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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-16

SOME physicians say that swinging is
qeod for the health. That may be 10,
but many a poor fellow has come to his
death by IL.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-11-16

NEW HAVEN has shipped $1,000 ,0Oo
bullets TO the Turkish government.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19
schenek,s Sc. weed Tonic.

In the atmosphere experienced here
during the summer months, the leth-
argy produced by the heat takes away
the desire for wholesome food, and fire.
quent perspirations reduce bodily en-
ergy, particularly those suffering from
the effects of facilitating diseases. In
order to keep up natural healthful ac-
tivity OF the system, We must resort to
artificial means. For this purpose
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is very ef-
fectual. A few doses will create an ap-
petite and give fresh vigor to the ener-
waited body. For dyspepsia, it is inval-
liable. Many eminent physicians have
doubted whether dyspepsia can be per-
manently cured by the drugs which are
generally employed for that purpose.
The Sea Weed Tonic in its nature is to-
tally different from such drugs. 1t con-
tains no corrosive minerals or acids; in
fact it assists the regular operations of
nature, and supplies her deficiencies.
The tonic in its nature so much resem-
bles the gastric juice that it is almost
Identical with that fluid. The gastric
juice is the natural solvent which, in a
healthy condition Of the body, causes
the food to be digested; and when this
juice is not excreted in sufficient guam
titles, indigestion, with all its distress
ing symptoms, follows. The Sea Weed
Tonic performs the duty of the gastric
juice when the latter Is deficient.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic sold by all
Druggists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19
Orfgin Of . Fashion.

Few fashions have originated more
ridiculously than the spencer, and yet
it was so very convenient an article of
dress, that it seems remarkable that it
should have sunk so entirely into dis
use. Mr.. Spencer. gentleman well
known to the men of fashion in his day
and familiarly called ''honest Jack
Spencer" was rather particular in his
dress, and had, on more than one occa-
sion, led the way in matters of taste.
Being once in company where fashion
became the subject of the conversation,
he remarked that there was nothing so
preposterous, but if worn by person
of sufficient consequence, it would be
followed. One of the gentlemen doubted
this and offered some argument to the
contrary; when he was interrupted by
Mr.. Spencer, who said in order to put
the question to the test, 81 will lay you
a wager, mentioning the sum- that if
/ cut of the skirts of my coat, and walk
out with merely the body and sleeves,
some person will follow me-" "No
doubt of it," said one of the gentleman
present, "for think, Jack ,all the boys
in the street will follow you, though it
will lie only to laugh at you" Mr..
Spencer said, he meant some other per-
son would adopt the fashion. The bet
was accepted, Mr.. Spencer's coat Sour
tSiled of its fair proportion" of skirt
and out he set, first walking down Bond
Street, and afterwards passing shop
Of "man Of NODES" whom he knew
to be always on the watch for novelty.
The fashion was soon adopted, and al
though at first every body acknowl-
edged it to look extremely ridiculous,
vet few articles of dress of peculiar
shape, ever came into more general
use. As to Mr.. Spencer, having set the
fashion, he did not adhere to it, al
though it retained his name.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19
A Strange story.

A curious incident is reported in the
American papers. About ten years
ago Jew in Strengthened circumstances
left Pennsylvania for America to i'm
prove his position in the New World.
He left a wife and several children be-
hind, and promised that as soon as it
was within his means, he would send
them some money from America. There
fortune smiled on him, and wheI he
had amassed sum of 60, 900 fiOrins he
resolved to return home and surprise
his family with his wealth. He started
without apprising his family oil his in
tended return, and on his way home he
arrived at Hamburg where he was
sieZed with so dangerous an Illness that
he made a will bequeathing all his
property to his wife. He recovered,
however, only to find that during his
illness his money had been stolen from
him by a man who nursed him. A few
benevolent persons, sympathising with
his misfortune, collected about one
hundred flOrins, wherewith the unfOr-
tunate Jew resolved to return to Ameri-
ca and retrieve his fortunes. In the
meantime the nurse had decamped with
his booty to America, where, shortly
after his arrival, he died suddenly.
The American authorities sent the
coffin, with the GO, 900 florins, to Tran
sylvania, and, as the will was also found
i'm the coffin, the authorities at the
same time acquainted the relatives with
the death OF the testator. After the
usual period of mourning, the wife con-
tracted a second marriage. The first
husband had, however, again saved a
considerable sum of money, and event
ually returned to his native land to
find his wife married to another man.
The event had caused great sensation
in the neighborhood. and it is stated
that a conference of rabbis Is about to
be held to determine which of the two
husbands the woman belongs to.--Je'cish
World
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19
The Sick Chamber.

Health and the sun have been always
sung and praised. We will now cele-
brate sickness and shade. We will eel
brate thee, bodily sickness, when thou
layest thy hand on the head and heart
of man, and sayest 10 the sutferings of
his spirit, Enough. :" Thou art called
on earth an evil; ah, how often art thou
a good, healing balsam, under whose
benign influence the soul rests after its
hard struggles and its wild storms are
still! More than once hast thou pre-
vented suicide and preserved from Tad-
ness. The terrible, the bitter words
which destroy the heart are by degrees
obliterated during the feyerish dreams
of illness; the terrors which lately
seemed so near us are drawn away into
the distance; we forget, God be thanked,
we forget and when at last we arise
with exhausted strength from the sick
bed, our souls often awake as out of a
long night into a new morning. So
many things, during the illness of the
body, conspire to soften the feelings;
the still room, the mild twilight through
the window-curtains, the low voices,
and then, more than all, the kind words
of those who surround us; their atten-
ton, their solicitude, perhaps tear in
their eyes; all this does us good, does
US essential good. And when the wise
Solomon enumerated all the good things
which have their time upon the earth,
he forgot to celebrate sickness among
the rest.-Brenaer' Presidents Daughter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

Uncle Ned first hunts the funny
things, then he laughs with Will.
Aunt Sue first reads the stories. Ihen
turns to the marriages, deaths, ano
births.
Miss Flora seeks out the new adver :
tisements to ascertain the newest impor'
tations in bonnets and kids.
Mr.. Pleasure seeker turns to the
amusement column, and decides which
entertainment would afford the greatest
pleasure.
Miss Prim drops tear, first over the
marriages, then over the deaths, for
says she, zone is as bad as the other"
Mr.. Politician commences with the
editorial, then scans the telegraphic
ending his perusal with the speeche;
quoted.
But why extend the list? Each indi'
viIual reads for himself, and if each
does not find column or more to hi;
particular taste, the paper is insipid
the 'efitor lazy and deserving Of GEN.
sure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19
Dark Ways OF Parfsian MOdistes.

Some of the dark ways of Partisan
modistes are exposed by a Paris cores
pondent, who says that recently an
American lady sent to a fashionable
dressmaker two dresses to be remodelled,
one a black velvet ball dress, which was
simply to be retrimmed with lace and
jet, and the other was black silk walk
ing dress to be made over entirely. The
dresses were sent home in due course
of time. The black silk was handsome
ly remade, and was trimmed profusely
with velvet, for which high price was
charged in the bill. The ball dress
looked all right, but when it was tried
on the skirt was found to be strangely
shrunken from its original full dimen-
sions. On examination it was discov-
cred that by dint of ingenious piecing
and goring, the velvet needed for the
walking dress had been distracted from
the ball dress. which was Of course
ruined by the process. The lady, there
fore, had been forced not only to pay
for her own velvet, but to compensate
the rascally dressmaker for spelling a
costly dress.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

terry, acrid, thick and tenacious mucous,
purulent, muco-purulent, bloody, pu-
trid, offensive. etc. In others, a dry
ness, dry, watery, weak. or infamed
eyes, ringing in ears, deafness, hawk
ing and coughing to clear the throat,
alterations, scabs from ulcers, voice
altered, nasal twang, offensive breath,
impaired smell and taste, dizziness,
mental depression, tickling cough, etc.
Only few of the above symptoms are
likely to be present in any case at one
time.
When applied with DIR. Pierce's Ma
sal Douche, and accompanied with DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as
constitutional treatment, DIR. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy produces perfect cures of
the worst cases of Catarrh and Ozana
of many years standing. This thor
ough course Of medication constitutes
the only scientific, rational, safe, and
successful manner of treating this odi-
Gus disease that has ever been offered to
the afflicted. 81
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19
A Story ahout Mice.

The land Office Of the Kansas Pacific
at Kansas City, has been ravaged by
mice and rats. Rare specimens of
wheat, rye, corn, oats and other grains
sent in from along the road for q GEN.
tennial display were ruthlessly de-
stroyed as fast as brought in. Poison,
cats and traps proved unavailiIg to
stop the raids made upon the Changers
display from the line of the Kansas Pa
cific. Roedelheimer. the agent resolved
to separate all his treasures from the
corners of the room and the woodwork
and so prevent the mice reaching them.
But they went up the walls with the
same ease they had gone over the floor,
and continued to shell out his prize
punches Of grain. Then he thought of
plan. He stretched wires from each
wall across the room, and to these he
hung his punches of grain. He felt
sure he had thwarted his pestiferous
tormentors. But they still continued
to husk his choice samples. He con-
cluded to watch all night and see how
it was done. So the other night he laid
himself down upon the table beneath
his wheat and oats, and with q light
burning, kept watch until the attack
commenced. About IL O'Clock, when
all was still, file of small, diminutive
mice ran up the corner of the room,
where the cornice of the window
reached to the ceiling. Here the de-
tachment separated into three portions.
One lot went up the gas-pipe, another
lot followed pine board nailed along
the side of the wall. and another went
to the top of plain partition. Those
that went along the pipe travelled over
it sideways until they came directly
over the wires sustaining the prize
punches of wheat when down they
dropped. Two out of three caught in
the suspended buncnes; those that
missed and fell, started round to try it
again. Those mice that went along the
pine plank, Roedelheimer says, were
small mice; he thinks they were fe-
males. They started on the tight wire
and balanced themselves upon it with
the skill Of accomplished acrobats, and
went down into the prize bunches with
ease. The third detachment, Roedel-
heimer says, were strong fellows; males
he thinks. They started on the run,
and jumped from the top of the parti-
tion to the wires, and caught hold Of
the wheat sheaves as they flew through
the air: Not one out of five missed
catching hold. He says he watched
their operations, and noticed that as
fast as they filled themselves they
dropped down upon the table, and
started home.-Denrer Netcs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

ECONOMY Is THE ROAD TO WEALTH.
1t is not what we make, but what we
save, that leads us on to fortune. These
are the great principles upon which
Messrs. Bennett & Co. have built up
their large and extensive business at
Tower Hall, No. SIS Market Street,
Phila., (sign of the big clock. Not
only do they guarantee you good fit
and good materials, but instead of TAX
ing from you your bottom dollar, their
charges are so moderate that you will
have a balance left over to deposit in
the stocking or the savings bank.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19
Domestic Manners Of the Dutch.

A Dutch newspaper is curious Illus
tratiOn Of Dutch character. 1t is about
twO-thirds full of advertisements, OF
which the following are a few examples
from a single paper: Marriages occupy
a considerable space; some are simple
announcements, others are flourish on
the part of the espoused-"To their
friends and acquaintances = we, the
undersigned, are married." Then come
the adyices of births, most of which tell
the world that the lady has been brought
to bed of "a well-shaped" child. OF
these, all are signed bv the husband,
and they sometimes pour out flood Of
affection ON the lady. But the announce
ments of deaths are the most remarka-
BILE; some of them you shall hear. $40
day departed, after sickness of ten
days, my beloved wife. She has left
me and her gray-haired mother in a
state of despair. Weep with US, all
who knew her-weep with my children.
They have yet to learn Of their loss,
which they will learn too soon." An
other, my deeply-beloved wife died
Yesterday. She has left me pledge of
love only three weeks old. Bitter is
my SORROW" Again, SIN my old age
sorrow has overtaken me. Yesterday
evening my daughter died, aged seven
and forty years. Those who knew her
will know my grief, and those, too,
who knew what she was to me. In the
comforts of religion l put my trust"
Again, "Our brave son is dead. He de-
parted this life at" Yet once more,
''Our brave daughter is no more. She
died last night, aged only twenty.
What parents feel, who in two-and-
twenty weeks have lost their only son
and their only daughter, cannot be told
by words. Friends of humanity, trou-
BILE US not with your consultations, but
shed a tear with us in sympathy"
"After a sickness of few days, my be-
loved husband died to-day. Deeply af-
flicted with my six children, repose in
the hope of his resurrection, and beg to
recommend myself for the sale of
coffee, tea, and such matters, TO the
general satisfaction"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19
A Case Of Thirty Years Standing.

EAST AURORA, n. Y, May p, ~.
Messrs. Seth w. Fowle & Sons:
Gentlemen-I was troubled with dys-
pepsia for thirty years, and tried seve-
raj medicines advertised for the cure of
this distressing complaint without de-
riving any benefit from them. About
a year ago I commenced taking the
PERUVIAN SYRUP, and after using alto
gether twelve bottles I find myself en-
tirely cured. consider my case one
of the worst ever heard of, and take
great pleasure in recommending the
PERUVIAN SYRUP to all dyspeptics, be-
lieving that it will be sure to cure them.
Yours respectfully,
j. +. Bowen.
Sold by all Druggists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19
Nountafn Vegetation.

Perhaps the best epitome of noun
tain vegetation is that of Mount Ven-
toux i'm Provence, described by Prof.
Chales Martins, of Montpelier. There
are six botanic regions on the southern
slope of the mountain, and five on the
opposite side. At the southern foot Of
Ventoux the Aleppo pine and the olive
are found with the peculiar vegetation
which those two plants encircle by the
girdle they draw around the Mediter-
ranean. The olive outclimbs the pine
and reaches ], 400 feet, the rosemary
and Spanish broom keeping its company,
with the Kermes oak, (Quecus coniferd,)
an evergreen bush of from seven to
twenty feet high, common on poor spots
in the Mediterranean regions, whose
leaves like those of the cactus (conchiulli-
ferd) are depastured by the cochineal
insect. Then come the other evergreen
oaks with thyme and lavender for un-
der shrubs, and then beautiful beeches
I'LL the sheltered ravines and deep val
leys, whose exposed edges were covered
with humble bushes rolled into hard
balls with a crowd of closely knotted
branches, and squatting on the ground
like little old pigmies, counting more
yCotsJ Pei hdpc, eudu tlC giant UccCucs
close by. Sub-aipine plants grow
around, such as the buckthorn, goose
berries, and wall flower. At 5000 feet
intense cold and violent winds have
banished all plants except one Of the
conifers (Pinus uncicdtd.) The common
juniper Is the companion of the beeches
on Mount Ventoux, as it is on the north
downs Of Surry, on whose southern
slopes 1t forms, at Shiera, clumps of
cypress-like shrubs twenty feet in
height, instead of being constrained,
by an annual burden of snow, to trail
on the ground as on some of the noun
tains Of Europe. On the northern
sides Of Mount Ventoux, the vegetation
Of the loftiest ridges of the Jura and
the Pyrenees, and that of the shores of
Spitsbergen are watered by the melting
snow, with many specimens of the fora
of Lapland and Iceland. Prof. Char
les Martins mentions finding the noun
tain germander Veronia montana the
tufted saxifrage, IS. cespitosa,) the or
ange Towering poppy, the violet of
Mount Gems, the purple saxifrage,
three arenaries, one ononis, and the
common singing nettle, looking quite
like an old friend. The singing nettle,
like q shepherds purse, (CapselIa bursd
pastoris,) follows man wherever he goes,
and may, perhaps, have gone to Mount,
Ventoux 1t the time of Petrarch's as
cent, since 1t is found growing about
q chapel built near the summit to COM
memorate that event.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19
TIE n1SsloH OF SORROW.


Do not cheat thy heart and tell her.
Grief wiz pss away,
Hope for fairer times in future,
And forget to-day"
Tell her, il you wiz. that sorrow
Need not como in vain;
Tell her that the Lesson taught her
Far outweighs the pain
Rather bid her go forth brsvely.
And the stranger greet;
Not - foe. with spear and buckler,
But - dear friends meet;
Bid her with strong clasp hold her
By her dusky wings
Listening for the murmured blessing
Sorrow always bringa
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

If your child is suffering from worms,
use DIR. WIsHART's WORN SUGAR DROPS,
an old and reliable remedy, that nerer
fails in thoroughly exterminating these
pests of childhood. Being made in the
form of Sugar Drops, having neither
the taste or smell of medicine. no trou-
BILE is experienced in inducing children
to take them. Sold by all Druggists at
25 cents a box, or sent by mail on re-
ceipt of price, at the Principal Depot,
GIG Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

OAT MEAL BREAKFAST CAKEs.-Take
one quart Canada Oat meal, wet with
one quart of cold water, and pour il
into baking tin SO that it will stand
half an inch deep. Shake down level,
and bake in hot oven half an hour, or
until it is crisp and brown on the sur
face. Cut quickly into two-inch squares
and serve not
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

SNOWFALL CAKE.-A cupful of butter
and two cupfuls of flour, the whites OF
three eggs, teaspOonful of cream OF
tartar, and half a teaspoOnful of soda
beat butter and sugar thoroughly to-
gether, add the whites of eggs thor
Oughly beaten to stiff foam, then the
flour with cream of tartar sifted in, and
milk and soda last.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

ROBERT HALL, on a journey, had
preached very powerfully at an evening
meeting, when another minister in the
pulpit with him, Gutridge by name, rose
and added some lengthy remarks. very
much to the disgust of the audience.
After the service, a gentleman in Halls
company made several attempts to elicit
his opinion about brother Gutridge.
Hall evaded the question long while,
but at length said: "Sir, see you are
determined to know what think about
brother Gutridge. 1 will tell you, sir.
think he was ordained from all eter-
nifty to be fool, and that this evening
he has made his calling and election
sure"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

EXCELSIOR CAKE.-One cup of butter
one of brown sugar, one of molasses
one of sweet milk, three of -four, -four
eggs, one and one-half teaspoonfuls
cream tartar and one of soda, two
pounds of raisins chopped fine, one nut
meg. This will make two goOd-sized
lOaves, which will keep moist from fouI
to six weeks when properly covered.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

Lunar Map.-Dr. Schmidt, of the
Athens, (Greece.) Observatory, having
completed his lunar map, it will shortly
be issued by the Prussian Government.
This work is the result of not less than
thirty -four years of assiduOus labor,
and contains "a, 900 craters and hills,
besides over three hundred and fifty
rills and other objects.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

SUMMER MINCE PIEs.-One cup raisins,
chopped fine, l nutmeg, 2 cups water,
tablespoonful cinnamon, 2 cups sugar,
butter the size of an egg, Is cup vine
gar, crackers rolled fine; cook well
together before baking.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

A LovEsICK student went out few
nights since to serenade his charming
Araminta. The evening was balmy and
pleasant and so spring-like that very
naturally the young mans fancy lightly
turned to thoughts of love. He found
the house, planted himself under her
window, touched his light guitar and
poured forth his soul in song. A light
suddenly appears and his heart is filled
with joy. The window is raised and a
fair form is indIstinctly seen. Oh
what bliss! A voice unmistakably that
of the big brother comes down like a
falling star, ''MOve on, young man
We don't want to buy any fish!'-
Rochester Democrat.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-19

WOOD AsHEs.-The Scientific American
says: The point to which we now call
attention is, that our farmers and
fruitgrowers are ignorant of the i'm
portance of wood ashes as a vegetable
stimulant, and lending constituent of
plants. Even coal ashes, now thrown
away as useless, have been shown both
by experiment and analysis to possess a
fair share of alkaline value. We will
relate only one experiment. Some
twenty-five years ago we treated an old
pippin tree as follows; The hollow to
the height of eight feet was filled and
rammed with composite of wood
ashes, garden mould, and little waste
lime (carbonate.) The filling was Sc
curely fastened i'm by boards. The
next year the crop of sound fruit was
sixteen bushels from an old shell of a
tree that had borne nothing of any ac-
count for some years. and for seven
teen years after the filling of the old
pippin tree, it continued to flourish and
bear well.