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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
Simple Water Tests

The complete analysis of potable
water requires much mechanical skill,
but the more common impurities may
be detected by comparatively simple
tests. Certain deleterious salts may
thus be recognized. Among these are
the nitrates, whose presence is chiefly
significant as showing that organic
matter has been acted upon and may be
present. The danger is not in the
alts them selves but in their source
which should, if possible, be ascer-
| tanned. To examine water for nitrates,
put small quantity Of it in test tube
add an equal quantity of sulphuric
acid, using care so that the fluids shall
not mix; to this add carefully few
drops of a saturated solution of sui
phate of iron. The stratum where the
two fluids meet will, if nitric acid be
present show purple, afterwards
brown color. If the nitric acid be in
minute quantities., a reddish color will
result. The presence of ofammonia, if in
excess, can be determined by treating
the water with small quantity of po-
tassic hydrate. Ammonia, if present,
will be liberated, and may be recog-
nized by its odor. or by the white fumes
of chloride of ammonium when a glass
rod wet with mur1atic acid is passed
over the mouth of the test tube. If
chlorine is present in any form in
water used for drinking, it is evident
that sewage contamination in some
form exists. The presence and amount
of chlorine may be ascertained by the
following simple method: Take 9
grains of nitrate of silver, chemically
pure, and dissolve in 200 units (say
cubic centimetres) Of distilled water.
One unit of the solution will represent
l.lOOth of grain of chlorine. Take a
small measured quantity of the water
to be examined and put it in glass
vessel more than large enough to hold
il. Add TO the water a small quantity
of the solution; If chlorine be present a
white precipitate will result. Repeat
the addition, after short intervals, until
no precipitate results. The units of
the solution used will determine the |
hundredths of a grain of the chlorine |
present. If more than a grain of chlo- |
rine in gallon be present, reject the
water, unless it can be clearly deter
mined that tine excess does not come |
from sewage. The water should be |
slightly acidulated with nitric acid be-
fore the test is applied. Several years
ago the Journal Of Chemistry described |
and commended Heick's sugar test for
the presence of dangerous organic
matter, but it is worth repeating in this
connection, being at once simple and
trustworthy. Place a quantity of wa
ter in clean, glass-stoppersd bottle;
add few grains of pure suger and ex-
pose it to the light in a window of
warm room. If the water becomes |
turbid even after exposure for week,
reject it; if it remains clear il is safe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

what had occurred. The eunuch was
disarmed. He had a yataghan, two
daggers and pistol. Four other Pisan
girls armed themselves with these wea-
pons and rushed into the ante-room.
where they fell upon the attendants
with indescribsbls fury.
The Tunisian courtiers were thunder
struck at this unexpected attack. Be
fore they were able TO offer any effectual
resistance, they had been either killed
or severely wounded. The victarious
girls had no difficulty in over powering
the palace guards. They then sailed
out into the street, shouting:
'Harueddin Is dead. Long live the
Reprblic of Pisa,'
Then they hurried to the galleon,
from which the twenty Pisan soldiers
emerged. They were armed with the
best firearms then in existence, and
they easily overcame the resistance
which the few soldiers then in Tunis
were able to offer them. The captive
ENJOYS were liberated, and then the
sum of 20O. 900 gold ducats was extract
ed from the people of the town, while
HarueddIn's well filled treasury was
rifled of its valuable contents. When
the strange little expedition returned
to Pisa, the people received its members
with the utmost enthusiasm. A public
monument was erected In honor OF the
affair, and hospital was founded with
the contents of the Dey's treasury.
Harueddin's successor swore he
would revenge himself terribly upon
Pisa, but he never was able TO do so.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
TIE PATH THROUGH THE CORN.

Warm and bright in the summer air -s
Like q pleasant sea when the wind blows fair
And its toughest breath had scarcely curled
The green highway to distant world -
Soft whispers passing from shore to shore,
As from hearts content yet desiring more
Who feels all forlorn.
Wandering thus down the path through the
[corn ]
short space since. and the dead leav s ay
Wondering under the hedgerow gray
No hum OF insects nor voice of bird
Ger the desolste field was ever heard;
Only at eve the pallid snow
Blushed rose-red in the red sun-glow;
Till. one blest morn,
Shot up into life the young green corn,
Small and feeble. slender and pale,
Is bent its head to the winter gale,
Hsrkened the wren's soft note Of cheer
Hardly believing that spring was near;
Saw chestnuts bud out and cham ions blow,
And daisies mimic the vanished snow
Where it was born.
On either side of the path through the corn.
The corn, the corn. the beautiful corn,
Rising wonderful. morn by morn,
Then just in reach of child's wee hand.
Then growing, growing tall. brave and strong.
With the voice of new harvests in its song;
While in fond scorn
The lark out-carols the whispering corn
A strange, sweet path, formed day by day,
How, when and wherefore we cannot say,
No more than Of our life-paths We known,
Or whether our eyes shall ever see
The wheat in the ear. or the fruit on the tree;
Yet, who's forlorn?
He who watered the burrows can ripen the
feorp 1
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
Jerseys Last Slaves.

There are still living in Jersey City.
\. j. three colored men who We're born
slaves, and continued so up to a COM
paratively late date. They are William
johnson, Old Sip, or Zip" as he is
familiarity known, and John Jackson.
johnson was born on the farm of
Merseles Park, which was situated near
the old Dntch Reformed Church, in
Bergen, some time about the beginning
Of the 18th century. He does not ex-
actly know his age, bat says he is s.hard
onto" 20 years old, as near as he can
get at it, but frOm his recollection of
events occurring before that date, it is
safe TO reckon his age at about eighty.
johnson worked on the Park farm
until his Both year, during which time
he witnessed some ofthe stirring scenes
OF the war of 1872. He says he would
like to have taken hand in it, but he
was too young to be of much service.
He remembers the drilling of recruits
and the departure of soldiers for the
scene of the war on the Canadian
frontier. When 30 years old he was
sold to Jacob Van Wrinkle. The price
paid for him was $500. After serving
two years with this master he was again
sold TO John NJ. Vreeland, of Stony
Point, which was situated near the
present site of Communipaw, at an ad-
vance of 500, which showed that he
was pretty valuable. He attained his
freedom with this master, and cele-
brated the event by joining the close
communion Baptist Church, and was
duly immersed in the waters of Harsh
mus Cove, which was the baptismal
font in those days. During this period
he was frequently rented out to various
parties, and On two or three occasions
Commodore Vanderbilt became his
temporary master, and used him in
shad fishing and oystering, at which
Bill was an expert. He says the Com
modore was hard boss, and the only
way he could get square with him was
TO bag his game chickens occasionally,
which brought ready sale In Jersey.
oOhhSoh uC Oltct
''de back OBJ his neck" when he looked
at the placard (Which he could not
ready Offering S25 reward for the rascal
that stole those chickens. On joining
church, however, he dropped all these
proclivities. In appearance johnson is
purely African, with a slight tInge of
yellow, caused probably by reflection
of his ante-natal surroundings" His
voice is peculiar and resembles a squeak.
He is still straight and active and can
do his full share of whitewashing, in
which art he is proficient. By hard
work he had accumulated little
on the Hill, but owing to-the
hard times and low prices of property,
he says it saint worth nuthin'." The
incidents in the old slave life would fill
a volume. His "reminiscences of Lafa-
yette, Andrew Jackson, and others of
the good old times are interesting, and
he takes great delight in detailing how
he shook hands with them, and COM
pairing them with the class of men we
are ruled by now.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
A Wonderful Curiosity.

One of Peoria's prominent lawyers
went home the other day to dinner,
and found that his little boy had had
his head clipped in accordance with
the prevailing style. Affecting not to
notice it, he began to speak of Won
derfsl curiosity on exhibition in Wash
ington City in the shape of living
creature in form somewhat like that
of living being. Its head was as
round as pumpkin, its ears stuck out
like clam shells on cocoanut, its nose
projected like a figure four from what
seemed to be its face; it walked up
right and its head was covered with
growth of bristles about one sixteenth
of an inch in length, and for want of a
better name the creature had been
called the '.What is p" And placing
his hand on the boys head, the father
said, ''Why here it is now. Here's
the very thing L have been talking
about"
The boy replied, as he buttered a
piece of biscuit: They've got a
blamed sight worse thing right here in
Peoriav
"-What kind ola thing.is it," said
the lawyer.
alt is the father of the What 1.
it?'," retorted the lad.
The subject was dropped,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
A Mutual Violence

A Danbury grocery firm have taken
the agency for hammock. One of the
articles they have hung at the front in
the shade of their porch. They hung ii
there as an advertisement, but numer-
Gus people have got into 1t to see how it
worked. lt hung so low they could
easily sit in it and undoubtedly the mo-
ton was agreeable and comfortable.
But the grocers didn't fancy this per-
formance, especially as the hammock
sitters were not hammock buyers. Sat-
urday afternoon they removed the loop
to one end from the hook and fastened
it by Bit of twine instead. Shortly a
man came in for twoquarts of molasses.
1t was put up in a pail and paper
tied over the top as he had forgotten 10
bring cover. When he passed out he
saw the hammock. His curiosity was
aroused at once. The grocers were
busy inside, so he thought he would in
vestigate on his own hook. With that
keen tuition peculiar to New England
man he saw at a glance that it was some
thing to get,nto. He knewitwas nothing
to wear, and was equally sure it could
not be arranged for cooking. He sat
down in it, Then he swung backward
and lifted his feet up. Then the twine
fastening gave away. 1t was dread
full affair. He had the pail of molasses
sitting on his lap, and there was dog
sitting under the hammock, Neither
the dog nor the molasses expected any
thing, any more than the man himself
did. Ii was a terrible surprise 20 all of
them. The man and the dog lost their
presence of mind, and even the pail lost
its head. The nOlasses went into his
lap, and ran down his legs, and swashed
up under his vest, and insinuated itself
in some way In between himself and
his clothes. And when he went down
he hit the dog with his heel on the back
and the dog was so wild with terror
and amazement that it sent up head
splitting yell and fled madly down the
street, having first taken the precaution
to bite him in the leg, and tip over a
tier of wooden water pals. When the
pals went down a lot Of hoes were car
ried over with them, and that started
parcel of garden seeds mounted on
box and theyin turn brought away pile
of peck measures, whose summit was
crowned with pyramid Of canned to-
matoes. 1t was dreadful shock to the
man and nearly paralysed him with Its
magnitude; but when one article fol-
lowing another came avalanching atop
of him he thought the evil one himself
had burst loose, and he just screamed
as loud as he could. The molasses was
all over him, and the garden seeds had
adhered to the molasses, and he looked
more like a ahuge gingerbread stuck full
Of caraways than anything else. In
this awful condition he waddled home,
and swore every step Of the way.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

and cut up by the army worm. When the
barley was down they commenced to
march out of the field in a compact
stream through the .barway into the
next one, and here we saw clearly what
the blsckbirds were after. They pounced
upon them and devoured them by thou
sands, very materially lessening their
numbers. The worms were so numer-
Gus that they could not destroy them all,
but they materially lessened them and
their powers of mischief. All honor,
then, Ito the blackbirds, which are usual
ly counted mischievous, and are destroy
ed by farmers like vermin' A friend of
mine, an animal preserver, lived AT
when a gardener used to
bring him in daily number of thrushes.
At last he said to him, "why do you
keep bringing me in so many thrush
esp" ''Why," said the gardener. "they
are eating all my strawberries. 81
don't believe it said my friend, 81 will
come in and see." So In he went accor-
dinghy, and found the gardener, gun in
hand, ready to shoot thrush that had
dropped in among the strawberries.
''There," said the gardener, "you see
don't you, what he is doing;" and suit
ing the action to the word, raised his
gun TO shoot. "Stop'" said my friend,
''let US see If 1t is as you says" when
presently the bird rose up with some
thing in its mouth and flew over the
wall into the adjoining grounds.
Now" said my friend, "let us go and
see what he has got" They went, and
found the bird breaking snail's shell.
There" said my friend, ''you see that
It is the snails that eat your strawber- |
ries, and not the BIRDS" as more care
ful examination subsequently, proved.
Need say ne killed no more thrushes
IN that account. The fact was, the /
summer being dry, the snails harbOr-
ID there, the thrushes found them, and |
we're taking them As food to their young
mes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
A Ridiculous Marriage.

rs the reporter inE"
The inquirer was informed that the
reporter was in.
'Well, sir" said he. 81 want to be
set right before the public-r
The reporter designated chair, but
the visitor, evidently from the country
would not sit down. He raised his left
hand, and with many a gesture told his
tale.
''That boy of mine-the same that
you writ up before-married agin nv
will. He is not yet nineteen and the
thing he married is nigh on to forty
nine. She made my boy marry her.
l did all could to stop him. agreed
to give him nearly 81, 900, but he would
do it. j told him if he's bound to mar
~ 10 go to Shepherdsville, get a good
gal, one of the kind me and my wife
could honor and cherish. Told him if
he'd do this I'd give him the front room
and 81 900. Do you believe it, he did
no such thing, but went right off and
married that thing in Jeffersonville -
"When 90
LAST week. / liked that boy; he
was good-looking boy-just as good
looking as you are, sir" and down
went the strangers fist with satisfac-
ton, on the writer's desk.
Again he continued:
''She Is as ugly as they make them.
Forty-nine, too, thereabOuts; soon will
be, anyhow; been married twice; had
smallpox, too, and dashed if she amt
deeply pox marked. Do you wonder
the boy vexed me? Why, sir, she is
the ugliest man / ever saw. and would
scare the devil on sight. No wonder
my wife couldn't eat anything, ard
thought my head would give me brain
fever. j told him I'd beat the life out
of him. and | tried to do it,
"Why did your son marry her ?" ven
tured the reporter.
1.-The Lord knows. Two men came
and told my boy not to, but still he
would. They said they knew as much
about her as he ever would, and this
made him cry"
''Did he say anything?"
''Yes; he said he'd put his foot into
the mess so far he didn't see how he
could get out"
''Why did you assault him?"
''Thcy had my squirrel cage and sill
yer watch. sent for them and they
answered couldn't get them and nei-
ther could the squire. | was vexed, so
laid out to leave hardly life in him.
Your paper blamed me for using base
ball bat. | couldn't get anything else. |
Me and my wife and sixteen-year-old |
son hunted for my black walnut stick,
which is smaller than the baseball bat |
'Twasn't my fault | didn't find the |
black walnut cane. The three of us
hunted, as | tell you, but there they |
were, my boy and the thing with him,
both armed and going towards their
house. 1t was my only chance, so |
took the bat and went for him. / hit |
him on the head and he fell over. She |
laid all over him, and 1 could see
nothing of him except his thigh.
aimed at this, but believe | hit her.
She was so astradle of him | couldn't
help it. saw he was playing 'possum,
and aimed again He had a pistol and |
a whole load of guns at his house. His
wife threw two rocks at me. They had |
said they were going to Virginia
was anxious to act. That's the whole
story, sir, and the truth, too"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
Facts Worth Knowing.

There never was a woodcock seen on
the Pacific coast.
There never was an ocean steamer
that burst her boiler.
There never was a dog that went mad
west of the Rocky Mountain.
There never was beech or sycamore
tree struck by lightning.
There never was an eel caught on
the Pacific coast,
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-17
ANKORIA,
ssGERmAN


No other medicine in the world was
eyer given such a test of its curative
qualities as Boschee's German Syrup. In
three years two million four hundred
thousand small bottles of this medicine
were distributed free Of charge by Drug
gists in this country to those afflicted
with Consumption, Asthma, Group, sew
ere Coughs, Pneumonia and other diseas-
es of the Throat and Lungs, giving the
American people undeniable proof that
German Syrup will cure them. The result
has been that Druggists in every town
and village in the United States are re-
commencing it to their customers. Go
to your Druggist, and ask what they
know about it. Sample Bottles 10 cents.
Regular size IS cents. Three doses will
lieve any case.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-17
PERSONAL,

Col. John Lawrence is recovering from
his recent serious sickness.
DR.. Otto Schulz, trader at Spotted Tail
agency, arrived last night from Chicago on
his way to the agency.
Secretary Hand went to Vermillion yestsr-
day to deliver a lecture before q masonic
body. He will return tonight
Mai. James Lawrence will leave Yankton
Monday for Michigan, where he will remain
several months,
Harry Wynn is absent on q visit to Sioux
Falls, with a view of ascertaining the de.
mands Of that town for a first class hard
ware store.
John Curry, formerly with R. A. Ketch.
um, is about to open a grocery store in
Cooley's building, next door t Powers
livery stable.
John A. Hayes, last season clerk on the
steamer Dugan, arrived from Kansas City
and will remain in Yankton during the
balance of the winter.
John L. Turner, of Springfield, Charles
T. Mccoy, of Bon Homme, and I. s. Clark
son, of Yankton Agency, are sojourning in
Yankton for q few days, for the purpose of
improving themselves In caprine eques-
trianism.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-17
LOCAL LAcoN1cs.

VIM. Miners favoriate horse has had
another sick spell.
Marsh b Torrinus are the lowest bidders
for government ferriage between Bismarck
and Fl. Lincoln.
Good weather continues, tn thermometer
scoring nearly fifty above zero during the
middle of each day.
1t has been reported on the streets to day
that Judge Bennett has been appointed
governor of Dakota, but the rumor can be
traced to no reliable source.
A Washington special of the 14th to the
Chicago Iuter.Ocea says: "a very strong
pressure is brought to bear upon the presi.
dent to reappoint Governor Pennington, of
Dakota"
During the last quarter it has cost the ter
ritory $472.55 to support the insane Of
Union county. Clay county's insane, for
the same time have cost $500 and Yankton
c%ounty's SOS.
8The indications of the weather for the
upper Mississippi and lower Missouri val.
leys are warmer, clear OF partly cloudy
weather, south wind and falling barometer.
The rivers will remain stationary.
The district court to-day has been occu-
pied with the case of Blatt s. Buerdorf
against Coates and Van Tassel, an action
which grew out of the old Odell bond mat.
ter. 1t is a complicated case and q large
amount of legal ability is engaged in the
effort 10 unravcl it.
Capt. McVay received a telegram from
Commodore Coulson, at St. Paul, this af-
t%efnoon, which states that the Missouri
River Transpo ration Company is the low.
est bidder for government transportation on
the Missouri river. This termination of
the bidding at st. Paul has been anxiously
looked for, Is the success of the Coulson
line is Of vastly more importance to Yank
ton than anything else which could occur.
Kountz is the lowest bidder for the Yellow.
stone work.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-17
Our Minister'S vvifs.
saS and Sure.

Safe and 8ure.
MI. H. r. STEVENS:
In 1872 your ,vcEetire was recommended to
me and, Yielding sn Ing to the P per t;mn @, Of a friend,
ing from general debility and nervous prostra-
tion, supsrinduced BY oyerwork and irregular
tive properties seemed to affect my debiiitated
system from the first dose; and underits persist
ent use l rapidly recovered, gaining more than
usual health and good feeling. Since then have
not hesitated to give VeEettne my most unqual-
fled Endorsement as being a safe, sure, II pow
erful agent in promoting health and restoring the
wasted system to new life and energy. VeRe-
tine is the only medicine I use, and as long Is 1
live I never expect to find q better.
Yours truly. v. CLARK;