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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21
Lead POISONING m Ires ma ..er,.

Lead poisoning is often produced III
an unsuspected manner, The occupa
ton of dressmaking might be regarded
as one likely to be exempt from 1t yet
a dressmaker Just admitted into the
Leeds Dispensary, England, was found
to have distinct blue line ON her gums,
with simultaneous symptoms, such as
a furied tongue, inflammation of the
lips, and general debility-alI signs
pointing to the probability of poisoning
by lead. The physician in attendance
for some time failed to discover the
source of the lead poisoning, and was
beginning to think the blue line had
been caused in some other way. when
he accidentally learned from merchant
that silken thread, being sold by weie ht,
and not by length, Is sometime adul-
terated with sugar OF lead. He than
questioned the patient, and she inform-
ed him that it had been a common
practice with her, when at work, to
hold silk as well As other kinds of thread
III her mouth, and that she had done
this the more readily with silk, mas
much as 1t often had sweet Ia te. This
is sure indication OF the presence OF
lead and all thread possessing it should
either be rejected or used with caution.
1t will be found that the silk thread of
the best makers is tasteless, whereas
some Inferior threads are sweet.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21
she Is stiu Dead, Madam.

A funny story is told of the wife of
one of the most noted admirals Of the
country. The lady Is leading society
woman here, and she prides herself on
her remembrance of people. She always
endeavors to make herself very agree
able. and is as p easant to strangers as
though she had known them for years.
A year ago, Iaeeting Commodore Blank
at dinner table, she said, "Why, my
dear commodore, an So glad to see
you'll How is your wife?'
''She is dead madam, was the blunt
reply.
OF course the admiral's wife apslo-
gized for not knowing what should have
been a well. known fact-and a fact
which she had in reality heard but had
forgotten.
The other day this same lady met
this same commodore at a party. She
was apparently delighted to see him,
and at the outstart of their conversation
she said: Snow, commodore, l want
you to tell ME how is your darling
wife?'
She was thrown nto surprise and con-
sternation by the reply, MADAM, she /.
still deadr'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21
How TO Hold a Teaspoon.

The Hon. Grantley Berkeley tells the
following amusing story OF old Lady
Ciermont, who used to be a constant
guest at the Brighton Pavilion in the
days when that singular edifice was the
abode of royalty and roysterers. Her
physlcIla had recommended moderate
use of stimulants to supply that energy
which was deficient IN her system, and
brandy had been suggested in pre-
scribed quantity to be mixed with her
tea. ~ remember well, says Grantley
Berkeley, who was child at the time,
''having my curiosity excited by this to
me, novel form Of taking medicine, and
holding on by the back of chair to
watch the modus operandi. Very much
to my astonlshment the patient held Il
liquor bottle over a cup of tea and be-
gan to pour out its contents, with a
peculiar purblind look, upon the back
of a teaspoon. Presently sine seemed
suddenly to become aware of what she
was about, turned up tine spoon tie
right way ard carefully measured and
added the quantity to which she had
been restrlctei. The tea so strongly
laced she then drank with apparent
gusto. What seemed inexpllcable to
my ingenious mind was the unvarying
recurrence of the same mistake of pre-
senting the back OF the spoon instead
of the front. The gravity with which
she noticed her apparent mistake with
ont attempting TO conceal it, and her
little exclamation of surprise so invari-
ably uttered, amused me SO much that
when she quilted The PAVILION the best
part Of the days entertainment seemed
to have departed with her."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21
Egypt.

Egypt is to have q large police force,
composed mainly of Europeans. Ac-
tive recruiting for this body has been
going on IN Switzerland, Germany and
Belgium. Natives of those countries
are deemed equally eligible. French
and Italians are, for political reasons,
excluded. The recruits are not to be
under twenty, nor over forty years of
age. They are to get from $50 to $50 a
month, from which about IS month is
to be deducted for the cost of ratious.
The Egyptian Government is to pay the
expense of conveyance to Egypt. and
there is special agreement with the
Swiss recruits thst, in case their coun-
try should become involved IN war, they
are to have the privilege of returning
Immediately to their homes, at the ex-
pense of the Egyptian treasury,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21
= LITTLE PHILOSOPHER.

The days are short and the nights are long.
And the wind is nlpping cold;
The tasks are hard and the sums are wrong
And the teachers often scold.
But Johnny McCree,
on, what cares he,
As he whistles along the waye
1T will all come right
By tomorrow nigai,"
Says Johnny McCree Today.
The plums are few and the cake is plain,
The shoes are out at the toe;
For money you look in the purse in vain
il was all spent long ago.
But Johnny McCree,
on, what cares he,
As he whis les along the street:
Would you havo the blues
For pair of shoes
while you have pair of feet:
The snow is deep, there are paths TO break.
But the litt,earm is strong.
And WORK is play if you'll only take
Your work with a biz OF song.
And Johnny McCree,
on, what cares he.
As he whistles along the road?
lie VIII DO his best,
And viii leave the rest
To the care Of his Father, God.
The mothers face is often sad.
She scarce knows what 10 do;
But at Johnny's kiss she is bright and glad
She loves him, and wouldnt you?
For Johnny McCree,
on, what cares he,
As he whistles along the way:
The trouble viii 60,
And II told you so,s
our brave little John viii say.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21
Feroc'oas Courage OF the Afghan.

A correspondent contributes some
"reminiscences of the War in Afghan
istaD." Referring to the fighting quail
tiles of the Afghan soldiery, he says:
An Afghan never thinks of asking for
quarter, bat fights with the ferocity of
a tiger and clings to life until his eyes
glaze and his hands refuse to pull a
pistol-trigger or use knife in dying
effort TO MAIN or kill his enemy. The
stern realities of war were more pro-
nounced on the battle-fields in Afghan
istan than perhaps they nave ever been
IN India, if We except the retributive
days of the mutiny. To spare a wonnd-
ed man tor a minute was probably to
cause the death of the next soldier who
unsuspiciously walked past MIN. One
thing our men certainly learned in
Afghanistan. aud that was to keep their
wits about them when pursuing an
enemy or passing over a hard-won field.
There might be danger lurking in each
seemingly iuanimate form studd,ng the
ground, and unle~s care and caution
were exercised the wounded Afghan
would steep his soul in bliss by killing
a Kaffir Just when life was at Its last
ebb. This stubborn way of fighting
m ertreD,is is prompted doubtless by
fanaticism, and we saw so much of it
that our men at close quarters always
drove their bayonets well home, so
that there should be no mistake as to
the deadliness of the wound. The ply.
sical courage which distinguished the
unframed mobs who fcughtso resolutely |
against us was worthy of all admiration;
the tenacity with which men, badly |
armed and lacking skilled leaders,
ciung to theirpositions was remarkable,
to say nothing of the suIlen dogged-
ness they often showed when retiring. |
But when the tide of the fight set IN
fully against them and they saw that
more deeply, there was so sudden a /
change always apparent that one could
believe the fugitiyes hurrying
over tie hills were the same men who
had resisted so desperately but few
before. They acted wisely;
they knew their powers IN scaling steep
hills, or in making their escape by
ffeetness of foot; and the host generally
dissolved with rapidly which no one
but an eyewitness can appreciate. If
cavalry overlook them, they turned Ike
wolves and fought with desperation,
selling their lives as dearly as men ever
sold them; but there was no rally in
the true sense of the word, and but
faint attempts at aiding EACH other.
Their regular troops were but little
amenable to discipline by reason of
deficient training, and they resorted to
he tactics they had pursued as tribes
men, when once they were forced to
.etire."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21
Tire Threatened rami,Ies.


French territory all the members c
families which have reigned in France
if il should be adopted, no less tina
thirty-one persons are affected. OF tn
elder branch of the house of Bourbon
only two-the Comte and Comtesse d
| Chambord, resident in Australia, bu
at present free to hve in France if the,
please-would suffer. There are Bour
bons of Spain, of the two Sicilies, an,
of Parma dwelling in France; but the,
are foreign princes, and would not b,
included in this sweeping punishment
On the other hand, upwards Of % mem
bers of the Orleans family-which, by
the way, has been remarkable for it:
peculiarly quiet attitude-might be
turned 'bag aud baggage" out of the
country. These are the Comte and
Comtesse de Paris, living at the Chateau
d'Eu In Normandy, but now at Cannes
for the season. and their children. the
Due d'Orleans, who is studying ut the
College Stanislas, the Princesse Helene
who made her debut in society about
three months ago. and two little prin-
cesses. Then come the due de Char
tres, younger brother of the comte de
Paris, now stationed at Rouen as colo
mel of the 18th chasseurs, the Duchesse
de Chartres, and their children, Prince
Robert, Henri and Jean, and Princesses
Marie and Marguerite, all of whom are
with their parents. The Due de Ne
mours, general of division, who is re-
siding in the avenue du Bois de Bou-
logne in Paris, follows with his chill
dren, the Due d'Aleneon, captain In an
artillery regiment, and his wife, the
duchess, who with their little son and
daughter, Prince Emmanuel and
Princess Louise, are now sojOurning at
Vlncennes, and Princess Blanche
d Orleans. The Comte d'Eu and the
Princess Marguerite have become
foreign subjects, the former through
his marriage with a princess of Brazil,
now his adopted country; the latter by
her marriage with Prince Ladislas
Next comes tine Prince de
JoiDvllle, vice-admiral, with bis prin-
cess. both OF whom reside in the Rue
lie Berri i'll Paris, and their children,
the due de Penthlevre, a lieutenant in
the French navy, and Princess Fran
coise, married to the due de Char.res.
Lastly, the due d'Aumale, general of
division and a member OF the Academic
Francalse. The due de Montpensier
md Princess Clencutine, brother and
sister of the due de Nemours, would
lot be included in the decree of expul-
'ion as the former has become Span
ard through his marriage with the Ia
ante Louise, sister of Queen Isabella,
while the latter is the wife Of the duke
If Sake Coburg Gotha. The members
II the Bonaparte family who would be
ilrectly affected by the adoption OF the
eioquet proposition are Prince Ma.
,oleoE and his wife the Princess Gle
ilde, with their two sons-Prince Vic
or, who is at Orleans with his regi-
nent, the 32d artillery, and Prince
Louise, now studying at the Lycee
jharlemagne, and their daughter, the
Princess Marie, who is with her mother
It Moncalieri, and the Princess Mathil-
lie. The other members of the Bona
'arte family, children OF the late Prince
Pierre aud Prince Murat, would hardly
'e included in the prescription.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21
Origua of the Cereal Grams

Wheat ranks by origin as degener-
crate and degraded lily. Sach in brief
is the proposition which this paper sets
out to prove, and which the whole
course of evolutionary botany tends
every day more and more fully to con-
firm. By thus from the very outset
placing clearly before our eyes the goal
of our argument, We shall be able the
better to understand as we go whittier
each item of the cumulative evidence is
really tending. We must endeavor to
start with the simplest forms OF tine
great group of plants to which the ce-
reals and the other grasses belong, and
we must try to see by what steps this
primitive type gave birth, first to the
brilliantly colored lilies, next to the
degraded rushes and sedges, and then
to the still more degenerate grasses,
from enc or other of whose richer grains
man has finally developed his wheat,
his rice, his millet, and his barley. We
shall thus trace throughout the whole
pedigree of wheat from the time when
its ancestors first diverged from the
common stock of the lilies and the Wa
ter plantations, to the time when saw
age man found it growing wild among
the untitled plains of prehistoric Asia,
and took it under his special protection
in the little garden-plots around his
wattled hut, whence it has gradually
altered under his constant selection IN
to the golden grain that now covers
half the lowland tilth Of Europe and
America. There is no page in botanica.
history more full of genuine romance
than this, and there is no page in which
the evidence is clearer or more convin-
cling for those who will take the easy
trouble to read it Alright.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21

ties of champagne. After a visit to the
French missionaries at Tsbora, and to DIR.
Bohm and DR.. Reichardt at Gonda, he
enjoyed some good shooting, and on No
vember II, 1882, he embarked for Suez at
Zanzibar.
OF DR.. Pogge's safe return 10 King Mu-
kenge We have heard nothing as yet, bu;
the Berlin Geographical Society is in hopes
that he has founded station there, and
that we may any day hear of his arrival at
Loanda on his way homewsrd. wissmann
arrived at Caro- ON New Years Day, on
the very same day as Mr.. Joseph Thom2-
son, who has proceeded to Z,nzIoar at the
Request of the LondonGeographlcal Society.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21

IT must be borne In mind that our do
mestlc ANIMALS are kept in an artificial
state, and their wants are different from
those that are wild. They may have IN
ordinate desires, caused by the manner OF
keeping, and if those desires are fully graf
flied damage may result. Too much water
to horse when he is very warm Is Injurl-
Gus, as all know, and ANIMALS often eat
food that causes sickness among them.
What is that which lives in winter,
dies in summer, and always grows with
its root upward? An icycle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-03-21

During the past fifteen years S:5oo
.,,,rcbes have been built in tins country.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-11
English Vulgarity.

IL am unfortunately but too we'll
aware" writes a correspondent of the
Landon World, July Is, ''That the average
specimen of the English middle class, es-
pecially the we'll. to do portions, exhibits
at times vulgarity and lack of breeding
bordering--I used the word advisedly-on
brutality. But never felt more ashamed
of or indignant at my fellow country men
and women than did at the Fisheries
Fete last Wednesday. The way the we'll
dressed vulgarians forced themselves to
the front, to stare at the Princess of
Wales and the ladies at the flower. stall
in the conservatory, exceeded anything I
could have conceived possible. Audible
remarks, pointing of fingers at we'll known
faces, a stony stare if courte )usly asked
to buy something, an attempt at something
like vulgar chaff-this was what Lady
Dudley, Lady Charles Beresford, Lady
Gladys, Lady Lonsdale, and others had to
put up with. Occasionally lady or gen.
tleman was allowed to approach the stall
but as rule the front position was held
by a crowd who came determined to have
their ten shillings worth of staring, but
nothing else. Lord Clonmell did gallant
service in preventing too great q pressure
on the ladies who were attempting to sell,
and SO did Lord Edward Somerset and
other gentlemen but it was o sorry
sight,"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-11
WHlOH DIED FIksT? ?
An Important Question Regarding the Pra
erty Of 0 Murderer and Su cldo.

An Important Question Regarding the Prop
erty OF . Murderer andSu- -cldo.
At Baltimore the orphans court has
decided a singular question arising in.
connection with the administration of An
estate valued at thirty thousand dollars.
William Schmidt last week shot his wife,
inflicting fatal injuries, and then shot
himself, they dying within few moments
of each other. When the disposition of
the property was attempted tho courts
were appealed to. If Schmidt was the last
to die his estate would go to relatives in
Germany, and Mr.. Louis Hennighausen
represented the German consul in behalf
of two brothers of Mrs. Schmidt.
Messrs. Christian and John Gross were
entitled to administer to the property if
Mrs. Schmidt had survived her husband.
Officer Mcpherson testified that he
ran into the house and found Schmidt
dead in the room up stairs. He came
down stairs, but did not examine the
woman. When he came down he said /:
"The man is dead" Officer Schleight
testified that when he went into the
house he went up stairs and saw the man
lying on the floor he came down and felt
of Mrs. Sshmidt's wrist. She had pulse
and was not dead. Officer Murphy testi
fed that as he went up stairs he felt Mrs.
Schmidt's arm and it was warm went up
stairs and saw the man lying on his back,
dead. Thecourt decided that they were of
opinion that the wife had survived her
husband. Therefore letters of admins.
tration would be granted to her brothers
on Mrs. Schmidt's estate.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-11

Market, Trenton, accomplished . wonder
full feat Friday morning. She had bsen
driven to tho stable, unhitched from the
buggy and loft standing inside united,
while the oolored hostler ascended to tho
haymow. His surprise may be imagined,
on having his attention drawn to that
quarter BY peculiar noise, to see the head
and shoulders Of the sagacious animal ap.
pearing up the stairway, which she climbed
in safety and which is quite steep and con.
tains twenty-five steps. The hostler had
doubtless been tardy in putting down the
hay for tho mares dinner and she had
become tired Of waiting. DR.. Stevens said
he had little doubt that she would follow
him down again without danger, but ~
she is valuable animal and quite pct he
hardly cared to take tho risk. Instead
she was allowed to walk right into the
hay NOW. At noon carpenters built an
inclined plano from the hsymow door to
the opposite side of the street, upon which
the adventurous animal descended with
perfect security.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-11
BASEBALL.
A FINE aAME YxsrERDAY.

The Ironsides, jr, Defeat the snyder Nias
The Game to-day-Other Iesms.
The Ironsides jr. baseball club was 70
Gently organized and played their first
game public yesterday with the nine OF
William Snyder's cigar store, which has
won several games during the season. The
audience inside of tho fence was small but
the usual number were perched on the
surrounding trees, freight cars and fences.
Both mines appeared in the field with
bright new uniforms. The Ironsides wore
blue breeohes, red stockings and belts with
white shirts and hats, the latter being
trimmed with red The Snyder nine wore
grey breeches, red stockings and bolts and
white shirts and caps. Tho game was
called at 3:15 by VIM. Zecher, of the Iron
sides club, who acted "a umpire. The
Snyder nine were first to the bat and made
one run. In the sixth inning they did
some heavy batting and scored four runs,
receiving blanks for the remainder Of the
game. The batting of the juniors was
heavy throughout the game and they only
received three goose eggs. The batteries
of both teams worked we'll and their field
ing was good. The score of the game
with the runs and outs of each man was
as fOllOwa.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-11

tho Concord school q philophopy, defined
Me - "the predicsment previoas 70
DEATH" That il . predisament which
there arc good many ways ont Of.
PASSED ASSISTANT PAYMAsTRR CALLRN.
DER I. LEWIS, e. 8. n, died 1t Frank
fort, Kentucky, on Thur.dsy. He was .
native Of Pennsylvania; and entered the
service in 1877. ---,--.----.----~---
BARON NoRDENsKJoLD, while in Ireland
discovered prehistoric map Of that island
together with portions Of Greenland, Eng
land and Scotland. The discovery 10 CON-
sidered m important one.
THOMAS B. CoNNRRY, late managing
editor Of tho New York Rsrald has 70
turned from Europe, but win not resume
editorial work. After nearly thirty years.
service he says he has had enough Of it.
Ex-CoNGRRssNAN BURDIcK, of Iowa,
hitherto Republican, has declared him.
self in favor Of tho Democratic ticket and
will mako thirty speeches in the present
canvass. Opposition to prohibition ac-
counts for. his change Of base.
SIMON CAMERON, looking at tho ocean
the other day, said "They talked about
the grey old ocean when was at tho
shore the first time, and that was many
years ago. He dosea't seemed to have
added . wrinkle since. But suppose he
has been sucked up in vspors and rsined
down two or three times since that. 1t
must feel good to be worked over and
renew your youth that way"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-11
A Students Duel.

A correspondent of the Richmond Dis
patch, writing from Heidelburg describes
one of the recent duels between students :
Hearing that there was to be a students 8
duel We planned to crafty our curiosity
in seeing what has been so much written
about. Taking q carriage We rode across
the river, up the side of a mountain, and
down narrow gorge to q pub
lie house. We went in and order
ed some refreshments and chatted
for half an hour, when white
capped student passed. accosted him
and earnestly made known our wants in
the language of Goethe and Schiller. He
gave me long and earnest answer, not a
word of which could I understand. At
last waiter who spoke Eng
lish came, and we sought her kind
offices. She agreed to take us in ten
minutes to room where We could see the
combat throgh window. We waited an
hour, and as our patience was about
exhausted she returned. Through the
window We could see two men confronting
each other, with their right hands extend
ed straight over their heads. Their left
arms were tied behind their backs and
goggles over their eyes. The men were
padded everywhere except their heads,
which were left uncovered. At the ap-
pointed signal they began cutting at each
other with lightning like rapidity. Neither
seemed to try to ward off the blows of his
opponent. As soon az one was cut the
seconds ran between them and knocked up
the swords. The doctor examined the
wounds, staunced the blood and the fight
was resumed and went on until the doctor
decided that further fighting wound en-
danger life. 1t was the most beastly
tom foolery ever saw. The hurt inflicted
was not enough to satisfy man seeking
redress for real or fancied insult, but was
too severe for play, could see no display
of skill nor any particular manifestation Of
courage"