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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23
Open Your window.

American women do not seem TO un-
derstand that they add very much to
their natural nervousness by living in
darkened rooms. Houses from which
the sun is excluded are not wholesome.
There is always, a damp, depressing
condition in them that makes itself
evident at once to sensitive tempera-
ment. The minds and bodies of all
who live in such houses are affected by
it. Both health and spirits are depres-
sed. Their occupants have not only
the depressing effect Of the lack Of light
and seem to contend against 1t, but the
reaction consequent upon living in un-
wholesome conditions. All the rooms
in the house should have both light and
sunshine freely admitted at all times,
whether they are in daily use or not.
They are thus kept sweet, and are in
good condition when they are wanted.
Many woman and child has been sac
rificed to save the carpets and keep on.
the flies. Many a fit of illness has re-
suited from the same cause. Many a
disappointed, cherries life can be ira
ced back to sunless rooms as begin
ming. Multltudes of women and child
rem are only half living to day because
only half fed. Sunshine and light and
air are as much food for the body and
soul as the fruits and grains and vege-
tables that we take into our stomachs
and we cannot get surfeit of them as
of food. The more we have the better
Open your windows wide, then, my sis
ters, and let the sun, that always car
rles health in its rays, have free access
to every part of your home. Screens
will keep ont the flies, and if you have
occasion to temper the heat of the sun
use a white curtain that can be rollet
:" kown at will.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23

The fisher OF the craD has come to the
conclusion, and for the past five or six
years many thousands of hard shells
have been caught and transplanted to
the Great South Bay, on Long Island,
where all the conditions are favorable
to the crab-sandy beaches and rushes
ad libitum. Even now the result of this
transportation is seen IN the important
number of soft crabs which are caught
on Long Island and brought to the New
York market-a number which con-
stantly' increases, while the importation
from the Shrewsbury diminishes. There
is something i'll the luscious flavor of
the latter that Is far superior to the
Long Island article. There is believed
TO be some food in the Shrewsbury uD-
known to us which makes the crab fat
and Juicy and highly-favOred. The in
dustry of crab-catching, as an industry,
is therefore perhaps not less profitable
but more sparsely followed than it was.
The prices obtained are better than they
used TO be, and even in the middle of
the season the fisherman will ask you on
the spot g or - 80 a dozen for crabs
which few years ago might have been
bought very easily for 81.
Indeed the fishing industries of the
Shrewsbury at old Nauvoo have
been falling off in every way the past
few years. Bluefish, which used to be
plenty as blackberries in these waters,
are disappearing, owing, no doubt, TO
the excessive catch of menhaden which
is constantly going on. When the last
menhaden shall have been caught the
last bluelish will have disappeared.
You may at all times see a half dozen
steam vessels opposite the coast SCOOP
ing up millions of these fish each week.
/ The crab goes as the bluefish goes,
and both will before long be high-pric-
ed luxury on the table of New Workers.
The crab, like the oyster, must be cul-
tivated. He is not, like the bluefish,
nOmadic. He has home and sticks to
it in spite of all the depredations of hu-
man kind. Yet that species of crab
which produces the soft shell exists only
in our waters. His existence and his
favor are unknown elsewhere.
During the season, which extends
from May until September, 1900 people
are engaged in the soft shell crab busI-
ness as fishermen, middlemen and re-
tailers. Its one of the important trades
of the summer season, and proves pro-
fitable. Though nothing has been done
about it, there is a widespread feeling
that it is before long coming to an end,
or will be so diminished that the men
engaged in it will have to make living
elsewhere.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23
LuNmry OF New YORK.

The luxury of New York life Is ever
increasing. Here is picture of house
which has become famous for its hospi-
tality. The present mansion represents
the results of two houses turned into
one. At the right, as one enters, is the
library, rich in brio a. brac, and cur
tanned with Gobelin tapestry. The
hostess receives there in the afternoon.
Next comes a little music-room in blue
and gold, containing cabinets with
cnoice specimens of bric-a-brac, and
enameled clocks and watches. One
passes through this into tie banquet
hall. which is twenty-five feet square.
Gobelin tapestry lines the walls, covers
the table. and borders the curtains.
The crimson plush portieres have ap-
plique work composed of old Spanish
saddlebags, and are bOrdered with gold
and silver embroidery derived from al
tar cloths. There is :. portrait OF the
young daughter of Il e house, from the
brush of Carolus Duran, over the fire.
place. Ancestral plate is heaped upon
a massive sideboard. and the cabinet
contains celebrated dessert service of
English porcelain, designed expressly
from some of Angelica Kaufman's most
celebrated paintings, and valued at about
:. 800. The square table seats about
twenty-four gue rs, and when covered
with superb varieties of roSeS-always
one color, pink, Ted or yellow-and gilt.
tering with soup plates of gold repousse
work, presents brilliant sight, The
guests are seated in carved high-baci
chairs, and over all IS the tender illu'
mination that comes from silver candel'
abra and lamps shaded in pale blue and
rose color. Six servants wait at the
table. Superb bouquets Of pink roses
tied with pink satin ribbons, and such
substantial souvenirs as yinaigrettes
and bon bonnIeres, are given every
lady.
Use dInner-room opens on the letI
into a billiard-room, where there are
some excellent pictures, aud thence one
emerges into a large, square hal, which
extends to the top of the house. Herr
the Hungarian band is stationed
throughout dinner. The hail has al
enormous fireplace, chairs covered Will
old petit point tapestry, and, for decor
alton, a number of stag heads, shot by
the host on his Scotch moors, north o.
Iverness, This estate costs Sl5,OOO
year, comprises 1900 acres, and cover
a territory of nine miles. From tn
roof to the hall swings lantern, sus.
pended by wrought steel chain. Th'
stairway is of carved oak, and woul'
do credit to an old English mano
house. The ballroom, which opens int
the hall, is large, square apartment
fitted up in the Louis Trelze style
The walls are in white and gold panel
of cupids, painted by some French art
ist, adorn the ceiling, and the gilt fur
niture is covered with crimson and gol'
velvet brocade. The onyx tables
mounted in ormolu, are superb. Tn
room is lighted with candles, and 1t
here that the amiable hostess receives
her guests. The portieres are of alta
cloths, purchased abroad, and remarka
ble for their old Spanish and Italial
embroiderleS.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23
Sleep.

About one pint of air is inhaled at a
breath. A person breathes about Is
a minute during sleep, or two and
quarter hogshead in an hour or Is hogs
head in a night. Every particle of air
is used up in room where there is no
ventilation, in eight hours, and the air
becomes so vitiated, that it is no long
er fit for breathing in an hour or two.
Hence the great Importance of ventila-
tion if refreshing sleep is to be enjoyed.
The bed chamber should be on the Sec
ond or third floor, and its windows
should face the east or south, so as to
have the drying and purifying infu-
ences of sunlight. There should be no
curtains to the bed or windows, nor
garments hanging on the wall. Have
no heavy covering on the body, but
cover the feet and lower extremetles
abundantly, so that the blood is with
drawn from the head and dreaming
prevented. Never go to bed with cold
or damp feet. Retire at regular hour
not later than ten, and rise as soon as
you wake in the morning.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23
Like " ebster.

Many lawyers were seated around,
and, as their wont is, they began to tell
stories.
''When was young man," said
Judge NJ. whose stock of legal an
ecdotes IS inexhaustible, ''tbere was a
lawyer in New York whose name was
R. He was not much of genius,
but he prided himself on being like
Daniel Webster. He got himself up to
resemble the famous lawyer, adopted 4
collar and necktie like his, and wore
his hair In the same fashion. In court
and in private life he affected Webster
ian attitudes and tones and was thor
Oughly satisfied that he was Webster's
counterpart. Vanity was not the only
failing that characterized R. He
never paid his debts when it was posi-
BILE to avoid payment. One day credi-
tor, to whom he owed money for long
time, and whom he had put off with
excuses over and over again, entered
Rs Office. TIE lawyer was seated
at his desk, and on the top OF a book
stand in front of him was a bust OF
Webster.
"'GoOd morning Mr.. R, sad the
creditor, how well you are looking.
Good heavens!" he calculated, raising
his eyes to the bust, what a splendid
likeness; when did you have that takenf'
"'Think It's like, eh?' the lawyer
said, smiling.
"'LikeI' the crediter exclaimed,
why it's marvellous. Who is the sculp-
tor? never saw such fine work. When
did you sit for It?'
"'Ha. ha,' the lawyer laughed gently,
do you think it's good? Well, sup
pose it is. 1t doesn't 1atter anhOw.'
'Flatterl" the creditor said; it is
the very living representation of you.
BY the way, Mr.. R, l called on a
little business, but that splendid bust
drove it out my head-abOut that little
bill, you know. If it's perfectly couve-
nient, and won't incOmmode you, j
should like to have the money
"'Why, certainly, said the lawyer
with gracious air, and forthwith he
produced his pocket-bOok and paid the
| amount.
"As the creditor was quitting thu
office, he paused, with the door IN hi:
hand, and, looking back, SAID.
"'YOu don't suppose I'm such
blank blanked fool as to suppose that
bust was ever intended for you. lt''
no. more like you than it's like Mel
chezldek. ,"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23

oil and mixing it, put it in vials at a
cost of about ! ola cent each. Supplied
with dollars worth of this harmless
and Intellectual stuff, the fakir comes to
me and gets an array of corns which L
removed with knife, and then starts
out. He loudly proclaims that his med
icine removed the corns, and sells the
great corn-eradicatOr' at % cents per
bottle. He makes big profits, and, as
his business does not interfere with mine.
| take no particular interest in it. L
have known fakir to sell little pieces
of common soap, such as you buy for .
cents bar, at 10 cents each, and make
several thousand per cent. profit out OF
his own cheek and the creduiity of the
people"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23
vol. XXXNIII.
MAGIC BUTTONS

MI. man pa1r man, beggar man, thief,
- LAWYER, merchant, chietl
!, In, Isabelle, Bessie and Kate,
...I III, sS.,Ii houed the rich man would be her
fate.
,,..,.,r bv button I'll, Bellies row was done;
i,.,,. h.,,' her face brishtened-the rich man had
won
.,-,l ,srhqps he'll be even prince" said
..,r3 veil live in a palace far over the
sea-
r,.- e4s-fs. alas. had buttons four.
NJ, n she counted again, she could make
no more;
x-rs under the collar, where one might
.,,-.-.rr have 10 marry thief!'' they cried.
.s,rs-,bar. chief" 50 counted Kate;
", syvlrthv savage 10 be her mate
~. ,r--h-re buttons on either pocket,
a. .-ir' another beneath her locket.
.-.,,, .,r,a sleeve and two on the other;
:, - ., marry a doctor, rs did her mother.
~ 5..a-'' sighed Kate; "but Cunning to
ward BeSS)
r,.,.,. l.rrsrthan weddinga a thief, guess!
~. s7-ravfu BeSs was nowhere seen;
I,.a looked at Isabelle. What could II
mean2
osrs was vexed." said Belle, "at the way
il came ont,
And ,h-'s in the house crying. 1 havn't a
doubt"
Then hearing step, they turned their eyes
AMI -Le-e stood Bessie, To their surprise.
l. her sunday gown Of pale sky-blue,
Wi,l lis buttons Of silver, bright and new
.T ,rrr.'t marry thief" said Bess,
i,Ar.. S., [ went in 10 change my dress;
r-.r ,..s- d minute, I'm almost through
IN p, .....7-4. q rich man as ICel as youF'
..Dzsr me- cried Belle, in sudden grief,
s.Bv INV new dress I should marry thief
7-I..-l's a dozen buttons, know that well
m how are We ever going 10 tell?'
s.T-'s n, lurnbug," said Kate at last,
Her -airh in the magic vanishing fast;
aT tell YOU a charm can never come true
That denenIs on an extra button or two.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23

thank him for discovering our plans.
They took her away from me, scarcely
granting a moment t. say good-hye.
But that moment was enough for me to
remind her that two years more would
give her power to act for hels self. l
claimed no promise of faithfulness, for
| knew could trust her. Tney took
her away; could do nothing"
"Oh, how cruel How could you
bear it ?''
81 don't know. 1t was like being
stunned by a heavy blow; for time
the sense of pain was crushed out by
the shock. But the cruellest exper-
ience of all was that L could not hear a
word of her. l wrote again and again ;
but your father was in India, and her
other brothers were but boys, and there
was no one to take my part. She was
watched continually; some old hag in
Mr.. Scott's pay was with her always.
Pity her, jamie, spending the long
dreary days here where you have been
SO happy. She spent hours in the gar
den, L heard afterwards, tending her
flowers till she grew toe weak TO do
anything but lie on the sofa by the win
dow and look at the sky. was in It
ally, making home for her. 1t was so
bright and tasteful all the little things
l knew she liked l gathered together,
and / was almost happy in the work.
The two years passed, and l got the few
weeks holiday had bargained for, and
started to bring her home. L could not
sleep, / could not rest; feverish anX-
iety had seized me and | Travelled
night and day till Rylands was reached
and only a mile or two parted us. |
could not ask after her-something
checked my speech-and / started OF
once more to walk across the moor. You
know the way, Janie-over the moor,
down the long meadow by the bridge,
and through the churchyard. 1t was
sunny evening, and, as l passed be-
tween the graves, the sunshine sbone
whitest on white cross just off the
path. You know it, jamie it was quite
new then, and the letters were freshly
cut. | read them at glance-Nellle
name She had died month before. "
jamie could not bear 10 hear any
more her tears bad long been running
silently down her cheeks, and now heI
composure broke down altogether.
''Don't-don't cry so, my jamie. Deal
Nellie has been all these years in heav'
en-, and you have come TO make 1t al
up to me. But you can understand
now why on that first evening your eye:
had such charm for me-the only eye:
cared to look into since she was lost
to me. | loved you first for Nellie;
sake; but l wooed and won you fol
your own, my darling ~
And at his eager words the painful
feeling of jealousy of the dead that had
been in Janie's heart as she listened L
the story died :. way for ever.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23
Paper Bottles.

A great trade in paper bottles is grow
ing up in Germany and Austria. Ten
per cent. Of rags, forty of straw, and
fifty of brown wood pulp are used in
making them. Thin paper IS coated
and impregnated with solution COM
posed of sixty per cent. of defbrinated
fresh blood, thirty five of lime, and five
of sulphate of ammonia; dry and coat
again;' put ten or twelve sheets togeth-
er and then dry in heated moulds under
pressure. They are made in two pieces
and Joined afterward, and are said to
be perfectly proof against spirits and
other liquids.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23
she Left Him Watching.

She was reclining on a steamer-chair
out on the front stOOp, looking wistful-
ly in the cleaning.
''Are you admiring that natural eteh-
ing of the poplars softly limned against
tire sky?"
"NO," she replied.
Are you watching to see the first
star or the first fire-fly?"
"No," she responded.
care ycu watching to see the lazy
kline come wading hOmeward through
yonder splashing brOOk?''
al am not"
care you wrapt in pleasant dreams,
listening to the robins vesper song, or
awaiting the mellow rhythm of the cur
few bell?"
81 am not"
sThen you are looking for some
one?n
'I ann she said, as she opened and
closed her ivory fan.
II see," replied the other; 81 suppose
you are greatly interested in him?"
"Yes, l am, if you must know"
.'Is he handsOme?"
"No. he Is not. He is red-headed,
bow-legged, freckled, and has but one
eye"
"Then, he must be wealthy"
"No," she replied. she is poor"
"Then, why do you want such a
MANI"
'Beeause 1 am hungry"
sAh, 1 see-hungry. Is he going to
bring you caramels?"
"NO.''
"Ice-cream?"
"No; but if you must know, am
looking for our fisherman. He prom
ised to have the CLAIMS here by this
time, and if he doesn't hurry it will be
too late to have clam soup for dinner.
dote on clans; and while close my
eyes in reyery, will you kindly watch
and let me know if you see canvas
backed clam-wagon etching against the
purple ringlets of the glOamingp"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23

mi. man. Door man, beggar man, thief,
- L., i,vgysr, merchant, chiefI
~ s,nr Isabelle, Bessie and Kate,
..I s5rh hoped the rich man would he her
fate.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-03-28
Age Of Cyprus Statuary.

A recent lecturer says: "Thc qucs-
ton as to the age Of Cypriote statues
is open to much discussion. Those hav-
ing Egyptian garments have been con
jecturally placed rs far back as be-
tween 1000 and 1000 B. c., when Egyp
controlled the east. Those supposed
to be clothed in Assyrian style are as
signed to some period between 1000
and 400 B. c., when Assyria and
Babylon held sway. The remainder
fall into the period extending from 500
b. c., when Greek customs came to
prevail, down to the fall of the Roman
Empire. A comparison Of the more
primitive statues with one another and
with Egyptian monuments does not,
however, confirm this broad chro-
nology, and it seems far more probable
that even what has an Egyptian tinge
belongs to IA late date, the style of the
hcaddrcss being like that worn by
Egyptians in Psammeticho's time, and
not earlier. The discovery at
Salamis, by Ohnefalsch-Rich of OBJ
jects, apparently of great antiquity, in
juXtapOsitiOn with coins of the Roman
age, shows clearly that the reproduce
tion of ancient forms was there kept
up to latest time. - Eclccttc.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-03-28

was all blood, my collar was unbut-
toned, and | looked as though had
been trampled on. After paying the
young lady, took my departure, and
swore that if ever | was troubled with
tooth-acle again, | would take poison.
ana not go to female dentist, and die
by inches"
Inc conductor expressed his sympa-
thy' told MIN to brace up, and then
went on taking up tickets -PeckS
,Sun.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-03-28
e.
The Clothes Pin as a Civilizer.

"
A New York Tribune reporter called
recently on Wholesale dealer in
clothes pins. The store house where
the merchant kept his stock was filed
with bales and sacks. Hundreds of
thousands of clothes pins were there.
The proprietor patted a huge bale with
Il gentleness suggestive of appreciative
affection and discourscd after this man
ner:
"Clothes pins are one of the staple
exports of this country. In the spring
millions are shipped to Europe. the
majority being sent to England and
France. A family in England without
clothes pins would be like plum pud-
ding without the pudding There are
five factories in this country which
manufacture over $4,000. .000,0 900 of
clothes pins annually. They are sit
uated in New Haven, Jerses City, Phila-
delphia, Chicago and Boston. The
lumber which is taken from the Adiron-
dack forests, the spruce especially, is
nearly all used in making clothes pins,
but they are of inferior quality and sell
at wholesale for twenty-five cents II
gross. They are soft and apt TO split
upon the line. The yellow pine, maple
anu hickory are the best woods for
pins, as they season easily and the
dampness of the washing does not
spring them. The greater por-
ton of the wood comes from
Maine, and to tell you how
many thousands of feet of the
good pine woods of that state find their
way into clothes pins would astonsh
you. 1t takes only a foot of wood six
inches in thickness to produce nearly
800 pins The block of the dimensions
| have given you is divided into 2SS
pieces, which are thrown into an auto
matte turning machine capable of turn
ing out 800 pins every ten minutes, and
the square pieces of wood. thrown into
the machine by the bushel, come out of
it with the neatly turned head and the
smooth slot which fits SO snugly over
the clothes line. The domestic trade
in clothes pins is calculated roughly at
80, SOC, 100000 yearly. They sell 1T
wholesale for 20 cents Il gross for
spruce, 20 l-2 cents for pine, u l-2 and
% cents for maple, and % for hickory.
1T is singular fact that clothes
pins are seldom used in the extreme
south. There the clothing is doubled
over the line and allowed to hang un-
til dry, which, owing to the warmth of
the climate, is a matter of Il short time.
We first began to exporting clothes
| pins to Europe in large quantities in
lS4S, and as the duty on them in for
eign ports is only nominal, we can sell
them cheaper than they can bc made
there The American clothes pin is Il
civilizcr in no slight degree, for where
a pin is needed, a washing of clothing
is essential; a clean person after clean
clothing is demanded, and if 'cleanli-
less is next to godlincss, then the mod
est pine clothes pin is Il missionary to
be bought by the gross.