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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
Origin of Table Utensils,

A French writer attempts to trace
lable utensils-mOSt of them of re-
;ent lntroduction-tO their origin.
The Romans took their meals lying
upon very low couches, and it was
not until about the time of Charlie
magne that a stand was used. around
which guests were seated on cush-
ions, while the table made its ap-
pearance in the middle ages. and
with it came benches with backs
The Greeks and Romans ate from a
kind Of pOrringer, vet during pOr-
tiOn of the middle ages slices of bread
cut round took the place Of plates.
The spoon is very ancient, and many
fine specimens are in existence that
were used by the Egyptians in the
seventeenth century b. c. The knife
though very old-had not come into
common use as table utensil in the
tenth century. The fork was abso-
lutely unknown to the Greeks and
Romans, appeared only as a curiosity
In the middle ages, and was first used
upon the table by Henry I'LL Drink
ing cups-in the middle ages, made
from metal, more or less precious
naturally date from the remotest
antiquity. The use of glasses, from
Venice, began to be general in the
fifteenth century. The salt cellar
appeared at very early date, and
occupied the place of honor at the
banquets OF the Greeks and Romans.
manv Of them being of gold and sill
yer. The castor is probably not older
than the sixteenth century.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
Two Reasons,

At a circuit court held some yean
lgo in a Western State an action of
sjectment was tried "by the court with
,ut a jury" The decision rendered
was couched in such a way that It
.aused considerable amusement.
The suit was brought by a religious
Iociety to recover possession Of a cem-
etery. The defendant was a physi-
:ian In active practice, who, as one Of
4 committee appointed by the church,
had bought the ground for the use Of
the society.
Afterward he severed his connection
with the society, and it was found that
he had taken the title in his own name,
and intended to appropriate the prem
lses for his private use. The defendant
insisted that he had bought the ground
the society had ceased.
The court, after hearing the evidence
and arguments, proceeded to state the
grounds for his decision, and ordered
Judgment for the plaintiff. Whereupon
the defendants counsel arose, and ask
ed the court to state more fully the
reasons for the decision.
"Certainly," said his honor, promptly,
"But as you have heard what l have
said, 1 have only two additional rea-
sons to give: One is that the church
seems to need a cemetery, and the 9th.
er that the doctor has failed to show
that his practice Is sufficiently large to
make 1t necessary for him to keep .
burying ground Of his own"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
or VALUE TO sPoRTsME;L
n AdjHNtNbls Choke Muxxle and the
TW0.E Eyed SiGht.

n AdjANtNbls Choke Muxzle and the
Two.Eyed Sight.
One Of tNs greatest Improvements IN
he history OF the gun, or fowl.ng piece.
b 1t was first called. was the introduc-
ion by old Joe Manton sf what IL
ermed choke. The choke system has
IS drawbacks, nevertheless. The prin-
opal one is that while the unchoked
ylindsr will not kill at much over 40
ards, the choked gun at that distance
hoots like q rifle, the shot flying 80
lose As to become almost a bullet. ne
essitating a very close aim. and some
lines Kidding q bird with the amount
shot poured into 1t. In European
overt shooting the sport varies from
abb;ts In q bunch Of gorse. getting up
1 20 yards, to the spinneys. where the
heasant rockets at 80 to 60 yards above
he tree tops and goes like the wind. To
aeet these exigencies 1t has always
cen necessary for the sportsman to
ave two guns, one choke and one al
most cylinder. They have, In some
ases, been partly met by having two
cts Of barrels differently bored for the
anne gun, 10 that they can be changed
will according to the game to be
hot. Tho latest solution Of the prob
I'm is called the adjustable mu.zle. and
., as its name implies, q muzzle Of
bout three inches in length, forming
ractically an extension Of the barrels
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
The Contentious Lin,

The compressed lip beloved by IN.
novelist is sign of weakness ratha,
than strength. The strong man ha.
every feature, every physical attri.
butte under control. Assured OF bra
mems obedience. the cOmmandino
officer does not habitually keep his
lip muscles in state Of tension
Look at the sea captain, the most ah.
so ute monarch on earth He carrie,
authority and power in his face, bur
it resides in his eye and the confdent
assurance of his easily set mouth
Every spar. shaft, and muscle in hi.
floating realm must obey him, and
he knows it. This is probably a
reason why the sea captains and thu
engine drivers show a certain simi.
larity of type The engine driver
can make his captive giant, strong a
ten thousand men, obey the preslure
OF his finger. His lips are USUALLY
calm, like those of the statues Of thu
wielder OF thunderbOltS on Olympu,
Who ever saw a man commanding a
man -of-war or driving a locomotive
with the contentious lip of a school
usher?t
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
SQUIRRELS ARE sHREwD.


It Takes Q Smart Hunter to Get . eho'
at Bushytail.
"Of course" said the hunter, "every.
body knows that when q man with
gun comes along the gray squirrel goes
around on the other side Of the tree.
He doesn't get killed If he can help 1t.
and he can help himself pretty we'll
I remember once coming across gray
squirrel up q big oak; he was out on
branch about forty feet from the
ground. He saw me as quick as did
him-quicker, guess-and when 1 was
ready to fire he was around on the
other side Of the branch. This branch
was very small, only little bigger than
the squirrel, but he Rugged 1t SO close
and he was in such perfect line with
mo that you couldn't see anything OF
him at all except q little bit of the tip
Of his tail that was blown out by
strong wind blazed away at him
and never touched him. Then l went
around on the other side Of the tree,
thinking that possibly I could get
shot at him from there, but as went
one way he went the other. and by the
time I had got over on the other side ne
was on the side l had come from and
In Just as perfect line with me as he was
at first, and just as safe. 1 tried him
again with just the same result.
Then I pulled a stake out OF rail-
fence near by and planted 1t in the
ground ON one side Of the tree and hung
my coat on 1t, and went myself over
to the other side; l thought that pos
sibly I might make the squirrel think
there were two men there, or put him
in doubt long enough to enable me to
get . shot at him, but he never paid
the slightest attention to the coat.
don't suppose 1t would have made any
difference to him II I'd opened cloth
ing store there; he knew the man with
the gun, and 1t was the gun that he was
looking out for. Well, We lodged
around that tree for quite spell long.
er. There wasn't any other tree near
by that the squirrel could go to. and
he knew his only safety lay In sticking
to the one he was in, and the way he
did stick to 1t and keep around always
on the other side Of that branch was
something wonderful. l fired five or
six shots at him altogether and filled
the branch under him half full Of shot,
but never touched him, and when !
thought had wasted time and ammu.
milton enough I left him."-New York
SIM
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
Brain Work and vitality.

You may kill a man with anxiety
very quickly; but it is difficult to kill
him with work, especially il he re-.
tains the power, which most men Of
intellectual occupations more or less
possess, OF sleeping nearly at will, and
without torpor. The man who has
used his brain all his life, say for six
hours day. has, in fact trained his
nerve power and placed it beyond the
reach Of early decay, or that kind OF
feebleness which makes so many ap-
parentlY healthy men succumb SO
readily to attacks of disease.
Doctors know the difference among
men in this respect quite we'll. and
many Of them acknowledge that the
habit Of surviving" which they find
in their best patients arises from two
causes-One, which used to be always
pleaded, being that soundness Of
physical constitution which some men
enjoy by hereditary right, and in the
other, some recondite form OF brain
power, seldom exhibited, except un.
der strong excitement. by any but
those who throughout life have been
compelled to think ana, so to speak,
use their thoughts as other men use
their ligaments and muscles
l-lf such a man is tired Of life, medi-
cine will not save him; but, as a rule,
his will, consciously or unconciously,
compels the trained nerve-power to
struggle on. Whether the brain can
actually give power to the muscles is
not certain, though the enormous
strength sometimes developed in a
last rally looks very like it; but that
it can materially effect vitality is
quite certain, and has been acknowl-
edged BY the experienced in all ages
-London Speaker.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
An Old jewish Custom.

At the home of we'll known Jew
vas recently seen tiny fame burn
Ing in a fine goblet. Examination
showed the goblet to be half filed
with water, on the top of which
foated an inch Of pure olive oil. A
miniature float Of corks, fasten ed on
either side of metallic ring, rested
upon the oil On the ring was placed
q wax taper, passing through a small
circle Of thin wool, 50 that the lower
end of the thread dipped through the
ring into the olive oil. The upper
end Of the taper was lighted as above
mentioned. The oil drawn through
the waX-covered taper served to keep
t alive for several hours
"We burn this" said the lady OF
The house, ''in memory of one OF our
dead. When the taper burns nearly
out we substitute another, so that
the flame, like the vestal fire, never
goes out We light the taper when
our relative dies and let it burn a
year, the last one being allowed to
burn OUT We attend to these lights
with great care. thus keeping alive
the memory of our loved one. 1t is
an old custom of ours, and one seldom
now observed. Some burn it for a
week, while others burn it for a
month. Our family adheres to the
custom In all its purity, always keep
Ing the flame alive for a year.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
ROMANCE OF a GOLD MINE.


What Q Mining Man Found Down Among
the Mines OF Arizona
w. Fl. Combs, q we'll known min.
ing operator, has just returned from
a four months trip to Ari. ona, and
is at the Albany. ME Comb pur-
pose in takiug the trip was to Sc
cure some valuable gold mines in the
vicinity OF Pr, scott for an Eastern
syndicate. His mission was entirely
successful. and resulted In securing
the valuable group Of claims known
as the \enezia group in the Has
syamDa distr cts, thirteen nli es frUm
Prescott The consideration paid
was large. but the mines are said to
be of great richness.
There 10 quite a romance con.
nected with the dis overy and de.
velOpment of these Claims" said MIR.
Combs yesterday. I'm 1885 Ferdi.
nand ScoIel, an italian Of the mid.
die class, borrowed a mule from q
Mexican and started out from Pres
colt p ospecting. He had just 81 in
money when he discovered the Ven.
ezia vein and on finding it of such
richness he began to work 1t, putting
up an arrastra, which ne worked With
his mule.
'.He took out considerable money
in tho course of time, built cabin,
and brought bis wife and daughter,
who Is handsome and athletic young
woman. He purchased more mules,
and now has six arrastras running.
hs has twenty-four feet OF water.
which he uses for six mouths of the
year, employing steam the remainder
OF the year. His wife and daughter
help him to mine the claims and run
the plant
"The, daughter, who 10 a pretty
girl, strong eoough to throw a burr0
from the trail and speak five Ian.
guages, packs the ere and wood and
runs the windlass, while the wife
runs the arrastras. They have al
ready taken out and sold over $50, COO
in gold. In the course of time
Scopel has added six other claims to
his original location. and has done
!, 900 feet of development work upon
the property The o:e Is of a high
grade milling quality, yielding from
$40 to $3.50 per ton. The vain itself
ranges from eight inches to eight feet
wide. 1t adjolns the old Cook prop
erty in Cook canyon. which has pro.
duced from $500. 900. to $500, 900, and
it is estimated that In the Venezla
group there are between 100, 900 and
l5O. 900 tons of ore IN sight. t."-Denver
SeDublican,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
r.-,mbu,ot,ne Dlotionary.


She was q young teacher from the
East on her way to the western States
10 teach school. She had gone away
from home with an idea that her des-
dnation was in "a wild and wooly"
place and that the biggest crop was
Indians. Her ideas rapidly changed
u she was speeding on toward the
broad Pacific, she conflded her doubts
about civilization to a fellOw-passen-
Her, q Misunderstanding, middle-aged
man, and told him the purpose of her
trip was to teach school.
'.Are you prepared?" he asked in
the tone of a clerical examiner to ono
about to depart on the long journey
from which there Is no end.
"Yes," she said timidly, II think
10 have been graduated twice and
I taught whole year at home"
.Indeed! You have some advan.
cage anyway VIII you permit me to
ask you few questions?"
"Oh, yes, wish you would. I have
passed good examinations in the East.
but l think don't fully understand
Western ideas"
"Well, suppose you Tell mo Wn6t
constitutes glass?"
"Why, white sand and-why =.
ion't remember what else. How
aueerI l am so sorry. wish"
"Oh. never mind, Don't get ex-
cited. It's all right. Where Is alu'
minum found?"
"Oh, that Is mined, isn't it?"
"NO: it is a product Of manufa0
:ure What is brass made OFF"
The muscles about her mouth quiv-
.red and her voice trembled slightly
as she said:
81 guess 1t is made of copper and
iron, but I don't know. It's SO stu.
p:d of me to forget but have
worked so hard to remember every
Thing and I haven't succeeded. 1t
make me feel very bad"
"My dear young lady. you are on
;he road to success. You can't teach
the Young idea now to shoot any bet
ter for knowing tn composition of
all things probable. Know few things
out know them we'll. What the
West is flooded with is walking en-
:yclopedias and we've had enough Of
them. Just throw off your superflu-
Jus knowledge and you'll succeed"
And she did.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
Sleeps With Her Eyes Open.

Richard Risley of Port Jefferson,
L. l., is a hard-workinG bayman. He
has a rather pretty daughter. who for
the past year, according to the New
York World, has been puzzling the
doctors in consequence Of q peculiar
affiiction which has attacked her eyes
Miss Risley is about II years old. A
year ago. while walking on the beach
near her home with her mother, she
suddenly exclaimed that something
had entered her eye. She pressed her
hands over her eyes and q moment
later fell in a it. The young woman
was carried home in a partially un-
conscious condition. When finally
she was restored to consciousness it
was discovered that her eyes had q
strained look as though some inward
pressure was forcing them out of their
sockets She complained of NO pain,
but her eyes continued to protrude
more and more until it would seem
that must fall out. The eyes are now
SO much protruded that the lids can.
not close down over them, 80 that tho
sufferer sleeps at night with her eyes
wide open. Her sense of aieht r.
gone while she sleeps, this having
been demonstrated BY experiments.
The peculiar trouble which has at
tackled her eyes also appears to be
sapping the young woman's health.
She has become pale and emsciated,
and has the appearance of a person suf-
fering from consumption. Her con.
dition has thus far defled the skill of
the doctors, who admit that they are
unable to explain the cause.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18

lights on a shotgun, anyhow. men
experiments evolved a number Of Gu
dous things, one Of which was that the
nuzzle Of gun or rife could be pushed
through the crown Of a stovepipe hat
rom the inside to the outside, SO that
he muzzle projected six inches. and
hat while the left eye was shut it was
impossible to aim with any certainty,
he hat blocking the sight, when the
eft eye was opened 1t was possible not
,nly to aim, but also to see the sight on
ne end Of the barrels. the hat prao
ically becoming transparent
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
His Hat,

1t IL a pleasant European custom to
Mt the hat to gentlemen, as well as to
ladies. Out Of this practice arose the
remark Of a well-known London hat
ter. who met an acquaintance who
owed him for the hat he wore
The halter, who was accompanied by
. friend, lifted his hat to his debtor,
but the latter made no sign Of recogni-
ton.
He does not salute your" said the
hatter's friend.
NO" said the halter. IL think he
might at least touch my hat to mew
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18

suCu BAC0V ~ 80 49,
Gods work.
THE religion of Christ never puts a
long face on anybody.
IT often happens that q dog with
out teeth barks the most
No ONE can have Joy today who Is
worrying about tomorrow.
No ONE can be truly brave who is
not trying to be truly good.
The first prayer was made by the
man VINO had the first need.
IT doesn't pay to build any kind Of
house ON q poor foundation.
THE meanest man you know de.
mands that God shall be good.
THE people who need your prayers
most are those you don't like.
THE right time to repent is when
you find out that you are wrong.
TIE devils best time to make hay
is when Christians are not busy.
NorHINa keeps a stingy man from
stealing but the risk of the thing.
THERE isn't a promise in the Bible
for anybody who is not in earnest.
TIE devil never puts on mourning
when a stingy man joins the church.
HEAVEN is ALWAYS bending to
nelp the man who carries heavy bur-
den.
ONE of the most foolish men is the
one who worries about things he can't
help.
GOD never disowns His children be
cause they now and then make mis-
take.
If you are leading child, it may
be that you are commanding an
army.
COP was never able to say what he
wanted to say to men until Christ
came
If there were no troubles to talk
about some people would be always
silent
The man who is not honest in his
religion Is not to be trusted any.
where.
WHEN you want to find a coward.
nunt up the man who knows he Is
wrong.
ANYTHING that makes US take an
unselfish interest in others makes US
better.
A REVIVAL is in good condition
when taking up a collection won't
chill it.
The devil has to work extra hard
TO get hold OF children who have good
mothers
ONE Of the hardest things to get
people to believe, is that little sins
are deadly.
If you want to have a good time ia
Heaven, stop hunting for an easy
place here.
CHRIST has nowhere promised to
bear the burdens Of people who bor-
row trouble.
The woman who talks about hei
neiGhbors is no worse than the one
who listens
THE woman with two mites didn't
do any more than every Christian
ought to do.
1t Is hard to convince a man who
mas no religion that anybody else Is as
good as he ia
WORKING without q plan is one of
the best ways in the world to waste
your strength.
No MAN can get any nearer to God
than he is willing to try to bring
everybody else.
THERE is something wrong when a
church member has to 20 to tho thea
ter for enjoyment.
PEOPLE who never worry do q good
deal of missionary work that they
don't get credit for.
"KNow thyself," Is good advice,
out 'know about your neighbor" Is
the general practice.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18

lready on the gun. and capable Of be-
ng affixed at pleasure. In this addi-
ional muzzle is placed the amount Of
when the muzzle Is adjusted the gun at
nce kills to the greater distance de-
dred. The attaching Of the muzzle to
he barrel Is done by a lock screw at
he upper part Of the barrels, and by a
peculiar and very close fitting screw
which passes through the full length OF
he adjustable muZZle into a solid re-
eptacle (threaded) for 1t. in the rib
,etween the barrels. This Is calculat-
ID to hold 1t perfectly secure and gas
fight. To the wild fowler In the coming
eason, especially, this will be useful,
Is when the fowls leave the open water
md take to the sedges different gup
S generally desired.
Another item, while not exactly new,
las been Of late years SO much improv-
d that 1t may almost be ranked as new.
rh,s Is the two-eyed sight. 1t was In
tented by a butler In an English no
,leman's family, who was first struck
" the remark of an eminent London
'culist to the effect that nearly % per
.ent of men had defective vision. This
act made the butler, whose name was
Gilbert, think about the number of poor
hots there were among the English
,entry. After numberless experiments
lie evolved a rather crude arrangement
II two things like small square needles
sixteenth Of an inch thick. one about
i've inches long. the other about three
nches long, which were fixed on the rib
between the barrels of a gun near the
light, and were expected to remedy
he defective left eye and regulate the
light. He managed to get the Earl de
Trey, the famous running rife shot;
he Marquis Of Ripon, Lord Munson,
Cir Ralph Payne Galwey and others to
axe the thing up, try it, and report on
t, and in almost every case the report
vas very favorable, to the effect that 1t
certainly did improve the shooting.
outside Of these experts the rank and
lie Of gunners would take no stock in It.
It was claimed, and with reason, that
he average wing shot never saw the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18

'MADA1R." said the tramp, trying
70 work on her sympathies, ''can I
have . dt in your vestibule?" NO."
she said; 'Ko across the street to the
tailor shop"
Crystallised mint leaves in a new
|conloeAion handed round at fashion
able dinners with salted almonds.
Remember that what your child rem
hsaR . Aons takes wings nd fles
ahDpaA
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18

The son-in-law (gratefully)-I don't
know what should have done II you
hadn't given us all this furniture. The
Father-in-law-That's 70, my boy; with
Sut it my daughter couldn't have given
you much of home.-NeW Yorh Rer.
aid
A new process of making gas from
crude petroleum, water and peat Ie
being tried In Boston with good re-
suits.
The Empress Josephine. was fond Of
orange water.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
DoMEwHHRH.

Where lies the land Of somewhere-
But days or years away2
Where brown bees ever hum there
'Moug flowers of endless May7
No matter! Deserts must be crossed,
On seas cur barks will oft be toseod,
And many dreams Bs Jeisam lost,
Ere reach ng thee, y somewhere
Far. dim-gueseed realm Of Somewhere,
Beyond he presents pain,
Where dallying sails that come there
Ne'er leave thy ports aga'n-
When life Is done. and striving's o'er,
May some strong hand upon thy shore
beach out vel, ONE evermore
To pilgrims seeking somewherel
Will I. Hale, in Memphis Commercial-Appsal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-18
Two Thousand q Week.

An expert employed by q New York
house earns a salary Of $1,000 a year
for just four weeks work-two in the
autumn and two in the spring. His
business Is to go to Hamburg, and, out
Of thousands Of designs made there and
submitted to him for "edgings," to
select those that shall be manufactured
Tor the American market