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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27

| them a vapOr which covers the whole
country like a thick tog for weeks at {
Hme, and which is densely impregnatet
with salt. This settles upon the sur
rounding vegetation and upon the sur.
face Of the lakes in the heavy saline in
crustation. But larger and more i'm
pOrtant than any other known deposit
OF salt in any form, is the great sal
mine of Wieliczka i. in Galicia, a province
of Poland-where the layer of salt Ii
said to run under the Carpathian noun
tains for five hundred miles ina stratum
twenty miles broad and twelve hundred
feet deep.
| Imagine mass Of salt extending
from Boston to Buffalo, as broad as the
distance between Boston and Lowell
and IS deep as the heighth of Mount
| Tom in Massachusetts,.
In this immense mine, some of the
shafts of which are sunk about tel
miles southeast of Cracow, nearly the
whole number Of the population (esti
mated ten years ago 1t 4, ,945. are EN-
| ployed.
These mines were discovered in 123s
by shepherd named Wielicz, and the
work upon them has continued from
that time TO the present, and has been
; the chief source of Polish revenue. They
yield now about $1,000 tons of salt a
year.
Many most curious features are con.
tanned in these most strange depths,
which extend horizontally in four stories
Of fields, one below the other. In one
Of the stories the visitor is 70 wed across
a large lake. In all OF them the exea-
vations are remarkable in size, some OF
them enclosing chapels OF which that
dedicated to st. Anthony is thirty feet
high. and contains images of saints
cut out of the solid saline rock
which is so pure as to resemble mar
bic.
In some of the vaults are stables for
the immense number of horses employed
in the mines, and in others large store
houses are used for protecting the hay
and other food provided for their use.
Some OF the vaults are supported by
heavy timbers, but most of them by
pillars of the salt itself, left un-
bOUCuCu D1 luc tACdf AUS lOl lllAS pun
pose.
Other rooms of vast dimensions are,
however, entirely unsupported. Cox,
in writing OF his visit to these mines,
says: Zone Of these chambers without
pillars was certainly eighty feet in
helghth, and so extremely long and
broad as almost to appear, amid
the subterraneous gloom. without
limit"
The air in the mines is very dry, no
moisture being perceptible in them.
The air is bracing, and the miners who
work in them six or eight hours day
are free from the diseases usually at
tacking their class, and attain generally
to the ordinary age of their fellow-men
employed above ground.
In Spain, salt is generally found in
large masses above ground, forming at
Montserrat hill of five hundred feet in
height and of a circumference of sixteen
thousand feet.
At Cordone, in Catalonia, there is a
layer of about six inches Of fertile soil
above the stratum of salt.
Here and there is high promotory
Of salt of deep red color, and among
the grottos and chasms intersecting the
cham Of hills of which this promontory
is the termination, the salt crystals hang
in many colored stalactites like great
punches Of grapes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27
VOL. XXXVIII.
Under THE CHESTNUT BOUGHs.

There's a lad tonight far out ut sea
He may never be home again,
Rut. whether or not he comes back 10 me
Nv heart is his own, as when
w. were side by side on a DAY long fled,
When heard his eager VOWS,
And bluShed at the tender words he said
Under the chestnut boughs
They tell me sailor 5 heart is bound
By bonds that break at a breath;
Others, perhaps, such love have found,
But his will be mine till death.
But whether he sleeps beneath the wave
Or over the crest he ploughs,
must always he true TO the pledge gave
Under the chestnut boUghs.
1t would grieve me less if the news were
brought
That he died in a far-Off sea
Than if slit ing alone tonight, Thought
He could ever be false TO me-
The lowland in winter garb Is clad,
Snow covers the mountain browS;
No longer stand beside my lad
Under the chestnut bOughs.
But 1 feel that my love will come back
some day
From over the stormy sea,
As loyal and true as hen, going away,
He whispered farewell IN me.
NV heart goes out by the fuam-hecked
shore,
And never doubt allows;
We shall surely stand, as We stood before,
Under the chestnut boughs,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27
Heads and Tails.

In an alley off Griswold street
Detroit, shortly after noon, severa
people saw middle-aged man anC
woman sitting fiat on the snow, while
the lap of the lady was fairly covered
with greenbacks which the pair were
counting. The presence of spectator.
did not stop the count nor seem tC
annoy the counters, but after the pile
had been handled over, bill by bill, the
man called out:
''Durn my buttons, but we've missed
it againl''
"What are you doing2" asked one OF
the spectators.
"Why, I've drawed 5000 from the
bank, and We are counting it over to
see if it's all right" Sand isn't it?''
''NO. Icounted fust and made 3610.
Then the old woman counted and made
$500. Then counted and made $500,
and now she's handled the pile and
there's $685."
''And Pm right" said the woman.
81 don't believe itl' he replied.
''You never went to skule day in
your life, and what do you know about
counting?"
''And when did you go to skule?''
she hOtly demanded. 'If thar's $500
in that pile I'll eat every dollar Of itl''
''I'll count for you," said one of the
spectators, and in about five minutes
he announced that the sum total was
an even $780,"
A secondfwas asked to count it, and
he made the total the same.
THAT'S all right" said the old man
as he stuffed the ''wad" Into his over.
coat pocket and rose up.
81 don't know about that,r added
the wife. "S'posen we git home ant
find we are $50 short?"
'You come alongl" he commanded
'sDon't you see that we have both of u:
made a show of our ignorance? I'n
a thinkin' of runnin' fur the Legisla.
tur'? and you are boss of two sewin
societies, and here we've went and LEI
on that We don't know 'nuff to count
up drove o. hogs and make tails tall,
with the headsl''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27
Painted Tech.

The sign ''Artist in teeth" hangs
from second-story window in Four
teenth street, near Sixth avenue, New
York. The artist talked freely about
his business, which consists in paint
ing gold among gentlemen's teeth
He says: mo longer does perfectly
white, sound sst of teeth attract atten-
ton of favorable nature. If gentle
man has not cracks in his teeth he must
either go to a dentist and have them
made, or else come to me and have sew
eral of his teeth painted to give the i'm
preston that they are filled. The loud
est laughers at the Vanderbilt ball were
gentlemen who sat in my chairs pre-
viously. The gold leaf wears away in
time, but it is not injurious and can
easily be replaced. A gentleman doesn't
care for being fixed up in style to go to
his business, but at theseason of the year
we are reap;ng the harvest of society
events, and as you see by looking inside
my workroom there is enough work to
keep 20 men moving pretty lively. The
charge is only 75 cents for front tooth
and 81 rs fora grinder. The back teeth
are harder to get at, hence the increase
Of price. For 81 a man can put his
mouth in the latest style" A glimpse
into the workrOom showed 16 society
pets with open mouths and 16 bare.
armed painters welding 1e long-hand-
ed paint brushes with golden tips.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27
NO. g..
Drink IL From the Cup.

I" COmnle est-d possible ?'' demanded
the Able. 81 did exactly like the rest
of the company.
"Qllelle dbs,ride - exclaimed the
other ou did a hundred things which
no one else did. First, when you sat
down at the table, what did you do
with your napkin?"
''My napkinl'' Why, Just what every
body else did. | unfOlded it and fas-
tened it to my button-hOle."
"Ah, my dear FRIEND" said Delille.
"you were the only one of the party
who did that. NOOne hangs his napkin
up in that style. They content them
selves with placing it across their knees.
And what did you do when you were
served to soup?"
''Like the others, surely. l took my
spoon in my right hand, and my fork in
my left"
Your fork Who ever saw any one
eat bread out Of their soup plate with
fork before?"
''After your soup, what did you
eat?'' ga fresh egg"
"And what did you do with the
shell?" "Handed it to the servant
"Without breaking 1t up?'
eyes, without breaking it up, of
course"
''Ah, my dear Able, nobody ever eats
an egg without breaking the shell after
wards" exclaimed Able DelIlle.
"And after your egg?''
''I asked the Able RadOnvilliers to
send me piece of the hen near him "
''Bless my soul piece of the hen
One should never speak of hens out of
the hennerry. You should have asked
for a piece of fowl or chicken. But
you say nothing of your manner of ask
ing for wine.n
Like the others, asked for claret
and champagne.
''Let me inform you that one should
always ask for claret wine and cham
pagne wine. But how did you eat your
bread?''
''Surely did that comH1e IL fdm. I
cut it with my knife into small mouth
fuls, and ate it with nv fingers"
BREAD should never be cut, but al
ways broken with the fingers. But the
coffee, how did you manage that?"
1t was rather hot, so poured a lit
tie of it into my saucer and drank it,
''Well, there you committed the
greatest error. You should never pour
either coffee or tea into your saucer,
but always let it cool and drink it from
the cup"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27
Balmy Sleep,

Prominent physicians tell us person
should never be walked except in cases
of urgent necessity. 4 man In his ma
tural state Is healthy. The ailments of
parents are often visited upon the chill
dren, not because it is a source of pleas
ure to the Almighty, but because it is
natures law. One of natures laws is
that a man is benefited by sleep. II 1T
had been intended that a man should
work twenty-four hours nature would
have made the sun shine all the time.
The man who disregards the demands
of his body and mind fer the amount of
rest that nature claims suffers sooner or
later. Nature is the best book keeper
the world ever saw. You may over
draw, but you always pay back the last
penny, and often give up the ransom.
ShylOck demanded of 1ntOniO, and
sometimes even more than the pound of
flesh The man who attempts to steal
from nature finds his mistake.
When a man falls asleep he is in a
shop tor repairs. All the intricate ma
chinery of his body is being overhauled
and put in order for the next days
work. NatWe knows what the tired
body deeds. She lays it on bed, sur
rounds it wit the refreshing air of
night, covers it with darkness. and lets
the man rest. Tired natures sweet
restorer-balmy sleep" twists him, and
as the hours pass by his energies are
renewed, his strength comes back, and.
finally, when the sunlight steals through
the window, he opens his eyes and feels
like new man. If ne is early to bed
he awakes correspondingiy early.
Now. who will go to that mans side
an hour before he opens his eyes, and
say to nature: ''Stand aside and let
him up; he has had enough of rest?''
Well, nature will say: You can take
him if you will. but 1 will charge him
with an hours loss of sleep, and I'll
collect it out of his bones and nerves
and hair and eyes. You can't cheat
'nne, I'll find property to levy on" The
old law used to be eight hours for sleep,
eight hours for the usual vocation, and
eight hours for the service of God.
The day was divided into three equal
parts, and each part was devoted to its
own purpose. Do we obey the prompt
tingS of the inner life, and give both
soul and body their needful rest and rec
reation? a day of settlement will
surely come, when each one will see
how his bank account stands with his
Maker.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27

If other persons share the curiosity /
have had, says writer, as to the
origin of many familiar old sayings,
they may like to have here the explain
alton of some such, which | found
recently in an English book. The ma
jOrity of these proverbial sayings are, L
suppose, of old date, and come down to
us from our English or Dutch FORE
fathers. Here is the origin of the ex-
preston tick" for credit. which l
have always taken to be quite modern
slang. 1t seems, on the contrary, that
1t is as old as the seventeenth century,
and is corrupted from ticket. as a
tradesman's bill was then commonly
called. On tick was on ticket.
Humble pie" refers to the days
when the J ngiish forests were stocked
with deer, and venisOn pastry was
commonly seen on the tables of the
wealthy. The inferior and refuse por-
tions of the deer te.med the ''umbles,"
were generally appropriated to the
poor, who made them into pie; hence
tumble pie'' became suggestive of
poverty, and afterward was applied to
dsgradatIons of other kinds.
"A wild goose chase" was a sort of
racing, resembling the flying of wild
geese, in which, after one horse had
gotten the lead, the other was obliged
to follow after. As the second horse
generally exhausted himself in vain
efforts to overtake the firSt,> this mode
of racing was finally discontinued.
The expression "a feather in his cap"
did not signify merely the right to dec
crate ones self with some token of
success, but referred to an ancient Gus
tom among the people of Hungary, Of
which mention is made IN LansdOwne
manuscripts in the British Museum.
None but he who had killed a Turk was
permitted to adOrn himself in this
fashion, or to ''shew the number of his
slaine enemys by the number of fethers
in his cappe." 1t occurs to me to
question whether the similar phrase to
''plume himself'' has not its source in
the same tradition.
A bakers dOZenn was originally
the DEVILS dozen, thirteen being the
number of witches supposed 10 sitdOwn
together at their great meetings or sab
baths; hence the superstition about
sitting thirteen at table. The baker
was an unpopular character and became
substitute for the devil.
The explanation of the p7overblal
saying about "HObson's choice" is
given by Steele in the Spectator, No.
500. Hobson kept livery stable, his
stalls being ranged one behind another,
counting from the door. Each Gus
toner was obliged to take the horse
which happened to be in the stall near
est the door, this chance fashion of serv-
ing being thought to secure perfect
impartiality.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27
something Struck Him.

Il like to know if vhas protected
by der law?" he asked as he softly en-
tered the Central Station.
"Just as much as anybody else" re-
piled the captain as he looked up from
his monthly report.
"Vhell, dis morning a man comes IN
mem saloon und says he likes to get
warm. Dot vhas all right, und tells
him to take some shairs."
"Yes."
"Purty queek he begin to breathe
had, like somebody running. und pc
fore l knows it he fall oafer und acts
like he vhas dying. 1 tell you dot makes
shills go ofer mei'
probably had fit"
II tink so, too, but pefore can GO
oudt doors two men comes in und one OF
dem cries out: Dot vhas apoplexy
like tunder, md somepody 20 for doc
tori"
..And who went?"
"Vhell, doas like to haf some man
die in mem saloon und leave his ghost
to scare me, und so put on my hat und
rush off"
SWELL"
"Vhell, run two blocks und pack,
md den 1 find out der shoke on me-"
"How?"
"Vhy. nopody was in der saloon any
m ore. Der man gets vheil SO queek ash
l vhas gone. unc l miss six pint bottles
of prandy,"
"AhI"
Eyes. dot vhas 'ahr on me shust tree
dollar, und 1 like an officer to come up
und shtand at der door und hit some-
pody NIT Club"
He was promised that sharp look
ont should be kept for the three men
described, and he went away saying:
II yhas madt because dot vhas
prandy mitout any water in it. und ]
pellet l lock up der blace und go
aroundt NIT some brass-knuckles und
look for dot apoplexy man. If I find
him nopody will eafer know dot some
thing struck hlmI"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27
Friday Uniucky-

VIII the world ever get over the idea
that Friday is an unlucky day? That
the cruciiixion occurred on Friday is
more than can be proved. But admit
ting all that is claimed, there have been
many events occurring on this unlucky
day that were decidedly the reverse of
unlucky. OF course, a long list might be
given, but a few. connected chiefly with
American history, will do. On Friday,
August 8. 1892, Columbus sailed from
Palos, on his memorable voyage of dis
covery, and on Friday, October 18th,
he discovered the first land, the island
which he call,d San Salvador. On
Friday, March 5, 1896, Henry VIII
commission is the first English state
paper on record concerning America.
On Friday, September I, 1906, st. Aug
ustine, Fla. was founded-the oldest
town in the United States. On Friday,
November 10, 1920, the ''Mayflower"
made land at PTincetOwn, and ON the
same day the Pilgrims signed the COM
pact which was the forerunner of our
constitution. On Friday, December %,
1920, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth
Rock. On Friday, February %, 1872,
Washington was born. On Friday,
October 16, 1775, Bunker Hill was
seized and fortifie ,. On Friday, Oc-
tOber s, 11I7, occurred the surrender at
Saratoga. On Friday, September %,
17S0, Arnold's treason was discovered.
On Friday, October 10, 17S1, Cornwall
lis surrendered at Yorktown, and the.
war for independence ended in COM
plete victory. Other events might be
named. In the war with Mexico the
battle of Palo Alto began on Friday.
The northwestern boundary question,
which threatened war with England,
was settled on Friday of the same year.
On Friday the COnfederates captured
Fort Sumter, and precipitated the. war
for the Union. The Port Royal forts
were taken by the Union forces on
Friday; the battle of Pea Ridge closed
on Friday, slavery was abolished in the
District of Columbia on Friday; Fort
Pulaski was taken, Memphis was taken,
Fredericksburg bOmbard9d, the battle
of Gettysburg was ended, Lee defeated
at Five Forks, the Union flag restored
to Fort Sumpter, all on Friday.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27

"Billy calls me Lady Ann," she an

"Billy calls me Lady Ann," she an
swered.
"Ayel that beggar Billy. L know
him-drives Stones grocery-wagon
When | see him he shall feel my cane
ON his back
"What. Bllyl my Billyl Why he
gave me the waluntinel'
''Oh. he did, did he? Told you to
fetch it to me. may be-"
"No, he didn't, but he told me you
wouldn't have any, and he told me
about the key"
"What key. child? Billy seems very
well informed about me-knows more
than 1 myself"
"He said you locked all your doors
but guess now that he just said it
for fun-but believed him-at first. -
She shrugged her small shoulders,
laughed and looked up at the Squire
as if she felt quite willing that he as
well as herself, should enjoy her simple
confidence in Billy.
"Well. l almost believe the young
scamp was half right, Lady Ann; for
when we turn the key against our own,
it rusts in the heart in spite of our
selves. and that makes pain"
Lady Ann smiled cheerfully, and
rubbed her boots, polishing first one
and then the other with her bright
mItten. What had she to do with any
thing SO old as pain in the heart?
The winter sunshine flooded the
room. The old dog slept by the fire,
and lid not even talk in his sleep. =
$50 home, little Ann, said the
Squire, ''and take this bunch of keys
tO-do Mary, your mother, and tell
her they unlock every door of her home.
But, LADY Ann-hang your father!
Yet hold, child, moment; you need
not say that
"No," said Lady Ann, with .he
same cheerful smile; Il won't say
that.
When the merry sun went down
Lady Ann was sleeping in the great
house. Two queer looking rubber
boots rested, after their days work,
before the fire. When one fell as if it
missed little round foot and stout
leg and could not stand without them.
the grandfather set it right again, and
laughed in spite of the pain it cost him
TO move. The house-dog opened his
eye Just enough to see that Lady AIMS
crushed ''waluntine" still lay in the
old Squire's hand.
II tell thee. Peedee. l had it all
from the dog-all straight from the
dog, and not in his sleep.
Then tell me again, if thou wilt,
Peeree, for if the spot be pure and free
from selfish anger, should like naught
as well as that thou shouldst build near
me.n
''May our children be friends. Pee
dee?"
"You say the Squire forgives all, and
peace dwells in the house; but will you
not tell me, Peeree, what made all this
trouble at first?"
"Ahl Peedee! Peedeel When the sun
shines so bright, is it a bird that would
ask the reason of Il storm that is all
over? Why, Peedee!''
''Thou dost ever chide one so gently,
Peeree; but answer me this: would the
Squire have opened his heart so wide
had the child not been called for his o,Cn
nOthersn
''Dost thou not see fresh crumbs at
the kitchen door, Peedee?"
"Thank God for this happy Four
teenth, Peedeei And may Mrs. Peeree,
that is to be, never see the new moon
over her left wing any more"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27
linking Water at Meals.

There is a common notion that it is
injurious to health 10 drink freely oi
water at meals, and We have seen many
warnings against the habit, the reader
being advised to abstain from drinking
until the end of the meal. An article
recently published in the Lancet, how
ever, leads us to infer that the idea we
have mentioned finds no sufficient sup
port in medical authority. ITO moisten
food" says that journal, "and prepare
it for digestion, it is hardly necessary
to say that it should be taken with a
meal; couple of tumblerfuls at dinner
is not an excessive quantity for most
persons. This language indicates that
water drinking at meals is not only
harmless but actively beneficial.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-27
East Indian Cookery.

Upon the subject of Indian cookery,
writer says: ''In the days when In.
dia produced pagoda trees and nabobs
she had capital school of native cook
cry. Pillaus, kabohs, mulligatawny
soup and innumerable sorts of curry
were the dainties that appeared in
those days on the table of well-to-dC
Anglo-Indians, and very good fare they
made. But these indigenous dishes
are despised by the European gentry,
who insist that their meals shall be
Western in look if not in taste. In a
few days for instance, there will be on
most tables number of tasteleSS entrees
with French names. in addition to the
perfunctory turkey and ham. The
latter are sure to be good of their kind.
but the timed soup and the timed
salmon, the timed fruit with which
the tarts are made, and the timed
peaches at dessert might be replaced
with the greatest advantage by the
products of the country. Fashion,
however, rules otherwise, and under heI
tyranny the once great school of Indian
cookery is rapidly approaching eXtinc-
tion. Our contemporary afiirms that il
is almost impossible to get good curry
nowadays in India, the native cooks
having lost the art of making them.
Unfortunately they have not acquired
anything more than the 'merest smat-
tering of French cookery, being en-.
tirely indebted for what knowledge they
possess to the teaching given them by
their masters and mistresSes. The con.
sequence is that dinner parties among
Europeans have come to be ostentatiouS
feasts which look well enough on the
menus, but are infinitely inferior in every
other respect to the repasts which the
old school used to set forth on their hos
pitable boards. Even the moorghee
outlet, that simple but exquisite pIdt
which only Indian cooks could prepare
properly, has almost become thing Of
the past, while pillaued kid stuffed
with pistachio nuts would be regarded
with horror"