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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-16
The First Wagon.

A citizen residing in the northern part of
of Detroit, who always orders his groceries
early in the morning, 80 that they can go
up by the first wagon out, but who has
been disappointed hundred times IN re-
ceiving them before noon, made another
order the other day, and said to the gro
Ger:
"Will these groceries go right up3
''On, yes, unless the wagon breaks down,
or the horse is taken sick"
"Will they be at the house within an
hour2"
They certainly will, unless something
happens to one of the clerks, or we have
to turn out on an alarm of fire, or there is q
sudden death In the store"
"All right, though / haven't the least
idea you will get them up there before
noon
Noon came and the groceries had not
reached the house. At one o'clock the
gentleman entered the store and asked:
''Did the wagon break DOWN."
s.No."
"Horse taken sick, or anybody drop
dead7"
"No."
"Have fire here, or anything happen
to clerk2"
NO"
"rhen why didn't my groceries &c
upf"
81 will tell you,' placidly replied the
grocer. ''You hadn't been gone ten min
utes when was drawn OH jury, and JUS
as was gong out my head clerk an
nounced that he was to be married at tel
O'Clock. We sell No. l. goods-try 10 FL
all orders promptly-keep prices at TN
lowest notch. and once in a while We hav'
to disappoint some one. Your order vii
60 right up by the first wagon.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-16
Dyeing and Color Ing.

The economical house keeper will often
wish to cha. ge or renovate The colors of
partly worn or faded dress goods. or to pre-
pare new goods for making up. Home
dy ed goods may be often made superior in
many respects 10 those that are purchased
iu stores, in which Cheapness of produ, ton
is oftrn more thought Of than permanence
in wear. Every house-keeper, therefore,
hould have within her head or her reach,
10 some manner, some simple methods of
iyeing. Aniline dyes, now kept for sale
1t all the drug stores, will be found very
useful and convenient. and every packet
sold has printed upon the wrapper full di-
rections for use. Every known shade of
color may be made from these dyes, either
by using them separately, or mIngling
them to suit. Common dye stuffs are Kept
at every country store, and the following
receipts may be used with these: To dye
gooo tlack-for one pound of goods pro-
cure one ounce of extract of logwood and
one-half ounce of blue vitriOl. Dissolve
the blue vitIiol in an iron pot free from
grease, with enough soft water to i'm
merse the goods wi hout crowding them.
Bring the water to scaling heat, skim it,
wiring the goods out of warm water, and
put them wet into the liquor. They must
rensip at a scalding heat half an hour, and
are then taken out and rinsed in soft water.
The logwood extract is then dissolved in
sufficient water to cover the goods, which
are put in and kept a. scaloing heat for
alf an hour, being frequently stirred.
lhey are then taken out and well rinsed in
soft water, then washed IN strong soap
suds and rinsed; the last rinsing should be
In clear water with half tea cup full of
baking soda dis olved in it. Old faded
woolen dresses should be ripped and thor
oughly busted before dyeing; then pressed
before quite dry on the wrong side, making
the folds as they were when new.
Gray, slate or stone color, for cotton or
woolen, is made as follows: Fortwo pounds
of goods take quarter Of a pound of the
cheapest black tea to be found. This has
enough logwocd in 1t. Steep in an iron
kettle, with the tea in a bag, and then
boil, squeezing the leaves dry; add one
of copperas. Pul in the goods.
For light gray or Grab leave the goods in
short time; TOR darker colors leave longer.
Rinse in clear warm water. Wool long
boiled and aired often, becomes brown in
this dye. This dye gives the fashionable
color to stockings.
Purple pink may be produced by boiling
one pound Of cud bear, for five pounds of
goods, in soft water; then put IN one ounce
Of alum. When dissolved, put in the
goods and let them simmer half an hour,
stirring frequently to prevent cloudlng.
Rinse in warm water. A tin pan is best
tor this color; iron will brown 1t. Wooden
vessels used in dying can be cleaned by
rubbing them at once, before they are
lrled, with wood ashes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-16
Tight a. . cand,. Mould.

s'pose you have heard of Doctor Ames.
bury, hain't youi
81 never have."5
Well then pll tell you. One day | met
the doctor over to Simpkin's shop buying
groceries 1t was awfully cold. l felt q
little hoarse, and my tongue was rather
furry. 50 says l, " My head feels little
acheish like; what do you think I'd better
doR"
Says he, "Friend s., the best thing you
can do is to go straight home, and soak
your feet and take sweat, cause if YOU
don't you might have fever"
Says ], doctor, was Just thinking q
sweat would do me good, and now l guess
Ill do it," So l went home and drank q
cup of tansy tea, and if didn't sweat like
beaver it's no matter. The next morning
my head was as clear as bell, and l was
well again.
Well, day or two afterwards / met the
doctor, ana saye he:
'.Neighbor s., have small bill against
you"
l looked at HIM, and says L:
"A bIll2" and says he:
'Ies, bill tor advice, you know, at
Simpkin's shop, the other day."
What do you think he charged? why
one dollar for telling me to go home and
take sweat.
Well, DOCTOR" says l (because / would
not appear small, you knowl tits all right,
and I'll b, ar it In mind"
Well, few days alter, the doctor was
passing by my door in his chaise, and some
how or other one of the wheels got a little
loose; 50 says l:
Doctor, If you don't drive that lynch
pin in an inch the wheel might come of I"
Says he:
Thank you, and he drove in the pin.
When l met him again l presented hun
the bill. "Ha.lo! what on earth is this ."
''Why, that's for advice"
'..Advicel for what? ?" says he.
''Why, for driving in your wheel pin,
and l have just charged you dollar and a
quarter.
"Well," says he, ":he difference between
your bill and mine Is just twenty five
cents"
''rhat's all you owe me-" says /.
"Well, I'll bear it in mind" says he.
But the doctor is as tight as candle
mold, and guess Le is liable to bear it in
mInd.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-16
Apropos to th- Occasion.

In the heavy stage coach, as we roll out
of Leadville, are seven men. One Is an
army officer who has half dozen scars to
prove his bravery. Cut off from his COM
mand. on the plains last summer, bv a
score of Indians, he lntrenched himself
and fought the band off until help arrived.
Two of the others are desperadoes, who
have killed their men. Three OF the others
are stalwart miners, each armed with two
revolvers, and they look as if they would
prove ugly customers in row.
The seventh man might do some shoot
ing on a pinch. but he hopes there will be
no pinch. In the crowd are ten revolvers,
two derringers, three repeating rifles and
four or five bowie knives and there Is per-
feet good feeling as the stage rolls along.
1t is tacitly understood that the army cap
tain is to assume command in case the
coach is attacked, and that all are to Keep
cool and fire to Kill.
1t IS 10 o'clock in the morning. The
windows are down and the passengers are
smoking and talking, and seeking for CON-
Portable positions. The coach has just
reached the top of hill, when every horse
is suddenly pulled up.
eIf it's bar we'll have some fun,
growled one of the miners, as he put his
head out of the window.
I'll it's a robber gin me the fust pop al
him." whispered one OF the desperadoes-
No one could say what the trouble was
when wiry little chap about five feet sl1
inches tall. with black eyes and hair, clean
face and thin lips, appeared al the left-hand
door with a cooked revolver in either fsnd
and said:
..Gents, I'm sorry to disturb you, but
I've got to make a raise this morning
Please leave your shooters and climb dow
here, one at q time ]"
II WAS sudden. 1t was 50 sudden that !
took ten seconds to understand the drift o
his remarks. Then every eye turned U
the right hand door, and the two revolver
held Sy a second robber were seen al In
omen window. 1t was trap. The raj
were caught. and would they fght1
"Gents, I'm growing LEI tie impatient.
continued the first robber, land want
see the procession begin to move
Let's seer The captain was to LEAD ui
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-16
Trees and Rain.

The countries of SARDINIA and Sicily,
ON ce the granaries of Italy, have suffered
the penalty of their thoughtlessness in ex
terminating their forests. Two thousand
wears ago these lands were celebrated for
their wonderful productiveness, and were
said 10 be the most beautiful in the world.
In 1900 Hpmboldt visited Venezuela, and
was informed by the natives living in Ar
aguay that they had noticed, with great
astonishment, iha; a lake which lay in the
middle of the valley had decreased in vol
ume every year; the cause clearly traced
to the falling of great number of trees
which grew on the surrounding mountains.
In Hungary periodical droughts are uni
versailv attributed to the annlhilatiop OF
forests. In Cairo, Lower Egypt, a great
many years ago. rain fell but seldom-only
once in three or four years-but since the
time of Mohsmmed All thirty or more Lii.
lion Of trees have been set or planted, anC
the result is now that The country has from
thirty to forty rainy days in every year
When New England and the heavily tim
bered States Of the Union were first settled
the rain fall was greatly in excess Of wha
il is since 80 much Of the land has beel
cleared up.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-16
Human Trees IN India

The scientific manner In which the na-
tive robbers in India prepare for their raids
shows thorough knowledge of the dan
gers of their calling. and :he best guards
against them. When their dusky bodies
are least observable, they remove their
clothes, anoint themselves with oil, and
with single weapon, keen edged knife
suspended from their neck, creep and steal
IKE shadows noiseiessly through the dark
ness If detected, their greasy and slip
perry bodies assist them in elucing capture,
while their r. zor bladed knife deXterously
sewers the wrist of any OBTAINING hand.
But the most ingenious device TO escape
capture is that shown by the Bneel rob-
bers- 1t often happens that band of
these robbers are pursued by mounted
Engiishmen, and unable to reach the
jungle, find themselves about TO be over
taken upon one OF those open plains
which have been cleared by fire, the
only shelter in sight beng the black
ened trunks or leafiess branches of small
trees that have perished in the flames.
For men so skilled in posturing this is
shelter enough. Quickly dlvesting them
selves of their sc2nty clothing, they
scatter them, with their plunder, in small
pies over the plain, covering them with
their round shields. SO that they have the
appearance OF Jumps of earth, ahd attract
no attention. This accomplished, they
snatch up few sticks, throw their body
into a conuorted position, and stand or
crouch immovable until their unsuspicious
enemies have galloped by. When all is
safe, they quickly pick up their spoil and
proceed upon their way.
The Rev. DIR. j. ID. Woods gives an a.
teresting account Of these marvellous mim-
ics: '.Before the English had become used
to those manguvres very ludicrous Incl
dent occurred. An officer. with party of
horse, WAS chasing a small body OF Bneel
robbers, and was fast overtaking them.
Suddenly the robbers ran behind q rock or
some such obstacle, which hid them for q
moment, and when the soldiers came up
the men had mystenously disappeared.
After an unavailing search, the officer Or
dered his men TO dIsmount beside a clump
of scorched and withered trees, and the day
being very hot, he took off his helmet and
hung it on branch by which he was stand
ing. The branch turned out to be the leg
OF a Bneel, who burst into scream OF
laughter, and flung the astonished officer to
the ground. the clump OF scorched trees
suddenly became metamorphosed into men,
and the whole party dispersed in different
directions before The EnglIshmen could re-
cover from their surprise, carrying with
them the officers helmet by way of trophy. ]"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-16
1be Small PoE.

| A Manchester curate walking along 8
street in the dinner hour. passed let Of
bricklayers smoking their pipes, and he
heard one of the men say:
''Pd like to be pars IN. and have nowi
to do but walk along in black coat and
carry a walking stick in my hand, and gel
Let of brass"
There was an approving laugh all around,
whereupon the curaie turned quietly
around, and the following conversation en-.
sued:
$50 you would like to be parsoH
How much do you get a week2"
'Twenty. seven shillingsl"
swell, am Eot rich man, but l will
give you twenty-seven shillings if you will
come with me for week and see what my
work il"
The bricklayer did not like the proposal,
but his mates told him it was a far ofor.
and he was bound to accept it. So he re-
luctantlY followed the par son down an al
ley.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
ITO see sick parishioner," was the re-
ply.
"Wbat is the matter with hlmi"
''Small-pox."
At this the man drew back. His wife
and BARNS never have the small -pox, and
he was afraid of taking it to them.
MY wife and barns had never he'd
the smallpox, said the curate. ''Come
along"
The man hesitated.
''Oh, but you promised to accompany
me wherever went" argued the curate.
'And where be you going next?" asked
the bricklayer.
ITO see poor family huddled in one
room, with the father dead of scarlet fever
in it, and themselves all down with 1t and,
after that, to see another parishioner Ill with
typhus. And tomorrow there will be q
longer round"
Thereupon the bricklayer begged to be
let off. Twenty-seven shillings would be
poor pay for that kind of work, and he
promised he would never speak against the
parsons again.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-16
THE WORLD AS 1 FIND IT.

he worlds Vears place.
I1S1 ,,,s,s s,s tear. srs never dIied. ned, -. .,...
NDsis ',..-rsr pas ike breath on glass
,,56uly woss siide-
:, nal NAY i bs SCI o'nnO, know
Il Va l.' n dare not say, .,,
lei ls't..lsd more glsi than sad
- and 20 It las to-day
,bst loves q cruel jest
l,fs Ts.T =. !. i Of vomans ailes-
LUZ IN d ps in pouling lips,
lnI ,ai +, 5es,h in d.mpied smil's
., Anr ,l.1 be .o-I cannot know
~ l', ss.5t s.-t !. found above the ground
y, Wboss love is lot shsm-
They s.y th t lifs's bitter curse
~ ~, hearts ale made to ache
l.l' ~ l' and song are gravely wrong.
"a 80 health $ vast mistake.
=. nsz Be- ss-I csnnO; know
j But 1' lett. en- tall tOeir fill !;
riIamy life and love my WIFE,
! And mean to do 70 still
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-03-16

Three girIs To one ooy are born Id
Mexico.
There are 1900 miles of canals In
France.
"A high red cypress tree gave its
name to Baton Rouge, La.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-13

yesterday turned over to an officer from
Paducah, who will take him to Jackson,
Tenn, where he is wanted for house-break-
ing. 1t is supposed that he disposed of the
goods he obtained in Jackson, in Paducah.
Cairo is glad to get rid of the worse than
worthless fellow, because if he remained
here, the city would have had to feed him
for about one hundredAnd ten days longer,
at forty cents per day, and then he would
be let out to infest the city again. AS it is
he is no further expense to this city and
may never return to be so in the future.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-13

The alarm of fire last night, about half
past eight o'clock, was caused by burning
of front window casing in the second
story of the building occupied by Mr. Robt.
Miller on Ohio levee. Mr., Haas, of A.
Marks clothing establishment, rented the
room day or two ago, and last night he
lit the gas, swung the burner (Which is at.
tached to the window close by the Window
to one side and left the room. He had not
observed before he left that the flame was
touching the window casing, and it was
therefore not until the latter had begun to
burn quite freely that it was observed from
the sidewalk below. The flames were ex-
tinguished before they had done much harm
aud before the fire department got there.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-13

Col. T. H. Gausmann, business agent
of Mick Roberts Humpty Dumpty, arrived
in the city Saturday, and is arranging for
the appearance of his company in the new
opera house two nights, the 10th and Goth
of the present month. This is considered
the best Humpty Dumpty troupe that ever
attempted to amuse the American public
One great feature belonging TO it is its
three clowns, each one star of the first
magnitude. Col. Gaussman is genial,
social and appreciatve gentleman, and, of
course, is greatly pleased with Cairo's new
opera house and particularly with its NAM
moth stage, which will permit his large
company to give Humpty Dumpty in its
best style.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-13

that the Rev. Jacob had betrayed the whole
secret, obtained from him full confession
of guilt. He parker said that he had
met Jacob on the corner Of Nineteenth and
Poplar streets, and that he Bradley had
suggested the theft. That both went to the
mills, took the -four, rolled 1t over the
route mentioned and marked out by the
tell tale track, and that when they had
reached to within short distance of Brad
ley's house, they had picked II up and
carried It in. The object was to divide tho
flour between them the next day. Parker
was accordingly also confined in the county
Jail.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-13
important Notice.

To the members Of tie W0man's Club and
Library Association, Cairo, I'll. The Womans
Club and Library Association will hold a
special meeting on Thursday, December
18th, 1881, at O'Clock P M. at the library
room in Cairo, H., for the purpose of con.
sidering and voting upon a proposition to
donate the property known as the Cairo
public library, to the city of Cairo, as a
foundation for free, public library and
reading room, to be organized under the
laws Of the state Of Illinois, relating to the
establishment and maintenance of free pub.
lie Libraries and reading rooms,
By order Of the Board of Trustees,
MRS. II. II. CANDEE, Secy.
Cairo, Ill.,, November 18th 1881.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-13

made of him; his fine sense Of honor was
shocked beyond measure and the angry
passions surged within him; but he was
prudent-he only answered, with as much
composure as he could command, that he
knew nothing whatever about it. With this
he was about to dismiss the officer, but this
individual manifested disposition to tarry
yet q little while, which, it was evident,
was narrowing to the immaculate soul OF
tho Rev. Jacob. The officer had caught,
through the partially open door, glimpse
of -four barrel, carelessly covered by an
old rubber coat; he had also been struck
with the Rev. Jacobs just. been through
the-mill appearance, and, therefore, he
would see what he could see beyond the
threshold which the Rev Jacob SO faithful.
ly guarded. He drew from his bosom a
paper having an Enthusiastically legal appear.
ance, which he said was search warrant
and by the authority Of which he claimed the
privilege to enter and search the premises
of the Rev. Jacob. The latter protested,
mildly at first, more vehemently later,
and finally lodged behind the door and
brought forth water bucket filled with
flour, saying: "See heah, dis de way
buys my -four; I neber bought barrel o.
flour in my life; dis de way buys all my
-four" But the officer doubted the truth
of the speakers statement, and entered the
house in spite of the latter's vigorous pro-
tests. After looking around the room
while, and having cast scrutinizing look
at q heap of brown sugar spread upon
sack stretched in the centre of the room,
and, upon spots and streaks of flour all
over the floor, he made straight for the
covered barrel in the corner. The barrel
was full of flour, which had been thrown
in loosely and but recenty the officer
called upon Mr.. Adams to examine the
floor, which he did and pronounced it to be
the quality of flour he had missed from the
mills. The Rev. gentleman was dumb
founded for while, but soon recovered
himself and said to question from the
officer that he had bought the -four from
Stephen Parker that very morning. But
the officer was satisfied. The Rev. Jacob
had first said that he hadn't bit of flour
in the house; then he had produced buck
ct of -four from behind the door, with the
remark that he always bought his flour by
bucketfuls, and now, in contradiction of
all this, there was barrel of -four in the
house which he claimed to have bought
that morning-the officer told the Rev.
gentleman that he must come along to the
court house (meaning the county jail.) The
latter prepared to 60, but thought it very
hard that he should be thus prosecuted, and
torn away from his flock, which would now
be left at the mercy of the wolves and imps
of darkness. But he went and was con-
fined in Jail. The officer then went to
Stephen Parker, whom he knew to be also
a hard case; and, by making him believe
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-13

"A grand complimentary concert has
been rendered the Collins excursion party,
which arrives in New Orleans on December
10th. The concert will be given by Mr.
Phillip Werlein, Proprietor of the Great
Southern Music house, and will take place
at Werlein hall on the corner of Baronne
and Perdido streets, on the evening of the
nth. The very best concert and musical
talent will be employed and no pains or
expense will be spared to make it one of the
grandest affairs of the kind ever given in
the "Crescent City," Tickets to the con-
cert will be distributed on the excursion
train before arriving in the city, and each
and every passenger will be furnished with
ticket free of charge.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-13

Before adjoining last Saturday, the
grand jury found an indictment against
Rev. Jacob Bradley and the man Stephen
Parker for stealing barrel of flour from
the Egyptian mills. The particulars of the
case, SO far as they have been ascertained
by the officers, are quite interesting. 1t
seems that early Saturday morning Mr.
Adams, the head miller of the establish
ment, noticed that one barrel of flour was
missing. He searched about the premises
for traces Of it, and was rewarded by seeing
track Of flour, evidently made by rolling
barrel of that article, along the levee
toward Eighteenth street He followed it
up and it lead him down the Illinois Cen
trail track, on Ohio levee, to Eighteenth
street; down this street toward the COM
mons back of Walnut street, and through
these to a point near the house of the
Rev. Jacob, where it suddenly ceased. Mr..
huduiS Wuo puLhiNh tuluCu DuCh W
inform the officers of the theft Officer
Mahanny accompanied him, and both went
over the same route together. Arrived at
the point where the track Of flour ceased,
the officer, after some investigation, con-
cluded to interview the Rev. Jacob, and
he did, Rev. Jacob met the officer at the
door, and expressed desire to know the
reason why he was so Unexpectedly honor
ed with call from the officer. While
making this inquiry, the Rev. Jacob made
confused, and vain endeavors to brush off
and to hide certain suspicious looking
blotches of flour all over his front. The
officer informed Jacob that he was in search
Of information as to the whereabouts Of a
barrel of the staff of life, which had disap-
peared from the Egyptian mills during the
previous night. Rev. Jacob was surprised,
of course, that such an inquiry should DO