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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
Ganipoli.

Gallipoli, where the last remnant of
the field army Of the Turkish empire Is
assembled, was the first town occupied
by the Turks in Europe. 1t was cap
tured in 1856, by Orkhan, the son and
successor of Othman or Ottoman, who
is usually regarded as the founder of the
Turkish empire. The town of Gallipoli
was held by Orkban for two years, and
served as the base of operations of the
first Turkish expedition against Con-
stantinople. The latter enterprise was
in so far successful that the suburbs of
Constantinople were captured, and only
evacuated upon payment by the inhabi-
tants of heavy ransom.
With the money thus obtained Orkhan
rebuilt Gallipoli. which had suffered
very greatly during its siege. and sew
eral of the public buildings which still
exist In the town were then constructed.
At the same time the Janissaries were
organized by Orkhan, who also assumed
the title of Sultan. The success achieved
by Gilman, the father of Orkhan, in
Asia, and which enabled the latter to
cross the Hellespont and lay the founda-
tion of the Turkish power In Europe is
attributed by Turkish historians to a
dream.
Othman according to them was visit
ing sheik named Edebali, with whose
daughter he was in love, but whose con-
sent to his marriage he had not been
able to gain, when one day he dreamed
that he was reposing on the same couch
as mis- host. Suddenly the moon seemed
to emerge from Edebali's body and enter
his own breast. Instantly there sprang
from his loins an immense tree, rapidly
acquiring fresh size and foliage until its
branches shaded Europe, Asia, and
Africa. The leaves OF the tree were
long, pointed, and glittering like sabres. |
wind arose and directed the |
points of all these sabre-like leaves
toward the principal cities of the uni
verse, but especially toward COnstanti-
nople, which, placed at the junction of
two seas and two continents, resembled
noble diamond set between two sap
phire stones and two emeralds, forming
the precious jewel Of the ring of vast
dominion that circled the entire world.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
The Most Precious of Gift..

Health is undeniably more precious gifi
than inches. honor or power. Who would ex-
change II for these, the chief objects of human
ambition! Ii Is obviously the part Of wisdom
to employ means for the preservation Of health
and the prolongation OF life which time and
experience have proved to be reliable Many
OF the dangers by which health is threatened
may be nulhted by the use Of that most ire
slstible of eorrectives and tonics Hostei ter's
stomach Bitters, which. by increasing vital
power and rendering the physical functions
regular and active, keeps the system in good
working order and protects it against disease
FOR constipation. dyspepsia. liver complaint,
nervousness kidney and rheumatic ailments,
Il is invaluable and it affords a sure defence
against malarial fevers. besides removing every
trace OF such disease from the system Half a
winegisssfnl taken before meals improves the
appetite and msures complete digestion and
assimilation
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
The history of Torpedoes.

Although il appears that submarine
explosives were devised by the Chinese
Ms far back as the time of their inven-
ton Of gunpowder, it is to America
that Europe owes the torpedo. The
first three names connected with its
earlier history are Americans-Bush-
nell, Fulton and Colonel Colt, of re-
yolyer fame In 1777 Bushnell ar
ranged an apparatus for exploding
gunpOwder under water, but when it
was practically tried against Lord
Howe's ship Lion it proved a failure.
In 1877 Robert Fulton took the subject
up, and showed TO Napoleon in 1901
the first success of which there is
record. In 1904 he brought his inven-
zion under the notice of Pitt, who
favored him with warm support, until
II naval authority gave utterance to the
opinion that Pitt was the greatest fool
that ever lived to encourage mode of
war which they who commanded the
seas did not need, and. if successful
would deprive them of it," Fulton re-
ceived Els, 900 with an expression of
thanks, and suggestion that his SER
vices were no longer needed. He went
back to America, and by 1910 worked
out two torpedo schemes, both of which
depended on the mechanical ignition of
the fuse. Colonel Colt, in lS4l. first
suggested the employment of galvanism
10 fire charge of explosives, but moth
ing was done till the Russian war Of
1854, when both mechanical and cleo
trical torpedoes were used in the Black
Sea and the Baltic. Her Majesty's
ships Firefly and Merlin were both
damaged, and on June q, 1855, q tor
Pedo fished up exploded on the poop of
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
, cleveland Travellers Experience In a
sIe~ping Car.

The occupants of sleeping coach going
from the Forest City to Chicago recent
lv. were favored with the usual sleep
ing car vaudeville entertainment. The
nerformers were few in number, but
made up in quality what they lacked In
quantity. The array of talent was un-
comronly brilliant. No programmes
were distributed. This caused no i'll
feeling among the auditors, for there
WAS not a person that had the faintest
desire to acquaint himself with the
names of any of the troupe. The nrs'
number upon the programme was ten
or ballad. entitled Awake all We that
slumbereth," executed by a young man
considerably under three years of age.
The first notes brought every individu-
al but one in the car to their full senses.
The one exception was a middle-aged
gentleman who had retired with his
boots on. He slept sweetly on, as
though nothing had happened. If the
train had plunged down an embank-
ment 500 feet deep he would not have
turned oyer. An empty brandy flask
at his side explained the whole matter.
At the conclusion of the ballad, the
youngster was the recipient of numer-
Gus encores, consisting of groans and
curses. The next was an instrumental
number, given by canine occupying
the rear portion of the car. The dog
was presented with variety of leath-
er medals in the shape of boots and
shoes OF all qualities and sizes, from
the rough cowhides of Vermont Gran
ger to the dainty little No. 3's belong
ing to a Euclid avenue belle. The dog
will not be able to amuse the travelling
public for some time TO come, as IL will
take him some little while to gather his
IDEAS of music together. Number three
upon the programme consisted of an
instrumental solo, performed on that
sweetest of musical instruments, hu-
man nose, by n gentleI-an of sixty, who
has the reputation from the Atlantic to
the Pacific of the champion sleeping
car snnrist." \ hearty lunch. parta-
ken of by him before retiring, enabled
him to enter into the spirit of the affair
with unusual zest. After this followed
a very taking duet between young
baby and its mother, entitled ''Spit for
Spat." The formers voice was render
ed quite soothing by frequent doses Of
syrup. The mother, being in very
unhappy frame of mind about that
time, could not do herself justice in the
singing line; her actions spoke louder
than words, however. The last NUM-
Der upon the programme was chorus
of male and female voices, all under
two years of age. They warbled uni
ted We Stand, Divided We Fall" Their
hearers were also favored with one
verse of who Cares for Mother Now -
They were accompanied in their vocal
exercise by an old lady suffering with
the asthma. When the last notes had
passed through the ventilator at the
top of the car, every passenger vowed
eternal vengeance toward the musical
art, and dropped to sleep, one by one,
only TO dream of railway smashups eS-
press ear robberies, three card monte
individuals, and other pleasing subjects
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
Prepared at All Points.

Here is something that happened on
railway train somewhere in New
England last summer. A woman clad
in deep mourning entered the cars at a
wsy-station. She took seat in front
of an inquisitive, sharp-faced female.
The woman in black had not been seated
long before she felt slight tap on the
shoulder, and heard her neighbor ask,
in low, sympathetic tone:
Lost anybody?"
A silent nod was the response. A
slight pause, then a second question:
'Child?"
A low shake of the head in the mega
tive.
"Parent?'
a similar shake
"Husband?"
This time the slight nod again.
Life insured ?''
A nod.
"Experience reIigion!"
A nod.
Then: "Well, well, cheer up. Life
insured and experienced religion. You
are all right. and so is he!"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

The ordinary incidents Of life some
times take theological turn. When
lady was half way up the Rigi she asked
the conductor what would happen If
one of the cogs of the track should give
way. He replied that there was brake
at the forward end of the car. She
imagined that the brake itself might
give way, and asked what would be the
consequence then. The conductor as
sured ner that there would be no danger
even in that extremity, for there was
another brake ut the rear end of the car.
But" she persisted, suppose that
should give WAY, too, where would we
20 in that case?" The conductor, who
was Lutheran of the Old school, re-
piled, "Madame, in that case IL would
depend entirely on how you have been
brought up"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

In the United States with a popula-
ton Of Al ,S7l ,sl4, there are 81 1888 doc
tors, being one doctor to every 200 per-
sons. la France the population is &c.
100000; the physicians, 1902, being
one physician to every l,Sl4 persons.
Great Britain, with population of 32,-
3l2, ,OlO has Is, 3S5 doctors, or one physi-
clan to every 1872 persons. In the
German empire there are l3, 3,636 doctors
for population of Al ,060, ,965-one doc
tor to every 1900 persons. Austrian
Hungarian empire, population 35. .sO4, :
43o, and II ,36l doctors, being one ply
scian to every $500 persons.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
Color Kindness.

Color blindness is still the subject of
much investigation in Europe, with
somewhat surprising results. On one
French railroad 1850 men, from is to
30 years of age, were examined from
July, 1873, to October, 1876, on objects
of color, violet, green, blue, yellow and
red. Ninety-eight, or nearly 10 per
cent, mistook at least one of these
colors. The errors made: Concerning
violet, 7s; blue, so; green, "a; yellow,
IA; red, 10. Twenty nine gave correct
answers latter repeated hesitations,"
and eight corrected mistakes afterward.
Only II Of the whole number were re-
jected for color blindness.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

The inventive genius of man con-
tinues to excite our admiration. Some
fellow has brought out a stove which,
he says, will "bake, broil, fry, roast
do all the cooking, in fact, for four cents
a day." The stove is certainly great
desideratum; but why didn't the in
ventor, while he was about it, get up
stove that would make the beds, carry
up the coal, split the wood, do the
marketing, wash and iron, and darn
stockings aI an expense of about eight
cents per day? Ii seems 10 us that
thousands of people would gladly pur-
chase such stove; but no doubt there
would have been found a person here
and there who would refuse To buy be-
cause 1t wouldn't shovel snow oil the
front pavement, kick book agents off
the stoop, spank the children, stone the
neighbor's chickens out of the back yard,
anu furnish the money for marketing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

The Magenta color which ladies so
long have priced SO highly has received
dicuiiste Jahrbueher, which has been
much commented upon. The relation
is of a case of chronic arsenical poison
ing from thense of Magenta in the arts.
The deceased had been long accustomed
TO color artificial flowers, and moss with
Magenta and iodine green. After his
death arsenic was found in his whole
system, and samples Magenta, obtained
from various color merchants in Vienna
were analyzed, and only one found to
be Tree from arsenic. 1t is said that
fatal doses of arsenic NAV be absorbed
through the skin by wearing even neck
ribbons OF Magenta, but this is probably
an eXaggeration.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
A Smileless Man.

The warden Of the Springfield. Mas
sachusetts, prison, tells the following
story of one of the inmates: ale seems
10 be a man of more than ordinary
ability, one of the better class of sub
stantial, frugal Irish citizens, who own
ed a small place in one of our manu-
featuring villages, where he resided
with his family of grown up sons and
daughters, all permanently employed
and in comfortable circumstances. The
old man had fine garden on which he
bestowed his leisure hours, in part of
which was a fine lot of cabbages. 1t
hood had 4 habit of tresspassing on the
old mans garden. until he had deter
mined on getting rid of them by firing
his gun to frighten them away. One
night hearing some one in his garden,
he took down his gun. and, getting be-
hind the hedge, fired into the garden,
as he claims without aim or seeing any
one 10 aim at. But the report of the
gun alarmed the neighbors, who ON
rushing into the garden, found the life
less body of a young girl shot through
the heart. The old man, when told
what he had done, was struck dumb.
He was arrested and sentenced to i'm
prisonment for life. He has now been
here for ten years, and his face has be-
come as marble; there is no hope;
nothing but the sad remembrance of
that dreadful night. In Ireland they
have superstition among the young
girls that whoever on Halloween shall
place cabbage over the door will mar
ry the first young man that enters the
door afterwards. And this, it was
proved. was the errand of the young
girl in the old mans garden. But in
stead of wedding she found grave"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

MOTE FROM THE EYE.-Take horse
hair and double it, leaving loop. If
the mote can be seen, lay the loop over
it, close the eye, and the mote will come
out rs the hair is Withdrawn. III the
irritating object cannot be seen, raise
the lid OF the eye as far as possible, and
place the loop in it as far as you can,
close the eye and roll the ball around a
few times, then draw out the hair; the
substance which caused so much pain
will be sure TO come with it. This
method is practiced by axe-makers and
other workers in steel.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

AN OLD LADY from the country slept
one night away in the house of a friend
in town. Her bed happened to be a
plain hard mattress, so much recon-
mended as more healthy 10 lie upon
than a bed of down. Next morning the
old lady was asked how she slept over
night. ''No very WELL was the reply,
"for my auld banes are sair wi that
hard bed o. yours" '.Oh, but Janet,
do you not know that all the gres t
physicians say that it is more hesslthy
10 sleep on beds as hard as a board 2"
replied the host. "Ou, ay," said Janet,
''an' 1 suppose that's what you toon
bodies ca Board o. Health.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
The Great Spring Medicine

is Hoofland's German bitters. Ii tones the
stomach and assists Digestion. IL arouses the
Liver to healthy action. and regulates the
bowels 1t puriiies the Blood and gives vigor
and strength to the whole system. dispeling
all Dyspeptic symptoms. with its loss OF appe-
tite. Sick Headache languor and depression
IL lnfuses new life and energy into the whole
being. All suffering from dersnged digestion
at this time should take Hoohand's German
BitterS They are sold by all Druggists
Johnston. Holloway & Co.. COZ Arch street.
Philalelphla
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

WHEAT RAISING IN CHINA.-It is said
that returned Cinnamon, who have
learned on the facitic slope to prefer
wheat to rice as the staple article of
food, are introducing not only the taste
for it, but also its cultivation In their
native land. For the past few years
quantities Of wheat have
been exported to China; but it is said
that the home production is increasing
so rapidly that there will soon be a sur
plus for export. So careful and close is
Chinese agriculture, that the wheat
never yields less than forty bushels to
the acre, and even at twenty-five cents
bushel this pays well.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

''No, L CAN'T pay your exclaimed
he; ''sure's stand here, | haven't got
a cent OF money TO my name" And
bringing down his hand on the side OF
mis- leg by way of emphasis, he all un-
awOke 10 the echo the
slumbering dimes, quarters and half
dollars i'll his trowsers pocket. Then
As his creditor gazed into his eye, he
wildly fed, while he gasped, 'Silver
will be the ruin of this country yet"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

Mr.. JGnssen claims for photography
special advantages over optical oDserva-
tion in physical astronomy, especially
with regard to the constitution of the
solar surface. If the exposure be brief
and no superposition be produced, the
true relations of the luminous intensity
of the object are indicated; and when
the luminous action is short, the photo
graphic spectrum is reduced 10 very
narrow band near G..
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

WARTS on A HoRsL.-Warts on a
horse, if not actually troublesome to the
animal, are injurious in this way-they
depreciste his value when offered for
sale. To remove them IS not a difficult
operation, and they should not be per-
mitted TO remain and grow. Tie a
piece of twine around their base. draw
ing tightly and repeatedly until the
wart drops off.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

WILD DUCKs.-Pare a fresh lemon
very carefully, without breaking the
thin white skin, put it inside wild
duck and keep it there for forty-eight
hours, and ali of the tishy taste so us
agrt cable in wild fowls will be removed.
The lemon should be removed and a
fresh one put in its place as often as
every twelve hours. y lemon thus pre-
pared will absorb unpleasant havors
from almost all meat and game.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

A Steamboat engineer has invented
rotary boiler broom for cleaning boilers
while the boat is under way. Ii is
operated by turning a small crank,
which moves the broom in the boiler
forward and back, sweeping the boiler
clean, it is claimed, in five minutes, and
dropping the mud and scale into a re-
ceiyer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
SCIENTIFIC.

an Illuminating Cannon Shot.-One OF
the most simple and ingenious contriv-
ances for the purpose Of investing a
fleet with a zone OF light through which
no enemy could pass without being OBJ
served has been devised by NJ. Ferdi-
nand Silas, of VIENNA, whose expert
ments with life buoys at Portsmouth
have been reported in these columns.
NJ. Silas' inextinguishable lightning is
made to fit any gun, and can, accord
ingly. be projected any distance. The
prCjectile consists Of three parts, one
within the other. Within the shell
proper is lining of wet sponge, and
within this glass bottle, which fills
the whole cavity; the bottom of the
shell unscrewing to admit Of its en-
trance. This bottle is filled with
various charges of phosphide, none of
which, however, is 10 be less than ten
pounds. A small channel is bored
through the sharp point of she'll In
order to allow the air TO mix freely with
the wet sponge, and there a couple of
apertures in the head which are plugged
with wooden shoppers covered with
leather. Through the movable bottom
of the shell steel striker is inserted,
which is fitted with a spring and COM
municates with the glass bottle within.
When the light shell is fired, the spring
striker is driven forward by the ex2lO-
sion like a gas check. and so breaks the
bottle; the water then contained in the
jacket OF the sponge penetrates through
the broken glass and saturates through
the phosphide; phospuretted hydrogen
is immediately generated in large
quantities, by the pressure Of which two
shoppers are forced out and two streams
of Illuminating matter are poured upon
the sea. The light burns with great
brilliancy for a considerable time, and
it is claimed to be eiEextinguishable.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

Your motor nerves are so many speak
ing tubes through which messages are
sent from the man 10 the world, and
your sensor nerves are so many con-
duits through which the whispers of the
world are sent back to the man.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

BUTTER SCoICH.-Three pounds sugar
(the Coffee A'), one quarter OF a
pound of butter, half teaspoonful cream
of tartar, eight drops extract OF lemon,
orange, or little wintergreen. Add
enough cold water to dissolve the sugar.
Boil without stirring till it breaks
readily when dropped In cold. Then
add the lemon, orange, or whatever Is
best liked Tor flavor, and pour quarter
of an inch thick into a well-buttered
pan. When partly cold cross of into
squares. If pulled when nearly cold
this is the ice cream candy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

''Do you know" remarked a rather
fast Newark youth the other day To
suffering friend to whom ne was
slightly indebted, ''Do you know that |
intend TO marry and settle DOWN." 81
do-don't know anything about it," was
the reply, "bu-but l think you had
better stay single and set-settle up.'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17
How q Fireman Was Rescued.

NJ Hartman. Truck ID. Philadelphia Fire De-
partment says in q letter to a friend: Il suf-
fOred with rheumatism for wears, aud moth
ing could give me relief till l got bottle of
DIR. HERSDOS's GYPsEY's GIFT by which
was rescued from torture, and consider myself
entirely cured" Sold by Druggists in Phila-
delphia and elsewhere.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

GINGER NUrs.-One cup OF brown
sugar, one OF moiasses, one Of boiling
water, in which a heaping teaspoOnful
of soda mas been dissolved, the bulk of
an egg in beef drippings, or butter,
tablespoonful of good ginger, a nutmeg,
yolks of two eggs, and Hour 10 make a
stiff batter, which may be dropped with
Il spoon on to tin. Caraways are better
than nutmeg for those who like them.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

Any one needing dry goods Of any kind will
consult their own interes 81 by sending to 3. +.
Devices, 725 Chestnut street. fh.ia,:eiphia. for
samples Of their goods. as they have out one
prlce to all. aud that pr,ce Is always below the
market Samples free On application
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-17

USING A Cur HAM.-Make a nice
stufiing OF finely crumbled bread, season
with pepper and celery seed, and heat
it with small biz of butter. Fill the
open space in the ham with this dress
ing, making it look like q whole ham.
smooth over the surface and heat in the
oven slowly, then bake half an hour.
Then cover with grated bread, sprinkle
over little sugar, brown and serve.