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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29
Agnostics Cannot be MasOns.

A dispatch from Toronto says: Sew
eTal months ago charge was preferred
in King Solomon Lodge Of Masons OF
Toronto against member named HaT-
risOn, to the effect that he was an
agnostic, and therefore not entitled to
admittance into the lodge room. The
charge was investigated, and satisfactO-
~ proof Of HarrisOn's agnostic views
having been obtained he was expelled
from the lodge. AS this was the first
case of the kind that ever occurred ON
this cOntinent-and it probably has no
precedent in the history or Masonry
it excited much speculation as 10 the
justice of King Solomon Lodge taking
the action il did, and the decision of
the Grand Master of Canada, given to-
day at the Grand Lodge meeting in
Hamilton, has been looked for with
interest by MaSOns all over the world.
Harrison, 1t was alleged. was an
agnOstic, and not an atheist, the distinc-
tiOn being that the latter deny the
existence of God, while the former
simply say: There may be God. |
do not deny it; but | do not know that
there is" The decision of the Grand
Master of Canada to-day was as follows:
mo person can be initiated who does
not believe IN the true God, the Great
Architect of the Universe.
The Grand Master added that the
attention of MasOns all over the world
had been directed to this subject by the
address of the Grand Master of the
State of New York, which he quoted
approvingly. Masonry, he continued,
wisely required no more than belief In
God, who had revealed His will to man,
and would punish vice and reward vir-
tue. 1t required that, and nothing less
would he accepted. The man who
denied the existence OF a God was
already excluded. Practical atheism
should also be excluded in the persons
who only admit that there possibly may
be God.
The Grand Master also decided that
a Quaker, who does not take an oath or
administer one, cannot be Mason; also
that an Indian not enfranchised can be
a Mason.
This decision has given much salts
faction among Masons in this part of
Canada, Harrison is manufacturer of
church windows, and he says that his
expulsion from King Solomon Lodge
injured his business. He threatens to
take action lor damages. q.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29

At Payta we took on battalion Of
Peruvian soldiers, with one brass
mounted officer ts every seven men.
The wives and families of the Peruvian
army always travel with them like the
squaws and papooses of the North
American Indian. In camp the women
do the cooking on the march they
carry ON their backs and heads "a great
part of the camp equipage, and in battle
they nurse the wounded and rob the
dead. They are poor. miserable, de-
graded creatures Just one degree above
the dogs which follow at their heels.
Their power of endurance are eXtraor
binary. Often it is the case that they
will march twenty or thirty miles a day
over dusty roads, carrying a child on
their backs, without water or food.
The poor children have the hardest
time, for they are always without rest
or shelter and often without food. But
it is the experience they are born INTO,
and they know nothing of better life.
The officers tell Inc that the children
often die on the march, when their
mothers strip the clothing from them
and throw the bodies into the sand or
woods, without'even "a burial or tear.
On the contrary, the women seem to be
glad to be relieved by death Of an In
cumbrance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29
Sir Astisy Cooper as a Horse Doctor.

In the life OF sir Ashley Cooper it is
said that he required his cOachmau to
attend every market morning at Smith
field, and purchase all lame young hor-
ses exposed for sale which he thought
might possibly be convertible into car
Tiage OF saddle horses, should they Te-
cover from their defects. He was
never To give more than pounds Ster-
ling for each, but 5 pounds sterling was
the average price. In this manner
thirty or forty horses were sometimes
collected at Gaelisbridge, his farm. On
a stated morning the blacksmith came
up from the village, and the horses
were in successive order caught, halter
ed, and brought to him for inspection.
Having discovered the cause of their
lameness, he proceeded to perform
whatever seemed to him necessary for
the cure. The improvement produced
in a short time by good feeding and
medical attendance, such as few horses
before OF since have enjoyed. appeared
truly wonderful. Horses which were
at first with difficulty driven to pasture,
because of their halt, were now with as
much difficulty restrained from running
away. Even one fortnight at Gaelis-
bridge would frequently produce such
an alteration in some of them that it re-
quired no unskillful eye in the former
owner himself to recognize the animal
which he had sold but a few weeks be-
fore. Fifty guineas were paid for one
of these animals, which turned out
very good bargain, and Sir Astley's
carriage was for years drawn by pair
of horses which together cost him only
II pounds 10 shillings sterling.
We believe similar business to that
of Sir Ashley Cooper is carried on by a
class of horse dealers in New York and
other large cities. Lame and otherwise
worthless horses are bought for few
dollars and taken to the country, where
the change to pasture diet, the needed
rest, and the watchful and careful
treatment of the owner frequently
transforms worthless horse into val
liable animal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29
seseuty-One Below Zero.

The thermometer stood at II degrees
below zero, Fahrenheit, III the Arctic
Regions, the unclouded sky in the vi
entity of the sun, hanging low in the
southern horizon, assumed a dull leaden
hue, tlnged near the suns rim with a
| faint, brownish red, not unlike the
skies We see coarsely painted on cheap
Acknowledgements displayed for sale
IN third-rate picture shops, At night
time the stars glitter like diamonds 5
under the electric light, and fairly seem
on ire with their brilliant Iadience.
Should you pour water-cOld water
taken from the well dug through the
Ice OF the lake near which you are
camped-upon the surface of the ice,
1t greets you with ali astonishing,
cracking noise, like lire running
through the cedar brush, or like a
dozen punches Of miniature fire crack
ers, and The ice that was so clear before
that you almost felt timid about put
ting your foot upon it for fear that it
really was not there, now instantly
turns white as marble, and as hard to
see through as so much snow, caused
by the infinite number of seams running
IN every direction through it from the
unequal expansion. Many OF the Es-
quimaux children amuse themselves
trying this simple experiment until the
white spots on the clear ice of the lake
give it most mottled appearance.
Fapor and steam seem to roll away
from everything of living nature, and
the sledge, with its ten or fifteen dogs,
and its four or five humans in harness,
looks like starting locomotive envel-
oped in It's escaping steam, and leaves
trail OF vapor behind them resembling
the dust stirred up on well used,
road by rolling wagon wheels. Should
the party halt to rest In basin like
valley this vapor rapidly collects as a
fog bank, and in little while becomes
so dence as to obscure the OriginatOrs
from person at distance, but really
makes their whereabouts easily deter
mined by this very sign. Herds OF
musk oxen and reindeer make their
positions visible by this means at quite
long distanceS-if the herd be large,
four or five miles away, and at from
very favorable heights, even three or
fOrr lines this distance, SO the ESqui-
mau hunters claim so far away, in fact,
that it has been known 10 take two
days sledging TO reach them but my
readers must bear in mind that a day
in the artic winter is very short, often
only an hour or two long. Even at
these wonderful and extreme distances
the most keen-eyed hunters claim land
these EsqulmauX are never given to
premeditated falsehood) that they can
tell whether the herd is one of musk
oxen or reindeer by some varying
peculiaritles of the vapors which | did
not clearly understand, and which |
never took an opportunity to practically
apply.
Even the foot of a person walking
along as 1t IS lifted from the ground
leaves a little puff of vapOr TO float
away from the spot as if the walker mad
stepped upon a sponge saturated with
smoke, which was liberated by the pres
sure, and this, too, when there are four
thicknesses of heavy reindeer skin be-
tween the bare foot and the snow
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29
Running.

According to an eminent physician,
-Che age at which running can be prac-
ticed, by healthy man in training, is
from twenty to thirty. Boys and girls
also of ten or twelve eau run with no
apparent fatigue. In boys races, for
those under fourteen, no previous train
ing should be inflicted No one should
train for running until he Is eighteen,
but twenty would be the safer. Be-
tween twenty and twenty-seven Is the
best age for obtaining speed in running.
Between thirty and forty wise man
will think twice before undergoing
training for race-running. Older men
should run under no pretence whatever.
1t may be added that no woman should
run on any pretence whatever, except,
of course, when chased by cow; and,
since every rule must have its excep-
tion, a man, even after his fortieth
birthday, must not hesitate upon occa-
sion to run away from pretty girl.
That is the only way.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29
JUNIATA ooUNTYpENNA WEDNESDAY, JULY ss 1885,

which have been named. 1t is as little
necessary to try at this date to forecast
the manner in which the day will be
made one to be long remembered
There is a great good fortune in the
fact that the blessings which have be-
fallen the nation since the accession of
the Queen are not matters of argument,
but OF common consent. AS the day
draws nearer the language of praise
will be restrained to tell of what has
been, and the day itself will be marked
with white stone ia the memory of
young and old Of every party, Of every
sect, and of every class in the empire.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29
rhe Coca Plant.

| Weowe many things to Peru, 50 many
u fact that were it not for them it Is an
interesting question to study out what
condition our race might occupy at this
daJ different from that of the past.
The Peruvian silver turned numerous
emigration to the shores of this cOnti-
nent, while the Peruvian cinchons kept
alive the newcomers who might have
died Of the coast and other fatal feyers
which met the unaccllmated adveatu-
rers. Peruvian guanO has enriched
England and France through the pros
perity of agriculture, and We owe a
great debt OF gratitude for the same
gift. And now We have new medlci-
nal agent which promises TO become as
notOble an anaeshetie for local applica-
tions as ether OF chlOrifOem have been
in other ways. This plant has long been
known from its uses among the Peruvi-
ans, who have been addicted TO it as a
pleasing and moderate stimulant and
intOXlcant. The leaves are rolled up
with little lime in them and are chew
ed. The saliva, which is swallowed,
produces slight intOxlcatIOn and
strong inclination to rest. As the native
wOrkmen take their coca four times
day the prolonged rest which il encOu-
RACES are serious drawbacks To their
industry. As set of against this,
however, il 8 claimed that the labOTer
can perform great deal of labor by the
help OF this stimulant with very little
food. The same claim We think has
been made for beer and other alcoholic
5timulants.
The new uses of coca, however, is of
the greatest importance to the human
race. BY a chemical process an aka
loid, or its active principle, cocaine
has been separated from the leaves.
This drug has the property of prOdu-
cling local nsensibility to PAIN upon any
part of the body to which it is applied.
The coeoaine has been chiefly used in
serious operations upon the eye with
great success; but its use in the treat
ment of General Grant has brought il
into greater notice and has populariZed
its name and reputation. 1t is exceed
ingly costly, having been sold for
several dollars a grain, and it cOstlI-
ness prevents its use, except iu rare
cases. The plant is small shrub about
five to eight feet high, which bears
thick evergreen leaves. The fOIm OF
the leaf is an Ovoid, prolonged and nar-
row at the base. The shrub grows i'll
the mountain districts, WI ere it is cul.
tiyated i'll plantations for the leaves,
which form an article of domestic COM
merce, and are sold in dried state for a
dollar or more per pound. The first
crop of leaves is picked when the shrub
is five years old, after which an annual
gathering Is made. The leaves are now
imported into Europe and America,
and the traffic promises TO become Im-
pOrtant and the value to increase large
ly for some time at least, as new planta-
tiOns are of slow growth. 1t is quite
probable that the plant would grow sue
ceSsfully in some portions of the United
States or Mexico or Cuba, and the sup
ply be largely increased. Its known
value and the probability Of its success
full culture in the United States gives
it general interest, especially to the
farmers of Florida and Southern Cali
fOrnia.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29
r.E WINTER OF LIFE.

.n,,x fall 50 gently as the SHOWS c
Yet none sre 50 heavy, as they neye
melt
III. snoy. Of winter gently falls,
And whitens Ger the ground;
- with the snowy wreaths OF time
The -Tbe brow Of age is bound.
,,,svsr melts, but slowly falls.
silent and scarcely seen,
r-nfil the heads of those We love
Elirter with silver sheen.
I'm. never heeds the pain or grief
winch human nature feels;
n backward movement ever makes
But oux ard rolls Its wheels;
ssysriIsss Of the bitter wall
nj hearts by anguish riVen;
~ SIngs Of youth, the plants OF age,
Tuhesied, rise 10 heaven.
op could We find the tabled spring
which would our youth restored
ar gazs. ike traveller outward boupd,
On the receding shore:
syr all ia vaIu-the bounding wave
sriI bears us from the strand;
Tbe mystic waters powers naught
But a tale of fairy land.
B-rtsr 10 bear with cheerful heart
The change that time may bring.
And garner treasure for old age,
Then sigh for endless spring.
rr-s,urss Of faith, of hope, Of love,
Freely 10 mortals given;
Dsatb viii restore our youthful bloom,
There's 10 old age in heaven.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29

The mountain supposed to mark the
spot where the ark rested after the de-
luge is divided into two peaks, Great
Ararat ON the northwest and Little
Ararat on the southwest. The bases
of the two hills blend, though their
SUBMITS are seven miles apart. The
summit of Great Ararat is the highest
point in Armenia, and is II, ,322 feet
above the sea level. For more than
5000 feet below its summit it is con-
stantly covered with snow and ice.
Little Ararat is lower by 4, 600 feet, and
is free from ice in September and Oc-
tober. The two mountains are both
volcanic, an eruption having taken
place from them as lately as July, 1910.
Ararat is the central point of the divi-
ding lines Of Armenia; and marks the
place, since 1927, where the, Russian
Turkish and Persian possessions meet.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29
The Growth of our Cities.

Rival cities may be skeptical as to
the accuracy of the count, but Chicago
reports an increase of her population
from 503, ,304 in 1880 to 600, 200, and
buffalo boasts an increase from l55 ,137
to 202 800 in the same time. In this
country, as in Europe, the tendency of
population toward the cities is marked,
and our city population increased from
2,S97, $50 liz 1850 10 IL, ,3lS, ,547 in 1880,
or nearly 400 per cent. Gen. Walker
predicted, after completing his work on
the latest census, that the census of
1890 will show population of 64,4j7,-
0OO, but he predicted only 49, 900, 900 for
1850, and it is probable that he has I'M
1erestimated for 1890, as both in city
and country The increase is very rapid.
a gain of 100000 in five years being
announced by Iowa alone.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29
Peabody Fund,

The London Peabody Fund now
amounts to s. ,066, sos 1t provides for
1914 rooms, supplying low-priced
homes to Is, 453 people. Five thousand
six hundred and seventy dollars paid all
last years expenses for management,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29

II has been found that compressed
teak may be made to serve some of the
purposes for which boxwood-which is
rapidly becoming scarce.-is now used.
A powerful hydraulic press for COM
pressing teak for loom-shuttles has Just
been made in Manchester, England.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-07-29

He prospers most in life. who lssrl
sslf-confdence.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-07-03
How Screws are Made.

The process Of making screw is very
interesting. The rough large wire in
big coils is. by drawing through hole
smaller than itself, made the size need
ed. Then it goes into machine that
at one moment cuts it proper length
and makes head on it. Then it is put
into sawdust and "rattled" and thus
frightened. Then the head is shaped
down smoothly to the proper size and
the nick put in at the Same time. After
"rattling" again in sawdust, the thread
is cut by another machine, and after
another rafting, and thorough drying,
the screws are assorted by hand tthe
fingers of those who 90 this move al
most literally like lightning), crossed
by weight and packed for shipping,
That which renders it possible for ma
chimes to do all this is little thing that
looks like and opens and shuts like q
goose's bill, which picks up single
screw at a time, carries it where needed
holds it till grasped by something else,
and returns for another. This is about
the most wonderful piece of automatic
skill and usefulness that was ever seen,
and it has done its distinctive work at
the rate of 81 screwsa minute, although
this rate is only experimental as yet.
Ninety three gross per day, however,
has been the regular work of one ma
chine.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-07-03
Feeding Fowls by Machinery.

A French fowl fattening apparatus
was exhibited some time ago at an es-
tablishment in West street, New York,
and its mode of operation was illustra-
ted. About dozen old hens were placed
in 4 revolving circular pen containing
individuals stalls, to which the birds
were fastened by one leg, with their
heads projecting outward and over the
edge of the stall. Contiguous to the pen
was a receptacle which contained
thick, watery food under high degree
of pressure. A rubber tube was con-
nected with the tank, and on the end OF
the tube was a small brass faucet which
opened and shut with little lever, after
the manner of seltzer bottle. The OPP
orator seized chicken by the head and
neck, and while it tapped about and
shrugged to fee itself, rammed the faucet
in its mouth and pressed the lever. The
hen did not say anything, but she did
not look pleased. Then the pen was re-
volved to the next fowl, and the opera
ton repeated. The manipulation of the
faucet says that, though fowls some-
times object to the feede at first, they
soon learn to like it and anticipate its
use with delight. The machines are in
use in France, England, and Germany.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-07-03
A Talking Piano.

A piano which gives an imitation OF
the human voice has been recently
brought to this country. The priciple of
its construction is different from that Of
the photograph, voicing the ideas Of the
operator instead of reproducing the
words. The piano is made to utter
sounds and words more or less intelligi-
bly by mechanical contrivances in imi-
tation of all the separate organs OF
speech i'm man. A bellows from behind
sends the force of air into the larynx,
where the primal sound is produced by
the vibrations of a thin piece of bone.
The sound coming from here is modl-
fed at will. The lips and tongue are
made of Indian rubber and the lower
law and tongue are movable and thus
able 10 control the sounds which are
produced. To supply the place OF a
nose, directly underneath the mouth
and i'm connection with it is lemon
shaped chamber to which rubber tube
curved outward forms an outlet. When
the air is driven through, the nasal
sounds of the instrument is produced.
A series of stops placed directly in front
of the vocal cords of the larynX, and
under the control of the operator by
pedals, regulate the pitch of the sound.
The keyboard by which it is operated
consists of fourteen keys representing
fourteen distinct letters or sounds. The
others are formed by combinations. The
tone is necessarily hard and rough, but
the enunciation is surprisingly distinct.
The piano was invented in 1864 by
resident of Vienna, and though it has
been widely exhibited throughout Eu-
rope, this is its first appearance in the
United States.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-07-03

WILL NO LONGER BE IMPOSED UPoN.
The steady increasing demand for thar
best and safest of all remedies, the ia.
nous Seven Springs "IrOn-hlum Mass, u
is sufficient proof that the suffering class
of humanity will no longer be imposed
upon by the use of unreliable patent
medicines and nostrums, but are using
the "Seven Springs Mass" a pure min
eral water remedy, which has won an
enviabls reputation in the treatment and
cure of dyspepsia, indigestion, chills
and fevers, sore throat, female complaint
and uterine troubles. Every mail bring:
unsolicited letters telling of cure OF
some of the above diseases.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-07-03

"You ought to have your baby bap-
tized, Rastus." said a member Of the
church to eolored father.
eyes sab, but can't afford de cost. y
cit doesn't cost nuthin' TO- de mere act
cit doesn't cost anything"
Of baptism, sab, but you see l owe de
minister 81 for performing de wedding
cermony year ago, and he mought OBJ
ject, sab, to baptising baby dat hadn't
never been paid for.'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-07-03

Her head was pillowed on his breast
and looking up in shy way she said ::
"Do you know, dear George that"
"You mean dear James, | think" he
interrupted, smiling fondly at her mis-
take.
"Why, yes, to be sure. How stupid
1 am! 1 was thinking this is Wednes-
day evening""
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-07-03

Sewell T. Taylor, Esq, Snow Hill,
Md, says in the year 1881 and 1882 he
used P0well's Prepared Chemicals for
wheat and fond it AS good as fertilizer.
used last year, which cost more than
twice as much. Write for a descriptive
pamphlet of this economical fertilizer
material. Address the manufacturers,
Brown Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.