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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-12
a Strangers Mistake.

A few days ago q western merchant who
wanted to do some sightseeing and buy
his fall stock at the same time, entered a
dry goods jobbing house on Broadway,
New York, and accosted the first person he
met with: '.Are you the proprietor heref"
'.Not exactly the proprietor" was the re-
ply. ..At present am acting es shipping
clerk, but am cutting my cards for u
partnership next year by organizing noon
prayer-meetings in the basement"
The stranger passed on to a very import
ant-looking parsonage with diamond pin,
and asked: ''Are you the head Of the
house2"
swell, no; can't say as am at pres
ent, but l have hopes of a partnership in
January. In only one of the travellers
just now, but I'm laying for 5000 pew Iu
an up town church, ana that will mean a
quarter interest here in less than six
months"
The next man had his feet up, his hat
back and a twenty cent segar in his mouth.
and looked SO solid that the stranger
said:
"You must run this establishment?
"Mef Well, / may run it very soon.
At present I'm the book-keeper, but Pm
expecting to get into a church choir with
the old mans darling and become III equal
partner here"
The stranger was determined not to make
another mistake. He walked around till
he found a man with his coat OF and busy
with a case of goods, and said to him:
''The porters are kept pretty busy IN
here, see."
"Yes," was the brief reply.
''But l suppose you are planning to in
vent gospel hymn-book and sing the old
man out OF an eighth interest, aren't you p
"Well, no, not exactly was the quiet
reply. I'm the old man himself
And all that the stranger said, after q
long minute spent in looking tine merchsn,
over, was: ''Wel, durn my buttons'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-12

He is a Detroit architecht. We shall
not give his name, because if We did some
other city would bTibe him to pull up stakes.
One day last fall citizen went u him ana
said:
Draw me the plans for a residence; l
am willing to pay $500 If they suit"
The plans were drawn and they suited,
and yet the architecht said that $500 was
enough. He estimated the cost at Sl2, 900,
and 1t amounted to only $40, 550. He es-
timated tfs time in bnIiding at twelve
weeks, ana the house was finished in nine.
He will of course have offers to lecture
and put himself on exhibition, and other
cities will offer him . bonus to leave De-
uoit.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-12

you thought it best; but then, God has
made US all with such very different dispo-
sitions,-it was no credit to me not to 90,
because | prefer to obey. They might
have struggled harder with temptation go
ing than did staying home"
Then there was more applause, and the
professor said:
''The class is dismissed. Miss Bache, /
would like 10 see you in my study"
So it came to pass that the seven runa-
ways were pretty thoroughly disciplined.
but not one expelled. Three weeks after.
Ethel Lee was able to resume her work in
school, and no one knew she had ever been
''crazy."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-12
Journeying on Friday.

Conductor William Coulter, of the Penn
sylvauIa Railroad, has been running on
trains between jersey City and Philadel-
PIMA for about forty-iive years, and he
seems to have twenty years I work In him
vet. One of the thousand o. tr .velers that
he knows remarked to him Inc other day
that his train was lighter than usual. ''Oh,
well,r SAID Conductor Coulter, lit Friday
you know.
.sWhat difference does that make2' ask
cd the passenger.
''Why, there is always falling oil OF
travel ON Friday. 1t may seem strange,
but the old superstition that Friday is an
unlucky day 10 make journey on, still
keeps many al home on Friday. ANY rail-
road man will tell you that"
Captain Dennis who runs another train
to Philadelphia, Conductor James Fields,
who takes a light train TO Washington, and
Conductor Thomas Gallagher who runs to
New brunswick, are the oldest conductors
on the Pennsylvania Railroad. They all
confirm the veteran Conductor COuite-s S
averme nt about the falling of in travel on
FRIDAY, and share his opinion that 1t is
thC PoPbAoi cefNAseAssOA sA~s
Fnday Is an uDlucky day to start on jour
ney. Superintendent McCrea, OF the New
York division of the Pennsylvania road,
was disposed TO disbelieve the theory OF
the old conductors He thought if there
was any falling OFT of travel on Fridays, 1t
was explalnable by the fact that Friday
falls laie in The week, and many people re-
turn 10 their homes on Saturday. super
Intendent McCrea, however, courteOusiy
procured from the general office series OF
I,bulated figures showing the number OF
passengers carried on each day OF the week
for TWO months. The figures show that
there is probably some slight ground for
The theory of the Old conductors. Or the
passengers carried on the six week day 5,
10 per cent, gre carried on Friday, wniie
lheIe is aE average of IL per cent. carried
on each OF the otner five week days. In
other words, there is a falling of on Fridays
OF nearly one-eighth as compared with
the average of other week days. The
DAYS OF heaviest travel (givilg tue figures
pp,cximately) Monday, with ~ per cent,
and Saturday with Is per cent, there
being many persons going TO and returning
from business on those days. The percent
ages shown on other week days are: Vi
TUESDAY, 1925 per cent; "Wednesday
1915 per cent; Thursday l6 per cent.
and Fliuay 10 per cent.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-12

A very striking illustration Of the
possibility Of mimicry without drollery
was afforded once by the famous Coulon,
who may be described as at once the fool
and physician at the Court of one Of the
Louis. lie actually mimicked the deceased
Minister Villele with such accuracy as to
afford the means Of painting what has been
declared 10 be wonderfully faithful por-
trait. Ii appeared that after the death of
the minister his friends were grieved 10
find that there were no satisfactory por-
traits of him in existence. Cvulton was
present when expression was given to their
regret at the circumstances, and agreed
with them that no likeness of the deceased
statesman represented, as he said, ''the
profound subtlety of his character and his
evanescent expression As he spoke he
assumed The features, expression, attitude,
and tone of voice Of the departed man
with the most startling accuracy, and was
at once requested 10 sit Tor portrait. As
TO the features something, We suppose,
must be accredited 10 the imagination OF
the beholders. The artist probably was
satisfied 10 catch the expression from the
mimic's face and to rely on hi, memory or
interior portraits tor tie delineation OF fea-
lures, unless the two men bore a resem-
blance 10 each other to degree which
would have robbed the performance OF
much of lis merit. One OF the most Ie-
markable facts about the most skilful OF
nimics is that they are able TO overcome
the apparently lnsuperable difficulty pre-
sehftd by the endless and radical variety
of feature, and will give 70 u face an aspect
and expression which have been character
istic OF some visage totally different i'll
every respect. There Gun be do doubt also
thai this Is the real secret OF much Of the
power Of amusing possessed by the mimic.
The vagsries OF expression, voice, tone,
attitude ana utteranee, present constant
series OF striking inoongruIties. That
which in one person requires a very keen
obsei Walton 10 catch, aEd is not particularly
ST. liking when caught, Is no sooner donned
by some totally dissilnilar person than IL
becomes ludIcrously inccn.ruous and is
found to be irresistibly amusing. There
was nothing, 50 lar as We are aware,
specially ODDS about Chantry, the sculptor,
Yet sir Edwin Landseer once put dinner
party III roar Of laughter by cleverly per-
sonating him. The sculptor put Landseer
III his chair at the head OF the table, ana
went hiEIselI anu stood by the fire. ''Cone
young man, said Landseer, inilnitating TO
u nicely The tone and hammer OF the Indi-
vIdual whose CHAIR lie occupied, '.you
THINK yourself Ornamental; now make
yourself useful and ring the bell" Land
seer was one of the cIeverest mimics that
ever lived. bis simulations we're described
as perfect IN every particular, displaying
the incest discrimination in points of cnar-
acter, and the mosl astonishing accuracy.
The bewIiderment of the bulier who, on
The occasion Just referred to came into the
room and saw his master al the fireplace,
while lie heard his masters Voice al the
head of the liable ordering more wine, was
very amusing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-12

Several leee hxhs were warning their
am 1fodnd TIC stove IN Judge LaKue's
office, Lafayette. Indiana, one day last
week, and ali was quiet as a house on
Christmas Eve, with the children an
ticlpating visit from Santa Claus. The
stiffness was finally broken by gruff dis
ciple of Blackstone, who sententiously
said: The dictionary, as far as its words
are concerned, has passed into decay and
disuse."
''How so?" asked all in chorus.
''Why? I'll tell you why. Society has
become debased, and the speech of its
members is saturated with the slang of the
slunls.
This remark woke up young attorney
who prides himself ON being a society man,
and he defended himself and his society"
friends.
''You can say what you like" continued
the first speaker, but attended u society
gathering last night, ana 1 tell you the
slang used by the young ladies, was just
such as 1 had heard in places where
no:alily is MT, and where plea
sure is the only object. l was in
conversation with Miss -, when up
stepped giddy creature, who cried out:
1t wouldn't work They tumbled to the
racket got on to me, and, L had to
cheese it. 1t seems that she wanted TO
play joke on some one of the company,
uut they had discovered her before she had
time to carry out her designs. But l was
simply horpfied when the young lady with
whom l was conversing upDraided her
friend for her stupidity, in language like
this: well, | must say you're a pretty
plum,' to let them guys 'twig' our little
scheme Why didn't you 'douse the
glim7 You just fell right over yourself.
why, gentlemen, l heard more of that
kind OF talk in an hour than could repeat
in day, and l repeat my
assertion that the conversation Of soci-
ETY. is soaked clear through with slang oil
the slums,' and the dictionary is obso-
lete."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-12
ROUGH !.

!. Sssk!ing hollow cough,
,li MA me ~ met NY neighbOr Cough
bloring raw and rough
Tiaa ,ol'1 fellow. rather tough p =,
l. U- rbsesed he, its tough enough
!es
,..,-.3 .lOpg perhaps block.
~ "a ..,lsrp pains sfdict my housn
= ,[.-s by some sunny loushi
-;,- the weIl-yoSed plOush'
a',-,e l'na7is 'rs,th the rustling b0ugh'
1'sir' l5as ~ The gently murmunng soush'
.,ll tn se wishes, though
sain .eceuts ssd and i'w'
II frsrny cake j. dough :!
!. -,n I bs.rd ny old friend through
-, = ls,t We bsds adieu
I. a. ,s,r. would soon prove true
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-12

Geological explorations have shown
the probability that Russia contains
beds OF phosphate of lime Of sufficient
extent To supply Europe for an indefi-
mite period.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-01-12

: There are 81, ,OvO more females than
males In Philadelphia.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-09-30
F-'Oetical.
TIE FARMERS wOOlNG.


The daisies nodded in the grass, the buttercups
were sleeping
And Just the river sang the farmers ~ their
reaplng
Upon the hills, so blue ana far, the maple leaves
were showing
Their soft white beauty In the sreezo that from the
sea was blowing.
A little maid came through the land with song and
rlppltng laughter;
The buttercups made way for her the daisies nod
ded after.
strong young farmer saw her pause beside the
parting river;
She drew lily from It's depth with golden heart
a-qulver.
"Thou art more fair than lilies are said he, with
head uplfted,
And threw a poppy, as the stream towards the
maiden drfted,
She set the flowers In her hair-the red and white
together;
cloud grew black before the sun, aud rainy was
the weather.
lie came across the river then, this farmer, from
his moving;
He minded not the waters depth, he cared not fol
It's flowing.
so love :" said ne 'ir cleaning sun and cloudles.
skies oerean rs.
The IiNer o Durfng Wlutn may rOu unpaSSed, ultrCn
between US;
But when loud thunder fills the air, and cloud, and
rain come over
I'd cross the ocean TO your sde-l am no falr.cay
lovcrl'
And so one noon the village bells rang out acros.
the river,
Their music set the buttercups and daisles al
a-qulSer,
While some one drew lily iron the stream sc
bl,they ll0%lng,
And pucked bluud-rod poppy that enid The
wheat as growing;
The maiden SGT them ia nor haired and whit,
toge her
with mauy smile, a tear or two and gances ii
the weather.
They passed beneath the chapers shaGe-the farmo
and the maiden--
Where arches crossed above their heads, witt
snowy blossoms laden,
Ana in that place vi holy calm the binding wort
Neie spoken
Ne IL his heart bore cut the truth she her hanC
the token.
The years went oy ana scrpe were bright and som,
were clouded over,
But ever stood he at her sIda-he was no fair-da!
lover.
&C. Boston Transcript
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-09-30
PHYSICIANS WINE.

New Yolk physicians say that they
have been using Speers Port Grape
Wine and Wine Bittcrs in their practice
for years, TO the entire satisfaction of
their patients and themselves, and take
great pleasure in recommending them
to the public as being all that is claimed
for them, and, in fact, the most reliable
they can find. 1t is especially recon-
mended for consumptives, the aged and
for females generally. For sale by q.
A. Klein. druggist, Bloomsbnrg, IA
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-09-30
he story of Lost Team in Crawford
County.

One of the strangest cases of absence
of mind occurred in Richmond township
recently that has ever happened since
the country was settled, and the parties
to the affair should find record in his
tory alongside of the man who set him
self up ia % corner and put his umbrella
TO bed.
The McFadden brothers, who reside
in Richmond township, had been EN-
gagged in haying for several days upon
their farm When they had finished the
field they drove the last load of hay into
the barn, hitched the team, harnessed
and attached to the wagon, to BEAM
fastened the barn doors and went to sup.
per. Through some neglect they did
not think of the team that night, nor for
two days afterwa.Id, they not having oc-
casion to use the horses. On the morn
ing of the third day, having occasion to
do some plowing, they went to the pas
ture whore the horses were usually kept,
and 10! they were not to be seen. This
was a puz2ler to the McFaddens They
looked all around the adjoining fields
| and pasture, ;, and woodland, but no team
could be found. Alarm was given that
valuable team had strayed away OF
had been stolen, and the neighbors has
tened TO the rescue, formed themselves
into parties, and spreading out to al
points of the compass, they took in a
large portion of the county in the vair
hunt after the missing animals. 1t neeC
scarcely be said that they did not fine
them For two days the search wa,
prosecuted and then at last, by mere ac
cident, some one suggested they look il
the barn. They did so and there stoo,
the team--hitched to the load of ha,
exactly as they had left them four day
ago!
The horses had stood the fast witt
the resignation of Tanners, and were no
very much the worse for their long all
stinCnce.
The amazement of the McFadde
brothers, and the amusement of tn
neighbors can better be imagined tina
escrbed.-PetrOleum World, Titus
| piILe
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-09-30

NlGRo LoGIo.-Gabe Snodgrass owns
a farm near Austin, and Jim Webster
asked Gabe the other day what he was
doing with his farm this year
II has rented it on sheers to Sam
Johnsing. He gets half dollar outen
ebery dollar he makes QUITE de farm"
"But how does yer know he gbs yel
de kerrcct amount Oh what he makes
lie kin keep back some and you will neb
ber know it.
"Dar amt no danger oh dat, Don,
yer see, de more dollars he brings in tel
me de more half dollars he gets? Yor
bet he aint gwine to keep back none
He amt no fool. He wouldn't get NJ
half dollars outen de dollars he woulC
keep back"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-09-30

Mrs. Mary Martin, Of Harrisburg, Pa,
says; II suffered severely from com
plication of female diseases; that sense
of bearing down seemed as if it would
kill mei my habits very irregular; moth
ing seemed to benefit me until | tried
Browns Iron Bitters. They acted lik,
charm, and now l enjoy perfect
health.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-09-30
Odd Items.

Pittsburg vaccinatcs her school chill
drcn. A skillful surgeon can, in an
emergency, work his way through a few
layers of SCOT
NEVER FAILS.
Mr.. J. Lest, warehouseman for Lantz
Bros, Buffalo, N. Y, says he had a
swelling on the foot which he attributed
to chillblains lie used Thomas Eclcc-
trio Oil, and is troubled no longer.
A Frenchman says that the soul
of wine is at its top. 1t must be cork
soul
An exchange speaks of jokes as so
heavy that fishermen clip them out to
use as sinkers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-17

warmest day of the present season. 1t
was the one subject upon which there was
a unanimity of opinion that would shame
an officer holders convention called to
endorse the president in his war with
Conkling Everybody admitted that it was
warm, and when the subject was mention
ed there was no chance for an argument
as everyone was decided in his convictions
concerning the temperature, and felt no
disposition to dispute the statement
So soothing was the effect upon the
average man that even the "oldest citizen
was not ready with his recollection of days
away back in t'54." The ice men chuekled
as the sun poured down in resistless fury
while their JOY was shared by the vendors
of umbrellas and shades. The coal and
wood men were not looking their happiest
and were in depressed spirits. The latter
are looking for the future.
As it is sometimes consoling to know
lust how warm the thermometers register,
it might be stated that the warmest time
yesterday was at 2 o'clock, when SO de-
grees were noticed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-17

We extract from r Railways 'sTreatise on Die
ease and Its Cure" as follows:
LIST OF DISEASES CURED BIZ
RAILWAYS
SarSaparillian ReSOIyent.

Chronic Skin Diseases, Carries of the Bone, HUI
mors in the Blood, Scrofulous Diseases Bad or Un-
natural Habit of Body, Syphilis and Venereal, Fee
yer Sores, Chronic or Old Ulcers. Salt Rheum,
Ricketts, White Swelling, Scsld Head, Uterine Al
fections, Cankers, Glandular Swellings, Nodes,
Wasting and Decay of the Body, Pimples and
Blotches, Tumors. Dyspepsia. Kidney and Bladder
Diseases, Chronic Rheumatism and Goat, Con-
sumption, Gravel and Calculous Deposits, and va
rietles Of the above complaints to which some
times are given specious names.
We assert that there is no known remedy that
possesses the curative power over these diseases
that RADwAY's REsoLyBST furnishes II cnres
step by step, surely, from the foundation, and re-
stores the injured parts to their sound condition.
THE WASTES OF THR BODY ARE STOPPED AND HEAL
THY BLOOD SUPPLIED TO THE SYSTEM, from which
new material is formed. This Ii the first correc-
tive power OF RAILWAYS REsoLvENT.
In cases where the system has been salivated,
and Mercury, Quicksilver, Corrosive Sublimate
have accumulated and become deposited in the
bones, joints, ETC., causing carries of the bones,
ricketts, spinal curvatures, contortions white swell
lings, varicose veins, ETC., the SARsAPARILLIAN
will resolve away those deposits and exrerminate
the virus OF the disease from the system.
If those who taxing these medicines for the
cure OF Chronic, Scrofuloue or Syphllitc diseases
ind their general health improving, their flesh and
weight increasing, or even keeping its own, Is a
sure sigh that the cure is progressing. In these
diseases the patient either gets better or worse
the virus OF the disease is not inactive; If not ar
rested and driven from the blood it will spread and
continue to undermine the constitution. AS soon
rs the SARsAPARILLIAN makes the patient "feel
better every hour you will grow better and in
crease In health, strength and flesh.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-17
THE CIRCUS.

Even with the children of bald headed
growth the circus is ever seasonable and
inexhaustible theme, and just now all the
weaned ones, of all ages, are talking about
Sells Brothers Millionaire Confederation of
Stupendous Railroad Shows, which comes
to this city tomorrow. Its straightfor-
ward and emphatic style of advertising,
the splendid reputation that precedes it,
and the high character of the credentials it
offers, have operated to run its stock way
above par in the public estimation, and
everybody seems to believe its promises,
and bound to see its wonders. The Hip
pototami, Woolly Elephant, Two horned
Rhinoceros, Electric Light, Performing
Cattle, Gigantic Rainbow hued Mandrill,
Dwarf Elephant, Arctic Sea Monsters,
James Robinson, the rifie-shot champions
Baughman and Butler, Willis Cobb, Geo.
nj. Kelly, King Sarbro, Lion, Tiger, Wart
Hog. Polar Bear, Horned Horse, and gen.
eral wild beast and arenic grand reception,
under half million yards of tents,
promises well to assume the proportions
of a mass meeting of every biped from
within a radius of fifty miles all around
Not only everything, but everybody win be
seen at the Great Show, and the magnifi-
cent parade and the vast crowd win alone
be something worth paying the price of
admission to see
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-17
SUICIDE.

This afternoon body was found float
ing in the river just below the water
works, which was taken ashore and iden-
titled as that of N. Bergstrum.
The deceased was a shoemaker who had
been on protracted spree Wednesday
night he left his home on Forth avenue
between 10Th and Goth Streets and fears
were entertained that he had killed himself.
A search was made for him yesterday
but without effect, and the first news re-
ceived about him, was the finding of his
body this afternoon.
Justice Cropper empanelled coroner's
jury who held an inquest, and rendered a
verdict of death by drowning
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-17
NEW HOSE COMPANY.

For some time the fremen of this city
have been agitating the subject of forming
new hose company whose members
should be selected with regard for their
running abilities. The agitation has Gull
minated to the formation Of an association
whose name is to be the Rock Island Hose
Company"
John Sullivan is foreman; Z. Fickenscher
Jr., assistant foreman and Frank Thornton
secretary.
The boys if sufficiently encouraged will
make for themselves and for Rock Island a
name in the contests of hose companies,
and as such move is good one, they will
not find the citizens backward in their
patronage.