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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09

The prize Of $4,000, founded in Bel
gium by DIR. Guinard to reward any
discovery tending materially to improve
the material or intellectual condition of
the working classes, has been awarded
to NJ. Metsens, member of the Bel
gium Academy to whom also a French
Monthyon prize has been awarded for
the discovery of method to prevent
the deleteriOus effects produced by the
emanations of poisonous metals. Iodide
of potassium is what he employs for
this purpose. The importance of this
discovery to mirror makers, painters
and others is very great.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09

SwINE.-Most farmers have noticed
that in fattening swine, especially when
they are crowded, rapidly, they appear
weak in their hind legs, and sometimes
lose the use of them entirely. An in
telligent farmer says that he and his
neighbors have made practice of feed
ing bone-meal in such cases, and find
that small quantity mixed with the
daily feed will prevent any weakness,
and will strengthen the animal so as to
admit of the most rapid forcing. AS
bOne-meal is known to be preventive
of cripple all, and weakness in cows, it
looks reasonable that it should also be a
benefit TO hogs, which are often con-
fined to diet containing but little bone
making material.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09
Salt a Prsservatiye of Wood.

A BIT of sandpaper in the house will
keep needles sharp and save annoyance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09

"THE fine and striking qualities of
deep thought, glowing style of pictur-
esque scene and character painting
which made DIR. March's former books SO
attractive are found I'm "From Dark to
Dawn" hope it will have as it will
justly merit an appreciation as pro-
nounced and extensive" From letter Of
Reu. Bishop Wightman, Charleston, S.
c., to the publishers j. C. MCCURDY &
Co., Phila. Agents wanted everywhere.
Rev. DIR. Thomas of Chicago says: ''In
beauty and clearness of style, depth and
purity of sentiment and high moral
tone, DIR. March is not excelled by any
modern writer. Every lover of noble
Bible literature must rejoice in the ap-
pearance of his new work, from "Dark
To Dawn" 1t leads one back into tho
very spirit and life of the ancient days.
This book is published by j. c. MCCdr-
dy & Co., Phila., who want agents in
every county.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09

A STUBBORN Cough that Will not yield to ordi-
nary remedies, may be thoroughly cured by
DR.. Jayne's Expectorant. an effcacfous medi-
cine In Bronchial and Pulmonary Disorders.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09

Nitrate Of amyl is being introduced
into use by dentists as powerful
means of restoring the action of the
heart when syncope is threatened dur
ing the administration of anesthetics.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09
YEGETINn iE;jjIE FIN
Iss GsLsI sLoo0 PgaInEs/

SHACEAMAXON SQUARE Pharmacy, !
1924 Beach ~. above Laurel
Phlalielphla, Pa, June IL, lsJ1.
DIR. II. X STEVENS
Dear >ir.-Haying during the past nve years
sold your Vegetine. which mas been praise by
my customers highly for the various diseases
requiring blood purifier and as | have heard
very favorable reports OF its use, cordially in-
dorse IL as good remedy and believe 10 10 be
what you claim IL Is, viz e. The Great Blood
Purifier" OF the day
Respectfully ours,
j W. ABEL. N D. Druggist.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09

FOOD For SToCK.-Farmers should
try several kinds of provender il order
that they may see which is the best
both for fattening and productiveness.
Some kinds of feed are good for butter,
others for cheese; some for forming
bone and muscle, others for fattening.
Ii would be great benefit and would
not take much time TO keep an account
of the curious kinds of food given TO
milch cows and their effects. The COM
parative value of ruta bagas, turnips,
mangel, and sugar beets, potatoes, car
rots, parsnips, hay, straw, all kinds of
grain, as well cooked and prepared
foods, should be ascertained by repeated
experiments.
ALL those desiring TO enjoy that high
degree of health which pure blood in
duces and maintains should use DR..
Bulls Blood Mixture.
AXLE GREAsE.-One pint castor oil,
the same of grass-fed beef tallow and
one pound of rosin. Put into a small
kettle together, stir over fire until the
rosin is thoroughly dissolved.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.

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with mOuOpolist- renewed MOnopO-
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complete rout and defeat Of the enemy; grand tri
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sent free. Before bnying PIANO or ORGAN real
my latest circular Beattys celebrated Pianos and
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DOMESTIC.

CAUSE OF INFANT DEfoRMITfKs.-A
Manchester, England, Physician, DR..
CrOmpton, who has made study Of the
care Of infants, gives some information
of great importance to mothers, in re-
gard to the cause of the common de-
formities known as bow-legs and knock
knees. He attributes the first mentioned
distortion to q habit some youngsters
delight In, of rubbing the sole of one
foot against that Of the Other-some, as
is well known, will 60 to sleep with
the soles pressed together; they appear
to enjoy the contact only when the feet
are naked; not attempting to make il
when they are sOcked or slippered. The
remedy, therefore, is simply to keep
the child's sOles covered. KnOck-knees,
the doctor ascrlbes to q different child
ish habit, namely, that of sleeping on
the side, with one knee tucked into the
hollow behind the other-a custom
familiar to the observation Of most
parents. Here the preventive pre-
scribed is to pad the inside of the knees,
so as to keep them apart, and let the
limbs grow freely their own way.
APPLES FOR MEDICINE.-Apples, in
addition to being delicious fruit, make
a pleasant medicine. A raw mellow
apple is digested in an hour and a half,
while boiled cabbage requires five
hours. The most healthy dessert that
can be placed on the table is baked
apple. If eaten frequently at breakfast,
with coarse bread and butter, without
meat or flesh of any kind, it has an ad-
mirable effect on the general system,
often removing constipation. correcting
acidities and cooling off febrile cOndi-
tions more effectually than the most
approved medicines. If families could
be induced to subiititute apples, ripe
and sound for pies, cakes and sweet
meats, with which their children are
frequently stuffed, there would be a
diminutiOn In the total sum of doctors
bills in single year, sufficient TO lay
in stock of this delicious fruit for the
whole seasons use.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09
Representative Business Houses
PHILADELPHIA.

r, .r.w.r1nx An Advertisement VIII
confer \ eayor upon the Advertiser and the
PubIIshe r by stating that they SAW the auser-
tisemeus In this Journal tnaminR '""
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09

In an article on vulcanzing rubber the
Scientific American says: ''The sheets
of rubber or small articles are some
times vulcanized by what is called the
cold process PARKS. In this the
caoutchOuc is simply immersed in a
mixture of forty parts of carbon disul
phide OF benzolene and one part of sui
phur chloride. It is next placed in a
room heated to 20 deg. Fahr., and when
all the carbon suiphide had been vola-
tilized the process is in so far complete
that it is only requisite to boil the ma
yerial in one pound of caustic potash in
about two gallons of water, the vulcan
lied caoutchouc being next washed to
remove excess of alkali. The results of
this treatment are not always satisfac-
tory owing to the superficial action of
the vulcanizing substances.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09
SCIENTIFIC.

a Substitute for Guttd- Perchd. - Ac-
c0rding to The Polytechnic Reuieto rival
70 india-rubber and gutta-percha has
been found in q new elastic gum which
has been named Balata. This is the
milky sap of the bully-tree, that -four
ishes on the banks of the Orinoco and
the Amazon in South America. The
operation of winning the gum is similar
in every respect to that employed with
caOutchouc and gutta-percha. 1t re-
sembles gutta-percha SO closely in its
general properties that much of Ii Is
shipped from Guiana and sold yearly
fer gutta-percha-altho it has many
points of superiority. 1t is tasteless,
gives an agreeable odor on being
warmed, may be cut like gutta percha,
is tough aAd leathery, is remarkably
flexible, and far more elastic than gutta-
percha. 1t becomes soft, and may be
joined piece to piece, like gutta-percha,
about l20 deg. Fahr., but requires 27O
deg. Fahr., before melting ,higher than
gutta-percha). 1t is completely soluble
in benzole and carbon di-sulphide in
the cold. Turpentine dissolves it with
the application Of the heat, while it is
only partially soluble in anhydrOus al
cohol and ether. 1t becomes strongly
electrified by friction, and is better in
sulator of heat and electricity than
on which account it may
find considerable application for cleo
trical and telegraphic uses. Caustic
alkalies and concentrated hydrO-chloric
acid do not attack it; but concentrated
sulphuric and nitric acids attack it as
they do gutta-percha, which it closely
in all other properties.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09

CnronIc hneumarIsm, scroTuIa Glanduar
swelling, Hacking Dry Cough, CancerOus Arec-
tiOns Syphilitic Complaints, Bleeding or the
Lungs, Dyspepsia, Water Brash. Tie DOlOreux
White Swellings, TuIIors, lcers, skin and Hip
Di- eases. Mercurtal Diseases Female Com
plants, Gout, Dropsy. salt Rheum, Bronchltia
Consumption
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09
Liver Complaint, &c.

Not only does the SarsapariIlisn Rssolvent eJ
eel all remedial agents In the cure OF Chronic
scrofulOus, constitutional, and skin Diseases
but IL Il the only positive cure for
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-21
WOMEN OF JAPAN.

AS might be imagined from the character
of the government, woman plays no part
in the history of Japan, though, allowing
for Oriental usages, she is treated on the
whole, with tolerable leniency. She occu-
pies better position in the family, from
not entailing any charge at her marriage,
as bride receives no dowry, but, on the
contrary, is presented by her husband with
handsome donation, which is invariably
appropriated by her father. In Japan,
therefore, it is considered more fortunate
to have daughters than sons, as the former
ultimately prove very profitable invest
ment. On the birth of son, the event is
commemorated by planting tree, which,
if the little stranger lives, is carefully tend
ed to the day of his marriage, when it is
cut down, and furnishes material for a
chest, designed expressly to hold the ward
robe of the newly-wedded couple. The
marriage, as in China and Tartary, is an
affair between the parents; and the wishes
of the young people themselves are never
consulted. The bride is usually in her ff-
teenth year; but maturity being early de-
veloped, wedlocL may be contracted at q
still younger age, and the mother is often
child herself. Marriage is a religious
ceremony, and is celebrated with great
pomp and many forms, in public temple,
in presence Of the priests and idols, and
the friends and kindred of both parties
The priest blackens the pearly teeth of the
bride, using for this purpose the same in
delible lacquer applied to coal.scuttles and
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-21
IN A BOAT WIEEA A RATTLE
SNAkE,

One dark night recently three men living
near Caseyville, on the Indiana side of
Ohio, started to go over the river in skif
which had been lying against the bank for
several days. They got into the boat and
the oarsman pulled vigorously for the
other shore. When about sixty yards
from the bank the man in the bow sudden
ly cried out that he heard the hiss of rat
tie snake in the boat. T.,is caused thrill
of horror to run through all, and in fash
the oars were stopped and all sat listening,
but not sound was heard. They con-
cluded that it was false alarm and the
oars began to rise and fall. Again the man
in the bow uttered the warning and again
the boat was stopped and all listened in
dire fear but no sound was heard. The
skif was then pulled across the river to
Caseyville, where the man at the stern
Jumped out into the water, afraid to go
through the boat. Procuring n lantern at
the hotel they went down to examine the
boat and found rattlesnake with eleven
rattles coied under the oarsman's seat.
The deadly reptile was dispatched, to
the intense relief of his fellow passen-
gers.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-21
GREClAN BEAUTY.

Much has been said in praise of Grecian
beauty, and the men are handsome in every
sense of the word; we might well imagine
them to have the models of Phidias and
Praxiteles. Their large eyes, black as jet
sparkle with glances of fire, while the long,
silky eye-lashes soften the expression and
give a dreamy appearance of melancholy.
Their teeth are small, white and well set;
fine regular profile, pale-olive COM
plexion, and tall elegant figure realize an
accomplished type of distinction. AS to
the women, they seem to have left pLy5i-
cal perfection to the men; some possess
fine eyes and hair, but as rule they have
bad figures, and some defect in the face
generally spoils the good features. 1t is
among them, however, that the old Orien-
tai customs are most strictly preserved;
while the men are gradually undergoing
the process of civilization, they, in q moral
point of view, remain stationary, and are
just as they were so years ago. 1t may,
indeed, be said that, with the exception of
Athens, the women possess no individual
existence, and count as nothing in society;
the men have reserved every privilege for
themselves, leaving to their helpmates the
cares of the house and family. In the
towns, where servants are kept, they are
of the poorest class of peasants, who know
nothing, and receive miserable wages.
The families are generally large-seven or
eight little children demand a mothers
constant attention. The morning begins
by directing the work of each servant, re-
peating the same thing q hundred times,
scolding, screaming, even beating them,
to be understood. In the evening, when
the children are sleeping, if there remains
some little time, the poor worn-out mother
sits down to her spinning-wheel to spin
silk, to sew or knit, or, if it be summer.
time, to look after her silk worms and co.
coons, happy if she has not to do the work
of her incompetent servants over again.
London Society.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-21
FOR EEHE FEET.
gers.

Among the first things that strike the
traveller in Japan are the wooden sandals
worn by these thirty five millions of peo-
pie. They have separate compartment
for the great toe, and make clacking
noise on the street. Straw slippers are
also worn, and traveller setting out on q
journey will strap supply of them on
his back that he may put on new pair
when the old ones are worn out. They
cost but a cent and half pair They
are not rights and lefts, and leaving the
foot free to the air-we never see those de-
formities of the foot in Japan which are SO
frequent in this country. They are never
worn in the house, being left outside the
door; passing down street you see long
rows of them at tue doors, old and new,
large and small. 1t surprising to see how
readily the Japs step out of them, and
pick them up again with their feet, with
out stopping, when leaving the house.
Constant habit makes them dexterous.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-21
A llOEIGGAkIAEG CRAFT.

All sorts of means are resorted to by the
poor of Paris to gain livelihood, but per-
haps the strangest of all the trade of body
finders. Tie authorities of Paris pay ten
francs reward for every corpse that is dis.
covered in the Seine aud brought to the
Morgue. AS the wages of the poor boat
men who ply on the river are extremely
small, it will readily be seen that such an
addition to their petty earnings is not to
he despised. But as bodies float some-
times far down the Seine, beyond the reach
of the boatmen employed on the upper
part of the river, these boatmen have Or
ganized a regular traffic with those who
ply their vocation far down the stream
and who, if they find body, cannot well
Leave their regular work to take it to Paris.
The downstream bodies are therefore pur-
chased at five francs each by the upstream
boatmen, the profits being thus fairly
divided. The eagerness with which the
body finders watch the river has something
horrible in 1t. They are valuable adjuncts
to the police force.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-21
HOW ENGLAND'S EASTERN EMs
PRLsE WAS SAVED

Once upona time not many years ago,
there was an Indian Prince who visited
these shores in search of adventures.
Among others, he made the acquaintance
of an English lady, to whom he became
devoted. At last he was forced to leave
for his native land, and on parting-like
other princes in fairy stories-gave his
lady friend" ring, saying, Whatever
the bearer of that ring bids me do, will
do"
Years rolled on, and the ring lay unused
in the lady's jewel box until the Indian
mutiny broke out. Aud then-the afore-
said Indian potentate having joined the
rebels-it became matter of great mo-
ment to the English Government of the
day to recover his allegiance. Somehow
the romantic gift of the ring leaked out;
and Cabinet Minister set off in great
hurry from Downing street to seek our
beroine's residence in--Grosvenor square,
let us say The ring was obtained; the
promise was kept, and the English troops
saved at most critical juncture. .-Londoa
World.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-21

in recompense for their charity in di-
viding with him in his days of need.
This pathetic little incident, Of the
truth of which there can be no reasona-
BILE doubt, would seem to furnish an easy
solution of the whole tramp question.
There is only wanting on the one hand
the most cordial hospitality, even to the
surrender of all man has to the tramp,
and on the part of the tramp an enduril@
sense of gratitude that will not only re-
strain him from his benefactor's hen
roost, but lead him to endow that bene-
factor with farm in Wisconsin, or a city
block in Chicago. The "balance Of
trade" would largely be in favor of the
genus tramp, but the chance to win a
prize like that drawn by the Safords, of
Wisconsin, would be at least as good as
in Kentucky or Havana lottery, and
would be accompanied by no conscien-
tious scruples or religious pangs-in case
of failure.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-21

The marvels of fact are often seeming
ly more improbable than the widest
dream Of fancy-even of that fancy which
sees sermons in stones, and anything-you-
are-a-mind-to in running brooks, and a
whole prognosis of the future in the red
hot GOALS Of the domestic hearth. To
verify, here comes the story of a tramp
from Wisconsin-the story, not the
tramp. -Four years ago poor but hon
est couple of Woodworking people living
near La Crosse were called upon by a
dirty, ragged and foot-sore tramp, who
begged humbly and modestly for food.
In his demeanor there was something
wanting that ought to have warned the
worthy couple that he was not genuine
tramp, for none of that order are ever
either humble or modest. But Mr.. and
Mrs. Stafford furnished him forthwith
food and few days of lodg-
ing and rest, for when he
fell into their hands he was, as a tramp,
so to speak, on his last legs. Under
their kindly care he recuperated and re-
sumed his journey to California, paying
his benefactors in protestations of graft.
tude.
Two months ago this peripatetic
stranger, in such disguise as not to be
recognizable by the charitable Safords
spent the night under their hospitable
roof. He inquired very particularly
into the circumstances of his hosts and
found that the world had been dealing
roughly with them-that they had plenty
of hard work and an empty pork barrel
as it were. The next morning the tramp
departed like the mists of the hill-tops ol
the dew of the valley, and left no mark
Three weeks after the Saffords received
per mail a package containing a deed 0!
one of the most valuable farms in the
county, including a good house, barn
live stock, horses, wagons, agriculture
implements, and SO forth, with a lettel
from the donor, begging their acceptance
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-21
SMALL HATS For SOME FRENCH.
MEN.

From inquiries made among French
hatters by DIR. Delaunay, some curious
facts concerning heads have come to light.
In families developing toward higher
intellectual standard, heads increase from
generation to generation; while families
failing intellectually show regular de-
crease in size. The men who made the
Revolution of 1889 had bigger heads than
their fathers; while the sons of the present
ruling families in France are carniologi.
cally so deficient that hats have to be made
especially for them. In Paris the largest
beads are to be found in the quarter of
the schools, and among the schools them
selves the secular stands above the eccle-
siastical. Chambers Journal.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-21
THE AMERICAN WOOL INDUSTRY.

Formerly the greater part of the wool
used in the knitting factories at Cohoes
came from Australia. A few years ago
samples of California wool were tried and
found to be OF superior quality, though SO
dirty that half the freight charges were
paid for dirt. To remedy this defect large
wool securing establishments were opened
in California, and ever since then they have
been sending clean wool, saving not only
half the cost of freight, but placing the
Cohoes manufacturer in possession of
better article than Australia could furnish.
As a. natural consequence the Australian
wool is now entirely discarded. Sheep
raising is wonderfully increasing in Oregon.