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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-15
A Regular Down-Eastsr.

Some time ago, in New Hampshire,
an old patriarch of ninety-tive winters
was gathered To his fathers and cOu-
pie of temperance elders from a MaSsa-
chusetts city happening to hear of the
circumstance, and linking it good Op-
portunity to picBSHp facts for yenera-
bic example, waited upon his surviving
relative, hard-handed old farmer, who
was found in his shirt-sleeveS leaning
over five-rail fence thOughtfully chaw-
ing a wheat straw
"We called to ask you some questions
about your grandfather. He must have
been a remarkable man."
"Ya-as-jess so, he was very reg Tar
man"
''Ah, very temperate in his habits, |
suppose"
'Yas, he gently got up bout five in
summer, IN six III winter and alters
took a glasSof .Iamaky rum first thing
fore his chores"
"Whatl did he use stlmulants?
"Hey?n
"Was he addicted to alchohOlic bev-
erages?"
mo, he wan I an eddlcted man, Out
he alters took little more Jamaky and
smoked a pipe jes after breakfast-he
was very reg Tar man, was gran sir. y
well, | suppose little liquor might
have been required at his old age"
"Yas, so gran'sir often said, and his
'leven O'Clock was horn Of rum an
molasses, tho he gently took a little
clear sperrit after it jes before settln'
down to dinner
"What, and did not all this dram
drinking affect his health?n
"Lor' bless yer, no, bnt | used to tell
him he oughten TO drink mug of cider
at dinner. but he said pipe of Niger
head terbaccer after dinner an his four
o'clock grog an little gin an sugar
afore supper set him all right"
"Great heavensl Why, | thought you
SAID your grandfather was very regu,
lar MANI"
"Reg'l 'larl So he was, reg'lar as ]
clock, and when he bad horn or two
arter supper, and was settin' afore the
fire over night-cap of old Jamaky,
smoking his pipe, my an'father-'
Hang your grandfather The old
man must have been preserved in al
chohol and tobacco or he would nevel
have lived so long''-and the elders
withdrew, satisfied that they had neith'
er remarkable illustration nor fright
full example to suit their purpose.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-15
vol. XXXVII1.
- WOKE ONE DAY"

me- day 10 find that Youth was
II -,T l5T,e. who takes good things and Ill,
N'.- ,.,.,1,. procession, ever growing,
To- ~ -. who people dTeaInland still
,b,n the wears have rent world
UiGr a,uI.der.
,., .riruis once daily looked upon;
~ -ail upon the eSrth' and some rest
l1.' I,.'''l and dosome still regret, l wonder,
Ny''-'',isI ola days. the good time gone?
r.- rake, away his dust-heaP of dead
,.--Tn-y cups, Of broken VOWS,
V.,-,,,.. and all dim memory discloses,
-. -r1-rIiuc after Youths carouse;
-. n, shades Of uutorgotten faces,
a. b43r the voices Tar away
..-..l-r- who leave Us still some traces,
.. -. - whose echoes haunt old halting-
Nh. girht vas often turned 10 day.
a. many rest IN sleep by dreams un-
broken,
Pr ,,iuls uu~wept, by stars unseen,
x-r.r 70 speak again as they nave spoken,
~ nov lost ioys that might have been,
Nh sl5w-departiug summer day yet
LuEer>
R.-v,--g The purpiiug western bars,
n, winds >ouud faint, as If some far-otf
v.-s raglhiug Larps with tired, trembling
H. - .ost ewes smile in the stars
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-15
The Bsgga :e Man. Paradise.

"llow do you keep track OF all these
trunks?" an old baggageman was asked
in New York. as his attention was di-
in inextricable confusion.
Easy enough, D." he replied. sit may
seem difficult thing to you to bring
order out Of this chaos, but TO the true
baggage 'SmaSher' such task is moth
ing. Ii is his regular, everyday diet,
and when trunks are piled mountain
high around him aud some old woman
Is following him around, Shrieklng a
description of her green covered grip
sack in his ear, and claiming that every
bag in view is hers, he is elevated above
the vulgar things Of earth and walks in
the baggageman' paradise.
Trunks are always bound for some
place. and by keeping north, south,
east aud west in mind, It is easy to
classify them in a general way, and
then by grouping all that are checked
TO 50 over Il certain railroad or steam
boat, the classification is made clear
enough 20 avoid confusion.
'Some smashers possess remarkably
retentive memories. When trunks ar
rive, no matter how many, their size,
color, weight and special marks Of
identification are stamped upon tn
smasher's memory without any special
mental effort. When called for he can
pick out the exact spot where trunk
was placed, from its general descrip-
ton, without the bother of searching
for the check number. When the
thousands of trunks handled by the
smasher are considered, of every con-
ceivable shape and size, the feat is
wonderful. Such men are as scarce as
they are valuable, and can do the work
of six men. They receive additional
compensation, but are not paid what
their services are worth. One of the
best at this business | ever knew is an
old fellow calle 'BliRd Billv,' because
he is minus ali eye, who has handled
baggage on the New Jersey Central
for years at the Liberty-street ferry.
Que day last fall, while handling load
of trunks from Long Branch, Billy
casually remarked: Hello, 5. A. {.
has got a new cover on since II was
here last referring to large trunk
having those initials on it. Get out
SAID a green hand. What do you know
about it," Il know enough about it
to back my opinion for So said Billy.
The green hand, believing he had a
sure thing, covered the bet, and held
the stakes. The trunk was delivered
in Jersey CITY. The owner told me
expreSsman that it had been sent 10
Long Branch about four months be-
fore, and the porter at Leland's hotel
had in some way ripped off the canvas
cover, and it had been replaced by a
newone. paid the money 10 Billy,
and he is now looked upon as the king
of the baggage smaShers."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-15

fellow in Albert Edwards estimation.
What other recommendations for mix.
lns on equal terms with the best in the
land Mr.. Craven possesses know not,
except that he is an extremely hand
some man, an excessively immoral
liver and the father of one Of the great
est young bIack-guards in England, a
youth who the other day deserted one
OF the most bewitching ''pocket Ven-
uses'-as was his young wife-for the
unchaSte wife of another man, with
whom he eloped to parts unknown.
There are many others, but these
will suffice. | defy any one to take the
entire list of guests at GoodwoOd and
point Inc out one who, apart from his
mere title or peculiar attractiveness to
the princely instinct, would be or could
he fairly considered proper person to
eXalt in the eyes of the people at large
by making him the companion of the
future sovereign.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-15
The Wire Age.

In history we have the golden age,
the iron age, the age of brass, and the
other periods similarly marked. Future
annalists may well describe the present
period of our history as the wire age.
In no part of the economy of our daily
lives are We divorced from wire. 1t is
our slave, and yet an ever present mas
ter. Sleeping, We repose on wire mat
tresses, Eating, We see foods which
have passed through sieves, and which
are sheltered from insect appetite by
wire covers. Calling, We pull wires to
ring curled wire gongs. Travelling, we
are conveyed by cable or electric rail-
yays, hoisted by elevators hung on
wires, and hurried over wire bridges.
We announce our coming by telegraph
or telephone wires, and we thread our
way 10y night through streets lighted by
means of electric cables. Across
our fields are strung thousands of miles
of barbed wire. Our clocks are set by
wires, our watches are run by wires,
our books are stitched with wires, our
pictures hung by wires, and our poll
ties managed by wires.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-15
sights in Central America

At eight o'clock in the morning,
SAID a traveller, we started on the
Ferro Curril Railroad for Rio Sucie.
We rode until four in the afternoon
through wondrous country. On either
side for miles were hundreds of banana
plantations in different stages of
growth. One can form some idea Of the
vast number of bananas consumed
when they see these plantations and
hundreds of thousands of punches
ready for shipment. As We whlZzed
through the woods fresh beauties would
greet the eve. The tallest trees l ever
saw, with apparently no bark, loomed
up against the sky; then 4 forest of
cocoa palm, cactus and many other
beautiful trees, and below perfect
Jungle of shrub and underground. In
these very tall trees are the orchids, or
air plants, SO choice and expensive in
the North. Their scarlet blossoms are
very conspicuous in the midst of so
much green. From Rio SuciO we
started for San Jose on horseback and
Immediately began the ascent OF the
mountain. There was something about
our situation SD awe-lnspiring that for
a time we rode on in silence. The
dizzy heights above, the high wall on
one side and gulf or valley on the other
revealed by the dim light of the lantern
which light our pathway. The scene
was grand beyond description. As we
ascended we could see the mountains
high, high above us, and looking
down. the valley far, far beneath. Now
and then we crossed mountain stream
rushing and tumbling down the preci-
pice. The foliage on the mountain
side is dense and beautiful. Finally
we began the descent and for twelve
miles this was a most trying time.
Finally we were met by Father
Levkowicz eight miles from San Jose,
with carriages, and few miles over
rough roads brought us to the little
city. Narrow streets and buildings
very compact greet you on every side.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-15
Thibetans.

Some of the customs of the Thibet-
ans are very curious. At parting, 8
Junior person takes off his cap. bows.
and puts his tongue out. They pull
their cheeks in order 10 show surprise.
Turning up the tig finger means ap-
provaI, and turning up the little finger
means the contrary. The rest of the
fingers signify an indifferent quality Of
thing or person. All the men and
women smoke. The nomadic ThibetapS
do not bury their dead, but throw them
to wild beasts and birds of prey. In
the capital of Thibet the clergymen de-
eide as TO the disposal of the dead body,
whether it shall be burned, or thrown
INTO a river. or buried, or left as prey
for beasts and birds.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-15

Travelling third-class is now being
very extensively practiced by the Eng
lish people, the first hnd second-class
carriages being little patrOniEed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-15

Atlanta, Ca, has 26 Methodist
churches.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-10-15

Two years passed, and they were, on
the W ole, happy ones for Grace. Fer
husbands affection for her was so ten
der, his attentions were so constant and
delicate, that the young wife could
cling to him with an entire sense OF
trust and love. Gradually her peace OIL
mind returned, and she discharged the
dnt,es of her new station with serenity
AS often as she could she went to see
her little girl but these visits excited
no suspicious, for the child's nurse was
Grace's foster-sister, and Grace was
godmother to one of the woman's chill
dren- Martha Toose-such was this
persons name-was a red-cheeked hon,
est-hearted thing, who felt devoted
towards Mrs. De Roy, and treated her
child with the utmost kindness; passing
it off as an orphan niece Oh ner nus
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03

retain their hold upon territory already occu-
pied by them, they commenced suit in the
courts of Washington territory against the
railroad company and obtained an eX parte
temporary injunction restraining the rail-
road company until inquiry could be made
into the merits of the claim, from prevent
ing the Wells Fargo Co., from doing BUSH
ness on that part of the road from Wallula
junction to Missoula, then being occupied by
them. This litigation remains pending and
undetermined. The recent demand for
facilities east of Missoula is inferentially for
the purpose of laying the ground for further
suits against the railroad company elsewhere,
although, Of course nothing by way Of defn
tie information on this point is possessed by
the railroad company. The suit in
Washington territory was not based
upon any contract or arrangement between
Wells, Fargo 81 Company and the railroad
company, but upon the claim Of Wells,
Fargo 81 Company of general right to carry
on an express business on any line Of rail
road in the country. They also claim in the
Washington suit the right to compel the
Northern Pacific company to afford them
facilities for their business and to carry their
goods at the old inadequate rate which they
enjoyed under the provisional arrangement.
These litigations will throw much light on the
character and profit of express business and
will show what real basis there is to support
the heavy capitalization of such concerns as
Wells, Fargo 81 Co.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03
PROBABLE RATE WAR
A Crisis Brought About By The An
tagonism of the New Alliance
To the Trunk Line AS
ISOLATION.
Il Railroad CRISIS.
Ispeclal Telegram to the Globe


CHICAGO, Mar. notwithstanding repeated
requests to-day on the part Of the Western
Trunk Line association to consent to q restora-
ton of rates. the lines in the new alliance fatty
refused to do so. Whether further cuts will be
made by either combination has not been an
nounced, but the general impression is that
material cut will be made Monday
by the new alliance. Should this
be done the bars will be lowered
for general western war. The Colorado pool
has already sustained blow from which 1t will
be difficult to recover and other associations will
tumble if matters not speedily fixed up
Commissioner Daniels, of the Colorado pool, adj
1nitted in a recent interview that if the Union
Pacific, in obedience to Mr.. Winnings orders, wonld
cut Colorado rates, the pool must necessarily
collapse. The Union Pacific has done
SO and unless retreat is ordered at once the
death knell of the Colorado pool will have sound
ed. A general war may yet be ayerted, but the
outlook is not encouraging. Should disasters
trunk line association will fall with the rest, and
the result will be the resuscitation of both the
Iowa Trunk line and the colorado traffic associa-
tions. The dissolution of these associations
which had been in successful operation for many
years. was regarded by level headed men gener-
ally as great calamity, and many prophesied
that the members would be compelled ultimate
" to return to first principles That the prophe-
cies will be fulfilled after the storm is more than
probable.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03
!Scalpers sill at Work

CHICAGO, March 1.-The passenger committee
of the Chicago east-bound roads, at meeting
to-day was awaiting the written investigation
report from Commissioner Fink, on the subject
of the Buffalo differential rates, but took no
action in the matter, other than to notify all par
ties that the differentials previously announced
were to go into effect at once, and may only be
quoted to points provided for. The Rochester
differential is to be modified, and will again be
discussed at meeting on Monday. A discussion
was had as to the western issue of tickets still
being sale in this city, that is, tickets issued
from points west, north and south Of Chicago,
good to New York, the coupons Of which
from these points to Chicago have been detached
and sold at local rates, and the remainder Of the
tickets are then sent and sold to Chicago scalpers
1t was thought that such tickets were on sale and
unless measures were taken TO stop their sale,
the result would be demoralizing. 1t was recon-
mended at the meeting that an effort be made to
get such tickets off the market, and also that
some further action be taken to protect the east
ern roads against the sale Of St. Louis tickets by
the Chicago q Alton at rates cutting the Chicago
tariff. III. b. es-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03
SCENES IN TANGIERS.
Strange Sights in the Streets of the Morocco
Capital.
TCor Y Y Sun

Strange Sights an the Streets OF ue morocco
Capital.
ICor. n. Y. Sun.
Just below the hotel and outside the gate
of the city is the soko or market place. On
molly crowd, who bring game, meat, eggs,
fowls and other provisions from the sur
rounding country. 1t is here that Gibraltar
obtains its supplies.
Here you see the genuine Bedouin Arab.
Wild and dirty as he is, he is clean when
compared with the horrid looking men
from the Riff coast, descendants of the old
pirates. They are wild and untamed, and
tiercer than wild animals. They do not
even cover their heads. Their heads are
closely shaved after leaving lock by which
they feryently believe Mohammed will pull
them up to heaven. The Jews are very num-
erous. They are known by their peculiar
dresses. They cringe to the dust and put up
with every insult so as to remain in Tan
giers.
The noise and din in the market place is
internal. At least five thousand tongues are
at work. You can hardly force your way
through the crowd. Once in the outskirts
you are lost in great herds of cattle and
strings of loaded donkeys from Barbary.
These little creatures carry wonder
full loads. They look small by the side
of the camels. These animals, re-
lieved of their loads, are lying down in a
circle with their fore-legs tied together
Near them are numbers of goatskin tents,
filthy in the extreme, and only high enough
to sit under. The confusion is terrible. Some
of the men are banging en- drums, and others
are playing the khutah, which is infinitely
worse than the Moorish drum.
On passing through two gates we came to
fountain. 1t was surrounded by mob of
water carriers. Tattered rags futtered over
their naked legs. They fought fiercely for
precedence in filing their water skins. Wo-
men whose faces were covered with the ex-
ception of an eye, crouched on the ground
near by, selling bread. The magnificent
Moor, in flowing white robe and spotless
turban, strutted majestically by, not
deigning to cast his naughty glance
at us. The streets swarmed with children in
various costumes. The small shops were
packed with men sitting cross-legged. Above,
below, around and beneath there was dirt of
every description. Fortunately for US, the
viler smells had been tempered by recent
rains. In summer the stencil is said to be
almost unbearable.
This morning we were awakened early by
great noise. We heard cries, shouts, the
beating of drums, the firing of guns, and the
steady tramp of animals, biped and quadru-
ped. These were the thousands who had
filed the ''soko' returning to their homes
in Fee. Morocco, and the great desert of Sa-
hara. There is, however, dense resident
population
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03
Electric Light Fatality.

A European journal relates that a few
months since workmen employed upon some
constructions on the bank of the river Dnie-
per, in Central Russia, employed the electric
light to enable them to prosecute their labors
at night. The brilliant rays of light attract
ed SO many millions of nocturnal moths,
beetles and other insects that from time to
time it was necessary to stop work and set all
hands to destroying the clouds of winged vic
Tins that frequently completely obscured the
light. This suggested the idea of employing
the electric light to destroy nocturnal insects
prejudicial to agriculture, and experiments
in that direction are to be tried next spring.
Not only to insects, but to fish, the light
proved fatally attractive. Its rays, directed
to the surface of the water, drew together
vast quantities of all the fishes found in the
'Dnieper, and when within the charmed field
of illumination they lay crowded together in
masses, seemingly blinded and supplied.
The workmen, improving the opportunity,
made notable haul of fish.
The insurance of Powers g. Weigetman' IS
chemical works, Philadelphia. is $3.50, 800.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03
yho Is the Pr,uce of JVaterlooe

The name sounds strange to English ears,
but it is familiar enough in Belgium, where
it is known to appertain to the duke of Well
ington. A Nivelles newspaper contains an
announcement of a proximate sale of trees
upon tbs domain known as the'Bois de Niv-
elles," by order of Ellis Grace Arthur Rich
ard, Duke of Wellington, Prince of Water
loo" This extensive estate was conferred
upon the Iron Duke by his countrymen as an
additional testimony of their gratitude fol
Waterloo, and to give some sort of local color
to his title of Prince of Waterloo. The Bel
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,
ST. PAUL, February 1, 1884.
I, A. R. McGill, Insurance Commissioner of the
State of Minnesota, do hereby certify that the
Buffalo German Insurance Company above
named, has complied with the laws of this
state relating to insurance, and is now fully en-
powered through its authorized agents TO trans
act its appropriate business of fire insurance, in
this state for the year ending January 31st, 1885,
A. r. McGILL,
61-63 Insurance Commissioner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03

gian government finds itself much hampered
by this great foreign proprietor, and there
was some talk few months ago of its resum-
ing the fee simple of the domain of Nivelles
and paying the duke an annual rent for it
making him a life-renter, in fact.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03
Reciprocal Treatment.

CHICAGO, March company D, Detroit
light infantry, arrived here this morning
from New Orleans, and welcomed by de-
tachment of the First Illinois regiment by
whom they were entertained during the day
and evening, and left tonight for Detroit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT oP INSURANCE, ?
ST. PAUL, February, 1884.
Ia R. McGill, Insurance Commissioner Of the
state of Minnesota do hereby certify that the Prov
idence Washington Insurance Company above
named, has complied with the laws of this state
relating to insurance, and is now fully empowered
through its authorized agents to transact its ap-
propriate business of fire and inland insurance, in
this state for the year ending January 31st, 1885.
A. r. McGILL,
61-63 Insurance Commissioner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,
ST. PAUL. February, 1884.
I, A. r. McGil, Insurance Commissioner of the
State of Minnesota, do hereby certify that the
Mechanics Fire Insurance Company above
named, has complied with the laws of this
state relating to insurance, and is now fully en-
powered through its authorized agents to trans
act its appropriate business of fire insurance, in
this state for the year ending January 31st, 1885.
A. r. MCGILL,
61-63 Insurance Commissioner
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03

STATE OF MINNESOTA
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,
ST. PAUL, February, 1884.
LAR. McGill, Insurance Commissioner of the
state of Minnesota, do hereby certify that the
American Fire Insurance Company above named,
has complied with the laws of this state relating 10
insurance. and is now fully empowered through
its authorized agents to transact its appropriate
business of fire insurance in this state for the
year ending January 81, 1885.
A. R. McGILL,
61-63 Insurance Commissioner.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03

PRINCIPAL OFFICE, NEW YORK CITY.
F. V. Price. Observation-Disclosures. President.
A c. Milne. Observation-Disclosures. Secretary.