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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02
Death of Chief Victoria.

The death of this Indian Chief and cap
ture of his band Is thus told by a cores
pOndent -
A hasty council was held, and the quick
laid plan was as soon executed. The COM
plete knowledge of the country possessed
by Terrazas and his scouts led him to be-
lieve that the Indians would try and make
a certain water-hole by evening, rest and
water and be off again. To head them at
this hole was the only hope of the pursuers,
and every effort of the tired and wearied
band was now put forth. They forced
their way by cIrcultous march and arrived
at the spring at the moment the Indians
appeared. They had no time to refresh
themselves, but charged the Indians, vino
took to the small mountains among the
rocks for shelter. TerraZas sent his chief,
Juan Mata ArtlZ, with half the force around
the mountain, to cut off any retreat, and
the Comanche scout Cruz took few more
and scaled an adjoining cliff and did excel
lent work with unerring aim. All that
evening and all night the fight lasted, the
Indians, securely screened behind the rocks,
being hard to dislodge. During the night
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02
HOW Long say n Man Live.

1t was Professor Hufeland's opinion that
the limit of possible human life may be set
at two hundred years. This is on the gen.
eral principle that the life of a creature is
eight times the years of its period of
growth. That which is quickly formed,
quickly perishes, and the earlier complete
development Is reached, the sooner bodily
decay ensues. More women reach old age
than men, but more men attain remarkable
longevity than women. some animals
grow TO be very old. Horned animals
live shorter lives than those without horns,
fierce longer than timid, amphibious longer
than those which inhabit the air. The vo-
racious pike, exists it is said, TO the age OF
one hundred and forty the turtle is good
foi one hundred or more; and among birds
the golden eagle is known to have lived TWO
hundred years; while the sly and somber
crow reaches the venerable age OF u cen
tury. Passing up III the scale OF life to
man, and skipping the patriarchs, we may
find many recorded instances of
longevity among the classic Greeks and
Romans. Pliny notes that in the reign of
the Empesor Vespasian, In the year '76,
there were one hundred and twenty-fouI
men living in the lihited area of the Apen-
mines and the Po of one hundred years and
upward, three oil whom were one hundred
and forty and four over one
hundred and thirty-five. Cicero's wife
lived to the age of one hundred and three,
and the Roman actress Luceja played in
public as late as her one hundred and
twelfth year. Coming down to more re-
cent times the most notable authentic in
stance of great age Is that of Henry Jen-
kins, OF Yorkshire, England, who died in
1870, one hundred and slxty-nIne years
old. He was fisherman and at the age
of one hunCred easily swan across rapid
rivers. Another historic case is that of
Thomas Parr, of Shropshire, day laborer,
vino lived to the age of one hundred and
fifty-twO years. When more than one
hundred and twenty, he married Is second
wife, and till one hundred and thirty he
could swing the scythe and WELD the tlail
with the best of his feilow-laborers. In
his one hundred and fifty-second year
Parr went up TO London to exhibit himself
to the King. 1t proved an unlucky visit,
for violating the aDstemlous habit OF a cen
tury and halt, tie old man feasted SO
freely on the royal victuals that he soon
died of plethora.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02

Who has not heard of General Buffers.
taching the water wheels OF Lowell NJ.
TO bring the millowners to immediate terms
in his suit to recover the wages Of an opera
tivei 1t was good opportunity to ask
him if the story was true. ''NOt bit of
1t, p" he replied; ''but yet it had foundation
in fact, which is more than the stories told
about me generally have. If you will look
at it there is an absurdi:y at the start, for
you can't attach real estate-and the water
wheel is real estate-withOut further pro-
cess of law. But this is the way it was:
The mills for convenience pay their
operatives quarterly. Now, poor Irish
gIrl rushed into my Office one morning IN
state of great excitement telling me that
she was obliged to leave on account of the
illness of her mother, and that she could
not get her wages. She insisted with femi-
nine yehemence on my prosecuting them
at once. told her by the time the suit
could be decided the quarter would expire
and she could then get her money But
this did not satisfy her. She wanted i'm
mediate Justice. '.Mr. Butler" she ex-
claimed, ''why don't you ye attach the
watther wheel 2" swell, WELL" | replied,
''you come in at two o'clock and will see
in the meantime what can be done.h On
her departure | went over to the mill and
found out the amount of wages that W, due
to her. When she returned handed her
the money, which took pleasure in ad-
vancing, and told her to sign receipt,
which she did.
She gathered it up with alacrity and was
so profuse in her exclamations of gratitude
that | could not get In a word of explana-
tion, and she skipped out of the office with,
Good for ye Misther Butler; knew ye'd
get it by stopping the watther wheel, didn't
l tell you sol
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02
A Strangers Mistake.

A few days ago, western merchant
who wanted to do some sight seeing and
buy his fall stock at the same time, enter
dry goods iobbing house en- Broadway
and accosted the first person he met with:
'.Are you the proprietor herel" Not ex-
actIy the proprietor" was the reply. ''At
present am acting as shipping clerk, but
am cutting my cards for partnership
next year by organizing noon prayer meet
ings in the basement.
The stranger passed on to very i'm
portant looking parsonage with a diamond
PIN, and asked: '.Are you the head of the
house:"
"Well, no; 1 can't say as am at pres
ent, but have hopes of a partnership in
January. Pm only one Of tine travellers
Just now, but I'm laying for 5000 pew in
an up town church, and that will mean a
quarter interest here in less than SIX
months.
Tie next man had his feet up, his hat
back ana a twenty cent cigar in his mouth
and looked so SOLID that the stranger said:
'sYou must run this establishment"
swell, | may run it very soon. AT
present I'm the bookkeeper, but I'm ex-
pecting TO get into church choir with the
old mans darling and become an equal
partner here"
The stranger was determined not TO
make another mistake. He walked around
until he found man with his coat off and
busy with case of goods, and said to him:
1.-The porters are kept pretty busy III
here. l see."
''Yes, was the brief reply.
''But | suppose you are planning to in
vent gospel hymn book and sing the old
man out of an eighth interest, aren't you?'
swell, no, not exactly" was the quiet
reply. ''I'm the old man himself"
And all that the stranger said, after a
long minute spent in looking the merchant
over, was: "Well, durn my buttons"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02

While strolling along the street of Indian
apolis the other day, our a reporter, in a
dusty, cobwebby window, saw piece of
card board four or five inches square, on
which was written, ''pure skunk oil and
coon OIL" A moth-eaten, weather-beaten
coon skin hung above the door, which the
reporter entered.
"What do people buy skunk oil for ~
said the proprietor in his answer, repeating
the question. ''Why, they buy for rheu-
matism, and, say ii never fails to cure. >
The reporter desired TO see some pure
skunk oil, having heard that there were
many worthless limitations abroad. and was
shown a pint flask of an oily liquid of the
color of linseed oil. The fluid lad no more
and worse odor than lard oil. ''We sell to
all sorts of people, white, black and yel-
low, the richest and the poorest the pro-
prletor continued. This oil We get from
the skins-that's as much of the skunk as
get-and the yield is usually about four
ounces to the skin. Sometimes we get
half pint and sometimes, though seldom,
as much as apint, to the pelt. There's no
more than one skin in thousand that'l
yield pint of oil. The animelis thin in
flesh in summer, but very fat in winter.
Skunk hides, last year, the best quality,
were worth from Sl.75 to 81 each. They
will not be worth much more than balf as
much this year. handled 1000 skunk
skins last year, nearly all of which were
caught in Indiana. The animal abounds
in southern and central Indiana There are
a few in this county, not many. The skins
have been worth as much as $3.50, but
they'll never see that price again-Dot very
soon at least.
rs there any danger of the skunk crop
in this Stale becoming exhausted!" None
at all. A skunk VIII have fIom three TO
seven young at litter-usually about five.
I've been a fur buyer for forty-two years,
and there are more skunks in this State
now than ever. There is prejudice against
the animal, which makes it necessary to
sell the fur to ladies who wear it under sew
eral pretty aliases, among which are fitch
and American sable Besides being made
into muffs and trimmings, the skins are
largely used in making fine carriage
robes
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02
What Boys should Learn.

Not to tease boys or girls smaller than
themselves.
Not to take the easiest chair in the room,
lut il in the pleasantest place, and forget
to offer it to tine mother when she comes
in to sit down.
To treat the mother as politely as if she
were strange lady who did not spend her
life in their service.
To be as kind and helpful to their sisters
as they expect their sisters to be to them.
To make their friends among good boys.
To take pride in being gentlemen at
home.
To take their mothers into their conf
dence if they do anything wrong; and
above all, never to lie about anything they
have done.
To make up their minds not TO learn to
smoke, chew, or to drink; remembering
that these things cannot be unlearned, end
that they are terrible drawbacks to good
men, and necessities to bad ones.
remember that there rever was vaga-
bond without these habits.
To observe all these rules, and they are
sure to be gentlemen.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02
FEBRUA

way to keep the State free of them. This
campaign will cost the State not less than
$50, 900 cash outlay, besides all the prop
ertv destroyed by the Indians. The scalp
of Victoria, tinged visibly with gray, was
carried by the man who was given the
credit of shooting HIM.
About l o'clock the procession halted
before one of the large prisons or camp
yards, and the prisoners dismounted and
passed in. The next day all smaller child
rem were given away, and strange as 1t
may seem. they have been taken into the
best and wealthiest families In the city.
Gov. Terrazas took two, a boy and girl.
One gentleman took three. They have
been cleaned up and dressed in comfort
able clothes, and are much improved In
appearance.
The slayer of Victoria has been present
ed with suit that is neat and not gaudy
either. The short jacket is of crimson
broadcloth; the vest and breeches of black
doesk in, trimmed with silver lace; the hat
q magnificent white fur broadbrim, and
covered with spangles. He is peaceful
Ferhumara Indian, and bears his h1nors
quietly
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02
On the Last Car.

Scene Eleven O'Clock at night. Last car
going up the hill. Seats all taken. All
male passengers. One man hung to G strap
and looks tired, as though he had been
up several nights. Enter young man who
is noted for making merry at the expense
of his acquaintances- Sees party holding
upon the strap and bursts out:
''Hello, Jun, where you going ("
Jim (surly)-''Where do you 'spOse
l NJ going up the hill, of course"
Young man-''But you amt going home,
are youl"
Jim (very smly) "Course Pm going
home. What's the matter with you. any
wayl Guess you're getting a little too
fresh"
Young man-'1f you're really going
home, Jim, just get of at the next corner
with me and Eli write you letter Of in
PRODUCTION to your wife"
The inmates of the car roar, and Jim In
dulges In some muttered curses, which only
makes the fun more hilarious as the car
moves weariiy up the hill, and the man at
the strap glances angrily at the laughing
passengers. Young man takes seal
outside with the conductor.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02

"a
From here we could see upon An emineueeys
on the hill beyond the crowd, and little
further on we could discover some black
objects against the sky like waving plumes
OF the knights of old. The signal was Civ
en- and the column moved forward, and
behold those floating plumes were the
ghastly scalps of the fallen enemy held
aloft TO the gaping crowd. First came an
immense throng of people, men women
and children pushing each other to and fro,
mad with excitement. Then came a band,
whose music was drowned from time to
time by the plaudits of the populace. Then
came Col. Terrazas and his staff of officers,
looking worn and travel-stained- lmme-
diately after came tine prisoners, mounted
upon ponies and mules. They were all
women and children except one Comanche,
whose life was spared by Cruz, the scout.
After the prisoners came the scalp-bearers
and pack trains. There has long been a
standing reward of 5000 for the scalp of a
warrior, and 800 head for prisoners, 1t
having been found that this was the only
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02
VOL. XXXV.
EVERY DAY.

T me i drawing nearer, nearer.
While our beads are turning grey
Tears are falling on lfe's mirror
Every day,
Time is closing Besuty's portals,
Flowers are blooming to decay;
Fate is delvlng graves for mortals
Every day!
While our pleasure boat is rolling
OSer life's eventful spray,
Funeral bells are tolling. toIline,
Every day,
While the laurel wreath is shading
Ger the fame-lit brow of clay,
Sad we see the garland fading
Every day.
Love, then take your promised treasures,
fame is dazzling to betray;
Life is fading with its pleasures,
Every day!
Hence while al things are declaring
Death 3 seeker for its prey;
Let US be ourselves preparing
Every dayl
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02
BRIEFS.
Humboldt was born in I169

! Humboldt was born in 1863.
The best japanese BARRIERS are wo-
men.
Ancient Egyptians played jack
stones.
Last year Chicago packed $780,
900 hogs.
There are 40, goo more women than
men in Ireland.
There are 1857 prisoners in the
Eastern Penitentiary
England will expend E20, ,00O, 900
on her army this year.
New York last year imported $5H,-
600. .oee worth of goods.
The decrease in the public debt for
December 1850 was $3.50 ,43O.
An increase of S365, 900 in the earn
iGgs i1es of the Erie raAw.E for December,
The average consumption of sugS>
in France in 1875 was l2.l2 pounds per
head.
The American Indians had no tenn
Piles nor idols when the white man first
came hither-
"A French woman cannot bring a
suit for divorce without the consenE Of
her husband.
Nine brothers from one far iiy, at
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, have entered
the ministry.
More than q, 900 persons were killed
in India last year by wild beasts and
venomous snakes.
The cultivation of gardens as an
art was established III England in the
sixteenth century
The institution of Odd Fellowship
is quite modern, and originated in
Manchester. Eng, in 1872.
The ice men of Maine sold I,OCN-
900 tons of Ice last, and expect - mar
vest 800, ,0O0 Tor .,lis year
There were - 900 deaths in New
York ciy during the year 1850, $500
more thanlne year previous.
Smoking Valley, IN Oregon, has =
boiling spring 'frwhiehtneat and ysge-
tables are cooked wfthfacilitv;/
The national govt amxc's sur
plus revenue for the pas.I fiscal year
is expected TO reach SO Sos 900.
The conscience 4 deY sent to the
Chs@-e'- - the AC;lish Exchequer
las % over $4,000.
I'll earth bears
the same a from
the sun as /
feet.
od,l
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02
Famous ChiefJustices.

In private hfe Lord Coke of England
was engaged in some proceedings winch
smacked but little of the strict legality
which he expounded in his books. He had,
while IN his disgrace, projected marriage
between his young daughter and the Duke
OF Bnckingham's brother; but before the
matter could be concluded, the girls
mother, Lady Hatton, carried her off and
bestowed her in hiding in a house at Oak
lands. The father hereupon, putting on a
reast-plate, sword and pistols, and collect
ing small party of armed men. laid siege
to the house. entered il, breaking down
several doors, and having fozHd the young
lady, carried her off once more. and this
time locked her up safely in hls own house
till such time as the wedding could take
place. He was lawyer par excellence, as
dry as the immortal work which bears his
name;and the one joke which he is recorded
to have made is so feeble that 1t would be
a gross indignity even to mention It
The Ieign OF Charles III. produced an
original character in the person of Lord
Chief Justice Sir Matthew Hale. His
loIdship was of highly religious turn of
mind, and had become so in consequence
of the fact, often stated by him, that once
when riding ON a Sunday his horse had been
"super1aturally lamed." He was distin-
guIshed by an extraordinary negligence in
dress, and amongst other peculiarities was
fond of inviting beggars TO dine with him
"a practice which naturally dlsgusted his
children beyond measure, and was, per-
haps, to some extent the cause of the low
and vicious course to which the latter ulh-
mately addicted themselves.
Another quaint character was Sir Edward
Saunders, who was Chief Justice in the
next reign-a fat and easy gong gentle
man. who, had he lived in these days, might
have been called Bohemian IN his habits.
"He once, y according to his biographer,
''dined with the Lord Keeper, and there
showed another qualification he had ac-
quired, which was to play jigs upon the
harpsichord, having taught himself with
the opportunity of an old vIrginal OF his
land-lady's; but in such manner, not for
defect, but figure, as to see him was jest
His manner OF performing judicial functions
may be cOnjectured from the following
fragment of charge to the jury In pros
ecutiOn of several persons tor not: my
memory is bad; and am but weak L 90
not QUESTION but your memories are Detter
than mine. Consider therefore your YER
dict, and find as many guii'y as YOU 'hiiiA
fit.
But Saunders a5ae nav oeen an ms
Of moderation and lehfen0y ~ "neu 00np Gu
with his predecessor, the iaiiious 'eHIess.
The proceedings OF thlS one man "ei'-
further than anything else te iuin '"e
ot the last Stuart; and the meA}s
atrocities was such tiiat man
his death granu uaushte
OF fontefract, was prev
az insults OF the
out her intento'
OF the S
Sir
his
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02

1t is SAID that line of steel freight
steamers is to be established between
New York and Philadelphia.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-02-02

The largest
world Is said TO L
of CressOn, Miss.
worth from $l5, 100000
and employs $40 hands in
The Boston Memorial
calls upon the pnblic for cOntI-
for the erection of statue OF Theo
Parker. The late n. C.. Nash lett So.
which Will serve as the nucleus Of tae
fund. -
The bullion produced at the Lea
vile mines during 1880 amounts 40
Sl5, ,2SS 900, while all the products OF
Colorado mines, manufactures, aud
other industries reached nearly Sl9,-
OOO. 600 in value.
lin four days shooting OF Lord
Sefton's preserves at Croxteth, L1nea-
shire, six guns killed 34I head OF
game, OF which 4,S33 were pheasants.
l97 ducks and 999 mares, Performance
unparalleled in sport"
There are S73 orphan pupils IN
Girard college, Phiiadelphia, and AL
applicants for admission. The cost for
maintaining the college for 1880 Was
construction of new buildings.
Probably one of the valuable vol
umes in the possession OF President
elect Garfield is the diary which
has kept for the past twenty years.
Is said TO be full of vivid details c
experience and political matters.
The report of the GlOr
Mass, fishery disasters for lSo
a loss OF 43 vessels and 5 Soacz,
% lives, and Il property loss OF S2I
as compared with 32 vessels, 800
and a property loss OF 200, 900 Ior
During the navigation peri,
1880 the actual lake tonnage arr.
and cleared at the port OF Milwaukee IL
officially placed at the enormous q Ian-
tity of II. .723, ,339 tons, an increase OF
over fifty per cent. On the martins
trade of 1879.
Statistics show the number of Jews
in this country TO be near 250,0OO, vi
whom I3 900 belong 70 27S cOEgr-qrs-
tions. Property in real estate, hC
ais, cemeteries, and synagOgues
valued at 81 ,000, 900. Most of them live
in large cities.
The late Attorney General Akerman
has left widow and five young sons,
living quietly in their pretty little
home near Cartersyille, Georgia. Mrs.
AkeI man is, unaided, preparing h'--
boys for college. She has tauS- Iieih
all they know, and one ofciiem Is read-
ing Caesar and another virgil.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-28
ASSlGNEE'S NOTICE OF SALE
~ THE nIxrRICr COMET or ruE

IN THE DyxyRIcT COMET Or, rpar
I Second rut,cia1 ni.tr;.t r.; ~, 80 -. o u
County, State OF Nevada r. r. BROWN ys HIi
CREDITORS By virtue or an order of sale issued
out of the District Court OF the second Ind cj,I
District, in and for the county OF Ormsby Stata
Of Neyada in H. ,,attr ~ Il VI o'srs
Brown, an insolyent debtor. Va. His Creditors
ao, 20 me airec.eu ana 1eiivered ana dated tho
. consisting of certain property hereinafter dr.
scrlbed, have taken possession of the following
Property, 70 wit
plated lemon squeezer,
plated cocktail strainer,
plated lemon knife,
cork screw
beer faucet,
pair panel pictures
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-28
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version to society, dimnesi Of
vision, noises in the head, the
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