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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27
Lost Chance of the Spirits.

Those spirits which are alleged To be
summoned from the vasty deep of an
other world by mediumistic power have
lately had, in England, some remarka-
BILE opportunities to prove their pres
ence, but have failed to seize them.
This is AN age of investigations - and
certain men of science and public spirit
have been at work exposing the impos-
| cures of deft slate-writers like DIR.
Slatle. and cunning cOniurers of spirit
bells" and other strange phenomena
like the Rev. Francis MOnck. The re-
suit has been that, at many points in
England. prosecutions for cOnjuring
and le@erdemain have been begun and
prosecuted. Now the spirits-if spirits
do. a. is alleged, make themselves man
ifest to mortals-were singularly faith
less to their professional believers on
the occasion of these trials. Why when
Dr. Slade was i'm the dock. all on their
account, and being tried for an odious
criminal offense, did not his phantas-
NAL companions once for all confound
his enemies. and make converts of a
world, by performing some of their
customary marvels in open court? If
they had only lifted the judge in his
chair tn the ceiling ever so gently; if
they had tipped the documents off the
clerks table: if they had improvised a
band of celestial music in the gallery;
if they could have simply floated DR.
Slade-as they had done Mr.. Home
many a time and oft out of the window
and in a@ain-behold how striking the
proof of spiritual power would have
been. But this man, who wields a
sceptre over the spirit-world, stands
absolutely helpless in purely mortal
tribunal has to sit in prisoners dock
and hire lawyers, and produce wit
nesses, and furnish bail: nor does all
his supernatural power avail him a jot.
4 fell below is really deing dealt at
spiritualism by these prosecutions of
its most skilful ''mediums: and the
exposures. which are going on here as
well as in England, come none too soon
to undeceive the credulOus and unhappy
people who are being deluded and de
spoiled by them. Ii has recently been
ssated that there are ten thousand per-
sons in the United States who have
gone mad in consequence of their be-
lief in spiritual manifestations. Expo
sure is therefore charity as well as jus
tice. The tricks of mediums are, no
doubt, sometimes wonderful; but so are
those of the Oriental wizards. who ap-
pear TO make lemon-trees in full bios
som grow out of a loaf of bread held by
another, te convert coin into cobra
in your hand, and to swim in the air
twenty feet above your head without
any apparent support. The more spir
itual manifestations are looked into,
the more clear it becomes that they are
vast system of legerdemain and trick
cry, playing often upon the most sacred
and tender feelings of weak humanity,
creating terrible misery here and there
destroying the peace of households and
the mental faculties of thousands, and
yet contributing not title to the
worlds science or knowledge.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27

Old plantation DAYS are passed away.
perhaps forever. My principles now
lead me to abhor Slavory and rejoice at
its abolition. Yet sometimes, in the
midst of the heat and toll of the strug-
gle for existence. the thought involun-
tarily steals over me that we have seen
better days. | think of the wild rides
after the fox and the deer: of the loll-
ing, the book, the delicious nap. on the
balcony, in the summer house. or on
the rustic seat on the lawn: of the long
sittingS at meals, and after dinner cigar /:
of the polished groups in easy but
vivacious conversation in the parlor !:
of the chivalric devotion To beautiful
women; OF the pleasant evening drives ::
of the visits To the plantation. with its
long. broad eXpansc of waving green
dotted here and there with groups of
industrious slaves: of the long rows of
negro cabins with little pickaninnies
playing about them; of the old well
with its beam and pole for drawing,
and of the women with pals of water
on their heads; of the wild old field airs
ringing out from the cabins at night:
of the christmas gif'. Massa," break
Glg your Slumbers on the holiday morn:
of the gay devices for fooling the digni-
fled old darkieS on the first of April: OF
the faithful old nurse who brought vou
through infancy, under whose humble
roof you delighted to partake of an
occasional meal: of the flattering. foot
Scraping. clownish, knowing rascal to
whom you tossed a silver piece when he
brought up your boots: of the little
darkies who scrambled for the rind
after You had eaten your watermelon
on the piazza in the eafternoon-and' '.as
fond recollection presents them to
view" | feel the intrusive swelling of
the tear of regret. And so il is with
every SOutherner; tears rise in his heart
and gather to his eyes a. he thinks of
the days that are no more. The South
erners of old used to he. perhaps, the
happiest of men. There was nothing to
disturb them. nothing To do. nothing
they wished done that others were not
at hand to do. Happiness was not only
their beings end and aim. but its enjoy
ment their one occupation. Now the
cares of life, the struggle for living.
weigh them down. Ii often strikes me.
a. ! think of the intense enjoyment of
the olden time. that perhaps just a. the
strongest force in physics i evolved
from the greatest consumption of mater
ial, so it is ordained i'm human affairs
that the most exquisite happiness shall
be founded on the intenseSt misery of
Monthly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27

Now and then you run across per-
sonality whose temperament to you is
terrible, though il may be right to
others. Now and then | know that
meet person that | have to flee from
in self-prOtectiOn. | won't trust my
self in that persons presence more than
about twice year for any cOnsidera-
ton, for | should certainly get mad
too, because we are constructed differ
emily. As sensible and a Christian
man, | propose to recognize the great
fact that that person j. disqualified for
making me happy. and | am disquali
fled for making him happy. And 81
the path of peace lies. for us. along di-
vergent ways. Now, this is true with
all. You know some ladies who are
good neighbors, and all that. but YOU
have to be on guard all the time when
you are in their company, for fear that
you will say something TO hurt their
feelings, or they will say something To
hurt yours. And though you may take
care of your own side, You cannot
guard them from saying things which
You will be hurt by.
Now and then you encounter a man
who il all claws. who scratches you.
who bristles AT you, and the old Adam
rises as you see him bristle, and it is
really only by stern endurance that
you can tolerate doing business with
him, even at arms length. Now and
then partnerships are formed between
men who never ought TO have come to-
gether at all. Both may be men of fine
heads and fine hearts, and fine business
habits, but they were never intended
To pull in the same yoke a. the farmers
say. Well, now in these matters of de-
tail, | say you can change the structure
Of things in which you live. II YOU
know a lady, good woman, who hurts
you, keep away from her house. If
you know a man, gentlemen, whom
yon cannot meet easily, keep away
from him and tell him to keep away
from you, or there will be war. Do
anything i'll reason TO protect yourselves
from the terrible friction these things
put upon you.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27
In a Royal Harem.

We were introduced to Madame Aali.
very yintelligent-looking, amiable little
lady, who salamed US in Turkish style
| by putting her hand 10 her forehead and
her heart, said variety of pretty well
comes by means of the INTERPRETERS
and taking us by the hand introduced
US successfully to all the high and
nightly female magnates of the land.
We were exceedingly disappointed in
the toilets of these ladies': with the ex-
ception of their undervests of Broussa
gauze, they were nearly all dressed in
European fabrics of various kinds. full
trowsers, slippers, an over-dress more
like the soutane of Romish priest than
any other garment,-the train of which
they slip under belt when they walk.
in the same manner that he does. In
stead of the long braided tresses which
we had expected to see falling to their
feet, their hair was cut short. and sur
mounted by an embroidered gauze hand
kerchief put on like a turban: but to
compensate for the lack of Oriental
splendor in the rest of their dress, their
jewels far Outstripped our Imagination.
This being the only manner in which
Turkish females can safely invest
anu ali iildl l. ltlI tO IllPlll
at the death or sudden disgrace of their
husbands, they seize every opportunity
to enrich their store, and the display is
certainly dazzling.
Madame Aali's turhan was sur
mounted by wreath of enormous
pansie> composed of diamonds. which
completely encircled her head: and in
the midst of the pansieS rose, mounted
on an oscillating wire, bird. the size
of humming-bird, which was one mass
of diamonds with flashing ruby eyes.
Earrings and necklace matched this
diadem i'm magnificence. Most of the
other ladies were literally blazing with
jewels, with the exception of the wealth.
lest and most nobjy born among them.
an Egyptian princess married to one nf
the pachas. who. whether from having
lost near relative, or from weariness
and contempt of the gewgaws, had bediz-
ened her numerous attendant slaves with
jewels worth kings ransom, aud her
self remained unadorned. One young
married lady, about fifteen. was dressed
IN French muslin of a brilliant corn
color, and next under il she had donned
a crinoline, which articles were then
worn very large, 80 that the effect of
the SteelS, clearly defined beneath the
scant folds of the transparent muslin.
was ludicrouS i'm the extreme: but the
others looked at her with admiration,
a. she paraded her French or"andie
and hOOp-Skirt before them.-her girlish
face SUTmounted with a regal coronet
of magnificent gems. If the MoSlems
were harmonious in their dress before
the time of Mahmoud. a. they must
have been from the accounts of travellers.
it, character has disappeared from the
effect of his European innovations. for
the scarlet fez looks a out of place with
the raight-collarred coat and modern
trowSers of the men, as the short hair
and French fabrics do on the women.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27
Medicine of Many Uses,

A medicine which remedies dyspepsia. liver
complaint, constipation, debility, intermittent
and remlttent fevers, urinary and uterine
troubles, depurates the blood, counteracts q
tendency to rheumatism and gout, and re-
heyes nervousness, may be truly said to have
many uses. Such an article is Hostetter's Bit
ters, one of the most reliable alternatives of a
dlsorderly to q well ordered state of the sys-
TEN ever prepared or sold 1t has been over
8 quarter of q century before the public is
endorsed BY many eminent professors Of the
healing art. and its merits have received re-
peated recognitions in the columns of leading
American and foreign Journals 1t is highly
esteemed in every part of this country. and is
extensively used in South Amenca, Mexico,
the British possessions and the West Indies
If its increase in psblic favor in the past Is to
be regarded as a reliable crtenon of its gain
in popularity in coming years, it has indeed .
splendid future before il
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27


The story goes that, some years ago,
French diplomat went to see a prOmin-
ent Turk in the finance administration AZ
COnstantinople, and said to him
Look here, how about that interest
which falls due in four days: How do
you expect to pay it: You haven't got
penny at your disposition just now !:
your creditors in my country will be
intensely dissatisfied if they are not
paid. What's to be done:" well,
said the Turk. ''we must put il off un-
I'll some future date ''But this is one
of those things which cannot be put
off, urged the diplomat. The Turk
arose with great dignity, and said ::
MY friend, learn that there is nothing
which cannot be put off except the day
of ones DEATH" That is Turkish doe
trine, and the MoSlem smiles when you
endeavor to teach him anything
different. lie strokes his beard and
utters one of his pet proverbs, such as
''Listen to a Frank and you will hear a
fable" He is a hard party to instruct.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27
BABY'S GRAVE.
In a quiet English churchyard

In aquiet English churchysrd
Baby sleeps
While the wind from wood and meadow
Softly creeps
Ger the little mound we made him:
God knows best
With what aching hearts We laid him
Down to rest
Many summers. many winters
He has slept.
NEle we lived, and loved, and suffered.
Smiled and wept;
All the fears We can not number,
All the woe,
Baby, in his tranquil slumber,
Does not know.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27

caution that have marked the rest. Ii
may be that some others of the new
banks must close their doors; but our
well-established savings-banks are
among the safest moneyed institutions
in the world, and neither private per-
sons nor public bodies have admins
tered funds in their possession with re-
suits so generally fortunate.-Appletoa $
Journal
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27

Hoes NEED SULPHUR.-One singular
fact stated in the following paragraph
which we take from the Louisiana HON,
journal, has been repeatedly corrobo.
rated in ,he experience of the writer:
Whether hogs require sulphur rs an
essential to health or whether it il
sought by them as a condiment, may
not be discovered, But one thing is
true. they devour it with greed when
ever il is to be found. 1t is for this pur-
pose probably that they will eat large
quantities of soft coal, which contains
Il large amount of sulphur. Perhaps
this is the most economical method OF
supplying hogs with sulphur during the
winter, when they require a good deal
of carbon. But in summer it is best to
feed it 10 them i'm substances which con-
tain less carbon on account of their pro-
ducing less heat. Mustard is one of the
best things for this purpose, and some
of it should be sOwn i'm every pasture
into which hogs are turned. If hogs
are kept in, or are in small yards, it is
well to supply them with wild mustard
that grows in the fields or highways, or
to cultivate some of the best varieties
for them. They will eat its leaves, its
flowers, seeds and stalks.
Some years ago We had occasion to
buy large quantity of Hooking valley
(Ohio) coal. Ii was stored in lot in
the rear of factory, easily entered by
the neighbors' hogs, which were per-
mitted to run at Jorge in the town. On
several occasions these hogs were OBJ
served to be eating the coal, and became
such a nuisance that they were ex-
cluded. They appeared to select the
purest Jumps, or those which on the
fire would yield the most tar. melting,
so to speak. Many of these hogs were
very fat, not seeming to require any
food.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27

A Beautiful Eern.-Tbe Gieichenia
dicdrpd is an exquisite fern of the
natural order poiypoddce9. 1t is, we
believe. a native of New Zealand; and
it is a highly ornamental addition to
the shrubbery and the fern house. 1t
is of rich, dark green color, the
spores being brOwnish yellow. 1t
grows well and fiourishes in a peaty or
lOamy soil. 1t can be easily prOpaga-
ted by divisions of the roots.
BOtanists recognize as many as eight
su borders of ferns, the pOiypOddceG
being known as the true ferns. This
class includes the great majority of
those with which we are familiar in
the wild state or under cultivation. As
many as 5000 different species of ferns
have been enumerated. In the earlier
geological ages, ferns formed an i'm
pOrtant part CT the vegetation, as may
beseen by studying the coal formations;
and they are found in onr days in ali
parts of the world. One peculiarity of
the genus is that many species flourish
best when secluded from the air; ana
for this reason the Wardian case was
designed especially for their cultiva-
ton, and has become one of the most
popular and beautiful of household or
namentS.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27

RAISING CREAM.-Of raising cream on
milk, Arnold writes: "The second es-
sential point is the fact that fats expand
and contract more with heat and cold
than water and more than the other ele-
ments of milk, The difference in speci-
fic gravity between milk and cream is
varied by the circumstances of tempera-
ture. 1t is greatest when not and least
when cold, and this fact naturally af-
fects the raising ofcream. Cream raises
better in high temperature than in
low one, since the fat in cream by
swelling more with heat will be rela-
lively lighter when both milk and cream
are warm than when both are cold. 1"
Mr.. Arnold treats cream in this way,
but the facts of deep setting at low
temperature are against him, and seems
to disproye his theory.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27
DOMESTIC.

USE AND ABUSE OF THE BATH.-The
following is an extract from DR..
Reamy's lecture on "Uses and Abuses
of the Bath" delivered before the
faculty and students of the Ohio Medi-
cal College: "Important as it is to
keep these millions of sudatory ducts
open, it is very questionable whether
lavish use of soap and scrubbing brushes
has the tendency TO do so. In fact, the
contrary may be presumed; for the ap-
plication of soap to the outside cuticle,
well scrubbed into the pores with a
rough brush, must rather block the
capillaries than open them. The appli-
cation of very warm water surcharges
the skin with blood, while that of very
cold water drives back the blood, and
contracts the capillaries. There are
other reasons, however, why soap and
scrubbing brushes are not only unneces-
sary to health, and even inimical to it.
The outer cuticle. or scurf skin of the
as the nails, although the fibre is some
what differently arranged. 1t is, In
fact, the enamel of the skin, and its
proper preservation gives 10 the skin OF
Il beautiful woman the ivory finish so
much admired. 1t is the protection OF
the true skin beneath. But like the
substance of the nails, it may be pain
fully scraped or scrubbed off easily
enough. Under the microscope it is
scaly like the skin of a fish; and these
scales may be easily scraped away.
Nearly all soap contains strong alkalis,
which soften the epithelium or scurf
skin, and render il easily removable
by rough scrubbing. A strong flesh
brush, rough towel and hot water, are
all wonderfully efficacious in removing
this protecting membrane, but are
wholly unnecessary TO health and clean
illness. The only really healthy and
proper water bath costs little or nothing,
and can be taken at hOme.-Some say
they have no time 10 take bath, but
this bath only requires eight minutes
before breakfast, which every one not
inordinately lazy can take. Go to
timer and get him 70 make you tin
tray about two inches deep and eighteen
inches square. This will cost abOu:
sixty cents. Then buy a sponge, which
will cost you about a quarter. With
the tin pan, the sponge, and gallon OF
water, you have all the requirements
for an excellent bath, and every person
should take such bath daily. Ii is
only necessary to sponge yourself thor
Oughly from head to foot, and wipe dry
with a soft towel. The exercise OF doing
this ones self-nO one else should do
it's excellent. The water should be
about the same temperature as the at
mosphere, if you are healthy and
strong, but If the weather is intensely
cold, tepid water may be substituted.
But the bath should not be taken with
the window open or in current of air,
and the water should be of the same
temperature as the atmosphere in the
roomr
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27

Coal AsHEs-PEACH TREEs.-As an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
OF cure, we prefer the following way OF
treating peach trees, which we have
known to prove successful in MANY in
stances-in fact, We never knew it to
fail. IL is simply to slightly mound up
each tree with coal ashes during the
winter, while coal is being burned in
the house. Where bituminous coal is
burned, this is less trouble than hunt
ing for borers, and as the ashes furnish
a little too much alkali to suit their
tastes, they will not be found there. As
the ashes or cinders are a very poor con-
ductOr, they will not thaw out as early
as soil would, and thus too early bl Dom
is avoided
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27

MOSQUITO NET FRAME.-This inven-
ton consists mainly in vertical posts or
rods, swiveled TO the head of a bedstead,
and having horizontal arms 10 which
the net is attached by means of sliding
strings. The invention further consists
in connecting the said arms by cross
bar or rod, which Is adapted to slide
thereon, and to which the net is like
wise attached in the same manner as to
the swinging arms. The invention
further relates to the peculiar arrange
ment of cords for adjusting or operating
the swiveled posts and extending or
retracting the net.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27
Rrifliants-

W. sbonId accu,tom tue mind to keep
the best company by Introducing 1t only
to the best books. -.
LANGUAGE Is the amber in when
thousand precious thoughts nave 0ee"
safely embedded and preserved.
Let prudence always attend your
pleasures; it is tie way TO ENJOY .ie
sweets of them and not be airalu OIL tue
consequences.
Flowers are the alphabet OF angeis,
Whereby they write on hliis ana heius
mysterious and sweet truths.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-27

Puck HAS map OF the theatre of war.
The orchestra is made up of guns; the
stage is filled with fighting armies; and
Bismarck. Isabella, Alfonso, MacMahOn,
John Bull, General Grant, Uncle sam,
Puck and other notables look on from
nriYlte boxes.