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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04
CHRISTMAS LANDS.

A little boy, Just beginning to study
geography, had one certain test by
which he distinguished the so-called
''civllized" countries from all others.
Ii they were christmas lands" be
granted their claims TO civilization.
If they were not lands in which the
JOYOUS Christmas tide was hailed or
held sacred, nothing could persuade
the little fellow that they had any
right to the term of "civilized," no
matter to what degree of perfection
they might have attained in the arts of
life
In our view the little boys test has
always seemed good one. Christmas
keeping is in remembrance of the
greatest message ever delivered to men
Peace and Good Will" And these
are the chief factors of civilization.
Every war retards the development of
the arts and sciences These can
flouri, only in an era of peace. So
far the "glad tIdings of great
JOY" which formed the theme
of angelic song over the star
lit plains "where shepherds watcho d
their focks by night" now almost
nineteen centuries ago, have not
sufficiently elevated the mass of even
the most enlightened nations, to cause
them to abandon strife and blOodshed.
In fact the wars have been greater, and
the destruction more terrible in the
nations of Western Europe which ac-
cepted the new doctrines, than in those
of Asia which rejected them, yet the
general tendencies of the former have
been more toward peace than those of
the latter.
In what our little friend called the
"no Christmas lands" we find that
feuds, revenges, malicious deceit,
treacherous murders, atrocious rObber-
les and all the long train of concomi-
tant evils are 50 common that they
scarcely attract the attention of n mo-
ment. They are considered inevita-
bic, and even, to a certain extent,
praiseworthy: ie as long as they are
successful.
In the christmas lands" though
many deeds of violence and evil are
committed daily, the public sense
of right and wrong has been
made sensitive enough to be shocked
wien crimes are brought to its notice.
This in itself, though not all we could
wish for, is great gam.
Since the first Christmas dawDed the
moral gains of our world have beer
enormous in all ways, bat greatest il
the direction of that ''chsrity" vbict
is the greatest of all" Not merely
the cold charity that gives with me-
chanical pity. The sort that bestows
SO many tickets, SO many gowns, so
many buckets of coal; but the kind
that carries the giver's heart into his
gift; which makes glad the hearts OF
giver and recipient alike.
The moral world, like the physical,
has its cycles. With the dawn of the
first Christmas moniDg there began
upon earth the Cycle of Love. 1t is of
slow growth. So have been all the
other cycles, at least in seeming. The
sun of each morning seems to be long
in rising. Yet at what furious rate
in reality is our earth turning towards
his glorious facel
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04

is to be seen which would appear above
the water. Fix the side to the fran e.
work with glue and nails, and fasten a
narrow strip along the upper part
where the buiwarks begin, Mailing ii
to the upper foundation. The shape
of the ship is completed at the bows
only. The appearance will be more
efTective-it the ship he placed in
slightly diagonal position, with the
bows projecting to the front, than if it
be broadside on. Fix a properly
shaped cut-water between the pieces
of card. board, and, If possible, add a
tgure-head.
sblp laid up for the winter in the
Arctic regions lowers or strikes her
top-Callaut masts and some of her
yards, and also runs in her jib- boom,
leaving only the short fixed bowsprit; I;
so you Will only have to provide lower
masts and topmasts. Take care to keep
The space between the foremast and
msinmast as clear from rigging as pos
sible, for it is through the square
opening between these that the cargo
will have to be passed. You must have
a swinging gaff fixed to the foremast,
at the end of which there will be a
block or pulley, through which a long
string will be passed having a hook at
one end, to which the presents are to
be fastened.
1t is usual in the Arctic regions to
house in the deck with canvas cover
ing, and you will find such a covering
will save much construction, as other
wise you would have to make deck
with its fittings. You must make the
covering in such a way, however, that
the portion between the foremast and
mainmast can be pushed back. (This
covering is not depicted by the artist
in our engraviDg.) To psint the ship,
use either oil paint or enamel. Most
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04

Next fix these foundations one above
the other by upright pieces of wood.
If they are feet long, they should be
about S inches from one another, and
nbout an inch higher at the bows than
at the stern. Keep the framework as
light as possible consistently with
strength. The places where the masts
are to be fixed may be somewhat
stronger than the other portions, as
the foremast especially must be steady.
TIE narrowest foundation is to be the
bottom one. Next cCt out of cardboard
the side of the ship, which will be of
this shape Gig. p, remembering that
only that portion of the ships side is
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04
VOL. XLVlI.
AT THE GATE
r oIsE PINcKNET.

Curly heads and iTuching faces.
Hearts that sing the iivelong day,
Standing hy the gate at even
Little boy and girl were they.
He, with hair Of auburn beauty,
Eyes Of darker, deeper hue.
Sns, with shining, golden ringiets,
Nyes that matched the SKY In blue.
Standing thus. without a sorrow,
Not a care 10 mar their way,
" lille he aughinu, softly whispered
VIII you marry me some dayf'
And her laugh rang out so sweetly
ON the ar =, calm ard still,
While she answered, half III earnest,
Marry your Of course ! Will"
And the years trat came SO swiftly
Only made The love IuOrc true,
I'M they stood again AT even.
Youth and maiden, Just the two.
And the 'ree-topS sermed TO whisper
In the muOnb-ains clear and bright,
While the hearts beside the gateway
PLEDGED anew their love that night.
Standing by the same old gateway,
While The shadows weird and tall.
Seem TO walk IA spirit fashion.
Where the mOonbeams softly fail.
And the tree-tops seem 10 whisper
In a sad ana wJilng tone.
For the heart beside the gateway
Waits ana watches all one.
Dimly, through the mstS OF sorrow
She can see the shining Gate,
And she knows that he who left her,
TIL she come VIII watch and walt
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04
To whom

She was a specialized young woman
from Boston visiting in Virginia
for the first time. In the even
ing an owl in an old tree down the
road hogan to hoot.
TO whoo! TO whool" came the
weird and lonesome call.
The Young woman stepped to the
open window to listen.
TO whoo! to whoo!" came the call
again.
whats that?" she inquired.
San owl, said her hostess.
'1udeed, " and her spectacles went
up critically. well, all l have to
say is its language is frightfully un.
grammat.c cal. Detroit Tribune.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04
Rival Attraction.

Snooper-Did you enjoy your visit
20 Niagara. SwaybaCk?
SwaYback-Not very well I was
sneezing and snufling all the time I
vas there.
'Did that intefere with your enjoy,
ment?"
''Of course 1t did. I was doing the
catarrh act myself. Smith, Gray s.
20. 5 Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04

She-What's your idea Of unhappl-
ness?
He (tenderly)-Being away from
7ou. What's yours?
She-An undecided man in a drug
store trying to make up his mind
among seven different kinds Of sarsa-
parilla
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04

not underestimate seemed as though
her dear, dead love stood near and
blessed her, and her heart and life
were consecrated to their child and to
his dear memory. She came back TO
her mothers knee and laid her face
beside her sleeping babe.
Dear heart" said her mother.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04
PERSONAL,

MsrE. SADI-CARNoT, wife Of the
President of France, is a woman of
rare accomplishments and tact. She
has the reputation of being the best
read woman in France.
NINE SACHER, the wife of a WE'LL
known VienDese restaurateur, collects
autographs by asking her guests to
write their names in pencil on the
tablecloth, which she afterwards em-
broideTs. Her latest autographs are
those of the long-distance riders, in
cluding Duke Ernest of Schleswig-
Holstein, who dined at the restaurant
after the event.
HE only college IN Scotland for the
university education of women is
Queen Margaret College, founded In
1888. The buildings are the gift of
Mrs. Eder. These and the endow-
ments will be reserved for the exclus-
i've Of education of women, but the
college will be Incorporated with Glas.
gov University as its department for
women.
Mrs. MARGARET SULLIVAN, o we'll
known journalist of Chicago, estab-
lished three years ago a unique organ
ization in the Foreign Book Club"
of which she is president. The mem
Der smeet fortnightly at lunch at each
others houses, and new foreign book
is on each occasion the subject Of dis
cussion.
LADY TENETsoN has il her portfolio,
the Daily Ne1Cs learns, a large num-
Der of melodies set to her husbands
words, Some of them, with pianoforts
Accomplishments by Miss Janotha, have
been performed, but others are either
mere sketches, or have not been given
to the world. In the course of next
year we are likely to hear more of
them,
DooToR MARY T. BRADFORD, the
American Presbyterian missionary at
Tabriz, Persia, who has done such
noble medicinal work among the Per-
slams in the late cholera epidemic, is
native of Lexington, Illinois, and is
only sbout thirty years old. She re-
celved her diploma in 1857 from the
Woman's Medical College of Chicago,
and was afterward a surgeon in the
New England Hospital In Boston. She
wss sent to Persia in 1888
MAY JACKSON OF New London,
Conn, student at Smith College, is
credited with learning in one year as
much Greek as usually requires three
years hard study. Her Greek papers
were sent to Yale, and would have ad.
mitted her there.
Miss DICKENS, daughter of the nov
elist, states that in the Little Nell oj
the ''Cid Curiosity shop" much of the
character of her Aunt Mary, sister Of
AIRS. Dickens, who died when little
more than a cLild. is reproduced
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04
The Same InIuz.

Helen Hyler-Haye you ever read
James WhitComb Riley's beautiful
poem Knee Deep in June?"
Jack Lever Cooking at his muddy
trousers)-No; but I've been ankle
deep in April all day.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04
Lived in a Fiat

Burglar-Don't move; hand over
your money.
''One question, please"
BurglaT-What is it?
Are you the janitor OF simply tina
owner Of the property, Puck,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04
Not to Be Grnsped.

Il cannot understand Cleopatra,
she is too great for me to grasp" said
Hicks,
"Well, 1 hope YOU won't try" said
Nj Hicks, somewhat scaudalized,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04
Enough to stsrtls Hin.

Editor-Well, sir, did you interview
that woman as l directed?
Reporter-I saw her, but sne re-
fused to talk.
Editor (startled)-Was she dead?-
General Manager.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04

Leroy Brownbridce, an emp1oye of a
South Bend lTnd.) factory, sneezed so
violently the other day that he dislo-
Gated his shouIder.
A New York oyster-house keeper
mas discovered in little neck clam a
pearl. for which he has already been
offered good price.
a society was organized in New
York liz 1856 for the announcement of
American woolens. The society's rules
forbade eating mutton or lamb or the
slaughter Of sheep.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04

Peddlers unwittingly spread infec-
tious diseases by roa ming from house
to house. Some years ago. in a village
where diphtheria was prevalent, the in
mates OF the houses escaped it where
the peddlers were not allowed entrance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04
LAUGH AND GROW FAT.
A HEALTHY TONIC FOR IN
VALIDS OF ALL KINDS.

Gus SouIoss-SOmethinE to Ress which
VIII Make An! body sIosP well-BetseE
Than Medicine When Taken Before Rs-
GIring.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04

Mr., Henpeck (as the pipe suddenly
comes down)-Well, there! I hope
you're sOOted now.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04

MAY JACKSON Of New London,
Conn, student at Smith College, is
credited with learning in one year as
much Greek as usually requires three
years hard study. Her Greek papers
were sent to Yale, and would have ad.
mitted her there.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04

Miss DIoKESs, daughter of the nov
elist, states that in the Little Nell oj
the 'Cid Curiosity Shop" much of the
character OF her Aunt Mary, sister of
AIRS. Dickens, who died when little
more than a cLild. is reproduced
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-01-04

Curly heads and iTughing faces.
Hearts that sing the iivelong day,
Standing 10y the gate at even
Little boy and girl were they.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-17
A StickIer for Consistency.

"Your school report for the month
shows that you have been idling again,
Harry" said his father, in tone of
grave reproof. ',You don't seem to
appreciate the advantages you enjoy.
At your age, my son." he continued, "I
would have been only too glad to have
the splendid schools, the capable teach
ers, the costly apparatus, and the other
helps in acquiring an education that
boys have in this age of the world.
| had to struggle along the best could
without them"
''Then you must have been mistaken
the other day" said Harry, rafting his
marbles. "You told me that if you'd
only known the value of an education
when you were a boy you would have
applied yourself and tried to learn in
stead of fooling away all your time play
ing two-cornered cat and bullpen-"
Harry" interposed his father, stern
ly, run out to the barn and throw
down some hay for the horse p
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-17
THE TOURIST SOUVENIR.

! \ visit is not a thing to be forgotten,
! but it is pleasant to have something tam
/ gible and beautiful in memoriam of the
wonderful objects which are shown in
! the various exhibits.
! Judging by the supply of such articles
/ that are placed on sale, the most popu
lar people are Baby Ruth, Columbus
and Mrs. Potter Palmer. Columbus has
to share his story with Queen Isabella,
who gave him the money to 90 forth
and discover America, but Baby Ruth
and Mrs. Potter Palmer hold undis-
| puted sway in their own respective
! spheres.
| The most sOught-fOr souvenir of Mrs.
Potter Palmer is a medal of gold with
raised head upon it. The cheaper med
ais have the head merely stamped upon
! them, and are sold for 81. But the
! finer ones are either moulded or cut,
and sell for s. or more.
! The Baby Ruth souvenirs are so nu-
merOus as to be funny.
The Sunshine League, of which James
| @. Blaine, grandson of the late illustri-
GUS statesman, and the Marquis LAMA
are officers, gets out a number of these
| souvenirs which are sold for a child's
| home, which the Sunshine League is to
! to found. None of the members of the
! league is over - years of age, and none
/ of the articles which they offer for sale
in their very attractive little booth is
larger than a big orange, SO that the
booth, the baby sales-people, the SOU
venir articles and all, are as cunning as
any dolls house that has ever been
fashioned.
4 very popular Baby Ruth souvenir
is a lettering done in gold from the gold
mines of California. You buy a small
hand haO Dr anI Than
you take it to one of the booths where
they are writing Baby Ruth's name and
you let them put the letters on it in
gold 1t costs 80 cents. If the satcheI
is to be carried during the fair, the
name-of Baby Ruth will be put on the
inside along with the date, SO that the
inscription will not be unpleasantly con-
spicuous. There is no special sig
nifcance in souvenir of this kind
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-17

But it is a favorite with the people, and
shows the extent to which Americans
will go in their patriotism and loyalty
to the family Of their chief executive.
An instructive souvenir is a Queen
Isabella globe. 1t is a composition ball
hanging from silver bar, and enclosed
by silver band. The ball is hollow,
and if you look inside of it you get views
of the principal buildings at the fair. A
souvenir of this kind is we'll worth the
dollar which it costs to get it.
The miners of Colorado have got out
another souvenir in the shape of an Isa-
bella slipper 1t is of silver, except on
the top, which is cushioned to receive
souvenir spoons.
Of these souvenir pins there is an al
most endless number A new one is a
Mexican "cat's eye" This is sold now
at a very low figure because a great
beachful of these stones was discovered
recently and the stones were polished
to be sold at the fair. But they are so
beautiful that they are selling very fast,
and the supply will undoubtedly give
out before long Then the price will
90 up and the Mexican eats eyes"
which are selling, all mounted upon
a pin for 81 and So each will com
mand a price of $50 or more. That is
what expert judges Of precious stones
declare will be the case.
The busts of Columbus are made of
all materials. You can get a bust OF
Columbus in cactus wood from CalifOr-
MIA, or bust of him in silver from Ne
braska, or in gold from Idaho. Of if
you want to go in very heavily in the
matter of busts, you can get a Deauti
full one made of the diamond dust, re-
Gently brought from Zululand in a
great lump, to be exhibited in the Zulu
Village. This lump of diamond dust by
the way, or diamond ore, as they call it,
is very mysterious thing. 1t is kept
out o. sight in an underground passage
and four Zulus, armed to the teeth in
Ryder Haggard fashion, are watching
it. No one has ever seen it yet. But
the Zulus declare that it is in their pos
session, and that it is SO valuable that
none but few people of very high
rank will be, permitted to see,it. Some
body suggested that President Cleve-
land make trip to the subterranean
passage and report what he had seen.
But the President was not eager to
risk his life and limb by crawling through
Zulu passage-Way.
Some of the wealthier of the visitors
to the fair are making collections of
souvenirs. A woman from New York
City is trying to get something typical
of each state. And thus far she has
succeeded wonderfully well. She is
going to work upon her collection of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-17

souvenirs all summer, and does not ex-
pect to complete it before September.
When done it will be very valuable
relic of the fair, and will probably be
placed upon exhibition in the Metro
politan Museum of Art in New York
City. The funniest of the souvenirs she
has thus far collected is an image made
of salt from a salt mine in Nassa-
chusetts. The image represents wom-
an looking backward, and on the base it
says Remember Lots wife" This was
made in imitation of the great salt
mage from Louisiana which is sta
toned as a companion piece to Ada
Rehan's Montana statue and with the
life-size silver mines from Colorado.
You would do well to buy these tokens
first, because the display whichstood SO
proudly upon the counters the first day
of the fair, is becoming sadly dimmed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-05-17
DID NOT RECOGNIZE GEORGE.
American Naval Officers Who Were Non
p1ussed by Statue in Europe.

American Naval Officers Who Were Nom
p1ussed by a Statue in Europe.
An American man-ofwar put into a
Mediterranean port for several days in
the course of cruise not long ago and
several of the officers taking advantage
of bright, cool Sunday, made up a par
ty to explore the town. They enjoyed
themselves immensely in ferreting out
all the notable sights, but according to
the Kansas City Times, there was one
thing that puzzled them. Occupying a
conspicuous place in the heart of the
city was an excellent statue, in heroic
size. A Washington violinist, who, If it
were necessary, could read music in half
dozen different languages, translated
the inscription. No name was given;
that doubtless would have been
purely a work of superero-
described as the pride of his country
men and the ornament of his century.
Hyperbole struggled with euphemism
in an effort to do justice to his greatness.
The Americans, all men of wide read
ing and considerable information, were
completely mystifed. They recalled
scores of portraits of famous men to
compare them with the features and
general makeup of the hero in bronze
in vain. Rather disconnected at their
failure to place so exalted a parsonage,
they trudged back to the hotel and Or
dered all the guide books available to
be sent up at once. The page at which
the first book that was taken up fell
open contained cut and voluminous
description of the statue in question.
The inquiring traveller was therein in
formed that the monument had been
erected by the citizens of the town as
a witness of their admirition of the no
bility and unselfsh patriotism of George
WASHINGTON