Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-07-19
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Dr.. Henry Svan Dyke ON the Delights
Of Living Oat Of Boors.
One Of the digressions that aEs Of the
essence Of the Rev. De. Henry Van
Dykes "Fisherman's Luck" In the
Century. II devoted to the pleasures of
camping out.
Much Of the tediousness Of highly CIV.
fllzed life comes from its smeothness
and regularity. To-day 10 like yester.
day. and we think that we can predict
tomorrow. OF course We cannot really
do 30. The chances are stu there. But
We have covered them up % deeply
with the artincialities Of life that we
lOce sight Of them. It seems ~ II
everything in our neat little world
were arranged and provided for, and
reasonably certain to come to pass. The
best way Of escape from this tedium
vitae Is through a recreation like
angling, not only because It 10 20 evi.
IDENTIFY q matter Of luck, but also 10,
cause 1t tempts Us out into . wilder.
5freer life. It leads almost inevitably
to camping out, which 10 q wholesome
and sanitary impeudence.
1t IL curious and pleasant, to my ap-
prehension, to observe how many peo-
pie In New England. which has been
called. at least in part. the Land Of
Steady Habits. are sensible Of the Joy
of changing them-out Of doors. They
turn out from their comfortable farm
houses and their snug suburban cot
ltages to go a-gipsying for q fortnight
among the mountains or beside the sea.
You see their white tents cleaning
from the pine groves around the little
lakes, and catch glimpses Of their bath
ing clothes drying in the sun on the
wiry grass that fringes the sand-dunes.
Happy fugitives from the bondage Of
routine! They have found out that
long Journey is not necessary to a good
vacation. You may reach the forest
Of Arden In q blackboard. The Fortu-
nate Isles are within sailing distance
in a dOry. And a voyage on the river
Pactolus is open to anyone who can
paddle q canoe.
The people who always live In
houses. and sleep on beds, and walk on
pavements, and buy their food from
butchers and bakers and grocers. are
not the most blessed Inhabitants OF
this wide and various earth. The cir
cumstances Of their existence are too
mathematical and secure for perfect
cOntentment. They live at second or
third hand. They are bOarders' In the
world. Everything is done for them by
somebody else.
1t Ii almost impossible for anything
very interesting to Happen to them.
They must get their excitement out OF
the newspapers, reading Of the hair
hreadth escapes and moving accidents
that 6e1SM pe6ple fn-reaf- -iifs----SV SVhat
do these tame ducks really know OF the
adventure Of Mvingf If the weather is
bad, they are snugly housed. II 1t Is
cold, there II q furnace In the cellar
II they are hungry. the shops are near
at hand. It Is all as dull. nat, stale
and improbable a. adding up col
umn of figures. They might as well be
brought up In an incubator.
A Curious Case OF somnabuitsm.
The modern novelist is very prone to
found his plots on the dOings Of sleep
walkers and hypnotists; but, as usual,
truth is stranger than felton," and his
efforts are OutdOne by actual occur
rences. Here, for example. Is . true
story from France of gentleman miss
ing from his bedroom packet contain
ing more than ten thousand dollars
worth Of bonds. The thief could not
be traced; but shortly afterward the
mistress Of the house. who had taken
the robbery to heart even more than
her husband, was taken to a doctor. for
she was suffering from nervous pros
tration. The doctor. a firm believer In
hypnotism, was told Of the robbery;
and, putting two and two together.
hypnotized his patient and extOrted a
confession from her that she had taken
the bonds and buried them In the gar
den. Thereupon search being made.
they were found; but the lady Is as
yet quite ignorant of the fact that she
herself was the person who hid them.
A flag OF Precious 9tOnes.
A New York jeweler has combined
patriotism with a very fine advertise.
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