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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
Home Beauty.

\ tasteful woman can make a garret
beautiful and hOmelike, and at little
cost; for the beauty of home depends
more on education and refined taste than
upon mere wealth. If there is no artist
in the house il matters little that there
is large balance at the bank. There
is usually no better excuse for a barren
home than ignorance or carelessness.
\ little mechanical skill can make
brackets and shelves for the walls. A
thoughtful walk in the woods can
gather leaves and ferns for adorning the
unpictured rooms. 4 trifle saved from
daily expenses can now and then put
new book upon the table or shelf. The
expenditure of few dollars can con-
vert the plain window into a laboratory.
In these and fifty other ways can plain.
barren room be converted into scene
of beauty.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

The Secretary Bid.-A curious ex-
pertinent took place the other day at
the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris.
A nest of living vipers was thrown
into the inclOsure where the secretaries
or snake-eaters (from the Cape) are
kept. These birds have the bright eye
of birds of prey, powerful beaks, and
vulture-like bodies mounted on legs
like those of wading bird. When
ever the secretaries saw the snakes
they fell upon them with shrill cries,
and an exciting struggle ensued. The
reptiles fixed on the ground by the
strong feet of the bird, twisted aud
missed, and bit; but they could make
no impression on the rufOse skin, and
they were chopped into mincemeat
with a few strokes of the beak. The
secretary is also. it may be remarked,
a great destroyer of rodents.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
Thought Training.


The world is indebted for nine-tehths
of its valuable knowledge, its impr owe
.ments and progress geaerally, TO men
and women who have traineak them-
selves tof think in systematic anu
consecutive manner.s No man has ever
become eminent in science, art, titera-
ture or farming, who was not pro-
found thinker-who did not well-exam-
Inc and compare all the items per-
tanning to the subject, to know whether
in their various relations they sustain
the principal which public opinion up
holds as being true. 1t is not very
uncommon thing that a principle mas
been enunciated by men who have pet
theories to support, and where it Is
plain to a thinking, unbiased mind that
some of the important items OF the
theory are in direct antagonism TO the
principal, and therefore false-or other
wise the principal itself has no founda-
ton in truth.
He hath riches sufficient who batn
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
Rheumatism OutckIy Cured.

"Dursng's Rheumatic Remedy" the great
Internal Medicine, vii. positively cure any case
of rheumatism on the face Of the earth. Price
81 bottle, six bottles. So Sold by all Drug
gists. Send for circular to Helphenstine &
Bentley, Druggists, Washington, ID. C.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
E. +. KnnkeIs Bitter Wine OF Iron.

IL has never been known 10 fail in the cure OF
weakness attended with symptoms. iDdispOsi-
tlon 70 eXerJiOn, loss OF memo Y. difficulty OF
breathing. weakness. horror Of disease, night
swears, cold feet, weakness. dimness OF vision
languOr. universal lassitude 4 the muscular
system. enormous appetite. with dyspeptic
symptoms. hot hands, flushing OF the body dry
ness or the skin, pallid cOuntenance ana erup-
tl1ns on the face, purifying the blood. pain in
the back, heaviness OF the eyelids, frequent
sion and loss OF sight, want OF attention, etc.
sold Only In 81 bottles. Get the genuine. Depot
and office. 239 North Ninth ST, Philadelphia.
Advice free. ASK for F. KunkeIs Bitter Wine
OF Iron. and take no other make. Genuine sold
.rv- an FnVv
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
Never Failing Worm syrup.

T. Kunkels Worm Syrup never fails 10 de
strOy Pin. seat and stomach Worms. DIR. Kun
kel Is the only successful physician who removes
Tape Worm IN two hours, Head and all complete
alive. and no fee TIL heid passes Common
sense teaches II Tape Worms can be removed,
all other Worms can be readily destroyed. send
iCr circular TO Dr. Kunkel, z59 North Ninth St,
Philadelphia. Pa or ask your dTu1 giSt for a
bottle OF kunkel's Worm Syrup. Price 81 per
bottle. IL never fails. Used by children or
grown persons with perfect safety.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
Activity not Always Energy.

There are some men whose failure to
succeed in life is a problem to others,
as well as to themselves. Thy are in
dustrious, prudent and economical; vet
after long life of striving, old age finds
them still poor. They complain of ill
luck. They say fate is always against
them. But the fact Is that they mis-
carry, because they have mistaken mere
activity for energy. Confounding two
things essentially different, they have
supposed that. if they were always busy.
they would be certain To be advancing
their fortunes. They have forgotten
that misdirected labor is but n waste
of activity. The person who would
succeed is like marksman firing at
target if his shots miss the mark they
are waste of powder. So in the great
game of life, what a man does must be
made to count, or it might almost as
well have been left undone. Every body
knows some one in his circle Of friends.
who, though always active. has this
want Of energy. The distemper, if we
may call it such, exhibits itself in
various ways. In some eases the man
has merely an executive capacity
when he should have directive one:
in other language. he makes a capital
clerk for himself, when he ought to do
the thinking of the business. In other
cases what is not done is not done either
at the right time or in the right way.
Energy, correctly understood, is ac-
tivity proportioned to the end.-.ScieR-
. 4uasg.frUs
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Mothers mothers. Mothers.

Don't fail to procure MRS WiNSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP for all diseases of teeth
ing in children. 1t relieves the child from
pain. cures wind collie, regulates the bowels,
and by giving relief and health to the child,
gives rest to the mother.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

RECooKING COLD MEAT.-Take any
kind of cold meat, cut it into dice, TAX
ing care to turn off all gristle; place in
stew pan, with sufficient cold water
to cover it, and one or two onions, ac-
cording to the quantity of meat; season
with cloves, pepper, salt and mace, ac-
cording to taste; simmer gently until
the meat is quite tender; thicken it
with flour and small piece of butter ;
take an iron spoon, put teaspooniul
of sugar in it, and burn the sugar; stir
quickly into the hash. Toast slices of
bread brown; cut in squares, and lay
them round flat dish; then pour out
your hash and serve hot. If veal or
poultry is used, omit the Glove and
browning, and add fresh parsley,
chopped fine, just before sending to the
table.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

Debility, depressed irritable state OF mind
a weak, nervous. exhausted feeling, no energy
The consequences II eXceSSeS mental OverwOrk.
This nervous debility finds sovereign cure In
system. dispelS the mental gloom aud despOn-
dency, and rejuvenateS the entire system. sold
only In 81 bottles. Get the genuine. sold by
all druggists, Ask for E. +. kunkprs Bitter
Wine OF Iron, and take no other. GeIuine sold
only in 81 bottles, or six bottles Tor S.. All
ask is a trial OF this valuable medicine. IL Will
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PATESTs.-References. terms. and all neces-
sary information furnished by Worth Osgood
Qate Principal Examiner U. 5. Patent Office)
Atty and Solicitor of American and Foreign
Patents, Washington, ID. c. Correspondence
Inyfiai
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enthusiasm, and with the narrowest in
tellectual horizon, he has a stubborn
practicality well suited for the work
which he has chosen as the pioneer Of
African 'ciyiliZation.-TlrO REPUBLICS. 2
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DOXEsriC.

WAsHrNG-DAY IN GERMANY.-Wash-
ing-day in many parts Of Germany
(where Ii Is the pride of every house,
wife to have large stock of linen)
comes only two or three times year.
1t is thus described by a correspondent
of the New York EeeniRg Post, writing
from Melsungen:
When ''washing-day" does come
around it Is very great occasion. Half
dozen women are called In to assist,
and Immediately after their arrival
vanish into the cellar. Here they pass
the first day wraptin cloud OF mystery
and steam-through which have never
sought TO penetrste-from which they
emerge at evening with great baskets
piled high with wet, clean linen, ready
to be taken to the bleaching field. This
field is about half mile from most of
the houses and Is the property of the
town. 1t is point of low meadow land
which extends out into the river. At
one side is little stone hut in which a
man and dog pass the night guarding
the clothes. In the centre of the field
is stone curbed well. Hither in the
evening the clothes are brought on
trucks, frequently drawn By large dogs,
and here, in the cool of the day, they
are spread upon the grass, sprinkled
from large tin watering pots, and left
for the dews to finish the work which
the soap-suds have begun. The next
day the sheets and table-clOths and
large pieces are put through process
of shaking and turning, sprinkling and
spreading, which to the sceptical mind,
appears rather unnecessary while the
smaller ones are hung on the lines to
dry.
OF bright sunny morning, the
bleaching field, in which from two to
half a dozen different parties usually
are at work, is very pretty picture.
The peasant girls, with old handker-
chiefs or wells tied over their heads,
gay stuff dresses and bare feet, run
about between the long rows of snowy
linen, or stand on tiptoe at the lines
with their hands and mouths full Of
clOthes-pins, struggling with refrac-
tory skirt. Others stand awaiting their
turns at the well with watering pots on
their heads, or at the tubs up TO their
elbows in the rinsing water; one Se-
freshes herself with a long drink of
water from an uplifted jug; group of
women sit in the shadow of the stone
hut eating their breakfast of black
bread and sausage, while the children
make themselves useful by chasing
stray pieces which the wind whisks
away, or ornamentally turning sOmer-
saults and playing leap frog. Every
thing is stirring and fresh and pretty TO
see. The clothes flap and tug at the
lines if the wind is brisk, fieecy white
clouds sail over the blue sky, now cast
ing grateful shadow upon the work
ers, now letting the sunlight pour
down and glorify everything. The
broad, lovely landscape, the hills and
the river glow and sparkle in rich
lighted shadows, the fresh, sweet air
comes over the meadows from the hills,
the whole world seems beautiful and
glad, and one accepts all these thousand
suggestions that German country life is
very charming.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
Vital Force

Let us consider few of the MANY
ways in which we waste the stuff that
life is made of. Ii has been well said
that 1.-The habit of looking on the bright
side of things i worth far more than a
thousand pounds year." and certainly
it is habit that must add many years
to the lives of those who acquire it..
Really every lit of dependency and
every rage takes so much out of us that
any one who indulges in either with
out gaeat struggle to prevent himself
doing 50 should be characterized as
little less than-tO use an American ex-
pressiOn-'a fearful fool" How silly
il seems even to ourselves, after cooling.
to have acquired a nervous headache
and to have become generally done up,
stamping round the room, and showing
other signs of foolish anger. because
the dinner was five minutes late. or be-
cause some ones respect for us did not
quite rise to the high standard measured
by our egOtism, As if it were not far
more important that we should save our
vital energy, and not get into a rage.
than that the dinner should be served
exactly to the moment.
One day a friend of Lord PalmerstOn
asked him when he considered man to
be in the prime of life; his immediate
reply was ''Seventy-nine. But he
added with playful smile. ''as | have
just entered my eightieth year, perhaps
| am myself little past it - How is il
that such men work on vigorously to
the end: Because they treasure their
ever-diminishing vital force. They
srudiedly refrain from making a pull
on the constitution. Reaching the
borders of seventy years of age, they
as good as say to themselves: I'VE
must now take care what we are about"
OF course, they make sacrifices, avoid
a number of treacherous gaietics, and
living simply, they perhaps give some
cause of offence, for the world does not
approve of singularfty. But let those
laugh who win. They hold the censor
iOus observations of critics in derisiOn.
and maintain the even tenor of their
way. In other words, they conserve
their vital force, and try To keep above
ground a long rs possible.
clustering natures, forgetful of the
great truth that power itself hath not
one half the might of gentleness. - miss
the ends for which they strive Just be-
cause the force that Is in them is not
properly economical. Then as regards
temper: any man who allows that to
master him wastes as much energy as
would enable him 10 remove the cause
of anger or overcome an opponent. The
little boy of eight years old who in the
country is often seen driving a team of
four immense dray horses, is one of the
instances of the power of
reason over mere brute force. which
should induce violent tempers to become
calm from policy. if from no higher
motive. Chambers JOgrncl.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

WHAT does the letter b do for boys as
they advance in years. As they grow
Older it makes them bOlder.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

STRAWBERRY IcE.-Into two pounds
of ripe strawberries, mashed through a
hair sieve with a wooden spoon, mix
ore half pound of powdered sugar !;
beat the yolks of twelve eggs very light
and add one pint and a half of rich
milk; stir over the fire until it begins
TO thicken, when pass through a tammy !;
when cold, add 10 it the strawberries
and three glasses of maraschinO; freeze
the same as any other ice; when
partially frozen add a pint of whipped
cream; you may color il with very
little cochineal if you wish it a little
darker.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

WALL PAPER.-Never paper a wall
over old paper and paste. Always
scrape down thoroughly. Old paper
can be got off by damping with salera-
tus and water. Then go over all the
cracks in the wall with plaster of Paris
and finally put on a wash of weak solu-
tion of carbOlic acid. The best paste is
made out of rye flour with two ounces
of glue dissolved in each quart of paste;
half an ounce of powdered borax i'm
proves the mixture.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

The war naturally begins in row
mania.
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PROTECTION FROM FLIEs.-A cOntem-
porary records the discovery ofa French
pbarmaceutal chemist who has dis
covered way to protect horses from at
tacks of flies, according to a London
medical paper. His invention consists
of rubbing the horses, especially the
parts most subject TO attack, with lit
lite concentrated oil of laurel. There is
not the slightest danger in its use, and
the cost is said to be very small.
Another repellent suggested by the
same person is solution of so grammes,
ID and ozs. avoirdupois) of assafetida
in two glasses of water, and one of vine
gar. If horses be well washed with this
not fly will settle upon them, as the
assafetida drives the flies away. This
drug has no deleteriOus quantities as an
external application, and may be used
unhesiratingly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

SOMEBODY writes to a rural paper to
ask chow long cows should be MIXED. s"
Why, the same as short COW, of
course!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

A man with water on the brain should
wear plug hat.
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A CRUEL and benighted wag asks
what Ewes first dress was composed of i,
and then recklessly answers bear skin.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

COLD IN THE HEAD.-This can be
cured at once, If taken care of at the
very beginning. Dissolve tablespoon
full of bOrax in a pint of hot water; let
it stand until it becomes tepid; snuff
some up the nostrils two or three times
during the day, or use the dry powdered
borax like snuff, taking pinch as often
as required. AT night have handker-
chief saturated with spirits of camphor,
place it near the nostrils, so as to inhale
the fumes while sleeping.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

The BEST FERTILIzER.-TheI Illinois
Industrial University at Champaign,
made an experiment with l3 different
fertilizers on 20 plats of corn. The
highest yield was from barn manure,
80 loads on one acre yielded $3.50
bushels (of 20 lbs. dry per bushel.) The
lowest yield was with potash and super
phosphate of lime-70. 81 bushels of corn.
The highest yield without fertilizer was
S0.S5 bushels, and the average OF all the
plats was 79.11 bushels of corn. 1t was
narrowed soon after the fertilizers were
applied. June 10 it was cultivated. and
again June "a, when it was thinned TO
two salks to the hill. July Sd il was
cultivated, and cultivated and laid by
July 18th. This was all one way, north
and south. October 2Sth, 29th and 3lst
the crop was gathered and weighed,
allowing so pounds of ears to the
bushel- The land was never before
and had never been in grass.
Had been in corn mos( of the time for
25 or 80 years. This corn, as stated,
was gathered October 3lst, and so lbs.
allowed for bushel. At the time so
lbs. were shoveled from the load and
carefully preserved. November Goth il
weighed 7S lbs. December 20th, 76 lbs;
January 18th, 65 lbs. 1t then appeared
dry, and was shelled, and gave 63 lbs.
corn and II lbs. cobs, showing that only
70 lbs. should have been taken for
bushel.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

A PEEL of the sole.-Orange peel on
the sidewalk.
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ANOTHER "SCARE-CRow."-In re-
cent number of Forest and Stream J. n.
Davis gives the following as a certain
plan TO drive crows from from the corn
field: "A very successful plan has
been tried by placing in Mr.. Crows
way number of grains with horse
hair run through them. He is bound
to swallow one, and his note of alarm
is soon sounded. 1t is impossible for
him to dislodge the grain, and if he can
be watched for sufficient length of time
he will be seen TO cut his own throat i'm
scratching at it. His usual note is
changed, and i can assure you life TO
him is sucn a misery that he could
even wish that he were dead 1t has
been noticed that after the note of
alarm has been sounded all the crows
in the vicinity will leave that field and
approach it no more that season. 1t is
simple thing, yet all who try it will
find il success"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18
AGRICULTURAL.

KEEPING BUTTER.-In q recent num-
Der Of the Country Gentleman Daisy Eye
bright thus gives her experience in
treating butter for long keeping:
"Wood or stone makes the Lest vessels
for packing butter, but opinions differ
as to which exceeds the other. White
oak firkins, soaked for two days In sour
milk, then washed out and soaked one
day in strong brire, and then rubbed
thoroughly with salt, are the best, ae-
cording to my mind. If z. r. will pack
the butter In such vessels, after he has
worked out every drop of buttermilk,
and salted by the following recipe,
can assure him that he can keep his
butter from June 10 June as sweet as
butter add two heaplng tablespOonfuls
of granulated white sugar, and quar-
ter of a teaspOOnful of saltpetre, pull
verified very finely. These ingredients
can be mixed together, in this proper
tion, in large, wide-mouthed bottles,
and kept for use. After the churn has
done its work, add the mixture, and
turn the crank in reversed order for
four or five minutes. The butter is thus
salted without touching the fingers TO
it, and the housewife needs only to lift
it out with a butter paddle and pack it
tightly into firkin, or else form it into
tastefully stamped cakes all ready for
the table. The sugar is quite as essen
tial for the preservation OF butter as for
the curing OF hams; and every one
knows that sugar-cured hams are the
finest in the market. The saltpetre can
he omitted if the butter is not desired
for winter use."
One of the most important secrets in
butter for long keeping is in
getting the buttermilk all thoroughly
worked out. In our dairy days it was
our rule to add an ounce of salt to each
pound of butter at the first working;
after thorough working TO remove the
buttermilk and incorporate the salt, it
was set away for five or six hours in
cool place, and then again worked. The
of salt at the first working
seemed to facilitate the extraction OF
the buttermilk. The sugar and salt
petre can be added at the second work
ing; half ounce of sugar and half the
amount of saltpetre named above was
our rule. No salt added at the second
working.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

TAKE cARE-the buds are shooting.
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DYsENTERY.-Ihavek known dysentery
in its worst form to be cured, after
other medicines had failed, by drinking
wheat flour stirred in water, in guam
tity of about half a tumbler of water,
made to the consistency of cream with
the fiour. Ii may be advisable to add a
pinch of salt. or the flour may be eaten
In its dry sta .. The same effect may be
produced in cases of chronic diarrhea.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-18

WHAT is hashs A confidence game.
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TYPE FOR ALL At THE LOWEST
PRICES The National Type Co.
. Catalogue. ~ cents. Philadelphia, Pa.
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A FINE FLAvoRING ENTRACT.-Peel
of SIX oranges stewed in water till the
bitterness Is extracted; pour off the
water, weigh the peel, adding its
weight in sugar with little water, and
stew again for half hour. Then put
away in cool place. When wanted
for use cnop it up fine. 1t is good and
cheap, as this quantity does a good
while
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4 superb Blood Depurent.

\ FEATHERED fraud-The gull.
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He hath riches sufficient who hatn
enough to be charitable.-Sir It. Bro'en-