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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-08
Pine and Palm.
| lonely tree. the rowan grew

A lonely tree. the rowan grew
Among the boulders; long and lone.
The wild moor heaved beneath the blue
In heathery swells of turf and stone.
They'd wandered east, they'd wandered
west,
With dance and music, song and mirth,
That sunburned group who paused 10 rest
On that one spot Of shadowy earth.
With heat and travel overcome.
The bandsman slumbere On the grass
Lay leathern pipes and cymbaled drum
And bright peaked hat with bells of brass.
With low, soft laughs and whispered fun.
B,ithe eyes and lips of loving red,
Two girls sat stringiug in the sun
The rowan berries on thread.
Against a boulder messy grown
saw the singing woman lean
Her dark, proud head. Upon the stone
She had placed her gilded tambourine.
Though not asleep, she did but seem
HalI conscious, tor tho hot sun kissed
Her cheek and wrapped her heart in dream
Like some glad garden wrapped in mist
Into the tambourine dropped
Nv modest tribute unto art;
The children, threading berries, stopped;
The woman wakenei with n start.
She rose and thanked me, bright and free,
Then added, God is good to-dayl
One hour am in Napoli-
And this is Scotland-far awayr"
And / remembered, as turned,
How, lone in Norland SHOWS, the pine
Dreamed OF that lonely palm which yearned
On burning crags beneath the line.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-08
Triads.

Three things to love-Courase, gen
tleness, affection.
Three things to Observation-Disclosures
power, dignity, gracefulness.
Three things TO hate-Cruelty, AFRO
gance, Ingratitude.
Three things to reverence-Religicn,
Justice, self denial.
Three things to wish for-Health, a
cheerful spirit, friends.
Three things to lke-Cordiality. good
humor, mirthfulness.
Three things to suspect-Flattery
oyerscrupulousness. sudden affection.
Three things to avoid--ldlenes', hip'
pant jesting, loquaclty.
Three things to govern-remper, I'M
pulse, the tongue. n
Three things to be prepared for--De'
cay, change, death.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-08
jean.

Sweet and dainty as the wlse-eyed
dalses pinned against her breast; slen-
der and graceful as the tall nodding
grasses that brush against her skirts;
Sweet and fair and lovely as the June
morning itself-that is Jean.
Big. solemn, blue eyes like bit OF
the Simmer sky above her sunny lead;
a curved tender mouth where dimples
Iurk and lovely little smiles creep in
and out; soft muslin draperies and
gypsy hat set above the bushes and the
dImples-that is Jean. And the sweet
SIMMER morning seems sweeter Tor her
presence and the field flowers nod In a
friendly way and the small brown birds
along the path sing little confidential
songs to her whom they both know and
| 'ove.
The country road Is grass-grcwn and
deserted. 1t is a 'sshort cut" to the
village beyond the hill. to which q
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-08
AFashionable Mistake.

He had been to the city and went
home brimful of news.
"You member the Smiths?' he asked
his wife. ''th' Silver erik Smiths, them
as got rich on Their gran'feyther s
money!"
Yes. she remembered them.
II seen 'em. They're way up; live
in a gram house on a street they call
sthavenoo. They ride IN a double
kerriage and have no end of money.
She said she s'posed as much.
"But. dumb sakesl Mandy, you
wouldn't want ter change places with
her. 1 see her a minnit an didn't
hey the heart to speak t'her."
She said she'd like to know why
stuck up thingl
"No, she amt, Mandy, not now.
She's bin humbled rite down to The
dust. She's as blind as bat"
BlindI She guessed not.
ssBut she is. Fusr, she didn't kut
meme that's rid down hill and playe.
tag with her when she warn't knee-hlgt
to a turkey. Then, Mandy, tho he
eyes were wide open, she went nit
along the streets all dressed up In nm
close. and a leetle mite OF a dog wa
/ leading her along. He was tied to
streeng, and she had hold tother end
the streeng, Now, Mandy. how'd 70
like to be herr"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-08
THE COUNTRY STORE.
How They Do Business Where They
Have Time to DO IL That Way.

An elderly woman, with keen gray
eyes looking sharply through steel
bowed spectacles, enters and casually
examines several bolts Of lawn lying
on the counter.
"Ah, good day, Mrs. H" says
the proprietor, coming briskly forward,
anticipating sale, "looking for lawns.
mo, 1 doao as was," says the pos
sible customer, guardedly. 81 was just
noticing these"
''They're pretty patterns. l just got
them in"
They're all so light"
''Light colors are all the rage this
summer, But here's black and white
piece that's just the thing for you.
Now, isn't that neat?"
"Yes, rather; but it amt just what
l like. How much is it?n
Fifteen cents a yard"
''Ain't that dreadful high for lawns?"
'Not for lawns Of that quality. Just
see how fine 1t is?''
"Yes, but they're selling lawns ev'ry
mite and grain as good as that in the
city for eight and nine cents"
lupOSSiDlt, MIS- IL
"Indeed, they arel And one of my
neighbors got good piece for seven
cents"
"They are not such goods as this"
sits pretty nigh the very same thing.
l hadn't calculated on giving more
than ten cents"
why, Mrs. H, this cost more
than that at vhOlesaler,
"Oh, guess not. Anyhow, 1 can't
give but ten cents yard"
81 can't take It."
"I won't give any more"
swell, Just examine that lawn close
ly now."
''It looks well enough. but amt al
all sure that it won't fade"
"I'll warrant it not to fade. It's {
standard make and fast colors."
well, how many yards are there II
the piece?"
Thirteen; Just good full pattern
''Eleven would be great plenty fol-
me-"
"Now, I'll tell you what I'll do. III
let you have the piece for fourteen
cents yard, seeing as It's all I've go'
left"
''Can't you say an even twelve cent.
to an old customer like me?"
mo, really, 1 couldn't"
"Fourteen cents IS too much fo
lawns that's selling ev'rywhere for teI
cents"
"Oh, think you are mistaken"
swell, see here, I'll give you tweiv,
and one-half cents yard for it."
mo, couldn't 90 below thirteeI
cents, and wouldn't let anybody bu
you have 1t for that"
We'll, I'll give you thirteen cents i
you'll call it twelve yards"
"But there's full thirteen yards il
the piece"
swell call it twelve and I'll take it.
"Can't do it,"
81 reckon you'll throw in thread, an,
buttons, and waist-lin 'ngsr"
Couldn't do it for that money!
Well, say thread and buttons, them
''l'll throw in a spool of thread"
'And a card of hooks and eyesp"
"Well, / don't know-yes, l WILL"
Snow, why can't you say buttons
too?"
81 really cannot; Pm losing none
now."
"And you can't make it II! cents
yard?"
"No."
swell, l guess l won't take it.
amt needing lawn dress this summer
anyhow"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-08

Strueys made during the past two
Years have shown that the River Rhone
has cut for itself a channel in the boz
tom of Lake Geneva, through which 1t
flows, between parallel banks, like an
ordinary stream on the esfth's surface.
The Rhine makes similar passage
through Lake Constance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-08

-Colored velvet mantillas with
beaded sleeves will pe worn TINS sum
mer They are in subdued tlnts.
-Lustrous silk-warp white materials
ara employed for mourning dresses for
informal occasions.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-08

Every couple is not . par'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
A NOVEL BANK.
The Gigantic Pawnbroking Shop of Bos-
fon-A popuyar

The Gigantic Pawnbroking Shop of Bos-
ton-A Popular Enterprise.
Zone of the things Buffalo needs"
said Collector Irish, the other day, sis a
pawnbroker's bank. There is one in
Boston, and that is the only one in
America. This bank has already made
itself so necessary that it deals largely
with New York as well as at home. The
manufacturers patronize it entirely. The
way business is done is this: A manu-
featuring establishment finds that it has
line of goods thati can't sell. No Or
ders come in for them. They are in the
way and the capital of the firm is tied
up in them. What do they doP They
go to the pawnbroker's bank and turn
these slow goods over to it. The bank
advances about what the goods have
cost, and agree to hold them year.
The firm is now ready to go ahead. II
orders come in for the goods within the
wear they are redeemed and sold; if not.
the bank sells them at auction. In this
way the trade is carried on smoothly,
and there are fewer embarrassments on
account of unsold stock. The manu-
facturers of any city would be immense
lv benefited by such bank but the
trouble is it would require so much to
start one. At the least calculation II
would take one million dollars wish
somebody would undertake it, for l
know from the Boston concern that II
would paw well. 1t would increase bush
ness. and make it safer, too. -6.Ddto
Express.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
to be 100, 20 live to be 90 and in 100

" 10 AOV, ~ I'VE 10 DC ~ anu IN lUV
lives to be 60. m
O course professions exercise great
influence on longevity. and the rich
live longer than the poor. The births
exceed the deaths by about sixteen or
seventeen per minute The number of e-
male births is four per cent. greater than
the male births, and at the age of twen-
ty there are more females than males.
AT forty, however, the preponderance ia
On the side of the males, while at seven
~ the number is supposed to be about
even, but between seventy and one hum
dred the excess of women over men is
fully five per cent, which shows that
after forty the probabilities of longevity
are greater for women than for men.
We read of cases of longevity, and
can neither disprove nor prove them,
since, until 1888, no registers were kept
wherein such things were recorded. In
1912 the Countess of Desmond lived to
be one hundred and forty-ive. In 1886
Thomas Parr lived to be one hundred
and fifty-two, and in 1913 Thomas
Damme died at one hundred and fifty
four. In 1870 Henry jenkins lived to
one hundred and sixty-nine, while Peter
Norton died in 1741 at the ripe age of
one hundred and eighty-five years. The
list of authenticated cases of longevity
shows plainly that something in the
habits of the people of Ireland and En-
gland, together, with the climate, induce
to long life.
There is no doubt but life in many
forms and manifestations, perhaps, as it
is claimed by some, in all, can be ex-
banded in vigor, intensity and duration,
but only under favorable conditions
and influences. To bring the circum-
stances and conditions amid which any
life or form of life is placed. into har-
mony with the law appointed for its be-
ing. is still left for scientists and work
ers in the cause to do. ! have no doubt
but for every i'll there is a remedy, for
every disease cure. 1t may not be for
the nineteenth century to discover
the remedy and cure. nor yet for the
twentieth. and in the meantime new
diseases. or diseases unknown to med
zeal science at least, are presenting
themselves for the torment and ami
hilation of mankind, but somewhere the
remedies remain to be discovered and
used. Science will yet teach us the
favorable conditions" whereby life may
be pleasantly prolonged. -NorWich Ga
zette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
CONCERNING LIME.
Its Mechanical and Chemical Actions on
the Land.

Its N echanical and Chemical Actions on
the Land.
Lime acts both mechanically and
chemically when applied to the land. 1t
makes heavy clay soils mellow, and cor
reefs the acidity of low, wet soils; but
the principal benefit to be derived from
the application of this material is in the
decomposition of vegetable matter in
the soil. Lime in itself is of little value
as fertilizer, and no amount will make
a poor soil fertile. On low bottom
lands the lime should be applied broad
cast and in caustic state; but on up
lands that which has been exposed after
burning until it is air slaked-as it is
termed-will answer equally as well, if
not better, than when slaked by water.
If applied to clover or wheat it should
be sown broadcast at the rate of ten
bushels per acre, and evenly distributed
over the surface early in spring. When
applied to clay soils or low, bottom
lands twenty to fifty bushels per acre
maybe used with safety. If the soil is not
naturally well supplied with vegetable
matter. the lime may be composted with
peat from the swamps, old sods or even
leaves and weeds; but it should never
be mixed with fresh stable manure, be-
cause its chemical action on manures
containing ammonia is injurious If
you have any doubts on this point, mix
a little lime with guano, or with a show
elful of hen manure, and see how quick
~ the ammoniaca1 gases will be evolved
and dissipated.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
A HORSE TRADE.
How the Professionals of Texas Manage
Questionable Transactions.

How the Professionals of Texas Manage
Questionable Transactions.
G. w. Bulger is one of the best horse
traders in Western Texas Not long
since he offered for sale large bay
horse to Colonel Witherspoon, who
thinks he knows all that is to be known
about a horse. Colonel Witherspoon
bought the horse at very low price.
Gilhooly, who happened to be present
when the trade was made. took the pur-
chaser aside and said to him:
Colonel Witherspoon, how did you
come to let yourself be taken in on that
horse? Don't you see that he is lame in
his left hind leg?'
Colonel Witherspoon winked and
whispered to Gilhooly.
81 am not fooled blame bit in that
horse. / know he is lame, but his lame
ness comes from nail in his hoof I'll
just have that nail pulled out, and then
the horse will not limp and will be worth
twice what gave for him. It's big
bargain and don't you give it away"
Gilhooly whistled and remarked:
'sWell, you are shrewd one after ALL ,"
1T will be cold day when l get left
on horse trade" replied Witherspoon,
as he led off his limping purchase.
Next day Gilhooly met G. w. Bulger.
''Bulger, you are not as smart at
horse trade as I thought you were. You
let Witherspoon have that horse for half
what he is worth.
care you sure of that?"
s'Certainly I am. That lameness
comes from nail in his hoof. Wither-
spoon will pull the nail out, cure up the
sore place, and the horse will be worth
twice what he paid YOU"
II don't think so, replied Bulger. II
know all about that nail in the horse'f
hoof drove it in myself"
''You did?'
ayes. You see I WANTED people to be-
lieve that it was the nail that made him
limp, bslt he soas lame before. He VII
keep on being lame after that nail is out.
He always viii be lame. Do you see
nowp"
'.Well, yes, think do. Tn glad
you told me- When I want to buy q
horse know who not to buy from.''-
Texas S5ffi1oS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
CELESTIAL HUMOR.
Venerable Specimens of wit from the Chi
nese Book of Laughter.

venerable Specimens OF wit from the chi
nese Book of Laughter.
The China ReUieW publishes col
lection of Chinese humorous anec-
dotes, selected from the s'Hsiao Lin
Kuang," or "Book of Laughter"
some of which are interesting, because
they are identical with stories familiar to
Western civilization, while others have
a peculiarly Celestial accent:
Two persons standing over a stove
on cold day, warming themselves,
were overheard indulging in the follow
ing dialogue: No. 1, apathetic, and
given to verbiage, addressed No. 2, re-
putedly hot-tempered and decisive,
whose clothes he noticed smoldering,
as follows: 'sMy dear friend, there is
something I would like to speak to
you about; have seen it for some time
and all along have wanted to tell you,
but as people say your temper is fiery, I
hesitated; on the other hand, if do not
speak, you may be a loser, so have
come to the conclusion at last to ask
your permission to do So" "Out with
it." said the other. "Well, your clothes
are burning" mildly continued No. 1.
"Why the deuce" cried No. 2, in pas
sion, as he observed considerable dam
age already done, ''could you not
speak at once?" eft is true, then,
what people say-what temper he
has got" muttered No. 1, as he lazily
moved off. >.
Come home to dinner" cried good
housewife to her husband at work in a
field. sAll right" he shouted, "as soon
as have hid my hoe" At dinner his
wife demonstrated with him for shout
ing so loudly about hiding his hoe. II
am certain" said she, ''the neighbors
have heard you, and some one has al
ready stolen it." Struck with the re-
mark, the man returned to the field,
and, sure enough, the hoe was gone.
On returning to his house, and i'm
pressed with the wisdom of her previous
caution, he whispered into his wife's
ear: 1.-THE hoe is stolen.''
The following impromptu, though
consequent on fall, can not be looked
upon as the outcome of deficient I'M
Outstanding. A man stumbled and fell.
Trying to rise, he again fell. ''Hang
it, - he cried, "if had known I was to
fall again, would not have tried to get
up" Fl
A spirit about to be re-embodied was,
at the final interview with the lord of
hades, informed that he was to be born
into a rich family, and would become
very wealthy. ..I don't want it, said
the spirit; ..just give me enough for
food and clothes, that is sufficient
"No, no." was the reply; "you must at
least have few thousand dollars; it
would never do to let you have too easy
a Ife."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
SNOW IN THE STREETS.
How 1t Is Removed in London at q Yer
Moderate Expense.

How 1t Is Removed In London at q Very
Moderate Expense.
The question, what is the best way Of
disposing of snow in the city streets? is
much discussed. One man suggests that
the city should appoint officials to stand
along the docks and buy all the snow
that may be offered at certain price
per CARLOAD, pay for it on the spot, and
see it dumped into the river. The wise
inventor of this method thinks that since
almost all the carts and wagons are idle
during the prevalence of snow there
would be universal turnout of the I'M
employed class, and the whole island
would be cleared of snow in two days.
In London the snow is emptied in
pits excavated for the purpose, with
there is a coil of pipes heated by steam.
and the water runs away into the sew
ers. In this manner the snow from the
business parts of the city is rapidly re-
moved at a very moderate expense.
In Milan the removal of the snow is
let out by contract at so much per
inch. AS soon as the snow ceases fall
ing the city engineer, in the presence
of certain officials and the chief con-
tractors, measures the depth of snow on
stone slabs which are completely shell
tered from the winds. This measure
ment furnishes the basis for computing
the price which the city is to pay for
each ward and district. There are por-
tons of the city which present peculiar
difficulties, and for cleansing these ths
contractors get larger allowance.
On winters day in Milan, after
fall of snow, there will be as many
sometimes as three thousand men in the
streets sweeping and shoveling.
The remarkable circumstance is the
small sum of money which it costs Milan
to get entirely rid of its snow. In the
winter of 1S74-5 the total fall of snow
amounted to little over three feet six
inches. The expense of its removal was
about forty-two thousand dollars. The
winter before last the fall was only five
and quarter inches, which was removed
for five thousand two hundred dollars.
The city, we should add, furnishes all
the implements employed except vehis
Giles and horses. Generally speaking. it
costs to remove the snow from the
streets of Milan about one thousand dol
lars an inch.
One thing is certain: The snow should
be removed from our cities within forty
eight hours after it has fallen. 1t is the
worst possible economy to let it remain
to thaw and freeze and freeze and thaw
from November to April.-N. Y. World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25
PITH AND POINT.

The first woman complained of hav-
ing nothing to wear, and her daughters
have kept the same old story going from
that day to this Chicago Ledger.
IL can give you cold bite" said
the woman. "Why not warm it upP''
asked the tramp. ''There amt any
wood sawed s'That SO? Well, give it
me cold.''-N 2. Sun.
up to the time of going to press
New Haven possesses the champion
mean man. He looks through a magni-
flying glass at cent to see that nobody
has stolen feather out of the Indian
head.-Ne,o Haven Nesos.
A certain Judge was not remarkable
for sagacity on the bench. At an off.
cial ball he criticized the waltzing OF
witty member of the bar. .'Ah! my
friend, you are bad Walter" "Ah'
but you are bad judge" was the re-
joinder.-Praiaie Farmer.
Sliding down hill and shinny-stick
are all the rage under the more elegant
appellations of tobogganing and polo.
If somebody will only invent high
sounding name for them, we shall not
despair of peg-top, marbles and hop
scotch one day becoming exceedingly
fashionable among the elite.-Boston
transcript.
look here,' remarked De Wigs
to the corner grocer, ''this pavement
here is awful slippery. Why don't you
throw some sand on itp' Cant get
Bit" replied the grocer. ''Well, throw
some sugar over it; the pavement won't
know the difference. - Chestnut
yelled the grocer. Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Up in the choir the tenor was MAX
ing love to the soprano in muffied voice
while the preacher was waxing eloquent
in the pulpit below. you're DEAR"
the young man whispered. ga doe,
rather" the soprano smiled back. ''Ah,
yes, replied the tenor; "you're the do
ia NIL She killed him with a look
Chicago Tribune.
-.'Some folks say I'm conceited," re-
marked young Popinjay the other day,
what I've got under a bushel, that's all"
man." exclaimed bystander, approx
ingly; az wouldn't waste bushe1 on it
if l were you. A small-sized pint meas
ure would be amply sufficient. '-Sonaer-
Uille Journal.
Young artist think my picture is
going to be accepted by the academy.
Friend-You don't say SO! Good. l am
glad to hear it. Young artist-Jenkins
told me to-day that while he was before
the hanging committee my work was
brought up for discussion. jenkins said
that the chairman, who has a great deal
to say about these things, exclaimed very
%, hang that picture
1t looks very encouraging, doesn't it?'
.IEdbits.