Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-10-20
NUTRITIOUS NOT PALATAsLe

Triais of an American at the Siege
of Psris.
An artist, in q recent description OF
life In the students quarter In Paris.
gave an amusing account of an odd
American who has lived there for many
years, and has been the companion
and others who have been his neigh
bors while following the difficult road
that leads to artistic success.
This oddity, who, from his wide
knowledge. has been nicknamed by the
students Dictionary Snyder" was a
resident Of Paris during the siege. He
was very poor; indeed, he possessed not
quite eight dollars In the world when
the Investment of the city began; but
he determined that. with the exercise
OF proper forethought, he could make
this sum carry him through the Siege.
OF conrse he knew tha1 the pytGs u IN ~
iJo1 \ 05fid S06n f1se, as Indeed II did,
to almost fabulous figures; but he Laid
In. before people had thought of such
an article of diet, or of it's inevitable
rise in value, three bottles Of olive oil.
: Then he bought bread from day to
day, as he required it; and soaking it
IN oil, and adding and stirring in water
until the mess was as nearly combined
into soup as oil and water could be
made to combine, he lived upon this nu-
tritious but unattractive fare until the
siege was nearly ended.
His health did not suffer, but he be-
came at last SO desperately sick Of
bread and Oil that he could endure it
handed sortie in search Of a square
meal" He left the city secretly and
walked boldly up to a German picket,
who Of course challenged and halted
him. but was persuaded, when finally
convinced that he was no French spy,
but only n half-starved American, to
be come his accomplice in n harmless
ruse Snyder ran past him and made
a dash for camp; the sentry, whose
orders were to allow no one to pass,
fired his gun after him. but In the air;
and Snyder arrived safely among
much-astonished group Of amiable Teu-
tonic soldiers, who gave him a hearty
welcome.
They feasted him upon cheese, beer
and fresh bread, and indeed entertain
ell him 80 well that he forgot the flight
Of time, and failed to return within an
hour, as he had promised the oblIging
picket to do. AS a consequence, there
was a new man on guard, and Snyder
was again halted and detained.
But his plausible tongue convinced
the second picket as 1t had the first,
and the ruse was repeated, with the
difference that the ingenious Snyder
was this time running for the gate
from which he had originally emerged
The Frenchmen who received him,
painting and pursued apparently by
rifie-shots. regarded him as the hero
OF a marvellous escape, and were SO
moved by admiration Of his feat that
they, from their own slender re-
sources, provided him with another
good uIeal-the second in one day, and
In many weeks.
Independence can be trusted nowhere
hut with the people in mass. They arc
Inherently independent Of all but moral
law.
Near Pool, Rowan county North Caro-
lima, several nuggets have been found
recently and farmers have discovered
they were the Possessors Of gold mines.
According IL He'll Chatelaine, of the
20O, 900, 900 inhabitants of Africa, 50,00O,-
600 are slaves. Every year 1000 slaves are
smuggled to Zanzibar and IL 900 to Ara
bia.
The Gauls, to make handles for their
stone axles, cleft the branch of n tree,
placed the stone in it and left it till the
wound in the wood had been completely
healed.
The incessant fogs last spring have
kept the fog bell on Spring Point, Port
land (Me.) harbOr, ringing SO hard that
its vibrations have cracked the lens in the
lighthouse.
The Phalanx was defeated by the le-
gion because the former could not be
man9uvred save On fiat, open ground,
while the legion could operate in any
kind of country.
The Roman swords, before Cannae, B.
G. 236, were pOintless and sharp on only
one side; after Cannae the shore spanish
sword, for cutting and thrusting, was
adopted.
Ancient" coins, many of which ante
date the Christian era, ARE made i'll large
quantities in London and find sale all
over the world.
The blood of Rizzio, Mary Stuart's
favorite, cannot be seen ON the floor
where he was murdered by Darnley and
the other conspirators- What Is seen there
is a daub of red paint, annually renewed
for the benefit of gaping tourists.