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

There is nothing like discipline. Even
elan does not compare with it, as was
proven sufficiently in the Franco-Ger-
man war, where the French went in like
rockets with a hurrah, phiz bang! and
then were done; while the steady, we'll
disciplined, serried ranks of the Prus-
SLAMS moved forward to the charge like
perfect machinery. So it is now with
the Russians. Men, who like the Ro-
man legionaries are taught to die at
their posts whether buried beneath the
of lava mountain or under the burn
ing wall of a city. They simply obey
their orders, respond to the word of
command-to the touch of authority's
master hand-like the machinery of a
steam engine, and move with all the
precision of clock work. 1t is thus we
see them on the Danube, cross the river
lie down in the mud on its miry banks
TO avoid the Turkish fire, and then, ris-
ing up in line fix their bayonets, and
move with slow and steady pace, and
unbroken front without hurry or trepi-
dation, upon the enemy's breast works,
carrying them in their irresistible
charge. This is splendid war, and it is
this perfection of training, this unques-
tioning obedience to command, that has
perfected the northern soldier and made
him almost invincible. And yet what
is he but an unthinking machine, a
puppet in the hands of his master-a
devoted slave. who simply knows that
it is his place TO do and to die, and
nothing more? But after all the ma
chine with a soul is better than the
mere automation-the machine without
a sOul.-lStdte.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08
A Library in Old Bruges.

Under Philip the Good the library at
Bruges contained the then eXtraordi-
nary number of 2OO0 works, the greater
part of them being magnificent vellum
folios, beautifully illuminated, bound
in velvet, satin or damask, studded with
gems, and protected by gold clasps,
jeweled and chased. At Bruges was
employed in the dukes service COM
plete army of authors, translatorS,
transcribers, illuminatOrs and book
binders. who took care that their patron
should not want bard to sing his
praise. The volumes produced by the
dukes staff of artificers were not all
destined for his own library. Manu-
scripts conspicuous for size, for the
beauty of the vellum, the elegance of
the writing, the number and artistic
merit OF the illuminations and orna-
ments, and the luxury displayed in the
bindings, were deemed fitting presents
for princes: and the great wealth of the
Burgundian mobiles enabled them, as in
ventories ofthe period testify, to indulge
largely in this elegant species of liberal
ity. Hardly second to his sovereign as a
lover of books and patron of their
makers was Louis de Bruges, Seigneur
de Gruthuyse, the same who received
Edward ", during his temporary flight
into Flanders before the crowning tri-
umphs of Barnet and Tewkesbury, and
who was rewarded with the earldom of
Winchester. Under the patronage of
this nObleman was established at Bruges
the Guild of st. John the Evangelist,
of the various classes of
craftsmen employed in the manufacture
of bOoks.-AHthe Year Round.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08
Advertising Agencies.

"PETTESGILLs NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY ANr
ADVERTISERS HANDBOOK recently published
BY Messrs- s NJ. Pettengill 4 Co, advertising
agents. 81 Park Row, New York Citv, Is an ele-
press OF honest. careful and thorough work
In these days of books issued in the interest Of
illegitimate advertising schemes and special
newspaper lists. or which have for their object
the Itching Of money both from advertiser and
publisher, we are glad to welcome publication
which unswerved by self interest attempts 70
deal Justly with all parties Correct infOrma-
ton IN regard to the character and circulation
OF the numerous publications. Of this country is
difficult to obtain. but with Superior advantages
and earnest labor Mr.. Pettengill has produced
. book that will be found of great assistance tU
advertisers and ali who need such information
in the prosecution of their business. 1t has
now been nearly thirty years since Mr.. Petten-
gull began business as an advertising agent He
MAS the pioneer OF the business The press Of
the country was q small interest compared with
what II now is, and there was very little sys-
tematic advertising being done. Ii was Mr..
Pettengills idea to bring about an understand
ing between the business men OF the country
ard the publishers to show the advertiser
that legitimate newspaper advertising was the
cheapest and best way Of bringing his wares
before the public; and the publisher that IN
all proper wsys he should regard the interests
Of the advertiser. He thus aided both, and
placed both under ODllgatiOn. how sCcceseIui
Mr. Pettengill was is best shown by the i'm
mense business establishment he has built up.
and the high esteem in which he is held both
by advertisers and publishers the country over.
Since he entered into the business great many
rivals have come into the field Many have
failed involving bot publishers and advertisers
in their disaster. Others. with youth, energy,
apd capital. have succeeded in establishing a
more OF less prosperous business; but in the
esteem and confidence Of both advertiser and
publisher no one has ever rivaled the firm of
which Mr.. Pettengiil Is the head His name IL
8 synonym for fair dealing and rectItude, and
his straightforward business coursei- the moro
marked IN contrast with the methods Of somo
who aspire to outstrip him in business.
The shyster and schemer in advertising as
in everything else, must have his day, bu.
eventually the advertiser will find him ont and
his lists and worthless schemes, which are
three fourths agents profits will be neglected,
and his occupation gone. There may be less
immediate gain in the old-fa-hioned, straight
forward way of doing business. but in the long
run, it will pay the largest profits We trust
that our young men beginning in the sdver-
tisiag business will observe the great success
OF Mr.. Pettengill. and initiating his methods,
lay the foundation on which to build q business
at once profitable permanent and honorable.
-Clticdgo InteT-O Ocean, June 15tl
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08
The Turkish Provinces.

These beautiful but terribly scourged
regions, occupying the great highway
between the orient and the Occident,
had been, for centuries before the COM
ing of the Turk, the battlefield of ma
rions. Since the earliest records of
history, they have been harvest fields,
whence tyrants and warriors have
drawn the human instruments for their
conflicts. The Thracians and Mace
domains were thus used in their day
and so the Albanians, Sclavonians and
Magyars of the period are so famous as
good material for soldiers. In ancient
times these fields bore the most varied
and Alexander of Macedon sought TO
conquer and use for the completion of
their great armies. Then the Romans
ruled here, and fought with the mighty
Germanic GOths. Finally when the
Huns penetrated to the west, crushing
the migration of other natiOnalities, the
valleys of the Danube, and the lands
beyond the Balkan range, became for
five hundred years the wild habitatiOn
of the most diverse people. Germanic,
Turkish, and Salvonie tribes followed
each other in quick succession; and
their names as devastators or rulers are
inscribed in the history of the Balkan
Peninsula, like the ever changing and
fantastic colors of the Kaleidoscope. At
last in the fourteenth century came the
Turkish hordes in such number from
the East, that they made themselves
lords of land. and threatened to over
run half of Europe.
And how mighty was at one time
this realm of the Osmanlis. The fol-
lowers of the Prophet had conquered
lands in which christianity had been
rooted for centuries. The classic soil
of the Apostles, Corinth and Ephesus,
Nice. the city Of SynOds, Antioch, Me
Omedea. and Alexandria, We're subju-
gated To their power. The very cradle
of Christianity and the grave of the
Savior, Palestine and Jerusalem, fell
into the hands of the Moslems. who
contested their possession against the
combined attack of all the prowess and
chiyalry of the Christianity of the West.
1t was for them to consecrate the
church of st. Sophia, in which for a
thousand years Christ and the saints
had been honOred, to the worship of
Allah and the prophet. At the very
epoch when Christians were contend
ing in Constance, about religious creeds,
when the attempted reconciliation be-
tween the Greek and the Catholic
Church was proving to be a failure,
and when forty millions of Protestants
were preparing to reuOunce their ale
glance to the papacy-at that epoch the
Turks were penetrating victoriously
into the heart of Europe. Even the
Roman Emperor fled before them i'll his
capital of Vienna, and the mighty
Gothic cathedral of st. Stephens mar
rowly escaped becoming mosque, as
had St. Sophia in ByZantium. Only a
little less than two hundred years ago,
German and Polish heroes annihilated
the vast and superior army of Kara
Mustapha before the walls of Vienna.
Ii was the last time the standard of the
prophet was unfolded in the heart of
Europe, when even the vine-clad cities
of the Rhine trembled at the name of
the Turk.-NdtioRal REPOSITORY.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08
SUMNER.

Buttercups, clover. and festhery thistle,
Butterflies. bees, and locusts that whistle,
Heliotropes, roses, and morning glories.-
These are but snatches Of Summers stories.
Dawns that are blushing to sunrises sweeping,
Twilights and shadows and lly-buds sleeping,
Moons that are brooding DER nights that are
tender
These are but snatches Of Summers splendor.
Waterfalls, rivers, and waves that are sighing.
Murmurs Of sea shells on wet beaches lying.
Whispers Of pine trees breezes are bringing
These are but snatches Of Summers singing.
Robins and blue birds, swallows and thrushes,
Twitters and songs, and raptures and bushes.
Altar of all the whole years sweetness,
This is what makes the Summers completeness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08
Newfoundland Dogs.

Few people know that there are
hardly twenty genuine Newfoundland
dogs in the United States. The name
and breed are so popular and familiar
that to all but an extremely small
minority the assertion will appear alb
surd. Nevertheless it is strictly correct.
The thoroughbred Newfoundland dog
has been gradually losing his identity
through miscegenation. The secret of
his fast approaching extinction not
being more easily observed, lies in the
fact that after mixture of breed between
a Newfoundland and any other species,
more of the form and characteristics of
the former descend to the offspring
than occurs in any other instance of
interbreeding among dogs. On this ac-
count animals that have hardly two
thirds of the genuine breed i'm them,
and which are really fine specimens are
frequently boasted of as splendid New
foundland dogs. If he be still living,
an old man known as "Batty" sullivan
i'm the island from which the dog de-
rives its name is the last surviving pre-
server of the unmixed breed of New
fouEdland dogs. Several years ago the
writer last saw him, and then the old
man was master of the lac genuine
specimens of the noble - Old
"Batty" had then about zen full
grown pets-looking as big as Shetland
ponies-perfectly web footed. with
massive paws over three inches in di-
ameter, and heavy, glossy, coal-black
curls all over. Very few men have
such frank and honest faces as those
splendid brutes possessed. Hydropho-
bia is unknown among the pure breed.
''Batty'' made living by selling his
dogs at high price almost exclusively
to Spanish and Portuguese sea captains.
He strangely nurtured the prejudice of
never selling male and female to the |
same purchaser.
He that sips Of many arts, drinks of
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08
The Secretary Bird.

a curious experiment took place the
other day at the Jardin d'Acclimatiza-
ton in Paris. A nest of living vipers
was thrown into the inciosure where
the secretaries or snake-eaters (from
the Cape are kept. These birds have
the bright eye of birds of prey, power
full beaks, vulture-like bodies mounted
on legs like those of wading bird.
Whenever the secretaries saw the
the snakes they fell upon them with
shrill cries, and an exciting struggle
ensued. The reptiles, fixed on the
ground by the strong feet of the birds,
twisted and Missed, and bit; but they
could make no impression on the rugose
skin, and they are chopped into minee-
meat with a few strokes of the beak.
The secretary is also, it may be re-
marked, great destroyer Of rodents.
Good nature, like the bee, collects
honey from every herb.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08

This truly valuable tonic has been so tho
roughly tested by all classes of the community
that 1t ls now deemed indispensable Tonic
medicine. 1t costs but little, purifes the
blood and gives tone to the stomach, renovste-
the system and Drolongs life. Everybody
should have it. For the cure of Weak stom-
achs, General Deb lity, Indigestion. Diseases
Of the Stomach, and for all cases requiring
tonic This vine includes the most agreeable
and efficient Salt OF ITUn We possess-Citrate
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 good 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 wells
Do you want br SIX and vigorous feelings
II you do. try KUSKEL BITTER WINE OF IRON.
/ only ask a trial of this valuable tonic.
Beware of cOuuterfeIts. as kunkels Bitter
Vine Of Iron IL the only sure and effectual
remedy In the known world for the permanent
cure of Dyspepsia and Debility and as there
sre number of limitations offered to the pub
lie, | would caution the community to pur-
chase none but the genuine article. manufac-
tured by E +. kunkel, and having stamp
on the cork of every bot lie 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 81 bottles or Six
bottles for S5. Try this valuable medicine ano
be convinced OF its merits. Sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08

Electricity in the Production Of GdlrdHic
Deposits and OF Chemical Decomposition.-
All who are acquainted with the electro
magnetic machines know that the max
imum of effect produced corresponds
with the moment when the current il
best closed, and the minimum with that
when it is most open. The author was
led TO think that electrolysis might de-
rive advantage from this principle.
Hitherto, when desirous of effecting a
metallic deposition or chemical de
composition, single bath has been
used, into which were plunged two an
odes more or less closely approximate
ing. That is to say, We have placed
ourselves in conditions approaching
those of the least electric resistance and
the maximum of effort. The author has
therefore multiplied the baths, taking
care to connect their anodes, as is done
with the elements OF battery arranged
for tension. The result was that the
totality of metal disposited increased
with the number of baths.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08
A Remedial Agent of Uncommon Powe

1t is a fact which became patent years ago
70 the people of the United States, that Hos
letters Stomach Bitters ID a remedial agent of
uncommon power. As q consequence Of this
recognition, its ssles have increased immense
ly at home and abroad. and it has risen to q
foremost rank among the proprietary medi-
cines of the dsy. Chemical analysts, after
submitting il to the closest scrut nv, pronounce
1t absolutely pure, and skilful and conscien-
tious medical practitioners recommend its use.
wide range of disorders falls within the
scope of its curative operation. Among them
may be enumerated dys epsia, liver complaint
constipation. nervous ailments, urinary and
uterine affections. rheumatism and gout It
is a supremely eficacious tonic, hastens con-
va!esceDce cheers the mind, mpaEts appetite.
and promotes sound sleep
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08
Tape Worm Removed Alive.

Head and all complete in two hours. No fee
TIL head passes. Seat, PIN, and Stoma b
Worms removed by DIR. Kunkel 259 North
Ninth Street Philadelphia Pa Send for cir
cular with treats on all kinds OF worms ad-
vice free. Ask your druggist for bottle of
hunkels Worm Syrup. which will do the work
Price Sl-00. 1t never fails to remove all kinds
from children or grown persons. Directions
with
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08

GAN OLD club fogy" reminds the
London Truth that when Puckler
Muskau was in England some forty
years ago, being one night at Almack's,
he personally complimented Lady
Jersey, who was pardonably vain of the
clearness of her complexion, on her
'.beautiful leather" The fair Sarah
stared. "BardOn," resumed Puckler
Muskau, 81 di'i mean your ladyship's
beautiful hide" ''Skin, your Highness,
skin," whispered a friend TO the prince.
81 did not zay shin," retorted the
prince in most dignitied manner.
''Shentlemans do not look at ladies'
shins."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08
Rheumatism QuickIy Cured.

Dursng's Rheumatic Remedy" the great
Internal Medicine, will positively cure any case
Of rheumstism on the face Of the earth. Price
81 bottle, six bottles S5. Sold by all Drug
gists. Send for circular to Helphenstine Il
Bentley Druggists Waahingtou D. C.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08

Mr.. BENSON was out in his garden
Monday. daubing a coat of tar on the
trunk of choice cherry tree, when his
next door neighbOr, with whom he i
not on very good terms, came out and
industriously set to work mailing lath
between the pickets on the line fence.
"I thought I'd fix this tree so that your
dog wouldn't be able to get into it when
the cherries are ripe" sarcastically OBJ
served Benson, as the work went on.
Yes, | see," was the reply, land il
reminded me that if the space was re-
duced, your cat couldn't reach through
and pick my raspberries." A deep
and profound silence followed.-FaltOH
Times.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08

The PRESERVATION OF FLowERs.-A
new method of preserving flowers, sue
cessfully adopted by DR.. Miergues, is
reported in the Gdrdner's Ndg1ziRe.
Each flower, held by the extremity of
the stalk, is plunged into vessel of
parailin, quickly Withdrawn, and
twirled rapidly between the finger and
thumb, so as the shake off the super
fluous oil. Bouquets of flowers thus
treated have been kept upwards of Il
twelvemonth without losing their shape
or colors. Whether the smell of parallin
be equally persistent, the doctor has
forgotten to inform us.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08

CROPS AND PRICEs.-A short supply
and consequent high price Of any staple
product is usually due to failure or
diminished yield, and, rice rersd, over
production, and low price are often
the results of a remarkably favorable
season and large yield. Those who
have observed the course of seasons
will remember that two very prosperous
seasons and large yields seldom occur
in succession, but usually short yield
will follow a season unusually prosper
Gus. 1t IS never wise TO anticipate prices
to be either above OF below the average ;
nor Is Ii wise to either increase or lessen
the crop for the next season because
prices are now either high or low, for
1t is quite as probable that the crop that
is unremunerative this year will pay
best next year.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08
BLACKBERRY FRrrrERs-Are made b

BLACKBERRY FRITTERs.-Are made BY
mixing u thick batter of -four and sour
milk or cream as for pancakes, only
quite stiff. If cream is used, allow one
more egg than for sour milk, then stir
thick with berries. Have ready kettle
of hot lard, dip tablespoon into the
lar1, then take out spoonful of batter
and drop it into the boiling lard; the
grease will prevent the batter from
sticking 10 the spoon, and will let IL
drop oil in nice oval shapes. Eat with
syrup.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08

RUNNING AFTER Your HAT.-There
are very few moments in a mans ex-
istence when he experiences so much
ludicrous distress, or meets with so
little charitable commisseration. as
when he is in pursuit of his own hat.
A vast deal of GOODNESS and peculiar
degree of jugdment are requisite in
catching hat. A man must not be
precipitate, or he runs over it; he must
not rush into the opposite extreme, or
he loses 1t altogether. The best way is
to keep gently up with the object of
pursuit, to be wary and cautious, to
watch your opportunity well, get
gradually before it, then make rapid
dive, seize it by the crown and stick it
firmly on your head, smiling pleasantly
all the time, as ifyou thought it as good
a joke as anybody else.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-08-08

BAKED PEACHEs.-Cut the peaches in
two, remove the stone, having first
wiped the fruit well. With a paste
cutter Gf you want something fanciful,
otherwise, simple squares will do cut
some slices of bread. On each piece
place half peach, skin down; dust
well with sugar; put a tiny piece Of
butter on each, and bake slowly. When
done dish them and turn the juice over,
if any; otherwise, add syrup of pears
and serve warm. Apricots and prunes
may be served likewise.
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ausoRous

WHEN WAS BoY.-When | waz a
boy all kinds of Juvenile kusidness waz
In full bloom,i and must hav been at a
premium. 1 kant look back and see
that waz very malishus, but to say
that waz at the he'd ov mi sunday
skool klass. or hankered hard for the
katekism, would be saying too much. |
allwuss went to skool bi the way ov
somebuddy's orchard, and green apples
and me was the best ov friends, es-
peshily II they waz hard TO hook. Steal
ing water MELONS, on dark and rainy
nights, waz pious duty in those days,
and after the MELONS were all got, pull
ing up and stacking the vines waz one
ov the suggestions that the devil alwuss
made to the boys. But thank Heaven !!
kan look bak and see no stacks ov
water mellon vines charged in mi
ackount. Tieing two kats together by
their dorsal cOntinuashuns, aud then
leaving them to pull and haul it out on
that line, waz in the fashun, but will
take mi oath, on bible, az big az a barn
door, that never did it. Hitching old,
and worm eaten tin ware to the Oppozite
end ov yagrant kanine, and lOseing
sight ov the poor animal for the dust
he kikt up. as he frantikle fled along
the streets TO the musk Ov hiz own
yells of terror, was another kreuel scene
in the comedy ov boy deyiltry, but /
solumnly deklsre, that never hung
emmy tin thing TO dogs suburbs, ac-
kording TO the best ov mi remembering.
Wild oats are natral grain to the soil
ov man, as natral OF the meazles, and
while at all times, thare liz more or less
danger in raizing the crop, thoze who
sow arly, and sow plentlfully, are the
safest. luv rare, jolly, ripe fun just
as mutch az ever did, but beg leave
to ask the boys ov kreashun, never to
tie kats together bi the end, il iz an un
handy and mean thing to repent ov.-
Josh Billings.