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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

ANY one who has a green house or
warm cellar can have rhubarb any time
in the winter by getting the roots from
out of doors, and planting in these
warm places. They require no light,
but sprout and go on as do potatoes.
Some put barrels over them i'm the open
ground. and then a little strawy ma
nure or leaves around the barrels, and
this brings the stalks forward few
weeks before they would naturally
come. so little heat starts the growth
that forcing rhubarb is very easy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

BOILED HAM-This should be well
boiled and kept few hours on ice, If
possible, before using. Slice very thin,
lay In uniform order on the platters,
and garnish with sprigs Of parsley.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A SAILOR being asked why he wore a
string round his waist, answered: BE
cause the weather is so warm il melts
the buttons from nv trousers"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01
IOukee ChoD,

When obliged TO Merchants bestow
ing their regards, please to notice care
fully OF our sign. are without mistaken.
This chop is 10y selfreeled true Tsatl, e
Throw silk
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A PROFESSOR was expostulating with
a student for his idleness, when the
latter said, ats of no use; | was cut
out for a loafer." "Well," declared
the professor, surveying the student
critically, whoever cut you out under
stood his business"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

IT Is SAID that if man is walking
for health and enjoyment, four miles
an hour is the best gait. This may be
true as regards health, but for enjoy
ment we remember one night when il
took us four hours to walk mile. Ii
happened, however, that the old folks
had gone TO camp meeting, and she had
the night key, and, so far as health was
concerned, we really didn't care if it
took all night.-NOrtcich Bulletin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

SPILKINs says that all the perils and
horrors of maelstrOm aren't a circum-
stance to the horror of hearing a
fe-male-storm on the piano, next door,
from morning till night.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A HOTEL is advertised as except by tn
widow of Mr.. Brown who died las
summer on a new and improved plan.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A FRENCHMAN tells us there are
seventy different kinds of whale. We
agree with Jonah, however. that one is
enough for any reasonable man.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

NARROWING cannot be repeated too
often. If the cattle have tramped the
meadow, harrow IL. If it is baked har-
row it. If the grass is thin, harrow it.
If you want good crop, harrow 1t.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

"WELL, Pat said an indulgent
master to his coachmaD, who had just
been describing the glories of a ST.
Patrick's Day dinner, ''was your ap-
petite sated?" 'Ssted, is it, yer Honor?
Shure, an it wasn't. 1t had to shtand
up along wild meself most of the time"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A sCHOoLMA'AM who recently thought
to subdue the rampant spirits of small
girl by keeping her two hours after
school was rewarded when the time
was up, with motto lozenge bearing
the pathetic inquiry. "Must we part:"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A TRAMP was kicked out of saloon,
and felt grieved about it. 'By the way
he moved me-" he said, gently touch
ing his coat tails, 81 thought it was the
first of Nav"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01
YOUTHS COLUMN.

Object -Cdrls.-Object-c -cardsare quite
the fashion this season among the child
rem of the red school house. Do you
know what object-cards aref Not be-
ing able to hear your answer distinctly
at this distance, | must take the saIe
course and tell you. You simply fasten
apy interesting natural object on card,
and write under it, as well as you can,
lust what the object is. Sometimes
you'll have to hunt up the name IN
book, sometimes you'll get it from fatn,
er, mother or friend, and Oftener you IL
know it yourself; for it is quite likely
10 be some object that you have been
in the habit of seeing nearly every day
of your life. Que of the little girls
sewed a spray of rye on one caro-, oats
ON another, wheat on another, oaiity
on another, buckwheat ON anOtner' all
packed and labeled by herself at va
IiOus times. and you've no idea ". at
sensation they made. Little frlenuS
and big were glad enough to take up
these cards and study out the exact dif-
ference between them. Many sald tney
then noted the distinctive features OF
the various grains for the hrst tlme.
A little boy who went to the seaside
brought home cards with many pretty
shells gummed upon them, one or Two
shells 10 a card. He had to look In
work on conchology before he couid
name his specimens. His sister made
a fine set of pressed leaf cards-maple,
oak, cherry, apple. sycamore, elm'
beech. and so on, till she had over a
hundred. representing as many dlffer-
ent kinds of trees. One boy had "a sci
of butterfly cards, another OF beeles
but | didn't quite approve OF them
One girl had a set of bark-cards, show
ing over thirty varieties of bark l-ht
and the tree-leat girl should 20 lntc
partnership, and another had a set ol
pine cone cards-bristlipg things thai
had to be kept in "A rOOmy box. ne
cones were neatly sliced In half, length
wise, and the Hat side was glued to the
card,
cannot begin to tell you half of the
styles of object cards tnat the ehlldrei
of the red school house have made
and still are making. The Little School
ma'am read in the newspaper about /;
sort of progressive object card til"t u
used in some of the Belgian and Swed
ish schools. On one card Is seen the
fiax-seed, the tlax- blossom, the thread
made of flax, and the woven linen
Others show the ore of a metal PLACED
beside some finished article manufact
ured from the same. In fact, man,
branches of natural history and man
ufactures, as you see, can well he stud
led by making sets of ohject-cards
There is no danger either of making
them too simple. The moment am
natural object, however common, Il
looked at inquiringly, it becomes IN
teresting.-.St. Nicholas.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

MEN, says Adam Smith, are naturally
unsentimental. A man will scoop the
bottom out of an egg without thinking
that the mother of that egg is, perhaps,
hundred miles away, in the rain.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

"WELL, Pat, Jim didn't quite kill
you with the brickbat, did he?" 'NO;
but wish he had" "Why SOP" $50
that could have seen him hanged. the
villain"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

Anecdote of Princess PictOria--There
is very pretty little story told by the
yoyerness of the Princess Victoria,
and which was published not very long
ago, of how this little girl of twelve
summers felt when she found out quite
suddenly that she was To be the Queen.
liz is in letter addressed to QueenN lc-
tOria herself.
II said to the Duchess of Kent that
your Majesty ought to know your place
i'm the succession. Her Royal Highness
agreed with me, and | put the genoa
logical table into the historical book.
When Mr.. Davys 1.-THE Queen 5 lnstruc
tor. afterward Bishop OF Peterbo-
rough. was gone, the Princess lctoria
opened, as usual, the book again, and
seeing the additional paper. said, l
never saw that before IL was not
thought necessary you should, Pfin-
cess answered. | see | am nearer
the throne than | thought SO 1t Is,
madam | said. After some moments
the Princess resumed: Now, many a
child would boast, but they don know
the difficulty. There Is much splendor,
but there is more responsibility Inc
Princess having lifted Up the forefinger
of her right hand while she spoke, gave
tildl udDlt WIN w
good. | understand now why you
urged me so much To learn even Latin.
Ny cousins Augusta and Mary never
did; but you told me Latin Is the foun-
ddtion of English grammar. and Oh all
the elegant expressions, and L learned
il as you wished; but | understand all
better now,' and the Priucess gave me
her hand, repeating. Il Will be good !"
Is not this pretty storyf Cannot
YOU fancy the little girl, overawed by
the great thought of being a queen,
aud understanding how wonderful IL
was, yet finding nothing more solemn
To say in her simplicity (and, indeed,
if she had searched the world for ele-
CANT expressions. what could she have
found better y than those dear child s.
words Il will be good !" | think there
could not be a more charming little
historical scene. Il cried much on
learning it," is the note which the
Queens hand writes on the margin.
No doubt the little maiden was fright
ened into seriousness, and drew her
breath quick when she first knew what
was before her-Queeni OF an empire
which, as we are tond of saying, the
sun never sets"-yet only twelve years
old, little girl in white trock, with
big blue eyes opening wide with won
der. Think how you would feel who
are the same age, If anything tenth
part as wonderful were told 10 you =
st. Nicholas.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

ONE conscientious saloon keeping in
Norwich has behind his bar brick, on
which is the inscription ''Do not get
this in your hat"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A CINCINNATI swell told his tailor
that he wouldn't pay for ''that last
epilepsy" 1t was discovered that he
meant ''bad fit"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

An OLD MAID speaking of marriage,
says it is like any other disease-while
there's life there's hope.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A PATENT for a noiseless shoe has just
been granted to Massachusetts, manu-
facturer. They will be largely worn
by belated husbands on their way home
from the ''lodge."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A MINISTER'S wife once asked the late
DIR. Eadie, of Glasgow, how he became
attached to the Session Church when
his father was member of the Relief.
'Oh," said the doctor, al can easily ex-
plain that, Some of the children went
with my father and some with my
mother; but my father took nothing in
his pocket for the interval while my
mother always took bread and cheese
SO | went with the bread and cheese"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01
"SrEAM is a great thing rer

"STEAM is great thing" remarked
a traveller in railroad ear TO his vis-a-
Wis" $50 it is" was the reply; 81
owe my fortune to it," Monsieur is
manager of a company ''No." IAN
engineer, perhaps?" "No, have lost
a number of relatives by railroad ac-
cidents."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

CHEAP GATES AS SUBSTITUTE FOR
BARs.-A writer in the Rural Home
says: 81 have just made gates to re
place some old fashioned pairs of bars
that am heartily tired OF opening and
shutting. They sre cheap, durable
and very easily made. Each gate is
twelve feet in length by four feet in
height. Five boards four inches wide
are used, beside battens and braces.
Battens should be placed on both sides,
making three thicknesses to nail
through. Ii does not take more than
thirty-three feet of boards, worth per-
haps sixty cents, TO make each gate.
Add TO that ten cents for nails, and the
value of one hour of your time, and
YOU have the whole expense. A gate
of this kind will outlast a framed one
costing 81, and as no hinges are used,
that expense is saved also. 1t is held
in position by means of stake driven
in the ground four or five inches from
the post; not in straight line, but a
little more than the thickness of the
gate toward the driveway so when
opened the gate can be turned half way
around and be parallel with the drive
way. Ii is kept a few inches from the
ground by strip, nailed TO both stake
and post, on which one end rests when
shut, and on which it slides half its
length and then swings round as on a
pivot when opened. The strip Is usu-
ally placed under the second board. in
a space arranged for it, by cutting
away two of the battens. This strip
takes the place of hinges.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01
AGRICULTURAL,

CRoss-BREEDING GRAIS.-A maxim
which farmers generally accept as an
axiom is. that sowing whea. Of differ
ent qualities together, they will so hy-
bridize as to produce a mixed breed
while even little observation would
teach the error of this conclusion,
and that really no hybridization takes
place at all, and that the mixture of
seed produces the unmitigated evil of
mixing wheats which perhaps ripen at
different periods, or perhaps require
different treatment when they come to
be reduced TO -four. A little study of
the nature of plants would seem to be
necessary to a knowledge of their
proper treatment during their growth.
OF the flowers of plants some are male
and some female. In some the stami-
nate and pistillate flowers occupy diff
ferent parts of the same plants, as in
Indian corn. In the larger number OF
plants the male and female organs ma
ture at the same time in the same
flower; and of these, some are subject
TO self fertilization, and others to cross
fertilization. Such plants as pease,
beans, wheat, and barley, have the
male and female organs within them.
selves, and are not subject to cross-fer-
tiliZation and therefore it is that wheat'
do not mix their qualities at all by
being planted together; and as it is oh
jectionable for other reasons il should
never be done. The leaf or flower
which protrudes from the glume o
wheat is neither an anther. pistil no
stamen, and neither emits nor re
ceives the fertilizing pollen.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

FILIAL REsPECr.-On Saturday, a
painter 0t was in Paris), who had all
the week been studying an old model
bearded like Neptune, says: "Well,
good night. See you Tomorrow"
elf it will be equally convenient, let
us say Monday. My wife and myself
make a custom of taking the little ones
on Sunday to see their grandfather"
"Ah! What is their grandfather
''He is skeleton in the museum of
the Jardin des Plantes."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A ToYMAN who mad recently taken to
himself wife was exceedingly tender
to her in epithet; his frequent address
to her was "My lamb" One day a
dirty-faced little boy asked for a toy,
and the busy toyman said, "My lamb,
serve that boy, please" The boy was
served and sent away, but soon returned
to have his toy changed. The toyman
doubted whether it had been bought at
his shop, and asked, "W no served you ?"
The lad replied, "It war the lamb, sir"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

Action of Impure Rain Water on Lead
Pipes.-In a paper latley read before
the American Chemical Society, Pro-
fessor Paul SchweitZer says: The lab
oratOry of the university of Missouri is
supplied with rain water, which collects
in a tank in The upper part of the Scien-
tific Building, and iscarried To the work
ing tables of the students by lead pipes,
which are furnished by brass stopcocks.
In using this water for ordinary analy-
teal work, as, for instance, saturating
il with sulph-hydric acid. it was soon
found to be unfit for such purposes. on
account of the quantity of metals 1t had
dissolved after standing In the pipes on
ly a short time. 1t is we'll known fact
that pure water attacks lead much fast
erthan water rcontaining a certain quaint
ity of mineral salts, and this seems To be
also the case with rain water, which con-
tains invariably ammonia, nitrous and
nitric acid: some sulphuric acid was
also found in this water, derived from
the smoke and cinders which fall on the
roof of the building from the coal fires
that heat the rooms, The following
quantities of metals were found in one
United States gallon, 231 cubic inches,
of the filtered water, that had stood In
pipes for one month: 1'019 grains me-
talic zinc. O'537 grains metallic iron,
2'5O3 grains metallic lead, O0S2 grains
metallic copper. 0'0i9 grains metallic
arsenic. Total, 1850 grains.
Arsenic, copper, and probably iron.
are deri yed from the lead pipe, manu-
factured from an inferior quality OF
lead, and zinc, from the lining of the
tank. In supplying private houses or
institutions with water through a sys-
TEN of pipes, care should be taken to
find out whether the water TO be sup
piled be pure or not: in the former
case, and when rain water is the source
OF supply, as it is in many sections of
our State, lead pipes should be discard
ed, and tin lined lead pipes substituted
for them.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A GENTLEMAN on board steamboat
with his family, was asked by his chill
dren "what made the boat CO." when
he gave them very minute description
of the machinery and its principles in
the following words: "You see, my
dears, this thingumbob here goes down
through that hole and fastens the jig
maree, and that connects with the
crinkum-crankum; and then that man
he's the engineer, you knOw-kind o.
stirs up the what-dO-yOu-call-it with a
long poker, and they all shove along
and the boat goes ahead"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

A suMMER-Y measure - the ther-
mometer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01


ROOFS.
Why mt maxi your Roofs last a Etstim>. and save
done il you Slate Paint il will not only resist the
effects of water and wind. but shield you from Fire.
OLD ROOFS.
Protect your Buildings by using Slate Paint, which
neither crdcks in winter nor runs in summer. Ola
shinge roofs be painted looking much better and
dSting oys thah shingles without the paint fOE
Gs-fOTth the cost of re-shIngiInx O d,edysd Slifg
IS il nils up the holes and pores, and gives new sub
tGJiql roof that lasts for years CtfTted lcarps
shingles 10 brings TO their places dld keeps them there
rhs paint requires heating is applied with brush
md very ornamental Ii i eo,Oist. color, when first
pplei but changes TO unifOrm slate color. and is 10
Ill intents and purposes stat>-
ON TIN OR IRON ROOFS
the red color Is the best paint the world for durah
uy II has heavy body is easily applied expands by
aeat contracts by cold, dries slow and cracks
scales. One coat equals 4 Of any other.
FIRE.PROOF NEW ROOFS.
Mills foundrl-s factories and dwellings specially.
Materials compete for steep Hat Roof Of Rubber
Roofing but about haiti the price OF reshingng.
fr private houses, barns and buildings Of al deserip
ions II Is superior 10 any other roofing in the
world for convenience IN laying AMI combines the
tdmeHdi appearance. durability and 6Ts-prOOf quail
les OF tan, al Oaethtrd the cost. NJ Tar or Gravel
Used
How to sare re-shingling-stop leaks efectually
md cheaply in roofs OF all kinds 100 page book
free. Write to-day. Mention this paper.
New York Slate Roofing Co,
Roofing Contractors. A ). Front St, Phils.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

SHhc 077 eek 10 Agents. samples rrs,.
CCCESI P. o. VICkERY, Augusta, Maine
S-2i-iy
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01
DONETIC.

o.
LobsiEk As Ioop.- IL a,ia An.,e 80
Ii,aItle as an INQUIRER nv ,,u .ne a.a,U" III ~
aicoiloi see,ns " nave ral.en uPou m
success9r' pr Lauuer .a'; nruli'Un, % ""J ,ha
we nhu ,nus uIsoou, s,s oh u -
rationale ol oIau- ii,, 'ne s.o.nao n"nsaa
sensitive an i'rIlalloiI VIII aus .',o - ;c
whlch Wouiu only prouuce app..,eo
were Iess iIl,aoH, anu W. s,,ed ' h
sluggish soohiach VIII oe oelle.ateu s'as "
an amount oi Irrlta',on VII" rE Ims
normally sensitive couiu ho' oeaI i;.,,a. anus os
we Knew tila' IN soihe :es IasIs a. nuoi %
iood' such as iops,er' WITCH III i.';, w, a'
stomachs frequently causes lnu
ana nausea, are feauily 9iges.ed' "T The
ordinary iood Is not uiSee.1u. ~
stimulus whieh an ordinary uie. se
10 the stomach seems mere 10 ne iusuu'-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

oE IN o00 per day at home. sampIes worth 81
OO III oAV free. srISsoS 4 Co., Portland, Msins.
sally
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

HADRC SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW
SANOSs -Elegant-Artistie
1~c 40 >u.-r-Cryaam Bfi>to. CaEiis,'sitf
~ n " y - name. 2Ir send &c. stomp fir SAM
pies. ALERT PRINTING CO., West Stockbridge Mo-
4t-3r
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

The Principle of the LEACH -Tub.-FrOm
time ImmemOral the ash-leach has been
in use in many civilized, that is. soap
making, countries. Essentially an ash
leach is a vessel tight enough to hold
wood ashes, but not tight enough to
hold water. Being first filled with ashes
water is then poured in gradually, and,
after a time, runs out below, highly
charged with the soluble salt of the
ashes
But although this machine has been
so long in use the principle on which 1t
acts does not seem to have been fully
understood until quite lately. About
the year 1888 Messrs. Boullay. of Paris.
applied The same apparatus to the man
utacture of pharmaceutical prepara-
tlOns. tinctures, infusions, extracts, etc.,
and it at once became popular with
pharmaceutists, under the name OF
Boullays' Filter, or the Displacement
Apparatus. Its mode of operation is
simple; the first portion of liquid pour
ed in sinks into the powder that Is to he
exhausted and saturates itself with the
soluble parts of it. The later additions
of liquid, instead of mixing with the
first, drive il down before them and
take its place, to yield it in turn to the
next portions pouredIn. Thus the first
portions of liquid that run from the
bottom of the filter will, If 1t has been
properly managed. contain nearly all
the soluble matter, and the last Will be
almost unchanged. For example, II an
ounce of powdered ginger be put into
glass tube, as a small lamp chimney,
over the lower end of which piece ot
cotton cloth has been tied. and alcohol
I L. II. IL fta.. fnsH-f
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01

JOrrespondence invited Old roofs all kinds promptly
epaired, roofs laid b contract Sd tor estimate
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01
A rooR IRIsHMAN annlied to ONE o

A POOR FRESHMAN applied to one of
the overseers of the poor for relief, and
upon some doubt being expressed as to
whether he was proper object for
parochial relief, he enforced his suit
with much earnestness. ''Och, yer
honor" said he, "shure I'd be starved
long since but for me cat" "But for
hat?" asked the astonished interrOga-
tor. "Me cat" rejoined the Irishman.
"Your cat! how SOP" "Shure, yer
honor, | sould her eleven times for six
pence time. and she was always home
before l could get there meself."