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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29

The swallow, swift and nighthawk
are the guardian of the atmosphere.
They check the increase of insects that
Otherwise would overload it. Wood
pecSers, creepers and chickadees are
the z uardians OF trunks of trees. Warb-
fers and fly-catchers protect the foliage.
Blackbirds, crows, thrushes and larks
protect the surface of the soil. Snipe
and woodcock protect the soil under the
surface. Each tribe has its respective
duties to perform in the economy of
nature: and il is an undoubted fact that,
if the birds were all swept off the face
of the earth. man could not live upon
it; vegetation would wither and die; in
sects would become so numerous that
no living thing could Withstand their
attacks. The wholesale destruction oc-
casioned by grasshoppers, which have
lately devastated the West, is undoubt-
edly caused by the thinning out of the
birds, such as grouse, prairie hens, ETC.,
which feed upon them. The great and
inestimable service done TO the farmer,
gardener and florist by the birds is
only becoming known by sad expert
ence. Spare the birds and save your
fruit; the little corn and fruit taken by
them is more than compensated by the
quantities of noxious insects they de-
strOy. The long prosecuted crow has
been found, by actual experience, to do
far more good by the vast quantities of
grubs and insects be devOurs, than the
little harm he does in the few grains of
corn he pulls up. He is one of the
farmers hest friends. - ". y. Home
Journal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29
Catching sharks.

Do you know how sharks are caught
out i'm California? At Anaheim Land
ing, in that State, they make business
of shark-catching, for about four
months every year, beginning in May.
Sometimes one person will catch from
one TO fifteen in day. This is the
way they do it. Large stakes are
driven into the sand at intervals along
the beach. To these stakes one end of
a large rope is tied; on the other end is
strong iron hook, baited with fish.
This Is thrown into the water. and
when, tempted by the bait, the shark is
caught on the hook, he is drawn upon
the shore and killed. There is some
times a very exciting struggle during
the latter operation. The sharks are
generally from six to seven feet in
length, and weigh about one hundred
and fifty pounds. OF course a fish of
this kind is possessed of considerable
strength, and it is not often that one
man can manage the caught monster,
and it occasionally requires the united
strength of four men TO place the victim
on terra firma. Three kinds of shark
are caught at the landing. The leopard
shark $50 named because of its spotted
appearance) aud the fiat shark are
worthless, except for their fins, which
are sold to Cinnamon. The MongOlians
make delicious soup from shark fins,
and it is also said that they make ex-
cellent combs from the same material.
Each oil-yielding shark yields about
two gallons of oil, which is sold at re-
tail at fifty cents per gallon.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29
What Plants Absorb.


DIR. J. c. Draper, of New York, main
tains that all living things, whether
animal or plant, absorb oxygen and
give out carbonic acid; and that the
life of the plant is one of continuous
drinking in of oxygen gas. Having
grown plants similarly nourished in
the dark and i'm sunlight: he found that
all the parts were produced in both
cases almost at the same time. and that
the slightly slower evolution of the
series grown in the dark was marked
by a slightly smaller weight, while the
same plant measured by night and by
day grow slightly faster in darkness
than in sunlight. The roots of plants
grow under both circumstances throw
out the same kind of matter. There
fore. as the evolution and weight and
root-secretions agree, he urges that the
carbOnic acid has been, in both cases.
thrown off as consequence of growth.
and has never been absorbed by the
roots, and then given out as a vapor
from the leaves.-.Selected.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29

have traced the present to him, and
bribed my maid to search my trunks. I
loved him. / never loved any man but
him. Why should tell you any more ?
You can guess it all. And he had left
me for that schoolgirl he meant to
marry. 1 always carry dagger about
me; it is fashion learned In Italy.
Going up stairs alone at night, passed
his door. 1t had blown open. l saw
him lying upon lounge, and he had
her portrait in his hand, and pressed it
to his mouth and kissed it, and l went
mad, and flew into the room and stabbed
him. You have the story. don't
think you'll try to hang me. Though,
poor boy l never should have married
you; you were not rich enough"
She stopped her head and kissed the
hand that l had pressed against my
breast to still its tumultuous beating,
and then she lifted up her voice, and
said, 81 am ready"
never saw Maria Vassar again. She
was condemned to death, but the sem
tence was commuted to imprisonment
for life
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29

with Miss Baker. l begin TO doubt tina
you have heart to give"
80 do l." said Marmaduke, turning
aside.
"And it is pity" said Della, ''fol
I'm sure you'd make such good hus
band"
"YOu didn't think 80 once, Della, y
said Marmaduke.
"Oh, you can't tell what 1 thought -
said Della.
81 know what you said" said Mar
maduke; 81 know how miserable you
made me-"
"Men are 80 stupid" said Della
''They think girl must mean just
what she says
Doesn't she? Didn't you?" asked
Marmaduke. He came nearer to Mrs
Roper aud took her hand. She did not
take it from him.
''What is the use of your thinking of
things that lie so far in the past" said
she.
"But tell, didn't you:'' said Marina
duke.
SIT can't matter now" she persisted.
''It does" said he. "Deiia, you say
you think would make good hus-
band-prove il. A woman of your age
ought to mean what she says, if girl
doesn't"
But how can l prove it?" asked she.
''By marrying me-" said he.
''Oh, you should not joke" said she.
'Such jokes are not nice"
II am in earnest" he answered.
''Will you have me, Delia?"
81 thought you wanted girl of six
teen?" she asked.
''No," said he, Il want girl loved
when she was sixteen. a girl I've
loved, though | scarcely knew it, ever
since"
Della looked up in his face.
"Marmaduke," said she, 81 only said
no because l wanted you TO ask me
again. L was sorry, very sorry, after
ward, but what could dor"
Then she began to cry.
''POOr pa was very kind" she said,
''and he never knew; and it seemed
like dream that you should kiss me
again." For he had done it.
''But you haven't answered me-"
said he.
Haven't IL" said she; chow stupid
men are-yes."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29
FISHERS OF MEN.

Down the calm river they leisurely fosted;
There, in 8 nook that was shady and cool.
They brought out their lines. and their hooks
were all coated,
With bait well adapted the fishes 10 fool
Mabel was with them. and Lizzie and Laura
Naidens hght-hearted, and merry and fair
Each be-towed smiles on her favored sdorer,
Destined, perchance, to fall into her snare.
Idly they play, d with their lines in the river;
Little they cared though no fish should be
caught
Fondly each hoped that the fstes would deliver
Into her keeping the lover she sought.
Lightly they talked upon things with which
Cupid
Had lsvishly flled both their hearts and
their brains,
And lsughingly said that the men were all
stupid,
The while they we're artfulIy weaving Their
chains
The day passed away, and the fishing WAS
ended;
Pleased with themselves the fair innocents
looked;
They gazed on their victims, and each COM
pretended
The fish she had angled so long for WAS
hooked.
Then back TO the town the young men rowed
lightly.
Their baskets all empty-that fishing was
tame
While on each other the maidens smiled
brightly
The fishers of men had won at their game.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29
Degrees of Starvation.

Early in the season. the White Noun
tain coach drivers, while waiting for
the arrival of the train. for want of
business, generally worry each other.
Stanley of the kearsarge and Hill Of
the Intervale met at the North Conway
depot and in the presence of the wait
ing passengers commenced the follow
ing cOllOquy:
''Say Stanley, do you know what that
fellow said about the kearSarge, that
came Hp to the Intervale:'
No; what did he:"
'.WelI. he said that they lived ="
poorly down at the kearsarge, that he
couldn't stand-came near starving To
death -
''Is that so: DO you know what that
fellow said who came down to our
house from the Intervale:"
s.NO: what did he:'
..He didn't say anything-he wa~ 80
weak he couldn't speak"
IL i unnecessary 10 add that Hill lost
his situation.-4A,0Hg he Clouds.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29
Old Times.

In the days of Sir Matthew Hale,
men who could read might, by law,
become priests. On one occasion a man
who could not read desired to be Or
dained, and he took his place before his
examiner, with a copy of the Lord s
prayer in his hand, and friend who
could read at his back. Prompter COM
menced whispering to him-Our Father
who art in Heaven-"Our Father who
art in Heaven" he repeated, in loud,
confident voice; the prompter contin-
ued-Hallowed be thy name -" Hal
lowed be thy name" His thumb was
now over the next sentence, and the
prompter gently requested him to take
it away, when ''Take away your
thumb" rang through the room, and
this was clearly illustrative of the
learning of that time.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29
How the GaIIa- Kill the Black Panther

| Wonderful stories are told of how the
Gala hunters capture it, for they dare
not meet it face to face with their
/ spears, and therefore resort to strategy.
| IL is said that when Gala hunter has
discovered the haunt of black PAN
ther, he digs a round hole in the ground,
some six feet deep, and just large
enough for him to stand upright in. He
then gets into this hole, and placing his
round buffalo-hide shield on the top of
it, so as TO cover him entirely, he calls
TO the panther in a mocking voice,
daring it TO come out of the jungle
where it il concealed. The panther,
who is naturally very passionate beast,
on hearing this defiance, Immediately
rushes out and tries to get at the hun
/ ter bp clawing at his shield, which
covers the top of the hole where he is
! ensconced; but the Gala holds tight,
and then ensues dialogue, or rather a
mOnOlogue, for though the panther is
supposed to understand Gala, he only
answers by grOwls. The hunter first
abuses the panther, and then ridicules
it, calling it all sorts of names, until
/ the unfortunate panther gradually
works itself up into such frenzy that
it at last fairly dies of rage, and the
hunter, emerging from his hole, secures
its skin. In confirmation of this story,
the Abyssinians declare that when the
black panther skins are brought to
market, they never have any marks OF
lance-thrusts or SwOrJ-cuts upon them,
as have the skins of other animals
killed in the chase. | fancy the truth
is that the panthers are shared by de-
vice which they often use in Abyssinia
for catching the spotted leopard. \
running-noose is firmly tied 70 the
branch of a tree, and the branch is then
bent down and attached to stake in
the ground in such a way that anything
moving the moose will setit free; kid,
or piece of meat is then placed behind
the moose, which is carefully concealed
among the leaves, and placed in such a
way that the leopard in springing at
his prey will pass through the moose;
of course he becomes entangled in it;
the movement sets free the branch
which flies up, and the leopard instead
of eating the poor little kid Whose feel
ings must be anything but pleasantly
suddenly finds himself suspended in the
air, where his struggles soon cause the
running moose to tighten round him,
and he is easily killed by the hunters.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29
Curious Facts about Food.

There is an old saying that what is
ones meat may be another's poison,
and how often we are reminded of this
as we see the likes and dislikes of peO-
pie for the same articles of food, and
learn the reasons therefore. Straw
berries, that are so delicious to almost
everybody, are poison to many. A
prominent member of the bar told US
that one strawberry would poison him
to such an extent that it would require
weeks for him TO get over it. An elderly
lady of our acquaintance will almost
faint away at the sight of cheese, and
wherever she goes this article is ban
ished from the table. Shell fish are
pernicious to many, poisonous, and
offensive. We have read in a late medi-
cal journal, a number of instances of
those antipathies confirming our own
observation. Some persons cannot eat
a lobster salad without its having very
curious effect upon their complexion.
A lady INDUCED at supper-time in a
salad of this kind, and upon her return
to the ballroom her face and neck i'm
mediately became covered with spots,
obliging her to retire. A medical friend
tells us that eating veal gives lady of
his acquaintance the nettle-rash, and
that orange peel has produced great
nervous excitement. Figs. again, give
rise in some people to sensation like
the tickling movement of ants upon the
palate.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29

Spend your time in nothing which
YOU know must be repented of. Spend II
in nothing which you could not review
with 4 quiet conscience on your dying
bed. Spend it in nothing which you
might not safely and properly be found
doing If death should surprise you In
the act.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29

For the honest people relations in
crease with the year. For the vicious
inconvenience increase. Inconsistency
Is the defect of vice; the influence OF
habit Is one Of the qualities Of virtue.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-29

He that lends 10 all shows good will,
but little sense.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-23
GRAIN IN STORE.

Chicago Journal.
Chicago elevators, as per official re-
turns, contain 257 1926 bushels OF wheat;
355,G67 bushels of corn; 1879 bushels
OF oats; 94,06l bushels of rye, and J2J, Sll
bushels Of barley, making grand total
of l,3Sl,2l4 bushels, against 1897 gu
bushels one week ago, and 4,9lO,SOS
bushels at this period last year.
Milwaukee warehouses are stored with
43s,J00 bushels OF wheat; 3,l46 bushels
OF corn; IS, 4Sl bushels OF oats; 30,s92
bushels Of rye, and 2lG,00 bushels Of
barley.
New York and Brooklyn warehouses
contain l,755,500 bushels OF wheat; q.
274,259 bushels Of corn; | ,s63, 2iG bushels
OF oats; Us, 40l bushels OF rye; 76s, 100
bushels OF barley, and 307 1908 bushels of
malt.
Grain in sight in the States and Can
ada on the 10th instant; Wheat. 9,sl5,-
765 bushels; corn, $500 ,0l0 bushels; oats,
3,69S,933 bushels; rye, 6j3,444 bushels;
barley, 3,243, $3.50 bushels.
Exports from the seaboard last week
include: 7S,ll9 barrels OF flour, l,02T,.
l4l bushels of wheat; | 1856, 1856 bushels Of
corn; 1864 bushels OF rye; 204, 1852 BUSH
els OF barley; 5,44S barrels of pork; q
s25,O23 pounds of lard, and G,l3s,229
pounds Of bacon.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-23
THE INDlANFOOD SUPPLY.
St Louis Republican.

81 l. ouls hCpuDlcan,
The rapid disappearance OF game from
the plains of the West is becoming scri-
ons matter to the Indians, and has no
little TO do with the wars we are having
with them. In one sense this disappear
ance is the result Of the advance OF ciyil>
ization; but 1t is more strictly the result
OF the same wanton destructiyeness that
Is making havoc OF our principal forests.
1t is not the railroads and telegraph
wires that have frightened OIL the bufia,
loes, for the truth is these animals cared
little tor these ciyillZing agencies. For
several years after the Union Pacific and
Kansas Pacific railroads were built IL was
a common thing to see countless herds OF
bufaloes quietly feeding along the tracks
on either side, undismayed by the rum
bic OF trains, or by the Shrek OF the
whistles. Nay, solightly did they regard
the trains that the slowly passing herds
moving north or south would for time
blockade the track, and force the trains
to await their pleasure, But these days
are over. 1t is only eight years since the
railroads were built, and the herds OF
buffalo that were once to be seen every
day from the car windows have disap.
peared. They have been slaughtered for
hlt- han h,a nj ir
hides alone. Indeed, thousands have
been wantonly killed tor the mere sport
Of killing them. Russian grand dukes
and other distinguished foreign visitors
have been invited out TO the plains to glut
themselves with firing at the noble ami
| mais as though they were created for no
other purpose. Is it any wonder the
Indians arc 80 oiton etarriaSI when lie
sources from which they were accustom-
ed to obtain their supplies Of food are
thus destroyed: Gen. Sheridan says
when the reservations were first estab-
lishsd there was an abundance Of large
| game on the plans, and it was
| expected they would be able
| partially to supply themselves
| by hunting; but this means OF subsistence
is now greatly reduced and but little
progress has been made as general
thing in cultivating the soil. He adds
that many Of the troubles that have oc-
Cured on the frontier have grown out Of
bad feeling superinduced by want of
nee ed supplies" II was once thought
that the government had no special in
terest IN the preservation OF game on the
plains, but when 1t is stated that it is
spending two or three million dollars a
year for food for the Indians, aud the sum
is annually increasing, it will be seen that
it has been remiss in not protecting the
| buffalo herds from the rayagcs OF white
men,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-23
SOUND INSURANCE.

The hostile Investigations into life in.
surance and the collapse of 30 many un.
sound Insurance companies are directly
favorable to sound and strong companies.
The managers of these must often have
been annoyed at the conduct OF COMPETE
tors who have striven to get business from
them byunderbidding, Offering insurance
tor less than its cost and making
reckless investments OF the
proceeds OF this course. The
managers OF the great companies who
have managed them with caution and
Conservatism, refusing to tempt custom.
ers by offering bargains which could not
surely be carried out and to make "prom-
Using" and precarious investments. have
now their reward. We print to-day the
result Of the official examination of the
New York Life. II Is evident that a Sc.
verer test could not be applied to an in.
surance company than the careful aps
praisal Of all its assets at their present
market value. This test applied
to the New York Lite shows a surplus
Of about 8,0OO, 900, or nearly onc.fiith of
the whole admitted assets" OF the COM
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-23

will be expected to travel by the short.
est and most direct route. The
tees paid to the officers Of the State on
whose Governor the requisition Is made
will include only the tee to which the
Secretary OF State of such state is en-
titled for Issuing Governors warrant OF
arrest, and the legal tees TO which the Of
ficers Of such State 10 whom such war,
rants OF arrest are directed are entitled
for executing said warrant. No charge
tor private conveyance, extra fee for
sheriff or other officers making the ar
rest, board or railroad fare for prisoner,
guard for prisoner, or any other EXTRA
expense whatsoever will be be allowed.
If, after requ!slton is Issued, 1t shall
become known that the object of the re-
turn OF the fugitive Is 10 assist In collec>
ting a debt or 10 answer any end whatev-
er than TO punish crime, such requlsition
will at once be recalled, a strict comN
plisnce with the law and with these regu.
lations will be necessary TO insure the
granting of rtqui.ition from this de.
partment. Blank forms OF petition will
be furnished on application to the scores
tary OF state"
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-23
NO Failure known

Inere Is no case on record where Or.
Morris Syrup Of Tar, Wild Cherry and
Horehound has tailed 10 give satisfaction.
On the other hand, whenever it has been
used by our people, in severe colds,
coughs, asthma, bronchitis, Group,
whooplng-cough and consumption, they
are enthusiastic in Its praise. Containing
no opium or other dangerous drug, it
does not constipate, and is safe to admin,
lister in all conditions of health. This Is
an important announcement, and the suf-
ferlng are advised to heed it. Trial size,
10 cents; large sizes, 80 cents and One
Dollar. Sold by Barclay Bros.
Also agents for Prof Parker's Pleasant
Worm Syrup, which is sure death TO
worms. Pleasant to take and requires no
physic. Price % cents. Try it.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-23

Mrs. Gaaney has taken charge OF the
large house at the corner of Seventh
stree. and Washington avenue, where
she will conduct boarding house. She
is reiurnishiug the house throughout
with excellent furniture, and is now
ready TO receive boarders and entertain
them in irst.class style, giving to them
all the comfort and convenience that
could be desired. Mrs. Gaffney has had
many years experience in boarding house
and hotel management, and feels conf
dent that she is capable and able TO give
better accommodations for less money
than any other boarding house in the
city. She solicits a share OF public pat>
ronage. NOYS.lm
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-23

The Third National bank of Chicago
closed Its doors yesterday morning. The
Third National was one Of the Oldest aAd
for many years. one OF the most promi.
emit Of Chicago banks. A Chicago special
dispatch to the st. Louis Republican
gives the following statement Of the con.
dition Of the bank, at the late of its sus-
pension:
TO the resources may be added the pre-
MUM on bonds worth at date $54, 900.
The cash and exchange are nearly all In
cash business and may be easily obtain
ed. or the capability OF the bank to
meet Its deposit liability Of 81, 1853 900, it
may be said there are assets worth ST..
1S8,97. Besides this, there Is the per.
sonal responsibility OF 90 stockholders
representing $750,000, 50 that there is
no possible loss except to stock.
holders, and little, II any, Ia an.
ticipated even to them beyond loss OF in.
terest on their money in the necessarily
tedious process of liquidation. OF the
causes leading to the closing up Of the
bank, the panic of 1873 was the first and
most potential. At that time it suffered
heavily; since then II has been gradually
losing ground from various causes, SO
that from deposits Of over four millions
its account has dwindled to the figures
above given. Some Of the recent failures
have seriously effected its credit, especial,
ly az 1t has been mentioned In special dis.
patch from here as being In q shaky con-
diton, q statement which alarmed
country depositors and caused
rapid depletion OF its funds. Within a
lew weeks tho county, one of Its de-
positors, has withdrawn nearly ito whole
balance Of half . million, and tho South
PARK commissioners have Withdrawn a
large part Of their balance of $250. 600.
Ctner heavy accounts have unexpected.
y Deen drawn out. A few weeks since
the bank examiner after careful scrutiny
declared to the clearing -house that M
assets Of the bank II skilfulIv colIected
were SUFFICIENT TO pay all lisbiIltas And
return their capital to stockholders. ana
ct present II would be difficult TO rate lie
payment to stockholders at less than rs
Or % cents. ~ 80