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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06
How 10 Have a Loving Wife.

If You would have a loving wife, he
as gentle in your words after as before
marriage; treat her quite as tenderly
when matron as when a miss; don't
make her the maid of all work and ask
her why she looks less tidy and neat
than when "you first knew her." don't
buy cheap, tough beef, and scold her
because it does not come on the table
porter house," don't grumble about
squalling babies if you cannot keep up
nursery" and remember that "baby
may take after papa" in his disposition !;
don't smoke and chew tobacco, and thus
shatter your nerves, and spoil your
temper, and make your breath a nui-
sance, and then complain that your
wife declines to kiss you; go home joy
Gus and cheerful to your wife and tell
her the good news you have heard, and
not silently put on your hat and go out
TO the ''club'' or ''lodge," and let her
afterwards learn that you spent the
evening at the opera or at a fancy ball
with Mrs. Dash. Love your wife; be
patient; remember you are not perfect,
but try to be; let whisky, tobacco and
vulgar company alone; spend your
evenings with your wife, and live a
decent Christian life, and your wife
will be loving and true-if you did not
marry heartless beauty without sense
or worth; if you did. who is to blame if
you suffer the consequences!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06
Don't Tell all you Know.

1t is bad plan to place unreserved
confidence i'm man or woman. Never
tell any one everything about yourself
let there be little mystery and reserve /;
your friends then will like you all the
better for it. A book that you know by
heart must inevitably be cast aside for
a fresh volume; so will you be served
if you allow yourself to be thoroughly
read. But be prepared, in any emer-
gency, TO look your own life and acts
squarely in the face without ever finch
ing, or making yourself a coward. 1t
is not necessary to publish to the world
all that is strictly personal, unless ridi-
eule and frittering of power are desired:
but if gossip makes itself busy with
your name, do not be aggrieved if
grain of truth is spread over a dozen
of lies. Pass them by in silence, and
do not even then forget your habitual
reticence. Justice will be done you in
time, never fear, and the less you
clamor for it the better. Don't talk too
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

What's the use of dog that can't
bark? 1t seems that on the Guinea
Coast there is race of dogs that are
absolutely dumb. The bird that told
me does not know whether or not they
are good watch dogs. Guesses not.
Perhaps they don't bark because they've
nothing to watch. l heard sailor say
that once few dogs of the barking kind
were left on the desert island of Juan
Fernandez. Thirty-three years after
ward, when the original dogs were
dead, and their descendants had all
grown wild, not one of the wild dogs
could bark. Then some of them were
taken away to another country by
sailors, and behold! after time they
began to gain their voices, and bark
like common dogs. This sounds like
hard story, and I'll not say yea or nay
to it, though it was told to me as truth
that had been indorsed by Mr.. Darwin.
ST EicbOIGs for Ses5feaber
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Cost Of ThreshiRg.-Wheat is the great
money crop of the Middle, Western and
Pacific States, and hence its early mar
keting is often one of the pressing ne
cessities of the farmer. This requires
that the grain be threshed and cleaned
as speedily as possible; hence machin-
cry of great efficiency and motive power
especially steam power, is found to be
the most economical. 1t will be seen
by consulting the accompanying tables
that the smallest total cost of threshing
wheat-5.S cents per BUSHELS found
in California, where the most extensive
machinery is used. The greatest cost
1872 cents-is i'm South Carolina, where
steam machinery is unknown, and
where the planters to great ex-
tent, thresh their own crops. In north
ern New England it ranges from 10 to
I3 cents per bushel. In the Middle
States it runs from ~ cents in Penn
sylvania to 10.5 in New Jersey. Mary
land averages 6.S cents. The average
increase to the southwark, varies from
81 cents in Virginia to 1872 in South
Carolina. The Gulf States range from
III cents in Texas to l6 cents in Mis-
sissippi. The inland Southern States
from ST. cents in West Virginia to II
cents in Arkansas. North of the Ohio
river and west of the Mississippi, no
State averages more than cents,
while i'm Nebraska the cost averages as
low as 5.S cents. The cost of threshing
oats is generally about half the cost of
wheat, ranging from 3.4 cents per
bushel in Nebraska to 1873 cents in
Massachusetts,. In the Middle and
Western States the general average is
between and cents.-Deportment Of
agriculture Report.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06
California Farm Life.

There are few cozy, comfortable
middle-class homes. The house is either
a magnificent country residence or a
mean, unpainted, redwood shanty.
though neither can be occupied but by
a man immensely wealthy. Everything
seems put there adventitious nothing
grew out of the soil. There are no an
cient trees, no strawberries, no grass.
Instead of homely farmer messes, you
eat urban fare of beefsteak and hot bis
cult made with Boston yeast powder.
You hope for pumpkin pie, and get a
can of Baltimore oysters. There are
Oregon apples, Cincinnati hams and
stewed pruDes from Germany. A man
may be worth 100000 and have no milk
to whiten his coffee. The COW runs on
the range and comes home when she
lists. A boy may be dispatched for her
on his tough little shaggy cow-horse,
and man must be sent to bring the
boy home. The yard fences all look
imported, as they are; all things have
a contractor like look, little tawdry, a
little cheap. Everything is so naked
and so new that no one can hang a ira
dition on it. There is no moss on the
fences; sawed boards and posts and
the houses stand ont painfully ugly and
prominent beneath the lovely sky
Ohio Farmer
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Useful Receipts for the Fdrm.-The best
remedy for currant and gooseberry
worms is powdered white hellebore, OBJ
tainable at any druggists. Put the
powder in a common tin cup, tying a
piece of very fine muslin over the
mouth. Fasten the apparatus to the
end of short stick, and dust the pow
der through the muslin lightly upon
the bushes. Do not work on windy
day, and stand to windward during the
operation, as if taken into the nostrils,
the hellebore excites violent sneezing.
The same material is good remedy for
cucumber beetles.
Sawdust can be converted into a
liquid wood and afterwards into a solid,
flexible, and almost indestructible mass
which, when incorporated with animal
matter, rolled, and dried, can be used
for the most delicate impressions, as
well as for the formation of solid and
durable articles, in the following man
ner; Immerse the dust of any kind of
wood in diluted sulphuric acid, suffi-
GENTLY strong to affect the fibers, for
some days; the finer parts are then
passed through a sieve. well stirred,
and allowed to settle. Drain the liquid
from the sediment, and mix the latter
with proportionate quantity of ami
NAL offal, similar to that use,l for glue.
Roll the mass, pack it in molds, and al
low it to dry.
The following table for boiling fruit
in cans will doubtless prove useful, as
the present is the time for putting up
such preserves for winter. The first
figure after the name of the fruit refers
to time of boiling in minutes, the second
to ounces of sugar to the quart; Cher
ries, 5, 6; raspberries, 6, A; blackber-
ries, 6, 6; goOseberries, s, 8; currants,
6, s; grapes, 10, s; plums, 10, s.; peaches
(whole), Is, 4; peaches, thalves), 8, 4;
pears (whole,, 80, s; crab apples, %, s.:
ounces (sliced), 10, 10; tomatoes, 80,
none; beans and peas, three to four
hours.
The following soluble glass is best
adapted for coating brick and stone !;
Dry carbonate of potassium, 10 parts;
powdered quartz, Is parts; charcoal, 1
part. Sand, free from alumina and
iron, may replace the quartz. Fuse to-
gether and dissolve in boiling water D
or times the weight. Filter. t
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Clipping Wings Of Fo,ols.-Clipping
the wings of fowls to prevent their fly
ing is a necessary operation sometimes,
but never unnecessarily disfiguring. 1t
generally is, however, since the far
mer's shears almost always make clean
sweep of all the quills, and an ugly
wing is the result. Besides the ugliness,
there are other disadvantages in such
sweeping operations. A setting hen
uses the outer side of her wing to retain
the eggs under her in place and those
near the body protect the skin being
torn by her mates claws. The proper
way is to only trim the feathers partly
off with pair of scissors, except about
one inch from the end. 1t shows but
little when the wing is closed, and does
not disfigure the fowl, and lets the wing
through, so as to prevent fiying.-Fdr-
iaer Journal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

To f,o5em Smut in Uhedt.-A CORES.
pondent of the Southern Cultirdtor says !:
Make a strong brine and wash or wet
the wheat thoroughly; then drain, and
before the wheat gets dry, sift on ashes
and stir well, so that all the wheat may
come i'm contact with the dry ashes; or,
in other words, soak the wheat i'm strong
brine and then dry it With good strong
ashes, (air-slaked lime would probably
do as well, or better,) and then it is
ready for sowing. 1t may be prepared
any time when needed, but should not
stand over too long. as the vitality of
the seed might be injured. 1 have seen
it used fifteen years in succession, and
never knew it fail to prevent smut.
also think that the wheat grows off bet
ter when prepared in this way, than
when sowed dry, or soaked in a solu-
ton of blue-stone. 8f
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06
ELAINES SONG TO LAUNCELoI.

Yes, I shall sleep. Heed not this idle sohbing
Shed DER my soul the love light OF your eyes;
Soon, soon this heart shall cease its painful
throbbing.
To seek the soundless sea and silent skies.
Sleep. dreamless sleep, will come forever more.
With neither past to mourn, nor future to de-
plore-
Yes shall sleep. The nightingale is singing;
thorn has deeply pierced her gentle breast;
Those troubled notes within my soul sre ring
ing,
But l must shortly sleep, and she must rest
God hears thy plsint sweet Philomel He
As He has heard the plaint Of men through all
the years
Yes must sleep. Too long the day has tar
And oh too hard the ways OF God and men
Though brave the hesrt, and great the hope it
carried,
In vain its longing wish for happiness has
been.
But 1 can rest in this sweet silent dell;
And thou wilt say. Beloved, softly, ut is we'll
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06
Calhoun and webster.

''The great mental excellence of Mr..
Calhoun was his remarkable acuteness
as logician, and his keenness and
subtlety in metaphysical speculation.
No man ever reasoned more closely or
with more mathematical precision. His
words went straight to their object, like
a ball shot from a rifle barrel. His
sentences were the distillation of con-
,lensation. He never had superfluous
word. He was the soul of brevity, and +,
in this respect, is model for speakers
and writers of this age, whose tendency
is to extreme verbosity. He spoke with
great rapidity, and, as reporters declare,
delivered fiuently and easily far more
words minute than any other Of our
orators. These were his qualifications
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

An ISfALLIBLE PILE RENEDT.-Sufferers
with this painful disease who have tried
electusries, lotions, ointments and long
list of nostrums for its relief, in vain. will
thank us for calling attention to ANAKE-
SIS, the happy discovery of DR.. SILsBEE,
an experienced and scientific NJ ID. Thou
sands of cases attest its virtue. 1t is a
simple suppOsitory, acts as an instrument,
soothing poultice and medicine, gives in
slant relief and cures permanently. Price
81. Sent free by mail on receipt of price,
P. Neustedter Co., 46 Walker St., New
York. l5l
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

"The largest recorded yield of a
single cow that is perfectly reliable and
well-authenticated," says the Massa-
ckasetts Plo,cmGn, is that of an animal
kept at the Jail at Lewes, England. In
eight successive years she gave 9,720
gallons, or an average of more than
1,2l0 gallons year. She was MIXED,
one year, 32S days, and gave / ,230 gal
Ions, which made 80 pounds of butter,
or at the rate of a pound of butter from
% pounds of milk. A Mr.. Scott, of
SALISBURY, VT, had a COW whose milk
yielded 504 pounds of butter in 1866, or
at the rate of one pound Of butter to 20
pounds of milk.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Chlordl as an AnGsfhetic.-Hydrate
of chlOral, administered hypOdermi-
cally, has recently been used as an an
aesthetic with success in the hospital
at Bordeaux, France. The operation
was a resection of the internal and ex-
ternal nasal nerve, involving some fif-
teen minutes work and, necessarily.
excessive pain to the patient. The
drug took effect in eight minutes. and
complete insensibility on the part of
the sufferer resulted.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Late Chickeas.-It is difficult and un-
profitable to raise chickens hatehed in
August. They stop growing as soon as
the cold weather arrives, and are not
strong enough to resist the cold of
winter. If they do survive, they con-
sumo several times as much as they are
worth before spring. We would not
allow any hens to brood now, but would
break them up, and get them laying
again. The eggs are worth more than
the chickens
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Rapid Transit IN London.-Recently,
during one day, Whit Monday, 246.547
passengers were carried on the MetrOp-
Olitan Underground Railway, London,
being at the rate of ninety millions of
passengers per annum. The stations
are a half a mile apart. The trains
run every two minutes they consist of
twelve cars each, and are drawn by
locomotives weighing forty-five tuns
each. They discharge and take up
load of passengers, run to the next
station, and stop, all within the space
of two minutes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Tomato Pie.-Take four tomatoes I;
pour boiling water over them, and re-
move the skins; slice them and sprinkle
them with salt; let them stand while
you mix and roll out the crust; then
drain off the juice, and add teacupful
of sugar, half q cupful of sweet cream
Gf you have it, it not a tablespoonful
of butter will take its place., one egg,
and some nutmeg. This is enough for
a pie in a long baking tin, and is a very
rich and excellent pie.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

In engineering shops in Germany a
new kind of betting is being adopted.
1t is made from hair, presumably that
of the alpaca, and is delivered by the
makers in a single piece without seam.
1t has a coating which consists princi-
pally of minium. 1t is spoken of as
most satisfactory, and as being more
durable than either gutta percha or
leather.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

While the total value of the farms in
the United States is put down at 50, ,262,
S03, SCI, the value in the above states
foots up s., ,407 ,5s7 lis, or nearly three
fifths of the total-and this, too, while
the area of these states is less than one
tenth of the area of the whole country.
No more conclusive exhibit of the prac-
teal superiority of the small farm sys-
TEN could be given than this.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

b Copying Pencils.-Pencils are now
sold by stationers, the marks of which
may be copied in the same manner as
writing made by the pen with ordinary
copying ink The method of preparing
the leads is as follows: A thick paste
is made of graphite, finely pulverized
kaOlin, and a very concentrated sOlu-
ton of aniline blue, soluble in water.
The mixture is pressed into cylinders
of suitable size and dried, when it is
ready for use. Gum arabic, it is said,
may be substituted for the kaOlin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

To Boil Frmt-The following table
for boiling fruit in cans, will prove use
full, as the present is the time for putting
it up previous to winter. The first
figure after the name of the fruit refers
to time of boiling in minutes, the second
to ounces of sugar to the pound:
Cherries, ). 6 I; raspberries, 6, 4 (; black
berries, 8, g; gOOseberries, g, s.; cur
rants, 6, s; ounces, (sliced) 6, 10;
grapes, 10, 8; plums, 10, s.; peaches
(whole) 30, s; crab apples, 25. s; toma-
toes, none; beans and peas, two to three
hours.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Mulled Ginger Wine.-Boil In one
wineglassful and a half of water. a
quarter of an ounce of cinnamon, ginger
slightly bruised, and cloves, with three
ounces of fine sugar, until they form a
thick syrup, which must not be allowed
to burn. Pour in one pint of ginger
wine, and stir it gently until it is on
the point of boiling; then serve i'm
mediately. The yolks of four fresh
eggs stirred into the hot mixture will
by some be considered an improvement.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Raspberry Lly.-Bol rice so that the
kernels will be as distinct as possible,
spread spoonful upon . dessert-plate,
cover it all but the edges with ripe
raspberries, pour over it two spoonfuls
of sweetened strawberry or raspberry
juice, sprinkle over the whole some
white sugar, and serve cold.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Lately as the black clouds rolled up
in the West and people prepared for
storm, a citizen standing near the mOnu-
ment wiped his face and remarked -
-"What a grand sight for an artist A
woman, not thirty feet away, waiting
for car, soliloquized Rain coming,
and I'll bet a dollar I'll get drenchedl"
Just beyond her was boy who yelled
out :-"0h, yes! rain if yer want to.
there haint any circus in town..DefrOh
Free Press.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Large and Small Fdrms.-Twelve of
the United States have farms that aver
age less than one hundred and twenty
five acres, i'm extent, which is less than
the average elsewhere which in some
States even runs up nearly to am aver
age of five hundred acres. The twelve
States give the following as the average
size of their farms.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Horseradish Sauce.-Grate very small
q stick of horseradish; then, with a
couple of tablespoonfuls of it, mix a
small teaspoonful salt. and four table
spoonfuls of cream stir it briskly. and
add by degrees wineglassful of vine
gar. Excellent to serve with coal roast
beef.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Bricks made in Japan, and paying 90
per cent duty, are now imported into
San Francisco. The quality is superior.
Japanese brick makers can beat the
world in the cheapness and excellence
of their productions.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06
The ands OF the Jackson, Lansing & ssxin.,
Railroad Company are Now offered For sale.

The lowest prices and greatest variety 10 be found
anywhere.
Also an entire new stock OF WOOD and WILLOW
WARE such as Pals, Tubs, Baskets, Mats, Tvines
Cordage wick- &C. together with full line Of ppIe
Bsior Wood and Clay Pipes. Fancy soaps, Yankee No
tons Cutlery, &C. Ssglrs frOm SIS 70 go per mill
A full Iine of the best quality Of rINWARE.
Ps-we sell our goods at prices that DO require
.s.y drumming. on the road Orders BY ula Will re
-rive prUnlu. attention Estishiishea ls5t 324-lY
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Wanted 10 be Sure.--An old worn out
darkey, with his wool wrapped up in
knobs with cotton thread, stood hold
ing his carpet-bag in his hand at the
depot. "Why don't you get on board ~
said the brakesman. .Er
Dis var train go to Norcross, boss ~
Yes; going to start sOOn."
allow yOI knowf When | see her
start III know she's a a-gwine.r
And when she started he got left.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

A netr hydrometer consists of strips
of paper dipped in cobalt salt solu-
tion containing common salt and gum
arabic. In dry weather. it is blue, and
in wet, rose red.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Charcoal placed in a saucer and mois-
tened with boiling water, in a few days
gathers its own weight in impure AIR.
Use a dozen pieces the size of a hazel
nut and change every days.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

To Make Bakers Buns.-Mix II lbs.
sugar with 9 lbs. of flour, make hole
in the centre of the flour, and pour in
half pint of warm milk and two table
spOOnfuls of yeast. make the whole in
thin batter, and set the dish before
the fire, covered up, until the leaven
begins to ferment; add to this 10. of
melted butter and milk enough to make
a soft paste OF all the Hour, and let 1t
rise again for half an nh aoqr 1r shape the
% hutterad t Tin % in rows ~ to rise p for half +
an hour, bake in a quick oven. A few
currants are added with the butter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

A little boy accosted a gentleman on
the street in Portland the other day
with. "Mister, can you fix things 7"
"Well, 1 don't know; lean fix some
things. What is itf' "Can you fix my
collarf There's pin sticking into me.
and our folks are SO busy about the
Centennial that they can't do il.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

People who never take the will for
the deed-lawyers. 80
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

A Russian proverb says :-"Before
going to war, pray once; before going
to sea. pray twice: before going to be
married, pray three times.n
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

A celebrated barrister was in the habit
of saying. Il always study the feasibility
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

A musical amateur writes to ask If
the old English song, "a Single Smile. !.
furnished the theme of Wagner's Lone
grin,r = 4f1tF
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

Old gentleman (having had to pay
twice y "But I'm positive l handed
you the money. 1t may probably have
dropped down the slit in the door,"
Conductor: "Slit in the door! Well
'taint likely I'm going to turn the bus
upside down for sixpence!n