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Useful aud Suggestive.

The busy season for farming is upon
us, Recollect there is no resurrection
for dead tire.
To MEND THE KETTLE.-Take a piece
of copper, heat red.hot, shape il to fit
the hole, and rivet it with a hammer on
both sides il it gets cold before you get
it tight, heat again and pound till closed.
JuMBLEs lone cup of butter, two of
sugar, one of milk, Fix of -four, half a
nutmeg, one t%easpooniul of soda roll
them out, cut with q tin cutter, brush
them over with the white of an egg and
sift granulated sugar on before baking.
Too KEEP THE HANDS SMOOTH
Take glycerine and ammonia, equal
parts wash the hands clean, and, with
out wiping. pour a little in n hand
and rub well all owe and dry worth a
good deal Of money t. n who has as
bad rough hands as | had.
CooKlEs,-One cup butter, M cup
sugar, one half cup cream or soul milk;
flavor with anything you like oneNhalf
teaspOon.ul soda, enough flour to roll
easily, roll thin; bake with moderate
fire. They are done when they can he
lifted from the tin on a case knife with
out breaking.
RocK>woRK should he introduced only
in the wilder aud more irregular portions
of the grounds, and never on a smooth
aud finished lawn. IL should never
resemble a heap Of stones, but appear
like natural rocks projecting from steep
or sloping banks.
The following is highly recommended
as a homemade courtAplaster. One
ounce of French isinglass n pint Of
warm water; stir till 1t dissolves add
tenscents' worth of pure glycerine and
FIVE cents worth OF tincture Of arnica /;
lay a piece Of white or black silk on a
board and paint it over with the mix~
ture.
MoIkssEs FRUfr GAKE.-0ne large
cup sugar, one Of nolasses, one small
cup sour mill, one t~easpoOnful soda dis.
solved 10 the milk, one.half pound butter.
.aaea shsas oAe AAl : .A.I pounds raisins
and c~nTrants one quarter pound citnoD,
n nutmeg, n tablespoonful cloves.
CuRR FOR SICK HEADAcHE.-If you
get up Ii the morning with q sick head.
aehe take 0ne>thigd t~saspOoniul soda
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The Grateful Poodle,

LNsAA 4halH III alhullC HiODlniY IOr Nav,
All my life, from boyhood up, | have
had the habit OF reading a certain set of
anecdotes, written in the quaint vein of
the Worlds ingenious fabalist, for the
lesson they taught me and the pleasure
they gave me. They lay always con.
venient to my hand, and whenever |
thought meanly of my kind l turned to
them and they banished that sentiment :
whenever / felt myself to be selfish,
sordid and ignoble, / turned to them,
and they told me what to do to win back
my self-reppect. Many times / wished
that the charming anecdotes had not
stopped with their happy climaxes, but
Rad continued the pleasing history Of the
several b~enefactors and benefciaries.
This wish reese in my breast 20 persist.
entity, that at last / determined to satisfy
it by seeking out the sequels of those
anecdotes myself. so ! set about it, and
great labor and tedious research
accomplished my task. / will lay the
result before you, giving you each anec-
dote in turn, and following it with its
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-05-11

WmHoFTsFEvERA NDAGUEToNIC.-
For all diseases caused by malartal poisoning
o. the blood, a warranted cure. No PoisOn,n no
arsenic, nc mercury, no quininej no bloated
face or glaring eyes, no bursting head or
breaking back, no weak knees or paralysis
agitans from It's usel It is safe, invigOrating
and leaves the patient renewed in mind and
body, and sound as q dollar. It wipes out all
sallowness and gives a blooming complexion
in the place OF that sickly, officiating color
peculiar TO Chills and Spleno-H epatic de-
rangements. WHEELoCK, FINLAY & CO..
Proprietors, New Orleans. For sale by all
druggists.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-05-11

The greatest Discovery or the age
Is DR.. Tobias celebrated Venetian Ltnimentl
80 years before the public, and warranted TO cure
Dlarrhea, Dysentery, Collie, and Spasms, taken In
%ternally; and Group, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore
Threats, Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores ahd Pains in the
Limbs, Back and Chest, externally. II has never
Jailed. No family will ever be without 1t after once
giving 1t a fair trial. Price, 40 cts. Dr.. TOBIAS
VENETIAN HORSE LISIMENT, In Pint Bottles,
at One Dollar, Is warranted superior to any other
or NO PAY, Tor tho cure OF Collie, Cuts, Bruises,
Old Sores. etc. Sold by all Druggists. Depot--IO
Park Place New YOrb
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This season Of the
Simmons Liver Regulator.

simmons Liver Regulator has been IN use
for halfa century. and there Is not one single In
stance on record where It has tailed t. effect a cure
when taken in time, according to the directions
II is without doubt the Grenteat Liver MedI'
cline In the World; is perfectly harmless being
carefully compounded from rare roots and herbs
containing no mercury or any | furious mineral
substance, II takes the place ct quinine ana caio'
mel and has superseded these medicines In places
where they have heretofore been extensively used.
Procure a bottle at once from yonr druggist; do
uCtdelay give il "A fair trial, and you will be more
than satisfied with the result obtained.
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RAptn CopprepoNnpvc. NJ

RAPID CORRESPONDENCE - When a
man goes to the theatre for the first time
nothing surprises him more than the
wonderful TapiditY with which an actor
writes a letter-unless II may be The
suddenness with which the receiver
ascertains its contents. One glance and
he absOrbs it all, and clasps his forehead
with hislefthand. L. Norristown Herald.
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MIXED Manure for Cotton.

DR.. James, commissioner of agriculture
for Georgia, reports the following inter,
osting experiment
Experiment of j.. r. r, Respess, Ella.
vile, Schley county, on cotton
con my ive-scre cotton.patch, land
that would, in its natural state, not have
made exceeding five hundred pounds seed
cotton per acre, / have made the present
year (ls77) $4,000 pounds seed cotton,
at the cost OF n ton of acid phosphate,
mi hundred and fifty bushels OF cotton
seed, 500 pounds stable manure and
fifty bushels OF ashes.
rrnrMeE An-nnAH-
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Mothers! Mothers II Mothers III Don't fail to
procure Mrs. WinslOw's Soothing Syrup for all
diseases incident to the period Of teething in
children. 1t relieves the child from pair, cures
wind collie, regulates the bowels, and by giving
relief and healthtO the child, gives rest to the
mother. 1t is an old and well.tried remedy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-05-11

The celebrated dry goods house OF BE De-
wees, 725 Chestnut street, Phila., is offering
new styles of summer Silks at remarkably low
prices. Also beautiful quality of plain color
ed silks in all desirable shades as slow as zoe.
Samples of all goods sent free on application.
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DpHCIOu4

Light, white, wholesome biscuits, rolls,
hreal, and elegant cake, crullers, wafles,
%doughnuts, mullins, and griddle cakes of
every kind, are always possible to every
table by using DoOLEY'S YEAST POWDER,
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flANUonly si25 $ perba 100 Grand Square
~ - Pianos only S2f0 Elegant $500 Y prtght
Pianos SI05. New style uIri yht Pi mos SlIH 30.
New organs, R3J. Handsome Parlor Organs, "
Stops 3 Set Reeds, only SIR 80 Church Organs,
Ii Stops, only sIOl.0O. Immense new Steam Fac
tory soon to be erected. Paper with much intorma'
nANIELE ". NEATLY Warrington, NJ.
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7 CURE FITS!
The science Of life, or seirPr'

The Science OF life, or Seit'PFc"l
Two hundreth edition, revised ADD ela
published, IL Is a standard medical WOW
In tho EnRlish language, written by
great experience, to " HON was aW,atlH j
ieweled mtdal by the National Medical "
1t contains beautiful and very expen'W1
e~ngravings ThIee hundred pages, Ilog
valuable prescriptions for oil forms
diseases, the result Of many years OF w
successful practice. Bound IN FfenVI "
only 81, sent by mail. The London Ig
4" No person should be without thS tSy
The author lisa noble benelactor' AK
sample sent to all on receipt otG c!4nSS
Address Dir. W. II. PARK ER, NO, 4 9nI
Boston. The author may be eonsulIsuV'
requiring skin and experience.
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la,GN lbs. seed cotton at cts. per lbs $50 M
Cotten seed-""..." , ",..""' 20 W-Sish ~
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TEPIVIWIea OF HCTFt8aes and HlnVpr
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retall price SaNO ohlvSa,
retail price $50 AK ~;
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01

Fun ON THE FARM.-We often hear
the remark, "How dull farming must
be-" or "Who would live in the coun-
try, where there are no opportunities
for fun?" Well then-if you want to
know what genuine fun is, just pitch
in and help to break q pair Of three-year-
old steers. First, you catch steer and
tie him to a post in the barnyard. Then
you catch the other one and tie rope
around his horns. Then your dad gets
the yoke and between you two and the
hired man you get it fastened on their
necks. Then the old man tells you to
unite the rope gently, while he and the
hired man hold the critters. just as
you clip the knot, away 60 the steers
with bawl and bellow-or rather a
pair of bellows-and there arises con-
fused mixture of horns, heels, tails,
ropes, dad, hired man and curses on
your stupidity, that reminds you of the
picture of a volcanic eruption in the
old Biographies. And that's only the
beginning of the fun. Bye-and-bye
dad gets hold of one rope and the hired
man gets hold of the other and they run
races down the lane-the steers "neck-
and neck" and the old man performing
the curse on the serpent. Then there
is the time in haying when dad under
takes to show you how to NOW over a
bumble-bees' nest. He amt afraid of
these bees, nor needn t be-just go right
along-they never sting unless you
fight 'em; and then "whish !" get out
o. the way! and dads swath comes to a
sudden stop and he departs for the
house and hartshorn on a dead run, at
the business end of a dozen yellow
legged humble bees. Oh, no, there isn't
any fun on farm!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01
Why Is 1t?

The truths OF science and progressive thought
have always been compelled to batter down the
bulwarks Of prejudice and disbelief or re-
main forever unknown Why is 1t that people
are 30 reluctant to receive facts that relate di-
rectly to the phenomena of their own exist
ence? Astronomers. upon discovering a star,
assign it q place at once, and 1t is forever
fixed. The rule by which a mathematical
problem is once solved becomes forever an
axiom; but no matter how clearly the princi-
Piles which govern health and sickness be
demonstrated some refuse to believe, DIR.
Pierce's Family Medicines, which are now so
generally used, and deservedly popular. were,
in their early days. very reluctantly received
by the people To-day DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery has outrivaled the old-time
sarsaparillas, his Pellets are in general use in
place OF the coarse, huge, drastic pills formerly
30 much employed, while the sales Of his DR..
Sages Catarrh Remedy and his Favorite Pre-
scnption are enormous Where the akin is
sallow and covered with blotches and pimples,
or where there are scrofulous swellings and
affections, q few bottles Of his Golden Medical
Discovery will effect an entire cure. If you
feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, have sallow color
Of skin, or yellowish-brown spots on face or
body, frequent headache or dizziness bad
taste in mouth. internal heat or chiIls alter
mated with hot fiushes, low spirits and gloomy
forebodings, irregular appetite, and tongue
coaseu, YOU are sunefinS from TORPID Liver,
or ''Bliousness. In many cases of Liver
Complaint only part Of these symptoms are
experienced. As remedy for all such cases,
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has no
equal, a. it effects perfect cures, leaving the
liver strengthened and healthy. Debiltated
females who ha undergone all the TEXTURES
Of caustic and the knife, and yet suffer with
those peculiar dragging-down sensations and
weaknesses, can have guaranteed to them
prompt and positive relief by using Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription; while constipation and
torpid liver, or ''biliousness," are promptly
relieved By the Pleasant Purgative Pellets.
Sold by al DruggistA
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01

The ancients were acquainted with
gold brocades. They called them aaro-
TEXTILES, restes, eJ duro tertG, also chryso-
cldrum, durocldrum, or .funddtum. All
these names designate silk fabrics, in
terwoyen with gold thread, the silk
forming the background to the brighter
threads of gold, setting ont the pattern
in gold Oh silk ground, or else form
ing gold ground for silk pattern. In
the middle ages the name for this arti-
Gle of luxury, so highly priced, both on
account of the heaviness of its folds and
its elegance, was Baldachinus,
from Baldach. 4. e. Bagdad or Baby
lon. We must not, however, conceive
of these gold threads as we seem them
to-day, or in the brocades of the six
teenth century; that is, as consisting
of thick thread of silk, around which
thinly drawn and more or less gilded
silver wire had been twisted. This
discovery was not made until the fif-
teenth century, in Italy. The gold
thread of the ancients, down to the
| fifteenth century, was not round and
drawn as a wire, but is cut in little thin
and fiat strips. This strips not an ami
NAL but a vegetable substance, but, the
skin of plant, which has been gilded
on one side and wound spirally OR
twisted around a more or less coarse
thread of linen or cotton. This discov-
cry was doubtless made i'm China, and
the gold thread for all the manufacto-
ries was obtained from the East, until
the modern, more expensive, but more
valuable Italian discovery, rendered
the importation unnecessary, We find
the same system of manipulation in all
japanese gold braids, and in a fabric
in the Bavarian National Museum,
which dates back far into the sixteenth
century. The brocade is produced by
means of gilt paper. Therefore, bro
cades made Of gilied silver wires do not
date further back than the fifteenth
century. Generally they are TO be as
signed to the later half of the fifteenth
century, especially the non-Italian
fabrics; because the new gold was
more expensive than the favOrite one
] in use.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01
Compound Oxygen.

The Advertisement of Drs. Starkey 4 Palen,
which will be found in this number OF our pa
per, is one that presents unusual claims to ali
who are suffering from chronic ailments OF
any kind. The introduction Of this new reme-
dial agent which has come into their hands.
marks. assuredly. the beginning Of q new era
in the healing art Already it has given back
he ealth and comfort to hundreds of suffering
men and women. who have vaInly sought for
relief IN all the means of cure heretofore within
their reach. Among these il Hon. VIM ID.
Kelley, who, in letter to DR.. Starkey, says:
My experience under your treatment has
convinced me that no future dispensary will be
complete that does not embrace the adminis-
tratlon of your agent, or its equivalent to
tnose who, from their vocation or oth5r cause,
are. as was. unable to asslmilate enough of
some vital element to maintain their systems
Ill nealthful vigor Thanking you for renewed
health, strength, AMI the hope Of years of
comfortable life, l remain your grateful
friend"
SEND for a copy Of their Treatise on Com
pound Oxygen, little book of over 2O0 pages,
IN which you will nnd the mode of action and
results of this new remedy clearly set forth
Ii also contains large number of testimonials
to most remarkable cures. IL Will be mailed
FREE, on addressing Drs. Starkey x Palen,
lll2 Girard street Philadelphia
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01
Tongues.

Nothing but the proboscis of an ele-
phant compares in muscular flsxi6iiity
with the tongue. It varies in length
and size in reptiles, birds and mammalia,
according to the peculiar organic cir
cumsrance of each. A gira1e's tongue
has the functions of fingers. 1t is hook
ed over high branch, its strength
being equal to breaking of large, strong
branches of trees, from which tender
leaves are then stripped. An antbear's
tongue is long and round, like whip
lash. The animal tears open dry, clay
walls of ant-hills, thrusts in its tongue,
which sweeps round the apartments,
and by its adhesive saliva brings out
yard of ants at a swoop. The mechan-
ism by which ir is protruded so far is
both complicated and beautiful. A dog S
tongue in tapping water takes a form,
by a mere act of volition, that cannot
be initiated by an ingenious mechanism.
The human tongue, in the articulation
of language, surpasses in variety OF
motions the widest Imagination Of a
poet. Even in swallowing food its
Office is so extraordinary that physiolo-
gists cannot explain the phenomena oil
deglutition without employing the aid
of several sciences.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01
Oppressive Flowers.

Almost all those charming lilaceous
flowers, the hyacinth especially, exhale
a perfume which, however sweet when
first perceived, affects the nerves, brings
on headache and loss of appetite, end
ing in unaccountable indisposition, its
real cause being unsuspected. Many
bulbs supposed to be innocent in this
respect, because no scent is perceived
when they blossom outdoors, really are
not so in the confined and warmer air
of a living room. Example the annual
ly welcome snow drop, of which Mrs
Barbauld wrote that it looks as if Flora
'sBy some Transforming power
Had changed an icicle into flower.
Its name and hue the scentless plant retains,
While winter fingers In Its ley veins"
But bring clump of blooming snow
drops into the comfortable temperature
which your apartments keep up in Feb
ruary and you will discover that the
snowy milkflower, galanthus nivalis,
so far from being scentlcss, gives out
emanations of sufficient power to op-
press your foreheadwith heavyweight.
A great admirer ofhyacinths, who could
not stand their smell, used to grow
them in frame in his garden, gratify-
ing his passionate fondness of their
beauty by going to look at them twenty
times day. They can also be cultivated
so as to be seen without being smelt, in
marquise or miniature outside green
house-a double window, in fact, with
wider space than usual between the
two sashes-provided the ventilation of
the room is independent of drafts from
that direction.
The same remarks apply to the whole
narcissus genus, to the jonquil especial
ly. Beautiful and easy to force as Is the
lily of the valley, it is open to the same
objection. Less potent in their infiu-
ence are the lovely blue Siberian squill.
the bright little scarlet single Won
Tholl tulip, and the dog's-tooth violet,
both pink and white (why so named
a mystery, with its pleasing notified
foliage, which alone ought to insure
its acceptance as window bulb, and the
curious fritallarv or chessboard flower.
The less strong smelling of the winter
towering bulbs, as crocuses i'm all their
different hues, may be grown in perfor-
ated globular pots, which, in fact,
might be called omnibus flower-pots,
and which are not new invention,
but probably acontrivance ofthe Dutch
for the cultivation and enjoyment in
doors of the early spring bulbs of which
they are so fond.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-01
4 Demoralized Editor.

An editor was sitting in his easy
chair, buoyant in mind and heart, with
the calm serenity and blissful tran
guilty that none but editors know. A
shuffling sound at the door brought him
back to earth, and facing nervously
about, he beheld man, of deep, de-
termined look, closing the door behind
him. With a sickly feeling of forebod-
ing, the editor motioned toward a chair,
and gazed upon the intruder, helpless
and breathless, resigned to meet the
worst.
The hand of the man wandered
toward his breast pocket. The editors
cheek blanched and his lips turned
blue Alas. alas, he had guessed
Alright the dread mission of the stranger.
The man pulled out bundle of let
tiers and papers. The head of the editor
fell forward upon his breast, and the
hands dropped listless from the arms of
his chair.
My errand is not pleasant one"
S"'N N'S 'iSheOA, SpcahiiS sioNll.
"Thank heaven!" exclaimed the
editor. plucking up courage. "Out
with it-suspense is worse than fate. ~
81 have an execution on your home, ~
continued the man, with professional
sadness. The mortgage has been
foreclosed.
''Hoora! ha ha"' roared the editor.
springing up, and nearly shaking the
mans arm off. 'Heaven be praised
but what scare you did give me
Blister my corns, if didn't think you
had chunk of spring poetry. Drive
on-sell the old shanty-it's rat-eaten
barracks anyway, and rents are taken
off my mind! Let's have your name.
and down it goes for two years free
subscription. You're an angel in
breeches, old fellow, but you don't
look it, darned if you do. Ha! ha
Cut your hair, man; cut your hair,
and wear a stand-up color. It'll save
your children SORROW"