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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13
A Tremendous Talker.

Coleridge was prodigal in his words,
which, in fact, he could with difficulty
suppress; but he seldom talked of him
self or his affairs. He was very specu-
lative, very theological, very metaphys-
ical, and not unfrequently threw in
some little pungent sentence character
istic of the defects of some of his ac-
quaintances. In illustration of his un-
failing talk, correspondent gives an
account OF one of his days when he was
present: Coleridge had come from High
gate to London for the sole purpose OF
consultin. friend about his son Hart
ley, lour dear Hartley, y toward whom
he expressed-and have no doubt felt
much anxiety. He arrived about one
or two O'Clock, in the midst Of a con-
versation which Immediately began to
interest him. He struck into the mid
die of the talk very soon, and held the
''ear of the house" until dinner made
its appearance, about four o'clock. He
then talked all through the dinner, all
the afternoon, and all the evening,
with scarcely single interruption.
He expatiated on this subject and on
that; he drew fine distinctions; he made
subtle criticisms. He descended to
anecdotes-histOrical, logical, rhetori-
cal; he dealt with law, medicine, and
divinity, until at last, five minutes be-
fore eight O'Clock, the servant came in
and announced that the Highgate stage
was at the corner Of the street, and was
waiting to convey Mr.. Coleridge home.
Coleridge Immediately started up, obli-
vious Of all time, and said, in Il hurried
voice: "My dear Z, L will come t.
you some other day, and talk to yon
about our dear Hartley" He had quite
forgotten his son, and everybody else,
in the delight of having such AN enrap-
tured audience.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13

Good fOrgetfulness is considered by
the Scientific American scarcely less
valuable than good memory. "Actors,"
it says, "who are obliged to study new
parts frequently, and commit long
speeches to memory in very short
periods of time, apparently have the
power of cleansing the memory and
rendering it blank and receptive to new
tasks. After taking part in perform
ance which has been repeated night
after night for months, the reproduction
of the same play, after the lapse of a
year or so, fiids them almost ignorant
Of the text, and necessitates complete
restudy." Mr.. Verdon, in recent arti-
Gle on "Mind," holds that the memory
of every individual has the capacity of
keeping in fresh recollection a certain
number Of things, and that these, on
being displaced by others, grow dim or
entirely fade away. He says that
person may expend all his energy of
memory on a few things and become
"absent-minded," or may make it cover
great number with less distinctness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13
About Governor.

There are but five States in the Union
where the Chief Magistrate is elected
annually. They are as follows, with
the amount of salary appended: Maine,
salary $4,000; Ma, ,sachusetts, s. 900; !;
Michigan, $1,000; New Hampshire,
$l,OI0; Rhode Island, 81 900. The fol
lowing States have terms of two years :
Alabama, salary $4,000; Colorado, -;
Connecticut, So 600; Iowa; So, 900; Kan
sas, $1,000; Minnesota, $1,000; Nebras-
ka,s 80 500; Nevada, $1,000; New York,
$40, 900; Ohio, 81 600; South Carolina,
$500; Tennessee, 81 900; Texas, s. 900 !;
Vermont, $1,000; Wisconsin, 5000.
The following have terms Of three years !:
New Jersey, salary 5000; Pennsyl-
vania, $4,000. The following have
four-year terms Arkansas, salary SO. 500
California, $1,000; Delaware, s., COO;
Florida, $500; Georgia, 81 600;
Illinois, Sc 900; Indiana, 50, 600; Lousi-
ana, $4,000; Kentucky. 5000; Mary
land, 4. 500; Mississippi, Missouri, So, 900
North Carolina. $1,000; Oregon
s. 500; Virginia, S.. 900; West Virginia,
2 30.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13
Cotton Goods.

The announcement by the President
of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
that the exports of cotton goods from
America have increased from $75, 900 in
1870 to 50, ,25O, 900 in 1876. is of deep i'm
portance to our Eastern manufacturers.
Should general European war break
out. an exchange says, 1t will be in tine
power of America to acquire almost i'm
mediately = very large proportion of
the trade in cotton fabrics both in Eng
land and on the Continent. This rapid
increase which already, in times of
peace, has averaged 500 per cent. per
would be vastly accelerated in
case of war.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13

single bound he cleared the sward be-
side the road, alighting with crash in
the bushes, carrying his prey with him
Hares will sometimes, in like manner,
come as it were to meet people on coun-
try roads. Is i; that the eyes being
placed toward the side of the head, do
not so readily catch sight of dangers in
front as on the flanks, especially when
the animal is absorbed in its purpose !?
Hares are peculiarly fond of limping at
dusk along lonely roads. Foxes when
they roam from the wood into the
meadow land, prefer to sleep during
the day in those osier beds which are
found in the narrow corners formed by
the meanderings ofthe brooks. Between
the willow wands there shoots up a
thick underground of sedges, long,
coarse grass and reeds; and in these the
fox makes his bed, turning round and
round till he has smoothed a place and
:rampled down the grass; then reclin-
ing, well sheltered from the wind. A
dog will turn round and round in the
same way before he lies down on the
hearth rug. These reeds sometimes
grow to great height, as much as ten
OF twelve feet. Along the Thames they
are used, bound in bundles, to pitch
the barges; when the hull las been
roughly coated with pitch, one end of
the bundle of reeds (thickest end pre-
ferred), is set on fire and passed over it
to make it melt and run into the chinks.
So, mayhap, the Saxon and Danish
rover may have used them to pitch the
bottoms of their ceols when worn from
constantly grounding on the shadows
and eyots.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13
The Courage of the Fox.

The ordinary idea of the fox is that
of flying, frightened creature tearing
away for bare existence; he is really a
bold and desperate animal. The keeper
will tell you that once when for some
purpose he was walking up deep dry
ditch his spaniel and retriever suddenly
chopped" fox, and got him at bay In
a corner, when he turned, and in an
instant laid the spaniel helpless and
dying and severely handled the re-
triever. Seeing his dogs so injured and
the fox as it were under his feet, the
keeper imprudently attempted to seize
him, but could not retain his hold, and
got the sharp white teeth clean through
his hand. Though but once actually
bitten, he recollects being snapped at
viciously by another fox, whom he
found in broad daylight asleep n the
hollow of double mound with scarcely
any shelter and within sixty yards Of
house. Reynard was curled up on the
ivy which in the hedges trails along
the ground. The keeper crawled up on
the bank and stopped, admiring the
symmetry of the creature, when, pur-
posely breaking twig, the fox was up
In second and snarled and snapped at
his face, then slipped into the ditch and
away. The fox is, in fact, quite az re-
markable for boldness as for cunning
Last Summer we met a fine fox on the
turnpike road and close to tollgate, in
the middle of the day. He came at full
speed with young rabbit in his jaws,
evidently but just captured, and did
not perceive that he was observed till
within twenty yards, when, with q
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13
Hunting the sea-Otter in Alaska.

The sea-otter, which constitutes the
sole means by which these, the only
civilized people of our new Territory
manage TO clothe themselves rightly
and maintain their Church, may be ap
propriately 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 shor,
tail to its nose. The general contour OF
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 of the water, ii
draws up like the hide on the nape of a
young puppy dog. The skin is covered
with the richest of all fine deep fur, a
jet black, with silver tipped hairs here
and there scattered as is so well 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 forepaws.
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 invariably perish by
self-imposed starvation.
The SannacK islets and reefs consti-
tute the great sea-otter ground of
Alaska, and hither come native hunting
parties from Oonalaska on the west,
and Belcovski on the north, where they
camp on the main island, and venture
out in their bidarkies fifteen and twenty
miles in 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 suffer-
ings to which the native hunters sub
ject themselves every winter on this
island, going for many weeks without
ires, even for cooking, with the ther-
mometer down to zero in a northerly
gale of wind, are better imagined than
described; while the various shrewd
and skilful articles by which they out
wit the otter in capturing it, would
make lengthy chapter if fully enumer-
ated, for this animal, of all wild ami
mails, seems to be possessed OF the great
est aversion to or dread of the presence
or even the proximity of man.
The natives, when they go from
Oonalaska TO Sannack on a hunting trip
Of this character, usually make up a
party of from forty to fifty men. They
travel in light skin bidarkies, two men
in each, and are gone usually three to
four months at time before returning
to their families; they haul their kyacks
out from the water every night as they
bivouac along the coast, 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, precipitous
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, 1878-03-13
The Crisis.

What think you would be the result IL the
earth should stop spinning around the sun
We're you ever near . large and intricate ma
chine when one OF its wheels Lee. me clogged
or broken-near enough to hear the grating.
jarring clash, the sudden. deafening crash
Astronomers assure US that pr, cisely similar
effects only on an inconceivsbly erander scale,
would be pr duced If our earth-one of the
wheels in the uniyeree-nachine-shoul sud-
denly cease its revolutions In other words.
thero would be general clash and crash Of
safe lites. plan, ts and systems. What VT rm
financial crises are due to N lar causes. One
of Ihe wht els in the finance machine bt comes
clogged, perhaps shattered- The terrible Wall
street crash" which follows is communicated
to every part of the finaL cial mechanism Of
the county. But aDalogies do Lot stOp here.
There is that other mechanism, the most IN
trcste Of sll-sometImes called an organism
because It generates its own 70. ces-the hu-
mall machine When one Of It's members faiis
to p,rform its office, the whole system 10
thrown into di order. Memters before con-
sldered uIassailable, break Gown under The
uni aiural pressure The shock comes, and
u ter prostration is the T suit. Reparation
can only be effected by the restoration Of the
la pa red par.s AID the re-adjustmeut Of its
Levels, the physical forces There is one part
of the machine more able to disorder than
any Cther-the lyer-the great balance -whG ell
OF the machine
The hv,r being the great depu atng or
blood-clesnsing organ Of the system. set 1t .
work and the ioul coIrup,ions which gender
III the liOod, and rot out, as it were, the ma
chinery of life, are gradually expelled fIom
the 8 stem For this pdrpose DIR. P.erce's
Go den Medical d .covery, used daily. and DR..
PieIce's Peasant Purgative Pellets, taken in
very small cos,s are pre- minent-y the art
cles needed They cure every kind OF humor
from the worst scrofula to the common plmple,
blotch or eruption. Grea; eating ulcers kindly
ht ai under their mighty curative influence.
yirulent blood poisons that lurk in the system
are by them robbed Of their ttrtors and By
their perse sering aud somewha pro act
uee tha most IA ned sys-ems may be COM
pl, teiy reu y ated and built up anew. ENLARGED
glands, tln ors aud swe.lings dwiucIe away
and disappear under the inhue- ce OF Ia. &c
great resolvepta
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13
AGRICULTURE.

WATERING PLANTS WITH Hor WATER.
M. Willermoz has pointed out the
utility Of watering certain plants with
hot water when out of health. Such
waterings render repotting in fresh
earth needless, when the tagging of
the plants is caused by acid substances,
which, contained in the soil and ab-
sOrbed by the roots, act on living vege-
tables like veritable pOisOns. The small
roots are withered and cease their ac-
ton, consequently the upper and
younger shoots of the plant turn yellow
and the spots with which the leaves are
covered indicate their morbid state. In
such cases the usual remedy is to trans
plant the invalids into fresh soil, clean
the pots carefully, secure good drain
age, and so on, efren with the best re-
suits. But the experience of several
years has proved the unfailing efficacy
of the simpler treatment, which consists
in watering abundantly with hot water
at a temperature of about 145 degrees
Fahrenheit, after stirring well the earth
in which the plants are growing until
the water runs well through the pots.
At its first experimental application,
the water came out clear; afterward it
was sensibly tinged with brown, and
gave an appreciab;e acid reaction. After
this thorough washing, the pots were
kept warm close to stove or cdlorifere.
Next day the leaves of two Ficus eldsticd
SO treated ceased to droop, and the
spread Of black spots on their l, aves
was arrested, and three days afterward,
instead OF dying, the plants had re-
covered their normal look of health
Very soon they made new roots, imme-
diately. followed by q vigorous growth.
In large towns especially this course of
treatment is easier to carry out than a
general repotting. Perhaps the extra
warmth may be as efficacious as the
extra water.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13
ANIMAL manures differ in oualit,

ANIMAL manures differ in quality /;
cows, for instance, for the chemical
constitution of their bodies, or for the
formation of milk, more nitrogen and
phosphate of lime than sheep: and
again, the latter require more sulphur
and common salt, for the formation of
their wool. Hence the excrements OF
oxen cannot contain so much nitrogen
as those of sheep, while they are more
abundant in salt and sulphur. Again,
the value of the excrement depends
partly upon the digestive organs of the
of the different kinds of animals, and
their organs of mastication. Sheep,
having stronger digestive organs than
cows, and also the ability to reduce
their food to finer state by chewing,
are able to abstract more nutriment
from given quantity of food. With
food of the same kind sheep dung can
not be of so much value as thet of oxen,
though owing to the former being more
finely divided it decomposes sooner and
acts more quickly than the latter, and
experience teaches that sheep manure
produces its effect more speedily, but
not to permanently, as the manure OF
oxen.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13

BEES IN SPRING.-As soon as Spring
opens, our bees should all be examined
by lifting the frames of each hive,
and if the stocks are weak, the bees are
shut to one side of the hive py means of
a division board, so as to keep up the
necessary heat for brOod-rearing on as
many combs as they can cover. As
soon as the queen has filled these combs
with eggs We spread them apart, in
eiting an empty comb between those
occupied with brood, and in few days
time the queen will fill this one also /;
and so We keep on until every available
cell is occupied with brood. Thus it
Will be seen that instead of the queen
laying her eggs on the outside of the
cluster, she lays them in the centre of
brood-nest where they should be. After
the hive is full of brood aud bees, it
does not make so much difference. As
the weather is warm and bees are
plenty, SO that the queen can deposit
her eggs anywhere in the hive. As
soon as the strongest stocks are full,
take frame of brood just gnawing out,
and place it in the weaker ones, giving
the strong one an empty comb for the
queen to ill again, and so keep on until
all are full.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13

Filtering the Air: At recent meeting
of the New York Academy of Useful
Arts, attention was called to a simple
method of iiltering the air Of an apart
ment. The object is to free the air from
dust, excessive dampness, and possibly
from the germs of malaria. The con-
trivance consists essentially of a fibrous
woven fabric, strengthened by brass
wire. 1t is to be applied to windows
and ventilators, and may be of service
on railway cars to exclude dust. Ithas
the merit of checking drafts, while adj
hitting air. Its general use might tend
TO prevent the spread Of malarial dis
eases, and modify the dangers that Girty
streets occasion to the health of city
residents.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13
Beautiful Spring Hosiery.

It is really wonderful how cheap any one
can now purchase be au'iful and good hosiery.
One of the most reliable houses who sell this
class of e. DDS is hat Of b. L. DEVICE. No. 725
Chestnut street. Philadelph a This is the
first spring season they have sold hosiery.
consequent the stock contains only new
loods. They have but one price and any
person 8 ndlng money or orders o them cali
dep N upon hav.n; as good hosiery for the
trice as can be bought in this country. Specisl
bargains in ladi and childrens plain and
fancy hose.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13

VI. Berthelot has informed the
Academy of Science, Paris, that in ex-
perimenting on etherification 16 years
ago he put aside number of mixtures
to be kept considerable time, in order
to ascertain the limits of the reactions
produced at ordinary temperatures.
These mixtures consisted of acetic acid
and alcohol, acetic acid and glycerine,
tartaric acid and alcohol, valerie acid
and alcohol. Recently the mixtures
were examined, and it was found that
the results confirmed the truth of the
general laws of etherification.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13

TILE DRAINS in peat meadows, where
the peat is several feet below The tile,
are of frequent occurrence. When
properly laid there is little danger OF
their filling with the fine peat. Boards
should be laid on the bottom of the
ditch which has previously been made
of regular grade; then lay the tile
upon the boards, covering the joints
with small bit of inverted sod or a
narrow strip of tarred paper.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13

All those troublesome scaly. itching. pimply,
blotchy, humid eruptlons of the skin. no.n-
mated letter. Eyysipetas, Acne, ETC.. that are
80 uHsightly and annoying. are quickly ami
effectually cured bv the simple application Of
HiestelFs Tstter Ointment, a remedy that has
proved ITSELF TO possess wonderful healing
powers, curing hundr ds Of cases that hal re-
sisted all other treatment, even that OF the
best professional talent of the couatry. 1t
only needs trial to prove its virtues Sold 81
cents per box /; sent by mail for 60 cts.
JOHNSTON. HOLLOWAY & Co.. COZ Arch st. Phila.
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SCIENTIFIC.

Wood and Metdl.-Interesting expert
mepts were recently made at the Ohio
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
with their mammoth testing machine for
the determining the strength of different
kinds of metals, timber, etc. The first
tests were of tenacity. A quarter-inch
annealed iron wire broke at 5.l6O
pounds: another piece of unannealed
wire, of the same size, broke at $500
pounds; a piece Of bar iron, half-inch
square, broke with Il, ,660 pounds; bar
of Bessemer steel, scant half-inch
square, only gave way under 81, 800
pounds, the latter tests showing clearly
the comparative strength of iron and
Bessemer steel. A piece of hickory, one
and half inch square, broke at 10 ,f60
pounds, and a piece of black walnut,
same size, at 3,270 pounds. The ar
rangement of the machine for trans
verse tests was illustrated by breaking
a bar of apple wood, one inch square
and one foot long, supported at the ends
and weight applied in the middle, with
white Waverly sandstone was crushed at
only 960 pounds. A two-inch cube of
II, $50 pounds. Such cubes of wood stood
test OF 1000 and s, 800 before being
crushed. The last experiment was the
breaking of a l5xl6 inch iron screw
bolt, which was accomplished by pres
sure of 1850 pounds. All specimens
of metal could be seen to stretch very
materially before breaking, becomingo OF
less diameter near the place Of rupture.
1t was interesting to notice The heat
generated when this stretching took
place, which is ascribed to molecular
friction. The tests followed each other
rapidly, and the gentlemen present, who
included rolling mill operators, prac-
tical engineers and manufacturers
interested in the experiments, were
delighted at the prompt and accurate
working of the machine. Prof. Men
denhall is DESTROYS of making tests of
the comparative strength OF the various
materials used by manufacturers,
builders and others. and will be very
glad to receive any and all specimens
which may be offered. The results of
those tests would seem to be of great
value in many buildings and others, yet
Professor Mendenhall states that he was
actually obliged to buy specimens for
the tests above described.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13
Mothers. Mother.. Mo,hers.

Don't fail to procure MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP for all diseases o. teeth
ing In children 1t 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.
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rheumatism Quickly Cured.

.'Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the grea,
Internal Medicine. will positively cure any case
Of rheumatism Oh the IA, of the earth Price
81 q bottle SIX bottles %. Sod by all Drug
gi,ts. Send for circular to Helpenst.ne K
Bentley, Druggists, Washington, ID. C.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13

To EBoNIzE WOOD.-Mix up a strong
stain OF copperas and extract of log
wood, about equal parts; add powdered
nut-gall, One-iourth part; stain wood
with solution, dry, rub down well, oil
then use French polish, made tolerably
dark with indigo or hnely-powdered
stone blue.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-13

This excellent remady contains no injurious
drugs, q. d does Lot disagree with the most
delicate stomach Its use in cases OF Debil ty,
Dyspepsia and Indigestion will be attended by
the most be neficisl RESULTS
For le by all Druggists.