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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
The Gladfators Of India.

Another sort of combat, much more
terrible than those already mentioned,
and which is only to be seen nowadays
at BarOda, is the Nucki-ka-kousti !;
that is to say, flight with Claws Here
the combatants, almost naked. but
adorned with crowns and garlands,
tear each other with claws of horn.
These claws were formerly of steel,
and caused certain death to one or
other of the cOmbatants but they have
been abolished as too baEbarous for
modern times. Those now in use are,
as / have said, of horn, and are fixed
on the closed fist with thongs. / was
only once present at combat of this
kind, for my heart was so moved by
the horrible spectacle that refused to
90 again. The wrestlers. intoxicated
with bdng-liquid opium, mixed with
an infusion of hemp-sing as they rush
upon one another; their faces and
heads are soon covered with blood. and
their frenzy knows no bounds. The
king, with wild eyes and the veins of
his neck swollen, surveys the scene
with such passionate excitement that
he cannot remain quiet, but initiates by
gestures the movements of the wrest-
ders. The arena is covered with bloc;
the defeated combatant is carried off,
sometimes in a dying condition; and
the conqueror. the skin of mis- forehead
hanging down in strips, prOstrates
himself before the king, who places
round his neck a necklace of fine
pearls, and covers him with garments
of great value. One episode. moreover
Disguised me to such an extent that,
without any heed of the effect my sud
den departure might have upon the
guieowar, at once withdrew. One of
the wrestlers, whom the bang had only
half intoxicated, after receiving the
first few blows, made a show of wish
ing to escape; his antagonist threw
him, aud they rolled together on the
ground before US. The victor, seeing
the unhappy wretch demand quarter,
turned to the king to know whether he
should let the other rise, but, infiamed
with the spectacle, the monarch cried
out, Marc ?" marc :" Strike strike!),
and the scalp of the unfortunate fellow
was torH without mercy. When he
was taken away he had lost all con-
ciousness. That same day the king
distributed amongst the victorious
wrestlers necklaces and money to the
amount of more than four thousand
pounds
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

Every moment of delay makes your
cure more hopeless, and much depends
on the judicious choice of remedy.
The amount of testimony in favor of
DIR. Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, as a
cure for consumption, far exceeds all
that can be brought to support the pre-
tensions of any other medicine. See
DIR. Schenck's Almanac, containing the
certificates of many persons of the high
est respectability, who have been re-
stored to health, after being pronounced
incurable by physicians of acknow-
lodged ability. Schenck's PulmOnie
Syrup alone has cured many, rs these
evidences will show; but the cure is
often promoted by the employment of
two other remedies which DIR. Schenck
provides for the purpose. These addi-
tional remedies are Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic and Mandrake Pills. BY the
timely use of these medicines, according
to directions, Dr. Schenck eertifies tina,
most any case of Consumption may be
cured.
DIR. Schenck is professionally at his
principal Office, Corner Sixth and Arch
Streets, Philadelphia, every Monday,
where all letters for advice must be ad-
dressed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
A Brief History OF the Use Of window
Glass

Glass was first moulded instead of
blown. Writers. in the fourth century
were the first to say anything of it and
then it was only casually mentioned
as 1.-THE soul sees objects through the
eyes OF the body as through window
furnished with glass" When the OPEN
ings for admitting light first began to
be covered with something, waxed linen
or oiled paper was in common use,
while for the dwelling of the royal and
most patrician, a very thin shell was
used in small quantities, and also a
certain ''white stone," formed from
leaves of tale, such as is still found in
the houses of the peasantry of Russia.
1t has long been a mooted question
whether glass was in use in ancient
Rome for windows, but by late dis
coveries in the ruins of PomDeii it is
evident that there was window glass.
but that it was moulded instead of
blown.
Glass blowing was known IN France
as early As the thirteenth century, and
yet so rude was the art that for two
hundred wears after it was rarely seen
even in royal palaces. When the Duch-
ess of Berry retired to the chateau of
Montpensier special mention is made of
the waxed linen in her window sash.
Even at the end of the eighteenth CEN
tury there were men in the provincial
cities of France who followed the pro-
fession of ch0ssissers-that is-the pro-
fession of pasting oiled paper in window
sash.
Parchment and horn have also been
used to admit light. In Japan now, a
transparent paper nearly like white
silk is in use. 1t seems difficult TO be-
lieve that what seems now so indespcn-
sible TO our comfort, was until so
short time since a great luxury.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

So precious were books in the dars ri
.ges that donations of them are recorueal
a. acts of signal generosity, deservihs ssa .hs
nernetual ns remembrance. In go .ne
King of Northumberland gave Soo acre
ofland for one book containing h,ss a,,
of the world. A Countess oi I'"., =,
ss;.h f,rs for a volume of homilies; IL.
crowns e,s ms were given for a single book o.
Liyy; 100 crowns of gold for Concord, corr !,
anee and 40 crowns for satirical poem
called the ssRomance of the Rose COO L. y,
l72O Latin Bible was valued at to9 a. a.
a time when two arches OF Lonuoi
Bridge were built for less money AZ
time. too, when the wages oil iaoole y
were only three haii pencea pa hsye u cost eos
such a man fifteen years of labor 70 ouy
a Bible, which, after all, being in Latin
he could not have read.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
Orange CuIture in the south.

The people of the South, true to their
own interests, are trying to make their
land support them, and their effort has
been to find what could best be raised
with least labor. This effort may have
been construed to their detriment by
those who have labored under the mis-
take of believing that the Southern
people as a class were lazy people.
They are the owners of a great section
of land with far more scattered popula-
ton than is the case North, and TO cul-
tivate their land to advantage under the
old system of farms or plantations has
been proven an impossibility. The
negroes will not work in the country if
they can live in the outskirts of the city
or village, and the people have as far as
possible learned 10 do without their
presence in the fields. Florida, which
from its early settlement till the close
of the war was cotton State, has be-
come now the orange grove of the
South, and the large places cut up into
small farms have left the people time TO
turn their attention to orange tree cul-
ture. Ii take several years 10 plant and
perfect the growth of an orange tree,
and until the old state of affairs was
discarded the people had no time to at
tend to the rearing of groves. In fact,
so poor were they, and so necessary was
it for them to earn every stock of cotton
that was possible. that they could not
even consent to give the land over to a
crop that would not pay in three years.
With the lapse of time. however. the
trial of the people have been lightened,
and with the influx of Northern people.
who have gone there to spend their
winters, the sale of some portion OF
their lands has followed. This has
placed means at their disposal. and.
with capitaI in hand. they have accom-
plished marvels. Now Georgia has
adopted like plan. and this season her
orange crop will come next in value 10
her cotton.
Tn +;na ,bo hanI,s Of tho u;ss;s,;no;
from Wamnhis to Vew Orleans viii hs
taoa',;s,,i e. tho;r -, II -,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

pride which keeps her 90 pure and
sweet, so attractive and yet so ire
proachable, say to yourself: ''She shall
never suffer so again. i will tell her
to-day just how much can afford to al
low her, and we will have better un-
derstanding henceforth. Be sure that
the glow on her cheek will then be one
Of pleasure, and that she will never
take undue advantage of so appreciative
an act.-The Golden RuIe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
c..-vb,u,,. Love sf Order.

An incident of his last illness shows
love of order so great as to be almost
monomania. His handkerchiefs were
marked with consecutive numbers, ana
he used them accordingly. As he lay
on his deathbed, with the cold swea. oli
his brow, some one gave MIN eieai.
handkerchief, which, uniuekiiy, dia no.
happen to be the right one, anu ne ..
once refused il, and asked for nuihoel
seven. He showed the same deii;thee 70
the king of terrors that he had mani,
tested toward the Emperor, and crieu
out again and again. .'Je ne reat pas
D,oarir - (..I will not die,") but u was
in vain; he died ON the 10Th Mareh,
1872. in his eighty-seeomd year.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
Fruit Skins.

The majority of country people
have observed eating fruit, eat the skin
of it also. Their children eat it In the
same manner and seem never to have
been taught that the skin of fruit-be it
apple, peach, pear, plum, or grape
should nerer be eaten, especially if un-
cooked. Fruit skins are so difficult of
digestion that there is probably not
more than one stomach i'm a hundred
capable of performing the difficult task
The skin is to fruit as shells are to
nuts, hides to animals and husks to
grain. To oblige or allow child to eat
his apple or pear unpeeled, is unkind
and wrong, for it is no question Of
daintiness, but of health.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
DON'T TOUCH NE!

'1'il scream If you touch me-"
Exclaimed . pert miss
Whose lover was seeking
An innocent Kiss.
BY this prudish conduct
Cold water Was thrown.
The lover drew backward
And-let her alonel
T'll scream il You touch me-"
She hollered once more
He cried: I'm not near youi"
And found it a bore.
She quickly subsided,
Grew tender to view,
And whispered quite softly:
'I'l scream till you do 2"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

Procuring Fresh Water from Sea Va
ter.-A method of procuring fresh wa
ter from sea water through the direct
action of the suns rays is among the
foreign inventions, The apparatus
consists of box of wood one inch
thick, about fourteen feet long, two
feet wide. and an average depth of six
inches. The upper part of the box is
closed with ordinary glass, which has
an inclination of an inch and half. At
the lower edge of the glass there is a
semi-circular channel. destined to re-
ceive the fresh water which is con-
densed on the interior surface of the
glass. The operation is entirely sim
pie. The salt water is let into the box
for about an inch in depth. and it is
then exposed to the rays of the sun. A
very rapid evaporation then begins,
and it is found that a square metre of
glass will cOndense daily the amount
of two gallons of pure water.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

ONIONS IN WINTER.-''The best way
to keep onions through the Winter" is
to have them thoroughly cured in the
Fall, either by spreading them on floors
or scaffolds in well ventilated buildings,
or by leaving them in conical heaps of
about 80 bushels each in the field,
covered with straw to exclude the rain.
On the approach of freezing weather
they should be placed in dry cellar,
II to Is inches thick, on loose floors,
not less than 30 inches apart, giving
plenty OF room for ventilation. Before
Winter sets in" or the onions freeze,
the cellar should be closed and protected
so that the temperature will not fall be-
low 2S degrees. In this manner they
will be in readiness for market during
the Winter or Spring. L have also
kept onions well by spreading them
eight inches thick on tight floors, in a
tight building, and covering them with
hay. They are not injured by being
frozen once to a temperature Of 20 de-
grees if they thaw gradually. If the
onions are to be marketed in barrels
they may be put up in the Fall, cutting
holes in the sides and ends of the pack
ages and storing them on the sides in
any suitable building. Care must be
taken that the onions are perfectly
sound and dry before storing for
Winter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

nice, light, white gems by mixing flour
and milk nearly as soft as for griddle
cake, aud bake quickly in hot gem
pans. Break, not cut them open, and
lay in deep platter and pour over
Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries,
or even nice stewed apples, mixed with
sugar and little rich cream if you have
it. Ten times better than any pastry
or shOrt-cake and you get rid of soda or
baking powder and shortening.-Ld,es
Of Life.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

Dry THE FRUIT Dried fruit, of al
most all kinds, has ruled low for the
past two years, but it must certainly be
high the coming year, for there is no
kind of a mistake but that the fruit
crop is light. Those who have orchards
will certainly dry all they cannot sell
green, but the amount in the North
West cannot be large. The Southern
people have large crops, and they will
do well to engage in the business ener-
getically. They should, however i'm
prove the quality, for they have dried
peaches on kilns poorly protected from
wet, and apples OH scafflolds that could
not well be covered. Their best plan
by far is to construct light drying
houses with well shingled roofs.
Shelves of stats are to be made inside,
conveniently arranged, and the house
being heated by a stove, fruit can be
perfectly dried in from "a to 30 hours,
and being so dried it will bring a price
more than sufficient to pay for the
house, while the expedition with which
the work can be carried on will afford
an additional profit. In this l say
nothing of the several steam drying
processes l only urge upon farmers to
do the best they can this season.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

Corn CoBs are extensively used in
Europe for tire lighters. They are first
stepped in hot water containing 2 per
cent of saltpetre, and after being dried
at high temperature, are saturated
with 30 per cent. of resinous matters.
These lighters, which are sold at from
So to 81 the thousand, are employed
with advantage and economy in private
houses and for lighting furnaces.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

NeU Kind Of Carriage Wheels.-A
new principle in the construction of
carriage wheels has been brought to
notice by an English inventor-every
part of the same consisting of wrought
iron, with the exception of the tire,
which is formed of the best cast steel.
The method of fastening the spOkes-
which are hOllOw-bOth in the rim and
in the boss, is such, it is claimed as to
insure safety, by the simplest means.
The tire is so constructed as to protect
the other parts of the wheel when it
runs against the curbstOne, or comes in
contact with another vehicle. Neither
in putting on the tire, nor indeed in
any portion of the work, is a single
bolt or nail employed, the spOkes be-
ing slipped into their places in the rim
and boss. and afterwards locked up by
a nut, while the tire is firmly inserted
into a groove in the rim. The strength
of the axletree is increased at the
points where it is most liable to give
way, and the boss is made to accOmmO-
date about four times the usual guam
tity of oil for lubricating purposes.
Although made of iron and steel, the
wheel is not more than two or three
pounds heavier than the ordinary kind.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

SAVE Your PLUM-SToNEs.-A Ger
man pomologist gives certain figures in
regard to the cultivation of plum trees,
by which he shows that seedlings OBJ
tanned by planting approved varieties
are much more hardy and resist cold
and the injurious agencies of insects
much better than cuttings or graftings.
This is supposed to depend upon the
more equable nature of the roots and
their more perfect penetration into the
soil to such depth that they are ex-
posed to the action of frost and other
injurious agencies.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
sRooMs! RRooMs
JOHN ]. REIMER & CO.,
253 Washington street, New York.

Principal Depot in New York for the best Broom Manu-
factures in the United States.
Brooms from $500 per dozen and upward.
The lowest prices and greatest variety to be found
anywhere.
Also an entire new stock Of WOOD and WILLOW
WARE, such as Pals, Tubs Baskets, Mats, Twines,
Cordage Weks, &c., together with full line of Apple,
Briar ood and Clay Pipes, Fancy Soaps, Yankee No
tons, Cutlery &c. Segars from SIS to 500 per Mill
full line Of the best quality Of TINwARE-
p s-We sell goods at prices that do not require
any drumming the road. Orders by mail will rs-
eei'e prompt attention Established 1850. 224ly
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

FooD FOR Young CHICKENs.-They
want no food for many hours after
they are Matched, as they are then di-
gesting the yolk of the egg, which con-
stitutes their first food, and acquiring
strength to run about. When they be-
gin to pick they should be fed with
soft food and very small grain. Un-
questionably the best soft food is an egg
beaten up with tablespoonful of milk,
and heated in an oven or by the side of
a fire until it sets into soft custard.
Chickens fed or partially fed on this
make wonderful progress. If they are
to make large fowls, they must be fed
before daylight; if, as is often the case,
they are left hungry for three hours in
the morning, they are often stunted in
in their growth. They must be fed the
first thing, and, while they are young,
every two or three hours during the
day.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

according to DR.. Schuller of London,
the bad effects of chlorOfOrm on the
pia mater are neutralized by nitrate of
amyl. This substance, it is stated,
even in cases of complete an@sthesia,
arrests suffOcatiOn, reestablishes nor
NAL respiration, and allows the pulse
to regain its vigor. This, if demons
trated beyond doubt by further neces-
sary Investigations will be an import
ant discovery, since it tends to neu-
tralize the serious danger which now
in many instances attends the use of
chlOrOfOrm. - -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

To CLEAN A CARrEr.-Shake and beat
it well; lay it upon the floor, and tack
it firmly; then, with clean flannel,
wash it over with one quart of bullock S
gall, mixed with three quarts of soft
cold water, and rub it off with clean
flannel house cloth. Any particularly
dirty spot should be rubbed with pure
gall.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

4 Delicate Rddiometer.-Ata a sOiree
of the President of Royal Society DIR.
William CrOokes exhibited an extreme
ly sensitive radiometer, with which he
was enabled to perform the novel ex
pertinent of producing mechanical mo-
ton in ractO through the agency of the
rays proceeding from candle flame at
some distance from the apparatus. The
following is brief description of this
ingenious device: 1t consists of glass
stem supporting a -bladed wind
mill carrying four disks, one at each
extremity of the four slender glass
rays. These work horizontally and
are supported by steel point on a
small topaz. The apparatus is placed
in a small glass globe exhausted of air,
and the radiations from the flame of an
ordinary candle placed at some dis
tance away is sufficient to cause it to
rotate with great liveliness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

A CLEAN POULTRY HoUsE.-A clean
sweet fowl house is very desirable
thing. A building infested with ver-
min is wretched place to confine
fowls in; and however generous may
be their feed or the attention given to
their needs otherwise, the neglect to
keep the laying and roosting quarters
free from lice Overbalances all attempts
to maintain poultry i'm a healthy cOndi-
ton. Purity and cleanliness are absO-
lutely essential to the health and COM
fort of the fowls, guarding them from
vermin, and rendering even narrow
quarters comparatively comfortable.
Whitewashing is one of the most im-
portant aids to secure these results,
and should be performed twice a year,
Spring and Autumn, at least, and
oftener if necessary. The best wash is
made from fresh lime Stacked with
boiling water, to which is added one
ounce of carbolic acid to every four
quarts of water. Some say that the
building should be cleared of fowls,
closed, and thoroughly fumigated by
burning in it sulphur or tobacco stems
in an iron kettle, previous to white
washing, but we have not found this
necessary. Whitewashing every por-
ton of the interior with the above mix
ture will do the business. The lime
besides purifying the building, covers
unsightly stains on the walls, and
greatly improves the general appear
ance of the room, while the acid de-
stroys lice, fieas and other vermin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

TEA-CAKEs.-Rub quarter of a
pound of butter into quart of dried
Hour, then beat up two eggs with two
teaspOonfuls of sifted sugar and two
teaspoonfuls of yeast; pour this mix
ture into the middle of the flour, adding
a pint of warm milk as you mix il.
Beat it up with the hand until it comes
off without sticking, and set it to rise
before the fire, covering with cloth,
and after an hour make it into cakes
about an inch thick, set them on tin
plates to rise before the fire for ten min
utes, and then bake in slow oven.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

ARAB Horse MAxIMs.-AdirOndack
Murray, in his ''Goldcn Rule" men
tions these as Arab horse maxims !:
"Wboso raiseth and traineth horse
for the Lord is counted i'm the number
of those who give aims, day and night,
in private as well as public. He will
find his reward. All his sins will be
forgiven him; never will any fear come
over him and dishonor his heart. OBJ
serve your horse when he is drinking
at the brook. If i'm hanging down his
head he remains square, without bend
ing his limbs, he possesses sterling
qualities, and all parts of his body are
symmetrically formed. Let your colt be
domesticated and live with you from his
tenderest age, and when horse he will
be simple, docile, faithful and Injured
to hardship and fatigue. If you would
have your horse to serve you on the
day of trial, if you desire him to be a
horse of truth, make him sober, accus-
toned to hard labor and inaccessible to
fear
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

WaNrED-a cover for bare suspicion,
a veil for the face of nature, buttons for
the breaches of privileges, binding for
volume of smoke, cement for broken
engagements.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16

$50 OUT, young man, she's not here''
said Pennsylvania preacher last sun
day, in the midst OF his sermon, to a
youth whom he saw standing hesitat-
ingly in the doorway.