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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20
Eject of Electricity on Vegetation

Probably everyone VINO has entered
wood or forest has noticed the stunted
or scraggy growth of the underwood,
and the cause of that peculiar condition
has always been attributed 70 the fact
that the shrubs or smaller trees were
overshadOwed by the foliage of the lar-
ger ones and deprived of the light and
air necessary to their full development
VI, Grandeau, Professor OF the Ecole
FOrestiere, states that his researches on
the subject led him to the conclusion
that, although a certain effect was to be
attributed to that cause, it was not suf-
ficient to account for the great depreei-
alton in the vegetation. After long
reflection he came to the conclusion
that the large trees acted as conductors
of electricity and thus deprived the
underground of an element necessary
to their full development. In order to
test his views, he tried a series of ex-
periments on various plants. but we
need only refer to one, which although
not the most striking. will fully eluci-
date the principle he advances. the
means he employed and the results OBJ
tanned. In April. 1877, he took two
tobacco plants, each weighing three
and half grammes, and having four
leaves. They were both planted in
boxes containing mould of identical
quality. and placed side by side in a
position favorable TO their growth. But
one of them had placed over it cage.
consisting of four iron rods, one meter,
fifty centimeters high, joined at the top
and covered with wire gauze, which
permitted the free circulation of air,
light and water, but completely pro-
tected the plant from the action of
atmospheric electricity. They were
left uninterfered with until the middle
of August, when the results obtained
were as follows; The plant in open air
had attained height of three feet five
inches, while the other was only two
feet four inches; the former weighed
233 grammes and the latter 40 grammes,
when dried, their respective weights
were thirty grammes and fifteen and a
half granmes. Similar experiments
made with maize and wheat gave pre-
cisely analogous results, so that NJ.
| Grandeau has come 10 the conclusion
Jhat the electricity of the atmosphere
is equally necessary to vegetat N as
| sunlight, air and water.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20
Seeing The Ichthyosaurus-


Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the
Prince Consort once paid the British
Museum a visit. While they were in
the department now presided over by
Prof. Owen, the attention of the royal
pair was directed TO an ichthyosaurus,
which, it will be remembered, was dis
played on the wall. just at that mo-
ment Mr.. KONG entered the room,
when Sir Henry presented him, as the
then head of the department TO the
Queen and the Prince The latter,
whose ear was struck by the German
name, desired to know from whence in
Germany he came, and asked ''FrOm
what part?" Konig, supposing the in
ouiry TO refer not to himself but TO the
fossil. replied: "From the blue lias at
Lyme Regis, in Dorsetshire, your Roy
al Highness." Sir Henry said that the
Queen was especially diverted by the
malapropos reply, and laughed hear
tily.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20
If ONLY YOU WERE HERE.

II YOU were here tonight
II might lift my longing eyes to trace
Your dreamy eyes down-looking on nv fsee,
With their half-veiled half smiling tenderness.
oh, first and best and dearest, can YOU guess
How, IN my lonely heart, your altsr-fiame
Would leap TO sudden glorious IRE. and shame
All these sad, dsrkened hours OF fear and
blame
II only you were here?
II you were here to night.
Here. close beside me, while the soft rain falls
Aud through ths darkness the sweet church
hell calls,
And all the quiet world takes on repose.
oh, sarnest heart il you were here so close
That might lean down on your breast,
WHIST could ask OF sweeter calm OF rest.
Who. in God't hap world, could Be more
best?
IL only you we're here?
II you were here tonight
Oh. love my love. my love, 30 far from me,
Through all dividing space. where er you be,
Ny winged thoughts fly fast, and far. and free.
Seeking. like birds to find their sheltered nest
Oh gentle heart. make such welcome guest,
Across the lonely world, know not where.
send the longing silence of prayer,
II only you where here
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20
Providence.

No long since Il man stopped at the
little window of little branch office in
the "Hub," the inhabitant evidently OF
a little sphere of his own, outside OF
which he was lost in the maZes OF life.
lis this the telegraph Office" he
asked hesitatingly.
The young lady operator satisfied HIM
of the tact.
~ want to telegraph he proceeded,
growing confidential, 81 want TO tele-
graph to my wife and tell her missed
the train"
you will have to write il on one OF
those blanks" said the operator, cool
ly; entirely unimpressed by the ITO
sender exciting event.
''Oh, well. l guess you'd better
write it. / can write" (evidentiv
thinking it necessary to establish the
fact before proceeding farther), "but
(fiatteringly) "you can fix it up better
than can"
"whom is the message going to?''
asked the operator, as she armed herseii
with pen and blank.
"To-my wIfe-in Providence, he
replied. with the most sublime inno-
cence.
The operator looked at him doubtful
ly. :
.sWhat is the address? To whom is
the message going?"
The man eyed her with great aston
ishment, 81 told you," he said, raising
his voice as if he thought her afflicted
with deafness, ''to my wife in Provi-
dence."
81 am afraid" the operator replied,
trying to speak ironically, that the
message might not be received IL aa-
dressed in that way. Providence Is
small place, know, but 1t might pos
,sible 90 to some other mans wife,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20

Yer from his belt and quick as thought
sent ball after ball into the card, till
there were six balls in spot not much
larger than a silver dollar.
By this time the school-bouse was
half full Of large boys and girls. The
little ones were afraid to come.
Then the teacher walked half way
down the room with the bowie knife in
his hand and threw it with so true a
hand that itstuck quivering in the very
center of the card.
He left it there and put two more
knives of the same kind in his belt and
quietly reloaded his yet smoking pistol.
''Ring the bell; l am about TO open
school ~
He spoke 70 the cross-eyed boy, the
bully of the crowd; and the boy rang
the bell without word.
"The scholars will take their seats; l
open school with prayer" he said
sternly, five minutes later.
The scholars sat down silent almost
breathless.
After prayer the teacher cooked q
revolver and walked down the floor.
ave will arrange the classes" he
said. "All who can read, write and
spell. will rise, of them we Will form the
first class"
Only six got up. He escorted them
to upper seats, and then he began to
examine the rest. A whisper was
heard behind him. In a second he
wheeled, revolver In hand.
"No whispering allowed here" he
thundered, and for an instant his revOl-
yer lay on a level with the cross-eyed
boys head.
"I'll not do so any MORE" gasped the
bully.
"See that you do not. / never give a
second warming" said the teacher, and
the revolver fell.
IT took two hours to organize the
classes, but when done, they were well
organized. Then came recess. The
teacher went out too, for the room was
crowded and hot. A hawk was circling
overhead high in air. The teacher
drew a revolver, and the next second,
the hawk came tumbling down among
the wondering scholars.
From that day, on, Harry kept school
for two years in Cranberry Gulch, his
salary doubled after the first quarter,
aad his pupils learned to love, as well
as respect him, and the revolvers went
out OF sight within a month.
They had found a man at last who
could keep school. This is fact.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20

An exceedingly learned but somewhat
stately Clergyman, who preached last
Sunday evening, in one Of our very
costly and fashionable churches, told,
by way of illustration, one of the most
remarkable snake stories that ever found
its way into the American pulpit. He
said that he had read it some where, but
he omitted TO say where, IL was to the
effect that an eagle, spying from his
lofty perch a snake which was crawling
on the earth, swOOped down for the
reptile, caught it in his beak and began
TO soar aloft. The eagle was proud of
his prize, but the snake objected to thus
being made game of, and began TO wind
itself around the extended and widely
Tapping wings of the noble bird. The
noble bird thereupOn found himself
crippled and powerless TO fy according
10 his customary manner. The hiceOus
reptile wound itself more and more
around the wings of the noble bird.
Noble bird found it more and more diff
ticult to fly. Hideous reptile took a few
more turns around noble birds wings
and pinioned them almost to his sides.
Noble bird struggled and could hardly
fig at all. HideOus reptile took some
more turns around noble birds wings,
and noble bird was unable TO make any
motion of his wings whatever. There
upon noble bird, made a captive by the
creature he had pounced upon for his
own, tumbled lifeless to the ground. A
lawyers little daughter, who had list
ened with breathless interest TO the
narration, turned to her father and
asked, spa, what became Of the
snake?"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20

the capricious fashion of his country,
and was, therefore, worked up into
burrows and ridges, and central cones,
bearing a curious resemblance to the
formation of the land about Uhombo. i
woader if the art grew by pereeiving
Natures fashion and the mold of his
country. Descending from the fGce,
which was crude ,large-featured, rough
hewn, and bore witness TO the possess
sion of much sly humor and kindly
disposition, my eyes fastened on his
naked body. Through the ocherous
daubs | detected strange freaks of
pricking on it, circles, squares and
crosses, and traced with wonder the
many hard lines and FUCKERS created
by age, weather, ill-usage aud rude
keeping. His feet were mOnstrous abOr-
tions, the soles as hard as hOofs; and
his legs, high up as the knees, were
plastered with strata of dirt. His lOin
cover, or queer ''girding tackle" need
not be described. They were absolutely
appalling to good taste, and the most
ragged British beggar or NeapO!itan
lazzarone is sumptuously-nay, regally
clothed in comparison with this ''king'
in Uhombo. If the old chief appeared
so unprepOsSessing, bow can L paint
without offence my humber brothers
and sisters who stood around us? As
| looked ut the array of faces l could
only comment to myself, "Ugly-ug-
lier-ugliest. As 1 looked at their
nude and filthy bodies, and the enOr-
nous dugs that hung down the bosoms
Of the women, and the general indie
cency of their nakedness, l calculated
Fearful as the sum total of what l
might with propriety say, and what.
indeed, is sufficiently descriptive.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20
The Swor,i-fish-

The sword-fish weighs from 100 to
COO lbs. Their only known breeding
ground is in the Mediterranean. There
the same fish are found weighing half
a pound; from that they go up to very
heavy measurement. It is naturally
inferred from this that all our sword
fish are Mediterranean products. What
mysterious ocean current guides them
over here: Or is it the instinct that
teaches them that mere they will tind
the mackerel and menhaden that they
feed on: One can almost imagine that
the game Of flight and pursuit kept up
bv these two species starts at Gibraltar
and is run TO Block Island every year.
The sword-fi-h darts upon a school of
its prey, and by skilful use of its sword
wounds those that it afterward captures
and eats. Until this season nobody ever
thought OF catching it except by har-
poons. This year, however, il has tax
en- the bats of the trawls-bottom lines
of the Cape Ann cod fishermen, and
many sword-fish have been caught in
that novel way. What they come up
and sleep for is one of the puzzles Of
their nature. They come and go as the
mackerel and menhaden do. and from
that il is naturally concluded that they
spend their time chasing these small
| fish. What with sharks, sword-iish.
pOrpoises, bluefish, sea-guIls, eagles
and seines, and all the rest, after them,
the fish of the herring tribe have led
such lives of flight and terror that it is
no longer a wonder that the movements
of any school of them seem always
guided by an inherent idiocy. IL is less
strange of them that they are all the
while victims than that being caught
By millions yearly. they should steadi-
ly increase. There were never more
menhaden on our coast than this year.
Discreet wives have sometimes nef-
| thor auas nnr oaPs
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20

1t is computed that Minnesota Is ca
pable of producing 7OO,OOO,OOO bushels
OF wheat annually, and that the water
power of Minneapolis alone can manu-
facture half of ir into flour.
Hate no one-hate their vices, not
themselves,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-11-20

Discreet wives have sometimes nei-
ther eyes nor ears.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-21
pE-ogNNING A THOROUGHLY

In order to guard against result katlefl
s~abyefsiye Oh h~eaitll, il is absolntH essal
tiai thai the grand ihorongtliaIe NaFenls
Of tho system, the bowels. shoiN @ II
opened as speedily as possible "tlktiiey b
come obatlleted. Ii they are l1otIaet bile !
misdlrected into the bloodi the I II becofns
torpid; yiscil bilious matter n Lilo IL
stomach, and produces lndi1eHfs he'll
aches enslie. and other symptN are par
dueed, which q proloslgatlon IN = eseis4eg
cause only tends to aggesrayafE The AIR
lent properties Of Hostatter's P'nlacl litl
tiers constitute 4 most iisetill tkaC N DER
coming construction ofthe bofs, and 10.
NOTING 4 regular habit Of hotif It's ssin9
ileiy superior 70 the drastic Etharlies re-
5qoentlo used for the pufpeseL ante It .uesi
NOT, like them, act violently III nrotIats .
natural. painless effect, HhiTdses roF mi
pail tie tone Of the vaFtory 5fsars,
<si,icIl i inyigorAtes insteagfef weahaing
tFhe4ssaaaach and isef: alfR la'iFel til en-
tire system, il streastisenqf aud f~ern5te1
hv it, a
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r.. .'@'e' and civilized world. ' seosoh q the
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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-21
Office TO MINERS.
United States Iand Office

! 4 HeIel1a, Montana November L, 1915.
i rim Collier, whose postottice address. N Rea-
GysIreek, Jefferson county, Montana Territory !
h,iits day filed his application to enter as agrietil-
claial iand, under tie linal homestead laws, the
SalI of The ) e qa4lfer:and Ire $ half Of tile S
yN1arter section rs il township No. 8 aorth range
III cas-. which land Is suspended from entry.
gtlea1s hereby given THAT Il hearing will be had
abs Office on the 3otll tiay Of December, A u.
Ill 20 l0a3clock q. m, to determine ia To the
lARisti an lion-nlineral character d faaid land, and
sBflolls to be usellanon said hearing viii be taken
4Re the Register and Receiver on tie SotEl 8ay OF
fslbaf, a . 1873 at 10 O'Clock u. IN, Itis al
TT there are no known miners, nor mining i'm
f~eJaenfs, upon said land.
J. II MOE, Register.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-21
.0rIGE TO MINERS
United States Land Once.
Helena, Montana, Oct, Is, 1873.

Helena, Montana, Oct, Is, 1873.
Raahasu Iehatner, whose post Office address i
Willie sulphur Springs, Meagher county, Ill. 81,
8H4ats GAY fled his application 10 enter ~ a.,ri.
glqqsli land under the homestead laws, the b nal
sh IalaTfer and the s Il quarter Of Nj quarter
II s9al s1s 4, and the N u quarter Of n II ul9rtor 81
aaila ss.is township Ne. 4 north. range No.
st H,}aen itaila is suspended floM entry.
s4es.lsaerebY given that u ileaffng Will be had
ths tisleeo on the 9th day OF November, IA. d.
sN at leso'clock a m, 10 deternline rs 10 Inc min
nlF hsh-niineral character nf said lana, and tes-
e, is used upon said hearing viii be taken
qf flie hegfster and Receiver on the 10Th div or
~ogapess a y 1873, at 10 O'Clock q III. It Ii nj |
spa ne are 10 known miners, nor mining inn
lat upon said land. !
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-21

them. Opinions differ IN record - tho !.
<.~a ~ ,t.oar. 80 - sto i"-
that il IS the complaint known as the black
leg. Others that Il is dry murraia, while still
others claim that it is o disease unknown to
the veterinary faculty. We recommend 10
Our stock men TINT they take some measure
TO dia9nos'ieate the disease, 50 that, If pos
sibie- q remedy may be found. BY . com
binafion, % tear the expense. among on
stock faiSer~, 10 = very probable that q sci
%eulitic examination could be made which
wou1a rank tit complaint among the pre-
- fl,o.e ,vbn ar4 f3 IN oad H. rhe in,nnrfant
h,si,,a.. ar ,.isip. e1ttlr yeo,,;an
-
Lieut. Stevens, o. tie Etiglneef Corps
who this year has had charge Of the upper
Missouri river Improvements, nearly eN'
halSted the appropriations of P3o,0Do. The
work At Btlp}tin Rapids i pronounced
finished, giving three feet sc low "atel
where only ~ INCHES was the depth obtain
able a year ago. Tie engineers have work
ed tile change hy removing bouldefs ane
baiIdinv winu-aalu.. Al Cow Island tht
!, 49,. Ut. ~ II 5,,,Iaf. .ad t,,4lve inehat
"''Ff"'v"'o'1 s''''''o' -
more water rms there 'ha'l Two years a2o
There Il q foot more water at Grand lslant
tgtai, tha,.a was u y4ara 400. All three q
.,, .,h,
- at@ 4N
until tie river freezes ever. Cen. Hun
pilrey estimates $4,000 for next years ap
Drorriatinn. For eight miles below Daa
+, Da...a. ILL.,. .,nn ,a.ds .~,a,lanlinn
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-21
NOTICE 10 MINERS T.
United States Land Once

United States Land Once.
Helena, Montana, NOV. a.. 1873 I
NIn. Rader whose post Office Address ii MKT
1alHa0I 32gaagas AeaBaes snnnNs M " has III
v 49, apapIca30n To GusnJt ss aaafcflfaIls
i9iltE as!aT ne i9f11esfead laws the Lots M. / d
I GA dissection M. ii In township No. q north.
falAs Sp. I cast, Yliesl land Is suspended rom
N'ave i hereby given thar d hearing win be had
II tsplhoe on fie3otil day Of December, A#D 1875,
ata 94easGk y 10 TO determine rs 10 the mineral o.
VI nlffeiat character ofsaia land, and testimony
1 fttsea upon said hearing will. be taken before
WAN daftdis, q Notary Pnplie, at Camp Ba-
isa ,n0ntala ItNfsHpry, on the2sta dav of deem
hr 4 = 1878, ri. u o'clock a. m. II is alleged
M are no known miners, nor mining improve
-, upon said land. !. II MOE. Pegister.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-02

The fire at Senatobia, Mississippi, on FRI
day night, was quite calamity to the resi-
dents of that town. The fire swept away many
business houses and several residences ,inflict-
ing large peeuniary loss upon the owners
aud occupants. The sufferers have the SYM
pathy of the public in their distress and loss.
Men, women and children, both VIII te aGd
colored, turned out in force, and did every
thing in their power to suppress the flames,
and, fortunately, were successful in so doing,
after hard struggle. Senato5ia is thirty
IuZ business town, and its residents are most
worthy people. It's citizens are closely iden-
tilted with Memphis, in both social and bust
ness relations, and throughout our city many
expressions Of regret and sympathy have been
mail at the losses sustained by them.
usko, Missi 'sippi, met with a like calIn
ity. TIE losses fall heavily upon the
citizens OF that thriving town. bat there
is among them the true spirit of American
energy, wh Gu vii build up what has been
destroyed, and turns defeat into victory
The'e fires are always destructive, for want
o. proper FIRE departments. A volunteer FIRE
company should be organized and power
full hand engine should be provided by the
citizens OF each interior town, so that when
the irI-iend makes ITS appearances tEey will
be in a condition TO meet it in an effective
manner, and by this means protect and save
valuable property