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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18
H,v IN Train a colt To Harue :.

Put on hlm an easy collar. having
pair of reins attached, or add two pieces
to lengthen the traces, and let strong
man walk behind him, holding these.
After n few minutes the leader may
order the man to pull the traces very
gently, so as to press the collar but
slightly at first. In little time he may
pull tighter, while the leader keeps his
eve on the colt, and if he shows any
sign of finching, let him order the
traces to be slackened, and then gradu-
ually draw again until the colt is seen to
lean into his collar, when the man who
holds the traces may use his whole force
for a short time only. The traces must
now be slackened, and the same course
gene over repeatedly, but stopping the
colt occasionally TO soothe him, taking
care, however, to slack the traces Just
as he stops, and to turn little to one
side when STARTING each time, while the
man pulls the opposite trace.
After this exercise let him be taken to
the cart or other vehicle for which he
is intended; allow him to smell and ex-
anime 1t; then push it away and draw
it up to him several times, raising and
lowering the shafts until he takes notes,
of its noise, or OF the different appeik-
ances when raised and lowered. Nice
turn him around and put him between
the shafts, rub them against his sidar-
push back and draw up the cart, strow
ing HIM behind and on the sides with 1t,
until he allows himself to be Knocked
about by it," So to speak. THIS Will do
for one days lesson. Next day let all
his harness beput on him. leaving chains
or straps to hang and strike against him,
while the whole of the previous day &
lesson is gone through step by step.
Same ON the third and fourth days. He
NAV then be yoked or hitched to the
cart. and should haye at least one hour
exercise in going up and down hill
turning. etc, First start on level ground
If these directions are carried out, th'
colt learns that the cart he draws Is no
meant to hart him, and he will neve
try to ''kick it away" or 'run off iron
it. j.
Rules for training: i. Never try t
beat a colt into dong a thing, or.
nervoushe may turn out vicious horse
and if stupid he Fay become stubborn
Remember that by patience and gentle
ness he can be got to do any thing tina
Will not hurt him.
: 2. When the horse shows signs
/ shying at an object, do not beat HIN
: but lead him up to it. allowing him t
stand and look, as he comes closer; an
after he examines it a few times he wll
not fear any thing of the kind again, L
4 passing by hedges with colt, throw
t stones and stop him until he takes u
: notice of the noise.
8. Before putting on any article
harness. let your colt smell il, and the
> rub it against his head, neck, and bod.
4. Always starta horse with the voic'
f not with the cut of the whip. In star
: ing turn little to one side, and !
8 stopping when going up hill, do Il
l. same.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18

ogy We might otherwise expect on their
surfaces.
We are referring to the large planets
OF our system, and not to the numerous
class of minor planets between Mars
ami Jupiter, many of which are stu
ated at nearly eqnal distances from the
sun, and are therefore, all affected by
circumstances of close affinity so that
tie individual member may not present
any anomalous details but rather be-
long to a common order or family OF
bodies showing the same characteristic
phenomena. From the surface OF
Uranus it would be impossible to dis
tinguish the Intra-Jovian planets, Mer-
curry, Venus, the Earth and Mars, but
Jupiter and Saturn would no doubt be
distinguished, though with far less ef-
feet than from the earth. The sun
would not offer much impediment to
such observations, in consequence ot
his comparative feebleness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18
pay for all the recreation she's had a
share of in this quarter.

pay for all the recreation she's had a
share of in this quarter.
"Oh, well now, this won't do Fred
my boy, You can't have that little wo-
mans eyes flash at you that way again.
Not while she holds that provoking lit
tie red book under your nose, anyhow.
Wen make different arrangement about
this thing at once
He went home at noon, and divided
the remaining money with Ellen.
81 find it's all have left this time, "
he said. But if you can make it ans
wer until next week there will be new
quarterday."
Il can make it do, Fred" said Ellen
good-naturedly.
Then 1 think we'll try new plan,
says Fred.
"I'll give you one hundred, AMI I'll
keep one hundred and fifty, and We'll
put the rest in the bank, for drawing
luuu III CatSt VI uttu.
"What Go you say ?"
81 think it's an excellent plan, Fred.
'.Perhaps We can save enough to buy
us little home, some day" said Ellen,
with her eyes sparkling again, but not
with temper this time
maybe we can, return Fred with a
laugh.
But this plan did not prove laugh
ing matter.
They perseveringly tried If, and found
thet with the aid of little economy.
they did not have to touch their draw
ing fund at ali.
And at the end of three years Fred
was surprised to find himself in posses
sion of enough money to buy small
home, and pay two thirds of the price
cash down, all saved from little extrava,
gances of his own, which he was quite
as well off without.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18

"Ihere's an end to all fishin' for this
season I" sighed the old man dismaily.
Perch was Just bltin good and bass was
commencin' fer TO run, but it's all up now
for good !"
"Why so r.
''See them three girls out there in a
boat : When three girls goes rowin' the
fish just pack W and slip out. y
''How do you account for that
''Cause girls makes such splashin' and
fuss and siam around so that even a whale
couldn't stand it, Hear 'em now :"
There's good deal In the proposit ion
that girls .'s.am around" some under tie
conditions nominated, and a man who
takes any interest in human nature can
hoard a great deal of information by
watching three women get into small
boat. First, there Is series of squeais,
supplemented by an edition of yells, clos
ing with an abrupt dive and then an effort
to sit on the same seat, and prolonged
falsetto inquiries as to why the thing tips
over so. TO the average woman the CEN
ter of gravity is always over in the next
county when she vents to get into boat.
the idea of equilibrium never nters into
her calculation, until the keel pops up above
the surface to see what IS going on inside.
As for rowing, the girl of the perIoi re-
ga-ds it from a standpoint peculiar to her
self, and inclines to the opinion that the
oar blades were made sharp because the
water is hard and digging the order OF the
day.
Il claim that nc women can row q boat, "
continued the old man. "You see that
girl shove one oar In the water while she
holds the otne- in the ar and abuses the
other two for not steering straight. But
they get come up WITH" he chuckled.
Tine other day that same party was out
flshin' and they caught one crab. The
crab know'd they was girls as soon US he
got into the boat, and he just opened hi.
niEpers and them girls walked ashore.
ke,ched their beat about mile below and
that crab was sitting up on the midships
thwart wlnkIng at himself for his luck and
enterprise"
mo, SIR" continued the old man,
glarciug out on the river, ''girls has nc
business In a boat, unless it's pulled uI
out OF the water I'd as quick trust q
BABY with gun as girl with boat, If
had my way. There they gol" and he
pointed 10 the disaster beyond When
they want to change places they always
try to walk past each other on the SAINT
side and that fetches 'eml The waiter Il
night on two feet deep there, and they are
satisfied they are drowned :"
Did you ever see a woman fish
Primarily she catches the hook in hei
dress. drops her hands in her lap ant
says, "Pshaw ~ Next she denounces th'
bait as nasty" refuses to to1ch it, an,
then wonders why somebody does no
''stIing it" on her hook for her. If by
any mistake she gets her line iuto th'
water, she Is sure that something Is wrong
with the sinker, and If she gets u nbblt
she throws the whole business overheard
falls backward into the bottom of the boa
and squeals for help.
Occasionally you will find one who held
on and CAPTURES her prey. Look out 10
such a woman. Intoxicated with he
success she will swing her line around he
head tear mans jaw out with hook
and al the time pity the fish.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18
The Gulf stream.

1T has been asked whether the cutting
of sea-level canal at Panama would
not tend to turn the Cuff Stream into
the Pacific ocean, and thus have a
damaging effect on the climate of North
ern Europe. Prof. Geike has called IN
science to answer this important qIes-
tion III the negative. He says the
effect on the Gulf Stream and the eli
mate of the regions whose temperature
it raises would be about as great rs the
effect produced on the Arctic ocean by
pouring a teapotful OF boiling water into
1t. In order to divert the Gulf Stream
to the south the lsthmus OF Panama
would have to be depressed some 500,
or possibly 1000 feet. Nevertheless, II
i known that Northern Europe has
been at one time warmer and at another
time collier than it Is to-day, aud
changes in the flow OF the Gulf current
are supposed to have occasioned the
differences, The influence of the warm
waters from the Gulf of Mexico III
modifying the climate OF the British
islands, of Scandinavia, and even oi
France, Is well understood. a compari-
son OF mean temperature OF the latitude
on the opposite sides CT the ocean tells
the story. On ole side are Nova Scotia,
Newfoundland and Labrador; on the
other are France, England and ireland.
At Bordeaux the mean summer temper
ature is 90 deg, at Halifax 1t Is 63 deg.
at Bordeaux the winter heat Is 40 deg.
at Halifax 1T is % deg. As between
Scotland and corresponding points III
Labrador the difference Is even more
striking. 1t Is estimated that the Gull
stream gives to the North Atlantic
about oue-half as much heat as 1t re-
ceiyes from the sun. Ii, by any convul'
sion of nature, it should be turned iron
its course, the upper part OF the British
islands would be rendered absolutely
uninhabitable.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18
Uranus.

The vast distance OF Uranus, ex
pressed by some 1,755, 900, 900 miles
though insignificant when compared
with the enormous interval by which
we are separated from the nearest hxed
star, is yet beyond our conception, ana
the completion OF a revolution rouha
the sun must necessarily occupy the
planet veiy long period. No less
than sc. .6S7, of our days, or fully eighty
four years, are, in fact, expended In
this single journey! 1t becomes OBJ
v,ous. in considering these questions,
that the amount of sunlightreceived by
the surface of Uranus must be extremely
small. Situated as it is at such a re
mote distance from the centre o. light
and heat. we cannot help wondering,
sbould the planet be inhabited, how
animal life can be sustained under such
adverse influences. The sun mus'
necessarily appear with comparativei!
minute disc, wholly incapable OF impart
ing life giving elements, except IN
very feeble measure; and 1t is eviden
that if this planet is the abode OF AMI
mate creatures, they have to rely upol
different circumstances from those whicl
control life upon our own planet. Bu
this is also true of each individual mem
Der of the planetary series, which, ac
Icording to its distance from the sun
must have special arrangement OF sur
lface phenomena In fact, the orbits o
the planets, being so vastly dissimi
liar as regards their solar distances, ar
liable influences which destroy the ana
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18
\ ,oensithIiit Duke.

The Duke of Hamilton, having already,
long before he has reached miIdle lie,
run through with large portion of his
splendid heritage, may perhaps com
plete the havoc while still having a
good many years before him. In that
case, however, this unworthy scion of a
famous house, born, tiguratively, with
diamond hilted golen spoon IN his
mouth, viii yet have a dlgnlfied haven
OF refuge. As Hereditary Keeper Of
Holyrood he enjoys suit of spacious
apartments in that palace. These are
not generally shown, but they are well
worth a visit to see the superb Nandykes
possibly now scattered with the
treasures of Hamilton. A privilege,
peculiarly valuable to the impecunious.
attaches TO these apartments IN common
with Others at HolyroOd-that palace
still retains its privilege a5 place oi
exemption from arrest for civil debt
This privilege arose IN the days OF the
Abbey, oontidued when, after the Re
formation, the place became . roya
palace, and has Deen recognized 10y th'
Scottish and Imperial ParlIaments,
The Jurisdiction OF the Balie of Holy
rood (appointed by the Duke is botl
civil and criminal. He alone can gran
warrants against persons wltaIA IN
jurisdiction (Which comprises not onl.
the palace but an extensive range arouD,
it), and his Endorsement Is necessary Z
the civil warrant of oth.r Judges.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18
Brain Farming.

Too many farmers work on at their
regular routiues without looking at how
things are going beyond their own
fences. 1t is the tendency to this course
that makes farm life seem dull plodding,
as in too many cases it really is. OF
course the tasks of the farm are tasks TO
be executed. Farming Is business
that yields no profit without labor, but
it does not follow that profit bears
steady and direct relations to labor
according to Its extent. There must be
intelligence to direct effort, or the re-
suit will De very uncertain. Broader
information, wider scope of knowledge.
extended acquaintance with methods
and capabilities are the fitting for sue
cessful effort. In this view it Is quite
necessary that every farmer should
know what his neighbors do, how they
manage their fields, what new and in
structive lessons are recorded in their
practices. And no farmer can expect to
develop all this by trial restricted to his
own powers nor is there need that he
should attempt the task by method so
hopeless. He can avail himself of what
wisdom his neighbors have if he will
observe. Let HIM 60 among them
seeking aid. There is none so poor in
intelligence that he may lot instruct the
wisest, for the farmer OF the smallest
attainments is sure to have, in the wide
range of his labor, some sugges ion Ct
gain worthy of use by his most intelli-
gent neighbor. There is profit, there
fore, in extended observation, Abun-
dant opportunities of time are available
to the farmer who would make dill
gent quest for knowledge, and the
fields OF his neighbor are always open
for cleaning. We learn by seeing, and
in some branches of knowledge the
most rapid progress can be made oAly In
this way. This is true flaming, within
certain limits. Then let farmers who
seek progress make special efforts to spy
out the useful lessons spread to their
view in all the fields of their neighbors.
The effort is cheap, easily made and
very sure in its reward. Let it be re-
peated as often as interest impels, in
summer and In winter, in spring and IN
autumn, for it can never be out of sea
SOD. 1t is not prying impertinence on
the contrary. it is gratifying to every
farmer to impart knowledge, and espe-
sally so, when the worthy object may
be accomplished by the exhibition of
success visibly marked in the excellence
of his methods.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18
The Cock"

The house itself We know to have
been in existence in Charles III. reign,
for it was here that Pepys came In the
year 1868 with companions both male
and felaale and had lobster and drank
and made merry till midnight. And
we fancy that in point of antiquity 1t
took precedence of all its coltempora-
ries. Mr.. Pepys, however, describes II
as an ale-house," and 1t does not
seem for some time to have stood on
the footing of q regular tavern, ike the
Rose" or the "Grecian. A coffee
house, in the proper sense OF the term,
IT never was. Hence, no doubt, 1t Is
that we find no mention of 1t among the
tayerns and coffee houses which were
freauented by templars and men ol
letters in the days when taverns were
clubs. Steele dates bis "Iattlers
from .WIllis," from the ''St, james,
from the s.Greclan." He takes his
friends from the country, who told hin
they never drank tea In the morning
10 have their early draught at Dick S
Rut he never mentions the Cock,
The name never occurs In Boswell I
sJohpson," nor, for the matter OF that
does the Cheshire Cheese, though /
is commonly asserted, 1 know not OF
what authority, that johnson used Il
sit there with Goldsmith. 1t does no
occur to the best of my recollection Il
any of the most popular plays, novels
or ESSAYS of the eighteenth century; 10
laoes Mir Thackeray, to whom the tay
ern life of the last century and OF tn
nresent was actually known, take any c
tbe characters to the Cock. Harr
Warrington's solicitor dIgests his Ill
bumor with the young gentleman
natroniz,pg airs over bottle Of port
tine "Grecian." Capt. Strong, III 'Pef
dennis" when he can elude his duns
Ines at the ..Alblon" and "goes to th
/ NAV" afterward. When the Pal Ma
Gazette is being projected, Mr. Bunga
osks his literary friends Ito come al
, cut their mutton with him at Dick S,
from which place also the unfortuna'
youth IN "Jeames' Diary" has that NJ
breakfast sent up to HIM which led
, his ruin. But not word of the ''Cock,
and we should doubt if it was ev'
, celebrated in literature till 1t found
Z ,,otes saccr in the Laureate, whose W
, vii hand it down to posterity IN con
manv with the Mermaid the "Deyli
, The ..Boar's Head, and other renown'
: establisnments-'its elders anu i's 'e
tiers"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18
Short-Lived Californi sn-.

Tbenumber of men who die in CalifOr
Ma in what may be called the prime OF
their years occasionally arrests attention.
The proportion of these sudden deaths
appears to be large. They occur not
among men born ON the soil, bnt among
those who have been transplanted, and
have been subjected to the varying con-
d lions of poverty and affluence. 1t Is
not climate that kills them, since the
climate is favorable TO longevity. Native
Cali ornians live to an extreme old age.
The eentenarians are numerous. But
these men have lived out of doors nearly
all their lives. They have lived en- sim-
pIe food 4; have been on horseback a
good deal. Indeed the native CalifOr-
man never walks if he can get mustang
| TO cirry him. He lives out of doors
never dies of apoplexy or heart disease
but generally OF old age. Tne maj 'rity
of those who immigrate do not reaci
extreme age. The pioneers drop OF
early. They have had checkered live
for the most art. Ups and downs xii
a great many people. The excitemen
is not good for them. it Is ne the
600 on the score of longevity to NEE
with sudden losses nor to make fortune
rapidly. The exceptions are thos
where great equanImity of temper Ia
been preserved. Qlfkers general
have great longevity. They are nc
subject to great excitements. The Sc
rene life is the one most favorable
!. longevity.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18
Charles O'Sonor.

After that long terrible illness, when
MIR. OConor's life was despaired of by
the whole council of physicians, and
his well-written obituary waited for a
fortnight in all the New York newspaper
offices, he came to Nantucket for recu-
peration and quiet summers rest. He
returned to his city Office in tho fall
restored and ready to resume his legal
drudgery, but began to fail so rapidly
that his physicians snmmariIy ordered
him back to Nantu ket. 1t was then
that he abandoned his practice and
regularly retired from the bar, settling
himself for the rest of his days in Nan
tucket. The O'Conor castle is large
gabled fame house, with broad porches
on its seaward front, and, standing on
the very edge of the bare and breezy
cliff, is one of the most conspi> uous OBJ
iects as one approaches the island from
the sea. Over $4,000 were speut in
the construction, and, although the ex-
terror is plain and simple. the interior
is most completely appointed and ele-
gantly furnished. Furnaces and fire
places defy the winter blast, and polished
floors with India rugs and rattan furni-
ture make it the most delightful of sum
mer homes. This grim old bachelor,
whom the gossips persistcntly tried to
marry to Mrs. Hicks-Lord, is as much
a character as any of the Nantucket na-
tives, and inhabits the great masion in
solitary state, save when his nephews
and nieces come down upon him during
the summer months. He rambles about
the cliffs and the town with his hat on
the back of his head and both hands In
his pockets, and is seen with one hand
out only when he has to carry bundle
or an umbrella. Possessed of large
fortune, and with great and honorable
career to look back upon, he takes life
easily in these years past his three score
and ten, and devotes himself to length
ening out his vacation part of his life.
Lawyers still appeal to him for decisions,
and he acts as referee ih many knotty
cases, writing out his opinious in his
own snughbrary. within sight and sound
of the sea. At present he Is busying
himself with fire proof brick and iron
building, in which to store his books,
and this new library is removed good
distance from the mansion to prevent
any chance of conhagration. 1t Is solid
and substantial enough to defy the ele-
ments for centuries, and may fifty serve
as vault when he ceases to be the
living occupant. His law library, com
prising several thousand volumes, is re-
earded as one of the most complete and
valuable collections in the profession,
and with the addition of his volumes
of general literature, will make an I'M
posing show when properly arranged II
their new home.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-18
Ten Thousand Acres Of Ovs'erN'

Two hundred miles of oyster.peus,
.,;rtv TO seventy miles wide-that is 10
saT sa 10 600 acres of splendid oysters
Sas wshn easy distance q the British ,sn.s coast St
is a discovery to which al, intse mos in "a
Stanley s and Livingstone sink INTO ton IN,
a;an;f;cance. One curious Iea'uie
a5aut si it is that the oysters lie .l at 5il the
% deUtb of twenty-one fathoms, thus dis, US
aop;ng uep.n summarily of the prevalent ldea
pu tbst oysters can only be raised success, ,sho
tni1v sn, n shallow water. The man wno
iuns u, snts IS a new dish, according to some;
.hs h man who plants tree, according !,
~ .oe tbe Mohammedans, deserves Wen ., J
mankind; but what is the the @ reward nf Oh nvs. !
man who discovers 10000 acres eieSsd 81 With viii
tarsq a And yet all this Is nngea W. VIZ
the melancholy doubt whether a
will be cheaper IN consequence