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Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

The Titusville Courier says Luxury
advances. There is an epicurean gen.
tleman in the city who makes bis barber
use ice cream instead of soap for shaving
him, and has his hair moistened with
champagne instead of vulgar bay rum
He has lately struck a three hundred
barrel we'll in Butler county, and this ID
the way he takes to show his old cronies
that be is now an "old prince"
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02
ANNOUNCEMENT,
SENATE.

SENAIE.
Mr. EpIToR AS the me is drawing near
when the Republicans Of this county must
select q standard-bearer in the Senatorial
contest, We would announce the name Of Dn.
]. P. SrkRsKrr, of Besle township. In .
district where the party lines are so closely
drawn. we must select our best man-onc
who, with an incorruptible character and
personal popularity, will run the full party
vote, and draw from the Democratic ranks.
DIR. SrERRErr in his late canvass showed
in this county. and there are many circum-
stances that indicate that if sustained by the
Republicans of this county, he will get the
nomination in the district.
TUSCARORA.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

A boy thirteen years old, few days
ago, put false head into -four barrel,
procured four quarts Of peanuts and
poured them over the head so as 20 mako
one think he had barrel full, and then
took his station on Woodward avenue.
and cried out. "All these peanuts for ten
shillings." A grocer passing BY whipp-
ed out the money like streak Of light
ming. and the boy got away before the
trick was discovered.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

THOSE who profess to know what they
are ciphering about confidently state that
there are now in Louisiana one million
of acres lees under cultivation than there
were in 1860. This is progressing back
ward at an alarming rate for it inflicts on
the Pelican Commonwealth a loss Of
$lOO,OO0.O0O per annum. A wanton
war te of wealth such as this is the best
possible commentary on the folly of the
bitter political struggles that have 80
long distracted Louisiana.-hiladelphia
MQxirer.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02
The Pennsylvania Editorial Associa.
ton made its annual tour last week.

THE Democracy of Allen county,
Ohio, have taken new departure. Old
ideas traditions, all are to be put aside,
and the situation and ideas that now pre-
vail popularity are to become the basis
for the new party platform
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

Persia contains 64s, 900 square miles
and 10. 1000 900 inhabitants. It ie, there.
fore, more than nine times as large as
New England, with about three times as
many people. The average density Of
it's population per square mile is fifteen,
while that of New England reverses these
figures, being fifty one.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

A gentleman of observation and expo
rience has lately been testing the efficacy
of asparagus a. q tonic and cathartic BY
subsisting almost exclusively upon it and
giving up animal food. He states that
under this regimen bis health is better
than it has been for years, and is con-
vinced that there must be in asparagus
an essential principle that would be in.
valuable in medical practice.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02
A BLOODY RECORD.
[From the Lock Haven Republican ]

[From the Lock Haven Republican
The people Of Spring Mills have been
agitated for some time past By the story
of two murders and suicides h theil
quiet neighborhood. II April last h
will be remembered that No pablished
an account of the suicide Of one Mr..
Young under circumstances that afforded
no satisfactory explanation. He was .
young man highly respected, with fair
prospects and good health. But one day
he went into tho woods. cut open an ar
terry in his arm, and by holding it open
with stick, succeeded in putting an end
to his life. 1t is known that just before
the suicide Young was sent for BY a
young friend named Henley, and a pri-
vate interview took place. but the object
of the conference or what was there com.
municated was not known, and was not
supposed to have any connection with
Young's last and fatal act. But soon
after his death, Henley. who had be-
come convinced that he could not recover
cent for DR.. Van Valzah, Of Spring
Mills. and made moet startling confess
sion of two murders, in which be and
Young and two other men of the place
were participants. The first murder was
committed last fall, the victim being a
contractor on the Pennsylvania railroad.
whose name we have not learned He
appeared in the place with about $4,000.
and these four young men enticed him
into restaurant kept BY one of their
number. and after making him stupid
with drink. knocked ont his brains with
an axe and took his money. They then
sunk his body in deep sink hole in
Spring creek. The second murder was
committed in March or April last, short
time before the confession. The victim
in this instance was a gentleman from
Westmoreland county who had previous
ly purchased Meats mill in Penn valley
The particulars of this murder are not
given. The man was traced by his
friends as far as Center Hall on his way
to the mill, with sum of money which
he intended to use in making a payment
upon the property. Since their disap-
pearance at the time their respective
are said to have been committed
neither Of these men have been heard
from. Since Kenley's confession the
other two men have disappeared from the
place. Henley is recovering, and will
probably have to answer for his share in
the two crimes that he has so freely con.
fessed. His statement has not yet been
made public ir detail, and we are able to
give only this brief outline which is the
substance Of the common talk in the
neighborhood.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

A house in which ten persons were
sleeping was forced from its foundations
at the foot Of cliff in Montreal. q few
days ago. by the fall Of huge rock. and
was pushed out into the middle Of the
road, without any injury to the inmates.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

UNITED STATES SENATOR CARPEN
TER has recently in speech in his
Sfarp-W iscousin- made an effort tc
justify the back pay grab of Congress
Like most of Lis efforts it is an able one,
yet not able to prove that wrong is right
When sifted it is found to be chaff.
When Senator Carpenter took the
oath of Office, Le agreed to discharge the
duties Of the place for stated sum. He
now ignores the contract, and has not
only demanded but has really taken ad-
ditional pay for his services
Recognize such a rule of action or
conduct. and where will it send the bust.
ncss of the country? 1t will not be long
before avaricious. extravagant and un-
scrupnlous men will carry the rule into
the business of every day life-make a
contract for specified sum for speci-
fed work, one month, week or day, and
the next demand additional pay. His
argument gives evidence of ability aud
talent, but his premises are unsound.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

Christian L. Hershey. residing near
New Freedom, Shrewsbury township.
York county left home under tempora-
ry alteration of the mind, ON Friday the
18th inst. He was seen in York on
Thursday, the 10th inst. from which
time nothing has been heard Of him. He
is about five feet eight or nine inches
high. of rather slim stature, wears q
beard aud moustache and had on . light
blue coat. Any information concerning
him will be thankfully received by his
friends. Address David Hershey, New
Freedom, York county, Pa.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

TIE trial of Mrs. Woodruff and others,
for sending obscene publications through
the United States Mails, has beer con-
cluded. The verdict was mot guilty"
The philosophy of Woodbull, Clafin
& Co., is dreadfully pernicious. There
is au easy and cure security agaiurt it
namely. individual purity. 1t cannot
affect the pure woman and the pure man
They spuru it from them. But the Inan-
ner of prosecution of these women was
quite another thing 1t was prosecu.
,ion to get rid of the charges in round.
about manner, without even SO much as
deigning to say they are true or not true
A denial by Mr.. Beecher. or Mrs. Tilton,
or Mr.. Bowen, who is not connected with
the scandal further than that he is
charged with having knowledge of the
facts in the case, would have put society
at rest on the question, and the recoil
would have been 80 severe on Woodhull,
Claain & Co., that they would have
broken down under its weight. There
was no dignity in assuming a silence on
the direct issue and prosecuting on an
indirect issue. Such course was the
very opposite of digni6ed one, and
displayed tyrannous spirit, as danger
Gus to the public good as the lewd doc
trine of freeloveism itself.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

JESSE r. GRANT, father of President
Grant. died at o'clock on last Sunday
evening, at his residence at Covington.
Kentucky, aged 70 years.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02
GEO. P. R0WELl 4 co, 40 Park Row, New York
S. N. PEITENGILl { CO., 81 Park Row, N. Y,

Are our sole agents in that city, and are au-
thorized to contract for advertising at our
lowest rates. Advertisers in that city are e.
quested 10 leave their favors with either of
the above houses.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02
NEWS DISPATCHES,

A despatch from Washington D. G.
under date Of the 26th alt. says. The
War department. to-day received infor.
nation from Captain Alexander Moore.
ef the Third Cavalry. stating that while
his company was in camp at nine o'clock
P. N. on May 3lst, in Republican VAL
Icy, at Blackwood creek. q terrible
fresbet swept down the valley without
any warning or apparent cause. and car
ried away everything before it. Men.
horses. tents. and army wagons. were
swept along like corks.
The valley is about forty-6ve miles
long and one and q half miles wide.-
This entire stretch of country was one
surging torrent, at least from six to seven
feet deep. The only thing that preven-
ted our total destruction was the fact
that the camp was surrounded by belt
of timber on three sides, and as the men
were carried of by the current they were
enabled to save themselves by catching
the limbs of the trees.
When day broke it showed almost all
the men of the company on the tops Of
the trees. without any covering except
remnants of their underclothing. Up to
this time nothing was to be seen of what
had been the camp. except the top of an
army wagon which had stuck to log on
the ground. and on th is wagon we're col
lected eleven men.
Six of the company were drowned and
twenty six horses lost. The names of the
men drowned are Blacksmith Edward P.
Doe, Privates, Louis Cohen. Theodore
Twendle. Dennis J. Mahoney, William
G.. Mars and Daniel II. Taylor.
A despatch from Washington under
date Of the 9Th in regard to postal cards
for Canada says: By the signature of
additional articles to the postal treaty
with Canada on the part of the Dominion
authorities, advice of which is received
to-day, an arrangement has been con-
cluded between the United States and
the Dominion Of Canada providing that
on and after the lst of July, 1873.
United States postal cards mailed at any
post Office in the United States and ad
dressed to Canada, and Canadian postal
cards mailed at any post Office in Canada
and addressed to the United States when
prepaid an additional postage Of one cent
BY adixing thereto an ordinary one cent
postage stamp of the country of origin.
in addition to the stamp printed or i'm
pressed on the card, shall be reciprocally
forwarded and delivered in the country
Of destination free of charge. Postal
cards Of either country. when not SO
prepaid, will not be forwarded in the
mails between the two countries.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02
Work Made to Order.

This branch Of the business will be super
intended by A. D. FASICK, one Of the best
practical mechanics in the county. All
kinds Of repairing done. All work war
ranted
CORNELIUS hartley.
July l, lS73-tf
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

The largest mortgage ever filed in the
United States was filed ten days ago by
Recorder Kaiser. of Chester county. 1t
is for the sum Of forty million dollars,
and is from the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company to Fidelity Insurance Trust
and Safe Deposit Company of Philadel.
phia. The mortgage was given to secure
the payment Of forty thousand bonds of
one thousand dollars each. issued by the
railroad company, and is held in trust for
the owners of those bonds by the above
insurance company. 1t has been record
ed in Carbon. Northampton, Lehigh and
Luzerne counties, and is to be in three
more.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

The largest farm in England consists
of three thousand acres, and belongs to
a man by the Yankee name Of Samuel
Jones. In its cultivation he follows the
"four course system, the whole extent
of the farm being divided into four great
crops, $50 acres to wheat, $50 to barley
and oats, $50 to seeds. beans, peas, etc =.
aud $50 to roots. His live stock is val
ued as follows Sheep. $4,000 horses
sl5.6O0; bullocka, sig, 900 pigs, s2.-
500. The oilcake and corn produced
annually amount to $4,000. and artifi.
cial fertilizers about $1,000. The entire
cost of manure in various forms, used
annually. is about $4,000. Sheep are
claimed as the moat profitable stock be
keeps, and from them are realized about
$4,000.
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02


The exclusiveness of the Chinese has
ben .he fertile subject for American and
European talk, newspaper articles and
pamphlets for many years. China did
not wish to open intercourse with the
outside world. Her exclusiveness, how
ever, was broken down, at the point of
the bayonet, it may be said, and she
was compelled to receive foreigners with
in her borders as traders and missiona-
ries, and in whatever other capacity out
siders wished TO visit her domains. Her
people were induced to enter into con-
tracts to come to America, and 60 to
other parts of the world to labor.
Thus by degrees her e1clusiveness has
grown less, until now she is met as
willing trader, comparatively speaking.
and her people no longer need to be
coa1ed to come here. They are coming
in great numbers without solicitation
they are scattering over the whole cour-
try. Thousands of them are in Califor-
MIA. and a; no distant day the Golden
State must present more Of the appear
ance of an eastern country, than that Of
a State of the great Western Republic.
San Francisco is alarmed, she at least
processes to be. Perhaps it is jealousy
of the manner in which the Cinnamon
enter into competition in every branch of
business and industry. The city author
ity has passed laws, which the Mayor
has had the manly courage to veto. i'm
posing heavy taxes on the business in
which they do most engage and excel.
1t seems like a dangerous precedent
for ourselves, to pass laws discriminating
for or against any people among Us. Such
laws are not American in spirit; they
are antagonistic to Democracy or ReTub
licanism.
There are two courses open. The
Chinamau can and should be admitted,
as emigrants from other countries are
admitted or we can and should become
exclusive, as they used to be; withdraw
Jur people from their country, break up
our treaty relationship with them, and
command them to stay at home, and
sta,e that we are determined to do the
eaEse. Which of these courses caR Amer
leans afford to pursue in this enlight-
ened ase2
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

Baton Rouge. La, is eating her peaches
Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

ICES pcIbOudI QlScOmIOrC.
A Catholic father Of St Louis has
warned his congregation that he will read
from the alter each Sunday the names of
all persons belonging to the parish who
may have been found drunk during the
preceding week.
Among the presents received by Miss
Mary Sayre. Of Bethlehem, at her mar
riage last week. were nineteen dozens
solid silver forks and spoons. The az
gregate of presents on the occasion is
said to have been $4,000.
A train ON the Midland railroad of
New jersey was seized BY the sheriff Of
Hudson county, N. j on the 27th ult.
on an attachment for $4,000. The train
was permitted to make the usual trip
under charge Of deputy sheriff.
Said Landor. II have no ailments, but
Why should I! 1 have eaten well.pre
pared food l have drunk light, subacid
wines, and three glasses instead of ten ;
l have liked modest better than immodes.
women, and I have never tried to make a
shilling in the world"
A schoolboy's composition on tobacco
"This noxious weed was invented by a
distinguished man named Walter Raleigh
When the people first saw him smoking
they thought be was . steamboat, and a.
they had never heard Of such thing q,
steamboat. they were terribly ffighten
3D."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-05
Canning Grapes.

I send my mode of canning grapes,
which we find an excellent addition to
the table all Winter. Rich, ripe grapes
are the best, having SO much more
juice when fully ripe. We use Concord
grapes, having them in abundance, and
I doubt if any other variety answer
better. Pulp them, and boil the pulps
for sufficient time to separate the seed
from the other part. While these are
boiling, place the skins in another ket-
tie, with some water, and boil them I'M
til the skins seem tender. Tt takes
quite a good boil, and care must be
taken not to let them burn. When the
seeds float about, showing that they
are loosened from the pulp, pour all
into colander, and add what has run
through to the skins; now weigh the
whole, and allow 5 pounds of sugar to
IL pounds of fruit; they need little
more boiling. Can them hot as posi-
ble--CO7,. CaItiU0tOr.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-05
Cultivation Of Wheat.


Touching the subject of the cultiva-
ton of this cereal, NJ. l.. Dunlah, OF
Illinois, writes also
"The culture of spring wheat has
been a series of experiments, and has
succeeded after long struggle. In the
early settlement of the country, when
the atmosphere was saturated with
moisture from the low lands that had
not been exposed to the drying winds,
the heat and moisture combined to
give the straw too luxuriant growth,
and, if suItry weather occurred at the
time Of the filing of the berry, the
crop was certain to be struck with
rust. On the other hand, if at
that period of it's growth, the
weather was cool, it was fol-
lowed with large yield-often thirty
or forty bushels to the acre. But the
culture of the prairies, by blowing and
pasturage, brought a change in the
hygrometric condition of the climate,
and the results less luxuriant growth
of straw, decreased danger from
rust, and less abundant yield in the
favorable seasons, so that now the sea-
sons produce more uniform yield of
the grain. Then again, we have
learned that although the wheat crop
may not take from the soil more potash
and sand to coat an acre of corn, yet
that amount is required at much
earlier period of the season; hence, a
different treatment of the soil is re-
CURED; in order that this supply shall
be in readiness.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-05
Pruning Grape Vines.

1t is supposed that every farmer has
grape vines and that he appreciates
their fruit sufficiently to take proper
care Of them. Now is the time to
prune them for the leaves have fallen
off and the sap is dormant. A few
brief remarks may be appropriate.
The first requisite of vine is, root.
The roots being strong and healthy a
good vine is necessary consequence.
Prune, then, severely for the first two
or three years or until that result is at
tanned. A strong root will cause the
growth of strong vine. 1t often hap
pens that a strong root sends up several
vines, all of them weak and spindling.
AS rule no more than two vines
should be allowed to the same root.
Trimming off the superfuous canes
sends the strength of the roots into
those that remain and makes them
strong and healthy. AS foliage is de-
sired by farmers, the vines should be
trlmed with an eye to that instead OF
the trimming practiced by vineyard
growers. Cut back the canes that bore
the past season, to within two or three
eyes OF the vine from which they grew,
for grapes only grow on new in it's first
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-05
Indian Corn for Horses.

In the course of the evidence given
before the Select Parliamentary Com
mittee on Horses, lately published. Mr..
Church, general manager and secretary
of the London General Omnibus Com
pany, spoke very highly of the value
of Indian corn fog feeding horses He
stated that the company which he su-
perintends have altogether discarded
oats as forage for horses. ''These an
finals are fed entirely on maize and
chaff, each horse receiving as it's daily
ration about seventeen pounds of the
former and ten pounds of the latter.
The maize is just broken sufficiently
to enable the horses to eat it with
out difficulty, and they thrive better
on this fodder than they ever did upon
oats On the ground OF economy, also,
malze IS preferable to oats as forage,
i.s price beng much lowe, and the
saving effected being about 3s. or IS. a
dualtef, These facts, Mr.. Church went
on to observe, have long been known to
i"any owners OF horses, but gentlemen
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-05
Road Sand.

The sand obtained from turnpikes.
or road macadamized with any sort of
granite, hard blue stones, has a ,pecu-
hars value. The grinding of such
rocks or stones under the iron trimmed
wheels of wagons, the wear Of horse
shoes, and the mixture of this ground
rock with the manure scattered along
the roads, produces compound which
is found to be highly acceptable to
trees and plants. The granite rock we
know, is rich in potash and silica, but
it is not these elements alone which
give this road sand its peculiar value,
By the process Of grinding and titurat-
ing inert substances such as oyster
shells, charcoal, quicksilver, we develop
medicinal and other virtues which
these do not possess in a crude state
And SO it is supposed to be with the
road sand. By the constant grinding
and trituruting of the iron-bound
wheels and horse shoes, the comminut
ed granite becomes prepared for the
use of plants; and when this road
sand is mixed in well with the compost
heap and saturated with liquid ma
nure, it is found to help the efficacy of
the compost In a remarkable manner,
Under the influence of road sand Of
this kind alone, it is said that when APP
piled to lawns white clover is sure to
spring up in the greatest luxuriance
and abundance where it was never seen
before. Gdrda'ers Monthly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-05
Mica Mines.

A correspondent of the Raleigh On.
c. News has been visiting the mica
mines of Toucey and Mitchell counties
in that state, and he says they are ex-
ceedingly rich and very profitable.
Some of our readers may not under
stand all about mica and mica mining.
Mica is mineral found either in con.
junction with white quartz rock or in a
seam between quartz end feldspar.
Being very hard, the best of tools are
required for its separation. It is in
detached masses, weighing one
hundred pounds and over, and measur-
ing from three to twenty inches square.
When taken from the mines it IS at
once cleaned and split into slabs as thin
as desired. These are cut out into va
rious patterns, and range in price from
tv enty- five cents per pound for the
smallest to five dollars for the largest.
The profit is frequently large, al
though the price has of late years de-
creased 80 per cent.