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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13
a Roman Circus.

Rome IS astir early,-citIZens and
strangers, slaves and soldiers, all are
hurrying toward the great pleasure
ground of 1tome-the Circss Maximus.
With flutes playing merrily, with
swaying standards and cleaning sta
tues, with proud young cadets, with
priests, and guards with crested helms,
skilled performers, restless horses, and
glittering chariots, down the Sacred
street winds a long procession, led by
the boy magistrate, Marcus OF Rome,
the favorite of the Emperor. 1t passes
INTO the great circus and files into the
arena; two hundred thousand excited
people-think, boys, of circus-tert
that holds two hundred thousand
people2-rise to their feet and welcome
it with hearty hand-clappng. The
trumpets sound the prelude, the young
magistrate, (standing in his SuJgestose
or state box) filings the mdppa, or white
flag, into the course as a signal fdf the
start; and, as a ringing shout goes up,
four glittering chariots, rich in their
decorations of gold and polished ivory,
and each drawn by four plunging horses
lllCil althCN obhAlo skllu llatou
around the track. Green, blue, red,
white--the colors of the drivers-streaIn
from their tunics. Around and around
they go. Now one and now another is
ahead. The people strain and cheer,
and many a wager Is laid as to the
victor. Another shoutl The red
chariot, turning too sharply, CRATES
against the meta, or short pillar that
stands at the upper end of the track,
guarding the low central wall; the
horses rear and plunge, the driver
struggles manfully to control them, but
all III vain; over goes the chariot, while
the now maddened horses dash wildly
On until checked by mounted attendants
and led off to- their stalls. ''Blae!
biue!' ''Greenl greenl" rise the varying
shouts, as the contending chariots
struggle for the lead. White is far
behind, Now comes the seventh or
final round. Blue leads! No, green is
aheadl Neck and neck they go down
the home stretch magniflcently, and
then the cheer of victory is heard, as.
with final dash, the green rider strikes
the white cord first and the race Is
wonl
Now, in the interval between the
races, come the athletic sports, foot
racing and wrestling, rope-dancing and
high leaping, quoitrthrowing and javeln
matches. One man ruRS a race with "a
feet Cappadocian horse; another expert
rider drives two bare-bIcked horses
twice aronnd the track, leaping from
IL. l..
Can you see any great difference be-
tween the circus performance OF A. d;
13S and one of A. d. 1884?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13
Costumes In Athens.

One of the great attractions OF stroll
through modern Athens is to note the
variety of costumes. The most curious
and the most striking is the Albanian,
which the Greeks have adopted as the
national dress. 1t consists of a black
jacket, cut away, with open sleeves,
and rich embio derry; a red waistcoat
and q white embroidered shirt. The
breeches are of blue, close fitting;
stockings of white or blue; red gsiters
and red leather shoes without heels,
pointed. upturned and long. Round
the wsist is u leathern girdle, from
which prOtrudes an alarming display of
pistols and knives such as are affected
by the Bedouin; the head is covered
with q high fez, or long silk tassel,
which sways abo1t as the wearer walks.
The principal part OF the dress Is the
white ''fustanella," kiited shirt of
linen starched and WON over the breech-
es. Sometimes as many as sixty yards of
linen are used In a "fustanella," and
the effect is rather that of q burlesque
on a ballet dancers costume. 1t is a
curious sight for foreigners to see a
Hi hland regiment march out, but it is
a lar more curious sight for an English
man TO see the Greek National corps
parade in this feminine but pictureque
and extravagant costune. The Greek
aitlsan wears costume not unlike the
Turkish, consisting of short dark
Jacket, red wal tcoAt, very wide calico
trousers, worn short and general y blue;
bare legs and buckled shoes. This is
al.o the dress of the Cretars, with the
exception that instead OF wearing shoes
they have high boots, which hide the
bare legs and give bett appearance.
Sometimes ladies may be seen wear
ing the national red cap or the Thes-
saiian headdress-a tiara OF gold and a
Wi. thrown back-but As rule they
dIess III Partisan style. The peasant
women almost invariably wear tine
Albanian costume, and very striking it
Is, consisting Of a long embroidered
pstticoat and white wooden dress over
II, while on their heads and neck are
chains OF coin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13
Poker I'm Kentucky.

Frankfort looks like a country vii
lage and is. The headquarters of the
different candidates that have been
buzZing like beehive all week are de-
serted. The hotel lobbies are empty.
The town Is given over to poker-plfy-
ing and church-gOing.
thought that the poker playing at
the last session was something plenom-
email, but IL Was mid compared vita the
eXceSSeS that some of the stateSmen-are
ndulging III this year. Games are
going on everywhere. All tastes can
be gratited. You can lind games of
one cent ante and ten cents limit and
games of ten dollars ante and whose
limit no man knOweth. There are little
mlnnOwS of gamblers who swim about
IN little private games and great whales
for whom the ocean for limltleSs betting
Is hardly large enough. Considering
that there are few rich men here, tue
betting Is simply amazing. 1t is a
nightly occurrence for u man to lose or
win 500 and several lucky players have
quit SlUUO anead at a sitting AuS.ouiS-
vile politician got into a g4lis the other
night and after losing 500 pulled out
SIUO winner and the game Was not what
IS called large one, either.
And what a list of gamblers Frank
fort can boast of having seen All tie
great names in the State, orators,
statesmen, lawyers, politicians, journal
lsts-tne Intellect of the SsaJe-aavs
for the-greater part Of a century Dseu
concentrated here at sOme4easOns Ofthe
year. They still show you the taols
that Clay played at, ami the Old people
can tell you the very night that Alum
phrey Marshall beat John q. Becken-
ridge. What royaS Old players were
these men Of the olden time JOKES
that were gotten off between the deals
have become the property of the nation.
sentiments that were uttered then have
since become household words. 1t is
conceded that kentuckianS
are the best pOxer players in the world
aud the pdlmS days OF Kentucky poker
playing We're wnen men like MarSnall
SAT at one side OF a table AMI men like
Clay sat at the. other; wuen a man
would burn ais righ5 hand OF before
he would cheat AMI when the usual De5
was Two negroes agIn fifty acres of
bluegrass. But alas and alas Ths
layS-tne royal dayS-0f poker-pldying,
Ike the days OF cnIyalry, are over ami
gone and the time of COLI decks and
run-up hands and market cards is here
aud the glory OF the Old game, has faded
forever.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13

"Oh, well.n | replied. drawing fur

, ''Oh, well," l replied. drawing fur.
ther away again, ''if you do not care
} anything about my waltzing with Miss
, Downs, need not deprive myself of the
pleasure. She is su|erb waltZer."
''She ought to be. am sure that
she is light-headed enough"
''I5 is not necessary for a pretty,
attractive girl to be either a scientist OF
philosopher.
Certainly not. Mr.. Niles has invi.
ted me to ride with him again to-mor-
rev. He has some splendid new
ponies"
''Hang SIr. Niles"
"a little while ago you proposed to
hang Miss Downs. But you, never
will begin to write. Have you not
mended your pencil yet?''
Yes, and L think that we have quar-
relied long enough. 1t is time for the
reconciliation nOw."
"YeS, | agree with YOU"
"Then let us rehearse- it. Lovers
always take each others hands, +" L said,
making a melton to that effect.
ut is not necessary to rehearse IT.
she replied utterly ignoring my intend
ed demonstration.
But We can describe the scene with
far more fervor after practicing little. -
1T IS not necessary or proper" she
replied, with an air of extreme firmness
and rigidty.
"Indeed," 1 persisted, sit is proper
and even laudable, if you will only look
at it from an esthetic.point of view"
81 am not eSthetic."
Yes. you are. And you know
lovers are not satisfied with merely
holding each others hands; they en-
brace aud. kiss" she gave me very
severe glance, but | continued with un-
daunted courage. ~ think that we
had better rehearse the whole thing"
81 think THAT you are very .impu
dent, +" she said,' . with her face turned
away from me.
Il do not mean to be, replied. II
think we should consider this asa liter
AIRY matter altogether and not regard
our own feelings at all"
Yes, she-said, ''but we are not act.
ing, VIC are only writing a play; and
even in acting, amateurs only do those
things in a shadowy sort of way"
''HOw do you meanfn asked. with
great interest and animation.
Il mAn the lover only put his arm
behind the lady, without touching her
at all and kisses the air instead of he's
lips"
VERY shadowy." | remarked, ''and
very unsatisfactory also. How great a
distance do you demand-a quarter of
an inch?'
NO, indeed, fully six inches" she
answered with the utmost gravity.
Let us try IT," l said with gravity
equal to her own, as 1 put py arm be-
hind her on the back ef the scfa. Then
made elaborate and praiseworthy
preparations to kiss the air, but her
eyes looked 50 gentle and SO sweet and
her red lips so tempting that instead of
the air l kissed her.
'+Mr. Vermont" she exclaimed, spring.
ing up Indignantly, with eyes looking
anything but gentle now.
''Oh, Nelly" L cried, don't YOU
know that l love you dearly, dearly?
fell me you are not angry, my darling
i could not help it, to save my life" !"
She was not very much offended,
after all, and we did not talk any more
about the play during that sitting,
which was pretty long one; but We
are to be married next week, and Nelly
says that after / get over being silly We
will write play in good earnest.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13
The Matches Made IN sweden.

Every one has seeh the Swedish
Tstches and wondered at the quaint In
scrIption on the top of the box: "Tand-
stickor, tanda scten syafyel och fosfor. !"
Few, however, are there VINO, when
travelling IN Sweden in the home OF the
taudstickoIs. leave the fiords, rocks and
mrs for day and trace the match back to
lis source. And yet it would more than
repay days sojourn at Jonkoplug to
visit the factory whence proceeds not
small part of the light Of the world. The
latest novelty. only at work for about
month, is aa enormous engine, which
daily produces l, 900, 600 boxes of Swedish
matches. This wonderful machine re-
ceives the raw material, namely, blocks OF
wood, at one end, and after a while gives
up at the other the matches neatly ar
ranged In their boxes, ready to be DIS
patched to the utteruQst ends of the world.
The wood, winch In the course of last
simmer was brought over to Jonkoping to
oe made into matches filed tvAnry
steamers and eight sailing vessels
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13
Beliefs of the Rarbsrs.

There 1t goes for the SecOnl tims
this week, petulantly calculated bar
Der In a Chicago tOnsOrlal pirlOr, as he
held up razor and looked a: in a puz-
zled manner. He strOpped the blade
and again applied 1t to tine chin of the
Soap-DedauOed man In his chair. The
FACIAL contOrtloHS OF the mln, the r.ssp-
ing sound and the look of disgust on the
BARRIERS face plainly showed that all
was not right. He tried several razors,
but they would not work. Then he
borrowed a razor from the boss and sue
ceeded IN Scraping some OF the hair from
the face OF the customer. Judging
from the remarks of the customer after
the operation WAS performed, he scrdped
something more than hair. After the
man left the barber went to the boss
and said:
That razor has gone back on me
again." He spoke as though ali hope
had Departed
That's your fault" cody observed
the boss. Didn't tell you to put it
near the stove when We locked up last
night? You can't expect a razor to
stand by ysu II you neglect to treat 1t
right"
The barber went back to his chair,
and reporter of the. Daily News be-
sought the boss TO tell him something
about razors.,
Livery barber has his pet razor" he
began. Whenever a beard comes III
that can't be touched by any of the
rcgularrazor the barber takes out his
box and picks out his favOrite razor.
The barber believes that that particular
razor will cut any beard, an its pre-
ylOus performances makes this belief
reasonable. Gradually he begins to
respect that razo< and TO devote especial
care to it. When it goes back on him
he is lost. He almost believes that the
razor is Il thing of life. Why, 1 have
seen BARRIERS accuse another of ''hoo-
dooing' their pet razor.
= What is the matter with this bar
ber'S razor? L see he is soaking it in
hot water, ',said the reporter.
Cold weather and undue exposure.
The edge of a razor is very delicate
thing. Heat and cold affect it. Under
a strong magnifying glass, the edge of
razor, which has been exposed to the
cold, would seem like saw. Hot
water throws the little particles back
into place and makes the edge smooth.
y sudden change in the weather always
affects the razors in a barber shop snd
the tempers of the barbers,"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13
How Some Writers Write.

Among the noveIists OF to day the
. women are apparently more careful as
to the neatness and legibilIty Of their
MSS. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
is a precise writer, putting into her
stories Just SO many hundred words,
telling her publisher the exact number
beforehand. Miss Louise Alcott affects
a back-hand style. making her letters
clearly and putting her words far apart,
so that they are easily read. Miss
Fletcher, "Kismet's" authorr writes 50
evenly and distinctly that her pages
have the appearance of being engraved,
and are suggestive of much rewriting
and care.
The copy of Jean Ingelow shows uD-
certain, almost childish, characters,
traced on an unruled surface, Norah
Perry inclines to violet ink and has a
lowing, extremely graceful handwrit-
ing, together with habit of scentlng
her paper. Mrs. A. ID. 7. Whitney
has an Italian style OF chIrography,
and scrawls but few words In a line,
and style neither easy to read nor
pretty to look at. Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps writes with tremulous hand
of an aged woman, and Lucy Larcom's
writing also looks as if the hand that
welded the pen was old and stiff.
Jennie June" (Mrs. Croly) writes
easily and legIbly, as does also "Grace
Greenwood Mrs. Lippincot }. Emily
Faithful writes In an English, mascu-
line hand. Julia Hawthorne makes
her characters clearly, but her writing
is SO fine as almost to require a micro
scope to define it. Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe wastes no time on shading her
letters, and has way oil putting pecu-
liar twists to them that look funny, and
yet don't make them illegible. Mrs.
Celia Thaxter is always careful to leave
margin to the lett of her page; but
writes back hand, and is liable to sun
Off the sheet to the right. Mr.
Mary Booth of Harper's Basar writes
uneveniy, but easily; Mrs. Louise
Chandler Moulton is the model writer;
puuctuates, capitalis S a ndparagraphs
with utmost exactness. Once, at IA
New York press dinner, George William
Curtis proposed her health as the con-
tIlbutor who furnishes perfect copy.
Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell of the
Womesa's Journal is said to jot down
her ideas on whatever kind OF paper Is
handiest-old envelopes or circulars
in handwriting awkward and Uniformed
with many erasures and Paragraph
marks.
Among the men, VIM. d. Howells'
writing is cramped and irregular.
Henry James writes firmly, with heavy
ink, his letters looking as though made
with a quill. L, B. Aldrich writes SO
hastily that his characters seem but
half formed. Mark Twain's penman-
ship is business-llke and perfectly piain,
but he uses often Typewriter. Dr.
Holmes writing is exceedingly neat;
ne Goes it with ease and rapidity; ana
George Parsons Lathrop sends copy to
the printer that, though rather nervous
ly written, Is correctly punctuated, and
has all the printers marks added.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13

A neaC form of window is being intro
duced IN Lcndoa, England, for pre-
venting accidents in cleaning and secur-
ing good ventilation. Tne two side
bars oil each OF a pair of ordinary SASH
frames are divided into two parts verti-
caliy, and the part Carrying the glass is
swiveled or pivoted in the side pieces
at point Central to its height. The
frame with the glass is held in position
by two small bolts IN the top rail, which
shoot into the side strips, When this
latter fastening is effected tine two
sashes may slide up and down in the
ordinary way. 1t will be seen that to
clean this kud OF window there Is nc
necessity for servants to 60 outside.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13

\ combined harrow, roller, seeder
and cultiyator has been patented by a
Portland, Ore man. The harrow
teeth are bent upward and backward
with reference to the direction in which
the harrow revolves. to beat down and
pulverize clods to the Disadvantage, but
the teeth are screwed into the cylinder
SO they can be changed for another form
for different kinds Of work, and the har-
row may be raised or lowered or sus-
pended above the ground. There is a
detachable roller shell, and over the
harrow IS seed hopper, in which a ro-
tary seed dropper may be arranged
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13
Goop-BYE OR HOwDY-DO.

Say goodbye or howdy-do--
What's the odds betwixt the two?
Comin'-goin'-ever day
Best friends first 10 60 away
Grasp of hands you'd ruther hold
Than their weight in solid gold,
Slips their grasp while greetin' you,-
Say goodbye or howdy-do?
Howdy-do, and then goodbye
Mixes jest, laugh and cry;
Deaths and births, and worst and best,
Tangled their contrariest;
Ev'ry jinglin' weddin' bell
Skeerin' up some funeral knell-
Here's my song and there's your sigh
Howdy-dO, and then good-byel
Say goodbye or howdy-do-- q.
Jest the same 10 me and you;
'Taint worth while TO make no fuss,
Cause the jobs put up on usi
Someone's Iunnin' this concern
That's got nOthin' else TO learn
Ii he's willin' we'll pull through.
Say goodbye or howdy-do?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13
Power of Betting.

Horse-p power OF Il belt equals velocity
In feet per minute, multiplied by the
width-the sum divided by 1000. One
inch single, moving at 1000 feet per
mlnute-1 horse power. Double belts
about 200 feet per minute, per inch
width b. p. For double belts of
great length, over large pulleys, allow
ABOUT sou feet per minute, per inch OF
width per horse power. Power should
be communicated through lower run
nIuPside of a belt; the upper side 10
carry the slack. Average breaking
weight of a belt, i6 x1 inch wide
leather, $50 pounds; 8 ply rubber 600
pounds. The strength of a belt increa-
ses directly as It's width. The co-etii-
cient of safety for laced belt is-Lti-
ther-l-16 breaking weight. Rubber
breaking weight,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13

CELERY bold in little milk favored
with salt and thickened with a little
flour makes an excellent sauce for
boiled mutton,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13

A hard-working young man with his
wits about him will make money while
others will do nothing but loose IT.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-13

Two thicknesses of newspapers make
a good lining for apple barrels.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-16

one claiming right to the title of
Reverend" dignity was apparent
ly given to the arraignmcnt; when
the Post exposed the real character
Of Ball, it seemed to many that strip
ping the borrowed coat from min
ister's shoulders was sin next to
sacrilege, but when the Independents
of New York endorse these accusa-
tons against the man, expose his
motives, and give the true character
of our candidate, that turn in the
tide of public sentiment Is reached
which will surely lead to fortune
Says the report:
"The two clergyman whose pro-
| fession has been invoked to give
weight to these charges nave no per-
sonal knowledge of the facts, and un-
der the circumstance could not pos
sibly have such knowledge. They
have yentured to state as facts known
to themselves stories which rest upon
the merest hearsay, and which, when
traced to their alleged sources, are
in every case denied by the persons
to whom they are ascribed."
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-16
THE PREACHER IN POLITICs.

In proper place, all things are re
spectacle 1t is only when the In
sect, however disgusting, interferes
with our rights that no sin attends
his determination. In his native
haunts attention and enquiry will
demonstrate that the purpose of his
creation was good, and his adapta-
tion thereto most wise.
But when the lower animal bor-
rows the livery of a higher, to serve
the devil in, no terms are harsh en-
ough to characterize his conduct,
and no means too rough to exclude
the thing from contact with us in
daily life. Most of all, when the re-
pulsive features and worse purpose
is hid in the garb which borrows
sanctity from the profession of re-
ligion, the sharpest measures are JUS
tifiable and even praiseworthy.
When the charges made against
Gov. Cleveland were brought bv
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-16
OUR FIRE COMPANIES.

The city of Palatkg is now par
TALLY provided with means for
prompt warfare with the confagra-
tion which we all expect Water is
yet needed in many parts of the
city, and engines, however costly,
cannot be trusted to extinguish the
flames by their mere presence. This
defect should be corrected.
In our wooden town where the
flames, once under way, spread with
such fearful rapidity fed by the
Florida pine, other preparations are
necessary than those intended to ex-
tinguish the flames only The rapid
march and terrible sounds accom-
panying an extensive confiagratiOn
bewilder the brain and paralyze the
energies so that flight is often i'm
possible and lives are often lost. 70
guard against this possibility, the
hook and ladder company was or
gained 1t is composed of valua-
and trustworthy material capable of
aifording protection both to life and
property wheneverneeded To obtain
the usual equipment was the first ne
ceSsity, and the full armament has
been ordered, and is now shipped
from New York These gentlemen
have freely contributed of their
: money and time, but a small sum is
yet lacking, and must be raised be
fore the reception of the truck
Here the good citizens of the town
may show their public spirit with
advantage to themselves and the
community in general Otherwise
the members of the company viii
use their own funds TO ensure THEN
adequate equipment Many citizen,
have already contributed most gen
erously; in justice to them no hin
drance will be allowed to interfere
with the plans of the company a
this late day.