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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-18
Discovered IN Time.

At half past seven o'clock Saturday
evening IL was discovered that Deible
Bros wagon shop was a6re. The
alarm was given and Hose Co. No.
responded quickly, but those who were
first at the wagon shop did not stand
around with their hands in their pock-
cts, but went TO work with water in
buckets and succeeded in putting out
the fire before the Hose Co. arrived.
The damage done was slight, but had
the fire not been discovered for a few
minutes more it would have devoured
six or seven thousand dollars worth Of
machinery, wagons, &C., on which there
was no insurance at all. Just before
quitting time Saturday evening the
blacksmith was welding some very
heavy iron and Deible Bros. think a
spark flew into pile OF short pieces of
wood and burned slowly until it got
through the floor and then the draft
soon famed it into flame which burned
rapidly among the dry lumber. The
main building, where the fire was,
contains nearly three thousand dollars
worth OF tools, machinery and stock;
the building where the wagons are
stored when ready to be painted, which
is nearby, contained two thousand dol
lars worth OF stock, and the shed where
the wagons and sleds are stored when
finished was filled with fifteen hundred
dollars worth Of stock. With the strong
wind that was blowing Saturday evening
1t would have been impossible to have
saved any of the buildings and very little
OF the stock and machinery had the fire
gotten a good start. The insurance
rates are so high that Deible Bros. so
far have been running a risk rather
than pay the high rates to the insur-
ance companies.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-18
The mDevil" Frightened.

Roman r.. Koehler and Harry Truitt,
OF this office, went for chestnuts Satur-
day afternoon and II is almost y miracle
that we were not compelled to look for
n new foreman and 'devil" Monday
morning. A heavy rain and wind storm
visited the chestnut ridge while they
were gathering nuts, and large limbs fell
all around them, occasionally large
tree would fall to the ground with a
terrible crash. For once, at least, our
devil" got frightened and he started
for home on the fastest run he was ever
known to make. When Harry goes to
the woods again II will be on beauti-
ful calm day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-18
FALL CONVENTION
or the Jefferson County Sunday School
Association.


or the Jefferson County Sunday School
Association.
The seventh semi-annual session OF the
Jefferson County s. s. Association CON
vened In the Baptist church at this
place at two o'clock yesterday after
noon with a large number In attend
ance. Rev. Hunsinger, the president,
not being present, Rev. Jas. II. Jelbart,
vice-president, presided over the con.
vention. The secretary, w. B. Cowan,
was at his post Of duty. The devotional
exercises were conducted by Rev. Geo
Ballentine, Of Richardsville. The fol-
lowing committees were appointed. On
credentials, S. Shafrer, Noah Syphrit
and VIM. Boner. On resolutions, Rev.
w. B. Purdy, j. w. Walker and J. G.
kelso. Rev. II. II. Johnston, pastor
OF the Reynoldsville Presbyterian
church, delivered the address Of well
come so pleasantly that the delegates
felt they were certainly welcome Wis
itors. g. G. Benscoter, OF Brookville,
was to have delivered the response, but
he not being present j. w. Walker,
Esq, of the same town, was called upon
and he responded. A recess was given
TO shake hands and assign the delegates
to their stopping places during the con
vention. All present had large sup
ply OF smiles, hearty hand-shakes and
pleasant words.
After recess the first thing that
come before the convention was u
motion TO amend the constitution 10
hold the conventions annually instead
of semi-annually. The motion carried
by vote OF 40 to 3, therefore the meet
ings will be annual hereafter. The
report OF the committee on credetials
was received. Sixty-three delegates
present. The annual convention is TO
be held not earlier than May 18th, nor
later than juno LIST. The next convention
will be held at Brockwayville. Rev. ].
f. Brown, pastor Of the M. f.. church
at Clarington was introduced TO the
convention. Adjourned.
The evening session opened with
devotional exercises conducted by Rev.
j. f.. Brown, Of Clarington. Rev. Geo
III. Hill, Of Beechwoods, who was the
delegate from the Jefferson County S. S.
Asso. TO the State S. S. Association,
which was held at East Liberty last
week, read very interesting report
from the State convention.
The topic, "The relation Of the S. S.
to temperance" was opened by Rev.
Geo. Ballentine, and discussed by Rev.
j. f. Brown, S. M. Stone, Mr.. Temple
and Rev. Il. r. Derr.
Mrs. Geo. Ballentine read paper on
the topic of parental cooperation in
the S. s. temperance work"
Rev. w. B. Purdy gave a plain but
impressive black board talk.
The Question Box contained two oues-
tions which were answered by Rev.
Hill, Rev. Slattery and S. M. Stone.
j. G. Kelso was appointed to conduct
the devotional exercises at 900 A. M. to-
day, and the evening session closed with
the benediction by Rev. Hill.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06
A Dog Boarding Officer.

At Southampton there is a well.
bred Manchester terrier, whose pet
hobby is to meet and see off the Isle
Of Wight and Southampton boats
from the landing stage at the pier
head. AS the time for arrival or de-
parture draws near, he trots up the
pier in a thoroughly business-like
manner, taking notice of other dogs
or strangers.
AS soon as boat is at the stage
he Is all activity, pops across the
gangwaY on to the boat, and bustles
about everywhere, evidently consid-
ering himself an important Official.
Just before the boat starts he leaps
upon the landing stage again. and
stands in position close to one of the
posts upon which the hawser is
loOped.
Again at the last moment, when
the hawser is cast adrifU. he seizes
the end of the twenty yards or so OF
light casting-line attached to the
loop, and holds on like grim death,
refusing to give way until dragged to
the very end of the stage. Then he
quietly relinQuisheS his hold, placidly
watches the quickly receding boat,
and trots back to the town with a
self satisfied air
l have not been able to find out
further particulars about the dog yet,
but he appears to be well known to
all the employees of the pier and is
evidentlya a general favorite. l am
told that he hardly ever misses a
boat l have seen him perform as
described on several occasions.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06
Do Learn to Carve

There is one accomplishment that
1 would advise all young men and all
young women to acquire, although l
believe it has been considered up to
the present time one of the manly
arts. 1t is the art OF carving. l pre-
sumo that the athletic girl thinks she
can carve fowl, but L have never
YET seen one Of her sort who knew
which end of the fowl to tackle first,
and as to daintily disjointing bird,
she had not the remorest idea as to
where in the fowls anatomy the
joints were located. Young men are
not much wiser unless they happen
TO be heads of families and have
dearly bought their experience
| was at dinner a few days since.
and il was on that occasion that / re-
ceived my impulse for this little
hOmilY.
There was young man present
who was invited 10 carve an ordinary
baked fowl. His face flushed as soon
as he took the carver'S position, and
beads of perspiration broke out on his
forehead Then he fiourished the
carving-knife as if it had been a
broad-sword and made a lunge at the
fowl. The knife's edge turned on
the chickens breast bone and the
bird careened into his neighbor's lap
This he took as a joke, and called
'chickyl chicky." with pallid lips,
while he was restoring it to its plate.
Another lunge. and his collar button
few off and the released collar stood
up and encircled his head like an OK
bow. He continued to wreStle with
that chicken until one cuff fell inti
the gravy-dish, when guest stepped
to the rescue OF the chicken, an
with few deft strokes dis rendered
ii in a scientific manner, while every
one at the table breathed a deyouI
Thanksgiving.
Lessons in carving should form
part of our curriculum of home traiD-
ing. Free Press.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06
Concerning RrOOms.

In spite of the proyerb to the con.
trarv, the modern new broom does
not always sweep clean. Quite likely
it is brittle affair, which breaks of
and leaves many splinters behind IT,.
There has been so much chemical
treatment Of broOms in recent years
to make them look like green broom
corn, and to make them appear every
thing which they are not, it is not
strange that the new broom has suf-
fered. 1t is great pity that
the ordinary broom corn broom
is the general standby in most house
holds for sweeping. 1t is not to be
compared in sweeping carpe' it'll Il
good carpet sweeper, which vi out.
last couple of dozen brooms, and
will not cost half as much.
The common practice of coloring
cheap broom corn with a green color
ing matter, which looks suspiciously
like arsenical dye, should be discour-
aged by all good housekeepers. The
green cOloring matter can be easily
recognized, because it is unevenly dis
triDuted. 1t is doubtful whether
this green solution in which such
brooms are dipped is not the cause Of
their being so extremely brittle. Ger
tain it is that the excellent broom
which was sold in the stores a genera
tion ago is hardly to be found in the
shops to-day. 1t has been driven out
pr the shops by the competition of
theap manufacture, and for this the
public is as much at fault as the
manufacturer.-New York Tribune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06
Too Keep the Hands Soft.

A little ammonia or bOraX in the
water, just lukewarm, will keep the
skin clean and SOFT A little oat
meal mixed with the water will
whiten the hands.
Many people use glycerine on their
hands when they go to bed, wearing
gloves to keep the beading from be-
ing soiled; but glycerine makes some
skins harsh and red. Such people
should rub their hands with dry oat
meal, and wear gloves in bed.
The best preparation for the hands
at night is white of egg, with a grain
of alum dissolved in it.
"Roman paste" is merely white of
egg, barley, flour, and honey.
They say it was used by the Ro-
mans in Olden times. Anyway, it is
a first-rate thing; but it is mean,
stick stuff to use and does not do the
work any better than oat meal, The
toughest and hardest hands can be
made soft and white in a months
time by doctoring them a little at
bedtime.
Lemon will remove stains from the
hands. Manicures use acids In the
Thop, but the lemon is quite SIS good
and isn't poisonous, while the acids
hre. You should have a nail brush
tf course.-Farm and Field.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06

Superstition is by no means a de.
funCt anomaly in the customs and
characteristics of some of our smaller
towns or villages, says the Manche5.
Ter England Mercury. First and
foremost of West countrYisupersti-
tiOns comes an entire and thorough
belief in witchcraft Every west
country village has an old woman
who is a good deal more feared than
the village policeman. No one dares
to contradict her will in anything.
If she takes a fancy to the finest
cabbage in mans garden. she may
cut it as if it grew in her own.
Though it should e the very pride OF
his heart he must not try to stop her
proceedings; if he does a far worse
thing is sure to leiall him. His pig
will be seized with sudden and deadly
sickness, or his daughters hair will
fall of. or shower of rain will spoil
his hay just when it is about to be
carried.
The West country term for a
witch's power is overlooking If a
witch has evil feelings toward you
she is said ito overlook you" One
indubitable sign by which you may
know witch is to bring her into the
church and try to make her stand
with her face toward the east. No
real witch can do it for a moment;
however much she may strive, she
will stand at firmly fixed as a frozen
weathercock. No West country
farmers living near a witch will
doubt the cause when his horses or
catule fall i'll.
Next to their belief in witches is
their faith in the power of a seventh
son or seventh daughter to cure dis
eases 1t is in vain that the clergy
man breaches, that the schoolmaster
teaches that the parish doctor
demonstrates, the West country ma.
tron bears off her sickly baby in
triumph to the manior woman in the
neiGhboring village who happens to
nave been born seventh son or
seventh daughter. These privileged
individuals have but to touch the dis
eased part and the cure is certain and
immediate. There are also some
wise women who can cure various
complaints with cnarm, which they
speak over the patient. In the neigh
oorhond Of Exmoor these things are
Tar more trusted in than all the med
zeal FACULTY put together.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06
SOOTHE ES
MATRIMONY.
Some rssasGns Why Yankee Women ha's
Long Outnumbered the Men,

Come .,sasDns Why Yankee Women ha's
Long Outnumbered the Men.
The excess of women over men
| mas long been feature or the popu-
Iation statistics of Massachusetts,
and since Mormonism is not permit
ted to flourish in that progressive
State the natural effect OF this lem
mime surplus has been an unusual
number of old maids. The cause,
saws the New York Press, is probably
Horace Greeley's advice to YOUNG
men on the subject of going West
The Massachusetts young man mas
been going West ever since, but we
decline to believe that it is his fault
that the Massachusetts young woman
has not gone West with him. she
stayed behind, not that she loved the
Massachusetts young man less, Dut
that she loved Massachusetts, more,
especially Boston. But as the Massa-
chusetts young woman who dld not
go West with the young man OF Hor-
ace Greeley's day became an old maid
she missed the young man. She was
left to lavish the wealth OF afection
upon cats, birds and other pets. And
thus it happened that a Massachu-
setts old maid. having nobody else to
leave her fortune to, recently left 1t
to her pet cat.
There are those who think the
tendency Of our time is toward re-
duction in the ratio Of marriages to
the population Of the marriageable.
In one sense this is a result OF the
continual improvement in the inde-
pendence and general social condition
of women. Not only are they no
longer the slaves OF men, but they
are not obliged to tie themselves TO
men in order to get a living. AS
civilization increases the number of
occupations in which skill and tact
and passive endurance make success,
women, being often superior in these
respects, take possession of greater
number of places and crowd men out
The tables seem to be turned against
the inquiry of Miss Mona Card, 'Is
Marriage a Failure?" This question
caused great deal of discussion in
print few years ago. If 1t is to be
answered in the atiirmative-whiCh
heaven forfend-then il must also be
declared, on the strength of the lat
est returns from Massachusetts,, that
sngleness is failure too. This leaves
the relative merits of marriage and
OF singleness just where they were be-
fore Miss Mona Card dared 10 prick
the alleged bubble of matrimony with
her pen. II an old maid who died
rich was, nevertheless, so circum-
scribed in the wealth Of affection and
home life as to lie obliged to endow a
cat what can be said of the success
of old maids who never get rich, even
in money?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06
Was One of the Family.

|. 1t would have done the heart oil
the late Henry Bergh good if he had
witnessed a scene at Thirty-fourth
street and Third avenue the other
day.
Lying 10 the dirty black mud ir
the middle of the street was a digni.
fed dog OF the Newfoundland species
Standing over him in sorrow was an
elegantly dressed young man.
Come on, OLD man, get up. Get
up that's a good fellow" pleaded the
Young man while the dog feebly
moved his tail and rolled his eye
toward his master, but did not move
Then the youth acted.
Dropping a book which he carried
into the mud he stopped and lifted
the mud covered dog in his arms and
carried it to the sidewalk, deposit
ing it by the side OF building.
His clothes were bcsmirched, the
bosom Of his shirt AMI his cuffs
>oiled, but he paid no attention TO
his appearance. He thanked an ur-
chin who handed him the soiled
book and then hailed cab
"IOu see, he's an old dog" he said
to me apo ogeticaIly, noting my in
terest in the episode
Hes one of the family, you know.
I just brought him in from the coun-
try, and the rattling and jolting OF
the cars must have acted unfavOr-
ably upon his heart. because he gave
out and fell right whe- e you saw
him. Poor old fellow"
''Well, good day. SIR" and he again
raised the animal carefully and de
posted it in the cab which drew up
Say, some of dem dudes would've
given de dog de cold shake" COM
mented a gamin as the cab rolled of"
New York Herald.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06
Beautirul Things for InraIids.

One must be an invalid or a con-
galescent to appreciate the value Of
having beautiful things in 4 sick
loom. The delicate stomach requires
delicate morsels of food temptlngly
terved, and the sense Of sight is de-
lighted by the use of pretty pieces of
china, glittering glass and silver and
snowy linen. The eye longs for
beauty. A rose, an illustrated book,
b bit OF familiar scenery, a piece of
color in stuff or paint, any graceful
form or artistic object may be more
helpful to the restless and helpless
patient than medicine or friends.
Flowers are always soothing. Strong
odOrs, such as tube roses and lilies
breathe forth, may not be agreeable
to all persons, but there are beauty
and rest for the eyes in pot Of grow
ing ferns, buucn of rose geran;um
or Il cluster of white and purple asters
The prejudice against cut flowers in
a sick room Is unfounded. The
poisonous gas supposed to be given
o.f hy bouquet of flowers in three
lays, or as long as the blossoms live.
V III not equal the carbonic acid gas
that escapes from phon of mineral
wlter.-New York Advertiser.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06

After crosses and losses men grow
humber and wiser.
Work helps us to bear our sorrows
and glorities our joys.
They are happy whose natures sort
with their vocations.
If you haven't got much, be thankful
and you will double it
We ought not to Judge of men as of
a picture or statue, at the first SIGHT
Every Thought which genius and pie.
ty throw into the world alters the
world.
The highest reach of human science
is the scientific recognition of human
ignorance.
The soul without imagination is
what an observatory would be without
a telescope.
Life is short. Th sooner that q
ter.
A woman may be no more vain than
a man ls, but she will do more for
Tanlty's sake than man will.
Good temper, like a sunny dav.
sheds brightness over everything; it is
tn sweetener of toll and soothe,. of
The worst poem is better than the
best criticism of it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06
Heating by Electricity.

In some hotels in the West sys.
uem of heat regulation which is cer-
tainly novel is carried out For in
stance, a guest occupying room l56
asks for heat The order is trans
mittcd TO particular person, the
Typewriter Of the hotel generally.
She goes TO switchboard and con-
nectiOn is given electrical.y y with that
room, allowing heat to pass into it.
The occupant Of the room is, per-
haps, particular. A hot-blooded per-
son wishes merely to keep from freez-
ing; another wants a high tempera-
ture. Each can have his wish, for a
thermostat with a pointer is on the
wall, and the room will keep itself
automatically as desired. The regu-
iation is 10 degrees, but it can be de
parted from as stated.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06
en- ODD MEMORIAL.
II. &. Woodbridge Puts Up Stones for Him,
self and Dogs.

bSh ano DoSh
Among the many odd ways in which
persons have marked their last rest
ing place, the oldest of odd is found
in the little ''city of the dead" at
Maytield, Ky. One H. II. Woodbridge,
born in Tennessee in 1922, as says his
memorial stone, having grown near
to that point where we are wont Ito
shuttle off this mortal COLI has con-
ceived the idea OF perpetuating bis
name by set of monuments that
will at least mark him as an eccen-
trio. A few years since he bought
his lot, lsx36 feet, and inclosed 1t
with a neat iron fence. Soon there
after he had erected marble shaft
about seventeen feet high. bearing
his name and date Of birth only.
Soon afteIward he had another
erected by the shafts side, with a
life-size statue Of himself in marble
resting on pedestal. which statue is
a most excellent likeness Then tol-
lowed, in succession, in stone, the
statue Of his hound Tow-path in pur-
suit OF deer; his pointer Bob point
ing fox; then came the life sized
horse and rider, cut from sandstone
In one piece, a most excellent piece
OF work, the rider representing Mr..
Woodbridge, the statue with rider be-
Ing about fourteen feet high. Then
followed the vault, which Is built uf
stone, covered by slabof pure white
marble, upon which he cut the figure
Of gun. Then comes a pretty statue
of peasant girl holding a skull urou
which is his name
Woodbridge is still alive, and, be-
Ing possessed of ample means and
alone In the world-a bachelor-there
is no telling what may come next to
assist in perpetuating his memory
Louisville Courier-JournaI.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06
Most PeraiciOus of Winds.

The most pernicious winds are the
samiels or hot winds of Egypt. They
come from the deserts to the south
west, and bring with them infinite
quantities of fine dust, which pene-
trates even the minutest crevice. The
thermometer often rises to 125 during
their continuance, and thousands of
human beings have been known to
perish from suffocation in the fiery
blast. 1t was one of those samiels that
destroyed the army of Sennacherib.
Alexander the Great nearly lost his
whole force in another, and the army
of Cambyses was utterly annihilated
Gkjca6o Herald.