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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-28

EXPOsETHE FRAUD.-Patent medicine
vendors are now putting up Condition Pow.
ders, in packages as large as a nigger's foot
for 70 cents, but they are utterly worthless.
One small package OF S~heridan's Condition
Powders are worth dray load OF them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-28
DR.. PIERcE's Golden Medical his,

covery will cure a cough in one half the time
necessary to cure it with any other medicine
and it does il, not by drying it up, but by
removing the cause, subd uing the irritation.
and healing the affected parts. Sold by
druggists.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-28
We have not much symps.bv for ,bo0

VIZ nav hot NUN sympathy Tor those
who complain ct hepatic or renal troubles.
the means OF partial or thorough cure
= in their reach. Use HOME SToMACH
BIrTEEs. Prepared by the Home B.tters Co.
81. Louis, No.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-28
THE
GOOD OLD
Standby
MEXICAN MUSTANG IMMINENT.
FOR MAN AMI A

Established 81 Years. Always cures. Always
ready. Alwaysbandy. Has never yet failed. IN 'rtv
millions have te''ei 4. The whole world approve
the glorious old Mustan9-the Best and Cheapest
Imminent In existence. 2s cents a bottle. The
Mustang Linimont cures when nothing else W III.
SOLD by ALI MEDICINE VENDORS,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-28
WORK FOE A.,

In their own I%OcaIities, chhvHsbITx 70, ~ IIrn.,a..
Visitor. ENLARGED Weekly and M2ntb'y ~ <e"
uig Commission to Agents Terms AMI o",.s -
Abr p, d., VI(HFHT. A'""nfr. 49,.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
siciiian Brigandaye.

Whatever form the sentiment gen.
orally inspired in Sicily by the bri-
gands may assume, the ground of 1t
is respect for force, mingled with
feeling of dread. Indeed, il sometimes
happens that if a band is dispersed and
its chief taken or killed, his disbanded
followers are refused food and shelter
even by the peasants; but none, not
even man of social position, will dare
to utter a word of blame against a Cdpo-
brigante in power. 1t often happens,
indeed, that you will hear persons WHO
have every appearance of being honest
and well educated speak with indulg-
ence aud sympathy of the deeds of
brigand. 1t forms part of brigand po-
lity to win the support of the poorer
classes 5y doing now and then some gen
erous action. The legend of the bri-
gand benefactor is handed down from
generation to generation, and no Cdpo-
Banda of any worth fails to avail him
self of some occasion to give dowry to
some poor girl, to pay the debts OF some
peasant, or publicly to reproach one of
his followers for having waylaida poor
muleteer, and to condemn him to re-
store the plunder. Thus is explained
in part the peculiar power of the bri-
gands, and how Copo-Bdnda in the
territory where dominates is the recog-
nized authority, and plays the part and
performs the offices of regularly con-
stituted Government. 1t is, in short,
no exaggeration to say that the rela-
tions of Cdpo-Banda with the persons
on whom he levies taxes are as regular
and peacable as those of a government
al tax-gatherer-even more go. When
sending to ask the landowners for pro-
duce or for money, he often makes
known his demands in the most court
eous terms, and the landowners in
equally courteous forms respond to
them. Thefts, ransoms, and appropria-
tions In the form Of common crimes are
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
A Country Doctor.

Halfa century ago the country Doctor
was a travelling apothecary. In dingy
small black trunk he carried the tooth
puller, a lancet or two, and small
stock of the druggists kind of drugs
tough old favorites of the heroic prac-
titioners of the old school-a small list
of which were made to do service in all
sorts of diseases, and which were ad
ministered in heavy doses. Bnt though
the medicines were heavy the charges
were light. Fifty cents often covered
visit and the cost of several medicines
furnished. And these visits generally
involved the harnessing up OF the doc
tors faithful fast little horse-he always
kept two good horses, which for effect
or of necessity, he always drove at the
rate of ten miles an hour. The sight OF
the doctor in his light open gig, flying
over the country roads, was such a
common one that we would hardly turn
from our hoeing TO give it second
glance, unless we had an idea that he
had some new and sudden call of some
case of sickness we had not heard
of.
The great majority of the. doctors
visits were made to chronic patients,
whose cases were familiar to all-w hich
hsd been talked about year in and year
out. There was the widow Jones who
had been dying from the dropsy for
many year, and who had to be regular
ly tapped by the doctor. We looked
upon this operation as wonderful, and
the doctor himself spoke OF his doings
in this line with proud satisfaction.
Then there was the case of Sally Smith
who had been bed-ridden for ten years.
The doctor had 10 pay her regular visits,
though he never gave her much medi-
cine. Many years after the doctor had
gone to his long home Sally took
notion to "get well' under the skillful
care of some quack who had Yankee
shrewdness enough to discover that
there was nothing the matter with her,
and so in some unexplained way got her
on her legs once more. Sally afterward
got married and raised family. Then
there was the case of Peter Brown, who
had what used to be called the thirty
years. consumption; and Mrs. Davis,
with chronic rheumatism so bad that
her distorted joints were sight to be-
hold; and old Captain Roberts, who
had had what he termed liver COM
plaint ever since we could remember !;
and Miss Cynthia Tasker, who was
always in feeble health. yet somehow
lived to be 80 years old; and the Towle
boy, whose bones were made of so poor
material that he always that he always
had on hand for the doctors's attention
a broken limb. And speaking Of broken
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
Thomas at ChickAmauga.

General Steedman recently described
the meeting between himself and Gen
eral Thomas at tChickamauga. He said ::
81 shall never be able to tell you how
he looked. As / advanced to meet him
ne smiled about the eyes, but the lower
part of his face was set like lions.
As shook hands with him, he said !:
II have always been glad to see you,
General, but never so glad as now.
How many muskets have your"
II replied that had 1900" He then
said that the rebels were putting bat
terry in place on ridge in front Of us
and he desired me to go end rout them
from their position. While We were
talking / saw tho flash of one of the
guns, and the ball hit the dry tree over
our heads.
There, General, said Thomas, "now
you can see the exact position Of the
gun"
"well, rather thought that could
'tSoon after he turned to one of his
staff officers and said: "'Present my
compliments to General Harker, ane
tell him, etc.
ellis politeness never fOrsOok him
even on the field Of battle, no more
than his firmness
"a moment or two later the staff of
ficer came back and touching his hat
said: when shall have delivered til,
order, where will l find you?'
stamping his foot impatiently, hi
said: Right here, sir "
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10

There are but two forms Of IL on used
in shipbuilding, the angle bar and fiat
plate. These plates come from the roll
ing mill, and are of every imaginable
shape and size. The usual size Of a
plate or sheet is little more than one
yard wide, and from two to four yards
long, and three-fourths of an inch thick.
Out of these two shapes nearly every
form of modern iron structure may be
made, be it ship, bridge, dock, or water
tank. From the wooden patterns Of the
ship have been made the frames, and
from the model are copied the shape
and dimensions of each sheet of iron
that is TO cover, as with a skin, the out
side of the ships hull.
1t seems impossible that mere fiat
plates and angle bars can be securely
fastened together without nails or
screws. wood may be do1etailed and
ftted together, and may be bound with
nails, Iron is simply Tapped piece over
piece at the edge and sewed together.
1t is treated ss fabric, except that the
thread that binds the cloth Is Continuous
and in the iron sheet each needle hole
has one piece of thread knotted on each
side. Suppose two plates or a plate and
a bar are TO be joined, holes of uniform
size are punched along the edge Of each
piece, and the two pieces are laid togeth-
er so that the holes correspond. A small
bolt, called a rivet. having head form
ed on one end, is heated red hot and is
then passed through the two holes in
the plates or bars. The head stops II
on one side, and the hot and soft point
projects at the other side. A hammer
is held against the head of the rivet to
keep it In place, and with hammers the
soft point is beaten down till it makes a
new head by spreading over the edges
of the hole. The rivet at once coOls and
contracts, and binds the two pieces OF
iron so firmly together that only the
most powerful strain can ever pull them
apart. In this simple manner is every
plate, bar and beam joined together
throughout the ship.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
A Romantic story.

An unusually romantic and interest
ing story comes TO us from San Fran
cisco, the truth of which is vouched
for by the captain of British vessel.
William Beam shipped in Liverpool as
an ordinary seaman, and short time
after leaving port stowaway was dis
covered under the fire hatch, who Is
described as "a little bit of fellow,
with short curly hair and round face"
The new wcomer. who gave his name as
James Cotton, was at once claimed by
Beam as an old chum, and was set to
work at any odd job that turned up on
board.
Besides assisting the steward gener-
ally, he colored photographs in the cap
tain's cabin i'm a style that showed he
possessed considerable artistic skill and
training. One day squall coming on
suddenly. Cotton jumped into the fore
rigging TO get aloft and stow the fore
royal. Bean followed, as if TO assist
him, but had only got up short way
when Cotton fell on to the deck and
broke his neck. His companion was so
affected by the accident that he fell
into violent fit, on recovering from
which he confessed that Cotton was
his wife, and had disguised herself as
a boy in order to be with him.
He produced the marriage certificate
and letters. showing him to be young
man of good birth, who had for certain
reasons assumed the name of Beam, and
had married the deceased, whom he
had known from childhood, against
the wish of his and her friends. Being
penniless, Beam, being a sailor, he and
his wife went to sea. The day follow
ing the latter's untimely death, when
the funeral services had been read over
her remains, and these had been slipped
oyer into the sea, Beam leaped over the
side of the vessel and disappeared. As
in life, so i'm death, they were undi-
yided, and found a common resting
place from all their troubles in that
.'vast wandering grave" the sea.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
Helping the Bird.

1t was In the sammer of 1854, while
Confederate States were confronting
each other on the James, below Rich
mond. On a certain day a Federal
attack, which was thought to be decOy
was made Oh the south side of the river.
We thought we saw evidences of a real
attack on our side. Occasionally the
whole picket lie would open fire. The
gnnboats at Deep Bottom would send
500 pounds crashing through the timbers
In the rear OF what had been Libby Z
residence, but was then General Lees
headquarters. At about O'Clock p. Nj.
the artillery opened on our left. A few
minutes afterward We heard the unmis-
taxable roar of infantry firing. We
then knew that the lines of battle were
engaged on our left. The pickets
opened and kept up rapid firing in ouI
front, the gunb boats sending their infer.
nal machines more frequently. We
the Bockbridge Battery. were ordered
to double quick into position on Libby I;
Hill. On our way up, every thing look
ed as though we were on the eve Of d
terrible conflict-the roar of artillery
and infantry, the rapid movement oi
troops into line, and the solemnity thai
seemed to have impregnated the whole
atmosphere. AS we passed the Libby
house we saw General Lee in the yard
He was standing just under Low tree,
with one arm extended, as if reaching
for something on the limb. AS we goI
nearer to him we could see what he wa:
engaged in doing at sach a time. A
little bird, whose mother was just teach
ing it to use its wing, had, in Its iiis
effort, fallen to the ground. Its dumi
mother, regardless of the death ant
carnage that intelligent man was deal
ing to his fellow, was uttering pitilu
cries for her fallen offspring. Genera
Lee reached down and picked up till
little creatlre, and when we passed wa
in the act Of placing it where its mothe
could care for it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10

limbs reminds us of our own painful
experience. One day the doctor came
flying over the road to us, for we had
been slung upon the hard December
ground from the bare back of our run
away horse, getting from the fall a
broken arm. The memory Of the hard
pulling upon that broken arm comes
vividly to mind as we write. The
doctor tugged and sweated to get it into
place, and we writhed and roared under
the operation.
Our old doctor was very busy man.
He always endeavoi ed to go TO church
at least once a day on Sunday. But
when in church it was no uncommon
hing for him to be called out of meet
ing to attend some sick bed. And what
sensation of sympathy would run
through the quiet congregation, as the
good doctor would quietly glide down
the broad aisle to meet the serious mes
senger. And how quickly, after the
service was ended, would every one in
that kind-hearted assembly know just
where the doctor had been called, and
inst how much the caller needed his
services.
The Doctors death was sudden one,
and he had no opportunity to- expert
ment upon himself In his last hours.
One pleasant Sabbath morning, while
sitting quietly in his church pew one
ear listening to the good preacher, the
other alert for the oft-eoming summons
from the porch, a messenger he little
dreamed of seeing that morning, came
all unobserved and touched him lightly
upon the shoulder, and carried him
away from all of his old patients. The
messenger Of death. In his long years
of hard work he had had many close
views of the dread messenger, and
many and many and many a time had
he argued with him and parleyed with
him in the sick chambers of the village
when he had come for others. This
time the messenger, the summons, was
for the doctor himself, and there was
not a moments delay In serving it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
NO. 15.
Eohoe, from the Recitation Rooms.

What is the significance of the geo
logical term, 'Silurian?"
1t is derived from Silurii, the name of
a race who inhabited Wales ut the time
of this formation
What is Coprolite
Another kind of reptile, suppose
will you define lography?'
Biography, sir, is the science Of logs,
the art of reducing logs to kindling
wood. The process is
Sufficient
what is 'Boyle's Law?'
Never to trump your partners ace
What are the tropics?'
Well, they begin where the Zodiac
leaves off, and they
Sufficient
There are several steps to be taken
to find the exact chemical composition
of bone. For example. when We boil
t, what is given OFF,
Soup
will you give an example of a com
pound word?'
'Hash-house.'
What is a sOphism,'
TO duck Frenchman.'
what is the effect when an animal is
air-pump!'
1t Immediately dies
How do you account for this?;
1t dies not only from the lack of air
of the air in the animal itself to blow it
up
viii you describe beeswaxr
1T is thick, resinous substance, OBJ
tanned from the bark of certain tree.
1t is much used in the arts
What is the neural canal?'
1T is round cylinder, surrounded by
the bones of the vertebrae, through
which the spinal column passes
will you name the bones of the
head?'
I've got 'em all in my head, Profess
sor, but can't give them
Suppose, Mr.. Blank, you were called
to patient who had swallowed heavy
dose of Oxalic acid, what would you ad-
minister?'
'Mr. Blank (whO is preparing for the
ministry and is a chemical student only
on compulsion}-l should administer
the sacrament
Suppose man is murdered in ths
daytime, and soon after his death, you
remove his eye and examine the retina,
do you think an image of the assassin
would be visible upon it?'
'Not if the murderer came up behind
his victim
And now young gentlemen, which OF
you can tell me the name of the greatest
Of the planets-the champion planet, SO
to speak-cf our solar system:'
Il can, sir; it's Saturn
And how it that, pray?'
why, because he carries the belt
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
~

The Prophet Joel enumerating the
trees of Syria says: 1.-The vine is dried
up, and the fig tree languisheth; the
pomegranate tree, the plum tree, also
the apple tree, even all the trees of the
field are withered. Pliny mentions
apple trees in the villages near the city
of Rome, as being profitable. Grating
was not probably known at an early
day; Moses in his directions to the Is
raelites to plant all kind of trees for
food, says nothing about grating.
Hesiod and Homer, who wrote very
fully, do not allude to it. The art of
grating has been ascribed to accident,
the natural union of branches of dis
tinct trees. Within the last 30 years,
great Improvement has been made in
the cultivation of the apple, and splen-
did varieties are easily attainable. In
Shakespeare's time good apples were
noticeable. For in the ''Merry Wives
of Windsor" Justice Shallow SAYS to
Falstaff, ''you shall see mine orchard,
W uClt, III an III pOI VIC VIII Cat Il AeaSb
years pippin of my own grafting-"
Again, in some play, Sir Hugh says;
Il will make an end of mine dinner
there's pippins and cheese to come"
Pippins were so called, as they were
raised from the seed ofpiPs. Although
England is and has been always famous
for both quality and quantity of apples,
yet within a few years the United
States has successfully rivalled her in
superior fruit, and annually exports
many thousands of barrels to that
country.
Homer, describing the trees in ths
orchard of Laertes, mentions the pear.
Pliny speaks of several varieties, as also
of liquor made from the fruit. France.
Germany and Spain have paid more at
tention to its cultivation than other
countries. The Chinese, however, in
this as in any other cultivation of fruits,
have carried the pear to its greatest
perfection and size, specimens have been
grown, delicate, fragrant and melting,
weighing ten pounds. Recently. great
attention has been paid in this country
TO its cultivation.
The ounce, Pliny says, came from
the island of Crete. From its splendid
golden color, some assert it was the
same with the apples of Hesperides;
Galesio, in his treatise on the orange,
says that the orange was not known TO
the Greeks, and did not grow in the To-
cality where the gardens of Hesperides
were placed. The term marmalade is
derived from the Portuguese name for
the ounce mdrmelO.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
Long Finger Nails


Chinese and Siam aristOcrats In
variably wear long finger nails. The
Disagreement is supposed to add to the
Importance of the individual, as it is
evident that the wearer cannot do any
work and must, therefore have a fortune
corresponding to the length of his nails.
The baud of an Annamite dandy has
nails four or five inches in length. The
thumb-nail has a characteristic shape,
and that of the first finger is cut short
to enable the person to pick up small
objects. Without this slight alteration
the hands would be nearly useless.
Nails of still greater enormity may be
seen. They are said to have attained
the extraordinary length Of thirteen
inches, and in this instance the nail Of
the first finger ia not entirely cut of.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
The Threshing Floor I'm Spain.

The threshing- floor era has again
come into use in Spain. 1t is an institu'
ton of ancient times. A circle some
thirty feet In diameter is drawn by the
primitive means of a stick and string,
and the circumference bordered with
goodly stones. Over the interior area,
fiist we'll broken up by a pick, clay is
hickly spread and leveled, and water is
turned over the whole surface, which is
then beaten smooth by heavy mallets
and left to dry in the sun. These floors
which are often the scenes of great fes-
tivity, of moonlight dances and quiet
hours of chat after the days work is dons
and the tired workmen throw themselves
down on the filled up sheaves to lmOke
their cigarettes, present also at the time
of the wheat threshing as characteristic
scenes as any, perhaps, to be witnessed
among these primitive husbandmen.
The sight of witnessing the threshing Ia
one novel and pleasant to behold.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-10
Teasnster's Mistakes.

Draymen seem to forget, or else they
do not know, that the draft Of wagon
is doubled when the wheels turn on
snow, and very much greater still when
the snow is deep and mealy. We could
never see the advantage of overlooking
a team and spending so much time in
getting them started when they get set,
as they are sure to do, if the load is too
heavy. Better take less load and go
quickly without any risk of injuring
the horses. In the cities, as well as in
the country, there are more or less
treacherous holes which 1t it is well to
think about when an unreasonable
weight is put upon vehicle. And it
is well to remember that one team STALL
ed on thoroughfare will often hinder
a score besides themselves.