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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

JERSEY CATTLE.-If the value of
will surely follow of the useful qualities
that are far more noticeable in the good
old-fashioned parti-colored. cow, than
that which will be found among the
generality of fine, high-bred, whole
colored fawns, grays, or foxy, so called
Jerseys. l have owned hundreds of ac-
climated Jerseys, and have never, as a
rule, found the whole-colored such
large producers as many parti cOlored
ones; in fact, by far the most butter
producing COW | ever possessed was not
only parti-colored, but the most ugly
and ungainly beast of the lot; yet her
stock have never failed TO show their
large butter making qualities. The true
type of Jersey COW is, in fact, an ami
NAL that will not make meat. / do not
say that it is not improved upon by ac-
climation and a slight introduction of a
harder breed, of which what are
termed Chichester Jersey are the best
description; neither do say that Jersey
breeders I'm the island itself have not in
some instances breed that shows dis
position to make some flesh, and very
probably may then be following up the
requirements of fashion, yet maintain
that pure Jersey should throw the
bulk of her feeding properties into but
ter, and with little to flesh. The parti-
eolored good COW may have but white
spot, especially under the belly, but
throughout the body the rich yellow
skin, under any colored hair, will be
found, black, white, or fawn. l have
seen the beginning of whole-colored
herd, the property of a noble duke, to
obtain which have seen large produc-
ing cows sold off to prevent an animal
remaining with the slightest stain of
other than one color.-London Agricul-
tttTdl Gazette,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

A CHArrEL.-She was sitting in a
rockingham, and held a newspaper in
her hand. From behind the handker-
chief before her eyes, there issued, !,
every now and then, smOthered sob.
''Why, Alice what is the NATTER" /
ventured to enquire.
She did not answer at first, but
presently became ealmer, and ventured
to tell me her trouble.
"You know Harry and have been to
the city," .at
Eyes" All sorts of improbable things
were imagined.
swell, we stopped at the House.
Before we were married, had every
thing that l desired. If do say it nv
self, l never lacked for attention, and
really had come to the conclusion that l
was of some social importance. Now,
what am L? An object,-something to
be classed in with the fbs., and the hhds,
and the pigs"
Her tears began to flow afresh when
she handed me the paper, and 1 saw !,
among the list of hotel arrivals, ''Mr.
Harry Brown and W.T."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

A SHANGHAI, eating corn, takes peck
every time.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

An EXCHANGE says: "Formerly, when
a man got tired of the world, he went
into a cave and dwelt alone; now he
accomplishes the same result by opening
a store and neglecting to advertise.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

When the air moves at the rate of
two feet in a second, most people will
be sensible of draft, and If the air is
cold it will be felt at less rapid rate.
Now q draft is where q current is felt,
and in ventilating our rooms in cold
weather the air should move through
the rooms so as not to be too much more
rapid than this. In hot weather it may
move more rapidly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

WINDOW PLANrs.-These should be
divided into two distinct Glasses; those
needing . cool, atmosphere, and others
preferrfng q higher temperature. OF
the former nothing excels the Chinese
Primrose for continuous bloom all
winter long. Camelias and Azaleas
flower annually, but remain in bloom
for q long time when the heat Is kept
down and the sun Is not allowed to
shine directly upon them. The per-
petual blooming Carnations, Of various
colors, afford an abundance of flowers,
fragrant, snowy, and Of the very easiest
cultivation; every window should have
at least one plant. Stevias afford q pro-
fusion of small pure white flowers that
are very useful for cut-fower work.
The violets, fragrant and cheerful al
ways, will not stand high tempera-
ture; indeed, they succeed best when
grown in a cold frame. The Otaheitan
Orange is a beautiful adornment for a
cool room, either in flower or fruit. The
Ivies, in their endless variety of mark
ings and forms, cannot be surpassed for
training around windows, or for hang
ing-baskets, etc. The second class of
winter blooming plants, which require
more heat, should have the benefit of
the full rays of the sun, and are suitable
for the living-room, with the mercury
about seventy degrees through the day.
The roses come first, as among the cream
of all pot-plauts for winter blooming.
Six excellent varieties for this purpose
are, Agrippina, Saffrano, Bon Silene,
Gels, White Daily, and Isabella Sprunt.
Next to the rose must be classed the
elegant Bouvardia, of white and scarlet
hues, with all the intermediate tints.
They require a strong heat to bloom
prOfnsely. The Cyclamens are pretty
little dubious, fragrant flowered plants
that always prove popular. Mahernia
odorata, with its multitude of golden
yellow, sweet-scented flowers, should
be in the smallest collection. ZOnal
Geraniums, selecting those best adapted
for the culture, form excellent window
plants. A pot or two of Heliotrope, say
one each of the light and dark varieties,
will always prove acceptable. And
lastly do not neglect having full sup
ply of Hyacinths, Crocus, Tulips, and
other Dutch bulbs on hand for a con-
tinuous bloom all the winter.-A Florist.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

The coming key-turkey.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

Power of Gunpowder.-M. De Saint
Robert, in an article from his pen in
La Rerue Scientifgue, gives the follow
ing calculation of the efficiency of a
rified cannon, the diameter of the bore
of which is inches, the shell of which
weighs about S'3 lbs. and the firing
charge of which is II lbs. 1t may thus
be estimated: Experiment has shown
that the velocity of the shell when it
leaves the mouth of the cannon is
about 1900 feet per second. The
height from which the projectlle would
have to fall to acquire this velocity is
&c, 800 feet per second. Consequently
the work actually done by the powder
is equal to $4,000 foot pounds. On
the other hand, BunsOn and Schisch-
koff have found by direct experiment
that the heat evolved by the combus-
tiOn of 2'2 lbs. of gunpOwder is equal
to 619'5 calories. Hence the heat
evolved by the above charge of II lbs.
of powder is equal to 340'7 calories.
The mechanical work corresponding to
this amount of heat is 1.050, 900 foot
pounds. Comparing this, which is the
possible mechanical work, with the
actual work done on the projectile as
given above, the ratio is 0.206 for the
effectiveness of the cannon, that is to
say, about 81 per cent. .qaF S
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AQRlCULfCRAk

STACKING Observation-Disclosures
able care Is required, says the Agricul-
furisf, to stack corn-fodder in such q
manner as to prevent waste. 1t requires
not only to be put up so that It IL safe
from the weather and the ravages of
vermin, but that a part may be taken
down for use without exposing the re-
mainder to damage. In the ordinary
stack the fodder is taken from the top,
and when a part is removed for use the
rest of the stack is left without cover
ing. A stack built upon the ground
Immediately becomes the prey Of in
Vulnerable rats and mice, by which it
is not only cut up and destroyed to a
large extent, but what is not directly
destroyed is so soiled as to become al
most unfit for use. Now that the value
of the corn-fodder is becoming more
widely recognized, means are to be
taken to preserve it more effectively. In
very rare cases there is not room beneath
the barn roof for it, and it is necessarily
stacked out As We have pointed out,
the making of such stacks as can not be
removed for use at one time, is objec-
tionable, as is also the plan Of making a
quantity of smaller stacks by which a
much greater proportion Is exposed to
injury. A long stack, built in sections,
which will contain the whole supply, Is
preferable to any other plan. 1t may
be built along the north side Of the
barnyard, or any other exposed side,
and made to serve as valuable shelter.
By setting posts in the ground and
placing beams or poles upon them with
a loose flooring of rails as foundation,
double purpose may be served. The
open bottom giving free access for air
will Iend to ventilate the stack, and if
an opening be made, either by placing
few rails fastened together In the
center or by placing the bundles few
inches apart in the center, there will be
no danger of the corn becoming moldy.
The posts should be dressed smoothly,
so that vermin cannot mount them, and
if they do succeed i'm gaining tenn
Porary occupation it will be soon ter
minated if a cat is allowed to range
around the premises. The space be-
meath such a stack may be made useful,
instead of being hiding place for un-
clean beasts and for hens to lay where
their eggs are lost. The stack is to be
built so that the bundles of fodder do
not bind lengthways, and thu Dmay be
opened at one end and taken down
piece-meal, as, indeed, it is put up.
Each days supply may be thrown down
and no part Of the stack can be exposed
long enough to become injured.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

The ROYAL Road TO ELEGANCE
Little Spiffkins (who can only afford
one new suit per annum, but patronises
a fashionable West End Tailor.) SO,
by the bye, Mr.. Brown, can you suggest
any means by which l comld prevent
my trousers from bagging at the knees ?"
Mr.. Brown. ''Well, sir, there's only
one way / know Of, and that's what
most of my customers dol"
Little Spiffkins. ''Tell me! What is
it?"
Mr.. Brown. "Well, they order twenty
or thirty pair at time, sir !"-Puach.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

SPANISH WOMEN are great S'noras.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

Mrs. SNoB is expecting a visit from
Lord Vaurien:-Mrs. Snob-''Has no
one called, Mary?" Mary freshly
caught)-'Oh, yes, mum; there was a
party as said he was lord, but wasn't
to be took in, 1 told him if he didn't
hook it, I'd send for a policeman, and
slammed the door in his face"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

VryANTKDi Agents in all parts Of the So,s--
w canvass for our new book, -TaE wosIS !, - -
CrSruRr.r by PA>6< A. Hrnaforf. One voIuu. 80
suu,I filusfrsssd The grsndest Centsnaisi boos =
the market B. B. RUSSELL, Publisher, Boston. NJ. -
ll-2as,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

GUANo NOT AN ANExCREMENT.-The long
received opinion that guano is the de-
posit of myriads of sea birds, accumula-
ting through long ages, is rendered un-
tenable by the recent investigations of
DIR. Habel. After treating the guano
with an acid, microscopical and chemi-
cal examination revealed that the in
soluble residue was composed of fossil
sponges and other marine animals,
and plants precisely similar in con-
struction to such as still exist in those
seas. The fact that the anchors of ships
in the neighborhood eff the guano island
often bring up guano from the bottom
of the ocean, is quite in opposition to
the prevalent belief. DIR Habel there
fore considers that the deposits of guano
must be the result of the accumulation
of fossil plants and animals, whose or
ganic matter has been transformed into
nitrogenous substances, the mineral
portion remaining intact.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

st. GOthard 7annel.-The present
state of the works here has been re-
ported on by NJ. Caillaux, in connection
with NJ. Leon Say. On the side of
Switzerland they are being pushed en-
ergetically forward. The tunnel is 9'3
miles long; 1900 yards are bored Oh
the side of Switzerland, and 2, 100 yards
on the side of Italy. leaving 6'21 miles
to get through. According to present
calculations l. 400 days will be required
for finishing the works, which it there
fore is possible will be competed by
the end of 1880. The approaches to
the tunnel are not yet begun they will
give great deal of trouble. The tun-
neling is performed by the force of
falling water setting in motion COM
pressed air machines. These attack
The rock, and drill blast holes of 40 or
As inches in depth, which are after
wards charged with dynamite. Before
the discovery of dynamite it is hardly
possible to suppose that more than
half yard a day could have been
bored from each side, and 1900 work
ing days, or more than forty years,
would have been required, for work
which it is now supposed will not take
more than ten. In the week from Sep
tember 18th to September 24tb, the
whole amount bored was "a yards, an
average of rs yards per day the aver
of the preceding week was 7'9 yards.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22
international Exhibition Of 1876.
U. S. Centennial COMMISSION,
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Nov. "a, 1870. }

U. S. CExrExsrAL COMMISSION,
PHILADKLPHIA, Pa, Nov. "a, 1870.
Messrs. Jno. R. Nagle & Co., having con-
tracted with the Centennial Board Oh FL
nance, by and with the consent and appro-
val of the United States Centennial Com
mission, for the exclusive right and priv.
leee Of publishing and selling the Ofhciai
Catalogue of the International Exhibition o.
1876 and of inserting advertisements therein,
and said contract, together with the copy
right of said Official Catalogue, having been
transferred to the Centennial Catalogue
Company, therefore said company and It's
agents are alone authorized to publish ana
sell the same, and no other catalogue OF
guide book of the Exhibition containing ad-
vertisements will be permitted to be solo
within said Exhibition Grounds.
(SigneD JOHN WELSH,
-esi s-s A. 7. GOSHORN,
Director Gen1 u s. Centennial Commission
OFFICE OF CENTENNIAL CATALOGUE Co.,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, DEC. l, 1875. )
M.ssrs. s. NJ PettngN 4 Co., Adrertising
Ag'ts Of Philadelphia, Ne'e York and Boston
Gentlemen: This is to certify that we
have this day appointed you our exclusive
agents for the United States and Canada for
the Advertising Department of the Official
Catalogue of the Centennial Exhibition of
1876. Yours, respectfully,
JOHN s. MORTON, President.
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confession or A HUsBAND.-It was
about the buckwheat cakes. / told
Maria Ann any fool could beat her
making those cakes, and she said / had
better Try it. So 1 did. / emptied the
batter all out Of the pitcher, one eve
ming, and set the cakes myself. got
the flour, and the salt, and the water,
and. warned by the past, put in q liberal
quantity of eggs and shortening. /
shortened with tallow from roat beef,
because could not find any lard. The
batter did not look right; lit my pipe
and pondered; yeast-yeast to be sure
1 went and woke up the baker, and got
pitcher behind the sitting-room stove,
and went to bed. In the morning got
up early, and prepared to enjoy my tri-
umph; but I didn't. The yeast was
strong enough to raise the dead, and
the batter was running all over the
carpet. l scraped it up and put it in
another dish. Then got fire in the
kitchen, and put ON the griddle. The
first lot of cakes stuck to the griddle.
The second dittoed, only more. Maria
came down and asked what was burn
ing. She advised me to grease the
griddles did it. One end of the griddle
got too ho., and dropped the thing on
my tenderest corn while trying to turn
it around. Finally the cakes were ready
for breakfast and Maria got the other
things ready. We sat down. My cakes
did not have exactly the right flavor. l
lost my appetite at once. Maria would
not let me put one on her plate. think
those cakes may be reckOned dead
loss. The dog ran of and stayed three
days after one was offered to him. The
cat would not eat them. The hens
would not 60 within ten feet of them. l
threw them into the back yard, and
there has not been a pig on the premise
since. eat what is put before me now /,
and do not allude to my mothers system
of cooking.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

C6oC0Opsr day al nome. Terms nss. Adarss
OF OZVo. srIssos b Co.. Portland. Ne.
39c-iy
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

The rudeness of DIR. Parr to ladies'
was sometimes extreme. To lady who
had ventured to oppose him with more
warmth of temper than cogency of rea-
soning, and who afterwards apOlogized
for, herlelf by saying that it was the
privilege of women to talk nonsense !:
"No, madam" he replied, cit is not
their privilege, but their infirmity !;
ducks would walk if they could; but
nature suffers them only to waddle!"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

A FREEHoLDER.-He was sharp-iook-
ing little man, who had offered to go on
the bail bond Of a prisoner. The counsel
for the people was suspicious, and asked
him quite sternly:
"Do understand you to swear that
you are a property holder in this
county?"
"YOu do" he answered, proudly; 81
own two lots in a buryin' ground less'n
quarter mile from here. ."-Brookiyn
Argus.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

The WAY TO GET EvEN.-There is
only one way to get square with this
Atlantic cable extortion, and that is to
use the fewest possible words and the
longest ones you can think of. Don't
say, 81 will Gomez" "father is sick"
"yOur draft is accepted" or use any of
those terse expressions. Say ''expedi-
tiously circumundulate; ''father
pleurOperipneumoniacally degenerates"
or some little simple thing of that na-
ture, and then you'll get you moneys
worth, even at seventy-five cents
word.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

Stores on the Regenerdtire Furnace
Principle.-One of the most efficient
stoves for warming houses is the Swe-
dish apparatus known as the kakelung,
which is simply a great stove of ma
sonry covered with porcelain plates,
and having usually five f1ues, through
which the gases of combustion must
pass up and down, a distance of thirty
to fifty, or even sixty feet, before es-
Gaping INTO the air. The general prin-
ciple of the operation is that of having
sufficient material to absorb all the
heat from the fire, and to conduct the
gases through these long fues until
their temperature has fallen to point
that no longer gives off heat.
This. it will be seen, is virtually the
principle of Siemen's regenerative fur
naces. The quantity of material in the
kakeluDg is SO great that the tempera-
ture from one firing-which is always
enough-will not raise the tempera-
ture of any part so much that the hands
cannot be held on the outside.
Two hours after q fire is made, and
after the wood has burnt up and the
fiue been closed, the kakelung begins
to warm on the outside, the light pOr-
celain plates give off their moderate
warmth to the atmosphere in the room,
and ten hours later there is not much
difference in the temperature of the
stove and that of the room. This ia
vorable result in the amount and quail
ity of the heat is greatly aided by dOu-
BILE windows and, in fact, the con-
Quoting power of one thin pane of
glass interpOsed between the external
air and that of warm room, can only
be realized by experiment.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

PoULTRY.-Pouitryb breeding has now
come to be regarded as important a
branch of farm industry as the raising
of swine and sheep. In one sense it is
of more Importance, in that it is not
every farmer who can keep sheep or
swine with advantage, but every one
who owns or rents plot of ground, if
only the size of city lot, can keep a
few head of poultry with both pleasure
and profit. When taking into consider
alton the vast number ofeggs consumed
in the United States-the city of New
York alone using during the year 1872
upwards of $40, 100000. costing at
wholesale, about 81, ,292 900 and when
we note the immense number of tons of
poultry sold in all the large cities of the
Union, we cannot call the poultry in
terest one of minor importance. Yet it
is but few years since the name of
poultry seemed to convey the idea of
insignificance. Now, however, the
proprietors of large stock farms have
their hocks of pure bred fowls, which
get their share of attention and study,
as well as the horned cattle and horses !;
and the net income from a well man
aged poultry yard is no small addition
to the farm receipts.-Poultry Record.
TRAINING HORSES TO WALK FAsT.-A
fast walk is the most desirable gait that
horse can acquire in training. 1t is
valuable in the farm and draught horse
as well as the roadster. Some horses
will trot very well until you come to an
ascending grade or wish to relieve them
by letting them walk little; they then
fall into slow, lazy walk that is very
trying to the drivers patience; but
well trained walker will step on at the
rate of four miles an hour. A colt may
be trained to walk fast. This may be
accomplished by commencing when it
is young, before there has been any at
tempt made to improve it in any other
gait, simply by leading 1t at a walk by
your side, urging additional speed, lit
tie by little, without allowing it to
"break" into trot; but this must not
be continued long at time, lest it dis
courage, worry or tire. One or two
short lessons day are sufficient, and
will soon make a great improvement;
but this mode of training must be con-
tinued to prevent a relapse.
GUANo NOT AN ANExCREMENT.-The long
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-22

Freezing Airfxrcs.-One of the most
familiar u the common freezing mix
ture which generally consists OF equal
parts of pounded ice or snow and salt,
which produces q reduction of temper
ature to about-16 deg. c. (3-2 deg.
Fab }, and is often used for making
ice creams, etc. II, instead of the salt,
we used three parts of crystalllzed
chloride of calcium at deg. (32. deg.
Fxh.,) and two parts of snow, We OBJ
tain q far more powerful freezing mix
ture, the temperature falling to about
As deg. (49 deg. .Fah), and quite sufii-
cient to freeze mercury. The salt in the
first instance melts the ice, the water
thus formed in its turn melts the salt; 40
we have both the solids changing to
the liquid state simultaneously, conse-
quently absorbing . large amount of
heat. For q similar reason, the sOlu-
ton of most salts in water is accom-
panied by the absorption of large
amount of heat nitrate of potash and
chloride of potassium both cool the
water in which they are dissolved.
A useful machine is now made for
freezing water without the use of ice,
which cannot always be obtained, by
mixing together powdered sulphate of
soda and common hydrochlOric acid.
The apparatus consists of an upper and
lower thin metal chamber, the upper
one having two inner castings and an
interior revolving inner cylinder, ca
pable of being turned by q handle at
the top. The freezing mixture is placed
in the inner casing, and the water to
be frozen in the outer casing and in
the revolving cylinder. Several vanes
are fixed on the outside of the cylinder.
SO that, when it is turned by the handle,
the acid and sulphate are kept con-
stantly mixed. After sufficient ice has
been made, the water is drawn off into
the lower chamber, which is prepared
for holding a number of bottles of
wine to be cooled by this liquid.