Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-08-27
GENERAL .NEHS ITEMS.

| He who can take the mental and
moral measure of his neighbor with
perfect fairness. is rare bird III the
social flock, We are apt to gauge
one another bv standards warped by
| prejudices arising from our own pecu-
( liar habits ard associations, q long
WAY out of the straight line of alb
str,.ct right In fact, only n great
mind can judge other minds with
/ entire impartiality-
In forming an estimate Of your
fellows. try to come out Of your own
individuality. to discard self, and to
measure men by principles, and not
by prejudices. - College OF Com
N rec Journal.
1t may be n surprise to many to
learn that statistics prove the
land. The death rate of sailors in the
British merchant marines Is undcr
I twelve per thousand: the loss Of life
by sh!pwFeck Is about quarter of
this: IL fact. there are more lives lost
among miners from accident than
among sailors, and many more among
railway employees
\ most wonderful currant bush Is
owned by farmer of Mayville, \. J.
He found the bush growing wild in
the woods. brought it home and
planted 1t 10y me side OF the house.
The bush has grown uD the side of
the building the height of about
twenty feet and IL about seven feet
wide bearing currants As large as an
Ordinary "neTr-
The Methodist Church at Mayville
is raisiag its debt of 5000 by keeping
"A summer boarding-house at Cnau
tauqua- One member of the church
had charge of the house during July
and another Is in charge of 1t during
August. The walters are the bellies
of Mayville, who have volunteered
for the service-New York Sun.
1t is officially estimated that no
fewer than 10000 wolves are roam
ing at large III Russia, and that the
inhabitants of the Voloda last year
killed no fewer than $4,000, and of
the Casan district 81 900
A small boy in York became sudden
" very i'll a few days ago after smoil-
ing a cigarette, partially smoked
one being iound IN his pocket by
his father, who took it - q chemist
to be analvzed The chem st found
In the cigarette a piece of opium the
size of a pea mixed with hcorice,
and 1t was his opinion that there
was opium enough N the cigarette
sufficient to cause the death of the
boy If taken In its pure state This
Is the sort of poison that Is dealt out
to the boys and youth all over the
country, and 1t Is responsible for
more deaths than viii ever be known.
Willie Dawson, son o! Police
man Edwin f Dawson, of Green
castle, Pa, while goingt the pasture
for the COW, jumped upon the rear
axle of passing carriage, unnoticed
by the occupants until they heard
scream and In looking back were
Mortified to see the body of the bov
fast in the wheel his leg between the
spokes- Mr.. Kuhn, the driver,
sprang out CT tho carriage and re
leased the unfortunate boy, aud found
his leg terribly crushed and torn the
lower part being completely severed
from the upper Mt the knee joint, and
the bone protruding through the
flesh The boy was taken to the resi-
dence OF his grandfather, James Null
with whom he vas living where his
leg was amputtted three inches alb W.
the knee by Dr.. Frank Bushey, assist
ed by Drs. Kennedy and Mclaughlin.
Thehttl boy, seven years old, brought
tears to the eyes of his attendants
when he asked the Doctor ssif a new
leg would grow out"