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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-19
Railroad Printing.

The HERALD STEAM Jon PRINTISG OFFICE
is prepated Ia execute, IN the highest style Of
art any aud all railroad printing a, The short.
pat
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-19

TO cure burns, old cores, cuts, bruises, In
famed sore eyes; 'lso gals and cuts on
hOrses. Browns ATnlca Salve
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30

Don't occupy the attention of your
friend or acquaintance, or indeed any
body else. longer than is absolutely nee
essary. When you exceed the measure
of necessity yen commit a trespass ON
his time which you have no right to per-
petrate. Whether you meet him in the
street, or call on him at his store, his
stall, his Office, his workshop, or what
ever may be the title of his place of bu-
siness, you have no right to presume
that he has time to spare because yon
happen to have superabundance of it,
or that he is not pressed by the demand
of business, because you have nothing
to do. 1t is moralimpropriety, which
some are in the habit of indulging in,
that of trespassing unnecessarily upon
the time of their friends and acquain-
tances thus forcing them either to neg
lect their business, explain the nature
of their engagements, or incur the i'm
putation of breach of politeness. Do
not then put your friend into such a
disagreeable position. If you meet
him on the street, aud he gives sign of
haste, do not stop him unless to do so
be indispensable, nor delay him long
er than is absolutely necessary; and if
you have to call upon him a. his office,
store, or shop transact your business
with him as soon as possible, and then
sbe off.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
Beauty I'm America.

Thanks to more generous diet, freer
outdoor air, and larger outlook, the
present generation will leave rich herit-
age to posterity. 1t is astonishing to
see the improvements in the human form
that have accompanied the increase of
wealth in this country. Poverty may be,
and often is respectable, but is the ruin
of many fine physique, and it is mat
ter for iubilation that we have within
our borders large and growing class
who can Afford to be comfortable. OF
course there is danger of running to the
extreme. The sleek and well-fed busi-
ness man is sometimes suggestive of
gouty old age rs is the buxom and ro-
bustuous beauty of the waddling dowa-
ger /; but, on the whole, there is a most
decided betterment. And, although it
may not be in our times, We may indulge
a reasonable hope for a not far distant
future when the ruling rice of New
England farmers wives, that sallow,
skinny, saleratus-fed sisterhood, shall
be extinct, and in their places shallstand
a hale, hearty and happy following, who
hive on the fat of the land and sell only
that which they cannot use themselves
who have time to array themselves i'll
something besides damp cotton gown,
and gladly make concessions to fashion
In the matter of coiffure; who read some
thing besides the Bible, and, on the
whole, have almost as easy time AZ
their spouses' beast of burden. Take it
for all in all, we believe we have good
right to felicitate ourselves in the face
of the world over our fair wo-
men. The great and overwhelming ad-
vantage that la belle Americaine pos
sesses over her foreign compeers is that,
she revels, as girl, in what
the French call Ia beaute du didble, her
charms do not fade with the feeting
years of youth, and we are spared the
horror of seeing the English transfornla-
ton of delicate, highbon lovelinses into
the semblance of a big, flabby and some
what intemperate cook, or the frightful
spectacle afforded by our continental
sisters of the shrinking and changing of
Il pretty, piquant face to the weazened
features of an elderly female monkey.
Of course, innocent, unconscious beauty
is thing of the past that We cannot
hope to regain. The young woman of
the present day knows her good points
as well as she does the contents of her
pocketbook, and what they will buy in
the market good deal better but what
she has lost il ingenuousness she has
probably gained in practical common
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
The Ruins of Nineyeh.

There were four sites Of the royal Assy
rian residences discovered on the left side
of the Tigris, in what was considered As
syria proper, and which were il the time
of the preaching of the prophet Jonah,
within the metropolis Ninevel- These are
Kuyunjik, Nebi Yunis, Nimrud, and Khor.
sabad. There are ether important ruins
within what consider to be the radius OF
that great city, such as arinija, Balawat,
Karamlais, Bahshlka, and Shsrifkhan.
Taking the oblong distances of these diff
ferent ruins, together with Kuyupjik and
Nebi Yunis on the western limit, Nlmrud
on its southern border, and khorsabad on
Its northern side, they make the size of the
old city around about sixty miles, or three
day s. journey, as mentioned in Holy Writ;
because twenty miles are reckOned in that
country, according to the travelling of
pedestrian, about days journey. In all
these mounds there have been discovered
Assyrian remains; and at Balawat es-
pecially the famous brorze gates and
temple dedicated to the gsd Of war by As
sur-nazir pal. There are besides these
mounds, several others, scattered all over
the aforementioned space, which must
have been formerly temples or watch
towers to guard the several quarters of the
great town, with gardens and orchards en-
closed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
Eating Tine For CAilarsn.

There comes a time IN the household
when the head thereof must decide the
mOmentous question as to whether the
children shall be allowed to eat between
meals or not. The question can be deci-
ded; no matter how persistent child may
be, this can be settled, not simply be laid on
the table. A woman who has even a very
superficial knowledge of the working o.
The stomach can explain 1t to her child IN
such way that il sill make strong I'M
preston upon his mind. To represent to
an imaginative child that the stomach Is
like man who when you have eaten your
breakfast goes TO work upon that with all
his might, and who does not rest till he
good part to the blood, so feeding each
portion of the body, not forgetting the
fingers and toes even, and who rejects all
the bad, keeping you from sickness and
PAIN, will awaken intense interest in the
child's mind and be great aid to o5e-
dience Put it before him, and.aslS him if
it is not unkInd and even cruel to give out
another task before the first is finished and
a little time for rest been gwen. l. Will
help you greatly in enforcing 1t upon his
mind that he must not ect at irregular
intervals. A chiid's di gestive organs may
be wesk he Eiay ueed to eat more fire.
Quenrly than grown person, but 1t should
invariably be at some stated time. When
an early breakfast has been eaten and
children have long walk to school, they
may be allowed to have simple lunch to
eat at the recess which usually occurs long
enough before the dinner TO give time for
digestion. A piece of bread and butter
and an apple, or little basket Of berries,
or one or two figs and some fresh crisp
crackers make a wholesome lunch. 1t will
be eaten with great relish if the children
DO not known just what Is in the little
basket and hidden by the neat napkin, and
they will open it with a feeling Of pleased
wonder as to what mamma mas given
them to-day. While calling ON q lady
once, her little daughter Of eight or nine
years old, an extremely unhealthy look
ing child, with tine dull eyes and muddy
complexion thai tell 80 plainly of in iIges-
ton, came iuto the 3om and whispered to
her mother that she was hungry. go right
to the cake jar, love, and help yourself.
AS she turned away, and while still within
hearing, her mother said, ''She is such a
delIcate chIld-is never well, in fact-that
l can refuse her nothing" thought
perhaps inhmnanly-that 1t is a pity such
child shoIld live to become burden to
herself and to those around her, or to per
petuate tine false ideas, or the entire lack
of ideas, exhibited in her training. This is
a subject upon which | feel strongly, for
have the best interests of childhood at
heart, and the amount of ignorance dis
played by those who have the charge of
children is something which partakes OF
cnme-for it Is inexcusab!e. 1t is terrible
to think ihrt q woman who knows no more
Of the human body than she does of the
composition of the sun, has it in her power
to ruin the digestive organs of q whole
family of childreni
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
German Wives.


Some statistician has discovered thai IN
Germany the best ages for marriage among
women are from twenty-five to thIrty-five
years; that few take place before nineteen,
the number slowly increasing until twenty
i've Is reached, when the high numbers ap-
pear, receeding after thiIty-five. Few
German girls marry before nineteen and
few after forty. The German girls are
taught housekeeping thoroughly, and by
the time they marry they are able to take
excellent care Of house, relying but little
on inported cocks. il German lady's
kingdom is her kitchen; her psrlor she
enjoys, but 10 display her talent as a
pianist or conversstionalist she would not
sacrifice her ability to appeal to the hungry
sentiments Of her husband and his friends.
Probably If there were more marriages be-
fore nipeteen there would be less happy
homes in Germany and less wives of ex-
perience, discretion aud good temper.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
Mineral Products of South Africa.
The diamond industry in South Afric

The diamond industry in South Africa
continues to be exceedingly productive.
The gross weight of diamonds sent
through the Kimberley post Office last
year was NO pounds avoirdupois,
valued at nearly S17,000,0 900. Accord
ing to the Manchester Courier, the
annual value is estimated as follows:
Kimberley, "a, coo, 600; Old de Beers,
g., 900, 600; Du Toit's Pan, e., 600, 900;
Bultfontein, 81, 800, 900. At the end of
last year %, 900 black and LOO white
men were employed at these mines.
From the Kimberley and Old de Beers
mines alone diamonds to the extent of
3, 2OO, 900 carats are annually raised,
while the other two mines above named
yielded 300, 900 carats last year. At the
diggings on the Vaal River about $50
men were at work last year. The other
important mining industries of the
colony are the copper mines of Mama
qualand. from which last year 1870
tons of copper were exported, valued at
e3O6. 7sO. From the manganese mines
in the Paarl division 2O6 tons were ex-
ported; while at the coal mines in the
Wodehouse and Albert divisions about
1,0O0wee raised. The salt pans in
Simon's Town, Malmesbury, Piquetberg
Fraserberg, Uitenhage, and Cradock,
yielded about 5000 tons of salt. Mineral
springs abound in the colony, many of
them being well ressrted to, but accom-
mediation for visitors is. as rule indiff-
erent.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
In the PenitentIAry.

"You are living a very secluded life, ~
said traveller to a man at whose cabin
he had stopped for drink of water
''Yes, rather. got tired Of society" "
''Must find it lonesome out here in
the woods. / must confess that you
like the woods of Arkansas better than
l do. Say, are You tired of society?"
''Yes. worn out. i have been in diff
ferent circumstances. Last year lived
in Little Rock. 1 had fine house and
plenty of company. Frequently when
men came to town from the country
they'd stop with me, but I grew tired of
company. gave up the large house
and left town."
''ssot into debt, I suppose.
"No; didn't owe a cent. Gave up
the house willingly, and am much more
contented In this little hut"
Every strange case. Don't under
stand it..
Perfectly plain. was in the Peni-
tentiary."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
Ironing.

To iron shirts well bosom board is
essential. 1t should be made in the fol-
lowing manner: The board ought to be
well seasoned pine free from gum it
should be one and half inches thick,
one foot nine inches long, and eighteen
inches wide; very smooth and straight,
rounded one end, and cut smooth, leav-
ing no edge; the square end should be
smooth, with hole in the middle near
the edge, large enough to let through a
strong spike or nail, to hang it up by I;
cover the board on one side with flannel,
until 1t Is as thick as common cotton
comfortable, tacking each layer to the
edge so to draw it tightly over the board;
the last two layers should be canton
flannel. The other side cover with thick
flour paste, and then cover it with Can
ton flannel after it is perfectly dry,
paste on another layer, and so on until
four layers are pasted smoothly to the
board. Make cotton cases to slip the
board in, and change them every week.
The soft side is for embroidery ironing,
Marseilles vests, and other figured arti-
cles and the hard side is to be used in
giving polish to shirts and collars. A
clean ironing sheet should be spread on
the table before ironing the starched
iron first the neck binding,
after that the back folded in the middle, |
then the sleeves and remainder of the |
body, then the collar. if on the shirt. and |
lastly the bosom. If desired to have the
collar and bosoms polished, turn the
board, which should have been placed
the soft side up, under the bosom on the
hard side. pass the bosom over lightly
with damp cloth, and iron it hard and
quickly with a polishing iron, which diff
ers from others by being rounded in
stead of flat, without an edge. and being
smooth as glass, leaves no mark of the
ron as the flat irons do. This iron is
useful in ironing vests, caps, and many
1ther articles.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
snake Poison.

NJ. Gautier the celebrated French ssvant
has Just shown, indeed, that there is no;
mneh difference between human saliva aud
the secretions from snake fangs. Taking
some twenty grammes of the sgIivary fluid
and purifying il the other day, lie obtained
a substance which, after being ejected lii
the form of solution under the skin of a
bird, threw il into a state OF coma and
complete stupor, and finally killed it in
half an hour. Impressed with so strange
experiment, NJ. Gautier went further and
found that the poisonous character of sa-
liva was not effected even when heated 10
a very considerable degree, aud after much
careful research he came 10 the con-
clusion that, inasmuch as in its effects il
greatly resembled the bite of the cobra,
both as respects the periods OF coms, eX-
citation, coIvulsions and tetanlc conlrsc-
ton, it is after all only modified form of
the venom from which we fly when the
Indian terror shows its teeth. Fur
tner experiments reveal the fact that the
poisonous matter of saliva when mixed
with the feTocyanide Of potassium. pro-
duces. ike cobra poison, q Prussian blue;
and there is now reason to bei.eye that the
active principle of it Is an aiksloid simi-
lar 10 the cadaveric poisons called pto-
maines. which NM. Broarder and Boulmy
have isolated. There Is nothing at all I'M
reasonable in all this. Possibly enough the
poison serpents conceal in the glands al the
back of their fangs do aid them in the di-
gestion of food, just IN the same way as
the human saliva is utilized by meu; and
If it is somewhat degrading to think that
Rabelais was right after all when he claim
ed poisonous property for the human
bite, it Is just as well that we should know
precisely what Is ia that the cobra injects
INTO its victim, SO as to be able eventually
to cOunteract the effects.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
NO. Al.
n Celestial Barber.

He sits down upon one Of the barber's
stools-the other, which acts as a bal
ance in the carrying, being headed with a
brass basin filed with water, liliputian
towel, and underneath series of draw
ers with all the paraphernalla of the
trade-and has his queue unplated. His
hair reaches down nearly to his waist,
but in its dressed condition it almost
touches the ground-a little matter of
authorized deception easily arranged by
the addition, in the plating, of long
black-colored silk threads, of which ma
terial the greater part of an ordinary
Chinaman's pig-tail is composed. When
In mourning, the color of the silk is
changed to white or light blue. The
hair being well combed (during which
process the operated upon closes his
eyes, as if, in kind of trance, he was
enjoying the soothing influence caused
by the friction on his scalp) the barber
shTpens his razor, which is big lump
Of metal in shape like butchers chop
per, and IN size not mnch smaller than
that weapon. Yet with its keenly sharp
eDed edge he takes off the shortest hairs
on the head, around the ears, and on tine
eyebrow. The Chinaman gets ''clean
shave" that is, the whole of his face is
traversed by the razor, and his head is
shaved, save at the crown, on which
small circular patch is left, constituting
the foundation for a pig-tail. And the
ears are shaved inside and outside,
dellcately shaped little lancet style Of
blade being inserted, and cunningly
and dexterously twisted round and
round, removing all bairs, but produc-
Ing the common effect of deafness so
proverbial among Chinese, as well as
among their neighbors, the Japanese,
who indulge in similar harmful treat
nent to the ear. The shaving being
over, the hair is replaited, and being
paid few cash, off struts the merry
title barber to to'l his last good story
% some one else.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
PENN NovEMBERs 1884,

as there seems to be more money
around"
''With what do you do the tattoo
ing?"
with six needles tied together in a
line, one much higher than the others.
The wounds are very slight and heal in
few days. The Burmese are the only
nation who now practice tattOoing-
They use hollow instrument contain.
ing the India ink, something like one O
them ere fountain pens"
Gan India ink mark can never be
erased?"
''No, it is impossible to remove it.
See here, showing his right hand.
covered with the design of a ship-'I
had gathering here some time ago,
and put poultice on that ate away the
skin. When the new skin came there
was the design as plain as ever. I've
made as much as $50 in one day. I've
been in the business for the last 25
years"
"Do you ever have any women Gus
tomers?"
Every rarely. I've had some, though
who had their lovers or husbands
names surrounded by roses and other
flowers, put on their arms"
Nh. Hildebrandt's business is eviden-
tly well-known in the neighborhood, for
as the reporter was stepping out of the
door he was accosted by two small boys
with the question: ''Say, mister, wot
did yer have put on yer arm? A ship or
yer gals name?"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
Read This Paper.

One of Detroit's millionmres was
walking homeward, when he encount-
cred lame man with greasy paper il
his hand. As the pair came to halt
the lame mas asked;
"Will you do me the favor to read this
paper?"
'Can't do it-left my eyeglasses
home" was the reply.
''Then will state the contents to
you"
''No use-no use. I'm so deaf that
couldn't catch more than one word out
of three"
'I'm poor man with wooden leg,
SIR
''Yes-I see-I see. Lots of poor men
have no wooden legs. You are lucky,
sir, and l congratulate you. Must have
cost You fifty dollars, and 1 presume it
is nice leg"
'If you hadany clothes SIR"
eyes, but L haven't"
''Or old boots"
"Tm wearing my old boots, you see.
You are just six months too early to get
EN-"
81 haven't had meal since yester-
day."
''Nor /. either. We are cleaning
house, and for the last three days I've
had to eat cold lunch off the piano"
''Then You couldn't spare a nickel?"
"How can l? Amt walking home
because l haven't money to ride ON the
cars?'
SIS that so? Then we're both hard
up."
''Of course we are"
Sand being you're the worst off here
a cold sassage l got at the house below.
and here's nickel to ride on the carl /
tell you, sir, us poor folks has got to
have more pity for the rich and do bet
ter by 'em or we'll all go to the poor
housel''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
Tine Value of Scraps.

Few people appreciate the value Of
little and apparently insignificant things
In some foreign countries the litter o
domestic animals is carefully collected
and sold to farmers. Not a few people
make aliving gathering fertilizers in this
way. In the shop of jewellers and Others
where articles are manufactured of gold
and silver great care is taken 10 prevent
the waste of the precious metals. Every
particle of filing, scraping and grinding
is preserved for the assayer. The wheels
upon which gold and silver have been
polished, when worn out, are burnt, and
the fire develops particles of the pre-
eious metals which cannot be seen by the
naked eye. Even the sweepings, after
great care has been taken to pick up
every bit of metal that may have fallen
to the floor, are preserved, and in New
York city sell for $40 a barrel. 1t
Is calculated that when jewelers. shop
floor is to be renewed, the dirt accumu-
lated in the crevices will more than pay
the cost of the new floor.
1t is said that tine receipts from the
sale OF the refuse of starch mills, which
Is used by farmers as feed for hogs and
other stock, constitute large part of
the profits, and that if this refuse could
not be sold some mills would be COM
PEELED to stop or run ut loss. The
paper trimmings" of large printing
office like the Harpers or Appletons, are
worth thousands of dollars a year. Lum-
bermen have found uses for nearly every
part of Ia tree, and scraps that few years
ago accumulated so rapidly as to be a
source of Inconvenience and consequent
ly expense, are now sold for good price
and are in grest demand. There are IN
nearly every branch Of business scraps
of various kinds that, if carefully collect
ed, could be sold at pecuniary advan-
tage, but is particularly so in the tobac-
co business. The value of the tobacco
scraps is more highly appreciated in
Europe than in America, but even here
in the manufacture of cigars very little
is allowed to go to waste Tobacco costs |
too much to be wasted by the manutac- |
trrer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30


Recently q Nevada man invented a
lying machine, and went around irving
tc sell 'em. The machine was warrant
ed to trot out first-class lie on any sub
ject, at moments notice. But it
didn't sell well. He took it to a horse
trader. Said the trader: ''Come, you,
get out of this. tell the truth in my
business. The inventor presented it to
a lawyer, but he also looked horror
stricken and offended. A fishing party
looked hankeringly at it, but their
language was to the effect that they
abhorred uutruth. A young man who
was engaged % three different girls also
felt indignz y at the offer. At Last the
disheartened inventor tried an editor.
The writer flew mad in a minute.
"You seoundrel, he cried, do you
mean to insult me?"
''No," tremblingly answered the poor
man,
''Then what the blazes do you mean
by offering me that thiug?"
"Why, II thought you might
occasionally want to use it in your
business"
''Ycu wretch, what do you take me
for?"
''Oh, sir, didn't mean to nsinuate
that you were liarl L don't for minute
think, sir, you could tell hel'
That's it, cried the editor,
''that's what Tn mad about You con-
ceited ass, you think you're able to in
vent a amachine that can't lie all around,
and that without an effort. / never
was so insulted in all my lifel Getl p