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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10
A WORD TO HOSTESSES.

A plea for books IN the guest cham
her Is male lsy writer in the House
1cite, who says: Dear housekeepers
as on take the last look at your dainty
guest chamber, to see that all is in
re idiness for the expected guest, please
lie sure that one important item is moi
missing. You glance from bed to
dressing-ta le, and ore Indignantly
sure that everything is perfect. Yet
there is one Lick. There is not a book
IN the room. Probably your friend
may enl several hours each day il
her room, and she will need something
to read; and if she chances to be poor
sleeper she will appreciate your read
ing matter more than your purple and
fiDe linen.
l visited house not long ago, wher.
L occupied gem of a room. The bed
was a marvel of daintiness, the ap-
pointments of the dressing-table were
perfect, choice pictures hung on the
walls, n luxurious chair invited me tc
lounge, and to crown all, a CHEEKY little
fire burned in the crate. l retired, but
after wooing the drowsy god in vain
for an hour or two, l arose, lit the gas,
and looked for book. But not one
page of print could find in the room.
Back to bed 1 went, and tried all the
sleeping-inducing schemes l had ever
heard of. | counted myriads of white
sheep going over wall L named all
the people knew whose names began
with certain letter, and kept getting
more and more awake. How l lOnged
for the book kept under my pillow
at home, Diseases of the Ear" which
is as intelligible as SInskirt to me, and
never fails to send me off to the sleepy
country. L could have read anything
just then; railroad guide, or even last
year almanac, would have been vastly
entertaining.
threw myself in the sleepy Hollow
chair, thinking regretfully of the we'll
fl ed book cases in the library below.
In my desperation l started to go
down, but remembering that the master
of the house was an expert marksman,
| feared lest he might shoot ME for a
burglar. At last L remembered rail
road novel that was crammed in a cor
ner of my bag. 1 fished 1t out, and al.
though it was of the penny dreadful"
sleepy. Be sure that did not forget
lDg to my room the next evening.
how different was my experience in
visiting >1other friend in a much
humber nome little later. The guest
room was a plain little apartment,
hardly capable of holding the neces.
sary furniture, bat little shelf hung
in the corner held few books in chear
bindings. There was a novel apiece OF
George Eliot, Dickens and Scott, two
or thre' books of poetry, a volume of
Emerson's Essays, a copy of "kinder
der Welt" and collection of French
plays. There we're hardly a dozen
vSlumes in all, and yet there was yari-
ETY. enough to suit almost any mood.
resolved then that 1 would give
housekeepers a hint. Any one can
spare n few books from the shelves, and
be sure that in the few minutes before
breakfast, during the afternoon rest
on the lounge, and in the watches of a
:leepness night, your guest will be
grateful for your thoIghtfulness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10
EMBROIDERY IN FLANDERS IN
THE YEAR 40.

1t was during this period that EN-
broidery lost its distinctly religious
character and came into common use il
lay dress. And if we wish to see tC
what pass the sumptuous dress OF
Flanders came, we have but to consult
the pictures of the time. On Var
Eyck's and Memling's marvellous can.
vases the lay life of Bruges is brought
before us as a setting to the most sacred
subjects-brought before us, too, with
such naif and serious realism that it
never Jars upon our taste. MelchiOr
and Gaspard, as they kneel before the
Holy Child, Herod and his courtiers as
they sit at the table or look on the
headless corpse of st. John the Baptist,
in Memling's pictures at the Hospital
st. John, are but portraits of princes
and courtiers at the Prinsenhof hard
by. The gorgeous fabrics of their
dresset, stiff with gold, are fresh from
the looms of Bruges, which were then
famous throughout all northern Europe.
While the magnificent robe, with its
hem embroidered in gold, pearls and
Jewels, which is worn by the Virgin in
Van Eyck's great picture at Ghent of
the Alteration of the Sacred Lamb, is
almost duplicate of the state mantle
in which Mary of Burgundy lies wrap
ped IN her brass efligy on the altar
tomb at Notre Dame in Bruges.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10
TIE WRONG MAN.

A clubman relates at his own expense
the following Renaissance of his visit
to London last summer. Wishing to
take advantage of the alleged cheapness
of clothing IN London he carried with
him no more than he actually needed
for the voyage, and oil his arrival posted
up to London in his steamer dress, to
find an important dinner engagement
awaiting him, only few days OF. 1t
was an extremely hot day and he was
tired, but he went at once to the estab-
lishment of tailor who had been REQ
commended, and asked to see the pro-
prietor, Mr.. Y. That gentleman ap.
peared, and the following conversation
took place.
'sYou are Mr.. KIP" the American
asked.
yes" was the Iaconic reply.
"Well," continued the American, 81
met your customer, Mr.. A, on the
steamer I've just landed from, and he
advised me to come and see you before
looking anywhere else."
But really, my man the tailor
said. looking the dusty, travel-stained
visitor over from head to foot, 81 am
awfully sorry not to oblige Mr.. A, you
know, but really we don't need any
more help at present"
The American is neither vain mol
lacking in a sense of the ludicrous, SC
that instead of becoming mortal!y
offended, as many might have done, he
simply laughed and explained that he
wanted some work done himself, and
on this footing he was at once treated
with consideration designed to atone
for so awkward a mistake.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10
SUFFOCATED BY GRAIN.

George Helm, of Sidney, ILL.,, thinks
he can tell how it feels 10 lie smothrrcd
to death. lie is a gram merchant, and
a few days ago went into an elevator
where thousands of bushels of oats are
stored, when by some means partition
gave way, and the grain came down on
on him in an avalanche, covering him
seven feet deep above his head. Effort
was made to remove the grain, but this
was fruitless, and the side of the bin:
was chopped away and the oats allowed
to pour out in stream that covered
and obstructed the railroad track. j
was twenty minutes before lie was ex
tricated, but life was not extinct, anC
he was resuscitated after 4 half-hour'i
hard work. lie suffered intense agon,
when first buried, but soon became uD
conscious.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10

OWING to the great cost of coal in
Italy, manufacturers there are using
Ignite, two varieties of which are
abundant in that country. Recent ex-
periments prove that Ignite is prob
able substitute for coal.
DIVERS in the clear waters of tn.
tropical seas find that fish of different
colors when frightened do not all dart
IN the same direction, but that each
different kind takes shelter in that por-
tion of the submarine growth nearest
in color to that of the fish.
THE telephone line between Manitoh
and Pixies Peak has inst beon COM
oleted, a distance of about nine miles.
it is the highest telephone line in the
world. The Peak Is IA, 115 in height,
while the village of Manitou is G, ,562
feet above the sea.
A CHAIN shot was dug up the other
day in a street In Seattle, Wash. 1t is
supposed to be one OF the missiles
thrown from the guns of the United
States sloop Decatur at the time of the
Indian engagement that occurred there
in December, 1855.
WAsHINGToN's old headquarters a,
Valley Forge will soon pass into the
hands of a patriotic association. A
bodv of patriotic Philadelphians,
headed bv Postmaster.G General Wana.
maker. and the Daughters of the Revo-
luton both desire the property.
In twelve years the city Of Paris has
expended S270, 900 on statues and $S5, :
600 on ornamental fountains.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10

old maid, who wouldn't marry the
best man that ever lived, hugged close
to the mans breast, who wouldn't
marry the best woman that ever lived,
not even to save her life. We came
away then, but it's my opinion that
they remained in just that position till
we rang the bell half an hour later.
GLOW did you know?' | asked of
Jennie
"My DEAR" she answered, "my
whole reliance was upon human ma
ture; and let me tell you, dear goosie,
whatever else may fail, that never
does"
"Why, Miss Kent, what makes your
face so very redf" inquired Jennie,
upon entering; "and Cousin Mark,
how strangely you look! your hair is
uil mussed up"
"And hope to have it mussed up
often," said Cousin Mark, boldly.
"Miss Kent and l are to be married
this week"
Jennie laughed till her face was pur.
pie, and when ! went up stairs, Miss
Kent was pounding her back.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10

modern chain bolt is easily opened by
burglar using a twisted wire. OF
course. the chain bolt is not essentially
a night fasteuips. 1t is mainly in
tended to hold door while the person
inside opens it to see who is outside,
and as a precautiOn against being taken
by surprise by having door suddenly
pushed inward by an intruder.
Burglar; can push back an ordinary
window catch by inserting a thin case
knife. The ne ..cst window catches
are arranged so as to prevent this.
Fastcnings on wooden window
shutters or blinds are easily burglar
lied by means of boring and saving.
The professional burglars have an old
time method of breaking window
panes without noise. They first paste
over the pane to be cracked complete
covering of paper. Then when the
pane is cracked by slow, steady
pressure, which is quite as effective rs
a blow, there is only sort of crunch
ing noise and no falling of glass.
This is really an old method, and par
ticulariy applicable to most of the
front doors in present use. 1t seems
TO be the universal custom to light
front halls with these side lights, every
one of which is constant invitation to
the burglar to come at his leisure,
break one side light, thrust his hand in
the opening, and turn the knob OF
key.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10
A POETS EIRST ATTEMPT.

ind kept his gift a secret from all, eX-
,ept his oldest sister, fearing that his
tather, who was a prosaic maD, would
think that he was wasting time. He
wiote under the fence. in the attic, in
.he barn-whereye he could escape OBJ
'ervation; and as a pen and ink were
not always available, he sometimes used
chalk, and even charcoal. Great was
;he surprise of the family when some of
MS verses were unearthed, literally un-
sarthed, from under heap of rublsSh
IN garret; but his father frowned upon
these evidences of the bent of his
mind, not out of unkindness, but be-
cause he doubted the sulhcIency of tie
boys education for literary life, and
lid not wish to inspire him with hopes
which might never be fulfilled.
His sister had faith in him, neverthe-
less, and, without his knowledge she
sent one of his poems to the editor of
The Free Press, a newspaper published
IN Newburyport. Whittier was helping
his father to repair stone wall by the
roadside when the carrier flung a copy
Of the paper to him, and, unconscious
that anything of his was in it, he
opened it and glanced up and down the
Samns. Ills eyes fell on some verses
rallied ''The Exile's Departure"
Fond scenes which delighted my youth
u It,
WIKI feelings OF sorrow I bid ye adieu--
A lasting adlrui for now, dim in the dis
tance,
The shores of Hibernia recede from our
view.
Fare wei! TO the cliffs, tempest-beaten and
gr-v,
Which guard the loved shores of my own
Farewell 10 the village and sail-shadowed
bay,
The forest-crowned hill and the water.
washed strand"
His eyes swan; it was his own poem
the first lie ever had in print.
"What is the matter with theeP" his
father demanded, seeing how dazed Ire
was; but, though lie resumed his work
on the wall, he could not speak, and he
had to steal glance at the paper agais
and again, before he could convince
himself that lie was not dreaming.
Sure enough, the poem was there with
lis initial at the foot of it-"W. Haver.
hill. June 1st, 1896" and, better still,
this editorial notice: IF w. at
Haverhill, will continue to favor u,
with pieces beautiful as the one in.
serted in our poetical department of to-
day, we shall esteem it favor"
The editor thought so much of "The
Exile's DEPARTURE" and some other
verses which followed it from the SAINT
hand, that he resolved to make the ac
Quaintance of his new contributor, and
lie drove over to see him. Whittier
then Y boy of eighteen, was summoned
from the fields where he was working.
clad only in shirt, trousers, and straw
hat, and having slipped in at the bach
door so that he might put his shoes ant
coat on, came into the room with
shrinking diflidence, almost unable tt
speak, and blushing like a maiden
The editor was a young man himself
not more than twenty-five or twenty
three, and the friendship that began
with this visit lasted until death endcC
it. How strong and how close it was
and how it was made to serve the cause
of freedom, may be learned in the lif,
of the great abolitionist, William Lioyt
Garrison, which was the editor's name
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10
a CHILD'S FANCY.

Hush. hush, speak softly. mother dear,
81 that the daisies may not hear;
For when the { RS begin to peep,
The pretty UaisieS 90 to sleep.
See, mother. round MS on the lawn,
With soft white lIshes closely drawn.
Ilcy'yr shut their eyes, so golden-gay,
That looked up through the long, long day.
hut now they re tired of all the fun
or bees and birds, Of wind and sun.
Playing their game 1t hide and-seek,-
Then very softly let Us speak"
myriad stars above the child
Looked down from Heaven and sweetly
smiled:
Rut not 4 star in all the skies
BeImed Oh him with his mothers eyes.
She Stroked his curly chestnut head,
And whispering very softly, said
Ia quite forgotten they might hear;
Thank YOU for The reminder. dear"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10
Blonde and Brunette.

When the race is formed from a
mixture of blondes and brunettes the
hereditary blonde coloring comes out
in the eyes and the brunette element
reappears in the hair. To this ten
dency probably is to be attributed the
rarity of combination of light hair
with dark eyes. Several observers
have asserted that the American peo-
pie, who are pre-eminently a mixed
race, are becoming dark-haired and
blue-eyed nation, and if this be true
such development must be owing to
the working of this law.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10
RECOMPENS Sc.
By MRS. A. s. ROE.

They to'd me the roses were cruel,
snrr, un led with thOrns untold;
the ST, ~ Of gold and the rainbow
was ut,ty a fable old.
,,t fhe sun-kiSSed roses unfolded,
To weld me perfume sweet;
And The king of the western sunset,
Scattered his gold at my feet.
They told me the snOwdrfts OF Winter,
Mere deeper than ever before;
The murmuTing winds OF the summer,
Uad gone to return never more.
piit I'm The warm light of the SprIngtime,
The Snowdr its all melted away;
The soft winds returned with the summer.
To scatter the clouds OF each day.
They told me the life Of a Christian.
was tOllsOme, and dark, and cold;
The love and rewards OF the Master,
Mere all for the brave and bold.
The sun OF His love fell upon me
NIy heaviest crosses are light:
And out Of the gloom and the darkness,
lie bringe h me sunshine bright
Table TAX.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-02-10

THE Roman Catholic parochlai
schools at Faribault, Mimi, have been
placed in charge of the Board OF Edu'
cation, without conditions
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09

THE authorities were supposed to
have captured the famous Dalton
gang of train robbers, but they seem
only to have captured small section
of the band, which still remains nu-
merous and daring enough to repeat
its cid feat Of capturing and rifling a
train in Indian Territory, overpower-
ing an armed posse provided for
the purpose Of protecting the express
car Either the Dalton gang is very
numerous and very brave or there
must be some very cowardly railway
employees out West, including the
chief Of detectives of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railway and his al
legged posse. 1t may yet become nee
essary to call the entire military force
Of the country to suppress the Dalton
gang.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09

THERE is something utterly de-
moralizing and disgusting in the
spreading before the public Of all the
details of the training Of Sullivan
and Corbett for their coming brutal
encounter. II one could hope that
the contest would result in the per-
manent disabling Of both brutes, so
that they would be forever retired
from the attention OF the public, it
would be better possible to bear with
some patience the Importance which
is now given to them; but when one
reflects how the victor will be lion
lied, and how debasing the whole
thing is, it is impossible to under
stand how respectable papers can
consent to assist in advertising the
fight or the fighters.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09

THIS is the season Of the year
when boys who cannot swim will 60
in the water, and some Of them get
drowned, but the annual fatality
seldom strikes so heavily in one place
as upon the Maryland farmer, four
of whose live sons, all under sixteen,
went into the river to battle, got be-
yond their depth and lost their lives.
Swimming is an art that all boys are
anxious to acquire, and if their faith
ers would encourage the wish and
give them instruction instead Of for
bidding them to go to the water, as
is so often the case, fewer casualties
would result.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09

A wOMAN's PAPER is endeavOring
to advertise itself by asking all its
fair-or plain-readers to send in re-
plies to the poignant question:
would you rather marry man
whom you entirely love, but whose
love for you you are not sure of, or a
man who entirely loves you. but
whose love you do not feel entirely
able to reciprocate?" The question
has curiously sentimental flavor for
one asked such a set of readers as
are likely to be attached to a strong
minded journal; but doubtless there
will be reams of twaddle written in
reply to it.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09

WHEN will people learn common
sense in the matter of trimming
shade trees? Every season the tree
trimming fiend shows himself in one
part of the town or another and re-
lentlessly mutilates trees which there
is no shadow of need for touching
with a knife. He uses not only a
knife, but saw of large capabilities,
and saws off branches Of the largest
size, until nothing is left of the I'M
fortunate tree but the main trunk, a
few stumps of limbs and tufts Of foil
age. The beauty Of tree does not
invariably consist in round or oval
shaped top, as some seem to suppose.
A little irregularity in the length of
branches adds to their attractive
ness occasionally. Neither does the
thrifty growth or health Of the tree
call for periodical cutting of its
branches. In state Of nature trees
flourish finely with no pruning what
SNSAs AhS VhS tASS uSSA AOA Sdu0C
that is not injured by such wholesale
cutting is the silver poplar, but the
slow growing maple, to which the
process is as frequently applied, is
checked in its growth and in no way
benefited. In addition, the appear
ance Of the street is injured for a
long period. The people who are
not content with a sensible pruning
that removes dropping branches out
Of the way of pedestrians and car
riages and permits sufficient sunshine
to reach the houses, but must cut
and slash till all beauty and SYM
metry are destroyed, cannot be called
barbarians, for barbarians are not
addicted to such vandalism, but they
certainly are guilty of an offense
which il only a degree less than that
Of cruelty to animalA
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09

ENGLAND, Spain and Italy are said
to have entered into an arrangement
for partitioning Morocco among
themselves. OF course no objections
to the process which Morocco herself
may raise will receive attention. No
interests Of hers will be considered.
But France, Russia and Germany may
one or all have some circumstances
to present, some interests to urge
against the scheme. II so, the OBJ
jections will be needed. Possibly the
long-expected general war in Europe
may come by way Of Africa.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09
August
Flower

am ready to testify under oath
that if it had not been for August
Flower should have died before
this. Eight years ago was taken
sick, and suffered as no one but
dyspeptic can. I employed three
of our best doctors and received
no benefit. They told me that 1 had
heart, kidney, and liver trouble.
Everything l ate distressed me so
that had to throw it up. August
Flower cured me. There is no med
icine equal to it." LORENZO F.
SLEEPER, Appleton, Maine. .
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09

AsIATIC cholera is slowly working
Its way along the arteries of COM
merce to the worlds centers of popu-
lation. Its grim harvest will be
great in the famine districts of Rus
STA and amid the huddled thousands
of the sQualid quarters Of European
cities. That America will wholly
escape its ravages is too much to
hope, but since the first half Of the
century we have been more fortunate
than the old world in escaping its
devastations.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09

THE gloomy impressions OF Mr..
Rudyard Kipling about the future OF
the present of New York City need
not distress anybody very much.
The vail Of the pessimist, who
fancies that everything is going to
the dogs, has been heard in all ages.
It is usually rather dismal than in-
structive. But it becomes almost
ridiculous from young man who
has made only a few weeks or
months sojourn in this country,
and who shows that he understands
very little Of the people about whose
future he prophesies so freely.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09

The spelling-reform crank is at
Saratoga with little printed slip
which he circulates among the
teachers in convention begging them
60 pledge themselves to use phonetic
spelling in their personal correspon-
dence. Teachers encounter too much
phonetic spelling in their school
work to have fondness for it, and
the crank will probably make few
converts among them.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09

WHAT has become Of that para site
which killed the pestiferous house fly?
A good deal was said about him at
odd times last winter, when the flies
had retired to that mysterious bourne
whittier they seek seclusion in cold
weather. A parasite that declines
to get in its work when needed is a
good deal of a nuisance itself
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-09
A NEW YORK man was killed ii

A NEW YORK man was killed in
consequence Of his politeness. He
was on the elevated railroad sitting
by lady, and, thinking it impolite
to sneeze in the presence Of a lady,
poked his head out of the window
Just in time to be struck by loose
wire and have bis skull fractured.
There is danger even in being too po-
lite. but politeness is not usually a
fault on the street cars.