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..Coyipyton" IA friend OF Sharpesl, replied

sCovin-ton" IA friend OF Sharpe'sl, replied
BeaUchamp.
The door opened and Sharpe appeared. and
Raau.h .haulp seized him hy the throat. Sharpe
tIyiu.s vainlv 10 escape Mrs Sharpe appeared
at a rear door. Beauehalnp tore OFF the mask,
and thrust his face close to hlS doomed victim.
DO you know me" h. scottingly Sneered-
Sharpe cried, Good God, II is he" They
were his last words Beauchamp plunged
the dagger deep into his heart, and the blood
spurtei upon the walls and dahbled the floor.
Die, Beauchamp said, and he died,
THE HUE AND CRY
Was socu raised. The assassin was followed by
an eager crowd Captured and arrested, he
was brought back and tried. Tie was convicted
and sentenced toexecution. His wife remained
with him to the last and made no attempt Ia
conceal the fact that she instigated and urged
on the assassination She Sloried in it, scouting
the threat of indicting her rs accessory before
the act. The night before the execution. she
procured al ounce vial Of laudanun, and per
suaded her husband t. cheat the gallows If he
could The liquid was divided and she tock
one half. Then they kneit and prayed They
sang for iov q; they shouted that their sins had
been forgiven and III = delirium" Of ecstasy they
aroused the other inmates Of the prison The
poison did not work She Swore She would
stlrve herself to death, and be buried in the
same coffin with Eer husband.
HE WAS ENECUTED
June =, 1876, a great day in Frankfort. The
city WAS thronged tOsee the last II J. =. Hrau-
champ. The "miIoris black Sibhet was erected
on hilltop near by The drums beat mourn
ful dirscs from early dawn. At II o'clock Mrs.
B,.aucAamp asked the jaiior to leave her for a
few III nentS with her husband. The jsil"r
LETT, but soon heard SroaHs from the cell. He
found them welterinS IN blood.
THEY HAD STABBED THEMSELVES
With IA knife the wife had concealed She soon
expired, but his wound was not fatal HewaS
taken to her bedside, Us her life tide was cbbin;
fast He felt her pulse, and said: = Farewell,
child Of sorrow: farewell, victm Of persecution
and misfortune Nou AZ now Safc from the
tongue Of sia,Vlcr. FOR YOU I've lived for
yon die He kissed her bps; he was rea'!y.
The blood WAS tricklin@ from his wounds he
WAS too weak to stand up, they laid him III
4 covered WAGON, and drove hm To- the g.tllows.
H. waved his hands to the ladies Whose weep
ing eyes che.red him with sympathy and con
ISOLATION. They were compelled t. help him
get on his coffin. He WAS too weak to sit on it
unsupported.
GIVE ne some water Let the drums beat
Eonaparte'S Retreat from Moscow were his
last words. They buried the executed husband
and the self murdered wife IL the same collin,
folded in each others arms. Even III death
they were not divided. ThegT:ve Is 1t Bloom
field, Ky, marked ly modest shaft
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19

Every boy and girl should learn to
swim. Awriter in the American Agrii-
culturist offers the following sugges-
tions, by obedience TO which the art of
swimming may be readily acquired.
When l was a boy, learned to swim
by means of swimming-board. This
is the safest method possible. II corks
are used, they may slip from around the
breast down beneath the body, throw
ing the head below the surface, and
putting the wearer in danger ofdrown-
ing. Some country boys get two
bladders and then tie them together
with sort of cord, and use these as sup
ports. They are the most dangerous
things possible for boy to have. The
board is perfectly safe, and one may
learn to swim in very short time by
using one. 1t should be over four feet
long, over foot wide, and two inches,
thick, made of soft white pine or cedar.
To use it, boy wades into the water
up to his shoulders then, taking hold
of the end of the board, he pushes it
before him-towards the bank, and not
into deeper water-springs forward
with his feet, and throws himself fiat
upon the water. This movement
carries him along few feet. He then
draws up both his legs at the same time
keeping the knees as far apart as pos
sible, and then strikes out with both
feet, not straight backward, but side
ways, just as frog does. The stroke
is made slowly, and is repeated again,
drawing up the legs slowly and stead
lily. The board keeps the head above
water. When the leg-stroke has been
learned, one hand is taken from the
board and the stroke learned, or the
chin may be rested on the board, while
the stroke is taken with both hands.
This is very good plan, as it compels
the swimmer to keep his hands under
the water, which he should always do.
By-and-by, the board may be pushed
ahead, and the young swimmer may
swim after it, always keeping it within
reach. When number of boys go to
swim. they should always have two or
three of these boards with them for use
in case of any accident.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19
The Secret of Business Success.

1t is claimed that Vanderbilt exhibited great
nerve and shrewd business sagacity in the
purchase of stocks and railroads controlled by
him. Yet, whenever he made an investment
he received in return an equivalent eithar as
his own or as collateral security. Dr. r. v.
Pierce has invested many hundred thousand
dollars in advertising, depending entirely upon
the superior merits of his goods for securi v.
The unparalleled popularity of his family med
icines, and the annual increase in their sale.
attests In arguments stronger than words of
their purity and efficiency. IL the blood be
impoverished, the liver sluggish, or there be
tumors blotches and pimples, DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery will effect a speedy
and perfect cure. II the bowels be constipated
use DR.. Pierces Pleasant Purgstive Pellets.
Debiitated females suffering with those pecu-
liar dragging-do sensations and weaknesses
will find DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription a
safe and certain remedy. Prompt relief and a
permanent cure have 80 universally followed
Its USE that the doctor now sells it under q
positive guarantee.
OAKLAND, Douglass CO., Oregon, Jan. %, TT.
DIR. PIERCE, Buffalo. n. Y:
Dear Sir.-Your Golden Medical Discovery
has cured my daughter of goitre, after nanv
physicians had failed. Inclosed please find
81 so for copy of The People Common
Sense Medical Ad iser With Us it takes the
place OF the family physician.
Yours truly. AARON ALLEN.
Mr. VERNON, Ohis, July 10, 1sye
DR. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sir.-Four bottles Of your Favorite
Prescription has entirely cured my wife. We
employed three different physicians and many
full heart am T.
Ever Your Friend AUGUST wARRuo.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19
Over Eating.

If the food is wisely chosen there is
not much danger of over eating. DIR.
Beard says: ''It is fallacy to suppose
that people, as a rule, eat too much, and
that most of the diseases of the world
come from over feeding. The truth is
that among all decent or civilized peo-
pie the tendency is directly the reverse.
In this country. and especially in our
large cities. far more are under fed than
over fed. Throughout our land thou
sands and thousands die every year
from actual starvation. Some of these
unfortunates are little children whose
parents are too ignorant or too poor to
give them what is necessary to sustain
life. But many of them are adults,
whom hard poverty or sad ignorance
have forced into a habit of systematic
though undersigned starvation. Day
after day the vital powers slowly fade,
the strength grows less, the spirit be-
comes morbid, and the face wan and de-
jected. Disease now steps in, at
tacks and carries by force some impor-
tant citadel of the body, and death fol-
lows. The process is a slow one
sometimes very slow-extending, per-
haps, over many years, but it is often
times as sure as it is slow. An injudi-
cious choice of the kind of food, either
from whim or avarice, may also pro-
duee results equivalent to starvation" "
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19

RAISING HoRsEs.-As rule farmers
do vely hap-hazard business in raising
horses. They use mainly old broken
down or crippled mares and secure the
services of the most convenient stall
lions, especially if they are supposed to
be speedy. Size, build, style, endu-
rance, kindness and other important
qualities have but little thought. In
raising horses, as with other stock, We
should keep in mind our needs or the
requirements of the market which We
have to supply. We should be careful
lest we are deceived in regard to the de-
mand for fast horses. That now and
then an enormous price is paid for a
very fast young horse is no positive
assurance that we could raise equally
valuable stock by breeding from the
same strains of blood, and if we should,
the chances are that we should not get
the high prices. Breeding horses for
speed is well enough, but ordinary far
mers seldom make it pay. There is a
much better prospect for profit in
raising first-class draft horses, or still
better, fine carriage horses. If farmer
has brood mare of fine style, which If
properly mated will produce good sized,
stylish carriage horses, he should prize
her highly. Fine carriage horses are
always in demand at good prices. The
general stock of horses, as we find them
through the country, is under size.
Larger horses are in demand, and far
mers ought TO recognize this fact, and
raise colts to meet the demand. In Sc
lecting a stallion to breed from, do not
RELY entirely on his pediUraa huf ipypS-
tigate his qualities and learn all you can
of his ancestry and of his progeny.
Some horses, fine in themselves, are not
as successful sires as others that are not
as high bred or attractive.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19
There IS Trouble I'm Store

For those who neglect to rectify irregularities
Of the stomach. liver and bowels, which they
foolishy imagine will come right of them
selves" of this silly error such persons are
usually dissbused by the development of some
serious chronic malady, traceable to what they
were pleased to consider trifIng disorder Of
the above named associate organs Such a
elimination is easily avoided A course Of
Hostetters Stomach Bitters invariably has the
effect Of renewing the secretive action Of a
torpid liver, restoring healthy digestion and
assimilation, and rendering the habit of body
perfectly regular. The activity of these all
important functions being restored and the
entire system toned and regulated by this in
comparable corrective and invIgorant, no dan
ger to the general health is to be apprehended
from causes which, il not eradicated In time
will assuredly undermine it
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19
Worthy of Commendation.

Boxes have been set up in central To-
calities throughout the city of Phila-
delphia for the reception of such maga-
zines, newspapers and other reading
matter as having been perused, would
be cast aside; but by this means are col
lected and distributed among the hos
pitals for the entertainment and in
struction of the inmates. The results,
thus far, have been very gratifying,
and the enterprise is worthy of encour-
agement and may be initiated with ad-
vantage by other cities. We trust that
every one will patronize this philan-
thropic scheme.
Thus far, boxes have been placed in
the hall of the Philadelphia Post-office,
the Pennsylvania Railroad depot, West
Philadelphia: the West Chester Rail-
road depot, West Philadelphia, the de-
pot of the Philadelphia Wilmington,
and Baltimore Railroad and S.W. cor
uer of Broad and Chestnut streets.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19
AGRICULTURE.

Soor FOR MANURE.-The value of
SCOT, like that OF ashes, depends good
deal upon the material that made it..
That produced from wood fire is the
best; but there is so little of it that it is
hardly worth while TO consider it. The
burning of coal, however, produces a
great deal of SCOT, and its value is such
that it would pay to save and apply all
that is produced. Coal SCOT contains a
fair percentage of ammonia, besides
some phOsphates, potash, soda, magne-
sia, sulphates, carbonates and cholide
of lime. Sulphate of ammonia and
sulphate of lime are the ingredients of
most value, particularly the former. 1t
is used on all kinds of crops, and the
testimony, though variable, is strongly
in is favor. The amount that would
be useful depends upon circumstances,
but one could scarcely apply too much.
From ten to twenty bushels per acre is
enough perhaps. In England SCOT has
long been favorite fertilizer for wheat
and as top-dressing for grass lands.
Mixed with salt the effect is said to be
greatly increased. In one experiment
recorded, the soil without any manure
produced 157 bushels of potatoes; with
thirty bushels of SCOT the yield was in
creased TO 1872 bushels; and with thirty
bushels of SCOT mixed with eight BUSH
els of salt 240 bushels were produced.
Grass and wheat top-dressed with SCOT
have beautifully green color, due
principally to the sulphate of ammonia
present. For garden purposes nothing
is better than SCOT dissolved i'm water
half peck of SCOT 30 barrel of water
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19

One of his colleagues says: II never
saw Evarts cOrnered but once. He al
ways has quick and appropriate re-
partee ready; but | saw him once where
he could find nothing to say. 1t was
last summer, after we had been to Ben
nington. While we were there it was
impossible to get any vine, beer etc.,
and Evarts is gentleman who is used
to taking his wine with his meals (the
rest of us can stand drink now and
| them, and we all felt the deprivation
to a certain extent. We were very
tired when going to Rutland, where
Governor Page was to give us grand
reception, and Evarts remarked on the
way: When we get there we shall, no
doubt, have lunch. with all that a
lunch implies We arrived there after
nightfall, and, as soon as we reached
Governor Pages residence, were offer
ed refreshments, with the understand
ing that it was not the banquet of which
we expected to partake in state later,
but merely to revive us after our jour
ney. But there was no wine. Evarts
took in the situation, and, politely ap-
preaching our host, said to him, with
dry humor, Governor Page, it is true
Mrs. Hayes is in favor of temperance
she does not partake of alcoholic drinks
herself, but she never interferes with
others, and she has seen all of us take
them. We are tired from travelling,
and the Attorney General and Post
master General are accustomed to their
wine; 80 let me- he added with an ad-
ditional touch of drollery in his tones,
suggest that if YOU intend giving us
anything of that sort, you bring it out
now.'" The narrator continued /:
"Governor Page was evidently much
embarrassed, and said hurriedly, well
really, gentlemen, 1 was not prepared
for any thing of that sort, and L have
nothing of the kind i'm the house.
Evarts, for once, was at loss what to
say. One of us came to his rescue
saying, laughIngly, 'Oh, the Secretary
of State is jesting; the Postmaster Gen
leral and Attorney General don't care
for any wine, really But we found
out afterwards that Governor Page is a
great temperance man, and has prohi-
bion as cardinal principle in his po-
litics, which makes the joke on Evarts
all the better" Secretary Evarts has
the fortunate temperament which can
appreciate joke, whether against him
self. or some one else, so, doubtless, he
has laughed over The occurrence as
heartily as have his colleagues of the
cabinet.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19
Mr.. Sarsaper's Black Eye.

Mr.. Sarsaper surprised and astounded
his family by walking into the parlor
Thursday evening with an immense
portico over one eye, and his clothing
bearing unmistakable evidence that he
had been quite recently reclining on the
damp cObble stones without so much as
a newspaper under him.
His wife sprang up as he entered the
door, gave him look that reached from
his head to his toes, planted her hands
defiantly Oh her hips, and remarked in
tone that she keeps handy for his own
special benefit:
"Well, you are nice-looking object,
l must say. Mud from head to foot,
one coat tail tore most off, hat all banged
to smash, and face like butcher
shop. Daniel, you are certainly the
awkwardest man / ever saw. What
makes you go stumbling along without
looking what you're up to? Won'tyOu
ever learn to get off of a street-car with
out lighting on your head? Do you
think I've got nothing else to do bnt
make salve and mend clothes? Why
can't you learn to be little careful, or
else wait till they stop the car? But no
you won't do it, of course, and you'll
keep right on till some day you'll break
your neck, and you'll be sure to do it
right when Pm the busiest"
1.-The street car didn't have anything
to do with it, nay DEAR" protested Mr..
Sarsaper timidly, nursing the lump
over his eye; "you see THAT is, as"
"Yes-yes-to be sure 1 do" broke
in his wife. "Shambling along as
usual, and never once noticed that the
Henderson's were getting in coal, and
so you had to go and tumble head over
heels down cellar. know it as well as
if I'd been standing on the doorstep and
seen it with my own eyes. When will
you ever learn to look where you're
going?"
"No-no, my dear, it wasn't that. 1
didn't come that way, but if you'll only
have little patience Pll tell you all
"Have patience! Daniel Sarsaper
how much longer do you expect me to
have patience? How long has it been
since you come limping home with a
sprained foot and kept me awake most
all night with your groaning and pitch
ing around? You don't mean to stand
there and tell me you fell over that
darkey Sans wheelbarrow again, do
you?"
"Oh, no my dear. L"
swell, what? How'd you come by
that black eye. Tell me that?"
"Why, my dear-I-I-disagree
with a man-that's ALL"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19
Napoleon Bonaparte.

"Before leaving the Egyptian cam
paign, it will be necessary to mention
the two actions which have thrown the
darkest shade on the reputation of
BOnaparte; the massacre of the Turks
at Jaffa, and the murder of his own men.
The fate of town taken by assault, is
too well known to attract any consid-
GRAFTON, if it is unaccompanied by cir
cumstances of unusual barbarity. The
defeated defenders and the innocent
townspeople suffer the utmost violence
which the rage of an irritated soldiery
can inflict. While the conflict lasts, or
before discipline can be established, no
life is safe; but after the first burst of
wrong, the perpetration of murder or
robbery becomes a crime. At Jaffa it
was the policy of Bonaparte to strike
with terror; and he gave up to indis-
criminate destruction every inhabitant
of the devoted town. Five hundred
Turkish prisoners were killed in cold
blood, and the peaceful citizens ruth
lessly slain. The slaughter lasted for
two whole days, and the general-in-
chief ordered it to continue. This SAN
culinary act brought its legitimate pun
ishment. The corpses of men, women
and children, encumbered the streets.
and their reeking blood ascended to
heaven, and came down upon the mur-
derers in the shape of pestilence. The
French army was stricken down."
Referring to the sick soldiers of
Bonaparte, the narrative continues
"Some he sent by sea to Damietta,
others to GAIA by land. But with the
remainder, seventy or eighty, lying
helplessly on their beds, expecting to
die, incapable of being removed, with
no sufficient force to leave for their pro-
lection, what was to be done? He or
dered the doctors to prepare soporific
draught, which would easily end their
pains; and though one of the physicians
refused the office, some others obeyed.
The patients drank the medicine and,
never awOke again. Now, these were
two dreadful crimes against humanity
and christian feeling: but the defenders
of Napoleon say that war is not chris
tian or human operation at all, and
there are cases in which massacre like
that of the Turks at Jaffa may be really
a work of necessity, and a murder like
that of his own country-men an act Of
mercy"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19

CHICKEN SALAD.-To one chicken take
two cups of chopped celery; four eggs
boiled hard and cut smooth with a
knife; add sweet cream till thin as a
batter, two tablespOonfuls dry mustard,
three teaspoonfuls of salt, two teaspoon
fuls black pepper. one teaspOOnful sugar,
two tablespoonfuls melted butter, and
vinegar enough to moisten. Boil the
chicken until very tender, then pick it
into fine bits, which is better than to
chop it; add the two cups of chopped
celery, and pour over the mixture.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19

Col. Tom PICKERING was walking
over his pleasant Wenham farm one
Summer morning, refreshing himself
after the fatigues and ISLANDERS and
general abuses that beset a member Of
Washington's Cabinet, when a man
came up and asked for work.
'What can you do on farm?" in
quired Col. Pickering.
''All kinds of work." said the man
off hand.
''Do you know how to build stone
WALTZ"
"Oh, yes, any fool knows that"
''Tell me how you do it, them"
swell, nothin' much TO tell. You
jest have to set one stone on another" E"
''NO you DON'T" thundered the irate
Colonel; "you have to set one stone on
two. You can CO."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19

CARE OF Tools AND IMPLEMENTs.-
Every farmer should keep a pot of
mixed paint in his workshop, and
should apply it literally to plows,
wagons, harrows. reapers and all imPle-
ments that are exposed to the weather.
This will cause them to last twice as
long as usual. Farming tools aud i'm
plements are less frequently run out by
hard service, than used up by useless
exposure to the weather when they are
not in service.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19

THE ground should be made suffi-
ciently rich TO grow the largest possible
crops, else we are laboring with our
hands and not with our heads, and un-
profitably. Now that we have the most
useful artificial fertilizers, specially
prepared for all crops, by honest and
responsible dealers, there is no excuse
for poor crops, unless the farmer is too
poor to procure these fertilizers. In
that case he should cultivate less land,
and learn to grow the largest crops by
better work and more liberal fertili-
Zing.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19

A FEW days ago little chimney
sweeper entered the "tommy" shop at
Usworth Collinery, and asked for a
threepenny loaf of bread. The shop
man handed him one. The boy looked
at it, and said it was "small yen."
"Oh," said the shopman, ''it will be
less TO carry!"
The lad then put twopence on the
counter and "cut."
The shopman fastened to the door
and shouted for him to come back. as
he had not left money enough. "Oh, "
cried the lad, sit will be the less to
countv'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19

To REcooK COLD FRESH FIsH.-Pick
upin flakes any cold fish, boiled, broiled
or fried; brown some butter, add to it a
pinch of grated nutmeg and a few
whole pepper corns, a little minced
parsley and one onion, with table
spoonful of salad oil; stir the fish in the
sauce, and when dished squeeze the
Juice of lemon over it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-06-19

HOUSEHOLD HINTs.-A little corn
starch in milk will improve chocolate.
Turpentine is the best to wet stove
polish with before using.
One cup of beef's gall in sixteen
quarts of water, will keep red clothes
from fading.
If you will pour little vinegar in
the water you wash blue clothes in, it
will keep them bright.