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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16
A Reporter on Theology.

A San Francisco Reporter, who is as
lazy as he is clever, was once detailed
to report the sermon Of an eminent
divine of that city When the preacher
was about half through the reporter
bethought himself of yacht race, and
folding up his notes made his exit
through the vestry room. The next
day the sermon appeared in print. The
reporter had given correct report up
to the time he left, and then getting
the general idea of the theological
argument, tackled on an extra column
of brilliant metaphor and highly-col-
ored descriptive matter without much
regard to theology. The doctor came
round in a rage next day, and wanted
the reporter discharged. During the
week those of his congregation who had
not attended the church congratulated
him on the last half of his superb dis
course.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16
What "A Bundle Contained.

There were five of them from the
Monumental District, and having feast
ed to their hearts content On the great
variety of holiday goods on sale, they
came tripping out of the spacious en-
trance of one of our dry goods stores.
when they espied a nicely done up
package, apparently dropped by one of
the many seekers after holiday goods.
A minute more and one of them had
siezed it and they were hurrying down
the street speculating as to its contents.
81 hope it is good-sized dress pattern.
says the happy owner, as she hugged it
close for fear of its being spirited away.
s'If it was mine / would rather it
would be velvet cloak" cried one of
the others, as she enviously eyed the
packet. ''Oh, wouldn't; I'd rather it
would be new hat," was the comment
of another; and so they speculated
until they reached home, when the
string was loosed, and their astonished
and disappointed eyes rested on a very
soiled and dilapidated pair of pants,
probably just exchanged for a new pair,
which the owner had worn off, leaving
the old ones for a more unfortunate
brother or sister. 1t is not determined
which of the five shall wear the pants.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

was fired, and the ball just cleared the
vessels rail and went through her deck.
The line was caught, and more than 200
lives were saved. The crew of the YES
sci. after the shot is fired, draw in the
small line and find hawser attached to
il, with directions painted on a board,
in English and French, how to make
the hawser fast to the mast, and rig the
tackle. A smaller line also goes out
with the hawser, by which the life-car
is drawn back and forth between the
ship and the shore, saving six lives at
every trip. The life-car is nearly air
tight, and is built in the form of small
covered boat, so that should it, by any
accident. break from the kawser, its
passengers would still be safe. Some
times il is not necessary TO use the life
ear, aud then an implement know as
the "breeches buoy" is sent out. This
is something like a pair of short, wide
rubber pantaloOns, with a seat or ledge
for the occupant to sit on. \ cork buoy
around the band prevents it from sink
ing, and the persons on the vessel can
soon be drawn ashore. Each man upon
going into the surf, whether for busi-
ness or practice, is required to wear a
large but very convenient cork jacket,
with which it is impossible for him TO
sink. The stations are also furnished
with several of the Merriman life-saving
suits, with which man can float upon
the water for hours without being
drowned or even chilled or wet.
The inside and everyday work of 4
life-saving station is well-arranged
piece of machinery. BY day and by
night patrols are kept walking up and
down the beach, each provided with a
Coston light and lantern. Where no
bays or inlets prevent, the patrolman
of one station meets the patrolman
of the next, so that almost perfect COM
munication is maintained between them.
In the house. one man scrubs the floor,
another makes the beds, a third takes
care of the lantern, and in the stations
where the men do their own house
keeping, others take turns at cooking
and baking.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

Toole was acting in The Christmas
Carol" playing Bob Cratchett. A little
delicate girl, one of the children of the
dresser at the theatre whose pale face
and interesting manner fitted her well
for the part played Tiny Tim. The
sickly little child was favorite in the
theatre, and especially so with Mr..
Toole. During the performance of the
piece, as the reader may remember, the
artists sit down regularly TO supper
of roasted goose and plum pudding,
which was, in the present instance,
genuine material. Toole was in the
habit of chopping the viands up and
giving them to the children performing
and they, when they had eaten the first
helping, returned, like Oliver for more.
Tiny Tim, however, like Benjamin,
appeared to eat seven times as much as
her brethren. She was the first to re-
turn her plate for more, and always
made away with more than an ordinary
adult could eat of goose, andsupplement-
ing this colossal repast with plum
pudding enough for half dozen.
Toole gradually felt an aversion grow
ing in him for the child. Her paIlor
and sickness seemed to him suspicious
ly allied with Indigestion, the first fruits
of gluttony, He struggled against this
feeling for a time, but it mastered him,
and he could not think kindly of the
little one.
One day, in a fit of disgust, he sawed
off a piece of meat and bones from the
savory bird; and flung it into her plate,
with piece of plum pudding, which
left little for the others, hoping that
for once the child would be satisfied.
But she wasn't. With a punctuality
worthy of landlord, she returned for
more. TOole was shocked.
"My DEAR" said he, you will make
yourself sick if you eat so much. /
gave you enough for three or four big
boys. You could not have eaten it in
this time. Where are the bones?" he
added. looking at the empty plate.
The poor child hung her head. Toole
spoke again rather sharply.
"Please, sir" sobbed Tiny Tim, "my
little sister ate it,"
And following the direction of her
eyes toward the wings, there he saw a
hungry little horde of ragamuffins
pitching into the Christmas cheer with
an energy that indicated how much
they needed it. A light was let in upon
him. Little Tiny had been filling the
stomachs of her hungry little brothers
and sisters and not her own. She never
took another grudged morsel from the
table, Toole told the story to Dickens,
who listened attentively, and at its con-
clusion with burst of warm enthusiasm
cried: "Giye her the whole goose and
half the plum pudding next time;"
and fthe actor did not follow the warm
hearted novelist's instructions to the
letter, he acted up to the spirit of them,
and Tiny's family never lacked a square
meal during the run of the piece.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16
ADi..atisfied Xyitne...

She was Il farmers wife, and, as she
took the witness stand in a case before
Justice Brown, she had her hands
clenched, her lips compressed. and the
fire in her eye was evidence that she
was burning to tell the truth.
"Well, tell the jury what you know
about this case," said the lawyer.
She moved around little, looked the
jury square in the face, and getting a
good hold of the witness box, she began
81 was out to the barn to ask my hus-
band if he thought it was going to rain
and he said he guessed net and said l
guess not when three or four men came
in. They were jawing and swearing
and it almost made my blood run"
'Never mind all that" interrupted
the lawyer. 'Did you see any one
strike blow?"
81 guess did see some one strike a
blow, and three or four of them and /
never was so frightened in my life and
wonder l didn't faint away and l
think this man they call Robinson was
the one who struck first and I'm almost
sure Of it and if I'd been a man I'd
have"
"Do you swear that Robinson struck
the first blow?"
''Yes, sir. / swear that / think Rob-
inson struck the first blow, though |
may be mistaken, of course, and of
course don't want to swear 70 lie for
no one and l was excited and don't
know but some one may have hit him
with an ear of corn and
"That will do" said the lawyer.
"Why-why, | haven't hardly COM
menced yet," she protested.
swell, I've got all l want of such
testimony"
81 say it's mean trick to bring me
into town, over 'leven miles of mud
road and then not let me swear!" she
exclaimed as she stepped down. "I
guess I'm just as good as some others
out my way, and l guess Pve got Just
as good an education for swearing in
court, even if We haven't got upholster-
ed chairs in the house !'-Detroit Press
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16
Trailing Skirts.

The municipal authorities of Leipsic,
Germany, have proclaimed 4 fine of ten
marks on any woman who wears trail
ing dresses on the streets of that city.
The proclamation also orders the police
to arrest such offenders, and the names
are to be published in the local papers.
1t is difficultto believe that any govern
ment is despotic enough to interfere
with any feminine prerogative in the
matter of dress, but perhaps the inter-
ference in this case is sanitary meas
ure, which American ladies would do
well to observe without legal compul-
sion.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16
An open Letter.-It speaks for Itself.


MR.. EDITOR: Having read in your paper reports Of
the remarkable cures Of cstarrh, induced To tell
what know about catarrh, and fancy the .snuffl
anu ,lnhang tube" maker lmera dollar grabler,l
would De glad II they could emblazOn a similar cure
IN the papers For % years suffered with catarrh
ne hasl passa ges became com petely closed ssSnr
uust, ashes, "inhaling tubes, - and sssiicks =;
Souidn work though at intervals would sniff IN
,he so-ealled catarrh snuff, until became a valuable
lester ior such medicines. i gradually grew worse
ana no one can know how much suffered or what a
miserable being was. My head ached over INV ewes
20 mat was confined to my bed for many successive
Gays, snnering the most intense pain, whch at one
TIME lasted continuously for los hours All sense u
snieii and taste gone, sight and hearing impaired,
DOdy shrunken and weakened, Gus system shat
tersd, ana Constitution broken, and Was haw King
anu spttlng seyen-egh ghths OF the time prayed for
death to relieve me Of my suffering A favorable no.
use N your paper OF DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy in
pIeea me 70 purchase package, and it with Dr.
pierce Nasal DOuche, which applies the remedy
py i ihydrostatc pressure, the only way compatible
with common sense. Well, MIR. Editor, It did not cure
ne N three fourths OF second, in one hour or
month but in less than eight minute. relieved
ana IN three months entirely cured, and have re-
manned SO Tor over sixteen months While using the
1atarrh Kennedy, used DIR. Pierces Golden Medical
Dseol cry 20 purify my blood and strengthen INV
stoinach also kept my liver active and bowels
reguiar by the use OF his Pleasant Purgatye Pelets
my experience will induce other sufferers 10 ssek
swered its purpose. Yours truly
b, ID. REMICK.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

FACTS FOR The FARMER.-It is worth
while for all farmers, everywhere, tc
remember that thorough culture is bet.
ter than three mortgages on the farm
That an offensive war against the
weeds is five times less expensive than
a defensive one.
That good fences always pay better
than lawsuit with neighbors.
That hay is great deal cheaper made
in summer than purchased in winter.
That more stock perish from famine
than founder.
That horse who lays his ears back,
and looks lightning when any one APP
proaches, is vicious.
That scrimping the feed of fattening
hogs is waste of grain.
That educating children properly is
money lent at 10 per cent.
That one evening spent at home in
study, is more profitable than ten spent
in lounging about saloons and tayerns.
That cows should be milked regularly
and clean.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16
xv,.,.xer and wherever

Di.ssses of a cholersic type prevail or there -
cause to apprehend visi- from them. the sys,
tenn shonld be tone1, regulated and reinforced
by a course OF Hostetter's Stomach batsers.
Perfect digestion and a regular habit OF oody
are the best safeguards against such maiadies.
and both are secured by this Inc stimaDie ton1o
seryiceable in remedying such Disorders II
promptly taken in bilious colo. disrrntea ana
Cholera morbus. the disease Is usually rus
trsted. In diarrhes cases, 1t Is only neces-
sary to restore the tone Of the relaxed bowels,
and this is one Of the specific effects OF TINS
medicine. Wind on the stomach: hesrtourn'
h,.'on.ns.. nausea. headache and other symp-
TOM of disturbance in the gastric and hepatic
regions are also speedily relisved by this e1-
Client remedy. As family medicine II I
invaluable, since it PROMPTLY and completely
remedies those ailments which are oil most
freduent occurrence.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

"BUT l pass" said a minister in the
west, recently. in dissmissing one theme
of his subject to take up another.
"Then l make it spades," yelled man
from the gallery, who was dreaming
the happy hours away in an imaginary
game of euchre. Ii is needless to say
that he went out on the next deal, being
assisted by one of the deacons with a
full hand of clubs.-Er.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16
HUMOROUS.

WILL You UEvApE?--"Will you 'evade'
this morning?" said my friend.
"What?"
"Evade. Eyade the excise law. That's
what we call it now.
II will evade, I" answered promptly.
Il always evade when possible. do it
on principle"
At the door of popular restaurant
stood a man. He surveyed us keenly.
My friend tried that door. 1t was
locked. The man stepped up. Cant
get in, gentleman" said he; "bar
closed"
"why, you know me, don't you?''
said s. TO the sentinel.
"No. Who are your referencesr We
must have first class references now as
to character, occupation, and standing
to guard against excise spies"
After giving the name OF prominent
Judge and another high official the door
was unlocked. We entered. No bar
was visible. People were going up anu
down the cellar stairs. We joined the
throng. Descending to the cellar, bar
improvised on a board and two barrels
met our eve. The bar-keepers were
busy behind it.
.rhis is evasion" said s. GLOW will
you evade?"
with hot Scotch"
"Mine, tOO," said he.
We evaded.
'Isn't this shameful?" said S. "Call
this free country, indeed. Why it's
so much trouble to get single drink
now that one must drink twice and save
that much Introductory ceremony. Let
us evade again." said he.
We did so.
SLOWS business?" I asked of the
bartender.
.sNever better" said he. "People
have so much trouble in getting into a
saloon to get drink that they drink
two or three times to save going
through it all again. Then they rather
like the novelty of the thing. This
evasion Of the law lends to it the charms
of adventure. So now people evade who
did not evade before, and those who did
evade, do now evade the more"
''Let us go somewhere else and
evade," said S.
We found another saloon, another
guard, another locked door; references
we're again produced! we were ad-
mitted. The place was full. The bar
tenders had not time to clean their
glasses. "It's a great hardship, amt
it," said S. 'to be deprived of ones
liberties and drinks in this way? Let's
evade some more"
''I've had enough of evasion to-day"
said.
WHAT said S. 'Nuff; I'm goin' to
see this thing through. I'm goin' to
devote the ressuv this day t'vasion."
left him evading.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

The death of Madame lie Verrier, the
widow of the astronomer, which took
place on the 1st inst, was due, accord
ing to Nature, to the shock occassioned
by the loss of her husband, superven-
ing upon her now previous illness,
which had been long protracted. Her
father, NJ. Choquet an eminent profess
sor of mathematics, eighty years old,
was pre- ,ent at the funeral. The official
announcement that the bust of lie Ver-
rier is to be placed in the palace at
Versailles, was published on the day of
his widows death. The honor accorded
to the astronomer is the first TO any re-
preventative of science; the other busts
at the palace are of literary men, artists
or politicians.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16
skin Diseases.

All those troublesome scaly. itching, pirnply,
blotchy, humid eruptIons of the SKIN, d NOM
mated letter, ErysipeLas, Acne, etc, that are
so ussightly and annoying. are quickly and
effectually cured bv the simple application OF
HieskeLrs letter Ointment, q remedy that a ~
nroved ;tself 20 possess wonderful healing
powers, curing hundre reds Of cases that hai re-
sisted all other treatment even that OF the
best professional talent Of the country. IL
only needs q trial to prove its virtues Sold %
cents per box sent by mail for GO cts.
JOHNSTON. HOLLOWAY / Co.. COZ Arch st. Phila-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

oughwort, one ounce of fiaxseed; SIM
mer together in one quart of water
until the strength is entirely extracted !;
strain carefully; add one pint of best
mOlasses and half-pound loaf sugar !;
simmer them thoroughly together, and
when cold bottle tight. A few doses of
one teaspoonful at time will alleviate
the most distressing cough of the lungs,
subdues any tendency TO consumption,
breaks up entirely the whooping g-cough,
asthma, bronchitis, and all Affections of
the lungs and throat. 1t is simple, safe
and effective.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

TREATMENT OF SORE THROAT. - In
cases of ordinary sore throat, the SIM
plest and best treatments the wet pack,
using linen cloth wrung from cold
water, and over this knit or crotcned
yard band, four feet long and four
inches wide. Apply this two or three
nights in succession, unless it is very
serious case, when the pack should be
kept on during the day. ii taken off in
the morning, wash the throat in very
cold water, and rub dry with coarse
towel and with the hand. This will
prevent taking more cold. The more
friction used the better; let l. be sort
of squeezing of the parts so as TO effect
the deep seated tissues. Sore throats
may be prevented by these means from
becoming chronic.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

and Liver Complaint cannot withstand
Scbenck's Mandrake Pills. They act upon tue
stomach and liver without nauseating Ut grp-
ing are perfectly safe and harmless contain,
ing no mercury or other injurious drug ana
NAV be used by the most delicate person.
For sale by all Druggists-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

COFFEE TABLETS. A Frenchman
roasts coffee, grinds it to -four; moistens
il a very little, mixes in it twice its
weight of powdered sugar and then
presses it into tablets. One of these
tablets can be dissolved at any time in
hot or cold water, making at once the
very perfection of coffee; and il is
claimed that pound OF the berry will
go much further by this preparation.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

STUFFED AND BAKED Fish. - Soak
bread in cold water till soft; drain off
the water, mash the bread fine, mix it
with tablespoonful of melted butter,
a little pepper and salt. A couple OF
raw eggs make the dressing. Fill the
fish with the dressing, sew it up, put a
teacup of water in your bake pan and a
small piece of butter. Then lay in the
fish, and bake it from forty to fifty min
utes. Fresh cod, bass and shad are
suitable fish for baking.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

d process for making glass iridescent
has been patented by NJ. Clemandot.
Beautiful effects are produced. The
main feature of the process is the appli-
cation of acids to the glass under pres
sure of from two to five or more atmos-
pheres. Water containing fifteen per
cent. OF hydrochloric acid is used to
bring out rainbow tints like mother OF
pearl; and artificial gems of various
sorts have thus been manufactured.
The glass prepared by these processes is
quite as iridescent as is that which anti
quaries so much value; the pressure and
the acids fastening result that the
ordinary agencies of the atmosphere
would take centuries TO produce.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

The Bulletin Of the american Iron and
Steel Association announces the heaviest
weeks work yet done in this country,
in rolling Bessemer steel rails. 1t was
performed by the Pennsylvania Steel
Company during the week ending
November 10. The product was 5,6SS
rails, weighing 3, 3,622 ,0S0 pounds. The
restapproaches to this for one week Is
work were during last Spring, by the
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company,
GLIB rails, weighing 3.0Si, s53 pounds,
and by the Edgar Thomson Steel Com
pany, 5000 rails, weighing 3 AS, $40
pounds. The Bulletin says that Euro
pean mills do no such work as this"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

BURSs.-Are you burned? / have
tried raw eggs on burns for twenty
years, and never failed TO take the fire
out in three applications. Spread raw
eggs on cloth and apply to the burn.
Ii will remove all pain at once. When
the eggs become dry, wet in water till
soft, and apply fresh eggs. The whites
of eggs will do the best.
Common cooking soda placed upon
the burn and a moistened cloth on top
is said TO be an infallible cure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

A VENERABLE but eccentric member
of the presbytery lately, in attempting
TO get into the packet boat, fell into the
canal. He was drawn out half drowned,
and conveyed TO a house in the neigh
borhOOd, where he was put to bed.
"Will ye take some spirits and water,
sir?" asked his considerate host. "Na,
ma! j have had plenty o. water for one
day; I'll take the spirits alone"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

Perfectly tasteless. elegantly coated, for N.
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els. Kidneys, bladder. nervous di~eas-s heat
ache. cOnstipati q, Indigestion, dyspepsia in
lOusness. bil Gus fever, nfiammaI Ion Of the boE
els. piles, and ali deran emrnjs OF the interpsI
ylscera- rranted 10 effect positive cure
Price Is cents per box.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

WHEN a man is treating a dashing
widow to oysters, and sees his wife
coming into the restaurant, about all he
can do is to button his coat and hang to
his chair, and trust in Providence.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

Don't fail to procure MRS. WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP for all diseases of teeth
ing in children IL relieves the child from
pain cures wind cole. regulates the bowels,
and by giving relief and health to the child,
gives rest TO the mother.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-16

FoR ALL Lung Troubles, Is wen a. Com
plants Of the Throat, Jsynes Expecterant is
certainly palliative and often . curative, -
the testimony of thousands and its worldwide
reputation attests. For Coughs or Colds no
surer or more effective remedy can be found.