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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-19
Charges Preferred Against the Police
lOmMa s. iNners.

New YORK, Dec 1s.-It was stated to night at
the meeting of the Republican Central
Committee. that at a late hour, this
afternoon Mayor Ely had sent to police head
quarters charges agains5 the police commits
sioners and that he had only given them until
Thursday to make answer; and further that he
had notified them of his intention to declare
their offices vacant on that day. and to call upon
Gov. Robinson to appoint their successors
1t is generally understood that while the
charges which have been made against the
board relate mainly to their allegel neglect to
keep the streets of the city clean. that the real
motive Is an attempt to conciliate the Demo-
cratic portion Of the Board Of Aldermen and to
bring the excise question to an issue.
The Republican Central Committee, at their
meeting to- night. passed a series of resolutions
strongly disappearing Of the mayors action,
and denouncing it rs contrary to the spirit Of
Republican institutions. and as move in the
direction of appointing Democratic board.
SYRACUSE, N, Y, Dec 19.-Robert Gere. an old
and respectable citizen OF this city. died at an
early hour this morning.
An Assignment.
DEKALB, ILL.,. Dec. 1s.-The Marsh Harvester
Manufacturing Company Of this city. has made
IN assignment The trouble was caused by the
failure of D. Easton & Co., agents ofthe Harves-
ter Company 1t is believed that it will pay in
full, as the schedules show that the assets ex-
tba lioI
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-19

Cool Reception of the Porte's Appeal.

LONDON. Dec. IA dispatch from Paris says
very cOOlly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15
Alcohol in Hot Weather.

The London Lancet has rendered good
service by calling attention to the evils
arising from the use of alcohol during
hot weather. 1T says: "The first i'm
portant thing to be observed in great
heat is temperance-tempera in all
things. Heat gives rise to feelings of
exhaustion; this leads to drinking re-
peated doses ofalcohol in some shape or
other, than which nothing can be
worse. We do not say that strictly
temperate man never gets sunstroke:
but we do aver that man who keeps
his house and his person, if we may so
express it, well ventilated by opening
the windows of the former, and cloth
ing nationally, who attends to the func-
tions of his skin by Tubing regularl V
and who lives temperately, is very
unlikely subject indeed for sunstroke.
A manifest want this season is some
non-alcoholic beverage that is cold and
pleasant, without being at all sweet or
NAV kish.''
In another part of Il recent issue, un-
der the heading ''Sunstroke and Alco-
hol, the Lancet remarks: 1.-The ne
cessity of temperance in drink, on the
part of those whose avocations lead
them TO be exposed To the sun this
weather, cannot be too forcibly urged.
Over and over again in India the immu-
nifty from sunstroke enjoyed by tenn
perate men has been observed. Ii may
be interesting now to recount Sir
Charles Napier's description of his per-
sonal seizure while serving in India (as
reported in Sir Ronald Martins excel
lent work, The Diseases of Tropical
CountriesD; Il had hardly writes
Sir Charles, written the above SEN
tence, when | was tumbled over with
heat apoplexy: forty-three others were
struck. all Europeans, and all died
within three hours, except myself. | do
not drink. That is the secret. The sun
had no ally in liquor in my brain.''
The philosophy embodied in Sir
Charles Napier's shrewd observation
''The sun had no ally in liquor in my
brain''-is gradually becoming better
understood by the people, and it is gra-
tifying TO find that the medical press
and many members of the profession
are now striving to enlighten the pub
lie on this important point. Our readers
should, at this season, bring these fore
ible remarks under the notice of their
Notwithstanding friends.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15
He Whipped Him.

There was no anger in his voice and
no manifest excitement in his deport-
ment. He spoke very gently to the
young man and he said 81 want to
see you just a moment. Come this way"
The young man followed submissively
and unsuspectingly to the stable. Con-
tinued the speaker lyon had one of
my horses on Sunday: YOU drove three
times the distance agreed upon and you
abused the animal shOckingly." The
young man allowed that it was so.
Now the law does not protect me. I've
been served this way several times and
| have recorded an oath TO fog all Of
Tenders like you. Take off your coat"
The young man was very sad and sug-
gested that the speaker didn't mean
what he said. The speaker. however,
was in earnest. He assisted the young
man in the removal of his outer gar
ment; he hung it carefully upon har-
ness peg, and after placing the youth
in the middle of the stable floor stood
between the offender and the outside
door and with new whip caused him
to dance, jump the juber and howl for
mercy right merrily. "That's all right
now," said the stable keeper, in the
same mild manner in which he opened
the private court. ''AllOw me to assist
you to put on your coat" He assisted
him with great politeness, busted his
with a corn broom and said,
''When you want to hire team come
to me. You may 60" The young fell
low went.-NGShud Telegraph.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15
Oriental Gambling.

The "gentle Hindoo" and "mild
Mohammedan" have, it seems, invented
between them a perfectly novel sort of
gambling. In one quarter of the in
teresting City of Ajmer there is house
occupied by some soothsayers who are
credited by the public with the faculty
of foreseeing changes of weather. They
are represented to be remarkably ac-
curate in their predictions, owing to
long practice in their profession. Out
side the residence of these worthy seers
a crowd of natives assemble every day
for the purpose of betting on the chance
of a downpour. After the "straight
tip" has been purchased from one of
the prophets, the buyer commences bel
lowing, after the manner of "list men,
on English race courses, that he viii
take or lay certain odds about the fall
of rain within given time. The or
dinary quotations are sixteen to one
against heavy rain coming down within
twenty-four hours, eight to one against
a light shower happening, and longer
odds in both cases as the time is reduced.
When the weather happens to be ex-
ceptionally variable, the ole street
becomes blocked by an excited throng
of gamblers, and the prophets do a
smart business in straight tips" Ii
appears that the seers themselves very
often join in the amusement and back
their respective opinions with the great
est pluck. AS the hour approaches for
the majority of the bets to be decided.
the more nervous gamblers are heard
Offering their chances of winning at a
heavy discount. This allows the wealth
erprophets an opportunity Of hedging"
at considerable advantage, and it fire.
quently happens that the book of an
old seer will show certainty of gain,
whether the rain falls or not.-London
Globe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15
s. VI. Pettengin Co.'s Advertising Agency.

This Agency has a world wide fame.
1t has earned and enjoyed this honor
for nearly the lifetime of a generation.
Ii has secured and long enjoyed the
confidence Of the newspaper press of
the land. Mr.. 5. NJ. Pettengill, the
head, has long been eminent for tact,
talent, urbanity, and high business
honor. In advertising he has expended
to the benefit of advertisers over twelve
millions of dollars, and has largely as
sisted in making the fortunes of large
number Of his customers. He is Agent
for more than ZOO newspapers. Pet
tengilPs Agency, with branches in Bos-
ton and Philadelphia, is the largest
Advertising Agency in the world, and
the oldest in this country. 1t offers
special inducements to business men
who wish to advertise. Advertising
has become positive necessity to sue
cess. A man out of business for three
years, and who comes back, could no
more do business in the old style than
a last years chicken could get back
into its shell. Judicious advertisers
make large fortunes, if they have good
article, and know how to trade. Men
who build up great business, must do
1t through the press. A business man
can 20 into Pettengill's fine rooms, con-
suit with the influential press of the
land, make satisfactory terms with
prominent papers, decide the manner
in which advertisements shall be print
ed, close a contract with publishers In
all the cities Of the Union, from Bangor
to San Francisco, from st. Paul to New
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15
AGRlCULrURlL.,

LARGE HoRsEs.-For several years
past there has been a good demand for
auick-stepping horses of rather more
Than the average work, such as are
suited for an express wagon. There is
probably no style of draft horses harder
10 supply than this, and If our breeders
will turn their attention to it we feel
sure II will prove profitable. Heavy
horses we have in sufficient numbers,
but most of them are too slow and ex-
hibit too little spirit and endurance for
the business. A good mare crossed
with good Percheron or Clydesdale
stallion, should produce the desired
animal if the slow gait and sleepy char
acter of the latter do not predominant
too much. The Mark Lane Express de.
scribes such horse: "The head should
be comely, but not so small as that of
the running horse, as il enables the
animal TO throw more weight into the
collar. He should be broad and flat in
the forehead, have neat, well seton
ears, prominent-placed eyes, thin eye
lids, large nostrils, neat neck, and be
deep toward the chest; not very high in
the withers, with upright shoulders,
broad forearm, broad, fiat bone below
the knee, rather short pasterns, good
round feet, not too FIAT or 100 upright,
plenty of hoof, clean leg, straight back,
with plenty of loins and ribs well
arehed. He should be long On the back
rib and long in the quarter; the
baunch should be strong, the hip well
down, the hook joint broad; and for
breeder, no animal should be used that
is not free from curb, bog or spine spa
win, splint or side bones. Horses with
well-developed muscles and good con-
stitutions are easily kept and can en-
dure great fatigue"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15
E.F. Kunkers Bitter Wine of Iron.

This truly valuable tonic has been 50 tho
roughly tested by all classes Of the community
that 1t Is now deemed lndIspe nsable Tome
medicine. 1t costs but little, pUrifies the
blood and gives tone to the stomach, Ienovstes
the system and DroIongs life. Everybody
should have it. For the cure Of Weak stom-
achs. General DEBILITY, Indigestion, Diseases
of the stomach. and for all cases requiring
and efficient salt OF Iron We pO5sess-CitIsts
of Magnetic Oxide. combined with the most
energetic of vegetable tonics yellow Peruvian
Bark
Do YOU want some hing to strengthen you
DO you want sood appetite:
Do YOU want TO get nd of nervousness
Do you want energy.
Do you want to sleep well ?
Do YOU want to build up your constitution
Do you want to ieel We'll:
Do you want a brsk and vigorous feeling
If you do. try kUSKEI BITTER WINE OF lRoN.
/ only ask trial of this valuable tonic
Beware Of counterfelts, as kunkels Bitter
Vine of Iron Is the only sure and effectual
remedy in the known world for the permanent
cure of Dyzpepss and Debility. and as n, re
are a number Of limitations offered to the pub
lie. l would caution the community 70 puT-
chase none but the sennIne article. manUiac-
tured by E +. kunkel. and having h : stamp
on the cork Of every lot le. The very fact that
others are attempting to initiate this valuable
remedy proves Its worth and speaks volumes
in It's favor. Sold only in Il bottles OF sly
bottles for 50. Try this valuable medicine ami
be convinced Of its merits. Sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15

he WAS tall and awkward. and she
was short and bsshful, but both wore q
nervous aspect Of exceeding great joy.
They entered hotel In Chicago, and
after he had registered his name "and
lady," he said to the clerk:
"See here mister, me and my wife
have just been spliced, and I am going
to show Amanda, Chicago, If ii takes
mule day. Now give US one of them
rooms like the Temple of Solomon, you
know"
The clerk called call-boy, and said,
"Show this gentleman to the bridal
chamber"
At this direction the tall rustic be-
came instantly @ xcited.
"Not by burned sight! Ye shiny
haired, biled-shirted, dollar-breast-
pinned, grinning monkey, We can't play
shat on me! Ii am from the country,
We don't catch me and my wife sleeping
in your old harness-room." And they
left the hotel.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15

Orleans, and do It actually cheaper,
without leaving the office, than he could
if he should visit each Of the cities In
person, Practical knowledge Is needed
to advertise successfully. This comes
only from long and successful expert
ence. The best and most appropriate
mediums must be selected. The matter
must be displayed properly. Men must
know what amount OF money to lay out
in advertising, know when to lavish
and when to contract. just here, the
valve of the Agency comes In. Men
who offer their services to conduct ad-
vertising for house, TO be OF any use,
must possess talent, ability, and prob
ity. Mr.. Pettengill is practical
printer. He knows all about news
papers. He has proved himself one Of
the most successful advertisers of the
age. By fair, honorable, and liberal
dealings, he has won the confidence of
the press everywhere. He is prompt
in his payments, perfectly responsible,
makes large contracts, and can make
better terms with the papers than an
individual can do. Publishers know
that his check is ready for any amount
of space he contracts Tor. He can select
for advertisers the papers best suited to
their trade. He can guide in regard TO
the setting-up of the matter, and See
that the advertisement has the best To-
cation. All his great facilities are
placed at the disposal of his customers
without charge. Pettengill's Agency
is centrally located, being opposite the
new u. ;. Post Office. 81 Park Row,
n. Y; 10 State Street, Boston; and
70l Chestnut Street, Philadelphia The
business is done on perfect sS stem.
On file are all the leading periodicals
daily, weekly, monthly,-both Of the
United States and the British provinces,
ready for inspection. Advertisers caD
know at any time whether their con
tracts are being carried out. lnfOrma
ton concerning advertising is cheer
fully given. Contracts are made for
advertisements in any and all papers in
the land Estimates and costs OF inser-
tions are given without charge. Con-
nected with the New York Agency is
fine reading-room, free TO all business
men. Prudent men do their advertising
as they do their other business. They
do not deposit in shaky banks. They
do noe take policies in life insurance
company that cannot pay expenses.
Men want sound banks. They carry
life policies in company that has re
pute and success. If they are In trou-
bic, they call in eminent counsel, who
know what TO do or how to do it. Ii is
on these principles that Pettengill's
Agency has attained its high repute. lt
has made the fortunes of many of its
customers, as well as its own. Its high
mercantile honor is its capital. 1t keeps
up with the times. It offers its unsur-
passed facilities for advertising to all
business men who wish TO make their
trade known in all the land.-BOst0n
Wdtchmdn and Reflector, July Ist, 1875.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15
Why Suffer Dyspeptic Tortures.

When the famous regulator of enfeebied, acid
or bilious stomachs- Hostetter's BItters, will
cure you? Could YOU read the testimony OF
the myriads of dyspeptics whom 1t has cured.
though you might be of e skepJical turn. you
is constantly multiplying. aud this relates not
only to cases of dyspepsia, but also liver COM
plaint, constipation. urinary and uterine
troubles and malsrisl disorders. The success
which has attended the great stomachic has
melted INSCRIPTIONS parties to manufacture
cheap limitations OF it. which they attempt to
palm of SIS the genuine article. But, so fami-
liar is the public with the real elixir. that these
nefarious attempts are rarely successfu
Neither imitation or competition affect the
popularity of the standard article.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15

MEN and horses are the only animals
that sweat. In violent motion, their
respiration is increased, but not suffi-
ciently TO carry off the surplus heat,
hence they perspire through the skin,
the pores of which become enlarged or
opened, and while in this condition both
are exceedingly liable TO injury. No
horse should be allowed 10 remain quiet
in a cold draft when heated and wet
with perspiration, withOuta good warm
blanket covering. The OK cools of by
rapid breathing, the dog does the same,
and in the hottest July sun, he dashes
into the cold brook, coming out re-
Ireshed, having no perspiration to
check. Let men or horses make the
same plunge, in heated state, and per-
spiration would be suddenly checked,
endangering life or producing acute in
flammaIion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15
Pets.

Pets ov all kinds are "A noosance. Pet
a mule with a klub and he il pashunt,
but pet him with oats and he will Xix
out one end ov kreashun. Pet dogs are
full ov fleas, and pet munkeys are full
oy the devil. All pet children are ty-
rants, and a pet deakon wants as mutch
watching as pet coon coon duz. Pet
ideas are quite risky, and pet opinyuns,
like secondhand clothing, are worth
just what you kan git fur them. A pet
wife soon gets to be captain, and a pet
baby rules the whole household. A pet
horse learns to be frisky, and a pet ser
want bekums cunning at the expense of
his honesty. Pet friends are the hard
est TO keep, and when yu do loze them
they turn from hunny to gaul, and pets
of all kinds are fastidious. A pet crow
can't tell what his next mischief will
be, and ov all pets none are more nasty
and cross than pet parrot. Nothing
in this world was made to be petted,
for nothing was made to require it. Pet
hobbys are plenty and eazy TO mount,
but are hard to stick to, and the ditch
es, all along life's turnpike, are filled
with the riders. A pet lam alwuss
makes kross ram, and what has been
once petted can never be happy agin
without it. Live pets ov all kinds are
sure TO be lazy, and from being lazy to
being sassy is but short step, and is
shure to be taken. Too much petting
brings luxuriance fust, apd then ruin
have even seen gardin sass petted so
mutch that it all ran to top and to
vines. Pet kats are, fust, an ins ult to
the kat, and, next, are an insult to the
party that pets them; and there is no
more excuse for boarding a pet poodle
and Juggling them around, than thare is
for boarding and toteing bedbugg.-
Josh Billings.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15
Safe and AnrR-

MR. H. T. SIENENs-
In lsI2 your VEGETISE was recommended to
me; and, yielding 10 the persuaslOns OF
friend consented to Try IL. Al the time i was
suffering from general debility and nervous
prustratlon, superinduced by overwOrk and ir-
regular habits Its wonderful Strengthening
and curative properties seemed 70 affect my de-
billtated system IRON the flrst dose; ana under
its persistent use l rapidly recovered, gaining
more than usual heeltn and good feeling. since
then have not heslIaIed TO give NEGETISE my
most unqualified Endorsement as being fe,
sure and powerful agent IN promoting health
and re- toring the wasl ed system TO new nfz and
energy. VEGETIsE Is the only medicine | use,
and as long as l 1--we never expect 10 md 4
better. Yours truly. W. ii. CLARK,
100 Monterey Street. Allegheny, Penn
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15

To GET RID OF FLEAs.-Mr. Ely said
at the last meeting of the New York
Farmers Club that there are two or
three substances that are obnoxious TO
the fea-he does not like the smell OF
them, or they remind him of something
he does not like to think about-these
are carbolic acid and sulphur. If you
want barn thoroughly purged of Vice.
vii, or lice, or fieas, The best way is 10
Iumigate it with sulphur. But if you
whitewash all around the stables and
posts of the yard with vhitewash
made by adding carbolic acid to the
lime, IL will drive most of these pests
away. Washing an animal thus in
Tested with carbolic soapsuds will give
relief.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-15

SMALL THINGs.-Every farmer should
have a small room, tight and warm
which lie can lock, and where he can
Keep his small tools. Then he wants
good, solid workbench, with an iron
wise on one side, and q wooden one on
the other. For iron working he wants
a solid piece of iron for an anvil, a seven
pound, steel-face hammer, a riveting
hammer, one large and one small cold
chisel, two or three punches, from one
fourth to three eighths inch, rimmer
and countersink, to be used with Bit
stock, a screw plate that will cut
screw from one-fourth to three eighths
inch; then, with round iron of the vari-
Gus sizes, and ready made nuts, he can
make any bolt he wishes. For carpen-
ter work, he wants square, a shaving
horse, drawing knife, set of planes,
augur from one-half to two inches,
fine hand saw with coarse cross-cut and
rip saw, large cross-cut saw for logs,
and a grindstCne.