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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

All sorts of glass vessels and other
utensils may be purified from lOng-re-
tanned smells of every kind in the most
perfect manner by rinsing them out
well with charcoal powder. after the
grOsser impurities have been secured
off with sand and potash. Rubbing the
teeth with fine charcoal powder. and
then washing out the mouth, will rem
der the teeth beautifully white and the
breath perfectly sweet, where an Often
sive breath has been owing to scOr-
butte disposition of the gums. Putrid
water is Immediately deprived of its
bad smell by charcoal. When meat,
fish, &C., from intense heat or long
keeping, are likely to pass into state
of corruption, simple and easy mode
of keeping them sound and healthful
is to put a few pieces of charcoal,
about the size of an egg, into the pot or
saucepan wherein the flesh or fish is to
be boiled.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

SCENE in hOrse-car-seats all Occu-
pied. Lady enters. Elderly gentleman
rises. Lady-"Don't rise. beg of you.
much prefer you should keep your
seat, SIR" "ShOuld be very happy to
accommodate you, madam, but want
to get out here"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

FERTILIzERs.-Let every farm yard be
scraped to the bottom and every scrap
of material that will add to the capacity
of the soil be employed to increase fer
tility. Sow plaster, scatter ashes, pound
up old bones, clean the chip yard, use
the earth about where the drains issue;
in truth, let not particle of fertilizing
material go to waste. There is money
in it, and the study of methods for the
employment of manure upon the soil is
everywhere needed. We complain Of
the poor grass and clover seed, not
talking of wheat winter-killing and
hundred other trials that may be won-
derfully modified by a higher system
of farming, which i'm every instance
means more manure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

SUDDEN welth seldum comes by
honesty.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

A ROUND of pleasure-A promenade
concert.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

Superiority Of French Nails.-A wri-
ter, asserting the superiority of French
over English nails, argues that the
fault of the latter is their being made
in the shape of a wedge, which detracts
from their holding power and makes
them more likely to split the wood.
The French nails, on the contrary, are
of the same thickness all the way down,
and have a sharp point, which is an
improvement that the English manu-
facturers seem to think quite unnecesa-
~. The French nails are made of wire,
they are less brittle than the English,
and can be used over and over again
without breaking, thus proving far
more economical. The French nails
have also another peculiar advantage,
which is this; when an English nail
is drawn out of its hole to a certain ex-
tent, it loses, owing to its wedge shape.
all power of holding, whereas the
French nail holds to the last.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

Goop FARM RoADs.-It is much
cheaper and more pleasant for farmers
to have good roads on the place than
bad ones. Teams can haul larger loads,
with more safety and comfort, over
good roads, from the distant fields and
the woods lot, than if there be no roads.
Let the stone and roots be gotten out Of
the way, the rough places be smoOthed
down, holes filled up, soft places hard
ened with stones and solid earth, and
the teams will haul enough more with
less breakage, in single year. to pay
the trouble of ting a good road. And
besides the farm looks better; there is
more pleasure and less vexatiOn in the
work to both man and team. We have
seen horses and oxen so bothered and
vexed by the cart or wagon getting into
a hole, or i'm the mud where they could
not haul out, and then whipped and
scolded till they lost all courage and
kindness and became baulky-cOnfirmed
in the habit, so that ever afterward they
would not draw loads out of difficult
places-all from bad roads on the farm.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

woxAsis rites; those performed q
the toilet.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14
sTYLIsH VISITING CARDS /,

Of0 . day at home. agents wanted Outfit and
OH terms free. TRUE CO., Augusta, Maine
34ly
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

A POOR SOLDIER, whose person is sup
ported by two wooden legs, was met by
friend, who thus accosted him:
"My dear fellow, l congratulate you
upon having two wooden legs"
"Why soy" said the veteran.
because you can never catch cold in
yOur feet.o
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

FAvoRITE jewelry of horse fanciers-
Studs,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

IN FINE TINTED OR WHITE. by mail, Is cents.
~ SEND STAMP for SAMPLES, &c No amateur
concern AGENTS wanted. FICKARD Co., BErH-
LEHEx PESS'A 5-243m
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

A CORRESPONDENT of the American Az
racultwist says: Feed horses literally,
work steadily and clean thoroughly is
my motto in the management of horses.
My great trouble is to have the horses
rubbed dry and clean before leaving
them for the night. When horses are
worked six days in the week thorough
grooming is absolutely essential to their
health. The more highly they are fed
the more important it is clean them.
Most men use the curry-comb too much
and the whisk and brush too little.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14
Ponds Extract

AMONG THE MANY EXCELLENT FAMILY
MEDICINES which have from time to time
appeared before the public, there is not one
so generally useful, so simple, and so truly
curative as PoND's EXTRACT. A glance
over the long catalogue of ills and diseases
which it is reputed to cure, will convince
us, if any faith can be placed in human
testimony, that this is one of the rarest and
most useful medicines, if not the most truly
valuable remedy ever made known For
nearly thirty years it has been in extensive
use among the people and profession; and
though its claims have been . thousand
times subjected to searching scrutiny, yet
in every instance these claims have been
triumphantly vindicated. The people, to
whom, from long use and experience it has
become Indispensable, have universally
given it their approval; and the medical
profession, though generally slow to admit
a new medicine, or to endorse anything but
their own practice, have in thousands Of
instances adopted it, and not only use it
freely. but cheerfully recommend it. Like
true friend, the more we use it and know
it, the better we like it.
No Stock Breeder, no Livery Man can
afford to be without PoSD's EXTRACT. II is
used by all the Leading Livery Stables,
Street Railroads and first Horsemen in New
York City. 1t has no equal for Sprans,
Harness or Saddle Chafngs, Stifness, SweiL
ings, Scratches, Cuts, Ldeerations, Bleeding,
P--:umonid, Colo, Diarrkoa, Chilli, Colds,
etc. Its range Of action is wide, and he
relief it affords is so prompt that it is inval-
liable in every Farn-ysrd ~ well as ir
every Farmhouse. Let it be tried once
and you will never be without it
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

A LITTLE BOY, on returning home
from church, was asked by his mother
to give the text. After thoughtful
pause, the little fellow replied, 81 don't
hardly remember, but it was something
about a hawk between two pigeons" ="
The text was, "Why halt We between
two opinions?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

A smart dnsuer.-A minister In one
of his parochial visits met cOwherd,
and asked him what o'clock 1t was.
About twelve. SIR" was the reply.
"Well," quoth the minister, 81 thought
it had been mOre." "It's never any
more here" said the boy, sit just be-
gins at one again.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

"COME, PETE" said q merchant to a
gentleman Of the colored persuasion,
"what'n you put that load of wood into
the cellar for." ''In de fuss place, my
name is not Peter, sir; secondly, I'se a
profeshnal carpet cleaner and white
washer; furdermo, 1 doesn't compete
for sich jobs, sab ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

A Fallacious Test for Lead in Tn
An item has been widely circulated,
both here and abroad, in which 1t was
stated that the presence of lead In tin
could easily be detected by putting a
drop of nitric acid on the clean surface
of tin plate, heating gently to cause 1t
to attack the metal and evapOrate the
excess of acid, and mOistenlng the
white spot with five per cent solution
of iOdide of potassium If lead were
present, the spot would become more
or less yellow from the formation of
iodide of lead. DIR. A. Puerkhauer
calls attention to the fact that tin, free
from lead, will also yield yellow spot
when thus treated. evidently due to the
liberation of iodine by the presence of
free acid; for nitric acid cannot be
completely expelled from tin. even
when the tin is heated to its melting
point 1t may be easily proved that the
yellow spot, formed on tin which is
free from lead, is due to the liberation
of iodine, by touching the SPOT with
starch paste. The above mentioned
reaction can be made reliable by touch
ing the white spot made by nitric acid
with very dilute caustic potash before
applying the iOdide of potassium, when
q yellow cOlOratiOn will not fail to in
dicate lead.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

HAIRY (whose papa has just gone to
the English school for yeomanry
officers 1t Acknowledgements, what
will papa learn at this school? Mamma
He viii be taught how to command a
troop and . great many things you
could not understand; but there Is one
thing, Harry Qmpressiveiy) which all
soldiers must learn, and which very
much wish could teach you-to do ex-
actly IS they are told. Harry (refec-
tively)-Papa won't mind that much !;
he always has to do 1t at home!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

II may be assumed that there are
still four or five thousand additional
locomotives in countries from which
no statistics have been received, so
that something like fifty thousand en-
gines of that description. of an aggre-
crate of 10, ,OOO. 900 horse power are now
in use. DIR. Engel estimates all the en-.
gIues in use-lOcOmOtive, marine, and
statiOnary-at about 100000 horse
power.
Assuming that the above statistics
are approximately correct, it would
appear that one third of all the steam
engines and steam power in the world
are employed in the United States.
This will, in some degree. account for
the extraordinary industrial progress
of this country and the high rank it
maintains in all departments Of prac-.
tical engineering. The population of
the United States is 40,00O. $50, while
the aggregate population OF the other
countries above named exceeds $780,
100000.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

REEF La MoDR.-Beef Ia q mode Ii .
dish readily prepared, but one which,
for some reason, Is not rs popular In
private families rs Il should be. A
writer In the New York Times gives the
subjoined recipe: Procure juicy and
tender round or part Of round Of fresh
beef, according to the size Of the family.
Cut an onion In two and with each half
rub the beef thoroughly on both sides.
After removing the marrow bones.
make stuffing Of bread crumbs, little
melted butter, little salt and pepper,
a pinch or two of thyme, sweet mar
joram and summer savory, pnlverized
and mixed together, small half tea
spoonful of ground cloves, and two or
three tablespoonsful of water, just
enough to mOisten, but not TO pack the
bread crumbs. Have ready some strips
of good solid salt pork about half an
inch thick; score the beef by plunging
a knife clear through and cutting both
ways; score as thickly as possible, and
fill the places alternately with strip
of the pork and the bread crumbs. Re
serve three or four tablespoOnsful Of
the crumbs for the gravy. Next bind
the beef several times around and tying
tightly, taking up and fastening with
skewer any loose or irregular point;
spread slices Of pork over the top, and
place the beef upon wire rack that
will sit upon dripping-pan; allow the
Juice of the meat to fall through; put
about half pint Of water into the pan,
and place all in the oven; have boiling
about half dozen Of onions, and with
the water baste the beef very frequently,
letting the water run down into the
pan. When done, place the gravy-pan
upon the range; add more water from
the onions, III much gravy is desired),
the reserved crumbs, another pinch or
two of the mixed herbs, ditto ground
cloves, about two tablespOOnfuls Of
vinegar, and Drowned -four enough to
impart rich, dark brown color; blend
all well together; boil for minute or
two, and serve with the meat. A few
spoOnfuls poured over the meat when
dished is an improvement. Serve the
boiled onions either i'm . dish by them
selves or upon the meat dish. The mar
row from the bone, chopped fine and
added to the stuffing Of crumbs, en-
riches it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

SAVE the SCOT that falls from the
chimney, when the latter are cleaned.
Twelve quarts of SCOT to hogshead of
water makes good liquid manure, to
be applied to roots of plants.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

How DEEP TO PLANT.-W. j. Beal,
Professor of Botany and Horticulture
at the Agricultural College, Lansing,
Michigan, has published the results of
planting corn and peas at different
depths, varying from one inch to one
foot. The land was sandy and dry as
dust at the time of planting, but the
corn planted only one inch deep came
up first and kept ahead of all the other
lots through the season, although that
planted foot deep did tolerably well.
Peas covered nine inches deep did as
well as any, and stood the drought bet
ter than those that were covered but
two or four inches. Our own expert
ence in planting on heavy land is de-
cidedly unfavorable to the practice OF
covering seeds of any kind more than
an inch deep. The present spring while
the ground was dry as ashes, of seeds
planted an inch deep, many of them
failed to germinate until they had lain
in the ground for several weeks, or un-
til soaked by rain. During the height
of the drought We sOwed a field with
millet, and fearing the seed would be a
long time coming up we yentured TO
try an experiment, for once, OF work
ing in the seed with a cultivator. The
result was most disastrous, as heavy
rain followed the sowing Immediately,
soaking and packing the soil TO such an
extent that the seed came up very
poorly, much of it failing entirely.
Most of the field and garden seeds have
come up this year in battalions, those,
planted deeply coming up in good time
while those near tie surface remain
dormant until after the heavy rains in
June. 1t would seem that no definite
rule can be adopted as to the depth Of
planting which will not require the
Judgment of the planter at the time,
and even then he may widely mistake
the mark.-E6chdRge.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14
AGRICuLrURAL.

GRATING THE PEAR.-A correspon-
dent of the Country Gentleman gives
some useful particulars Of his expert
ence in grating the pear He says ne
took kindly to every new variety OF
this fruit offered by nurserymen, Dut
ultimately found that the soil or climate
of his locality was not favorable to ali
the sorts pressed upon amateurs, and ne
had recourse to the kinds that seemed
most suitable-using the unproductive
stocks for grating on. He does not
think that his method Of grating is in
common use, but it is to be preferred to
any other. He proceeds af follows: In
the spring he cuts the scions from the
trees he desires to propagate, and buries
them half their length in the soil at the
foot of the tree. These will do to graft
from two to three months. When the
bark will separate easily from the wood
he saws of the limbs square from his
stocks at any length from the ground,
makes a slit downward on the side and
inserts the scion. properly shaved of
one half and fitted with a shoulder.
One stock will serve for several scions,
according to its size Stocks three
inches i'm diameter will serve for four
scions. The gratis must be bound on
and waxed in the usual way.
1t is not necessary to make the provi-
sion for scions which he has described,
except for early operations. Grating
according to this plan may be done
nearly all summer, resort being made
to standing trees for the scions. Early
i'm the season the old wood or twigs OF
last years growth may be used. If any
growth has been made, cut back the
scion to the buds which have not yet
started. Later the new growth is ad-
mirably adapted to this purpose. The
scions will Immediately put out and
make fine growth the same season.
This method saves the trouble of split
ting the stock, and fitting the scion ex-
actly is more readily performed, and
may be practiced at any time from the
latter part of May until August, with
the most perfect success. He sometimes
uses a scion with three or four twigs,
or with half a dozen buds, and inserts
two or more in the same stock, accord
ing to its size. Any one who has never
seen grating done i'm this way will be
surprised to see how effectually II
works. The apple and other fruits may
be grated in the same way.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

Underground Telegrdphy in New
York.-rbe Western Union Telegraph
Company have begun the laying of the
telegraph wires in that city under
ground. Experimental sections, made
of iron pipes of capacity of 1s5 wires
each, are being placed in position. be-
tween the Cotton Exchange, the Tele-
graph COmpany's buildings, and other
points. At the same time, pneumatic
tubes for the transmission of written
messages by the air blast are also be-
ing located on the line of the telegraph
pipes. The pneumatic tubes are made
of brass.
1t is greatly to be hoped that this
system of underground telegraphy may
be extended throughout every city.
to the exclusion of the present insight
ly poles. That the plan is fully prac-
ticable has been amply demonstrated
in London and other European cities.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

A little Kentucky boy said to his
mother. the eother morning: "Ma, l had
the beautifulest dream last night, you
ever saw. dreamt that | wouldn't go
to school. aud that you went out into
the yard and cut great long switch,
but just as you was going to give me
an awful dressin' the world came to an
end! Didn't l get out of it easy
though 81
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

A light that will burn on or under
water has been made, to be used upon
the sea. A small box. weighted at one
end. and ending in a small copper wire
at the top, is filed with phosphate of
calcium. When thrown overheard, it
stands upright in the water. and on re-
moving the nib, water penetrates the
box, and phOsphuretted hydrogen
escapes through q perforated tube in q
brilliant Jet of light.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

a ner printing ink IS made by first DIS
solving iron in sulphuric, hydrochlOric.
or acetic acid. Half the solution is
Oxidized by means of nitric acid, after
which the two halves are mixed. and
precipitation is produced by oxide of
iron. The precipitate is filtered,
washed, and mixed with equal parts of
tannic and Rallic acid, which produces
black bordering on blue. The black
is washed and dried, then mixed with
linseed oil; and the ink obtained is
suitable for either letter-press printing
or iiIhnDranhY
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

~ FANCY CARDS. 1ew styles with name i cents,
10 postpaid J. B. Hustled, Nassau Renss- Co. Y.
5-2e-lt
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

said to have invented q curious appa-
ratus, which is thus described in a
Massachusetts, journal: 1t consists of a
small drum, with a very delicately SEN
sitive elastic skin stretched over it. A
stream of gas passed through this drum
will burn as usual till some one be-
gins to sing near it, when the flame,
under the influence of the vibrating
skin, commences to shake in a manner
which is varied indefinitely, according
to the notes of the tune, SO that, under
certain conditions, it will be possible to
photograph these movements of the
tlame, and this, of course. will be equi-
valent to phOtOgraphing the tune"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

Crying Trees.-"Yes, sirs," said the
Deacon to the little boys, 1--WE seen
them often-crying trees: that is. trees
that shed tears. The tears are not
salt like yours, bnt they are very re-
spectacle tears, and the poor tree
weeps from morning till night, and
from night till morning. It's called
the miningo-tree. and you can find out
all about it if you look into your ency-
clOpedia. a.-St. Nicholas.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-06-14

sIssS s.%5s As s Ssss ..S sess :.tsIss tRIas
poSeS NIaHsI COMPANY, IS Maiden
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-28
FIRE IN BEEKMAN STREET.

About twcnty minutes to eight yesterday morning
Officer Dale Of the Fourth precinct, while on post in
3eekman street, noticed n volume OF smoke issuing
from the doorway No AZ Beekman street, and at once
gave the alarm of fire. Fortunately Engine No waa
its return from the fire in Montgomery street, and
The spot almost at the same instant the alarm
was given. The door was broken open and In very
short space OF time steady stream was
pouring the 1rc. The fro originated immcdi-
atcly under the hatchway aud burned through
the third story of the buiiang which is six story
one, and is occupied by w. Schienelin Co., im-
porters OF drugs Owing to tho timely arrival Of the
hour, the fire extingushed with loss Of
about So 600 to the stock 81 900 damange 10 the
building Considering tho inflammable nature Of the
material which the fire had TO work the loss might
be considered slight for had the fire i've minutes
Roadway the iiremen would very likely not have been
able to save the building The house OF Schicelin l.
Co. has been in existence since 1889 When hrst
ganized 1t was under the firm name of Schieden
Brothers and was changed twenty-eignt years ago ID
w. IL Schieflcln Il Go.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-28
FATALLY INJURED.

Marks Tul'y, aged twenty-shreo years, Of No. 7s7
Seventh avenue ic OF the second story window OF
his residence yesterday afternoon and was fatally in.
pitaL
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-28
MAX sTADLER x CO.'S CREDITORS.

meeting VIII be held on Wednesday next BY the
ereu'ors OF Max stadler Co. Tor the purpose OF
nearing The report OF their special committee on exam
nation. The committee was appoiu ted ON the 18th
nsi. ana the meeting is called by the firm the