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FIGuTINd THE PEACH TREE BoRER'-
Mr.. Chapman relies On the plentiful use
of swan p muck over the roots as prevents.
tive of the borer in peach-trees, ana 10
accidentally proved the curious refrigerI,
ating qualiGy of muck in holding frost anu
retarding the bloom in the spring ween eli
dumped by the horse load in the ian ian
about the base of his trees. hear tnas
one of your strawberry growers has greaSS
faith in growing tansy around peaGaa
trees to keep horses away. That wou.S .S
naturally prevent attacks onthe ROOT VIII VIII
plough and spade, and implies restlGi
and conservative rather than an experl-
mental cultivation.-C0r. Hartford C'HT-
ant.
, 1878-03-29
Don't.

Don't forget, my girl, that your inhu-
uence as woman is great for good or
evil. Upon woman devolves the duty Of
training up the future men of the nation.
1t is the mother who molds the character; {;
under her gentle influence the youthful
mind receives its first impressions. In
society she is queen and all men are her
subjects. Therefore she must be careful
in her department. BY word or even a
look, she can encourage or effectually
check all attempts at familiarity. If
women and especially girls, would do
this-if they would show their displeas-
ure al what they know is wrong-it
it would not be repeated in their pres
ence. Though the aggresSor might feign
anger, in his heart he would feel more
true respect for one who had thus reproved
him than if she passed his fault unre-
buked. And again, don't make yourself
chsap-within the reach of all. Few
young men want anything to do with a
cheap young lady. For wife none but
a fool or rascal will approach such a
woman. Cheap jewelry nobody will
touch if he can get any better. Cheap
girls are nothing but the refuse; and
the young men know it, and they will
look in every other direction for life
long friend and companion before they
will give glance at the pinchback stuff
that tinkles at every turn for fascinating
the eyes of any that will look. You
think it quite the "correct thing" to talk
loudly and coarsely, be boisterous and
hoydenish in all public places; to make
yourself 80 bold and forward, and COM
monplace everywhere, that people won
der if you ever had mother or home,
or anything to dol So be it. You will
probably be taken for what you are
worth, and one of these years, if you do
not make worse than ashipwreck of your
self, you will begin to wonder where the
charms are that once you thought your
self possessed of, and what evil spirit
could have so befooled you.
A DRUGGIST has singular calls. One
Danbury dealer had written request
from customer for / aulcoxeses poros
Plaster.n Another had call for bottle
of "Sruff Notice." After seriously i'm
pairing the use of one eye, and endan-
gering the equilibrium Of his brain in an
effort to divine the article, he was OBJ
iged to give up the sale, and fall back
as gracefully as possible on the well-es-
tablished axiom. You won't find any
in town. About an hour later the Gus
toner came back, and showing the drug
gist bottle of perfume, significantly
observed:
"There9"
"Stephanotisl" exclaimed the drug
gist. "Why, have that"
"Why in thunder didn't you say so
then, and not have me gallopin' all over
town after it2" Indignantly demanded
the customer.
The druggist was too full to reply
Dahbayy NeOs.
NITRATE OF SILVER STAINS, These
are removed at once by cyanide of pot
ash. Wet the spot with clean water, and
place few grains of the drug (Which is
a deadly poison taken internally upon
the spot. 1t will dissolve like sugar and
the spot will disappear. II does not in
, 1878-03-29

Is SEF-DEFENcE.-"Yes, | whistle
Ehon arm at work. admits an indus
trious young lady, "and let no one deny
me that privilege when working alone at
my sewing machine. If am compelled
~ walk the street alone at night | never
fear danger at an approaching footstep,
n it be accompanied with the music OF
whistiing | do not believe person can
whistle who is intent ON evil"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12
a Curious Remedial Agent.

In the course of report, which has
just been published by order of the
lnspector-General of Maritime Customs
in China, DR.. F. Wong gives us some
curious particulars respectinga strange
remedial agent employed by the
Chinese in cases of CyRdnchs toHSHldris.
The disease they term Ngo-hole, or
goOse-thrOat, and the remedy in
question is called Ho,r-tsd0, soft stone
not unlike hillary calculus in appear
ance. 1t is expensive, being worth
twenty times its weight in silver, and is
said to come from Siam. Twenty or
thirty grains of this powder, taken in
water, is thought to be very etficacious.
Or. Wong mentions having seen case
where this remedy was given, and
where it certainly appeared effective,
after gargles and astringents had been
applied in vain. The specimens of the
stone which have come under his notice
appear like animal cancretions, and are
ofYariOus sizes, some being smaller than
pigeons eggs, while others are as large
as hens eggs. The story goes that, when
a monkey is wounded, the animal,
from its natural instinct, picks out the
proper medicinal herbs, masticates and
applies them to the wound so tn at sue
cessive layers are in this way laid on so
as TO form a mass. In time the wound
heals, and the lump of dried herbs falls
off; is then picked up by the Siamese,
found by them to possess peculiar
virtues, and sent in small quantities to
China as a drug.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12

All that can be seen, in fact all there
is about the invention, is a six-inch
cylinder of steel with face about eight
inches wide and cut with a spiral
groove, about twenty-five 70 an inch.
inis cylinder is mounted on a shaft a
couple of feet in length and an inch in
diameter which is in turn supported by
a couple of uprights fastened into a
single bed-piece. A crank at one end
of the shaft and screw cut at the other,
with thread corresponding to that on
the face of the cylinder, causes the face
ofthe latter to advance at each revolutioe
and a sharp metallic point fastened to
the metal diaphragm of small mouth
piece accurately follows the groove
when the machine is in motion. A
covering of tin foil is placed over the
cylinder; any one desiring speaks into
the mouthpiece, turning the crank at
the same time, and the metallic point
makes Gepressions ofthe tin foil exactly
corresponding to the sound made. On
again passing over the uneven surface
the point follows the new outline and
an exact reproduction of the original
sound is the result. In appearance,
the machine suggests small lathe with
a pully of broad face mounted for finish.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12
A Howling Dervish

Rich i'm shrines and monastic institu-
tiOnn, Gallipoli has been from the early
days of the Ottoman rule in Europe a
stronghold of the faith. 1t shelters
three sects of dervishes: the Bevs, the
largest landed proprietors, are mostly
affiliated TO one or other of the orders /;
wealth and influence belong here to
Islam, and the rule of the high priest of
the howlers overrides that of the
appointed governor. An able, enter
prising, intriguing, money getting fel-
low is this distinguished dervish
though you would hardly think it to
see him with bowing head, and eyes
cast down, pale and ascetic of aspect,
in green pelisse and turbaned calback,
slowly pacing the streets on his high
bred horse, with an attendant holding
either stirrup. Still less would you
think it if you saw him in mosque on
Tuesday or Friday, bowling like a
maniac till he foams at the mouth and
drops exhausted. And yet this Hussam
Effendi is keen man of business, man
ages vast estates with great ability, and
conducts extensive commercial opera
sions in timber and agricultural produce
with success, lends money to small far
mers, has a large share in a steam
-four mill and biscuit factory, and is
one of the largest contractors for army
and navy supplies. 1t is impossible to
believe that one of the practical mind
of Hussam Effendl should have faith in
the value, theologically speaking, OF
his grotesque and painful ritual; but he
owes much of his influence to his repu-
tation for holiness, which, won by con-
slant and efficient bowling. is as sub
stantial an item of his large stock in
trade as the engine in the biscuit facto-
nv. Huscam Efendi's steadfastness to
the rule of his order is thus by no means
irreconcilable with his keen pursuit OF
this worlds goods.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12
From the Rancho to the Cars.

The collecting and asserting of the
herds for the drive Northward, on the
fenced ranches in the settled portions
of Nevada. are easily accomplished; :;
but in the grazing regions further west,
where the cattle roam without limit,
this work is both difficult and perilous.
The cattle i'm these remote regions are
mostly bought by class of bold, daring
men. of long experience on the from
tier, known as . out riders" who buy
and collect the cattle from the stock
raiser, and sell them TO the spectators
from the north. The outrider fills his
saddle-bags, and most likely a belt
which he wears around his waist, with
gold coin to the amount of tens of thou
sands of dollars, Tor in the section of
country he visits there are no banks !;
and, taking a few trusty companions,
all well mounted and armed, sets out
on his long journey, beset by constant
danger from lurking Indians and white
outlaws who infest this wild country.
The stock-grOwer, who has lived re-
mote from the settlements, perhaps see
ing no human being except tae owner
of a neighboring rancho for year,
looks upon the 9 outTider's" visit as
an event in his existence. He is a most
hospitable host, and for several days
after his guests arrival no business is
thought of, and a season of feasting,
riding and hunting is observed. When
this is over they begin their negotia-
tions. Tie herds are scanned over TO
get some idea of their condition, but
the cattle are not carefully counted and
weighed as stock is in the North. Tne
herds are simply sold ''as they run"
That is, the owner looks through his
book to see how many cattle he has
branded, and the outrider" pays him
so much for his brand, which entities
the buyer to all the cattle that he can
find in securing the prairies, which
bear the purchased mark. There is con-
siderable sport and great deal of hard,
rough riding in getting the wild herds
together and asserting them. 1t is in
this work that the splendid horseman-
ship and wonderful skill with the lasso
or lariat, of which so much has been
written, are displayed by the Texas
herder. In a few days everything is in
readiness, and the herds are started on
their long Northern march. A route
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12
Looking at the Moon.

/ stood off at the side of the room and
watched the tnrong awhile. The dim
lamp light made the figures weird.
They one by one advanced and put their
eyes TO the sight-piece of the tube, no
bigger than an opera glass. The To-
cussed splendor of the moon shone in
wavering little patches, the size of five
cent pieces on their faces, until they
got the hang of the glass. Then 1t
settled down full into the eyeball. The
eye was kept a few inches from the
opening, and the whole concentrated
light, thrown in the eye of the observer,
gave, TO a loOker-On, strange impress
sion as of glaring eyeballs OF wild beasts.
Some of the eyes thus lighted were
young and bright-some old and dim
some had known tears; some only
looked upon life's fairest sciences. One
by one they filed up in shadow; one by
glance OF the moon then they passed
into shadow and out at the door. One
brown-eyed girl stood under the swing
ing telescope in an attitude of perfect
ecstasy. Her head was thrown back,
her hands clasped, her lips parted, and
her face lighted up in an angelic radi-
ance. When the moon passed out of
her sight she gave a sigh that was
almost moan. 1t caused a ripple of
laughter among her young friends. ~
don't want TO take up too much time,
but oh, please do let me look again."
she said to the young professor. He
gallantly readjusted the glass on the
face OF the moon. "The lower edge of
moon is smOOth-that is where the vast
plains are-it CLEANS like FURNISHED
silver-midway up the moon the silver
is frosted instead of Durnished-the
upper part is beautifully embossed-by
mountains and craters-that give out an
intense white glory-even the shadows
of the mountains are silvery-mere dull
spots on the shield-oE, it is glorious
| am so glad-God made the moOn-the
grand God-the sunrise Is tinging the
tops of the mountain peaks at the upper
edge of the moon-they are trimmed by
rainbow hues-all the colors of the
prism. The mountain peaks stand up
in the telescope sharp and jagged against
space. Always before, the moon has
seemedlike il was above my head, hung
up in the sky; but now 1 seem to stand
on a planet and look down upon it,"
"You do" said the professor; "you
express the fact exactly. You stand on
planet and look down upon the
mocn."
81 can see clear down into its we'll
like crater; can look deep into its
gorges; l can fathom its chasms. 1t is
going; it is passing across the glass;
only little rim is here; it has gone"
The fair face disappeared; the impulsive
girl, whose running thread of talk had
woven its pretty fancies OF the moon
beams into a woof of brightness passed.
out of the room. A fippant young miss
shook her diamond ear drops, gave a
glance on giggling with eallow youth
who carried her shawl and fan.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12
Queer Colorado Girls.

They have some queer girls in Colo
RADIO. One of them who resided in
Cache Ia Proude Valley, had been re-
ceiving the attentions of a young man
for about year, but becoming impa-
tient at his failure to bring matters to
crisis, she resolved to ascertain his
intentions. When he next called, she
took him gently by the ear, led him to
seat and said: "Nobby, you've been
foolin' around this claim for mighty
near a year, en- hev never yit shot off
yer mouth on marryin' biz. I've cot
tened to yer on the square clean through,
an hev stood of every other galoot that
has tried to chin in, an now l want yer
to come down to business or leave the
ranch. Eff yer on the marry an want
a pard thst1l stick right to yer till ye
pass in yer checks, say so, but eff that
amt yer game draw out an give some
other fellow q show for his pile. Now
sing yer song or skip" He sang.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12
A Tragic Square.

In its spring garb there is no spot
more beautiful than the park opposite
the White House, called Lafayette
Square, in Washington. Yet, beautiful
as it is, that park might well be called
the tragic sq:;are, !" for there is no spot
in Washington round which so many
sad associations cling. The house now
occupied by the officers of the United
States Commissary-Gen stands
near the middle of the block on the
east side of Lafayette square, block
which old residents often call Madison
square, because Mrs. Madison for many
years after leaving the White House
lived in the house on the corner of III
street, diagonally opposite the Airing
ton hotel. The tragic house has been
known at various times as the "Club
house" and the "Seward house" 1t
was used by the fashionable club ofswell
gentlemen of Washington at the time
Sickles shot Key in front of it, and the
latter was taken within its walls to die.
Barton Key was constant frequenter
of the club, and the trees in Lafayette
square being very small then, it was
easy for him and the lady of his affec-
tions to signal to each other across the
park, as they did, for she lived opposite
in the house now occupied by Secretary
Thompson. OF the members of the
r.l,;,a, 20 xrb,,n dira mi : fortuuas eapna
while living there, John c. Spencer
comes first, | believe, in point of time.
He was Secretary of War from October
u, 1s4l, to March, 1913. and in the
autumn of 1912 his son was hung from
the yard-arm of the brig Somers on
accusation of mutiny. This man-of-
war was commanded by Alexander
Slidell Mackenzie, a commander in the
United States Navy, and was manned
chiefly by naval apprentices. While
on his way from the coast of Africa in
the autumn of 1912, the officer named
discovered the existence of a mutinOus
plot on board and Immediately placed
the chief mutineers in close confinement
and shortly afterwards they were
brought before a council of officers
who, after careful Investigation, decided
that the conspiracy had attained for
midable proportions, and as the inItin-
Gus spirit increased during the inyesti-
CATION, the immediate execution OF the
three persons principally implicated
was recommended and carried into
effect December l. 1912. These were
midshipman Philip Spencer, youth
about nineteen, perhaps less; seaman
Elisha Small and boatswain's mate,
Samuel Cromwell. As the ship reach
ed New York so soon after this execu-
ton, Commander Mackenzie was by
many severely censured that he did
not delay the execution until after a
trial had been given the mutineers on
land, or the sentence, at least, approved
by higher officers than those on the
Somers. One reason assigned for the
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12

DIR. Normandy gives case in which Il
gentleman was poisoned without any
person being directly responsible for the
act. The Medical Journal reports the
case as follow: \ gentleman was taken
suddenly ill after eating some double
Gloucester cheese, and his medical atten-
dant, having with much perseverance
determined to trace the poison to its
source, did so with the following result.
The cheese he found had been cOlored
i'm the ordinary way with annatto; the
annatto had been heightened in color
with a little vermillIOn, which, in small
quantities, is comparatively harmless
pigment; the vermilion had been, how
ever previously adulterated with red
lead and hence all this mischief. The
adulterator had been adulterated; and
each person, in the series of successive
falsifications, worked independently of
the other, and was not, of feourse, aware
of the manner in which he was prepar-
ing poison for the public.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12
Damon and Pythias.

y Gratiot avenue saloOn-keeper was
sorting out the lead nickels from his till
recently preparatory to the honest
iabors of a rainy Cay, when a smiling
stranger came i'm and said:
"Old fellow, I've got bet of $40 OH
your heal"
The saloonist felt all over the top of
his head, found no bet there, and looked
for a further explanation from the
stranger, whose coat at the elbows
seemed bound to secure ventilation.
The case is this" continued the
stranger, I've bet my friend b that
YOU are a well-read man. To prove il.
L have come to ask you if you know
what Damon did when there was every
reason 10 doubt thai Pythias would
return. While | am slipping my lager,
you can jog your memory little
He pushed the glass across the coun-
ter, but the saloon-keeper seemed to be
hunting for something down among the
kegs.
Its only trifle-small wager-but
the principle is what | want TO estab-
lish," remarked the man as he anxious
ly showed the glass around
Il expect so," came from down
among the kegs.
damon and Pythias were chums.
you know. When Damon wiped of
his chin, Pythias pulled down his vest,
and vice versa. While | am drinking
you can ponder over my original
query:"
''Shust So replied voice as the kegs
were rolled about.
'If Damon had the headache" con-
tinued the man, trying TO work the
pump projecting above the bar, Pythias
had sore eye as an offset. If Pythias
said he would take sugar in his, Damon
sweetened up with New Orleans molas-
ses. All this you know, of course: but
what did Damon do when Pythias did
not return ~
Il schall now show you vot he did, :"
replied the saloonist, as he rose up with
a metallic spigot in his hand. .'Ven
dot Piddeus did not hurry up, Damon
vhalks aroundt der bas shust so and"
The stranger got out, and, holding
the door from the outside, he looked
through the glass and said.
~ am now convinced that you never
read burned line of Shakespeare !,
While Damon was searching under the
bar, Pythias drew and drank three
glasses of BEER
The saloonist smiled, laid away the
spigot, and as he good-naturedly pulled
open the door he called to the stranger
at the curb stone:
''Vhen Damon vhas drawing dot
peer, Piddeus vhas moofiRg der pump
into der schlopkeg."
A tremor passed over the wag. He
turned pale, showed his teeth, and as he
started for the woodward opposite he
replied:
Hanged if he didn't-Damon wants
rest ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12
A Curious Tree.

A curious peculiaritv of the baobab
tree, found in Africa and Madagascar,
is, that scarcely any injury will destroy
it. Fire scorching the exterior does
not impair its vitality. Nor can it be
injured from within, as it is quite COM
mon to find il hollow. Even cutting it
down does not exterminate it, for it
continues to grow in length while lying
on the ground, and its roots, which
reach forty or fifty yards from the
trunk, retain their vitality. Although
the tree attains an enormous age, Liv-
ingstone having examined one which
he Judged to be one thousand four hun
dred years old, it is attacked by a dis
ease which affects its woody structure,
so i'm course of time its own weight
causes it to fall in mass of ruins.
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maniac, and no one dared to contradict


He married in 1879 Portuguese
princess, who soon left him, however,
so me sinister rumors regarding the dis
appearance of his first wife having
reached her ears.
The Countess de Castro was buried in
the dead of night in the presence OF
Mallendez and the king, who told her
proud relatives that she had eloped
with French adventurer They did
not dare to question his majesty's
veracity.
Charles III. died in 1900. His agony
was long and painful.
Mallendez survived him. He disap-
peared mysteriously during the follow
ing reign.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-12
VOL. XXNII.
ANCHORED.
~, ,.,rv ,,sys and nights so stiIl. so still

"a. ,,asrv iays and nights so still, 30 still
Tv.o-u-eless sails hang tapping stiff and slow !.
" nine snd chafe, and set our helpless viii
~ r.in revolt at what TO change, to know,
i no. for Us. We hear the strong winds blow;
"a fret as in the east the west We see
r,.st sbips and small so sailing fast and free,
ADRIFT.
Nh fearful DAYS and nights, so dark. go cold
IA. swift waves mock and leap on every side ;
\, -r5der steers no mast, no spar can hold /;
n. think no one could hear us If we cried;
". ,biDk God would not miss us, if We died ;
~, tssI forgotten. helpless, cast away
NJ. sb,t our ewes and do not even pray.
oN SHORE
n, peaceful DAYS, and peaceful nights, whose
peace
r.u,,t he uttered oh. green shores Of hfe
p--,,s ;sa body, Shall We ever cease
r. smile that through such hot and silly strife
N. ,-.,,e That doubt and fear could grow so
rife
That We could fail to see how Gods great hand
o,r .n,borases and our driftinss planned
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Great Britain paid to foreign ma
tions In 1877, for corn, cattle and meat,
S4S4 1893 6S5; for butter, s47 ,691. 525;
efeese, s23, SAC, ,265, and Tor eggs, Sl2,-
362 ,405.