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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-05-13
a LITERARY QUEEN.
earmen sylvia. Of R0uAanias Ne
Rightly Claim the Name.

earmen sylvia, Of R0unanias Aay
Rightly Claim the Name.
Elizabeth, Queen Of Roumania. whom
everybody knows as Carmen Sylvia, |"
has more right than any other royal
parsonage to the name Of "a literary
queen" But, besides her merits as an
authoress and her achievements in the
world of letters, she is a very remark.
able woman, who has earned the graf
itude of her sex In all parts of the civ
llized globe for her efforts to better thl
condition Of womankind In her adopted
country. The almost sacrificing en-
deavors she made to consummate the
'love match" between Mile. Helene
vacaresco, her maid Of honor, and Fer
dinand, crown prince Of Roumania,
have added in no little degree to the
fame Of the royal poetess. Although
the marriage ceremony was never per-
formed, the interest Of the Queen In
the love affair caused q storm that
nearly resulted in the sweeping of KING
Charles from the throne. Queen Lliz-
abeth was born In Neuwied, Germany,
In 1S43. She was the daughter Of the
late Prince Hermann Of Wied. Even
when she was 10 years old she showed
her talent for versemaking, which flour
ished in the literary and artistic atmow
phere Of her fathers home. AS she
grew older she showed remarkable in
telligence in all branches Of study, and
became particularly proficient in the
lan3ua pee both ancient and modern
She was married to Prince Charles
now King Of Roumania, in 1869, and
the love Of her subjects was won from
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EXTRACTS FROM HER DIARY.

July 1. Not a single man at the
hotel-it is awfully dull.
July IA man came tonight. Al!
the girls are crazy, and the poor hotel
clerk nearly lost his wits answering
questions. His name is Neville-the
mans name, 1 mean.
July S.-Have met Mr.. Neville. He
seems quite charming.
July 12.-Mr. Neville is very atten-
tive to me, to the disgust of all the
other girls.
August 6.-Tom proposed last night.
have asked him to wait until the fall
for an answer.
August 2O.--Tom goes away to-day.
Says he will ask for an answer next
month. He seems sanguine.
September Is. Home again. Letter
from Mr.. Neville awaiting me. Tore it
up. Van Budenhyphen is very atten'
tive at present and more eligible.
September 23.-Met Mr.. Neville on
the avenue. Pretended not to see
him.
! October 3.--We move into the conn
try next week. Papa has hard times,
and the mortgage on our house, held
by Neville, has been foreclosed. New
York Herald.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-05-13
Large Enough.

A foot traveller through one Of the
nilly regions of Ireland came one day
upon n curious little cabin, SO small as
to seem hardly large enough for hu-
man habitation. While she was whim
sically considering as to whether 1t
might not be the abode Of the famous
"good people," about whom so many
loving superstitions cling, the figure Of
short, stout old man emerged from
the cabin, and stood confronting her In
smiling silence.
After salutations had been exchanged
he traveller lauShingly told the old
man that she had half-fancied his
dwelling the home of fairies.
mo, indade, ma'am, but it's good
warm place, God bless it," replied the
olu man.
"But surely you cannot stand up In
| tY said the traveller, curiously.
"An' fwhat made to shtand. ma'am ??
returned the owner Of the tiny house.
"Shure, an OF can come outside to do
that same, an whin Orm insoide, it's
mesilf that can either go to bed or sit
down, ma'am"
There was such warmth in the smile
with which this cheerful philosophy
was propounded that the traveller was
not disposed to pick flaws in IL, and
smiled acceptance OF its truth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-05-13
Think OF the Future.


Despite all that has been urged In be
half Of sensible forest supervision In
this country, the ruthless destruction
goes on almost unabated. Only about
a quarter Of the timber cut year by year
has its place supplied by new growth
Il this rate is to continue it Is easy to
see how short a time will elapse be-
fore the land is bare and the streams
dried up.
Division of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, estimates the
value Of our timber land at a thousand
millions Of dollars. Surely this Ii .
property worth caring for.
Two plans for helping to put things
on a sound basis have lately been pro
posed. Mr. FernOw advocates law
establishing an American college Of
forestry.
gests the establishment of chair OF
forestry at West Point with the view
Of ultimately using the army in part
to preserve the forests
Perhaps both ideas might be carried
out independently with good results.
Certainly all possible educational
means should be used to place our
people on a level as to information
with those of France and Germany.
Forest fires alone are said to destroy
zen million dollars worth Of timber
annually. Intelligent forest wardens
could prevent much of this. Waste
the greedy cutting Of large and small
trees at one sweep-destrOys more than
Gres.
II we are to have any forests left at
all, the United States Government and
the several States must push vigorous
IL the policy Of founding and maintain
ing forest preserves.
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~rnr DUKE p.AZZEGLIo.-

TfIE DUKE DAZLftSI-lOs
In the corner was printed the address
Of the Svauixh Embassy.
~ dinner that evening Lady Constance
told hcr grandmother Of b<r meeting with
the Duke d'Azzexlio.
do you know him, grandmaT she
asked.
dive. and seemed indeed nOt 1t au "
pleased Mt the knowledge OF the DUKES
presence In Avopda1e.
"'He 10 q Hpauiard, bot his nafionaIfty
counts for nothing" explained Mrs.. Aes-
son. "He is a. mueh Engiish ~ Span
ish-as much French a. either. He has
been everywhere and knows everything
A most interesting man.
Two days later Alice Greybrook tooA
her departure from Avondale. and return
ed to her convent home In France. Con
stance accompanied her friend ~ far -
the station. On her return to the castjs
she was informed by the footman that
the drawing room; she went and found
Mrs. Meason entertaining none other tnan
the Duke d'Azzeglio.
He was, as Mr.. Meason had sid, 9
well-informed man. He bad Travelled
widely, had seen much, and knew how to
talk Of what he had seen; he interested
the girl 70 deeply In his conversation that
when he rose to 90, and Mr1- Meason
expressed a wish that he would CONE
again, Constance cordially echoed hes
grandmother's words. The duke smiIe6
Il hope I may soon have the honor Of
receiving you as my guests, he said,
bowling to both ladies'. For the present
7 or, a raS;dent m AvondaIe I have
taken Lord FOley's house"
This visit to the Castle was the prelude
to many others. During the few days
which followed. the duke found several
opportunities Of presenting himself at
Avondale Castle.
It's doors were thrown open to him he
was glad. Whenever he entered those
doors he was pretty sure to find himself
sooner or later in the company Of Lady
Constance.
ITO he cOnrinuedD
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ABOUT RED HAIR.
1t Has Long Been Held In nl-Repute, ana
as Indicating Villainy.


AS Indicating Villainy.
For centuries the popular notions
throughout Europe associated hair of
this unlucky color with villainy, un-
trutworthiness and deceit. In Henry
Bebel's Collection Of Proverbs" pub
lished in 1912, occurs the following:
"Proud are the short, untrustwOrthy
the red-haired."
An old French proverb, which is
known to be over five hundred years
old, says: Salute red-haired man
or bearded woman at thirty feet of
with three stones in thy fists to de-
fend thee If need be-"
In very early times all pictures of
Judas, Christ's betrayer, were shown
with great shocks of red hair falling
down we'll on the shoulders. This
and the fact that the Judas in the
Miracle Plays" was provided with q
red hirsute worked the superstitiOus
people OF the middle ages up to such
a degree that 1t was actually unsafe
for a red-hatred person to appear In
company. Seeing that things were
coming to serious pass, writer's Of
all classes began to rebuke and de-
nOance "the senseless prejudice
against those Of lively colored hair.
CyranO de Bergerac. In his States
and Empires Of the Sum-" boldly
praised and glorified the despised
color in the following words:
"A brave head, covered with red
hair, is nothing else but the sun In
the midst OF his rays, yet many speak
Ill of 1t because few have the honor
20 he So"
The adjective, "Judas-co colored hair"
and many similar illusions are often
met with in writings of the older
authors. In "As You Like It."
ROsalind says Of Orlando, Ills very
hair is Of that assembling COLOR" to
which Celia replies, Something
brOwner than Judas"
Dryden in writing of Jacob Ton
son, publisher whom he thoroughly
despised, says:
He has iserins looks Duil-faced and frsoA
Two left logs and Judas colored hair.
Hundreds Of other citations to this
popular prejudice could be given,
but the above are sufficient to prove
that the red-haired persons position
was not an enviable one in the years
gone by,-Republic.
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A vacuum Wanted.

II may be worth while to note state.
ment by Sir James Crichton Brown
which suggests a method of avoiding
the difficulties experienced last winter
Speaking at a congress of plumbers,
he pointed out that water pipes would
never burst II protected by a vacuum.
Why, then, he asked, could not plumb.
ers invent a vacuum pipe? A space
even an eighth Of an inch Of a high
vacuum would be sufficient. Inclose the
pipe to be protected in an outer tube
exhaust the air from the Intervening
pace, and hermetically seal the in.
closing tube at the ends; then nc
shanges Of temperature could affect the
protected pipe.
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CHAPTER ".


For three days after the return of tho
family to Avondale Castle nothing of any
moment occurred; life went on evenly
and pleasantly enough to the young. while
4 burden Of sorrow seemed to fall upon
the shoulders Of one woman alone-ths
mistress Of the house.
Since her return to Avondals Castle
nrs. Meason had been q changed woman;
from no apparent cause her strength gave
way; she spent most Of her time in her
room alone, dispensing even with the go
ciety of Miss Greybrook.
"Ieaye me to myself" she said, wear
". TO Constance; "if 1 husband my
strength now, shall be the better able to
entertain my guests"
Constance" said Alice one, morning
! 4 am going back to France"
"Alice!"
"Your grandmother does not require
ne: i'm n few days the house will be full
and my presence can be easily dispensed
with. There is an opening in the convent
| for a nursing sister; l am going to take
IT.
"And You can sacrifice yourself SO! Oh,
Alice. it is dreadful, and if you wished
your fife might be happy one!'
"And will it not be happy returned
the girl. "Is it not the life ] have longed
for-to minister to the sick, to sOothe the
,orrowful, to give help to the needy ?
| Constance, dear, l want you TO promise
me before go that if ever you are in trou-
ble or i'm need of help You will seek it
at my hands? You saw awhile ago that
[ was sad. l was; but it was on your ac-
| count: not mine"
I ION my accountT
| "Yes; there is some trouble in store fo.
| fou. l know it, for / have had such n
| strange dreami 1t haunts me, and all
day hear a voice whispering in my ear
Save her! save her!
| Her face was growing deathly PALE ana
she trembled violently. She pressed her
thin white hands upon her eyes, as if te
shut out some terrible vision.
As Constance turned to answer her
,riend she was amazed to see that Alice
was as pale as death; her eyes were fl ixed,
not upon Constance, but beyond her. and
lConstance, turning quickly, started and
turned pale, too.
Close to them stood a short, powerfully
,uilt man, with a swarthy skin, piercing
black eyes and bushy eyebrowa. His fig
are, though powerful, was elegant, and his
iress that of a gentleman He stood
smiling. his eyes axed with an sdmss1na
look upon Cehstahce.
.'; fear, madafn. I have alarmed Jon,
ne said, speaking with a stfeps fsfsssa
accent and removing his hat 7 ~,
nasstns through the Rsighbofhoed, ~
cariosity led me toward the CastIe' wpsc.
| I believed TO be unteB,,uted. May l ash
VI am addressing Its iaistressF
J mo; II belongs 10 my sran"m"tess
AIRS. Meason.
and your name is-if raay make y
boldr'
LADY Constance Howssts, WAS -
cold reply.
He drew out . card case. anA hsndet
h.r . card with another profound bo~
4 and = hook of increased aAmsrstion-
evil You sive Mrs. Messsn thst card
r have the pleasure Of Knowing hsS ven
slightly"
last profound obeissnce ." BON ss@'es
.nd walked slowly away.
Constancs leekS4 - - cssd, s.6 ses'
IN n Ia GtxaniGgeA 1nnnex -----
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A good deal Of interest is manifested
just now in an old document on exhi-
bition in Bucksport, Me. 1t is COM
mission signed by Thomas POwnaA.
Governor of Massachusetts,. appointing
Jonathan Buck first lieutenant Of .
company to invade Canada. and beam
the date Of March Is. 110S
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-05-13
Anta In Surgery.

It Is said that Greek barber surgeons
IN the Levant use large ants to keep
together the edges Of cuts. The am.
held with a forceps, opens its mandi-
bles wide, and as soon as it seizes the
edges Of the wound has it's head sew
cred from its body; but 1t retains its
grip. People have been seen with
wounds healing held together by seven
or eight ants heads.
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Hard Work and a Long Sleep.

"OEA ohu - 1LOuB otcCPs
After the Battle Of Deligrad, in 1870
when the struggle Of Servia against
Turkey came to an end, Mr.. Archibald
Forbes found himself the only news
paper correspondent on the spot, and
felt bound to make the most Of his OPP
Iportunity. The nearest accessible tele.
graph Office was at Semlin, more than
ene hundred and twenty miles away.
It was o'clock In the afternoon. Mr.,
Forbes lost no time in starting, and
from his account Of the journey the
reader may derive a pretty good ides
Of one phase Of q war correspondents
ufe:
had an order for post-horses along
tho road. and I galloped hard for Para!
chin, the nearest post station. When
I got there the postmastor had horsea
but no vehicles.
Now If I had merely sent . ceurierI
this obstacle would have suflced tq
stop hint but 1t was apparent to mei
being my own messenger, that although
I could not drive. I might ride. True.
the ssrvian post-naGs were not saddle
horses; but sharp spurs and the hand
ling Of an old drasoon might be re'
Ted on to make them travel somehow.
All night long I rode that weary jour.
ney. changing horses every fifteen
miles. and forcing the vile brutes along
at the top Of their speed.
At 8 the next morning, sore from
head to foot I was Gathering over
the stones Of the Belgrade main street!
Tho neld-telsgraph wire had conveyed
but a curt, fragmsntary intimation Of
disaster: and the whole capital. fever.
lsh for further news, rushed out into
the street a. powdered along; but I
had salloped all night not to gossip In
Belgrade, but to get to the Semlin tele'
graph wire across the river. and I
never drew rein till 1 reached the ferry.
boat.
| At Semlin ono long drink Of beer. and
then at once to the task Of writing.
hour after hour against time, the It'd
ings Of which I was the bearer from
the interior.
! After I had written my story and put
It on the wires, lay down In my clothes
and slept twenty hours without awak'
ening once.
| had meant to start hack from Deli
grad on the afternoon Of the day Of my
arrival in Belgrade, but sheer fatigue
had caused me to lose a day in sleep.
1t seemed to me, however. whom re-
covered from my chagrin at this de-
lay. that perhaps after all was fairly
entitled to a good long sleep: for I
had seen a battle that lasted six hours,
ridden q hundred and twenty miles,
and written to the Daily News q tele-
graphic message four columns long
al In the space OF thirty hours.
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1t was simply a biunder of his IL
writing and she should have known
better; but there! women are such
queer things! and she got as mad as
could be about It. You see, he meant
10 speak of her Laughing eyes" and,
as luck would have 1t, he wrote laugh
able eyes" That was all-Bostou
GsanscripG
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Real Tany on . Stick.

"Courting sticks" were In use In New
England about 100 years ago. They
we're long wooden tubes, through which
the lovers could whisper to each othei
when the presence Of other persons in
.erfered with the secret exchange ot
Sndeefing expressions.
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WOn ans Way.

what is the amount of the poll tax.
John?" asked Mrs. Cawker.
"One dollar" replied Mr.. Cawker-
"When we women get the ballot we
will mark 1t down to 30 cents.
per's BaZar.
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because the life which was compellee
20 lead during my childhood would have
admirably qualified me for a num-
Her companion looked Mt her in wondel
She had become very serious, and her eyes
were filed with tears.
Constance" said she, "were the day,
of your childhood SO very unhappy that
the memory of them makes you cryT'
They were not happy days." said Con
stance, sadly; II remember as vividly "a
II IT were yesterday wandering about the
park. and wondering why children were
born, since the world was so solitary"
Your mother died here, did she not
Constance? In Avondale Castle, 1 mean"
Il believe So, though grandma has never
spoken of it to me. l was three weeks
old when she died. Finally grandma took
me to school in Germany, and about a
year ago 1 went to Frankfort and met
vou."
"And we became friends, did we not.
There was something In your face, Con-
stance, which appealed to my heart, and
drew me irresistibly toward you"
"You have always been SO good to me-
said Constance, "and now l love you
more than ever, because I was with you
The first time l ever saw Frank. Do you
:emember that dny?" continued the girl
dwelling lovingly upon every word, ''whep
you and l, having lost ourselves In the
forest, came upon a young gentleman,
who. in the most courtly manner possible,
conducted us back to the seminary? He
nsked our names; you drew me toward
you as ii to protect me from his admirinR
glance. and replied with tremendous die.
nifty. We think you for your courtesy,
sir, and wish you good-by.' But it seem.
ed to me that you were too reserved, 30
replied, L am Lady Constance Howarth,'
End then after very few words we dis
rovered that we were cousins. After that
] met him in secret every day, then you
discovered this and lectured me; after.
ward, ut your express entreaty. l wrote
to grandma, telling her that had met my
cousin, that l loved him very dearly, and
that he loved me-"
"And on receipt Of that letter she came
,ver and took you from the schoolY'
"Yes; but when we had been three daya
in London, Frank appeared and asked me
to be his wife. Oh, the scenes which fol-
lowedl Grandma was pitiless to us both.
First she refused to listen to him; then
she bade me swear that l would never
zee him again. But 1 could not do it. 1
had learned to love him too well. Ali
that II passed" concluded the girl. Il am
now engaged to Frank with grandma's
consent, 80 for the future all will be WELL"
1--WE will hope so. dear" said her
friend, as she kissed her tenderly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-05-13

The Board of Supervisors of Steam
cessels has approved a newly invented
form Of life-boat. which is designed
to do away, as far as possible, with
the horrors which have sometimes att
tended the lack, or failure. Of provi-
sions when people are cast away at
sea. The new boat has, under its floor,
two water-tight compartments intend
ed to contain. In alright metallic
tanks, not only provisions and water.
but clothing. 1t has sometimes hap
pened that in the haste of getting away
from sinking ship the boats have not
been provided with anything for the
passengers to eat. The tanks of the
new boats are intended to be always
ready furnished with such necessaries
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-05-13

If you love any one well enough to
eie for him. hrst get your Life insured
\ Ais fAYah
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When there Is no gospel In the preach
fng, what good will it do to crowd the
church1
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H.. Nov,r ee,n Has P,.uet..

Has Mover Seen HE Planets.
Dr.. Max Wolf, Of Heidelberg. who.
b previously related In this column.
las discovered by the aid Of photog.
Apply thirty-six new asteroids, recent
y remarked: II have myself never
,een . single ono Of my little planets
n the sky" He has only looked upon
heir images impressed on his photo
sraphic plates. leaving 70 other astron-
Imers the pleasure Of viewing them
With telescopes.
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People who blew their own horns
>nako poog music for other folks.
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CHAPTER II.-(Cop,,nuc,,

CHAPTER 1I.-(Conrinuen,
III 1t refers to my parents. l shoul.
like to hear it, returned the girl. "Al
! have ever been told is that my mother
was grandma's daughter, that my father
was your uncle, your fathers elder
brother. When met you over Mt Frank
Tort and you told me you were my cousin
l could scarcely believe it. l had alwsy,
Imagined that all my relations were deaa
why IL 1t that grandma never sees en,
OF my fathers family? Are they nol
friends?"
Il am afraid, Constance. she dislike.
them all, including my father ana my.
self."
And you know why it is2'
Yes, she showed such bitter animosit,
toward me and mine that 1 began Il
speculate rs 10 the cause. Well. there
was once young girl, very much like you,
Connie, who lived with her mother in o
quaint country place, like Avondale Cas-
lie. The young girl being rich and very
beautiful. had two stepping stones 10 for
tune. The mother was an ambitious wom-
IN, and longed for one thing. which she
had never been able to obtain. an On
trance into good society. She determined
therefore, to buy n title for her daughter
UAAo ohoeH tAiitt uiiUSHteT ) WilS ~ obtiil
her wish. The two spent their time be
tween London and Devonshife. Tn.
young lady was presented at court. ana
Tor one short season her beauty mad,
her the rage. At the end of il she receiv.,i
Q proposal of marriage from a man OF
dtle-an earl. The gentleman came of n
proud, aristocratic family. which. how
ever, he had brought to the verge of ruin
He proposed to the richest heiress ir
England, although he did not love her.
"And the LADY," said Constance. Did
she marry him for his title, or did sh.
love him."
unfortunately, my darling. she loved
him far too well. Well. the marria ,e
took place of the lady's fortune.
which was considerable, went to free the
mortgaged estates. Now, mark the So
quel; at the end of year the yorag
countess returned to her girlhood's home,
q child was born, and when the little thing
was a few weeks old the mother died.'
"'She was killed!' cried the girl, with
flaming cheeks and tear-dimmed eyes
"killed by the cruelty and neglect of the
man who had married her."
"Hush, my darlingT said Frank, tax
ing her trembling hand in his THAT man
vas your father!'