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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

One of the great industries of Bur,
nah is the timber trade. The teak
wood, which is the chief timber cut and
shipped, is very heavy, and requires
prodigious force TO handle it; and a.
the Burmese are not far enough advan-
ced to use machinery for the purpose,
they employ elephants. and bravely do
the noble beasts perform their task. In
the timber yards both at Rangoon and
at Maulmain, all the heavy work of
drawing and piling the logs is done by
them. have never seen animals show
ing such Intelligence, and trained to
such dOci;ity and obedience. In the
yard that we visited there were seven
elephants, five of which were at that
moment at work. Their wonderful
strength came into play i'm moving huge
pieces of timber. | did not measure
the logs, but should think that many
were at least twenty feet long and a
would stoop down, and run his tusks
under log, and throw his trunk over
it, and walk off with it As lightly as
gentleman would balence his bamboo
cane on the tip of his finger. Placing
it on the pile. he would measure it with
his eye, and if it projected too far at
either end, would walk up to it, and
with 4 gentle push or pull, make the
pile even
If still heavier log needed to be
moved on the ground to some part of
the yard, the mahOut, sitting on the
head, would tell him what to
do, and the great creature seemed to
have a perfect understanding of his
will. He would put out his
enormous foot, and push it along; or
he would bend his head, and erouching
half way to the ground, and doubling
up his trunk in front, throw his whole
weight against il, and thus, like ram,
would ''butt" the log into its place; OF
if ii needed to be taken greater dis
tance, he would put a chain around it,
and drag il off behind him. The female /
elephant especially was employed in
lrawing, as having no tusks, she could |
not lift like her big brothers, but could |
move by her power Of traction or at
traction. Then. using her trunk as
lefty as lady would use her fingers,
,he would unite the knot or unhitch the
,hain, and return to her master, per-
laps putting out her trunk TO receive
/ banana as a reward for her good con-
luct. 1t was a very pretty sight, and
ave us new idea of the value of these
loble creatures, and of the way in
which they can be trained for the SER
ice of man.-Dr. Fields Letters.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17
Thinking.

Thinking is not dreaming. The
world is full of dreamers. 4 few men
do most of its thinking. Thinking is
manufacturing. 1t is taking mental
tools and hammering and filing and
moulding and shaping, until ideas have
grow into fully developed realities of
the brain, with dimensions and clearly
marked outlines. The reason there are
not more thinkers is because thinking is
work; it wears away tissue and mus
Gle. Ii is tiresome. Ii requires time
and purpose.
Men can dream while they sleep; to
work they must be awake. Dreaming
is tearing away the flood-gate and al
lowing the flood TO pour through; if
anything remains it is only driftwood
that may chance TO hang on the way
Minds fill with driftwood because they
are not thinking. Thinking is measur-
ing chances, weighing principles,
watching the operations of law: it is a
process of creeping upon things and
taking them by surprise before they
have time TO get away. \ thinker is
hunter. He must live alone. He must
be satisfied with small daily fare, and
often see his game fly before he has
time to shoot. He must have courage
to face chasms and dark places. and
climb steep mountains. He must love
solitude on an outpost hidden in the
rocks.
And here is the reason this age is not
prolific of good thinkers: 1t is an age
of company, or travel, or theatre going
of cooperation and speculation. Men
live in crowds. 1t is a day of double
houses. Too much man and not enough
of God. Communion with nature is
shut out. There are no sparks because
the flint and steel are not in contact.
Men are following the college drones
ponying through life. Everybody
wants to ride. Going to the spring for
water is out of fashion. The spring
must come up the hill. We want to
turn the faucet and have things run out
to our hand: the faucet must be on cas-
tors that it may be convenient.
For these reasons most people are
only sponges; they live wholly by ab-
'orption, and are like the thing they
touched last. They wait for things to
turn up" but the only thing they ever
ind turning up, especially for them, is
/ little sod i'm a lone corner of the grave
-ard, and they are at last laid awaywhile
he great multitude, having never
missed them, ask in wonder, "When
lid he die?''
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17
Public Speaking.

1t appears to me, then, that he who
seeks great reputation with the public
as speaker, must not only compose his
speeches, at least, as far as regards the
ornamental part, but must ingraft upon
the topics that belong to his cause
certain generalities i'm morals. politics,
or philosophy, which will give scope to
defamation, rhetoric, and ornament to
polished phrases and well-turned sem
tences; to epigram, humour, and sar-
casm. These are the passages which
delight the general audience, and make
the speech, when published, agreeable
to the reader. But they are not the
passages which carry conviction to the
mind, or advance the real merits of the
cause with those who are to decide it.
He who looks to this purpose only must
never lose sight of any important fact
or argument that properly belongs to or
arises out of the cause. He must show
that his mind is busted about nothing
else. He must be always working upon
the concrete, and pointing TO his con-
clusion. He must disdain all jest, .or-
or sarcasm, that does not fall
directly in his way and seem to be so
that must strike everybody
who thinks of the facts. He must not
look for peg to hang anything upon,
be it ever so precious or so fine. He
must rouse in the minds of the Judges
Or the jury all the excitement which he
feels about the cause himself, and about
nothing but the cause; and to that he
must stick closely, and upon that reason
20 vehemently and so conclusively, that
he greater part of the audience will
not understand him, and those who
'ead his speech afterward will not be
lble TO comprehend it, without having
o present to their memories all the
acts and all the history of the cause
lord AbiRger.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17


The Scotch banks of issue seem to
have furnished the type for the South
ern banks and similarity Of circum-
stances produced a like success i'm both
places. Under the system of banking
referred TO the banks issued their de-
mand notes in exchange for the time
notes discounted or the exchange pur-
chased. upon a calculation that the
currency requirements of the eommun-
ity would keep these notes in circula-
ton a longer or shorter time. A re-
serve of about fifty-three per centum
was held in coin to meet such calls tor
redemption as might occur. This ex-
change of corporate for private credit
is entirely legitimate and sound. What
ever risk there is in il is covered by the
capital of the bank Ii is in effect a
system of credit-mutual insurance.
Such banks of issue are especially ne
cessary in agricultural communities,
because there money capital is always
scarce, and they are especially success
ful in such communities because agri-
cultural pursuits are not speculative.
Every mans condition is easily and at
curately known, his ability to pay is as
sumed by the visible progress of his
crop toward maturity, and the use he
makes of the money borrowed is neces-
sarily patent. Hence the prudent con-
1ttnf Of -tt..h har =. Of will
only. the way is plain. Not only are
such banks peculiarly adapted to agri-
cultural communities. but no other
banks are suited to their needs. All
their capital invested in land, animals
and other adjunvts TO the farm, and
they only need money to defray the
expenses of making the crop. 1t is
quite as legitimate in a farmer to bor-
row money for this purpose from bank
as i'm city contractor or manufacturer
to borrow the means to complete con-
tract. Each pays when his harvest
comes. There is, however, this differ
ence. that all the contractors in the city
do not want to borrow simultaneously,
nor for the same period, whereas the
wants of all the farmers in the county
are alike, whence il results that small
amount of money goes the rounds of
contractors and accommodates all; but
the farmers borrow together and pay
back together. There is another differ
ence. The money lent in the city to \
returns into bank in the shape of de-
pOsits by b, c and ID, whereas money
that goes into the country passes from
hand to hand and performs circuit be-
fore it is again deposited.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17
Eiecting Railway Passengers.

The right to eject passengers from
cars for non-payment of fares mas peeh
brought before the Supreme Court OF
Ohio in a case in which the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Com
pany was interested. The rates OF fare
fixed by the company, and which by its
established rules it was made the duty
of the conductor to demand, were higher
than those allowed by law. The plaintiff
rendered what he claimed to be, and
what was ultimately held to be, the
legal rates, and upon refusal TO pay
more was elected from the car, but with
out any rudeness or unnecessary vio-
lerce. 1t also appeared that the plain
tiff, at the time he took passage, knew
the established rates, and expected to
be elected from the cars, intending to
bring an action for such election, in
order to test the right of the company
TO charge the established rates. 1t was
held that the plaintiff was only entitled
to compensatory damages, and that 1t
was competent for the company, for the
purpose of mitigating damages or pre-
venting the recovery of exemplary
damages, to give in evidence subsequent
declarations Of the plaintiff tending to
prove that his object in taking passage
on the cars was to make money by
bringing suits against the company for
demanding or receiving their estab-
lished rates of fare. If generally
adopted by the courts Of all States this
decision will tend TO check the opera
tions of litigious persons who seek TO
derive pecuniary advantage by bringing
actions against railroad companies, ex-
cept in instances where serious personal
or pecuniary damages have been sus
tanned. In this case the true remedy
would have been a prosecution of the
company for violating the law limiting
the fare, and not an invitation TO
further aggression.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17
How to Get an Appetite.

To Q man or woman without an appetite,
the best the market affords" presents little or
no attractions The sooner such hapless IN
divldual puts the gastric organ IN q condition
to enjoy the edible c, mforts which 3 bountlful
providence has provided, the more reason
there will be to feel grateful for the suggest
ION. To do this, invigorste the stomach with
Hostetter's Stomach BitteIs, which VII enable
that organ to digest properly. and, since good
digestion Is the parent Of appetite. give birth
to desire for food At he intervals aspointed
by nature. With chronic want of appetIte are
usually associated nervousness, bliiousness
and constipation. three evils which are speed
iy overcome by the bitters- AL persons OF 3
dyspeptic or bilious tendency should use this
heaIthful tonic daily, or at least three or four
times q week. A pursuance of this course wlll
soon insure and confirm q radical change for
the better in the condition Of the stomach and
k-sOc ate Organa
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17
Dogs in Harness.

The Tartars use dogs 10 carry packs
In the far North they do the chief work
in pulling the sled ges, though the Lap,
landers chiefly use the reindeer for this
purpose. The Eskimo sledge dogs are
nne, strong animals, nearly allied to the
wolf, and Messrs. Lord and Baines give
some amusing hints about their manage
ment. The sledge driver must never
leave his sledge without securing it TO
a spar driven into the snow, or the dogs
will, perhaps, start off on their own ac-
cord and distance all pursuit. They are
very qurrrelsome, kVt generally in
every team there Due master dog,
with very determined will and strong
sharp teeth and when he sees the
others fighting he Will dash in among
them and vigorously assist his master
in restoring order. When rough ice is
to be traversed, the dogs paws are pro-
tected by little bags or mocasins of
hide. They are no. fed till the days
work is over, and great care has to be
taken that each gets his proper share,
for "some are so desperately artful and
cunning that they do all in their power
to delude their master into the belief
that instead of having their full allow
ance 1t is yet to come" The Lapland-
er's sled or kerres is different from the
low, fiat Eskimo dog sled. 1t is shaped
something like a big shoe, and is drawn
by the reindeer, which is used in the
same way in Siberia, and also for riding
and carrying packs. In many countries
summer sleds are used. One of the
easiest to make is formed of forked
branch, with pieces of wood nailed
across the fork, the horse or mule being
harnessed to the pointed end. This L.
often used by the settlers for dragging
loads of all kinds over level ground.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

BUDDING PECANs UPON THE HICKORY
A writer TO the American Agriculturist
/ from Florida, relates the following as
his experience on this subject:
"About a year ago budded a pecan
into avigOrOus a hickory sprout of the
same seasons growth. The bud re-
mained dormant until the following
spring. when the sprout was cut back
70 the bud. A shoot grew from the bud
last summer which measured nearly ten
feet. This shoot has also thrown out
seven laterals, measuring from two to
four feet each. Last winter cut down
a number of nv hickories, some of them
measuring nearly foot through, and
this summer have budded the sprouts
from them with the pecan. use an
nular budding, i. e., ring of bark with
bud upon it, put in place of a similar
ring removed from the stock. IL is
very seldom bud fails to take, and the
few failures | find are occasioned by
-mall grub, which works between the
bud and the stock, which can be pre-
vented by the application of grating
wax.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

CLAwsON WHEAT.-At a recent meet
ing OF the Michigan Millers' Associa-
tion, when the quality of the different
kinds of wheat was under consideration
the following resolutions were adopted
''That by the chemical analysis of
several varieties Of wheat presented TO
this convention. it appears that the
values of the different samples for the
manufacture of flour, stand as follows
First. TappahapnOck; second. Tread
well third, Gold Medal; fourth, Diehl /;
fifth, Clawson; and, therefore, we re-
commend the sowing of these varieties
in the order in which they are named
above; that il is the sense of this meet
ing that the 'Clawson' wheat is the
poorest which is now raised in this
State for making -four" Alter several
years experience with the Tappahan-
mock, FultZ and Clawson, il is our i'm
preston that the two former will Weld
the most flour and least bran per
bushel Of grain, but that the average
crop of the latter yields greater num-
Der of bushels than either of the former.
Millers, as rule, make but little dis
tinction, between them, and heavy
skinned wheats, and, when they do
grade. Indifference In favor of the for
mer is so slight that the farmer can sell
dom afford to give up good crop of
the thicker-skinned Clawson for a
short crop of the higher priced but
thinner-skinned variety. The same as
sociation adopted the following resolu-
tion, which may be worthy of the notice
of Eastern farmers: "That this con-
ypnrion recnmmaDI m fha farmars nf
Michigan the necessity of letting their
wheat rema. N in the straw until it has
gone through the sweating process, as
Il would greatly add to the color, and
they would find the wheat would weigh
heavier and it would make a much
heavier and stronger flour"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17
A Valuable Work.

The well-knOwn advertising agents.
Messrs. S. NJ. Pettengill It Co., of this
city, have jGt issued in a handsome
form their Newspaper Directory and
Advertisers Handbook" for 1877. Ii
is without doubt the most valuable and
trustworthy compilation of its kind
published in this country, and a work
which no advertiser or newspaper pub
Usher should be without. No fewer
than S,51i newspapers or periodicals
are described, showing the day and
place Of publication, character, pub
Usher, circulation; in short, all that an
advertiser requires to know regarding
anv medium published. Besides the
general list there is a list of periodicals
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

by counties, which must be valuable TO
tbose who desire to reach any partlcu-
lar section of the Continent, and tables
of daily and weekly newspapers having
a circulation of 1000 copies or over, re-
ligious, agricultural, and other class
oroans. Two or three striking PORTRAITS
Of prominent editors are scattered
throu ughout the volume, which, Alto
eether. gives US a capital idea OF the
wealth and variety of American journal
ism. and proves the immense connection
and great business facilities which It's
publishers and compilers must have at
their command. - ". Y. Seotssh-Apaer.
ToefrDDI
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

TAKING THINGS EAsILY.-Do not
worry over your housekeeping. 1t Is
very pleasant to have the house in per-
feet order, but it is pleasanter to have
the temper sweet aud the children
happy. Do not expect too much from
Bridget i'm warm weathe-. Let her
work be so arranged that she may sit
down and rest afternoons. Take care
not to have too much extra rubbing and
polishing when the kitchen is like a
furnace, and you find it hard to be COM
Portable in the parlor with nothing TO
do. Bear We one another's burdens,
and the hOusework will go on easily,
and the wheels move without friction.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17
TIE MIRROR.

] would my lady's mi ror be.
So might / hold her image fair.
And then p reliance she d smile on me.
Seeing her face reflected there
/ never could her IN rror be,
For when she smiled on me. ah, then
Ny heart would hold the image sweet
And never give it back again.
-Scribner's Aonthl.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

81 REALLY can't sing, believe me,
SIR" was the reply of young lady TO
the repeated requests of an empty fop.
II am rather inclined TO believe.
madam" rejoined he, with smirk,
''that you are fishing for compliments"
mo sir" exclaimed the lady, "when
fish for them, never try my luck in so
shallow "a stream"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

Artificial Lemonade. sugar 2 lbs,
tartaric acid o., essence of lemon 30
drops, essence of almonds 20 drops.
Dissolve the tartaric acid in two pints
of hot water. adj the sugar, and lastly
the lemon and almond; stir well. cover
with cloth, ard leave until cold; put
two tablespOOnfuls into tumbler, and
fill up with cold water. This drink, il
is said, will be found much more re-
freshIng and more palatable than either
ginger beer or lemonade. and costs only
80 cents for ten pints. The addition of
= very little bicarbonate OF potash to
each tumblerful just before drinking
will give a wholesome effervescing
drink.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17


Influence OF valleys on Hedlth.-Mr.
Alfred Havilaud lately informed the
London Social Science Association that
many diseases were induced by the
common tendency to place houses in
valleys instead of upon the hill sides.
He says that valleys do not get full
share of fresh air. The wind blows over
and not through them, and the atmOs-
phere within their boundaries Is COM
paratively stagnant His observations
are therefore opposed TO the common
belief that valleys are especial channels
for atmospheric movements; but his
opinions are sustained by DIR. b. W.
Richardson, who is good authority.
The latter gentleman enumerated
twenty five or thirty diseases which he
thought might be attributed to the pro-
pensity for valley homes. Among them
are Group, inflenZi, scrofula, rheuma-
tism, fistula, calculus, and possibly
some malformations. The list is formid-
able, and to put it mildly, il il almost
incredible that diseases of this char
acter can be caused by living in the
broad and shallow valleys of England.
Mr.. Haviland's remarks were illustrated
by maps and models showing the geolO-
gical structure of the earth.-Gdla1y.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

VALUE OF HORSE FEED.-From an ex-
change We take the following table
upon this subject: "The comparative
value of horse feed is found by expert
menting to be as follows: 100 pounds of
good hay is equal in value to 50 pounds
Of oats, 81 pounds of corn, 275 pounds
Of carrots, "a pounds of rye or barley.
and l75 pounds of wheat BRAN" Such
tables. however carefully prepared, are
TOO indefinite to be of any practical
value. and besides they are too liable to
be affected by attendant circumstances
TO be accurate. 1t cannot be meant that
either OF the varieties of oats valued in
with hay would be an
equivalent substitute for it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

To WHITEN PORCELAIN SAUCEPASs.-
Have the pans half filled with hot water,
throw in a tablespoonful of powdered
borax, and let it boil. If this does not
remove all of the stains, soap cloth
and sprinkle on plenty of powdered
borax. Scour il well.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

II is stated that NJ. Tosselli, TO whose
inventive fertility is due some of the
most ingenious apparatus yet contrived
for submarine engineering, proposes to
utilize the fresh water springs at the
bed of the ocean for the construction of
mid-sea watering stations. The arrange
ment is, in effect, portable artesian
well, and consists of heavy bell, sunk
inverted over the spring, and carrying
one end of an elastic tube, the other
end of which passes through hollow
buoy at the sea level, and delivers the
fresh water at height corresponding
TO that of the source of the spring. The
inventor states that when he has been
exploring the bed of the sea he has no.
ticed water bubbling up through the
sand. and on one accession, in the harbor
of Marseilles, he performed the inter
esting operation of measuring the tenn
perature of a thermal spring, over
which his "talpa marina" was suspen-
ded. Some experimental illustrations
in this line are promised to take place at
the Paris exhibition a year hence.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

SPONGE GRIDDLE CAKE.-Take one
quart of mush, while warm add one
pint of tter-milk, one of sweet milk
or water, one teaspoonful OF soda; stir
in flour until it is batter, let it rise
until morning, then bake on griddle,
and serve while hot.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17

APPLE FLoAT-Stew partially one
quart of apples, and mash them well
add the whites of three eggs well
beaten, and pour on heaDiug table
spoonful loaf sugar; beat all together
fifteen minutes, and eat with rich milk,
,piced with nutmeg.