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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

The sea otter, which constitutes the
sole means by which these, the only
civilized people of our new Territory,
manage to clothe themselves as We do
and maintain their church, may be
appropriately mentioned in detail. 1t
Is an animal, when full grown, that will
measure from three and half to four
feet at most from the tip of its short
tail to its nose. The general contour of
the body is much like that of the beaver,
with the skin lying in loose folds, so
that when taken hold of in lifting the
body out from the water it draws up
like the hide on the nape of youn q
puppy dog. This skin is covered with
the richest of all fine deep fur, jet
black, with silver-tipped hairs here and
there scattered, as is so we'll known to
our ladies of fashion. The sea-otter
mother sleeps in the water on her back
with her young one clasped between
her tiny fore paws. Frequent attempts
have been made to rear the young sea-
Otters, as they are often captured alive;
but, like some other species of wild
animals, they seem to be SO deeply
imbued with fear of man that they in
variably perish by self-imposed starva-
ton, The Saanaek islets and reefs
constitute the great sea otter ground of
Alaska, and hither come native hunt
ing parties from Oonalaska on the west
and Belcovskie to the north, where
they camp on the main island, and ven
ture out in their bidarkies 15 and 20
milesin every direction to sea. Fires
are never built here unless the wind is
from the south, and food refuse is never
scattered on the beaches. The sufferings
to which the native hunters subject
themselves every Winter on this island
going for many weeks without fires,
even for cooking, with the thermome
ter down to zero in northerly gale of
wind, are better imagined than describ-
ed while the various shrewd and skill
full artifices by which they outwit the otter
incapturing it would make a long story
il fully enumerated, for this animal, of
all wild animals, seems to be possessed
of the greatest aversion to or dread of
the presence, or even the proximity, of
man. The natives, when they 90 from
Oonalaska TO Saanack on a hunting trip
of this character, usually make up a
party of from 40 to 90 men. They
travel in their light skin bidarkies, two
men in each, and are gone usually three
or four months at time before return
ing to their families; they haul their
kvacks out from the water every night,
and sleep in gales Of wind, which are
always loaded with rain, sleet, and fog,
without the least covering, and almost
invariably without fire. All! rude
Indeed is the country of the Aleut, but
he is as rugged, and the bleak precipi-
tous islands stamped with his name are
all the world to him, He wants no
other, and he is happy where we would
be supremely miserable.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
Posting In Norway.

Imagine low, light wooden convey
ance, somewhat spoon-shaped, with an
upright splash-board in front, two very
large wheels, and big apron buttoned
down on both sides around the travel
Ter. A sensible, conscientious cream
cOlOred pony is attached to it in front;
and behind, perched on a shaky pro-
jecting board, is fair-haired, sallow,
phlegmatic-looking peasant, boy or man
as may be, who is called skydS carl.
You may drive yourself, if yon choose;
and if you do, you may possibly flatter
Yourself that you are lord, if not of all
you survey, yet still of the eam-color-
ed pony in front of you, you may make
the pace according to your liking.
Never was a greater mistake; the skyds
carl perched behind is that pony's
master, not you; and if he chooses to
utter in a low tone bur-r-r-r-dar- r, you
may fog until you are weary; neither
whipping nor coaxing will make the
sagacious creature quicken its pace an
iOta. The StOl-kjGrre or country cart is
a square wooden tray with large wheels
and a low backed seat across the centre
sometimes with and sometimes without
springs. The posting stations are more
or less picturesque as regards scenery,
but are all built upon one plan, of red
pine logs, around spacious yard, which
may be tidy or untidy according to the
taste of the inmates. Barns or other
out-houses form two sides of the square,
the house makes the third, and the
fourth is supplied by the road The
buildings are rOsfed very generally with
sods of turf, forming plateau on which
long grass and wild flowers wave lux
trinity The food 10 be procured at
these stations is good of its kind; salmon
trout, reindeer, yenison, mutton; and
wild ducks in abundance if the tourist
can shoot them-all very tolerably
cooked. Blythe way of dessert, there
are wild raspberries, strawberries, and
montebcrries, yellow insipid fruit of
pale amber color, which tastes like a
rain-soaked-raspberry. The only bread
to be procured at the up-country sta
tions is fdd5rod, thus described: 1t is
thin, dry, dusty, full of little bits OF
straw, and quite tasteless. like the bot
tom of hat box with the paper torn
off.-Chdmber's Journal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
How to Regulate Light.

Statistics kept by oculists employed
in infirmaries for eye diseases have
shown that the habits of some persons
in facing a window from which the
light falls directly in the eye as well as
on the work, injure their eyes in the
enr. The best way is to work with a
side light, or, if the work needs strong
illumination, so that it is necessary to
have the working table before the
window, the lower portion of the latter
should be covered with screen, so as
to have a top light alone, which does
not shine in the eyes while the head is
slightly bent over and downward toward
the work.
In the schools in Germany this matter
has already been attended to, and the
rule adopted is to have all the seats and
tables so arranged that the pupil never
faces the window, but only has the side
lights from the left: and as light SIM
ultaneously thrown from two sides
gives an inference of shadows, it has
been strictly forbidden to build school
rooms with windows on both sides, such
illumination having also proved injur-
ious to the eyes of the pupils. We
may add to this advice not to place the
lamp in front Of you when at work in
the evening, but little on one side, and
never neglect the use of a shade so as to
prevent the strong light shining in the
eyes. This is especially to be consid-
cred at the present time with kerosene
lamps, with intensely luminous flames,
becoming more and more common
Medical Journal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
The InfirmItIes OF Age

Are harder to bear than the ailments OF mid
die life or youth. since the resistant power In
the system has diminished with declining
years, and disease and pain have more power
over the enfeebled body. 1t is therefore the
more essential that that resistant power should
be augmented Hostetter's stomach Bitters,
q benign tonic cordial is admirably adapted
for the purpose. 1t counterscts the infirmi-
ties peculiar to age. and succors worn out
nature. 1t WHITES the feeble frame, adds
new ell. as it were. to the fiicksring lamp OF
life. diffuses fresh warmth through the chilled
veins. and gives comfort as well as relief, thus
tightening the burden Of age and retarding in
q measure the progress Of decay. Ladies in
delicate health, as well rs aged persons derive
great benefit from this wholesome stimuiative
tonic. which is absolutely pure. unobjection-
able in flavor, and Is recommended by physi-
clans Of repute
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
HUMOROUS

AN AsTONIsHED WAITER.-This Is one
of Sothern's larks, as he tells 1t: On
one occasion Mr.. Toole and he were
breakfasting with a party of friends at
an inn at Greenwich. No sooner had
the waiter left the room for an instant
than Sothern proposed that they should
remove the plates from the cloth and
get under the table. This they did with
out loss of time, taking every article of
silverware of the table, down TO the
spoons, and taking the precaution to
leave the window open. After they had
waited an instant the door opened and
the waiter reappeared. "HelloW he
cried, seeing the company gone, also
the silver, and the window wide open
''here's rum goI Pm blessed if they
aren't run away with the silver! Here,
Dick ITO a waiter who was passing), the
gentlemen 'as run away with the silver!
Help me find the Guv'nOr!" !" With that
he made a hasty exit; whereupon the
party resumed their places, after shut
ting down the window, and replacing
the dishes, the knives, the forks and
the spoons; when "the guv'nor" ap-
peared, breathless and cursing, not loud
but deep, he found party of gentle
men in the full possession of his silver
ware, quietly discussing the fish for the
preparation of which his hostelry was
noted. His ejaculation of rage changed
to oastonishment and relief. "Eh, what"
said he; everything secure. Why,
James, you blarsted rascal, what do
you mean?" $50 help me, guv'nOr
-" protested the mystified garcon.
"You're drunk, you IDIOT" said the in
credulOus master. "Gentlemen, l beg
your pardon, l will withdraw" and
the gentlemen veiled their mirth with
the napkins, and smile of forgiveness
stole over each innocent face.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

AGRICULTURAL.

CARE OF BARN-YARD MANURE.-If all
sources of waste to yard manure were
avoided, the necessity which now seems
TO exist for some other sources of sup
ply, in the shape of guano and phos-
pilates, would not be felt. So long as
all the hay, grain, ETC., produced on
the farm is fed on it to fattening stock,
there is but little, if any, trouble in
keeping up its fertility; but where milk
is an item among the farm products, its
sale must remove more or less of the
food-producing elements of the soil. As
the first requisite TO the proper care of
the manure, the barn and all the build
ings should have ample spouting to
carry OFF all the water which falls on
the roof. Ii in addition to this due
care is taken that no liquid finds its
way out of the yard, We will then have
filled the main requisites, and the after
work will be simple. Many of our far
mers seem to forget that il is the solu-
bic portions of the manure pile which
are valuable, and il is these portions
only which are carried away by any
surplus water which may find its way
into the yard. Many will, no doubt,
think that with good tight barn yard,
one can take proper care of the manure;
but even with all these essential items,
much of the value of the manure is an
nually wasted. OF all the kinds of
manure which usually finds its way
into the yard, that from the horse stable
is most subject to loss. 1t soon heats
when thrown into a pile, and when
once thoroughly heated, it has lost
much of its power as fertilizer. If
mixed in alternate layers of the less
volatile manure of the COW or cattle
stables this loss may be entirely avoided.
If scattered around near the water
trough (prOvidIng this is under shelter
as ii should be- il soon becomes so COM
pactly trodden down as toprevent more
or less from overheating. Ii has been
claimed that the liberal use of plaster
of Paris not only in the manure pile,
but in the stable, will prevent any loss
from heating, but we have never found
its use TO produce any such effect. After
a fair trial of several plans we find but
two which are effective, viz: the one
proposed above or hauling the manure
direct to the field from the stable, as
least as often as once eaoh week. In
fact, il is an open question whether the
latter plan is not the best for manure
from all the stables and yards. The
only drawback is the loss from wash
ing in the field, but in practice, we
think, the loss from this source will be
very slight; at all events, we think it
will be found to be less than that which
takes place with the best care i'm the
yard.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
SCIENTIFIC.

Ubot 6enends on kno,,ino the S,n,s 5;s-
to1ce The nroblem of finding the dis
rance of the Sun il ono Of fh. nos,
;mnortant and difficnI, nresor,od nv os'
,rnpon,r Its in,nor,anco Iias l., ;h;s
thar t6is distanca-tbe rad;ns of tbe
sortb,s orbit-;, tho hase-l;no h., rnaans
of Which ,,a ,oo,snro ayar,- ~ bar oalas~
tiol distance excantin, onI,, tbot of Tho
moon 80 that error in tbis hasa nronao
&C ;,soIf 3, oil ,l;roo,;o,,. ,Ir,,,r,rb IN
snace Affecting with a corrasnoSd;na
nronortiod of falsabood a,,er,, r,iaasnraJ -
iina-,be distance of evary star tho
r,dius of ever orh;t the d;.metar Of
avery nlanet
Onr estimates or tho massas of III.
beoyanly hod;es aI.o denend man a
LnowiaJoa Of tho snn,s dis,anca fror,
tbe ear,b Tho onantirv of mater in q
star or nIane, is ,ietarm;,ed hv caIoni.N
tlons who fundamental data include the
distance between the investigated oody
ana some other Dody whose motion Is
cohtroiieu OF mouiIied ov IL, ana thls
distance generally enters into the COM
putatlon oy It's eupe' so that any error
In IL involves more than threefold
error In the resulting mass. An uncer-
tainty OF one per cent. IN the suns dis
lance implies an uncertainty oi more
than three per cent. IN every CELESTIAL
mass ana every eosmical iorce.
Error In TINS fundamental element
propass'es i'seli III tlr,le me aiso, as wen as
calculations of the mutual effects of the
planets upon each others motions de-
pend upon an accurate knowledge of
their masses and distances. By these
calculations, were our data perfect, We
could predict for all futurity, or repro
duce for any given epoch of the past,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
Notice.

In our advertising columns is noticed Sod
darts Musical Library a ser al publication.
now under way, which. from its extraordinary
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publishing interest. Me-srs- Stoddart x Co.
agree to give for the low price Of on dime. a
collection of the most popular instrumental
and vocal music printed on fun sized music
paper, of the best quality. The same amount
and quality in fact would cost Sl-5O If pub
lished separately. This IL step IN the right
dire ,tion. and one that will find instant and
hearty favos with those whom it is intended to
benefit.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
scb.nck,. Mandrake Pills.

These Pills are composed exclusively OF
vegetable ingredients and, although they en-
tirely supersede the use Of Mercury, do not
have any Of its injurious effects. They act
directly upon the liver, and are valuable
remedy in all cases Of arrangement OF that
organ. Sick Headache Indigestion, and all
Bilious Disorders succumb to the free use OF
them
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

To SELECT FLoUR.-In selecting flour
first look at the color. If it is white
with a straw colored tint, buy it. If it
is white with blush cast, or with
white specks in it, refuse it. Second,
examine its adhesiveness,-wet and
knead little of it between the fingers,
if it works soft and sticky, it is poor.
Third, throw a little lump of dried Hour
against smooth surface; if it falls like
powder it is bad. Fourth, squeeze some
of the flour tightly in your hands; it it
retains the shape given by the pressure,
that too is good sign. 1t is safe to buy
flour that will stand all these tests.
These modes are given by all old flour
dealers, and they pertain to matter
that concerns everybody-the staff of
life.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

"WHY doesn't this fire keep up?"
asked a Chicago husband pettishly, as
furtively poked the stove CRATE, late one
bitter morning. 'It's SO much like
you!' piped ont his wife, from her
warm bed. "Like me!' exclaimed he
stopping his work. SHOW SOP" BE
cause" said she, roguishly, ait will go
out nights!" He mumbled something
to himself and returned to his work.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
Kidney and Bladder
Complaints,

Urinary nd Womb Diseases. Gravel. Diabetes,
Drop Y, StOppaCe OF Water. Inc0ntinence OF
Uri e. Brfgh : Disease. Alruminlria and in all
cases where there are brick-dust deUOSitS or the
WateI is thick, cloudy. mixed with substances
Ike the white o; an egg, or threads Ike white
silk or there Is a mOrbi1- dark. bilious ppear-
ance and white bnne-dust deDosit, and when
tfere is pricEing, burning sensation wuen
passing water, and pain IN the small OF the back
and long the lOlns. sod by druggists. PRICE,
ONE DOLLAR.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

BosToN PLUM PUDDING.-One loaf of
bakers bread, cut in thin slices and
bnttered; butter the pan well; put a
layer OF bread and of raisins, little cin-
namon, nutmeg and sugar, then layer
of buttered bread and continue until the
pan is full; put milk enough around it
to soak it one night; cover it with a
plate to keep it down; before putting it
into the oven beat from three to seven
eggs, according to size of pudding, milk
enough to have it moist, but not 10 have
il run over in the oven.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

IHAD three large bowlders in one of
my fields. They weighed about three,
four and five tons, respectively. L took
some old sUumps, old fence rail, several
brush heaps, and the small limbs of an
old apple tree-in all had perhaps a
little over half cord of wood. put
it upon the bowlders, and set il on fire,
and it made them as full of cracks as if
they were glass. The heaviest piece
did not weigh over one hundred
pounds, and some of the smallest pieces
did not weigh over five pounds. Some
kinds of stones will not crack at all,
while others will crack into hundred
pieces with less than one-fourth of a
cOrd of wood burned around them.-
Ohio Farmer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

HOUSE PLANTs.-James Wick says:
''Most of our plants are injured by too
much heat. For general collection of
house plants it is not best to allow the
thermometer to be above seventy, and
if they could be kept in a room where
the thermometer would usually not
range much above sixty-fiye it would
be the better. In the night time fifty
is enough. Give little fresh air every
fine day, and all the sunlight attain
able. An effort should be made to give
moisture 10 the atmosphere, for our own
good as well as the health of the plants.
This can be done in various ways by
eYaporating water; but when the plants
are in separate apartment, like
greenhouse, 1t can be done more con-
veniently and etfectually, although this
separate apartment be only bay win
dow, with glass doors separating it from
the living room. In this place water
can be used freely, by Swinging, &C.,
and moist atmosphere preserved. The
temperature, with this arrangement,
can be kept lower than would be COM
Portable in the living room, and the
plants are saved from dust and many
evils which We manage to endure and
live, but which generally prove too
much for the plants"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

Philosophy has not so much enabled
men to overcome their weakness, as it
has taught the art of conceaiing them.
Man, being essentially active, Lnslt
find in activity his Joy, as well as hs>
beauty and gl5ry; and labor, like
everything else that is good, is its own
Wtpple.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

CANDID HUsBAND-"I tell you what,
Rosa, it was well that didn't meet that
superb creature before our marriage"
Wife with equal candor)-"It was
for yOu.'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
Motners Motners, Mothers.

Don't fail to procure MRS WINSLOw'S
SOOTHING SYRUP for all diseases Of teeth
ing in children Ii relieves the child from
pain, cures wind collie, regulates the bowels.
and by giving relief and health to the child,
gives rest to the mother.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

Soon AFTER the COpernican system
of astronomy began to be generally
understood, an old farmer went to his
parsOn with the following inquiry:
''Dr. T., do you believe in the new story
they tell about the earth moving around
the sun?" "Yes, certainly" do you
think it is according to the Scriptures?
If it's true, how could Joshua command
the sun to stand still?" "Umph "quoth
the parsOn; "Joshua commanded the
sun to stand still, did he?" Eyes"
swell, it stood still, did 1t not?"
"Yes." Every well. Did you ever hear
that he set it a going again!"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

When the dark con- es.-A little girl sat
at twilight, in her sick mothers room,
busily thinking. All day she had been
full of fun and noise, and had many
times worried her poor tired mother
"Ma," said the little girl, "what do
you suppose makes me get over my mis-
chief, and begin to act good, just about
this time every night?"
81 do not know, dear. Can you not
tell ~
"Well, guess its because this is when
the dark comes. Yon know | am a lit
tie afraid of that. And then. ma, be-
gin to think OF all the naughty things
I've done to grieve you. and that per-
haps you might die before morning !;
and so l begin to act good"
"Oh." thought |, show many of us
wait till dark comes, in the form of
sickness or sorrow, or trouble of some
kind, before we begin to do good p
How much better to be good while We
are enjoying life's bright sunshine and
then, when the dark comes, ,'-as it
will, in a measure, to alive we shall
be ready to meet it without fear"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

A LAZY BOY complaining that his bed
was too short, his father sternly replied
That is because you are always too
long in it, sir" O..
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05
Dr. Ra ways Regulating Pills,

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Price Is cents per box
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-12-05

A CONSTANT Cough, with Shortness OF Breath,
Failing strength, and wasting OF Flesh. all be-
token Lungs more or less seriously affected. and
demanding prompt treatment. BY using DR..
Jayne's Expectorant serious results may be
either avoided or palliated.