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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-07-27
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mons savons one tout le monde,
en- cette Louisiana Qu'il a NANTES
fOis parcourue de long en- large,
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nentes qualities.
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Vincent, cap Girarilean, Missouri.
Cette institution ren0mmee ct ton.
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de Ia Louisiana de nOmbreux
eleves ct les lui q renilus hommes
instruits ct distingu6s. Hannee
scolaire recOmmencera le 2 sep.
tsmbre proclaim. Enlightenment
complet, classique, scientifque ct
commercial. Prix ino,ler6. '.''
M. J..P. Blanton, ancien prin.
cipal du "High School" de Troy,
Missouri, institution Qni a compte
plusienrs eleves de. st. Jean. Bap.
tiste pendant Ia derniere aimee
scOlaire, eat en- CO moment par.
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quill Went d'atre Elm princi.
pal dn "High School" de
Mexico, vile de 4, 500 habitants,
situ6e dams le meme Etat du Mis-.
sOuri, 4 100 miles de St.IOuis, 4
In jonction des chemins de Ter
"St Iouis, Kansas City h North.
ern," ct ssChicago, Alton & St.
Lonis." NJ. Blantor sollicite, par
notre inter,nediaire, le patronage
tles families de St.Jean. Baptiste
ct des paroisses vOisines.
lie Losisianais nous apprcnd
one l'abh6 vignonet, ancien cure
de St,Jean. Baptiste, est mort re-.
comment a st. .LOuis. N. r. vigno-
net ftait Age de GO a 62 ans. Nc a
Paris, a mons ne nous tr0mpOns,
II await etc ord0nn6 pretre en- 1845.
Professor de rhetorique an Petit
Seminaire de Ia grand'ville, il await
alOrs public nne trallaction en- trois
volumes de l'Omvrage du vicaire
apostOliQne de IIondres, Richard
ChalloWer, intitul&: M6dit6tio1s
sxr les Vx;tA ct lSs Deroirs dx
CkristiaHisme, poxr ckaqse jour de
raaSse.' II faisait partie du clerge
catholiQne AMERICAN depuis Fan.
nee 1854, ct await etc successive-
ment cnr6 des eglises St.Michel 4
St.Jacquee, an-Baptiste ct
St.Jacques, dams les paroiaaes ci-
viles du meme nom. Eloign3 pins
on mOins volontairement du clerge
louisianais, il 6tait allie fonder IN
college 4 Denver, Colorado, en-
septembre 1874, ct ayant 6cbon6
dams cette enterprise, s'6tait abrit6
an college de Dayton. Ohm, puis
finalement retire . StLouiS oA Il
q termin6 "a carriAre sventnrsase.
Homme du monde, intelligence
cultiv6e, mais esprit inquiet, son.
vent rebelle 4 rsntorit6 eccl6sias-
tique, n. viguo0et semblait pen
dou6 do II vocation sacerdotale.
II ktsit d'ailleurs ljb6ral dams 80
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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-07-27
p A r o I s s r 8
ST.CHARLES
On lit dams 1e Mirror !:

L'assesseur Bau,louin nous apprcnd one
les chemins de fer ont ftT assess'sa St Char
les: In vote de Chicago. S'.Louis Il Nouvelle-
Orleans, 3 miles 4 5000 par mile; celle de
Morgan. Louisiane 4 Texas. IL miles 4
~ 900 par mile ct celle de Nonvclle- Orleans
& Texas fDonaldsonville), I. miles d g, 600
par mile.
lie iuge de- parcisse condan,ne 4 dix
iours lie prison Cesar Kyle, coupaLle d'avoir
baftu Rebecca Wilson.
lie dOctenr BrOaddns, antre-
fois de St-Charles, est membre du
"Clnb natiOnal' de In NOuvelle-
Orleans. .. '.''..-
lie Herald rapporte rarresta.
tiOn de plnsieurs nOirs helligneux,
Van Dorm, Jake Bradley, Baptiste
Tamba ct Levin Gross.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
The Extent of London.

London covers nearly 200 square
miles. 1t numbers more than 4 ,000,-
900 inhabitants. 1t comprises l,O00,-
600 inhabitants from every quarter of
the globe. Ii contains more Roman
Catholics than Rome itself; more Jews
than Palestine ; more Irish than Dublin; /;
more Seotchmen than Edinburg; more
Welsh than Cardiff; has birth in every
five minutes and death in every eight
minutes ; has seven accidents in every
day in its 1000 miles of streets; has l24
persons every day and 5000 annually
added to its population; has III 900 ha-
bitual criminals on its police register,
and has $1,000 drunkards annually
brought before its magistrates.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
Trouble I'm the Family.

They were in the parlor together.
The light had gone out and they stood
at the window in the radiance of the
moon. He had his arm about her and
was looking dreamily at the queen of
night. Softly he spoke:-
Darling, L am thinking how happy
we will be in our home when we are
married. 1t shall be a pretty house,
and you shall be its dear little mistress.
We will have little parlor and a little
dining-roOm, and a little kitchen for
you to manage. We shall be there all
by ourselves, and We shall be so happy,
my darling"
''Oh, Henry" she despondentlv ut
tered, 81 thought We were going to
board"
There were tears in her eyes for him
to kiss away, but he let her remove
them with what faculty she could COM
msnd.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
A Dumb Dog.

Mr.. Darwin might turn to some ac-
count a story which is told i'm the Ger
man papers about the manner in which
an intelligent dog adapted himself to
his condition. A deaf and dumb lady
living in a German city, had as COM
panion a younger woman also deaf and
dumb. They lived in a small set of
rooms opening on the public corridor of
the house. Somebody gave the elder
lady little dog as present. For some
time, whenever anybody rang the bell
at the door, the dog barked to call the
attention of his mistress. The dog soon
discovered, however, that neither the
bell nor the barking made any impress
sion on the women, and he took to the
practice of merely pulling one of them
by the dress with his teeth, in order to
explain that some one was at the door.
Gradually the dog ceased to bark alto
gether. and for more than seven years
before his death he remained as mute as
his two companions" When express
sion by sound was useless. it fell with
him into absolute disuse.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

DR.. Heintzel thinks that the influence
of light upon cement has not hitherto
been sufficiently considered. He insti-
tuted some experiments upon a quanti-
ty OF cement, which he divided into
three parcels, exposing parcel A TO the
air and full light, b to the air and diff
fused light, and secluding in the
darkness from the air. After six
months he found that A made a weak
mortar, by absorbing 3S per cent, of its
weight in water, and it had become
crumbly; b, with 331 per cent. of wa
ter, which was too adhesive TO the trow-
ell, and it yielded up none of its water;
C, with 33h per cent. of water, made
an excellent mortar, easily stirred and
flowing, and it relinquished some of its
water. After setting for twenty eight
days, the relative strength was A, 3;
b, S.9; c, 4.6. ....-...
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

A farmers son from near Reilly was
in town last week selling hogs, and ran
into an old acquaintance on the street.
''What dye think, Bill? I'm mar
ried," said the Butler county youth.
The deuce you are! Well, never
thought that of you, Sam. Who is she ?''
''Old Uncle Dan Farrel's daughter
Mary, and I'll open your eyes a bit,
Bill. You won't believe it, maybe, but
its honest gospel truth. 1 didn't mar
ry that girl for neither love nor money
honest Injun." said Sam, with a big
smile that made his face look as though
his eyes were about to be fenced in.
Bill leaned up against lamp-post
and gave him a look of speechless
amazement for second or two, then
whistled and slowly said:
"Well, then, by the old Harry, I'd
like to know what you did marry her
for, anyway"
swell, Bill, I'll tell you how it was.
You see she's one of the best little
workers in that part of the country" "
returned Sam, with a double dose of
the old smile.
"Oh, that's how it comes, is it?" ex-
claimed Bill. "Well, Old John Robin
son bought couple of mules last week
on that very same recommendation"
Sam said he had to meet q man at
three O'Clock, and hurried away.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
SCIENTIFIC.

Insect Potcder.-Why the flowers of
composite plants Pyrethrum cdrneum and
P. roseum, when pulverized form the
well-known "Persian Insect Powder"
should prove so destructive to insects,
while perfectly innOcuOus to other
forms of animal life, has not hitherto
been understood. Rother, who has in
vestigated the chemical composition of
p. roseum, ascribes its active powers to
the presence of an acid, or, more prop
erly, of a glycoside, which he terms
Persicin. 1t Is a brown non-crystal-
liZsble substance, having the OdOr of
honey, and when boiled with hydro
chloric acid is converted into sugar and
Pesiretin. With alkalies it forms a
neutral amorphous salt, as well as an
acid crystallizable one. Pesiretin also be-
haves like an acid. The plant contains in
addition, an oily resin-like acid, Persi
cein. No alkaloid was found by ROther;
Bellesone, however, obtained from the
plant a crystailizable substance which
exhibited exceedingly acetic properties.
Hager, who has examined the flowers
of both p. cdrneum and p. roseum attrib-
utes their insecticide effects to the pres
ence of two substances, one of which,
body allied to trymethylamine, Is COM
bined with an acid in the flower. This
powder as well as the pollen "as a pc
culiarly powerful effect as an irritant.
Hager finds that aqueous or alcoholic
extracts OF the powdered flowers con-
tain little of these ingredients, and con-
sequently to be of no value as insecti-
cides.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
A Smart Girl.

A daughter of Dan Newman, over at
Sierra Valley, captured the first prize
at last years Nevada State Fair for be-
ing the best equestrienne. After the
young lady had been declared boss she
turned around and told the world at
large that she would just like to see
somebody trot out something in the
shape of horseflesh that she couldn't
ride, if they thought she was sailing
under false colors. The result is that,
although she has since been on various
animals that were brought forward she
has kept her seat in every instance.
Now there's garb that's good for
something. She can bake cookies and
bread and all such things, darn stock
ings, make her own dresses, and do any
thing and everything that makes her a
good housekeeper, and when it comes
to playing the piano she is no slOuch,
either. Just think of these things you
girls who can't tell frying pan from
a moving machine, or a balky horse
from a cow that gives buttermilk.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
From Acute to Chronic

Is an easy stage in cases Of dyspepsia A
slight attack of Indigestion, especially when
there is predisposition to digestive weakness
Of the stomach, must speedily culminate in
the more obstinate form of the disease. 1t is
well, therefore, to adopt preventive measures
early. Although Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
overcomes, if persisted in, cases of dyspepsia
Of long standing. 1t is obviously the part of
wisdom to use it ere the malady assumes q
chronic phase. This is particularly true be
cause as dyspepsia advances, it engenders
other bodily evils such as disorder Of the
liver, constipation or undue looseness Of the
bowels, nervous disorders. hypochondria,
sleeplessness. These maladies are both pre-
vented and remedied by the Bitters, but how
much better to check them in their outset
with the great alternative, than to wait until
they establish q firmer foothold in the system
Surely the advisability of this must be ap-
parent
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

Some OF the so-cdlled Tests TOR Adultsrd-
tons are quite amusing To one acquaint-
ed with chemistry, but unfortunately
may lead astray the Ignorant who trust
in them. A recent newspaper item,
praising the lemon and advised the
eating OF whole one before breakfast,
adds that lemon juice is good test for
cosmetics. "No lady should employ
any cosmets that effervesces with
lemon juice" AS this test merely
proves the presence of carbonic acid,
and thus indicates an admiXture OF
chalk and magnesia, which are among
the least Objectionable face powders,
while IL produces no effect upon the
more dangerous zinc, lead and bismuth
salts. the test Is worse than useless, as
giving a feeling of security to those
using cosmetics which are actually
poisonous.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
Fight wit h n Shark.

Captain John B. Guttmann, of the
Pensacola Guards, signalized himself
in an odd encounter recently, and came
out first best. Riding down to the shore
of Escambia Bay, Florida, the captain
noticed strange cOmmotion in the wa
ter, and that the beach for consldera-
BILE distance was covered with fish from
six inches to foot and half length,
some dead and some still jumping,
while others continued to spring from
the water, above which showed the
sharp dorsal fin of shark, cutting the
surface as he pursued the fish. The
sporting spirit of the captain was fired,
and springing from his buggy, he
opened his pocket-knife, with a blade
less than three inches long, and rushed
into the water, which was thigh-deep,
where he encountered the shark. and
pushed his little knife into it. The
creature did not seem to feel 1t, and its
hide was so tough that the captain could
not rip it, so he continued his thrusts,
while the shark endeavored to turn so
as to seize him. Finally the shark felt
the blade, and, retreatIng twelve or fif-
teen feet, charged back with a rush.
The captain sprang aside as it attempt
ed to bite him, and seized it by the fin,
which was ten inches long, and piled
his knife while they waltzed round, the
abarl coptinuallv turnipU I'm tho on
deavor to bite. Finding his knife Of
no avail against the nine lives of the
shark, the captain caught up a stout,
heavy piece of driftwOod. which oppor
tunely came within reach, and, as the
fish threw its head out of the watt +.
struck it a severe blow at the base of the
skull, which instantly stunned it. He
then threw it ashore, where 1t was
dispatched. 1t was exactly five feet in
length.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

The Velocity Of Light.-''The two meth
DDS by which the velocity Of light was
determined experimentally gave into
the hands of Foucault and Cornu results
which differ by nearly per cent. To
find the correct result is the object of the
experiments l have undertaken. The
method which / have adopted is es-
sentially that pursued by Foucault, but
has this important advantage, that it
permits the use Of any distance between
the mirrors. This is accomplished by
using lens of great focal length which
collects the light from the revolving
mirror into series of parallel pencils,
which are reflected back from the sur
face of plane mirror. The distance
between this and the revolving mirror
in the preliminary experiments was 500
feet, and the displacement obtained was
0.63 of an inch-about 20 times that OBJ
tanned by FOucault. The apparatus
used was adapted from the material
found in the Naval School. and the ex-
periments were performed under diff
culties. The following is table of re-
suits: 1S6, 730 ;lsS, $50; lS6 $3.50; 1S5, $3.50 !;
lS7, 800; 1S5, 900 ;ils6 40; ls5, 800; 1S1 :
$40; 1856 sos mt an 1S5, 600 Cornu. lS6, 200
Foucault."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

COMPRESSED CoYFEE.-A patent mas
recently been issued in Germany, for
process of COMPRISING ground and
burnt coffee, for the purpose of making
il more readily transporrable and un-
alterable for length of time. For this
purpose the coffee is subjected to
pressure of from 40 to 40 atmospheres
in suitable cast-iron moulds. The coffee
is thus made into cakes, and Genes into
the market in a form resembling choco-
late, divided as the latter is by ribs TO
facilitate breaking into pieces of suita-
BILE size for use. The interior surface
of the moulds is highly polished, by
which artifice the outer crust of the
compressed coffee is made sufficiently
smooth and hard to prevent the tendency
of the ethereal oil Of the coffee to escape
from the interior of the cakes. The
volume of the coffee thus prepared is
reduced to less than one-third of that of
the original. 1t is asserted that the
operation does not In the least affect its
good qualities, and that it can De packed
and transported in tin foil or other pack
ages, preserving its aroma indefinitely.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
A MOST REMARKABLE CURE.

PHILADELPHIA, June ., l~51.
SETH HASCE, Baltimore, Mb-Dear sir Seeing
your advertisement, was induced t. try your pi-
leptic Pills. was attacked with Epilepsy IN July,
lSs3 Immediately my phy sician WAS sunni Onei, but
he could give relief. then consulted another
phys can, but | seemed to grow worse then tried
the treatment OF another, but without good effect
l again returned TO my family physician: WAS eupped
and blei several Tires i was generally attacked
without any pTemOnit lry symptoms. hal had from
tOlnVe hts day at intervals Of two weeks was
often attacked in sleep, and would fall wherever
/ would be, whatever be occupied with, and WAS
severely injured several times from the falls. was
affected much that lost all confidence in myself
| also WAS affected in my business, and consider
that your Epileptic Pills cured me. In February,
Iss commenced To your Pills. and only had two
attacks afterward. The last April S, lSo5,
and they Of less serious character. With the
blessing of Providence your medicine was made the
instrument BY which cured Of that di-tr S-ing
afcton think the Pills and their good effects
should be made known everywhere, that persons
who are similarly affected may have the benefit Of
them ANY person wishing further Information can
obtain it by calling at my residence No. so North
Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
WILLIAM ELDRE.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

CHURNING. - After churning one
summer at the rate of three times a
week, and each churning lasting almost
till the next was ready, we determined
to find the cause. Thinking it the fault
of pasture or cellar, we chang ed pasture,
cellar and churn, with reighbOr who
never churned longer than twenty min
utes, and the result was that we
churned in just as long and she in just
as short time, notwithstanding the
change, fully proving the fault to be
with the cows, which we soon disposed
Of for better ones, and have had no
trouble in churning since. You may
have good mixers, but not good butter
makers,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
ANOTHER REMARKABLE
CURE OF EPILEPSY; OR, FALLING FITS,
RY HANrE,S EPIIE EPIC PILLS

MONTGOMERY Texas, June ID, lS69.
To Seth :. HANcE;-A person in my employ had
been afflicted with Fits, or Epilepsy, for thirteen
years. he had these attacks at intervals Of two to four
weeks and Oftentimes several in quick successson,
sometimes continuing foo two OF three daSs- Tn s-N
eral occasions they lasted until his mind appeared
totally deranged, in which state hs would continue
for day after the its had ceased tired sew
eral remedies prrscnbed By resident ply sicians
but without success. Having seen your al vert-elrnt
1 conc.uded try your remedy obtained two
boxes of yOurPills gave them according q directions
and they effected a permanent cure The person Is
now a stout and healthy man about - years OF age
and has not had mt since he commenced taking your
medicine, ten years since. He was my principal
WAGNER and has, since that time, been exposed 10
the severest of weather. have great confidence IN
your remedy. and would like every who has hits
TO give IL a trial. Is L. DEfREksk-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

Waste Of Artificial Light.-A writer in
London journal presents some interest
ing calculations in regard to the cost
and waste of artificial light. If, he says,
we rose with the sun, instead of the
usual hour of O'Clock, the gain would
be, on an average, two hours additional
daylight throughout the year, and, by
retiring two hours earlier to compen-
safe for the early rising, there would be
a saving of expense of artificial light
for 80 hours in each year. Now, there
are. in round numbers, 450 600 houses
in London each of which il may be sup
posed, requires five gas burners, or their
equivalent in lamps or candles. after
dark. At present, it is estimated that
2,250, 900 gas-burners are burnt for 100
needless hours in each year, and TAX
ing the average consumption of gas
at three feet per hour, it may be said
that each burner consumes, in round
numbers, 2,200 feet of superfluOus gas
per annum-Or, a total for the met
ropolis of some 5000, 600, 900 cubic feet
Of gas, or its equivalent, which might
be saved, when, too, this writer remarks,
it is considered that every gss-burner
requires to be supplied with nearly
1900 cubic feet of air per hour, and that
after dark the demand for fresh air is
nearly double in such a close city, the
Importance of the subject is manifest.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

OVER PRoDUCTIoN.-Farmers should
not be frightened at the idea of over
production. There never can be too
much production of any article of use
to man. There may be an unequal dis
tribution an thus an apparent excess in
some localities; but whatever is grown,
is equally advantageous to the country
and to the world.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

The disease known as anemia is Sc
riOus malady among coal-miners. Its
cause is not fully determined. DR..
Reimbault, of st. Etiene does not con-
slider the deleterious gas, the coal-dust,
or the want of light in lhe mines suffic-
lent to produce it. Taking the ordi-
nary number of blood-disks in healthy
man to be 5000, 600, that in an affected
miner Is frequently as low as 800, Zoo.
Want of an adequate supply of fresh air
has, it is thought, much to do with the
disease.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

BROOM CORN.-The seed of broom
corn, which has hitherto been consid-
cred useless except for planting and an
inferior article of food for cattle, has
been discovered to be very valuable as
breadstuff. 1t was first used as sub
stitute for wheat in 1870 and 1871, but
like many other good things, was lost
sight of, and its manufacture was never
carried TO success, and never became
even partially known until about three
years ago. The yield of flour is about
one-hslf in place of two-thirds from
wheat. The bran Is also as valuable as
wheat bran as food for animals. The
flour cannot be told from wheat flower,
and the bread, cake, etc., is as delicate,
inviting and delicious, and easily di-
gested. The yield of broom corn seed
is also enormous, single spear often
producing pint of seed, and the yield
has reached 800 bushels to the acre,
while it is safe to estimate the average
at 100 bushels.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23

ATTACH piece of muslin to a hoop
of cane or wire, with handle similar
to what is used by anglers when fishing
with rod and line. Let the muslin be
about yard deep, and taper of to the
bottom. Where flies are very trouble
some, many hundreds may be caught
and destroyed by these means in few
minutes. This instrument is very use
full In butchers shops, or other places
where they are very numerous.