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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16
The WHITE WAND AND THE
GOLDEN STAR.
Told to O Child.


Once upon time there was a great
tree that grew by the river Just outside
the village, and the children used to
come and play under it. 1t was so
very tall that they thought the branches
1T the top must touch the sky, and it
was said that if any one climbed to the
very highest branch of that tree and
cut off one of the white wands that
grew there he could reach mp co the
sky and bring down with it golden
star. And whoever did this might get
whatever he wished for, even the dear
est wish of his heart
Well, of all the children who now
played under the tree not one had ever
tried to climb it. There was, indeed,
an old, old story of somebody who had,
long ago, made the attempt; he went
up little way-lust high enough for
the leaves to hide nearly all the ground
underneath, but he got frightened, so
he came down and said that it was i'm
possible to go to the top.
But there was boy called Martin
Hazel who often looked up into the
green branches of the tree, and some
times he would stop playing for such
a long time. and would keep looking
up so earnestly, that the other boys
and the girls would begin to tease him
a''1 ask If he thought he could climb
20 high.
L co, he said, 81 think 1 can!"
At last one day he said to himself,
81 must try" Then some of the boys
helped him on to the lowest branch,
and he began to climb, and climb, and
climb. He had not thought it was
quite so difficult task, but he did not
allow himself TO rest very often on the
way, and at last he reached the top.
How strange it was to be therei So
lonely and so quiet; there was not
sound from the village far down below,
not even the shouts of the children
could reach so high. And the branches
of the tree spread out so widely that he
could see nothing beneath him but end
less green leaves, while over his head
the stars were shining in the blue sky,
and around him as he stood on the
highest branch were the wands OF pure
! white. His hand grasi ed one of them,
and he took the strong knife which
his father had given him on his birth
day and he cut that one off. Then he
reached up to the sky with the white
wand, and he could scarcely believe
his eyes when he saw that on the end
| Of it he had brought down one of the
golden stars which he had chosen.
With this wonderful thing really his,
he felt very happy, for he thought how
the BOYS and girls would admire him,
| how proud his mother would be, and
how his father would praise him for
Deing such a brave fellow.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16

The present emperor of Russia is a
man of truly noble character,
thoroughly honest in purpose, sin
cerely religious. kind in heart, and
most disinterestCdly sOlicitous for the
welfare of his country. There is,
however, one strange apparent contra
diction in his character, which may vet
have sinister results. The tsar is not
gifted with the extraordinary intelli-
gence which would be desirable in his
position. No man is more modest es
TO his personal merits and ability, but
there is no man in this world so i'm
pressed with his own Importance, in
the peculiar light in which he views
himself, as the divinely appointed head
of the only true faith, and of speci-
ally chosen people. The most devoted
of husbands, he is yet ever conscious
that his wife, born a foreigner of alien
faith. remains outside the pale, aud
consequently the empress has As little
influence in his counsels as if she were
n stranger to him. The office of tsar
is, he considers, holy office; no other
mortal than the holder of that Office :
on anything approaching the same eX-
alted level. Any real or supposed
slight or injury to the chosen people,
the Russians-to their semi-diviue
head. the tsar-Or to the only true
faith, the orthodox Greek faith-will
Immediately rouse all that is stubborn
in the character of Alexander H., and
Will be promptly avenged. y lover OF
peace. he will nevertheless, without a
moments hesitation, plunge his coun-
try into disastrous war, against any
odds, to fulfill what he considers to be
his sacred duties. This is the real and
great danger which threatens the woriu
through Alexander Ills belief in III,
sanctity of his own person.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16
VOL. XIV.
Some Incomes.

Digby Bell receives $3.50 a week.
Fred Leslie receives $500 a week.
Kyrie Bellew receives $3.50 week.
Charles Coghlan is paid $3.50 week.
De Wolf Hopper is paid $3.50
week.
John Habberton makes $4,000 a
wear.
Mark Twain's income is $50. 900
year.
r. II. Stoddard now earns about
s. 900 a year.
Edgar Saltus makes from 81, 800 to
s. 900 year.
". d. Howells receives from the
Harpers $4,000 year.
Il. ". Glider receives s2O, 900 a year
from the Century.
Joseph Pulitzer's income for 1888
was, it is said, Sl.OOO,OOO.
Mrs. Chanler (Amelie Rives) makes
about $4,000 a year.
Walt Whitman of late years has
earned about $500 year.
Once a Week gave Frank Stockton
1000 for his latest story.
Edgar W. Fawcett receives about
$4,000 a year from his writings.
Col. John Cockerill is paid s2O, 900
q year by the New York World.
Mayo W. Hazeltine receives Sl75 o
week from the New York Sun.
The late f. P. Roe found no diff
Guilty in writing $4,000 worth year.
Francis Wilson until he went into
business for himself was paid 5000 q
week.
Brandcr Matthews averages an an
nual income from literature of about
$1,000.
Charles Dudley Warner is paid
$1,000 for his department in Harper's
Magazine.
Miss Murfree's Charles Egbert
Craddock'-) novels yield her about
$4,000 a year.
Frances HodgSun Burnett is getting
rich at the rate of from $50, 900 to
s25, 900 a year.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16

''Nlary Wood, your own grandchild,
who lives with you," SAID Martin.
''I am Mary Wood, and I've no
grandchild left, said the old woman.
'.But do you not know me?"
81 never saw you before, said Mary
Wood.
.But [ went up the great tree this
morning, and I've got the white wand
and the golden star!"
"What tree?'
"The great tree by the river, where
we always plav," said Martin.
"Ah, now [ do remember" said the
| old woman; "there was a boy L knew
who climbed up the great tree-as we
used to call it. That was a long time
ago-when we were little children. He
never came back again.
"Wbat did they call the boy?"
''What did they call him? Dear,
dearl what did they call HIM? All,
| yes, Hazel was his name, Martin Hazel,
and he lived in that very house, with
bis father and mother: but they are
dead these many, many years, and Mar
TIN never came back. No, he never
came back.
Then Martin felt all at once that the
old woman spoke of him, and that he
himself was older even than she was.
For in climbing the tree he had for
gotten about everything and every
| body; in his eagerness quite forgetting
| that Time was passing, and that 1t was
a long, long distance from the foot to
the top of the tree. But Time was
passing all the same, and had in pass
| ing left its mark as strongly on Martin
as on everybody else. He looked at
his hands-they were thin and yell
/ low; he saw that his clothes we're worn I;
his back and his knees were bent. The
years that had gone by had seemed TO
him only one day; that day was now
nearly over. He was all that remained
of the strong boy who climbed the tree
for the wonderful treasure at the top,
and, now that the treasure was his,
there was nobody who knew him to say,
" ell done"-nobody left who could
take pleasure in his prize.
Then sadly, and with heavy heart,
he walked slowly back through the vii
lage IN which he was born, where no
body knew him and where he knew
nobody. Wandering on, his steps
led him back to the foot of the great
tree. Here he sat down, and because
| the world was empty of all the faces
, he had cared to look at, he bowed his
head and wept. AS he thought of his
old friends he wished with all his heart
that he might see them and be happy
with them again. And while he was
CRYING and longing, with the white
wand in his hand and the golden star
glittering on the top of it, he was gen.
tly lifted up, and up, and up, till the
golden star found its own place In the
sky. And there the white wand grew
into lovely flower that would never
wither. And there he saw his father
and his mother; and everybody he
loved was there; and nothing was there
but perfect happiness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16

Then down the tree he cane. Going
downwards was not difficult, and Mar
tin did not take long to reach the lower
branches. Beneath him he could see
the children still playing. Then the
cracking of branch made them look
up, and, with something like scream
of fright, they all ran away. Mar
tin smiled, and as his feet once
more touched the grass, he looked
round to see what had made the chill
dren run away. He could see moth
ing to be afraid of, and he heard no
sound except the singing of the birds
and the noise of the sheep as they
cropped the grass. And as he listened
the clock began to chime in the old
church steeple.
1t was disappointing that the boys
had not waited to see him come down
with the white wand in his hand, and
the golden star glittering at the end OF
1t, but that made him all the more
eoger to hurry home and tell his
mother.
Near his mothers door, which was
at the entrance to the village, Martin
saw some children whom he did not
know. While he was wondering who
they could be-for strangers were not
often seen in this place-they turned
away with a laugh that was nearly a
cry and ran down the street. Then he
went TO the opened door of his mothers
house, and a woman he had never seen
before, who was sitting by the fire inside,
with baby on her knee, looked up
and said sharply, Nothing to-day.
"Where's my mother?" said Martin.
"Your motherl" and the woman
laughed.
father; this is our house"
"This is my bouse, said the woman,
s'and was my mothers house ever since
old Betsy died, years ago.
Betsy is my mothers name; father
calls her Betsy"
oThat may be, that may be. but
there's nobody of that name here" said
this cross woman. Then she turned
Martin rather roughly from the door,
and shut it behind him with bang.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16

The use of the Colorado NIidland's
rotary snow shovel on the Denver,
Texas and Fort Worth seems to have
created a mild sensation. y local
paper says: alt was put to work in a
big cut where the snow was about 20
feet deep and made excellent headway.
throwing an avalanche of snow so
feet into the air at every revolution of
The great plow, which literally bored
itself through a mass as compact as
sand. When about the center of the
cut, a strange sight was witnessed.
Those who were standing on either
side of the plow were suddenly
ieluged with a shower of beef steaks.
On all sides fell porterhouse, sirloin,
round steaks, small steaks, shoulder
steaks, with occasionally a slice of
liver or nicely cut rib roast. 1t was
thought at first that the engine had left
the track and was boring its way
through q butcher ship. Investiga-
ton, however, disclosed the fact that a
herd of Texas cattle had crowded into
the cut and had frozen and been buried
in the drifts. Manager Meek imme-
liatelv declared that no well-regula'ed
road should be without a rotary snow
blow"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16
Macauley's Picture of Queen EIizabetb


Elizabeth was now in her twenty
fifth year. Personally, she had much
of her mothers beauty; her figure
was commanding, her face long, but
queenly and intelligent; her eyes
quick and fine. She had grown up,
amidst the liberal culture of Henry's
Court, g bold horsewoman. a good
shot. graceful dancer, q skilled mu-
sician, and an accomplished scholar
She read every morning a portion OF
Demosthenes, and could Grub up her
rusty Greek" at need to handy pedantry
with a vice-chancellor. But she was
far from being a mere pedant. The
new literature which was springing up
around her found constant welcome in
her court. She spoke Italian and
French as fluenty as her mother
tongue. She was familiar with
Ariosto aud Tasso. In spite of the
affectation of her style, and her taste
for anagrams and puefilities, she
listened with delight 10 the "Faery
Queen" and found smile for MAS
ter-Spenser" when he appeared in the
presence. Her moral temper recalled
in its strange contrasts the mixed
blood within her veins. She was At
once the daughter of Henry and of
Ann Boleyn. From her father she in
herited her frank and hearty address,
her love of popularity and of free inter-
course with the people, her dauntless
courage, and her amazing self-con-
fidence. Her harsh, manlike voice,
her impetuous will, her pride, her
furious Outbursts of anger, came to
her with her Tudor blood. She rated
mobiles as if they were school-boys; !;
she met the insolence of Essex with a
box on the ear; she would break now
and then into the gravest deliberations
to swear at her ministers like fish
wife,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16
PICKING OUT A ROGUE.

When asked which is the more ex-
pressive and telling feature, the eyes
or the mouth, Inspector Byrnes said
that in his opinion there was no choice.
"A man can look me in the eye and
tell me the straightest possible story.
1t is all nonsense to say that man
cannot tell a lie without fiinching.
The biggest rogue unhung can tell Q
seemingly honest story.
81 would not, however. give much
for detective who could not pick a
thief out of respectable men. Tho
thief cannot for the life of him hep
looking anxious and otherwise. In
endeavoring to appear perfectly at
ease he overacts his part and gives
himself dead away.
Just for all the world as a detec-
tive gives himself away in a crowd-a
thief can always pick ont detective,
for the latter too cannot keep from
LOOKING wise and concerned. The
man who has nothing on his mind is
perfectly careless and Indifferent.
Not so the detective and the thief, and
they can usually recognize each other"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16
FauntlerOy in Real Life.

"Come in here wild yez this mint
before ycz sphile yer Fauntillerry
clothes" shouted the fond mother to
her freckled-faced son.
''Yis. dearest"
"Ave yez been havin' good tonne
widout yer mother?"
"Nis, dearest"
can phat av yez been doin' ?"
"Shtonin' Miss McGulley's pig, dear
est, and callin rats to the po-leece.
But | wor always t'inkin' ov yez and
lovin' yez with all me heart. Wash
ington Critic.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16
To the Few 1t May Interest.

1t has been estimated that we get a
complete new outfit of brains about
every two months. The duration of a
nerves life is about sixty days. Each
nerve cell has its own Independent
functions, subordinate to the higher
functions of the whole brain cen
masse,' and the latter acts as sort of
boss or ovcrscer to the individual ac-
tons and life of each separate cell.
Every cell is destroyed and renewed
every two months, so we can get six
brand new brains per year.-MedicO
World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16

1t is hard to realize in the conserva-
tive, slow-moving East that, on the
edge of the Black Hills of western
South Dakota, in ten years there has
sprung from mere nothing a city of
over five thousand inhabitants. You
viii find in this little city-which ap-
propriatelv assumes the name of Rapid
City-schools, newspapers, water sup
ply system, two miles of street cars, ,eiec-
trio lighting. and a ''brick Jail, which
the local papers speak of with pride.
These papers 90 on further to claim
$500 900 capital invested there. purely
in mercantile pursuits, and S27O, ,0OC as
capital in four banks. The reason at
tributed for this sudden rise is the
wonderful natural location of the place.
Ii came to notice first as a convenient
stopping place for coaches, which found
the gap there a most available one for
crossing the mountains in their trips
East and West. Ii marked the border
of the plains and the mountains, there
by becoming the most convenient mart
for exchanging mining for agricultural
products. The stream which ran
through the pass gave commerce a
slight boost by furnishing power for
mills, etc. Large tin mines, extensive
forests and good building materials in
tensified these natura. advantages,
while the absence of any competitive
commercial centres finished the con-
ditions necessary for such a wonderful
growth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16
HpnrY'S Rnl Taste.

Miss Porcine-..I'm afraid, Henry,
that our engagement must be broken.
Papa and mamma are both very angry
with you"
Henry-.'For heavens sake, Clara,
what have | done to offend them?"
Miss Porcine-''It is all on account
of the conversation you had with
mamma the other night"
Henry y-"Why, | spoke of your
father in the highest terms"
"Miss Porcine-'.Yes; you said he
'bristles with good sense You know
papa is at the stock yards, and mamma
thought your allusion to 'bristles' SIM
ply dreadful taste. America.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16

young men were coming home after
having finished their days work in the
fields. They had seen some one pushed
ont of a house, and had heard door
slam, and they thought it was a good
joke, so they laughed again.
''Hallo, old man, who has been i'll
using you?" they asked, as they
gathered round the boy who had been
turned from the door of his mothers
house.
Martin looked round, but he saw no
old man. Then one of the young fell
lows tapped him on the shoulder, and
said
They'll give you nothing in that
house"
81 don't want anything" said Mar
tin; ''that is our house, and 1 have
something to tell my mother"
How the young men laughed!
"Ies, you are strangers and you
don't know her, and you don't know
me; but she'll be glad Tn down safely
from the top of the tree; and with this
I'm going to make her happy" He
held out his white wand with the golden
star glittering on the end of it, but to
the young men it seemed only plain
stick. So they looked at one another
seriously as if they were sorry for him,
and they said-''Poor old man.
Then they left him. and he walked
along the street, for the sun was set
ting and it was near the time when he
should go to meet his father coming
from his work.
The people stood at their doors and
stared at him cur1ously as he passed.
He knew none of them and none
of them spoke to him; so he
felt troubled. Then he met a very
old woman. 1t was at last some one he
knew-old Margaret, the grandmother
of one of Sthe little girls who pla yed
every day at the foot of the tree. He
stopped her.
''Did Mary tell you [ had gone up
the tree to-day?"
"What Nary" asked the old wo-
man.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16

The oldest church in Europe Is said
oy some who are discussing the question
TO be st. Martins, Canterbury, England,
which was built as a church before the
End of the fourth century. St Mary in
:he-Castle, Dover, was built about this
time, but for Dearly 200 years it was
lsed as garrison fuel depot.
The people in India look upon soap
Is curiosity, and it can hardly be
bought of any shopkeeper. The amount
consumed last year was only 500 tons,
which, taken with the enormous popu-
alton of that country, would give an
.yerage of but about one ounce to each
,erson.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16
ALL SORTS.
How TIE Funny Men Earn Thei,
Money.

AhAO--Cfs
AMEssAGE.
She wasn't on the playground, she wasn't on
the lawn,
The little one was missing and bed time COM
ing on.
We hunted in the garden, we peeped about
to see.
II sleeping under rose-tree or like she might
But nothing came in answer to our anxious
call
Until at length we hastened within the dark
ening hall.
And then upon the stiffness there broke u
silvery tone
The darling mite was standing before the
telephone,
And softly, a. we listened, came stealing
down the stairs:
"H'io, Central, Give me Heaven. | want to
say my prayers
Sidney Dayre, in The Independent.
Proprietor You don't know any
thing! Half the drinks you send UP
are spilled How do YOU do it,"
Bartender thi K somebody must
give the dumb waiter a tip. p."-Lowep
Citizen.
Stranger (to small boy)-''Is your
father home?n Small boy-s'No, sir
He went to the cemetery this morn
ing" Stranger-''When will he re-
turn?" Small boy - Hes gone t.
stay. Life.
Publisher-''I wish you would write
us a good sea story" Great Author
''But have never been to sea-" Pub
lisher-'I know il. Iwant a sea story
that people can understand. - New
York Weekly.
Lady Gin furniture store, TO new
clerk Where are those handsome
sideboards that you had last week -
Clerk (embarrassed)-"Oh, I-er-I
shaved them of day afore yesterday.
Ua'am. Life.
Man CTo fricnd)-s.Wen, sir, l
never saw a woman who can do as
much work as my wife, BY George,
she is regular machine"
Friand-"Oh. sec. You married
a typewriter. .'-Arkansaw TRAY, Ter
Cashier-I see by the papers that the
Montreal carnival will not be held this
wear.
President-So l understand. Had
you thought of going up:
Cashier-Oh, no. Had you?-FroT
Puck.
Miss Berg-Poor little thing. Why
do YOU keep him tied up like that?
Miss Conwell-IIe passed the night
with papa in the library just after
mann mas hat bill came and he's been
swearing horribly ever sincc.-From
Judge.
Foreigner-Ven you Americans wish
to get rid of a man. vat yOu do wish
him-not place him in exile n'est-ce
uas?
American-O, no; we Just elect him
Vice-Presidcnt.- the Lawrence
American.
Charlio-"Will you % out with me
tonight, sister,"
Charlotte-"'I can't dear boy. | have
an engagement.
There goes the door-bell. now"
eyes, that is my engagement ring.
Goodbye. .'-Nonkers Statesman.
One on The Lecture Bureaus. "N @
had little trouble making up lectul e
course this veal" said one of the com
mittee in a college town, .'becauA we
are securing our speakers through
two breweries, and their dates are apt
TO cOnflict.-Brooklyn Eagle.
WAITER Very sorry, sab, but we
haven't any veal. Yea, is mighty
scarce dis time of year, an we havn't
no veal for week. Can l bring you
anything else sah?'
Guest (hastilv)-'' Yes; double
order of chicken salad. New York
Weekly.
Misunderstanding old Spearmint
ss hard as ever, suppose"
8rightman-"No, I've Luried my
grudge against him"
Flamely-''Now, that's Christianlike.
old man. When did you bury the
hatchet?"
Brightman-"Last Tuesday, when
wo buried him. Lowell Mail.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16
WOMAN'S SPHERE.

They talk about a woman's sphere.
AS though II h Il limit:
There's not a place ia earth or
heaven,
There's not task to mankind given.
Ihere.s not a blessing or woe,
There's not whisper yes or no,
There's not life, or death, or birth,
That has a feathers weight ofwotrh,
Without woman in IL.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-09-16

And so he got what he had wished
for, even the dearest wish of his heart.
"Wasn't it pity mother" said the
little listener, ''that Martin stayed so
long away?"
'Yes, it was sad. But you see, when
one is busy trying to get that thing he
wishes, he nearly always neglects other
things that are much more worth hav-
ing. Then, when it is too late, be
finds that the happiness he missed
would have been far greater than any
pleasure he has, because the object he
strove so hard to gain turns out to be
of very little value after all.
"Well. mother, I wouldn't stay away
from you all that time for anything"
81 think, my boy, you had better
not promise that You have your tree
to climb yetp'