Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-07-31
NO. 33.

SHOWS OF Russia, one OF the most awful
tragedies Of the centuries, represented under
the figure OF a monster called General Frost
shaving the French Emperor with a razor OF
lcicle. As Satyr and Beelzebub no is repre-.
England cursing him, Spain cursing him.
Germany cursing him, Russia cursing him,
Europe cursing him, North and South Ameri.
ca cursing him, the most remarkable man OF
his day and the most abused. All those men
In history who now have halo around their
name on earth wore a crown OF thorns.
Take the few extraordinary railroad men
of our time and see what abuse comes upon
them while thousands of stockholders escape.
ALI the world took after Thomas Scott, Pres-
dent Of the Pennsylvania Railroad. abused
him until he got under the ground. Thou.
sands Of stockholders In that company. All
the blame on one man. The Central Pactilc
Railroad. Two three men get all the
blame II anything goes wrong. There are
IL, 900 In that company.
/ mention these things to prove 1t is e1-
traordinary people who get abused while
the ordinary escape. The weather OF life Ia
not 80 severe on the plain rs it is on the high
| who knows gains or does more than 1t can
know or gain or do. Parents sometimes
give confectionery to the children rs an in
ducement to take bitter medicine, and the
worlds sugar plum precedes the worlds
aqua fortis. The mob cried in regard to
and they had to say 1t twice TO be un-
derstood, for they were so hoarse, and they
got their hoarseness by crying little while
before at the top Of their voice, "Hosanna!
The river RhOne Is foul when 1t enters Lake
Leman, but crystalline when 1t comes out on
the other side. But there are men who have
entered the bright lake OF worldly prosperity
crystalline and came out terribly riled- IL,
therefore, you feel that you are ordinary,
thank God for the defenses and the tran
luility OF your position.
Then remember, II you have only what ts
sailed an ordinary home. that the great de-
liverers of the world have all come from such
| home. And there may be seated reading
| at your evening stand n child who shall be
potent for the ages. Just unroll the scroll
of men mighty in church and state, and
you will find they nearly all come from log
cabin or poor homes Genius almost al
ways runs out In the third or fourth
generation. You cannot find in all his
tory instance where the fourth gem
Grafton of extraordinary people amount to
anything. Columbus from a weaver's hut,
Demosthenes from a cutters cellar, Bloom
fled and Missionary Carey from shoemakers
bench, Arkwright from II BARRIERS shop, and
He whose name is high over all in earth ana
Air and sky from manger.
Let us all be content with such things aI
We have. God Is just as good in what He
keeps away from US as in what He gives US.
Even knot may be useful II 1t is at the end
)f thread.
At an anniversary Of a deaf and dumb asy-
lum one of the children wrote upon the
| blackboard words as sublime as the "Iliad."'.
The Odyssey" and the "Divina Commedia"
ali compressed In one paragraph. The ex-
lminer, in signs Of the mute language,
asked her, "Who made the world!' The
leaf and dumb girl wrote upon the black
BOARD, SIN the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth" The examiner
asked her, "For what purpose did Christ
come into the worldT' The deaf and dumb
girl wrote upon the blackboard, This is
'aithful saying and worthy OF all accep..
:ation, that Christ Jesus came into the world
o save sinners" The examiner said to her,
why were you born deaf and dumb while
lear and speak?" She wrote upon the black
BOARD, .'Even so Father, for 50 it seemeth
good in Thy sight" Oh, that We might be
Baptized with contented spirit! The spider
1raws poison out OF flower; the bee gets
honey out of thistle. but happiness Is
heavenly elixir, and the contenred spirit ex-
tracts it not from the rhododendron OF the
| lills, but from the lily Of the valley.