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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13
ochenek's Pulmonfc Syrup. for the
Cure OF Consumption, Coughs and

Coido.
The great virtue Of this medicine is
that Ii ripens the matter and throws 1t
out Of the system, purifies the blood
and thus effects q cure.
scHENcK's SEA WEED TONIC, FOR THE
CURE OF DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, ETC.
The Tonic produces a healthy action
OF the stomach, creating an appetite,
forming chyle, and curing the most OBJ
stinate cases of Indigestion.
scHENcK's MANDRAKE PILLS, FOR THE
CURE OF LIVER COMPLAINT, ETC.
These pills are alternative, and produce
healthy action of the liver without
she least danger, as they are free from
caiomei, and yet more efficacious in re-
storing healthy action Of the liver.
These remedies are q certain cure for
consumption. as the Pulmenic Syrup
ripens the matter and purifies the blood.
The Mandrake Pills act upon the liver,
create healthy bile, and remove ali
diseases Of the liver, often q cause of
Consumption. The Sea Weed Tonic
gives tone and strength to the stomach,
makes q good digestion, and enables the
organs to form good blood; and thus
creates healthy circulation of healthy
blood. The combined action of these
medicines, as thus explained, will cure
every case Of Consumption, if taken In
time, and the use Of the medicines per-
severed in.
DR.. Schenck Is professionally at his
principal office, corner Sixth and ARCH
sLs:, Philad'a, every Monday, where
all letters for advice must be addressed.
Schenck's medicines for sale by all
Druggists
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13
The Florida Pfnguicuia.

The pinguiculas, or butter-worts, ale
carnivOrous plants, and closely related
TO the utricularias, but To a casual
observer they do not at all resemble
each other. The utricularlas usually
grow in water, and have timely dis
sected leaves, and little stomach-lIke
sacs, into which small insects are en-
trapped, from which they never escape
any more than they would from the
stomach of an animal but the plngui-
culas grow on land aud entrap insects
on their large broad leaves, which are
converted into sJomachs, when they
secrete fluid corresponding to the
gastric juice in the stomach of animals.
The leaves lie fiat on the ground In the
form of a rosette, and are always moist,
and feel greasy TO the touch, from
which it takes both its common and
scientific cname-piRgUiS being the Latin
for fat.
At the North we have but one rep
resentatIve of this genus-pmguicuid
ruIgdrs-and this is scarce, growing
only in few places on wet rocks. Last
summer specimens of this species were
sent me from Cornell University, on
which | made observations, and found
ii to be carniyOrous, as | had been pre-
Viously informed. But my material
was not sufficiently ample nor III the
best condition to experiment with very
extensively; yet my curiosity was
sufficiently aroused to lmpel me to
visit Florida, where could lind winter
blooming species of pingulcula, which.
so far as | knew, no one had expert
mented with.
| reached Florida in November, 1879,
and soon found three species in large
numbers-PiRguiculd pumitG. L. lutea,
and Il. eldtiOr. They were already IN
a good condition to work with, the fall
and winter seeming TO be their growing
season. Il. pumlid commenced bloom
ing early in December, and III January
the damp pine -barrens were hecked
with the large bright-yellow flowers of
p. iated and the snowy purple ones of
Il. eldtiOr.
From all appearance, these plants
are ANIMALS. They commence bloom
ing in winter, and by the time the rainy
season begins In spring, the seeds are
ripening and falling to the ground; the
young plants soon become established,
and evidently grow slowly during the
summer and fall, or until about No
vember. | did not find single plant
of either species but what bloomed
during the winter or early spring,
which inclines Inc to the opinion that
they cannot be perennial. At all
events. the winter, or dry season, is the
time they make their most rapid
growth; and We can see that during
the dry season they would be much
more likely to digest the prey they cap
ture, as in the late spring and summer
it rains almost daily, when the insects
would be washed away.-Hdrper'S
NU00 0-ine
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13
An Army sliding Down Hill.

/ should really have liked to see the
sight. An army of many thousands of
great, grown men all sliding down hill
for the fun of the thing.
1t seems that when one of the barba-
rOus tribes called the Cimbri came
from their homes in northern Europe
to attack ancient Rome, they were
obliged to cross the Alps. They, how
ever, didn't object to that. They rath-
er liked it in fact, for they were strong,
and hardy. So it was favorite amuse-
ment of theirs TO climb TO the tops of
the snow and ice-covered peaks. carry
ing with them their great broad shields,
and, arrived at the summit, to cast
themselver down on the shields, very
much as boys now do upon their sleds.
and with great rough shouts of laughter
to swiftly glide down the vast and dam
gerous descents.
How do / know this? Why from
hearing somebody reading aloud from
a book called "Mallet's Northern An
tiquities. ."-.St. Nicholas.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13
Fashionable Dinners.

London dinners Empty artificial
nothings; and that beings can be
found, and these too the flower of the
land, who day after day can act the
same parts in the same dull, dreary
farce" So writes Mr.. DIsraeli in one
of his earliest and best novels, "Nivian
Grey" As it was in the days of Vivian
Grey, so it is now. The dinner is the
fetish of modern society, and we array
ourselves in sombre black cloths, and
put on white ties, and do reverence to
il. The London dinner is time-hon-
ored institutions, and it is as much a
part of our constitution as the gallows.
To call them empty, artificial nothlngs
is serious blunder; they are snbstan-
tial, heavy, and solemn. Mr.. Disraeli,
treme youth. No one but a rash boy
could write of dinners with levity or
disrespect.
The highest kind of worship demands
a certain amount of self-sacrltice and
suffering, and there is much pain to
be endured in the solemn rite of Lon
don dinner. The sutferings begin early.
There are ten long minutes III which
you have TO bend at an angle OF forty
five and converse about nothing with
the person yoa are about to have the
honor of taking down to dinner. The
last guest arrives, and makes lame
apology for being late, and then Is
heard the welcome announcement that
dinner is ready. The solemn process
sion moves slowly down the steps, and
one makes the inevitable witty remark
about the width and narrowness OF
the stairs. After some sklllful man
euvers the right seats are found. and
one also discovers the painful fact that
there are just as many people as 1t Is
physically possible to squeeze into the
room.
The hostess is a good wife and a
Christian mother, but she does not hes
Itate 10 coniine her guests for three
hours in a room devoid of ventilation,
and in which the air is poisonous and
totally destructive to the human con-
stitution. The fare is plentiful and
good, but il fails through the lnferl-
ority of the cooking or the monotony
of the dishes. People forget the words
of the kindly matrOn IN "Silas Marner:"
Mems stomicks are made so comlcal
they want a change-they do. God help
'em ~ Little inventions and pleasant
culinary surprises are unknown IN Eng
land. As rule, the conversation at a
London dinner Is as heavy as the Vi
ands. The guests are iIl-assorted, and
there are too many for all 10 join IN
a general conversation. The surest
method OF arousing silent dull party
is to remark. in loud tone of voice,
that it Is strange that the Germans,
who have excelled in every branch OF
art, should have done nothing in mu-
sic. The effect l. instantaneous. Every
one thinks he knows something OF the
fine art, especially music, and immedi-
auely the clatter of tongues begins.
You are regarded for the remainder of
the evening as a strange wild creature,
but you have the satisfaction of feel
ing that you have sacrificed yourself
on the altar of friendship, and have
saved your hosts dinner.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13
BEYOND.
BIZ ROSE TERRY COOKE

The stranger wandering in the Switzer's land,
Before its awful mountain-tops afraid
Who yet. with patient toll, hath gained his
stand
On the bare summit where all life is stayed I;
Sees far, far down, beneath his blood-dimmed
eyes
Another country, golden TO the shore.
Where a new passion and new hopes arise,
Where Southern blooms unfold forevermore.
And 1, lone sitting by the twilight blaze,
Think of another traveller in the SHOWS;
And on more perilous mountain-tops gaze
Than ever frowned above the vine and rose.
Yet courage, soul, nor hold thy strength in
vsin,
In hope o'ercome the sleeps God sets for thee,
For past the Alpine submits Of great pain,
Iieth thine Italy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13

How 10 Cure a Bad Memory Your
memory is bad, perhaps; but can tell
you two secrets that will cure the
worst memory. One is to read a sub
ject when strongly interested. The
other is, to not only read, but think.
When you have read a paragraph or a
page, stop, close the book. aud try to
remember the ideas on that page, and
not only recall them vaguely in your
mind, but put them into words and
speak them out. Faithfully follow
these two rules, and you have the gOl-
den keys of knowledge. Besides mat
tentive reading, there are other things
injurious to memory. One Is the habit
OF skimmIng over newspapers, items OF
news, smart remarks, bits of lnfOrma-
ton, political reflections, fashion notes,
all in confused tumble, never to be
thought of again, thus diligently eul-
tivating a habit of careless reading,
hard to break. Another is the reading
of trashy novels. Nothing is SO fatal
to reading with profit as the habit of
running through story after story, and
forgetting them as soon as read. l
know a gray-haired woman, life long
lover of books, who sadly declares
that her mind has been ruined by such
reading.
A help to memory is repetition.
Nothing is so certain to keep your
French fresh, and ready for use, as to
have always an interesting story In
that language, to take up for ten min
utes every day. In that case, you will
not forget your French with the ma
jority of your schoolmates.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13
NORrU SF.RSuoSr NJ

NORTH SEARsMoNT, Me-, Sept. ., 20.
DEAR SIR:-lt gives me very great
pleasure to inform you of the benefit
received from the use of PERUVIAN
SYRUP In my own family. MY wife,
for the past ten years, has been in feeble
health-very much debilitated gener-
ally. Last spring she concluded to try
bottle Of PERUVIAN SYRUP, and was so
well pleased with the result, continued
its use until three or four bottles had
been used, and she is now i'm better
health than at any time for ten years,
and has increased in weight from 10
pounds to l261a. Ihave employed ply
sicians, and used great variety of pat
ent medicines, to the extent of hun
dreds Of dollars, and l know she re-
eeived more benefit from the PERUVIAN
SYRUP than all the rest together.
My sales on the Syrup are very large
and constantly increasing, and l do not
hesitate to recommend and even war
rant 1t to give satisfaction. If you de-
sire' you are at liberty to use this COM
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13

A Sdgdeiow Cat.-One very strange
thing / remember happening at the
house where L was once visiting. 1 had
been told of it, but never fully realized
how peculiar it was till | witnessed 1t
myself. The family consisted of my
friend, her husband, and four children;
and when news was brought that puss
had five new kittens, each begged so
hard to be allowed to have one that
orders were given to save four and
drown the remaining one. Whether
Mrs. Puss missed her remaining child
or not | don't know, but she seemed
very we'll satisfied with those left her,
and was more than usually happy when
any of the children would pay her vi
sit at her snug quarters under the kit
chen table. A dozen times a day or
more would the luckless kittens be
dragged from their bed to be kissed
and petted and Rugged. But 1t so
happened, that from some cause or
other one whole day passed without
any one going to see the kittens, much
to their mothers grief, who had fire.
duently gone to the nursery In search
OF her young friends. Evening came ;
the whole family were together. the
two younger ones being on the floor,
when to their astOnishment In walked
the cat, carrying a kitten IN her mouth.
This she carried to one of the children,
and so soon as she saw it was kindly
received ran quickly away. Bump,
bump, was soon heard. and in came the
mother cat with another kitten, which
was deposited near another of the
children. Curiosity was now excited;
the two elder children took seats on
the floor, to see if kittens would be
brought to them, and in very short
time they were. Then was pussy's
happiness complete she would purr
loudly, rub herself against each one in
turn and try 10y every means to show
how pleased she was.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13

YARD FOR PIGs.-The Lire Stock Jour
nal saws: l believe that one great
reason why pigs do not prove more
profitable on a great many farms. is be-
cause they do not have enough clean
yard-room in which to run and forage.
Too often they are confined to small
pen and a very small yard, both OF
which are dirty. They have not even
a clean grass spot, or grass or other
green food TO eat, but must constantly
stay in a close yard or pen. For large
hogs, this restriction is injurious, but
for little pigs it is very much worse.
Young animals want liberty toexercise
their muscles, and clean grass on which
to feed. A few farmers let their pigs
run at will, but they are apt to do a
great deal of mischief. One of my
neighbors who raises a great many pigs
used to let them rnn into my garden,
corn and potatoes, tread down my grass
and they did a great deal of damage TO
nv crops: but he always had nice pigs,
and there was no evident reason except
that he allowed them full liberty out
of doors. Now l do not approve of
having a drove of pigs running through
gardens and crops, but l think ii would
pay even small farmers TO fence in an
eighth or a fourth of an acre of land
adjoining their hogyards, and let their
pigs run part of the time every day
in this inclosure. When they get large
enough to root turf land, they can be
shut into their ordinary yards, or else
have the tendons of their noses cut or
rings pu: in to keep them from doing
mischief. But whether it is used for
large hogs or not, it would certainly
pay farmers who raise many pigs TO
furnish them such yard.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13

Poisoning by lir1iRidn Creeper.-The
details of two cases of poisoning by
the well known Nirginian creeper or
American ivy (dmpelopsis hederdcedJ
have been communicated to the medi-
cal papers by Mr.. Bernays, of Chatham,
England. The sufferers were two
children. aged respectively two and a
half and five years, who had chewed
some leaves of the plant, swallowing
only the juice. They were quickly
seized with violent vomiting and pur-
ging, with considerable tenesmus, then
collapse, sweating, and faint pulse,
followed by deep sleep for two hours,
from which they were aroused by a
return of the vOmitidg and purgIng.
Milk, with some rum mixed in il, was
freely administered, under which treat
ment the children soon recovered; but
four hours after the commencement of
the attack there was considerable dila-
ton of the pupil.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13

The Song of the Shirt heard the
Little SchOolma'am, one day, telling
some girls that Tom Hoods "SOng of
the Shirt" was rejected three times by
London editors before it found anyone
willing to accept it. She said this
should be comfort to all young con-
tributOrs whose articles are declined
by the magazines. don't quite un-
derstand this myself. but if the pretty
SchOOlma'am says so it must be right.
The Deacon remarked three reflections
must be rather discOuraging, but that
all the children had to do was to pro
duce something better than the song of
the Shirt" and then it wouldn't be re
jected but once or twice. But my birds
don't believe word of the story.
They say shirts can't sing a note.
Nonsense! just as if the pretty school
ma'am could make a mistake st.
Nicholas.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13

CORN PUDDiNG.-Grate fifteen ears of
sweet corn, scraping off carefully all
the milk that may remain on the cob,
but do not take the hull with it. Add
TO this one cup and quarter of white
Indian meal, four well-beaten eggs,
three spoonfuls of sweet butter, and
enough rich milk to make thin batter /;
add pepper and salt, and stir i'm the eggs
the last thing, and bake. Stir it several
times before it is half done; after that
leave 1t unmolested till done.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13

The Most useful DYugs.-According
to the London Medical Times and Ga
sette, party of ten medical men were
dining together not long since. and one
of them. during dessert, started the
question that, suppOsing all present
were limited in their practice to Sc
lection of six pharmacopeial remedies,
which would be chosen as being most
useful, compound drugs to be excep-
ted. Each of the party wrote the
names of the six drugs he should Sc
lect, and handed them to the doctor
who started the enquiry. On examin
ing the lists it was found a majority of
votes were given in favor of opium,
quinine, and iron between mercury
and Iodide of potassium the votes were
equally divided, as they were also be-
tween ammonia and chloroform.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13
A REMEDY FOR CHOLERA INr.NruM.

A REMEDY FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM.-
Toast half slice of stale bread very
brown, break in goblet and fill up with
water: put i'm as much soda as you can
hold on a three-cent piece; let the little
one drink little at time. If the
stomach is very irritable, give only
teaspoonful at time. In some cases,
with the advice Of a physician, says a
l have put in a teaspoon
full of paregoric in the gobletful.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13

A CHEAP WOODLAND FENCE.-Take
unsharpened rails, make the fence
three rails high as follows: Let one
end of each rail rest on the ground,
raising the other ends as high as you
want the fence. The first rail is Sc
cured in its place by two stakes driven
into the ground in the form of an ".
The next rail is placed some feet be-
hind the one staked so that when two
stakes are driven into the ground, and
resting OH the rail already in position,
they will support the second rail at the
proper height, and thus the fence is
continued, the stakes supporting the
upper rail, and also holding the next
under one firmly down under the cross.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13

ORANGE CUsTARD.-The juice of six
oranges strained and sweetened with
loaf sugar; stir over slow fire till the
sugar is dissolved, take off the scum;
when nearly GOLD add the yolks Of six
eggs, well beaten and a pint of cream
or milk. Return to the fire and stir till
it thickens, pour into glasses and serve
when cold.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13
YOUTHS CoLUN.

"I Don't Care.nL"I shall go this
vay.n said a young black colt who was
out on the moor. And he looked down
the road.
'.No, nO,- said horse who was close
by. "YOu must stop on the moor"
"Whyf Why must l stop !" asked
81 cannot tell" said the horse. Il
have been told by an old horse to stay;
and so | shall.n
"I don't care" said the colt; and Oh
he went.
By and by he met an old mare at an
inn door. "What are you here fOrI
asked she. =,
II have come out for bit of fun"
"But YOU should not" said the mare.
"You are not fit to go out IN the worid.
You have no shoes on"
81 don't care,n said the colt; and ne
kicked his heels up to show that he dlu
not mind what the old mare said. But
the old mare was a mare OF few words,
and she said no more.
Then he went on down the road: he
met a mule with pack on his oack.
The mule shook his head at the colt.
"You shouldn't be here" he SAID.
"The town is close by.n
II don't care" said the colt and he
tore on.
Right on through the town he went.
He had not been in town In all ms
life; and the noise, ane the sight OF all
the men, made him feel quite mad.
He tore here, and he tore there; while
men and boys ran to catch him, ana
threw stones, and cried out at him, all
ND and down the streets.
At last, in a great sheet of glass, he
saw what he thought was young colt.
and he ran up to ask it what he should
do, and how he could get back TO the
moor. OF course, it was not a colt,
but his own self, that he saw In the
glass.
The glass cut him when he dashed at
it, and he fell down. And then he was
caught.
"Why, that is my young colt OH the
moor" said a man who just came up
"These are his tricks. are they1 he
must have a great clog OF wood tied to
his feet, then"
So he was led back, with his head
cut, and his feet sore and he had to
stump from spot to spot with clog
tied to his feet. He did not say, y
don't care" then.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13
AGRICULTURAL.

WHY SEEDS FAIL.-In the first place
however, we will examine the cause OF
failure. If small seeds are placed too
deep, they either rot in the damp cold
earth, for the want necessary to their
termination, perish before the shoots
can reach the sun and air: so that
which was designed for their support
and nourishment proves their grave.
If the soil is stiff clay, il is often
too cold at the time the seeds are planted
to effect their termination for it must
be understood that warmth and moist
ure are necessary to the termination OF
seeds. Neither of these will do alone.
Seeds may be kept in warm, dry
room, in dry sand or earth, and they
will not grow. They may be placed in
damp earth, and kept in low temper
ature, and they will most likely rot,
though some seeds will remain DOR
mant long time under these circum-
stances. But place them in moist earth
in a warm room, and they will COM
mence growth at once. Another diff
Guilty with heavy soil is that il becomes
hard on the surface, and this prevents
the young plants from looming up;
or if, during showery weather, they
happen to get above the surface, they
become locked i'm and make but little
advancement unless the cultivator is
careful to keep the crust well broken
and in doing this the young plants are
often destroyed. If stiff, the soil where
small seeds are sown should be made
mellow, particularly on the surface, by
the addition of sand and light mould.
If seeds are sown in rough, lumpy
ground, a portion will be buried under
the clods, and will never grow; and
many that start, not finding fit soil
for their roots, will perish. A few
may escape these difficulties and flour.
ish
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13

HIS INDIAN PoLICY.-"Are you in
favor of the Indian peace policy?" in
quired philanthropic Chicago man of
a long-haired party from the frontier
the other day.
"Favor of it" echoed the frontier
man, "wal, / shud say wuz."
And then he continued with flashing
eyes and raised fist:
''Favor of it, boss? why, durn my
scalp if l wouldn't like ter see this 'ere
piece policy carried out It'll there want
a piece of lnjun left bigger'n six
pencev'
The philanthropist did not prolong
the argument.