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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22
DR.. sehe,ek's standard Remedies.

The standard remedies for all diseases
of the lungs are SCHENCK's PULMoNIC
SYRUP, SCHENCK's SEA WEED Tonic.
and SCHENCK's MANDRAKE PILLS, and,
If taken before the lungs are DESTROYED,
a speedy cure is effected.
To these three medicines DIR. j. H.
Schenck, Of Philadelphia, owes his I'M
rivalled success In the treatment of pull
monary diseases.
The Pulmonic Syrup ripens the NOR
bid matter in the lungs; nature throws
1t on by an easy expectoratiOn, for when
the phlegm or matter is ripe a slight
cough will throw It OF, the patient has
rest and the lungs begin to heal.
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do
this, Schenck's Mandrake Pills and
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic must be
freely used to cleanse the stomach and
liver. Schenck's Mandrake Pills act on
the liver, removing all obstructions, re-
lax the gall bladder, the bile starts
freely, and the liver Is soon relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is q gentle
stimulant and Alternative; the alkali of
which It is composed, mixes with the
food and prevents souring. 1t assists
the digestion BY tOning up the stomach
to healthy condition, 80 that the food
and the Pulmonic Syrup will make good
blood; then the lungs heal, and the pa
ttent viii surely get well IL care Is taken
to prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult DR.. Schenek,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22
DEAD VIOLETS.

A few dead violets, withered. old and faded!
All meaningless and dull to stranger eyes;
Yet oh, the blessed hope. forever shaded.
Which in their dusty. shsdowy compass lies
A bcundlees love. as limitless as ocean.
Tender and sweet, and true, and deep and
strong.
A womAn's crown Of pure and high DEVOTION
Life's sweetest music-earth's divinest song
All these, and more-forever ever shattered,
See and feel within these withered leaves
The song and music hushed. the hopes al
scattered.
Oh. when gather up my harvest sheaves,
VIII they return again! In yonder heaven.
Will song and music and the crown of love
Once more unto my longing heart be given,
And all be perfect in the world above?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22
A Useful Tree.

Consul Morgan, i'm his supplementary
report on the trade and commerce OF
Brazil for the year 1874, just issued,
makes special mention of most useful
tree, which would be valuable acqui-
sition 10 any country where it would
condescend TO grow. The tree in ques-
tiOn is the carnouba (copernicia ceri-
fera). palm tree, which without any
culture develops itself in Ceara, Rio
Grande del Norte, Bahia, &c. Perhaps
in no country, says Consul Morgan, is
plant applied to so many and varied
purposes. Ii resists the most prolonged
drought and preserves itself constantly
luXuriant and green. Its roots possess
the same medicinal effects as the sarsa-
parilla. From the trunk are obtained
strong fibres, which acquire a beautiful
lustre, as well as corner pieces of tim
Der and excellent palisades for enclo-
sures. The palmetto when young
serves as an appresiable and nutritious
food; and therefrom also wine, vinegar
and a saccharine matter is extracted, as
well as a kind of gum similar in its
taste and properties TO sago. This plant
has often served during the period of
excessive droughts as the means of sup
port 10 the populations Vi SedTd anu
Rio Grande del Norte. From the wood
and trunk of the tree musical instru-
ments are made. as also tubs and pumps
for water. The delicate fibrous sub
stance of the pith of the stalk and its
leaves make good substitute for cork.
The pulp of the fruit is of pleasant
taste. and the nut, oily and emulsive,
is, after being roasted and reduced to a
powder, often used as coffee. From the
trunk of the tree species of flour SIM
liar TO maizena, is extracted, as well as a
liquid resembling that of the Bahia
cocoanut. From this dried straw, mats,
hats, baskets and brooms are made. and
of this straw large quantities are ex-
ported TO Europe, where il is employed
in the manufacture of fine hats, the
whole value of which exported and of
such as is utilized by national industry
amounting now to about ell, 800 per
annum. Finally from its leaves is pro
duced the wax used i'm the manufacture
of candles, the annual expectation of
which exceeds in value fl62, ,5O0.-PdU
Mall Gazette.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22
Bracelets.

Perhaps the history of no other artI-
Gle of jewelry can be traced so far back
as that of the bracelet. This may be
owing to the fact that ii was more ca
silly manufactured, being in the earli-
est times but a rude band of flexible
metal wound around the arm. Brace
lets, we are told, have been used by
both savage and civilized nations from
the farthest back ages down TO our
own. They are mentioned in Genesis
as worn by both men and women. The
Medes and Persians were noted, even
amongst Asiatics, for their love for
ornaments of this class. The Gauls
wore bracelets, and the Sabines, as
early as the foundation eff Rome, had
ponderous golden armlets on the left
arm. The same was true of the Sami
ans about the same time. Now, judg
ing from these facts, it is very evident
that the human race, ever since its ere
alton, has had a natural hankering at
ter adOrnments for its arms. This be-
ing the case, it is not to be wondered
at that the designs and styles and ma
terials employed in the construction of
bracelets since their invention are in
Vulnerable. The Grecians even wore
bracelets in the form of a snake. The
Emperor Nero adorned his right arm
in a golden armilla, which enclosed the
skin of a serpent. Roman ladies wore
bracelets, not only for ornaments, but
for the purpose of containing amulets,
which were supposed 10 effect miracu-
lous cures. However, the snake period.
and the amulet period, and the serpent
peroid are among the things of the
past, and only the plain, substantial
designs born out of a healthy, refined,
cultivated nature have come down to
us through long ages. Thus We find
among the elegant assortment of brace
lets of to-day several specimens which
In many respects bear strong resemb-
lence to the heavy, chased bands worn
in the middle ages. There are the RO-
man gold bands. Crnamented with a
unique design in gold of many cOlors,
and there are the massive bands formed
from links of gold, all of which savors
strongly of ancient days. One of these
bands is particularly chaste. The de-
sign is small section of swamp, edged,
with a few reeds and a crane. The
work is raised, and the gold employed
for the different parts of appropriate
tint i; the small portion of water visible
glitters in sunshine; the silvery wings
of the bird flash in the light. Another
is Roman gold, has the upper surface
studded with three balls. Each ball is
embellished with a tiny branch deeply
chased. Upon this branch is perched
a bird worked in delicate tracery. In
the way of diamond bracelets there is
nothing especially new. This may
perhaps be owing to the perfection of
the old styles. There is the usual va
riety of bracelets Ornamented with the
cheaper gems and precious stones. For
the present, chain bracelets are obsO-
lete and all band bracelets fasten at
the side with patent clasp.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

Pints and quarts of filthy Catarrhal
discharges. Where does il ali come
from! The mucous membrane which
nnes the chambers Of the nose, and It's
little glands, are diseased, 90 that tbev
draw from the blood its liquid, and ex-
Posure to the air changes it into corrup-
tion: This life-liquid is needed to buiid
up the system, but 1t is extracted, and
tne system Is weakened by the loss. To
cure, gain flesh and strength by using
1T Iieree's Golden Medical Discovery,
N,n wien also acts directly upon these
sage Catarrh Remedy with DIR. Pierce,s
Nasal Douche, the only method of reach
ing the upper cavities, where the dis
cnarge accumulates and comes from
me instrument and both medicines sold
ny druggists and dealers In medicines.
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22
Easter Day.

The reason why Easter will fall this
year on the 10th of April, rather than
on the 9th, is explained as follows in
The Churchmdn:
Easter day is regulated not by solar
but lunar cycle-the cycle that regu-
lates the golden number. Now, BY
solar calculation, a day always begins
at midnight; but by a lunar calculation
it begins at noon. If, therefore, the
Paschal full moon falls on Saturday
after II P. NJ, it is counted as falling on
Sunday; and then Easter day is, under
the rule of the prayer book, the Sunday
following. This is what happens i'm the
present year. The Paschsl full moon
falls on Saturday, April sth, at 2:43 p.
NJ. 1t is, therefore, counted as falling
on Sunday, April 9th, and Easter day
is on the Sunday following, i. e., April
10th. 1t may be added that should the
full moon fall on March 21st before u
p. NJ, the full moon Counted as falling
on March 20th) would not regulate
Easter day, but the one following. This
happened in 1910.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

and, as | used te see them at times, 1
think l never saw two persons better
or more lovingly mated than they.
The following spring l lost sight Of
them, but subsequently / learned that
they had returned east.
A few days after Christmas, 1873,
went into Everett's dining rooms, Wash
ington market, New York. and ordered
dinner. While waiting to be served,
saw a well-to-do farmer-looking indi-
vidual enter and take q seat at the next
table. He was i'm conversation with q
something familiar in the voice and
features of the new conner. So i'm
pressed was with the belief that l had
seen him before that on finishing my
lunch | approached and asked him If
we had not met somewhere. He failed
to remember ever having seen me, and
was about going away when | asked if
he had ever been on the Northwestern
railway. At first he answered in the
negative, but quickly corrected himself
and said, "Why, yes, was out there
years ago."
''Did you work for the company?"
''Yes 1 wiped engines at De kalb
one winter"
Then, for the first time, it occurred to
me who he was. and asked IL he re-
membered being picked up one Sunday
between Chicago and Oak Ridge.
81 shall never forget that ~ said he:
"apd know you must be the man who
befriended me then. How my wife
would like to see you." And he
grasped my hand in token Of my former
Kindness and his rememberance of it.
| learned that his wife's parents had
sent for them to come back the spring
that missed them; that he had finally
come into possession of the farm on the
death of his father-in-law; had been
very successful and was at that time de-
livering two carloads of stock to tine
butcher at his side.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

HKR LOVE HAD WANKD.-They came
out of Michigan avenue grocery, he
carrying big jug, and as they reached
the walk he said:
"Now, Dolly, you carry the jug and
give me that quarter Of pound Of tea
''I'd like to see myself!" she replied.
"Dolly, do you want to see your hus-
band Juggling an old brown jug through
the crowded streets Of the metropolis
do you want others to see him?"
@COme along with that jug!" she I'M
patiently exclaimed.
"Dolly, there's q gallon Of molasses
in here, and we know it, but everybody
else will think it's whisky If carry It. y
"Let 'em think"
dolly, if you love me you will carry
the Jug"
81 won't carry itp'
'sThen 1 won't! I've got twice as
much character to sustain as you have ~
''Sustain it then," she said as she
started for the wagon around the
corner.
He called to her, but she did not an
swer. Giving the big jug 3 terrific
swing into the air. he let go his hold
and it came down with an awful crash.
"Lasses is nothing TO principle!' he
explained to the little crowd, and then
followed on after DOlly.-Detroit Free
Press.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

POULTRY MANURE.-Fifty fowls will
make in the rOosting house alone, 10
cwt. per annum of the best manure in
the world. Hence fifty fowls make
more than enough manure for an acre
Of land, cwt. of guano being the
usual quantity applied per acre, and
poultry manure being even richer than
guano in ammonia and fertilizing salts.
No other stock will give an equal re-
turn in this way, and the figures will
demand careful attention from the
large farmer. The manure, before
using, should be mixed with twice its
bulk Of earth and then allowed to stand
in heap covered with few inches of
earth, till decomposed throughout,
when it makes the very best manure
that can be had.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

SAwDUsT FOR GARDEN WALKs.-The
Gardeners Chronicle gives an account Of
successful garden walks made of saw
dust, which are irm and yet soft to the
tread, the sawdust soon becoming of q
neutral tint, and weeds seldom grow.
1t strikes us that every thing depends
on the kind of wood used; we should
naturally prefer the red cedar and
white oak sawdust to that made from
Eastwood and hemloek.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

The other day minister offered
prayer at the laying Of a corner stone.
A brisk young reporter hustled up aud
said: 81 wish you would give me the
manuscript Of that prayer" 81 never
write out my prayers, said the preacher.
"Well," SAID the reporter, 81 couldn't
hear a word you said" 81 wasn't pray
ing to yOu," quickly responded the
DarSOn.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

A CHEAP HARD SoAP.-Many house
keepers in the country know how diff
cult it is to obtain good article of bar
soap. The yellow soap sold at stores
cuts soft as cheese, and rubs away as
easily, and unless the housewife orders
box of soap at a time, and piles it up
in stacks i'm the attic or some dry place,
the yearly record will show good sum
paid out for soap purchased by the bar.
The following recipe will prove a de-
sirable item OF economy:
Four large bars Of yellow soap; two
pounds of sal soda; three ounces borax ;
one ounce liquid ammonia. Shave the
soap in thin slices, put il into eight
quarts of soft water (rain water is the
best.) When the soap is nearly dis
solved, add the bOrax and sal soda; stir
till all is melted. Pour it into large
tub or shallow pan; when nearly cool
add the ammonia slowly, mixing il well.
Let it stand a day or two, then cut ii
into cakes or bars, and dry in a warm
place. No better soap can be made to
wash white clothes, calicoes and fan
nels, and 1t is excellent for all house
hold purposes. Ii costs but three cents
per pound, and is made in less than half
AN hour. This recipe. has been sold for
five dollars, and will be of service to
every family.-Hearth and Home.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

OLE BULL was once seeing the sights
at Donny brook fair, when he was at
tracted by the sound of very loud
violin in a tent. He entered and said /:
my good friend, do you play by note?"
''rhe deuce a note, sir" ''Do you play
honor" SHOW do you play then?"
''Be main strength, be jabers."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

An EXCHANGE says that Conductor
McGleary, Of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railroad, in taking up tickets
after his train left Des Moines, few
days ago, was somewhat surprised when
a lady handed him a paper on which
his eye distinguished the words: ''Take
one cup of sugar, three eggs, and two
pounds of -four; stir up well, add a
little saleratus, and bake for twenty
minutes i'm a hot oven." "DO you ex-
pect to pass on this?" asked McGleary.
''Certainly, sir, said the lady in sur
prised manner. But when she glanced
her eye on the paper she smiled and ex-
planned, while McGleary took up her
regular ticket and willingly handed
back her receipt for making "BostOn
cookies"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

HEIGH-Hos-Long stockings. People
of grasping disposition - Hand
shakers. Income tacks-When the car
pets go down. The topper said that the
bird he thought the most of was the
morning swallow. The man who is al
ways short Tommy Thumb. A body
guard-Under-f r-fianDels.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

The man who said he'd 'snever run
away from danger, all got to die some
time, you know" was observed getting
around the corner in very lively time al
Port Henry the other day, when a team
OF horses ran away with a wagon load
of giant powder.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

CUTTING FoDDER.-The following COM
munication from III. Ives, Batavia, n.
Y, was read to the American farmers
club: 81 would corroborate the state
ment of Mr.. Tanner, of Minnesota, in
his communication to the club, saying
that it paws to cut his corn fodder, and
could answer his inquiry for an eleva-
tor to carry the cut feed up to the barn,
storing it away as it is cut. So would
cut cornstalks up for my own advan-
tage, even if it made them no better for
the cattle, and feed them Iiberally that
they may leave all that they do not like
which l will clean out once day to
use for their bedding. agree with Mr..
Yeamans that the cutting machine will
be abandoned if run by hand power,
for to run successfully it should be
driven by horse power. And this say
ing that it made their mouths sore, re
minds me of good advice given me
years ago by an old feeder, that stalks
should be cut for cattle two or three
inches long, for he said the stalk had a
hard, glazen case, and if cut short the
pieces, when eaten, would come end
ways between their jaws, and. this
sharp case would cut their gums, max
ing them sore. But if cut long the
pieces will come horizontally between
their teeth, avoiding that trouble. And
as for harvesting the stalks or letting
them stand uncut where they grew, l
would as soon think of not cutting my
meadow, and often have those which
are cut early and well pressed, worth
as much for fodder by the acre as so
many acres Of my clover"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

CHICKEN SALAD.-Take the meat from
a pair of boiled chickens. Chicken, as
well as celery, should be cut as large as
a cranberry. Have equal quantities Of
chopped chickens and celery-if any
thing, more of the celery. Take a level
tablespoonful of dry mustard and rub it
very smooth with the yolk, of four
hard-boiled eggs, and the yOlks of two
raw eggs. Then pour on very slowly,
stirring all the time, One-Ihird of large
bottle of salad oil, alternating with the
juice of one large lemon, or two smaller
ones; then add large tablespoonful of
salt and two or three tablespOonfuls of
rich cream. just before serving, mix
the chicken well through this dressing;
then add the celery. You may garnish
the top with the tender leaves OF the
celery, very THU slices OF lemon, few
capers here and there, and half dozen
stoned olives. Some add half teaspoon
tut of cayenne pepper 10 the dressing,
while Others object to it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

'FIsH are caught by measure and sold
by weight-that is, they are caught by
the gill and sold by the pound. But
they are sometimes caught by wait
wait till you get bite"
Frequently they are caught by
weight, as when they are caught by
the pound, and they furnish their own
means to weigh themselves when they
are weighed in their own scales. Hon.
est fishermen too often steal when they
hook the fish.-Bucgrus Journal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

"ID RATHER have a tooth pulled than
sit for my PICTURE" said the fair Ara.
bella, as she resignedly took her seat
ducing pair of dangerous looking
pliers, "as you prefer" Tableau.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

A BALD NAN was sadly astonished to
find his French barber's charges so
high; "Ten francs," exclaimed he,
"for cutting my hair!" ''Oh, no mon-
sieur, not for cutting your hair, but for
finding de hair to cut"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

A LITTLE Hartford girl was reproved
for some childish act; and, seating her
self on the floor at her mothers feet re-
fiected for a long time, and then looking
up, said, "Mamma, why is it that
naughty things are so nice?''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

FAMILY FowLs.-The Poultry Mutton
scOlds city people for paying out so
much money for eggs which they might
just as well get for ''next to nothing" )"
1t says: Many families in the cities
throw all the scraps from the table into
the swill barrel for the benefit of some
lucky Celt, and then pay an extrava-
CANT price for eggs. The sensible plan
is to keep. a few fowls, and give your
scraps TO these, thus turning your re-
fuse into money. Fowls can be Kept in
this way at little or no cost, supplying
the family with their breakfast eggs,
and giving their keepers delightful Oc-
cupation, for there is great satisfaction
in caring for a thrifty flock of hand
some fowls, not merely for the grown
folks, but also for the children, who
will enter into the pursuit with the
greatest zeal and delight, in watching
the various processes of the hen house,
the laying, the setting, the growth of
the little chickens, and the Interesting
occupation of gathering the pearly,
fresh laid eggs"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

Stock PoNDs.-Many farmers living
in the prairie districts have suffered
greatly for the want of water for their
stock the past fall and winter. There
is, at this season Of the year, ample
time for making ponds of sufficient
strength and capacity to afford water
for all the stock the farmer will have
upon his farm hereafter. The work
can be done chiefly with the plough
and scraper. 1t is better to make a
deep pond at once, so that there may
never be any fears of failure of water.
There should be provided safe con-
duit for the surplus water, so the dam
cannot be destroyed. By making a
deep and large pond, several other OBJ
jects are obtained. 1t can be stocked
with fish, and it is astonishing with
what rapidity they propagate and
and grow. The rearing of fish is made
profitable business in some parts OF
this country and in Europe, and far
mers, with little of foresight in max
ing ponds, could always have fish for
the table. The pond will also afford
ice to fill the ice-hOuse, and no farmer
should be without one. for ice is a great
luxury i'm summer, and indispensable
to keeping sweet, cool milk and butter.
The advantages Of good ponds are so
many and great that farmers who have
not got them should 60 to work at once
and make them. There is hardly a
farm i'm the West that has not ground
upon it adapted to making half a dozen
good ponds. A few days of hard work
and the job is done for a lifetime. We
know that all farmers wives endorse
our views on the subject Of good ponds.
-Rurdl World.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-22

either personally or by letter, can do so
At his principal Office, corner OF Sixth
and ARCH STREETS, Philadelphia, every
Monday.
Schenck's medicines are sold by all
druggists throughout the country.