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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03
a Blind Coiored Man.

There Is, IN Selma, Alabama, as hostler,
gardener and general workman a negro
named Dick, twenty four years old, VINO,
since his fifth birthday has been rs blind
as the proverblal bat. The amount OF
work he does and the neatness, accuracy
and dispatch with which all his chores and
odd Jobs are done are simply marvellous.
He attends TO several horses, feeds them,
washes their harness, and, when occasion
demands, can hitch up team as well as
well as any one. His stable yard is a
model OF cleanliness, and the garden Is
well worked. He washes the carriages,
horses and wagons, oils vehicles and sees
that they are all right before allowing
them to be taken out Of the lot lie is as
light hearted as most Africans, and can en-
Joy a joke and laugh at 1t, though he
wastes but few moments in idlenesa of
any variety, his old variety, his whole
mind seemingly being bent upon careful
discharge Of his various duties. He IS as
stout as an OK. and is a bad man to tease,
ss q ban,ering loafer found out to his sOr-
row not long s.pce. lie had been tOrmeD-
ting Dick until the latter stock OF patience
JtFc Vul- NliIl tuiAsNh AtAACAo1y va Mo
tormertor. and the first thing thai Individ-
ual knew he was landed, all bruised up, In
heap some yards away, Perhaps the
most remarkable gift the man has is his
ability to tell within a few moments the
time of day. Day or night, when asked
what time it is, he replies without heslta-
ton, aud is rarely further off from the ex-
act marking Of the dial than ten minutes.
10 test this gift, after having talked
with him about his work the reporter
quickly asked:
"What time Is il, Dickf"
''Half-past ten," came the immetii.te
response
A. look at the wa'ch showed that at thar
instant IL W 1926. within four minutes
of the time guessed by the man. who
probably knows not the appearance OF
either watch CT clock. he goes 10 hi:
home some blocks distant to remain during
the night, but is always on hand bright
and early as the morning sun to begin MS
days work. In all sorts of weather ht
never fails to be on time. He IS seldom
/ SICK, and then only slightly indispOsed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03

According to a correspondent. London
barber shop are queer in conveniences. /
vent into one the other day and nearly
broke my back trying 10 pose for a hair
cut and and shave in an ordinary wood
en- chair. The barber IS proven tally
loguacious everywhere, and very much
concerned about the absoluteneeds of your
head and halr. Mine informed me that
that my hair was very thin, and needed
singelng. demured. Just as l was
about TO rise. however, he said: ''lou
won't be saiisfiee unless you have that hair
slnged." Determined to get as much ex-
perIence as coulL in short tae and tor
Lille money, resumed my bsck-achlng
attIdude ard the phagos lighted his taper,
grasped The comb, applied his torch, and
IN sn instant my head was covered, Ike
little Iu.us's, with lGmbent fame. You
ss.ould have heard that unfortunate barber
seuesli You sec he had spread the bay
rum and tonic pretty I.:ckiy before made
up my mind to undergo the sinSelDg, with
out washing his hands, aud hair and hands
were victins of a grand pyrotechnic DIS
play. | rose with some haste and great
indignation, and trusted that the young
man was satisfied. Hereafter shall bavS
my own way in that shop, Pad that younG
man won't be so profuse w;sh his recon-
mendaticIs-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03

! the unworthy words for which you have
punished me sll these years?
! II have tried so long to find you-so
long and so hopelessly
And she bowed her beautiful head
and sobbed outright.
''Hush. dear. hush.
You should not have come here,
Marion.
at might compromise you.
Compromise me with my future
husl and?
''See, Chester" and she held up the
hand ON which cleaned TIE rirg.
81 have never had my freedom.
"AIy own brave GIRL" he said, bis
voice softenng even while he girded
himself up to the strength of which he
stood in such need.
But the heaven yon lave opened to
me cannot be.
Il am foreman in the works where
you saw me to-day, Marion,
My knowledge and love of mach
inery stood -pe in good stead.
II heard Of this opening and secured
it.
To-day was adjusting some diff
cult piece of work / dared not trust to
tue workmen.
.T am IN receipt OF liberal salary,
which i am laying aside, dear, living as
poorly as / can, hopIng one day 10 buy
an interest in the business.
Gone or two improvements i have
made are rapidly advancing me towards
this gaol /: but it is still far of. / can
not ask you to wait, nor TO forget the
wears of labor which have helped me
reach it."
81 have waited already too long, Ches
ter, she whispered. Il am ready now
to become your wife.
His face grew deadly white.
''Do not tempt me, he said hoarsely.
"Oh, Chester" she said. when j
have so much money, why are You so
cruel and so proudY"
Il cannot go back TO a life of ease
and dependence, he answered. even
with you, dear love, to brighten 1t.
Bless you for coming to me Marion.
Bless you for showing me all that a no.
bic woman may be- The memory OF
this hour will Tighten all my future
years."
Chester, you do not understand me. "
she persisted.
Il ask you to return to no life OF
dependence.
Il Will forget that L have a single
shilling in the world except what you
give me. / will share whatever home
you offer me-even this.
''For better, for worse, darling, We
pledged ourselves. as sacredly as though
already We had stood before Gods alter.
In Gods sight ain your wife.
II claim my right to share your dark
days, as well rs those ON which the sun
OF prosperity may SHINE"
He strove to answer her, but his
voice broke.
She had conquered but woman-like,
she gave to him the glory Of hervictory
as she sobbed out her happiness upon
his heart.
A month later there was a quiet we'd
ding, at which were neither flowers. nor
bridesmaids, nor music; but Marion
Willoughby missed nothing.
1t was after the ceremony had been
performed that Chester showed her a
document which had been his wedding
gift from the firm he had servedso faith
July, and which admitted him as a
junior partber from that date.
But she smiled half-sadiy as she look
ed ut it through a mist OF tears.
You said once, dear, she whispered,
THAT flowers, to live, needed sunlight.
'.lly darling, had not then made
fI,a ,rnnGarful discovery That Lived
makes sunlight everywhere.
with your heart my home, be its
outward adornmeuts what they will, /
envy no king his palace, no queen her
throne"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03
They Care be Bet.

at Charleston l met man from Bing-
hampton, ". Y, Who was agent for some
sort OF cotton machinery, and almost the
first thing he SAID to me was:
SHOW do yoa manage with the hotel
waItersI''
"Why. have to fee them, OF course"
"Thst shows how green you are. am
gong to stop here four days, and 1 won't
Fay 'em cent
Then you wont get much service" ="
Il won't, eh! Well, you Just watch me
ana learn thing or two. See that?
1t was lead half dollar, neatly covered
with gold foil, and at first glance il seem
ed TO be twenty dollar gold piece When
the New Yorker's trunk came I'D stars
and the two dsrlUes fingered around for a
quarter apiece, that ''tweniy' appeared to
view, and he said:
Smallest I've got to-day. I'll see you
before i CO."
The same thing was worked on the table
waiter, on the waiter who brought up ice
water. and on several other cOlored indi-
vidusIs, and when we were all ready 10
take the tram for Savannah. the trunks
WENT OoWu OH ne HdAOu anu VIC Ndkch
to ths depot. Two minutes before the
train pulled out the New Yorker turued to
the African with his eripsack and said:
"James. will you take this coin and
square u W th the boys for mcl"
Yes, sah.'
Place it carefully IN your pocket and
don't lose it..
'-She's dar. sab. lie millyuns o. times
obleeged to you"
''Never rlind that Well, we sre OIL
All the way dow2 to Savannah that eve.
ning nv companion chuckled over hIi
keenness in beaiIng the colored population
but when we reached the latter city hi:
chm took a drop. We were not clear oi
the depot when he was arrested for pass
ing counterfeit money, and all his explain
atoms did not prevent his return to Char.
le to by Ee next tr lin. l met him after
ward in Alabsms. and he told me tns
stair cost him S65.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03
Writer'S CraInp.

This aiiment consists mainly of
srasms caused by excessive labor of the
muscles of the hand, especially of the
fingers.
1t is not confined to writers-as the
name would ippIy-bn. persons are
liable 20 it who are engaged in sewing.
knitting, drawing. playing on the piano
and Ill other employments which de-
mand continuous use of the fingers and
hands. Only those, however, seem to
have special tendency to it who are of
a nervous diathesis-haye inherited an
undue nervous sensitiyeness.
Writing is very complicated process,
involving the harmonious action of sew
eral small muscles of the fingers, and
few of the hand and forearm.
Some of these muscles draw the fin
gers in toward each other; others draw
them outward; still others turn the
hand to the right or left. The spasms
so act on these muscles as either to
cause the thumb and forefnger to grasp
the pen convulsively, or to twirl it on
its axis, or to lift it suddenly from tine
paper.
In the earlier stages OF the disease
there is slight, hardly noticed sensa-
ton of tension in the hand. If the
trouble progresses, the hand becomes
fatigued, and there is a tremor of the
fingers; the formation of strokes be-
comes more and more difficult; the
spasms and weakness increase, and the
tension becomes painful, and extends to
the forearm, and even to the muscles of
the shoulder and breast.
In some patients neuralgia pains may
be added. Rosenthal regards it as
somewhat analogous to suffering, and
says it may be termed a ''stutteung of
the muscles"
The lighter forms connected with an
impoverished condition of the blood
(anamia), dyspepsia, or oyer-exertion,
may be arrested by the rest Of the hand
and tonic treatment of the system.
The severe forms are incurable,
though they may he helped b. pro-
lonGed rest. and by whatever will tend
to moderate the nervous excitability.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03
"THE NIuBT CoMEIB on. -

Deep down mongs the reedy hoiiows.
And away thro' tue meadows low,
swift DER is shining pebbles.
Pauslng not in It's ceaseless iOv,
The brook that comes down from the mountain
To the ocean must speed It's fight,
As the brightness that dawned with the morning
Must die on the threshold Of night.
he ferns by The brOokside growing,
Ana the reeds as they murmur and sigh,
And the willows and meadow grasses
Keep time as the brook sweeps by,
And the ocean is calmly waiting,
But never ripple VIII tell,
When the wsvelets the brooks bringing
Shall be merged in lis long, low swell.
And there comeTh a ROYAL sursei
That lighteth The funeral pyre
OF the day as il glides down ID the western sly
And dies in its crimson ere;
And night with its swift WIG mOmling.
The brightness sweepeth away,
And setteth the seal OF darkness
on the tomb Of the vanished dsy.
And so II but little recketh
How radisni llre's dawn may be:
II as surely wears on 10 the canning
as the brook foWeth ON TO the sea-
And however fair be its evening
Its brightness viii soon he gone,
And the waning light and the gathering glonn
VIII whisper: ''Ihe night cometh on"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03
Buffalo Rill ancC usfer.

I In 1867, says Buffalo Bill, / was post
guide and scout at Fort Hays, Kansas.
Before that tlme l had met General Custer
when he was stationed al old Fort Fletcher
but was not well acquainted with him.
One evening early in June he came INTO
HAYS with only light escort and was on
forced march to Fort Larned, which IS
sixty five miles from the former place. Al
that time there were, CT course, no railroad
connections. When the General expressed
wish for some guide 10 accompany him.
the commanding officer detailed me, and
orders were given 10 stsrt at daylight the
following morning. At the time mo hest
! long-distnnce horse was big, mouse-col-
Ored mule, and rs | had heard what 8
lightning traveller Custea was | knew that
only my best ruuuer would do 10 keep
ahead of the 'WhirlwInd, as the Indians
called him. thought l would be prompt
and ahead of the General at daylight, but
when 1 arrived he was already on the
ground with his staff and orderlIes- When
| rode up noticed him eyeing the animal
| was riding and when announced that /
was 10 be his guide he assented, but sald |
would have TO get better hor;e, II would
would find, take something better than
an old mule to keep ahead of him, Wig
orously maintained that the nule would
get over the sIxty-tive miles as quick as
any horse lie had, and he seemed TO be
satisfied when the post commander spoke
up aud confirmed what | had said. For
the first ten miles | had to use the spurs
lively TO keep the General from riding oveT
me, but after crossing the Smoky Hill
river and getting on into the sand-bills the
mule got his second wind. He commenc-
ed to leave Clusters Kentucky thorough
bred, snd the soldier in time acknowledged
that was riding pretty good horse. For
a long time we kept up this rapid travel
ing, his escort beng scattered ogt for miles
behind. and as the country was dangerous
the General called halt, to let his men
close up ard become less convenient tar
gets for vagrant bands of Indians. When
We started again 1 made up my mind to
show him what good mule could do, and
/ struck gait which astonlshed him so
much that he did moi call for another hat,
We left the escort TO follow as best they
could, and before noon the General and
myself rode into Fort Larned. The escort
slraggled in for hours during the day. The
next dsy returned to Hays, while he took
command Of his regiment and soon after
had his big fight at lawnee Fork creek.
met him frequently after that and guided
him in several expeditions. Poor Custer
was thiriy-five miles from him when he
killed himself. Yes. killed himself! Tie
Indians who were In the fight of the Little
Big Horn say Custer killed himself, and
from the Indian religion am convieced
that they are night. H was the only one
who was not mutilated on the bloody field,
and the red warrior will not mutilate the
body of o man who takes his own life.
think that Custer fought till all his brother
fflcers died, and. no Reno II support ban
he died by his own hand aud ended toe
career of as brave q man as ever wore
spurs"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03

CHANGED his tune: Fogg says that
Seliem is the most fickle-minded man he
ever saw. For the last six months he
has been talking about his fine country
house, with its spacious rooms, grand
views and splendid surroundings and
not an ''out" about il. well" says
Fogg, "wiil you believe it, he told me
to-day he had sold and mighty glad he
was to get rid of tie old rattle trap.
Yes, sir, Seliem Is the most ehangeable
fellov ever saw"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03

The meanest man: The meanest man
on record sent through a post Office
presided over by woman postal card
on which was written: Dear: Here's the
details of that scandal" And then the
rest wss VI Greek
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-03

The Valley OF the Yosemite is pub
lie property, and the question OF pro-
hibiting the sale of liquor therein is
aSitated in California.
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PALESTINE.

Special to The Statesman.
PALESTINE, Feb. 13.-Captain X. >
Hayes, now senior vice president of
the Gould system, has not forgotten
his friends in Palestine, where he re-
sided so long when president of the
International. When passing through
here Il few days since on his way to
New Orleans, he informed one of the
city officials that, as the city had inau-
gurated successfully system of
water works, he would, at his own
personal expense, have erected for the
accommodation of the public two fine
drinking fountains in central pats of
the city.
J. G. Ray, for "a long time in charge
of Elkhart station, on the lnterna-
tional and Great Northern railroad,
has been appointed to take charge of
Lampazos station, on the Mexican
National. That town is about eighty
miles from Laredo. Mr.. Ray and his
family have left for Mexico.
The masonic temple. known here as
the opera house, has had a chequered
career. II was built by the masonic
bodies here FROM the proceeds of
bonds sold for that purpose, but de-
fault was made in the payment of the
interest, and the holders of the bonds
fOrecloSed. The building finally got
into the hands of a Galveston syndi-
cate, and to-day it was sold to MeSsrS.
Joseph Arson. of Palestine, and Nj.
Haske. of Galveston, for $4,000. 1t
is one of the finest buildings in east
ern Texas.
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INTERPOLATION.

DETROIT, Feb. l3.-The legislative
investigation into the alleged bribery
by the promise of offices and other
wise, in connection with the pending
senatorial contest, has begun. The
names of different members of the
legislature and others, who are
charged with being approached or
cogniZant of the facts, have been fur
niShed by Mr.. Huhbell, and they will
he examined.
James III. Chandler, an active assO-
ciate of EIubbell, i'm Oppusi tion to
Ferry, testified that the collector at
Grand Rapids, an active friend of
Ferry's, had endeayored to procure
the withdrawal of opposition To Ferry
by promising to him (Chandler) to get
for Hubben "a foreign appointment
and give the disposition of the federal
patronage in Michigan to himself
(Chandler) and Hon. George Hopkins,
Il member of the legislature from De-
troit, and an opponent of Ferry.
Hopkins testified that they came TO
him and said: "If you will go into the
room with Ferry and myself, we can
fix this whole thing up in three min
utes. Bailey subsequently asked
him what his friends wanted and re-
ceived the reply they wanted nothing
Bailey assured Hopkins that any ar
rangement he made could he relied
on. but qualified il by saying; Ferry
had not said so" Hopkins afterwards
had long interview with Ferry, in
which the latter sought to dissuade
him from opposing him, but made nc
dishonOrable suggestion.
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DALLAS.
[snecial to the Statesman.l

lNptfldl 10 ottlcoiudu.l
DALLAS, Feb. 13.-John Eadon and
Fred Humphreys, who have been enc
mics for several months, met at a
dance house, dancing in the same set,
after midnight last night, in East
Dallas, and renewed hostilitieS. Hum
phreys drew a knife and attempted to
stab Eadon. The latter shot his as
sailant in the side. The wound is not
considered fatal Eadon fled, but was
captured this evening and jailed.
Last evening, about twelve miles
from the city, two prominent young
farmers, Peter Bass and Louis Miller,
met at social party at the widow
Dorsey's. They agreed to go out
from the house and settle an old mat
ter, without weapons, with a fair fist
light. Friends stood off to see fair
play; but soon Bass freed himself
from his antagonist and staggered
toward his friends, saying he was
stabbed Miller fled. An eXamina-
ton showed that Miller had stabbed
him in thirteen places about the body,
intiicting fatal wounds. Miller has
not yet been captured.
The commissioners broke their dead
lock this afternoon and selected To-
cation for the federaleourt and post
Office building. Messrs. Buckley and
billiard agreed upon the site, l2O by 20
feet. at the southeast corner of Main
and Ervay streets. This is a victory
for the east-enders. or new-town peo-
pie. Smith, the other commissioner,
remained Interchangeable in favor of
the Mccoy block, in the old part of
town, and sent in his minority report
To the treasury department. The gen
eral opinion is that the site recon-
mended by Buckley and billiard will
be adopted by the government. as the
titles are clear and the cost is only
$4,000. 1t will give the east end a
big boom.
At the council meeting last night.
the city attorney was instructed to
draft an amendment to the charter
limiting the total amount of bonds
that the city can issue to $4,000.
The committee on sanitary affairs
report that more deStitution was re-
ported and more aid rendered by the
city during the past month than ever
before in the same length of time.
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GALVESTON.


GALVESTON, Feb. 13.-James Sulli-
van, of the Mexican National railroad.
who arrived from Mexico this morn
ing by the steamship Whitney, brings
information that that road was
opened for business to Maravitio on
February 8. and has been completed
and accepted to Acambro, and is ready
for the rails twelve kilometers north
of that point.
A Young man named III. Hebron
was arrested at , o'clock this morn
ing charged with burglarizing ~
Hopes saloon of a lot of liquors,
which were found in his possession
He is well connected. and at one time
was proprietor of a livery stable on
Bath avenue.
Among the passengers by steamship
Whitney from Vera Cruz this morn
ing was young man named +.
A. Cloudman, who, il is understood,
is an absconder and defaulter to the
amount of several hundred dollars.
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He was employed as a telegraph opera
tor near the City of Mexico,on the line
of the Mexican National. The vessel
was boarded at Vera CrnZ by the pc
lice in search of Cloudman, but he
eluded them and arrived upon the
same steamer with Mr.. Sullivan.
Cloudman denies the allegation. He
left for New Orleans at noon.
Twenty deputy United States mar
shals were sworn in this morning and
left for Jefferson heavily armed to
protect United States federal courts
at that point. The step is taken as a
wise precaution against violence
during the trial of parties accused of
violating election laws during recent
elections.
1t is rumored here that David Bid
well, proprietor of the st. Charles
hotel, New Orleans, is virtually the
lessee of both the fremont opera
house at Galveston and PILOTS opera
house of Houston during the coming
theatrical season.
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may never know. Mothers hurried
through the rising waters with babies
in their arms. and in some cases sick
people had to be taken through
windows and carried in skiffs
to places of safety. Several
were rescued from trees to which they
had climbed. Along the wharf the
river is rising at the rate of an inch
per hour, with few inches over 80
feet in the canal. Business is entirely
suspended on the wharf from First
street around TO Portland Avenue.
The river last year reached its high
est mark at 81 feet 10 inches, in the
canal, but this year it has reached 80
feet with an additional inch or two.
The houses along the wharf are in a
miserable condition, as the water is
in the second stories at Fourth street
and the people are moving higher up
To escape the water.
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Cure for Drunkenness.

Drunkenness is cured in Holland in
the following manner: The patient
is shut up in a room and debarred all
communication, except with his ply
stefan. As often as he wishes, spirits
brandy, whisky, gin, etc are CIV
en- him, but mixed with two-thirds
wine, coffee, ETC., are mixed with one
third brandy, consequently the patient
is in continual state of intOxication.
This lasts about five days ; at the end
of that time he asks with entreaty for
some nourishment, without his re-
quest being complied with, and not
until his organs absolutely abhor alco-
hOl The cure is complete, and from
that day forth the very smell of spir-
its produces the effect of an emetic.