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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
THE BEAUTY DOCTOR-
de Gives Valuable Prescriptions for
Pretty Women.

An Arab poet tells us that a beauti-
full woman should have four things:
Black-Hair. eyebrows, eyelashes
and pupil.
White-Skin, teeth and globe OF the
eye
Red-ToDgue, lips. gums, cheeks.
Round-Head, neck, arms, ankles,
waist.
Long-Back, fingers, arms, limbs.
Large-Forehead, eyes, lips.
Narrow-Eyebrows, nose, lips.
Fleshy-CheekS, limbs.
Small-Ears, bust, hands, feet.
We will not discuss the taste of this
Arab poet, but L may remark that all
the white, red, round and ileshy at
tributes required to form his plea of
beauty are purely and simply the re-
fectlon of physical health. Health
alone can give youth, freshness and
radiaDcy to tie complexion, and bril-
liancy TO the eyes and an attractive ex-
preston TO the whole face. 1n-health,
on the contrary, dries and discolors the
skin, produces wrinkles, makes the
face yellow and spOils the color or the
teeth, hair and nails. The celebrated
DIR. Won Feuchtersleben says that
''health is nothing but beauty in the
functions OF life"
y French author CDalzic) once called
ugliness "a grief which lasted a life
time" But he did not often know the
all-powerful force of hygiene IN the
cultivation and preservation of physical
beauty. What is, perhaps, the greatest
attribute of beauty is beautiful skim
The skin should be white, smooth, soft
and fresh-colored. A beautiful SKIN
alone is often sufficient to make wo-
man beautiful. And here again hygiene
steps In, for without health beautiful
skin is impossible. lie Camus, the au-
thor of that curious old book, "Ab-
| deker," says: The most regular
beauty could never charm me If fresh
ness, purity and brilllancy of COM
| plexion did not enliven it by adding
the radiancy of youth and health" In
/ fact the complexion is to beauty what
sprlngtime is to nature-what the
bloom is TO the peach-what the varied
tints are to the wings of the butterfly.
But as the smallest cloud can darken a
spring morning, as the contact with
another object can remove the bloom
or the peach, and a touch can spoil the
beauty of butterfly's wing, so the
slightest arrangement, either of mind
or body, darkens and troubles the COM
pleXion, and without constant care this
freshness and this purity which makes
the power of beauty becomes like a
faded flower. The preservation and
cultivation of a beautiful skin is, there
fore, one of our first duties.
Let me warn all ladies from wishing
to appear different to what nature has
made them; that IS, let no lady who
has beautiful dark hair attempt to dye
1t yellow, Just because it is yellow hair,
and dark-haired ladies are quite as
much admired as fair ladies. Nay,
shall 1 tell you a secret, ladies2 Statis-
itjes tell Us that more dark-hasred wo.
4 men marry than fair-hafred women
Beauty is not nodded in one form, it |:
varied as the leaves on tree, and Nc
two types are exactly alike.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
How a Detroit Kitchen Lady Aston
ished u Book Agent.

Madame" he began as the door
opened, ''I am selling a new book on
etiquette and department.
''Oh, you arel" she responded. go
down there on the grass and clean the
mud of your feet"
"Yes'm. AS was saying, ma'am,
I am sell"
Take off your hatl Never address
lady at her door without removing
your hat.''
-'Yes'm. Now, then, as was say.
ing"
Take your hands out of your
pocketsl No gentleman ever carries
bis hands there
"Yes'm. Now, ma'am, this work
on eti-"
Throw out your cud. If gentle
man uses tobacco, he is careful not t.
disgust others by the habit
"Yes'm. Now, ma'am, In calling
your attention to this valuable"
"Waitl Put that dirty handkerchief
out OF sight and use less grease on youI
hair. Now you look half decent. You
have book on etiquette and deport.
ment- Very well, 1 don't want it.
am only the hired girl. You can come
in, however, and talk with the lady oi
the house. She called me liar this
mornin1, and think she needs some
thing of the kind"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
Old Southern Homes.

A great many of the plantations in
different parts of the South, which
were once well known for their size.
the magnificence of the residences upon
them, the hospitality of their owners or
on account of the prominence of the
families which possessed them, are now
falling into ruins, The reason of this
Is, perhaps, that the land has been
worked SO long without being fertIliZed
that 1t has become poor, or 1t may be
that those into whose possession it has
passed lack the energy and skill which
are required to make it pay under the
present system of labor. One of these
famous old places, in Liberty County,
was lately sold to colored man for
3 500, only a part of the purchase
being required at once. 1t is known as
Laurel View, and IS within two miles
of the historic town of Sunbury. 1t
was the home of the gifted John Eli
OFT, and a very beautiful home it was
John Elliott represented Georgia in the
United States Senate from 1920 to
1926.
The plantation contains 2.S00 acres.
1t was purchased during the war of
secession by Lion Stephens, a brother
of Alexander ii. Stephens, and was
sold to the present owner by his heirs.
The district in which the plantation
is situated was noted, from the first set
tlement OF the State until the emanci-
patton of the slaves, for the intelligence
and wealth of its citizens. 1t is now,
however, almost wholly abandoned 10
the colored people. Its great planta-
tions have been divided into small
farms, and the superb mansions, once
the homes of men noted for wealth and
culture, and of women famous for
beauty and refinement, are falling into
decay, and are being replaced by cabins
and huts, whose chimneys of sticks and
mud tell more plainly than words of
the marvellous change for the worse
which has taken place N the once rich
and prosperous district.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
a Skipper with a Charmed Life.

There is a sailor on Lake Michigan
who seems to bear a charmed life.
When the fury OF the gale is at It's
highest and the waves are swaying in a
way that threatens TO engulf every
craft upon them, he is in his element.
He sails alone in little sloop not
thirty feet long, trading potatoes and
apples between Sturgeon Bay and Man
Itowoc. He was out in the terrible
storm that foundered the propeller
Vernon, and came into port in the
midst of il. He had been out in hun
dred storms before, and he lived
through them in his little shell when
staunch schooners went to pieces, but
he declared that he had never been out
in such a gale. People who witnessed
his coming into the straight-cut at
Manitowoc say that the sloop was
tossed about like chip. 1t would dis
appear entirely and then bob up again,
until dropped from view between the
next two waves. The old mamie is
seventy years of age-was mighty glad
to get into port.
~ wouldn't have given half dollar
for my chances of living twenty-four
hours, ''he said TO the tbrong of curious
people who crowded around him when
he reached the dock, just above 1.-THE
iron bridge" "When that storm broke
l grabbed the rudder, held on as hard
as could, and trusted in Providence.
expected to be washed overheard
every minute, 1 can tell you"
Nobody knows who the old man is.
Apparently, he has neither klth nor
kin. lie lives solitary and alone. He
bothers his head about nobody, and no
body about him. When an inquisItlve
person asks his name he replies that it
10 the same as that of his boat, and
when a person looks for 1t he finds the
boat goes without a name. Though
three score years and ten, the old man
looks a giant in health, as he is in
stature. His Tuddy face and red nose
contrast oddly with his gray beard and
halr.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
An Infiders View OF Death.

Mrs. Ida whiting Knowles, wife of
the Hon. Howard Knowles. late
United States collector at Peoria, ILL.,,
died in New York on December 10.
| She Was an estimable woman, and
leaves a wide clrcleof friends to mourn
her early death.
Before her remains were sent TO tie
West Colonel Robert O.. Ingersoll de-
lIvered the following tribute to her
memory.
"MY FRIENDS: Again we stand in
the shadow of the great mystery
shadow as deep and dark as when the
tears of the first mother fell upon the
pallid face of her lifeless babe-a
mystery that has never yet been solved.
We have met in the presence of the
sacred dead to speak word of praise,
of hope, of consolation. Another life
OF love is now a blessed memOry-a
lingering strain of music. The loving
daughter, tie pure and consecrated
wife, the sincere friend, who with ten
der faithfulness discharged the duties
of life, has reached her journeys
end.
"a braver, a more serene, a more
chivalric spirit-clasping the loved and
by them clasped-never passed from
lllC W AhC va hCdAlA. y
field of war ever witnessed greater for
titude, more perfect, smiling courage
than this poor, weak and helpless
woman displayed upon the bed of pain
and death. Her life was gentle and
her death sublime. She loved the good
and all the good loved her. But there
is this consolation: She can never suf-
fer more; she can never feel again the
chill of death; never part again from
those she loved. Her heart can break
no more. She has shed her last tear,
and upon her stainless brow has been
set the wonderful seal of everlasting
peace.
"When the angel of death-the
masked and voiceles5-enters the door
of home,I there come with her all the
daughters OF compassion and or these
love and hope remain forever.
"You are about to take the dear dust
home-to the home of her girlhoCd,
and to the place that was once my
home. You will lay her where my
father sleeps.
''All 1 can say is:
Lay her IN the earth.
And from her far and unDO,u' cd flesh
Let yiolets spring.
Il never knew, never met brayer
spirit than the one that once inhabited
the silent form of dreanless clay
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01

How Tugbnatmcn Sleep.

The question has often been asked,
when do tugboatmen sleep?' In
point of fact, so far as disrobing and
lying down in bed, nothing of that
kind ever occurs to their experience;
but still they manage to obtain a full
and, in fact, liberal allowance of sIum-
Der. because they have trained them
selves to lie down at any time and in
any shape, where the temperature is
high enough, without any formality of
divesting themselves Of clothing, and
ut once dropping off to sleep for an
hour or as much more as is possible. In
this way, it may be confidently asserted,
twelve out of each twenty-feur hours
of a tugboatman's life may be devoted
to slumber if he so chooses, and is, In
deed, generally spent in this manner.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
HEAVY GAS BILL.
A Case OF Lost Meter in the Archie
piscopal Palace in st. Louis.

''The heaviest gas bill ever paid by
one private customer, for gas furnished
at his residence, twas one paid a
short time ago by Archbishop Ken
rick. How big do you suppose 1t
was?"
81 conldn't imagine"
something over $780,"
'For gas used at his house?"
"Yes, sir.''
SHOW did it happen2 Was it illumi-
mating fer the President aud Mrs.
Cleveland"
.'No, it was a case of lost meter.
You see, each year the records are gone
over and brought into a new book,
and it sometimes happens, through the
carelessness of clerk or for some
other reason, that the transfer to the
new book is not properly made The
list of meters in each district is made
up and given to the inspectors, and of
course, if house number does not ap-
peer il the inspectors book he does not
go into the house so investigate. The
only thing that there is to go on is the
list. He can't go behind the returns.
Well, as am telling you, the meter in
the Archbishop's house was not prop
erly entered, and we knew nothing at
members OF his family came down and
lodged complaint about the working of
the gas in the house. We looked the
matter up, and it did not appear that
his Grace had any gas or was using
any meter. There was nothing on the
books to show it. We turned back to
last year, and there was nothing there;
TO the year before, and there was
nothing there; and so the chase was
Kept up all the way back to 1873, when
il was evident what sort of a mistake
had been made. Gas had been burning
for ten years in the house and we had
known nothing about it. The meter
had ground itself completely out, so
| that it could give us no consolation
whatever. The matter was brought to
the Archbishop's attention. and he at
once wrote to the Office and told US ia
make out bill for whatever might be
the proper amount, 1t was rather a
difficult bill to make out, and the only
way we could get at it was TO take the
average OF the monthly bills rendered
at the house for the last two years OF
which we had record and compute the
amount due il that way. 1t amoun-
ted, as SAID, to something over $3.50.
| His Grace sent in a check the next
| day, thus having the honor and pleas.
ure of paving the largest individual gas
bill on record. OF course, part of the
gas was charged for on the old basis o.
$3.50, and part on the new."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
The Anti-Slang Society.

A large number of Chicago girls met
one evening last week for the purpose
OF forming a Ladies' Anti-slang
Society,"" The meeting was called to
order, and Miss Sadie De Fork elected
president. Before taking her seat she
said in a clear, calm, well-modulated
voice: "Reslly, girls, Pm too badly
ratified by the honor conferred upon
me to give you much of NV CUFF. It's
the first time 1 ever tumbied to any
thing of this sort, and 1 hardly know
Just how to catch on. However, III
try to be sufficiently up to snuff not TO
let any flies light on me while doing the
president of this society act. I'm with
you in this move, and don't any of you
forget it. All over our land slang
words and phrases are multiplying Ike
flies in sorghum time, and it Is out
duty to help knock this crying evil as
silly as possible. Let our motto be
"Shoot the SlangIst."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
HAM LIN
LIN COLIN

Read up and down and then across.
There's something IN that, isn't tberep
Now, again:
ABRA-H HAMLIN-CO
Can you find two other names of two
other men whose official lives and
whose nfmes coDbin as these do?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
4 Curions Conhin.tion in Nance.
Whats in a name?" has been a

whats in name?" has been a
question sufficiently unanswered for
centuries to still remain a subject for
discussion, aud what is In two names
should have a double interest. If you
don't think 50, take two names as we'll
known as any in American history and
look at them. They are Lincoln and
Hanlin. Nothing peculiar about them
as they stand, but set them up differ
emily and see what they are: For in
stance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01

While well was being dug on the
farm OF Andrew Sisson, near Swan
Creek, H., the workmen dug up pet
ri6ed orange. It was found over forty
feet below the surface.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01

The first boat built especially to
sail for the Americas cup was the
Livonia, owned by Mr.. Asbury.
Beaten by Columbia and Sappho. in
1871.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
Lay her In the earth.
And from her fair anl
Let yiolets spring.

Il never knew, L never met a brayer
spirit than the one that once inhabited
the silent form of dreanless clay
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
>,..i,y Dimes From Scent Pieces.

A detective at Columbus, Ohio, re-
osntlv came into possession of several
scent pieces which had been passed as
io.cent pieces. The modus operandi of
,naEin0 seven cents on each piece is to
niace n dime on each side of a Scent
niece and by squeezing them in a wise,
sa,tsn ths Scent piece and leave dim
nn,iine of the dime on either side. The
coin, after the defacement, very much
rssembles a 1O-cent piece which has
saen considerable service.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-04-14
aw has been passed forbidding cats to

law has been passed forbidding cats to
look at kings
A yowl of rage went up from all
the cats. Tommy tore n pawful of
his maltese fur from above his ear.
What n catastrophe!" he cried.
Barbara ran to him and threw her
arms around his neck.
at is right we have never before
been denied" sighed he.
Yes, remarked dirt little spitz
even cat could look at king"
"But now," added -, fish black
Rnd-tan, "they are 10 be blindfolded
whenever II king passes.
and the king passes tomorrow
shorused the cats.
There was perfect silence in the
room for several minutes; then Tommy,
The beach cat said:
barbara, do you happen to have
black ribbon in your pocket?"
Barbara fumbled in the pocket of
her little plaid dress for some time, and
at last found one, which, at a sad mo-
tion from Tommy, she tied around his
neck in the place of the pink one he
had been wearing.
But, come. said Tommy, drying his
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-04-14
ewes.

Barbara had named Tommy the
beach cat" herself, because he had
be found wandering on the beach.
They were always together, up stairs
and down, AMI half dozen times a day
they were given their milk together.
The house was very still on tbs par
ticular day, for mamma and all the
rest had gone up stairs and forgotten
Parhara, who sat alone in the kitchen
in her lit e red chair. Tommy, the
bea, h cat, sat quietly and stit1'y beside
her, and both of them were quite star
tied whcn rat suddenly whisked into
the room. 1t was very small rat IN
deed, and it would have given peck
of cheese to have been able to get out
of that room without being noticed.
But that was absurd to hope for, for
very little escaped those two friends,
Barbara and Tommy, the beach cat.
There was brisk exchange of chal-
lenges between the scared rat and the
cat, whose whiskers were twitching
with enjoyment, but after Il few sec
onds of brilliant racing and lodging
they both sat so still that Barbara was
on the very verge of rolling cut of her
chair on the floor, when the rat made u
dart into the rat hole. Tommy bolted
after. The rat vanished through a
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-04-14

you've done now" she exclaimed, hu"
rylng so fast TO pick up the bonrc'
that her movements dcadcned tic
sound of his apology; "1'm awial glad
Miss Rice didn't see that. She would
never have got over it. I'm sure she
is the crossest old maid that ever lived,
and oh! Tom, the best Joke! Sho'<
going to set her cap Toy A,rs. Hills
brother, l know. Shes making the
most elaborate snit for his ed tcat;on.
But if that was Inn in tho carriage
with Mrs. HILL met thom Is came
aiong--he's not much OF hcaut,. As
she's not at home, Tom, guess II try
the bonnet on you. Then, if the brown
plumeo would suit yoU--or her--Act.
ter, you can change them on Nonday
Here, hold GOWN your head"
1t had grown quito dusk in tae h"li
by this time, and Tom had turned hi
back to tho light, ana his face was in
deep shadow, OF Ba,dne would surely
have noticed his surprised and amnseI
look as she put The bonnet on his head
and hid It G%intT COW rEd 4 uis chin.
"ThcIr, Y"u ic@ii charming. Tut
must 81 now. PIr that safe in tina
box after you look in Tho glass. IN
not afraid e trust y to you. Good
night. Handle with care" aud Far
dine shut the door after her, and rm
down The stops, Just % her cous II
Tom opened door at the further end
Of the hall. He had lamp in his
hand. but stopped TO- moment, tc
spoa,l t. aGj4e one N the room behind
him, ana III illat moment the Young
gentleman lad time to snatch the bon.
net from his head, and also collect his
scattered wits.
Here, ToIa. he said IS that worthy
advanced up the hall, "some young
lady left this in my carr. mistaking me
for you. l knocked the box, down,
and the bonnet fell out 1t is for my
sister, unless the young lady that
brought it meant you to wear it." the
last remark made in hopes Tom would
volunteer some information about the
young lady in question. This, low
ever, he failed to do, and before Mr..
Lennox could think OF any other way
to question him, his sister, and the
friend he had brought with him to
share her hospitality, came into the
hall.
Hello, Lennox, got your letters
written We've had splendid ride.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-04-14
OUR MINISTER'S SERMON.

Tho minister said last night said he,
Don't be afraid OF giin',
II your life amt worth nothin to other folks,
Why, what's the use of livin'?'
And that's what said to my wife, says I,
There's Brown, the miserable sinner,
He'd sooner beggar would starve than give
A cent toward buyin' dinner
tell YOU cur ministers lrime, he is,
But couldn't quito determine,
When heard nm giN in IL right and left
just who was hit by his sermon.
OF course there couldn't be no mistake
When he talked of long -winded prayin,
For Peters and Johns n they sot and scowled
At every word he was sa in.
And tho minister he won't on to say,
There's various kinds of chCatu,
And religion as good fDr every day
AS it Is to bring to meet.n'.
don't think much Of the man that gives
The loud amen at prcGchin',
And spends his time the follow n week
In cheatn and oycrreachiu.'
guess that dose was bitter enough
FOR Il man like Jones e. swallow,
But not CO that he didn't open bis mouth
But once after thai to ho,ier.
-Hurrah. sui /. for the minister
OF course | said il quiet
Give us some more o this open talk.
It's very retresEiu diet
Tho minister hit ON every tmc,
And when he spoke Of fashion.
And higgins ont in bows anu things,
As womars ruliIL pass on,
And comm t. church to see the styles,
l couldn't holp u winkin'
And nudgin' my wife, md says That's you.
And guess sot her thinkin.
Says TO myself, That seimons pat,
But mans luCer creation,
end III much AFRAID that most Of the folks
Won take the application
Now, if he had said word HEout
My personal mCdo OF sinuiu
Id have gone to work to ri 1ht myself,
And not sot there IL GRIMM.
Just then the minister, says he, .
And row I've come t. the fcll,rs
Who'vo lost thiH shower by usiu their friend
As scr, o moral umbrellas,
Go home, says nc, "and tnd your faults,
Instead OF huutin your brothers.
Go home, avs lie, "unl wear the coats
You tried to tit for others
My wife she nudgod, ard Brown he w.nllod,
And there was lots o smin',
And lots o l0okiu Mt our pew,
1t sot my blood Il tiin';
Says to myself Our minister
Is gettin q little bitter.
I'll tell him when the meetin out that
Am no. that kind Of 1t crlttor.'