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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12

little mounds, from foot TO eighteen
inches in height, raised by the dirt ex-
cavated by their burrows. On the ap-
proach of a train the little inhabitants
can be seen scampering from their
homes. Arrived there they squat upon
their hams or stand upon their hind
feet at the entrance-a hole in the top
barking at the train as IL passes
Should any one venture too near, down
they 90, and thir city is as silent as the
s'city of the dead" Ii is said that the
opening in the top leads TO a subter-
raneous chamber, connecting with the
next dwelling, and so on through the
settlement; but this is mistake. The
prairie dog is of sandy-brown color,
and about the size of large grey
squirrel. In their nests, living with
them, is found the owl and the rattle
snake, though whether well or not Is
uncertain. He lives on grasses and
roots, and is generally fat, and is by
some, Mexieans especially, considered
good eating, as his flesh is sweet and
tender, though rather greasy. Wolves
prev on these little fellows, and may be
seen sneaking near the town, hoping,
by chance, to pick up some straggler.
But the dogs are not easily caught.
Someone is always on the lookout for
danger, and gives the alarm on the first
of trouble. Then away they
all seamper to their holes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12
Good Takers.

A persistent talker is good CONVEX
sationalist. The very word conversa-
ton defines it meaning; it is an inter-
change. The man who insists on talking
TO you is bore. The English defin-
ition of bore betrays the nations
great weakness in this regard "A
bore is one who insists on talking to
you about himself, when you want to
be talking about yourself" Neither is
the confirmed gossip good CONVERSE
tionalist, for conversation suggests dis
course about things rather than people.
Here is another bane of social inter-
changes. They are too often on the
lower level of that talk which finds its
subject matter in person. That is gos-
sip. People who do not read or think
must largely make people and neighbor-
hood events the staple of their talk,
but the bad habit obtains even among
those who by culture have been fitted
to make better use of their tongues.
Gossip does not always indicate ignor-
dhtC. II II W Dt II lidS DtCOEit Il
fashion into which even intelligent peo-
pie are drawn. But this kind of talk is
neither edifying nor wise. If there
were no worse results, it narrows the
the mind to shut up its views to neigh
borhood details. There is no excuse
for it now. The worlds gates all stand
open. The papers bring all lands,
all governments, all rising ideas,
to our very DOORS. Books lead us into
the liberty of the world, and the best of
its doing and thinking. A growing
vice in conversation is fondness for
smartness. Tartness, repartee, and
satire are very good for an occasional
seasoning; but, like horse radish and
mustard, they make a very poor dinner.
People with this propensity of saying
grinding things have terrible power;
you go away from them with the feel
ing that the world is stuffed with saw
dust-that you yourself are al imbecile
and an impostor. 1t may take ten days
for you to recover your proper standing
with yourself. Then, if you ask YOUR
soul what fatal gift has the tormentor,
which carries with it this fatal power
of making its fellow mortals miserable,
you discover thai it is the gift of self
ishness. The person to whom you have
been talking is ungenerous. A generous
man or generous wOman-you cannot
come near such an one without receiv-
ing something that makes amends for
your own disappointment, your opin-
ion of yourself. An ungenerous per-
sons add to the weight of another to
youe side of the scales, and down you
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12

! On farms that have been cropped
many years, and have not been supplied
with enough of the proper kind of plant
food to perfect the growth, wheat is
much inferior i'm quality as well aS in
quantity To what it was half century
ago. Fifty-five or fifty-siX years since
| began Touring wheat in this place,
and am now doing the same lat - years
of age and can see a marked decline
in the condition of the grain Is it is
brought to the mill; but have never
seen or heard OF any process by which
| thought flour from any quality of
wheat could be improved further than
to free it from all foreign substance,
and clean perfectly the exterior of the
wheat, then if the wheat is perfected to
growth and well cared for, it i, when
well ground and bolted, fit food for
man; but better if not bolted or sifted
at all. | think fresh ground the best; /;
age will whiten the flour, but all i'm
provement in whiteness (if il is an i'm
provement) causes cOrrespondingde depre-
citation in strength. And yet the
present strife among millers seems to be
ascertain who shall lead i'm making the
whitest flour, and especially the
whitest from the middlings. The result
is that the manufacturer who makes
the whitest from sound and clear grain
depriyes the consumer of the most life
sustaining elements. The manufacture
ers spend millions in improved ma
chinery to divest the flour of its most
essential parts, which the consumers
have to pay twice dearly for: first the
great cost of machinery in cash; sec
ond, and most essential, the enervating
condition of the physical system,
which in these days, is not overtaxed
with nerye-fOod or sunlight. But so
long as the eyes of the masses are their
gods, | presume they will subject both
the inner and outer man to all kinds of
torture for this visionary qualification.
R. Moody, Worth Monmouth, Ne.
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Causes of sea sickness.

Still another explanation Of sea
sickness places it, Immediate origin in
the spinal cord. The advocates of this
| theory assert that the rising and sinking
of ship alternately reIaXeS and
stretches the spinal cord, being closely
connected by nerves with the stomach.
excite> that organs sympathy in it,
behalf. The remedy proposed Is not to
coldly rcprove the stomach for it very
natural sympathy. but 10 induce the
spinal cord to forget IT. misery. This.
We are told. can be done by the Use of
ice. Bags of pounded ice must be ap-
piled to the spine of the Sca->ick patient.
and the spinal cord thus chilled until it
becomes too numb 20 care whether it i
stretched or relaxed. II i said that a
number OF patients have been entirely
cured by this remedy, and that every
traveller who will consent to cross the
ocean in 4 refrigeratOr-aSifh if he were 80
much fresh meat or vegetable>-can
secure entire immunity from >ea-sick-
ness.
Ii is hardly worth while to point out
the weakness of this theory. There i
no doubt that a man can be cured Of
sea-sickneSS by freezing himself TO
death; but to assume that his spinal
cord has anything more to do with sea
sickness than his hat-band i TO make a
purely unwarranrcd assumption. What
evidence Is there that the spinal cord Is
stretched: None whatever. The Stom-
ach of a Sea->ick man j. in open, undis-
guised inSurrection, but his spinal cord
never shows the least interest in the
affair and m1intaius strict neutrality.
This attempt To east otium upon one Of
the modest and retiring parts of the
human body is indclicatc and unfair.
and should be frowncd down by every
unprejudiccd man.
But we have at last an entirely new
theory, which explains Sea-sickuess in
an intelligent way. The chief symptoms
of the disease are headache. nausea.
lassitude, loss of spirits and GOODNESS of
eXtremitie>. These also are precisely
the symptoms which Indicate malarial
poisoning. Let us suppose that there
is poisonous quality in sea air, and we
shall then readily comprehend the true
nature of sea sickness. III We further
suppose that the system really becomes
acclimated, so To speak, and loses its
susceptibility to this poison, We shall
understand why persons who are much
at sea cease to be Sea-S:ck That the
atmosphere, in pursuance of its daily
task of evapOrating sea water, should
take up one or more ofthese Ingredient,
which render sea water an cmetic when
drunk in any quantity is not at all i'm
probable. Thus. by merely making n
few easy suppositiouS we have a new
plausible, and really scientific theory
of sea-sickness.-Ne,r York Times.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12
stand by Your Friends.

Stand by your friends, let come what
may, is a good motto. If you don't
stand by them you needn't expect them
to stand by you. So whether they be
friends of high or low degree, in
afiiuence or poverty, stick To them and
don't stop to inquire whether it will
pay or whether it will be popular.
Whenever you prove traitor and desert
those who have stood up for you and
helped your battles, you will find your
self without any one to congratulate
you upon your achievements, or COM
fort yeu in an evil hour when misfor-
tunes come thick and fast.-Scrap Book.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12
Who are Blessed.

The man who minds his own busi-
ness; the woman who never says to her
husband: IL told you so;" the man
who can sew on his buttons when the
baby is crying; the mother in law who
never reminds you that you married
a owe your station; the old maid that
don't hate old people and children; the
old bachelor that don't hate cats and
pincushions; the married people that
don't wish they were single; the single
people that are content 10 remain so /;
the husband who never says that his
mothers pies were better than his
wife's are.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12
Evarts Constructing "a Sentence

The hour was nearly 10 p. m. when
Mr.. Evarts, our erudite Secretary of
State, seated himself in his bed-cham-
Der to construct Il single sentence which
he proposed incorporating in forth
coming speech. He had devoted an
hour to the work when Mrs. EvartS
raised her head from her pillow shaded
her eyes with her hand and shrilly
sung out: william are you never COM
ing to bed:" The Secretary. without
lifting his eyes from his manuscript.
sharply responded: ''Ic is absolutely
imperative, my dear, that the brief SEN
the nature of which is matter of no
moment to you, should be brought to a
conclucion while my mind is in sympa-
thy with the subject. It shall detain
me not longer than a minute or two"
When the clock struck twelve night
capped head again called: ''Do come to
bed, Mr.. f, it is getting very late"
The sentence is nearing completion,
returned the New York statesman,
land it shall not monopolize my time
another minute" 1t was half-past
two when Mrs. Evarts again awoke,
and seeing her husband still writing
rapidly, she impatiently cried: Illus
band, do come to bed, Or are you
going to sit up all night:" Mr.. Evarts
dropped his pen, kicked off his slippers
and testify replied, in Richard Grant
Whites ''Everday English" so, yes,
III come right away. | suppose can
get up couple of hours before break
fast and finish this sentence" And in
less than fifteen minutes the Secretary
of State was in bed, dreaming of de
tdcto and de jare things, and snoring in
five languages Il NOrristOirp Herald.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12

Even in the works of some of the
greatest artists we find objects intro
duced which were not in use at the
epoch represented by the painting
That there is nothing new under the
sun is a maxim, the broad truth OF
which will be conceded by most men
but wheG Albert Durer goes so far as
to introduce tentbedstead. "A commod-
ious cooking-range, and an array OF
china candle-sticks, surmounted by
modern-shaped candles, into his birth
of the Virgin the spectator is not un-
naturally inclined to doubt whether
the painter was altogether justified in
his creation. In Silyio Manaigo's pie
ture of the sale of Joseph to the I>h-
maelites, the coat of one of the brothers
is not only fastened, but even decorated
by buttons which were not then in
vented. An exquisite painting, by
Salvador Rosa, represents the Baptist
preaching in the wilderness; but the
whole effect is spoiled by the presence
in the background of some jaunty spec
tators in slouch hats and Haunting
feathers. Van Dyck himself represents
one of the apostles in sea boots in his
picture of ''rhe Miraculous Draught of
Fishes" which is now in the National
Gallery. And Paul Neronese paints
some Italian peasants in felt hats and
plumes, calmly contemplating the
Alteration of the Magi. But these
anachronisms fade away into nothing
ness beside that committed by Span
ish artist, who represents Abraham,
when offering Isaac as sacrifice, a>
about To shoot him with pistol,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12
Starting I'm ths World.

Many an unwi>e parent labor> hard
and lives sparingly all his life for the
purpose of leaving enough to give his
children a start in the world, as il is
called. Setting young man afloat
with money left him by his relatives. is
like tying bladders under the arms of
one who cannot swim: ten chances To
one he will lose his bladders and go to
the bottom. Teach him TO swim and he
will never need bladders. Give your
child a sound education and you have
done enough for him. See to it that
his morals are pure, his mind cult
waited, and his whole nature made sub
servient 10 laws which govern man
and you have given what will be of
more value than the wealth of the In
dies. Murray.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12
Prairie-Dog Village.

-Four hundred and Jhirty-five miles
west of Omaha is situated the great
Prairie-Dog City, one of the largest
settlements on the line of the Union
Pacific Railroad. Several hundred
acres, each side of the track, have been
taken up by the sagacious little prairie
dogs, and there they have made their
homes, without buying one lot from the
company, or as much as saying, "By
your leave" The dwellings consist of
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12
Health on a Sure Basis.

In order to establish health on a sure basis.
the enfeebled system must acquire additional
vlgor. And yet, patent rs this fact IS, and
widely known as it is, too many people ne
elecr this vital point in the self treatment OF
disease, and phys clans are very o ten equally
remiss. resortIng to the use Of palliatIves
which affect symptoms only and fail to ac-
complsh the chef end in view, which Is, or
should be. inauguration. The main reason
why Hostetter's Stomach BItters are so sue
cessful IN overcoming disease is that they I'M
part vitality where it is deficient, and thus
build up superstructuTe for exhausted nature
to reeuperate upon The Bitters also improve
the appetite, soothe the nervous system when
over-strained and are a genial and agreeable
medicinal stimulant, with basis of pure spir-
its holding In solution botanic e.ements OF the
eIeaies efficacy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12

composition OF my comedies, she writes
to Novikoff, 81 have taken all my con-
ceptions of character from my own
country, and thus, without quitting
home, have found in it alone materials
for satire sufficiently abundant for a
pen far more practised than can ever
hope to wield." By thus abjuring the
position of classicism, and by wisely
combining the actions of her comedies to
her own age and land, she has increased
rather than lessened their interest, and
given us sketches of Russian life in the
eighteenth century which for fidelity
and completeness will bear comparison
with the best productions of Won Tiezin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12

CURIosITIEs OF GRAFTNG.-The Guilt
rdtOr is responsible for the following
description of curiosity in the grating
line, which shows what can be done BY
a careful pomologist: "We can graft
the apricot on the plum, and the peach
on the apricot, and the almond on the
peach, thus producing tree with plum
roots and almond leaves. The wood of
the stem will consist of four distinct
varieties, though formed of one continu-
GUS layer. Below the almond wood and
bark we shall have perfect peach wood
and bark, and at the bottom perfect
plum wood and bark. In this curious
instance we see the intimate CORES
pondence between the bark and the leaf,
for if we should remove the almond
branches, we might cause the several
sorts of wood to develop buds and leafy
twigs, each of its own kind. Each Sec
ton of the compound stem has its seat
OF life in the cambium layer, and the
cambium of each reproduces cells of its
own species out of common nutrient
fluid.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12
AN EVENING SCENE.

stood at eve by the river side,
Watching the flow Of the falling tide.
Out Of the west came q CLEAN Of gold,
Far in the east the thunder rolled
Over the fields for miles away.
Came stealing night in his robe Of gay.
Out of the harbor into the bay.
Over the waters far away.
Into the west where the glorious sun,
Sinks to rest when the day is done.
One by one the good ships sail
With wings outspread to the evening gale.
Over the hills sudden gleam.
Lit up the breast Of the peaceful stream
The glorious light but a moment stsid,
Then faded away in the gathering shade.
The far-off ships slow sank from sight,
Into a Sea Of dreaIy night
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12

SAND FOR CATTLE BEDDING.-Sand if
not the best, is one of the best articles
in use for bedding cattle. 1t is a good
deodorizer, and keeps the stable sweet.
As the cattle work it back into the
trench under their feet, it mixes with
the manure, and thus divides it and
makes it more suitable for the use of
plants. If the distance to haul is not
too far, Its very cheapness ought to
recommend its use. In barns that have
no cellars, were it used freely, it would
absorb large amount of urine that is
now wasted. Soil and muck are dirty
things to use in the stable, and sand is
clean. Then, too, it is a nice thing to
use under hen roosts, TO receive the
droppings, which can be easily raked
off and kept in barrels. and in spring
mix with fine cow manure-one part of
the former to two parts of the latter.
This being shoveled over, thoroughly
two or three times, makes a mass of rich
manure. A large handful of this in
hill will set corn 10 growing finely.
Flowers, too, grow and blossom far bet
ter in soil that has an admiXture of
sand. So clayey and peaty soils are
benefited by its com mbination with them,
and rice uersd. When spread on heavy
soils in grass, it produces more effect
than any chemical manure L have ever
seen used.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12

Cztharine III. of Russia an AuthOress.
Catharine was the author of several
books intended for children, in. which
the theory of education is fully, though
somewhat pedantically developed. OF
these, 1.-The Story of Prince Chorus"
and ''The Story of Prince Phebus" are
the best known. Both of the young
princes are model boys, such as Miss
Edgeworth was wont TO choose for her
favOrite heroes. Chorus, son of an
early Russian ear, is carried off by a
kirghesian khan, and before he can
regain his freedom is required to find a
rose without thorns. This rarity is in
tended to symbolic virtue. The youth
is aided in his search by the good SER
vices of Filicfa, the khan's wife, who
gives him for companion, her eldest
son, Reason. Numerous are the diff
culties that beset the adventurers, but
their single-mindedness and persever-
ance overcome every danger, and the
wished-fOr rose is at length discovered
on the summit of a lofty and almost in
accessible rock. In the person of PhG-
bus we have the exemplar of perfect
prince, who in his youth lives in loving
obedience to the wise instructions of
his parents and tutors, and after his
marriage ascends the throne, and wins
the loyal attachments of his subjects by
his righteous and gentle rule. The for
tunate youth is richly endowed with
every possible and few impossible vir-
tues; is good-hearted. manly and truth
full; and will not lie even in jest; and
engages one of his servants to remind
him each day that she is but mortal
like Others" lest his heart should be
filled with vain pride. There is an un-
reality in the character, which, we
should think, cannot impose on the dis
cernment of the most juvenile reader;
and the whole story is conceived in that
mawkishly moral style which, at the
time of its composition was considered
TO be the necessary staple of literature
for the young. In spite, however, of
its antiquated notions it seems to be
still read and admired, an edition hav-
ing been printed as recently as 1873. In
letter to VOltaire, Catharine speaks of
her dramatic works as being weak in
plot and ill-sustained in intrigue, but
as natural and true to their characteri-
zation. Nor is the eulogy, though it
proceeds from the author herself, alto
gether undeserved. Any deficiencies
they may exhibit as works of art are
more than atoned for by the nveliness
and judgment with which the manners
of her epoch are portrayed. SIN the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-09-12
VEGBTINE,

The following letter from Rev. q. W. Mans
field, formerly pastor OF the Methodist Ep. SEQ
pal Church, HYDE Park, and at present settled
In Lowell. must convince every one who reads
his letter OF the wonderful curative qualities OF
VEGETINE as d thorough cleanser and puriner
OF the blood.
Mr.. II. r. STEVENS.
Dear Sir. About ten years ago my health
failed through the depicting effects OF dyspep-
sa nearly year later was attacked b. ty-
phoid-rever ia It's worst form. Il settled In my
back. and took the form OF a large deep-seaIed
abscess, which was fifteen months in gathering.
had two surgical opera ions by the best skill
IN the state, but received no permanent cure.
1 suffered great pain at times, and Was con-
stantly weakened by a profuse discharge
also lost small pieces OF bone at different times.
Matters ran on thus about seven years. TIL
May. 1874, when friend recommended me TO 90
10 your Office. and talk with you OF the virtue OF
VEGETISE. 1 did so, and by your Kindness
passed through your manufactOry. noting the
Ingredients, &C. by which your remedy Is pro-
duced.
BY what saw and heard gained some con-
ndence IN NEGETISE.
/ commenced taking it soon after, but felt
worse from its effec 5; still l peIsevered, and
soon felt IL was Oenenttng me in other respects.
Yet did not see the results desired till had
taken II faithfully for a little more than year
when the difficulty In the back was cured; and
for nine months l have enjoyed the best Of
health.
have in that time gained twenty-five pounds
OF flesh, being heavier than ever before in my
life, and Was never more able to lerfOrm labor
than how.
During the past few weeks had a scrOfulous
swelling as large as my nst gather on another
part OF my bedy.
/ took vEGETiNE faithfully. and it removed II
level with the surface in month / think
should have been cured OF my main trOcble
sooner II | had taken larger doses, after having
become accustomed to Its effects.
Let your patrons troubled with scrofula or
kidney disease understand that II takes time TO
cure chronic diseases; and, II they will patieD.
y take NEGErISE, II Will, In my Judgment, cure
them.
With great obligations am
Yours very truly,
G. ". MANSFIELD,
Pastor n Nprhodfsr EufSgapaI 1sI,urch