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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16
HOW Words ara NADIA.

An amusing Illustration of the me-
chanlcal way in which dictionaries
have been made Is furnished by the
word phamtomnation, which appears
IN Webster, Worcester, the Imperial,
and Cassell's Encyclopedia Dictionary.
Webster solemnly defines it thus:
.Phantomnation, n.-Appearance as OF
a phanton; illusion. tObs. and rare |
-TOpe.' Worcester says simply; 'Illu-
sion. Pope. The Imperial and Cas-
sells repeat this bit of photographic
wisdom, but the latter omits the refer
ence TO Pope, APP arently suspccting
that something Is the matter some
where. Now, the source OF this word
is a book entitled, 'fhi.ology of the
English Language published in 1S20.
by Richard Paul Jodrell, as a sort OF
supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.
Jodrell had a curious way OF writing
phrases as single words, without ever d
hyphen to indicate their composite
character. Thus city solicitor became
citysolicitor; home acquaintance
homeacquaintance. He remarks in his
preface that il was necessary TO enact
laws for myself and he appears Il
have done so with great vigor. Oh
course he followed his law when he
transcribed tie following passage from
Pope.
These sol mn vows and holy offerings paid
To all tie phantom nations of the dead
Odyssey, T., on
Fhanton nations became phantomna
tions, and the great standards of TIE
English were enriched with new
wordl'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16
POSTAL STATISTICS.
Facts that Will Interest you whethe
you expect a letter or not

The heaviest mail carried over any
mail route IN the United States is be-
tween New York and Philadelphia
The average daily weight Of the mail
carried over this Ioute last year was
POI. .Sl3 pounds.
For trains carrying the mails the best
time Is made on the Lehigh Valley
railroad between Easton. Pa, ard
Metuchen Station, y. J., distance 4-2O
miles. The average time of all mail
trains is 40 miles an hour.
The longest continuous run made by
postal clerks is from Omaha TO Ogden,
distance of l,035. 80 miles.
The greatest number of clerks on any
railway post-office line is 351-on the
New York and Chicago.
There are S,2j7 letter carriers, and
they delivered last year Los, 262, 4j6
pieces of mail matter.
Total number Of clerks In the rail-
way mail service is 5, AS. The number
of casualties last year was 1873 There
We're ninety eight clerks killed and
ninety-five seriously injured.
The total number of pieces of matter
sent 10 the dead-letter Office Was q, 49,
293.
The sale of postage stamps OF all
kinds amounted TO So, ,92l, 1S4.l1.
The weight OF the mails dispatched
to foreign countries WAS 1, i'll ,S02
pounds. OF this amount ), l5l. 565
was sent TO transatlantic countries.
Great Britain, leading the list, received
/ !, l,549, $50; Germany comes next, hav-
| ing received 544, ,673 pounds, while
| France is third with 239, ,i6y TO her
| percit.
At the close of the last fiscal veal
| there were 59:S3S pOstmasteIs in the
I Uni ed States, whose compensation WAS
Sl3, los. $50, an average salary of S2!O
/ each.
TIE number of clerks employed in
postonices was Z, 9. They received
for their services IS, ,9l9, 30l, or an av-
erage of S75S each.
The number of clerks IN the railway
mail service was 500 WHO were pad
an aggregate sum of IS, 23i 967, al av-
erage OF 1928 each
The toIaI sum paid by the Gov<rn-
ment for the transportation of the
mails. including railroad, steamboat
aud star-route service, and also CON-
pensation for the use of pOsta'-cars,
was SIS, ,732, 1850.
The total sum paid for the trans.
portation of foreign mails was S52l :
33S. O3. Tue larges. sum paid single
steamship line was SlSS. 633.l To tile
North German Lloyd. The Cunard
Line was second, having received $780,
1928
There were 1924 24O pieces OF
matter sent in the registered mails, and
3,99S complaints were made OF delin'
quencies In the service. OF this latter
number l,0l6 cases We're reported Is
losses, but subsequently the letters Ol
parcels were received by the persons
addressed. In ,099 cases it was ascer.
tanned that there was no just ground
for complaint, the irTegularity arising
from improper address of the sender,
from the failure of the sender to Ill
close the sum intended to have been re
mitted, and many other similar causes
There were SIS cases in which the in
vestigation resulted in the restoration
of the amount lost 10 the proper own
ers, making total of 3,2S3 cases IL
which Lo loss WAS Sustained, lesvinG
1l5 ca es in which it was not posslb-,
to make recovery.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16
Superstition.

There are prnsr'yte- rrom Atheism, but none
from prrsfIti1u.-Juuius-
Dr. Holmes saws somewhere that
eve are tattooed in our cradles with
the beliefs of our tribe" The same l.
true of all people under the sun. The
missionaries report that the greatest
obstacle they met with in their work
Is the superstition of the people whom
they seek 70 euhghten and convert
They Will listen attentively to the
words of their spiritual teachers, aud
seem 10 assent to all they say, but let
some ''omen" appear and the work Is
all uudone. Is 1t so very different with
civilized, enlightened and so-called
Christian people right here IN New
England? How many hundreds of
mothers are there who viii not let thrir
infants look into mirror until they
have passe I a certain age? How many
more are there who insist that their
Httle ones must be carried upstairs he
for,, thev are Carried downstairs, to the
enI that they may "rise IN the world?'
How many good, sensible, well-educ IT
Ell people IN boSton letl uupleasdntlN '
when mirror Is broken in the house:
Thousands. How many consider 1t i'll
luck to see the new moon over the
wrong shoulder? More thousands.
Not so many. but still very many, can
not be tempted to pass under ladder
The list of things that one must not dc
Is unending, and each one of them has
its share of believers Now, If people
righghere at home, having the advantage
Of schools, churches, books. newspaper
and their own common sense, cling t
these senseless superstitions, how car
the heather in his kindness" be ex
pected to renounce his, which are NO
one particle more ridiculous -BoStOI
Bltigst.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16
SORROW.
It's Holy OffIoo.

The most important of all The condi-
tons affecting the spiritual develop
ment of mankind has been sorrow.
In death, the common lot of all, even
the rich and the strong have beheld the
despoiler of all their vain shows
Against the inevitable calamities which
shatter or dissolve the works of mans
hand-earth quake and tempest and
tood-no human power has availed.
These lessons of nature, who is no re-
specter of classes or persons as to the
fraIlty of all human power and posses
sion, have profoundly impressed all
hearts. Loss has led to precious gain.
But the greatest of human sufferings,
those which imbitter all life, have been
of human intliction. The situation of
the great majority of mankind in an
cient times-thOse of which We have
any definite record-was one of abiect
wretchedness. Already existed only in
the poets fancy. In a state of bar
barism mems wants were few and sim
pie, but their passions were violent,
and for the weak there was no security.
Every desirable garden on the earth
was a bait TO the rhpacity of couquss ~,
the arena of invasion following upon
invasion, like the waves of a hungry
sea. Civilization, on the other hand,
was organized selfshnes-. and its peace
was, for the great body of the people, s
level desolatiou Their lot was one
humiEating drudgery, of depressing,
hopeless poverty.
But 1t was especially unto the poor
that the gospel of the Eternal Word
was preached. To such the voice
God comes nearer. because It'll more vii.
lIngIy and glaily heard. The broken
heart Is open; there is ~ pride to close
the way thereunto. An angel whispers
in the ear of every slave, and upon him
who hath nothing all heaven waits.
Sorrow. too, lies near true repent,
ance, even as the broken becomes read
lily the contrite heart; prile has ne
place in its chastened aud subdued
mood. The soul, weary of struggle and
of its own discomfort, receives III,
Divine voice and Is comfortei. Even
ones ignorance may help him here, IL
this soft, unresisting attitude, making
him more readily the recipient of tn,
Divine wisdom, more plant TO til,
cuunsels Of the Spirit of Love.-God il
His World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16
History and Mystery of the Comb,

II would be curious to know what
mystic meaning our forefathers at
tached to the simple act of cumbiug the
hair. We learn from old church his
tory that the hair of the priest or bishop
was cOmbed several times during ser
vices by one of the inferior clergy.
The comb Is mentioned as one of the
essentials for use during high mass
when sung 10y bishop; mass combs oi
precious metals are reckoned among
the costly possessions of most European
cathedrals Besides those mad of gold
and silver, the poorer churches have
them of ivory, while in some the more
common kinds are used
Among those especially known Il
history are those of St. Neot, ST. Dun,
stan and Malachias. That belonging Il
ST. Thomas, the martyr of Canterbury
Is still kept in the church of St Sc
pulcher, Thetford; that of st. Cuthbert
s'the woman hater, at Durham cathed
raj. From sundry references in old
legends 10 the use Of the comb in divin
ations, and from its appearance IN com
bination with pagan emblems on rudely
sculptured stones in various parts o
Scotland. IT seems probable that thi,
was one Of the objects of pagan venern
tion which early Christian teachers
deemed prudent to adopt, investing i
with some new iguiticIuce.-St. LO''i.
EspUbijr.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16

where the fire was, and then the truth
came out and II was found there was
no fire at all.
The fire company retreated in dis
gust, and the next day Mr.. Green paid
twenty-five dollars for oysters for the
brave fellows who were 50 ready TO
rush TO the post Of duty on the first
alarm.
After the confusion had subsidized, and
just as Sophie and Mr.. Nugget were
lapSing into the seventh heaven OF bliss,
there arose disturbance near the door,
and a couple Of bury fellows, with
shields on their breast, entered.
We are after John Babbl' Sid one
of them; "a horse-thief, and forger, and
scallawag generally
This is respectable hsusel' cried
Mrs. Green, Indignantly, and we haint
got no hoss-thieves here
Beg pardon, ma 'am,' said the man,
'he is here, and Ne have a warrant for
his arresti'
Can't YOU see that We are having 4
party cried Mrs. Green, waxing more
indignant. We belong TO the upper
cruStl Mr. q. cen is rich. and We VOL Z
stand nothing of the kind!'
Can't help what crust you belong to, ,
said the man roughly, that's our man,
sitting there beside that young woman
with a face Ike al apple dumping,
and red hair!'
That is Mr.. Nugget cried Mrs.
Green-'a returned Californian. He's
worth his Millions
'OLl is hep said the policeman, jeer-
ingly. We'll, never mind, i want
him!' and lie stepped 10 the side OF the
hnTrlti.aI inUaafRI
with handouts.
4 arrest you for forgery, AM for
the theft Of horse from Simon Smith.
said he, and Nugget never ffered a
word by way OF excuse, but marched
off with the policeman.
Sophie tainted and fell into the arms
OF her mother, and the whole company
whispered together, and pretended 70
! feel so sorry, but in their secret souls
were tickled almost out OF their skins
at the discontinue of the Green's.
And Soph g, when she came TO her
self, WAS horriiird TO find that her dia'
lnOnd pin and necklace were among the
/ IN ss.ng, and the most rigorous searcl
failed TO discover their whereabouts.
Mr.. Green sent to the statIon-house
! but Nugget had had an interview with
a friend of his, and as the jewels were
not to be found, dou. Less the friend
/ had escaped with them.
roor Mrs. Green awoke next morn
! ing at a late hour, in anything but a
happy frame of mind. Her drawing
room curtains and carp-ts and furni
ture Were ruined by tlte deluge poured
upon them the previous night; several
! articles OF her china set were broken
everyth NJ about the house was at siXe
and seyen5 however that may be- an
Sophie had lest five hundred dollars
worth of diamonds.
And that night, after talking owe
| the various vIcIsSitudes of the part
with Mr.. Green. his wife exclaimed
almost tearfully:
what is the use of having a swearay
And Mr.. Green replied, characteri>
tically:
We'll, Samantha Ann, l guess you'v
got me therel'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16
ABOUT STAGE FRIGHT.
Ridiculous Mishaps Of Charles Keen
the Famous English Actor.

During an engagement at Liverpool,
Charles kean acted in the Lady Of
Lyons" three or four times. Fer the
first three representations, the promp-
ter was at his post regularly, and all
went smo thly; on the last night, how
ever, he was unfortunately called away.
Claude commenced his description a
usual, with the words:
Nay, dearest, nay,
If thou wouldSt have me paint thee
At this moment he fixed his eye on
the spot where the proIupter should
have been, but found him not
The Prince of Como paused and cried
back. saying:
Ii thou wouldst have me paint
/ say-if thou woullSt have me paint
Then he collapsed utterly, exclaim.
ing audibly to Mis-. kean, who had IN
vain attempted TO prompt HIM:
Its no use. Ellen; Pm fun
muxedl''
His most ludIcrous mishap. however
occurrt i in Belfast, when he WAS act
ing OtheIlo. lie had just heard bOgu:
report of the alleged death of his init
mate friend Murray, the Edinburgh
manager, which somewhat unhinged
him. lie got through his first scene
without difficulty. but when he came
TO the apology. he had barely uttered
the first line: "Most potent, grave and
reverent sIgnors." when his memory
left him altogether. He inquired anX-
iously of me i was the Cass.al:
"What is liz
In the innocence OF my heart re
spOEd /:
''What Is what?''
"The wordl the word!r he replied.
(which word?' l ingenuously asked
"Why, the word l wantl'
"But," said /, Il don't know which
word you do wantI'' Mrs. kean anC
the prompter both saw something Wa!
wrong and they each tried to promp
him from the wings, but i'll vain. a
last luminous idea occurred to me.
whispered him the last line OF th'
apology; he accepted the suggestion
and boldly cutting out hundred line
or more ''in one fell swoop," lie eK
claimed:
Here comes the lady-let her witnes
it,
Whereupon the entrance of the gentle
| D6Siemona got US out OF our ditfi
Guilty.
Years afterward when he playet
Wolsey in his magnificent revival o
Henry VIII" at the Princess, h
suffered more from nervousness than b
| had ever done, and IL Was ALLEGED
| Though l cannot vouch for 1t from M,
| own personal knOwledge) that twt
young girls who followed as pages il
his Train were carefully taught th
words of Wolsey, 50 that IN the even
of his breaking down they might promp
] him
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16
Good Advice.

Joseph Joslin, ESQ.,, OF Poultney. VT,
gave his daughter, on her marriage. the
following words of WISDOM" which
will do for every pair:
Never talk at. but to, each other.
Never both manifest anger at the
same time.
Never speak loudly or boisterously 10
each other.
Never reprove each other In the pres
ence of others.
not be helped.
Never repeat an order or request,
when understood.
Neglect everybody else rather than
each other.
Never make a remark at the others
expense.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16
Tennyson's Habits.

Like almost all authors, Tennyson
does the greater part of his literary
work in the morning hours, between
breakfast and luncheon, and sometimes
breaks the back or his work before
rea Kfast. His inyaTiable habit is to
take a long stroll before luncheon, ac-
companiei often 10y friend, and al
WAYS by two of his dogs. he after
noon and evening are given up to rest
and social recreation
The poet Is seldom, as We have said.
seen on the streets of the metropolis;
but occasionally his tai, sturdy form,
his broad soft hat ana inevitable cloak,
his shaggy, griZzled shocks OF halr, his
deep dark eyes beneath heavy brows.
and heavy gray beard, may he seen
threading the region round about St
Paul's. Although stunning the mad
ding crowd it must not be inferred
| that Tennyson is In social sense grim
and gloomy. When with few devoted
| friends he delights in conversation, and
often takes up himself the thread OF
talk in fascinating monologue; describ-
ing. sometimes, the days OF his own
youth, and sometimes talking feelingly
| Of the eminent people he has seen and
known throughout his long life.
Especially fond is Tennyson Of read.
ing extracts from his own poems tC
appreciative listeners. Reading, is 1t,
says Miss Thackeray. 'One can hardly
describe it. 1t is a sort Of mystical in
cantation, a chant in which every mote
rises and falls and reverberates again
As we SIT around the twilight room al
Farrirgford, with Its great oriel win
dow looking to the garden, across field:
of hyacinth and self-sown daffodill'
toward the sea, where the waves wash
against the rock, we seem carried by Z
tide not unlike the oceans sound; Il
fills the room, 1t ebbs and flows away
and when we leave, 1t is with strang'
music in the ears, feeling that We hav'
for the first time, perhaps, heard wha
we may have read a hundred times b
fore
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16
ALittle Less Than Loved.

To be a little less than loved;
o, empty hearts the wide world over.
Have you not often thought OF this
While waiting for the one true loyer2
To be a little less than loved,
To have all friendship and all honor,
Yet miss that one kind, tender hand,
Which sets a womau's crown upon her
To love n little less than love,
When one could make one heart the glad.
dest.
Or be a little less than loved
Dear heart. / know not which is saddest.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16
Novel Use of the Phonograph.

DR.. J. w. Fewkes has turned tn )
photograph 20 IA novel us. DIR. Fewke'
has devoted great deal of time and
attention t. the history of the Passa-
maquodiy Indians, many of whose
legends are remark able for their beauty.
He has also succeeded in recording by
the phonograph for the editicatlon OF
future generations, number of songs,
tales and conversations OF the Pas ,ama
quoddies, which can now be listened tC
with intense interest, and, IN the days
tn come. will assume very high historical
value as mementoes of u departed race
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16

The Iuter-OcsG CChicago) says: "ln
ten years wuman's clubs have done
more for the actual good of society
than all the man clubs of the past fifty
wears have done. They have made the
men ashamed, and large per cent of
the stag clubs have added to their eat
ing and drinking and smoking, the Civ
ing of lectures, the having of debates,
and the en- ture Of literary taste and in
tsrest. The thing laughed at has be-
come the model
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-07-16

A green china silk cover Is worked
with orange blossoms and few tiny
oranges on a brown stem.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-10-15
Chancellor caprivr. Democratic .5=.

Chancellor Caprivi's Democratic ga
A Berlin paper, discussing General
Won Caprivi's every day life, says that
the bell is rung at the Chancelor's door
as at any other mortals, and it is pos
sible, without being prevented by the
detectives who formerly were posted in
front of Palais Radziwell, to penetrate
as far as the threshold of his study.
Whether the visitor succeeds in gain
ing personal audience depends, how
ever, on the Importance of the occasion
and on the time which the Chancellor
has at his disposal. The General is
busy every day from morning until even
ing. He rises early and works much
in the morning hours. AS early as ten
o'clock he receives his colleagues.
After a very simple dinner, at which
the new Chancellor seldom has company,
he rides for few hours. On returning
he receives official visitors, except on
the days when he goes to Potsdam to
the Emperor. Then comes the reports
of the ministers. The remainder of his
evenings, when he now and then re-
ceives some military visitors, and
when, as in Prince Bismarck's time, the
long pipe is invoked, he spends in his
study. The Chancellor uses only half
of the rooms of the palace, the whole
right wing standing empty. The beau
tiful park which extends to the Koenig-
CRATER strasse, he does not use as often
as Prince Bismarck. The latter often
walked there even at night, accom-
panied by a detective and his dog
Tyras.-Chicago Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-10-15
THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
1t Contains an Area Exceeding Eleven
Millions of Square Miles.

1t Contains an Area Exceeding Eleven
Millions of Square Miles.
Up to few weeks ago the British
empire comprised an area of little
more than 1900, 900 square miles, or a
dimensions OF the domain over which
is extended the sway of the Gar. To
day British territory reaches an area
exceeding II, 900, 900 square miles. The
treaty with Germany, by which the
British sphere of influence" extends
from the eastern coast of Africa at
Zanzibar as far back as the great lakes
and from the first degree of south lati-
tu6e to the southern boundary of Egypt,
exclusive of the Congo Free State and
the region over which Italy presumes
to exercise a sort of protectorate, adds
about 2,OO0 900 square miles to the
domain of the Queen of England and
Empress of India, and puts that poten-
tate we'll in advance of Alexander III.
in the game of territorial acq uisition.
1t is only when comparison is made
with some of the great States of Europe
and OF the Western Hemisphere that the
enormous dimensions of the British
empire can be appreciated. The ex-
tent of European Russia is slightly in
excess of ., 900, 600 square miles, that of
Brazil is about 5000, 600, while the
United States. including Alaska, is
about 5000. 600 square miles. China is
still larger that any OF the nations last
mentioned, having an area exceeding
that of the United States by nearly
500, 600 square miles. But the British
empire. within its new and enlarged
Boundaries. is three times as capacious
as the United States. Out of that
domain could be carved territory
as large as this country, Brazil and
China combined leaving enough
over to make up two or three
little states like France. Germany or
Austria, The empire of course is not
as homogeneous as any of the nations
mentioned, and the ties which bind its
sgidely-separated branches together are
far looser and more shadowy than those
which hold tho vast possessions OF
Russia in allegiance 60 the Muscovite.
Yet the domain over which Victoria
rules in theory at least Is vastly
broader than that over which Alexan-
der exercises supremacy, and is more
widely extended and diversified than
tho world of civilized, semi-ciViliEed
and harbarious states which in the
DAYS of S2lius and Augustus acknowl
edged allerial nee to Rome. st LoutI
Globe Democrat
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-10-15

j. c. Reese has at his farm at Car
rolls Manor, Howard County, Nd, a
three-legged calf just four weeks old
The two hind legs are perfectly natural,
but there is only one fOreleg. The
front leg is placed very nearly in the
center Of the body, and there ara indi-
cations of fourth. The three legged
curiosity manages to get along very we'll
by hopping.