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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-21
Scientific.

A New Use FOR CHICKEN FEATHERS.
Chicken feathers are among those
waste products of the farm of which no
regular means of utilization has hereto
fore been suggested. Myriads of them
are strewn over the barn yard, packed
into tine floor of the chicken house, or
are converted into positive nuisances by
the wind which bestrews them over
lawns and flower beds, or drives them
into open doors and windows. The
down alone is. we believe, occasionally
used as stuffing for pillows or cush-
ions, and sometimes employed as an
adulteration in goose feathers ; but the
long plumes of the wings, sides, and
tail of the bird, unless made into rude
bundles to serve as busters for the
housewife, are generally regarded as
totally worthless.
According to sta tistics very carefully
compiled" says a writer in La Nature,
Eve throw away yearly a quantity of
chicken feathers, the intrinsic value of
which is equal to the money which we
pay out for cotton" A startling state
ment, but the author considers it true ;
and he proceeds to explain how the
feathers are prepared to render them
valuable The operation is to cut the
plume portions of the feathers from the
stem, by means of ordinary hand scis-
sors. The former are placed in guam
ties in a coarse bag, which, when full,
is closed and subjected to a thorough
kneading with the hands. At the end
of five minutes, the feathers, it is
stated, become disaggregated and
felted together, forming a down, per-
fectly homogeneous and of great light.
ness. 1t is even lighter than natural
elder down, because the latter contains
the ribs of the feathers, which give
extra weight. The material thus pre-
pared is worth, and readily sells in Paris
for, about two dollars pound. About
1-6 troy ounces of this down can be
obtained from the feathers of an ordi-
nary sized pullet and this on, the
above valuation. is worth about 20
cents. 1t is suggested that, through
the winter, children might collect all
the feathers about a farm, and cut the
ribs out as we have stated. By the
spring time large quantity of down
would be prepared, which could be dis
posed of to upholsterers, or employed
for domestic uses. Goose feathers may
be treated in a similar manner. and
thus two thirds of the product of the
bird utilized, instead of only about one
fifth, as 1t is at present the case.
The chicken down is said to form
a beautiful cloth when woven. For
about square yard of the material, a
pound and half of down is required.
The fabric is said to be almost indie
structible, as, in place of fraying or
wearing out at folds, If only seems to
felt the tighter. 1t takes dye readily,
and is thoroughly waterproof. There
appears to be a good opportunity here
for some ingenious person to invent
machines to cut and treat the feathers.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-21

IT HAS been a fashion of late with
novelists to give their work short
titles. But an English writer has
reached the climax, by calling his book
"B." If this mode of naming novels
from single letter should become pre-
valent. we would suggest that good
many of them may with gerat propriety
be named o, signifying naught.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-21

FRIED CUCUMBERs.-Take ripe, full
grown cucumber, pare, and slice it
quarter of an inch in thickness. Dip
each slice into a butter made of one
egg, three tablespoonfuls of flour, and
a little water, just enough to make a
stiff batter. Fry in very hot lard, and
plenty of it. Serve hot, with slices of
salt pork freshened in sweet milk over
night and dipped into the same batter.
This makes a nice dish for breakfast.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-21

CRULLERs.-Three tablespoonfuls oi
melted butter, six tablespoonfuls OF
sugar, three eggs, the whites and yolks
beaten separately, and favor with nut,
meg or anything you like. Mix soft
and roll very thin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-21

"Now, THEN, Joseph, parse counting"
said teacher to a rather slow boy.
"Courtin' is an irregular active transit
tive verb. indicative mood, present
tense, third person, and singular num-
Der. and so on" said Joseph. "Well,
but what does it agree with ?" demanded
the teacher. at agrees with all the
gals in town." triumphantly exclaimed
Joseph"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-21
Humorous.

The other day as q Detroiter was
riding on the Pontiac Road, says the
Detroit Free Press, he came across an
old lady seated in buggy which had
been halted within few yards of the
Grand Trunk Railroad track. She
seemed to be uneasy about something,
and, as he drove up, she asked "Say,
mister, hain't that engine going to come
along pretty soon?" He asked her to
explain, and she pointed to the sign,
which reads: ''Look out for the en-
gine?" and added: "I've waited
more'n two hours for the old engine to
go by; but I'm getting tired, and if it
don't come pretty soon I'll drive right
over the track and go hum !"
"OH, NO, dear Charles" said Balti-
more widow to hear cousin, on their
return from the obsequies of the
lamented. "nothink-no, nothink can
e'er assuage my grief. But, for my
friends sake, 1 must live on and if
you could order half a dozen of those
nice sof.-shell crabs, and porterhouse
beef steak (rare) from around the corner,
1 will Try to be unselfish for loves sake
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-21

eous plan hereby adopted !
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06

A CURE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL cores
pondent writes as follows about the sani-
tary power of a very well known plant F: |
have discovered a remedy. for pulmonary
consumption. 1t has cured a number Of
cases after they had commenced bleeding
at the lungs, and the hectic flush was al
ready on the cheek. After trying this rem
edy to my own satisfaction, Ihave thought
philanthropy required that 1 should let it
be known to the world. 1t is the common
mullin, stepped strong and sweetened with
coffee sugar, and drank freely. The herb
should be gathered before the 9Th of July,
if convenient. Young OF old plants are
good if dried in the shade, and kept in
clean paper bags. The medicine must be
continued from three to six months, &C
cording to the nature Of the disease. 1t is
good for the urinary vessels also. 1t
strengthens the system, and builds up in
stead Of taking away the strength. 1t
makes good blood, and takes Inflammation
from the lungs. 1t is the wish of the wri-
ter that every periodical in the United
States and canada and Europe should pub
fish this receipt for the benefit of the hu-
mar family. Lay this up and keep 1T in
the house ready for use.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06
Death of .BNsRn w esley.

He rose in the morning the first of his
household. Once, he relates, he wa up at
half-past five, went to the chapel, but
found no one of his assistant preachers
there. Of three Or four in the house all
were asleep. II preached myself" writes
the old man of 81. When he complained,
his assistants urged that they were up late
the night before. He made it a rule that
every one in the house should retire at nine,
in order to attend the morning. service at
five. At Sc Wesley admitted the weight
of years. His eyes, he said, were dim, his
voice was faint ; he could no long keep his
accounts or his journal. He travelled al
most to the last, and was followed by the
throngs who never deserted him. In the
spring he was brought to his house
in City Roads, stricken with a fever. On
the I'd of March he died surrounded by a
group of friends. When he was dead, they
broke into a psalm of praise. His funeral,
at 5 o'clock in the morning, was attended
by Il vast throng, and a sermon was preached
in memory of his good deeds in City Road
| Chapel, when the church was hung with
mourning, and every member OF the great
audience, except one, who took the blue
ribbon from her hat when she saw her er-
Tor, was clothed in black. City Road chap
ell is Wesley's monument, There are the
building and charitable labors he planned
t ere the room in which he died-his house,
his church, his tomb.
He desired at his funeral, he said, no
pomp, but only the tears Of those who loved
him.-Hdrper's Magazine.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06

Mr.. Hiram B. Coffin, of Massachusetts,
has been engaged for several years in col
lecting death statistics, and he finds that
a gentleman" lives on an average sixty
eight years, a Judge sixty-fve, a carpenter
forty-nine, a painter forty-three, and a fac
tory operator thirty-two. The Importance
of being a gentleman is thus strikingly
illustrated.
Springfield, O., has a professor who
teaches young ladies to 'sevolute on the
horizontal bar"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06

Jesse Jones, who is supposed to be Ito
years old, is dangerously ill at West Vim
cent, Chester county, Pa. He remembers
following the wagons that hauled Hour to
the revolutionary army at Valley Forge
in 1777.
The oldest ex-member of the Pennsyl-
yania Legislature is ~ninety-five. His name
is Walter Craig and he lives in Cross
Creek, Washington county. He was a
member of the House in the session Of 1873
and 1890,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06
Poetry,
AT THE STAIRS.

sCome to the foot of the stairs, mamma J"
Ny coaxing darling said,
"And give Us there ~ goodnight KISS
Before we 60 to bed"
To the warm nursery above,
Whence shown a mellow light,
The little bare feet clamberet up,
The night-gowns futtering white.
In the dark hall Istood and gazed.
Like Jacob whel he dreamed:
Pure angels on their upward way,
To me the CHI ildren seemed.
Since then the little brood is lesss;e
One patfering step miss;
Oae fair, small face no more Is raised
To claim its goodnight kiss.
Alas ! the ~partings at the stairs
From those we fondly love !!
Our household angels passing up
To the lighted rooms above
Hearth and Home.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06

STRANGE CAsE.-Charleston. IS. CO.
"News," Feb. II: "There is a lady in
Columbia who went thereformedical treat
ment, and who. it is stated, had not, up to
Wednesday last, eaten any kind of food
since last August. Several physicians are
in attendance upon her, and every effort is
being made to ascertain the cause of this
freak of nature"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06

RHEUMATIc GoUT.-An Englishman'
writes to one Of the scientific Journals
stating that he has discovered a new cure
for rheumatic govt. He had suffered tor
lures from that disease for several years.,
but by insulating his bed by means of glass
stands and sockets under each foot, he
began to improve Immediately.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06

A PRETTY mantlepiece ornament may
be obtained by suspending an acorn, by a
piece of thread tied around it, within an
inch of the surface of some water contain
ed in a vase, tumbler, OF saucer, and al
lowing it to remain undisturbed for sever
al weeks. 1t will soon burst open, and
small roots will seek the water a straight
and tapering stem, with beautiful glossy
green leaves will shoot upward and present
a very pleasing appearance. Chestnut trees
may be grown in the same manner, but
their leaves are not so beautiful as those of
the oak. The water should be changed
once a month, taking care to supply water
of the same warmth; bits of charcoal adj
ded to it will prevent the Waterfront sour
ing. If the little leaves turn yellow, put
one drop of ammonia into the utensil which
holds the water, and they will renew their
luxuriance. Another pretty ornament is
made by wetting a sponge and sprinkling
it with canary, hemp, grass, and other
seeds. The sponge should be refreshed
with water daily so as to keep it moist. In
a few days the seeds will terminate, and
the sponge will soon be covered with a
mass of green foliage.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06

rHAS. L. WELLER is getting in a very
large and superior stock of BOOTS, SHOES
and HATS, selected with unusual care, OF the
very best makes, and will be sold low.
Oct 10, '73,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06
GIVE Me A CALL
lNoy l4-6nl

GgT ~~.sss.ea~
ny Entrance on the left 1@
AFTER CROSSING LEWIS BRIDGE
Having recently leased the above Stables, late
ly occupied by Ed. Burke, and having supplied
them with every adjunct to a complete livery,
we are now prepared 10 furnish our friends, and
the public generally, with anything they may
need IN that line.
Our horses are young, fresh, fast, and
we'll broken our Buggies, Carriages &C, new
and of the latest style, and our drivers Sc
lected with special reference to the comfort and
safety of our patrons.
Pleasure parties accommodated at all hours
with single or douole buggies, riding horses, for
ladies and gentle nen, Carriages, Spring wagons
&c. Parties wishing to visit Weyer's Cave
would do well to give US a call.
Horses fed by the day, month OF year, at usual
rates.
Special attention given to the sale of stock.
We still occupy the extensive stabling at the
old National Stable ground, where our friends
(if they find it more convenient to cail) can be
accommodated as heretofore
Hoping, by strict attention to our own bIsi-
ness, to merit q continuance of the favor sho wn
US ia other places, we respectfully solicit a share
of the public patronage. decs-tf.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06

BEST FooD FOR Mich COWs.-Grass is
the best food for the cow, perfectly adapt
ed to all her wants. Her structure indi-
Gates that she needs bulky food. And if
she is furnished all the good grass she can
eat, no grain OF other foodsin additio-4 will
increase the quantity or improve the quail
ity of her milk. All the meal that you are
feeding in this country, l apprehend, is SO
much thrown away. For your pastures
in summer, you want all grasses that are,
indigenous, and at the head of these J..
place June grass. thus differing from Judge
Gould. June is a native grass, healthy,
making it's first growth in the spring, and
makes a seco nd without sending up a seed
stalk. But SOW all you can of indigenous
grasses, and as many more as can be got,
Grasses are social; they love company, and
thrive best in contact. Two species will
make a better sod than one, and three bet
ter than two, and so on. There is excel
lent dairy food in dry grass, and if you
want any addition to that, give roots.-
Their %succulence comes in to moisten the
dry grass, and make it like the tender
growth of summer.-Lipe Stock Journal.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06

BREATHING THROUGH A GLASS TUBE
An account has been published of an ac-
cident to a little boy eight years of age, son
of Malone. Houeh, Of Reading, Pa, who
had a large glass bead in his mouth while
playing, and it slipped down into his wind
pipe. The doctor, three OF four days after
the accident, made an incision in his wind
pipe, but when about to secure the bead
there was deep inspiration of the lungs,
which, unfortunately, drew it down the
bronchial tube in the direction Of the right
lobe of the lungs, beyond recovery. 1t is
said that previous to the operation the
bead was in the throat Immediately above
the thyroid adams apple), and by apply
ing the hand to the throat the motion OF
the bead was erceptible in the boy'sthroat-
| A reporter called at the residence OF Mr..
Houck and found the boy sitting on a
lounge playing with a smaller BROTHER
His appearance does not indicate that he
met with such a serious accident, as he has
a healthy color and pleasant c~ount9nance.
A bubbling, Kissing noise, however, can
be heard in his chest as you approach him,
and when the ear is applied to the right
side the noises are loud and distinct. Mrs.
Houck states that he eats hearty and is ap-
parently in good health, his physical con-
dition having improved greatly during the
last week OF two, but that he is subject to
severe spells of coughing, during which he
nearly suffocates, especially at night
Breathing appears to be more difficult when
in a recumbent position. The theory is
that the bead, which is oblong, hollow and
perforated at either end, becomes clogged
with phlegm, caused by Inflammation of
the bronchial tube, when coughing ensues
and continues until the phlegm is thrown
out and the usual breathing through the
bead is resumed. The eXpectoration con-
[ sists of plllegm and blood. 1t has been re-
marked by physicians who have studied
the case that the child may sometimes
cough up the bead, or that it may gradual.
lay work it's way through the lungs and
come out at the side, but if it be not ex
PEELED there is great danger of consump-
ton.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06
COMPREHENSIVE

COMPREHENSIVE
The undersigned have this day formed q CO.
partnership. under the style and name of FOS-
TER & CO, for the purpose of conducting. a
General Grocery and Liquor business, at the
Store recently occupied by Foster & Co.
JAMES J. FOSTER,
SAML g. FINLEY.
James J. Foster and S. B. Finley of the firm
Of Foster & Co.. having purchased the interest
of R. 7. Foster in the business of Foster q Co.,
and assumed all the liabilatiees OF the same. re-
tests that all accounts due by toe old hrm be
presented to the new for settlement, and all
parties owing the old concern are requested to
make immedinte payment to us. James Fos-
ter alone will use the name Of the old conce-n in
settlement. FO0IEh w..
Stannton Oct. 9th. 1872. octl l-tf
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06

nIssoLUTIoN OF Go-pARrNERsaIP:-
The Co. partnership heretofore existing
netween James j. Foster and R. I. Foster, under
he style and name Of Foster j. Co, has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent.
JAMES j. FOSTER,
Il. T. FOSTER.
Staun on, Oct. 9th. 1872.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06
Libel i'm Odd-FeIIOWship. A ser-
dict of $4,000 Against a Lodge
for Defaming a Past Grand.

Several months ago every Odd Fellows
lodge in the United States, and many zaeza
bers personally, received through the mala
a peculiar circular from Cuyahoga Lodge
of Cleveland, Ohio. 1t was painted on fin
white note paper, in elegant typography
and was headed with the wood-cut por
trait Of a man in the regalia OF the order
Under the port.rait was the following
explanation
edwin Lyle, whose picture we CIV
here, and who has been. a Past Grand u
our lodge, was expelled for contempt, be
ing charged for having collected money O
various brothers from our district to thu
amount of $114, for the support OF the wild
ow of our late deceased brother, Robert
Bardwell, but never turned this money
over, either to the lodge when called upon
nor to the widow. In consequence OF the
foregoing, Cuyahoga Lodge, No. %, 1. .,
0. F., passed the following resolution:
"Resolved, That we expose said Edwin
Lyle by sending circulars all over the Uni
ted States to reach, if possible, every work
ing lodge, with his lik,snesses attached land
thereby warn every brother of the I. 0. o.
F., andlikewise brand the said Edwin Lyle
as Il bad man, a swindler, and a peri ured
william, unworthy of the trust and conf
dence of any living maM, and warn the
public generally, as well ans any brother. es-
pecially to beware of him in any capacity
in life.
"CoMMITTEE Of CUYAHOGA LODGE
Five thousand of these circulars were
sent out, and, in addition, an advertise
ment was inserted in several Cleveland
newspapers, like this
Edwin Lyle, of 1. o. o. F., defrSuded
IN Odd Fellows widow of $114, collected
from Odd Fellows for her benefit; occupa-
ton, plasterer. For further particulars
apply to Cuyahoga Lodge, No. %, 1. O. o.
F., Cleveland, Ohio"
Mr.. Lyle at once sued Cuyahoga Lodge
for libel, estimating the hurt to his charac-
ter at $50, 600, and the trial has just ended
in the Superior Court in Cleveland, before
Judge James. The case was devoid of de-
viousness, and the amount of testimony
quill lCu WIS SllldIl. Lie pldlllGilI StIOWOU
the character and extensive'circulation of
the d%efamatory document. The defendants
offered in mitigation to prove the truth OF
the charges against Lyle, but the Court
ruled that their truth or falsity did not af-
feet the merits of the case. The 10 dge, un-
like a newspaper, was not in the business
of publishing news, and the Jury must judge
of their motives from an entirely different
standpoint. 1t was also urged for the de-
Tense that the lodge was simply a benevo-
lent organization, without stockholders,
and consequently not liable; but the Court
decided that it's charter by the State gave
it a responsible existence. The jury
agreed without difficulty upon a verdict of
$40, 900 for Mr.. Lyle. The intrinsic value
of his success, however, may not be very
great, as the assets of the lodge are only
about 81 200, and the members can not in
dividuaIly be held responsible for the pay
ment of the judgement.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06

II ANAWHA SALTl--1OO Barrels of IA
n pamh a Salt just received. This Salt is
acknowledged to be the best in the world for
Stock. For sale cheap.
mar7-tf Spec. l. Virg copy.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-06
GENIUS IN IT'S LOW ESTATE

SHAKESPEARE, BURNS AND BUNYAN.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-12-26
Letter from the IIth District.
DEcEMRER 10Th. 1874.

DECEMBER 18TH, 1874.
MEssRs. LoNGSEcKER Il accept your offer,
made some time back, to send to you for pub
LEGATION such items Of news as l may become
acquainted with, transporting in this part of the
county.
would also like to send you an article oc-
casionaly in regard to State and county ex-
penses, taxes, administration, &C., &C., not in
the least degree, in a partisan spirit, but only
for the purpose as far as my abilities and OPP
portunities may allow, of much needed reforms
and mprovements-more particularly in coun-
ty matters.
The fact is, and every farmer that | hear
speak on the subject agrees with what | VIII
say, that we are overtaxed-that whilst our
business is paying less profit Cor more proper
ly putting it, entailing greater loss,) our taxes
are increased, and our other unavoidable eX-
penses certainly net lessened, and very few of
US, excepting the owners of land of the best
quality, are more than making a living; whilst
those who are indebted for the purchase of
farms are being rapidly sold out, as an inspec-
ton of your. advertising columns will show.
1t is far from consoling to know that while
we are literally toiling day and night, the ar
my of Office holders are to great extent en-
Toying the fruits of our labor
We are working from u to 16 hours of the
"a, and they put in, possibly one half the time.
The laborer is Tor should be- worthy of his hire,
but think there are many instances where
less pay and more work would be a
great benefit to those who furnish the "sinews
of war;"
Corn stealing seems to be a favorite amuse
ment with a certain class on this side of the
city. One of these gentry made raid on the
stable of our worthy neighbor, Mr.. Jacobs, on
Thursday night last, taking one COW, but con
siderately leaving off the bell, so that his trir
to town might be quiet one officer William
Knight was put on his trail, and will, no boubt
land him in your town very soon.
The "Grange" fever is getting amongst us
and hope will have good influence on the
tillers Of the soil. Only by organized effor
can we hope to have our just demands attended
to-in the m after of bad roads, cattle and dos
laws, and many other things which will helT
the farmer without doing injury to any othel
individual or interest. WHITEMARsH