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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

POETRY is spoiled by the addition of
q single word. A young lady, after
listening to her lovers description of
the setting sun, exclaimed, ooh, Al
phonse Alphonse what soul you
have for art You we're meant for q
great painter Her father, uneI-
pectedly behind, added, land glazier. "
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

A SINGER, applying for an engagement
wrote to an impressario as follows: 81
am q good musihan. 1 pla all music at
furst SITE" "Well." remarked the i'm
pressario to friend, "she may play by
note, but she certainly spells by ear"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10
SCIENTIFIC.

THE NEW LABORATORY AT Oxford
The building consists principally Of
three floors, and is surmounted by q
tower of fifty. nine feet in hight, and
contains twenty-six large rooms and
numerous apartments, each specially
adapted and devoted to experiments in
certain departments of physical sci
ence. In the magnetic room is placed
the great electro-dynamometer of the
British Association. The room used
for the experiments in heat at present
contains an apparatus devised by Pro-
fessor Maxwell for determining the wis.,
costly of air. The galvsnic battery is
connected by properly insulated wires
with the lecture room and other por-
tions of the building. The battery
which will be employed is, of course,
confined in q room fitted expressly
thereto, and is of the style known as
Sir William ThOmson's tray battery.
The lecture room will afford accommo-
dation for about one hundred and
eighty students, the seats for the class
rising at an angle of about thirty de-
grees, and three doors providing suffi-
cient means of egress for the audience.
In the room allotted to experiments in
electricity of high tension, an apparatus
contrived by Mr.. Latimer Clark has
been introduced, for the purpose OF
keeping the air of the room dry. This
consists of heated copper roller, over
which passes an endless band of flannel.
The roller is heated by means of gas
lights within it, by which, being con-
stantly burning, every part of the fan
mel becomes hot. The vapor which
arises from the heated flannel is carried
off by the current of air which supplies
the burners inside the roller. The
flannel, when thus dried and cooled,
passes into the open air of the room,
where it again absorbs moisture, and
thus the air of the room becomes so
dry tnat the electrical instruments are
preserved in highly insulating condi-
tion. The electricity passes from the
electrical machine to the table in the
lecture room by insulated wires con-
nected with the prime conductor of the
machine. The highest room in the
building occupies the upper portion OF
the tower. In this room will be placed
a Bunsen's water-pump, the water from
which will thus have vertical fall OF
considerably more than fifty feet. This
pump will be used to exhaust a large
receiver, from which pipes will COM
municate with the different rooms so
that, if it be desired to exhaust the air
from any vessel, it will only be neces-
sary to connect it with one of these
pipes, and turn on q vacuum. For q
more perfect exhaustion, the Sprengel
or other air pump can be employed. On
the top of the tower will be fixed a
wooden mast, carrying pointed metal
rod, for the purpose of collecting at
mospheric electricity.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

WIrH POKER -"Did the defendant
go at the plaintiffs seriatim ?" inquired
an attorney the other day, of 9 witness
in a case of assault and battery.-"No /;
he went at 'em with poker" was the
emphatic reply.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

EATING EGGs.-An English paper
very consistently recommends an in
creased consumption of eggs as food.
It says excellent sandwiches may be
made of hard-boiled eggs and brown
bread and butter ; eggs spread on toast
are fit food for kings a posched egg
that is, one dropped from the shell into
hot water-is not only clean and hand
some, but delicious morsel eggs are
better favored without salt or pepper,
a little sweet butter being the best
dressing; persons who eat eggs freely
may live to the age Of 80 or 80; and
lastly, eggs contain much phosphorus
and are the best food for those persons
who are deficient in brains" This last
idea is of the utmost Importance Of
many persons.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

NOVEL MUsEUM.-A fashionable but
illiterate lady, travelling on the Cont
next, writes friend that she has seen
the 'Museum of Iniquities" in Genoa,
and she does think it perfectly splen-
did"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

IA newspaper writer observes that
when ladies subscribe for papers, they
ask for "back" numbers,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

HORSE racing is sinful and I know
it." said Q Tennessean deacon; but
believe I've got hoss what can outIun
anything in these diggins."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

ABOUT SICK KANIMALs.-Nearly all sick
animals become so by improper feed
ing in the first place. Nine cases out
of ten the digestion is wrong. Char
coal is the most Efficient and rapid cor
rective. 1t will cure in a majority of
cases if properly administered. An ex-
ample of its use The third man came
IN with the intelligence that one of the
finest cows was very sick, and a kind
neighbor proposed the usual drugs and
poiscns. The owner being Ill and un-
able to examine the COW, concluded
that the trouble came from overeating,
and ordered teacupful of pulverized
charcoal given in water. 1t was mixed,
placed in junk bottle, the head held
upward, and the water and charcoal
poured downward. In FIVE minutes i'm
provemeDt was visible, and in a few
hours the animal was in the pasture
quietly eating grass. Another instant
of equal success occurred with a young
heifer which had become badly bloated
by eating green apples after a hard
wind. The Dloat was so severe that
the sides were almost as hard as a bar
rel. The old remedy, saleratus, was
tried for correcting the acidity. But
the attempt to put it down always
caused coughing, and it did little good.
Half teacupful of fresh powdered
charcoal was given. In six hours all
appearance of the bloat had gone and
the heifer was well.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

MARX TEAN says the Sandwich
Islanders are generally as unlettered as
the back side of o tombstone,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

An EDITOR relates how q colored bar
Der made q desd-head of him. He
offered him the usual dime for shaving,
when the fellow drew himself mp with
considerable pomposity and said: 81
understand dat you is an editor. I"
"Well, what of it ?" says he. "We
neber charge editors muffin" "But.
my worthy friend, we continued, 'there
are a good many editors travelling now
a-days, and such hberality on your part
would prove q ruinous business" "Ohi
never mind" remarked the barber, I'VE
make it up off the gemmen."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

IT was darling George" when a
bridal party left Omaha it was "dear
George" at Chicago at Detroit it was
George" and when they reached
Niagara Falls it was 'Say, you"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

Or COURSE, a woman doesn't want her
plants to freeze, but still one can't
blame a man for raising row when he
hops out of bed in the morning, and
finds gersnium plant in each trousers
leg.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

BOILED TURKEY.-Hen turkeys are
preferable for boiling, on account Of
their whiteness and tenderness. and one
of moderate size should be selected, as
q large one is not suitable for boiling.
After having dressed, trussed and
stuffed the bird, put it into sufficient
boiling water to cover it. Let it come
to boil. then carefully remove all the
scum. Let it simmer very gently from
one and a-half to two hours, according
to size. Serve with melted butter, as
with oysters. In the latter case the
turkey should be stuffed with oysters,
and the sauce be made according to
recipe for boiled chicken with oysters.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

NOTHING recalls to the mind OF the
married man the joys of his single life
so yividly as to find that the baby has
been eating crackers in bed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

How TO APPLY MANUKE.-H a poor
soil is to be brought up, the manure
should be buried until the soil is suffi-
ciently enriched to the depth it is to be
worked. Afterward, if it and the
climate are naturally moist, top-dress'
ing is best.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

A DANBURy man, who bought a new
pair of boots Saturday, says ship may
stand on one tack all night if it wants
to, but he finds an hour and q half an
elegant suficiency.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

II A pretty poulteress marries pill
monger why may she be said to make Q
bad bargain Of it. Because she lets him
have "duck," and gets nothing but q
uuack in return.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

"WHAT station do you call this" said
man as he crawled out of the debris
of railroad smash-up. Devastation. "
replied the urbane conductor. he had
been there before.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

A STUDENT was reprimanded by the
Professor for his lateness at morning
prayers, and excused himself on the
plea that the prayer took place too late.
"How." said the Professor, SIS six
o'clock too late p 'Yes, SIR" replied
the student. eff you had them about
four could attend, but no man could
be expected to stay up to Six"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

'No, MADAM" said an sffable Chicago
landlord, who was showing q possible
tenant over his house on Robey street,
81 cannot say that as yet the street is
drained. But, then, do but reflect for
moment upon the advantages the
situation offers. Your children can
skate all day long on the cutters it's
as convenient as skating rink, doesn't
cost you a penny, and there they are
under your eye all the time"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

AsPARAGUs.-Beds of asparagus if
covered with two inches of manure,
Will be protected from the cold, and
the liquid from the manure will work
into the soil by rains and melting SHOWS,
and give the plants a fine start next
spring. If nev beds are set out in
autumn. this covering will serve to
shield the young plants from the effects
of winter, but the bed must have q
good bottom drainage, or the plants
will be likely to be killed even with this
protection.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

A COOP paste for cleaning brass may
be made by rotten-stone, two ounces ;
o1alic acid, half an ounce; sweet-oil,
three-qusrters of an ounce I; turpentine.
enough to make paste. Apply it With
q little water,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

FROSTED RICE. Boil one teacup Of rice
in milk till very tender salt and season
it. Beat yolks of three eggs with this
in deep dish. Beat three whites to Q
stiff froth with little sugar and little
lemon; spread over rice and brown in
the oven. Put on ice and serve cold.
This may be made also OF tapioca or
corn starch in the same way.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

The art of lrinting in oil colors was
invented 1410.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10
DOHEsrIC.

HOUSEHOLD Hints. paper collars
cut in strips quarter inch wide make
an excellent taper for lighting lamps.
1t is said that the unpleasant squeak
of boots and shoes may be prevented
by simply driving a row of pegs through
the sole from the toe toward the heel.
The noise is caused by the friction Of
the layer in the center. This method
stiffens the sole somewhat, but is pre-
ferable to the intolersble sole agony.
It does not seem to be generally
understood that the smalgam Of tin
foil with mercury, which is spread on
glass plates to make looking glasses, is
very readily crystallized by the action
of solar rays. A mirror hung where the
sun can shine on it is usually spoiled
ittakes q granulated sppearancefamilia
to house keepers, though they may not
be acquainted with the cause OF the
change. In such a state the article is
nearly worthless, the continuity OF the
surface is destroyed, and it will not re-
fleet lines with any approach to
precision.
A correspondent of the London
Fdnciers' Gazette writes that "a drop
of hnseed oil put on the ends Of perches
in the cage of canaries, where the red
mites sometimes breed by thousands,
will instantly kill them, snd, if applied
occasionally, with keep others away.
They can be easily kept out Of the nests
by dredging the box or basket with
quicklime inside, and then making q
nice nest with clean moss." Another
correspondent, ''Fringills," writing
upon the same subject, says 81 paint
my cages with carbolic acid. pure or
mixed with water to dip the edge in q
solution is simpler. Don't let the birds
enter till the cage is dry. Six months
have elapsed since doctored my cages,
and 1 have not seen mite since. My
birds are allowed TO bathe frequently" !"
Edward Smith, in his new work on
Foods" gives the following simple
formula for making vinegar: One
gallon of water, one and quarter
pounds of raw sugar, and quarter Of
o pint of yeast. At temperature Of
eighty degrees it will be sufficient acid
in three or four days to be drawn of,
when an ounce of cut raisins and the
same weight of cream of tartar should
be added, and after a few weeks the
sweet taste will entirely disappear,
when it may be bottled.
A new industry for women has been
commenced in England by four ladies
of standing IN London. 1t is that Of
home decorative artists. They under
take the whole furnishing, upholster-
ing, furniture, and all that tends to
embellish the interior of a dwelling.
They are said to be remarkably clever
and very successful. They have served
a regular apprenticeship. and acquired
thorough knowledge of the business.
1t would seem to be a business pecu-
liarly fitted to the taste for and love Of
the beautiful inherent in women.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10
PULMOIARY G0ISUN NPTllI!

Do not neglect that, which to you may ap-
pear to be trihing cold, or you too may be
added to the NINETY THOUSAND human
beings who die annually in the UNITED
STATES-whO are hurried to premature
graves. by that dreadful scourga, PULNOS-
AIRY CONSUMPTION.
The specified ingredients, viz: Tar. Wild
Cherry and HorehOund, are so well known,
and so highly recommended, that the pre-
paration must come into general use for Sf-
fections of the breast and lungs. 1t IS re-
markably pleasant to take, containing no
thing to cause nauseating sensations-which
is a very important consideration-as it is
extremely difficult to prevail upon children
to take a sufficient quantity of most medi-
cines in use to have the desired effect
Has been sold by Druggists and Store
keepers for thirty years.
Prica 25 and 80 cents par bottle.
Prepared only by
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

MAIzE-Maize is getting into extern
sive consumption for feeding cattle.
The price was for a long time below its
actual value for feeding purposes, but
The grazers have discovered its valuable
properties, and maize is no longer ne
elected on the msrket at 2Ss. or 29s.
per quarter. We have an idea, too that
the millers have found that they can
use portion of it, especially of the
white corn, without any material in
jury to the flour. Be this as it may,
the demand for maize increases, and
the price has risen to 3Ss. per quarter
for the white and 3Gs. for the yellow.
La America the darker is preferred for
domestic purposes, in which in various
ways, it is largely consumed by families.
The amount imported during the first
nine months of the year 1873 was 10,
Gao, 534 cwt., against ID, 454, 1872 cwt.,
in the same period of the preseat year,
being an increase of 424, 25S cwt. The
stocks of this grain are not large, and
the demand is regular and increasing
Mark Lane Express.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

WooD ASHES AS FERTILIzER.-Every
farmer knows the value of wood ashes
as fertilizer, and it is generally sup
posed that it is owing to the potash
they contain. But the fertilizing prop
critics alone, for if all the potash is
leached out of the ashes, it is still a
good fertilizer, but not as good as be-
fore teaching. What then remains in
the ashes after the potash is extracted ?
Nine out of the ten minerals that all
plants take from the ground, and re-
quire for their support, viz Soda mag
anese, phosphorus, lime. Leached
wood ashes, therefore, simply require
a supply of nitrogen (ammonia), and
the potash extracted returned to them
again to make it one of the very best of
concentrated lime.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

"WALL, STRANGER" said a back
woodsman to q man whom the landlord
of the hotel both were stopping at had
detailed to sleep with him-"Wall
stranger, I've no objection to you sleep
ing with me, none in the least but it
seems to me the bed is rather narrow
for you to sleep comfortable consider
ing how / dream. You see 1 am an old
trapper, and generally dream of shootin'
and scalpin' Injuns. Where 1 stopped
night before last they charged me five
dollars extra, cause 1 happened to
whittle up the head-board in the night.
But You can come, stranger if you like,
l feel kinder pesceable nOw."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-02-10

CUT HIS HAIR.-In the barber shop
Of the Metropolitan Hotel, in Louis
vile, . tall, rough-looking man was
leaning against the wall. A dandy came
in, took off his hat and coat, and coolly
handed them to the stranger, whom he
mistook for the barber. When the
dandy said Trim my hair" he pointed
to q chair and when he felt the hair
being cropped close to the scalp. he
leaped from the chair and ran to the
mirror. "What have you done?" he
shouted. "Well, replied the stranger,
"you said cut it, and wasn't going to
refuse little favor like that, nor make
half way job of it, neither"
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
alter rains were the first requisites for its

success.
 Spring usually opens in March, so thai small grains can be put in, and frost usual. ly disappears the first week in April. In May there are usually showers, also in June. Then follows the dry and hot months of July and August with little or no rain. the mercury keeping up to 100 q and 12O Q in the shade. Of course the suns rays falling on the buffalo grass for hundreds of miles heat the wind. which is usually in motion from the south, as hot ss though it came from 8 blast fur mace. The streams become low. Even the Smoky Hill becomes an invalid, g and is confined to her bed for weeks, so that benevolent boys are seen helping the catfish over the bars and tanning them in frying pan. -.
 September is usually ushered in with a little sprinkHng of rain, and, as the month advances, copious showers or settled rain follows. October brings frosty and con- siderable unpleasant weather, and No vember frequently comes in bowling. December is frequently pleasant winter weather; but Tn January and February look out for zero storms and take my ad- vice and never leave the sight of the smoke of your own cabin. There were three weeks in the past January that the mercury decended below zero every day but one. There were four days when gales of wind were blowing the snow, and the mercury from 100 to 200 below, and it was impossible to see a rod in any di- rection. Scores of people were caught out on the buffalo range and perished. The case of Mir. Vansickly whose case you saw in the "Record" was one of them, I met him at Russell's on his way back to his family. Thus we have an extreme range of 40 degrees between summer heat and winter cold. There is no very deep snow and unless it falls as sleet it is all swept into the ravines in a few hours. There were only two rains that soaked the ground during the gralnlng season in the middle of May and June, and no rain from the last of September to about the last of April. The year previous, 1873. was 8 wet season, showers falling as of ten as once a week from the 20th of March to the first of July. passed through this country Tn 1850 on my way to California. Then there was not settlement west of the Missouri but so far as the climate is Western Kansas was then what she is to-day. ,1S49 was a wet season and 1850 was 8 dry one; those were the two first years of overland emigratinn to Cal but must close and in my next have something to say about the noble 'Red Man" or ''Iniins."
 ELI SHERRY.
 Russell County, Kan. Feb. 20th. 1875.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
Job Printing.

Job Printing. . All kinds of book and Job Printing neatly and promptly done. sz Business Cards, Wedding Cards, Bill Heads, Labels, Ball Tickets, Handbills, Pamphlets, &c., &c-, done in the best style, and as cheap as at any office in the State.
 Orders can be sent in by mail and the jobs sent out by mail Gf small), by stage, or express, to most parts of the county, without serious risk or delay.
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
CONSUMPTION CURED.

To the Editor of Re Enquirer,
 ESTEEMED FRIEND:
 Will you please inform your readers that have positive
 CURE FOR CONSULTATION and all disorders of the Throat and Lungs, and that, by its use in my practice. I have cured hundreds of cases, and will give asa
 $1,OOO.OO for @ case it will not benefit. Indeed so strong is my faith, I will send SAMPLE, FREE, to any sufferer addressing me. Please show this letter to any one you may know who is suffering from these diseases, and oblge,
 Faithfully yours,
 DIR. T. F. BURT, 3S:6m 69 WILLIAM ST., New York
Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-04
Gbc fitfbhelS Gnquirer, |. i. HICK0X. Editor& Proprietor
 llTeHFlfLD, GOWN.
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