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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15
The Origin of Women.

WOman's first appearance has been
a fruitful subject for the legend mon
gers, says the London Tablet. The
PhGnician myth of creation is found
in the story of Pygmalion and Galatea.
There the first woman was carved by
the first man out of ivory, and then en-
dowed with life by Aphrodite.
The Greek theory of the creation of
woman, according to Hesiod, was that
Zeus, as a cruel jest, ordered Vulcan
to make a woman out of clay, and then
induced the various gods and goddesses
to invest the clay doll with all their
worst qualities, the result being a love
Iy thing, with witchery of mein, re-
fined craft, eager passion, love of
dress, treacherous manners and shame
less mind.
The Scandinavians say that as Odin
Viii and We, the three sons of Bor,
were walking along the sea beach they
found two sticks of wood, one of ash
and one of elm. Sitting down, the
gods shaped man and woman out OF
these sticks, whiting the woman from
the elm, and calling her Emia.
ollc VI llIc slidhSCSb o'OiiCo bOuSihi'5
the origin of woman is told by the
Madagascarenes. In so far as the ere
alton of man goes, the legend is not
unlike that related by Moses, only that
the fall came before Eve arrived.
After the man had eaten the forbidden
fruit he became affected with boil on
the leo, out of which, when 1t burst,
came a beautiful girl. The mans first
thought was to throw her to the pigs,
but he was commanded by messenger
from heaven to let her play among the
diggings until she was of marriageabte
age, then to make her his wife. He
did so, called her Babouri, and she be
came the mother of all races of men.
The American Indians myths rela-
tive to Adam and Eve are numerous
and entertaining. Some traditions
trace back our first parents to white
and rod maize: another is that man,
searching for a wife, was given the
daughter of the king of muskrats, who,
upon being dipped into the waters of a
ueighboring lake, became woman
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15
Good For Evil.

4 prominent lawyer relates to cor
respondent of the New York sun that
many years ago, while he was At
torney-General of Missouri, he hap
pened to be in Governor Stewart
office VIXEN a convict was brought in
from the penitentiary to receive par
don at the Governors hands. The
convict was steamboat man." a
large, powerful fellow, with the rough
manners of his class.
The governor looked at he man, and
seemed strangely affected, scrutinizing
him long and closely. Then he signed
the document which restored him to
liberty, but before handing it to him,
he said:
"You will commit some other crime
fear, and soon be back in the peni.
tentiary."
The man protested soleInnly tba.
such thing should never happen. The
governor looked doubtful, and after 0
few moments said:
You will go back on the river sno
be mate again, suppose?"
The man said yes, that was his inten
ton.
"Weil, want you to promise me
one thing" continued the governor. IL
want you to pledge me your word tina.
when you are a mate again you will
never take billet of wood and drive a
poor sick boy out of his bunk to help
you load your boat on a stormy night" 3"
The man answered that he never
would, but seemed surprised, and i'll
quired why the governor requested
such pledge.
Because" answered Governor
Stewart, ''some day that boy may be-
come governor, and you may want him
to pardon you for some crime.
Gone black, stormy night, many
years ago, you stopped your boat on
the Mississippi River to take on load
of wood. There was boy on board
working his passage from New Orleans
to St. Louis, but he was very sick of a
fever, and was lying in his bunk. You
had men enough to do the work, but
you went TO that boy with stick OF
wood in your hand, drove him on deck
with blows and curses, and kept him
toiling like slave till the load wa,
completed.
Il was that boy. Here is your par
don. Never again be guilty of SC
brutal an act"
The prisoner took the pardon, GOV,
cred his face, and went out.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15
TOO OLD TO LEARN

am .umthin' Of i vet'ran, jesta turnin' 50
yesr,
msn that's hale and hearty and a stranger
tew all fear;
Rut I've heerd some news this mOrnh' that
hss made my old head spin,
Ana I'm roin' to ease my conschuns IL 1
never speak agin.
I've lived my four score years Of life, and
never I'll tewday
W,. I taken fer jackass or an ign'nt kind
O'jay
Tsg be stuffed with sech burned nonsen Sc
bout them craw lin bugs and worms
That's KILN human bein's with their mi
erowskopic germs.
They say there's "mikrobes" all around hunt
in for their prey;
There. nothin' pure tew eat or drink or no
safe place tew stay.
There. '.misamy'' in dew fall and ''malary,
IN the sun;
T.int safe tew be out doors at noon or when
the day is done.
There's "bactery' in the water and "tri-
cheney" in the meat,
aImeeby" in the atmosteer, '.calory" in the
hest;
There's "eorpussels and pigments" in hu-
man Dein's blood,
And every other kind Of thing existin' sence
the food.
Tsrbacky's full Of niekerteeE," whatever
that may be,
And your throat will all git puckered with
the "tannin" in the tea;
The buffers ''Oly-margareen," it never saw II
COW,
And things Is gettiu' wus and wus from
what they be jist now.
Them bugs 4, all about Us, jest awaitin' for a
chance
Tew navigate our yitals and tew nav us off
ike plants.
There's men that spends q lifetime huntin'
worms jest like a goose,
Oh EN- loose.
Now, don't believe sech nonsense, and I
don't intend to try;
II things has cum tew sech 4 pass I'm salts.
lied 10 die.
I'll go hang me in the sullur, for L won't be
sech n fool
As tew wait until I'm pizened by annymaL
lycOOl!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15
GATHERING RAMS.
The Ponderous Machines Of War Used
by our Forefathers.

They eXerted greater power than
any gun or cannon invented up to the
year 1860, says a writer in st. Nicho-
las. These battering rams were prob
ably as effective in knocking down a
wall or staving in the side of a ship as
the best modern cannon, but for max
ing breach the guns are far superior.
Such was the solidity and thickness of
the walls of Jerusalem that, Josephus
tells us, it took all of one night for an
enormous battering ram to dislodge
four stones.
Virtruvius has left us the description
of ram weighing 4S0,0 900 pounds,
but probably the most celebrated of all
the ancient moving tower rams was
that constructed by Demetrius Polior-
cetes at the siege of Rhodes. The base
of the tower was IS feet square. The
ram itself was an assembly of large
square beams resting on wheels in size
proportioned TO the weight of the
structure, and all riveted together with
iron. The felloes of the wheels were
three feet thick and strengthened with
iron plates. From each of ths four
any lCs VI llC lONtT IdISt pllldT OF
wood was carried up to height of $50
feet, and these pillars were inclined
toward one another. The tower had
three stories, communicating by three
staircases each. Three sides of the
machine were plated with iron TO pro-
tect them against fire. In front of
each story there were loopholes
screened by leather curtains to keep
out darts, arrows, etc. Each story
was provided with machines for throw
ing large stones and darts, and in the
lower story was the ram itself, thirty
fathoms long, and fashioned at the enc
into an iron bcak or prov. The en-
tire machine was moved forward bv
$500 soldiers.
But it can be easily understood that
among so many men some must be
more or less exposed 10 the enemy's
darts and arrows, and so to drive the
enemy from the walls and open places,
to break the roofs of his houses and
otherwise annoy him, machines were
necessary for throwing missiles, from
snail darts up to huge boulders.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15
Why He OMIT COurting.

A good story is told of a man in
Bath, Me-, who although a widower
and pretty well along in years is as
much, of al gallant as ever, and has
lately been paying attention to lady
in another town. This gay widower
has a luxuriant beard, but it is literally
streaked with gray, and the other day
when he started out to visit his new in
tended he went to drug store and
ordered a preparation for dyeing his
whiskers black. Then he went home
and proceeded to beautify himself.
After hasty and generous application
of the stuff, however, he made a hor-
rible discovery-his beard was not
dyed black, but pronounced sky blue
He made frantic efforts to remove the
color, but it sticks like grim death
and he doesn't 90 cOuTting any mar
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15
Unsatisfactory Exhibition:

Proud Father Showing OFF precoci-
Gus child before visitors)-Whose little
boy is 90?
Prccocious Child-Mean, stingy ole
things little boy.
Proud Father in astonishmenD-
Why, no, Archie; 'oo's paps's little
boyi
Prococious Child (positively)-Weu,
ats wot NANNY calls papa, anyhow.
FROM Chicago Tribune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15

Sir William Harley, i'll this fair Donin-
ion of Canada; but | fancy | should
decidedly not appreciate the pleasure of
becoming the guest of MIR. Julius
Wells, at Alexandria Bay, which place,
believe is in the State of New York.
is that reason sufficient? Good-by, Sir
William" he added, as the quondam
British aristocrat moved slowly away,
biting his lip until it bled, ''remember
me kindly to Messrs. Isaacs. Il Hub
bakuk. - WdreJIy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15
DAISY GRANDMOTHER.
Fl zdbeth W. DenisoR. In Wide-Atcdke

G children. come down in the meadow
Where the daisies and buttercups grow,
And see my funny Grandmammas,
All nld-nodding, so wise and SO slow.
They are right down there IN the dinple.
And my auntie. she u ade them for me;
We were sitting down in the grasses,
Deep init was taller than We:
The daisies were there, close beside US,
In a circle they stood on a mound,
And auntie took out her sh trp scissors
And she shipped them around and arOun d
Until each had white cap border,
And she left them two petals for strings;
And then next she found 4 ead-pencil
In her bag with the rest uf her things,
And wit that, on each yellow center,
Auntie drew su h queer lit face
But look-you can see the Grandm ammasI
Here thev are. in tn same grassy place!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15

Gen. Butler is described on his tour
through Maine as carrying the usual
bright red rose and clipping his hat
on one side of his head in the saucy
Butlerish fashion" It is further re-
marked that while the General is un-
able to bend over quite as easily as he
used to, yet he steps along quite
smartly. The country viii lose one of
its most picturesque features when the
hero of Dutch Gap is gathered to his
fathers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15

The late NJ. Cahours, a wealthy mem
Der of the Academic des Sciences,
Paris, France, has Dequeathed s20, ,00C
to that body in order that 1t may ap-
ply the annual interest to smoothing
the path OF Door and deserving youths
who aspire to lead scientific life.
The more we do to help others the
lighter our own burdens will become,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15
SLAVES OF STAMBOUL.
a TURKISH GENTLEMAN'S STORY
OF THE TRAFFIC.

There are actually at Stamboul Cor
ConstantinOple) ABOUT ninety regular
slave dealers who buy and sell slaves,
or who are the medium of buying or
selling, "an influential Turkish gen.
tleman," a Mohammedan, says in a
letter to the London Daily News from
Stamboul itself. The slaves are lodged
in houses known by the public, just as
they know the dealers i'll any sort of
merchandise. The principal slave
houses are about thirty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-03
WHEAT HAS FRIENDS,
The Market Strong and Buy
ing Brisk at the Closing
Hour.
Demand for Cash Wheat at
Minneapolis Reported I'm
usually Good.
Hay Delivery Advances and
Closes Quite Considera-
bly, Above.
Pacific Mail Receives a Lift
on the Wall Street Stock
Market.

CHICAGO. March 1.-The niilder weather
and light fall of snow, which was reported
to be quite general over Kansas and Mis-
souri,, rredlsposed the wheat spectators to
he selling side at the opening. While cables
were firm, there was an increase in the stocks
of wheat and flour at Liverpool, and the re-
ceipts in the Northwest were rather large.
The result was a rush of selling orders. which,
for fraction of Il second, put the price
of the May delivery down TO 9j5Sc, compared
with 96540967sc at the close of Saturday S
session. There was an immediate rebOun d
10 067sc, and the bulk of the business there
after up 10 within an hour of the close was
done at and around 96s4c. The demand for
cash wheat at Minneapolis was reported
good At ST. Louis some wheat was bought
for July by an exporter, which gave the
shorts there some uneasiness and they were
anXiously offering explanations by wire here
TO minimize its effect upon this market. New
Orleans exported 5000 bushels of wheat to
Liverpool, and Paris dispatch to ". @. Nc
Cormick Il Co. advised that considerable
purchases of wheat had recently been made
on French account for shipments from New
Orleans during July and August. The WISH
bic supply statement showed, as was ex-
pected. very small decrease. The tirmness
which was apparent within a few minutes
OF the opening was increased toward the
close by the strength of the latest foreign dis
patches. The London market was quoted TO
the board of trade Is per quarter dearer for
wheat equal TO &c per bu), and cd per sack
higher for flour. The May delivery was adj
vanced to 9114c ana closed at 91lS091Ac. Of
the 259 cars of corn received today not one
was of contract grade. The weather was
moist over considerable stretch of country.
which is against any increase of contract
grade. The market opened firm and the of
ferings were so light in response TO the bids
that 1t soon advanced TO 56c for May. There
was dull spell and a somewhat heavier es-
Innate for receipts were reports as Al cars,
but the shorts were the uneasy party in the
days dealings. and it did not require much
a good many of them in; sale or TWO as
high as 56lsc took place. Oats opened steady.
advancing with corn, and declining when
that cereal weakened. The market was quiet
and uninteresting. The provision market
was firm at the commencement of the trad
ing, and gathering strength as the day pro-
crossed, a considerable advance in prices was
established for all the leading speculative
commodities. Ryan was a good buyer of
lard, taking about 1000 tierces and the Anglo
American Packing company took about
5000 tierces. Pork opened up &c and made
an advance of about 7I2c near the close.
Lard advanced from 1886 for May at the
opening to S5.92l2, and closed at the latter
quotation, compared with S5.S5 Saturday.
Ribs gained 7l2c.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-03
Union St0cEzy ards.

Official receipts at South st. Paul: 1gl hogs
LIZ cattle, calves no sheep, horses
Hogs-FlVe cents higher. closing strong mt
the advance. The packers evidently need
more hogs and they continue to pay within
l5c of Chicago prices. Messrs. j. j. o Leary
d Sons, who have put up Il large amount Of
ice for the seasons packing, were on the
market for light and medium weight hogs
while the Minnesota packers were looking
Tor mixed and heavy If the receipts are
well fat1ened they VIII sell Ieadily. The
quality Yesterday was not above medium. but
sold al S3.:5Gi3. 42ia
Cattle-Firm but slow. Not buyers enough
around on Monday to make brisk trading.
The prospects are fair OH all grades The de
maEd mt The close gives good promise of bet
ter business and higher prices the rest OF the
week. Deliveries on a previous sale included
- steers at 81, steers at s.. 50, COWS at S? 70
Sales: Cows. 1.012 lbs, $50; 1,06O lbs. 81: fat
2i-lb COWS, s.. -; - steers. 1916 lbs 81: l. 1917
lbs, -. 50; calves. S}.25lJ3.50; bulls 81 SOGl2;
butcher steers. -. 10.
Quotations: Fat steers. S3.50G14: good COWS
S303; common COWS, Sl2jG12; bulls, stays
and oxen. Sl.2jfl3: mich COWS S1563O: veal
calves, sal; stockers, S1.7502.50: feeders,
S223G3-9J; butcher steers, S2.5G613.50.
Sheep--StrOug Choice mutt0ns higher.
and held at 800 for granted; s. - refused
for such. Few offered. No trading.
Quotations: Muttons. S4@5.50; feeders,
Si.65Gl4. 10; stockcrs and common. S313.90;
mixed, S3.Ge@ 40; lambs, SL5c15.50.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-03
The GlYNO0u LANDS.
The Superior Court Holds the
Northern Pacifie's Title
Is Good.
4 Lively Row Anticipated at
To-Day's Chicago Meet
ing.
Some Roads Have Not Sub
seribed to the Presidents
Agreement.
Theatrical Managers Discuss
the Question Of Railway
Rates.

WAsHINGTON. March 2.-The SUI
preme court decided to-day the case of
The St. Paul Il Pacific Railroad Com
pany and The St. Paul. Minneapolis Il
Manitoba Railroad Company, appel
lants, vs.. The Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, brought here on appeal from
the decision of the circuit court Of the
| nited States fol the district of Mime
sofa. This is a suit involving title
where grants of indemnity lands TO two
or more railroads overlap. The
lands involved in the cases aggre-
gate many thousand acres, situated in
the nelghborhood of Glyndon, Mimi,
and are claimed by the Northern Pacific
under the act of 1864. Two important
questions are decided by the opinion
OF The count. One is that
the grant Is one in present.,
mat IS. that 1T conveys present title TO
the land, Notwithstanding patents do
not issue until it is certified that sec
tons of the road have been completed,
and IS not simply promise to transfer
title in the future. The route not be-
ing at the time determined, the grant.
the court says, was in the nature Of
float" subject to future Identification.
The NCrthern Pacific, the court there
fore holds, must be held to have right
to these lands. unless it can be shown
that prior right was possessed by some
other road. The st. Paul d Pacific. by
It's origina! grant, did not have author
ity to run near Giyndon, and. as the
acts passed giving it authority
to change its route were sub
seQuent to the rights accru-
ing to the Northern Pacific, it follows
that this latter road had prior claim.
The second point of Importance decided
is that where all of the lands within
the Indemnity limits are not more than
sufficient to make up for lands lost
within the place limits. the whole of
the indemnity lands are appropriated TO
meet the purposes of the grant, and
there is no reason for the secretary OF
the interior to exercise discretion as TO
selections Of lands from these indemnity
limits, as was contended by counsel for
the st. Paul 4 Pacific road must be
done. The Northern Pacific is held to
have the better title to the lands. Judg-
ment affirmed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-03

WASHINGTON. March 2.-Ihe follow
ing is the public debt statement:
Interest-Bearing Debt
Bonds at 4l2 per cent........... S55. S43 300
Bonds al per cent .............. so. 800 100
Retunding certificates at 1 per
cent................. ......i... 9S,1S9
Aggregate of interest-bearing
debt exclusive Of United States
bonds issued 10 Pacific rail
roads. ........ 80. .......... $685. 50l,5S)
Debt on which Interest has ceased
since maturity ........... 1.61. 500
Debt Bearing No Interest
Legal tender notes go. .... S346 6Sl 016
Old demand notes ............... 5000
National bank notes. redemption
account, deposited in the treas
ury under act of July II. 1890 1165 SIS
fractional currency. less SS315,-
VII estimated as lost or de-
stroyed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6,9O9. 476
Aggregate of debt bearing no in
teresl, including national bank
fund deposited in the treasury
under act OF July II. 1880 .... 500, SI2 339
Certificates issued on deposits of
gold and silver coin and legal
tender notes
Gold certificates ................ SIP. 274. 500
SILVER certificates. ............. 311. los. IA
Currency certificates. .... II 80. 900
Treasury notes of lS9J... 49,. }3. 80. 100
Aggregate of certificates, offset
by cash in the treasury ......... S525 12l073
Aggregate of debt. including GER
tltcates, Feb. -, 1S9l......... I, 543. 100. SIS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-03

Messrs. S. V. White & Co. offer for
subscription the securities of the AM
erican Soda Fountain Company, re-
Gently incorporated under the laws of
the State of New Jersey. The capltali-
cation is s., ZOO. ana the company is
formed for the carrying on of the man
ufacture and sale of Soda-water appa-
ratus and supplies and bottling ma
chinery in all its branches. There are
none of the features of trust" So
called, about the new company. Its ac-
quired property has been appraised as
follows: Real estate, Sl47, 1853; stock on
hand at cost, 81 1852, 100; manufacturing
plant, at much below cost, $500, 900 :;
working capital of S500.000. to be pro-
vided from bills receivable held by the
several vendors, who guarantee their
payment to the company. The books
and accounts of these vendors have
been examined by Messrs. Hart Bros,
Tibbetts IL Co., expert accountants, who
certify that the aggregate sales for the
past four years have been $40, 152, ISL, or
an average of $2,53S, 037 per annum. The
net profits for the same period have
been Sl,671.6O9, or S419,4O2 yearly. Read
advertisement in this issue of the
CIOBF
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-03
Produce Exchange.

Butter-Creemcry first. 23Q25c: creamery
second, 1SGb20c; dairy first. l3Gl20c; dairy see
ond. 13ll5c; roll and print. leo lie; packing
stock, 76lSc.
Cheese--Full cream. l(@I1c asked; skim
skim med. :095c.
Eggs-Fresh, 1S019c per doz.
Maple Sugar--l&014c.
Maple Syrup-Per gallon. Sl.l51f. p.
Money-Slow at quotations: Fine white
new clover, iSl12Uc; buckWheat. lCGllc.
Malt-Per buShe SC0S5c.
Oranges-Messinas, So; Flor.das 81; CALI
fornias, S3.225.
Inconsistency. S3.5o7l
Nuts-Pecans Texas polished. medium TO
large, s@l0c per h.. almonds. Terragouas.
lie: California soft shelled. lSc; flbeus
Sicily. 12c; walnutS. new California, I2ll I5c
cocoanuts. 81. per 100: hickory nuts. 81. 80
pei bu; shellbarks, 81 75CI IS per bu: Brazils
1c@l5c; peanuts, Virginia hand picked, sl2c;
roasted, 10l2C.
Dates-rersans. 90Sg; IN inaIs, 5l2c; figs,
new. I20l5c.
CT 4er-Choice Michigan. IL gallon kegs,
so per key; choice refined. 16-gallon kegs.
So; choice refined, 32-gailon bbls.SS ~ per
bbl
Poultry : Dressed Turkeys. ia tatsc;
chickens. 9Ql0c; ducks and geese, 1G0lIc.
Veal-SI.5QG56.
Swee, P0tatoes-Iliinois. SI50
Apples--Faney. SGG16.50; standards SIN
$50; choice, s.. 75ll4.
Onions-S1 .50i.75.
Carrots CGe59o per bu.
Celcry-99je.