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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-12-20

dainty rings of real brown halr; and red
bird in cage picking seeds out of yel-
low trough; and added 10 all these was a
purple hnrn-of plenty tied with golden rib
0ous, and filed with sugar plums for each
of the children.
Mrs. Russel's faded eyes cleaned with
new light as she gaZed at the gifts. She
gazed at the gifts. She tried to speak but
the words choked themselves back in her
throat, and she broke down in sob Of
tears.
wall, L do say now,. Mss Russell, "
said her neighbor, attempting in awkward
but sincere fashion 10 comfort her. .'DNn't
give up so. 1t amt much, | know, but
then we all had to be children once"
''Yes, Miss Green, and it's jest the
thought o that and the good times we
used to have when i was a wild, careless
gal at iather's that's cen Almost broke nv
heart ever slnce. | told the children they
mustn't expect TO hang up their stockings
TIN: Christmas You never did see child
ren so put down in your life; they amt
hardly smiled since, and it's seemed as
though we'd had funeral in the house
when | put 'em to bed tonight
"Well, s'pose now you Jest get their
stockings and Wen slip them IN, and you
can pin 'em up to the bed post, you
know"
Mrs Russell went to her chest of cherry
drawers and brought forth three small,
blue and white woollen stockings, aud the
hearts of the two women were full of a
tune of gadness, as they crowded the
playthings inside.
The house won't hold 'em tomorrow
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-12-20
CHRISTMAS.
AN oLD-FAsHIONED DITTY.

IN days Of yore the Baron bold
Vas wont al ChrlstInas-tide 20 hold
N caste hau a solemn feast,
Where all were welcome, knight or priest,
Or squire or clown; the open door
Adm tied ali-or ricn or poor.
Rude p enry crowned the groaning board.
AL forest, neIJ, or stream Afford
The ceuArer BrOach'd his mightiest ale,
The Minis, re- tod his merriesr tale;
JOY re gued DER ala bOist'rUus glee,
= rude, Unpolished reyelry,
such as might move perchahce 10 scorn
The nature OF the later-bOrn:
But meaning mid It's widest mirth
"Peaoe and good viii 10 all on earthi7
Those days are past, nor need We grieye
For their departure If they leave
LAs sure they havel the kindly feeling
For wants and woes beyond our healing;
The soothing word, the helping hand,
The timely git mat wei my stand
Instead Of the OLD reckless giving
That wasted much in "ri0tOus living
The good remains; the bounty still
Is seen 10 nOw IN many q I'll.
Bot, guided by judIcious hand,
II feeds, not mandates the land.
Nor should we pass without due praise
The Christmas gift Of modern days,
The books, whose git and splendid cover
Bespeak, al least, the wealthy lover;
The humber but weIl-chosen tome
CThe Treasure Of future hOme),
Whose unaI0rn'd but precious pagos
Enshrine the thoughts Of former ages.
What Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton writ,
Or what in modern days IS ut
To name with those immortal bards,
And share the laurel fame awards
10 them Chough IN a less detreel-
ByrOn's wild strain, Sc0tt's minstrelsy,
NordswOrth's and COwper's moral store,
Or TennysOn's Arthurian lore.
Such Gifts may Christmas still bestov,
May age and Want the bO0ns relieve,
And Youth and Love the pleasure know
Al once 70 give and u receive.
May still the trusting heart be blest,
May still its fondesr hopes prove true;
May still the aged and distrest
Find help-ss they were wont TO do.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-12-20

SHELLS that are covered with a thick
skin may be cleaned by sleeping in
warm water and then rubbing with a
stiff brush. Or, if this fails. soak the
shell in water, adding a little nitric
acid. Polish the new surface with
leather, aided by tripoli
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-12-20

An extremely shabby young man
called at Cts house. "What is your
business?" said G.. 81 have come for
my New Years present." ''But who
are you p Assistant to the baliff who
arrested you the other day."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
4 Pen-Pirture OF Bryant.

George Alfred Townsend.
| never saw William Cullen Bryant bu'
twice, the first time when ] was going up the
stairs of the old Post building on Nassau
street, to see Mr.. Nordhoff, passed at a GER
tain room a smallish man of spare body,
with a rather sharp, disconnected face, and
while | was opposite the door he called for
somebody in rasping voice like a bark, seem
ing to show a temper neither originally good
nor much improved. After Samuel j. Tilden
became governor his first social performance
was to give reception in the executive man
sion at Albany to Mr. Bryant, whose news
paper at that time was hesitating between the
two parties, and Bryant's son-in-law, Goodwin,
had become an advocate of Tilden. The Her
aid sent me with DR.. Hosmer, one of its
writers, to Albany, to sketch the reception
The attendance was very miscellaneous,
in the main made up of Albany
politicians. Young Mr. Pelton, who after
ward gave his uncle much trouble and died
before his date, seemed to have charge of the
hous hold affairs. Mr.. 1ilden, with his Cog
gle-C yes and inexpensive face, wearing almost
a stupid, indeed a dead look, stood at one end
of tn line of people. His sister, Mrs. Pelton,
and I think the Misses Peton being two others,
and then came Bryant with his two daughters
passed along the line and said to Mr.. Bryant
that when was boy L bad named literary
society for him, which was still in existence.
He replied in dry iusipid voice, that he had
received great deal Of credit for very little
work The busts of him convey the idea that
he was large, massive man, but he was lean
and hungry looking end there was something
morbid in his tone. When he was a compare
lively Young editor in New York he went out
hunting arrival editor one day with his stick,
and beat him publicly.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
spotted Tails Theology.

Sioux City Journal.
care the Sioux particularly superstitious?'
SWELL their religion and superstition are so
mixed with custom that it is difficult TO separ-
ate them. A Sioux not corrupted by civilizs-
ton will not tell his name, but will own it if il
il spoken. You may call this pride or super.
sttion. Their ideas of a God are not dein.
itc, but are sufficient for their needs When
Spotted Tails agency was removed from Ne.
brasaa to Pine Ridge whore it is now, Spotted
Tail came TO Inspector Pollock, who had
charge of,thc moving and said 4 don't want
the red shirts TO come with us TO the new
agency Red shirt is the Sioux for Episcopal
missionary and white shirt for Catholic
Pollock asked why not Spotted Tail said
there had been nothing but bad luck since they
came and no did not want them al
the new place II Pollock would moi
tell them bo would The missionary
was sent for and came Spotted 1all repeated
to him that there had been nothing but bad
luck since the /, came TO the camn. The ponies
had died, and the squaws got hurt, and now
they had to move to Il new place, where he did
not want the red shirts to follow. What he
alluded TO when he spoke of the squaws get
ting hurt tho missionary never could explain
to the satisfaction of Spotted Tail 1t happen,
ed that during the sermon on Sunday when
the missionary was preaching about the pun
ishment OF the wicked, a heavy clap of thun-
der came The audience the squaws particu-
larly, were nervous from the sermon, and
when they heard the thunder every one rushed
for the door Some of the women were
knocked down and somewhat hurt by being
trampled on by the crowd.
"lhe missionary explained that he VAS moi
to blame for the squaws getting hurt; told
Spot that it was to make him good and teach
him better way that good people at the east
had sent him to teach the Sioux the true rel-
gion, and to tell them of the only true God.
spotted Tail stood up and drew his blanket
about his shoulders: The white mems God
was weak, for had not the white men killed
him? The Sioux too, had a God, a strong All
Father, who was with him when he hunted,
when he made war and when he went into his
tepee-always with him. He did not want the
red shirts TO tell him Of the white mans God,
whom they had hated so that they killed
him ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
Carrier Pigeons for the Country OIL
the NOstiIes.
Washington Republican

washington ItcpuDICdll,
The employment of carrier pigeons az cour.
iers between military stations ia Arizona anG
other sections of the Indian country, where
the telegraph lines are being constantly inter
ferod with by the hostes, and where the
topography is not advantageous for heliog.
raphing and other ordinary methods of signal
ing, is receiving the serious attention of the
war Office. For 200 miles these pigeons viii
travel as fast as the railroad rapid mail, and
through hostile country, will reach
their destination more surely than most men
Flying by sight, they are especially valuable
in regions whore there are prominent
mountain peaks. Between two such fort,
as Forts Thomas and Apache and Thomas and
San Carlos, AriZona-entirely a hostile coun-
try, broken and difficult and in which travel
is slow and almost impossible when the inter
vening streams are fooded-they would be
Of vast value compared with the insig.
niticant cost of maintaining and training them.
Troops on detached service, with no other
means of communication, can employ them Ia
convey important information with great en-
petition. Country physicians in England Use
them to great advantage with distant families.
The middle feather Of the tail is shaved
within an inch OF the end, and tho message
dashed thereto firmly with waxed silk. They
should be written in lead pencil, as ink runs.
Placed there they do not annoy the Bird but
tied on the leg, they interfere with his
flying, and he is liable to peck and
mutilate the message, rendering 1T unintellig-
ible in his efforts TO remove it. The clear air
of Arizona and the Occident is just the element
for these BIRDS and they are just the agency
to supplement the telegraph and ordinary
courier system employed by our troops in
their operations against the red buccaneers of
the west Having set in motion plan to pro-
tect our cotton, sugar and fruit industries, and
having enlarged the sphere Of life saving and
coast-line operations as supplement to the
military telegraph lines Of the frontier, Gen.
Hazeu deserves and will receive for his car
rier- pigeon enterprise the heartfelt thanks OF
every soul exposed to the onsets of the mar
auding red devils of the plains, be they Sioux,
Apaches, Kiowas, Cheyennes, or what not.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18

Home is more to woman than to man 1t
Is her temple. She's its goddess, its priestess
but oftener its janitor. A man doesn't look
so longingly back at the old home, though it
never costs him cent, bought all his clothes
and sont him to college. A man likes his
home when he gets acquainted in it, because
there his stupidity passes for the profoundest
wisdom. His jokes are all laughed at Though
it needs only glossary to get at their mean
iug) IL he only indicates the laughing place
When man dies he is wept for at home, but
the odd world moves along a. if nothing had
happened; fond lovers come to his graveyard
even, wear his tombstone smooth sitting ON It
contract bad poetry and worse rheumatism, and
burd n the air with llbial confectionery
have heard that there were skeletons in many
homes. They never get there unless they are
lluu ht
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
Conductor LOOMS and GEN. Grant.
Wilmington Daily News

wilmington DailN NcNb
william II. Loomis, one of tho best known
conductors of the Philadelphia, Wilmington 4
Baltimore railroad, died at Minneapolis, Mimi,
on Friday last II is said of him that he never
allowed deadhcad to ride. When Gen. Grant
was president and just before Miss Nellie
Grants marriage with Mr. Sartoris, the pros-
dents family and several friends won't to New
York on a shopping tour. William Loomis
was the conductor of the limited express on
yhich they took passage. In the regular order
u collecting tickets he reached them. sick
cts said William politely. We have none
said one of tho gentlemen. pass" said
William laconicslly. "We haven't that either, {"
said the gentleman, with genial smile, "and
We don't need it. This is President Grants
family" william stepped back a few feet
removed his cap, and made a profound bow
II am very happy to make the tho acquaiat-
Rncc OF the presidents family said he ~but
the orders of this company are that all pass
engcr- must show pass, have ticket, or
pay their fare" Tho gentleman who was
speaking for the presidents family argued the
matter for a time, but William was not to be
persuaded, and the presidential party paid
their fares
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
Milk POisOnin. of Infants.

New York Times
Dr. L, F. Brush, attending physician to the
New York Infant asylum, contributes TO the
last number Of The Medical Record valuable
paper on acute milk poisoning, taking ground
very similar TO that taken by Prof. Klebs i'll his
valuable memoir on the subject, and by the
committee of the New York College of Vet
Urinary Surgeons in recent report as to the
effect of tubercular disease in cows on the
milk brought to the New York market DR.,
Brush is of the opinion that nearly all
the cases Of infantile diarrhGa, and
many of infantine commissions, are due
to acute milk poisoning, and should be
registered as such in our statistics of dis
ease; and he gives a record OF cases which
tends to establish his view of the subject
Using his own cows for the purpose, he
bruised the udders of animals, or sections Of
the uddcr, thus producing what would DO
styled a traumatic garget-a very common
trouble with cows in the summer ranging iii
pasture lands He found that milk from tho
bruised section of the udder was stringy,
lumpy, puruent and alkaline, while that Of
the unbruised sections was decidedly acid.
This condition lasted four days after the bruis-
ing, and 10 test the effect he gave to an
infant in his own family four ounces
of the abnormal secretion. Tho baby was
sixteen months DID, and the milk was adj
ministered at 5 O'Clock in the even
ing. After being fed the infant fell asleep and
slept about two hours, then awoke crying with
gastric pain, and remained in acute suffering
until midnight when violent infsntine diar-
rhea supervened and continued for a couple of
days. The milk was, of course, Immediately
discontinued, and the infant slowly recovered
DR. Brush cites many instances in his practice
in which he has traced nfantne disease and
commissions to the immediate effect of poison
Gus milk; and it should be understood that in
these cases the cattle were not specifically
diseased, but the disturbance OF the milk was
due to temporary disturbance Of the nervous
system of the animal, such as being driven too
rapidly from the pasture, frightened by whip
ping and abuse, or excited by fighting with
other animals
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
t4* FIRE graasr.
xt.,ed at the Post ODgce at OAdnG, ~, as Second
Class Adl Matter.
Corn Husks for Useful and Fancy
Articles.
American Agriculturist

American Agricultural
The epithet mot worth shucks' probably
camo into use before shucks or husks of corn
had a market value. There are number Of
domestic uses to which they may be put, and a
stock of them should be secured before they
have been injured by exposure to the weather
We have seen beds made on the farm vastly
better than any husk bed that can be pur-
chased. The husks were slit into strips about
half an inch wide by drawing them over points
or blades fixed in block. Husks split in this
manner make excellent cushions for farm wag-
ons. Door mats are made of two kinds; in
one the braid is made smooth in the ordinary
manner and sewed with worry strong thread,
making both sides alike. In the other
doubled husk is woven into the braid, leaving
the ends projecting upon one side. When
braid Of this kind is sewed, tho projecting
husk5 form mat like coarse brush. The
ends OF the doubled husks are TO be clipped
Off evenly. This forms most serviceable
mat A mud mat for the back door is made Ut
a board or plank Of convenient size, mailing
cleats at the ends TO prevent splitting, and bor
ing numerous inch holes in it. A tight roll Of
coarse husks is placed in each hole and made
fast by driving wooden peg into the centre
OF each The ends of the husks are then
clipped and the mat is finished Those
who are fond of making useful and fancy ar
ticles will find the inner husks beautiful and
easily worked material These should be So
lected a. soon az the corn is husked and as
sorted according to their thickness; those
found next to the ear are very soft and deli
cato and should be kept for the finest work.
Nlrn wanted for braiding they can be made
phsble by dampeuing, and used whole or split,
according to the size Of braid Those who are /
sh Led in brsiding can make various kinds, !
but the novice must begin with the common /
three strand braid, taking care AZ one husk is /
nearly used up TO slip under another so that !
the braiding may be continuous Such braid |
may be made up INTO serviceable table mats,
baskets of vari0s kinds, slippers, etc. No
doubt the finer husks could be made into q
braid suitable for oXcelIont summer hats.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
The Pretty Girls or New York.

George Alfred Townsend
Did you ever see such pretty things IA the
boarding school girls of New York? They
sally out to walk every afternoon, rosy with
the strong airs of this low gneiss island, de
mure ~ nuns and representative of all places,
but the native New York type prevails with
its brunette skin, gray eyes, heieut Of figure
almost manly countenancc and carriage, and
well turned feet The Philadelphia girls have
gentler more submissive faces the Boston
girls have more beans in their skin and culture
IN heir scrawn, the Baltimore girls have lost
their old reputation, and prettier faces are now
seen in Washington, beauty i'll the west ia very
poorly organized and too corn-fod, but there
is a tling called style about those Manhattan
bellies which makes every one of them the
model for carved goddess of Liberty.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
Our Best Society Venal and shame
less
Cor N. Y World

Since the civil war, shoddy show and splen-
dor, with all the attendant display, has caused
even our best society to be vcnal, hollow and
shamelessly indecent The art of money
getting is fast demoralizng all ranks of soc-
ETY. aud it is not how ii is gotten alone, hut
the fact ia it must be gotten to keep mp with
the spirit of the times, which has caused III
many otherwise worthy mon to sacrifice all
positions Of trust and honor to the Dolorh Of
ambition demanding wealth, position and no
tOruty
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
The Old story.

The Journal Of Health asserts that no
thoughtful mother should rest until she has
taught her daughter toido well tho following
things To make a cup Of coffee, to draw a
dish OF tea, to bake loaf of bread, TO cook a
potato, TO broil steak or chicken, to cut, fit
and make dress, and to set tidy table. !!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
a COiucideucc

II was rather a remarkable coincidence that
the eighty seventh Psalm, appointed by the
Episcopalian prayer book for the Sunday even
ing service the week of the British victory in
Egypt contained the following passage: Thou
hast subdued Egypt and destroyed Il; Thou
hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy
mighty arm"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18

To got rid OF this most Objectionable odor in
schamber or living room, slice a few onions
of the room; close the doors, leave the window
open little, and in a few hours the disagree
able smell will have almost gone Another
method is to plunge handful of hay INTO a
pail.ul of water and let it stand in the newly
painted room over a night; this plan is also
eilCctual
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18

An odd monument has been erected in
Gem, terry at South Hadley, Mass. The trunk
Of shattered tree is reproduced IN marble,
with ivy winding round il, aud an inscribed
open book peggel TO tho bark. From hnio
peeks Il squirrel, and ON branch sits dcse
looking down on two eggs " a nest. The lot
has posts representing stun:ps OF small trees.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
To Remove Grease spots,

l. a. F. in Cottage Hearth.
. Apply dry buckwheat flour at night and you
will DO delighted to find in the morning the
grease spots have totally disappeared without
injury to the texture or color Of the choicest
fabric. The above is 30 valuable fact that it
is pleasure for mo to give the knowledge to
Your numerous readers
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
Courteous Indeed.

A Japanese custom is to give baby girls the
names of delicate and lovely plants or flowers,
while the boys are simply numbered, and are
known as First boy, Second boy and 30 on.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18

Glue, when mixed with one-fourth part gly7
cerinc, is found to have an elasticity and PHI
ability which prevents its cracking when dry.
A German chemist in Nuremberg has. called
attention TO this
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18

30 ton Transcript: Pedestrian, who had
diopped penny in front of poor blind
ian why You humbug, you're not blind y
5eggar--Not I, sir If the card saws am.
they must have given me the wrong ono I'm
deaf and dumb"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
Un-RecOnstructed.

While willing to abide by nearly all the re-
suits Of the late civil war, The Macon ga
Telegraph protests against the substitution Of
the word corn husking for 'the good old
southern word" n-shucking
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
Making Garments Waterproof

In pail Of soft water put half pound Of
sugar of lead and half pound of alum; stir
this at intervals until it becomes clear; pour it
OF into another pail, and put the garment
therein, and let it remain for twenty four
hours; then hang it up to dry without wiring
ing it
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
To Remove Warts.

A correspondent Of The Cottage Hearth
says: Cover the warts with baking soda, wei
with water and tie them ups few applications
will remove them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
New Wrinkle In Grape Growing.
Wuman's Journal

Rpening grapes in paper bags is awrinklo
In fruit culture, which has been successfully
tried by Connecticut man. In order to pre-
serve his grapes from the ravages Of rose
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18

NJ. Deprez at the Munich Electrical e1hibi-
ton orked a plough by means of electricity.
the rrhut being transmitted about forty
mite
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LARGEST Stock Of Books

Ever displayed In La Sale county, which will be SOLD
at from - TO 10 per cent. lass than regular retail
prices. They consist of Fine Gift Books. bound In
Plush. Morocco ana Tree Calf Books OF Travel. FiC
ton Poetry, and very full stock of Juvenile Books
finely illustrated with illuminated covers at all prices
from the Sc primer 10 the finest colOrcd Illustrations
Also Birthday Books OF the different poets and authors
Photograph and Autograph Albums, eccrtainly have
the largest line ever displayed in Ottawa, ana the
prices are very low.
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