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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Paddy's description of fiddle cannot
be beaten; at was the shape of q
turkey. and the size of a goose. He
turned it over on its belly and rubbed
its back with q stick, and och, by st.
Patrick, how it did squealtr
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

A young Irishman. who had married
when about nineteen years of age, com
planning of the difficulties to which his
early marriage subjected him, said "he
would never marry SO young again If
he lived to be as Ould as Methusalem.r
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

4 Ner Kind of Glass.-The Paris
correspondent of the London Daily
Ners writes: "The Bastie glass ex-
hibited at the last meeting of the So
ciety for the encouragement of Manu-
factures is noteworthy invention.
Brittle as glass; is a familiar simile.
The substance speak of is tough, as
well as hard, and resists the action Of
the fire. 1t can be applied to water
cOnduits and number of culinary
utensils instead of enamel, or the
loaded tin, so much used in the hard
ware trade in Paris. The experiments
made the other night were highly sat
isfactOry. Thin plates of this glass
were thrown on a tiled floor from a
height of three metres, i. G., a little
more than nine feet, without injury.
They were then flung with violence
about the room and against the walls,
and held over gas jets. A weight of 100
grammes was also dropped on them
from the height of three metres. The
resisting temper of the Bastie glass is
obtained by means of a chemical bath,
to which 1t is subjected when hot from
the furnace. Some specimens showed
more resisting power than others.
Those which yielded to the blows they
received only broke in the spots where
they were hit, There was remarka-
BILE absence of continuous cracks.
Wherever the hammer took effect, the
glass lost cohesion and transparency,
and was reduced to granulOus particles.
A company is in course of formation to
work the patent"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Is there any man in this town named
Afternoon n inquired a Mississippi
postmaster az he held up . letter di
rected "P. NJ" 80. .....
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

What is the difference between an
emperor and begRar THE one issues
manifestOes the other manifests toes
without his shoes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Typographical errors come in odd
sometimes. The other day we were
reading a description of enthusiastic
demonstrations at a political gathering,
when the type went on with-"the air
was rent with the shouts of three thou
sand peOplew
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

"gack, did you carry that umbrella
home | borrowed yesterday f'-"No,
father. you haYe often told me to lay
up something for Q rainy day, and as !
thought it would rain before long,
have laid that umbrella up. -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

4 ritness in Catsl<iIl law Office de-
scribed the poverty of . field of corn as
follows; THE crop was 80 stunted and
short that the toads could sit on their
launches and pick bugs of the tassels.r
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

IOprerenf hard soap. prepared with
soda, from crumbling the bars may be
dipped in o mixture Of resin soap, beef
tallOw, and wax.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Some time since Portland chap, who,
during cOurtship, sent his girl some
poetry, beginning. "Was it a CLEAN of
golden hair 7" was mortified after mar
riaee to see heg hang that -gleam" over
the back of a chair.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

There are agricultural ants i'm Texas
that actually plant grain, and reap and
store the harvest.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

HTo prerenf moths in carpets, wash the
door before laying them. with the
spirits of turpentine or benzine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

josh Billings has taken mortal offense
at the spelling matches as in open yio-
latiOn of his theory, and calculated to
throw discredit upon his system.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

- reterqp shopkeeper says that al
though his clerks are very ta!kative
during the day they ars always ready
to shut up at night.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

"Theu fired two shots at him." wrote
an Irish reporter; ''the first shot killed
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

"Has that cookery book any pic
lures !" said Miss c. to book seller
mo, miss, nOne," was the answer
why" exclaimed the young lady,
what is the use of telling us how to
make q good dinner, if they give US no
plates 2"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

The easiest way to hold pearls, in
order to drill or otherwise cut them, is
to fit them loosely in holes bored in a
piece of wood. A few drops of water
sprinkled about the aperture cause the
wood fibres to swell and hold the gems
firmly. When the wood dries, the
pearls fall out.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Black cement for bottle corks con-
sists of pitch hardened by the addition
of resin and brickdust.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Sdit-RisiRg Bredd.-Put three tea
cupfuls of water as warm as you can
bear your finger into three quart cup
or bowl, add three -fOurths of a tea
spoonful of salt, stir in flour enough to
make stiff batter, set the bowl,
closely covered, into q kettle of water
as warm as you can bear your finger,
and keep it as near that temperature as
possible. In three hours from the time
of making stir in two tablespoOnfuls of
Hour, put it back, and in five and one
half hours from the time of making it
will be within one inch of the top of
your bowl. 1t is then light enough, and
will make up eight quarts of -four.
Make q sponge in the center of your
Hour with one quart of warm water,
the same temperature as your rising.
stir yOur rising into it. cover over with
q little dry flour, and set it where it
will keep quite warm. but not scald, in
three-fOurths of an hour mix this into
q stiff dough. If water is used it should
be quite warm. Do not work as much
as yeast bread, but make the lOaves a
little larger, and keep it warm another
three-fOurths of an hour, it will then
be ready to bake. While rising the last
time have your oven heating. 1t re-
quires hotter oven than yeast bread.
If these rules are followed yOn will al
ways have bread of the best quality.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

~ think | can suit you to hair"
said a bOarding-hOuse landlady to a
bachelor applicant who had been stating
his requirements.-"Suit me to hair,
ma'am! 1 hope not; that's what my
last landlady tried to do, and gave me
three samples in the butter"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Hor to Prerent Damp from Eateriny
into Stose.-The following ingredients
melted and mixed together and applied
while in Q hot state to the surface of a
stone will prevent all damp from enter
ing it and also vegetable slbstances
from growing upon it. One and ols-
half pounds of rOsln, one pound of
Russian tallow, one quart of inseed
oil. This simple remedy has been
proved upon a piece of very porous
stone made into the form of basin,
and and two coat OF thls hn, Iiauia being ap
as any earthenware vessel.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

There is even a happiness that makes
the heart afraid.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Public clocks have been placed in the
streets of Paris.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Keep the Recipes.-Every hOusekeeper
should have her own recipe-bOOk-a
book of her own creation, of gradual
growth and proved excellence-and we
propose to show our lady readers how
to make one. In the first place buy a
blankbOOk and write your name and
the date ON the first leaf. Divide the
book into as many different depart
ments as you wish, heading each page
with the department to which it be-
longs, as follows: Recipes for clean
ing; recipes for soups; recipes for
cooking meats; recipes TOR cake, and
so on through family cooking. Then
comes cooking for the sick, care for the
sick, and all the various things that are
a part of wOman's duty, and for
which, unfortunately, there is no school
but experience. Number your pages
if they are not numbered in the begin
nIng, and make an index, leaving blank
spaces in the index to correspond with
blank pages between departments
which you do not expect to fill immedi-
ately. Write down under these differ
eHt heads every recipe which you have
actually tried, or the result of which
you have seen jim the house Of your
friends, and enter ths page in the index.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

A ldbOr-sdring maehine-Inveterate
lazlness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Lemon Cake. Three cupfuls of
powdered white sugar, one cupfnl of
fresh butter. one cupful of milk, five
eggs and four cupfuls of -four, Beat
the butter and eggs to cream; beat
the eggs separately, tbs whites to o
stiff frOth. and then dissolve little
soda in the milk mix ALTOGETHER; then
sift the flour and put in by degrees, and
add the juice and grated peel of fresh
lemon. This cake is delicious.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

To prerent horses feet from scaling or
cracking in summer, and thus enabling
the shoes to be carried q longer time
without injury, the French practice is
to coat the hOOfs once q week with an
ointment composed in equal proper
tions of soft fat. yellow wax, linseed
oil, venOus turpentine and Norway tar;
the wax is melted separately before
mixing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Happiness is unrepented pleasure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Henrietta" said a lady to her new
girl, when there's bad news, particu-
larly family affiietiOn, always let the
bOarders know 1t before dinner. 1t may
seem strange to you, Henrietta, but
such things make q great difference in
the eating in the course of a year."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

The Evaporation of Metals By Elec-
trieity.-Mr Hopkins describes an inter-
esting experiment. which consists in
passing a charge of electricity through
very fine thread of platinum, or other
metallic foil. the thread being kept in
place between slides of microscope
glass. The effect of the heat from the
electric discharge is to vaporiEe the
metal, which is instantly condensed in
a transparent layer upon the cold glass,
which can then be studied by the mi
crOscOpe. and can be used in various
ways to determine the character Of the
metal and the pecnliarities of the dis
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

One day during the hard winter of
1868, Miss Arnold applied to General
Milroy for permit to forage her COW,
the milk of wn.;h was the chief sup
port of the family. Are you loyal r.
asked the general. "Yes,r she replied.
He began to write the permit-"To the
United States, or the Confederate
Statesf' ITO tine Confederacy, of
course" she replied. .'Then l shall
give you no permit" said the general.
This infamous rebellion must be
crushed" "Well,n said she, eff you
can crush it by starving John ArnOid's
COW, go it."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Last week a newly married gentle
man and lady riding in a chaise were
unfortunately overturned. A person
coming to their assistance, observed it
was very shocking sight. Every
shocking indeed" replied the gentle
man, Ito see a newly married couple
fall out so sOOn."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Pneumatic Dispdtch.-The pneumatic
tube in London extends from EustOn
Square to the POST Office. distance of
4, ,73S yards. The machinery for Oper-
ating the line is at HOlb0rn, which is
about one third of the distance from
the Post office to EustOn. The tube Is
five feet high and four feet six inches
broad. the wagons are ten feet long,
and constructed to fit the tube closely
by means of an indla-rubber fange,
and so form a sort Of piston upon which
the air may act to the greatest advsn-
tage. The machinery consists of an
engine having two twenty-fOur inch
cylinders, with twenty inches stroke.
The fan is twenty-five feet six inches
in diameter, and makes two revolutions
for each stroke of the engine. The
trains are drawn from the extremities
of the line by exhaustion aud propelled
thereto by compression. - Seribnsf's
Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Recently a farmer was elected to a
corpOralshlp in militia company. His
wife, after discOursing with him for
some time on the advantage which the
family would derive from his exalta-
ton. inquired. in doubling tone,
Husband. will it be proper for US to
let our children play with the neigh
bOrs' now :" One Of the little urchins
eagerly asked, Are we not all cOrpO-
rails y Tut" said the mother; "hOld
your tongue; there is no one corporal
but your father and mvself."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

Manure TOR Potatoes. the journal
of the Royal agricultural society Eng
land, DIR. VOelker, the we'll known ag-
ricultural chemist, records the follow
ing conclusions from careful expert
ments in special fertilization of the soil
for potatoes;
/. The greatest came from the appli-
cation to an acre of 400 pounds of min
eral superphOsphates. 200 pounds of
potash salts, and 200 OF sulpbate of am
mOnia.
3.Dung did about as well.
8. The absence of ammonia was at
tended with a marked falling off, and
nitrate of soda caunOt replace il.
4. The compound above named ex-
cells Peruvian guan0.
5. Common salt does no good but
harm to potatoes.
@. The above mixture gave crop of
13 tons, or AS bushels to the acre on
light land. and the same, unmanured,
yielded but half
Milk Kept BY Chlorcform. milk
can be kept sweet by the addition Of a
little chlOrOform is a suggestion for
which we have to thank j. p. Barnes,
of London. When added i'm sufficient
quantity to fresh milk, the Tactic fer
mentatiOn Is prevented. To two eight
fluid ounces of fresh milk was added
respectively, ten and twenty minims of
chloroform they were kept in q warm
place and occasionally agitated; after
five days had elapsed, that containing
ten minims had developed Tactic acid
in quantity, sufficient to separate the
casein. while that containing twenty
remained fresh and good. 1t might be
found convenient to preserve milk in
tAis manner; always taking care to boil
it just before using, in order to drive
off the chlOrOfOrm.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-05-26

SCIkyIPIC

Syrian SpoRgcs.@The latest project
before the Acclimatixation Society of
Paris is the cultivation of the celebrated
Syrian sponge in the waters of Southern
France, q valuable and most useful
product, which, like many another gift
of the sea, is in danger of determination
through excessive fishing.
The sponge-Droducing grounds of
Syria occur along the coast, from Mount
Carmel in the South to Alexandretta in
the north, the centers of production
being Tripoli, Ruad, Lattakia. and
BartrOun, on the coast of Mount
Lebanon. The best qualities are found
in the neighbOrhoOd of TripOli and
BartrouD. According to q late report
of the British vice consul at Beyr0ut, as
gagged in the fishery; the annual yield,
though falling off through the exhaus-
ton of the grounds, still amounts to
100000 to S125,OOO. The majority of
the boats used are ordinary fishing
boats, from eighteen to thirty feet in
length. three parts decked over, and
carrying one mast with an ordinary lug
sail. They are manned by a crew of
four or five men, one to haul and the
rest to serve as divers.
In former years the coast was much
frequented by Greek divers from the
islands OF the archipelago; the numoer
Is now restricted to hve or SIX boats q
year, the skill OF the Syrian eomoined
WIN MS better knowIed&e OF the nsnlhg
cessfully with his foreign rival.
DIVING Is practlced from very early
age up to forty years, after wnich 1ew
are able TO continue the pursuit pIont-
ably. Inc depth 10 wnicn the aiVer
..hrosu.s ~ va fror % twantv.f;vs 70 ons
hunars5 .nd sar.n,v'fy. % fs.t The
.;a. h e Ill. 90 srard nrJor vatar
danonSs nI nn "ut untnr ~ cana.;tv 90 snd
~; ;n;n@. % s;xt~ sacnnSs t;ma q ractonaJ
a"nd Eo-IN;n i ~ rare ;nstsncas % 20 e;ohtv
ssao~nd" s ara sn.ne undnr ,xoter The
S1r;an d;ror psas ha.yw stana to
oor .,a h;,,, "n;.tiw T to ,ha %";,,,,' and ;S
Jra IN % mn ~ con,rada m tIe hot
tn.,' ~ RoJ5s H. nn;Je rona nth I o,..
tona a no LII ton, snS "sr thn sonas nth the
nthar nau AnI n,ac;na . tSnn, H in . nat u,b;cb he
onr;1. oenS p'"S NJ fn;fa snaor nr NJ ;nstrrn,ant
of anw Lind is mad in dstacb;na tbe
Sr,on.,os. nor does he l;[a h;s EreaL
opu,na,;tor arar mo- H. d;,,;ne dress
Sboo.is1 baTypa n .ot;n.tbv o % t . Z. nn tsa scors
nf ~ ranntea ta1dencv 70 nrodnce
uaraiSs;s IF tLa limbs Two ~ tbree
f"taI scc;Sarts ocn,r ornnailv r,a;nIv
amonr the st;IIfnj and dar}n1 who
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-16
IOTAS.
on the peopl

QUEEN VICTORIA has sixty grandchil-
dren.
THERE is talk of a Chinese college in
Nevada.
The University of California has 231
students.
The State debt of Illinois is about
81, 100000.
The Herald Sunday train travels sixty
miles an hour.
The Pennsylvania entralnow controls
1887 miles of track.
JOHN B. COUGH is writing new lee
ture called "Blunder."
ADMIRAL SEMMEs has gone into the
honey raising business.
The entire railway mileage of the
world is about It's, 900.
IT is announced that Edwin Booth will
be able to play in October.
Mr.. MORAN, United States Minister to
Portugal, is in London, I'LL.
AN amber mine has been discovered
near Schwarzhof, Germany.
EVERY month adds some $500 Chinese
laborers to the Pacific coast.
JEFF. DAVIS declines to accept the
gift of a homestead in Texas.
Co1UMBUs, Miss, shipped 100000
boxes of fruit North, this season.
JAPAN is building a number of ships
after European and American designs.
Mr.. GEORGE GRANTS stock farm COW
ers the entire county of Ellis, in Kansas.
The peppermint crop in Wayne
county, n. Y, will reach $780, 900 this
year.
A MOVEMENT in England aims at the
abolition of wearing mourning for the
dead.
EDWIN BooTH is booked for fifty per-
formances in the South, the coming
season.
ROBERT DALE OWENS physical health
is good, but his mind shows no signs OF
recovering.
/ GEN. BEAUREGARD resides in New Or
leans, is So years old, but is said to
look about so.
Ex-PREsIDENT CAswEnL, of Brown
University, has dined with Jefferson,
Madison and Grant.
! WENDELL Philips recent Grafton or
Daniel O'ConneI is pronounced the
| finest effort of his life.
BY the Bessenger process of making
steel not less than 100000 tons of Goa
are saved annually in England.
THE total number of fires in New Yorl
city during the year ending June 80
1875, was 1918, causing an estimated
loss of 81, 1928, 425.
The School Commissioners of Mem
phis. Tenn, have succeeded in placing
all the colored schools under the charge
of colored teachers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-16
A Monkeys Housekeeping.

I was making cake one day, preparing
for company, and the monkey followed
me into the pantry and watched every
thing I did. Unfortunately dinner was
announced in the midst of my work, and
left il, making him go out, too, rather
against his will. I knew him too well to
trust him In the pantry alone. After
dinner returned to my cookery. Hav-
ing carefully locked the door, was sur
prised to see my pet there before me-.
His attitude was ominous; he was On the
top of the barrel, two-thirds full of -four,
and busily occupied. He had got hold
of my egg box, broken two or three
dozen, smashing them into the Aohr
barrel, with all the sugar within rkach.
These he was vigorously beating into the
flour, shells and all, STOPPING now and
then to take taste, with countenance
as grave as a judges. In my dismay and
grief I did not scold him; yet, to see my
materials SO used up, and we living in
the country, and guests coming He
had most satisfied air, as if he meant,
g Look! the main operations of the
party are now over" I had forgotten
the broken pane of glass in the window.
Anonymous.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-16
An Affeeting Scene.

Yesterday when Michigan avenue
street car made the trip from Twelfth
street to Woodward avenue inside of
three hours, the astonished passengers
made up a purse of fourteen cents for
the driver, and a red-headed man fell on
his neck and exclaimed:
ssI never thought I should live to see
this thing |"
A woman with big breastpiE on
clasped his hand and said:
ct want to die now; I can't stand
thisr r
A boy with new straw hat on leaned
up against the car and wiped his nose
and sobbed:
st wish father could have seen this
afore the ager took him off /"
The driver was much affected, and
brushing tear from his eye, he replied:
81 don't know how it happened.
Don't tell the company, or | shall be
discharged. - Detroit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-16
Intelligence of Bees.

A writer in the London Spectator
vouches for the truth of the following
story, which certainly shows that bees
have the power of communicating with
each other, and also of concerning a sa-
gacious and successful plan of action
A boy, amusing himself with a pet jack
daw in the garden one evening, APP
preached an apiary, and the bird hoped
on the platform in front of one of the
hives. The bees had nearly all come
home from their days labor, but the
few laggards lowering about their door
as Jack stood beside it were instantly
snapped up by him. The massacre had
continued for minute or SO, when some
bees issued from the door of the hive as
if to reconnoiter. They were dispatched
like the rest, and then there came an
ominous pause. No bee made himself
visible, but there was loud, angry hum
of excitement within the hive. Present
ly there poured from the outlet of the
citadel a swift, strong, unbroken stream
of bees aimed directly at the offending
iackdaw. He was attacked on every
side, and, overpowered by Numbers, fled
at once but rapidly as he shot away,
he could but keep neck an9 neck with
his pursuers that like cloud enveloped
him for the distance of nearly mile.
He then fell futtering to the earth, and
the boy picked him up with his eyes
closed and his head swollen to twice its
natural size.