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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

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Scientific.

PHENoLcYANINE.-T new substance
is derived from phenol, and appears to
possess considerable interest, from the
analogies it presents with certain color
ing matters derived from hchens, and
inasmuch as it may perhaps throw some
ligh. on the constitution of indigo. 1t
is obtained directly from phenol by
dissolving the latter in alcohol. adding
liquid ammonia, and allowing the NIX
ture to remain for some weeks in par
italy closed flask but, in about fifteen
days, when the liquid has become a
rather DARK green, twice its volume of
water and one quarter of its volume OF
ammonia are added, and the mixture Is
left to itself for about six weeks. BY
this time the liquid has taken very
fine blue tint, very dark, and a certain
quantity of phenolcyanine is found at
the bottom of the vessel and adhering
strongly TO the glass. That which re-
mains in solution can be collected by
saturating the liquid with salt. The
product is thrown on a filter, and the
new substance dissolved in hot alcohol
or benzol, from which it is obtained by
evaporation
Properties.-Thus obtained, phenol-
cvanine is a resinous substance Of a
very dark blue, nearly black, and snow
ing metallic copper colored reflections
like indigo. In alcohol. it forms fine
deep blue solution, in ether a reddish
purple blue, and in benzoi a reddish
purple solution. Concentrated sui
phuric acid dissolves it easily, forming
blush green liquid; hydroehloric
acid has little action and nitric acid
forms a nitrous compound very different
from picric acid. Phenolcyanine is
very slightly soluble in water, but dis
solves in hydrated alcohol to which
ammonia is added, and this solution
can be considerably diluted with water.
These alkaline solutions are deep sky
blue by day, but of vinous red by
night or when flame is seen through
them. Acids redden these solution,
and alkalies bring back the blue, as
with litmus. Nascent hydrogen reduces
phenolcyanine, and renders it COM
pletely colorless but when the solution
remains exposed to the air in presence
of ammonia, the blue color soon returns.
A mixture of ferrous sulphate and lime
does not destroy the color of phenol-
cyanine as it does that of indigo blue /;
so that the former rather resembles the
colored derivatives of orcine than it
does indigo. Phenolcyanine melts very
easily. and can be partially volatilized
in purple vapor; the remainder is de-
composed, and leaves porous charcoal.
Chemical Ne10S.
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EXPERIMENTS WITH OATsIEAL.-We see
by an article in La France NedicaIe,
that NJ. Duiardin Beaumitz has been
experimenting with oatmeal as a food
for young children. He made use of a
Jelly prepared by soaking tablespoon
full of the meal in a glass of water for
twelve hours, then straining through a
sieve, boiling till the whole assumes the
consistency of a jelly, and adding sugar
or salt to taste. According to analysis,
100 grammes of the meal contain 81
grammes of water, rs of fatty matters,
625 of starch, 1872 of nitrogen matters,
Is of mineral substances, and &c of
cellulose, dextrine and loss. Its nutri-
tious value, therefore, as food Tor chill
dren, in regard to nitrogenous or plastic
elements, as such as are respiratory, is
analogous to that of human milk or
cows milk. Besides these, it contains
more iron than do most of the articles
of food.
-Four newly-born infants were fed
with the preparation Just described,
and in every case with satisfactory re-
suits. In addition to its qualities as
food, it acts efficiently against collie and
diarhea. 1t enters into the compost
ton of the syrup of Luther, which is
said to be much used in Germany. NJ.
Gillette, surgeon of the hospital of
Melun, has also given oatmeal combined
with cows milk to six children, and
finds it to be a valuable food in cases
where the natural supply OF milk is de.
cient.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

LIBRARY OF WooDs. curious library
may be seen at Cassel, Germany, made
from 500 European trees. The back of
each volume is formed of the bark the
sides of the perfect wood; the top of
young wood; and the bottom of old
wood. When opened, the book is found
to be box containing the flower, seed,
fruit and leaves OF the tree, either dried
or initiated IN wax.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

WnD HoRsEs OF TIE WEsT.-Large
numbers of wild horses are seen on the
prairies, between the Arkansas and
Smoky Hill rivers. They are of all
sizes and coloIs, and are the widest of
ali wild animals. They usually roam IN
bands o. from six to twenty, and will
run at sight of man two miles away.
! great many domestic horses, as well
as mules, which have strayed away from
their owners, ha-s taken up with the
wild ones. After running with them
for a while they become as wild as their
untamed companions. Various methods
have been adopted to capture these
aboriginal horses, but they have gen.
eEGly proved fruitless.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

A FARMER wife writes: ''I have made
butter from Durhams and Devons and
common cows but Inever saw any COW
that would make so much butter, and
of such nice quality, in year, as a
Jersey (Alderney). And if the Jersey
COW be the COW for the gentleman who
wants rich cream, she is also the COW
for the farmer who wants gilt-edged
butter"
That there is much of truth in the
above there can be no doubt, but the
Alderneys vary much, not only in the
amount and richness of their milk. but
also in the quality of their butter. Some
we have found, even among good butter
makers, Of very poor quality.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

TRANSPORTATION OF CATTLE.-An act
of Congress passed last winter, went
into force October lst, providing that
no animals in transportation shall
be confined in cars or boats more than
twenty eight consecutive hours, without
unloading or refreshment, unless storms
or accidents prevent. During their
rest the animals shall be carefully fed
and otherwise cared for. The penalty
for failing to comply with these require
ments on the part OF owners or transpor-
tation companies, is fine of not less
than one hundred nor more than five
hundred dollars. The United States
Marshals and their deputies are charged
with the duty of enforcing this law,
when notified of its infringement.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

SUFFERERS WITH Piles should erect a
monument to DR.. SILsBEE, for his bene-
fcent discovery of ANAKEsIs, an infalli-
bic cure for the worst cases of piles-a
failure in 20, 200 cases has not been re-
corded. 1t is a simple suppository,
painless and easy of application, gives
instant relief, acts as an instrument,
poultice, and medicine, and cannot fail
to cure. Lotions, ointments, and in
ternal remedies may fail but ANAKEsIs
is infallible. Price Sl.00. Anakesis
Depot, IS Walker ST., New York. Sent
free by mail TO any address on receipt
of price. 13
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28
Agricultural.

FARM SLEDs.-The tool sled, which L
will first describe, has been frequently
recommended as exceedingly convenient
to transport plows and harrows to and
from the field, to move barrels OF cider
or vinepar, or any such thing. AS
stone-bo.t find it OF greater use than
the stone-boat itself, for 1t Is strong
enough to carry all the small stones that
can be loaded upon IT. 1t is made OF
two 3x4 inch oak or hickory sticks, four
feet long. hewed to sled runner points
st one end upon these, cIosswise. two
inch pIanks three feet long are pinned
with wooden pins and upcn these, at
the front and sides, two inch oak rave
Is nailed. 1t is best to have the whole
thing Of hard wood, but it makes It a
little heavy. On farm OF fifty acres
no: more than one may be needed, but
they are so easily made that on farm
Of one or two hundred acres, employing
two or three pairs of horses, two or
three Of different sizes and strength Will
be found useful. They are drawn by
chains, or better, by an iron rod bent
Ike the bale of turnpike scoop.
The next sled describe is useful both
in Winter and Summer for hauling out
manure or doing any such work. Its
dimensions may vary indefinitely, and
It may be drawn by oxen or horses. 1t
is rigeed with pole or with thills for a
single horse. The runners are y inch
oak plank, feet long. These are united
by cross pieces OF the same material
let In to the runners. Upon these the
bottom of inch boards Is nailed, with a
square two-inch rave around the front
and sides. Fitted to this, inside the
raves, IS the box. This made OF four
I2-inch boards, tie long ones oleated
at each end. The end boards are fur
nished with an L-shaped piece of iron
(made from an old wagon tire perhaps)
screwed upon each end, and projecting
one inch. These tit over the side boards
and hold them in place. By means OF a
dung fork or shovel they may be lifted,
and thus the box actually falls off the
sled and the manure may be shoveled
of almost as quickly as 1t could be
dumped from q cart. With this sled
one can haul out manure where wagon
or cart would sink in so that you could
not haul half load. The loads are not
SO great as we could take on wagon
were the wheeling good, but if the way
can be laid over grass, or If there is a
little snow, the amount of manure which
a pair of horses viii haul upon the sled
a short distance, and on comparatively
level ground, is fully equal to what they
wonld haul on wagon. The sled is
easily rigged for carrying wood or
fodder, and if it be used upon the road
much it would be well to pin on shoes
of hickory, which, if bent when green,
can be made to turn mp in front to the
tops of the runners. Never put iron
shoes upon such a sled, they spoil 1t for
r71DDin0 ftnon bare ground,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28
HOW 1T OPERATES.

The erec: Of the swei.sh Bttters directs ITSELF II
the FIRST place. TO the nerves Of tns digestive Organs
throughout their entire extent, but mainly to the
stomach and ths ytscera tract II rormalisss their
functions and therefors according to the nature OF
existing Irregularities or removes obstrretons Ani
retentions OF al nno. or s'ois oiAIrne"' 'D'1'
sr other 2nanioious oisehsrses sno einuA DS esN
iat'ns the sodoininA organs Oh sniea uepenI 80
nourishmenf' ths eonsersA'on sna .ne
OF the human oooy-sns o"eoisn Di''eis -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

CONSUMPTION OF TNBER-A para
graph in an an exchange tells US that
"about 1000 acres are cleared of tim
Der each day in this country. OF the
annual crop S75, 100000 worth goes for
fuel and twice as much to fencing. The
locomotives in this country consume no
less than 100000 cords or 500 acres a
year."
We do not know where the data for
these figures is to be found. It seems
an enormous quantity, and can scarcely
be accurate. Still there is no doubt
that the amount used is enormous. and
it viii serve useful purpose TO keep
the fact prominent as what we are to
do for timber will no doubt, in the no
distant future, be one of the most stir
ring questions that will come before the
agriculturist-and for the matter of that
before the whole country.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

EUROPEAN RAILRoAps.-Acco TO
the most recent statistical data, the
total length of all the railroads in
Europe is $3.50 miles. The largest
number of lines is in Great Britain,
aggregating 1851 miles; Germany is
next with TO, 739 miles, then France,
10.5l1, Austria, 1882, Russia, 4.75s,
and Belgium, 1,S92.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28
spMONlTlOM.

Hi, known to .u readers that since Dl
L. O. C. WISHART has followed the cause
and cure Of diseases, and the great value u
TAR ss Q curative remedy, ss directed By
Bishop Berkley and Rev. John Wesley, that
many have attempted to make TAR pre-
p.r.tisa for THROAT AND LUNG Dis
EASES. Be il known .hs; Ds- L. Q @.
WISHARTS
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

Protection OF PLANTS BY ARTIFICIAL
CLOUDS. - One of the largest vine
growers of France has succeeded in
saving his vines from frost by building
fires vi wheat chat, straw and rubbish
to the windward of his plantation on
cola nights, so that warm, heavy smoke
OF the hres would be carried in pro-
tectiug pau over tie vines. When the
tsaperature was noticed to be falling
rapidly. he collected three hundred
heaps of chat and straw, and applied
fre 70 them when the thermometer
marked 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The
flames were kept under, and in few
minutes q dense cloGd of smoke had
settled over plain of $50 acres. When
the temperature had risen above the
freezingpc:nt the fires we're reextinguished
but we've rel ighted the next night, which
was one of the coolest OF the winter.
The vineyards OF the surrounding coun-
try presented after the frost a scene OF
desolation, while those protected by the
smoke were unframed. Thirty thous-
and dollars worth Of plants are said to
have been saved at the expense OF a
quantity Of worthless chat and straw.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

CARE OF PLANTs.-Somepe persons think
they accomplish good work when they
wrap their roses and tender plants very
carefully in straight straw, putting on
twice as much as necessary ito keep
them warm" Plants Will keep them
selves warm without any such iniudi-
cious treatment. What they need, and
must have, is protection from the sun S
rays during Winter, to prevent sudden
change, that terrible enemy of our ten
der plants. The system of wrapping In
straw, drawn tightly from top to bottom,
is about as bad as to give no protection
at all. Plants are not insects, needing
a chrysalis during the winter; neither
are they to be smOthered up under
great banks of manure. A little bunch
of evergreen sprigs, such as the red
cedar or arbor vita. cut to suit the size
of the plants to be shielded, the ends
sharpened and pushed into the soil
firmly, on different sides, and the tops
tied together, or an armful of leaves
thrown over a herbacious plant viii be
a certain protection, Just as the huge
bank of manure will be likely to prove
certain death. Best of all, scatter a
few leaves, and over them place few
evergreen boughs. Scarcely any even
of the so-called hardy plants but would
be benefited by some such sensible
protection during the winter months.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

A New TEXTILE PLANT r-The jury at
the recent Exposition at Lyons, France,
awarded a medal for the utilization of
a marsh plant, commonly known as the
masette. 1t is of the typha family, aud
three varieties, namely, tylOha iGtitoliG,
Gng,IstJoLia, and Diinima, yield the
fiber. The plant grows in wild state
in great profusion in streams of water,
ponds, etc, and reaches a hight Of some
ten feet. Heretofore it has been en-
ployed for seating of chair bottoms and
thatching of cottages, and occasionally
in place of straw as bedding for ami
mails.
The mode of extracting the fiber from
the leaves after the latter are cut and
dried consists simply in boiling them
for several hours in an alkaline solution
and afterwards dressing them in a mill
or under rollers. Washing terminates
the process. A yellowish paperis made,
worth about SO per 220 pounds. The
fiber, it is believed, may be used for
fabrics and for cordage, and is consid-
cred equal to hemp. fax or jute.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28
THIS GENUINE SWEDLSH BIE
TIERS

q II IL called. has snes is coming inso PubrS
use effected thousands % astonishing cures Of pa
tents already given up By many physicians. and hss
proved i;sslf such powerful restorative and pTsser
yltiye Eemedy that indeed IL need. no far'hsr aei
yiacAi rseoIam sadstions or prsis.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

THE noblest aim OF science is to re-
lieve human suffering. Its highest tri-
umph is found in DIR. HICKMAN's RHEU-
MATIc ELIXIR, a remedy of the highest
character and standing. Acute or
chronic Rheumatism, GoR, and all
aches and pains which are caused by
the above diseases, give way before its
benefcent power. For sale by all re-
spectacle Druggists. Price 81. Hyour
Druggist has not got it, take no other,
but send 81 direct to the Sole Proprietor
and Manufacturer, DIR. WM. FL. HIcK-
NAN, 1856 South Second ST., Philadel-
phia, Pa. Also Manufacturer of DR..
HICKNAS's ELECTRIC FLUID for Neural
ala, Heddache and T'oOthQche.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28
1874

1874. 1874.
The HGH3S0mest. and one Of the Best
and most Entertaining Of the
WOnfhlies.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

HARPER'S MAGAZINE, WEEKLY,
AND BAZAR.
one Copy Of e.her for One Year 81,
POstqQe forepdid.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

A RAILROAD FIRE ESGINE.-The Vir-
giuia (Nev } Enterprise gives an account
of a new fire engine which the Virginia
and Truckee Railroad Company have
had constructed and fitted upon one of
their locomotives, in view of the fire.
quent occurrence OF fires in wood piles,
tunnels, buildings, and other property
along the line of their road. It stands
upon the boiler of the locomotive. be-
tween the steam. chest and the bell, and
not little resembles an iron monkey
riding the iron horse. The locomotive,
with the little fire-fghter mounted upon
its back, was recently brought up to the
depot and trial of its capacity made,
which proved highly satisfactory. In
case of a fire anywhere on the line Of
the road, the locomotive and engine
with cars fitted with water-tanks will at
once be dispatched to the scene of con-
fagration. Meanwhile the locomotive
will not remain idle, as it can do switch
duty and such work just as well as any
other.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-28

We received a very pleasant letter OF
thanks from our old friend Kendall,
since his return home, for bottle OF
J6HnsOn's s AnOdyIle LiRiBieRt which we
gave him, and which he says has en-
tirely cured him Of the troublesome
cough he had when here.
OS the death of one of Englands
most eminent physicians, all his effects
were sold by auction, and among other
things was a sealed packet, marked
advice to Physicians, " which brought
a great price. The purchaser on open
ing the packet, read as follows: keep
the head cool, the bowels open and the
feet warm" If physic is necessary, use
Parsons PurgatiUe Pills, they are the
most scientifically prepared pills that
have appeared in the last hundred
years.