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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

To ALL, particularly invalids, spring
Is q trying season. Indications of sick
ness should at once be attended to. Fa-
tai diseases may be caused by allowing
the bowels to become constipated, and
the system to remain in q disOrdered
condition, until the disorder has time to
develop itself. An ounce of prevention
is worth pound of cure, is an old and
truthful saying. Therefore, we advise
all who are troubled with the COM
plants now very prevalent-headache,
indigestion, disordered liver, want of
appetite, nausea, or feverish skin, to
take, without delay, Schenck's Man
drake Pills. We know of no remedy so
harmless and decisive in its action. 1t
at once strikes at the root of the disease
and produces healthy tone to the sys-
tenn. People never need suffer from
any disease arising from a disordered
condition of the liver if they would take
this excellent medicine when they feel
the first indications of the malady. Fa.
miles leaving home for the summer
months should take three or four boxes
of these pills with them. They have an
almost instantaneous effect. They will
relieve the patient Of headache in one or
two hours, and will rapidly cleanse the
liver Of surrounding bile, and will eff
feetually prevent bilious attack. They
are sold by all druggists.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24
A Toast.

Two Important Discoveries. The dis
covery Of America by Columbus, and
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery :;
the one opening up to mankind a new
continent, the other fountain of health,
which is indispensable to the full en-
joyment of life and its blessings. In
response to the above sentiment come
the unsolicited attestations of tens of
thousands of grateful patients, who have
been relieved of chronic ailments
through its instrumentality. Those
voices are limited to no one locality,
but from every city, village, and ham
let, in our broad domain, as well as
from other climes, and in the strange
utterances of foreign tongues, like the
confused murmur of many waters,
come unfeigned and hearty commenda-
tions. 1t is, in combination with the
Pleasant Purgative Pellets, the great
depurator of the age. Under its benign
action eruptions disappear, excessive
waste is checked, the. nerves are
and health, long BAN
ished from the system, resumes her
reign and re-establishes her roseate
throne upon the cheek. All who have
tested its virtues i'm the dis
eases for which it is recommended unite
in pronouncing it the great Medical
Discovery of the age. 81
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

COOP RULEs.-The Country Gentleman
gives editorially ten rules for farmers
which deserve to be printed in letters
of gold. Here they are, in black and
white:
l. Select good land, and reject sterile
no matter how cheap.
2. Raise no weeds, but only profita-
BILE crops.
3. Underdrain, wherever needed.
4. Adopt good rotation of crops and
adhere to it.
). Provide sufficient shelter for do
mestic animals.
6. Keep everything connected with
domestic animals neat and clean.
Z. Plow well, cultivate well, do all
work well, and not slipshod.
s. Accumulate and save manure, and
apply it properly.
8. Procure good implements, and
take care of them.
10. Raise good animals and take care
of them.
The preceding ten rules will be of
mucn use if carried out, and we add
two more, to cover them all, viz:
IL. BY weighing and measuring, and
with careful accounts, ascertain Just
what every crop or every animal costs
you, and find out just what is the mar
ket value of each.
u. Employ then those crops and ami
mails which you find give you a good
profit, and drop all else.
You can thus have the satisfaction of
knowing that you are carrying out Ri
cardo's two famous rules for acquiring
wealth namely.
l. Cut short your losses.
,. Let your profits run on.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

The notion that the moon exerts an
influence ON the weather is so deeply
rooted that, Notwithstanding all the at
tacks which have been made against 1t
since meteorolo4y has been seriously
studied, 1t continues to retain It's hoii
upon us. And yet there never was a
popular superstition more utterly with
out basis than this one. If the moon
did really possess any power over the
weather, that power could only be ex-
ercised in one of three ways-by refiec-
ton Of the SUMS rays, by attraction, or
by emanation. No other form Of action
is conceivable. Now, as the brightest
light of a full moon is never equal In
intensity or quantity to that which Is
reflected toward us by white cloud on
a summer day, it can scarcely be pre-
tended that weather is affected by such
a a cause. That the moon does exert
attraction on US is manifest-we see It's
working in the tides; but though 1t can
move water it is most unlikely that IL
can do the same to air, for the specinc
gravity of the atmosphere is so small
that there is nothing to be attracted.
Laplace calculated, indeed, that the
Joint attraction of the sun and moon
together could not stir the atmosphere
at a quicker rate than five miles day.
As for lunar emanations, not a sign Of
them has ever been discovered. The
idea of an influence produced by the
phases of the moon is therefore based
on no recognizable cause whatever.
Furthermore, it is now distinctly shown
that no variations at all really occur in
weather at the moment of the changes
of quarter any more than at other or
binary times. Since the establishment
of meteorological stations all over the
earth. it has been proved by millions of
that there is no simulta-
neOusness whatever between the sup
posed cause and the supposed effect.
The whole story is fancy and su-
perstition which has been handed down
to us uncontrolled, and which we have
accepted as true because our forefa-
theirs believed it. The moon exercises
no more influence on the weather than
herrings do on the government of
Observation-Disclosures.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

Leewenhoeck tells us of an insect
seen with the microscope, of which
twenty-seven millions would only equal
a mite.
Insects of various kinds may be seen
in the cavities of a grain of sand.
Mould is a forest of beautiful trees,
with the branches, leaves and fruit.
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes.
The surface of our bodies is covered
with scales like a fish; single grain Of
sand would cover hundred aud fifty
of these scales, and yet scale covers
five hundred pores. Through these
narrow openings the perspiration forces
itself like water through sieve.
Each drop of stagnant water contains
a world of living creatures, swimming
with as much liberty as whales in the
sea.
Each leaf has a colony of insects gra-
zing on it. like cows on meadow.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

STARTING STRAwBERRIEs.-There is
not much danger of making land too
rich for strawberries, especially if it
has been cropped for several years pre-
vious. Twenty-Five tons of stable ma
nure, ought to be good dressing for
an acre of sod turned under in the Fall
and the 30 tons you have on hand will
probably be sufficient for the two acres.
If the plants do not grow as rapidly as
desired, then add ashes, or ground bone
as top dressing, as this is the best way
to apply these materials. A dressing
of lime and ashes might be applied with
benefit this Spring, after the first plow-
ing, say 20 bushels per acre of the first
and five of the latter These will aid
in the decomposition of the vegetable
matter in the soil. but add very little in
the way of fertilizer. But the ashes
and ground bone may be applied with
benefit, and at any time of year; but
just after the fruit is gathered in Srm-
mer will give the plants vigorous
start in the Fall. The hoeing or culti-
waiting will mix these materials into
the soil deep enough to reach the roots,
and do more good than to be plowed
under deeply. A ton of either will not
be too heavy dressing, if worked in
with hoe or cultiyator. If applied
just before good shower, there will be
no danger of injuring the leaves of the
plants.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24
BROOKLYN. n. Y Angus

Brooklyn, n. August 10.
Gentlemen-lt is with feelings of
gratitude that place before you a SIM
pie statement of my sufferings and cure
from the use Of the PERUVIAN SYRUP.
am forty years of age, and my occupa-
ton is that of map engraver. About
fifteen years ago L was attacked with
what l suppose was disease of the
spine. / could not walk erect, owing
to a great weakness which l experienced
at the small of my back. MY digestion
became impaired, and by degrees my
whole system became deranged. suf-
fered in this way for seven years, and
then placed myself in the hands of emi-
nent physicians. They treated me with
mercury and many other strong RENE
dies, but grew worse instead of better.
In the spring of 1857, there appeared
upon my back and side two large alb
scesses, and at this time l was also suf-
fering from a very bad fistula; my
whole system became utterly prostrated
when 1 was advised to try the PERU
WAN SYRUP. / commenced using it,
and at once experienced great relief
l have taken three bottles of it, and
every trace of my former complaints
have left me. My system has regained
its strength, my appetite has returned,
and feel myself completely renewed
in age and vigor. In word, my health
is now perfect, and can truly say that
1 was never able to do more work, and
with greater ease to myself, than at this
time. Yours respectfully,
s JAMES p. Cox.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

PIG-BREEDING FOR PRoFIT.-At a re-
cent Stock Convention in Iowa, DIR. j.
&. Traer said, in answer to a question
as to his plans i'm pig-raising.
To make money L would buy best
stock-the very best.I could get-with
warranted pedigree. would like the
largest boar of its kind, and the sows
on the same principle. She must be
long-bOdied and with a rather coarse
bone; the boar not quite so lengthy,
with smaller bones. L would breed in
January, so that the pigs would be
dropped in the spring, and so as to
have them all come together, and they
will be uniform, which is a good re-
commendation TO stock,
Would not keep over eight sows to-
gether in one inclosure, and would not
smut them up only when about to drop
the pigs; would have the inclosure well
ventilated at the top, even in the winter
should have good bedding, which
should be changed often enough to keep
dry and prevent becoming dusty.
Would feed twice per day and very reg
ularly. Always keep record of the time
of breeding my sows, so as to know
when they will have pigs, the usual
time being from ll2 to ll6 days.
1 give cut straw for feed three or
four days previous to the dropping of
the pigs; wean the pigs when about
sixty days old; do not breed but one
litter of pigs from a sow in a year;
keep my breeding sows in rather thin
flesh, and in good healthy condition;
give them plenty Of cinders and stone
coal ashes; think coal ashes better than
wood ashes.-EI.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24
How 70 get Rich.

"There is no secret about it," said
Commodore Vanderbilt; "all you have
to do is to attend to your business and
go ahead" ''There is nothing" said
George Law, $50 easy as making money
when you have money to make it with;
the only thing is to see the crisis and
take it at its Hood" A. L. Stewards
81 consider honesty and
truth great aids in the gaining of for
tune. by Men Who Knotc.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

WEDDING CAKE.-One pound of butter,
one pound of sugar, nine eggs, one
pound of flour, three pounds of clean
currants, two pounds of stoned raisins,
one-half teacup of wine or brandy, from
one-half to three-quarters pound of
citron, one grated nutmeg, some mace
and cinnamon. Rub the butter and
sugar together; when light, add first
the yolks then the whites of the eggs
the yolks and whites of the eggs to be
beaten separately-then put in nearly
all your flour, keeping out just enough
to dust your raisins and cement them !;
cut your citron in such slices as you
like, and put in as you put the cake in
the pan; after mixing your fruit in the
cake grease four-quart pan carefully,
line it with clean straw paper, a little
grease (butter) on the paper; put your
cake in and bake, in not too quick an
oven, for it burns easily. After it is
baked take it out of the pan, paper and
all, and let it cool. The next day, to
keep it fresh and moist, put it back in
the pan, or in tin cake-boX, and keep
it tightly covered.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

CoRN STARCH CAKE.-This is simple
and digestible cake, easily and quickly
made, and generally liked. Rub well
together one cup of butter and two cups
of sugar. Add the white of six eggs
beaten to f'roth. Stir in one cup of
sweet milk, two cups of flour in which
have been thoroughly mixed two tea
spoonsful of baking powder or two of
cream of tartar and one of soda, and
flavor with one teaspoonful of extract
of bitter almonds (or other flavor de-
sired). Lastly, stir in one cup of corn
starch, which acts both as food and
shortening. Immediately bake in a
moderately quick oven.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

1776-1S76.-In what we style
the good old days the women of the
household made the clothes for their
husbands, sons and brothers. But even
these homemade garments were costly
and generally a bad fit. But in 1876
Bennett & Co.'s Tower Hall, No. SIS
Market St., Philadelphia, (sign of the
big clock has open day and night, a
mammoth establishment for clothing
boys, youths and men with nobby, we'll
fitting suits, of the best material and at
the very lowest prices. With such IA
cilities why should we envy our Rerol-
utionary sires?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

FRIcAssEE OF ONIoNs.-Peel two or
three dozen Of the very small, round,
white onions; sprinkle them with salt,
let them remain for half an hour, then
roll them upon a cloth to dry them
slightly, and dredge with flour; throw
them into stewpan in which you have
melted two ounces of fresh butter, toss
them over gentle fire for five minutes,
drain the fat from them, add a pint of
rich milk, minced lemon peel, white
pepper, salt and butter. Simmer for
ten minutes and serve in the sauce.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

opticians, explaining the mechanism of
the organ of vision, remarked, LET any
man gaze closely into his wife's eye,
and he will see himself looking so ex-
ceedingly small that" Here the lee
turer's voice was drowned by the shouts
of laughter and applause which greeted
his scientific remark.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

CoUGHING.-The best method of easing
a cough is TO resist it with all the force
of will possible, until the accumulation
of phlegm becomes greater; then there
is something to cough against, and it
come up much easier and with half the
coughing. A great deal of hacking and
hemming and coughing in invalids is
purely nervous, or the result of mere
habit, as is shown by the frequency
with which it occurs while the patient
is thinking about it, and its comparative
rarity when he is so much engaged
that there is no time to think, or when
the attention is impelled in another
direction.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

FLOATING IsLAND.-Boil with pint
of milk bit of cinnamon and half the
peel of a lemon; when almost cold strain
it, and mix with it the beaten white of
one and the yolks of three eggs; stir it
over the fire till it thickens; pour it
into dish and stir now and then till it
is cold. Whisk the whites of two eggs
and half pint of some kind of jelly till
they are very stiff, spread over the top
of the custard, and serve.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

A TRAVELLER was lately boasting of
the luxury of arriving at night, after a
hard days journey, to partake of the
enjoyment of well cut ham and the
LETT leg of a goose. "Pray, sir, what is
the peculiar luxury ofa left leg?" ''Sir,
to conceive its luxury, you must find
that it is the only leg that is lefs"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

A RURAL female beauty alighted from
the stage coach in front of the American
Hotel the other day, when a piece of
ribbon detached itself from her bonnet,
and fell into the bottom of the carriage.
"You have left your bow behind" said
a lady passenger. "No l amt he's gone
a fishing" innocently replied rustic
Giens Falls Republican.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24
AGRICULTURAL.

HE MODEL FARMER.-The model far.
mer can't be found in every neighbor-
hood. You may even tramp over half
acentury possibly without meeting him.
But when your eyes once fall on the
model farmer you may know him by
the following signs:
The model farmer thoroughly lores
his business; regards it as one of the
noblest of callings; is wide awake to all
its interests, and takes an active part in
every enterprise to push them forward.
But our model farmer has no hatred of
honest workers in other lines of indus
try, and knows full well every pursuit
is made prosperous through the har-
ca. ony and prosperity Of all the rest.
NO Our model farmer is thinker. He
laid out his farm with especial ref
oace TO the highest possible convent
: ence. The arrangement Of his barn,
feeding-sheds, and pig-pens, all show
the thoughtful purpose. His fields are
cultivated with a rotation of crops set
tied upon years beforehand. The model
farmer likewise plans the work of the
season so that every particular job has
its place, and there is no confusion or
doubt as to what comes next.
3. The model farmer is likewise a
model business man. He is wary about
going into debt, knows just what his
liabilities are, keeps systematic accounts
of all his transactions, can tell you the
exact cost and profit of every crop and
of every herd, meets his obligations
with promptness, and don't finish up q
new house or a new barn with a mort
gage.
4. The model farmer is a model in
skillful farm management. He used all
labor-saving instruments, but keeps
them in perfect order, and housed when
not in use. You will find on his tools
neither rust or rot. He does everything
in its proper time-loves thoroughness
hates weeds, hates slovenly farming,
gives his stock good shelter and abund-
ant food, but knows and practices the
art of feeding for specific purpose
whether for growth or fattening, butter
or work. He knows also the fitness of
particular soils TO particular products,
and plants accordingly.
). The model farmer is an economist.
He wastes no time. You will not find
him loafing in groceries or whiting
the dry-gOods boxes of the nearest
town. His time is part of his capital.
and he invests it so as to get the great
est profits. He is also an economist of
labor. He seeks constantly to accom-
plish results with the least possible
wear and tear of muscle, and every gen.
uine appliance for shortening processes
in labor finds favor with him. Being
far from market he condenses his pro-
ducts so as to transport the highest valne
in the least bulk. Consequently he
raises the best stock, keeps it in fine
condition, and cultivates the best of
fruits.-ProgreSSiu Farmer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

A YOUNG LADY dressed in much false
hair was warbling at the piano, and
when her mother summoned her to as
sist In some household duties her rosy
lips opened pOutingly, and she snapped
out, 80, do it yOurself!" And then
she went on singing, "Kind words can
never die.'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

The hen is not proud bird, nor is
she generally spoken Of with much re-
spect, but, as Josh Billings has said,
there is one thing to be said to her
credit-she doesn't cackle much until
she has laid her egg. Think of this a
moment, dear reader, and you will see
that there is healthy hint in it-fOr
great many of your neighbors.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

A DISTINCTION and a difference. Jones
has discovered the respective natures of
distinction and a difference. He says
that "a little difference" frequently
makes many enemies; while "a little
distinction" attracts hosts of friends to
the one on whom it is conferred.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

Coal ASHES FOR PEAR TREEs.-Coal
ashes have wonderful effect upon pear
trees, especially those growing in light
soil. Our ashes of last winter were used
around trees in liberal quantities, and
those thus treated have outgrown any
thing in the orchard. Some that were
even sickly, and apparently ready to
give up their hold on life. have been
restored to perfect health by these rem
edies.-Peninsuld Ne,cs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

SAYS the Danbury Ne,cs:: ''There
was very little boy wading up to his
knees, almost, in the slush on Summit
street, Friday afternoon, when pass
ing gentleman said to him: why amt
YOU to school. young man" "Cos I've
got the hOopin' cough? he explained"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

For SMOOTH HANDs.-After washing
and drying the hands pour into one
hand few drops of good cider vinegar; ;
rub the hands together, wetting the
whole surface both sides, and dry it.
Practice this and your hands will feel
smooth and plant. Some do not like
it, but to me it is far better than gly-
cerine or othsr,nnguent.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

An OLD author quantity remarks !:
"Avoid arguments with ladies. In spin
ming yarns among silks and satins, a
man is-sure to be worsted and twisted /;
and when a man is worsted and twisted
he may consider himself wound up"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

'MY DEAR" said a fond husband to
his wife, "where would you 60 should
l fail in business?" "Where 1 always
60 when can, love-" was the answer,
"into the armhouse," and SO saying the
lovely wife hid her bushes in the cir
cling embrace of her husband.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

DIR. NEWMAN spoke, in a sermon, of
''the sad. funeral procession" which
followed Abel to the grave. An ir-
reverent woman in the audience nudged
her companion and whispered: "Not
such large procession, but very select.
None but the first families"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

LOAF GINGEHBREAD.-Onec cup Of but
ter, two cups of molasses or one cup of
molasses and one cup of sugar, two eggs
well beaten, one teaspoonful of salera-
tus, one cup of milk, sweet or sour (if
sour heap your spoon with saleratus),
-four to the consistency of pound-cake.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-05-24

A PORTSMOUTH, n. Y, young man
who was inconsiderate enough to "cOme
in," after he had escorted a girl home
from prayer meeting, the other Sunday
evening, was obliged to stop to family
prayers, which came on very soon, but,
when the pious house holder prayed
that "the young man who, for the time
being, is one Of our number, nay be
directed toward his Fathers house. che
took his hat and left without ceremony.