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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

The steamers of the North German
lloyd. running between New YORK,
Southampton and Bremen have wen wen
earned reputation for safety, comfort
and speed. This line was inaugurated
in 1857, and has thus been In successful
operation for twenty years, during
which period over 100000 passengers
have been conveyed by their steamers.
The Company's fleet consists of twenty
five strongly built iron screw steamers
of 5000 tons and 200 horse power, com,
manded by experienced captains and
provided with every appliance for the
safety and comfort of travellers. fas,
sengers will find this the shortest anu
most nIeasant route to London, South
ampton, Havre, Paris and Bremen, and
TO any point in the interior Of Germany
The well known firm of Messrs. Del
richs & Co., Bowling Green, New
York, are agents of the line.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14
The UnscIGsh

There are some characters that pos.
sess an inexpressible charm-a some
thing which attracts our love instanta-
neously without wealth, rank or tai
ents, still dignity hoyers round them
and ennobles every action. Why is it?
How shall we define it? Simply thus:
they have freedom from ssifshness,
by some extraordinary charter OF
nature. Though selfishness is the most
common of all vices, yet such is our
sense of Its repugnance to moral beauty
that We are as much disgusted by those
who do not conceal it as if they were ex-
hibitiDg secret scars and oeformities.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

How FARlrEs CAN MAKE NEW SORTS.
The ABlericdH Naturalist recently had
the following interesting letter from j.
III. Gregory, the Marblehead scotsman.
Eight or ten years ago on plot of
ground where had grown beet seed OF
The early turnip variety, after the crop
had been gathered from the seed that
had dropped on the ground, there
sprang up thousands of young plants.
\ large proportion of these lived through
the winter. 1t is my impression that
they had the protection of thick growth
of chick weed. In the following spring,
when plOwing, these plants were SO for
ward that | left portion of the piece
unplOwed, with the view of obtaining
crop of early beets. As the plants grew
quite a number pushed seed shoots, and
as the season advanced Tipened small
crop of seed, which | saved in mass,
aud the next season planted a portion OF
1t. Here L will note, that all the beets,
from which the first crop OF seeds grew,
were of one variety, and being for seed
purposes were very carefully selected at
that time; and that the seed that was
gathered from them in the autumn
when planted the next season produced
a crop pure and true to name; also, that
the field in which the two crops of seed
grew was in the middle of great pas
ture, very isolated; and finally, that no
other beet seed was raised there. Now,
as to the result, the beets raised from
this second crop of seed were, to use an
expressive word, everything, rang
ing all the way from small, very dark
tieshed variety, through score or more
of kinds OF various color, form, and
texture, down TO a alight-1eshed. medium
long variety of mangel- which,
as farmers know, is a very COARSE
fleshed kind raised for the feeding of
stock.
My other illustration is an experiment
with Indian corn. With this L have had
no personal experience, but very in
telligent correspondent writes me, that
seeing occasionally the spindle of his
corn (he was raising the Dalton vari-
ETY. replaced by small ears, lie was led
from curiosity 10 save and plant the ker-
nels of some of these. The result was
he obtained a vast number of new varie-
ties, each having characteristics of its
own. l wonder If other eXperimenters
1--WE farmers, mind you, don't propose TO
leave all the experimenting TO you men
of science!) may not have something TO
record about-say the anort-hOrn variety
of carrot, which probably more than any
other tends TO push occasional seed
shoots the first season?
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14
BIRDS. eEe4goa
Mnsic of unner

Music of upper air
Palmer to mortal ear than stars low song.
What tremulous joy embodied do We bear,
Floating sfar, along?
The forest knows it well,
For breezes tell it to its countless leaves;
II rings from every foweret's lowly bell;
And where the spider weayes
His fiue-drawn lines each day,
Stretching across the grasses slender spires,
There summer winds do sing it as they play
Upon eolian Tyres.
Music OF upper air
While man doth sing his minor song below,
Above, IL ether pure what joy We bear
Far from his grief and woe
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14
The Pedigree of words.

A study of the pedigree of many
words which are i'm daily use would
prove more fascinating than any other
kind of mental recreation. Trench In
his little work ON the Study of Words.
has done much to cultivate the taste for
this kind of investigation; but he made
only a beginning. The field is mex
haustible. In this article We propose to
give short list, to which we shall add
from time to time:
"Jet' derives its name from the Ga
gates, a river of Lycia, where was found
the black stone which the French
called gagate, or jaet, which we abbre-
waited into jet.
Pamphylla, a Greek lady, who COM
piled history of the world in 32 little
books has given her name to the ''pam-
phlet."
Punch and Judy are the relies of an
ancient mystery play, in which the
actors were Pontius PLATE and Judas
Iscariot.
Dollar is from the German thaler; !;
and is derived from Thai, the valley OF
Joachim in Bohemia, where the silver
works were situated that made this coin.
Bigot is from Visigoth, in which the
fierce and intOlerant Arianism of the
Visigothic conqueror of Spain has been
handed down to infamy.
Humbug is from Hamburger; "a
piece of Hamburger news"was, in Ger
many, proverbial expression for
false political rumors.
"Exhort" and yeast are from the
same root, which signifies something
boiling or overfOwing.
''Gas'' and "Gust" have the same
parentage.
"Blue Jeans Williams" probably
does not know that the fabric from
which he derives his name was origi-
nally made by Moors at Jaen in Spain.
"Gauze" derives its name from GAIA,
where it was first made.
Damask silk was first made at Damas-
Gus.
The word ''panic" has curious ori-
gin. According TO HerodOtus the god
Pan was supposed TO have assisted the
Greeks at the battle of Marathon, 400
B. c., striking such terror into the
Persian hosts, that they fled to their
ships in perfect dismay. From that
time the Greek term paptkon was used
to describe unreasonable or sudden and
overpowering fear.
"Tabby-cat" is all unconscious that
her name is derived from Atab, fam
Gus street in Bagdad. inhabited by the
manufacturers OF silken stuffs called
Atabi, or Tafiety; the wavy markings
of the watered silk resembling pussy's
coat
sold Scratch" is the demon of Skratti
who still survives in the superstitions
of Northern Europe.
the dangerous water demon of Scandi-
navian legend.
In the phraze ''Deuce take itn' the
deity Tiw still continues to be invoked.
In his book De Ciritdte Del, Augustine
speaks of "quoSdam damones dasioS
CALI nuncupant."
The lemon takes its name from the |
city of Lima.
LoadstOne is corrupted translation
Of LydiuS ldpis, the stone of Lydia.
The money reminds us that the COIN
lge of the Romans was struck at the
temple of Juno Monieta, the goddess of
,ounsel.-Trdnsylrania Presbyterian.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

IRdiaa SmeitiRg.-The American In
dian method of smelling precious
metals was one of the most remarkable
devices of savage ingenuity. Logan
tells US that, having first followed out
fiat stone in the form of a basin they
filled il with charcoal, and upon this
laid the nuggets of metal. 4 number
of In lians next seated themselves in a
circle around the basin, each one hav-
ing in his hand long reed pierced
through It's entire length and armed at
one end with a clay tube or pipe.
Everything being ready, fire was ap-
piled TO the charcoal, and the whole
mass instantly blown into powerful
heat through the reeds, the clay ex-
tremIties of which were inserted in the
basin while the Indians blew through
them upon the charcoal with all their
might, and with prOtracted expiration.
No ordinary lump of either gold or cop
per could long maintain its s0lidity in
such a crucible. With this process the
Indians could easily produce any yari-
ETY. of ornament from those metals,
using them either alone or in alloy.
This method was known to have been
in use among the Indians who lived
upon the producing lands of North
Carolina, and the same process must
have been known to the CherOkees.
These chronicles and traditions go to
confirm what Lawson says, that the In
dians, from time immemOrial, were ac-
quainted with valuable mines of gold
and silver in upper Carolina.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

tT Bravery is good thing. On the
field of battle il is a great thing-but
when it consists in hearing something
that might readily be got rid of, it isnot
of much account. If you are sick don't
grin and bear it, but take E. +. Kun
kel's Bitter Wine of Iron, which never
fails to cure weakness, attended with
symptoms; indisposition to exertion,
loss of memory, difficulty in breathing,
general weakness, horror of disease,
weak, nervous trembling, dreadful hor-
ror of death, night sweats, cold feet,
weakness, dimness of vision, languor,
universal lassitude of the muscular sys-
tenn, enormous appetite with dyspeptic
symptoms, hot hands, flushing of the
body, dryness of the skin, Pallid coun-
tenance and eruptions on the face, putri-
flying the blood, pain in the back, heav~
mess of the eyelids, frequent black spots
flying before the eyes, with temporary
suffusion and loss of sight, want of at
tention, etc. These symptoms all arise
from a weakness and TO remedy that
use Z. F. KUNKEL's Bitter Wine of Iron.
Ii never fails. Thousands are now en-
joying health who have used it. Take
only E. F. KUNKEL's.
DeWdEt OF cOuHteTicils aHU Dd>c Iiul-
tations. As KunkePs Bitter Wine Of
Iron is so well known all oyer the coun-
try, druggists themselves make an imi-
tation and try to palm 1t off on their
customers, when they call for Kunkel's
Bitter Wine of Iron.
Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron is put
up only in 81 bottles, and has yellow
wrapper nicely put on the outside with
the eproprietor'sph ont the wrap
per of each bottle. Always look for the
photograph on the outside, and you will
always be sare to get the genuine. 81
per bottle, or six for S.. Sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere
All Worms Removed AIiue.-E. F. KUN
KEL's Worm Syrup. never fails to de-
stroy Pin, Seat and Stomach worms.
DIR. KUSxEL, the only successful Physi-
clan who removes Tape worm in two
hours, alive with head, and no fee un-
til removed. Common sense teaches il
Tape worm be removed all other worms
can be readily destroyed. Send for circu-
lar to DIR. -kunkel, No. 259 North 9th
street, Philadelphia, Pa, or call on your
druggist and ask for bottle of KunkePs
Worm Syrup. Price 81 90. 1t never
fails
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

SUNDRY MATTERs.-Be careful of
lights in the barns and stables. safe
lanterns only should be used. We have
used the glass globe lanterns, protected
with wire, for many years without the
least accident, or breaking one of them.
Only perfectly safe oil should be used.
With good oils if a lamp should fall,
there can be no fire if it is picked up
again Immediately. Choose a perfectly
solvent insurance company in which to
be insured, and take no risks. Keep
roofs, roads and sidewalks clear of snow.
Nentilate the cellars whenever the wea-
ther is sufficiently mild. a tub of water
placed in a cellar on very cold nights
will protect fruit or vegetables from
freezing. Clean up all machines and
tools and oil them, coat the bright parts
with tallow, and cover them TO keep out
dust and dirt. Prepare for packing ice
bye-and-bye, or pack il now if possible.
A few loads of sawdust should be hauled
when convenient, so that il will be
ready when wanted; when the wagon
box is filled, pile on filled bags to com
plete the load. Keep the shoes of horses
and oxen sharpened or roughened, and
do not attempt TO drive unshOd oxen;
it is poor economy to save set of shoes
and lose half of their working power.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

HoP YEAsr.-Boil half a pint of hops
in two quarts of water till the strength
is extracted. Rub half a pint of flour
smooth with cold water, strain the tea
and mix it in; let it cook slowly like
mush from five to ten minutes. Let il
cool, and then add gill of yeast and
two nicely mashed boiled potatoes, and
put it in stone jug or bottles to rise.
\ tin coffee pot should be kept to boil
hops in, as the bitter taste is hard to re-
move from the kettle.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

An EXCELLENT PUDDING.-One-half
pound suet, shred fine : one-half pound
grated bread crumbs; one-quarter
pound of loaf sugar, the yolks of four
eggs and whites of two well beaten:
two tablespOOnfuls of orange marmalade
or sliced citron, if preferred. To be put
into butter mould and boiled for two
hours. To be served with wine poured
over it, or sauce.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

PATENTS Obtained at half usual res.
Invalid Pensions increased hois'
lost or killed in the army, MeHiea.' ~
Florida, Black Hawk Wars. wri'e ~
Col. l.. Bingham Il Co., Att y Ioi
Claims and Patent Law Advoeales'
Washington, ID. c.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

NHTTE-RoSE BLANKETS can be washed
well by first making good warm suds
with common brown soap, and after
rubbing and working the blankets well
in the suds, rinse well in quite hot
water. Rub no soap on the blankets.
Ii left to soak some hours in the warm
suds, then add more hot water when
ready TO wash or rub them, they will
wash better and easier for it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

as an evidence that iron will not
Oxydize in pure water, take piece of
clear ice, melt it and heat to boiling;
after boiling short time, to free it of
air, pour it into a small vial containing
some pieces of bright iron wire. The
vial must be quite full and tightly stop
ped. Place a smaller piece of wire in
an open vessel and partly cover it with
water. Set both vessels aside for a few
days, when it will be found that the
wire in the former is still bright. while
that in the latter is rusted. This ex-
pertinent shows that it is the oxygen of
the air, and not that chemically COM
bined to fern water, which act upon
iron; moreover, experiment has shown
that neither dry oxygea nor carbonic
acid will attack iron. To produce the
action of common OxydatiOn upon iron
the oxygen must be combined with nj
trOgen, as it exists in the atmosphere,
and in all potable water.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

SARATOGA FRIED PorAToEs. - Peel
good sized potatoes and slice them as
evenly as possible, (you can buy a
slicing machine If you wish,) drop them
into ice-water, have kettle of very hot
lard, as for cakes, put a few at a time
into towel and shake and dry the
moisture out of them, and then drop
into the boiling lard. Stir them occa-
sionally, and when of light brown
take them out with a skinner, and they
will be crisp and not greasy. Sprinkle
salt over them while hot.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

The Largest FiOWeF iR He IVOrld.-
The wonderful flower is that of the Rd-
.6ieSid ArROldi,a plant discovered by DIR.
Arnold in the Island of Sumatra some
sixty yeals ago. The various species
now known are all parasitic, not how
ever, to the branches of other plants,
but To the roots. Entirely destitute of
leaves and green III color, these singu-
lar vegetables are provided with scales
or bracts which conceal and envelope
the flower previous To opening. A
swelling beneath the bark of some
huge surfaee-appearing root of large
tree announces the coming of a flower.
Soon the bark splits, and the bud, re-
sembling the head of young cabbage,
bursts, showing five great lObes which
open and roll back slightly on the ed
ges. Then circular ring appears sur
rounding deep cup, in the center of
which Is the OvaTy. Below the edges
is a kind OF gallery wherein are numer-
Gus stamens in which is located the pol
len, the formulating action of which it
is impossible to comprehend unless it
be assumed that insects intervene for
Its transportation.
The remarkable feature of the flower
is its colossal size, the largest species,
here represented, being 80 inches in di-
ameter. The central cup holds six qts.
of liquid, and the total weight of the
flower is over 10 lbs.
The Ra6ieSia patiRd of Java is some
what smaller in size. The brick red
color of the perianThus. as well as the
lighter spots with which it is sprinkled,
give TO the flower..a curious fiesh-like
The cup and the central
plateau carrying the stamens are of
dark red, while the Odor of the plant is
almost meat-like. In Java, the natives
regard the flower as sacred, and the
priests prepare from the tannin which
it contains an aStTingent mixture use
ful in cases of hHmOrrhage.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

SHAM CHAMPAGNE:-A good temper
ance drink is made as follows: Tartaric
acid, one ounce, one good-sized lemon;
ginger root, half ounce; white sugar,
one and a half pounds; water, two and
a half gallons; brewers yeast, four
ounces. Slice the lemon, bruise the
ginger, and mix all except the yeast.
Boil the water and pour it upon them;
let it stand until cooled down to blood
heat, then add the yeast and let it stand
in the sun all day and at night bottle.
In two days it will be fit for use.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

HARICoT OF VEAL.-Five pounds breast
of veal, three ounces of beef clippings,
and stir on fire till brown; then add
two ounces flour; mix well; cover with
broth or water; when it boils, skim; add
twelve ounces carrots, eight ounces
turnips, one pint of buttered onions;
simmer slowly till the bones slip from
the meat, then season with mace, salt,
pepper, and just before serving add one
cupful canned peas and three table
spOOnfuls of parsley.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

BREAKFAST OR LUNCH DIsH.-An ex-
eellent way of using up the odds and
ends OF steaks, roasts, chops, or any bits
of cold meat, is TO cut the meat from
the bone, emitting the gristle and fat if
desired. Chop as fine as if for mince-
meat; place in.pan; cover with water,
adding frequently if it dries; let it
simmer or gently boil for two hours :;
season with salt and pepper; toast to a
delicate brown any bread you may have,
stale or fresh, and when spread in
single layers over your meat tray, pour
meat and gravy over the toast, or you
can send TO the table without adding
the bread.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

"MARRIED couples resemble Il pair Of
shears" says Sydney Smith, so Joined
that they cannot be separated, often
moving III opposite directions, yet al
ways Furnishing any one who comes
between Them"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

To MAKE French pancakes, take two
eggs, two ounces butter, two ounces of
siited sugar, two ounces Of flour, half
a pint OF new milk. Beat the eggs thor
oughly and put them into basin with
the butter, which should be beaten to
cream; stir in the sugar and flour, and
when these ingredients are well mixed,
stir Ill the milk, keep stirring and beat
ing the mixture for few minutes.
Serve with a cut lemon and sugar, and
pile the pancakes on dish, with layer
of preserve or marmalade between each.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

HOiU to RcjareHGfe an Old Rose Bush.
Never give up a decaying rose bush
till you have trled watering it two or
three times a week with SCOT tea. Make
the cOncOctiOn with boiling water, from
water the bush with it. When it is used
up, pour boiling hot water on the SCOT a
second time. Rose bushes treated in
this way viii often send out thrifty
shoots, leaves will become large and
thick, the blossoms will greatly i'm
prove in size and be more richly tinted
than before.-.D II. Jacques.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

ARE these gratuitOus?" asked an
old gentleman OF a druggists assistant,
taking p Itent medicine almanac from
a pile on the counter. ''NO, them's al =.
manacs," curtly answered the natter
of-fact assistant.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

FEED RACKs.-Have plenty of feed
racks in the yard. They save fodder and
prevent the master animals from driving
weaker ones from their feed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

GELATINE FRosTING.-One teaspoon
full gelatine, two tablespoonfuls of cold
water; when the gelatine is soft, one
tablespoonful of hot water. When
entirely dissolved add one cup of pow
dered sugar, and beat while it is yet
warm until white and light; lemon to
taste. Give good measure to all the the
Ingredients. This frosts one sheet of
cake
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

Two AcQUAINTANCEs meeting on a
wet day one greeted the other with,
beautiful rain, this! Fetching things
out of the ground" Second friend
(disconsolately)-"Hope not, sir-hOpe
not, Got two wives there, sir."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

PREPARING SMALL FIsH.-Any Kind
of small fish may be prepared in the
following manner: After being well
washed and wiped it is put in pan
with little butter, and sprinkled over
with pepper, salt and crumbs of bread
scraped from crusty loaf, with an
onion chopped small and fried in the
oven twenty minutes to half an hour.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

SILK HANDKERCuIEFs (To WAsH).-
Wash them in cold rain water with
little curd soap, then rinse in rain
water (cold), slightly colored with stone
blue, wiring well, and stretch them out
on mattress, tacking them out tightly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

''ro GREECE we gives our shining
blades" said the fellow at the boarG-
ing-house, plunging his knife into the
butter dish--HiHStTdted Weekly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-14

RAsPBERRIEs and blackberries should
be cut down to within a foot of the
ground at planting. They will, of
course, not then bear the next season
after planting; but this is a benefit. No
fruit tree should be allowed TO bear the
same season. In planting these, have a
care of deep planting. Even two inches
lower than the roots is often fatal.
Plant on dry day; barely cover the
roots; but beat or press the soil very
hard and firm.