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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-02-18

contented servitage, and, after years OF
uncomplaIning dependence, manage in
middle age to lure their wives to the
cheaper freedom of life in Continental
cities. Others, like Prince Christian,
after the wedding ceremony is over. are
never heard of again In any shape,
form, or association. One, like the
Marquis of LOrne, seeks IN literary
pursuits and even in temporary exile a
SOlace from the singular degradation of
being his wife's subject, and unable to
rise t. the manlier position of husband
IL is not yet certain what attitude
Prince Battenberg will take at the
English court, now that he has sworn
away his independence in cOnsenting to
tack his welded life to the Queens
apron strings, and abjured the heavenly
bIrthught of making home for his
bride. One would have thought that
what Princess Beatrice would have
sought above all in matrimony would
be deliverance from the thraldOm in
which she has lived tor twenty-eight
years; but the iron will of her mother
has decreed otherwise. 1t is difficult
not 20 cherish hope that the young
bridegroom has borne In mind the fam
Gus ''cdS reSeTre' attributed TO JeSuitic
prudence, and that he will have in pertO
guaranteed to hi nself saving clause
that may enable him 10 throw off the
yoke when it becomes too CALLING.
Whatever Parliament may be pre-
vailed upon to vote as subsidy &c the
young couple will of course excite
scream of recrIminatiOn from the tax
paying community. Yet the sum thus
granted will be but home lathic dose
compared with the animal expenditure
in appointments, salaries, pensions, and
moneys received by the families and re-
latiOnS of dukes, marquises, earlS, viS-
counts, and baIOns, amounting 70 the
prodigious total of el0S, ga $50, divI-
ded as follows: Twenty-eight families
OF dukes take 90, 100000; thirtv-three
families of marquiSes. g, 3tj $50; 200
families of earlS, e4S, Isl. DOB; sixty
families of viscOunts, eli, ,24l ,200;2ll
families OF barOns, e3l, ,126, ,ISS. Ofthese
the Duke of Richmond heads the list,
with 81 600, 900, followed by The Duke
Of Wellington, q, 425, 500; the Duke OF
Grafton, 81, lis, $50, aud so on.
The elOquence of these figures re-
quires no comments, save, perhaps, the
unhateering felicity of expression at
tanned by John Bright when he referred
to ''the gigantic system of outdoor re-
lief for the aristrOcracy of Great Brit
ain"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-02-18
Plants IN Bedrooms

The controversy Is to keeping live
plants in room at night continues to
be carried on with vigOr and acrImOny,
although most people have probably
supposed that 1t was long since set at
rest. Not SO many years ago the dan
ger Of keeping suen things in a bed
room was good deal pOoh-pOOhed by
practical persons, who regarded the
stories told in that connection Is old
womeu's tales, belonging to the same
category as the myth about sleeping uu-
der the moon, or taking a siesta under
a yew tree. But then there were pub
lished terrible accounts of fair DANES,
who, fespiSIng the warning in question
and depOsiting bouquets or dover pots
in their rooms at night, had met with a
fate almost as tragic as that recorded
in the doleful ballad of The MistletOe
Bough." TheTeup0n the scientific
world, with the whole crew of unlearn-
ed folk at Its heels, rushed TO the OppOS-
ite conclusion, and adopted a theory
that illness and even death might result
from sleeping in an apartment which
was adorned with living plants or fresh
NuNtlhk1. -AAAAA AAON IL LNAAAAo OtAL N-AatN
in going as far as this We have gone a
good deal too far. At a medical con-
ference recently held in France it was
demonstrated to the satisfaction OF
all the savants there present, that
plants, as long as they are plants only,
may safely and even with advantage,
be admitted to the elySium from which
they have so often been eX.led. These
pretty ornaments, as learned writer
now declares, ''far from being hurtful,
are beneficial In as much as they ex-
hale a certain amount of ozone and va
pOr, which maintain healthy damp
ness In the air, and besides that are
destructive of the microbes which pro-
mote cOnsumptive tendencies in human
beings. 1t Is only flowers and not the
plants which bear them, that do the
damage. Ferns are innOcuOus, roses
and sunaowers are pernicious-at least
during the interesting period while
they are in bloom"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-02-18
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-Slxty-fOur women engrayerS earn
their livelihood In England.
The total cost of the TiehbOrne
litigation was over $50, 900.
Mr. " B. Cdrk proposes, in the
Journal of the Franklin Institute, to
employ, as q source OF emergency power
for ships of war, furnaces into which
petroleum is sprayed along with super.
heated steam aud hot air,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-02-18

Beware Of dreamsi Beware Of the
illusions Of fancyl Beware Of the solemn
deceivirgs Of thy vast desiresl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18
"Touring' Abroad.

The ST. James Gazette says: ''The
habit of touring" abroad seems to be
growing in favor among English
sportsmen as well as among those of
other countries. Although the coming
cricket season at home Is not to be
signalized by the advent of any foreign
eleven, it appears that a couple of
British teams are intending to travel
in search of winter cricket. Both will
visit America. This is probably due to
the extreme courtesy and good form
which was SO consistently shown by
the Philadelphia gentlemen who visit
ed US last year. Every club. we be-
lieve. which met the Philadelphlans
thoroughly enjoyed the friendly con-
test; and in fact the latter fully justified
Their title to their name. A team of
south of England gentlemen will sail
for America at the end of August. and
will include r. T. and r. j. Thornton,
Hine-Haycock, the old Dark Blue, T.
w. Welman, and w. Fowler, the old
Cambridge fast bowler. The other
team will be composed of Scotch gen.
tlemen, who will also sail in August.
Doubtless both elevens will have thor
oughly enjoyable trips among a people
so hospitable as the Americans
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18
THE SENATE AS A scAREcRow.

Mr.. Cleveland, in Making His Appoint
ments. Does Not Cater to the Wishes of
the Senatorial Majority.
While the work of reform of the pub
lie service is going on quietly and
smoothly and the Administration is
using rare Judgment and skill in ap.
pointments and removals, the enemies
of the President are still keeping up the
lugubrious howl of the partisan, pro-
testing against the turning-out of those
faithful workers who tried all the infiu-
ence of office to putM Blaine in the
White House. The chief Ananias of
them all, who uses the Tall Tower as a
laboratory for minimising truth to a
vanishing point, impudently asserts
that the men who have been turned out
of the Government service were of a
higher acreage in character, experience
and emciency than those who have sue
ceeded them. As far as character, ex-
perience and efficiency regard the
Tribune meaning of such terms its as
sertion may be correct. But the COM
mon acceptation of the words is the
very opposite.
The Administration has acted consist
entity throughout with its programme of
reform and consequently it is winning
praise and support from the people
generally and from fair minded Repub-
Gcans in particular. Many who were
misled by the confident predictions of
the Blaine Jeremiahs that under Demo-
cratic auspices the country would go to
the " demnition bow vows have since
become thoroughly ashamed of having
yielded for moment 10 such childish
delusion and they are the most pro-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18

nounced in praise of the new order OF
things. The more marked the appro-
baton OF the Administration by the peo-
pie, the more rabid become the utter.
ances OF the ultra disanion organs
Some OF them have begun to raise nm
the United States Senate as bugbear.
The Philadelphia Press threatens the
President with this bugbear, and warns
him that the Republican majority in the
Senate, especially Logan. may take
issue with him on the meaning of the
term offensive partisan conduct Il
says that 'swhile the White House mail
carries forth a bundle of commissions
to Democratic appointees, the fact that
there is solid Republican majority in
the Senate seems to be forgotten" The
President, we fancy, does not stop to
consider, every time that he is called
upon to fulfill his duty, whether the Re-
publican majority in the Senate will be
pleased or not 1t is very probable that
this majority, recognizing the indorse-
ment of the Presidents course by the
people, will think twice before assum-
ing an attitude of antagonism toward
him.
There are men of experience and ripe
Judgment in that body who are not like
ly to be carried away to the extreme OF
suicidal folly by the vaporings and
buster of a few lunatic organs. 1t is
not safe for a public man to disregard
the plainly expressed wishes of the
people, and the Senators are too well
aware of that fact. They will not
thank the rabid outrage-shriekers Of
their party for attempting to put them
in a position of antagonism against the
President The crucial test Of the ap-
pointments and removals made by Mr..
Cleveland in the public service is pub
lie opinion. That has been unreserved-
ly in his favor, and the most sincere re-
formers have unhesitatingly accorded
him praise for his faithful observance Of
the promises he made of giving the
country a clean. upright administra-
ton and clearing away the vast ac-
emulation of official corruption left
by the Republican regime.
ArQuS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18
PiTH AND POINT.

Persons writing love poems win
please make note that stupid is the
only word in the English languaga
which rhymes with Cupid 49, Chicago
Tribune.
"A Texan. who has lived for years
among the cowboys, says that many Of
Men cling to college Customs long az
ter graduation. Boston Post.
a man was telling his wife how the
freely men suffered from hunger, when
she interrupted. saying: claw sakes.
themp"-N Y. Grophic.
a Maine teamster says: 81 can
start the most obstinate horse by tax
ing him out of the shafts and leading
him around in . circle until he is gid
dy." And now we are disturbed by
the question. how is he going to lead
him round in q circle without starting
himP-Boston Post.
-.tOh! Mr.. S.,n said young LADY,
at fair. 81 want your help for mo
ment. I have just sold tidy tor fif.
teen dollars that cost fifteen cents, and
I want you to tell me what percentage
that is. "a transaction of that kind,
my dear Miss B., said Mr.. S.. who is
a lawyer, '.gets out of percentage and
into larceny. ~ Y Post.
No more touching compliment,
could be paid than that OF the child
who had overheard a conversation al
the table on the qualities OF wife. As
he stopped over to kiss his mother he
remarked: mamma, when l get big.
I'm going to marry a lady just 'zactly
like you. IN. Y. Independent !,
John" said certain grocer to his
new clerk, ''to succeed in the retail
grocery line it is necessary to practice
a reasonable amount of economy.
'Wilful waste makes woeful want is
truism you should always bear in
mind" Eyes, SIR" "Now, was sur
prised," the underselling grocer went
on, when you picked the flies out or
the sugar barrel this morning that you
didn't brush their legs off. Don't let
that happen again, John. "-Erchassge.
"A lady entertaining the little
daughter of a friend for a few days was
one evening edited by the following
bit of reasoning on the little maids
part. The full moon was clear and
bright, whereupon the child exclaimed:
Mrs. S., look, God has lighted his
lanternr' .'But who told you that was
Gods lantern?'' was the surprised in
quiry. Nobody. I knew it myself.
Doesn't God give you a light for your
house? And do you think he gaveit all
to you and sat in the dark himselfp"-
Boston Traveller.
When you take s'gal" to hop.
and have no money for an ice-cream,
just waltz off and let her galop for it.
Folio. But wouldn't the proprietor
make a racquetp-Richmo,ad Baton.
Well, wouldn't he? and probably
polka boot or two at the gentleman as
he glided out Wilmington Nes0 South.
If you fellows attempt to real off much
more of such stuff at quick-step
march you will clog your intellects be-
fore the jig is up.-B~rlimgton Has0k-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18

quickly we gathered around the table
and bowed our heads, while uncle
asked blessing. Suddenly shadow
fell across the doorway, and when we
raised our heads imagine what sur
prise we felt-there stood the truant
boy Joe. Aunt Margaret sprang to her
feet
s.Don't come to meet me vet,
mother,n he said, ''untl show you
that 1 have not forfeited all claim to
your respect and love; that everything
was not so bad as you have thought.
didn't steal that money, or ever
meant to steal it. am willing to ac-
knowledge my share of the wrong; it
was getting into bad company and
drinking too much whisky, but have
not been guilty of stealing anything
they have proven. After had been
drinking freely and made fool of my
self. as liquor always makes me do, the
boys dragged me into the plan they had
already fixed upon, and until was too
drunk to know anything. they hurried
me away with them; but they have
been found. 1t is all cleared up now,
and father shant lose anything by
me-"
THANK the blessed Lord for that"
Aunt Margaret said, and, putting both
arms around him, she drew him into
the room. You may be sure a great
burdens weight was lifted from our
hearts when we heard Joe's story
through, and how thankful we were
that he had been saved. and that Nell
lie was saved. I shudder yet to think
how near they were to the precipice be-
meath which yawned the dark. dreadful
sea of Aunt Margaret's dream. But
the angels wing has turned the dark
mss into light, our sorrow into joy
-,,>pne Prentice, IN Louisville Courier
Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18

Ior."
You may be sure the sorrowful faces
of a few minutes ago frightened up at
this strange turn of affairs, and joyful
lv enough we all repaired to the parlor,
where Nellie and John were united in
marriage. You should have seen dear
Aunt Margaret's face when she kissed
the bride Didn't we all kiss her,
thouoh-no, not all. Mr.. Wells-I
mean never to call him a misery old
wretch or say other ugly names again.
However, 1 don't think he had any
thing to do with this piece OF mercy. L
regard it as a special interference OF
Providence But 1 am getting away
from the subject. Did he kiss her?
No. But this is the reason why. Mel
lie went straight up, and, putting both
arms around him, kissed him right
heartily. l am sure, had he been the
bridegroom. she would never have
kissed him like that.
What a perfect picture OF self-satis-
faction the old man was after that but
he had the good grace to 1emain only
a little while after tine ceremony. VI
course we were all dying to talk about
the strange things that had happened.
could not help thinking, as We all least
kind. grateful chances after his retreat
ing figure, how much happier he must
be than if he had gotten the unwilling
little bride, with the knowledge that
she and everybody else was miserable
about it. How happy we would have
been after that, except for poor. erring
Joe. Uncle went to the city the next
morning and did not return for two
days. His face was dark and solemn
when he came into the old house again.
but no one dared to question him; it
was late in the evening. and we had
waited supper for his coming Very
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18
NAVY REPAIRS.
Republicans Trying to Break the Force OF
Secretary WEitney's Recent Discover

Republicans Trying to Break the Force Of
Secretary WEitney's Recent Discover
les.
The champions of Chandler and
Roach are naturally trying to break the
force of the discovery that from two to
three times as much money as many OF
the United States naval vessels are
worth have been spent repairing "
them. They say that Congress refused
to appropriate money to build new ves-
sells; therefore the Republican officials
defed the law-making power and
evaded the law by spending money for
alleged repairs. The Mohican, which
has been thirteen years repairing at
San Francisco at cost of nearly one
million dollars, is not the old Mohican,
but new one. In this way the Secre-
taries of the Navy have Systematically
and persistently evaded the will of Con-
gress and wasted the public money
which the peoples representatives re-
fused to give them.
This is a remarkable confession; but
it is only putting the accusation in
another form. It means that Congress
had such profound distrust of United
States naval constructors and of the
Secretaries of the Navy that it would
not trust them with the peoples money.
Thereupon these distrusted and repudi-
ated public servants not only wasted
the money to twice or thrice the amount
the new vessels should have cost, but
they did it for the purpose of thwarting
Congress and grabbing the money with
which they were too dishonest to be
trusted. They were not only thieves
but sneak thieves
But even this explanation does not
explain why the construction of new
vessel under the name of repairs "
should cost so much more than the
building of a new vessel under the
name of new vessel. This, however,
is the case with dozen vessels that
have been repaired. The Tennessee,
the Mohican, Omaha, the Shenandoah.
the Ossipee, Kearsarge, the Pinta, have
all been repaired for sums ranging
from 1925, 900 to so, 200, 600, when their
original cost ranged only from a few
thousand to 81, 400, 900. The Kearsarge,
for example. cost only $286,918, but
the "repairs on her have cost
81, 200, 900; or 100000 more than il
would have cost to build new one.
The champions of Robson, Chandler
and Roach will have to contrive some
thing more. ingenious than this. 1t
doesn't hold water any better than the
naval vessels, to which it is applied
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18
AN ABSURD PRETENSE,
The Independent Influence in the Election
of Mr.. Cleveland.

The Independent Influence in the Election
of Mr.. Cleveland.
The Providence Journal, a pro-
nounced Blaine Republican organ, has
the following:
dent Cleveland. He was elected through and
only because of the Independent Republicans
who have not definitely left the Republicans:
point of view, refused to support Mr.. Blaine,
while they would have supported Hawley,
EdInunds or other Republicans of like char
acter.
Most of the leading Republican jour
mails have insisted that the Independent
Republicans were more pretentious than
powerful in the Presidential election
and that their vaunts were larger than
their vote. We have always done JUS
tice both to the motives and the services
of the Independents and have main
tanned their right to expect and to re-
ceive from President Cleveland's Adj
ministration that economical, honest
government, purified from jobbery and
corruption, which is claimed by them
to be all the reward they expected or
desire.
But is it not absurd to pretend that
ssthe Democratic party did not elect
President Cleveland" and that he was
elected by .the Independent Repub-
icans who have not definitely LETT
their own partyP
We honor the Independents who re-
fused to support Mr.. Blaine because of
his bad record and did open and good
service for President Cleveland. But it
is undeniable that their open support
drove large number of Democrats
from their own candidate to Mr.. Blaine.
Hence if Mr.. Blaine, who came very
near an election, had succeeded, it
would have been by the aid of the
Democratic votes which were cast for
him because of the Independent Repub-
lican support of his opponent.
Would the Providence JournGlin that
case have held that the Republican
party did not elect Mr.. Blaine, but that
he was elected through and only be-
cause of the dissatisfied Democrats who
left their party to support
himp-M T. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18

The phrase printers devil owes
its origin to tine fact that the first err
rand boy employed by Will am Caxton,
the first printer, was the son of gen.
tleman of French descent named De
Vile. or Deville, anc the name thus
came to be applied to printers ap-
prentices.-N. I. Mail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18
-sWen," said Uncle Peleg,

amt wot they used ter was, nohow.
They are awfully stupid nowadays-
no life in 'em. They amt got gump-
ton enough ter play er decent trick er
git off any fun Then he sat down in
4 batch Of treacle the bows had spread
half an inch deep on the head Of the
cask.-Ly,an Union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18
THREE STAGES OF LIFE.
ANrE-NJPTTAI.

ANTE-NUPTIAL-
Sweet love, know that must go;
It's late: tho noon of night is nigh;
Time speeds awa> and yet stay.
A lingering lover Sweet am /
All! how hate to say good
Ere siumber seals those starry eyes,
OnL give tender thought to one
Mno takes his leave of you with sighs,
whose heart still for yovr presence cries.
One kiss-adieu-I wish for you
Dreams roseate and slumbers light.
Inc time rs nigh, when you and /,
No more will need to say good night.
NUPTIAL.
How radiant in her bridal dresst
How sweet the love light in her eyesi
To day she crowns my happiness,
And earth becomes paradise.
I marvel, as look upon
Her now, arrayed in beautys pride,
BY what strange arts of love / won
This wingless angel for my bride.
And need go from her no more,
Nor dread her irate fathers frown,
When parting from her at the door,
Nor fear his sudden coming down.
No more to leave her at the gate,
And signing wander home alone,
For where she is-that's home; thank fate
she's mine at last, my wife, my own.
POST NUPTIAL.
To try on you that played out dodge
10 come home at this time of night,
Pretending I've been at the lodge?'
Where-hic-do you suppose I've been?
lin some SalOOn%' You're quite q Joker,
Hat hal what's that, you "ain't so green
You know thatT Eve been playing poker"
@tI'm chewing clovesY' yes, for a cough;
I've got a cold. What's that you said?
TOO bad?' D, yes; what now, take off
my boots before go to bedT'
OF course. my dear, quite forgot
had EN- on. Hic-there they go.
-f'Take off my hat:'' ''I'm dru nk:'' I'm not.
wonder at your talking
-fsYou won't put up with"-hush that child,
The peace disturbing little elf
Oh, stop its noise; it sets me Wild
What's that?-hic-.hush the child my
self?'
Veil, let me have her-by 10 by
Here am in my stocking feet
Safe in your papa's arms you lie;
By-lo my baby-slum ber sweet.
And this is matrimonial life
To walk the floor like this, alack!
He Is a fool who takes wife
Great Scott, I've stepped upon tack.
Great Julius Cesar, look at that
oh, who would wed for love or pelf-
My foot!-Here, take this squallng brat
And try to make it sleep yourself
oh, ssI'm brute?'' Oh, yes. of course
That blasted tack: What's that - "fm
You'll sue at once for divorce?"
wish to goodness that you would.
CURTAIN
Boston Courier
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18
NUPTIAL..

How radiant in her bridal dressi
How sweet the love-light in her eyesi
TOT day she crowns my happiness,
And earth becomes a paradise.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-17

Mr.. STANLEY MATTHEWS said the
suits in which he recently delivered
the opinion Of the Supreme Court were
not against the State; because the law
under which the collectors were acting
was not constitutional law. There
fore, he is compelled to decide that =
suit against an officer acting under
q constitutional law is . suit against
the State. Mr.. TAYLOR, tax-collector
of Henrico county, is acting under
Coupon-Killer No. /, which the Supreme
Court has decided to be constitutional.
Therefore suit against him would be
. suit against the State aud the Su-
preme Court could not entertain il.