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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-24
The Discovery of the Mammoth.

Tie banks of that great Northern
Siberian River, the Lena, are quite
peculiar. Those on the western side are
generally low and marshy, while those
on the eastern are often from sixty to
one hundred feet high. In the extreme
north, this high elevation Is cus into
numerous pyramidal- shaped mounds,
which are formed of layers of earth and
ice-sometimes a clear stratum Of the
latter many feet in thickness.
1t was before such a mound that a
fisherman stopped, dumb with aston
ishmeDt, one spring morning. many
years ago. About thirty feet him, half
way up the face of the mound, appeared
the section of a great ice-layer, from
which the water was flowing in numb
erless streams; while protruding from
1t, and partly hanging over, was an ami
NAL of such huge proportions that the
simple fisherman could hardly believe
his eyes. Two gignatic horns or tusks
were visible, and great woolly body
was family outlined in the blue, icy
mass: In the fall, he related the story
to his comrades up the rlver. and in
the ensuing spring, with a party OF his
fellow fisherman. he again visited the
spot. A year had worked wonders.
The great mass had thawed out snffi-
eiently to show its nature, and on clos
Ell Inspection proved to be well-pre
served specimen of one of those gigantic
extinct hairy elephants that roam over
the northern part of Europe and Amer
lea IN the earlier part of the world. The
body was still too firmly attached and
frozen to permit removal. For four
successive years the fisherman visited
it, until finally; in March, 1904, five
years alter its original discovery, it
broke away from its icy bed and came
laundering down upon the sands below.
The discoveries first detached the tusks,
tnat were nine feet SIX inches III
length, ana together weighed three
and sixty pounds. The hide,
covered with wool and hair, was more
than twenty men could lift. Part of
this, with the tusk, were taken to
and sold for fifty rubles. while
the rest of the animal was left where it
fell and cut up at various times by the
Jakoutes, who fed their dogs with its
flesh. Astrange feast this, truly-meat
that had been frozen solid In the ice
house Of Nature perhaps fifty thousand
years, more or less; but SO well was it
preserved that, when the brain was
compared with that o.
recently killed animll, no difference
in the tissues could be detected.
Two years after the animal had fallen
from the cliff, the news reached St.
Petersburg, and the Museum of Nat
ural History sent scientist to secure
the specimen and purchase it for the
Emperor, He found the massive skel-
eton entire. with the exception of one
fore leg. The tusks ere repurchased
in Jakutsk, and the great frame was
taken to 81. Petersburg, AM there
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-24

in the producuon OF COAL, Illinois
is only second now to Pennsylvania.
The State bureau of labor reports that
the output has increased from 6, 6,000.OO0
tons in 1880 to 5000, 900 tons in 1882,
and that the value at the mines has
been about Sl4, 100000.
FRrrzs erratic dog: Fritz hes named
his dog Non Sequitur, because 1t does
not follow.
Do you never look at yourself when
} you abuse another person,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-24
The inundat,on of Verona.

4 correspondent writes; at one place in
Verona | saw some soldiers swim repeat
edly across the surgIng uver to save
women, children and old men. At an.
other they climbed outside the houses to
free the inmates. AS We passed one par
t.cular house in the part called VerOnetts,
heartrending cries were heard. There
was no way of getting at the inmates, as
the upper part of the house had fallen in
In consequence of the nelghbOring building
aying gwen way. There was only an
archvsy by which the people had formerly
entered the house, and now this archvay,
long and narrow, was under water. Oar
large stopped for one moment; young
soldier seemed 20 consider bnefy-then
he threw Of his jacket and hat. and smil-
ng, as if he were going 10 take part 10
dance, jumped into the water and dived
under the archwsy. The deed seemed not
only courageous but desperate. None of
us spoke; we almost held our breath.
Our eyes were all fixed on the archway
and the muddy water, none of US daring
to hope that the soldier you'd resppear.
But be did, and not only once. Three
times did he return, carrying in his arms
chlld, half dead with fright at the INNER
sion, but yet alive. There was no one
else in the ruin, and we moved on to the
other side. There the colonel had been
standing looking on at the exciting scene.
AS we approached bIm he said never q
word, but beckoned to us to come near
where he was As the heroic soldier
landed, all dreEched, he raised his hand to
his bare lead to salute the colonel in mill
tary fashion. But that officer put his arms
about the soldiers neck and kissed him,
while the modest hero blushed and the
people around frantically applauded, |
asked the soldiers name but could not &c;
it. The man, with the natural dignity,
refused to tell it, He replied that he had
done only his cuty, and would have net
ther thanks nor publicity
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-24
BEYOND.

Never a word Is said.
But II trembles in the air,
And the truant ice has Sped
To vibrafe everywhere;
And perhaps far of n eternal years
The echo may ring upon our ears.
Never are kind acts done
To wipe The weeping eyes,
But Ike flashes OF the sun,
They signal 10 the skies;
And up above the angels read
How We have helped the sorer need.
NeTer a day is given,
But it tones the after years,
And il carries up 10 heaven
Its sunshine or its tears;
While the to-morrows stand and wait,
The silent mutes by the outer gate.
There Is no end to the sky,
And the stars are everywhere.
And time is eternity,
And the here is over there;
For the common deeds OF the common day
Are the ringing bells IN the far-sway.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-24

The last invention Tor the protection OF
theatre audienres Is u ''penetrable safety
wall. which has Just been patented By an
engineer at Kotts5us, Germany. The
plan is to make the interior wall in all
parts of the theatre Of PAPER mache, made
after a certain method. such wall will
have the appearance OF massive stone, but,
by pressure upon certain parts where the
words are TO be painted In luminous letters
TO be broken open in case Of fire, "sccess
to the exterior corridors is 10 be obtained.
whence escape to the euter air caE be
Rade,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14
Different Designs.
Queen Street

An undergraduate at st. Ed
mund's Hall, Oxford, chalked on his
door, "Out till 2; after that shall be
in" A passer, seeing the notice,
transposed the "out' and s'in"-a
reminder of livelier piece of
ssScotch wut." Professor Blackie
chalked on his notice board. "The
Professor is unable to meet his
classes tomorrow" A waggish
student removed the &C." leaving it
classes" When the Professor re-
turned, he noticed the new render
ing. Equal to the occasion, the
Professor quietly rubbed out the
81" and joined in the hearty laugh
ter of the asses.
A couple of bootblacks were stand
ing near the entrance to II colored
church just as the dusky damsels and
sable swclls were coming out. essay,
Jim, let's get ont o'tllis," exclaimed
one of the gamins. SHAW l WON'T"
said the other; ''Pm going to wait
till the clouds roll Dy.'
The following is told of one of the
Roths-childs-lie of Frankfort: Came
the Baron Won G. into the Office of
the great banker. ''Take chair,
sir" said he, not even raising his
head from his writing. g Sir" said
g., why, sir, l am like yourself,
n Baron of the Empire, and, l think,
should be addressed as SUCH" "a
thousand pardons, saio'Rothschild,
ga Baron of the Empire! Then
take two chairs until can attend to
YOU"
A st. Louis paper has a depart
ment devoted to "colored society,""
and the other day the foreman got a
lot of society items relating to white
folks, mixed in with those under the
heading quoted, and the editor OF
that paper says he never had such
particular hades to pay round his
Office before, for 20 years.
Professor Young of Princeton
College, says: Take a railroad
from the earth to the sun, with a
train running forty miles IAN houl
without stops, and it would take
about 265 years and little over to
make the Journey" lie estimates
the fare at a cent per mile to be $3.50,
600. The fare is low enough, but
we can't spare the time for the trip
| just now.-N, y, Gem. Aac,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14
A RAIAH'S MUSICAL BED.

The latest freak of a foreign visi-
tor to Paris is without doubt the
order for n musical bed. Such an
article Of domestic comfort was
thought to be myth, but an Indian
raiah has just ordered one from
the celebrated firm of Christopher
Brothers. The bed is made of ma
hogany, embossed with silver plates,
artistically carved to represent Venus
and Cupid. The ornamentation is
principally in the Indian style, but
the carved roses and entwined
flowers are planned on the delicate
French style that is so attractive.
The value Of the material alone that
has been used in the construction of
this novel piece of furniture is
$4,000 francs, and before it is COM
pleted it will be worth 60, 900 francs.
The mattress is covered with light
blue damask satin, and embroidered
with gold tilagree silk. The act of
reclining upon this piece of beautiful
work starts the musical box, which
plays selections from Gonnod, the
"Funeral March of Nlarionet"
being the most attractive. The
greatest piece of mechanism yet re-
mains to be told. The spring that
sets the musical box in motion con-
meets also with each corner of the
bedstead where four figures of wo-
men stand, carved lifc-size and
painted to represent living creatures.
On being started, they gently wave
the plumed. fans that are placed in
their hands, and move their eyes Sc
naturally that a casual observer
might mistake them for animated
beings. This is Il somewhat strange
| bed, even for an Indian prince, but
as the world grows to appreciate the
sight of wealth more and more il
every day life, it is to be presumed
that many innovations of this nature
will find their way into the mansions
of the wealthy.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14
THE ROLLING. PIN BURGLAR ALARM.

Well, let us suppose that the
burglar is in one Of the upper rooms
and you want to catch him. You
just get the rolling pin, two or three
of them, if you can, and lay them
on the stairs. Then make row and
the burglar will run down, but he
won't run far before stepping on u
rolling-pin, and then you descend at
your leisure and capture the remains
of him at the foot of the stairs. 1t
isn't good plan, however, to keep
rolling-pins on the stairs. habitually.
The wrong person is sure to forget
them, and then there is trouble and
a DOCTORS bill.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14
THE REcKl Ess BEE.

An experiment ter in Southern
agriculture told me the following
histories of Northern bees in the
South. He took colony Of the
little gratuitous honeymakers down
to Florida. The first year they
revealed, throve and stored honey
nearly all the UNMARRIED Summer
time. But the second year few of
the moro reflective bees evidently
turned the thing over in their minds
thus: "This country has no Winter
to provide against, what is the use
of laying up honey, when the
flowers blossom all the year round9"
These bees exerted enough in
fluence among their trends to keep
a good many bees from laying by
any sweet merchandise the second
year of their exile. ..
But the prudential instinct so
strong in the little insect prevailed
with the majority. They evidently
said to themselves: "Perhaps this
has been All exceptional year.
Next season may bring cold and
snow and dearth of flowers" So
there was quite a stock of honey
laid by. The third year tho conviction
had evidently thoroughly penetra-
ted the bee mind that it was foolish
to lay up in land of eternal Bios
som. They made just enough to
last from day to day, abandoned
themselves to living from hand to
mouth, as recklessly as does any
tropic born Washington
Gazette. .s.. Fl.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14
NEW STEAMSHIP LINE TO CHINA.

A rumor, which seems to have
some truth in it is now current that
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
and the Oregon Railway and Navi-
CATION Company have entered into an
agreement to transport Chinese pas
sengers and freight from Hongkong
to Portland and British Columbia by
way of San Francisco. The steamer
G.. r. Hook was sent out with mis-
cellaneous cargo and laborers for the
Canada Pacific Railroad as an experi
ment, and the venture was found SO
promising that, it is stated, it was de-
termined to establish a monthly SER
vice. The route determined on is
Portland, San Francisco and Homo
lulu OH the return trip. The steamers
to be employed belong to Howard &
Co. of Hongkong. 1t is also stated
that an arrangement has been made
by which the Pacific Mail Company
receives $40 and the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company receives
$40 for the transportation of Chinese
passengers from Hongkong to British
Columbia. Edwin Goodall, of Good.
all, Perkins & Co., admits that some
such agreement had been made and
states that provision has been made
for the joint maintenance of the
Chinese in transitu while waiting here
for the departure of the steamer fol
Victoria. The agreement has already
gone into effect. and ut present ;
considerable number of Chinese la
borers are awaiting transportation te
scenes of activity on the Canada Pa
citic.-.S. Z. Bulletin.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14

While n doctor was visiting a sick
woman in Rolandsville, Pa, two
children poured out a pint of mol
lasses into a silk hat, which he didn't
notice till he put the tile Oh his head.
Medical professor to raw student
"Where is the glottis?' l don't
know, sir. 1 think you put it ON
the shelf in the dissecting room with
the rest of your surgical instruments. -
At "a medical examination young
aspirant for physicians diploma
was asked, "When does modification
ensue?" "When you propose and
are rejected," was the reply.
The longest sentence on record
was pronounced by an Irish Jud ge.
He sentenced a murderer to I'M
prisonment for life, and afterward
added two more years to the sen.
tence, because the prisoner called
him "no gentleman"
An English Bishop ENORMOUSLY re-
marked to his servant that he was
dying. swell, my lord" said the
good fellow, ''you are going to bet
ter place." "John," replied the pre-
late with an air of conviction, ''thcre
is no place like old England"
A woman lay three days i'll a
trance at Big Rapids, Mich. On
recovering she believed that she had
died and come to life as another
person. This delusion cannot be
dispelled, though in other respects
she is sane. And her husband will
be to all the trouble and expense OF
counting her over again.
Here is u pretty story from Boston
A woman recently applied for State
aid, and the blank was produced and
the usual questions asked. She ans
wered them freely until it came to
"Your age?" "Have | got to tell
that" she asked. ''rhc blank re-
quires it. ma'am," was the reply.
swell, them" said she, 81 don't
want any State aid" and she tiounced
out of the office in high dudgeon.
A New Highlander who has just
returned from trip to Peru was the
other day telling how greatly the
currency of that country had depre
ciated, and turning to one of hi
listeners he added: "Why, just thinl
of their asking me $40 for break
fastp' "But you didn't pay it"
"Certainly not. No, sir! ! lived OF
two meals a day until they came
down to $139 So"
One of the many pretty girls il
Chicago, in behalf of all the othe
pretty girls asks the superintendent
of one of the street railways to have
the purple glass removed from tin
car windows as it makes their face
look sickly. They will not object t.
pink, as it has II tendency to add t.
their beauty.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14

Visitor Ito disconsolate onc)-
"Rejcctcd you, did she? On, what o.
that? Often do at first. Try her
again. You're not pertinacious
enough. You should have pressed
her." Detected one-"Ics; but
confound her she wouldn't let me
come near her"
A young man out West recently
heard that Prof. Tyndall is of the
opinion that an ACCORDION player
may render his listeners temporarily
insane by striking the right chord.
He thought he would test this on
his girls father, so he got an ac-
cordeon and dropped around to the
house. He is now of the opinion
that Prof. Tyndall is right, that he
struck the proper chord, and that
the old man was rendered tenn
porarily insane; because, when the
young man struck the chord, the
old man just grabbed him, slammed
him around for five minutes, danced
on him, and left him in such u
condition that he couldn't walk for
several days; and now he thinks
his once prospective father-in-law
was anything but sane at the time
the proper chord was struck. lie
would also like to meet Mr.. Tyndall
in the woods.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14


bonnet is no longer bonnet when it
becomes pretty woman. And the
inference is that woman is no longer
a woman when she becomes q ''poke."
Young widow to the marble-cutter
-'Tell me, must 1 put on the tomb
of my husband the words, Eternal
Regrets or simply 'Regrets?' "Ah,
madam" replied the marble-worker,
with his most charming smile, "that
is for you to decide. Does madam
think of marrying again soon?"
just exactly the same: An Austin
gentleman, who was listening to the
commander of a colored militia COM
pany drill his men, was very much
struck with the lucidness of the ex-
PLANTATION of the difference between
Fright about face" and ''left about
face" ''Tenshun! Left bout face
am perzactly de same as right bout
face, ceptin' hit am dc oppcrsite."
An old story is being revived of a
prayer-mecting held for a poor fell
lows relief who had broken his leg.
While Deacon Brown was praying a
tall fellow with an ox-load knocked
at the door, saying, "Fathcr could
not come, but sent his prayers in the
cart" They were potatoes, beef,
pork and corn.
A Troy man had his ear ripped off
by buzz saw. An excited young
doctor who had been starving for
seven months for his first case,
stuck it Oh backward, sewed it fast,
and it grew. And now that man
looks like crack trotter waiting to
get the word, and he can hear half
way round the square in both direc-
tons.
Heaping on the horrors: Lady
Midas-"And we were hustled into
the train anyhow, my dear Mrs. DE
Tolnpkyns; and only imagine our
horror, when the train had started,
at discovering that we were in a
second-class carriagc!" Grigsby
(innocently)-"Dcar me ! Yes I!
Very awkward, in deed You'd
taken third-class tickets, suppose?"
(Horror of Lady and Miss Midas,
who generally take q saloon carriage
all to themselves. )-Lontlon Punch.
"Do you keep coffee ,here!" lie
asked, as lie entered q Woodward u
venue grocery. "Yes SIR" "Do you
roast it yoursclf?" "Wc do" sis
the adultcrating all done on your
PREMISES" sit is. We have clean,
airy adulterating room, free from ash
heaps, old hats, broken bottles and
oyster cans, and the man who mixes
in the beans, peas, ground cocoanut-
shell and parched corn uses nothing
but the best hair oil and toilet soap.
How much will you haye!" 1.-TWO
pounds" was the bland reply, and
he walked off apparently well pleased.
A man in Fort Worth Texas, pur-
chased Il mule from Il farmer fol
seventy-ilve dollars. Some days H.
ter he returned, his countenance
glowing with an expression of graft.
tudc, and begged the seller to accept
twenty-five dollars more. "But
got all l asked" demonstrated the
honest agriculturist. "Never mind, I"
persisted the man, "make it a clean
hundred" The farmer reluctantly
accepted the money, and the two
were about parting, when the pur.
chaser of the animal said: "YOu'l
come to the funeral, won't you!''
"Whosc funeral!" asked the other
with a puzzled look. "My wife's. -
'YOu don't tell me she's dead. DOO,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-14
ELECTRICITY LET LOOSE IN NEWARK.

Apropos Of the danger to tele-
phone and telegraph wires resulting
from contact with are light wires,
the following paragraph, clipped
from the New York SuN of March
3D., will he interesting:
All the telephones on the talking
circuit at the different fire engine
houses in Newark were burned out
last night by electricity. The acci.
dent was caused by the contact Of
the fire department wire with an
electric light wire. The shock was
felt in the Central Telephone Office,
when all the indicators suddenly
dropped. The current was SO strong
in the Office of the Superintendent
of Fire Alarms that the wood work
surrounding the instruments burst
into flames. In some of the engine
houses the men were driven out by
the play of electric flames.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-10-02
~ See Train Daily
Daily. No es. Elk. Sun.

q. .. Mainline trains run by Washington
time; Lexington Division by Columbus time.
NO l, daily except sunday, Richmond to
Wnlte Sulphur; daily except Saturday, west
No. 2. daily Ashland to Clifton Forge; daily
except Saturday Clifton Forge to Richmond
except Sunday. Richmond to Old Point. Pull
man Sleeping-Cars White Sulphur to Wash
ington.
Nos. and 4. Washington. Louisville, and
cincinnati FAST LINE, run daily between Lou
isville, Cincinnati. Washington and Rich
mond, Va. Do not stop for local business.
No 3 Louisville and Cincinnati Fast Line,
and No. 4, Washington Fast Line, equipped
with Pullman New Drawing-Room. Smok ing,
saloon and Sleeping-Cars. and Solid Trains
between Louisville. Lexington, and Washing
ton. d. G. Pullman New Sleeping-Cars be-
tween Cincinnati and Richmond; Day-Coach
between Cincinnati, Richmond, Newport
ing Cars Columbus to White Sulphur.
No. 5, daily between Clifton Forge and Ash
land, Ky; daily except Sunday between Old
Point, Newport News, and Clifton Forge. Pu l.
phur and Columbus, o., wi hout change.
No. 8, daily except sunday.
NOTE:-That No. 6 is overtaken at Clifton
F rSrge ro og No No which takes through passen
Nos. and s, sleeping-Cars between Hunt
ington and White sulphur; Day. Coaches be-
tween Cincinnati and Richmond.
Nos. and 5, Pullman Sleepers between
Comfort. Solid Train between Ashland and
Newport News and Old Point Comfort.
Old dominion Line Steamer will leave New
por" News on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
arriving in New York next afternoon.
For Rates, Tickets, Baggage Checks, apply to
any offiee of G. d o. R'y; or Depot or Ticket
Office of connecting lines.
C. W. SMITH, GENT Pass'r Agent.
Genl Manager. Junels