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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13

One principle point of good breeding
is to suit our behaviour to the three
several degrees of men-our superiors,
our equals, and those below US.
The orange was first planted in
Southern California by the Franciscan
fathers soon after they established their
first mission in the State at San Diego,
in 1863.
Every part of postage-stamp maxim g
is done by hand. The designs are en-
graved on steel, 200 stamps on a single
plate. If a single stamp is injured the
whole sheet is burned.
When the President of the United
States proclaimed war against Great
Britain Guly 10, 1879, the navy of the
United States consisted of only twenty
7essels, exclusive of gunboats.
Miss bod, the lady tennis champion
of England, only recently celebrated
her twenty-first birthday She is also
an excellent bicyclist and golf player,
as well as singer and pianist.
The Hebrews had no coins of their
own until the days of the Maccabees,
who issued shekels and half shekels,
with the inscriptions, Jerusalem, the
Holy" "Simon, Prince of Isreel. !"
These bear no images.
If not absolutely the Oldest, the Stoar
Kopparberget in Sweden is the Oldest
copper mine of which we have any Off
cial figures. 1t has been worked con-
tinuously for nearly 500 years, and a
table is given which shows the produc-
ton for each year since 1888. This is
probably the only mine in the world
for which figures of production for 26S
years can be shown.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13

for the past eleven years, is so hard
that the lime floats in little cakes over
the top when boiling, and it has never
hurt my plants a particle. Instead Of
hurting them, 1 think soil is less apt tc
become sour when over-watered, foI
the lime helps to counteract the acidity
and another thing, fancy 1 have less
trouble with white worms in the soil,
when l use hard water altogether. To
those who are afraid to use hard water,
let me tell them that a few drops Of
aqua ammonia in each pail of water
used, or teaspoonful of nitrate of
soda in each two gallons, will supply
the nitrogen which is the needful ele
ment found in rain water and lacking
in the hard or well water.
Ammonia consists of three parts ny.
drogen and one Of nitrogen, while the
Nitrate of Soda contains enough nitro
gen to equal twenty per cent. of am
monia. Remember that the ammonia
usually meant, when directions are
given for using it among plants, is the
aqua ammonia "a watery preparation),
and not the alcoholic solution which
should be called Spirits of Harts-
horn.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13
FLOWERS AND GEMS FOR THP
MONTHS.

Obi fa's are the pearls from the depth OF olt
And brilliant the wealth of Peruvian mines.
And changeful the light with each tseTsulout
Which CLEANS from the heart of the Opal
clear shrines.
But the pure Water-lily with blossoms of white
The Laurel, the Jasmine of delicate hue,
And the waX-lke Camellia, are surely as brigh.
As the Pearls of the ocean. The sparkling
Which collects in the Blush-rose's coral each
Transmits like a diamond the sun shinln,
The Violet rivals the Amethyst's purple,
The Iyacinth rises with the sapphire's cleM
The Bays glossy leaf and the queen of ta,
myrtle
Outshine the bright Emerald's crystalline hue
Narcissi compare with the splendor of Topaz,
The Ruby will yield TO the red POppy's dye,
The Azaleas blossoms as varied q show has.
As even the changeable Opals supply.
Unidentified.
A fanciful folklore has given to each
month its special flowers and plants,
and an accompanying gem which We
give below as collected from various
sources.
January - Granite and Jacinth,
which express perfect loyalty and fidel-
ity. The Everlasting is the flower of
this frozen month, the emblem of con.
slant and undying love.
February.-To this month is given
the Amethyst, which preserves from
violent passions, and insures peace OF
mind, while its accompanying flower,
the Snowdrop, is the symbol of purit,
and confidence in the future.
March.-Jasper and Bloodstone, the
stones given to this windy month, rep
( resent courage in difficulty and danger,
and March Crocus and Hyacinth are
the harbingers of sunshine, youth and
enchantment.
April and Sapphire sym
bolize innocence or contrition, and the
delicate Lily of the Valley tells of the
return of happiness with the coming oj
! the spring.
I May.-The Emerald belongs to May
denoting happiness in affiiction, and
the pink Hawthorn speaks of rural
, beauty, the white of hope.
June.-Agate, perfect health, Azalea
temperance.
July.-Carnelian, forgetfulness o.
sights: Roses, beauty and happy love
: August. - Sardonyx, unchanging
= happiness; Dahla, chime forever"
/ September.-Chrysolite belongs t
this first autumn month; it preserve
from rash actions, while the COLDER
Chrysanthemum is an emblem of truth
October-Opal, a soul that shrinki
not at misfortune; Michaelmas Daisy
cheerful old age.
November.-Topaz, true friendship
Autumn Violet, Humility and Can
dor.
December-Turquoise, or Malachite
the realization of cherished hopes
Holly, cam remembered" Mistletoe
| a kiss.
This completes the cycle of the year
and those who love these romanti,
fancies may select their birth-month
and take for their own its precious
stones and lovely flowers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13

Rhexia, Deer-grass, or Meadow-beau-
ty, as it is variously called, is a prett-
low-growing herbaceous plant common
to American swamps.
Rhexia Virginica is the most COM
mon species north and grows about six
inches high with square stem, almost
winged at the angles and having hand
some, large, purple flowers. There are
various other pink-purple varieties, all
growing in bogs or pine barrens. 4
solitary yellow species, r. lutea grows
in North Carolina. Its flowers are
small and numerous and do not cast
their petals so early as do the purple
varieties, while the plant grows to th'
height of a foot or more.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13
THINGS OLD AND NEW.

The first surname was adopted in sne
reign of Edward the confessor.
The Pekin Gazette is the oldest journal
in the world. 1t dates from the eighth
century.
When Benjamin Franklin proposed to
start newspaper, his mother tried to
dissuade him, because there We're al.
ready two papers in America.
Russia contemplates building whal
will be the largest electric railway in the
world; it will run from St. Petersburg
to Archangel, distance of $50 miles.
The electric light has been introduced
into a new flour mill near to the sup
posed site of Calvary and close to the
Damascus Gate at Jerusalem.
The Yezidees, a secular Turkish sect,
cut off the head of anyone who mad
vertently speaks the word "devil, !"
"Satin," or anything with a similar
meaning.
The Countess of Aberdeen has pre-
sented Princess May with a unique
Irish cloak, fashioned of white Galway
flannel, and lined with white poplin.
The mantle is fastened with a gold
fibula clasp, an exact reproduction Of
the ancient Celtic brooch in the posses
zion of Trinity College.
The old custom of ringing the cur
few has been reinstated in the villages
and towns of Canada, in accordance
with an act passed at the last session of
parliament This new act is not quite
so strict as the old one. 1t requires
that all children under II shall be off
the street at 9 o'clock, the hour of thu
ringing of the curfew.
1t appears that the camel does a good
deal of harm in Egypt, by eating the
trees a they are growing up. "Already
the massive Cairo camelis type distinct
from other camels, surprising all in its
cambrous, massive proportions.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13

There's many leap twixt the boat
and the slip.
Furnishing gold does not add to its
alue.
Prudence Is The lynchpin to the
wheel of prOgIe5s
A fill pocketbook Il ay go with an
empty soul.
The flowers never gossip.
The union of energy and wisdom
makes the completest character and the
most powerful life.
Make yourself complete master
what you have learned, and be always
learning something new; yor may then
be an instructor of men.
Pay as you go and save enough TO
come back on.
DO not permit The good luck CT others
to discourage you.
Fear to die until you have done some
good that will always live,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13
LOST.
BY wM. LYLE.

Speak ye, lassie, I've lost my heart
Dae ye ken ocht about il?
I'm dowie moo frae morn till night
An Gamma do withoot it.
1t dtdna gang by slow degrees,
1t just gaed a thegither,
own 1t was ma muckle worth,
But then 1 hae nae ither.
dinna like to cry DOT thief
o. that l maun be wary.
But yont the glen | met witch
l think ye're like her, Mary.
l hardly kenned what | had lost,
or what could sac distress me,
But Josh! l found when gat hame
had ma heart to bless me.
MOO, lassie, sin we've stown my heart
An ye are here beside me,
Gln TAX yours to max il square
think ye Gamma chide me.
1e Gamma live without yer heart,
I've proven that, wee fairy,
sac moo in case i'll chance befa'
III tax bath heart an Mary.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13
WATER FOR PLANTS.

The majority of people are afraid tc
use hard water on their plants, while q
few prefer it to any other, writes a cor,
respondent of Parks Floral Magazine.
From my own experience would a;
soon use one as the other, and never go
a step out of my way, but take which
ever is easiest obtained.
The well-water where have lived
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13

some? We decline to believe II. Tn,
straightforward, clean-minded woman
can make a true friend OF the straight
forward, clean-minded man, and al
honor to both of them for their sense
and sensibilitv.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13

Mary Hartwen Catherwood, the bril-,
liant author of "Old Kaskaskia," be-
gan her itarary career when a mere
child as contributor to a Boston juve-
nile magazine.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-09
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

MAPS were invented by Anaximander.
q Greek, about Il. C. sos.
WBBsTEH's dictionary was published
in 1923; Worcester's in 1860.
SCHOOLS at Oxford were established
by Alfred the Great about $40.
The famous Rugby school was found
ed by Lawrence Sheriff in 1867.
The mathematician, Describes. ap-
piled algebra tn geometry in 1881.
The oldest German university is that
of heidelberg, founded in 1886.
THE first professol.ship of history was
esta blished at Oxford in 1924.
The charter of Oxford university was
granted by Henry II. in 124s.
THE first arithmetic using the deci-
NAL system was published iii 1882.
The first modern medical school was
at Salerno in the eighth century.
The first teachers journal, the Edu-
caeiona1 Times, was established in 1S47.
THE first academy for the deaf and
dumb was opened in Edinburgh ia
1873.
ITALY has twenty-one universities,
with GOO professors and $1,000 students.
COLLEGIATE degrees were first con-
ferred by the University of Paris in
114O.
THE first published treatise on a1ge-
bra was issued by Luca Paciolo in
1854.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-09
KNOWLEDGE

Brinap comfort and Improvement and
tends 70 personal enjoyment when
teF than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure. by more promptly
adapting chs worlds best products to
the needs Of p',yacal being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
ative, sllectusily cleansing tho system.
dispelling colds. headaches and fcvers
and permanently curing constipation:
Il has given satisfaction TO millions and
met With tho approval Of the medical
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by NIL drug
gists In t0c and 81 bottles, but it 10 mani
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also tho name, Syrup of Figs.
and being we'll informed, You will not
accept any substitute if offered
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-09
WEIGHT OF A CROWD.

It Is Said to Ee from 40 to $50 Pounds
per square Foot.
The load which is produced by q
dense crowd of persons is generally
taken at so to 100 pounds per square
foot, and is considered to be the great
est uniformly distributed load for
which a floor need be proportioned.
says the Engineering News. That this
value may be largely exceeded in an
actual crowd was pointed out by Prof.
w. c. Kernot, of the Melbourne uni
versity, Australia, in a recent paper
before the Victorian Institute of En-
gineers. In On actual trial q class of
students averaging 1888 pounds each
in weight was crowded in a lobby con-
tanning 1888 square feet, making an
average floor load of 134.7 pounds.
There was still room to have placed
another man, which would have
brought up the loading to 1881 pounds
per square foot.
Prof. kernot also quoted from
Stoney. VITO placed fifty-eight Irish la
borers, averaging 145 pounds each in
weight, in an empty ship dockhouse
measuring 81 square feet floor area.
This was a load of 1874 pounds per
square foot. In another test, with
seventy-three 1aborers crowded into q
hut feet by feet inches, Stoney
produced q load of 143 pounds per
square foot, and estimated that two or
three more men could have been
squeezed in. Itappears from these ex-
periments that while the figures ort1i-
narily assumed of so to 100 pounds are
sufficiently correct on spaces on which
there is no cause to induce the collec-s
ton OF great crowds, larger figures,
say lao to $50 pounds per square foot,
should be used for railway stations
and platforms, entrances and e1dto 60
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-09

his aggressive, naturally optimistic
temperament. He can be found in
hotel Offices, behind bars, around rail
road ticket brokers' offices, in the ed;-
torial rooms of the great newspapers.
and he reigns supreme on the race
course. When he walks abroad one
can always distinguish him by his calm
disregard of obstacles, whether ami
mate Of inanimate.
One type seen ut every turn on the
streets is hardly deserving OF mention
in a picturesque sense, but as q COM
mercia1 factor it is the ruling one.
That is the Hebrew. Wherever YOU
find Jew you find a man who has an
unlimited capacity for adjusting him
self to circumstaH ceS. Meet a He
brew walking in the street and he goes
quietly along, occupying no more space
than he is entitled to and strictly mind
ing his own business. In his home life
he is gorgeous, in his business life he
is energetic and acquiring and on the
street he is inconspicuous.
Last, but not least, comes the Chi
cago business man. There he goes.
Full, norid faced. smiling, good-natured,
big, strong, with hearty synpathies
and thorough ideas, he is the natural
outcome of the survival of the fittest.
He moves along the pavement with n
free natural stride as though knowing
full well the reserve force stored be-
hind his placid bosom. And as he goes,
we go, too, leaving the sea that Gibbs
and flows along State street to con-
tinue in It's tireless sweeping to and
fro. II. II. HEATH.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-09
The 1Gimicry Of Nature.

INC A1HntcFy o. NAtufe'
Curious resemblances in nature start
with the cocoanut, in many respects
like the human skull and almost a fec
smile of the monkeys. The meat of the
English walnut is almost n copy of the
human brain, plums and black cherries
like the human eye, almonds like the
human nose, and on opened oyster and
she'll a perfect likeness of the human
ear. The shape of a mans body may
be traced in the mammoth squash, the
open hand in growing scrub willows
and celery, the human heart in Ger
man turnips and egg plant, and dozens
Of the mechanical inventions of the
present day to patterns furnished by
nature. Thus the hog suggested the
pillow, the butterfly the door hinge, the
frog stool the umbrella, the duck the
ship, and the fungus growth on trees
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-09

descent lamps, with some slight inn.
pro;yemehts;, perhaps, on the other
style OF arc light: ..-
Something radically different from
any of these, but also called (perhaps
more appropriately an ''incandescent-
arc" was described in a paper before
the electrical congress in Chicago last
month. It is the invention Of Louis e.
Hownrd, of New York city. The
special advantage claimed for this de-
vice is that the carbon will last one
hundred hours, thus reducing the con-
sumption of pencils at least nine
tenths, and, what is a still greater
economy, not requiring a lamp trim
ner to visit it more than once every
week or ten days. In fact, in certain
test cases the positive carbon in this
iasted about twenty times as long as
ind the negative almost q hundred.
Mr.. Howard puts his carbons in a
small closed envelope OF especially
hard gldss. When the dfc is formed
and tho pencils begin to burn, carbon
ic acid gas is developed, and that
vaPor serves a double purpose: It
checks combustion and it diffuses the
light by becoming incandescent from
heat. The entire contents of the
chamber glow SO wildly that the arc
itself at the center is barely perccpt-
ible by contrast. To prevent explo-
sion from the expansion of the gases
a small safety valve is provided, allow
ing egress only. Around the movable
pencil-for automatic adjustment of
the burning carbon is required in this
as in other arc 1ights-therc is a
chance for q little fresh air to leak in;
but it is assimilated too quickly to do
harm. It will be noticed that this
lamp is trif1e more costly in its
and as purer carbon is
needed for its successful operation,
still another slight addition to the
expense is involved. But the electrical
papers look upon this invention with
such favor that it is to be hoped that
it may soon have a thorough trial on
a commercial scale.
Mr.. Louis II. Marks, who presented
this subject at Chicago, is a young
but promising electrician, who has
given much attention to the improve
ment of elcctric-lamp carbons.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-09

never a look to the right or left, except
when she meets an acquaintance, and
then she smiles most vinningly. The
Chicago girl is always queenly, self-re-
liant and, no matter how swiftly she
may be speeding along. never misses an
acquaintance. Neither does she wear
baby waists.
Her Indiana sister does, which does
not make her look one whit less charm
ing. however. The maiden from In
diana is full of little gurgles of delight
at every passing thing of interest. She
clasps her hands with tiny gasping:
"Ah!" rs two Turks go waddIiag by in
their immense and aw1xwaTS unmen-
tionables. But the Chicago girl bows
and gives them two Of her most win.
ming smiles. They are acquaintance
and they grasp their bosoms and fling
down their heads in approved eastern
fashion.
See that man striding along with
tau, erect body and strongly poised
head. There is something leonine about
him. He seems to breathe mastery,
And there comes another Of q different
ty pc. Nervous and quick in his moves
m .nts. he also is tall, but thinner than
his confrere.
How does one know they are akin3
It 10 not easy to say and yet we know
tn ~ will grasp hands fervently before
ever their hands are extended Some
thing In the pulpit atmosphere at
eacbes itself Inevitably to the oocu-
pant. One of those two men Il . great
London preacher, and the other IL
An equally great Chicago divine
Much has been sold about the couu.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-09

A9AAn WA6a ~ $500 "a AdjJvl,n ~
t1ae watch thQt i6nA aof6ae there o.
Hsteto strset HI len6 beard fsAohinR
aiqs<;st % HE WAlss - blown asido by
take in every aspect OF Tho stxAot - ho
walks along erect and hAaMAAl HiA
brain Is clear and al his faculties er6
alert from early rising. abatemious
habits and wholesome food. He is .
southern Illinois farmer and, whi10 hid
method Of crossing y crowded street IL
somewhat different from that employed
by the gamin. he does cross tust -
safely. but perhaps not 30 swiftly.
True, he might run up against a smart
confidence man and get robbed, but
that is rather to his honor than other
wise, for thieves ore seldom or never
robbed while gentlemen often are.
Speaking of confidence men, just
take q look Mt that young man who is
furtively watching the farmer. He
wears narrow patent leather shoes, 4
tnilor-fnnde suit OF dark cloth that fits
his slender form almost perfectly, and
his linen is immaculate. The solitaire
In his shirt & real. Fifteen months
ago that young man was passing rich
on $40 q week, but his work was hon-
ornble. New he is a thief aud the $40
will probably be 5000 when luck is
good. He has an intelligent, refined
face. md his fingers are long and slen.
der like those Of = woman.
AS the farmer ncars him ho steps
forward with q dazzling s1.aile, and at
the same moment q rather small man.
shabby dressed, touches his arm.
The thief falls bnc1< with muttered
eurse md the farmer passes him, no
wiser than before. The crowd sveepa
on and two hours later the thief is on
different corner.
It is slways pleasant to any one Of
right feeling to see the pale checks OF
Q sick girl brighten and her eyes dance
with glee when, for the first time after
many weeks, she gets out and sees
with frosh vision the sights of the
streets. There goes an open coupe
with q motherlv old Indy, whose grey
hairs add d sweet dignity to her mobile
face, holding close to her thin little
maiden whose restoration to health
learns her anew how to enjoy life.
Cinnamon have long since ceased ia
attract attention ON Chicago's cosmo-
politan streets. It requires at least q
Greek, a Persian or an Arab in his
picturesque garments to cause even the
sightseers any amusement. And, anent
the Arabs. IN advertisement appeared
in one of the dai1ies some days ago
asking darh-eyed, blacl<-haired and
olive-complexioncd Chicago lassies to
take engagements rs Arab girls at the
California midwinter fair. II is fact
that between Jewish, Swedish, Ameri-
can and ottoroon beauties almost any
known type can be produced by the
native Inhabitants of the city. Local
artists have never found rsuch diff
Guilty IN securing models for any Of
their studies.
Wherever the adaptable >Britisher is
found his home is there. Chicago suits
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-12-09
A Moving Incident.

a Moving Incident.
Amiable Husband (yvhc has Just I'm
ished moving)-Where are my slippers,
dear?
Wife-Thev came along with the
third load, and that lond went to the
garrett
Husband-And where is my pipe?
Wife-You'n find it in one of the bar.
rels of crockery in the cellar.
Husband-And where is my comb and
hair brush?
Wife - Jane packed them in the
kitchen stove with the children's shoes.
Husband (mentally soliloquizing)-
What a woman my wife is! She is the
smartest woman in Harlem. She never
went to college and yet she knows ev-
rything.-Texas Siftings.