Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-08-28
CHAMPION SWEARER.
He Was Cured of the Habit by a Sim pl
Stratagem.


Stratagem.
Among the outre characters OF Ayr
more than 100 years agO'there was none
so remarkable as little oldish man
who was ordinarily called the 'evil
Almighty" He had acquired this ter
rifle sobriquet from an inveterate habit
of swearing, or rather from that phrase
being his favorite oath. He was no or
dinary swearer, no mincer Of dreadful
words, no clipper of the Kings curses.
Being a man Of violent passions. he had
IA habit when provoked Of shutting his
eyes and launching headlong into II
torrent of blasphemy, such as might. If
properly divided. have set up whole
troop of modern swearers.
The custom Of shutting his eyes seem
ed to be adopted by him as sort Of
salye to his conscience. He seemed to
think that provided he did not ''sin with
his eyes open" he did not sin at all; or
1t was perhaps nothing but a habit
Whatever might be the cause or pur-
pose Of the habit it was once made the
means Of playing off upon him most
admirable hoax Being one evening in
u
country gentlemen he was, according
to a concerted plan, played upon and
irritated OF course he soon shut his
aves, and commenced his usual TRADE of
eXecratiOn and blasphemy. AS soon as
he was fairly afioat and his eyes We're
observed to be hard shut his compan-
ions put out the candles, SO as to in
yolye the room in utter darkness.
In the course of a quarter of an hour,
which was the common duration Of his
paroxysms. he ceased to speak, and
amaZement to find himself In the dark.
How now? Am l blind?" Blind,
exclaimed one Of the company; what
should make you blind?" why. 1 can
see nothing" answered the sinner.
That is your own fault" cOolly OBJ
served his friend; .for my part I can
see we'll enough" and he drank a toast
as If nothing had happened. This con
yinced the blasphemer that he had
lost his sight, and to add to his horror
IT struck him that Providence had In,
| flicted the blow as punishment for his
| intolerable wickedness. Under this i'm
| preston he began to rave and cry, and
he finally fell into praying, utterine
| such expressions as made his two com
! pauions ready to burst with retrained
laughter.
| When they thought they had punished
| him sufficiently, and began to fear les
his mind be affected II they continued
the Joke any longer, one Of them Wen
| to the door aud admitted the light. Tn,
| old blasphemer was overwhelmed witt
shame at the exhibition he had beel
| compelled to make, which had such n
| effect that FROM that time forward h'
entirely abandoned his abominabls
habit.-Kilmarnock Standard.
| 1t is said that good musicians exe:1t
| their music, while bad ones murder H.
The summit of Mount Vesuviu
car now be reached by caDle railway
DR.. Louis Pasteur has refused, oil
patriotic grounds, German decora
ton rendered him in recognition OF hl
discoveries in the line of curing hydro
phobIa by incubation.
The polar currents contain less
salt than those from the equator.
The newest punctnre- proof ban'
for use on bicycles Is made OF strips o
whalebone inserted between the air
tube and the outer cover.
If the earth's surface were leve
the water of the ocean would cover
O a depth of 900 feet.
-Epldenic, of typhoid fever hav
lately been traced in Calcutta an
Bombay, Ind, to the use of watercres
which grew in soil polluted b.
sewerage.
The saying "Help me to salt, he'll
me to sorrOw," is common among tn
HighIanders, and the majority of ther
always decline the article with q wsv
of the hand.
Through the largest telescope
about $4,000. 900 stars are seen, an
there is every reason to believe tbs
millions more exist.
The average European woman
life is shorter than the mans but owe
two thirds OF the centenarians AZ
women.