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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
Buffalo strategy.

The buffalo COW seems to have little
maternal instinct, differing in this re-
spect greatly from the domestic COW
When frightened, a buffalo COW will
abandon her calf, and, running away
leave it to be protected by the bulls,
who, to their honor, seldom forsake their
charge. An army surgeon once saw an
admirable illustration of this paternal
care.
One evening, as he was returning
from days hunt, his attention was
attracted by the curious behavior OF
six or eight buffaloes. Approach ing
them. he saw that they were all bulls.
They stood in a close circle. with their
heads outward. At some twelve OF
fifteen PAGES distant, sat, in a concen-
tric circle, dozen large gray wolves
licking their chops, as if impatiently
waiting for supper.
In few minutes the circle of bulls
broke up, but keeping In a compact
body, walked off toward the main herd
half a mile off. To his amazement, he
saw in the centre of the guardian bulls,
little feeble calf, newly-born and
hardly able to walk. After going a
hundred PAGES, the calf lay down, and
the bulls again formed protecting cir
Gle about it. The wolves, who had fol.
lowed on each side, sat down and licked
their chops.
The surgeon did not wait to see the
end, it being late and the fort distant
but he had no doubt the bulls brought
the calf, abandoned by its mother, safely
to the herd.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
Mt. Xesuyius.

Should an eruption occur in tits volcano,
an cause the destruction of one-half of the
inhabitants who live in the viclniIy the re-
main ier, who barely escape with ther lives,
imme,iia y move back upon the hAlf-cooled
lava, anu there live in constant fear o. an ytner
.ruption, foo.ishly fsncylng that the only ten-
ant-D.e pJrtion OF the earth rests Within The
shadow Of tue great volcano THIS fairly Illus
trat-s ,he force of habit. and the persissency
with h-ch people ci.ns to opinions when once
form ID. For example, DIR. P,erce's Golden
NJ dical Discovery cures incipient consump-
ton cou his coils, aud ali affections of the
liver and blood. yet some still depend upon
physician, and remedies that have naught but
repeated failures to which they can refer. And
81 housh DIR. P.erce's Fayor.te Prescription .
sold uLder positive guarantee to cure those
weaknesses peculiar to women, and notw Ih-
standing that thou ands of women bear testi-
mony to its efficacy. and the truth of all
sta ements made concerning 1t, many ct sub
INIT TO he use of caustic and the knife. Again,
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant PuIgatlve Peilets NJ
larger than mustard seeds will positively cure
Constipation, where 1t Is dependent upon dys-
Pep-ia o. torpid Il, er; yet some still depend
for relief upon the ''blue pllr' or huge doses
Of drastic catharlic medicine. In the face of
such facts, can We wonder at the blindness of
the poor Italians7
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

As for fortune tellers and clairvoy-
ants, in New York, their numbers are
large, and are on the increase, but
luckily this class of people have been
so often and so thoroughly ventilated
as to call for nothing but mere men-
ton. Perhaps the most curious fact
lately unearthed about ''the world of
women" is that there are several re-
spectacle young women, technically
''ladies" in dress and social surround
ings, and really females of good char
acter, who serve in secret the purposes
of art as models. The writer of this
sketch is acquainted with an estimable
lady-a genuine lady in birth, educa-
ton and manner-whO earns about $40
per week as a model for ''life class. -
She keeps this fact a profound secret
her own mother is not aware of it-but
the fact is as stated, the writer having
ascertained it through visit to an ar
lists studio during the sessions of a
''life class of art students. Inquiring
INV WINS hishhtti lhCl tlit w us
covered that the young lady in ques-
ton had in vain attempted to secure
employment in writing, translating or
trade pursuits, was on the verge of star
vation with her old mother, when a
lucky hint suggested the livelihood OF
model, which was finally and success.
fully adopted, though only after severe
self-struggles and under conditions OF
the most profound secrecy.
A prominent paper recently stated
that the supply of models was at pres
ent greater than the demand and that
the majority of models in the city OF
New York were not only well formed
but well behaved; "a really Superior
class of persons" forced to exhibit them
selvs by their necessities. A model
quite in demand is a young German.
Another model has recently been mar
ried to young painter who fell in love
with her from seeing her as model in
a life class which he was then attend
ing, and from allreports the daring and
unconventional painter has a worthy
wife. Occasionally in our better class
es, aye, even in our best society, it is
rumored that ladies do not hesitate TO
serve as partial models for the bust OF
arms or for classic poses to please pop
ular artists or to crafty their own va
nifty, but these are isolated cases and
call for but the merest passing allusion,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
The Hudson Bay Company.

The Hudson Bay Company was organ
lied 2O7 years ago. Like the India
Company it prospered, grew rich, and
soon became an almost independent
sovereign. Twenty odd years ago the
India Company yielded to the pressure
of the Sepoy Rebellion and threw up
its charter. Its American confrere
has survived it one generation, and
now threatens TO follow its example,
thanks to much smaller accidents than
n rebellion.
The business once done by the Hudson
Bay Company was immense, its capital
being hundreds of millions of dollars,
on which it paid large dividends. Ii
undoubtedly did much to develop the
country it ruled over and TO ameliorate
the condition of the Indians with whom
il had TO deal. Its powers were almost
as great as the India Company, which
boasted of immense armies, waged
wars with mighty empires, and ruled
100, ,OOO, 900 of people. The entire popu-
lation of British America, outside of
the Dominion of Canada, are employees
of the Company, and these number at
least three times the immense office
holding army of the United States.
OF course, such a gigantic corpora
lion could only be sustained at heavy
expense. Millions of dollars were
spent in erecting stone forts, building
roads through the country, and fur
nishing subsistence 10 its Inhabitants.
In bad years the Company often found
itself with a whole tribe Of Indians de-
pendent on it for support.
Yet, gigantic as was this corporation,
Il has been crushed by two most insig-
nificant accidents-cats and women.
The revenues Of the Hudson Bay Com
pany were derived almost entirely from
its sale of furs. 1t supplied the entire
world with these.
The ladies of fashion in London,
Paris, Philada., even in far distant
Moscow, sported capes and muffs of its
Canadian sables. The monopoly of this
business was a most profitable one,
when. alas fashions changed. Costly
furs are not near as fashionable now as
they were a score of years ago. This
change of fashion was heavy blow to
the Company, but it still survived il
until some wretch discovered that cat
fur could De converted into the best
sables, and that rat skins would do just
as well as mink. This simple discovery
has wrecked the most powerful corpo-
ration in the world, corporation that
WAS, to all intents and purposes, an in
dependent empire, with a domain
larger than any kingdom of Europe.
Cat skins finished what fashion had
begun. For a number of years past.
since these imitation furs have been on
the market, the Hudson Bay Company
has failed to paw dividends on its i'm
mense capital, and has even assessed its
members for money to carry on its af-
fairs. Its forts are fast going to ruin,
its trade has long since ceased, and
now that there is no money in the
business, the Hudson Bay Company is
extremely anxious 10 retire altogether
from the field and thrown pits charter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
A MANS REGRET.

Om child-lovc, nv love of long ago.
How great was life when you and l were
Young,
The world Was boundless, for We did not know
And life poem for we had not sung.
Now is the world grown snail, and we thereon
Fill W tn wise toll and woe each flying day;
Elves from the wood. dreams from my hear
are gone,
And heav, N is bare for God is FAR away.
o my child-loye, cannot you come ag in.
And 1 look on you with grave, innocen
eyes?
Your God has many angel; wouli fain
Woo for one Ut one angel from the skies
o my child-love, come back. come back to me
And laus hing. lead me from the care anc
din;
Law on nv heart those small hands {; nieriy
And lovingly, to let the whole world in.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
The stepping Stone to Health

The acquisition of vital energy Is the step
ping stone to health. When the system ia.a'
Y,txlity the VARIOUS organs flag In their duty,
become chemically Irregular, and disease 70
eventually instituted To prevent thus un-
happy state of things. the debihtAted system
should be built up by the use OF that InimitA-
bic tonic, Hostetters stomach B.tters. winch
inyigorAtes the digestive organs. and insures
the thorough conversion OF food INTO oiooa ol
A nourlshiny quality, from whence every
mu,cIe. nerve and fiber acquire unwonted
supplies of vigor. and the whole systrm exPe-
r,ences the beneficial effect Appetite returns,
the system is re elreshed by heAlthfui slumoer,
the nerves grow strong and calm, the desPon-
dency begotlen of chronic indigestion and an
uncertain state Of health disappe4rs, AMI that
ssllow appearance Of the SKIN peculiAe 70 "a,
bitual inyalids, an 4 persons deficient IN Vital
energy, is replaced by more becoming ange
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

III. l.. Ford suggested that Grizzl
Bear should be used as appropriate to
the country. The idea was approved
by all and the bear was painted stand
ing nearly upright (his position when
about to close with formidable foe),
facing the star, and beneath him were
the words, California Republic. J"
The paint was obtained from a wheel
wright's shop, and the execution did
not excel i'm artistic merit. The party
had entered Sonoma early on the morn
ing of Friday, June 18th, and the flag
was hoisted the same evening. On the
18th Commander Ide issued a procla-
nation on behalf of the Republic of
California.
Another statement says the flag was
made by Benjamin Duell, William
Todd and - Currie, out of cloth OBJ
tanned from Mrs. W. B. Elliott; but
presume that this, instead of being the
original flag, was the second one, now
i'm possession of our society, made at a
later day, and showing the bear stand
ing with all his feet on the ground.
A guidon of silk, made at SonOma for
the Bear Flag Army, we do not know
precisely when or by whom, was after
ward used by the California Battalion,
under the authority of the United States
This, too, is in our hall.
The banner hoisted as signal of in
dependence, because its supporters
were not authorized to use the Ameri-
can flag, which they greatly preferred,
was taken down at Sonoma on the llth
of July, when the news of the declara-
tion of war against Mexico by the Uni
ted States, and of the seizure of Cali
fornia by Commodore Sloat, was receiv-
ed amidst general rejoicings by the
Bear Flag insurgents.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
VEGETINE
Is THE GREAT
FAMILY MEDICINE
HEALTH RESTORER.
GENERAL DEBILITY

Debility Is term used 70 denote detieiencx
of blood The nutritiye consti, uents OF The bIoo5
are in less than their regular prog frion. Nh,I.
the watery part Is In excess Debility Is OF Tra
ouent occur ence. It Is incident 70 varir w !,
Diseases The lower limbs are apt 70 be s.o1
len. The pa lent IS feeble, and cannot ba,-
much exertlon- The circulation Is irregnIar
but almost always weak. Palpitation N he
heart is very common symptom Violent emo
ton often throws the heart into the most
tumultuous action The vital functions ar
Iapguidly performed The muscular strengfh
IS diminished; fatigue follows moderate ar
slight exercise. The breathing. though uulet
when at rest, becomes hurried and ev- n pain-
fully agitated under exertiOn- a. In runrlny
ascending heights, &c The nervOJs sys EN- 7s
often greatly dIsoriered- Vertigo. dizziness
and a feeling Of faintneSs, are very eommOn
Violent and obstinate Deuralgic pains In the
head, side. breast, or other parts OF the BODY
are also frequent attendants upon the disease
The secretIonS are sometimes diminished In
females the menSeS are almost always either
suspended or very partia ly performed. The
b le Is scanty and coStiyeneSs, W IN unhPalthy
eyacuations from the bowels, and d speptic
state OF the stomach, are extremely common
symptoms
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
Shopping at Home.

One Of the gro itest convenIences to "a les
desil Gus OF purchasing Dry Goots. much lower
than the regular market price, Is the mail Or
der sys EN- Carried on by Il 4. Devices, Ia
Chestnut Street. PhilsielphiA
La can. upon application by letter. get
sam les and order goods, winch they can rely
upon as being just the same A. would 10 gwen
them over the counter.
Tuls Juse buys only for cash. AMI attends
ali the great trade safes. that the retail prIce
of their gods Is frequently iess than the Soois
are soli a. wholesale rner business Is aim Dot
exclusively IN LADIES Wear. Tney uAvs on.y
one prlce-No Variation
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
AGRICULTURE.

Too MUCH STOCK.-The most common
error Of the American farmer is that OF
overstocking. In many cases similar
evil is noticeable in too large areas OF
land under the same owner, but we
doubt whether this is as productive
source of loss as overstocking. In all
cases, no matter what may be the object
in feeding, it requires certain amount
of food to keep up the natural warmth
of the animal and replace the wastes OF
the system. 1t is the surplus beyond
this amount which is available for flesh,
milk or labor. 1t requires a certain
amount of nourishnent to produce a
pound of flesh, fat or milk, or to sup
port the system during given amount
of labor. II on a given amount OF food
a gain of one pound day can be made,
it will certainly be more economical 10
increase the food for each animal than
to increase the number OF animals.
Many of our dairymen, We think, fail
to appreciate the fact that it is this sur
plus which tells on the pail and not the
total amount fed, and we know of many
dairies whose owners would obtain
more milk or butter by dispOsing Of
one-fourth of their cows, and propor-
tionately increase the feed of the re-
mainder. The New England Homestead
puts the idea in the following form:
s'If a merchant were to set up half
dozen stoves in his store, and attempt
to keep a little fire i'm each and all OF
them, burning only fuel enough to keep
up two good fires, every one would un-
hesitatiugly pronounce 1t remarkably
foolish. The farmer in attempting to
keep more cattle than he has hay and
grain to feed is doing the same thing.
The COW is really machine for making
hay and meal into milk and flesh. just
as the stove receives the wood and i'm
parts heat, the COW receives food and
returns milk and beef. And as the
stove can throw out no heat without
fuel, so the cow can return nothing
without food. If q man had only two
cords of wood there would be no pro-
priety in his obtaining three stoves, and
attempting to keep fire in each of them
all winter with such an insignificant
quantity of wood. The same principle
applies to keeping cattle. If a man has
only hay enough to keep six animals
well, it is extremely foolish for him to
try to keep eight"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

Tno Processes for Preserving Fish from
decay were detailed in recent COM
municatiOn to the Paris Academy of
Science by X. NJ. d'Amelio. The first
process was as follows: The fish,
whether raw or cooked, is immersed in
strong solution of acetic acid in water.
After two or three hours, the fish is
taken from the bath and dried i'm the
open air, or by artificial heat, the latter
course being preferable. Fish so pre-
pared will keep fresh anywhere for
years. To restore its original iexibility
it must be stepped in fresh water four
or five days. The other method consists
in the employment of bath of silicate
of potash and glycerine, in equal quail
ties. The fish, the intestines having
first been removed, is stepped in this
bath for day or two, washed in fresh
water, and dried slowly. By the use of
this process the author has succeeded in
preserving intact the color of the fishes
and the eyes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

". Fdbre has introduced to the notice
of the French Academy of Sciences an
American vine, of the species riparid,
which is not attacked by phyloxera,
gives cuttings, readily, can be grated
easily from French species of vines,
thrives in almost any kind Of soil, and
grows rapidly.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

SHAM CHAMPAGNE.-One lemon sliced
one spoonful tartaric acid, one ounce
ginger root, one pound and half of
sugar. Pour ten quarts of boiling water
on the above ingredients. When blood
warm stir in two gills of homemade
yeast, cover with thin piece of gauze
to keep out the flies and insects, and
allow to stand all day in the sun. When
cold in the evening bottle, cork and
wire it, then place it on the floor of the
cellar. In forty eight hours it will be
ready for use, and will pay the trouble
of making il.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

Sailing Stock The best way to salt
stock is to keep tub of it where cattle,
horses and sheep can have access TO it
at all times, whether they are in the
pasture or in the barnyard. Then when
the appetite calls for little of it the
animals can go and get it, just when
it is needed, and when it will exercise
the bes influence on the digestion, or
any part of the system. When cattle
are salted only occasionally there is
often a great rush to obtain 1t, when
they really feel the need of it, and an
animal will injure itself by consuming
at one time enough to have satisfied its
natural appetite for several days, could
it have the salt when it wanted it. Ex-
perience has shown that by the plan
suggested really less salt is consumed
than when the animals have access to it
only once or twice a week. If the salt
is thrown on the ground, much of it is
trodden under foot and wasted.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

LIME ON GREEN SwARD.-An English
writer in the Journal Of the Royal Agri-
cultural Society assumes to have made a
discovery in top-dressing green sward
with lime and its restorative effect, and
describes the process somewhat in de-
tan. Now, if the writer had visited this
country, where English farmers i'm
agine agricultural science to be in It's
infancy, he would have found out with
out going beyond the limits of the city
of Philadelphia, that the application of
lime to sward or sod is a common prac-
tice here, especially upon pasture lands.
We have also known sward to afford the
very best pasture for Gtty years, without
breaking up, and SO maintained by the
top-dressing OF lime once in from six to
ten years, of from thirty to fifty bushels
per acre. These pastures, which mostly
abound in clay mounds, after being
grazed down are restored knee deep
with the richest and most nOurishing
herbage in from four to five weeks. The
truth is, nowhere has lime more
marked effect and can be used with
more profit than in the renovation Of
pastures.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

OfdU the stars which we see, the
only one which resembles the earth in
size is Venus; all the others are either
very much larger or smaller. Most of
them, in fact all the stars properly SO
called, are great globes of fire like our
sun, and are thousands of times larger
than the globe we inhabit.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

All those troublesome scaly. Itching. pimpiy.
blotchy humid eruptlons Of the skin, nom-
mated letter, ErysipeIas. Acne. ETC., that are
so uSsightly and annoying. are quickly and
effectually cured by the simple application OF
HieskeTs letter Ointment 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 country. II
only needs a tr.al to prove its virtues. Sold 81
csuts per box sent by mail for GO eta
JOHNSTON. HOLLOWAY & Co.. COZ Arch ST. Phila-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20
Mothers. Mothers. Mothers.

Don't fail TO procure MRS. WINSLOW's
SOOTHING SYRUP for all diseases of teeth.
ing in children Ii relieves the child from
pain. cures wind collie. regulates the bowels,
and by giving relief and heath to the child,
gives rest to the mother.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

ITALIAN CREAM.-Set quart of milk,
sweetened with white sugar, on the fire
to boil; break the whites of six eggs
into one bowl and the yolks into an
other; beat up the whites to high
froth and as soon as the milk boils take
with a fish-knife large fakes and lay
them lightly on the boiling milk. After
letting them boil a few minutes, repeat
the operation with the remainder OF the
whites, and pile it high in the center OF
a glass dish. Make custard OF the
yolks and milk, and pour around the
whites. Touch the top flakes with
cOchineal essence.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

CEMENT FOR MKSDING TABLE KNIVES,
-Coulter's cement for fastening the
blades of dinner knives in their ivory
handles, consists of rosin, four parts
beeswax, one part; brick dust, one
part. Fill the hole in the handle with
the cement, heat the tang of the blade,
and press in.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

An EDITOR, speaking of spiritualism,
says: "We don't believe in any medium
except the circulating medium and
that has become SO scarce that our faith
in it is shaky."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

MOUNTAIN CAKE.-One cup Of sugar
two eggs, half cup of butter, half cuI
of milk or water, two of flour, teaspoon
full cream of tartar, half teaspOonful ol
soda. nutmeg.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

"I KNOW nothing in the catalogue OF
mems duties that would be unable to
perform!" said Lucy Stone. "How
would you figure as the father of a
family?" asked man in the gallery.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

IT Is SAID that oat meal moistened In
water and applied to the face once or
twice day will improve the complexion
and make the skin smooth and rosy.
Oat meal, when taken internally, at
breakfast, is also excellent.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-02-20

CORN BREAD.-One pint of sour milk
or buttermilk, one pint corn-meal, one
pint wheat flour, two even teaspoonfuls
of soda, one teacupful molasses or
sugar, one large teaspOonful salt. Bake
an hour or more in a thin loaf. This
makes nice breakfast dish, hot, and is
good cold.