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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21
Two Fashion .Rage,'

Tucking ard pleating are a rage.
Among some very novel breakfast
dresses just imported are long gowns
of finest cashmere-in cream, peacock,
and electric blue, shrimp pink, straw
berry, and rock-gray shades-that are
tucked lengthwise from top to bottom,
back and front, and trimmed with
cascades of tinted EScurial lace i'll
which are flots of satin ribbon. Silk
cords confine the waist. The sleeves
are a little full and slightly flowing,
eaSv upon the arm and trimmed with
lace.
Another style of morning dress is
cut with moyenage waist which
clearly defines the waist and hips,
The skirt is laid in very full, small
perpendicular folds around the elonga-
ted centre at the back of this bodice
and to the sides, which may be paneled
or simply made to meet front formed
of two killings, with rim of rose EN-
brodery between in solid, self-con-
trasting, or varied colors between, as
preferred. Certainly upon white is
more elegant than any color, especially
if the hip belt, which covers the edge
of the bodice and defines it, is of black
velvet.
Still another morning gown is of
gray surah, the fulneSs laid in length
wise pleats upon a straight lining,
which strictly outlines the figure, but
is easy as well as graceful. The nip
belt is of ruby satin and is passed un-
der the pleats, reappearing upon the
plain parts of the bodice and the color
is repeated in the cascades of lace,
which are carried down the front. 1t
is very common now for ladies to adopt
the European custom, and breakfast
in their boudoT, generally a lovely
secluded room, with stained glass
windows, an open fireplace, and per-
haps rose silk curtains to give becom-
ing tint to the complexion. These
gowns are for boudoir breakfast pur.
poses, aud those with moyenage bO-
dice are particularly adapted to wom-
en- of stately, handsome figure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21

vicious kick, and dozen brokers Were
running after it. They surrounded it,
scuftied for it, and away it sailed again
towards the ceiling with the entire
membership of the Exchange, save
only the owner, in wild pursuit. Round
and round the floor gambled the
merry brokers with the hat before
them. Now it was suffering in their
midst, then it shot over the floor in
desperate efforts to escape, only to be
again overtaken, trampled, kicked. and
trodden until it presented an appear
ance as if it had been lain down on by
a COW and then spent summer under
dust-heap, and the gay brokers were
tired out and perspiring.
The dude during this terrible period
stood aghast, and with horror depicted
in every feature, turned in frozen de-
spair as the gambols of his wicked as
sOciates led them to the four cardinal
points of the rooms compass. But
when a grinning messenger boy
brought him the battered corpse of his
precious diceS. he forced a smile which
was only desolate moekery of happi-
ness. anu remarked
Jaw dawn't care, anyway. 1t was
an old hawt."
Then the rude man who had torn
the tile from the unhappy adolescent's
head approached and handed hun the
silken hat uninjured, and the dude
learned that he had been the victim of a
wicked joke. An old hat had been
substituted on the floor, while the joker
held The victims tile behind his back.
And it came to pass that the noise of
unhOly laughter was 50 great as to jar
the ticker irto the tape-basket, and the
dude will wear derby hat to-day and
forever after while on the floor of the
Exchange.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21
The Dudes Hat.

The members of the New York Oil
Exchange are rather swell set of
young men, but the lead in the matter
of clothes is taken by a youth known
as 'sthe dude" whose name is with
held for the sake of his relatives.
This dude strolled into the Exchange
during dull hour recently, and
Solomon in all his glory was never ar
rayed like one of him. To begin near
the bottom, his feet the dudes net
Solomon's) were enceased III the CLOS
siest of patent feathers: his trousers
fitted like the paint on the lamp-pOSt:
his coat had never a crease from tail
to top; his linen was Starched until it
shone, and his collar was perfection
itself and raised his chin 50 that he
could only gaze at the floor at the
hazard of cutting his throat. But
his tout ensemble, SO to speak, was
completed and set off by the darling
est silk hat imaginable, with the broad
est and most curling of brims and IA
beautifully bulgent top. Altogether
he was radiantly, dazzlingly beautiful.
The dude stopped near the middle OF
the floor, struck an attitude much af.
fected by garden statuary, and gaZed
serenely and pityingly upon his COM
mon place fellow-brokers. But, horror
of horrorsI A rude man came behind
him and jerked the silken tile from
his head, and the next moment it Was
thrown to the floor, had received a
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21

Morning and evening the Australian
forest Is awake; at noon 1t Is asleep. No
greater contrast can be imagined than
between the morning hours and those
at midday. In the former, the very
flowers seem to possess an active ex-
istence. Myriads OF such, larger and
more brilliant than those under English
skies, load tine air with the sweetest
scents. Magnificent Tern trees wave
their fronds or branches in the light
breeze. On old stumps of trees great
green and yellow lizards lie watching
for their prey. The magp.e throws her
voice from tine wattles, and possibly the
| lyre bird in the denser scrub; and in
the tall gum trees numberiess parokeets,
parrots, rosellas, cockatooS, butcher
birds, love-birda, etc., screaming and
darting to and fro. But by-aud-Dy the
intense heat will silence all these, aud
nothing will be heard but the chirp of
the grasshopper and the shrill sound OF
some unseen insect. At twilight again
there is a revival OF life, but not OF 50
cheerful a description. The clcades
shrek by myr ads their deafening
''p-r-r-r-r-r; drowsy oppossumS snarl
in the gun. boles. aud hocks OF cocka-
toos scream as some great gay kangaroo
bounds past them like a belated ghost.
Ii there is marshy ground near. the
deep boom OF the Dettern, the wall OF
curiew, the harsh cry of the crane,
mingiin2 possibly with those OF pass
ing or returning f,ck OF black swans.
will add to the concert. In a moment
of silence one may be startled by the
mocking laughter of the jackass, or the
melancholy ''me-poke" Of the bird oi
the same name. The dead of night is
not so still as the universal hush of the
burning noon.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21
Freezing Living People.

n German savant named Grusel-
bach, Professor of Chemical Science in
the University of Upsala, has been de-
voting a considerable time to perfect
ing an apparatus to freeze living people,
and keep them in torpid condition for
a year or two. In any case, he an
nounces that he will undertake by his
process to freeze up any lady orgentle-
men willing to submit to the expert
ment, and benumb them, deprive them
to all appearances of vitality, pledging
his word to bring them round again at
the expiration of couple of years, with
no prejudicial effects to mind or body.
As no adventurous person has come
forward to supply the savant with the
desired opportunity, he has submitted
his invention to the Swedish Govern
ment, with request that criminal
condemned to death shall be provided
To enable him to d monstrate the
efficiency of his discovery.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21
The Witches Carnival.

The witches held high earn ival on the
night of October 81. ana being in merry
mood their kindly offices will be invoked
by young people throughout Christen-
dom to divine the name of fnture hus-
bands and wives, and otter ma ters alb
out which young hearts are wont to won
der and surmise. 1t is All Halloween
The eve of All Saints-and about it clus-
ter host of superstitions and legends
that have been treasured for centuries
and handed down intact from one gene
ration to another. The sober. work-a-
day citizen who mayhap has forgotten
that the 31st of October is any but an
ordinary occasion will doubtless have
the fact recalled 10 mind should he ven.
ture out on that evening. He will meet
troops of boys and young men in grotes-
que costumes parading the streets to the
noise of TIN kettle bands, he will see
mischieyous boys ringing door bells and
making their escape before thesummons
can be answered in way
more hasty than dignifed. and
he will probably meet young ladies run
ming madly down the street, each with a
vi ndlCl u VI
Each of these latter are endeavoring to
win from the witches the name of her
lover. Whatever name she hears
spoken or shouted as she m lkes a hur-
rled circuit of the block, that is the name
OF the man who is destined to be her hus-
band. At least that is the superstition,
and whether the fair creatures believe
it or not. they are very fond of trying it.
They will also burn nuts, each one OF
which Is first named. Ii the nut cracks
and jumps its namesake is tickle; If it
burns, he is constant and true; and if the
nut named after herself burned at the
same time, she will marry him. Names
written upon little slips OF paper are
rolled into balls of meal and these balls
are thrown into basin of water. where
of necessity they quickly dissolve, allow
ing the papers to rise to the top and
float. The first one to appear is OF course
the name of the one most worthy of af-
fiction, These are few of the tests
which will be made. Apples and nuts
viii be ,a'en in unlimited quantities and
weird dreams will be the It suit more of
the cain G than Of the occasion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21
Electricity m Stage Illusions.

The advantage of electric over other
lights for stage purpose is its intensity,
which produces sharp outlines to all
shadows, and its perfect similarity to
sunlight, the most delicate colors being
unchanged by its rays. In the ''Proph-
etn the rainbow is most faith fully
represented by its aid.
''In the second part of ''Faust" NJ.
Behrend utiliZes incandescence for
working a miracle. \ bottle is seen
suspended or balanced in the air. Sud-
denly it becomes dimly Illuminated,
the hight gradually increasing lin bril-
liancy, and a human figure is seen
within the bottle. This bottle, which
is made of gelatinized gauze, is held
suspended by two iron wires. An
Opaque band about the neck Of the
bottle serves to hide the direct rays of
the incandescent lamp, while the
downward reflection lights the figure.
This list is Of rubber, and wire at
tached near the middle serves to render
it misshappen. By degrees the wire is
slackened, and the figure, through its
elasticity, rises and amuseS a human
form.
In the second part of ''Faust" a
mysterious key is rendered red-hot,
apparently while in the hand of the
actor.
This key, which is quite large, is
made with frame of iron wire COW
cred with thin mica painted red with a
transparent pigment. In the interior
of the key are some platinum wires
connecting buttons or less resistance.
Two flexible conducting wires lead
from the battery to two disconnected
points in the shaft of the key through
the platinum. AT the proper moment
the actor presses the key, closing the
circuit and sending the current through
the fine platinum wires, which by their
high resistance are thus made iumin-
Gus, and the whole key seems to become
suddenly redhot.
In .''Der FreischuetZ" a skull rises
from the earth and launches fire from
the eyes and mouth. To accomplish
this, small bundles of wire are arranged
So as to bring them end to end to each
other, as if you were to place the
brush ends of two brooms together.
These are elastic and only i'll slight
contact. From each of these a wire
leads to one terminal of the battery.
Now, when the head rises with tot
tering motion and ''Solemnly wags,"
the motion breaks the contacts, and
the escaping sparks scintillate at every
break point.
In the -'Glass Slipper" the incande-
scent light is used To render the slip
per luminous, and the diadem of the
Queen Of Night, in the Magic Flute"
Is lighted in the same manner. So of
st. Elmo's fire in the phantom Shlp;"
and the diamond rocks in the same
spectacle, and other gems, are equally
well represented by inclosing the lights
in mica, glass or gelatinized gauze.
The star in Faust is almost of mic
roscopic dimensions, in fact, until illu-
minated, and the effect produced by a
sword combat, where these form the
connecting terminals of heavy bat
tery, Is fully as near akin to the mar
velous in the spark shower thus pro-
duced.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21
NO. Az.
Sheep For Australia.

Mr.. Winter, the great Australian
sheep farmer, has arrived IN New York,
and talks freely about the objects of his
visit. II am, said he, ''here for the
purpo7e of purchasing sheep to ship to
Australia Tor my ranch. was here last
spring end made some purchases, snd
! shipped number of sheep from San
Frauci CO. Since then 1 have been in
England and Scotland examining stock.
ard have Just returned.
The foot and mouth disease is over
running the island, and was afraid TO
buy auy hing for fear of introducing
the plague among my stock. The foot
and mouth disease is new one-that
is it Is only about fifteen wears since 1t
Was first ht ard of. In Scotland ex-
amined some stock, and learned there
that hares, rabbits and dogs spread the
disease. L shall remain in the city a
few days only, and am then going to
Moniana. L may buy there, but will
surely bny in California unless the sheep
there has the plague. Bot my buying
depends on whether or not the colonies
will admit stock from this country. /
notice that New Zealand has shut her
door on the importation of sheep and
cattle, and possibly the other colonies
have followed her. L buy Spanish
merinos, the ''Infantas," which have
been kept pure nowhere outside of the
United States. Wnsn l get them to
Australia they will be crossed with our
entire stock, the Australian merinos. L
sell my fleece for thirty cents undressed,
and sometimes have received forty-fve
for it," Mr.. Winter, when asked how
large his farm was, said: II have abont
30, 900 acres, of which 1000 are In the
Lucerne grass, or alfalfa, as it is called
In California. The Lucerne Is capable
of supporting fifty sheep for season
on one acre. My farm has stocked ON
it about 5000 sheep, 1000 head of
cattle, and 500 horses. There is one
man in Australia, MIR. Sam Macbey, of
New South Wales, who sheared /, ,500,-
900 sheep last yeaI, and this year he
expects to have 2,500,O00. His lands
run 700 miles in one direction and COM
prises 5,000,000 acres, and have been
nearly ali reclaimed from the DESERT
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21
An Old X ussian.

A case eff extraordinary longevity is
reported by Russian papers from a
Bessarabian province, where Savtchuk,
a man of above 40 years, enjoys per-
feet health and strength, but his white
hair has a greenish tinge. He is a
Little Russian by birth and settled in
Bess:.rabia when it was yet under
Turkish dominion. His eldest sor,
who is more decrepit than his father,
is 81 years old. The village of 12C
houses, where Savtchuk now lives,
has risen from one cottage. which he
built long time ago with the help of
a friend, and is exclusively inhabited
bv direct descendants of the two first
inhabitants. The tribe of the Savt-
chuks is composed of fifty. families,
which live in peace and quiet with
out ever going to law.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21
STOkM-TOsSED.

Out in he night and darkness
Out in the storm aud rain
With never star to guide him
To haven and home again.
He tosses afar, my sailor.
On the breast of the stormy GO,
With the pitch-black heaven ahoy.. L..
And the 'hunder's minstrelsy. III
The phoSphorent waters parting
Leave a rail of fiery foam:
The good ship flies from the tempes,
But farther flies from home.
Ont in the wild nights blackness
Athwart the shadowy heights.
Is bio, d-red glow ON the breakers
The gieam OF wreckers' lights
The rush and roar of the tempest.
The roar and rush of the sea:
Pray, pray 10 the white Chrisr. sailor
For haven, for home, for me
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21

you are, and let me finish my sermon
for ! fear the congregation will become
inpatient
The congregation remained quiet du-
ring the remainder of the discourse, and
when the benediction was pronounced,
every man arose and quietly walked
away.
''Johu Sumpte-,' said jeff Magic.
Eyes, Jeff,'
That's what made iier mope.''
That is what made her NOPE, jeff. ,
when she was away she seed him
an fell IN love with him an told him
to come here -
That's about it, jeff"
Hes got the bulge on me-"
"Peers that way -.-..
Reckon I'll travel"
''B1'eve l would jeff"
The preacher walked home with
John Sumpter'S daughter. Old Sump.
ter was slow at first III entering into
conversation with him, but after a
while he began to thaw and then he
grew warm. The stranger was very
interesting, and was SO kindly disposed
toward every one that John Sumpter
began to like him. The next day the
preacher was introduced all around as
John Sumpter's future son-in-law, and
the next week, just after the perform
ance of marriage ceremony, a church
was regularly organized.
A railroad now runs through the
town and near q new church, not far
from John Sumpter's new house stands
a commanding school building.
John Sumpter was a member of the
las. Arkansas legislature.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21

Over one hundred and thirty
million cans of tomatoes have been con.
sumed in this country within the last
three years, it is figured out
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-21

Fate is the friend OF the good, the
guide OF the wise, the tyrant of the fool
ish, the envy Of the bad.
National Republican., 1883-04-21
The Anncl,n War.

DENVER, COL, April 2O.-A special dispatch
from Gen. Crooks headquarters at Wilcox
Arizona, says; The territorial press have ex'
aggerated tho reports Of Indian outrages in
order to infame an attack upon the reserva.
tions of tho Indians There have been nc
raiders in Arizona for three weeks past. The
last alarming report, which is two days old,
is that eighty Apaches were seen in Santa
Rita, in the Santa Crui2 valley, above Gala
basns, is wholly untrue The Tombstone
rangers state that they are on the trail of the
Indians, and that the latter do not appear ia
be anxious to reach san Carlos Gen. Crook
has been greatly hampered and annoyed by
these inflammatory articles and false heads
He will move into Mexico on Sunday. Iii;
force will consist of 1872 Apachcs under Capt
Crawford, of tho Sd United States cavalry
and Aldo n. Il, Mcintosh will also have fifty
cavalrymen and the entire Mexican force in
northern Sonora and chihuahua.
National Republican., 1883-04-21
JAY GoULD's LETTER
To the Stockholders OF the Wabash, 81
Louis and Pacific Railway.

NEW York. April 20.-Mr. Jay Gould to-
day issued letter to the stockholders of the
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway com
pany, of which he is president, in which he
says In order to pay off the floating debt
of the company, and to provide for its car
trust payments, the directors, authorized by
the stockholders, have decided to create a
collateral trust loan amounting to $lO,000,000
in coupon bonds bearing per cent. in terest
and running thirty years. OF these bonds
100000 will be reserved to meet the
car trust obligations which mature in
monthly installments during the ensu-
ing nine years, and such portion
of the bonds remaining as may be necessary
to pay off the floating debt will be sold. The
collateral trust bonds will be guaranteed,
principal and interest by the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway company
and secured by deposit in the Mercantile
Trust company Of mortgage bonds, real estate,
stocks and an assignment of tho interest of
this company in the rolling stock to come into
its possession upon payment Of the obligations
OF the Car Trust company. The total value
Of these securities is estimated Mt about
$ls,000,00O and power is given to tho COM
pany in the indenture to sell any part thereof
whenever IL may be deemed advisable, the
proceeds to be applied to the redemption OF
the collateral trust bonds.
| These bonds will be first offered for sale to
stockholders at par. The sole object of this
loan is TO relieve the Wabash company of its
floating debt, and to provide for obligations
which would otherwise be an ncumbrance
upon the net earnings of the company. These
measures, together with the lease of the prop
erty TO the st. Louis, Iron Mountain, and
Southern Railway company, have been un.
dertaken strictly for the benefit and advan.
tago Of the stockholders, and their success
which is now assured, should be considered
of great value to the company
This brief statement, together with the fact
that very large amount of the stock is held
by the directors of tho company, |, myself
being the largest stpckholder, should be
sufficient answer to the malicious and un
founded reports recently circulated"
National Republican., 1883-04-21

Harry l.. West, 16 John B. Mccarthy, Ia
Frank b. Noyes, 4 II. j. Ramsdell, 1.
Gold watch and chain for tho most popular
driver Of an ice wagon-J. r. Hutchinson,
160; NJ. Kinslow, 100; John Burns, 1903; G.
w. Mattingly, 10.
Gold watch and chain for tho most popular
drug clerk--Thomas G. Kell, co. s. Edgar
Mahan, "a II. Il. Barrett, 2; Ben Suter, 3;
Tom Howard, 4; G. VIVIAN Syckel, 81 Frank
Manning, 5.
Hammock for the largest member Of the
corps-Demonet, 8 Burdine, 5 Ross, 5.
Cart and harness for the most popular con-
tractor--T. NJ. Steep, 4O Col. H. l.. Grand.
ford, 10.
Fishing tackle for the most popular fisher-
man--D. ]. Connor, 51l; w. II. Mills, 40;
Thomas Russell, 10; II. 4. Davis, 10i Levi
Woodbury., lOl; II. A. Whitaker, 4 James
ID. Cleary, 10.
Florence oil stovo for the most popular let
ter carrior--Tabler, IA Follin, g; Tolson, 81
Parker, @ Carew, 2; Dennison, Q,
Barber's chair and shaving kit for the most
popular barber--S S. Brooks, 1862; Robert
Wilson, 1i3; Carter Stewart, 119; Joe Shorter,
2 Henry Burgess, 10; Joe Cato, L @. z.
Rallo, 1 (; Beu A. Miller, 1 Riggs house.
Nj. Keating, 1 !; executive mansion, /; Arling-
ton hotel, 1 ; Costin & Bruce, 1.