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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

PRESERVING POTATOES. = Potatoe s
have been well preserved by simply
scalding them for two or three minutes
and then well drying them. They will
keep well and store well also on ship
board.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

How TO FEED RYE.-We have fed rye
to horses and cows as green fodder, cut
when coming into ear, in which state it
is very excellent feed. To feed rye that
has been cut ripe, We would thrash it,
grind the grain along with corn or oats,
cut the straw In a fodder cutter, mois-
ten it with water, sprinkle handful of
salt and three quarts of the ground feed
upon large paIlful of the moist cut
straw. This makes very good feed
for an ordinary sized horse when work
ing moderately.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

We NEGOTIATED with a new washer
woman the other day. She wanted two
dollars for doing the work. We said to
her, "There was a woman the other day
who said she would do it for a dollar
and a half"
can who was it ?" she asked.
We told her.
"Humph," said she, with marked
disdain. ''She kin afoord to do it fur
dollar an haf. She lives in an alley,
but l live ON strate."
We engaged her.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

Poor THISG.-"What is home with
out mother?" is what a young lady
remarked the other day, when her ma
left her the ironing to do.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

USE common salt to remove egg
stains from silver spoons.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

How To SECURE SOUND SLEEP. Sleep
less people-and there are many in
America-should court the sun. The
very worst soporific is laudanum, and
the very best is sunshine. Therefore,
it is very plain that poor sleepers
should pass as many hours of the day
in sunshine, and as few as possible in
the shade. Many women are martyrs,
and yet do not know it. They shut the
sunshine out of their houses and hearts,
they wear wells, they carry parasols,
they do all that is possible to keep off
the subtlest, and yet most potent in
huence which is intended to give them
strength and beauty and cheerfulness,
is it not time to change all this, and so
get roses and color in our pale cheeks,
strength in our weak backs and courage
in our timid souls I? The women of
America are pale and delicate; they
may be blooming and strong, and the
sunlight will be a potent influence in
this transformation. Will they but try
it a year or two, and oblige thousands
of admirers
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

SALT WATER FOR THE EYEs.-Many
persons are suffering pain from weak
ness of the eyes. This sometimes pro-
ceeds from local Inflammation and
sometimes from other causes. Several
persons who have been thus afflicted in
form that they have derived almost i'm
mediate and in some cases permanent
relief from the application of salt water
as bath, and where the pain has been
aggravated, from compress saturated
with salt water laid on the eyes. and
renewed at frequent intervals. Open
ing the eyes and submerging them in
clean salt water has been found benefi-
cial to those whose eyesight begins to
fail.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

SOME of the most delicate and costly
perfumes are now made by chemical
artifice, and, not, as formerly, by dis
tilling them from fowers-the perfume
of the latter often consisting of oils and
ethers, such as the chemist can COM
pound artificially in his laboratory.
Commercial enterprise has ayailed itself
of this new avenue to trade and profits !;
but the most singular fact is that these
delightfully."- fragrant products are gene
rally derived from substances of in
tensely disgusting odor. Thus, the
peculiarly fetid oil, termed fusel oil, is
formed in making brandy and whiskey |;
this fusel oil, distilled with sulphuric
acid and acetate of potash, gives the
beautiful oil of pears. The oil of apples
is made from the same fusel oil, by
distillation with sulphuric acid and
bichromate of potash and the oil of
grapes, and the oil of cognac, used to
impart the flavor of French cognac to
brandy, are said to be little else than
fusel oil. An exquisite article, known
as the oil of pineapples, is obtained
from product of the action of putrid
cheese on sugar, or by making a soap
with butter, and distilling it with alco-
hol and sulphuric acid. The popular
oil of bitter almonds, now so largely
employed in perfuming soap and for
favoring confectionery, is prepared by
the action of nitric acid on the fetid oils
of gas tar
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

SULPHUR IN ICELAND. DR.. Blake
gives full and clear description of the
vast deposits of sulphur occurring in
Iceland, and points out the necessary
steps for its utilization. For its ship
ment he recommends the port of Husa-
vik, which is accessible all the year
round, and which is situated very near
to the sulphur beds of Lake Myvatu,
krabla, and Reykjahlid. The mines
are not only rich and extensive, but
easily worked. The sulphur can be
supplied at half the cost of that fur
nished by the Silican mines, which it is
believed will soon be exhausted. The
earth impregnated with sulphur con-
tains from 80 to 60 per cent, and is from
three to six feet in thickness. Vapors
arising from the interior of the earth
continually deposit fresh supplies.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

The following receipt may merit a
trial in the West. 1t is recommended
as a preventive against the potato-dis-
ease: "Dissolve two pounds of lime
in five quarts of water, adding two
pounds OF flower of sulpher. When the
dissolution is complete stir The whole,
and pour over about forty pounds of
seed-potatoes, taking care that the po-
tatoes are thoroughly saturated. This
mixture is regarded as an infallibIe pre-
ventive against potato-disease, and has,
for the last six years, been extensively
used throughout France.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

Clean ont fence corners and hedge
rows before the weeds go to seed. Use
up all old rotten and broken rails for
fire wood and you will destroy many in
sect eggs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

An ''artist in marble" elaborated
what he considered a triumphant statue
Of that king of beats, the lion, and sent
it to compete for prize at an exhibi-
tion of statuary. He received the ''first
premium for a beautiful sleeping bull
pup in MARBLE"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

TILE DRAINs.-Taking off the surplus
water is only an advantage of tile drains;
they also make a tenacious soil more
friable and absorptive, and soil is al
ways productive in proportion to its ca
pacity to hold water by capillary alb
sorption vegetable manure or clover
ploughed in, will make a soil absorp-
tive for time, but underdrains are a
permanent amendment. Mr.. Prout,
the English farmer, who makes no farm
yard manure, but depends entirely on
concentrated commercial fertilizers, at
tributes his success very much to the
very thorough manner in which his
farm is tile drained. The most profit
able dairy farm l know of, is one on
which every field is tile drained, and in
proportion as the farmer increases his
butter making, he adds to the number
OF his underdrains and his COWS.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

"HAPPIyEss Is THE ABSENCE OF PAIS,'
says Jean Paul Richter, and 10000 grateful
patients bless the .ANAKESIS of DR.. Sis
BEE as the only infallible cure for Piles
ever discovered. 1t is purely scientific,
combining the best methods Of the French,
English and American surgeons, acting as
an instrument, poultice and medicine, and
not only affording instant relief from ex-
cruciating pain. but performing an absolute
and permanent cure. All Doctors approve
it. Price 81. Sent free by mail on receipt
of price. Depot, 46 Walker St., New York.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

Az OLD maid is not without power.
A writer observes that he has known
one such to turn a steamboat excursion
into an occasion Of gloom and despond-
ency.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

The RUNS OF FARKIN. Rev. DIR.
I'll. ID. Barnum, missionary in Turkey,
in recent letter to the New York O5-
serrer, gives an account of a visit he
lately made to the ruins of Farkin, in
Eastern Turkey, near the border of
Persia. He says En- route to Van
we spent several hours with great in
terest among the ruins of Farkin. The
present town is little better than any of
the other towns of Koordistan but it
is surrounded by very fine ancient
wall. and contains very imposing ruins,
which for picturesqueness of effect
fairly rival the Coliseum and the Forum
at Rome. The most noticeable are a
large cathedral and the elegant standing
arches and pillars of a church, built
i, 400 or more years ago, in memory of
the Christian martyrs who we're put to
death by the King of Persia. There is
likewise very fine mosque of late date,
also in ruins, and palace, all of which
combine to form a picture, the like of
which is seldom seen in any land.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

APPLE DUMPLINGs.-First procure
good, sour juicy apples, pare and core,
leaving them in halves. Get all your
ingredients ready before beginning to
mix, your dough; sugar, soda, sour
milk, lard salt, flour and apples. Now
make dough as for soda biscuits, only
adding little more lard to make it
shorter. Take bit of dough out on
the kneading board and after kneading
roll this as for pie crust. Then cut in
pieces long enough to cover an apple,
allowing for tapping the edges. Put in
two of your apple halves. sweeten ac-
cording to taste, and cover apple and
sugar with dough. Lay the dumplings
in your bread pan smooth side up, first
having your pan well buttered. Proceed
in this manner until you get your pan
well filled, (be sure it is large sized
pan for they will go off like hot cakes }
then place small bit of butter on the
top of each dumping, sprinkle hand
full of sugar over all, then place in a
moderate oven and allow them to bake
one hour. Serve (not too hot with
pudding sauce, or with cream and sugar.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

The Danbury man thus briefly relates
his experience on English railways ::
"The eagine consists simply of the
boiler, smoke pipe and steam whistle.
Sometimes on imagine that it consists
entirely of the steam whistle, but that
is only when it blows. 1 always crawl
under the seat when 1 hear it. 1 can't
help it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

DIR. DARLEY-''But, my dear sir, /
don't understand why you wish to en-
ploy another physician. Your mother
in-law is really improving under my
treatment.
Mr.. Dobbs-"Ah, know it. sir, and
that the trouble.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

CoLORTNG FOR BUrTER.-1. Dissolve
one pound best potash and half pound
sal soda in ten quarts by water STIR
ring occasionally, and allowing it to
stand until dissolved then pour off all
the water that You can clear. 2. Dis
solve one pound annatoine in eight
quarts clear cold water ;let it stand in
a cool place one or two days until per-
fectly dissolved, stirring thoroughly,
occasionally it will ferment if too warm.
3. Mix the two liquids together, and
let the compound stand until the anna
tome is perfectly united, with the alkali,
and the liquid becomes clear, stirring
occasionally. 4. Store in stone jugs
for use, and keep in dark place. 5.
Just before churning shake the bottle
and put into the cream a large table,
spoonful for each gallon of cream, and
stir in. This is excellent for genuine
or artificial butter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

THE Flora OF FLoRTDA.-The flora of
Northern Florida includes ,511 species
of heterogeneous or Towering plants,
875 of which occur in the Northern
States. OF the remainder, 234 extend
to North Carolina, lib to South Caro-
lima, los to Georgia, 3 to Tennessee, So
westward, and - to Southern Florida.
OF the 125 species which belong exclu-
sively to Florida, only nine have been
found in the southern part of the State !;
and, of the 1.511 species referred to
Florida, 1, 4S7 are not known to grow
in the southern part. Only 81 species
are as yet known to be peculiar to
Southern Florida, but 231 species are
found within its borders which do not
extend north of Tampa Bay. But s
species of West Indian woody plants
occur in Florida, and but in Key
West. The interior of Southern Florida
has not yet been explored by botanists,
and the distinctive characteristics of
its vegetation are not known.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

GETTING RID OF OwLs.-An old far
mer who was troubled by owls that
invaded his hennery got rid of them in
rather novel manner. One night he
ground a scythe blade very keen, split
long pole at the top, inserted the
blade, and hoisted the pole. The birds
of wisdom never lit on this but once.
One gallon of owl-toes were picked up
next morning, and the farmer has not
lost hen since.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

An INLAND SEA.-The French govern
ment has voted the sum necessary for
the formation of great inland sea in
its Algerian colony. An arid waste of
land, 100 miles long by 30 wide, and
considerably below the level of the
Mediterranean may be submerged by
cutting channel from the latter body
of water. 1t is expected that the result
of this measure will be great improve
ment of the climate in the interior, a
great addition to the facilities for inland
transportation, and the introduction of
commerce and civilization into the very
heart of Africa. The estimated cost is
only three million dollars, and the en-
gineering difficulties, after the expert
ence gained during the construction of
the Suez Canal, will present no serious
obstacle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

SEEDING GRAss.-We rather prefer
to plough and seed down in August, if
practicable, ,as it gives more time for the
roots of the young plants to get firmly
set before the ground freezes, but it
can be done in the early part of this
month with success, and in many sea-
sons, the land is so dry through August
that it is necessary to defer seeding till
the rains of September. Fall seeding
is, as general rule, more successful
than spring. We are more sure of a
good crop the next season by sowing
early enough for the grass to get well
''set" before winter. We have repeat
edly sown Hungarian grass in June, cut
it in August and ploughed up and
seeded down Immediately after with sat
isfactory results. Bnt if it is not desi-
rable to seed down, it is good plan
to plough up and get ready for another
season.-Wass. PlOughBiau.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30
Scientific.

THE SIERRAs Snow PLANT.-One of
the grandest objects which meets the
eye of the traveller in our mountains,
says the San Francisco Bulletin, is the
exquisite plant whose name we have
quoted at the head of our article. 1t is
an inhabitant only of the higher Sierras,
being rarely found below an altitude of
1000 feet, and its glorious crimson
spike of flowers may be seen early in
May forcing itself through the SHOWS
which at that period cling about the
sides of our pine forests. The portion
of the plant which is visible above the
soil is a bright rosy crimson in color,
and presents the very strongest contrast
to the dark green of the pines and the
Skinner of the snow" Its root is
succulent, thick. and abundantly free
of moisture, attaching itself to the roots
of other plants, principally to the spe-
cies of the pine family. Hence it is
among those curious members of the
vegetable world which are known to
botanists as pa-asites, and is conse-
quently entirely incapable of cultiva-
ton. The deer are extremely fond Of
il, and it is not an uncommon clrcum-
stance to find a number of the plants
uprooted and robbed of the fleshy part
of their underground growth by these
animals. 1t belongs to the natural
order Orobanchacea, as is met with
through the whole of the Sierra region,
becoming rarer as We approach the
South. 1t must have been rare treat
to an enthusiastic botanist like John
Torrey, to have figured and described
this exquisite flower, and must have
furnished him with Joy such as none
but those of similar pursuits can know.
A magnificent specimen of the plant,
one of the largest ever seen in Califor-
mia, was brought few days since from
the Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County.
This specimen measures % inches in
length, inclusive of the root, the spike
of flowers being over 13 inches and
containing 9S separate blossoms.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

TOMATO SAUCE IN THE ITALIAN NAN
NER.-Slice five or six onions and
dozen of tomatoes into stewpan which,
with sprig of thyme, two bay
leaves. six pods of pimento, two tea
spoonfuls of curry-powder, salt and
cup of rich gravy, simmer very gently
until the whole will pump through a
colander; stir, well, that the sauce may
not burn.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

PINE-APPLE Ice CREAM.-One quart
of cream, or half cream and half rich
milk. One pound and a quarter of
pulverized sugar-granulated will do,
and large ripe pineapple. Prepare
the pineapple as for cutting the
slices somewhat thinner, however, and
spread the sugar between the layers.
Let this stand in covered dish several
hours. Then cut it up fine in the syrup
and strain it. Stir it into the cream by
degrees, and freeze at once.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

OF Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, it is
said that she is ruddy faced, with a
profusion of gray hair, and somewhat
stout in figure. One Summer Mr..
Beecher had gone to Peekskill in al
vance of his wife, who remained in
Brooklyn to see that the house was left
in proper condition for the vacation. A
new coachman was hired in Peekskill
who had never seen Mrs. Beecher, and
on the day of her expected arrival he
was sent to the station to fetch her
home. After time he returned alone,
and in answer to Mr.. Beecher's inquiries
he said that Mrs. Beecher did not come
on the train. "That's impossible, F"
said the astonished parson ''she tele-
graphed this morning that she would
take the o'clock train. Did not one
get out at the station p "No one ex-
cept an old Irishwoman." go right
back" said Mr.. Beecher, "and fetch
the Irishwoman. She's my wife"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

"FEw THINGS" said Mr.. Marrowfat to
Artaxerxes, in a moment of deep deiec-
ton, STEW things, my son, more power
fully impress the human mind with the
beauty of humility than a pig in an
attitude of defiance"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

The juice of ripe tomatoes will remove
the stain of walnut from the hands
without injury to the skin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30
Domestic.

EARLY RIsING.-Early rising in civil
lied society always tends to shorten
life. Early rising of itself never did
any good. Many a farmers boy has
been made an invalid for life by being
made to get up at daylight, before, his
sleep was out. Many young girl has
stunted in body and mind, and con-
stitution by being made to get up be-
fore the system has had its full rest.
All who are growing, all who work
hard, and all weakly persons should
not get up until they feel as if they
would be more comfortable to get up
than to remain in bed that is the only
true measure to sufficiency of rest and
sleep. Any one who gets up in the
morning feeling as if he "would give
anything in the world" to remain in
bed while longer, does violence to his
own nature, and will always suffer from
it-not Immediately, it may be, but
certainly in latter years, by the cumula-
tive i'll effects of the most unwise
practice. In any given case the person
who gets up in the morning before he
is fully rested will lack just that much
of the energy requisite for the days
pursuit.
As people we do not get enough
sleep, we do not get enough rest, we
will not take time for these things,
hence cur nervousness, our instability,
our hasty temper, and the premature
given out of the stamina of life. Half
of us are old at three score, the very
time man ought to be in his mental,
moral, and physical prime. Half of
our wives, especially in the farming
districts, die long before their time,
because they do not get rest and sleep
proportioned to their labor. Nine times
out of ten, it would be better for all
parties if the farmer should get up and
light the fires and prepare breakfast
for his wife, she coming directly from
her toilet to her breakfast table, be-
cause it almost always happens that she
has to remain up to set things right
long after the husband has gone to bed,
when really he has nothing to do after
supper but to go to bed. This is
monstrously cruel imposition on wives
and mothers.-HaVs Journal o
Health.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30

TIMOTHY MEADOWS of our
readers who intend setting one this
month should make up their minds to
the most liberal treatment. Timothy
is grass which contains a large amount
of inorganic materials, and to secure a
respectable cutting during the time it
lasts the land should be in the best con-
dition attainable. The kind of soil
timothy prefers is clayey loan not too
dry but it will succeed on almost any
land in moderate condition. Deep
ploughing is an almost essential condi-
tion, and we think the benefit of sub
soiling would be evident. Manure as
heavily as you can, and harrow and
roll, and harrow again, until the finest
possible tilth is obtained. OF manures,
nothing perhaps is better than barn.
yard manure, if to be provided in suffi-
cient abundance. Ashes and salt and
bone are also excellent applications for
the purpose in view. One peck of seed
to the acre would be a proper average
for most soils. Care should be used to
distribute the seed evenly on the land.
This is best done by dividing it and
sowing it in two portions, in directions
across each ether. Some cover the
seed with a brush harrow, but the
smoothing harrow will be found well
adapted to the purpose.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-09-30
EDE ASEIHs

TyphuS, Oriental Pest, Ship Fever.
Yellow Fever.