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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17
vEGETINE
I Can Recommend.

DR.. II. r STEVENS:
Dear Silt is with great pleasure can re-
commend In the highest terms your Veget4ne as
purifier OF the blood. Having met with pain
fLl injury OF the spine and sciaIica nerve over
fourte EN- years ago. my ankle has been swollen
great al or tue time, and very painful BY
using Vegetine, ind great relief, as 1t gives a
higher tone 70 The blood, improving my health;
and hope that all the human family in a suf
fering condition Will avail themselves at once
OF this most valuable Iemeiy.
Yours, most respectfully,
VIM. STIN NEHERST.
Station Agent sumeryflIa Masa
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17
Business Maxims.

MAKE a paste of soft soap and emery
for polishing steel.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17

A QUIET and pleasant home is insured
to all mothers that use DIR. Bulls Baby
Syrup for their little ones. Ii contains
nothing injurious.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17

STEwED BEEF STEAK.-These may be
cut thicker than for boiling. Dissolve
some butter in q stewpan, end brown
the steak on both sides, moving it often
that it may not burn; then shake In a
little flour, and when it is colored pour
in gradually sufficient water to well
cover the meat. As soon as it boils,
season with salt, remove the scum, slice
in onion, carrot, and turnip; add a
bunch OF sweet herbs, and stew the
steak very softly for three hours. A
quarter of an hour before you serve.
stir into the gravy two or three tea
spoonfuls of rice flour mixed with
cayenne, half wineglassful of mush-
room catsup, and little seasoning of
spice.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17

How TO PLow.-In his address Oh
"Plowing" before the State Board of
Agriculture of Connecticut, Professor
Stockbridge said: There are two kinds
of soil on every mans farm-the agri-
cultural soil and the subsoil. The
agricultural soil may be two inches
deep, or it may be nine, but 1t is not
twenty feet. Ii is not deeper than the
air can penetrate. If the agricultural
soil is too shallow, it may be gradually
deepened by lifting an inch of the sub
soil at each plowing, bringing it up to
the air, and enriching it with manure.
Our agricultural society committees, by
their premiums for smooth, shiny, Hat
burrows, have done the community
great harm. Such blowing as oftenest
takes the premium. is the very poorest
kind of plowing. The soil is best plowed
when it is most thoroughly crushed,
twisted and broken, and the sod well
covered. On some kinds of land would
have the burrows Tapped an inch, as the
Canada farmers plOw. Let the air and
water have a chance to circulate under
meath the surface. Light lands, how
ever, should have a nat furroW we
wish to make such lands more compact.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17

AN AMBITIOUS young man of Monroe
county, ILL.,, thought it would evince
his familiarity with the usages oil
fashionable society il he were TO have
mis- engagement printed in the village
paper under the head of "Betrothed, "
but when at the trial of the action for
breach of promise the advertisement,
marked Exhibit A" was put In by
the plaintiffs attorney he was sad
indeed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17
DOMESTIC.

VENETIAN FRTrTERs.-Pick, wash, and
drain three ounces of whole rice, put it
into full pint of cold milk, and bring
it very slowly to boil; stir it often, ana
let it simmer gently until quite thick
and dry; when about three parts done,
add to it two ounces of powdered sugar,
and one OF fresh butter, a grain Of salt,
ard the grated rind of half a small
lemon; let it cool in the saucepan, and
when only just warm, mix with it
thoroughly three ounces OF currants;
four OF apples, chopped fine; teaspoon
full of flour, and three large or four
small beaten eggs; drop the mixture in
small fritters, fry them in butter from
five to seven inmates, and let them be-
come quite firm on one side before they
are turned do this with slice; drain
them as they are taken up, and sift
white sugar over them after they are
dished.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17
VEGETINE,
I Advise ALI who are Suffering
as I Have Suffered, to Give
Vegetine q Trial.
BosIoN, Sept. 9. lsII.

DOSIOSr sept y Acs'.
Mr.. H. r STEVENS:
Dear Sir-I have suffered with ScrOfulous Hu-
mors for ven years. and could get no relief. I
nave tried everything In the shape OF b. RIBS,
salyeS, plastefs, &c, but nething did me any
good w4S from my Knees 10 my auk es one
mass OF sores. was advised by police officer
W. b. Hill 10 try Negetine. / CONNIE need last
July, ls16. After taking he second DO tie be-
gan 10 get relief. and the sores TO heal up.
was finally reduced TO one large ulcer on my
right leg, that run so much and looked so bad
that many said must lose my leg; but, after
had taken fourteen bottles OF Vegetine. my leg
was all healed I'D. and am now as well as ever
was in my life. 1 consi er Vegetine the best
cleanser ana purifier OF the blood, and advise
all who may be suffering as | have sune ed, to
give IL trial. HENRY 4. SMITH.
No 50 Utica ST.. Boston, Mass.
ScRoFULoUS HUNoRs.-The Vegetine has cured
many cases OF ScrUfula OF nye, ten and twenty
years standing, where the patient has had
many physicians, tried many OF the known rem
edie>, and, after trying the NegeJine, The co J. =
mon remark is, ''it acts differently, d works DIFF
ferently from any medicine have ever taken. F"
Negetine Will cleanse scrofula IRON the system.
Try Ir
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17

DIMINISH YOUR FENCING.-We CON-
mend TO farmers the suggestion whether
in place of buying material for new
fence, it would not be better to remove
a fence that is doing no good. Perhaps
you have none; perhaps each one of
your interior fences is needed. If not
needed, it is doing you harm. It is pro-
tecting weeds, it is perhaps giving home
TO woOdchucks and mice; it is occupying
land that might be growing grass. We
have in mind farm where all interior
and roadside fences are removed, except
pasture fences. The grass fields do not
extend only so far as where the roadside
fence ordinarily is, but to the wheel
tracks, thus giving the owners a strip
of land more than twenty feet wide, and
making the roadway smooth and beau
tiful. The moving machine leaves the
field at any point, the load of hay enters
upon the hard road at the most conve-
nient point; and when the land is
plOwed the iurrow is carried near the
roadbed where the horses are turned.
The farm We have in mind does not lie
along a thcrough:are where the amount
of travel and frequent passing of herds
of cattle make fences almost indispen-
sable. Ii lies on country road, as do
the majority of farms, where there is
little travel, and where fences have
come TO exist more through force of
habit than from any experience of their
necessity.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17

A MINISTER was riding through a
where custom forbade inn-keepers to
take pay from the clergy who stayed
with them. The minister in question
took supper without prayer, and ate
breakfast without prayer or grace, and
was about to take his departure when
'mine host" presented his bill. "Ah,
SIR" said he, ''l am clergyman! ~
THAT may be-" responded Boniface.
"but you came here, smoked like
sinner, and ate and drank like sinner,
and slept like sinner; and now, sir,
you shall pay like a sinner"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17
vEGE1iNE,
Druggists Recommend It.
VISCENSEs, Ind, 1878.

Il. X. STEVENS
Dear Sir.-We have sold vegetine for several
years, and it has given our patrons general sa.-
fslaction- Every one speaks well OF It.
Respectfully, MOORE & HARRIS
Wholesale and Retail Druggfsts
Main street, Nincennes.
vegetine Ia composed OF Roots, Barks and
Herbs IL Is very peasant 10 take; every child
likes IT.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17

WHERE WESTERN SINNERS Goa
travelling minister observed a rough
looking man lOunging in front of an
Elko saloon recently, and approaching
him, asked: my friend, do you know
where men go, eventually, who hang
about saloons and gambling houses on
the Lords day?" "Yer whistlin'. do
pard. They spar for grub here till the
hash factories tumble on their racket,
an then some on 'em strike out for
Tuscarory an a few drift over to
Eureky- Pm fly on that programme,
pard-bin over the routes myself" The
minister pinned on an sgonizing smile
and sadly passed on.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17
HUMOROUS.

Cor 'TooK. THE Virginia Chronicle
tells of a green-looking couple who
called at photographers to have their
pictures taken. The bridegroom took
the photographer aside and said: "Sal
and l got hitched down at Carson re-
Gently. Now, her folks go good deal
on style, and they live in the States.
They never saw me, and if 1 send my
mug back East they'll be dead agin me
sure. I'm darned sight better than l
look, and when people come to know
me they vote me brick. Now what 1
want is to get some good looking man
to sit with Sal for picture. VIII you
stand in? She's willin'. Them big
side whiskers ofyours III catch 'em sure
and create harmony. You look like
solid capitalist, and they'd take me for
petty larceny thief" The photo
grapher "stood in"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-07-17

4. now presented the public without fear of COT
tradiction the best Restorative and Beauth.r %
the HAIR the world has ever prndueed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-04-27
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE.

In the house, on the 10Th, bills we're
introduced and referred: BY MIR. Willis
IN. VA bill reciting the near approach
of specie payments, and directing the Presi'
dent to make public and solemn procama-
ton that it is the firm determination OF
congress to enact no further laws affecting
the currency or finance until specie pay
ments shall have been actually resumed, and
authorizing the secretary of the treasury to
prepare four per cent. bonds OF the denom''
nation of 500, $50 and 500, payable in
standard coin at the expiration OF forty
years, to be exchangeable at no less than
.heir face value into United States legal
tender notes. BY Mr.. Kimmell-To provide
mode for trying and determining, by the
supreme court of the United States, the title
f the president and vice.president of the
United States to their respective offices when
their election to such offices is denied by
one or more states Of the union......The
house took recess till 1880 p. M, the even.
ing session to be for debate on the tariff
question.
In the house, on the 10th, on motion
of Mr.. Stenger, the senate bill authorizing
the issue of passports free to cOlored citizens
going to Brazil, passed ."."..Mr. R0 lertson,
from the committee on Mississippi levees,
reported bill providing for the organiza'
ton of Mississippi river Improvement com
mission and for the Improvement of the
navigation of that river. Ordered printed
and recommitted, ,,." The following billswere
introduced and referred: BY Mr.. Harrison.
To construct ship canal for the passage of
naval vessels from the Mississippi river to
Lake Michigan...."By Mr.. Chalmers-For
the education of colored teachers in Missis.
sippi by Mr.. Cummings-Io prevent q
reduction of the volume of United States
notes. ....By Mr.. Banning-Authorizing the
president 10 appoint commission to arrange
treaty with the king of Corea. ...."...The
house then took recess until 1880, the even.
ing session to be for the consideration OF
pension bills only. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 18th, the commit.
tee on banking and currency reported bill
renealing the act authorizing the coinage of
the twenty.fve.cent silver piece. Passed.
Adjourned.
In the house, on the lstn, as the con.
ference report was disposed Of, the speaker
announced that the regular order was the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-04-27
Dogs in Boots.

"Puss in Boots isa mythical person.
age, but the dog in boots is no imaginary
creature. In the regious of eternal snow
and ice, where the only beast of burden
is the dog, the cold is sometimes so intense
that sharp icicles form between the claws
of the canine sledge travellers This
causes q most serious obstacle to the
speedy progression of the dog, and would,
after a few days, render them utterly un-
fit for their laborious duties, as the icicles
grow larger and larger as they go on,
until the poor creatures are quite unable
to stand. The older dogs, however, will
every now and then stop and bite of the
icicles from their feet Not so with the
novice. He trudges wearily along;
every step he takes adds to his torture,
and after time every impunt of is
fo0t on the snow bears red stain from
his cut and bleeding paws. AT such
times the dog boot is called intoArequisi-
tion by tho driver, principally for
policy, but occasionaly let us hope, ont
of humanity. The dog boot is generally
made OF raw hide, and is simply shaped
like a small bag or pocket. This is
drawn over the foot OF the animaFand
made secure by tying itaround the ankle
with a leather string. Thus protected,
if the surface of the snow is pretty level,
these wonderful Esquimaux dogs will
travel at the rate Of forty miles day for
many days in successiOn.-LJOurn OF
hemistry.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-04-27

this afternoon leaning over Livia, giving
her your miniature, and now you dare q
speak to me in this--in this way !"
Good heavens I" cried Cousin Char.
ley, beside bimself with despair, chow
you misconceive Don't leave the room, D
stepping forward to intercept her. cor
only hear one word first | thought
everybody knew-you, especially, that
Livia was engaged to Harry"
Engaged ?" interrupted Kate.
Yes, engaged to Harry Johnstone,
whom left in London. He and Livia
met last winter in Paris. ! brought
Harry's miniature over, which he had
just had painted, to give to Livia, but
mislaid it stupidly, and only found it
again this morning Confound it I'll
never do kind action again And he
turned awsy, wiping his forehead, wnere
great drops OF agony had gathered.
There was silence for a moment. Then
came a soft, low voice:
"And-and-you don't really love
Livia ?" it said "Itwas all mistake ?"
GIVE never loved anybody but you,"
answered COUSIN Charley, with his lace
still ayerted "and its cruelty unjust to
q fellow"
there was another moment of silence.
Then Kate drew near, and stole a little
hand into his.
" You won't be angry with me, Cousin
Charley, will you? ;" whispered the soft,
low voice.
" Angry with you" cried Cousin
Charley, turning quickly, Then he saw
what made him catch her in his arms.
" And you mean to say you love me?
Bless you, darling Oh! how can l
thank you?"
Before the evening was half over
everybody in the house knew that Kate
and Cousin Charley were engaged.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-04-27
PERSONALITIES.

Peter Cooper modestly objects TO the
statement that he is worth 100000 lie
SAYS S5,O00OC0 is about the figure.
EyOnrpn Isabella. of Spain. will sell
her 5iawrnds Wv anriion NJ Park in lima
nr INV Tbey ,fe ~ valncd st S40O 003 ~
n.y. 49, w r. - o,s,',, So ,'..y:' u,
non A!eN, n n'ephehS writes 20 Ihe
Augusta, Ga3 chronicle IN response to its
suggestion, tnat the ldea Of the presidency,
with any aspiration or desire I9f that ONCE,
hiI mGftl rn.t,Ju iis Is s' in,nu' """ "''er VIII
"'r,' nv '''"'"' ms '''''
Barbara Allen, an Old beggar, who wGs
seized with a fit at a Brooklyn ferry house on
Tuesday evening, and died while being con.
veyed to the hospitol, was found to have on
her person $l5,07 in money, u savings bank
book with 81 ,995SS to her credit, and memo
randums showing her to be worth in the ag~
gregate $4,000,
Conoral Fity Tobn porter hos beon q
,onc timc Getting nermission Y'rm for a. review of
GnS nt ba IiII have tbe desired nn"or
tunitv I H ncyf VT, lime nm at West Pant The cbarge
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-04-27

The cheek of the ladv av;don,
blanched, and she gasp for hyeotb H.
stantly recovering herself, she aid
don't understand you. air vou
are labOring under a mistake
Well, ! may be-" the man rorl;.J
that's fact; but my impressinn Nv w.5
that | saw you last night in ths vewi,
when you were trying to remove ,ho
ring from the finger Of what Won any r',o
posed to be a corpse" ''P
The lady had sunk into chair and
was deadly pale. By a powerful effort
she overcame her nOmentary weakness
and said in strong tones: 81 don't know
sir, what you speak Of You are either
laboring under a mistake or YOU are a
lunatic."
" Do you happen to have a dress like
this, ma'am?" the man asked, drawing
from his pocket the piece which he had
cut from the dress Of the occupant of
the vault the night before.
The lady's lips grew white and drv
She tried to speak, but her tongue Glove
to the roof Of her mouth, and utterance
was impossible.
l am reasonable, madam" the man
said; | know your secret, but I will
keep it if you will make it worth INV
while"
How much DO you require?n the
lady asked, acquiring the power of speech
by great effort.
Twenty pounds down will satisfy me
for the present" the man said, land
more at another time when need it,"
The money was paid, and within A
month the man returned and demanded
more. The lady evidently revealed the
story of her disgrace and crime to her
husband, for he paid the money, and
soon after resigned his living and retired
to England.
This part of the condemned mans con.
fession was made known to Mr. Bell
All the parties TO this strange transac,
tion are not yet dead, and hence the
names used here are fictitious. The
writer's informant, however, voucded for
the truth of the story, and there is no
reason to doubt his veracity.-I Chicsge
Inter Ocean.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-04-27
Happy Form of Insanity.

Prof. Mcdonald recently delivered al
exceedingly interesting lecture at The
University Medical College, New YorE
city on that form of insanity known al
general paresis. The lecture was illus
trated by eight inmates of Wards Island
Asylum, who sat quietly on the platform
until called upon to speak. The cases
of general paresis generally come from
the better class of society. At first the
patient suffers general mental depression
and that is followed by elation of The
spirits to such degree that the victim
always imagines himself possessed ol
great wealth, power, or social influence
After occupying half an hour in lectur.
ing, Prof. Mcdonald called up the
patients one by one to speak for them
selves They spoke freely in answer to
questions, each claiming for himself
enormous wealth, power, and influence.
The professor said that a popularity
about these patients was that they not
only believed themselves to be sane, but
never doubled the sanity of other patients
similarly afflicted. They often formed
co-partnerships in the asylum for carry
ing on great enterprises. He knew a
patient who imagined that he owned all
the steamships in the world, and another
who imagined that he owned all the
dried apples in the world. They formed
a co.partnership, agreeing that the dried
apples should be shipped on board the
steamers and transported to all points of
the world, calculating the profits at
fabulous amounts.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-04-27
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

A district telephone company ha,
organized in Nashville.
1t is said more corn has been planted
in Mississippi this year than usual.
1t will only require three months tc
put the New Orleans mint into operation.
Within the last five wears FORSYTH
Ga'' small town, las lost 100000 by fire.
MuldoOn, of Louisville, Kentucky
will build the confederate monument M
Columbus, Ga.
1t is stated that the wheat acreage
planted this year in Tennessee is double
that of last year.
Since Savannah announced her deter.
mination to put tramps to work they have
given her wide berth
Ed. Jackson and jeff Childs will he
hung in Georgia next June, for the murder
of Powell Ballard last fail.
The New Orleans Picayune saws
Homemade hog and hominy" should be
inscribed on the banner of every southern
| farmer
Some of the large cotton counties in
Mississippi are endeavorng to prevent or
restrict the expectation of cotton seed from
their borders.
The New Orleans firsmen are anxious
for the passage of an ordinance compelling
stOrekeepers using iron shutters for their
buildings to keep them unlocked
A farmer living near Chattanoopa.
having lost number Of lambs by the depre,
dations Of gray eagles, offered fifty cents tor
| r,, 6 4, Il ~,
have been shot.
North Carolina editor on being cans
didate: We shall not canvass the county as
candidate and boot.lck for votes. Tint
wouldn't suit u.s. We prefer the place to
seek the man, rather than the man seek the
place. That's our fort, and we'll hold it
until we die
A direct steam line has been established
between New Orleans and Belize, Honduras,
by a New Orleans Grm. 1t is the first step
toward building up Il trade which it is be.
leved will one day assume very important
| proportions, and is attracting the close at,
tention of merchants in that city.
The heart of the business portion of
ClarkSville, Tenn, was burned out by the
great tire Of Saturday night entaling a loss
OF from two hundred and fifty to three hun.
dred thousand dollars. The calamity is a
terrible one, and there is every reason to
believe that it was the work of an incendiary.
The negroes are to hold convention
in Charlotte, N. G., on the 10th of Septem-
Der next, the object Of which is to petition
the lawmaking powers OF the country to
restore the whpplng>post for stealing and
other grievous oiienseS. Stephen McCorkle,
II colOred man, is at the head of the move,
and he says there will be delegates from
several of the southern states:
ClarksyilIe (Tenn) Chronicles fire
extra Some years ago we repealed some ex-
oellent laws forbidding frame buildings
within certain limits Of the city Had
these laws been in force, and had all our
business houses been built with fire proof
walls, as they should be, not one.tenth Of the
calamity We are suffering would have fallen
upon us. The present is our opportunity
for making laws for the future. Several
squares have shortly TO De rebuilt, and be-
fore operations are commenced we ought
to re'enact our safety building laws, so as to
ieud1I suvh ""othar "alamiiv imn0ssibe
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-04-27
FIVE
I" But week Is 20 Iongln he said

But week IS 20 lorgl" he said
With toss Of his curly head
One two three, four FIVE six seven -
even whole daysl Why, in six, you know
l0u sall II yourself you told me SOY,
The great God in Heaven
Made all the earth and the geas and skies
ihe trees a1d the birds and the butterflies
How can ! wait for my seed to grow"
But month is 80 long 20 he said,
With droop Of his boyish head
y Aear me count one, two, three, four
EGur whole weeks and three days more;
Ihirty-0ne days, aud each will creep
As the shadows crawl over yOnder steep
Thirty-One nights and shall lie
watching the stars climb up the sky
How can wait till a month Is OeT?n
Bat a year is 20 longl" he said,
Uplifting his bright young head.
" But there's much to win there is much to LOSE
mau must labor, a man must choose,
and he must be strong 10 wAitI
The years may he long; but who would wear
The crown Of honor, must do and dare
No time has he TO toy with fate,
VINO would climb 10 mauhO0ds high estate
All life is not long, he said,
BOwing his grand white head,
" One two three, four, five, SIX, seypnl-
Seven times ten are seventy.
Seventy years As swift their flight
As swallows cieavlng the morning light
Or golden CLEANS at even.
Life is short as q summer nsht--
How long, o God is eternity?"