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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19
Thirteen AuxiousIy Waiting.

She did not seem to know it, but
there was a string of thirteen eager
men and boy behind her as she stood
at the stamp window on the Broadway
side of the postoffice. Her rich, Amer
icanized-Irish brogue could be heard to
the end Of the corridor as she talked
with the stamp man. He was quiet
and polite and endeavored 10 be patient.
What is this?n he asked when she
handed him small parcel to weigh.
Its book"
"Any writing in it?''
mary bit is there. It's Just book
for pictures that would wish to send
to Glasgow to me daughter who was
married and left ME year two months
ago and"
ANY pictures In it?" interrupted
the official.
mo, no; none at all. Every page is
blank with hole in it,"
Its an album, 1 suppose?"
''Yes, an album"
He weighed it and passed 1t back to
her.
..One cent for this" he said.
One cenI, ulu you Say
"Yes. ma am. One cent"
sOne cent for all of this? Are you
sure one cent will take it all the way to
Glasgow" in doubtful tones
"Yes, ma'am; sure"
"Well," resignedly, 81 can't COM
plain of that. You ought to know, If
you don't. Now how much for this?''
and she took the smaller parcel and
handed him something done up in q
brown paper. 1t was placed on the
scale.
"What is this, ma'am?"
"It's writing desk"
Anything written in it?"
"No.n
Cost you one dollar" he said when
he had weighed it.
''Onc dollarln she almost shouted.
"Yes, ma'am. 1t is merchandise and
cannot go at book rates. 1t is also
sealed, as you see, and we have to
charge full rates for il"
"But want it to go by parcel post.
"There is no parcel post"
"No parcel post?"
"No, ma'am, not in this country"
"Then how do you send parcelSg"
"Along with the rest of the mall. ,
"And charge the same price?"
"Not In all cases. We have to charge
more for some than for others"
"Well, give me back my desk. 4
dollar is too much. You ought to hav
a parcel post"
The stamp man returned her tn
package and called Next" but before
next" could crowd in the woman wa:
there again. She bought one 1-cen
stamp and departed, much to the relic
of the tired throng behind her.
''I don't have many as bad as she,
said the stamp man with a sigh, as b
resumed his work.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19
The Cradle of "OId China. :

A grIevous disappointment has been
the lot OF the amateurs of, snd the
dealers in. ceramic works in the md
lands. For long time past there lad
lived in an humble little cottage at
Shirley, near Birmingham, very an
cieut dame named Woodbridge. Her
habits were those of recluse; she was
known to be extremely parsimonlous; 1t
was currently reported among her neigh
bors not only that the o.d lady was
worth the conventional mint OF money!
but that she was also the possessoI OF
some very rare old china" They are
very curious about ''rare old china" IN
the midlands, and iustidably proud OF
the fact that that region is the cradle OF
the English pottery manufacture. IL
was observed that when the old woman
took walk into Birmingham or else
where she usually earned with her q
covered basket which contained, 1t Is be-
lieved, the ''prIme pieces" among he- pre-
cious pottery; and, indeed she was herself
accustomed to drop mysterious hints
touching the great value Of her hctde
treasures. Thus when, few days since,
Mrs. Woodbridge died, and the contents
of the basket were offered for sale, the
famous rare old china turned out to be
baskeliul of very rub5ishy crockery ware,
and brought only half a crown under the
hammer" A piano of the make Of 1870
sold for two and siI pence Two other
most interesting ''curios~ went ludlc.ously
cheap at this Disappointing sale
A couple of old bonne;s which the old
woman was accustomed to wear were
found to be composed entirely Of post
cards, addressed 10 herself and stitched to-
gether three deep. Now, these postcard
bonnets ought certainly 10 have fetched a
'fancy" price, if only for the sake OF the
ingenuity displayed in employing such a
material in the construction OF bOn1e.
at all This wonderful old woman o.
Shirley, lnfexible in her adherence to the
maxim of ''waste not, want NOT, made
her bonneis for herself, ard from a
fabric that had cost her nothing, and de
fed the milliner and al ner works. The
old woman might have worn, had it so
pleased her, as grand a bonnet IS eveI
came out of Regent street or the Rud de ID
PAX. She WIS wealthy. She left elevea
hundred pounds in q lCcil bank, was the
owner of several houses at West Brown
wich, and OF iarm worth two thousand
pounds s. Marley. 1t is commonly SAID,
writes the old theologian Wlliet, THAT
hCgIs god for nothing while be is alive;
not good to bear or carry, as the horse; mol
10 c.othe, as the sheep; nor To draw, AZ the
OK; nor to give milk, as the COW; nor tC
keep house, as the dog. So a co7etou;
rich man. like hog. doth 10 good Will
his riches while he lIveth; but when he Is
dead his riches come to be disposed Of.
The same in degree may be said of the pit
Iably penurlous woman who had Just diet
at Shirley, While she lived she does moi
appear to have been OF any good to any
body. She was certainly Of no good tC
herself. Bu. being dead, her hoardet u
money may beaedt somebody. 1t is only
to be bope1 tba! she has not died in,es'ate
IN which care her wealth would be SWEEP
into the Golfers OF the Sta'e-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19
A Mystery Explained.

A few miles beyond Victoria We had
the fortune to witness the termination OF
a Mexican revolutionary battle. There
were several hundred engaged on each
side, armed mostly with old flintlOck
muskets, Queen Anne arms, blundsr-
buses. horse-pistols, ETC., etc., and they
were stationed so far apart that their
shot did each other no damage, the
most of the bullets cutting up the
ground midway between the combat
ants. We got into the midst Of them
before we were made aware OF the fact
by being hailed by an .officer, who de-
manded our passports, and as these
documents had been fixed all right at
Victoria, he declared them to be "regu-
lar" and after this treated us with
marked consideration.
He invited US to accompany him,
saying that he would conduct US to q
place of safety In the rear Of his forces,
where good view Of the whole action
could be obtained. The belliyerents
soon began to fire again, and after each
volley of bullets they would send
another of vile epIthets and oaths, and
the two different sets Of missiles were
equally effective, except In the case OF
poor old woman, who was hit by a
stray bullet and slightly wounded.
l asked why they did not reduce the
distance between the armies, charge
upsn the enemy and put them to fight,
or do something besides stand there and
waste ammunition and call one another
vile names. The answer was that the
opposite party was composed OF very
valient men, and if charge was made
upon them that they would not run
away, but would stand their ground, ,
and think nothing Of killing any of the
assailing party; and that was catas-
trophe which they seemed to think
should he avoided in warfare. And
then, again, the revolution now in pro-
gress had sadly split up families and
communities, and many Of the men on
one side had friends or relatives on the
other, and they feared the consequences
of close fight.
This explained the mystery; 1t wa
Just little family quarrel about who
should govern them, and how he should
do 1t, and though they all had theil
preferences, still they did not wish tc
shed each others blood about it. II
reminded me of what Mexican had
said to me In regard to the American
soldiers as fighting men. He held thai
the Americans did not know how Il
fight; that they were in the improper
habit of rushing right on to their adver
saries and sticking bayonets into then
instead of standing of and shooting a
they ought, and as other nations did
who had received better training anc
were more civilized.
.'He said it was this that caused tht
Mexican army to run away from then
at Buena Vista and other place. The.
would not stand to be bayoneted; i
was not the way to fight. Anothe
thing about the Americans. and it wa
the worst fault Of all, he said, that the.
would not give up when they had beel
fairly whipped. Santa Anna said o
General Taylor at Buena Vista, that b
''had whipped that ID Yanke
General five times that day, but he di'
not know enough to be aware of it, an
it was no use in fighting such man a
that"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19
MonastIe Dinners.

The dinner IN great abbey was clearly
a very important event IN the day Will
not say 1t was the important event, bus 1t
was a very important one II must strike
any one who knows much Of the hters-
ture CT this age ths! the weak point IN the
mOnastic life OF the thirteenth century was
the gormsndiZins. Ii was exactly, IS L
am told. 1t IS on board ship on q long voy-
age, where people have little or nothing to
do; they are always looking forward 10 the
next meal, and the sound OF the dinner
bell IS the most exciting sound that greets
the ear IN the twenty-four hours And so
with the monks il q great monastery which
had grown rich, and in point OF fact hsd
more money than 1t knew what 10 do with
the dinner was the event or the day. II
IS not that we hear much Of drunkenness,
for we really hear very little OF it, and
where 1t Is spoken OF ii IS always with rep
rotation. Nor Is 1t that we hear of any
thing Ike the losthsome and disgusting
gluttony OF the Romans Of the Empire,
but eating and drinking, and especially
eating, are always cropping up; one Is
perpetually being reminded of them in one
way or another, and 1t ls significant that
when the Clstercisn revival began, one or
the chief reforms aimed at was Iae rlgUr-
Gus slmp,licatiOn Of the meals and the cur
failing the luxury of the refectory. But
the monks were not the only people IN
those times who had high appreciation
Of good cheer. Wnen man OF high de-
gree took up his quarters in monastery
be by no means wished TO be put CT with
salt-fish snd-toast-and water cheer. Rich
ard de Marisco, one of KING Johns Drot1I-
gate councillors. who was evidently foIsted
into the See of Durham, gave the Abbey or
st. Albans the tithes Of Eslins snam, In
Northumberland, to help them to make
their ale taking compassion upon
| the weakness of the converts drink" as
the chronicler tells us. Tbs small-oter
of St. Albans, it seems, was not as much
improved as was to be desired, notwith-
standing this appropriation Of church prop
erty, for twlce after this the abbey had the
same delicate hint gwen to 1t that Its brew
ing was not up to the mark, when the
rec;ory of Norton, in Hertfcr ishlre, and
two-thirds of the tIrhes of Hartourn, In
Northumberland, were given to the mon-
astery that no excused might remain ior
the bad quality of the malt liquor.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19

behind the bar. ''Ys are the boss of
the Shuprame Coort. 1 see ye livery
day go;n' by here on the cars"
"Will you cash my check? have
no .iue to explain" Here the Justice
grabbed a piece of paper and pen on a
desk near by and began to write hur-
riedly.
"Shure will. 1 have seen ould boys
off on tear before get out Of money.
Trusht me, sorr. Is it $40 ye wantl
Here it is. Will ye have a drop before
ye run?"
But before any further explanation
could be made the Chief Justice had
grabbed the money and was running
across the street. In some way the
ticket agent had learned of his blunder
during the Judges absence and was all
politeness when he saw the money. Mr..
Waite barely made the train.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19
A story of Justice Waite.

When Chief Justice Waite of the
Supreme Court of the United States re-
Gently started to 60 to Baltimore to
keep an engagement and had reached
the ticket Office he discovered, to his hor-
TOR, that he had only few pennies in
his pocket. He had neglected to pro-
vide himself with money for the trip.
He looked around the waiting room OF
the station and he saw no one he knew.
What was to be done must be done
quickly. His engagement was an I'M
portant one, so he filed up in the line
to the ticket office, and when he reached
the agent the Chief Justice smil d an
awful smile across the full width of his
enormous mouth and asked the ticket
agent if he knew him.
.'No, l DON'T" snarled the agent,
sand what is more l don't want to,
What do you want?"
"l want ticket to Baltimore and re.
turn. 1 am the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court. 1 have no money with
me. 1t is purely accidental. car
give YOU my personal check"
"Oh, know you. 1 know all the
bloods, but that dodge won't work Oh
me. 1 have just had two members OF
the Cabinet try to blk me out of ticket:
and no Chief Justice dodge gets me
Take your ugly mug out of the window
and get out Of the way of people who
have money"
The Chief Justice glared. He could
not fine the young man for contempt o.
court. He felt cheaper and worse thar
if he had been a real fraud, and hi
blushed and perspired so that the agen
had his firm belief strengthened.
The Chief Justice dashed out of th'
station to see if he couldn't find SOM
one to identify him. He had only fiv,
minutes left. At the entrance to ;
saloon he accosted the proprietor witt
the frantic enquiry OF: ''Do you know
me?"
eyer bet your head I do, yer Homer,
aid short-haired, freckle-faced ma
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19
The Cashier'sStory.

Hardly ever,' answered one of Chi
cago's oldest bank cashiers, to the
query of reporter, who asked If such
things as unclaimed bank deposits were
of frequent occurrence.
s.Where he keeps his money!" con-
tinued the banker, sis about the last
thing man ever forgets. But some
times depositor shufAes of his mortal
coil without remembering to leave his
surviving relatives any clue whereby
they can learn who were his bankers.
This is to them truly distressing state
of affairs, and it neceSsitatesa o thorough
search of all the banks until the right
one is found. No, very few people
forget where they keep their money,
or neglect TO call for it sooner or
later.
"Hold on minute" suddenly eI-
claimed the cashier, as the reporter was
taking his leave. II have got little
story about a remarkable deposit once
made here. That was twenty years ago.
1t has been advertised from Maine to
California, but has never been claimed.
But the most extraordinary circum-
stance connected with the affair is, that
| nobody in the bank ever saw the depos-
itor or issued him anything to show fol
his money!"
.'How could that be?"
"Just this way. That was in early
times, when banks here were very In
significant affairs compared with what
they are how, and there was compare
lively 50 little danger Of robbery that
used frequently to so across the street
to lunch, leaving the door open and nc
one in my place. Well, one day wher
| came back from lunch, 1 saw thai
some one had entered and left lying II
the window-seat an old carpet-bag.
gave it no notice, thinking the owne
would soon call and take it away. Ba
he didn't come, and the bag still la.
there when the time came for closing
up. threw it into the vault and wen
home. Several days later the office BOY
came across it and brought it out, ask
ing if he should throw it into the ash
barrel, rs it appeared to be of no value
We thought we'd open it first and se'
if it contained any clue to its ownership
or anything of value. broke the loci
with paper-weight, the bag flew opel
and out fell and rolled all over th'
foo: shower of gold, mostly in small
coins Trssal was absolutely all tn
bag contained, ana there was $3.50 o
it."
/. "And nobody ever called to CLAIM
it?"
''They haven't yet, and L guess the,
|, are not liable to at this late date. L
struck us strangely enough that an.
one should be so forgetful about such
matter. and. when all our advertising
was of no avail, We thought 1t yer.
strange indeed"
What was done with -"
"What did we do with the money
Oh, our new cashier employed it yer
advantageously in bringing his account
into presentable shape TO lay befor
! the board of directors"
Several bookkeepers who had bee
listening in open -mouthed astonishmen
to the cashiers story, grinned audibl
at its appropriate ending, and the rt
porter, who hardly knew what to say
said nothing and took his leave.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19
VOL. XXXVIII.
THE SKYLARk.

Bird of the wilderness,
Blithesome and cumberless,
Sweet be thy matln DER moorland and lea
Emblem of happiness,
Blest is thy dwelling place
O. TO abide in the desert with thee
Wild is thy lay and loud,
Far in the downy cloud,
Love gives it energy, love gave 1t birth
Where, on thy dewy wing,
Where art thou jourDeying?
Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth-
Der fell and fountain sheen,
Der moor and mountain green,
Der the red streamer that heralds the day
Over the cloudlet dim,
Over the rain bows rim,
Musical cherub, soar, singing, away
Tllen, when the cleaning comes,
Low in the healthier blooms,
Sweet will thy welcome and bed OF love be
Emblem of happiness,
Blest Is thy dwelling-place-
@. 10 abide in the desert with thee
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19

II AM waiting, my darling, for the, !"
he warbled; and yet when the old man
threw up chamber window, and as
sured him that he'd be down in q min
ute," he lost his grip on the melody
and went out of the waiting business.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19

TIE English feed for fattening sheep
consists of cotton seed and turnips.
They claim that it will put on the most
fat is the safest feed, makes the best
mutton at less cost, and produces the
best and strongest manure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19

Ernest Morris, "the boy natural
ist," IS 27 and bearded. He will sail
for British Guinea this week.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19

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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-02-14
"WOman'S Health Journal,

Contains valuable information on the
diseases of women only. Published
by lady physicians who have made
these peculiar weaknesses of the sex
their sole study for years. 1t gives
the causes, symptoms, and sure home
treatment for Prolapsus Uteri or Fall
ing of the Womb, inflammation and
Liberation Of the Womb, and all dis
placements. Leucorrhea or Whites,
Irregular, Suppressed or Painful Men.
situation, Flooding, Sick and Nervous
Headache, Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
Heartburn, Weakness in Back and
Stomach, Scrofula, Pains in Side, Dir
illness, Kidney Complaint, Barrenness,
Nervous Prostration, Depression Of
Spirits, General Debility of Women
and Change of Life. Sent on receipt
of six cents in stamps. Address DR.,
Rnsh's Medical Association, Nunda,
New York, s2Oly
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-02-14
RHFUM SIM

Neuralgia, Sciatica Lumbago, Backache Soreness
OF the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat Swellinps
and Sprains. Burns and Scalds. General Bodily
Pains. Tooth. Ear and Headache Frosted Feet and
Ears and all other pains and aches. 1t is put IN
In two sizes. Price 25 and 80 cents Sold by DIR, O.
eists everywhere. or sent direct upon receipt 81
price by
DIR. RUSH'S MEDICAL ASSOCIATIO
s2owly Nunday New York u
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-02-14
A Lesson In Spelling.

Since the introduction of spelling
matches, many words have come prom.
nently into notice words that were
previously, comparatively unknown
tor instance, we find Antiseptic, mean.
ing: preventing and stopping all fer
n'entation and decomposition, and
Ana!gesiant: Painkillcr. Then there is
Antlpyretlc: cooling down iuAamma-
ton and fever heat. These three
words, so often mis-spclled, are three
of the cardinal virtues of something
that will cure many bad spell, and
that is Sahcylica, pronounced Sail
cyl-i-ca. Warranted to afford imme-
diate relief, and guaranteed to cure
rheumatism, Gou. or Neuralgla.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-02-14
Application fer Patent.
NOTICE No. 46.
UNITED STATES LAND OrrIcI

United STATS LAND OFFICE.
| HALEY. IDAHO February s, 1884
| Notice is hereby given that Theophile f p,cott,
an" William II. Atkinson, by Theophiie f. Picotte
ms attorn"y-sn-fact, whose postothce address is
HALEY, Alturas county, Idaho Territory have
made application Tor United States Patent for
| the
| CHIEF OF THE HILL LODE MINING CLAIM
county, Idaho Territory, cons sting OF 500 linear
feet of the lode and surface ground 600 feet wide
being Lot No. 81, aud described in the field uote A..
and plat Of the oihial survey file in this office.
Win magnetic variation II IS degree, and so min
utss east. AS follows: Commencing NJ m dix,,,,
cry point Of this claim, aud running south 45 le
grtes ana 20 inmates east 800 feet to center Of
southeast end line of claim; thence south a. de
Erces west 800 teet to corner Nc. |: thence north
~ degrees 6CO feet to corner No .. ,b.nr.
north - de grtes and 40 minutes west 500 feet TO
corner Nc. 3; thence north 81 degrees and As min
utss west LOO lttt 10 corner No, 1 thence south
~ degrees west 60 feet to corner No >. Theme,
soath ~ degrees an! a minutes east LOCO feet to
cerler No. .. therce south - degrees and 20 min.
utos east 80 feet 10 corner No. L. and place Of he
ginning survsy OF exterior boundaries: embracing
an area OF 70. 10 acres applied for. No conflicts
From corner No, ., the north L section corner Of
section No. s OF Township No, =, North Of Range
II East OF the Boise Meridian. bears north 70 de-
grees and Is minutes west Lave feet distant
Tho ssid mining claim being III record in tho
once OF the County Recorder o; said Mining bis
trlct, at HALEY. in Aturas county Idaho Territory
ne nearest known locations being the Japan
and silver Rule"
Any and all peiS rs claiming adversely anv nor. !
t!en OF the said chief If the Hill" lode Mining
claim. or surface sr una, required 10 Ill. rair
ndVerse claims thtretl with the REGISTER If the
| nlted states Land once, at HALEY Idaho Ter
RI y. WITHIN the sixty Gays publication thereof
or they viii b. barred by virtue Of the provisions
II the >t-tues in such cases made and provided
EOMER L. POUND, Register