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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-09

IT Is curious fact that while bust.
ness of every kind is depressed and the
wages of labor are being considerably
reduced, the price of billiards, and
boiled chestnuts, and opera tickets, and
horse hire, and sleeve buttons, and
deviled crabs, and other necessaries OF
life, remain unchanged.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-09

DOMESTIC HISTs.-Eat slowly and
you will not over-eat.
Keeping the feet warm will prevent
headaches.
Late at breakfast-hurried for dinner
cross for tea.
Between husband and wife little at
tentions beget much love.
Always lay your table neatly, whether
you have company or not.
Put your balls or reels of cotton in
little bags, leaving the ends out.
Whatever you choose to give away
always be sure to keep your temper.
Dirty windows speak to the passer-
by of the negligence of the inmates.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-09

To MAKE GOOD CoFFEE.-The first
thing is, to have good green coffee.
The second is, to have it well roasted,
not burnt. This should be done slowly,
being constantly stirred. till it is n
tolerable deep brown, and till you can
by hard pressure crush the grain
between the thumb and finger. Don't
grind too fine, put plenty in the pot,
and you can make good coffee in any of
the various ways it is made, though We
prefer the ''Old Dominion" pot to any
We have ever seen or used. Dripping
is preferred by many good coffee
makers. Ycu cannot make little good
coffee in very large pot; the pot
should be well filled to have it good.
Coffee cannot be made fit to drink when
the grain is burnt. 1t will make char
coal soup, but not coffee.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-09

A MAN travelling along one day,
picked up a feather in the road and put
1t In his pocket; when night came, he
carefully placed his feather under him,
and laid down to rest his wearied
limbs. In the morning he arose, and
cycling his bed exclaimed "Begora,
if one feather is so hard what would a
whole bedfull be -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-09

CRUSADE. "A gentleman who Wis
tied soda fountain with his wife, said
he'd take "crusade" syrup in his, when,
much to his horror, his wife said she'd
take ''crusade" syrup too. But the
wicked man winked to the druggist,
and his poor wife was soon wincing
Hnder the tortures of hot ginger, while
he was enjoying his brandy favored
soda.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-09

A COLLEGE professor encouraged his
geology class to collect specimens, and
one day they deposited piece of brick
streaked and stained, with their collec-
tions, thinking to impose on the doctor
Taking up the specimens, the professor
remarked, "This is a piece of baryta
from the Cheshire mines." Holding up
another, This is piece of feld-spar
from the Portland quarries, and this,
coming to the brick, sis a piece of i'm
pudence from some member of the
class"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-09

YELLOW PICKLES. the hardest
heads of cabbage you can find, and cut
them into quarters. Put them in q
kettle, and sprinkle over them little
salt set them on the fire, and let them
simmer till tender. Then take them
out of the water, and let them stand
until the next day. Take as much
vinegar as will cover them, one table
spoonful of turmeric, and scald them.
Let them stand in it day then take
them out, and let them drain. Now
put them in a stone jar, and pour boil
ing vinegar over them, with spices to
your taste, mustard and celery-seed,
with few chopped onions. You should
be careful not to cook the cabbages too
much, or they will come to pieces. The
advantage of making cabbage pickles
by this recipe is that the old-fashioned
tedious process is avoided and yet the
result is found equally satisfactory.
Let it not be omitted to add three
pounds of sugar, brown or white, to
one peck of pickle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-09

MoCKING birds can initiate human
actions as well as human voices it
seems. A Macon ga paper says that
two pets of this stripe got jealous of
each other, and undertook to fight it
out in desperate fashion. One of them,
getting enough of it, sang out, "Quit,
quit" and followed this up by crying
police, police" And oddly enough
there was a policeman within hearing,
who came up and stopped the fight.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-09

A MISSISSIPPI boatman with immense
feet, stopping at public house on the
levee, asked the porter for boot jack
to pull off his boots. The colOred
gentleman after examining the strangers s
feet, broke out as follows: mo jack
here big nuff for dem feet. Jackass
couldn't pull 'em off, massa, widout
fractring the leg. Yuse better go back
about tree miles to de forks In de road,
an pull 'em off dar."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-12-09
Domestic.

A WOMAN TRUE.-Place her among
. flowers, foster her as a tender plant,
and she is a thing of fancy, wayward-
ness and folly-annoyed by a dewdrop,
fretted by the touch of butterfly 8
wing and ready to faint at the sound of
beetle aud she is overpowered by
the perfume of a rosebud. But let a
real calamity come, rouse her affections,
enkindle the fires of her heart, and
mark her then how her heart strengthens
itself-how strong is her heart place
her in the heat of the battle-give her
child, bird-any thing to protect
and see her in relative instance, lift
ing her white arms as a shield, as her
own blood crimsons the upturned fore
head, praying for life to protect the
helpless. Transplant her in the dark
places of earth, call forth her energies
to action, and her breath becomes a
healing, her presence a blessing. She
disputes inch by inch the stride of
stalking pestilence, when man, the
strong and brave, pale and afrighted,
shrinks away. Misfortune haunts her
not she wears away life of silent en-
durance, and goes forward with less
timidity than to her bridal. In
prosperity she is bud full of odors,
waiting but for the winds of adversely
to scatter them abroad pure gold, valu-
able but untried in the furnace. In
short, woman is miracle-a mystery,
the center from which radiates the
great charm of existence.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14
The Great Tunnel Experiment In tho
English Channel.

Strange as it may sound the great project
of tunnelling the English Channel is, accord
ing to late reports, in process of experiment,
and the preliminary steps toward the stu
pendous undertaking are being steadily ad-
vanced. Not an unfavorable omen for its
prosecution is the withdrawal of the scheme
from merely popular agitation and the quiet
action of it's originators.
The first thing to be ascertained was the
geologic formation of the Channel bed, with
reference to the permeability of its strata As
the laying of the first Atlantic cable was dis
covered to be practicable by the discovery OF
the ''telegraphic plateau" lying between New
foundland and Ireland and furnishing safe
bed for the strand, it is claimed that the geo
logical survey of the Channel demonstrates
the feasibility of the tunnel project Mr.
Prestwch, the leading English geologist, in
an exhaustive discussion of all the conditions
of the channel bed, has recently paved the
way for a confident and energetic prosecution
of the magnificent design to connect England
and Europe. This cautious investigator
thinks the scheme can be carried
out and that the geologic conditions are
not unfavorable. He shows that the
deeper rocks are protected by i'm
permeable overlyng strata of great
dimensions, and so compact as to
offer the secure construction of submarine
tunneL And hs cites the fact that these
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

General Butler was renominated for Con-
gress by his old constituency with such re-
markable unanimity that there apparently was
no need OF his taking the stump, but he is
like warhorse, who smells the battle from
afar and neighs for the onset. He has already
begun his canvass and is uttering his peculiar
opinions with his customary boldness. One
remarkable feature about these opinions is
that most of them are Numerically opposed
to the policy of the administration. While
Mr. Fish Is negotiating, or talking about ne
gotiating, reciprocity treaty between the
United States and Canada, General Butler is
arraying the sentiment OF New England against
scarcely thank him for this, especially as he
went out OF his way to say that the Treaty of
Washington, upon which Mr.. Fish must rest
his reputation tor craftsmanship, was a
mistake. 1t was scarcely necessary how
ever for Mr.. Butler to thank God that he was
not one of the Joint High Commissioners who
negotiated that treaty, as we do not believe
the Divine displeasure will ever fall upon the
country SO grievously as to commit SO deli
cate o matter into his hands. On the cur
rency question General Butler is exceedingly
humorous. He thinks the country needs more
money and he is willing to make it, but not
entirely because the country needs it The
West wants it, and as the West is soon to
govern the rest of the land, General Butler is
anxious not to oppose the Western Empire.
He ia not 40 complaisant toward the South
however, and sees that the civil war is not yet
over. This is significant, especially because
il is the only question upon which he is in
harmony with the party to which he belongs.
Though we concede that General Butler is a
very great man, We begin to suspect that he
is also politician. This is the more painful
to u.s. since it was always SO congenial with us
to call him statesman and all that sort OF
thing.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

Chattanooga Convention ought to have q very
different effect on the Northern mind from
that which its authors expect. Instead Of
rousing public sentiment against the Southern
whites and encouraging the republican party
to persevere in its measures of subjugation,
il should teach the country that republican
reconstruction is an egregious failure. Alter
trial of many years it is found to provoke
riot and disorder. The condition of the
South is worse to-day than it was eight years
ago All the narrowing descriptions which
the Chattanooga Convention sends forth to the
country are SO many demonstrations that the
republican policy in the South has failed to
bring peace and civil order
We believe there is no adequate remedy but
in national convention, called to establish
order on the basis of justice. Attempts to
intiame the public mind of the North against
the Southern people, with view to strengthen
the hand OF oppression, will only intensity
the evils and increase the embarrassments of
the present situation. The Chattanooga Con-
.yention may be quite correct in its statement
exaggerates only prove the necessity of revising
the experiment of reconstruction and making
the newly acquired rights of the negroes con-
sistent with honesty, economy wisdom and
justice in the Southern State governments.
We do not see how this desirable object can
be acc omplished except by national conven-
ton for revising the constitution.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

strata have. at Whitehaven and Mons, been
actually and safely worked at considerable
distances under great bodies of water. So
far as theory can throw light on the subject
this has been done, leaving the question solely
for the engineers.
But, apart from Mr.. Prestwichs researches,
it is now known that the gray chalk-a mass of
strata, five hundred feet thick and impervious
to water-which forms the principal cliffs at
Dover and Calais, strikes across the Channel
and SO nearly approaches horizontally that
tunnel could be bored within its vertical
limits. A high mechanical authority on the
other side of the Atlantic states that the most
eligible line for the tunnel is now pretty well
concluded to run from st. Margarets Bay,
South Foreland, to point about midway be-
tween Saugatte and Calais. This line Of the
main tunnel, which has been fixed upon by
the promoters of the enterprise, is acciden-
tally almost coincdent with that of the Dover
and Calais submarine cable. 1t has been
selected after some hundreds of borings
(Which have been made by an ingenious ap-
plratus for periorating the sea bed and bring
ing up the rock specimens) we're examined
and complete geological chart constructed
from the data
The greatest depth Of water overlying the
selected tunnel line is less than two hundred
feet and it is proposed to penetrate two hun
dred feet or more beneath the bed by long
descents of four miles from either shore.
This would make the total tunnel length
about thirty miles, and would afford great
security and ease of gradient to the structure.
The whole perforation will be wide enough
for double railway.
In an engineering point of view it is doubt
less practicable undertaking, the only ques-
ton being its financial expediency. This
must depend on the action OF President
MacMahons government, which, it is said, is
favorable, and likely to grant the concessions
asked for by the French and English company
who have the matter in hand.
The actual distance from Dover to Calais
does not exceed twenty miles, and if the
piercngs on either shore could be nearer the
sea it would seem that six or eight miles of
the estimated tunnelling could be saved.
This might save one-fourth of the estimated
cost ten millions Of pounds sterling), and re-
duce the expenses of construction within the
limit of remuneration. The undertaking,
even at these fgures-which are said to be the
highest estimates-would be cheap and mex
pensive, compared with our proposed isthmian
canal
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

The ENGLISH DEMOCRACY AND THE PRINCE
OF WALEs.-The radical reformers Of Bir-
mingham appear not to care very much for
royal visits. They have protested in public
meeting against municipal proposal to
illuminate the city on the occasion of the
forthcoming visit of the Prince OF Wales.
The Mayor is accused of toadying to the
Court in the hope of obtaining the distnc-
ton of knighthood. The speakers were not
by any means choice in the quality of the
language which they used toward the heir
apparent to the crown, and the scene was not
on the whole, by any means consoling to the
cause of :,e--nanent roy atty u Great Britain.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

The weather kilograms announced on Sun
day the probability of frost in the Northwestern
and lake sections, and now we are having q
general invasion of the Frost King. His
arrival is always looked for most eagerly by
all but the farmers; but, with timely notice,
they have not SO much to apprehend from his
visitation.
1t is important to agriculturists generally to
know that the gateway of American autumn
and winter lies in that deep, broad furrow of
the Continent, less than eight hundred feet
above the sea, and stretching from Minnesota,
northwestwardy to the shores of the Arctic
Ocean. Through this long channel, several
hundred miles wide, the winter winds and
boreal conditions of the frozen North seem to
advance southwark at this season with the
steadiness of tidal swell, until they exercise
q controlling influence on the weather of the
United States. This fact, which has been fire.
quently overlooked, affords an insight into
the meteorology Of this country, the value
of which cannot be overestimated by
those whose rural labor is dependent upon
weather provision. After the passage east
ward of the lake storm of Friday last the area
of its low barometer appears to have been
quickly filled up by indraught from the frosty
regions Of British America, and the indrawn
masses Of freezing air to have inundated the
Northwest and the country around the upper
lakes.
The farmers in these sections have, of
course, less premonition of severe frosts than
those in the Central and Middle States, but
enough for wariness and energy to avert the
destructive effects on outstanding harvests.
The present frost wave if it does not close the
growing season for tobacco and some of the
vegetable crops, ought, at any rate, to warn
growers in the Middle and Eastern States not
to delay harvesting everything that may be
killed by frost. There is an old saying that
the weather repeats itself, which has, per-
haps, some foundation in fact At any rate,
the present irruption of the Frost King will
not improbably be repeated more vigorously
and extensively within the next week or ten
days. Let our rural population, therefore, be
well forewarnsd, and employ the interval in
carefully harvesting and outstanding what
ever is exposed in the field.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

SAM SIMMoNs-not Collector Simmons,
Buffers prot<gf-is out with another letter
against the Essex statesman in reply to his
recent speech. Butler can afford to laugh at
such small critics after securing the triumph
ant denomination for Congress which he has
Just received.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

ERs has developed the most extraordinary
results In addition to the seizure of highly
finished plates and dies and other parapher-
MALTA used in perpetrating frauds on the gov
eminent, as shown by our correspondence
published to-day, the Secret Service officers
secured the large sum Of a hundred and fifteen
thousand in spurious bills which we're ready
for circulation.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

THE OHIO ELECTION RETURNS indicate that
the democratic State ticket is elected, and that
the same party carry the close Congressional
districts. A rather significant hint from the
West. The returns from Indiana, Iowa and
Dakota are meagre.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

TO-DAY is the second day of registry, and il
would be well for all who desire to exercise
the highest and dearest privilege of a citizen
to avail themselves of this opportunity to
deposit vote. The big bell and parti-
colored wagon should not be necessary to call
cttoutiOD
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

The FIGHTING Factions of the republicon
faith are now contributing something to en-
tangle still more the Louisiana entanglement.
The radical blacks no less than the White
League appear to dislike Kellogg's compro-
mise. The only compromise which will meet
the necessities of Louisiana is new and fair
election for Governor and the other State Of
fcers and Legislature. We hope this will be
the ultimatum of the Presidents annual Mes
sage to the approaching meeting of Congress.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

COUNT Vos ARSIM cause has been taken
up by his son, who denies most emphatically
the soft impeachment of his fathers unfortu-
nate literary labors. An ultramontane
pamphlet is an ugly thing for German Min
lister to touch nowadays.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

From our reports his morning The probabilities
are that lie soeather today ,oM be partly cold
and clear.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

THE CAEL1sTs are having a hard time Of it
lately in Spain. There is report that Gene
raj Dorregaray and his troops have sur
rendered to the national representatives, and
that the Carlists suffered reverses in Biscay.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

Our habits, our customs, our whole tone Of
thought and life are, according to our olitics.
at variance with the higher tone of the Old
World The general impression thus con-
veyed to the English mind is that our public
men are thieves, our statesmen mountebanks,
our merchants swindlers our women-what
shall we say2 On the other hand, the books
written by Americans about England have
almost all, without an exception that we can
now recall, been in the kindest and most ap-
preciative spirit. Take Emerson's English
Traits" for instance. There is no nobler
tribute to England and its character than
what Is contained in that volume. Here ID
the first American of his time writing of Eng
land in q manly, sincere, kind way, without
an insult or sneer. Where is the English
writer of whom we can say as much 30 far
as America is concerned?
The truth is nothing gratiies the American
more than to receive attentions from his Eng
lsh cousin. The English cousin cares no
more about the American than he does about
the Pole or the Roumanian. He comes here
to see nature, to shoot and fish, just az he
would 60 to Norway or Albania. He cares no
more about our attentions than he would care
about the attentions of q flock of ducks hs
was making ready to shoot. 1t is probably
best to have no trouble about the matter We
are what we are, with our sins and our merits
and no amount Of criticism can change it.
The best answer we can make to our critics il
to see our errors and amend them. It is rather
difficult, we admit, to be sensitive about our
foreign reputation when we think of the
Emma mine and Erie, and the three hundred
and fifty millions of railway bonds now in
default. But things have been worse, and We
must make them better.
BRIGHAM YOUNG has at length been bearded
like "a lion in his lair" by the hunters. The
United States judicial authorities in their in
dictments against the saints for polygamy,
murder and other high crimes are evidently
this time not in the mood for further trifling.
and there may be some exciting scenes in the
''irrepressible conflict in Utah before the
winter is over Judge McKeans charge to
the Grand Jury, summary Of which we print
elsewhere to-day, torcibly illustrates the un-
enviable attitude Of the Mormons. Let wise
counsels prevail, however, on both sides, and
even the Mormon difficulty will be settled
without ON overthrow Of law and order.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

TURF SPORTS are now numerous and at
tractive. Yesterday there were trotting con-
tests at Prospect, Deerfoot and Goshen parks,
and to-day there will be splendid exhibition
of equine speed and endurance at Jerome
Park
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

GOVERNOR DIX paid a high compliment to
our militia system in his last speech at Pough-
keepsie.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. declined
from to Il per cent. Gold was steady at
ITO 1O95. There were no more rumors of
commercial disaster.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

wALLACK,S THEATRE
Proadway.-PAKTAERs FOR LIFE, at ) 7. NJ closes at
10 80 Il. NJ Mr.. Ii. j. Montague
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

ROBINSON HALL.
Sixteenth between Broadway and Filth avenue
VARIETY at 5 II. NJ.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

BISMARCK will shortly appear in a new r6le,
as witness against the poor fanatic who at
tempted his life. The latter has gained q
cheap and extensive notoriety.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

BRYANT's OPERA HOUSE,
west Twenty-third street. near sixth ayenue.-NEGRC
MINSTkELsY, ut p. NJ. Dan Bryant
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE,
Twenty eighth street and Broadwa THE TWO
wIDoWs Tue HANGING OF THE CRANE and THE
CRITIC at T. closes At IL p. NJ. Miss Fanny Daven-
port Miss Sara Jewett Louis James, Charles Fisher
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

NIBLOis GARDEN
Broadway, between Prince and Houston streets-ihM M
DELUGE at 5 i. NJ. closes ut II r. NJ The hlrahy
mi
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

SAN FRANCISCO MINSIRFLS.
Broadway corner OF Twenty ninth street-NLGRO
NJ MISSTRELSY, tSP. NJ.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE,
So 2Ol Bowery VARIETY, at NJ closes at 10 P. NJ
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

METROPOLITAN THEATRE.
Broadway at 5 r. NJ. closes at
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

LYCEUM THEATRE,
Fourteenth street and sixth aveune.-LA FILE DE
MeDAME ANGoT, al 5 7. N. closes At l0:i5 r NJ Nile.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14
TRIPLE S III E E 7.

New York, Wedn esday, Oct. II, 1874.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

AMERICAN INSTITUTE,
Third avenue, between Sixty-thrd and Sixty fourth
sIreets.-lND USl RIAL EXHIBITlUN.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

COLOSSEUM.
Brosdwav corner OF 1hirty-hfth street-PARIS BY
NIUAi ~ r. n. and A5 T. N.
The New York herald., 1874-10-14

ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
Fourteenth street-RUY BIAS, ats T. NJ; closes at IL
Il. n. SIgnora otentini