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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-04
Goa, Fields of the World.

The coal fields of the world, so far from
are fond of asserting, lave in fact as yet
barely been touched. The South Wales
coal field is, after that of the Clyde Basin,
the largest field in Britain, and contains
almost as great vertical thickness of
strata as any coal field In the world, amount
ing to upwards of 10000 feet. OF this to-
tai depth only 120 feet are pure coal. As
the lowest coal bed must have at one time
been exposed to air or water for the growth
of the plants which formed the coal in their
decay, the South Wales coal field testIfies
to subsistence uf the earth sufficient to
have brought some of the highest of the
Alps to the sea level. The time required
for so great transformation is estimated as
640, 900 years. 1t is only, however, to a
depth of 4, 900 feet that, having regard to
the increased heat of the earth as we de-
scend, coal can be obtained; but even with
this limitation, the supply left in the veins
of the district is sufficient to supply con-
sumption at its present rate for l, 500 years.
Great BRIAN will more and more cease to
supply an extraneous demand in addition
to that of her own manufactures. Not only
has the splendid mining region of Pennsyl
wanna been developed, but in India, in Cni
ma in Australasia, and at the Cape vast
supplies of fossil fuel have been discover
cd. Economies in manufacture or dimin-
ishing the rate of growth in coal consump-
ton, and any increased use of electricity
as a motive force tends to make the same
quantity of carbon go much further in ef-
fecting mechanical results. Steam coal
set to drive an engine which produces the
electric light will result in Illuminating
power which exceeds hundred fold that
produced by ike amount of gas coal
heated IN retorts. The thickest ped of
mineral fuel is in Russian Poland, and coal
of various qualities brown. anthra-
cite, etc.-crops up not only In Belgium
Prussian Rhine, but in Saxony, where it is
the foundation of the wealth of Chemnitz,
in Westphalia, Hanover, Bohemia, Silesia,
Moravia, in the Asturias and elsewhere in
Spain, in several governments of Russia,
and in Nova Scotia. Brazil and Chill. while
native anthracite is worked as railway fuel
in Switzerland, Savoy and Italy. The an
nual produce of the world is 2S9, ,000, 900
tons, of which the British Isles furnish
134, 600, 900, the United States and Ger
many coming next with 10000, 600 tons
apiece. The production of Bengal in 1879
was 523, 097, that of New South Wales
was l, 444, 27I in 1877; but in each case
the merest fringe of the coal district has
been reached; vast accumulations, readily
accessible, remain behind.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-04

When Demades, the orator, remar ked
that the swords Of the SpartaHs were so
short that they could be swallowed by con-
Jurors, Agls, the young king of that name,
replied: ave find them quite long enough
to reach the enemy" This is attributed by
him to LeotychidaA son of Aristo: "a
snake having twined itself around key,
which was declared by the years to be a
portent, Leotychidas remarked: 1t would
have been more of potent if the key had
twined itself round snake.'' In passing
sentence on two rogues, Philip of Mace
don ordered one to leave Macedonia with
all speed, and the other to try to catch him.
No less astute was his query as to strong
position he wished to occupy, which was
reported by the scouts to be almost impreg-
nable. SIS there not he asked, ''ev n .
pathway to it wide enough for 40 ass laden
with golda"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-04
The FIRING.

Think gently of the erring
Ye know not OF the power
With which the dark temptation came
In some unguarded hour.
Ye may not know how earnestly
They struggled, or how well.
Until the hour OF weakness came,
And sadly thus they fell.
Deal gently with the erring!
Oh, do not thou forget
However darkly stained by sin,
He is thy brother yet
Heir of the self-ssme heritage
Child of the self-same God
He hath but stumbled in the path,
Thou hast in weakness trod.
Speak gently to the erring
For is it net enough
That innocence and peace have gone,
Without thy censure roushi
Ii sure must be 8 weary lot
That sin-crushed heart to bear,
And they who share happier fate
Their chidings well msy spare.
Speak gently to the erring!
Thou yet msy'st win them back,
With holy words and tones Of love,
From misery's thorDy track
Forget not thou hast often sinned,
And sinful yet must be-
Deal gently with the erring one,
As God has dealt with thee
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-04

The amount of losses ia the United
States by fire during 1879 as reported
to Insurance Companies, was s77, ,7e3, :
709; add to this the uninsured lossej
that are reported, and it will fall ,bfl
little short of the s1oo, ,900, ,000 claiS<>
as the annual loss in this eoup
Canada is not included in these rer
81 NEVER did see such a win
Storm" said man IN coffee-J
"And, pray, SIR" inquired az
be wit, ''sInce you saw the wind
storm, wnat might the color be?'
"The wind blew and the S.
rose," was the quiet rejoinder
There are only three fire
in all Paris,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-04
THE COLLEEN LINING.

Life to-day is dark snd dr-ary,
Sadly We sit replning,
But the clouds will roll away
And show . golden lining.
Though they now obscure the Sky
And sadly drops the rain,
If our faith is placed on high
The sun will shine again.
Sad nisfortunes and great losses
Hide the sun, behind them shining.
But ere long they'll roll away
And show glorious, golden lining.
They are for the best, you'll find;
God has caused them for Q warning;
They make up the nights in life
tvery night must have Its morning.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-04
Pony's Prayer.

A parrot was present on board ship dur
ing very bad weather, when the sailors
knelt on deck in a circle to pray for deEv-
erance. The parrot watched their move
ments, no doE1bt, for he correctly remem-
bered the circumstance. 1t is said the can.
tam came'up from the cabin, where he b,
been tsf fexamine the chart, while 4
wensSat prayer, sud cried aloud:
v'Leaye Of praying, you lrs'
10 the pumpsl we're near
On arriving in port
clergyman, and 1T
in the wear. ,
ing aftet b
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Post-oflice Department has de-
decided that publishers, in addition to name
and address of persons to whom newspapers
and magazines be sent and index figures of
subscription book, the printed title of pub
lication, the printed name and address Of
the publisher or news agent, and written or
printed words or figures indicating the date
of the expiration Of subscription, may also
print upon the wrapper the request il the
matter be not called for in a certain time it
may be delivered to any one of the class of
persons named. This ruling is believed to
be in aid OF the purpose contemplated by
the statute in permitting the sending Of
sample copies to obtain subscription.
The new German Reichstag convened
on the 18th.
THE San Antonio (Texas) stage was
again robbed on the night of the 18th,
sixteen miles from Laredo. The registered
mail packages were taken and the passen-
gers relieved of their pocketbooks.
JOHN WALTER, of the London Times,
speaking in Berkshire on the result Of his
tour in America, said it was desirable there
should be in all English counties body Of
men able to advise their neighbOrs who are
about to go to America. Any Englishman
going to America who is a good judge Of
land, and who is steady and industrious,
might be certain of becoming wealthy and
prosperous before he was fifty years old.
Before the close OF the next century the
United States would have a population Of
200 ,OOO, 600. lie wished more Englishmen
would 20 there. They would be an addi-
| Ia Of Ia, no
and would be as likely to succeed there as
men of any other nationality.
A PASSENGER train on the Havana
! branch of the Wabash Railway went down
| through a trestle about five miles from
| Springfield, H., on the 18th. The trestle
| forms the approach to the bridge over the
/ Sangamon River, and was eighty feet long
and twenty feet high. The locomotive
passed over in safety, but the remainder Of
/ the train, consisting OF Il baggage-car and
| two passenger coaches, went down into a
general wreck. The overturned stoves set
fire to the debris, but the flames were eX-
tinguished before doing much damage. Sew
eral passengers were quite badly hurt, but
none it was believed fatally.
THE Porte has informed the repre-
sentative English and German phlanthro-
pists, endeaYoring to promote the migration
OF Jews to Turkey, that Jews will be allow
ed to establish themselves in separate com
munities in all parts of the empire except
Palestine, but they will be subject to Turk
ish laws and have to adopt Turkish nation
slity.
THE town of Dayton, Washington
Territory, is scourged by small -pox, which
is extending into the adjacent country. The
Northern Pacific Railroad has stopped run.
ming trains to New Tacoma on account Of
the epidemic.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-26
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

IN the Guteau trial, on the 21st, the
evidence of Drs. Lamb and Woodward
was taken, after which the prosecution
rested their case. Both Of these witnesses
conceded in the opinion of Bliss that the
wound inflicted was necessarily fatal. The
bullet was produced in court, and having
been identified, was passed around for in
>pr9tion. Something OF a sensation was ere
ated in court by the withdrawal Of Robinson
from the case, on account of his disagree
ment with Scovlle. The latter then ad-
dressed the jury Mt some length, outlining
his defense, which is based mainly on the
prisoners responsibility.
VIM. JONES was arranged in the
Washington police court, on the DIST, for as
sault with intent to kill Charles j. Gui-
teau. In default OF $1,000 bail he was COM
mitted to Jail and the case indefinitely post
poned,
Mr.. H. V. REDFIELD, the well-known
Washington correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Commercial, died recently Of consumption,
at the age Of thirIy-ive.
CAPT. PAYNE and few of his more
daring followers have safely located on the
ry, and are in occupation of the Stockade
fort built by them last summer. So far they
have not been mOlested by the Indians nor
interfered with by the Federal troops.
A DISPATCH from Clayton, n. Y,
says: Frank Cappernul, the keeper Of the
Hub House, his wife, two small children,
and Charles Wilson, the keeper of the CIff
House, wife and two children,w were drowned
in Eel Bay while going to Gananoque in a
small boat.
The brush fires in Ontario during the
past season destroyed between $1,000, 600
and SO, 900, 600 worth of property.
CHARLES DAVIS, negro, who had
committed an aggravated assault upon a wid-
ow named Lucley; residing near Athens,
! O., was taken from the Jail by a party OF
about twenty undisguised men ana hanged
! from a bridge.
JAMES COOPER, City Marshal of Gov
| ington, Tenn, was killed in an affray with
James Slaughter, merchant of that place.
AT Columbus, Ga, Osborn Pitts
drank quart of whisky on a wager, and
was carted home dead. Denison, the keep
er of the saloon, has been arrested.
VIM. HOEssEL, widower OF some
means, living alone at North Evanston, ILL.,,
was found murdered in his bed few morn
ings since. Robbery was undoubtedly the
cause, and a bloody AK found upon the
premises was the instrument with which the
/ crime was committed. Some discarded
clothes, supposed to belong to the assassin
served to identify him as a tramp who haC
been lettering about the locality for some
dEs previous
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-26
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A BARREL of naphtha caught fire and
exploded on the steamer Solway, when
nearing Kingston Harbor, Ireland. The
burning fluid was scattered broadcast, set
ting the vessel on fire and enveloping in
flames a large number of persons, six Of
whom were burned to a crisp and two others
did not long survive. BY hard fighting the
flames were confined to the hold of the
steamer, and after several hours, during
which a severe storm prevailed, her signals
OF distress were observed by pilot-bOa
which ran out and brought her into port.
CHRISTIAN lessen, young man who
had recently inherited a considerable for
tune from European relatives, went to Han
cock, Delaware County, N. Y, to visit a
sister, carrying, as is supposed, large sum
of money in his sachel. Before he reached
her residence he was waylaid, robbed and
murdered, and his body thrown alonside the
railroad track. His sachel, filled with
stones, was found in the Delaware River,
near by.
HANGED on the 18th: Boge Jackson,
Hamburg, Ark; CDR" Sparks, Lumpkin,
Stewart County, Ga; Augustus Smith,
Smithfeld, n. c.
Ed. MAXWELL was lynched in the
court yard at Durand, Wis, on the 18th.
Immediately after making a statement in
court in which he acknowledged the shoot
! ing OF the Coleman brothers and claimed
that it was in self-defense, a rope was
thrown over his neck and he was
dragged from the room, down the
stairs, and along the ground to a
tree, few yards distant, where he was run
up. He denied all knowledge of the killing
Of Sheriff Lammi, of Calhoun County, and
insisted that neither he nor his brother had
| been in Illinois since the Colemans were
! killed.
Two reports came in a single day of
the deaths of young children by falling into
! tubs of boiling water. One of the victims
was the daughter Of f. Pickerson, OF Sum-
merfeld, o., the other a child named Hum
phrey, at Elgin. Ill.
| Mr.. A. B THORNTON, editor of the
Boonville (Mo.) NeloS, a Greenback weekly
paper, was shot and instantly killed on the
| 10Th by Thomas S. McDearmon, City Mar
| shall. The Nelgs published an article severe
" rejecting upon some Of the City Marshal's
official acts, and a personal alteration, fol-
lowing close upon the offensive publication,
led to the shooting. McDearmon claims
that Thornton first drew his revolver and
that he fired in Slf-defense. He voluntarily
placed himself under arrest.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-26
Secretary KirkwOOd on the Indian
Question.

The annual report OF the Secretary OF tho
Interior is largely devoted to the fresh dis
cuSSiOn Of the Indian question. lie strong.
~ recommends that "a liberal provision be
made by Congress for teaching the Indian
youth our language; that, upon just terms
to the Indians, the number and area OF the
existing reservations be greatly reduced;
that on sucn reservations rs are not well
adapted to farming without irrigation, ef-
forts be made to teach Indians to become
herdsmen instead of endeayoring to try to
make them farmers; that Indian titles to
reduced reservations be individualized and
thoroughly protected by law; and that
the more civilized reservation Indians
be encouraged to abandon their
tribal relations by setting up experimental
forms Of local government among them, as
nearly alike as may be to the system Of
county government prevailing in the states
or Territories in which the reservations are
respectively located. There are now
in the States and Territories west Of the
Mississippi River 102 reservations, great
and small, on which are located, in round
numbers, 224 900 Indians. II all the In
dians west Of the Mississippi were gathered
up on four or five reservations our Indian
affairs could be managed with greater
economy to the Government and greater
benefit to the Indians. | recommend that
Congress be asked to create a commission Of
three or four eminent citizens to visit, dur
ing next year, the reservations west of the
Mississippi River for the purpose of recon-
mendinG to Congress, il they shall deem it
wise, the concentration Of the Indians on
four or five reservations, to be selected in
different parts Of the West, on which the
different tribes shall be located; and il this
shall, in the judgment of the Commission,
not be wise, then to recommend the concern
tration of the existing small agencies where
that can be properly done, and a reduction
of the area of others to dimensions proper
tionable to the number of Indians located
tLereOnD
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-26
Decapitated.

Ellen Kessler, the daughter Of well-to do
parents residing near Blue Island, who was
attending Normal School at Englewood,
came to her death last night under peculiar
circumstances, but whether the case is one
OF accident or suicide cannot now be deter
mined and may always remain a mystery.
The young woman was just past twenty
wears Of age, and for some time had been
numbered among the scholars of the above
institution. She lived in building adjOn-
ing the school building, known As the dor
mitory, where are also many of her fellow
schoolmateS, only going home at intervals,
Last evening about nine O'Clock she made a
call upon u friend who lives a short distance
from the school, and here it was noticed for
the first time that she had acted queerly,
not seeming to be quite herself. Later, she
returned TO the dormitory, where she met
Mrs. Wentworth and explained that she
was not feeling well. Mrs. Wentworth ad-
vised her to go to bed, and said she would
get her some medicine. The young woman
went to her room, but when Mrs. Went
worth followed her she had disappeared. 1t
was then learned from one Of the young men
that he had seen Miss Kessler going out OF
the door dressed in light wrapper. Search
find her, aud, having noticed her strange
actions, it was feared that something had
happened to her. The police were notified
and parties sent out in all directions. At
half past ten o'clock two policemen came
upon the decapitated body Of the
young woman lying between the rails Of the
incoming track OF the Wabash Road near
Seventy-hr-t street. &Ot only was the
head severed from the body but one Of
the arms and both feet were crushed.
A short distance away lay a part
OF her underclothing; the body when found
having upon it only the light wrapper in
which she was seen to leave the school.
Her slippers lay together beside her UNDER
clothing, giving one the impression that she
had thus partially disroDed just previous to
her death. 1t is this feature that gives the case
the appearance OF suicide. No reason could
be assigned other than that she was some-
what behind in her studies, and that this
had preyed upon her mind for several days
past.-ChicaQo Tribune, November 10.
Earthquakes are always of the
al, 10, al.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-26
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

THE militia have been called out to
suppress a coal miners riot at Cannelton,
Kanawha County, w. Va.
HOOD, BOUBRIGHT SEQ, an extern
sive Philadelphia dry-goods house, that
failed in 1861 and compromised at 10 cents
on the dollar, has just sent to each of its
creditors a check for the balance of their
claims, the aggregate amount being over
500, 200.
THE leading distillers of the country
recently held a convention at Chicago and
resolved to reduce their operations, to pool
their funds and to export all old products.
1t is intended by this means to check the
surplus production of whisky and to main
tain better prices.
THE Pacific National Bank of Boston,
Mr.. A. 1. Benyon, President, suspended
on the 18th. The cause of the failure is said
to be the embarrassment OF Mr.. Theodore
G. Weeks, an extensive stock operator,
about $500, 200 Of whose paper is held by
the bank. The institution, although APP
parently doing q prosperous business, has
never been a member OF the Clearing
house, but paid its drafts through the
Elliott National Bank. 1t has since
been aScertaned that the Central Bank
has discounted large amount OF pa
per for the Pacific Bank and is heavily in
volyed by the failure OF he former institu
ton. Cashier Young OF the Central is said
TO have carried on his transactions with
Benyon without the knowledge of the other
officers OF the bank, and he has been forced
to resign The Central's deficit has been
made good and it will continue business.
COMPTROLLER KNOX has levied an
assessment of 100 per cent. upon the stock
holders of the Mechanics National Bank OF
Newark, n. j.
A CONTRACT has been made between
the Huntington railroads on the Pacific coast
and the Gould system in the Southwest, by
which they will be operated as a Joint line
from the Mississippi River to the Pacific
Ocean, with division of earnings on the
basis of mileage.
TRACK-LAYING has begun on the
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-26
Summary OF the Report Of the Depart.
mcnt Of Agriculture.
The report of the Department Of Agri-
culture is summarized as follows:

The report Of the Department Of Agri-
culture is summarized as follows:
COTTON
The indicated yield OF cotton per acre is
considerably less than last year. The re-
ported decrease is 81 per cent. in Louisiana,
40 per cent in Texas, and neaty CD per
cent. in Arkansas. North Carolina makes
return Of 80 per cent. less yield than in 1880.
South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi re-
port better condition, and the pros poets are
for the crop not much below those of last
year in those States. Florida reports de-
crease Of IL per cent, Alabama an increase
OF ID, Tennessee decrease OF ~. Virginia
is not included as a cotton state, its product
being Insignificant.
WHEAT.
The average yield of wheat per acre in 1881
Is 1913 bushels against 10 10 in 1880, indi-
eating a decrease Of about 20 per cent, or
100, 100000 bushels from last year product.
In the interior aud Western States there
has been n great falling off, caused by the
severe winter, the late, cod spring, drouth,
and, in several States, insect ravagcs; but,
while the quantity of the crop is reduced,
the quality is generally reported very good.
CORN.
The November returns OF corn show an
average yield OF twenty and one-half BUSH
els per acre, indicating a falling off Of about
20 per cent. from the crop of 1880, caused
chiefly by the general and protracted drouth
during the growing season, and by excessive
rains since the crop was harvested. The
quality Of the crop Is somewhat below the
average.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-11-26
Report of Indian Commissioner Price.

The annual report of the Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs to the Secretary Of the Int
rior is made public. Commissioner Price,
at the outset, desires to surge with earnest
ness the absolute necessity for a thorough
and radical change Of the Indian policy I'm
some respects and particulars. 1t must he
apparent to the most casual observer that
the system OF gathering Indians in bands
or tribes on reservations and carrying
them victuals and clothes, thus reue7-
ing them of the necessity OF labor,
never will and never can cjyiiZe them. II
white men were treated as we treat the
Indians the result would certainly be a race
Of worthless vagabOnda. | wish to call at
tentiOu to the fact 'hat, in almost every
case, it is only the no1-lahoring tribes that
20 upon the warpatt, and the stubborn
facts of history compel me to say the Cow
eminent j. largely to blame for this.
We feed the White River mUrderers
and compel the peaceable Untahs to
largely care for themselves. This course
induces the Indian to believe that II
they are to get iayOTs from the Government
they must refuse to work, refuse to be or
ierly and peaceable, and must commit some
depreciation or murder, and that a commits
sion will be appointed TO treat with them
and pay them in goods, provisions and
money to behave themselves. "
The Commissioner recommends the pro-
hibitiOn of the Introduction OF liquor
On the Indian reserves by authority OF the
War Department. incidentally he suggests,
as a more effecLnal remedy for the evil Of
drunkenness, that Congress be asked to
prohibit the manufacture or sale OF ardent
Ipirits in any OF the Territories of the
United States. Among other things laws
Ihould be enacted to extend to Indian res
!ryations the criminal laws OF the States and
Territories in which they are respectively
! Iituated.