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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
A Brave woman's Defense.

A plucky young widow, living near
Tazewell Court House, Va, succeeded
in defeating two tramp ruffians after a
fight which cost her life. About. 10
O'Clock at night two men came to the
house of Mrs. Becky Baldwin, and
asked her to give them some silver in
exchange for notes, Offering her some
81 of the latter for So of the former.
She complied and they soon left, but
returned after she had retired, brol e
open the door and entered. They
entered her bedroom. She Jumped
from the bed and told them to leave the
room. They demanded her pocketbook
and threatened to violate her person if
she did not give it up. She went to her
dress, deliberately took the pocketbook
from it, containing S23, and threw it in
the fire. One of the rramps stopped to
get il out, when she snatched up an ak
and dealt him terrible blow, knocking
him down, quickly following with other
blows dashing his brains out on the
hearthstone. The second tramp then
drew a dirk knife and rushed at her
and stabbed her twice in the left breast.
She dealt him fearful blow with the
AK, nearly severing his right arm near
the shoulder. The miscreant then fled,
leaving trail of blood behind him.
His dead body was found two miles
from the place. A young white man
happening to pass by found Mrs. Bald
win in dying condition. She told her
story, and died two hours afterwards.
The dead bodies of the tramps were
thrown in a pig-pen. SO great was the
indignation fthe people in the vicinity.
There were no papers found on them by
which they could be identified.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
a stage Tavern Romance.


Among the old stage taverns in New
ton, Pennsylvania, was 1.-The Black
Horse" Its proprietor, a few years De-
fore the revolutionary war, was hand-
some Irishman named Robert Ruther-
ford who had quarrelled with his father
In the old country and enlisted In the
Black Horse regiment of Ligonier,
whence he named his tavern. He had
four beautiful daughters, the beauty OF
the family being Mary Frances. One
day there was crack of whips at the
door and cry of "Groom ho!" The
girls put their heads out of the tavern
window; the landlord and his son ran
to the door; fine looking gentleman
had come up in carriage anu four
horses, coaching it through the country.
"why, Col. Fortescue." cried old Ruth
erford.
The handsome man took his eyes OH
the beautiful face of Mary Frances and
said: .'That is my name my man. l
want a good dinner and a bottle OF the
best Madeira in the house!" Fortescue
exchanged some remarks with his Old
soldier, and congratulated him on such
fair daughters. He was voluptious
man. land, seeing his interest in the
girls, the landlord went TO look after
dinner. While Col. FOrtescue was din
ing, sweet, wayward Mary Frances,
with determined look, said to her
sisters in their chamber:
"The colonel loves me, | am going
to fly with him. Warn father of it il
you want to see a murder; but | shall
CO."
"Oh sisterl What has put this
Willingness of dishonor in your soul!'
'.what honor" cried the reckless
beauty, sis there in living in a stage
tavern to marry a Quaker, a WAGNER,
or raftsman some day? tell you
Col. Fortescue loves me. Hurry TO pack
my bundle and let ME go,'
The colonel coolly finished his dinner,
lighted his pipe and walked until the
evening twilight fell. Then the people
saw him drive of with strange light
in his eyes; the coach stopped in the
edge of Newton and took 1.-the, cOmely
figure in and disappeared toward New
York.
Thirty years afterward the Presby-
terian minister received letter from a
/ London solicitor: ''Sir, nearly thirty
years ago. amongst the North Irish
people, who probably attended your
preaching, was family named Ruther-
ford. Mary Frances of that family
eloped with Col. FOrtescue, who is
since deceased, having made ample
provision for the lady. She is now
again, widow, Mrs. Shard, and child
less, and is deeply anxious to know if
any of her family survive" There
was not one left. In 1919 at the age of
fifty-nine Mary Frances died, with a
second fortune. No heir appearing the
crown took possession of ber estate.
In 1916 the court of chancery, after
thirteen years of litigation, gave Mrs.
Shard's property to her distant Irish
cousin, Mrs. Davies.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
Trying a Peeress.

a few years after George the Third 3
coronation, on the 18th of April, l776,
Westminster Hall was the scene of an
event which the wits and writers of that
day have made famous. Ii was the trial
of the Duchess of Kingston for bigamy.
She had been famous beauty in the
days of the last reign, had married the
Earl of Bristol, and after course of
pro1icacy on the continent, had welded
Augustus, third Duke of Kingston, the
Earl being still alive. There seems to
have be N little sympathy for the
prisoner, and small care for the result,
but the trial of noble lady in West
minister Hall was too uncommon an
affair not to be made the most of by the
pleasure seekers of London. OF course
neither civil nor military pomp was
lacking. Galleries and balconies,
guards and pursuivants, crowds and
professions made Palace Yard lively
spectacle. The hall itself was glorious.
The beauty of the decorations, the rich
ness and rarity OF dresses, the cere-
monial, the benches of peers and
peeresses, the waving feathers and
powdered tresses, and flashing Jewels,
and pontificial robes, and ermined
capes, and gold stats, and diamond
blazing crOziers, made it a scene more
splendid even than had been the coro-
nation. The avenues leading from either
side were lined with soldiers. Space
fol- the procession was kept clear by
cavalry. As it moved through Charing
Cross, and wended its slow way past
Whitehall and the guards toward the
hall of ST. Stephen, drums beat, and
iifes played, and tTumpets brayed, and
bells rang, and artillery fired, and the
people shouted. OF all this, Hannah
More writes: Mr.. Garrick and were
in full dress. You will imagine the
hustle of twelve thousand people getting
into one hall, yet in all this hurry we
walked in TRANQUILITY. When all were
seated, and the king-in-arms had CON-
manded silence, the Black Rod was
commanded to bring in the prisoner.
Elisabeth, calling herself Duchess
Dowager of Kingston, walked in, curt
seying profoundly to her Judges. She
was dressed in deep mourning, a black
hood on her head, hair powdered.
black silk sacque with Grape trimmings
black gauze, deep ruffles, and black
gloves. The fair victim had four
virgins, in white, behind the bar. She
affects to write very often, though |
plainly perceived she only wrote as
they do their love episties on the stage
without forming letter. The char
acter of the Duchess of Kingston's trial
may be judged from this quotation.
There was great deal of ceremony, a
great deal of splendor, and a great deal
of nonsense. 1t concerned no great
principle. stirred no wide sympathies,
evoked no splendid oratory. The lady
was convicted and unduchessed, though
she escaped branding in the hand.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
r..,fu, Nights. Day. Free from Torture

Await the rheumatic sufferer who resorts 70
nesssttsr,s stomach Bitters- That this De
nienant CORDIAL and depurent is a Tar more re-
liable remedy than colchicnm ana oenet ~, 20,
sons used to expel the rheumatic virus from
the blood ia a fact that experience has satis-
factorily demonstrated IL also enjoys .ne
s5vsntaee OF being-unlike them-periecfiy
safe. With many persons certain predlsPo-
.La,,, TahIa 10 its attacks after exposure IN
wet weather. to currents Of air. changes OF
tempersture. or to cold when the body Is not
Sncb persons should take 3 wine-glass or two
Of the Bitters as soon ss possible after INCUR
ring risk from the above causes. as this superb
nTotectlye effectually nullifes the hurtfui IN
fnence- For the functional arrangements
which accompany rheumatism such as coic,
spasms in the stomach. palpitation OF the
heart, imperfect digestion, DC, the bitters Is
also a most useful remedy. 1t Is only neces-
sarv i'm obstinate cases to use it with persist
anCy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
Meaning of the Term Porte.

The term "Porte," which is used to
denote the administrative government
of the Ottoman empire, and includes
the sultan, the grand vizier and the
great council of the state, had its origin
in this way. In the famous institutes
established by the warrior sultan, Ma
homed H., the Turkish body polite was
described by the metaphor OF stately
tent whose domes rested upon four pill
lars. ''The viziers formed the first pill
lar, the judges the second, the treasurer
the third, and the secretaries the
fourth" The chief seat of government
was figuratively named the Lofty
Gate OF the Royal Tent" in allusion to
the practice of earlier times when the
Ottoman rulers sat at the tent door to
administer justice. The Italian trans
lation of this name was Gle Porte Sub
lima" This phrase was modified in
English to the "Sublime Porte" and
finally the adjective has been dropped,
leaving it simply "The Porte"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
Trapping Beaver.

In trapping beaver the steel trap is
much used. \ beaver is very difficult
beast to trap. The trapper knows at a
glance the various marks of the animal /:
these discovered, the next thing is to
find out how the beaver gets to his
house, which is generally in shallow
water. Then a steel trap is sunk in the
water, care being taken that it shall
not be more than twelve to fourteen
inches below the surface; this is done
by either rolling in a log or building in
large stones. Immediately over the
trap is the bait, made from the castor.
or medicine gland of the beaver, sus-
pended from a stick, so as just to clear
the water. With a long cord, and a
log of light wood as a buoy, to mark
the position of the trap when the beaver
swims away. the trap is complete. The
poor little builder, perhaps returning
to his home and family scents the
tempting castor. He cannot reach it
as he swIms, so he feels about with his
hind legs for something to stan1 or
this, too, has been carefully placed for
him. Putting down his feet TO stretch
up for the coveted morsel, he suddenly
finds himself clasped in an iron en-
brace; there is no hope of escape The
log, revealing the hiding-place, is
seized by the trapper, the imprisoned
beaver knocked on the head, and the
trap set again.
In the winter, however, when the
ice is thick over the beaver village,
the trapper pursues a different plan.
Reaching the beaver lodges over the
ice, ne first cuts down several stakes
which he points at the ends. These are
driven, after cutting away a good deal
of ice from around the lodge, into the
ground between it and the shore. This
is to prevent the beaver from running
along the passage they always keep
from their lodges to the shore, where
! their store-house is located, which
would make it necessary to excavate
the whole passage. The beaver being
| thus imprisoned in the lodge the trap
per next stakes up the opening into the
store-house, and so imprisons those that
ray have fled there for shelter on hear
ing the noise Of the axe at the other
end of the house. All being now in
readiness he takes an ice chisel or crow
bar, and begins to Dig through the
lodge. Laying bare the interior the
trapper stoops down, gives sudden
pull, and out comes a fat, sleepy beaver.
which is flung sprawling on the snow.
The animal, thus unceremoniously
awakened from its winter-nap, begins
to crawl slowly off, Dut Is summarily
finished by blow on the head. In
this way all the beavers in the lodges
and storehouses are taken:
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
A Sand Storm in Nevada.

For time recently quite a heavy
sand-storm was in progress on the large
desert some forty miles to the eastward
of Virginia City, Nevada. Great clouds
of sand were seen 10 rise and sweep
along over the plain, gradually ascend
ing until the highest peaks of the Hum
boldt Mountains were hidden. In ap-
pearance the drifting sands much re-
sembled the clouds of snow raised by
winter storms on the prairies of the
West. The sand also forms drifts or
dunes, as drifts are formed from snow.
Every clump of greasewOod has its sur
rounding hlllock of sand, and in places
long ridges of sand are seen as i'm many
localities on the shores of the sea.
Among these dunes, and on the level
alkali fiat, the mirages play their fan
tastic tricks upon weary travellers.
Bunches of bushes become forest trees.
crows look like giraffes, and broad
sedge-bordered lakes lie shimmering in
the sun, all 10 recede or vanish when
approached. Here, too, pillars of sand,
formed by small whirlwinds, glide along
over the desert like a troupe of ghosts,
half dozen sometimes being seen in
company. These are frequently several
hundred feet in height, and remain in
tact for an hour or more. Three or
four small pillars of this kind were
recently waltzing about on the Twenty
two mile Desert for half an hour or
more. They are of the same nature as
water-spouts met with at sea, there
fore might, not inappropriately, be
termed sand spouts. The deserts being
generally basins surrounded by high
mountains, eddies or whirls in them
are of frequent occurrence when a
heavy wind is blowing, aud thus are
produced the great pillars OF sand.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
SCIENTIFIC.

Boiler Mdking.-Prof. r. II. Thurston,
of the Stevens institute of Technology,
in arranging the heating surfaces of a
rule that the effort be TO impede the
draught as little as possible, and so to
place them that the circulation of water
within the boiler be free and rapid at
every part reached by the hot gases.
The directions of circulation of water
on the one side and Of gas on the other
side of the sheet, sho1ld, as much as
possible, be opposite. The cold water
should enter where the cooled gases
leave, and the steam should be taken off
furthest from the point. The tempera-
ture of chimney gases has thus been re-
duced by actual experiment to less than
300 deg. Fair. and an efficiency equal to
0.15 TO 0.S0 of theoretical is attainable.
The extent of heating surface simply,
in all the best forms of boiler, deter
mines the efficiency, and the disposition
of that surface seldom affects 1t TO any
great extent. The area of heating sur
face may also be varied within very
wide limits without greatly modifying
efficiency. A ratio of 25 to in flue and
30 10 in tubular boilers represents the
relative area of heating and CRATE sur
faces in the practice of the best known
builders, and this of course, furnishes
safe criterion. The material of a
boiler, says Prof. Thurston, should be
tough and duetile iron, or, what is
better, a soft steel containing only suffi.
cient carbon to insure melting in the
crucible or on the hearth of the melting
fsar- Eel H. L.
may exist of hardening or cracking
under the action of sudden and great
changes of temperature. Where iron is
used, il is necessary TO secure a some
what hard but homogeneous and uni
form quality for the lire box sheets or
any parts exposed to the flames.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
An Astonishing Fact.

A large proportion Of the American people
are TODAY suffering from the effects of Dys
pepsia or disordered liver. The result of these
diseases upon the masses of intelligent and
valuable people is most alarming, making life
actually a burden instead of pleasant exist
ence of endowment and usefulness as it ought
to De. There is no good reason for this. If
YOU will only throw aside prejudice and skep-
ticism take the advice of druggists and your
friends, and try one bottle of Green's August
Flower. Your speedy relief is certain Millions
of bottles of this medicine have been given
awav to try its virtues, With satisfactory re-
suits in every case. You can buy 9 sample
bottle for 10 cents to try. Three doses will re-
heve the worst case. Positively sold by all
Druggists on the Western Continent
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
Albright Floors.

Alright flooring is most important
factor in the construction of practically
fire-proof buildings. An English
brewer made the floor ofhis malt-house
of three inch planks grooved together.
A fire broke out in the house. The
roof over the floor fell in, and the fire
ragged twenty four hours above the floor
without burning through it, because
the substantial, well-grooved planks
prevented supply of air from below.
An easy test OF the soundness of the
explanation may be may be made by
any one. Fasten piece of board on
the ground and build a fire upon il.
The time taken to burn the board will
surprise most people.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
Forget-Me-Nots.

Young men should pattern after
pianos-be square, upright, grand.
Hold on to your foot when you are
on the point of kicking, running of
from study, or pursuing the path OF
error, shame or crime.
A man is never so emphatically en-
braced by the spirit of economy as
Wien the church contribution box
stares him in the face
Whatever you do, do with your
might; things done by inches are nev-
er done right.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24

Gelatin, when once Thoroughly diffused
through a vegetable or animal sub
stance and then dried with it, will pro-
tect the whole from decomposition.
This is the fact which underlies DR..
Morfit's processes for preserving the
flavor and nutritious properties of such
articles as milk, cream, cheese, beef,
lime-juice, etc. First, the natural
water contained in the substance to be
preserved is evaporated and replaced
with gelatin. The compound is then
dried; and it may be kept in this state
for years. Ii NAV be made up also into
biscuits by incorporating it with biscuit
powder. Que pound OF gelatin is enough
for fourteen pounds of meat and for
eight gallons of milk.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
rncGrr.. svr,ne Medicine

is HoofIsnds German bitters. II tones the
stomach and assists Digestion Is areuses the
LIVER to healthy action, and regulates the
bowels 1t puriies the Blood. and gives yigor
and strength to the whole system, dispeliing
all Dyspeptic symptoms. with its loss OF Apo
lite. Sick Headache, languor and depreseion-
1t infuses new life and energy into the whole
being. All suffering from deranged digestion
At tins TING should take Hollands German
Bittera They are sold by all Druggist.-
Johnston. Holloway 4 Co. COZ Arch street.
PhiIadelphiA
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24

Vitreous Properties Of Glass. = The
curious fact pertains to ordinary bottle
glass that if cooled slowly it may lose
its vitreous properties and be changed
into an Opaque and milk-white SUBJ
stance much resembling porcelain in
appearance. To produce this change
the glass may be imbedded in sand and
heated so as TO soften it, but not suffi-
ciently to fuse. Ii it is now cooled very
slowly it will be found to resemble
porcelain in appearance, and il is con-
siderably harder than the original glass.
This peculiar change is probably owing
to the partial separation of some of the
silieates-particulary those of lime and
alumina-and their assumption of a
crystalline form. This may frequently
be noticed in glass manufactures that
is when the pots are allowed to cool
with great slOwness, small, rounded,
rregular-shaped, Opaque crystals are
observed. When thus deprived of its
vitreOus aspect glass may be reeonverted
into its original form by fusion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24

All Sm0ke.-The atmosphere in Lon
don is vitiated by the fumes arising
from its innumerable coal fires. In a
paper read before the Society of Arts. it
was estimated that the coal annually
consumed in London is over 5000, 600
tons, equal, at one per cent. OF sulphur
to $4,000 tons, or as oil of vitriol, to
245 900 tons. This is more than five
times the amount given of from all the
sulphuric acid works in the country.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24

A SHARP RETORr.-A stout English
gentleman, visitor at a fashionable
watering-place on the west coast OF
Scotland, was in the habit of conversing
familiarity with Donald Fraser, a char
acter of the place, who took delight in
talking bOastfully of his great relations.
One day, as the gentleman was seated
at the door of his lodgings, Donald
came up driving a fat boar. "rhat's
one of your great relations, suppose,
you have got with you. Donald?" said
the gentleman. "No," quietly retorted
Donald as he surveyed the proportions
OF his interlocutor; "no relation what
ever, but just an acquaintance, like
yourselfo
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
Reliable Dry Goods House.

If you wish to buy Dry Goods of any kind
send to b. F. Devices, 725 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia. for samples. They keep large
stock of Silks, Dress Goods. Shswls, Linens
Prints. Black Goods of every description Ho
siery, White Goods. Flannels and Underwear
They sell all Goods for cash Only one price
to all. Lowest prices known IN the U. s.
Thousands are ordering goods from SAMPLES
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24

Mr.. Richard A. Proctor finds, in the
several and varying results of recent
astronomical calculations as to the dis
taDce of the sun from the earth, reason
to strengthen the doubts he had former
ly expressed regarding the correctness
of the methods which had been en-
ployed. To the general public, he says
it will De more interesting 10 inquire
what is the true mean distance of the
sun. And to this he replies that in all
probability the suns distance does not
lie so much as 200 900 miles on either
side of the value-92, 800, COO miles.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24

II you are q Sufferer from Nervous weak
ness, neuralgia or headache, use Dr. Benson 3
Celery and Chamomile Pills. They invariably
cure those diseases no matter Of how long
standing. so cents box Office, LOG North
Eutaw street. Baltimore, Nd
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24

SPICED SUGAR.-This is made by mix
ing and sitting together one tablespoon
full finely powdered mixed spices with
three of pulverized sugar, one half of
cinnamon, the balance equal quantities
of nutmeg, allspice and cloves are the
proportions which we use, but this can
be varied to suit the individual taste.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-24
VEGETINE
FOX
A S T n M A.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa
Mr. H. X. STEVENS:
Dear Sir.-FOr the last fifteen years durina
the months OF May and June have been al,
nicted with what the doctors called Asthma II
was very distressing, rendering me miserable
50 that dreaded It's coming on l was recon-
mended 10 use Negetlne. / took tao bOtt Is
before expect q the a. tack and was entirely
relieved. / feel grateful 10 Vegetine.
JNO. T. BALLINGER
1los Greek st,eet, Phila-
vcgctlne has restored thousands TO health
who had been long and painful sufferers.