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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
PutnaIn as a spy.

Among the officers of the Revolutionary
army, none, probably, possessed more
originality than General Patnam, who was
eccentric and fearless, blunt in his man
ners, the daring soldier, without the polish
of the gentleman. He might well be called
the Marion of the North, though he d,sliked
diguise, probably from the fact of his lisp
ing, which was very apt to overthrow any
trickery which he might have in view.
At this time a stronghold called Horse
neck, some miles from New York, was IN
the hands of the British. Putnam, with a
few sturdy patriots, was lurking in the
vicinity, bent on driving them from the
place. Tired of lurking in ambush, the
men began TO be impatient, and importuned
the General with question as to when
they were going to have bou; with the
foe. One morning he made speech some
thing to the following effect, which con-
vinced them there was something in the
wind:
'.Fellows, you have been idle too long,
and so have |. I'm going to Bush's at
Horseneck, in an hour. with an OK team
and bag of corn. If come back / will
let you know the particulars; If should
not, let them have it, by hockey.
lie shortly afterwards mounted his OK
cart, dressed as one of the commonest order
of YANKEE farmers, and was at Bush's tav-
ern, which was IN possession of the British
troops. No sooner did the officers espy him
than they began to question him as to his
whereabouts, and finding him complete
simpleton as they thought, they began TO
quiz hIm, and threatened 10 seize the corn
and fodder.
''How much do you ask for your whole
concernl" asked they.
''For mercy's sake, gentlemen" replied
the mock clodhopper, with the most de-
plorable look OF entreaty; ''only let me oil,
and you shall have my hull team and load
for nothing, and if that won't dew, I'll
give you my word III return tomorrow,
and pay you heartily for your kindness and
condescension."
''Well," said they, "we'll take you at
your word. Leave the team and provend-
er with us, and We won't require bail for
your appearance"
Putnam gave up the team, and sauntered
about for an hour or so, gaining all the in
formation he wished. He then returned to
his men and told them Of the foe, and his
plan of attack.
The morning came, and with it sailed
out the gallant band. The British were
handled with rough hanis; ard when they
surrendered to General Putnam, the clod-
hopper, he sarcastically remarked:
Gentlemen, have kept my word l
told you | would call and pay you for your
kindness and condescension."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
Roman Coins at Harvard.

In 1877, Robert Noxon Toppsn { 1858, }
ofN. Y, presented to the library a collection
Of Roman coins, eighty -one in number, illus
trsting the period from 400 B. C. to Con-
stantine the Great, A. ID. 337. The COINS
are Of copper, silver and gold and are Of
exceptional value, owing to their fine state
of preservation, many of them being as
clear cut as the recent coinage Of the
United States Mint. Copper money was
first coined in Rome about 425 B. c., and
this collection includes a large copper as
OF 400 b. c. The stamp of the govern
ment did not determine the value of the
COIN it simply certified that the value
existed in the coin. All the Roman en-
perors before Constantine are represented
here. Cleopatra Julius Cesar, Brutus,
Sylla, the Calburnian, EmlIan, and Acil-
ian families, contribute a coin each, and
there are ten of the year 269 B. C.. This
collection remained unarranged until quite
recently, when the donor presented hand
some case, and personally arranged the
coins chrouologically, with a descriptive
label beneath each coin. The case is of
polished rosewood, two feet In height three
feet in length, eighteen inches in depth at
the base, and six inches at the top. 1t has
been placed in the art room, which is i'm
mediately above the delivery room, and
can be seen at any time by permission OF
the librarian.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
Boy Inventors.

Some of the most important inventions
have been the work Of mere boys. The
invention Of the valve motion to the steam
engine was made by boy. Watts left the
engine in q very incomplete condition, from
the fact that he had no way to open or close
the valves, except by means Of levers
operated by the hand. He set up q large
engine at one of the mines, and boy was
hired to work these valve levers; although
this was not hard work, yet it required his
constant attention. As he was working
these levers, he saw that parts of the engine
moved in the right direction, and at the ex-
act time that be had to open or close the
valves. He procured q strong cord and
made one end fast to the proper part of
the engine, and the other end to the valve
lever; the boy lad the satisfaction Of seeing
the engine off with perfect regularity Of
motion A short time after, the foreman
came around and saw the boy playing mar
bles at the door. Looking at the engine
he soon saw the ingenuity of the boy, and
also the advantages of so great an invention.
Dir. Watts then carried out the boys inven-
tive genius in practical form, and made
the steam engine perfect automatic work.
ing machine. The power-loom Is the IN
vention of farmer boy VINO had never
seen or heard of such q thing. He
wnittled one out with his jack-knife, and
after he had got it all done, he, with great
enthusiasm, showed it to his father, who at
once kicked 1t all to pieces, saying he
he would have no boy about him that would
spend his time on such foolish things. The
boy gathered up the pieces and laid them
away. Soon after that his father bound
him out as an apprentice to blacksmith,
about twelve miles from home. The boy
was delighted at the Idea of learning trade
and he soon found that his new master
was kind and took lively interest in him.
He had made loom of what was left of
the one his father had broken up, which he
showed to his master. The blacksmith
saw he had no common boy as an sppreu-
tice, and that the invention was a very
valuable one. He Immediately had loom
constructed under the supervision of the
boy; it worked TO their perfect satisfaction
and the blacksmith furnished the means to
the looms, the boy to receive
one-half the profits
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
Inventors

The last wrinkle in gas-meters is the pa
tent of a Norfolk man-s price indicator
showing in dollars and cents the amount
due for gas. An automatic railroad switch
signal has been patented by a Hartford
hotel clerk. 1t shows danger when a
switch is displaced, and will not right it.
aelf until the last of the indefinite number
of switches to which it may be attacked
has been properly placed. Clocks can now
be made self-winding. that is, electric clocks
OF the Copenhagen variety. Louis Soen-
denberg, the Dane in charge of them, ap-
plies TO them a mechanical contrivance
which periodically cnts off the steam of
electric fiuid from the battery, and brings
an electro-magnet to bear upon the relax
ing handspring in such a way as to renew
Its tension instantaneously. A young New
Yorker has patented what he calls water
skates. The skate is an air vessel made
OF zinc and hermetically sealed; is about
five feet in length, ten inches broad and
five inches deep, with vertical sides, and
tapers of fore and aft, or at the toe and
heel, like steamboat On the deck or
upper surface there is a socket into which
the. foot is set, and the opening being
guarded oy rim OF metal to keep the
water from washing into the socket The
bottom is fitted with double gang of au-
tomato paddles, one gang forward and
the former aft, with five blades in each
gang. The blades are set on swivels in
frame ten inches square, that hangs ver-
tically from the bottom of the skate. As
the skate is pushed forward through the
water the blades are opened and offer
no resistance, but when the foot rests so
as to begin a forward movement with
the other foot the pressure backward
closes the blades and gives purchase on
the water that materially aids in propul-
sion. Each skate weighs about eight
pounds, but in the water, owning to its
buoyancy, it has no percepuble weight on
the foot. The other day the inventor
walked across the surface of the Harlem
river on them, the movement being a sort
of gliding step, In which the skate Is not
lifted out of the water.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
Business Laws In Daily Use.

The following compilation of busines,
law contains the essence of a large amoun
OF legal verbiage:
Ii note is lost or stolen, it does not re
lease tie maker; he must pay it if tn.
consideration for which 1t was given anc
the amount can be proven.
Notes bear interest only when 50 stated
PRINCIPALS are responsible for the act,
Of their agents.
Each individual in partnership is re-
sponslble for the whole amount of the debt.
OF the firm, except in case of special part
nership.
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
Ihe law compels no one to do impossi.
bilties.
An agreement without consideration is
void.
A note made on Sunday is void.
contrasts made on Sunday cannot be en-
forced.
A note made by minor is void.
A contract made with lunatic is void.
a note obtained by fraud, or from a per-
son in state Of intoxication, cannot be
collected.
1t is fraud to conceal a fraud.
Signatures made with pencil are good
in law.
A receipt of money Is not always con-
elusive.
The act of one partner binds all the rest.
'Value received" is usually written in a
note, and should be, but is not necessary.
II not written it is presumed by the law,
or may be supplied by proof
The maker Of an accommodation" bill or
note, Zone for which he has received NO con-
sideration, having lent his name or credit
for the accommodation of the HOLDER is
bound to all other parties, precisely as if
there was good consideration.
No consideration is sufficient in law if
be illegal in its nature.
Checks or drafts should be presented
during business hours, but in this country,
except in the case of banks, the time ex-
tends through the day and evening.
If the drawer Of a check of draft has
changed his residence, the holder must use
due or reasonable diligence to find him.
If one who holds check as payee or
otherwise. transfers it TO another, he has
right to insist that the check be presented
that day, or at farthest, the day following.
A note endorsed in blank [the name of
endorser only written) is transferable by
delivery, the same as if made payable TO
bearer.
The time Of payment of a note must not
depend upon contingency. The promise
must be absolute.
A bill may be written upon any paper or
substitute for it, either with ink or pencil
The payee should be distinctly named in
the note, unless it is payable to bearer.
An endorsee has right TO action against
all whose names were on the bill when he
received it.
If the letter containing protest of nom
payment be put into the post office, any
miscarriage does not effect the party giving
notice.
Notice of protest may be sent either to
the place of business or of residence OF the
party notified.
An oral agreement must be proved by
evidence. A written agreement proves
itself. The law prefers written to oral
evidence because of its precision.
No evidence may be introduced to con-
tradict or vary the written contract; but it
may be received in order to explain it,
when the contract is in need of explanation.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
American Newspapers.

There are 10, ,131 American lUnlted
States and Canada newspapeIs-osS Gal,
lies 8. 42S weeklies, tri-weeklies anc
,,ontbI,es The total circulation OF SIN
Gle issue of each Of these papers-omitting
/ e2O not g1ven-reaches the enormous
aggregate of 20 677, ,5SS copies, divided as
foIl,ws: Daliies, 3,540, loo; weehlies, semi
weeklies. and tri-weeklies, l3,oIl, "a;
,,,on,blies and seml-monthlies. 3, go, o9o.
This ia an average of 2,04l to each paper
20 . SINGLE issue, and taking all issues oil
~ ~ wbole for one year, grand total OF l.
oSs sne I7s 59a copies. Taking ordinary
tortv-pouud newspaper at It's average
Ios Oaas,,re Of 4. 600 sheets (solid) to foot,
.n. NJ sens of all these, piled up, would
measure $40 feet (nearly nue. IN
height. or, for a whole year, 4os, LIE ie1. IN
lover 81 miles, high. Counting thslh a
st the average size of 2Ix4i, anu Piaoeu 70
a. a. Az 70 end. one issue would extend ~
nS c1S as5 G feet-l3, $50 miles; for one year,
. 81 aus 1O6 feet-1, 1SS. 374 mlles-o,
49, sev,n times around the eartn' anu
lUs sna ,;rocs the distance from the earth 70 lne
n'e In a thousand ems OF type tnere
n-o yearly Q. 900 pieces, and In an a'elss1
four page eight-column paper eao ses ems ~ about
brewer type, there are l4o,oo! e ane news.
19o M hounds, or 296, 900 types IN one me- nI" !"
nsner To print one issue OF tne .o.a ms, aus
fSf papers of this average sl1e, aoo 'ne o"nds of
ioi PPdie5 nearly 100000 POUNDS y,
oe n1 nr COS. 77s, 900 types. Inc ",a .otai
typet yptor or of issues Of sll these daliies' Neeh sa
nuih Il ,,ontblies. for one year, "oulu
es anu 1a4 7sS and to print them ocsas0ns sas 00S
ma make handling and @ Of al7a, 4ss. $50 Sop
the har%s Tbese averages are minimum rather ain :
much type, at least, in amor an Ulnto tw this pur.
up the paper; o0usequeu'lyb bs ,0 10, DOC ooo. 600
@ poands in use, the value Of winch =
1K on0 0oo,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
The Famous whitebait.

The proper whitebait season is consid-
cred by the principal Thames fishermen to
begin when Parliament begins, and end
when Parliament ends. This Is the rule
they have gone by for many years past, or,
to put it according to the almanac, they be-
gin with nets In February and go on to the
middle of August This year Parliament
held its sittings so late that the whitebsss,
not being able to wait so long, adjourned to
the sea, thence to return as sprats about next
November, especially being careful to
remember that they are due at the Mansion
House on the 9th OF November 'Bait,"
a. it is technically called, varies much In
size and quality according to the season Of
the year. Thus, in February and March
considerable numbers of 'yawlings" are
caught. These are, without doubt, year
ling" herrings. In June and July the bait
appear in thenets. These are very minute.
gelstinous little creatures. so transparent
that the bright, silvery eye is the most
noticeable portion Of them At various
times Of the year appear also ''Polwigs,"
!. E., young gobies and ''Rooshans," infant
weaver fish, as like wise 'buntings' (brown),
and red shrimps, sand eels, stlcklebacks, ETC.
We have carefully examined sample of
the ''bait' similar to that which will be
caught to day for the ministerial dinner.
II consists almost entirely of young sprsts
lovely little fish, as silvery as new shilling,
and in excellent condition. 1t has lately
been alleged that killing this fry is waste
ful process, and that they should be al
ArrraA 20 l.,1s Il. + a.
estuary Of the Thames sprsts are not falling
oa in fact it ofte nhappens in the winter
months that Billingsgate market is over
stocked with sprats in consequence Of 20
many ''garvies' Scotch for sprats) being
,ent from Inverness and other firths of Scot
and. This also accounts for the fact that
when abundant 81 rats are largely used for
manure for the kentish hop-yards and
urnip fields. The value of whltebait a.
is very large. One firm alone
pays fl00 week in wages during the
'eason, and at another place about e, 900
year is coming in as wages to the white
. is not likely that Parliament will ever
's asked to make it illegal for the fisher
men to catch or the public to eat whitebait.
Is regards the origin of the term whitehall,
n former times these little fishes were used
s bait for the crab-pots; then, as now,
hey were very bright and silverv, and
we're called ''whitebsit, VI in contradistinc-
ion to other bats that were not white.
When they became fashionable as food for
.ondoners they still retained their name a.
by which appellaiIon they
rilI DrOhahlv he still known at minia
erial dinners for many years 10 come.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
Poetry of the Table.

More appetizing than ali patent tonics Is
perfectly arranged table sparkling with
cleal ness. So let us be little extravagant
in our fresh table-cloths, when soap, water
and little labor are all we have to pay.
And now we must decide, shall We have
the best china, and do with some stoneware
for every day? or Shall we pay ourselves
the respect usually reserved for oompany1
Clearly, We are the persons to whom it is of
the most importance. Shall we sit down to
odd plates and cracked saucers six days
that we may enjoy gilded china the sew
enthi By no means. We will have plain
white French china, which can always be
matched when broken, and we will sit
down to it every day. In the same way we
will bring out the plated knives and silver
forks, and partake of ourfood, with sense of
our own deserts. We shall feel increased
respect for ourselves, also, with napkins
and butter plates; - those We will have.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
BOBOLINK.

Little Bobolink, flying through the mssdov
Lighting on tall grass nodaing At his shad,
Popping down onto the ground,
Where his mate is sitting
On five tiny. speckleo eggs
Round her he 10 fitting
Here snd there, and everywhere.
Catching flies to bring her
Then be lights above her nest
A sweet song to sing her
Lovely song. 30 full and strong.
With sweetness bubbling over
How love to hear him sing,
swinging on the clover
Soon the little birds will hstch.
Then they'll fy together
After food to Ill their mouths
Through bright aud rainy weather;
Here and there, and everywhere.
Seeking food to bring them,
Hardly stopping all day long
One sweet song to sing them
But the birds. 80 tiny now,
VIII soon their wings be trying,
And through the meadows all tho day
In happy sport be fying.
Then B0bolink will stop to think
That summers almost over.
And so s parting song he'll sing,
Swinging on the clover
Lively 80 full and strong.
With sweetness bubbling over.
How love 10 hear him eng,
Swinging on the clover
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
A Desert of Quicksand.

A most singular desert Of Iuicksand ex-
lists in Arabia 1t is in the heart of the
country, about three hundred miles from
Alden, on the Indian Ocean, and Is called
the Bahrel Saffi, or Sea OF Saffi, so called
from King Saffi, who, in an attempt to
cross the desert, disappeared with his
whole army. 1t is described as covered
with undulating hills which give it the ap-
parance of a moving sea- On this strange
desert are white patches formed of im-
palpable powder, into which Is plummet,
with sixty-fathom line, is thrown, the
whole slowly disappears. In one OF these
quicksards, the ill-omened King Ssfh and
his host found tomb.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
A Perpetual Skating Pond.
There ia q lax . on the Saw Tootb Mon

There is lake on the Saw Tooth Noun
talns, California, that probabaly has no equal
in the United States. 1t is about sixty-five
miles from Bonanza, and at an altitude of
nearly twelve thousand feet. The lake
lies in basin among the sharp crags OF the
snowy Saw Tooth, and is sheet of perpet-
ual ice. 1t was discovered in August of
last year by q party of prospectors, and
named the Ice Lake. The sun seemed to
have no effect upon it except in places ad-
joining the shore. 1t is simply = great
bowl in the hard mountain rock brimfuI of
solid ice, upon which the rays Of the sun
descend with No Pswsr to psnstrate.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13
A Relic Of Olden Times.

The other day an interesting relic of
stirring times was recovered from the sea
on the east coast of Aberdeenshire. This
ls no less than one Of the guns of the Span
ish Armada, which has been lying these
three centuries in q creek at Slams, q little
south OF Peterhead. The St. Catherine
was wrecked here in her fight northward.
Two guns were iished out of the same pool
in 1640, thIrd in 1856, and two more
guns and an anchor in 1876. The present
ind Is reported to be the largest and most
complete Of all.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-13

Horse racing on Boston Common
was complained Of In 17eo.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-08-18
ALEXANDRIA, La, WEDNESDAY,, AUGUST 18, $780,

upon it,"
"Hush!" she commanded. ooh,
do not make my task harder! You
will forgive me, dear, I know. Only
grow strong and we'll again for met
"No," be said family. Il am con.
tent now to die. You have wiped
out the harshness of your words y
But she interrupted him with a
kiss.
"You asked me once to be your
wife," she said. II did not know
my own heart then; but now-oh,
John, live for me, or take ME with
you, for l have learned that I cannot
live without your
Two hours later, with her hand
clasped in his, John Raleigh fell into
a quiet sleep-a sleep which lasted
through long hours, while still she
sat motionless, fearing to stir; but
when the dawn broke, she knew that
with it had vanished the dark night
of their unhappiness in the dawn OF
an all possible future.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-08-18
a SUMMERS pASTlME.
BY JENNY WREN.

SUCH a tiny, pearl.tinted glove it
was, f!.ing faultlessly the white,
dimpled hand, and reaching far up,
with it's innumerable little white but.
tons on the round, fair arm, that it
was small wonder, spite of its almost
inGnitesimal size, that it filed the
scope of John Raleigh's vision, as he
somewhat awkwardly entered the
plain country parlor, where the own
er of both hand and glove awaited
him.
won't you help me2" she said,
in a very helpless way, and held out
to him the little fingers as she spoke.
He saw, then, that the task of but
toning was still incomplete. A dark
red flush mounted to his face, as he
undertook the duty assigned him.
He could not see the little, hooking
smile about the beautiful mouth, as
it puckered itself into a tiny mONe,
at his uncouth efforts, or the laugh
ing malice in the hazel eyes. He
only felt beneath his touch the cool,
firm flesh of the exquisite arm, and
he thought, with sort of uncon-
scious reasoning, how great a pity it
was to hide away any part of it, even
beneath thing SO dainty as the
pearl tinted glove.
"Thanksp she said, carelessly,
when he had finished his task. care
the horses ready3"
EYES," he answered, and handing
her into the light wagon, as though
she were a queen, he sprang in be.
side her, and drawing up the reins,
soon went speeding down the coun
try lane.
Two short weeks before, Adelaide
Armon had come down from the gay
city to the quiet farm house, to re-
gain, if might be, some of her faded
roses.
Later in the summer, she was tt
undergo the usual watering place or
deal, but, as a little respite between
the now and then, she had chosen tt
spend the month of June buried
among its fragrance.
| OF course she should be unuttera
bly, bored, the prophesied with mute
resignation, and equally of cours'