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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

ChIoraI Hydrate in eNeuralyid.-The
intimate mixture OF equal parts of chic
raj hydrate and camphOr will, it is said
produce a clear fluid which is of the
greatest value as local application in
neuralgia. DIR. LenOx Browne states,
in one of the English medical journals,
that he has employed it in his practice,
and induced Others to do so, and that
in every case it has afforded great and
in some instances instantaneous relief.
Its success, he says, does not appear to
be at all dependent on the nerve af-
fected, it being etficacious in neuralgia
of the seiatica as of the trigeminus. it
is of the greatest service in neuralgia
of the larypx, and in relieving spasmo-
die cough of a nervous or hysterical
character. 1t is only necessary to paint
the mixture lightly over thepainin! part
and allow it to dry. 1t never blisters,
though it may occasion tingling SEN
satiOn of the skin. For headache it is
also found an excellent application.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

A Perfect Brick-An extensive man
ufaetIlre of lock and mortised bricks is
carried on atWaterbury England. These
bricks, while producing workmanship
greatly superior to walls built with
pressed bricks-beingto tongued, grOoved
and locked at intervals and each angle
--are also found TO be stronger than COM
mon handmade brieks, besides pos
sessing the additional recommendation
of eiiecting saving of two-thirds in
the material used. These lock and
mortised bricks, it also appears, are
adapted to extensive and varied uses,
and are specially serviceable where
space and light. with solidty. are an
object. Their usefulness is likewise
very manifest, it is stated, when en-
ployed for the building of or sustain
ing and retaining embankments, sea,
and other walls, quays, and river front
ages, as also in the erection of shafts,
and. in fact, the formation of all works
to which bricks can be applied.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01
AGRICuLrURAL.

The Cheese Industry. - According to
the ApsericaR Grocer, our cheese industry
is In danger of ruin, and the only sal
walton, it is said, is to abandon the man.
ufacture of every quality except full
entitled to the designation cheese.
So called cheese is made of every
gradation of quality, from the poorest
skinned to the richest full cream cheese,
and sells in the market from 2 cents to
l31s cents a pound. If the milk is all
skinned the poorest product is the re-
suit, and this quality proves an exceed
ingly improbable manufacture, as it
costs to make and sell it at least three
cents pound, and nets a loss of cent
a pound. The next quality above, with
five per cent. of cream, and made of
good texture and properly colored,
brings relatively higher price, and so
on for all gradations of quality until
when the cheese Is made with mixture
of morning milk skinned and evening
milk unskimmed in equal quantities, an
article may be produced by proper care
that will pass very well with those who
are not experts for full cream cheese.
Then comes in the oleOmargarine cheese,
the cream all taken off and the oil called
oleomargarine, from the fresh fat of the
caul of an OK, substituted i'm equal
weight for the cream. This produces
an article which i'm many respects so
closely resembles the full cream as TO be
readily sold for it.
Last year skinned milk cheese sold
very well up to the best grades. This
year they can hardly be sold at all, from
which it appears that, after all, cheat
ing don't pay. All who are interested
i'm the export trade, and nearly every
receiver is, tell us that the presence of
adulterated cheese i'm the English mar
ket is being felt here, and that it is alb
solutely certain, if their manufacturers
shipment is persisted in, will react di-
astrously upon our cheese trade, and
ultimately drive us out of the market
that has cost us so many years and so
much labor to establish. OF the ,905,-
97S cheese received here during the
year ending May 81, last, l,70l BPS were
exported, leaving 204 $50 for home con-
sumption, about . per cent. of the total
receipts. Figures like these show the
importance of sending good cheese
abroad
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

The Birds aud the Insect Pests.-The
Western journals are beginning TO wake
up to the fact that the idea which we
brOached some time ago. relative to
the Wholesale slaughter of the prairie
chickens and other feathered game
having its result in an increase of the
grasshopper Infection, is founded on
substantial truth. 1t is admitted that
the destruction of the birds has been
enormous, and that they have been
trapped by thousands and fed to the
hogs. on the theory that pork can be
salted and sold while birds cannot.
Now, let the journals suggest to their
readers the necessity of game laws, rig
orOus ones, which will impose heavy
penalties not merely for killing the
chickens, but for exposing them for
sale, and let local authorities see that
such enactments are enforced to the
letter. If this be done, and if the wes-
tern inventors will give more attention
to devising exterminating machinery,
by next year the hoppers, between the
scorching from the machines and the
hungry crops of the birds, Will find
life utterly devoid of pleasure, and
perhaps may be induced to migrate out
of the United States territory, say to
Canada or Mexico.
There Is another reason why the birds
should be spared, and that is the p0ta-
to bug. Prairie chickens and quail, it
is said, will eat the insects, and other
birds are said to feed upon them greed
ily,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Fine sensibilities are like woodbines
delightful luxuries of beauty to twine
around solid, upright stem of under
standing; but very poor things if, un-
sustained by strength, they are left tn
creep along the ground.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Chemical Fiiter.-Place inside of the
glass funnel used a small filter of
parchment paper pierced at the bOttGm
with a fine needle; afterwards place
the ordinary filter in the flannel. and
filter as usual. Such cones of parch
ment paper can be used in any required
size. are easily obtained, and may be
applied to almost all purposes where
the more expensive platinum cones
have hitherto been used.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Keeping Meals IGdifinrs-Little things
often interfere with our comfort very
much, and one small annoyance is for
men to delay coming tn dinner when
called. Sometimes they have an hour
or more of work which they will do be-
fore quitting, and then they go to the
house to find the dinner cold, and the
cook discouraged. Nothing is more dis
heartening to a tired woman than a
table full of dirty dishes ornamenting
the table an hour and a half later in the
day than usual. Punctuality is virtue
that men should learn, if they are in
the habit of being uncertain about
coming to meals. ANY woman worthy
the name of fhousekeeper will be regular
with her meals if it lies within her to
have them so.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

TO Distinguish Mushrooms from Poi
sOnous Fungi.-Sprinkle little salt on
the spOngy part. or gills of the samples
to be tried. Ii they turn yellow, they
are poisonous if black, they are whole
some. Allow the salt to act before you
decide on the question, False mush-
rooms have a warty cap, or else frag-
ments OF membrane, adhering to the
upper surface, are heavy, and emerge
from vulva or bag; they grow in tufts
or clusters in woods, on the stumps OF
trees, etc., whereas the true mushrooms
grow in pastures. False mushrooms
have an astringent, styptic, and dis
agreeable taste. When cut they turn
blue. They are moist on the surface,
ana generally of a rose or orange color.
The gills of a true mushroom are of a
plnky red, changing to a liver color.
The flesh is white. The stem is white,
solid and cylindrical.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

4 Boston antiquarian says his eigh-
teen-year old wife is very affectionate,
but it puzzles him to understand why
she should insist daily ON his getting
his life insured.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

TO clean a brown porcelain kettle,
boil peeled potatoes in it. The porce-
lain will be rendered nearly as white as
when new.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

An ink stand was turned over upon a
white tableclOth a servant threw over
it a mixture of salt and pepper plenti-
fully. and all traces of it disappeared.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

To detect sulph uric acid in vinegar,
put in a little starch. Then add a
minute portion of iodine. If sulphuric
acid be present, the starch will not take
q blue tint.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

FIGror for Frosting.-In frosting for
cakes or puddings little lemon juice,
tartaric acid or cream of tartar is very
pleasant addition to the taste, besides
making the frOsting much lighter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

To Preserre Cutlery from Bast.-Case
knives, scissors, snuffeIs, watch chains
and other small steel articles may be
preserved frsp rust by being carefully
wiped after use, ana then wrapped in
coarse brown paper.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

The noble red mar cannot understand
the civilized female Dress. Yog see,
out on the praries the Indian follows
the trail. while hereabOuts the trail fol-
lows the pale face. This is little lame,
put the idea is here, ard readers can fix
it up at their leisure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Why is a woman living up two pail
of stairs perfect goddess Because
she's a second Flora.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

"IIhcn married." said Ex-Ch Dcel-
lor of the ExchequeI Lowe at a l. ndon
party, 81 declared, with all my W Orld-
ly goods | thee endOw,' altho gh |
hadn't a shilling in the world" But
chimed in the wife, you had your
splendid talents. "Yes. my dea but
you know | didn't endow 20 W h
them,r was the right honorable gentle
mans reply.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Pickle for Hdris.-I find that good
pickle is made of weak brine, from
coarse salt, If in cold weather-stronger
if in warm; sufficient molasses to per-
eeptibly sweeten it, and soda or salera-
tus to keep it from sOuring; boil all
together, skimming off the refuse, and
when cold pour on the hams, which are
to be previously well packed. If a red
color is desired, add a small quantity
of saltpetre. / never use it, however,
except for beef, for which the above
pickle answers we'll.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

When is a soldier not half a sol.
dierf When he's in quarters.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Gold on the Lnngs.-lf a cold settles
on the outer covering of the lungs. it
becomes pneumonia, inflammation of
the lungs, or what is commonly known
as lung fever. which in many cases
carries the strongest man to his grave
within a week. If cold falls on the
inner covering of the lungs it is pleurisy,
with its knife-like pains, and its very
slow recoveries. If cold settles in the
joints, there is rheumatism in its various
forms; intlammatOry rheumatism. with
its agonies of pain, and rheumatism of
the heart, which in an instant snaps
the cords of life with no friendly warn
ing. 1t is of the utmost practical i'm
pOrtance, then, to know not so much
now to cure cold as how to avoid it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01


Hor Timber may be Haltpliei. - One
of our exchanges has the following to
say in reference to this important sub
jcct:
Much has been written about raising
timber, but all the light that can be shed
upon the subject by all the arboricultu-
rists in the land, will not be amiss.
There is no want i'm the not distant fu-
ture which has so forbidding a look as
the increasing scarcity of timber. Our
forests are not producing One-twentieth
of the supply We are annually consum-
ing or are destroying. More attention
should be given at once TO its prOpaga-
ton and preservation. 1t was said by
some philosopher that he who makes
two blades of grass grow where but one
grew before, is benefactor TO his race.
If this be true, and none will dispute
it, how much more credit l. due him
who makes landmark by the cultiva-
ton of trees? Reference to this subject
brings back to our recollection sugges-
ton we saw some time ago In regard 10
a simple mode by which timber may be
increased on those tracts of land upon
which it is being cut away. 1t is as fol-
ioNs- isiit tic Siouhu M bilN idi W Nith
acorns, black and white walnuts, butter
nuts, the seeds of the ash, etc. The
nuts should be covered lightly with the
soil and decayiDg leaves, so that boys
and squirrels cannot find them They
will come up in the spring, and if cattle
are kept out of the wOods-as they
should be by all who would preserve
the young trees-they will make rapid
growth under the immediate superin-
tendence of Dame Nature herself, who
has been pretty successfully engaged in
the business of tree culture, more or
less, ever since the Silurian age. In
the same way cuttings may be put out
in the timber in the spring. The mulch
ing of the ground by the falling Of the
autumn leaves is the best dressing that
can be put around such young trees,
which, in year or So, will surprise
you with their rapid growth. We would
discourage no one who can do 60 from
planting out groves on the prairies,
which is one Of the best works farmer
can do; but these hints carried out will
enable many to utilize places now going
to waste, and get good return for their
efforts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Chloride of Barium, as remedy for
boiler incrustatiOn, gives general dis
satisfaction.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

As a negro was painting his house on
Watson street, and was nearly at the
top of a long ladder. his wife came out
and called him to come down. Just at
that moment a rung broke and the man
came down like bag of sand, rolled
over two or three times, Jumped up and
said:
well. honey. go on with your re-
marks"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01
SHOW CASES!
SHOW CASES,

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COUNTESS, BARs, SHELVING, STOIFS ,,
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Bromiae IN CroRp.-It is reported that
DR.. Schultze, of Prague, has been very
successful in treating Group with bro
mine. His prescription is half grain
of purified bromine and half grain of
bromide of potassium, in ninety parts
of water. This is inhaled as well as
applied by means of a brush. DIR.
Schultze's experience in the use of this
remedy has been repeated with success
full results by DIR. GOttwell. 1t is the
opinion of the latter physician, that the
by the bromine and thus readily re-
moved.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Tnseifsh Redsons.-Edwin Qanguish-
ly)-I feel as is could sit here forever
SO long as you were with me. Angeli-
na-And so could |, love, if those nasty
Odious people wouldn't get in the way
and prevent US seeing the race. Their
selfish ways quite annoy mei Besides
if don't bet gloves. shall have to buy
some. as Fm right out of them-soeo
along
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

kerosene lamps will never explode if
properly trimmed. There is an air vent
in every lamp, close beside the wick
tube, which. if opened by inserting and
Withdrawing slip of tin or other thin
E.Sterial each time the lamp is filed,
all danger from confined gas-the cause
of explosions--is ei5ectually removed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

To rensore fruit stains from napkins,
etc, wet the spots with chlorine water.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Remedy for observation-disclosures one
pint of good alcohol; add one pint of
water; make it sharp by adding red
pepper pods of any kind, broken in
small pieces. In twenty-fOur hours it
viii be fit for use. Bathe the affected
parts yell and frequently, warming it
in by the stQve-the action of the heat
being of great benefit. Let those COM
planning of lame shoulders, wrists, hips,
&c., try this simple and inexpensive
remedy, and they will find relief.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

A FfenchmdR on the coast of Louisi-
ana was out hunting; got lost but
found himself on the river bank far
below his residence. Seeing a boat
coming he hailed her, expecting to
finish his trip at his ease and at tri-
fling cost, as packets were numerous
and fare reasonable. On being hailed,
the captain wanting to know if the num-
Der of passengers would be equal to
time lost, he asked, "HOw many r.
Frenchman: "Three of u.s." When on
board, the captain asked. "Where is
the three :" Frenehman: "Here here
is myself, and my dog and my gun.
That is three.n "Yes." said the captain
''and will charge yOu five dollars for
yourself, five dollars for your dog and
five dollars for your gun. That is
three
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Diamond Glass Cutfing.-In a recent
patent trial concerning the revolving
wheel glass cutter, Judge Shipman de-
scribed the form and action of the dia-
mond in cutting glass as follows: While
almost any diamond will scratch or tear
the surface of glass, it is fact that the
value and efficiency of diamond to be
used for the cutting or severing of glass
depends notmerely ON thehardness, but
upon the form, of the cutting surface.
Other gems than the diamond will sue
cessfully cut glass, provided they can
be shaped into forms similar to those
of the diamonds used for this purpose.
DIR. Wollast0n, in the philosophical
Transactions for 1916, thus explains
the peculiarities required for the gla-
zier's diamond "ln the natural dia-
mOnd there is this popularity, in those
notifications of the crystals that are
chosen for this purpose, that the sur
faces are, in general, all curved, and,
consequently. the meeting of any two
of them presents curvilinear edge.
If the diamond is SO placed that the
line of the intended cut is a tangent to
this edge, near its extremity, and If the
two surfaces of the diamond laterally
adjacent be equally inclined to the sur
face of the glass, then the conditions
necessary for effecting a cut are COM
piled with. The curvature is not con-
siderable, and consequently, the limits
of inclination are very confined. If the
handle be too much or too little elevac
ted the one extremity of the curve will
be made to bear irregularly upon the
glass,and will pillow ragged groove by
pressure of the point. But. on the con-
trary, when the contact is..duly formed
a simple figure is effected as if by lat
eral pressure of the adjacent surfaces
of the diamond, diverted equally to
each side. The effects of inequality in
the lateral inclination of the faces of
the diamond TO the surface of the glass
are different according to the degree OF
inequality. IL the difference be very
small, the cut may still be clean, but as
the fissure is then not at right angles to
the surface. the subsequent fracture is
found inclined accordingly. When an
attempt is made to cut with an inclina-
tion that deviates still more from the
perpendicular, the glass is found su-
perlicially fiawed but on that side to
which the greater pressure was diver
ted, and the cut completely fails
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

4 story is told of an accident on the
New London railroad An intoxicated
lrishman was sitting on the track when
the engine tossed him down an embank-
ment. The conductor backed his train
to pick up his dead body. The victim
was found alive, however, only some
what bruised, and taken to Norwich.
away, in hack; but he insisted on his
ability to walk, and refused to be sent
home. The conductor pressed the mat
ter, when the Milesian. who had stood
the batting of the cOw-catcher so well.
bristled up with go away with your
kirridge, I'll go home by myself and
if I've done any damage to your old
engine, bedad, I'll pay it on the spot.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

A crystal ghost-a glass shade.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-01

Ho,r 10 Sidf .Ueions.-A correspon-
dent of the Haiae FdyDer says he raises
melons as easily as he does pumpkins
and squashes, by the following method
81 start the seed In a hot bed, and a.
soon as the danger from frost is past,
transplant the young plants to the hills
where they are to grow. The ground
to receive the plants is well enriched
and pulverized, and half dozen shovel
fuls of old manure placed in each hill
the hills being four feet apart. Before
transplanting, the earth is hoed into
mounds over the dressing, some four or
five inches higher than the ground
around the hills, and two or three
plants set on the apex of each hill. Ii
there should be danger from late frosts
or bugs, four bricks set edgeways around
the plants, and covered with glass, will
afford them a thrifty growth. The
glass should be removed as soon as the
plants are of sufficient height TO touch
it, otherwise the tender leaves might
scorch. BY planting on small mounds,
more of the surface of the earth around
the plants is exposed to the warm rays
of the sun, and a more rapid growth is
made"
Practical SHggestions.-A cord of stone,
three bushels of lime, and cubic yard
of sand will lay 100 cubic feet of wall.
One-fifth more siding and flooring is
needed than the number of square feet
of surface TO be covered, because of the
lap in The siding and matching of the
floor.
To test tiie quality of wool, take
lock from the sheep's back, and place it
Oh measured inch, il the spirals
count from 30 to 33 in the space of an
inch, it equals the finest Electoral or
Saxony wool grown. The diminution
Of the number of folds TO the inch shows
the inferiority.
The following is good cure for sour
w legs among fowl: Take sulphur,
two ounces; charcoal. pulverized, one
fourth ounce; train oil, enough TO form
paste. Apply with the hand, by rubb-
ing well i'm. Allow it to remain for three
days; then wash off in mild weather,
with good soapsuds, and repeat the
dressing as often as it is necessary.