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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27

The names Darby and Joan ar
synonymous with man and wife. This
originated in popular ballad called
"Darby and JOAN" written by Henry
Woodfall in the last century. 1t is
not generally known that the two
Characters OF the ballad were real
per>Onages, John Darby and his Joan
were ''Sure enough" man and wife,
They lived at Bartholomew Close,
and died in 1880 In the poem, Joan
gets dissatisfied with being a house
hold drudge, and declares that her
work is harder than her husbands s
labOrs in the field. lie offers TO ex-
change places with her, ana she con.
sents. The result is that both are
quite content to go back into their
legitimate sphere. The Darby and
Joan party is something new and
amusing, but quite simple. All that
is needed is two small tables, one
furnished with woOd-boy, thimble
needle, thread, and buttons to.
gether with some bits of cloth. The
other table has a hammer and nails,
and some blocks or pieces of board
Each voting man in turn seats him.
self before the work-boX. puts on the
thimble, and sews on two or three
buttons Each young lady tries her
hand at driving nails. a prize is
given to the young man and the girl
who succeed best and do the task
most gracefully, and BOBBY prize is
awarded to the most awkward and
unsuccessful.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27

Never allow any man to best you in
poIiteness. If the most humble man on
the street touches his hat to you, touch
yours in return.
Men are never so likely to settle a
question rightly as when they discuss
it freely.
Those who denounce capital IS a
curse seem, however, anxious TO have
the curse come home to them.
Kindness is the sun of life, the charm
to captivatc and the sword with which
to conquer
Adversely, if for no other reason; is of
benefit, since 1t is sure to bring a sea-
son Of sober reflection.
He who sows courtesy rcaps friend
ship.
Don't be afraid to seek and take al
vice.
Baeksliding often begins by looking
back.
1t is the Joy Of truth to be looked in
the lace.
y fool sometimes builds his house
o books.
The love Of reading enables n man to
exchange the wearisome hours of lie,
which come to every one, for hours of
delight.
Many people would be more truthful
but for their uncontrolloble desire to
talk.
Failures are often the estepping-stones
to success.
Every woman has an idea that it
ought TO be a pleasure for IA man to
work for money for her to spend.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27
George Washington Rewarded.

AS the 22d of February was draw
ing near, a public school teacher,
whose pupils are about nine or ten
years of age, determined to find out
how many Of them had ever heard
the famous chCrry-tree story. She
herself had been brought up on it,
so to speak, but had an idea that it
had fallen into "innOcuous desuetude"
Of late years. She was not surprised,
therefore, when only two hands were
raised.
We'll, Tom, you may tell it," saiu
the teacher.
Il don't know it all, Tom began,
but George Washington never told q
lie"
Here the other boy almost dis
membered himself in attracting the
teachers attention, and finally was
permitted to tell all he knew, which
he did thus:
"When George Washington was Il
little boy his father gave him a new
hatchct, and George went out to
chop something. There was a nice
young cherry-tree, and George chop
ped into that. When his father saw
the tree he called George, and said:
George, did you cut that tree?'"
"'YeS, father, did; | cannot tell
/ lie And his father gave him q
Waterbury watch!'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27
Some Sense at Last.

The American girl Says Harper's
Bazar) no longer laces herself to
breathlessneSs, and a red nose, and a
pimpled forehead, pushing what flesh
there is into regions where it makes
defOrmity; she wear corsets, but only
to outline and partially support, never
to press or pinch, and thus her digest
i've organs are kept free to do their
work and assist in preparing the
rounded and velvety surfaces, the
glow in the eye, the blush upon the
cheek, the dye of the soft lips; for,
unpoetical as it appears, the labora-
tory of beauty is in the stomach. In
addition to all this, the American
girl is no longer ashamed of her foot.
She used to think it disgrace if she
wore larger shoe or boot than No.
%; If she wore fours, she managed
them; If she wore fives, she hid her
foot. Now she understands that it is
a law of statuesque beauty that a
body should have an extremity ap-
parently equal to its support wo-
man a foot big enough to stand on,
and JieH chdusSee tieH gdlttee, she never
dreams of lengthening her skirt be-
cause her shoe is SIX or a seven, or
of keeping her hands out of sight, be-
cause they did not stop growing when
she was 10 years old. Owing to this
last act of wisdom, she can walk with
freedom where she will, without
pinched feet or any of the discomfort
that urges her to sit still; and thus
she takes with delight the exercise
which does so much for her, which
fills her lungs with fresh air, and
oxygenates her blood, and gives it all
its life and sparkle wherever its eff
fects are visible. After all, it is COM
mon sense, the appreciation that
nature says, how much to eat and
what to wear, that has reformed an
ailing and early withered woman into
a beauty of the old Greek type.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27
,eet above the level of the sea. The
entire 5spulatior of the group is not
more than $1,000.
a Dogs Career

Recently there died in Boston, auh
vas buried at sea" with something
like funeral honors, dog who had
lived a useful life, as well as an eX-
tremely long one for his kind. His
name-a very inappropriate one, for
ne seems to have been dog of staid
habits and serious life - was Sport;
and he was believed to be twenty-five
years old when he died.
He was known to be more THAI
twenty, for it was twenty years ago
when he - a large iu''-terrier, who
looked then as if he might LG an old
log - was found wandering about L
v harf in Boston. He seemed to be
4 friendly fellow, and his appearance
must have been favorable, for sew
eral men who belonged to a sailing
craft tried to coax him aboard their
vessels, and several StorekceIcTs alsl
offered TO adopt him.
He declined the advances Of al
save the men who were in the employ
Of the Sprague Towboat Company,
which had an Office on the wharf.
To the concern he steadfastly at
tached himself, and was adopted by
the crew of the tugbOat ChattGrtOn.
About half his time he spent on
board this tug and the rest Of il
about the company's Office. 1t was
here that he developed his most use
ful trait. About the company s
premises many cans Of oil were kept,
ard for this, as well as for other rea-
sons, smoking was forbidden.
Nevertheless, not infreQuently en-
p'Oyes OF the tugs and others came
smoking about the premises. Sport
rarly learned what the rule was, and
mrde 1t his business to see that it
wis not transgressed. Whenever a
man entered the office with a pipe or
e cigar, Sport went at once to him,
followed him about watCh!ully, and
II he approached the oiltanks, he
would seize him ly the t.ou c-s' leg,
rowling at the same time.
This always had the effect to stop
The smoking. Sport was large ter
rier, weighing tifty-siX pounds, and
lS the bOatmen said, had head like
IN anvil" lie never hurt any one,
but had been known TO give a smoker
a slight pinch in the leg If he did not
1eslst from his smoking.
The men placed his body in a stout
box, weighted with CRATE bars 4
small flag was tackled to the box.
Then the tug steamed with the box
a distance Of ten miles outside the
harbor, and there the coffin was slid
off the gangplank into the depths Of
the ocean.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27
FIRST USE OF PETROLEUM.
its First Discovery and Its Supposed
Medicinal Value.

It's First Discovery and Its Supposed
Medicinal Value.
In diary kept by one Of the sur.
yeyors engaged in survey of tho
Holland Land Company's purchase at
the very beginning of this century an
entry occurs to the effect that near
the head waters Of the Allegheny
River, in New York, was a spring
upon the water, from which, when
conducted into shallow pools, would
collect quantities Of oil. This the
Indians collected and used, says the
Utica Observer.
For unknown generations the In.
dians had held this spring in high
veneratiOn, believing it was a direct
gift from the Great Spirit They
dried the oil by exposure to the sun,
and made an ointment that they used
in mixing their war paint, as well as
for remedial purposes. This oint-
ment was the yaseline of the present
day in its crude state, for the oil
skinned from the spring was crude
petroleum. The oil spring and plot
Of ground one mile square were given
to the Indians as a reservation, and
Is so held at the present time, being
known-as the OH Spring Reservation.
In after years entcrprising whites
collected the oil, and it was bottled
and sold under the name of Seneca
Oil" 1t had wide reputation and
was eagerly sought by many, who ex-
tOlled its merits in the most extrav-
agant terms Had 1t not been for
the fact that the inquisltive whites
found out a way toget petroleum from
the earth by sending the drill down
through the rocks Seneca Oil"
would, doubtless, now be popular
medicine worth 81 a bottle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27
Vaccination.

The word vaccination is derived
from ''yacca," the Latin name for
COW. DR.. Jenner, who first suspected
that cowpox and smallpox were two
forms of the same disease, was Il
physician in an English country
town. He once overheared a milk
maid declaring that she would not
take smallpox because she had al
ready had cowpox. This led him to
take note of a popular notion among
the country people that the two dis
eases were antagonistic The idea
that cowpox might really be small
pOx modified by its passage through
a lower animal took possession OF his
mind and he devoted himself to the
elucldation of the subject. Investi-
CATION and experiment satisfied him
Of the correctness of his theory, aud
his whole subsequent life was de-
voted to advocating the cause Cf
vaccination as preventive of small.
pOX
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27
"a -

THE devil is 4 living lie, and he
makes his followers just like him.
UNLESS man has poor health, he
helps the devil when he wears a long
lace.
GOD and woman gave the world
Saviour. Man and the devil ,ruclncJ
Him.
IT is not a good means of grace for
the head Of the family TO do all the
giving.
| THE devil always comes back to the
man who don't say no rs though he
meant It.
WHAT the devil did in TIC garden
Of Eden every sinner would try to do
In Heaven.
! To MAKE 4 law without penalty
IS to offer q standing invitation 70
wrong doing.
"DELIGHT thysclf also in the Lord
Ind lie shall give thee TIC dciiIc' Of
| shine heart"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27

That was all tnar was ever saId
about the affair, and the men went
off to their claims, no more ruffied
than if they had stopped a minute to
run down a lucklcSs rabbit.
Sam Dollans fingered several DAYS,
and Elsie, a quiet, sensible girl OF 10,
reached him in time to receive his
last words
Forgive me. Elsie" he begged.
81 meant to undo the past snd make
you happy. But trust Ben; he's good;
he will show you what to do with the
claim"
The poor, grief-stricken girl did
trust honest Ren HawOrth, and his
kindness made a deeper impression
on her lonely heart than the big,
roughly-clad fellow knew.
She taught a school over in val
ley, some distance from the canon,
entruSting Ben with the full manage
ment or her fathers claim.
When it came to a settlement be.
tween them, Elsie declared that Ben
should have half the profits. He
wouldn't take a cent from her She
insisted, but he was firm. Then she
broke down. and he couldn't stand it
He took her in his arms and told his
love. Yankee Blade.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27
Scenery Il PICTURESQUE.

The Bahama Islands are noted as
a health resort, and their popularity
is increasing every year. Beautiful
Islands they are, too, with a climate
bright and charming as a perpetual
summer, and with vegetation that
ravishes the eye and heart The
islands may be called the first chap
ter in the modern civilization Of
America, for here Columbus first
touched and here he found that gen.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27
easily obtainable, and thus they spend

easily obtainable, and thus they spend
their lives in dreamy existence
y curious sight in Nassau is Fort
Fincastle, which some have asserted
is petrifled ship. 1t looks like a
side-wheel steamer built of stone and
the flagstaff resembles the foremast
f. = 'c-sel. TIE fort is uarrisoncI
BY few men whose duty it is to sig
nal the approach of vessels.
There is no lack of islands and
slets in what might be called the
Bahamian archipelago, which stretch.
IS some 600 miles from San Domingo
nearly to Florida. The collection
comprises thirteen islands, Gel keys,
e,3S7 reefs and cliffs, and 3, 060 islets.
The scenery in many of these is most
picturesque. Perhaps the "Glass
Window" on Harbor Island, on the
northern edge OF the group, is one of
The most striking natural sights in
The bahamas. 1t is an arch ninety
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27

entire surface of the coral island is
covered with every kind of bush,
tree and vine that nature can sustain.
Even on bare rocks, with here and
there a crevice in which is a little
earth, beautiful trees and flowers
flourish. In fact there is a species OF
plant, the "life-leaf," that defles ma.
ture's laws. You can Gull leaf of
this plant, pin it to the wall and not
only will it remain vigorous, but lit
tile plants will sprout from its edges
and grow just as comfortably as
though they were planted in the
ground.
Nassau is the capital OF New Prov.
idencc and contains almost all the
population Of the island. 1t is a well
located town and exceedingly pictur-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27

tie race of aborigineS whom he eulo.
gIzed in his account to Ferdinand
and Isabella. One of these islands
ne called Fernandina, after the Span.
ish sovereign, but it is now known as
New Providence and is the most i'm.
portant Of the many little specs in
the ocean that comprise the Bahama
collection. Columbus was especially
unlucky in his christening of places
Were he alive now, would he not be
somewhat pilued at the Inconsistency
Of naming this continent America
just because it was discovered by
Christopher Columbus? Bu:, though
the name OF Fernandina is changed,
the beauties of the island remain as
when the great navigator was search
ing for passage to the Indies. The
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27

ssque. Darkies are everywhere in
every imaginable costume. They
stand in groups upon the streets;
they sit on the stoops of residences;
they laugh, chat, sing and steal;
they pcddle the products of the island
from luxurious flowers to centipedes
and tarantulas; they flirt and are
lappy, but they never work. They
don't need to labor. The climate Is
warm and clothing little needed.
Food falls into their mouths, without
an effort on their part. They are
lOtuS eaters, too, and their lotus is
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27

The happy father Of twins In Liv.
erIool telegraphed to mis- brother at
Manchester as follows: Immense
Joy; we've got twins. More later on.
Spare Moments.
You can't do everything you want
to do, but there are good many
things that you don't want TO do that
can be avoided
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27

PROBABLY no man approves Of the
way an old man tries TO amuSe niru-
SELF
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27

As SOON as man gets near enough
to a great man to become intimate,
he discovers another fool.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27
- - To-- cTnL.

It's a eoP, coli wOrl' when the sun don't shine,
But there amt no use in repinin';
There's a bright, sweet spot where the roses
twine,
An d fire when the sun ainH.shininT
An the winds MAJ blow,
An the frost may kill;
Its the best ole WOrl
In the country still
It's a cor col worp when the silver gone,
But there amt no use in beYaIlin';
The seas run high. but the ships roll on.
An the sailors sing with the sailin
An the winds may blow
An the lightin kill
Its the best ole wOrl
In the country still
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27
I'm THE EDENIC ISLES.
yERDANT OCEAN SPECKS WHERE
SUNSHINE LiNGERS.

Che Coral Isles and Keys and Reefs thai
Make Up the Health Restoring Ba-
hamas-some of Their Features-whers
Columbus First Touched.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-02-20
WILLIAM NJ. X ETHLEY.

just as the copy for this weeks
LEADER had nearly all been prepared
a postal card message was received
! frcm the stricken wife of the above
named honored citizen and loyal pa
triot of COpiah county, bearing the sad
and Gnwclcomc news of his death
which occurred at his home near Crys.
tai Springs Sunday night or Monday
morning.
Last fall Mr.. Kethley had the mis-
fortune to get his left hand badly lace
rated in gin, which finally necessi-
tated amputation of the arm and the
serious weakening of the vital forces.
Recently he was attacked by pneumo-
MIA, and his system, already weakened,
was unable to withstand this second
strain, and, after brave struggle, his
intrepid spirit succumbed to the pale
reaper, to whom all, sooner or later.
must surrender.
Bro. Kethley was true Christian
gentleman, a loving husband and faith
er, kind neighbor and loyal friend
lie was a successful farmer, and always
looked to as one of the leaders of the
reform forces of his county. Two years
ago he was elected Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Peoples
party of the It'll Congressional Dis
trict. At the time of his death, he still
held this position and was President of
the Copiah County Alliance. Last fall,
without any solicitation on his part, or
even an expressed wish for such recog-
milton, he was nominated for the State
Senate by the Peoples party of Copiah
county, to fill out the unexpired term
of Hon. r. B. Mayes, resigned, and but
for the unfortunate accident of los
ing his arm soon after being nominal
ed, would have been triumphantly
elected, his opponent beating him by
less than $50 majority as it was.
Bro. Kethley was an all-round reform
er, and not only openly pronounced
himself the uncompromising foe Of the
liquor traffic, on all proper occasions
but excrted his influence to have his
party take the same stand.
To his bercaved and stricken family,
we extend the assurance of our pro-
found and sincere sympathies.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-02-20
Leonard Smith Escapes.

! The LEADER announced last week
that Leonard Smith, the slayer of young
Anglin, had been denied bail after un.
dergoing two days preliminary trial
before Justice Mcmillan. Last Thurs
day night Smith took "leg bail" max
ing his escape from the Magec cottage,
where he was nominally under guard.
Friday warrants were issued for the
arrest of Geo. Schwall, the guard Shcr-
iff McNair had selected to watch SMITH
Wat. Turner, Baker Smith and Perry
Smith, Leonard's brother, charging
them with aiding in the escape. Turn
er had preliminary trial before JUS
tice Mcmillan yesterday and was dis
charged for lack of eliminating evil
dence. The cases of Schwall, Perry
and Baker Smith are still pending and
will come up for hearing today.
The evidence, as far as it goes, tends
to show that the prisoner, whose wound
was still troubling him, was spirited
"'"J ~ "a vi ooliC otlCl NOliltlC,
and that others besides the parties
charged, were implicated.
The version of Schwall and Perry
Smith is that they went to the depot,
about 80 yards distant, at 3 o'clock
Friday morning, to find out what time
it was, leaving the prisoner and Turn
er asleep and snoring. When they re-
turned little later the prisoner had
disappeared, and Turner was still in
bed asleep. Though this occurred AZ
they say. at the hour stated, no steps
were taken to notify Sheriff McNair or
Jailer Keenan,, who resides in town.
and they knew nothing about the es-
cape until next morning at or 8
o'clock.
1t is difficult to see how Sheriff Nc
Nair is to escape just censure for
Smiths escape. Smith was we'll enough
to 60 to Jail. According to what Dep
uty Sheriff Willoughby told the editor
of THE LEADER, he and the Sheriff had
good reason to believe two nights be-
fore the escape was effected, that
scheme of that kind was on foot, and
yet, in the face of all this he kept him
out of Jail and selected man to guard
him the night he got away, that no bus
mess man in Brookhaven would have
trusted for such an important duty.
So far as Schwall is concerned, he
claimed in an interview with THE
LEADER this morning, that he wasn't
even regularly deputed to serve as
guard, and did what he did do, in re-
Spouse TO message from the Sheriff,
through Jailer Keenan,, as sort Of &C
commodation, and with the distinct
understanding between himself and
Mr.. Keenan,, that he would not engage
to watch the prisoner closely all night.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-02-20


Prof. T. r. Lloyd, who for some years
past has made his home with Dr. r. r.
Applewhite and taught school at the
Friendship school house, died sudden
ly last Friday. An alarm of fire oc-
Cured at the school house, occasioned
by the SCOT catching fire in the fiue,
and on his running out and looking up
to discover if there was any danger,
he was overcome by sudden rush of
blood to the brain, when he fell insen.
sible upon the ground and died in a
few minutes.
Prof. Lloyd came to Lincoln county
from one of the Northwestern States
several years ago, and was justly es-
teemed as one of the best teachers in
the county. He was of a modest and
unassuming disposition, with many
virtues of head and heart, which were
only fully appreciated by those who
knew him best. He was about so years
of age and had no family.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-02-20

An excellent building lot at the west
end of Cherokee street, convenient to
the graded public school, College and
all the white churches in town, and
with ample grounds attached for gar
den, barnyard, ETC., can be purchased
at bargain, for cash.
Fronting on the south side of Mon
ticello street, between the College lots
and d. Schwem's, two or more desira-
BILE building lots can be had at a rea
sonable price.
For further information, apply tc
the editor of THE LEADER.