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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-26

A private dispatch from Walls Walla
announces that Notwithstanding the
job In Walla Walla to hold primaries
before Mr.. Brents's return. be arrived
and his friends carried the primaries
four to one" This would indicate that
the people east Of the mountains are
strongly in favor of ::returning the pres
ent Delegate, and from private advices
from Pierce, Lewis, Cowlitz, Clarke,
Wahkiakam, Pacific and Chehalis cOun-
ties, We learn that Brents has many fol-
lowers in those counties, who will do
what they can to send delegates to Van
couver pledged to him. From this out
look the denomination of Thomas III.
Brents appears almost a foregone con-
clusion. To be sure, dead things some
times crawl," and chickens should not
be counted before they are Matched"
but straws often indicate the direction
of the wind, and the carrying of the
Walla Walla primaries four to one in
favor of the present delegate against a
well organized opposition, Is big straw
blown by Brents wind.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-26

Piano TUNrNa.-Don't torture your
musical soul by playing on piano that
is both out of tune and repair, when
Boerner, the tuner, who is a resident of
Sesttle, and il oyer ready to come at
your bidding and make the work of
both tuning and repairing satisfactory
tO you. Orders left with j. III. Tibbetts
will be promptly attended to. j30-tf
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-26

A WoHD TO THE WmE.-Piper's cele-
brated Milk Bread has moro nutriment
in one pound than common bakers
bread-which is blown up to look big
has in two. asst
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-26

Those wishing to buy a first class
b6siness will do well to call at McDer
moth d Co.'s office. a4-d&wlm
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-26

San Francisco, Aug. 5.-Gould 4
Curry levies an assessment OF thirty
cents poF share.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-26

o 0'0a00k Am. 0ot O0t xOI 0&0lIn0Oom.
three miles distant, 70 procure ths vshi.
Ole. Hucoss favored them and they 70
turned % oAmp With one horns Turn
ont. One of them had taken his cirl oot
for Q ride and reeurued without 4 M
han. But the other ycuna MN M
aboard the oraft two youne ladias 4
snail boy and himnelf, BE drove around
over the pesirie FOR haN a hour a. -
very niceiy, when he sfruok q lone A.
tree In Q dcssrtsd plaiu. Says be. II etis
have . little circua," and commencsd
around the tree. Alter eettinc
everybody dizzy, he pulled . litfle too
stsoag on the port havsss, the ballast
aid down 70 ono Ode, the crsft careen-
cd and tho young man vas throvn .
test through ths air, then ths mali boy
came along and ons Of the young ladics
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11
nIicl,Isanders.

There were three OF fou- OF US Mlci1 5an
ders at The same hotel In Montgomery and
all were amazed at the sight OF so many COL
ored men loafing their time away on the
street.. The man from Ionia county finally
thought he'd make few inquiries, aud
beckoning 10 stalwart black who had
spent the last two hours OF tine curbstone,
he asked ..Have you any work to do r.
Not list now, sab.' Have you ever
tried farming - "Oh, yes" '.And how
did YOU come out ~ Mighty slim, sab.
DE white folks down heah doau' encourage
de black folks tall" ''How's that Z"
avail, in de fust place, dar's de rent OF
de land. Dey might llst as well frow on
de rent, but dey won't do it, den If l GIT
de land an sot out TO borry mule nobody
vii. lend me one" Suppose 1 had a
mule % ..Den wbar would l borry
plow Can't raise craps onless ye plo~-
Den when got de plow an went ooer 10
Kurnel Whites to borry harness de kur-
mel wouldn't be home, or he'd be usln' all
de straps he had" Couldn't you make
il 90 If you had land. seed, mule, an
harness p asked the Wolverine. Il
reckon ought, but dunno. 'Sposln de
mule expired or de harness brok., or some
pIgger stole my pillow 2" That's Sd. "
an de ole woman might die, or one OF
de cbil'ep git snake-5it, or it might rain
fo' weeks widout break. Ieli you whai'
boss. YOU men from the Norf think 1t looks
hard to see 50 many OF US lyin' roma de
towns widout work, ~: you doan know
muffin bout de perils Of CITING right down
10 hard work an takin' all de chances.
NV ole woman says it seems like fiyin IN
de face of de Lawd, an l reckon she's
mighty nigh k'rect."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11
AIueI with HorsewhIps.

A novel duel took place Ill Harmony
Grove, Jackson county, Georgia, be-
tween Mr.. Hill and W. |. Goss. Hill
was the challenger. aud Goss said he
did'l care to fight him with deadly
weapons, but if Hill would not be salts
fed IN any other way he would fight
INN with buggy whips. The distance
and other rules to govern the fight were
procured and the parties toed the mark,
about five feet apart, and operations
commenced. The battle-ground was in
front of Freeman's livery stable, in the
heart of the town, and it was not long
until the most of the citizens of the
place were looking on at a safe distance.
No one had mterfered and the combat
ants were making steady and regular
hicks upon each other without fllnchlng,
and the strokes of the whips could be
heard several blocks away, as they
went whizzing through the air and upon
the backs of the two men,
Occasionally one or the other would
back little from his line, but he would
soon come up again to the scratch.
Whenever they got tired one would call
ont to hold up for while and they
would take blowing spell, and when
rested they would go at it agaln. The
fight continued for over three hours,
with shor. intervals ter rest. After
the second round Hill, who had no
covering ON his back except a shilt, In
sisted that Goss should pull OFF S
coat, which he did, and they took both
hands to their whips and went to work.
By this time the news of the fight had
spread all over lhs town; some of the
merchants closed their stores and bus1-
ness was generally suspended TO see
what would be the result OF the eDcoun-
ter. After they had worn out seven
dollars worth of buggy whips and
were completely tired down they agreed
to quit, and Hill told Goss that lie was
satisfied.
From parties who saw Hills back
we learn that there was not place on
it that you could place a silver quarter
without touching the weits that the
vino had made and ne was msrked all
over in the same way. We learn tina;
Goss was not Lurt quite SO bad and was
able to be out the next day, but Hill
had to lay up, and it was rumored over
this way that he was seriously sick.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11
Hotel Va. sleeping Cars

Having an inveterate objection to
sleeping cars and finding ii also cheaper
to pay for nights lodging In a first
class hotel than for one III sleeping
car, as well as beyond measure more
I-make it rule always
saws Mrs GruRdy to stop over night
when ON long Journey Ii practicable.
As to sleeping GERS, L always wonder
why their owners have not before now
brought their rates neartr TO those Tor
lodging in a good room in II iirst-ciass
hotel. At even a four-dollar-per-day
house wopersoEs occupying the same
room can have as elegant a one as tbe
hotel contains, and pay forsupper, lodg-
ing and breakfast Tor both Sc, or at
most 81, while in the sleeping car for
lodging alone tor two (and a most un-
comfortable lodging 1t always Is to one)
81 must he paid, and for each meal not
less than 81 for each person, making
the bill for supper, lodging and break
last for two IS, however inferior the
meals may be. My mother and IN a
DAVIS ri e in a palace and sleeping car,
taslng two meals each only, had to spend
SIC exclusive OF railroad fare. Once,
merely for the use of compartment
only SIX hours during the day when
was ill and obliged to have sofa to he
upon at full length.swe were charged
$40. We could have spent twenty -iou
hours in any of the best New fori
hotels and hal luxurious room an'
three meals each for that price. Where
fore cut parlcr and sleeping cars.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11
Marriage an China.

Amopg the pure Chinese, and eSpe-
cially among the higher classes, the affair
is much longer and more serious ole.
From the almost Turkish strictness
with which females are secluded, 1t Is
comparatively rare that a couple see
each other previous to betrothal, and still
more SO that there should be any acS
quaintance between them. This las
given rise to the necessary employment
Of character equivalent 10 the bazalan
or marriage broker CT ancient Brittany,
to Mr.. Foy's Parisian Matrimonial
Agency Office, or the daily marriage III
fitting partner first, and negotiate the
transfer after. III You are less purely
philosophical, and wish to consult your
own tastes as well as the interests aud
increase of the nation, You are only to
name the party, and the broker becomes
your accredited ambassador. There Is,
however, one preliminary point to be
ascertained. Has your intended the
same surname as yourself? Ii so, it Is
a fatal difficulty, as the laws OF China
would not permit the marriage. Ii,
however. she is Chum and you are LIE,
or she is Kwan or Yu, and you rejoice
in any other patronynic monysyllable,
the next step is for the broker to obtain
from each tablet containing the name,
age, date and hourof birth, etc, These
are then taken to a dIviuer and compared,
to see If the union promises happiness
If the answer is favorable land crossing
. Il, e.. L.
effectual with fortume-tellers in China
as it is elsewhere), and the gates are
equal, that is If the station and wealth
OF the two families are similar, tue
proposal Is made In due form. The
wedding presents are then sent, and, Ii
accepted, the young couple Is consider
as legally betrothed. A lucky day must
be fixed for the wedding, and here our
friend the diyiner is called upon. Prev
ious to the great day the bridegroom
gets n new hat and takes new name,
while the lady, whose hair Las hitherto
hung down to her heels IN single heavy
plat, at the time becom = inflated into
the style of hair-dressing prevalent
among Chinese married ladies'. which
consists Ill twisting the hair into the
form of an exaggerated teapot, and
supporting it IN that shape with a mar
low plate of gold or jade over the fore
head, and whole system of bOdklns
behind it. On the wedding morning,
presents ard congratulations are sent
to the bridegroom, and among the lest
Il pair of geese; not sent, as We might
imagine. 10y some wicAed wag or ire
ciaimable bachelor as a personal retec-
ton on the einteliectaal state of his friend,
but us an emblem OF domestic unity and
affection. The ladies, too. in ChInl as
well as elsewhere, indulge in little FASH
ionable crying on the occasion, aud so
the relatives of tine bride spend the
morning with her, weeping over her
impending departure, or, more probably,
their own spinsterhood.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11
The Law of Courtship.

The Supreme Court OF Pennsylvania has
lately expounded. in an elaborate opinion,
the law COVER ing courtship. The opinion
was rendered in q criminal case which
turned Cn the question whether a valid
marriage engagement had been made be.
tween the fair complainant and the faith
less defendant. This print was left to be
detorAined by eIrcumstan;ial evidence
| afforded by the Incidents Of the court ship
The trlal judge ruled that in order to es-
tablish a promise of marriage il was not
| necessary TO show ''the making of presents.
writing of love letters and al of such
'hings that pass between young peop'e."
''We have long passed that day." be said,
$50 far as courtshlp is concerned. One
man NAV desire to court the gIrl he wants
to make his wife in secluded place. or
he may desire to keep 1t quiet /; another
may tie in the habit of keeping company
with young lady aid appear up'n the
public highway from time TO time so thai
all may see him Hence there Is no
standard each case must stand on Its
four legs as the party built it up
The Supreme G. Jurt thinks that this is
altogether too lax view as 10 the legal es-
sentials oi proper courtship. IL viewed
with surprise not unmIngled with indigna
iion the fact that the jury had found that
promise of marriage had been made,
when il appeared that the alleged wooer
had been III the house of the wooed one
only four times. but had ''met her out IN
tie evenings, sometimes at church, walk ed
home with her and left her at the gate
The court then proceeds to define the
true legal standard of such ccurtship as
Will warrant the inference of a matri
monial engagement. ''Circuhstancl /
evidence of an engagement of marriage"
it says, SIS TO be found in the proof of such
facts as usually accompany that relation.
Among them may be mentioned
letters, presents, social attentions OF vari-
Gus kinGs, visiting together in company.
preparation for housekeeping and the Ike.
Those and similar circumstances, especial
ly when the attentions are exclusive and
continued long time, may well justify
jury in finding promise OF marriage. 3n;
the court below ignored ali these matters
as beng 40 longer essential or rather as
belonging TO past age, and virtually in
structed the jury that attentions pad TO a
wnman In secluded place are quite as
satisfactory evidence of such promise.
In a staid community where the court
ship Is protracted through extended peri
ods, not unfrequently from 10 to 10 years,
and where the wOoing proceeds with mark
ed regularity, propriety and recognized
conventOnalltles, this may be very salts
factory law. BIT how Will il work In the
case OF those unrOmantic. go-ahead spirits
who contract their matrimonial alliances
on principles of business rather than senti-
ment and often on such short notIce as
puts love letters, visiting together In CON-
pany, preparations for housekeeping and
the like" out of tine question:
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11
4 ucto Jacob.

Few statesmen nave welded such a
powerful iIfluance rs john G. Calhoun.
His hold upon the young men OF the
south was wonderful III its tenacity.
lie so fascinated them that they became
his enthusiastic DISCIPLES, aud were proud
to call him master. His sway over the
conservative educated classes, ,clergymen,
doctors, judges. lawyers and journalists,
was as powerful as over the young men
From them ms habit uf abstruse thought
and the severe logic Of hls utteraaces
seemed to DIVORCE him. Yet even the
uEeducatad classes loved him. An an
cedote shows the characteristic power
Of the great South Carolmian, aud per
laps indicates one of the qualities Of
his character that gave hm influence
over the common people. When Mr.
Calhoun began his political career, a
fierce struggle began in South Carolina.
One party sought to overthrow an ar
ist0eratlc feature of the state constitu-
ton. The proposed change WAS ear
nesuy resisted by the conservatives,
and the contest excited the whole COM
munlty. Mr.. Calhoun and Mr.. Yancy
we're the leaders OF the hostile parties.
Each was the idol of his band. They
met III public debate and then followed
one of the strangest scenes IN American
politics, Mr. Yancy publicly confessed
himself -onvert to his rivals views and
i1ined has party. Yancyis friends were
almost struck dumb with surprise.
One of them, an eccentric man known
as "Uncle Jerry Marvin, was violent
partisan who could see nothing right IN
an enemy and nothing wrong IN a
friend. When he heard that his friend
and leader had gone overt to his personal
Zoe and political enemy, he swcre with
blasphemy that he would thrash Calhoun.
StraIghtway he started to execute his
threat. Finding Calhoun. who had been
informed of Mirvin's vows, walking on
the piazza Of the hotel, the angry par
tisan took n stand where his enemy
would pass him. Mr.. Calhoun ap-
preached, bowed, spoke a kind work oi
salutation, held out his hand, which
was not taken, and thea, wIth bland
smile, passed ON.
"Uncle jacob" WIS spell bound. Sc,
veral times Calhoun passed and re
passed, each time with the same gentle
manly salutatIon. At last the unm InneC
'Jacob" could no longer withstand the
genial advance of his great adversary.
Impulsively he grasped Calhoun
hand, and telling HIN his errand, beg
ged his pardon. Arm IN arm the tw
walked the piazza, while Mr.. Calhoun
in language adapted to Uncle Jacobs
understanding, cautiously pressed hi
political views. This fierce, partlsal
. become another of Calhoun's convert:
and after that one of the fiercest of HI
followers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11
An Internal Machine.

A rather sad aff.lr took place on one Of
our streets tie o.her day. A young lady
with her arms full of bundles emerl.ed
from dry goods store, when one OF them
fell on the sidewalk without her noticing
il. Just behind her Yves young snan, and
a Belfast young man WHO Is not polite is
not anything, and he quickly stepped for
ward to PICK it up. Nov bundie done
up in a piece of paper with Ii dry goods
advertisement on it is apparently as harm
less as mothers spanking, and there 1t
lay as gulleless as an sngleworm on side
walk after a rain. Just rs he stopped to
pick 1t up there was a rustling OF the
paper, the twist began TO come out of the
ends, and IL another instant a bright red
thing, a sort of cross between a ballOon
and devil tish. flew into the air before
his eyes, and number ten, ST inch dol-
| ble j1inted. duplex elliptic, steel bowel, ,
busIie attachment, dollar AMI halt, re1
headed hoOpskirt, wal,Zed around AMI gy-
raled and opened and sGut and fel on the
walk as fiai and thin as restaurant pie,
and the young man Strengthened himself
up, looking as If he wished the tall ol
comet No. would sweep him from thi'
falr land; and the young lady came back
with a face that resemblet a sunset on /
i ffty-cent chrome. and she picked up th'
wire contrIvance, and then she went towar'
the east and he went toward the west, anC
the sun ducked his head behind cloud Il
hide smile, and three OF four looked on
laid down and laughed and doubled them
selves I'D IN manner that would nav
made mess OF green apples hang thei
heads In shame,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11

people constantly puh!rSh for the benefit
of the ignorant and cretulous-
My other adventure, which happened
some years before the one 1 have just re-
lated, was not of so startling a nature.
AT the same time, 1t was calculated,
young as was, to cause me CONSIDER
able amount of uneasiDeSs-
was staying at the same house during
my grsndfather's lifetime
Being a mere child. | was of course not
per litted to stay up late BY my worthy,
grandmother, who used tn send me to
bed about seves o'clock.
One night had gone to bed IN the room
l usually occupied; and on waking in the
morning, l found that everything IN the
room had changed
[ could not account for il.
l was rot sleep walker: but here was
ensconced in another bed, with my clothes
neatly folded up at The foot
tried to run over the events of the pre-
cedDg day; but though | remembered
everything that had occurred, l could think
of nothing which might account for this
extraordinary metamorphosIs.
On gong out of my room, l perceived
that had'been removed during my sleep
However, the mystery was soon ex-
planned.
After hid gone to bed, an Old friend
of my grandfather's had arrived unex-
pectedly with his wife.
They had calculated on stopping the
night, and the only room available for the
worthy couple was that in which was
asleep.
After much deliberation, ii was arranged
that / should be turned OUT, to make room
for them.
My grandmother, kindly old dame,
proposed removing me, If possible, with
out awaking me, which was, as she said,
pity.
Forgetful, therefore, of the probable
consequences, the old lady took me in her
arms, and deposited me safely in the bed
in which l found myself in the morning.
Although this was done with the best
intentions, yet it was, think, rash pro-
ceeding. as the results in the case Of a
sensitive child might have been serious.
/ think that these two adventures serve
to show that however improbable an event
may be Gt the time, there is generally al
explanation To be found for 1t, without
ignorantly and foolshly attributlne it to
supernatural agency.
consider that the present mana for SO
dong is calculated to do an immense
amount of harm, especially TO the young
and ignorant.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11
VOL. XXXVI.
DESERTED.


4, briery lane, where wild birds sing
All through the Summer day;
A beech-tree old, whose branches fling
Long shadows DER the way.
A nest, built up in rustling boughs,
Lined soft with moss, so green,
A tiny dwelling-a woodland house,
With leaves for a shelterlng screen
Three delicate eggs, that pearl like lie
Beneath two brooding wings,
A mate that hovers all watchful by.
or sits beside, and sings
4 careless boy with pitlless heart
That cares not for loving things;
A bird that rises with timid start,
ON scared and nurtering wings.
\ sorrowful note Of plain; and woe
Rings out on the quiet air,
And the pesr-like eggs lie crushed below,
On the beech roots, old and bare.
and st.l. in the boughs of the cid beech-tree,
Mid is rustIing sprays OF green,
The deserted nest, you still may see
Peep out from lis verdant screen
But the bird on its gay and gladsome wing
Returns 10 the nest no more;
And the mate that would sit Oh the boughs ant
sing,
His Summer songs are DER.
And nought can bring from the happy Past
When light and love have ned
Though the walls Of the dear Old home may last,
The memories Of the dead.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11
Tine Music Bird.

The Chinese hold that much oil ther
music was brought tn them from heaven
by a bird which they named the roang-
Hoang.' This was supposed to be . very
fortunate bird, which never appeared any
where else but in Chins. and, whenever 1t
came, it brought good luck with 1t, 1t
appeared whenever good emperor WA was
norm. and its nest was wrapped In mys-
tery, for no one knew where 1t dweit.
Their is a resemblance in this to the
Greek Phea,x. perhaps the Greeks bor-
ro,red their bird from the Chinese one
This bird arpeared WITH lis mate, when
Ling Lnn, by the order OF the Emperor
Hoang- I'll, was making his frs; Inventions
IN music. 1t sang to him in six tones
whi,e It's mate also used six different ones,
making scale containing twelve notes
inst ike our chromatic scale. But The
Chinese only use five of these, and cal
inc Others female tones La CHINA
everything female is he'd to be useless.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11
Tine webster FAMILY.

The surviving members OF the family OF
Daniel webster nave informed the Mecster
nistorical Society, Massachusetts, through
GarsI;ne S. Webster, that they VIII oe
heartily welcomed at Marshfleld s'i,e wnenes- ds-
ar thew shall choose to make pubhc ue-
monstrat,on ~ at that home OF the statesman
in his honor.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11

An old lady, hearing that John Bright
contemplated visiting this country,
hoped that he wouldn't bring his "dls-
ease" with him
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11

Ir IS not considered good form to ask x
a Young gentleman with FOB rlpDom nand n
=. i owsre that the end of his suspend
er i. hanging below his vest.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-10-11

Thus far 1882 has been an extraor-
d;nary wear for fires. The estimated
iosses in the United SIatss for the eng ht
months foot up more than SCI COZ, 600,
or s., ,O0O, 900 more ,haa the average ior
four years.