmer," he said, pouring
out glass of champagne, 81 drink to your
health alone, and VOW love no other; af-
ter which | ask, as we are by ourselves,
that we unmask.
"Bah, Sir Turk! you do not pretend to
say you love me y
More than tongue can tell.
''And that you never loved another"
"Never, by the jumping Jehosaphat. p"
Nonsense, III venture you have wife
and half-a-doZen children"
81 swear by my beard have not, :"
vowed the Turk.
"Pshawl we women know you meR too
well to believe what you say. Men must
have some recreation you KNOW" said
the artful beauty.
"But know, dearest adored unknown, y
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
Importance of a Clean skin.

Most of our invalids are such, and mil
lions of more healthy people will become
invalids, for want of paying the most Or
dinary attention to the requirements of the
skin That membrane is too often regard
ed as "A covering only, instead of compli-
Gated piece of machinery, scarcely second
in its texture and sensitiveness to the ear
or the eye. Many treat it with ss little
reference to Its proper functions as if it
were nothing better than bag for their
bones. Ii is this reconsideration for the
skin that is the cause of very large pro-
portion of the diseases in the world. If,
as claimed by some scientists, four fifths,
in bulk, of all we eat, and drink, must
either pass off through the skin or be
turned back upon the system as a poison,
and that life depends as much upon these
exhalations through the skin as upon in
haling pure air through the lungs, it must
be of the most vital importance to keep
that channel free.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
The Texas Cowboy.

The Texas cowboy is a rare bird He is
a sort of happy jack Of the Wilderness, "a
dry land sailor, who takes his fun in large
doses whenever he gets to port port being
to him the nearest town with a dance
hOuse-his fun pure deviltry. He can yell
louder in an unearthly key, swagger more
and swear harder than any man of his
inches on the continent His dress is evi-
IDENTIFY intended to ape the Mexican cOun-
terfeit of the Spanish cavalier, with a
sneaking regard for home cOnventiOnalities
thrown in. Imagine the conglomeration
Having no tiXity of form it is wholly in
describable and varies with the whim of
the individual. Yet he is proud of his
''make up, and pays particular attention
to the style Of his hat, boot and spurs.
The hat is an elaborate affair Broad
leaved, tasselled and tinseled, it spreads its
far-reaching shadow over the form of its
festive owner a few acres beyond His
only pet is his horse; his only toy his pis-
tOl; but he would prefer losing his horse
for day to being severed from his six
shooter for a moment. All his strength is
in his toy. Like the savage Indian, when
deprived of his weapon his ''heart is on the
ground" \ small boy could thresh him
then. Give him the pistol and the drop
on a man and he will rejoice in his ability
to bore hole in him big enough for
good sized dog to crawl through, as if the
boring process were something to be eX-
ceedingly proud of. This is because COW
boys are not hung often in Texas, and the
reason why they have not been is because
they have been employed and protected by
the cOwman. We have had some very dis
tInguished cowboys in this part of the
world. Bill LOngley, who killed thirty
seven men in the course of his brief ex-
perienCe, was a cowboy most Of his time,
as was also John Wesley Hardin, better
known as Wes. Hardin, who has been 10
kill man for snoring in his sleep. These
miscreants have had no such word as fair
play in their lexicon. If they intended to
get a quarrel up they first ''gOt the drop
on their victim, then bullied him into active
then shot him Gin sclf-defense. ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
Cachmere Shawls.

The manufacture of shawls at Cachmere,
with supplies all the world with a splendid
article of dress, furnishes employment to
the industry of nearly fifty thousand indi-
viduals. Ii would perhaps be difficult to
determine with accuracy the quantity of
shawls manufactured annually; but the
number of looms employed is said to be
sixteen thousand, and supposing five shawls
are on an average made at each loom, it
would give eighty thousand in the course of
the year. A shop may be occupied with
one shawl, provided it be remarkably fine
one, above year, while other shops make
six or eight in the course of that period.
OF the best and most worked kinds, not so
much as quarter of an inch is completed
in one day by the three people, which is the
usual number employed at most of the shops.
Shawls containing much work are made in
separate pieces at different shops and it
NAV be observed, that it very rarely hap
pens that the pieces when completed cor
respond in size The shop consists OF a
framework, at which the persons employed
sit on bench; their number is from two
to four. On plain shawls two people alone
are employed, and long narrow, but heavy
shuttle is used those of which the pattern
is yariegated are worked with wooden
needles, there being separate needle for
the thread of each color, and without the
aid of shuttle The operation OF their
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
Animal Prognostics.

The lower animals in a state of nature,
or exposed in the open fields, are very sus
ceptible of atmospheric changes. Sheep eai
greedily before storm, and sparingly be,
fore thaw. When they leave the high
parts of their range, when they bleat much
in the evening, or during the night, we may
expect severe weather Goats seek place
Of shelter, while swine carry litter, and
cover themselves better than ordinary be-
fore storm. Frost is foretOld by the cat
scratching post or wall; and a thaw,
when she washes her face, or when frogs
come from their winter concealment. The
gathering of grouse into large fOcks,
the diving of sparrows in dry dust, the
fluttering of wild ducks as they flap their
wings, the dismal, heightened howl of sea
gulls in an inland place, or around lakes,
the mournful note of the curlew, the shrilI
whew of ployer, the whet-whet- Of the
chafiinch perched upon a tree, the growing
of the cock at unusual times, all prOgnOsti-
cate rain or snow. When the fieldfare,
redwing, startling, swan, snOwfleck. and
other birds Of passage, arrive soon from the
north, it indicates an early and severe
winter. When gnats bite very keenly,
when flies keep near the ground Shown by
swallows that feed upon the wing flying
low we look for wind and rain. But the
most wonderful influence of atmospheric
changes is upon these creatures that burrow
in the ground. The earth worm appearing
in abundance indicates rain. In like man.
ner the mole seems to feel its approach, as
a day or two before he raises more hIllocks
than usual; and when, after long, severe
frost, he begins again TO work, it will soon
become fresh. The effect of electricity are
well known, both on the atmosphere and
on animals; and the position of the aqueous
vapOrs with the relaxin. damp near the
face of the earth, which in certain states
takes place, may give rise to this increased
actively.
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NO. %.

began our hero, pushing his chair Just as
close To the page as he could get it, and
placing one arm affectiOnately around her
waist, ''that | have found my 'finity in
you, that | never loved till | saw YOU, an
( that | adore only you. Now | have made
a full confession, and after requesting the
pleasure of seeing you home, please allow
me to remove this mask that must cover 3
face of exquisite lOveliness.'
7 Berkeley had evidently drank too much
champagne, or he would not have been So
vehement in his remarks. He threw one
arm around the young lady dressed in the
fascinating costume of a page, raised tbe
mask, and beheld the face of mis- wife
CONSERVATION, Sallie, let's 90 home,
he cried; and in fifteer minutes they We're
in cab going toward their residence.
Nr. Berkeley was a very quiet man for
several days. and Mrs. Berkeley enjoyed her
victory in silence. \ week or two after
the affair, Hatton asked his friend what
became of the grl dressed as a page, he
was coming it over 50 sweetly at the mas
querade.
"Don't mention it, Ned, for | have
sworn | will never go to another masquer-
ade while live"
Ned HattOn thinks his friend Berkeley
was bitten some way.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
Large Powder Blasts.

Some time since blast of 1900 pounds
of powder was exploded in the quarry OF
the Glendon Iron Company, near Easton,
Pa, displacing $4,000 tons of rock. The
discharge was described in some of the
newspapers as probably the heaviest charge
not sub-aqueous ever fired in the country.
To this California mining journal takes
exception, and says that much larger
charges are frequently exploded in the
gravel mines of that State. Very recently
the Reservoir Ditch Company put off in
their mine, at Sucker Flat, Yuba county,
a blast of 80, 900 pounds of Judson powder,
very powerful explosive, and by which
between 200, 900 and 300,0 900 cubic yards
of gravel, some of it indurated into hard
cement, were so shattered that the most of
it can be piped off under the heavy head OF
waters there used. Occasionally even a
greater amount of powder than this is ex-
ploded by the larger hydraulic mining COM
panies, who find it economical to employ
such heavy charges as doing more proper
ionate execution than small ones.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
ON THE BAY.

How oft at twilight hour
We two went floating of upon the wave
The West resplendent with its sunset dover.
The East all luminous, yet softly grave;
The ocean spread around,
Just ruffied, yet rejecting every hue.
Marking W tn foam each emerald islet's bound.
And gliding back its pillows to renew.
Then the lone sea-bird sped
rs trackless way with many plaintiye cry
The winds swept slowly. and from oceans bed
Rose perfumes that cen now seem gathering
nigh.
Leaning on idle oars
We gazed on hills whose feet were ON the
sand
Their crowns rose grsndly where the sunli ,;ht
pours
Its last rich food ON rippling sea and land
In all the long, bright past
When ocean, earth aud sky in blest accord,
Their'spell of light, song, motion round US
cast
There are no dearer hours in memory's ward
The cup our lips did press
In that glad time WAS trembling to the brim
With its sweet drsught of mortal happiness =
Not wasted lost, but grown far of and dim
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
EuIes for Visitors to "a Fair.

Don't come in over the fence, but through
the gate. The fence is simply for ornament.
Keep to the right as you pass around. If
you don't you may get left.
If YOU observe any animal which strikes
your particular fancy go by it at once.
In passing around ameng the live
stock remember that the horses and cattle
are well heeled.
Beware of pickpockets. 1t order not to
put them to unnecessary trouble, carry your
wallets In your hands.
In case you get lost, hire some one to ind
you. Twelve cheap boys will be stationed
on the ground for this purpose.
In walking round you will find plenty of
chances TO get a square meal.
IN efficient corps of police are on the
ground, ready to club in and help make the
Fair a success.
Any man caught squirting at the weather
and predicting rain will be ordered to dry
up.
The half mile track is no; a mile around.
Bear this in mind and it may save you
much sorrow in after years.
In case your pig don't get a prize don't
bristle up about it.
When you get tired of sitting take a grand
stand.
Quarters have been provided for all the
officers of the association, but if you want
a quarter you must go down in your pocket.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

manufacture is of course slow. proportiOnate
to the quantity of work which their patterns
may require. The women and children
pick out the fine wool from the coarse hair,
and other heterogeneous matter, which is
afterwards carded by young girls with their
fingers on India muslin, to lengthen the
fibre and clean 1t from dirt, and in this state
it is delivered to the dyers and spinners.
The loom that is used is very simple and
horizontal. The weaver sits on the bench,
a child is placed before him with his eyes
on the pattern, and gives him notice after
every throw of the shuttle of the cOlOrs
wanted and the bobbins to be next employed.
The Oostaud, or head workman, superin-
tends, while his journeymen are employed
near him Immediately under his directions.
II they have any new pattern in hand, OF
one with which they are not familiar, he
describes to them the figures, color and
threads which they are to use, while he
keeps before them the pattern on which
they happen to be employed, drawn upon
paper. During the operation of manufac-
turing the right side of the shawl is upper
most on the frame; Notwithstanding which,
the Oostaud never mistakes the regularity
Of the most figured piece. The wages of
the head workmen (the employer furnishing
the materials) are from six to eight pice per
day; of the common workmen from one to
four pice; which currency in Cachmere
may be valued at three-half pence each.
When a merchant enters into trade he fire.
quently engages several shops, which he
collects in a spot under his own eve or he
supplies the head workman with thread
which has been spun by women, and pre-
viously cOlored; and they carry on the
manufacture at their own homes, having be
fOrehand received instruction from the mer-
chant respecting the quality of the goods he
may require, their colors, patterns, etc.
After the goods are finished the merchant
carries them to the custom house, where
each shawl is stamped, and pays certain
duty, the amount of which is settled accord
ing to the value'and quality Of the piece.
The officer of the Government generally
fixes the values beyond what the goods are
in reality worth, and the duty levied on this
estimate is One-tifth. Most shawls are eX-
ported from Cachmere unwashed and fresh
from the loom. Amritser is the great shawl
mart, and they are better washed and pack
ed than in Cachmere but of those sent 10
the Westward, many are worn unwashed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16
Strange Statistics.

The agents of the Water Board, in a
large city, are now abroad with the assess
ments for the coming year, noting down
increase or decrease in families, any intro
ductiOn of new pipes, and whatever is
necessary to aid the Board in making up Il
fair tax on each householder. 1t is the
duty of these agents to ask various qUes-
tions, and they expect truthful replies
When an agent asks if there has been any
increase in the family, or if bath tub has
been put in, ten out Of every fifteen citi-
Zens hesitate, Stammer, and rather seek 10
convey the impression that nothing has
occurred to cause an increase in rates. We
all know how weak human nature some
times is, but the following statistics, care
fully compiled by these agents, should
warn us that truth is the beacon light OF
safety. DufiRg the past year twelve citi-
Zens who had introduced bath tubs and
failed to remember 1t, died after a brief i'll
ness, and in most cases each one seemed to
have some awful trouble on his mind and
died hard. Fourteen citizens who had
branch pipes put in and failed to notify the
agents were either taken down with run
of fever or went into bankruptcy. Four
women who tried to slam the door on
agents, saying they didn't want TO buy any
clothes wringers that day have been laid
away forever. Three citizens who used
lawn FOUNTAINS and didn't report the fact,
have been laid up with broken limbs for
months, and now hObble around pale and
emaciated, a sad warning to other absent
minded persons. One man who solemnly
asserted to the agent that his family had
not increased was taken with st. Nitus
Dance the next day. After vainly employ
ing seven or eight physicians he sent note
to the Water Board admitting that triplets
had been born to the family and that he
had lied about it. The Board put up his
rates to the proper figure, collected arrears,
and in two weeks the man was in perfect
health. These statistics are not presented
with any intention Of frightening old liars
and hardened prevaricatOrs, but simply to
show that deception does not always bring
happiness and wealth
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-07-16

"WELL, Bessie" said her mother,
"have you been a good girl to-day ?"
mo, mamma" ''Why, Bessie, hope
you have not been a bad girl?" "No,
mamma,' said the little thing, ''not
weddy bad, not weddy good, just a COM
ferable little girl"